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“THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN” MISSIONARY WORK IN CHINA
Amy Moore
brought to us, but also because he was a gifted pianist who would have been world class had he not
been a missionary. In Yunnan he had no instrument, but he kept his fingers and memory active by
practising on the saddle of his horse or mule as he travelled. Now at Jigong, with a good piano
available in the Community Hall, he was drawn to it like a magnet. So were any of us within hearing
when he began to play. One night he and Winnie Strange, who was also an accomplished pianist,
played duets together and
JIGONG SHAN TODAY held us all spellbound.
Percy kept writing to me to
get as much rest as I could
while I was there, and I did,
and the fresh air and
sunshine and plenty of good
food soon began to make
me feel I was regaining
some of the strength and
vitality I had lost on the trip
from Hanzhong. I was still
feeding Raymond and one
day I received a letter from
Percy’s dad with a cheque
“I am sending you a cheque to buy something for yourself. You have that big fellow to feed through
the summer, so get something you need. It is from Mother and me.” I had been wondering if I could
afford to buy myself a tonic, and now I felt justified in doing it. I felt I had the loveliest parents-in-law in
the world!
1 Jigong was not only helping me, Raymond was flourishing and began to look the picture of health with
2
lovely rosy cheeks and bright eyes. I wrote in one letter,
4
Raymond is lying on a rug on the floor trying his hardest to attract 6
3
my attention. He is such a little scamp and the mischievous look in
his eyes is quite irresistible. I find it hard to realise he is six months
old. He was so funny this morning. I had his blankets pinned to the
mattress because he kicks them off and gets cold. When he woke up
he turned himself on his tummy and tried to push himself backwards
PLACES WE PASSED THROUGH AS WE FLED
towards the foot of the bed until he ended up with his head just
THE COMMUNISTS.
poking out of the top of the blanket, and he could get no further. He
looked around at me and grunted to attract my attention! He is
1. Hanzhong - where Raymond was born
getting so knowing and is ever such good company. I would be very
2. Xixiang - our first home lonely without Percy if I did not have him, but I hate to think of all his
daddy is missing. Yesterday when I put him down to sleep he pushed
3. Ankang - where we boarded a boat to . . .
himself down to the bottom of the bed till he could go no further.
Then he put his head down and went to sleep, and when I went in I
4. Lauhekou - on the way to . . .
found him curled up asleep with both legs sticking out through the cot
bars at the bottom. He looked so sweet. He is just full of life and in
5. Wuhan - a major city on the Yangtse River
two minutes can push himself off the rug that I put on the floor for 5
him, and be on to the not over clean floor.
6. Jigong Shan - the mountain resort where we stayed until
allowed to return to Hanzhong.
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Amy Moore
brought to us, but also because he was a gifted pianist who would have been world class had he not
been a missionary. In Yunnan he had no instrument, but he kept his fingers and memory active by
practising on the saddle of his horse or mule as he travelled. Now at Jigong, with a good piano
available in the Community Hall, he was drawn to it like a magnet. So were any of us within hearing
when he began to play. One night he and Winnie Strange, who was also an accomplished pianist,
played duets together and
JIGONG SHAN TODAY held us all spellbound.
Percy kept writing to me to
get as much rest as I could
while I was there, and I did,
and the fresh air and
sunshine and plenty of good
food soon began to make
me feel I was regaining
some of the strength and
vitality I had lost on the trip
from Hanzhong. I was still
feeding Raymond and one
day I received a letter from
Percy’s dad with a cheque
“I am sending you a cheque to buy something for yourself. You have that big fellow to feed through
the summer, so get something you need. It is from Mother and me.” I had been wondering if I could
afford to buy myself a tonic, and now I felt justified in doing it. I felt I had the loveliest parents-in-law in
the world!
1 Jigong was not only helping me, Raymond was flourishing and began to look the picture of health with
2
lovely rosy cheeks and bright eyes. I wrote in one letter,
4
Raymond is lying on a rug on the floor trying his hardest to attract 6
3
my attention. He is such a little scamp and the mischievous look in
his eyes is quite irresistible. I find it hard to realise he is six months
old. He was so funny this morning. I had his blankets pinned to the
mattress because he kicks them off and gets cold. When he woke up
he turned himself on his tummy and tried to push himself backwards
PLACES WE PASSED THROUGH AS WE FLED
towards the foot of the bed until he ended up with his head just
THE COMMUNISTS.
poking out of the top of the blanket, and he could get no further. He
looked around at me and grunted to attract my attention! He is
1. Hanzhong - where Raymond was born
getting so knowing and is ever such good company. I would be very
2. Xixiang - our first home lonely without Percy if I did not have him, but I hate to think of all his
daddy is missing. Yesterday when I put him down to sleep he pushed
3. Ankang - where we boarded a boat to . . .
himself down to the bottom of the bed till he could go no further.
Then he put his head down and went to sleep, and when I went in I
4. Lauhekou - on the way to . . .
found him curled up asleep with both legs sticking out through the cot
bars at the bottom. He looked so sweet. He is just full of life and in
5. Wuhan - a major city on the Yangtse River
two minutes can push himself off the rug that I put on the floor for 5
him, and be on to the not over clean floor.
6. Jigong Shan - the mountain resort where we stayed until
allowed to return to Hanzhong.
196
