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THE FULFILMENT OF A DREAM
OF PASTOR HSI'S
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MRS. HSI. Frontispiece.MRS. HSI.
 Frontispiece.
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THE FULFILMENT
OF A DREAM
OF PASTOR HSI'S
THE STORY OF THE WORK IN HWOCHOW
BY
A. MILDRED CABLE
Of the China Inland Mission



"Is it a dream?
Nay, but the lack of it, a dream.
And failing it, life's love and wealth a dream,
And all the world a dream."
Walt Whitman


LONDON:
MORGAN & SCOTT LTD.
12, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, E.C.
CHINA INLAND MISSION
NEWINGTON GREEN, N. MCMXVII
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[v]
TO

DR. G. CAMPBELL MORGAN

THE "APOLLOS" WHO

BY PRAYER AND SYMPATHY HAS "WATERED"

THIS WORK

THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
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INTRODUCTION
TWENTY-ONE years ago, on 19th February1896, Pastor Hsi, to quote the words ofhis biographer, "was translated to higher service."Those who read the fascinating and wonderfulstory of his life by Mrs. Howard Taylor will atonce be interested in The Fulfilment of a Dream,which is the story of the work in Hwochow, andgives the account of the carrying on of the spirituallabour of that remarkable man, and of the fulfilmentof his dream. I think it is equally truethat those who have not read Pastor Hsi's lifewill desire to do so after reading this book.
It is a commonplace observation, but none theless true, that the story commenced in the Actsof the Apostles could not be finished by Luke,because the great activity, the commencementof which he recorded, is still going forward.Every tale of missionary endeavour moving forward"toward the uttermost part of the earth"is an added chapter. It has been given to MildredCable and her fellow workers, to labour in the[viii]apostolic succession; and then to Mildred Cable,to write this wonderful chapter.
From my own standpoint the book is full ofcharm. While by no means its supreme value,the first impression made upon the mind is thatof the naturalness of the story. The reader ismade the friend of the writer, and listens to anartless and charming account of places and ofpeoples. My first reading of the book at one sitting(as all such books should be read), left me witha sense of the atmosphere of the missionary's lifeand surroundings. I was admitted into theactuality of everyday things, and was madefamiliar with the pathos and tragedy and humourof life in a land and among a people largely unknownto me.
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