The belief that all missions and missionaries are perpetual dis-pousers of materia] blessings 1s pretty firmly rooted in the hearts of many Chinese and is not easily eradicated. To many it is. the raison d'etre of missionaries. A short time ago, when a foreign lady worker was giving out a few picture cards at the close of a meeting, there was one grand rush to the front and almost a free fight because the cards were insufficient for all. The missionary's heart was elated because these women were so eager to obtain the pictures and texts. Later, she learned to her dismay that when many of the women realized that these cards were not meal tickets which could be stored away and cashed in famine times, they flung them into a ditch with disgust.
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