Mrs. Blandford was one of the first lady missionaries to leave Kiukiang, make a bee line across Poyang Lake, and in 1889 together with her husband, commence work in Sinkienhsien, in Kiangsi, In their travels during the first few years, Mr, and Mrs, Blandford covered many times the whole of the.north-west corner of Kiangsi, opening new stations, renting small shops, afterwards used for preaching of the Gospel, visiting cities, towns and villages, everywhere proclaiming salvation {fo hundreds and thousands of men, women and children, The north-west corner of Kiangsi, which includes Nanchang, provincial capital, covers eleven counties, It reaches from the shores of the Po-loyang Lake, to the borders of Hupeh on the north, and Hunan on the west, It is more than 50 years ago since this field was opened, but today it is fairly well manned, In the early days, pioneers were not very kindly received or well treated. They were sometimes stoned out of one city, or roughly handled in another, again cursed or refused shelter for the night, and on Occasion called upon to suffer the loss of their belongings, or driven from their homes with only the clothes they stood in, Mrs, Blandford submitted to maltreatment without a murmur.
The close of Mrs. Blandford's life at the age of 83 came very unexpectedly, Early one morning when cros: ug the bedroom her legs suddenly gave way, she became giddy and fell, first striking her side severely against the iron bedstead and she fell backwards to the floor, Her spine and ribs were injured and her right hip bone broken, The dreadful shock was far too much for her and she died six days later,
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