WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

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CHAPTER XXI TRIBES THE last field to be entered by the French Indo- China Mission is located in the highlands of all the States. The aboriginal inhabitants of the land were driven back into the mountains when the Annamese migrated south from China many centuries ago. There are eighty-two tribes of them. They are na¬ tions in the sense that the Indian tribes of North America were nations. We speak of the Iroquois nation, the Huron nation, the Algonquin nation, etc. These tribes are very similar. Each lives its own life with distinct customs, dress, and language. They are some of those of whom Jesus said, "The gospel must first be published among all nations." Some may dispute this and say that these tribes are not large enough to be called nations. But Revelation 5:9 tells us that the representative group that will gather around the throne when Jesus opens the seven-sealed book and releases judgment upon the earth, will come "out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation." Many of these peoples are distinct language groups, and all are distinct tribes. When the Mission began its work in French Indo- China, access to these hill people was very difficult. They own allegiance to no one, but live a wild free [144]
life in the jungles. They plant their villages in almost inaccessible places and frequently change from one location to another. Most of the jungle region in Indo-China is covered with dense thorny undergrowth. Only the tribespeople know of the narrow paths, beset by wild beasts, that lead from one village to another. The people themselves are not friendly to strangers; the Annamese call them "Mois," which means savage, and conveys a good description of their attitude toward the outside world. Until recently the only practical way of traveling through the jungle was by elephant. Some of the tribes domesticate the wild elephants, which are comparatively abundant, and use them for their own travel. But within the last decade, the French have opened up the Mois country for the coffee and tea planters, and for the big game hunters who go there from all parts of the world. Good roads have been built, and today access to most of the tribes of Annam, Cochin-China, Tonkin, and Cambodia is comparatively easy, and roads are being built into Laos that will take the missionary to the isolated peoples in that wild mountain section. But even yet the mis¬ sionary who would reach the tribes and villages that are off the beaten paths will have plenty of hard rough travel. The first contact that the Mission had with the tribes was in the hills back of Tourane. It was one
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I WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA The Stor
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WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA CHAPTER I
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INTRODUCTION 7 which includes thous
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CHAPTER II THE LAND TNDOCHINA is a
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ated from Annam by a range of high
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a tremendous responsibility! Only "
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1 in TMi'Krss or Annwi TIN TMFrKOR
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hold objects. An Annamese tailor, f
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thought of religion, except at fest
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dent shows real capabilities, a sch
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Another writer says of the temple o
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The soil of Cambodia is for the mos
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CHAPTER IV EARLY MISSION HISTORY DR
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easily than the English-speaking mi
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eaching their boat, and the only th
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could speak the language. Everythin
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CHAPTER V HANOI TN THE spring of 19
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same way today. One the first conve
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copies of Scripture portions, that
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THX HANOI PRESS Gospel 11tu,(K)0 pa
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CHAPTER VI TOURANE AT TOURANE the L
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TOURANE 41 Jesus' day. The Gospels
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done so much for her. This is what
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to his list, and again could not fi
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more than usual. The result was tha
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THE FAITH OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS 4
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THE FAITH OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS 5
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CHAPTER VIII LENGTHENING THE CORDS
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\ friend in need. He treated the pa
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LENGTHENING THE CORDS 57 elected an
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A carpenter at Tourane heard the Wo
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f ^ f After much prayer the mission
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able to find any suitable place tha
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tend the Sunday services at Faifoo,
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for the son, although the mother no
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CHAPTER X COCHIN-CHINA THE work in
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the Word, and immediately turned hi
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modate the engine. Thus he had two
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all who come within his influence.
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CHAPTER XI SAIGON AT SAIGON the wor
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to appease the spirits, hoping that
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papers to the French Provincial Gov
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village near that city. One of thes
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CHAPTER XII THE TOURANE BIBLE SCHOO
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I THE TOURANE BIBLE SCHOOL 87 | vic
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The course is a five-year one, cons
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THE TOURANE BIBLE SCHOOL 91 to be L
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CHAPTERXIII THE ANNAMESE NATIONAL C
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A native committee was elected at t
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