Through a misadventure he became separated from the party with
which he traveled and found himself alone with his Chinese driver
and courier in a village, when a suspicious crowd quickly assembled
which refused to permit him to proceed.

Passports and letters from prominent Chinese officials were of no
avail with this prejudiced crowd which grew constantly more excited
and revengeful.

Suddenly through the threatening mass a man forced his way to the
side of Dr. P.----, exclaiming in English, "You Melican man?" "Yes,"
came the reply. Turning to the crowd he explained the friendliness
of American foreigners, and turning to Dr. P. again said, "Me
Melican man, too, I live San Francisco seven years." Then he said,
"You Jesus man? Me Jesus man, too; Mission, San Francisco, made me
Jesus man."

Turning again to the crowd he succeeded in persuading them, though
protesting and reluctant, to allow Dr. P. to proceed on his way
unharmed.

This incident stands for the myriad influences in the ebb and flow
of immigration that carry the impulses, the ideals, and the new
life of America into the heart of the old world civilizations.

To the great inert masses of people in these lands have thus been
brought the germs of free thought and action and the sustaining,
impelling faith that these might sometime be attained by them and
their children. That to them through unceasing struggle might also