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“...INDEX. CHINA. PAGE An Emperor’s Throne 10 Buddhism. J. S. Clemens , D.D. ... 50 ,, Prof. Soothiil, M.A. ... 70 Christian Education. Dr. Snape 101, 130, 150 General Feng 121 Medical Missions ... 15 National Conference 8, 29 Twelve Greatest Chinese. B. Mathews 125 NORTH CHINA. Beyond the City Gate. Mrs. Eddon... 120 Christmas at Tientsin. Mrs. Eddon ... 99 District Meeting. D. V. Godfrey ... 133 Farewell. E. Richards ... ... ... 186 Hinds, Rev. J. W. Bainbridge ... 110 Impressions of North China. Mrs. Plummer ... ... ... ... ... 39 It Wins Its Widening Way. F. B. Turner ......... ... ... ... 170 Lao Sung. D. V. Godfrey ... ... 148 Lu Mrs. Mrs. Plummer ... ... 119 Tong Shan. F. B. Turner ... 48, 146 Tranquil Goodness Church. Miss Armitt .........................198 Turner’s School, Miss ......... ... 79 Women Workers Wanted. Miss Armitt .........................120 SOUTH-EAST CHINA'. Farewell. W. Tremberth ........... 12 ,, Miss Smith ... ... ... 47 ,, Miss Simpson ... ... 198 ,, H...”
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“.... 69 April—Fellowship. W. C. Braithwaite... 69 Autumn Song, An. S. G. Ford ... 188 Call, The .Mission ... ... ... 57 Christmas on the African Field. S. G. Ford ... ... ... ... ... 223 Christmas Meditation, A. Miss Syson 229 Christmastide. Lewis Carroll ... ... 236 Crucifix, A Wayside. J. M. Blake ... 37 Discipleship. PI. W. Frost ... ... 20 Echo, A Missionary ... ... ... .57 Good Friday. E. Shillito ... ... 49 Harvest Song. S. G. Ford ... ... 160 June Roses. S. G. Ford ... ... 113 Kings. F. Langbridge ... ... ... 15 Lamps Burning, Keep the. C. Ellison 73 Not Ashamed ... ... ... ... 57 Prayer, A. Whittier ...... 93 Prayer Thoughts. A. A. L. Barwick... 197 Reformer, The Real. W. Watson ... 67 Shepherd, The Good. C. Rossetti ... 120 Sweeter the Song ... ... ... ... 9 Trees and the Missionary. S. G. Ford 38 Voyage, The Last. Tvnan'. ... Index iii. Work. Kashmir ... ... ... ... 134 REVIEWS. “China Through Chinese Eyes.” T. W. Chapman ... ... ........ ... 41 Duff, Alexander. W. A. Grist ... 92...”
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“...Ratcliffe, Miss Taylor, Miss Jennings and Mr. Perry, on o-ur Meru station. We were glad to find ourselves again in a missionary house, where so often we have found a home so far away from home. As we became more acquainted with Meru the more we were charmed with its scenery and delighted with its climate. In contrast to our other stations in Africa, it offers a congenial abode for Europeans-. Our mission building, which serves the purposes of both church and school, is a rude structure built of piles and covered with thatch, without any pretence at elegance o-r comfort. In this place the members of the mission were called to prayers each morning at 7 o’clock, and immediately following began the school lessons. We found there, under the superintendence of Miss Taylor, about...”
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“...the river. We had 15 minutes’ walk to the mission- house, situated at the top of a gentle slope. All the way we were accompanied by the singing throng. The singing was excellent, and the enthusiasm with which we were welcomed could hardly have been surpassed. On the Tana river we have 24 stations, 21 of which belong to the German Mission we have recently taken over. These stations extend for twelve days’ journey from the mouth of the river. The membership totals 1,009. To have an idea of the influence of a mission station one needs to know the size and constitu- tion of an African village. Villages form little settlements amid extensive regions of uncultivated country. One village numbers between twenty and one hun- 3...”
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“...support of the elders it becomes the most prominent feature in the village life. The total population of Tanaland is estimated at 25,000, and the villages we occupy contain about one-fifth of that number. While at Ng’ao, the chief station, we met in Conference about 70 teachers and representatives of all the churches on the Tana. We were profoundly impressed with their devotion to their church. After some discussion they accepted the respon- sibility of maintaining their preachers without aid from mission funds. This will necessitate each member enlarging his plantation in order to contribute his share of the preacher’s maintenance. Subsequently we visited the old U.M.C. station at Golbanti and found the elders there ready to adopt the same principle and to maintain their preacher. Tribute should be paid to the loyalty of the preachers themselves, who declared their determination to continue their work even if they were left to find their own means of support. We spent a memorable day at Golbanti...”
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“...accident has befallen us. We have been appalled as we have felt and seen the dense darkness of surround- ing heathenism and realized the magni- tude of the missionary task. On the other hand, we have often been moved to the deepest wonder and joy as we have wit- nessed the triumph of grace in the thousands of Christians gathered into our mission churches and having their own native preachers proclaiming the glad evangel. We return to our Church in England bearing to her the fervent greetings of her daughter-churches in China and Africa. We bring also the deepened con- viction that the Church of Christ is ful- filling the supreme purpose of her Lord in the mission field, and that our own United Methodist Church in particular has been greatly honoured in being en- trusted with vast missionary oppor- tunities. -J- Prayer Union. Remember your leaders, the men who spake the word of God to you ; and, con- sidering the issue of their life, imitate their faith. Heb xiii. 7. (Moffatt and Westcott), So...”
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“...Rev Missionary Report. Walter cooper„ HE Mission Report is a remarkable production, and a copy of it should find an accessible place in every United Methodist home. Here are the reports of the missionaries : Candlin and Eddon and Godfrey and Hinds and Rob- son ; Heywood and Sheppard and Redfern and Stobie and Chapman and Stedeford ; Dymond and Craddock and Mylne and Evans and Hudspeth and Bolton ; Griffiths and Ratcliffe and Hopkins and Micklethwaite; a bundle of fascinating- letters from personal friends. Here are the reports of the work among women and girls : in China at Laoling and Ningpo and Wenchow and Yunnan ; in Africa at Meru. Here is the summary of the W.M.A. circuit contributions for the mis- sion fund—a fascinating record. Here also the totals of the circuit contributions to the Home and Foreign mission funds. May the day soon come when we can have the detailed lists printed again ! Here are the names of the members of the two Mission Committees ; for whom the denomination should...”
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“...amongst the children. Swiftly do the generations come and go, and the boys and girls of to-day will be the men and women of to-morrow. There is work amongst the women. “ Much de- pends on the women,” wrote “A Student in Arms,” when visualizing" nobler condi- tions in his native land. The same may be said, and with equal force, in regard to the Christianizing of China and Africa. Then there is that which lies at the centre of all these activities and toward which all these activities converge, the pure work of evangelism, the bringing of the souls of.' the people into contact and communion, with Christ. An integral part of the Mission. Report is that which relates to the Home Mis- sions. There is as much romance in Eng- land as in Asia or Africa, and the evan- gelization of the world includes both. ■"=9" “ A Manual for Preachers.”* This book is presumably sent to us. because it has two distinctions—the im- print of the Christian Literature Society of India, and the fact that it was prepared...”
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“...foreign, with three others to be elected later. Many strong" statements on the need of trusting Chinese leadership were made throughout the Conference. Some of the Chinese leaders themselves, how- ever, pointed out that such statements have been, made for several years, but that hereafter, the measure to which they were lived up to and acted upon might well be the standard for the success of every mission in China. There was a certain amount of discus- sion as to whether the new Council should be an ecclesiastical body or a clearing- house for the work of the church in all its forms and a central agency to deal with such national issues as no one church group could adequately meet alone. The decision was overwhelmingly in favour of the latter plan. Invaluable help in the forming of the new Council was given by Mr. J. H. Oldham, general secretary of the International Missionary Council, and by Dr. John R. Mott, probably the two Our Church at Tongshan. The Congregation that received the Deputation...”
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“...the forming of the Interchurch Movement, were of the utmost value for comparative study. There has recently been, as everyone familiar with current religious develop- ments in China knows, a sharp aligning into conservative and liberal theological camps, probably corresponding to what has happened in several other countries following the war. In China this has been almost wholly an imported matter, that is, the lead in the controversy, in so far as there has been one, has been taken by the missionaries. There was great fear lest it should cause an open break in the Conference. It was a rebuke to that fear, and an averting of what would have been a terrible blot on Christian history in the Orient, that this did not happen. Pleas were ma.de from the platform, chiefly by Mr. D. M. Hoste, of the China Inland Mission and by Miss Ruth Paxson, for the inclusion in the constitution of the new Council of a statement affirming belief in “the deity of Christ, in salvation by His atonement, and in...”
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“...under his inscription of good wishes he had written Psalm 91. I opened and read, and the words began to live, and especially the phrase, “ It shall not come nigh thee,” seemed to burn itself into the mind. During many painful and fearful and lonely experiences since, those words have been strength and support. I would humbly and gratefully testify to the good hand of my God upon me .during all the past. During these nearly thirty years one has seen the Church in China grow from tiny groups of despised and Rev C. E Hicks. West China, 1895--- 11...”
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“...China for the Third Time hated men and women who were supposed to have betrayed their own country by attaching themselves to the alien from the West, to a community with recognized standing in the country as a force making for personal integrity and national righteousness. It is to serve this Church that I return to China recognizing that the day has come when the missionary must obscure himself that the glory of God may be more truly revealed through that new member of the mystic Body of Christ which is being formed in the Far East. China for the Third Time. w' TREMBERTH. ESUS said unto him the third time, “Lovest thou me? ” Peter said, ‘' Lord, Thou knowest all things, Thou knowest that I love Thee.” Jesus saith unto him,“ Feed My sheep.” Mine is the great privilege, at the call of the Master, to be facing China now for the third time. One scarcely expected such a development, at my time of life, but I am not surprised. The need is very pressing, and mv experience and know- ledge of the...”
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“...Principal Redfern and Mr. Bates, and the Hospital in charge of Dr. C. P. Yang. There is a specific thrill in returning to China in this year of grace marked by the ■epoch-making event—the establishing of the Christian Church of China. This is a marvellous result of just over a century of reformed missionary work in the land. The new consciousness of a separate ■entity is bound to react with salutary effect upon the Christians. It cannot mean for years to come a withdrawal of foreign friends and workers ; the need will be ■even greater—but it will mean the begin- ning of a new effort towards complete self-support and a better-qualified Chinese ministry. China is a huge country, and it is still true that there remains very much land to be possessed. In 1914, there were 552 occupied and organized centres of work, i.e., in the Provinces and Depen- dencies, whereas China has 1,300 coun- ties, each with its great central city, and populous townships and villages ad lib. The outstations numbered...”
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“...came a passion with me to give my people the Gospel in their own tongue, when as yet they could read no tongue at all. But I had a long road to travel before I could make a real beginning. 1 set out to pre- Philip Ntjinoti, (Smiler.) One of my chief helpers in the transl tion.—R.T.W. [G. &F. B. Society pare myself by doing other translation work, while gaining in the daily duties of the Mission ever greater familiarity with both the grammar and idiom of the language. In this way my people were given a catechism and a small collection of hymns, before I started on the Gospel itself. Meanwhile, the Mission itself had grown so1 much that I, having to cope with it single-handed, could spare but little time for anything else. But the little 1 could spare, I did ; and mainly on Sunday afternoons, while the Sunday School was in. session, I prepared the first draft of St. Mark’s Gospel. That I received much help from the people themselves goes with- out saying. But the time was so scanty and the...”
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“...probably it was greater to the black men, into whose lives was coming some- thing great and new and wonderful. Their joy was almost inarticulate, yet it shone from eyes and faces with unforget- table radiance. For these people know the power of the Gospel, though they have learned it through the medium of other tongues : and thev have visions of what it will achieve for their people. It did not fall to my lot to be present when the published edition of St. Mark in Meru reached its readers. For mission- aries must come home on furlough : they have a message for God’s people, even in England. It was a keen disappoint- ment—the first which this work has brought me—and yet I have entered into that joy also. While I am writing a letter is brought to me, telling of the joy that is in the land of Meru, and with them I rejoice and will rejoice. My people have the Gospel. God be praised ! Bv permission from “ The Bible in the 'World.” Kings. Keep not a tank, but ocean, for thy heart. Claim jealous...”
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“...in the grounds of Nottingham Castle the figure of a young airman. He is only young, but the poise, the tense earnestness of the face, and the eyes strained to the skies, always seeking, denote the intensity of life and of life’s demands, and the response of the soul. The dawning of 1923 presents to us the same demand. Life is intense, life’s demands are enormous,' and the soul sometimes shrinks in its response. God is calling us, our own land calls us, all lands call. Away there in Africa and China they cry the cry of ages, “Come over and help us ! ” Here, they who hear, and stand waiting—“Here am I, Lord, send me.” And God, over all—to us—“Send them forth in My Name.” For many years the prayer ascended from an anxious church to a longing God. Open doors, raise up those who will go for us. The answer came. Doors have been widely flung. Opportunities glorious, and terrible in their glory, have come ; doctors, nurses, teachers, evan- gelists, anxious to go, are rising in our midst, and God...”
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“...the dazzling beauty of everything around us. The hills, the grand old hills, stretched before us in never-ending line. Far, far below us, in a deep valley, a mass of fleecy clouds floated, looking so much like a lot of downy pillows, that I could imagine the tired ones of the earth, when their tasks are done, resting' their heads thereon, reposefully content. As the sun played upon the hills, the atmospheric vapour lifted, and hundreds of feet above us, we could see the white buildings of our mission. We resumed our journev, and soon reached a little wayside house, where we met Mr. Wang, B.A. (the flaming apostle of the Nosu, as he is so often called). A few li further, the school boys were lined up, and greeted us with the usual bow, as we passed, then, they followed our chairs and sang as we neared our destination. Once we passed through a beautiful fern-clad lane, rich with moss and lovely flowers. It was so much like a lane in Devon, that the passing was doubly sweet. And now we were...”
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“...tribal movement amongst these River Miao. Ten per cent of their language is the same as Flowery Miao ninety per cent is different, though related. Before Mr. Parsons took February, 1923. his furlough* he translated a Gospel for these people, and we are hoping to have this in the hands of the River Miao at an early date. This and a hymn book will be the first books ever possessed by the River Miao. The first day of our journey was for- midably hot, but the next day we had * He returned to West China on October 13th —Ed. Ch’uan (or River) Miao women. (See chapel in background). [Rev. W. H Hudspeth, B.A....”
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“...Prayer Union gathering of the harvest, when labour will be considerably cheaper. There are post-war labour troubles in China as well as in England. The opening .services were thrilling. They started with a seven a.m. prayer- meeting, at which nearly a hundred people were present. After breakfast Miao and Chinese gathered from many villages, and in this un-walled chapel old Methodist hymns were sung with a fervour and sin- cerity that would have gladdened the hearts of the fathers of Methodism. The way these children of the hills have learned to sing our hymns and psalms is most astonishing. Prayers were offered by a number of deacons and three of us preached. The first preacher was one of our Flowery Miao workers, who has studied River Miao, and now can preach fluently in that language. James was the second preacher. He and I, not having studied River Miao, spoke in Chinese, and never have we had a more attentive audience. My pulpit was a table from which we told as clearly as we could...”
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“...From the Mission House. Imploring Let us face the facts. Facts. Let us face them with the spirit of courage and determination which converts difficulties into triumphs. Fact number one. The expenditure in connection with our foreign missions last year exceeded the income by £3,000 with- out any special expenditure to account for it. The expenditure this year will not be less than it was last year. Consequently, with only the same income as last year, £3,000 will be added to the debt of £3,639 with which last year closed, and make the debt at the end of this financial year mount to £6,639. Such a debt will seriously embarrass all our missionary operations. We cannot contemplate it without the gravest concern. Our wisest course is to determine beforehand that it shall not come to pass. We urge upon all our churches the necessity for some extra effort in aid of our foreign missions to avert the impending debt. To accom- plish this, we require £40,000, an increase of .20 per cent on the income...”