Top: Keep the spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

Right: He talks with us.
Left: [He] opens the Scriptures to us.

Bottom: Were not our heart burning within us?

Bottom right: Jiangxi China Inland Mission Bible School; Gospel Illustration #2

Big character above the Bible: Act

Right: Turn your steps to follow the Lord’s statutes

Left: Follow the Lord’s steps to do good work

On the Bible: He who has hands should work. (Ps 119:59; 1 Pe 2:21)

Below Bible: Please go to a church to hear the gospel and study the Bible

Bottom Left: #6

Big character above the Bible: Believe

Right: These things are written in the Bible

Left: So that your heart may believe in Christ

On the Bible: He who has a heart should believe. (Jn 20:31)

Below the Bible: Please go to a church to hear the gospel and study the Bible

Bottom Left: #2

The right half: Woe to me!…I am ruined (Isa 6:5)
On the rock: All have sinned
On the bottom: But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars–their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death (Rev 21:8)

The left half: God, have mercy on me, a sinner. (Lk 18:13)
On the bottom: He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness. (1 Pe 2:24)

Border: Please go to a church to hear the Gospel and to study the Bible.
V.E. Poster “BEWARE” Cat. No. 19088 (For 1933)
Published by the Religious Tract Society, Hankow

In the year of 1935, the sales numbers of Trinity Publishing in the whole country: Complete Bible: 83,389; New Testament: 80,609; Single books of the Bible: 9,120,543. Assuming that each volume of the Old and New Testament is one inch, five New Testaments are four inches, one hundred gospel books and other books are one foot, then if they are stacked up together the height would be 106,192 feet, which is more than four times the height of the world’s highest mountain (24,509 feet); the Himalayas is 24,509 feet high and Taishan is 4,300 feet high. Red measure on the right: 4,300 Height of Taishan. 24,509 Height of Himalayas. 106,192 Bible sales in 1935

Center: By his (the Lord Jesus’) wounds we are healed. Please see Isaiah 53

On the right: drugs, theft, gambling, robbing
On the woman’s box: dragon [from mahjong]

Connected to the black arrow: All of the sin
On the cross: The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all

Next to the cross: whip; spear

Bottom left corner: he himself bore our sins in his body on the tree (1Pe 2:24)

Christian Book Room, 3 Quinsan Gardens, Shanghai

Bottom: A solar calendar of February with Chinese lunar weather terms

Year Yichou (of sexagenary cycle)—ROC Year 14—Western (Gregorian) Calendar Year 1925

[From left to right]
B(Bei): Sound of a click beetle “clicking” [Chinese: bowing beetle “kowtowing”]; P(Pai): Sound of spitting water on canvas; M(Mo): Sound of a cow mooing; F(Wu, in Wu pronunciation): Growling of an angry cat; V(Wu, in Shanghai pronunciation): Sound of agony of a person holding hot items; D(De): Sound of a bird pecking wood; T(Te): Sound of a clock pendulum swinging; N(Na, in Ningbo pronunciation): Sound of calling a child and giving him/her things; L(Le): Sound of calling pigs; G(Ge): Sound of ribbits
K(Ke): Sound of coughing up fish bones; NG(E): Sound of a baby crying; H(Hei): Sound of a dog panting on a hot day; J(Ji): Sound of a rat squeaking; Q(Qi): Sound of grinding jade; GN(Ni): Sound of mixing ingredients
X(Xi): Sound of firecracker; ZH(Zhi): Sound of a cicada chirping; CH(Chi): Sound of chasing chicken; SH(Shi) Sound of chasing ducks; R(RI): Sound of a craftsman using an auger; Z(Zi): Sound of an awl penetrating things
C(Ci): Sound of a blacksmith tempering iron; S(Si): Sound of dumping rice; I(Yi): Sound of a spinning machine; U(Wu): Sound of a musician blowing a bugle/horn; YU(Yu): Sound of driving donkeys; A(A): Sound of a crow cawing
O(E): Sound of tricking [sic] a child to sleep; E(E): Sound of hiccuping; AE: Sound of frightening at weird occurrences; AI(Ai): Sound of expressing regrets/sorriness; EI: Sound of calling people to warn them; AO(Ao): Sound of responding to an order
OU(Ou): Sound of a yamen runner clearing the street; AN(An): Crying of a child; EN(En): Sound of a pounder exerting force; ANG(Ang): Sound of coolies shouting/calling; ENG(Eng): Sound of whisper; ER(Er): Sound of a dog in pain

Surrounding the map of China: Map of the twelve Chinese dialect families by Mr. Li Shaoxi.
IN the map: Northern Mandarin: 1. Hebei family 2. Henan family 3. Hexi family; Southern Mandarin: 4. Jianghuai family 5. Jianghan system 6. Jianghu family 7. Jinsha family; Suzhe dialects: 8. Taihu family 9. Zheyuan family; Coastal dialects: 10. Ouhai family 11. Minhai family 12. Yuehai family

Below: From Jiazi to Yichou. Yin-yang (Lunar and Solar) Calendar of Fourteenth year of the Republic of China, 1925 of Western (Gregorian) Calendar.

On the right: National Day: October 10th; Memorial Days: Establishment of the Nanjing government, January 1st; Beijing’s announcement of the (establishment of) the Republic, and the unification of the north and south. February 12th; The first revolt (of 1917 to put down the restoration of Qing) in Machang that reestablished the Republic, July 3rd; Yunnan’s proposal to support the Republic, December 25th; Opening ceremony of the National Assembly, April 8th. Memorial Day of Humiliation, May 9th. Summary: National Day and Memorial Days follow Solar (Gregorian) Calendar, and the (24) Solar Terms follow the Lunar Calendar; Example: All blocks ▉ in the calendar mark Sunday.

First row from right to left: solar January-lunar Month 12th, solar February-lunar Month 1st, solar March-lunar Month 2nd, solar April-lunar Month 3rd, solar May-lunar Month 4th, solar June-lunar Month 4th, solar July-lunar Month 5th, solar August-lunar Month 6th, solar September-lunar Month 7th, solar October-lunar Month 8th, solar November-lunar Month 9th, solar December-lunar Month 10th
(Below is a calendar of both lunar and solar calendar dates)

On the left: Jieqi (24 Solar Terms): Xiaohan (12th of Month 12); Dahan (16th of Month 12); Lichun (12th of Month 1); Yushui (27th of Month 1); Jingzhe (12th of Month 2); Chunfen (27th of Month 2); Qingming (13th of Month 3); Guyu (28th of Month 3); Lixia (14th of Month 4); Xiaoman (29th of Month 4); Mangzhong (16th of Leap Month 4); Xiazhi (2nd of Month 5); Xiaoshu (18th of Month 5); Dashu (3rd of Month 6); Liqiu (19th of Month 6); Chushu (6th of Month 7); Bailu (28th of Month 7); Qiufen (6th of Month 8); Hanlu (22nd of Month 8); Shuangjiang (7th of Month 9); Lidong (22nd of Month 9); Xiaoxue (8th of Month 10); Daxue (22nd of Month 10); Dongzhi (7th of Month 11)

Bottom texts, from left to right:

Mr. Li Shaoxi said, the area in which Mandarin prevails occupies more than half of the benbu (18 provinces of the Qing, aka “China proper”), but they are the easiest to unify. The area in which Mandarin is used is so vast because of the accumulation in history, therefore [to achieve] the two characters “Tong Yi” (unify) would just require a standardization of minor differences [across regions].

The Russian poet Vasili Eroshenko came to China and said [asked], curiously, why so few people among the 400 million in this country are interested in literature. People who labor do not have the time to pursue the study of hard-to-recognize Chinese characters, which wastes their time and is hard to make practical use. The barrier imposed by this kind of characters is stronger than the Great Wall that spans 10,000 li and os fiercer than absolute monarchy.

Mr. Hu Shih said the so-called national language (or Mandarin) includes the very similar Mandarins from the area bounded by the Great Wall, the Yangzi River, The Three Provinces of Northeast (aka Manchuria), and the Three Provinces of the Southwest.
Mr. Zhang Zhongren said those of us who do not recognize foreign words lack half of their “five facial organs” already, and those who do not even know the language of their own country are worse off.
Mr. Yu Rizhang said only 7 people in every 1,000 Chinese are literature, and the remaining 993 are illiterate
Mr. Wu Zhihui said the Zhuyin alphabets are useful in two ways, 1. Unifying sounds, and 2. Conveniences common education for 30 years.
Bless the viewers (of the poster) with longevity.

Published by The Commercial Press

Top banner: The Bible declares the judgment

Top on the right and left sides: Abandoning the Lord and relying on oneself leads to eternal punishment

Middle on the right and left sides: Jesus is appointed by God to be the judge of the living and the dead.

Bottom right corner: The Dead, great and small, stood before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. Whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. (Rev. 20:12, Mk 4:22)

Bottom left corner: Now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. No one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin. Now, however, we are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. (2 Co 6:2, Ro 3: 20, 24)

On the open Bible: There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day. (Jn 12:48)

Around the scale: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
Weights on the right: building temples, bringing in gods, holding fairs, burning incense, going on a vegetarian diet, freeing animals, lighting candles, reciting Buddhist scriptures, avoiding killing.
Weight on the left: Rely on the Lord alone.

Picture on the bottom: Account Book.

Bottom Border: Week of Evangelism 1923. Gospel Poster:–F. Christ Rejectors’ Judged. Previous Editions 15,000. Fourth Edition 5,000.

On the cross: The Lord Jesus died to save sinners

On the clock: Behold! Now is the day of salvation

Bottom left: Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

Stamp: Jiangxi China Inland Mission Bible School, Gospel Illustration #

Top left: Flee from the coming wrath (Lk 3:7)

Right: Whoever believes in the Lord has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.

On the man’s back: Sin

Words uttered by the man: Lord, you are my hiding place.

On the cross: Refuge

Christian Book Room, 3 Quinsan Gardens, Shanghai

Bottom: A solar calendar of August with Chinese solar weather terms