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“...t of our Jamaica Mission entered into rest, our minister in Bocas del Toro, Rev. Thos. Halliwell, fell asleep in Jesus. Mr. Halliwell was little known in most of our English Circuits. He had not itinerated here. He was received into the ministry when appointed to Bocas. But in Wigan where he was best known he was highly respected, and had he been spared to labour in the foreign field his name would soon have been better known in the Con- nexion, for “he was every inch a 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...”
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“...ano‘ her « Q]d companion in distress” Rev. George Turner, retired but recently from the Secretarysbip of our Missions. None thought. he had so soon 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...”
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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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“... Do our Sunday Schools and Young Peoples’ Endeavour Societies know that our Book Room, London, has four sets of slides, sixty in a set, illustrating, (1) Our East African Mission, (2) West African Mission, (3) China Mission, and (4) Missions in Mendiland, with a prepared lecture on each Mission. The charge made for the use of these slides is very moderate. Rev. A. Crombie, 119, Salisbury Square, will be pleased to furnish all information respecting them. Every one knows how pictures not only give pleasure, but aid the memory in remembering a subject. a * # 4. Hymns ror Missionary Servioxs. The Book Room has also prepared a sheet of fourteen hymns, all of a distinctive Missionary character. The type is good, and the sheets form a most excellent little hymnal for Missionary Anniver- saries. The price is Is. per 100. A good Mis- sionary hymn gives tone and spirit to an Anni- versary. Let this sheet-hymnal be borne in mind especially on the occasion of United Missionary Demonstrations. REV...”
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“...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 connection with the A.K.M. Mission of | Foochow. The temptation to send an account of ~ these meetings for the Ecuo is too great to be re- sisted. May the...”
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“...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 of duty is to do what we can and if that appears small it may be serviceable, and if serviceable, eligible for the Master’s approval, I read a single but beautiful story of a poor woman...”
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“...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.” * * * 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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“...towards the £15,000, with the brief sentence, “ More to follow.” We heartily thank our unknown friend. WEST AFRICA, Rev. J. Proudfoot writes in a most cheerful strain in reference to our West African Mission generally. In one of his last letters he says, “On Friday, December 38rd, I am to preach in connection with a new venture in a rapidly increasing quarter of Freetown, called Kissy Road. We have been losing members through the trend of the population in that direction, and during April, May, and June, in company with Mr. Nichols, of Murray Town, and afew Leaders in the Tabernacle Society, I was looking out for a suitable opening. As it was only a venture I decided to “say nothing until I could say something.” Now, having succeeded beyond our expectations, the Truscott Memorial Mission is to be inaugurated on the date named above. On Sunday, the 5th of December, the Wesleyan General Superintendent has promised to conduct one of the services. Land is dear, and is rapidly increasing in...”
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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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“...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 under torture that the priests and nuns had hired him. This was a sufficient excitement to a city full of angry people, and the end soon came to all Mission work in the district. All the priests and nuns were...”
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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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“...the island of the same name a dis- tance of some four miles in a north- westerly direction, when it takes a sud- den turn to the west, and after two and a half miles it makes a second turn, this time to the north. It was at this second bend of the river, and on the left of the west bank that the Mission station of Msomwe was situate. The houses had been so arranged that the village formed a large horseshoe,. the white stone Mission house occupying a central position. Running into the horseshoe and filling a third or more of the space was a mangrove swamp—in fact the village of Msomwe was sur- rounded on three sides by swamps. These swamps had played an important part in the history of this Mission village, being cesspools of death to many a white man, and for once in a while they had served as excellent hiding places for slaves. who crouched among the mikoko trees from their cruel masters. It was one hour past sunrise and the sky was already assuming that indefinable hue which pro- claims...”
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“...Missions, and is * thankful to God for the increased Missionary spirit which appears to be possessing cur Connexion.” # * % Anorner sends 5s., signing herself “ Reader of Free Methodist.” To both these good friends we tender our best thanks. WEST AFRICA. In a letter recently to hand, Rev. J. Proudfoot reports steady progress; in one or two directions the work of the Mission is growing in a very marked degree. He was, when writing, on the eve of another journey to the Mendi Mission. In relation to that Mission Mr. Proudfoot says: — “Mr. Goodman insists that another European Missionary must be appointed to the Mendi Mission, it is not safe for one man to be alone. I feel that Mr. Goodman is right. Who will say, ‘Here am I, send me?’” EAST AFRICA, Our friend, Rev. C. Consterdine, has safely arrived at our Tana Station. He has paid several visits in company with Rev. R. M. Ormerod to the Pokomos in the neighbourhood of our Golbanti Station. He speaks enthusiasti- cally of the earnestness...”
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“...not doubt, the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdom of our God and of His Christ. A UNIQUE APPEAL. In the last letter to hand Mr, Griffiths in his first paragraph says :—“ We should feel so grate- ful it some kind friend.would present us with a Communion Service for our Ganjcni Church!” This is an appeal so pathetic, so full of all that is Street Preaching in Ningpo on a cold winter's day. Mission there, and failed, because no one would rent them a place for meeting. Now, it would take too long to tell how, our friend has acquired a house, and will commence a, Mission at once. We have already a few, willing to throw in their lot with us. The die is cast, it is for us to go forward. Mr. Socthill says:—‘“Jui-au is the great literary centre of this country; one of Li Hung Chang’s most honoured teackers came from...”
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“...A REMINISCENCE. 48 A REMINISCENCE. BY EMMA HORNBY. NE Sunday afternoon shortly after my arrival in China, I had the pleasure of visiting one of our small mission sta- tions. I had not long been seated be- fore a little Chinese boy and girl came in and took a seat, one on each side of me. I took no notice of them fora time, having been warned that the Chinese were afraid of approaching foreigners. This was speci- ally true of children whose parents tell them that we steal them, and make “yiah” (medicine) of their bodies. Forsome time I continued sitting almost motion- less, during which time I had been pretty well scrutinised from head to foot. The stage of exam- ination having been completed, they began to get on more friendly terms, by turning up the sleeve of my dress, and contrasting the colour of their skin with mine. They then took off my gloves, a smile accom- panying the act, as they gazed up into my face to see whether I appreciated this liberty. I re- turned the compliment...”
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“...and subscribes annually £4 10s. for the education of a Chinese boy at one of our mission stations. Whilst looking abroad, it does not overlook the claims at home, for the poor in the neighbourhood, old and young, have been benefited by the liberality and Christian sympathy of the Hanover Society. Lapy Lane Mission, in its many forms of Christ-like service, does not forget the claims of the young. It has two societies ina vigorous and healthy condition, under the supervision of earnest and devoted workers, The junior society has re- cognised the loving labours of the superintendent Miss Clara Howeroft, by presenting her with a gold badge. Heene Hix Y.P.S.C.E. has done splendid ser- vice for missions during the past year. It has obtained in various ways £30 11s. 5d. for foreign work. ‘Ten pounds of this amount goes to the support of a Bible-woman in Ningpo, the remain- der is for a women’s hospital in China, towards the cost of which the society has undertaken to raise £100. Roruzruam Society...”
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“...almost impossible to impress, but I took him to Ningpo and ultimately he was sent back healed, and his return in good health created a feeling of wonder and admiration, which, in the end, opened the way to a spirit of interest in religion. I should like to know what proportion of our members in China trace their first acquaintance with missionaries, and knowledge of Christian truth to medical work; I am sure that a large number of Christians would declare that because of medical aid rendered to them, or to some mem- ber of their family, they were first impressed to study the Gospel message. I trust my young readers will resolve to aid our Committee with generous donations, so that every mission station may have a medical missionary. Tur Station in East Africa hitherto known a8 Ganjoni, has henceforth to be called Mazera’s, from the native teacher who has for many years laboured for his Master there. ‘lhe railway station at the village is called Mazera’s. S22" FRR Sei. + ac! Sata ae...”
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“...ladies at Ngao, a Swedish lady at Kulesa and a German lady in Lamu. ‘These are the only lady friends Mrs. Ormerod can findin Tanaland! Her health keeps fairly good. She has only had one visit to the seaside since we came here last March. The heat has been affecting her lately, but from malarial troubles she has suffered very little.” CHINA. Rev. J. W. Heywoop, in a communication to the editor, has some interesting reminiscences of the Wenchow Mission with which he was identified until his removal to Ningpo. ‘They have reference to the sympathy and help received from agents of the Ohina Inland Mission, Mr. Heywood says :— EIELD, “Our Wenchow Mission owes much to Mr, and Mrs. Stott, first, as being the pioneers of the Cross in an anti-foreign city where we now have one of our most successful missions, and secondly to the: hearty friendship they extended to the Young Free Methodist agents. Mr. Exley ever found a ready welcome and a cheery word of advice at their home, during the few...”