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will be " his crown of rejoicing in the presence of our
Lord Jesus Christ at His coming."
2. MR. TE KA-LAI. He belonged to the Pi-po-hwan
branch of the Sinicised aborigines, and had a little farm
near the village of Bak-sa, lying some 26 miles east from
the County City of Tainan. His baptism took place on
8th May, 1870, and he became an Elder of the Church
soon after, continuing in that office till impaired health
compelled him to resign when he was well over eighty
Mr. Te lived a quiet consistent life in his
years of age.
narrow sphere, and was looked up to by all his neighbours
as being a kindly, upright Christian, even the heathen
regarding him with feelings of much respect. During
his tenure of office, I spent many an hour with him at
congregational and Session meetings attending to the
interests of the Church in that region. He was not a
talkative man, but had always something helpful to say
when asked for an expression of his opinion. In the
numerous cases of discipline we had to deal with, his
difficulty lay between showing pity for the offender
and a desire to maintain the purity of the Church. I
never saw him losing his temper (as I sometimes did myself),
or heard him speaking evilly of any one. The part he
took at our prayer-meetings proved him to be possessed
of a very meek, devout spirit. His death called forth
many expressions of sorrow, and a gracious hopefulness
that he had at last gone to be with Christ, which is far
better.
3. MR. No SE-KENG. This brother had a small farm
near the village of Toa-khe-chu, about five miles from
the County City of Ka-gi. He was about forty years of
age when several relations began to speak to him about
the things that belonged to his peace this ; being followed
by his whole-hearted acceptance of Christ, and his baptism