In the Shadow of the Drum Tower

Catalog Note *In the Shadow of the Drum Tower* is a 1911 Christian missionary publication by the Foreign Christian Missionary Society, containing three narratives by Laura Delany Garst and others. The titular opening story by Gretchen Garst describes a fevered Chinese infant dying beneath the Drum Tower and a white-haired woman's divine intervention, suggesting Christian salvation overtaking pagan practice. The main narrative, "My Little Sister in Far-Away China," follows Dorothy Delany from her arrival in Japan through her marriage to Dr. Macklin, a medical missionary in China. Dorothy evolves from frivolous socialite to dedicated Christian servant after witnessing converted natives' faith and spiritual needs. The narrative details her early married life in an old Buddhist temple: encounters with snakes, centipedes, and burglars; struggles with inadequate housekeeping; and her determination to serve alongside her physician husband. A third piece, "Dr. Macklin of Nanking," is mentioned in contents but not excerpted here.