Identifier: blackbeardedbarb1912macg (find matches)
Title: The black bearded barbarian; the life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: MacGregor, Mary Esther Millier, 1876-
Subjects: Mackay, George Leslie, 1844-1901 Presbyterian Church in Canada Missions
Publisher: New York, Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada
Contributing Library: School of Theology, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University

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Mackay she proved a marvelous assist-ance to her husband. It had long been a great grief to the mis-sionary that, while the men would come incrowds to his meetings, the poor women hadto be left at home. Sometimes in a congre-gation of two hundred there would be onlytwo or three women. Chinese custom madeit impossible for a man missionary to preachto the women. Only a few of the older onescame out. So the mothers of the little chil-dren did not hear about Jesus and so couldnot teach their little ones about him. But now everything was changed forthem. They had a lady-missionary, and oneof their own people too. The Mackays wenton a wedding-trip through the country. KaiBok-su walked, as usual, and his wife rodein a sedan-chair. The wedding-trip wasreally a missionary tour; for they visited allthe chapels, and the women came to themeetings in crowds, because they wanted tohear and see the lady who had married KaiBok-su. Often, after the regular meetingswhen the men had gone away, the women
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Mrs. George L. Mackay (BUT AS MRS. MACKAY SHE PROVED OF MARVELOUS ASSISTANCETO HER HUSBAND REENFORCEMENTS 217 would crowd in and gather round Mrs. Mac-kay and she would tell them the story ofJesus and his love. It was a wonderful wedding-journey andit brought a double blessing wherever thetwo went. Their experiences were not allpleasant. One day they traveled over a sandplain so hot that Mackays feet were blis-tered. Another time they were drenchedwith rain. One afternoon there came up aterrific wind storm. It blew Mrs. Mackayssedan-chair over and sent her and the car-riers flying into the mud by the roadside.At another place they all barely escapeddrowning when crossing a stream. But thebrave young pair went through it all daunt-lessly. The wife had caught something ofher husbands great spirit of sacrifice, andhe was always the man on fire, utterly for-getful of self. For two years they worked happily to-gether and at last a great day came to Kai-Bok-su. He had been nearly eight year

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