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“...Evangelist - - 154
Letters from China, No. 1. By W.E.Soothill 7
5 i No, 2. By Lucy Soothill 189
Literary Sketches. By the Editor 26, 59, 164, 190
PAGE
Memorable Meeting. By the Hditor - - 129
Miscellaneous = = 22, 86, 108, 185, 154
Missionaries, Arrival of
6, 37, 101, 115, 152, 168, 182
Missionaries, Departure of 56, 115, 152, 162, 181,182
Missionary Expansion of the Reformed
Churches. By the Editor - - - 120
Mr. Yoa; or, Garnered Grain. By Lucy
Soothill ~- » = = E - 170
Mutterings of the Storm. By James Proud-
foot - s = - - - - 108
My Voyage to Jamaica. By Francis Bavin - 177
Our Foreign Field: Editorial Notes
Bocas del Toro - es = = AEs)
China 2, 18, 36, 52, 68, 82, 99, 114, 132,148,180
Hastern Africa - 87, 51, 68, 138, 150, 180
Jamaica - = = - 20, 58, 68, 179
Western Africa - 4, 20, 37, 58, 101, 116
Our Missions in Ningpo. By Frederick Galpin
23, 49, 81, 118, 165, 188
Our West African Missions, By William
Codling - = B = s = 87
Pentecost in China. By Lucy Soothill - 8
Plantation...”
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“...Missionary of
the noblest type.” Mentally and spiritually, he
was far above the average Christian man, and he
had a grand ambition to spread the gospel in the
regions beyond. But “the Lord had need of
him,” and said “Come up higher.” We can only
say “Thy will be done.”
Painful to us, and doubly painful to him, was
the enforced return through illness of our dear
young friend, Richards Woulfenden. Had his own
ardent wishes been realised, he would now have
been getting ready for his return voyage to China.
But medical knowledge says, not yet! God's provi-
dence says, not yet! and he must patiently
wait to see what God’s will and purpose concern-
ing him may he. Enforced inactivity and absence
froma chosen sphere of consecrated service is hard
to bear, but we must...”
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“...to hasten his escape from the windy
storm and tempest. What may be the divine
purpose as to us who are alive and remain at the
present, we cannot say.
day. We can all do something to promote the
Mission Cause and extend the Kingdom of God.
Let us live soas to deserve the epitaph or eulogium
« He hath done what he could.”
Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice,
For work comes rest, for exile home;
Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom’s voice,
The midnight peal, “ Behold I come.”
EDITORIAL NOTES.
CHINA,
a communication from Mrs. Soothill to
the Editor, an interesting account is
given of an old convert, whom she de-
scribes as the patriarch of our Wenchow
society. She writes :—
* * *
“When Mr. Soothill came in from the
Saturday evening prayer meeting a little time ago
he remarked, ‘ Old Sing Fuh prayed very nicely
to-night.’ Some may remember Mr. Soothill
speaking about Sing Fuh when he was in England
—if so, I think you will be glad to hear addi-
tional good news of our patriarch. He is our...”
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“...OUR FOREIGN FIELD, 3
should be. The grief of his life had been that, of
all his family, he wag the only one who trusted
Christ. His sons were confirmed idolaters,
and turned a deaf ear to all their father’s en-
treaties and prayers. This was the only fault
he had to find with them. During my first
years in China he would frequently come
along to Mr, Soothill in search of a sympa-
thetic ear, into which he could pour his distresses
and self-accusings, for he always took the blame
on to his own shoulders. ‘ Pray tell me what my
sins are,’ he would cry; ‘they must be heavy
mises have been Sing Fuh’s refuge, and ‘the
place whereunto he did continually resort.’ No
small amount of grace is required from the mis-
sionary’s wife when she finds she cannot even
call her kitchen her own, because of its being in-
variably occupied by half-a-dozen Chinese, each
one of them anxious to search as diligently as pos-
sible into the mysteries of our foreign food, and
with no qualms of conscience about either...”
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“...6 GENERAL MISSIONARY SECRETARY’S NOTES,
CHINA,
Just as we were preparing these notes for the
Editor we received several interesting letters from
China. Mrs. Soothill says:—“I am much con-
cerned for our woman’s work here (Wenchow).
Witt our Churches at home take these things
to heart.
WEST AFRICA.
Our honoured Missionary, Rev. J. Proudfoot,
reports himself well in health. I trust our friends
At present there is only Mrs. Hogg and myself. do not forget to pray for our friends in Sierra
. . If you get your ladies’ Missionary Leone.
Auxiliary Society, they should see to it that we get * * *
some lady workers sent out.”
Ir will be welcome news to all to know that
Mr. Goodman arrived safely at Sierra Leone on
Saturday, October 9th, he was in good health and
received a very hearty welcome.
* * *
Dr. Alf. Hogg says :—“ Iam very full of work,
having from seventy to ninety in attendance on
Jomeru.
Mission Chapel,
our dispensary day. Being now in our new dis-
pensary...”
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“...his works do follow him.”
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During the year just passed the Lerd’s hand has
been heavy upon us, at home and abroad good
men and mighty have fallen. While it is day let
those of us who remain increase our watchfulness,
prayerfulness, diligence, and service.
JAMAICA.
News reached me on December 7th that Rev.
William and Mrs. Griffith, of Kingston, were ill
of yeilow fever. At the time of writing they were
considered out of danger.
LETTERS FROM CHINA.
No. 1.—sy w. 5. sooTuiLu.
AST week was a very sad one here. Our
friends of the China Inland Mission
again suffered a severe loss in the death
of Mrs. Coulthard, wife of Mr. Coulthard
who was in charge here, and daughter
of the Rev. J. Hudson Taylor. Their
little daughter died a month or so ago
of cholera. The mother was seized three weeks
later with dysentery of the acutest type, compli-
cated with another circumstance which made her
recovery hopeless almost from the first. Dr. Hogg
was untiring in his endeavours, but as is the ex-...”
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“...yet; village after village I shall be
compelled to pass unvisited without a Christian
in them. Nor have I time or strength to go to
them.—
We are earnestly looking for the three men.
For Christ and his work’s sake don’t disappoint us.
Wenchow, Oct. 8th, 1897.
PENTECOST IN CHINA.
BY LUCY SOOTHILL.
E have seen the Chinese weep on
account of their sorrow; we have
even known them moved to tears
at the recital of the sorrows of
others, but to see them weep on
account of their sins—that, we felt,
could only be the hope of some distant future.
Before we could reasonably expect them either
“to weep for themselves or their children,” suffi-
cient time must be allowed for the lessons of Chris-
goat
8 PENTECOST IN CHINA.
tianity to rouse their stolid natures, and quicken
their lethargic spirits.
Such were our thoughts. Like the fulfilment of
some wondrous dream, then, has come to us the
record of meetings recently held in the neigh-
bouring province of Fuh-Kien among the Chinese,
and in...”
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“...most satisfactory features
of the movement. Whilst it is always
desirable that the funds raised by the local
society should pass through the hands of the
General Missionary Treasurer, such funds may be
raised for definite missionary purposes. An
increasing number of societies are now directing
their zeal and liberality towards the support of
Bible Women and native agents in some part of
the foreign field.
Iv may be information to some, and perhaps
encouragement to know that a Bible Woman in
China can be supported for £8 to £10 per year,
native preachers in several countries for £6 per
year. A certain Christian Endeavour Society in
London with 45 subscribers and seven collecting
boxes, raises about £25 per year towards the sup-
port of a Medical Missionary. These are instances
of what can be done by our societies for Foreign
Missions. What can be done for our own mission
should be done, and done at once for the glory
of God, and tho increased prosperity of our
Missions.
Tue highest level...”
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“...pangs to see his people losing their
hold of Christianity, and it was a great relief to
him when the work was declared finished.
This may give the friends in England a slight
idea of my friend, but I should like them to
know him personally. Could he spend a vaca-
tion in England, it would give him and his de-"
voted wife a well-earned rest, and would impart
a stimulus to the Missionary fervour of our
churches that would be of lasting benefit.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
CHINA.
z==ioyy N a letter to the Hditor, dated Wen-
chow, China, November 21st, 1897,
Mrs. Soothill writes :—
* . * *
“The work progresses. Like
Galileo we are compelled to say,
‘Tt moves still.’
“The walls of our Nyoh-ts’ing Chapel arerapidly
rising from the ground, aud it will, we hope, soon
be ready for opening. The building will be as
large as our present Wenchow Church, but unfor-
tunately the state of the funds necessitates some
portion of it being partitioned off to provide rooms
for preacher, chapel-keeper, etc...”
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“...smeared or anointed
my forehead; next she took a comb (a new one,
Rev. R. H. McLaughlin. See Page 17.
x hills for them! But,
i. iat thank God it had not
, been ‘love’s labour
lost,’ for our eyes had
been gladdened, and our faith strengthened, by
much ‘fine gold’ found in these mountain fast-
nesses.”
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In a letter of an earlier date Rev. Ww. H.
Soothill writes to the Editor as follows :—
“My wife has spent some weeks at ‘The
Cottage,’ a charming retreat, built by Mrs. Stott,
of the China Inland Mission, and Mrs. Hogg,
while still Miss Bardsley. It is on a hill at the
mouth of the river, overlooking the Wenchow
Bay. And what a difference between there and
here. Though only twenty miles off, the ther-
mometer is from six to ten degrees lower, the air
fresh and ozoney, and the difference from this
steamy swamp almost incredible. I, too, have...”
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“...increasing in price, but we have
secured a very fine and large site (150 feet
frontage, 100 feet deep) for £90. In order to keep
us out, an Archdeacon fought sorely for the land,
and offers of £60 more were made. But we have
it. As Ido not wish any of the purchase money
to come from you, and as Thomas Truscott is a
name to conjure with here, I hope to raise the
amount locally, and partly through a voyage to
Lagos, where many U. M. F.C. supporters are,
who will respond willingly to such an appeal.
CHINA,
Rey. J. W. Hzywoop in his last letter says :—
“7 have arranged for a United Service to be held
in the City Church, once in every three months.
The first was held in the eighth moon, when
almost 200 Christians belonging to the ‘ Settle-
ment’ (this is where the new chapel is to be
built) and City Churches met together. It was
an inspiring service. Sixteen candidates for Bap-
tism, who had the day before been carefully ex-
amined, were baptised. The work both on our
Ningpo and Wenchow Stations...”
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“...that
Mr. Bavin has very cordially accepted the appoint-
ment. Itis an arduous as well as honourable posi-
tion, and it is felt the appointment is an admirable
one. May God bless the Superintendent elect.
of the sons of our ministers and laymen. Mr,
Moore would be glad to give all needful informa-
tion to any who desire it. His residence is Rich-
mond Village, Harrogate. The College is recognised
by the West Riding County Council and the grant
earned this year is the highest possible.
GIFTS TO CHINA.
Rev. W. Kaye Dunn writes :—“I read a letter
from Miss Hornby to my congregation, and in res-
ponse to her suggestions we dispatched a large
box containing 5,000 Christmas cards, rolls of linen
for bandages, pieces of warm woollen stuffs for
“ crazies,’ and two very large and warm quilts,
These latter were made by some of the young
women here, in time squeezed out of their tea half-
MISCELLANEOUS.
ASHVILLE COLLEGE, HARROGATE.
HHROUGH the kindness of the...”
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“...OUR
OUR MISSION IN NINGPO
BY FREDERICK GALPIN.
No. I.
CHINA A HOTBED OF SCANDALOUS RUMOURS.
SSGHE year 1870 opened out in its first
74 months with several signs of peace
4] and progress. On the first Sunday
of the new year I baptized seven
new Chinese members at our preach-
ing room in the city, and met with
many indications of encouragement as I travelled
MISSION IN NINGPO. 23:
Buteven amongst such good tempered audiences,
there were always a few who gave clear signs of
their sullen and hostile attitude towards foreign-
ers! And if we had paused to enquire into the
meaning of such marks of hatred and ill-will, we
should have discovered that they represented most
‘truly, the feelings of the ruling classes in China ;
and that their strong prejudice against us, made it
impossible for them to believe that any good men
came from the West. This anti-foreign feeling
usually gave expression to its thoughts in words
not addressed to us, but to the people who seemed
disposed to regard...”
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“...Missionaries and others to pay
too little heed to such signs, strong in the convic-
tion of their own integrity, it had not then oc-
curred to them to enquire what might be the out-
come of such a movement. Neither did the
Missionaries well consider that for every one China-
man who believed in the goodness of a Christian,
there were thousands who strongly believed the
lie. The summer came, a time when in China the
ignorant people can as easily be excited to deeds
of mad brutality, as dogs in this land by the ex-
cessive summer heat are quickly affected by mad-
ness.
The plot to murder all foreigners had been well
organised by the secret societies which exist be-
neath the surface of the social and political life in
China. The men of the north being most daring,
-struck the first blow at Tientsin; a band of wild
conspirators declared that they had discovered a
large quantity of infant bones just outside the
Catholic school, and that a native kidnapper who
was caught child stealing, confessed...”
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“...CHINESE CHARACTER. 25
CHINESE CHARACTER.
BY EDITH A. HEYWOOD.
MISSIONARY in China never needs to
complain that his life is monotonous ;
at least such is, and has been our
experience.
There is plenty of variety, and there
are many opportunities of studying
human nature which are both in-
teresting and helpful.
To many people at home the Chinaman is a
sleek, stolid individual wearing a pigtail, and this
is about as much as they know of him, and many
people also think the Chinese are all alike.
We who live amongst them do not think so, for
we find as much variety of character amongst them
as amongst the people at home.
The following incident brings before us at least
three distinct types of Chinese character.
The other evening a boy came rushing to our
house with the news that a man had thrown him-
self into the river. This boy had been washing
his clothes somewhere near, when he heard a
peculiar sound, and on turning to look, he saw a
man in the water. The boy got near enough to
pull...”
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“...to all, in short, Hng-
land has been Hindustan’s material Saviour.”’
The book concludes with an appeal to British
students by Rev. J. W. Conklin, A.M., which is
a very vigorous piece of writing.
Among the dark-haired race in the Flowery
Land is the rather poetical title of a book on
Missions in China, by Rev. Samuel Drake, of the
Baptist Missionary Society. This is a personal
narrative of work in China. The author arrived
in Ping Yang during the great famine of 1879.
He took part in the work of relief and was after-
wards employed in similar work elsewhere. Hvi-
dently he was a skilful administrator and or-
ganizer. The work deals largely with what may
be called stock topics on work in China, such as
the opium habit, the degradation of women, the
tyranny of mothers-in-law, Chinese inaptitude for
music, the ignorance of native doctors, the pre-
valence of suicide and the beneficial influence of
medical Missions. He gives also a cheering account
of the results of his own Missionary work...”
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“...BREAKING THE FETTERS. 27
and his helpers bave been able to bring into a
volume of 160 pages the contents of many
Missionary Biographies and Histories. The work
is very well done. Of course it is not exhausting.
We find for example no reference to the work of
our Missionaries in Hast Africa or China. We
think that Thomas Wakefield’s name, at all events,
ought to have appeared.
The New Orthodoxy is the title of anew monthly
periodical of which the first number has been sent
us for review. It is edited by the Rev. Robert
Tuck, B.A., favourably known by his writings for
Sunday School Teachers. We do not admire the
Title, and we do not know exactly what the New
Orthodoxy is. Mr. Tuck’saim is to aid in forming
the theology of the new age, which he thus sets
forth: “The redemption of moral and spiritual
beings from moral and spiritual evils, must be a
moral and spiritual enterprise accomplished by
moral and spiritual forces, however these
spiritual things may gain pictorial illustra-
tion in...”
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“...finds out when
he dispenses medicine after the service, at the
modest charge of ten cash, or a halfpenny a
patient.
There was a fine congregation, in spite of con-
tinued wet. Mr. Soothill preached on « My peace
I leave with you,” and what kind of peace it was
which could be given by a man on the eve of His
crucifixion. They were very attentive, a large
number standing all through the service, at which
sixty were present, of whom seventeen partook of
the Bread and Wine at theclose. But here, in China,
as children too often rule the roost, no attempt
was made to keep them in order, and half my
time was spent in endeavouring to subdue a lively
youth of four, who answers to the call of “Chao-
sing,” or, saving star.
There was such a crowd my husband had to
come into our bedroom, and have in the patients
one by one. Our faithful chair-coolie (named the
buffalo by facetious ones) stands guard at the door,
and now calls, “ Let the eighteenth present him-
self,”
UNtEss you want to be poor,...”
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“...request the pleasure
foreign dinner at Chang Su-Ho’s Garden,
Bubbling Well Road at three o’clock Monday
afternoon, December 6th, 1897.”
This invitation gives the names of ten Chinese
ladies, who come from several of the coast pro-
vinces of China, and they. have taken this plea-
sant method of interesting foreign Jadies in their
scheme, and securing their advice.
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One interesting and progressive feature about
this new school is, that no girl will be allowed to
remain there with bound feet. .____
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Cuina is indeed making advance when not
only is the education of girls being considered,
Chinese Girls’ School
company to a
by side with
A Fanily Group of Gallas. See Page 3. the higher
education of
women in England, is growing in China the desire
for thorough education of the women here, and
with the desire they are finding out the means
of accomplishment.”
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Ty a letter to the Editor, Miss Emma Hornby
says : “1 am quite at home with my dear Chinese
brothers and sisters...”
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“...our Kong-
Long church, sewing for the poor. They are
very few, but very true.”
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Miss Hornsy further says “I should be very
pleased if there are any members of Christian
Endeavours who would like to make woollen caps
for Chinese babies. If so I will be pleased to
send them a pattern. Woollen scarfs or mittens
would be much appreciated, also print of any hue
to make bed quilts, materials to make clothing, or
old linen for hospital use.”
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My readers may like to know what is done in
China with the Christmas and picture cards
which -our missionaries solicit. In a letter to
Rev. W. Kaye Dunn, Miss Hornby -answers this
question. She says: “ Upon each of the Christmas
ecards is written in Chinese the following texts,
‘God is love,’ ‘ Lord, help me,’ ‘ Suffer little chil-
dren,’ and other suitable words. They then are
scattered broadcast. In this way they serve as
tracts.”
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SIERRA LEONE.
In this month’s columns will be found Part I,
of a Lecture on Sierra Leone by the late Rev...”
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