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“...Stabie Ae Sakae Wane or OG Sig an Ht) Eight Hundred and Fifty Miles in a Canoe. { f i a ge | By J. H. Phillipson, 24, 41, 49, 87, 109, 125, 134. The Falls of Kasamma. A Story of Mendiland. i i i { he By W. Vivian, F.R.G.S. An Extracts from Missionary Correspondence, 74, 84 BAG Hi HH 5 i Ses Chapter 1. The Governor's Visit:- 2 S0T BE ee Foreign Missionary Secretary’s Notes, 4, 10, 3 Wes 36, 54, 70, 85, 103, 131, 145, 163, 180 es 2. A Double Disappearance - 25 | i Bee } Harvest Thanksgiving in China, By Edith Fe Oh Pal ay eter oa ae eet es 1) a Sheppard: si" cs Une Pah me cto Sieg hd 4. Butu Makes a Discovery. - 78 | He z ee Hsiao Chin Ch’iian. By G. W. Sheppard = - 151 yy. Be Shewa’s Dream - ~~ - ~~. -90 ue 2 Ha ie { Impressions of East Africa. By G. English - 33 » 6. Butu’s Return - 7 RE LOZ Hh i) \ ’ Va | Ladies’ Missionary Auxiliaries S73 MT LST O5 yy /y Buus Story: = ore rat | We i * He ba : | “Lame on Both His Feet.” By Mrs. Soothill - 154 He ee ne, orc ay ae ai fi | : 3 $5 g., Interrupted...”
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“...odes Children - 5 TBE a i | i ee ent nee Pir aauaeyag seats Rey. J. F. Hughes, Mrs. Hughes, and Rev. : a Tt Group of Children, Mazeras - ‘ - 179 E. D. L. Thompson - a e - 170 a ee Pea rs ee ai a Group of Free Methodists, Ningpo - - aay Mr. Railton Yiien, M.A. - - : - 177 = t 4 | | Interior of Mission House, Golbanti - - - 163. River Londiniat - - - - = ENT HE it ut ; Japanase Ladies in Double Jinrikishas - - 39 Sceneonthe UpperTana- - - - - 24 me hs ha Mazeras Band - < = B = - 98 Shih-p’u, China - - - - - - 118 a: i i ial Mazeras, View from ‘Mission House - - --134 View of Creek from Native Jomvu - = = 161 me lhhicw ee so hak Missionary Life in the Bush - 3 5 - 129 Wenchow City Chapel - - = = = SG a SS i i, ‘ Mi-Ao, near Wenchow - - - - - 22 Wenchow District Meeting - - = - 53 - i a ae me a md te eg ee aia 1 Hie Wee (| v= Vii hl i f HY ie ea a) We 5 i rae Hee a te Hak =. i eB His ee...”
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“...ie rae ee sis a <0 eins 2 {pe : China, will, I hope, i i i i | gone home, and my heart was glad. They con- resume her facile pen. | / : , cluded that it would be well to hear any news | i hs = » concerning this new custom, which the white JAMAICA. } ! | man was so anxious to introduce, but it must be I have received a letter from the Rev. F. | \ i | clearly understood that their mode of life should Bavin, in which he intimates that all the mission i | | Hl not be disturbed by it. I thought to myself, staff are well. Referring to an account of her NHR “You cannot help it if the Word once gets into voyage to Jamaica, by Miss Copestake, which i ‘| ’ the heart.” appears in this month’s Ecuo, he says that it A Thus a few days were spent in establishing a was written by her at Christ Church, on the eve i) | l fe new cause in the country, and in preaching the of her...”
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“... by : ' | ; hear something about children in that far off, birth, and, as his name indicates, of Scotch i | i Se | wonderful land which is the white man’s home. ancestry. His home during most of his life has | / i | ee | After Friday’s excitement, and in anticipation been Gosforth, and his name is known and loved NH hee: | of the Sabbath, Saturday is a rest day. We are by the members of our Church there. | j ) oe all astir early on Sunday morning, and I set off It is, however, of his work in China that I want” : i / / ae | with Mrs. Bavin for Stony Hill to attend the ospeak. When our College’ was started, in very ! i i ees reopening services of Stony Hill Church. The different quarters from those we now occupy, it | Hi es people seem to have rallied with a will, and to was to Mr. Stobie that I looked, and did not look | i } z | have heartily seconded Mr. Bavin’s efforts to jn vain, for the help that was required. Though i! Hi | es bring order out of chaos. I understand that the greatly...”
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“...communion-rail, his little black hands encased in : Hd Bie preferred it to Africa, because, he said, there were white kid gloves, which formed quite a contrast : Ad ae better things to eat, and he could hear more to his swarthy skin! : | a He _ about Jesus. He had his tremblings and fears, We sang a hymn at the wedding, How are Ae / after all. In heathen lands Englishmen are often’ Thy servants blest, O Lord,” and this verse - suspected of having evil-designs on natives. In OCCurs in it: — i i China they think that the English kill children In foreign realmsand lands remote, tan ie to make medicine of them, and in Africa they teu nee Gale pas unticd (i ue have sometimes as foolish fears. Once, after And breathe in tainted air. ; i ae Dado had gone to bed ie oe Soe ss But God saw it meet to call Mrs. Wakefield early i Aer wanted to see the little, black boy. They were bok reen a eG taken upstairs where Dado lay seemingly asleep. Z : (4 AR He was wide awake, but he told the kind friends ee...”
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“...shall hope to hear some- os ye iat blem there are two standards of obligation. One thing from Mr. Sharrocks, on his return home, | med Wee) standard for the missionary and one for the about his visit and about our mission. | Hg Pe Be) ordinary stay-at-home Christian. The mission- DR. JONES. : Hye Hae ary must, of course, deny himself, expect and In consequence of a dense fog, the s.s. “ Mon- lf i cl accept hardship, and be joyfully content, without — golia,” by which Dr. Jones is travelling to China, : Ih q tie i not a few of the things which those at home did not sail till the day following the one : Ki § i i count a necessity. But by whose authority are announced, viz., December 24th, instead of SS Uf 1 these things demanded from the missionary, while December 23rd. He sent a very cheerful note li ae 4 we at home are excused? If the missionary, by from “down channel.” Our friend is now well : ie A the very nature of his call and work, is required on his way, indeed, will not be far from...”
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“...Yangtze,” that of i Hi H ae full of hope and promise. Buildings are rising, the 15,000 Chinese youths who go up for the i i i | ; and the people assembling for worship. New _ triennial examination to the city of Nangking, the | ii i = members are being gathered in, notwithstanding proportion of passes is one per hundred. So i | i | 2 some serious decreases. At the District meeting, highly is literary distinction coveted by the people i i | I ae in January, they are likely to have many reasons of China that some unsuccessful candidates con- i a i z for praise and thanksgiving.” This is cheering tinue to attend these examinations up to ninety jj i i oe news. . 5 years of age. i i] iT ae A NOTABLE MISSIONARY BOOK. In view of these facts, the following, from i 1 We beg to call the respectful attention of all Wenchow, is not without significance: “Last mail _ i ii | our friends to a notable missionary book by Dr. from Wenchow brought news that six students, i | | ee F. R. Horton. The title of the...”
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“...SE inte SIT ae tae Pee eee eee S pe : 2 0 Poietea eee Ss ESE : = eRe Peete irr Dim eo Hp I He = We H WORK IN~ WENCHOW. 23 i | Lg | AA | buy many new forms, and on Communion Sun- I was coming, and just before I arrived they had | : | & | day we have one of the largest congregations in smashed in a Christian’s shop, broken the pulpit, i i 5; j China. and carried off that and the forms to the side of H| Wl : The hospital, under the care of our good Dr. the river, so that when I landed with a boatload | ‘| ( Plummer, continues its beneficent work; it is a of Christians from another ‘place, these things | i Hes centre of light and healing in the darkness and were all scattered about as a kind of intimidation, | We sickness around. A new ward for women has or at least a dubious welcome. I was advised | | ie been opened. It is hoped that the new hospital not to go into the village, but I did not like to . qa i will be built during the coming year. give up the idea, at least until I had seen the...”
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“...tion of the evangelical faith, but points out what Se | or sew. Miss Whymper here provides readings can be done, and ought to be done, in the home, = Pe HE for such occasions. Having read them all, I can the Sunday School, the Bible class, by lessons, By iL truly say that they are admirably fitted for the leaflets and lectures. He finally appeals to the | | Pp Pe purpose intended. They refer to many parts of National Federation of Free Churches, an exist- | ie Fee: | the mission field: India, China, Persia, Uganda, ing institution which supplies all the necessary ; = i ia Wie Madagascar, and other places all pass under machinery for effective dealing with the nation | a) if ABE 6 review. The information supplied is quite up toon this great question. I have been much oS eel He date, and is given in a clear, interesting style. impressed with this book, which I have read with = ir if i i Some of the papers are in the form of dialogues, much approval. I should be glad if all the | = l) 4 i a...”
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“...communication the only opportunity they have of glorifying i i : . : : ATA between the extreme East and West there is God. All history proclaims that as is the ' i much lamentable ignorance in the Church con- family so is the nation. The degradation of | i | cerning heathen lands. . Here is work for Chris- home is the sure presage of national ruin. A 1 tian Endeavour missionary committees, to make Safeguard your home by faith, reverence and AA y 2 ee = E <3 ANA Th the facts of life in India, Africa, China, and the love. 4 \ i | Hi ; A i “ i) Bt oo | es...”
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“...my work chiefly lies. I have been an’ who had gone astray. Missionary effort opened = | i Hl | onlooker as they have marched through the the way to the raising of the rude Saxons into a : i iy He) village, led by their teachers, and as they have mighty nation. Missionary ‘effort can, by God’s i ri 4 played their games. I have watched them in the grace, do the same for the simple African. ee iilom HERB dirt E iF I | So a ) = iM hs ith hea OUR FOREIGN | FIELD. = Ne Editorial Notes. : ee: Penh a CHINA. 5 : is 4 : : i ape! N forwarding a contribution for the columns ee Se ee me lh i t | of the ASEM EY Ecuo, the Rev. J. W. “Your letter reached me a week ago when up ih Hf i Heywood writes: : country itinerating. I will get to work upon the : 4 Pa “I have felt very much my lack of supplying sketches of some of our leading. men, and- let a you with material for the Eco. I can only you have them as soon as possible. : Fy i plead that the work here claims so much time “My wife also sends a short account...”
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“...destination in a little over'a a after / it : and among the other inducements was this: “If writing. He had had ar NDI eBSs on / || as you will come, I will go with you to our made a good sailor. Beneert vee BON ae H 4 | MONTHLY MISSIONARY PRAYER-MEETING, he was longing to reach his journey’s end and i Hi) and introduce you to Dr. ——.” Is it to be won- take his place among his fellow workers in the We dered at that the said Church is one of the most great land of China. | wi progressive and missionary Churches in England ? CHINA—NINGPO. Hi : Cannot we have a monthly missionar rayer- On arriving home this noon we found a deeply - Hi al ) y pray g ply aa meeting in our Churches, and make use of our interesting letter from Mr. Heywood. It was a i ihe missionary report, and Missionary Eco, and report of the annual meeting of workers of the BH other missionary literature, to inform the mind, Ningpo District. Every branch of the work is Hi / and guide and quicken the heart in its supplica- passed...”
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“...called into the darkness, while the | HW ee | on an isthmus, and is washed by the sea on both lanterns waved a farewell, as we turned home- | ae sides. Father and I went down to the narrow ward again through the night. : i | eg strip of sand there, and thought of our own dear And to you also, Mr, Editor, I will say “good- | ; i ie English seaside. Then we climbed the cliff to night!” i | i ! look across to America, while everybody else HTH wondered whatever we were doing up there in the Wenchow, China, ; ; i iH cold. Dec. 16th, 1904. H ih a eal : 3 - | | i WANK Pa ; 3 : ; Ot | a Eight Hundred and Fifty Miles in a @anoe. i i | BY J. H. PHILLIPSON. ; i i : PART II. helped about their business without any evil i Hh TT’ sunrise on the 11th we arose, when, results. We cooked food for the day, made all HAA lo! everything we possessed was covered ready for a long spell in the canoes, and about MI ; with caterpillars; huge, cold, hairy noon left Kulesa. The day was cloudy, making i fil | creatures...”
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“...were put on the hands, their missionary, the Rev. J. B. Griffiths, labours. A i i i ; weight caused the arms to hang down, and the little while after its birth a lot of women came WH il children fell into the fire. In modern times, we to him, asking that they might be allowed to kill i a know thousands of children have been thrown the baby. It had the misfortune to be born with Hilt Hi into the river Ganges, which is worshipped as.a some defect, so, instead of pitying it, they wanted i i god. In China the murder of infants, chiefly to put it away. All these instances show us how | i female children, is a common thing, and in the thankful we should be that we were born in a : i South Sea Islands, before the Gospel was known Christian land. “Blessed are the people that a there, women, who afterwards’ got converted, con- know the joyful sound.” “Happy are the people i Nh fessed they had slaughtered three, or five, or whose God is the Lord.” — i i HR Soe EE ___ ue...”
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“...specially ii | | z without mistake, and at race-horse speed. I interesting to have Mr. Hepworth presiding over i i j occasionally stopped one of them in the middle our great annual missionary gathering. He will i | i i of a verse, and started the other half a chapter receive from our people a hearty welcome. The I | i t further on. It made no difference. At lightning speakers will be the President (the Rev. Jabez i i i ee speed he would start off, and continue without King), the Rev. W. R. Stobie (China), the Rev. TE ag break, till he was checked for the other to take A. E. Greensmith (West Africa), the Rev. H. T. / | zs .aturn. Both of them were word perfect! Chapman (Foreign Missionary Secretary), Mr. R. HF i ze “To return, however, to the District meetings, Bird (Treasurer), Mr. E. S. Snell (chairman of ait / ee we closed them with Sunday services in the City the London District). It is hoped to make the ] i He ae Church, which was filled with a splendid con- meetings more than ordinarily...”
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“...x pe a aR eR ee NE ets nal aR ay GT, eal Ce | | | | , oh ee ~ Ta USA et : a i a . y Ee 54 FOREIGN MISSIONARY SECRETARY’S NOTES. | Re ie a hie HUA aOR Bi ° ° * al a Foreign Missionary Secretary's Notes. et ea A BI a hu | | ae CHINA. _ BAST AFRICA. le it Ca INGPO.—The welcome news is to hand Mr. Griffiths is losing no time in the matter 1g el a | \ | of the safe arrival ingChina of Dr. of visiting all our stations after his return. Most He Wh a Jones. He reached Shanghai on of them he has already visited; the remaining | a i} Ln February ist, and was greeted by ones he will visit with the least possible delay. a a itt al the Rev. J. W. Heywood, who had gone thus far He has also had a conference with the whole eS Mi i a to meet him. of our East African staff. Of the conference he | : a te He The Doctor was in good health, had enjoyed says: “A really blessed time we had together. cs ca Hi | his voyage, and was ready both in body and mind We were of one mind and of one spirit.” The 2 a Hl |...”
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“...the Church pays for .|........ “Social Life.”. “Character and Charac- iil i the Ecuo. teristics.” 1 ) eB Can such an enterprise fail of good? The ......... “Religions, Traditions and Folk-lore.” | (| Church is sure to be blessed, but who shall say ; or a ] es ans : PraveR Uwnion.—The Foreign Missionary HE who and what great missionary may not receive : cy : : ; Secretary recommends the following plan. for qe his first faint call to the glorious work through ; : be | a on each month. ist to 7th—China, Ningpo and Hl 5 these monthly missionary calls. To us it is a : aa . Wenchow. 8th to 14th—Africa, East and West. Ta | most noble work, and has on its brow the fresh- : Hi i | 15th to 21st—Jamaica. 22nd to 28th—Home ea ness and fragrance of the world to come. isha aed Hy) Hi | Missions. 29th to 31st—Missions generally. i | } ie | A YOUNG PEOPLE’S MISSIONARY UNION. ‘¢ The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few ; ! j i : a8 ” a A week ago, at the close of a missionary con- pray 98...”
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“...London to China and up Madagascar I could not but regret the hindrance a 4 He the River Vangise. By H.M.W. London: to united action presented by the position taken | a Wi i S. W. Partridge and Co. ‘Price One Shilling. by the Friends on the Christian Sacraments. It as eid We ti A missionary returning to China is accom- would be a happy thing if the Friends, so ae A aE panied by his little boy Wilfred, and to make a exemplary in many things, would fall into line . iH Be book for boys the father describes the incidents with other evangelical Churches on this matter. Be f th they affected his boy. The idea Be i : HE Bike be Nee ne oe a Lert 5 re Catalogue of Books. Suitable for reading circles, : ii } re re , : 3 : Missionary Collecting and Sunday. School Bayes writer cannot avoid reference to himself, but, of Prize Z , : te foi biel ; course, he is “Wilfred’s father.” The narrative a 3 : : Ha eee ; ; Tes This catalogue, issued in accordance with a em BPRS Eitan is Commonplace until China is reached...”
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“...aed IPE espe seannuesrnssn . Ce = ee << ‘ SSeS Sas — omens — i oe Se ee 1 ee Hi , HARVEST. THANKSGIVING IN CHINA. 61 Ih a A ae es ; Ws Harvest Ghanksgiving in China. he BY EDITH SHEPPARD. tH 1, Bg HE Sabbath, with its services, is; an The services were well attended. My husband | i Ee i | | important and happy day for the Chris- preached in the morning from the words: “At Al e | tians in China. But, in the course of that time Jesus went on the Sabbath day through | i He | the year, there are but few Sundays set the corn ” (Matt. xii. 1), the theme being “Christ’s i i i | | Bhatt for specialssentuces, SUC as ay HOME Seen) thoughts as He passed through the cornfields” ; i | | to be the milestones of the year. 5 0 as Living in a great rice-growing district, where and, in the afternoon, gave an address on Hil | i a g g gr g ’ i i a ; nearly every household grows its own rice, watch- Thankfulness. i | | ing the fields grow golden unto harvest, and, It had been decided to distribute the thank-...”
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“...Stsuan, Hsiian with his hat off, they as at least not i i ee | Pastor of the Ningbo Settlement. incredible. Another © feature, immediately | i * striking, though scarcely external, is the voice. MW Be, Se Ne OE ee A Mr. Hsii’s voice is a wonder in its volume and 1 ' : Cty harshness. The large American organ, which Hi gz HINESE puzzles are proverbial. But would lead the congregational singing at the 1 We ee the greatest puzzle to be met with in Settlement Church, is utterly drowned by the - aa |) China is the Chinaman himself. To [ ; | i 1 ee understand his character, to appreciate ees Seine | | Hh Ze his motives and feelings, is a great part of the Erne ee a : arta i i “ missionary’s task; but those who have succeeded. | ~ Ba Pe ea om bi i g best would most readily confess that they have ay 4 Meee Cae ay Ae Wit ee not half fathomed the depths hidden beneath ee Beit ie 2 | these dark brown eyes, or unravelled the mys- |. ae an . eee a4 i i ses teries peculiar to these yellow skins. Fe ees a...”