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“...Page, The By the Editor 16, 32, 48 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 111, 160, 176, 192 China, Prize Essay on .... 102 Chinese Episode. By Lucy Soothill . . 8 < 'liinesc Stronghold of Idolatry. By J. W. Heywood . . . . . 87, 101 Eakly Years in Ningpo. By Frederick Galpin. Chap. I. Parting from Home . . 97 „ 11. First View of China . . 113 „ 111. The Study of the Chinese Language. . . .129 „ IV.. Introduction to Foreign Resi- dents ..... 145 ,, V. Missionaries and Merchants . 161 „ VI. My First Chinese New Year . is I Feast, A Chinese. By Lucy Soothill . . 166 Galpin, Rev. Frederick. By the Editor . 81 General Outlook, The 7, 22, 37, 51, 72, 86, 101 JIS, 135, 152, 161, 183 General Secretary’s Notes, The 6, 20, 36, 53, 70 84, 116, 132, 151, 1S1 Harvest Thoughts. By II. M. Booth . . 136 Henry Barton’s Missionary Book. By William Yates ....... 170 History of our Hymn Book. By the Editor II, 28, 12, 59, 74, 91 Letters from China . . 1.0, 73, 119, 120, 168 Literary Notices .... 159, 189 Little Treasure, The...”
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“...REV. H. T. CHAPMAN, GENERAL MISSION SECRETARY. o feeling tliat he owes nearly everything to her. She was of sweet, affectionate disposition, tender, womanly, and true. Her piety was deep, and her faith was strong. Mr. Chapman was fortunate in his schoolmasters. Tliey were stern disciplinarians, understanding literally the dictum of Solomon, “ he that spareth the rod hateth the child.” Despite of this, Mr. Chapman revered them. They were good scholars and excellent men, with great force of character. They kindled in young Henry’s mind a desire to be like them. Some of his relatives were local preachers. His grandfather especially attained to “a good degree ” in this honourable vocation, his name, for many years, being as ointment poured forth. Converted at an early age, Henry soon began to hold forth the word of life, and once, the superin- tendent minister being ill, the quarterly meeting accepted him as locum tenens, so that for a month the young local preacher was circuit superin- tendent...”
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“...South America. The other Chapels are on the islands. « «■ * Mr. Proudfoot has now been ten years in the Mission field. He is staying on at considerable risk to himself, till he can be relieved. Through the appointment of Mr. Halliwell, I hope that his- foot will soon be on his native heath. He looks forward to spending some pleasant summer days- in the heather, on the Ochil Hills in Scotland. W'N a letter to j, ■ the Mis- si on ary y Secretary, dated Sep- tember 1 8 9 5, 10th, R e v. James Proud- foot describes the condition of affairs at Bocas del Toro. The excessive rains had caused quite an epidemic of fever, greatly interfered with their religious services, and reduced the church income to a very fine point. Happily, the rainy season was passing a- way, and better times seemed in store. The day school progress- ed slowly, as the children were suffering from whooping cough, which CHINA. D r. IIogg writes to the Missionary Sec- retary, congra- tulating him on his appoint- m ent, a n d giving...”
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“...Editor, dated Wenchow, Sep- tember 27tli, 1895, Rev. W. E. Soothill refers to the outrages perpetrated on Christian Missions in China, specifying those in Sz-chuan, Fo-kien, and elsewhere. He continues “Coming to this district three months ago, the China Inland Mission suffered a re- verse at Ping- Yang, 30 miles .from here. Twenty or thirty houses were wrecked, their occu- pants driven forth, a n d though com- pensation has been made in part, they have not been able to re-build, and Christians have to put up with great ■opposition. * * * * to “As to our ■o w n w o r k, F u n g -L i n g was going on splendidly, till the Mandarins putoutanotice forbidding the sale of land to foreigners. "These officials have enormous power, and whilespeaking suavely as man can speak, are all the time doing their ut- most against us. They are at the bottom of almost all the riots in China. Soon after this proclamation ■appeared, I received warning of the changed demeanour of the people. Through the British Consul...”
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“...officers of our Circuits, the officers and teachers of our Sunday Schools, would take this question up, the circula- tion of the Echo would double, and our income would be greatly increased.” Will our friends help us in this enterprise ? I trust our young friends will do their very best, the same prizes will be given for the largest amounts as in other years. * * * The £200 that we want extra for the New Medical Hospital at Wenchow, are not yet to hand. Will our friends take this great need of our Mission at Wenchow seriously to heart! I do not doubt getting the money, and that, apart from our ordinary income. But it is a case of urgency. There is an old saying, “That he who gives early gives double.” It will hold good in the case of our Medical Hospital. We must not discredit the faith of our own Missionaries; they are confident that if only the friends at home knew how great, urgent, and blessed the Medical work of our Mis?ion is, the money would be given at once I After we have the money, it...”
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“...well-attended and deeply interesting meeting was held in Hamilton Road Chapel on the 3rd to take leave of our two friends. The chair was taken by Mr. Bate. The meeting will long be remembered by those present for its deep spiritual tone. I be- speak for our dear friends the prayers of our Churches. 7^ * Just as these “ Notes ” were being sent to the Press, we received a telegram saying, Mr. Galpin would sail for England on the follow- ing Saturday. This is sad. (HOP MAPLES, of the Universities Mission, has been drowned in Lake Nyassa, just as he was reaching the centre of his work. He had been a Missionary for twenty years. Rev. Jos. V illiams was drowned with him. No particulars of the sad occurrence had come to hand at the time of this writing. * * * Rev. Hugh Goldte, who laboured at old Calabar for nearly fifty years, has entered into rest. He was connected with the United Presbyterians. * * * A most interesting Babylonian tablet has just been deciphered. It is inscribed on both sides with...”
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“...have the notes of beautiful little episode lain in my drawer, and time after time have 1 put them aside, because I feared to spoil a touching story with the rude strokes of an untutored pen. But in our sinful old world it would seem almost another sin to keep locked up, away out of sight, either in heart or desk, an incident which brought ourselves great joy and encouragement, when we might give it a further opportunity of appealing to the highest sympathies of others, by showing that even in China there is “ Holy Ground.” The subject, of this sketch was a woman of fifty— and old at that (but Chinese women are all old at fifty), her dress of the simplest, most countrified description, of dark blue coarse home-spun cotton, though clean and tidy withal. Her feet were big, as compared with the tiny “ golden lilies ” of her city sisters, nor had her yellow homely face any beauty that we should i desire it. Her home is in a village buried amongst the...”
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“... yielded to our delighted vision scenes of ever varying beauty. It was part of Mr. Galpin’s mission to secure a number of these views, to be reproduced on lantern slides, to illustrate a lecture which you may have the pleasure of listening to, and I can assure you, beforehand, that there is a treat in store. Each day our morning prayers were made the occasion of a little service, which was generally well attended, more interest being taken in them this year than has been known before. The hill people made up their minds to have nothing to do with the “ foreigner’s religion.” But they cannot resist the “joyful sound,” and already the Gospel is “ half-way ” to many of their hearts. After prayers came medicines, at times there was quite a rush. Cases of ulcer, abscess, cancer, etc., were brought for treatment, keeping Mr. Galpin busy sometimes all morning. Dr. Grant, of the American Baptist Mission, who was staying in our house, had his hands full of interesting cases. One was the case of...”
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“...especially that which relates to the Christian Church, to discriminate very carefully between the merely human and the truly divine elements, and accord to each its proper place and share of influence in any given historic episode. And it is because so many men have not done this, that they have come to such erroneous conclusions, and delivered such glaring misjudgments concern- ing the part which Christianity particularly has played, in the evolution of history during the past two thousand years. CHINA. WN a letter to the Missionary Secretary, from Rev. R. Woolfenden, dated October 17th, 1895, the writer tells of a visit he had paid to a new station, which had been established J <^5* through the efforts of converts who had been blessed physically and spiritually as patients in Dr. Swallow’s Hospital. A native preacher had been sent, and at length Dr. Swallow proposed to visit the place, but at the last moment he found it...”
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“...plans whereby a greater interest and sympathy might be created amongst the younger portion of our Home Churches towards us and our work. I am willing to write a quarterly letter to any Sunday School or Christian Endeavour Society, who would make known to me their desire for such a letter. I would give the latest news about our Wenchow Mission, seeking to make the letter as interesting as I possibly could. Through such a medium, I believe great good might be done, and a greater sympathy begotten towards Missionary labour.” * * » In the same letter, Mr. Heywood states his be- lief that the official class is to blame for all the trouble that arises in China about foreigners and Christianity. “ The Foreign Office does not yet seem to have grasped this fact. The sooner it is known by Englishmen, the better will it be for all foreigners in this country. The true culprits will be brought to account for deeds that have made the civilized world shudder.” * * * Mr. Heywood continues, “ I am sorry...”
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“...years. The Mission is now too large for the present staff, and I seem to be needed in several places at once.” * * * Mr. Proudfoot then details what is being done towards the erection of a chapel at Cricamola, and another on a small island called Nancy’s Cay. » « * Mr. Proudfoot continues, Bogue’s Mouth Station has a very pretty chapel, but the popula- lation is small, and will continue so until the land across the channel (or mouth), is taken up. A Vanilla firm has got a concession of eleven miles of coast line there, and there is a good prospect of a large village on the mainland, and of the de- velopment of Bogue’s Mouth too. I have been j promised all the land I' need for a Chapel and I Burying ground, whenever the prospects are such as to justify settling a Chapel there.” CHAPEL AT RIBE. Mission House in which Mrs. Wakefield died, on left hand. A'/?./ So JVCIjSlSIOJ'^y £Ee^E'l'£]Sy> HE past month has been one of very great anxiety. The news from several of our Mission Stations...”
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“...” & & Our latest news from East Africa came to hand on January 12th. The state of the country was not much more settled at the time of writing. * * * There are two things we can do for our brethren in East Africa. 1. We can pray for them, and let our prayers have the element of agony in them. 2. We can express our deep sympathy with them by making a special contribution to aid them in this grave crisis, a contribution which shall not diminish our regular one, but rather increase it. CHINA. The news from China has for the most part been of a painful nature. After our last “ Notes ” had been sent to the Editor, we received a cable- gram saying, Bev. F. Galpin would sail for England three days later. The day before this came we had received a lettei' from Dr. Swallow informing us.that Mr. Galpin was better than he had been, and the hope was that he would be able to stay and finish his term of service. Clearly our dear friend must have become much worse after Dr. Swallow’s letter was written...”
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“...Bocas is rapidly growing, and if we are to maintain our position there, we must send out more agents. * * * Will our friends in all our Circuits lay our Mission work to heart. Doors are opening, the ! work is growing; if we are to enter in and do our work, we must have larger funds. * * * Mr. W. Lancaster, Roundhay Road, Leeds, has sent through Rev. W. Vivian, two valuable books to our friends in West Africa. * * * “ A Friend ” at Baillie Street has prepared a case of dolls and other toys for our West African Mission, and two parcels have also been sent in from Rochdale friends for Mr. and Mrs. Howe. To all these friends we are deeply indebted, and beg to tender to them our heartiest thanks. * * * Will all our Churches set apart some Sunday in February for addresses on Missionary subjects, . and for earnest prayer for our several Mission Stations and all our Missionaries ? Will the schools also take the subject up, and the Y. P. C. E. Societies. We never had a graver crisis in the history...”
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“...the Plymouth Mercury contains the following paragraph :—“ Canon Jacob, the new Bishop of Newcastle, sets a good example to his brother Prelates by his warm espousal of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He spoke at the South Kensington auxiliary meeting the other night, and told the audience he had become a sup- porter of the society. As a young clergyman his attention had not been directed to it at all, but in 1872 he went to India as Chaplain to the Bishop of Calcutta. In visiting the mission stations in company with the Bishop, he was struck with the fact that wherever he went the people seemed to have a Bible, and no matter what the language there was, the Word of God in the vernacular, and in all cases from the British and Foreign Bible Society. He asked his Bishop whether, when in England, he had been a supporter of the society ? He replied he was sorry to say he had not been, but he was now, and he took the chair each year at the Calcutta meeting. ‘ So,’ said Bishop Jacob to...”
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“...schooner which occupied four- teen days in the course covered by the “Harold” in an equal number of hours! It is awful work beat- ing up this coast in a schooner in the months of July and August, when winds are light; the cur- rent being so very strong and adverse. We had, I remember to go about forty miles N.W. of Bocas and then try to cut across the coastal current so as to make one of the two entrances to the port of Bocas, and we drifted past the first, and only by COCOANUT GABLE END OF BAPTIST MISSION HOUSE, BOCAS-DEL-TORO, WITH YOUNG TREES. the skin of our teeth, as it were, managed to make the second. Now, in fourteen hours from the time of leaving Colon I was at Bocas-del-Toro. I may here say that I find this plural form of the name, meaning “ Mouths of the Bull,” is the one generally used at the place itself, and it is not inappropriate, as there are two mouths or channels adjacent to each other leading directly to the port, though one is very shallow and little used. These are in addition...”
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“...BO CAS REVISITED. 25 the people are not quite capable of coping with. They have a mission-field in the literal, earthly sense of the word —a small banana farm, which they cultivate in the interests of the church, and which has helped them very considerably in their church finance. So they are quite easy about the small burden of debt which rests, not on the shoulders of the minister, but on those of a few of the sturdy, independent men of the place. I brought out copies of a service of song, “ Golden Deeds,” which I hoped to get up at this place and Bocas during my stay, and I had a first practice with a few of the choir on Saturday night, but it was wet and we only had a few, besides which they were getting up a Sunday School Anniversary, which was to have been held on that first Sunday (the 28th July), but which had to be postponed on account of the unreadiness of the children, and was fixed for the 11th August. Sunday morning, 28th July, proved very wet, the rain continuing till nearly...”
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“...heart, for I could not de- tect any trace of malice or crime ; on the contrary, meekness, gen- tleness, and sufferingseemed to be enshrined in this shattered BUDDHIST PRIEST, CHINA. th e ex- there and sickly hu- man form. I asked the poor man a few questions, and soon knew his history of beggary through opium smoking. Meanwhile, as I asked my questions, the other Chinaman remained silent, and appeared indifferent to the tale of poverty which the suf- ferer was unfolding to me. Presently, I asked the beggar a question which required him to give me the name of some China- man who could confirm his story ; then, to my surprise, he appealed to the other man to corro- borate his tale, calling him “ his sister’s husband.” To this request the brother-in-law granted an answer as full of cruel indifference as only a China- man knows how to give. I turned then to him, and said, “ Is this man your wife’s brother ? ” and he answered “ Yes.” I must add also, in justice to him, that he agreed to my...”
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“...The quarrel is a political, not a religious one, but there is no doubt that our missionary aggressiveness is one cause of deep-seated hatred. It so happens, too, that the only blow the rebels can deal the Government, is an attack upon some Mission station. They are not strong enough to attack Mombasa or any of the other garrisoned coast towns, and the Mission stations are the only outlying European settlements anywhere near the coast. They might make an attack upon some caravan passing into the interior, but the Govern- ment have now taken the precaution of keeping back all small caravans, until a large number of men are ready to start for the interior, and then they send them up a certain distance under a mili- tary escort. It is because the Mission stations are the vulnerable points that, for the time being, military garrisons have been placed in each. In this district, Rabai is the depot, where there are about one hundred native asikaris under an English officer. At Ribe, there were...”
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“...us. We have not yet supplied his place, but it is proposed to send there Fundi Thomas Mwavale, the native teacher now stationed at Jomvu, and to place half-a-dozen lads, under special instruction here at Jomvu, with a view to making them fundis. Mwavale, himself, is but a very young man, but I have tried to teach him a little during his two years’ work here. He is by no means a bad preacher, and I think his life gives evidence of the workings of Divine grace in his own heart. Our work on the Mission Station has been going- on as usual—day school, daily morning prayers, Sabbath preaching services—but outside work has been much interfered with during the troublous times through which we have been passing. The open-air services in Mohammedan Jomvu have been discontinued, but none are more anxious (ap- parently) than the people themselves, that they should be resumed. They are continually urging upon me—“ Come again and preach to us.” “ When are you coming to read to us again.” We hope that...”
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“...East African Missions,’ ‘ A trip to East Africa,’ and ‘ A visit to Western Africa.’ Sets of slides (with- out readings), may also be had on China and Jamaica, as well as on Greenland and North America. For Sunday afternoon meetings, sets of coloured Diagrams may be had on ‘ A peep at Sierra Leone,’ ‘ East Africa and its Missions ’ (2 sets), ‘ The Gospel in New Zealand,’ and ‘ China and the Chinese.’ There are no readings with the Diagrams, though the titles of the slides are given, and suitable books are recommended to those addressing the meetings.” For particulars as to open dates, application should be made to Rev. Robert Brewin, Cornholme, Todmorden. plO'fEg. CHINA. HOUGH all will regret the cause of Rev. F. Galpin’s sudden return to the home land, all will rejoice that he has arrived safely. Physically, he is much better than when he left China; he is a good sailor, and the long voyage did him good. Though much better physically, his nervous system is in a very shattered condition ;...”