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186
Martyrs and Confessors. By J. EH. Swallow 118
169, 184
Medical Missions. 5 : % : : ea O lt
MisstonarRy Trip to Boca-psL-Toro. By James
Roberts.
Chap. I. Colon . : ; ; ; jae 24
es II. A boat! a boat! : é meter All
is III. Panama. 5 : : OS
+ IV. On board the “Amoy” . a0)
i Y. Landing at Old Bank ‘ 87,
ie VI. Sunday at Old Bank . 104.
= VII. Boca and Bogue’s Mouth . 138 |
» WII. Second Sunday . ; : pel 7
PAGE,
Our ForREIGN FIELD.
Boca-del-Toro . 36, 52, 116, 180, 14:7
China . 2, 20,35, 66, 83, 98, 116, 148, 161, 177
HKastern Africa 4,19,35,51,83, 130,131, 147, 162,178
Jamaica ; 5 20, 36, 51, 116
New Zealand . ; : ; ‘ A . 116
Western Africa 4, 67, 84, 101, 114, 178
Opium Traffic, The . : ; : i ello
Setting Out ; ; : : ; : : 1
SoME Misstonary HERogs.
No. 1.—Dr. J. G. Paton . 6 $ 5 Sea
» 2—Dyr. Robert Moffat . ; : 08
» 93—Rev. Henry Martyn . 145
Some Missionary Hymns.
No. 1.—From Greenland’s Iey Mountains . 10
» 2.—Jesus shall Reign where’er the Sun. 33
5 »0.—Hail...”
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“...whose
acknowledged qualifications warrant the belief
that the contents of Tum Missionary Ecuo will
be found worthy the attention and support of
the friends of Free Methodist Missions. That
the new publication may tend to the develop-
ment and increase of the Missionary spirit
amongst us 1s our sincere wish and our earnest
prayer. Jos. Krrsop.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
CHINA.
HY. W. EH. SOOTHILL, during his
temporary residence in Hngland,
is doing excellent service to the
Mission cause. His services as
preacher and speaker at Missionary
anniversaries are highly appreci-
ated. He and his devoted wife return
to China about September, 1894.
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Rey. J. W. Heywoop writes in a cheering
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district there are at least 200 inquirers, and
other districts in proportion are being similarly
blessed. He is not without his disappoint-
ments and griefs. He has had in several
cases to insist very strenuously on the apostle
James’ doctrine, that faith has to be shown by
works...”
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“...time being, his offer, as I did not think
it would profit yamen people or the work, but
the man’s conduct showed an interest in the
] Alfred Hogg,
a fully-quali-
fied medical
man, as Mis-
sionary to
Wenchow is
regarded in
the Connexion
with much
satisfaction. A
number of our
Foreign Mis-
sionaries have
received a
slight medical
training ere
they have gone
to their chosen
sphere. Hven
theslight know-
ledge they have
thus acquired
has been of
great service in
the foreign
field. In China,
however, some-
thingmorethan
this is desir-
able, andin Dr.
Hogg at Wen-
| chow the Com-
mittee feel sure
there is the
right man in
the right place.
Dr. Hogg does
not enter our
itinerancy, but
will take part in the spiritual work of the
Church. He has had experience in the work
of addressing men on Gospel themes. On
another page will be found an interesting and
authentic sketch of his life-career.
* * *
Dr. Hoae sailed for Shanghai from London
by the “Himalaya,” on Friday, December 8th.
He hopes...”
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“...OUR FOREIGN FIELD. 5
for several years, confided to me the joyous
news that he and his wife had given their
hearts to God. All alone in their house, late at
night, they had knelt at the throne of grace and
in tears and supplication poured out their souls
to God. They received the assurance of salva-
tion, and are now rejoicing in the possession of
life everlasting.
THE GENERAL SECRETARY’S NOTES.
Orrmrs of service are greatly needed for
China and East Africa, and suitable young men
are earnestly entreated to correspond with the
Secretary.
We offered special prizes last year to the
collectors, under a certain age, of the two
highest amounts for our Missions. The first
prize was won
and is very helpful in spreading the Gospel
amongst the Chinese.
* * *
Tur Rev. T. H. Carthew reports that after a
considerable period of probation, and evidence
of the grace of God in the hearts and lives of
the people, he has received into the member-
ship of the Mission at Jomvu, by baptism, 84:
adults...”
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8 DR. ALFRED HOGG, OF WENCHOIF.
mentioned, rising in his or her place. There
were over a hundred names on the list. Of
these, thirty-three are appointed to different
parts of Africa, seventy-three to Asia, and two
to Australasia. Besides these, five Missionaries
recently left for Hastern Equatorial Africa, one
for the Punjab, three for South China, and three
for the North Pacific Mission. By the time
our readers see this paragraph it is probable
all these Gospel labourers will have left our
shores.
* * %
Tur London Missionary Society employs 248
European Missionaries, with a total of 96,118
Church members under their care. The most
fruitful soil is Madagascar. It will surprise
many to learn that two-thirds of the Church
members are found in that island. North India
is exceptionally sterile. The Society has thirty-
four Missionaries there, and has. been at work
for sixty-three years, yet the Church members
only amount to 739. The income of the Society
for last...”
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“...twitted about his ‘ hea-
then’ opinions. Alfred took his part, and
this led to an intimacy. between them, and
some talks in the pri-
vacy of their own rooms,
on India, its customs and
religions, and on Chris-
tianity with its universal
claims and powers.
The needs of the great
heathen world were thus
forced upon his attention,
and he began to hear a
voice from afar crying,
““Come over and help us.”
Happening also to come
across a book published
by the China Inland Mis-
sion, entitled, The Evan-
gelization of the World,
the awful state of China
and the other nations which
were sitting in darkness
was shown in its true
colours, and he began to
ask Divine guidance about
his future work.
At last the call came
very clearly. Mr. Robert
Wilder, of America, came
over to this country to
urge the claims of foreign
Missions, and to band the
students who might volun-
teer into a union on the
same basis as had been done in America. He
visited Aberdeen in March, 1892, and addressed
a small body of students...”
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“...Government Industrial Schools and
Reformatories, for the protection of children
who have been discharged, licensed out, or
apprenticed from these institutions. A list of
persons suitable as guardians of these children
has been submitted to his Excellency the
Governor, and the list, as approved by him, has
been published. Amongst the names may be
found those of our Missionary, Rev. James
Roberts, and his wife, who is a daughter of our
senior Missionary in the island, Rev. W.
Griffiths, of Kingston.
CHINA.
In a letter to the Missionary Secretary, under
date October 27, 1893, Rev. J. W. Heywood
writes :—
“For twelve months past and more I have
been able to write that all was at peace on all
our Stations. I am sorry that I cannot still
report the same in this present letter. Just
now our ‘Ts’ing Die’ church is being tried by
the fire of persecution. T’sing Die is a walled
city some 120 li above Wenchow, on the north
side of the river. It has become a very impor-
tant Station, and the work in that...”
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“...the mob,
They escaped
by one of
them (who
was lame) be-,
ing in time to
insert his
crutch in the
gate, which
was being
slammed in
their faces.
Even under
such unto-
ward circum-
stances as
these Chris-
tian forbear-
ance may pro-
duce fruit.
Meekness of
character un-
der all circum-
stances is the
Chinese per-
fect ideal.
Many months
after the riot
the Rey. David
Hill, of Han-
kow, a thou-
sand miles dis-
tant, wrote to
Wenchow that
he had just
received into
churchfellow-
ship an intel-
ligent China-
man who
dated his first interest in Christianity to that
terrible night.
There in the yamen the little band passed an
anxious night, not knowing, as they watched the
glare of their burning homes against the autumn
sky, but that at any moment the mob might
break in upon them and demand their lives.
And what about the native Christians? Did
they waver by reason of this calamity? The
morrow dawned, bringing to Mr. Soothill’s
side Mr. Chang, a man whose devotion to the...”
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
CHINA.
EV. J. W. HEYWOOD during a
recent month visited ten country
stations connected with the Wen
chow Missions ‘Two of these
places he visited for the first
time. He found that the work of
the Lord was prospering at every
station. Good services were held, many
of the non-Christian population attending.
He baptized a total of thirty probationers, who
had been on trial for terms ranging from one
to three years.
EAST AFRICA.
We have been favoured with the perusal
of the Journal of Rey. R. M. Ormerod, of
Golbanti. He writes of an alarm of insur-
rection which had disquieted the country, but
which, from authentic information, he was able
to assure the Administrator was a false alarm;
of the digging of a well at Golbanti, where,
at the depth of eight feet, he found water
entirely free from the brackishness of the well
sunk by Mr. During; of an abortive leopard
hunt; of the escape of two Mission boys, whose
tiny canoe had been...”
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“...Tur Committee has agreed to recommend to
the Annual Assembly the appointment for a
minimum term of five years, a Superintendent
of the Jamaica Mission. An esteemed minister,
who has held important offices in the Con-
nexion, has been nominated.
* * *
Sincu last Assembly Rev. James Proudfoot
and his wife have been sent from Jamaica to
Boca-del-Toro, Rev. J. Chinn to Jamaica, Revs.
CG. H. Goodman and J. H. Leigh to Sierra Leone,
Rev. W. G. Howe and Mrs. Howe to Hastern
Africa, Miss Turner to China, and Miss Todd
to Jamaica. The expense incurred by these
important movements is very considerable.
THE GENERAL SECRETARY’S NOTES.
Tur readers of the Annual Report of our
Missions will find that the names of the sub-
scribers, and the amount contributed, vary very
little from year to year. As the collectors will
collect the subscriptions, during the next two
months, for our Missions, we respectfully urge
the collectors to make a great effort to increase
the number of subscribers, and the...”
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“...
THE GENERAL SHCRETARY’S NOTES.
Tus Annual Missionary Convention and
Demonstration will be held in Exeter Hall,
London, on Monday, April 28rd, inst. Mr.
Councillor Addison, of Sunderland, will take
the chair at the afternoon convention, and
addresses will be given by the Rev. Silvester
Horne and other friends. The evening meet-
ing will be presided over by R. W. Perks, Esq ,
M.P., and addressed by the Revs. 8S. Wright
(President of the Annual Assembly), Dr. R. F.
Horton, W. EH. Soothill (of China), Geo. Turner,
and Joseph Hocking. The London friends are
doing their utmost to make the forthcoming
meetings a great success, and, as this is a Con-
nexional anniversary, we make an earnest
appeal to the friends throughout the Connexion
for liberal help to the Chairman’s list of sub-
scriptions. There was a deficiency in last
year’s balance of more than £500, and every
effort should be made to make up that deficiency,
and secure a successful anniversary.
We beg to remind our local secretaries...”
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“...streets
were paved with what we in the North used to
eall ‘‘ cobble-stones,’’ and the brick or stone
houses were covered with old-fashioned red
tiles, not, however, of English pattern, but
Moorish or Spanish.
There was a good covered market, and
some very good stores. I was particularly
struck with the Chinese emporiums, filled
with all manner of productions from that
country, natural and artificial Panama is
in constant communication with San Fran-
cisco, and the latter is within easy reach of
China.
There is a small but beautiful square in
the upper part of the city, having as its
chief ornaments the Catholic Cathedral, the
Bishop’s. palace, the Grand Central Hotel,
and the Canal Company’s head office. A
nicely laid out tropical garden occupies the
centre.
I had a sail for about half-an-hour on the
bay, so as to be able to say I had sailed on the
Pacific, which at this time certainly answered
itsname. From the boat, which was pulled by
a Chilian (who spoke very good English), I got
a good...”
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“...these meant Yes,
and another meant No, and a third Perhaps, and
a fourth J don’t know, that would be something
analogous to the state of things in China; and
my readers can easily see how difficult it must
be to preach in sucha language without making
terrible blunders.
Much difficulty, however, would be saved,
both to boys and girls and to Missionaries, in
learning foreign languages, if they would take
the trouble to learn a little about their own
vocal organs, and about the way in which they
must be wielded to produce any given desired
sound. It is all very well for babies to learn
by the mere imitation of sound, but those who
are old enough to practise the conscious adjust-
ment of tongue, lips, jaw, palate, and elottis to
the required end will find that by far the
quickest and most accurate method.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
CHINA.
y)
Kee N a very interesting letter, dated
\ January 27th, 1894, Rev. J. W.
\ Heywood describes the pleasure
he felt when he heard of the ap-
pointment...”
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“...by writing at once to the
General Missionary Secretary, Wharncliffe
Road, Sheffield.
Tus Annual Assembly of the Victoria
Churches, Australia, has recently been held.
The Rey. E. Turner was elected President, and
the returns show an increase in full member-
ship of sixty-two. A week is to be set apart
for special prayer and thanksgiving. An
enthusiastic Missionary meeting was held
during the sittings, and a foreign Mission fund
was inaugurated, for the ‘purpose of support-
ing a Missionary in China. It was also
reported that there were seventeen societies of
Christian Endeavour connected with the
Churches, having a membership of 523.
% * *
Tur Jamaica District Meeting was held in
February last, and reports an increase in mem-
bership of twenty-nine, and it is stated that
more than £1,300 have been raised on the
stations for local purposes.
* * *
THe Rey. J.W. Heywood, of Wenchow, states
that, after considerable delay, the case of per-
secution that took place at T’s’ing Die last
autumn...”
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“...increase on the
year of 1,589. The year’s income was £404,206,
being an increase of £31,947.
Rey. Tomas Spurgeon has accepted the
pastorate of the Metropolitan Tabernacle. His
father had written to him in 1885: ‘* Get very
strong, and when I am older and feebler, be
ready to take my place.” This has never been
known till now.
THIRTY THOUSAND pounps has been raised
during the last four years by the Wesleyans of
Cornwall towards chapel erections and improve-
ments,
Tuer Missionaries in Shanghai, China, are
uniting in special evangelistic efforts. There
are cr’ -owded services and ; ereat interest. Native
preachers are very ear nest and helpful.
* *
A Wustnyan, Mr. A. Pomeroy, was elected
as churchwarden for Bermondsey parish. He
nominated a Free Methodist, Mr. Henry Hall,
as one of his sidesmen. If warden and sides-
man attend to their new duties, what becomes
of their duties at their own sanctuaries ? Of
all such incongruous selections we may ask
Cui Bono ?
A MISSIONARY TRIP TO BOCA-DEL-...”
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“...solve the difficult problem of
where to bestow all our goods (the sleeping-
room being little bigger than some of my
packing-cases), and with no dinner in prospect
the Consul himself came along and _ saic
abruptly: ““Come to tiffin” (lunch). Living
alone in China for long years has a decided
tendency to develop peculiarities and idiosyn
crasies, but we soon learnt that our Consul’s
usually laconic and often brusque style of
address veiled a kindly disposition. We went,
and were cordially welcomed by his wife, a
young Swiss lady, also a recent comer to
Wenchow, and who had lived in Yorkshire
for some years. This lady afterwards proved
a most willing, helpful friend, and I doubt if
a similar instance could have been found in the
whole of China, of a Consul’s wife spending
her time and busily plying her needle to supply
the hot weather wardrobe of a Missionary’s
wife, when she found herself minus almost
every article of clothing which she could
endure to wear, people at home have such...”
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“...it? Love,
It was an unfortunate ending. To ask a
question in the concluding line was anything
but lyrical. So Montgomery himself felt, and
in later issues of the hymn he altered it. Some
compilers did not like his emendation, and
tried one of their own. The form found in our
own hymn-book is better than Montgomery’s
original, but the form I like best is this:
The tide of time shall never
His Covenant remove ;
His name shall stand for ever,
His new, best name of love.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
CHINA.
cx HERE are
perhaps not many who
eel ‘ know that Railton Road Sunday
| \ School (London VIII.) supports a
ava}! young man at Ningpo who is under
“SA training by Rev. Frederick Galpin.
Our esteemed Missionary writes :—
“Railton Yuen is the name of the boy.
2 I have followed the desire of his supporters
in giving him the name of the school. The
money is a special gift, apart from the ordinary
Missionary contributions. His supporters have
kindly promised to give six pounds...”
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“...Mission services. They remain only a fortnight,
except during the summer, when they spend
three months in doing the work of a visiting
deaconess in connection with some particular
church.
THE STUDENT SISTERS
are Sister Hthel, Sister Beatrice, Sister Phyllis,
and SisterMand. These reside at Bowron House,
and do district Mission work as a part of their
training. Tio these must be added the name of
Sister Hmmie, who is studying at the Zenana
Medical College, with a view to Medical Mission
work in China. Mr. and Mrs. Mallinson
kindly defray the cost of her medical training
Since the last report the following
SPECIAL MISSION SHRVICHS
have been held: by Mrs. Lees at Sowerby Bridge,
Rashcliffe, Lostock Hall, and Great Harwood;
by Sister Winnie at lLothersdale, Thorpe,
Hesley, Brighouse, and Silsden; by Sister
Jeanette at Grantham, Hast Kirkby, South
Normanton, and Wirksworth; by Sister May
at Roswick, Mullion, and Ashton; by Sister
Elsie at Lakenham, Pleasley Hill, and Brigg.
In nearly every case...”
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“...were to be
their victims. The strength completely left
my limbs, I walked on, how, I knew not, so
when they rushed up a side lane, just before
reaching us—and on some other quest—my
relief was unspeakable.
Here, too, I may add that, though not par-
ticularly nervous, I had been more than a year
in Wenchow before I ventured alone through
the ‘“‘ Dw-ka,” or Big Street. But to the credit
of the Chinamen be it said, that only twice
during the years I was in China was I ever
molested.
BEGGARS
on with their heavy burdens. In Southern
China everything is carried on the shoulder,
swinging from the ends of a supple bamboo;
the men are the “ beasts of burden’’; not evena
hand-cart is visible in Wenchow.
As we go along our olfactory nerves are any-
thing but gratified by the odours arising from
the open cooking-stoves in full activity which
stand here and there; the sight of their pans
of dark-coloured boiling fat (the oil of the tea-
plant berry) in which they fry so many of their
cakes, etc...”
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“...solid hour snipped
away, for a long time oblivious of the fact that
seven Chinamen were gazing in, with their
noses flattened against the window, as deeply
absorbed in the operation as myself. Doubt-
less they at once decided that in our ‘‘barbarous
country ” the women were the barbers, not the
men.
It was to this little home there came, some
few months later, the horrifying tidings of the
massacre of Mr. and Mrs. Houghton at Golbanti.
They had sailed for Africa on the same day
that I sailed for China.
MEDICAL MISSIONS.
A sisHop of the Church of England was
travelling through Africa on a Missionary tour.
Far up in the interior the tents were pitched ;
a Kaffir came to the bishop with a broken arm.
“T am sorry, my poor fellow, that I cando nothing
in that way for you.” “Oh! white man he can
do eberything! Do, father, make my arm
well!” ‘Indeed, Icannot: Jam not a surgeon ;
you need a surgeon to mend itfor you.” “ You
no mend my arm, father? You no can mend?
Well, if you no can mend my arm...”
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