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“...take the principalship of a Middle School. Above all, he needs to possess the true mission- ary spirit, whose supreme desire is to im- part a knowledge of God through faith in Jesus Christ. We trust that among our young men one will find in this oppor- tunity a call to combine high educational qualifications with the highest spiritual vocation. Our Committee also calls for a minister who is willing to exercise his ministry in West Africa. He would need a sound constitution and aptitudes for leadership. It is said that one volunteer is better than ten pressed men, and we pray that the hand of God may be laid upon one quali- fied for this important work. Dr. C. J. Dr. C. J Austin has been Austin. appointed to serve as the colleague of Dr. E. T. A. Stedeford in our Wenchow hospital. After completing his course in tropical medicine, he will sail for Wenchow per the P. and O. ss. “China,” on February 1st. BOOKS TO HAND. Dr. Donald Fraser’s “African Idylls ” ; Mrs. Dobson’s “Miss Laburnum and other...”
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“...Then and Now. ORTY-FIVE years ! A large slice out of a man’s life. I went to China in 1878 : I return for this fourth time, and forty-five years have fled. Forty-five years of almost unique life, amongst a quite unique people, and now, at this advanced stage of my missionary experience, what message can I bring you which can strengthen and encourage your zeal for the great work? How enlarge your sense of its greatness ? How indi- cate to you without discouragement the .extreme difficulties of the task? How paint on the canvas of your imagination in sundawn colours of redly glowing light the beauty of ultimate triumph ? Forty-five years! The briefest sketch •of the history of the nation during the period would take more time than is at our disposal. A sketch of the general development of missionary work would be equally impossible. Even the story of ■our own mission for the period would be all too long. So I attempt no more than a few con- trasts by which I hope to bring into light some...”
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“...Then and Now work in Shantung ; we had hardly any schools, our Churches were few and scat- tered but enthusiastic; the Mission was almost without organization, no1 quarterly meetings, no Chinese representatives in District Meeting, not one ordained pastor, no definite source of local income, no col- lections. By far the largest contribution made by our members to the finances of the Mission were the rooms lent to us free of cost for religious services, a generosity which continues in no lessened deg'ree until now. We had no, settled rules in China, no scale of payments tO’ either preachers or teachers, all was indefinite, hand to mouth inchoate, unformed. Now we are a well-organized Mission of five Circuits, which ought to be called Districts, themselves grouped intoi sub- Circuits, which ought to be called Cir- cuits, each in charge of a trained preacher or a catechist. We have six ordained Chinese Pastors, three self-supporting Churches and a number of Churches ap- proaching self-support;...”
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“...Then and Now included, should divert too large a por- tion of our slender finances into these channels, to the impoverishment of our Evangelistic work. It is a significant fact that to-day throughout China no boy, however poor, perhaps no girl, need go untaught. There are Lower, Primary and higher Primary schools everywhere supported by Government, to which ad- mission is free, and all our Mission schools are simply auxiliary to these. We still continue to speak of only one boy in ten or one girl in a hundred being taught, but in another generation this will be a thing of the past. If you remember that the Chinese people are per se the intellectual equals of any nation, that the Chinese brain and heart have long ago produced masterpieces in religious classics, in his- torical, poetic, biographical and critical literature, and that in the ancient world there was no more inventive and self- sufficient nation than theirs, the illimitable possibilities of this intellectual awakening will startle...”
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“...three children, and try not to grieve too much about the little one, who had gone to' be with Jesus, the Friend of little children. The next day I went to* Stone Gateway, and was absent three days. On my re- turn I learned that Mrs. Yang’s next youngest child—a boy of two—was now dangerously ill. I hurried across and scarcely left his side again. Everything possible was done by doctor and mission- aries, and the little patient himself, but on the third night he too> passed away, exactly a week after his brother. How were the parents to stand this shock? Two boys in one week? Sons are very precious in China. Mr. Yang had always been a happy Christian, his smiling face brightening up our Sunday School, which he conducted every Sunday—and we all wondered how he would behave. For a few days he did not smile. He did SO' miss the little fellow who' used to call him from school when his meals were Mrs. Brooks. Publication Secretary (wife of the Rev. J. B. Brooks). Elected June. 1923. 19...”
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“...that His body was broken for them and the cup meant that the new covenant was ratified by His blood. A woman has come to ask the mission- ary to pray for her. Three of her kid- dies have died, and she is sorely troubled. Prayer is offered, and the woman goes away with a new hope, a strengthened faith, a peace which only our religion gives. We have explained to her that her little ones will be all right, as they are with the Father, whose heart is so tender that He feeds the sparrow and clothes the lily. We turn up and read that strong Psalm —the 46th. God is our refuge and strength. A very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear,, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be moved in the heart of the seas. There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God. That river has flowed to the ends of the earth, it has flowed to West China . a pure river of water of life . . and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life . . and the leaves of the tree...”
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“...have made him a tower of strength among our churches there. His record is one of which any minister in England or in Africa might well be proud, with that pride which gives all the glory to God. When the superintendent has been on fur- lough he has acted as his deputy. We pray for our brother complete restoration to health, and that he may live long to see the fruit of faithful labours. Mr. Nichols returned to Sierra Leone per the s.s. “Aba” on January 9th. Leprosy in Few people realize to what China. an extent leprosy still scourges mankind. It is computed that one in every 800 persons in the world is a leper. It is particularly prevalent in the Far East, where poverty, dirt and ignorance of the elementary prin- ciples of hygiene produce conditions most 24...”
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“...dictated by the Christian spirit. In the year 1874 the Mission to Lepers was established for the special purpose of alleviating the lot of these sufferers and of conveying to them the consola- tions of the Gospel. This mission does not send out missionaries. It supplies the funds for the establishment and main- tenance of leper asylums, and relies upon various missionary societies to provide the missionary superintendence and the means of imparting Christian instruc- tion. More than one hundred such centres have been formed in India, China and the Far East generally. ' Through the medium of our mission in Yunnan, the Mission to Lepers has pro- vided accommodation and sustenance for about 40 lepers in a settlement situated near Stone Gateway. It is now pro- posed to give more permanence to this institution. A large piece of land has been purchased on a hillside within sight of our Stone Gateway centre, but so in- accessible that there is no risk arising from proximity. It will be possible for...”
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“...trained, on the duties and responsibilities of the Christian ministry. We are proud of our Methodist general.* Christianity.—The fact of most hopeful significance just now is the formation of the all-China Church Council, which took place last year. Its avowed object is the establishment of an autonomous Chris- tian Church. A council has already been formed on which the representation is predominantly Chinese. It is being pro- moted by a section of very ardent and, withal, very ambitious young Christians, and has the whole strength of educated Chinese Christian thought behind it, and the enthusiastic support of the Y. M.C.A. It is restive under the control, not always wise, which the foreign mission- aries exercise over the development of the Church. It is anxious for the Christian Church in China to develop in accordance * See pp. 121, 2, July last.-Ed. InSTientsin Cemetery. [T. Butler. Esq.,J.P. The Grave of Rev. J. and Mrs. Robinson. with Chinese ideals. It should be care- fully studied...”
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“...Peking Union Medical College, and published in the " Peking Express.” A Street in Wenchow. By Mr. F. W. STEVENS, Director in China of the International Banking Consortium. 3. With how. many Christian mission- aries themselves have you talked seriously about their work? Or with how many Chinese who know about such activities ? 4. Have you read any issue of the China Mission Year Book that tells about them ? 5. Do you know what is being' done in the cities of China through Homes for Boys and Homes for Girls, and otherwise, by the Salvation Army, a great and worthy Christian missionary organization. 6. Do you know even a little about the many fine activities long continued among the very poor of China by the Roman Catholic Church? 7. Do> you know of anything more re- pulsive in human form than Chinese beggar-women, and do you know that it is educated, genteel Christian mission- ary women who are little by little getting them and their children off the streets, cleaning them and getting them intoi...”
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“... as they relate to Christian missionary efforts in China? Do you know of missionary work in sanitation and health promotion, or in helping to rid China of the awful narcotic curse? 10. Do you know that there are about 236,000 Chinese children in missionary day schools, and 100,000 in Roman Catholic schools, and that most of them would have no schooling but for these. 11. Do you know that the Chinese modern system of education in China began with the work of the Chinese mis- sion teachers and that modern medicine was mediated to China by the Christian medical missionaries? Do you know that China was devoid of anything re- sembling modern hospitals and trained nurses until they resulted from mission- ary effort; and that now there are over three hundred mission hospitals in China, nearly one hundred of which are con- ducted on approximately-modern stan- dards with up-to-date equipment and nursing ; and that there are few cities in China having even one such Chinese hos- pital which is of...”
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“...Mrs. J. B. BROOKS, B.Litt. West China. From a Woman’s Standpoint. By Miss Barwick. ISN’T the scenery wonderful 1 ” These words, spoken by Mrs. Parsons, were more an exclamation than a question. We were on our way to visit some Miao villages, and had dismounted at the com- mencement of a steep decline, where we stood gazing at the hills, which never cease to fill our hearts with awe and admiration. Many voices spoke to us as we stood thus. There were cicadas, piping their shrill song ; there was the bleat of sheep and goats grazing upon the hillside, the chirp of birds, the sound of rushing water ; yet, despite this music of Nature, a silence seemed to brood over all, and with the quiet rapture of our hearts, came the sense of an Infinite Presence. I looked across at the hills, and idly noticed their ever-changing lights and shadows, yet it was not of those things that I thought as much as of their strength and steadfastness. “T will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my...”
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“...This is the title chosen for I saw them.” the book in which Mrs. T. Butler relates in graphic style the travels and experiences of the Deputation while touring around our stations in China and East Africa. Other writers will properly appraise the merits of this work, but as a member of the deputation I wish to congratulate the authoress, and to express my high appre- ciation of the service she has rendered in giving such an excellent record of a very memorable tour. Perhaps I know better than anyone else the amount of labour this task entailed throughout the journey, as well as in weaving the story when the journey was completed. Mrs. Butler was always most diligent in her inquiries and in recording information and impressions received, and her great desire has been to enable those who cannot visit the mission fields to understand fully the nature and extent of the work that is being done. In this volume she has rendered a crowning service to thecause she has always served with unstinted...”
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“...Why I Go to China. IN attempting to write a few lines under the above title, I find it noi easy task. It is never altogether simple to ex- plain any decision, for one’s motives themselves are so rarely simple, but the cardinal fact stands out that I am going because I must—“I can no other.” The statement o>f this inner compulsion, though, is merely the statement of an un- explained fact, and carries us little farther. The two great factors underlying it are, so far as I can see, the true mission- ary atmosphere of both home and church life. While still living at home, my youthful enthusiasm was kindled by the visits of various missionaries on furlough, but especially bv those of Sam Pollard, whom we regarded as particularly our own,* for was it not from our Providence Church, Exeter, that he and Frank Dymond were sent forth for the first time to their great pioneer work ? In spite of this, it was not with the mis- sionary field in view that I commenced medical study, but as time went on...”
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“...ciated with the name of Soothill, and still revealing his prescience and energy. Only lack of means and men hinder the developments and extensions which he foresaw. Mrs. Butler pleads with pathetic earnestness for a re-enforcement to those who are heroically holding the fort. North China comes next. With a fine unconscious impartiality, Mrs. Butler says of. Shantung: “It is the most com- plete mission we have in China.” She tells the story of a dreamer coming to Peking more than fifty years ago and asking for a missionary to be sent to Chi Chia Tsai, 130 miles away, and of the phenomenal successes there, as inspiring as those in Yunnan to-dav, and creating ft sensation through all the missionary world of China. The thrilling story is told in a few paragraphs, but it will fire the spirit of everyone who reads it. The great pioneers again stand out—Innocent and Hall; and the 44 and 46 years' dis- tinguished service of Dr. Candlin and John Hinds is not forgotten. We have no- space left to tell...”
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“...The Gratitude of a Chinese these two are just such as, by the grace of God, any two of us might be. Knowing nothing of a “colour line” we recognise them, as we do our beloved native workers in China and Africa, as one with us, in Christ Jesus. The Gratitude of a Chinese. The Rev. Frederick Galpin has received the following letter from Ningpo : Dear Mr. Galpin, Perhaps a little news of the above- named College, which is so, closely asso- ciated with your name* may not be un- welcome to you. Frequently as I move about among the older members of our Mission in Ningpo, I hear your name mentioned with respect and love'. Mr. Zi, pastor of our Settle- ment Church and Chinese teacher in the College, is very fond of referring to you as “his dear teacher.” About six months ago a beautifully framed portrait of yourself was presented to the College by Mr. Tsiu Cong Liang, with suitable inscription appended there- to. Mr. Tsiu, a former student of the Col- lege, has become one of the richest * The Chinese...”
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“...parts of the world the spiritual forces which have contributed to its up-building and expansion. When we hear the word “ Ex- hibition ” there springs to the mind at once a vision of the world ; for Britain forms so great a part of it. We must narrow the vista ; there are empires and empires. We must think of the mission- ary impact which has been felt on the great countries of the world which are beneath the sway of His Majesty King George, aided by his alert and sagacious peoples. We possess one-fifth of the habitable globe. In our domin- ions there are Hindus ! Mohammedans Christians B u d d- hists Pagans a total of 397,000,000 —nearly as many as the great continent of China. And of course w h e n we speak of Britain, we mean Australia, New 208 millions. 94 60 12 23 ) ) ( April, 1924....”
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“...Rev. C. STEDEFORD. Rev. G. T. The return of Dr. Cand- Candlin, D.D. lin to China calls for more than ordinary notice. It is 46 years ago that he first sailed for China* and he has been permitted to spend a longer period in active missionary service than any one of our missionaries. As he has moved among our churches, many hearts have kindled while hearing again from his lips of the wonderful changes he has seen in China during his long" missionary career. The years have intensified his ardour, and he hopes to complete half a century of missionary toil. As tutor in the Theological College in Peking he is preparing preachers who will bear on the torch of truth they receive from his hand. Dr. Candlin came home a year ago under the shadow of a great loss. His house and his library had been totally destroyed by fire. He will return to find his house has been rebuilt, and as an ex- pression of their personal esteem and affection his friends in England have pre- sented him with £200 with which...”
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“...profit to the native. “We have also secured through the kind offices of the District Commissioner a - generous water supply for all the planta- tions round the mission by means of a furrow, and this will enable the natives to plant at almost any season and will render them immune from famine as the source of the supply is independent of rainfall. “All this does not mean that I contem- plate the mission engaging in commercial enterprise for profit. My idea is to form a purely native company. The members of this company, who will of course be Christians, will repay the capital ad- vanced, but it is necessary to assist them in the early stages as they have no cash.” There is much to commend this scheme, and we shall watch its development with the deepest For Educational Missionary Work. interest. In connection with our Middle Schools in China another qualified educa- tionist is required as early as possible. The Com- mittee hopes that one of the young men connected with our Church will hear in this...”
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“...indebtedness to St. Stephen Street Church and Mount Street School. This spirit has been im- parted to their children. The call to China has reached Dr. Rothwell because she has learned the need of medical missions. God has used the ministries of home, church, school and university to prepare her for the work. By the light of present events we can read the purpose of a Higher Mind in her decision of ten years ago to become a doctor. The Student Christian Movement, with which she was actively associated in her University days, was a factor in the development of her purpose, and another factor is the missionary atmosphere of the Sunday School in which she has spent her life. The explanation of her appointment, under the auspices of the Wesleyan Mis- sionary Society is simple and natural. Her fiance is the Rev. Max Gratton, B.A., Wesleyan missionary in Central China. It is expected they will be mar- ried in July, 1925, when Mr. Gratton com- pletes his probation. In the meantime they serve in...”