The Archive · 1936

A Man Who Loved Children

Mr. Edgar preached his last sermon to the children in Tachienlu on Mat. 15, and on March 23 ko was gone. For sume years he had spoken every Sunday to about 150 boys and girls, many of whom claim a Chinese father and a Tibetan mother, The children have looked forward to his Bible stories. A keen psychologist he knew fa child's love of animals and so hung most of his stories round the animals of the Bible. And the lost story he told was about two she bears. One Sunday he held the attention of the boys and girls by telling them that one of the greatest kings in the history of the world ote grass like an ox. This story rather disturbed their idea of Chinese official life and eat grass ike an ox was not quite their ambition, From Moses' marlage with the Ethiopian woman, Mr. Edgar gave the children an interesting and enlightening talk on tke colour question.

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