When the family gathered for dinner, the little ones would put their fat fingers over their eyes, whilst grace was said. In the evenings, when the shadows fell, no stick of incense would be burnt in the guest-room, nor stuck in the paper lantern outside the door, but, a little later, hymn-books would be brought and the family would have prayers before going to bed. When you went into their room and sat on the edge of the children’s bed, and got the little ones to nestle dose up to you, they would whisper, if you asked them in the right way, that they loved Jesus. Chinese boys and girls learn to love Jesus, that is the proof that Christ is the children’s King, that the Prince Himself has kissed them and wakened them out of sin. And, if you turn back to the story of Yo-ah and Black Little Sister, you will see that when He calls them home to Himself, they lovingly go to be with Him. FINIS FOOTNOTES: [1] Dolittle, _Handbook of the Chinese Language_. [2] When these shoes have the character for ‘King’ on them, they are called Tiger shoes. [3] James Legge, _Mencius_, p. 10. [4] Mrs Lyall, in _The Children’s Messenger_. [5] The Chinese say that man’s day is the spirit’s night, that is why a burning rope, or candles, or a lantern, are used at such times, and when worshipping in temples during the day. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Incorrect page reference in the Table of Contents has been corrected. End of Project Gutenberg's Children of China, by Colin Campbell Brown