A historical account of life in China from the late 19th Century to WW II, as seen through the eyes of the Lutheran Missionaries, who brought education, western medicine, and the concept of a monotheistic God. Pictures, dairies, and historical recounts went into 6 years of research. Missionaries, and their families relate floods, births, deaths, and encounters of all kinds. A view of China, which has been rarely related to the reading public. An extensive, Glossary, Index, and Bibliography are included in the work.