He could not be restrained from again visiting the country, and in 1908, at the period of the Chines New Year, accompanied by his daughter and Mr. Nelson Bitton, he set out on what was to prove the last missionary journey of his travel-filled life. The trip was to Hsiao-kan, the scene of many an early disappointment and triumph. Now the line of railway from Hankow to Peking passes within a few miles of Hsiao-kan City, and the trip was very different one from the old, uncomfortable journeys. Arrived at Hsiao-kan the veteran worker could scarcely rest until he had seen the lepers, and admired the chapel which had just been erected for their Christian worship. In the afternoon a visit was paid to the house which had first sheltered the missionary in Hsiao-kan, and where he had met with the few believers who had been gathered into the Church by the earnest efforts of Mr. Wei.