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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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“...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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“...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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“...From the Mission House Travel by The great regret of the Picture. Deputation recently re- turned from our missions in China and East Africa is that all o-ur people cannot see what they have seen, and be stirred, as they have been, by wit- nessing the fruit of missionary labour, as well as the appalling need amid which missions are like streams in the desert. We could multiply the channels through which the stream of life would flow if we could multiply our agencies. The best substitute for actually visiting our mis- sion fields is to' travel there by picture. Provision for doing soi is supplied by one member of the Deputation, Mr. T. Butler, who in all our travels kept constantly before him the purpose of bringing home as many scenes as possible for the in- terest and education, of our churches. Long before kodaks and films were in- vented, Mr. Butler was an enthusiastic amateur photographer, and perhaps un- known to himself he was graduating, for the important service he has rendered in...”
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“...Broadcasting the same again. He could not express his sense of the deep descent of the German nation : what the future held for them no' one could tell. Speaking of the ex-German stations (though he did not use that word) he had two charming figures. You could not occupy a mission in, or for, a quarter, of an hour. Once in the old days he was at Auckland Castle for their International gathering. There was a huge quantity of luggage thrown down to take to the rooms. Someone said, “Will you look after this a few minutes ? ” He did, but he could not work a mission like that. These missions are our children ! Their parents think of them, cannot help doing so. We want to see them again. And they are growing up; when we go again they may not know us. We could under- stand what they had lost, and he hoped the day would come when they would be able to return to their much-loved work. Pastor Schlunk addressed us in English to say “ Thank you ! ” and then spoke in German, Mr. Oldham interpreting...”
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“...North Ame- rica, South Africa and Europe meet on a natural and straightforward co-operative basis with student Christian leaders of Africa and the East. Talking together of common problems, united in such great co-operative efforts of the Federation as European Student Relief, the mission- aries of the future are already learning to understand the outlook and aspirations of the peoples among whom they hope to work; they’ are learning to see the problems of Christianity and Christian By R. O. HALL, Sunday, Missionary Secretary February 25th. of the student Christian Movement. citizenship as they present themselves to Christian nationals of those countries. Above all, they will go to India and Africa and China and Japan in search of a greater Christ than Western Christianity alone could ever hope to show the world. And East and West will find Him together. Sunday, February 25th, is to be ob- served in this country as the Day of Prayer for this mig'hty Federation and for all students throughout...”
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“...to be done in this field by any committee of the Conference itself, for the China Educational Com- mission has, as is so well known, just com- pleted its masterly survey of the whole China field, and its report came from the press just as the Conference opened. The Conference simply provided the stage set- ting from which it could be most effec- tively presented to the Christian Church in China and at the same time to the home boards through their representatives who were at the Conference in full force. This report, like the Survey volume on ‘■'The Christian Occupation of China,” should be read by all westerners who are interested in the progress of education in so-called mission countries. It is called “Christian Education in China.”* China is not yet through with you. The National Christian Council is just struggling to its feet ; as we write, it has not yet found its leaders. The greatest Conference in China has been held, and * May be obtained at 7s. £d. from Edinburgh House.—Ed. 29...”
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“...account of the founding- of the Church of China, written to you who have helped to give it birth : “ An overpowering sense, of the joy and strength of fellowship in Christ has come to us who are gathered in a national con- ference representing more than one hun- dred and thirty Christian bodies in China. It has been given to us to catch the vision of a wonderful united Chinese Church bound together in the service of the Master in this great land where the labourers are all too few and the harvest so plenteous. Yet we find how this desire of our Our Veteran Missionary. JT was a beautiful day on. the first of November, 1882, that I first met him. He had travelled all night from Ningpo to Shanghai to welcome his new colleague, and as neither he nor I had many things to buy in that great em- porium of the Far East, we travelled on the old s.s. “Kiangteen ” through the night, back to Ningpo, piloted by Pilot Wilson, a faithful friend of our Mission, who knew the coast better than any part of...”
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“...Mrs. J. B. BROOKS, B.Litt.* Mrs. Butler’s New, Year Message. I hope it is not too- late, my dear friends of the W.M.A., to wish you “A Happy New Year! ” It is my first opportunity of doing' so since my return home. The year 1922 has been a memorable one on the mission field. The visit of the deputation has been a great event in the lives of our U.M. Church members, both in China and in Africa. To see the mis- sionary at work in the five different spheres has given us a clear vision of what our Church is capable of doing with adequate resources. I have no hesitation in saying, having a good knowledge of the strength of our ■churches at home, that a more general policy for contributing to thei work would rectify the incompleteness which now exists, and could accomplish what has been started in all the different fields we ■occupy. I know of many churches and of W.M.A. societies who are giving to their utmost limit, and who work in a really ■sacrificial way, but I grieve at the thought ■of...”
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“...question of ancestor com- memoration has been a subject often dis- cussed at missionary meetings and confer- ences. The general practice of the mission churches has always been the rejection of everything connected with this custom. This has been one of the greatest hindrances to many who would otherwise have joined the Church and become its members. Thought- ful Christians to-day are trying to show to their non-Christian friends that, while they reject all that is superstitious and idolatrous in this commemoration, yet they wish to up- hold and enrich all that which is in keep- ing with the teaching of the Christian re- ligion. Christian memorial services are therefore held each year by Churches and Christians to celebrate, in a Christian way, the commemoration of departed parents. “ While Christianity is an oriental re- ligion, it has come to China by way of Europe and America. It did not come in its primitive simplicity, but with many ac- cretions acquired during its spread in Wes- tern...”
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“...From the Mission House leaders? Are the various Christian forces sufficiently awakened to the significance of the present situation Are they in thought and act sufficiently united to capture the op- portuniy and take a great advance? Think of the results of success, or the consequences of failure, to the Church as well as to the nation ' ” Truly a wonderful revelation of China to-day—not the China of pigtails and fans, not the China of comic opera ; but the China of the New Birth, the China of culture and Christlike ideals. With a book of this kind there is but one thing to do—get it and read it. From the Mission House. Miao Our numerous friends who Gratitude. contributed to the relief of the Miao in their fqmine distress will receive special pleasure in reading the following communication which has been addressed by our Miao Church to their benefactors. Rev. W. H. Hudspeth, B.A., has sent home the letter with the brief statement that it was handed to him by the Miao leaders. He sends...”
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“...some other field at a lower altitude. Dr. Dingle’s departure has been delayed by the death of her father, but she is now booked to sail from London on April 14th, per the Japanese boat “Katori Maru.” Another Nurse Nurse B. Petrie Smith for Wenchow sailed for Wenchow in the Hospital. • “City of Poona,” which left London on February 8th. (See next page). * See also p. 48.—En. *=9® Two striking articles in the “ Missionary Review of the World ” for February are “How a Missionary works in China” and “ A Mission to the Aristocracy of India.” 46...”
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“...Tongshan Notes. TONGSHAN is the great industrial centre of North China; and has grown from a little village, when I first knew it in 1879, to be a town of DO, 000 inhabitants. The Chinese Govern- ment railways have their engineering works there; employing thousands of hands. The Chinese Cement Co. have also ex- tensive works close by ; but the great com- pany through which the place has been built up is the Kailan Mining Administra- tion, which, including their several coal mines in the district employ 30,000 hands. There are also native industries, as the Pottery Works, Limeburning, and Brick making, which give employment to hundreds of workers. And lately a larg’e cotton mill, furnished with foreign ma- chinery, and under foreign management, has been built, so there are great oppor- tunities for Christian work in its various branches. When we first opened work at the place there was a very strong anti-foreign feel- ing, owing to the mining' Company closing the native coal mines in the...”
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“...From the Mission House. “ The Christian A large volume under the Occupation above title was issued in of China.” connection with the great Conference in Shanghai last May. It is the result of several years of hard work on the part of experts who collected, classified and compared mis- sionary returns from all parts of China ; it is therefore a treasure-mine for mission- ary students. It treats of China as a, whole and also descends into minute details concerning the work of each pro- vince and of each missionary society. In the general survey it reveals the amazing development of missionary work in China during the last two decades. Since 1907 the missionary body has grown from •3,44-5 to 6,250 and the communicant mem- bership from 180,000 to 366,000. It is notable that the membership has grown in the same proportion as. the missionary staff. Numbers are not the only gauge of growth. There is the development of individual strength and character which counts for much in the aggregate force...”
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“...From the Mission House workers our mission has been very suc- cessful, for we have only 79 workers to every 1,000 members, the C.M.S. 117, and the American Baptist 135. In this province we have 23 Chinese workers to every missionary, by far the highest pro- portion in the province, the average being 5 to 6. When comparison is made be- tween the actual membership and the population of the sphere occupied, our mission comes second in the. list with 21 church members to every 10,000 of the population. The Methodist Episcopal stands first with 29. Comparisons in In this province is situa- tlie Chilili ted one section of our Province. mission in North China embracing the three cir- cuits, Tientsin, Tongshan and Yung Ping. The area assigned to us covers 3,675 square miles. Nearly two-thirds of the work in this province is done by American societies. As the result of their aggres- sive methods great progress has been made during the last decade. During that period the missionary staff has been...”