English, and they have very little currency in England. It seems high time for us of America to amend not only our false pronunciation, but our false usage, and the false spelling upon which these rest. In accordance with the scheme of spelling adopted in this work, the _a_ of the name Lāo is marked with the macron to indicate its long quantity and stress. CORNELIUS BEACH BRADLEY. BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, December, 1911. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS I. CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 19 II. MINISTERIAL TRAINING 35 III. BANGKOK 43 IV. PECHABURĪ—THE CALL OF THE 53 NORTH V. THE CHARTER OF THE LĀO MISSION 66 VI. CHIENGMAI 77 VII. PIONEER WORK 84 VIII. FIRST-FRUITS 95 IX. MARTYRDOM 102 X. THE ROYAL COMMISSION 118 XI. DEATH OF KĀWILŌROT 130 XII. THE NEW RÉGIME 140 XIII. EXPLORATION 150 XIV. FIRST FURLOUGH 160 XV. MÛANG KÊN AND CHIENG DĀO 169 XVI. SEEKERS AFTER GOD 180 XVII. THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER 191 XVIII. WITCHCRAFT 199 XIX. THE EDICT OF RELIGIOUS 207 TOLERATION XX. SCHOOLS—THE NINE YEARS’ 221 WANDERER XXI. SECOND FURLOUGH 236 XXII. A SURVEYING EXPEDITION 244 XXIII. EVANGELISTIC TRAINING 255 XXIV. STRUGGLE WITH THE POWERS OF 266 DARKNESS XXV. CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES PLANTED 276 XXVI. A FOOTHOLD IN LAMPŪN 289 XXVII. A PRISONER OF JESUS CHRIST 300 XXVIII. CIRCUIT TOUR WITH MY DAUGHTER 308 XXIX. LENGTHENING THE CORDS AND 320 STRENGTHENING THE STAKES XXX. AMONG THE MŪSÔ VILLAGES—FAMINE 338 XXXI. CHIENG RUNG AND THE SIPSAWNG 353 PANNĀ XXXII. THIRD FURLOUGH—STATION AT 370 CHIENG RĀI XXXIII. THE REGIONS BEYOND 386 XXXIV. THE CLOSED DOOR 402 XXXV. CONCLUSION 413 INDEX 431