The tate Mr. Turner was a clear and able speaker of Mandarin. Before his retirement from active work his chief work in, Taiyuanfu was that of an evangelist. Mis methods were peculiar to himself. He would stand at the door of the preaching hall on the main street and speak with any passer-by that might care to listen. When a little group of people ha gathered to hear what the foreigner had to say, Mr. Turner would back Into the hail a few steps, but not too far, so that people in the street might still see that there was a crowd of curious people at the door of the hall In this way he would back through the whole Tength of the hall which He was a passionate lover of music and flowers. Wherever Mr. Turner lived he would manage to plant and tend a little garden where he could be seen early in the morning and late at night. Tt was mainly due to his initiative that the martyr's cemetery outside the walls of Talyuantu. was made a worthy monument to those who had been murdered in 1900.-Mr. Turner evidently intended to end his days in China, "because years ago, when his wife died in 1908, he pre: pared, place for his own burial by
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