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“...smart Brush with a Slave Dhow 75 i VI. Sister Beatrice 92 i VII. De Profundis . 108 ¥ VIII. The New Woman 124 i IX. Mrs. Grundy Protests . ec LAT “ X. Bringing in the Sheaves . ; 156 ‘ XI. A Rough Journey . 3 5 LT ‘i XII. Aftermany Days . i ess Varieties 31, 46, 95, 111, 126, 140, 175, 188 Vivian, Rev. William and Mrs. ; { . 6, 69 Wenchow. By J. W. Heywood : ; . 104 Its Trade and Industries. Ditto 168 Winter. By John Taylor (4). . OY cree eae OT With Penciland Camera, being notes of the Mendi Mission. By Wm. Vivian . 88, 56, 145 With Persecutions. By J. W. Heywood . ¥ 23 Work at Home : ‘ ? ; : : ; 9 Year’s Work in China, A. By Dr. A. Hogg . , 184...”
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“...OUR FOREIGN FIELD. 5 difficulties to grapple with, and disappoint- ments to bear. Still, che has had things to cheer as well as to depress him. The great success of our Mission in China, ‘the new departure made there by the appoint- U ment of a Medical Mission, the establishment of a Mission in Tikonko, the training of Native ding, zealous toil of our Missionaries in Eastern \frica, and the development of the work in entral America, may be mentioned as things of a cheering and eneouraging kind which occurred during the Turner administration. Nor need we forget the Wesley Memorial Fund, yaised for spiritual aggression at home and abroad. Mr. Turner’s labours in connection with this fund were arduous. He visited seventy Circuits to urge its claims, and its success, which was largely owing to his own exertions, must have cheered him considerably. Although the success was not all that was hoped for, the amount realized has been helpful indeed. I do not enter on any analysis of Mr. Turner’s...”
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“...» Ais yesterday, andjthe;day previous, they spent an hour with me in reading St. John’s Gospel, and prayer. I believe there is a work of grace in, their hearts.” % * * In removing the old iron roof of the Mission House, hundreds of bats were obliged to seek new quarters, although many received their quietus. Unfortunately, the survivors, by fer the greater number, settled in the iron roof of the Church, and they have proved a terrible nuisance. On August 12th, Mr. Ormerod said: Pa Goop-pyz.—On Board the “Accra,” 11am, _ Noy. 17th, 1894. “The bats in Church must be got rid of as soon as possible, their hissirg and chirping was 80 loud at times this morning that I had often to repeat my sentences.” * *® * OTHER entries tell of the shooting of a lioness near the Mission Station ; the establishment of a village council; an attack on a Galla village on the north of the Tana by a number of Somalis, and the consequent arrival of maby persons who sought refuge in Golbanti, and the...”
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“... DURING the last two or three months our Golbanti Mission Station has been exposed to the raids of the Somalis, a savage raiding tribe on the Tana. In one of their raids they swooped down on a Pokomo village between Golbanti and Ngao. They killed a number of the Pokomos, took away many captives, and were moving on Golbanti. Women and children were at once crowded into the Mission House, and Mr. Ormerod made preparations for the defence of the station. During the night, however, four or five Europeans held a con- sultation, and decided to attack the Somalis at once, and, accompanied by a number of the Pokomos, they opened fire on the camp of the Somalis on the opposite side of the river. The Somalis were taken by surprise, some were killed, the others fled, and took their captives with them. Mr. Ormerod was not consulted, and took no part in the attack; he remained at the station, and prepared for the defence of the Mission. Me oe * * Mr. ROGERS, the Administrator of Witu, heard...”
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“...ordinary Circuit agencies. If they are feeble and inefficient, no supplementary aids can prove a substitute. Nevertheless, auxiliary help is sometimes of great service, and there can be no doubt that our Connexional Hvange- lists, labouring under the direction of their estimable head, Rev. Robert Brewin, are rendering valuable aid, nor would I forget the “women who labour in the Gospel” in connection with Bowron House. Mr. Hooper has sent for THE ECHO an | account of a remarkably successful Mission at Swaine Green. He says :—‘On the first Sunday, besides having services at the usual times, in the afternoon we had a meeting for women | only, at which we had at least 900 present. | On the first week evening we had to open the galleries, and the congregations increased every service, until on week evenings we were crowded and had to place seats in the aisles. On the Saturday we had a tea, at which over 400 sat down, and after tea I lectured to | over 800 persons on, ‘Why don’t Working...”
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“...and backsliders restored. The effects of such visitations are not transient. “ Conversions,” he says, “ take place which are of permanent continuance.” * * % MANY natives of the New Hebrides are engaged as labourers by the Queerisland planters. A Mission for their benefit has been established. Missionariesion the islands gladly say that a number of these labonrers, who have returned from Australia, ; have shown much fidelity and zeal since theiy return. No doubt many of them were! well | grounded ere they left their native place. WORK amongst the Jews is not absolutely fruitless. Mr. Ehrlich has laboured for thirty-three years in Whitechapel, where there are aS many Jews as in Jerusalem. Ata recent anniversary he stated that, when the Mission was started, he and a friend were assailed with kettles of boiling water, and cries of “Scald them! Scald them!” Now he is everywhere kindly received : the parents send their children to the Band of Hope, and mani- fest an interest in his work.....”
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“...in a letter to the Christian, gives a cheering account of the labours, near Bordeaux, of an ex-priest, Mr. Costa. A society of converted priests exists in France. The Professor believes that amongst professed converts from Romanism there are some deceivers, but many honest inquirers, and some truly consecrated souls. * * * SouTH AMERICA is rightly named the neglected Continent, but I am glad to say that some earnest workers are labouring for its evangelization. In the city of Buenos Ayres a Mission ‘was established by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1889, and premises have recently been erected at a cost of £2,000. Much opposition was at firstmet with from the Rcmish priesthood and ignorant superstitious people, but for the last few months a quiet revival movement has been going on, which is gradually drawing both English and Spanish speaking people to the Saviour. — A Lorp’s Day Union for India has been recently started at Calcutta. By order of the Commander-in-Chief, out-door...”
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“...spite of all that could be done for him, it settled upon his lungs, and developed into consumption, and after lingering through the summer, a poor, helpless, withering invalid, died, and, within a year of the above conversation, was laid to rest in the quie church-yard. The way to the Mission field seemed some what dark and distant to Frank Spencer, ba that did not trouble him for a single moment for he had faith enough in the Almightiness of God to believe that, having given the call, He would, in His own good time, open the door. And so, until it should please Him to revea His will, he went on steadily with his work attending lectures, walking hospital, and filling in his little leisure, either at the Mission, or in gathering a rough insight into the art and mystery of the craft of the joiner, brickmaker blacksmith, saddler, &c., for gradually his mind had been drawn towards Africa, and his reading of the lives of Moffatt, Livingstone and others, had impressed him with the fact that. next...”
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“...more suggestive of fever and all things evil could not be conceived. “J prepared myself to find in Wakefield a man weakened and weary, looking forward to the exploration of a better land as a happy change from the ills which flesh was doubtless heir to in this wretched country. Putting on my most lugubrious expression, as the most suitable for the occasion, I proceeded to the Mission House to greet with due solemnity the Mission. Patriarch of East Africa ; for be it known that Mr. Wakefield has lived almost entirely about Mombasa since 1862, when he was despatched by the United Methodist Free Churches to this Mission Field. “On reaching the house I was startled by the sound of hearty laughter. On entering the building and announcing myself, my hand was seized with no weak grasp, and my philosophy upset by a cheery welcome which told of good lungs. I looked in vain for the yellow integument and irritable temper, which might suggest ‘liver, the wasted visage and careworn aspect, which might...”
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“...good fellows. In that very temperament doubtless lay the secret of his success in battling with the evil genius of Africa. Drive away dull care with a merry heart and a sunny disposition ; see something jolly in everything, like Mark Tapley, you may to a large extent drive away disease. Mr, Wakefield, though not as yet especially suc- «cessful in the gathering together of converts, has nevertheless peformed labours of great value, and ‘holds deservedly the first place among the workers of that Mission Field. Would there were more like him! “After a pleasant day spent in the company of his amiable wife and himself, I returned to Mombasa, encouraged in my projects.” EDITORIAL NOTES. CHINA. “4TN a letter to the Missionary Secretary, Dr. Alfred Hogg, of Wenchow, writes :— “Mr. and Mrs. Heywood are just back from Ningpo, and I welcome the change after two months of solitary life. Not that I was lonely, for I had plenty of work to fill up the time, and, moreover, was engrossed with...”
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“... Corinthians, ‘We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair. The Christians are nobly bearing witness for their Lord and a “We desire,” writes Mr. Vivian, “that our | friends will pray for us in these trying hours, that we may be made strong and guided aright,” I trust that the readers of THE ECHO will not ing of his hopes through the illness of his wife. She had long wished to be engaged in Foreign Mission work, and it was a great joy to her to anticipate working with her husband in Sierra Leone. Her heart was full of plans of usefulness, yet, strangely, just as she started, she was stopped, and he has to go on alone. Saviour.” | forget the request. eit) gets | EAST AFRICA. THE readers of THE ECHO will be glad to | Mrs. Howe, who is now in England, ing read some letter to assuring the _Hditor, words of makes the Dr. Hogg, in pleasin reference to intimation the war :— that, during “The war...”
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“...derived much benefit to her health by her stay at the Island. The Rev. ©. H. Goodman had arrived at Freetown from the Mendi country ; he is fairly well in health, and gives a favourable report of the work at ‘Tikonko. * a * THE Jamaica Mission has suffered a great loss in the death of the Rev. D. B. Douse. Mr. Douse was sixty years of age when he died, and he had been in the native ministry of'the Mission nearly thirty years. He had been a great sufferer for some time, although he was able to do the work of the Station. He consulted the best medical Opinion on his ¢ase, but he gradually became worse, and died on November 26th, 1894. Mr. Douse was highly respected and beloved by his people, and rendered excellent service to the Jamaica Mission. * * * We beg to remind the subscribers to the ‘Wesley Memorial Fund, that their subscrip- tions are now due, and as the time given for raising the fund expires this year, it will be a great favour if all the subscriptions owing to the...”
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“...helpers, 94,192 mended the widow’s liberal- ity in givings two mites, will not over look the prince- ly munificence of these poor Polynesians. % He * THE well-known Rev. W.. KE. Cousins, of Madagascar, has returned to England at the invitation of the Direct- ors of the London Missionary Society, to take part in the Centenary celebration. * * * THE Church Missionary Society is anxious to send a number of Missionary adies to Uganda. No Englishwoman has _ yet reached Uganda, and the Mission sorely needs them. % % * THE Ohurch Missionary Church members, and 404,794 native adherents. The Society has _ not laboured in vain. * * * DR. GLOVER, of Bristol, in a recent Missionary speech, spoke of the ruin and degradation brought upon the heathen races by civilized races introducing the use of strong drink. “ Civilize first, and Christianize after- wards,” said the doctor. “Why, if you begin to civilize first, there will be nothing left to Christianize afterwards.” ‘Tis true...”
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“...PERILS OF WATERS. PERILS OF WATERS: A MISSIONARY TRIP UP THE WARRI BIARRA. BY JAMES ROBERTS. CHAPTER I. THE DEPARTURE. ARRI BIARRA is the name of a river on the mainland of Central America on the Atlantic side. The Christians belonging to the United Methodist Free Churches at Bocas del Toro and other places in that Circuit have established a Mission to the Indians on the banks of the river. Having been deputed to visit the Churches on Columbus Island and the Mission Station at Warri Biarra, I had conducted services at Bocas del Toro and the neighbouring places. I was prepared with my companions to visit the Indians at the Mission Station. On Tuesday morning, the 13th August, 1889, we started for Warri Biarra. We were up by break of day, got together a spare suit of clothes, with waterproof coat, leggings, and an old overcoat, took a hearty breakfast, and were ready, before the boat was ready for us. There were seven of us to go in our boat, which was a good, sound, large canoe...”
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“...28 UNDER AN HASTERN SKY. was to be known by a large house close by, kept by an American, one Riley, who for some cause or other has never been friendly to this Mission. Presently the house and store ap- peared in sight, and thither we steered. UNDER AN EASTERN SKY. BY WILLIAM YATES. CHAPTER II. BY THE ZINGIAN SBA. We may not meet again! For where I go Lean, hungry death hath marshalled in array A thousand friends, who mark me as their foe, And track my daily steps to claim their prey. HEN all his preparations were com- pleted, Frank Spencer quietly said farewell to his more intimate friends—for he hated anything in the way of a fuss—slipped away from the familiar scenes of his boyhood. His last visit, and the saddest, was to the green mound in the graveyard, beneath which all that was mortal of his father and mother lay sleeping the sleep of the just. And there, amidst the sad thoughts and the sacred memories which came crowding into his mind, as with swimming eyes he...”
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“...coast until they arrived at Melindi, where Frank was met by his future comrade in the work, the Rey. Samuel Mor- ton, Morton was a@ man who had seen some thirty- five sum- mers, tall, thin, sallow, and evidently needing a change. He was, too, blazing with fever, and had in fact painfully crawled from his Kitanda in order to welcome his new colleague. The welcome was both warm and hearty, and in five minutes the two men were knit together in the abiding bonds of spiritual kinship. The Mission was situated on the higher slope of a steep hill overlooking the sea, and some twenty-five miles inland, reached for the most of the distance by a winding tidal creek. The place was exceedingly primitive, consist- ing of a big, barn-like building, with walls of adobe, and a thatch of makuti, or palm fronds. This apology for a house was divided into two parts, one-half being used as bedroom and store, the other and larger portion doing duty as common room, study, and diningroom. At the side...”
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“...brought their ailing children, and watched him as with lov- ing sympathy and thoughtful skill he cleverly treated them, and wrought such wonderful cures. The news spread from lip to lip and from village to village, until in a few months scores of blind and lame and halt, and great numbers who were afflicted with divers diseases, came flocking to the Mission, as they once came flocking to the Master, until he began to see that medical work alone would occupy most of his time. And so he built a large, airy waiting room at the side of the house, with a smaller room for a surgery behind, and every morning as the clock struck nine the big Mission bell was rung, and a string of patients crowded into the waiting room, full of anxiety or hope. And there, for half-an-hour, with the help of his colleague, Frank would conduct a brief, manly Service, never wearying of telling of Him who Went about doing good, and who by His divine power healed all their diseases, and died for their salvation. Then...”
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“...Christians had arisen, The Consul has rendered great service to the Mission, the persecutors have been punished, and the Christians are receiving protection. The Missionaries are in no fear on account of the war, Mr. Galpin states that ‘China may be compared to a huge body without any connected nervous system, and a deadly foe may be actually destroy- ing the vitals of one province, while the others remain in careless and undisturbed peace.” Tue West Africa District Meeting was held on Wednesday, December 12th, 1894. The Rey. W. Vivian, General Superintendent, presided, The reports from the various Churches were most encouraging. ‘There is an increase in the membership of the district of sixty-four, and an increase in the income of the district. Mh. Vivian is instructed by the Committee to introduce some new financial arrangements, which will place greater responsibility on the native Churches for the support of the Mission. Reports from the Mendi Missionare full of encouragement and hope...”
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“...from a recent Indian Census report that of the total number of Christians in India, only 34:3 per cent. of the males, and 18-6 per cent. of the females, can read and write. These figures include the Eurasian element as well as native races. It has been con- tended that education has been unduly pressed by Missionaries in India. These statistics point to a very different conclusion. * * * Dr. Gzorcx Surrn, writing of the Livingstonia Mission in Central Africa, declares that, in the ‘whole history of the Church of Christ, it would be difficult to name a Mission so rapidly successful in its results. In nineteen years seven stations have been formed, seven languages have been reduced to writing, the whole of the New Testament has been printed in one language, and the Gospel of Mark in other three. Forty schools are now open, taught by 150 native teachers; five native Churches have been formed, one of which has 120 members. Evangelistic work is carried on by many of the converts, some of them...”
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“...38 WiTH PENCIL AND CAMERA. humanity. For fifteen years the O.M.S. has had a Mission in the island of Yezo, where there are 16,000 Ainu. Fruit is at last appearing, and there are now about thirty Christians. May the little leaven speedily leaven the whole lump. * * * Arter serving as a Missionary ship for twenty- six years, the old “ John Williams ” has finished her Missionary course. The new “John Williams” was welcomed everywhere in Australia. She then sailed for the Southern Pacific, and ere WITH PENCIL AND CAMERA: BEING NOTES OF THE MENDI MISSION. BY REV. WILLIAM VIVIAN. No. I. TIKONKO AND MACAVOREH. { 1 | | a |IKONKO —pronounced Tekongko— has ‘ now become a fairly familiar word to |e our Churches. It represents our most | > <=" recent and most pronounced advance | upon the undisturbed darkness and heathenism of | the Sierra Leone hinterland ; it stands for the ful- MACAVOREH, CHIEF OF TIKONKO (MENDI COUNTRY), AND SOME OF HIS HEAD MEN. this reaches our...”