On July 26: h our messenger returned from Honan with reassuring reports, cror PRosPEc The succession of crop fai have come to an end. While the bourhood of Chefoo is suffering of rain, the messenger reverts that from Chinanfu westward into Honan the prospects for a heavy fal crop are excellent, while nearly every Irtter received from our Christians mentions the *propitiousness of rain and dew." This, of course, gives hope for the future, but
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