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“...| mer s z s 3 ie - 171 Girls’ School, Wenchow Mrs. Soot-
| Boxes, The Adventures of Missionary. bill = Bee ae a = i Gee
| R. Brewin - = 2 Ben 7, 65 Griffith John”: A Review. R. Bréwin 27
Boys’ School, Wenchow A. H. Shar- “Griffith John,” Gems from - - 260, 278
man Se - = = - 74 Heathen Temple, A Message from a
| Champness, Life of Thomas R. R. Brewin - - - - - 133
ss Brewin - - - - - - 210 Honour, A Point of - - - - - 229
/ China and the U.M.C. : 5 : - 229 Incidents from the Field - - - 273
China, Startling Facts about - - 6 «Jn Perils of Robbers.” G. W. Shep-
i China and the Opium Curse. G. W. pard = - - - - S72
| Sheppard = = Be - 40 John,” “Griffith: A Review. R.
| Chinese Anti-Opium Edict - - - 6 Brewin - * = 2 = Sey,
Chinese Woman, The Mrs. Shepnard 196 John,” “Griffith, Gems from -260, 278
| Chinese Constitution, The New § Liu Ka-Kung. W. E. Soothill - - - go
Ba Png chan gee z Z - 257 Keswick Convention. R. Brewin - 235
Ce ee q eae ae ae. 83 Kingston, Impressions of Walter Hall 52...”
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Shanghai Missionary Conference - =~ 178) Dymond. RevesHe. J. = a = = 4
Sheppard, Rev. G. W. (Return to Galpin, Rev. F. - = = = = O07
China) - - E e a - 242 Godfrey, J.P., €.C., Mr. John - 25
Slavery, Redeemed from A. E. Green- Greensmith, Rev. A. E. Sey 4 ASSO
smith - = - - - - 250 Greensmith, Mrs. - - - - - 150
Stylish Affair, A G. O. Heath - - 154 . Griffiths, Rev. J: Boy - - - a 228
Sunday Schools, Coming Changes in Hedley, F.R.G.S., Rev. J. - - - 218
Jeckyeawismec - - 66; 93; 118. Elerron; Reva ji gR.. > - - - 177
Tale of an Organ. Mrs. Soothill ~- 151 Irving, M.A., D.C.L., Rev. D. - - 26
Texts, Missionary J. E, S. - - 262 Lawis, Rev. John F. - - - - 66
“Things Chinese.” W. R. Stobie, 88, Lewin, C.C., Mr. John - - - - 124
105, 129 Lyttle, Rev. William - = 2 =. 172
Throne of China, The Imperial G. W. Morgan, Dr. Campbell = - - 22 TA
Sheppard - - - E = 2c) backer, Rev. Georges: - - - 102
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“...Free Churches.
Soe ——_—_—_____,,
he Ston :
of Mendiland. A. E. GREENSMITH.
MONG the many objects of A few years ago these images, called
interest in Mendiland are certain “nomolisia’ by the Mendies (possibly
curious soapstone carvings, con- derived from nu—person, and muli—
cerning which a few words may be of soapstone), were thought to be peculiar
interest. They are interesting to the to a comparatively small area not far
missionary because they have a place in distant from our Tikonkoh Mission |
the pagan religious ritual of the Station, but it is now evident that they
Mendies, and a little perplexing to are to be found in greater or less num-
ethnologists inasmuch as no satisfactory bers throughout nearly the whole of
conclusion has been arrived at as to the Mendi and Sherbro countries, and they
origin and makers of them. Native oral are not unknown to the Kissy tribe over
_ tradition can throw no light upon their the Liberian border, nor to those parts
origin, nor do the artistic...”
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“...activity in savage
=| | with their credulous minds, relate such Africa by reference to Egypt. While
S| captures. Such behaviour on the part some of the carvings are clumsy and
2 | of “nomolisia” is the proof a Mendi- badly executed, others undoubtedly have
pe man adduces to show these images are a real vein of art in them; but there is
not simply man-made, but areconnected not much, if anything, to suggest
ey with the invisible world. external influence, and there is more
One morning, a mission boy reported likelihood that they are the products of
=| to me that during the night one of these a lost local and indigenous art. Re-
images, which [I had been fortunate membering the tribal migrations, and
& | enough to secure, came out of my sara- the wars of extermination which have
: toga trunk, and. wakened him by _ been going on for many centuries, it is
| : gupping his arm, and thus severely not surprising that the art has not sur-
rightening him. That was during my vived to the present...”
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“...country to if it but lead them to Him “Who is the:
commerce and civilization and Chris- Way, the Truth, and the Life.”
Se Se Sse
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Bible Christian By
M e e Cc. STEDEFORD,
1 SSI Of) S ® Secretary.
HE origin of the Bible Christian was opening the way to China. This
China Mission may be traced to conviction deepened during the year,
the influence of the great apostle and was fully confirmed at the following
of the Chinese Empire, the Rev. J. Conference, which will be ever memor-
Hudson Taylor. In response to an in- able on account of the powerful in-
vitation he attended the Conference of fluence which swayed the Assembly
1884, and spoke on the needs and claims when it was decided to open a mission
of China. His words produced a pro- in China and two young ministers (the
found impression, and one young minis- Revs. T. G. Vanstone and S. T. Thorne)
ter (the Rev. T. G. Vanstone) was were set apart as the first missionaries.
moved to offer himself for the work. It In a few minutes the sum of...”
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“...province of Yunnan, ren toiled with wonderful devotion and
ie | in the south-west of China, was one of heroism amid darkness which had_ not
3 the least known and most destitute of been relieved by a single gleam of
el all the provinces in China, and, conse- Gospel truth.
a quently, it was decided to establish the In 1887 they were strengthened by
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“...pioneer colleague (the Rev. T. G. —_—_
Vanstone) was not permitted to remain ee
long after him. He was compelled to Be ee
return to England in 1892, on account a Gen base .
of broken health. After a period of PEE ae.
rest he was eager to return, and was SS rere
willing to do so at whatever risks; but _ a ee
medical opinion was decisive against it, ae oe he .
and after four years in one of the home e
orcas he was called to his reward in
1808.
In the meantime another life was laid Deans
‘down for China—that of the Rev. J. :
‘Carter, who, with the Rev. W. Trem- The work on all three stations was
‘berth, left these shores in 1890. While very successfully maintained, and many
at the training home at Ganking Mr. persons became eager listeners to the
‘Carter was seized with fatal illness. In truth; but only few, comparatively,
his last letter, written a few days before were ready to avow their faith by
‘his death, he said: “If I hada thousand baptism. By their kindness, gentle-
lives to give I would...”
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“...move them to the China Inland Mission over, and you will have counted the
| House. Here they remained, homeless living millions of that empire.
and bereft of all their possessions, until What will you do to save them?
July 18th. - An official escort was pro- —F rom“ Woman's Evangel.”
4 vided to accompany them to the coast, :
and they arrived at Hong Kong four &
4 weeks later. At Chao Tong, also, the =
Fl disturbances were so threatening that Chinese Anti-
1 | Mr. and Mrs. Pollard, with the other e ‘ %
ih. missionaries of that station, were com- Opium Edict.
| pelled to retire to the coast. But Mr. fated Sopteciher wih hd eisioted
a | and Mrs. Grist and Mr. Hicks, at Tong from the ‘* Pekin and Tientsin Times”’
Chuan, decided not to leave their sta- of September 22nd, 1906.
tion. They passed through some days Imperial Decree. Sanctioned by the
| and nights of terrible anxiety because Emperor, Empress Dowager, and
| of the mob sine surrounded the Government of China.
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“...Holy Scripture shine with a cities, and the stranding of our central
clearness and distinctness which nothing town and city Churches by the move-
can obscure: ment of the population towards the
“For the Lord God is a sun and suburbs. This twofold movement had
shield: The Lord will give grace and ]gid a strain on our mission fund, which
glory: No good thing will He withhold aq not been adequately met.”
from them that walk uprightly.” : ar Sees Bene
. Dealing with our foreign missions,
& Mr. Hardy contended that, as a Denom-
Dr. Henry Van Dyke says ination, we had played a noble part.
missionary Of the great missionary Still we needed to do more, else we
MOTTO movement: “ The mission- should have to retrench, and retrench-
FoR Wier. ary enterprise is not the ment wasa positive lowering of the flag
Church’s afterthought. It before the world, and could not be
is Christ’s forethought. . . . Christ thought of without shame and pain. It
has put it into the very heart of was forcibly urged that we...”
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“...daughter on the
| ev. O. arpley (the late as Bec iSS1
Mr. W. Start... ee ty mission telde
Tielegindley.--cse ee e 010-6 & & &
a | Mr. D. Straw y 303 oe te .. 010 0 © : S re
Ba | Mr, R. Bailey .. ... s. ... 0 5 0, New sus- The diffusion of' mission-
A Me Ee Brettle ... aoe ee .. 0 5 0 SCRIBERS. ary information would not
wy, Geee tee So ee only: be ac elp “tothe “missionary.
MSW oH Smith 6 ee causes itself, but. would-be: the cause
A Mr: T. G: Rolfe... =. es OG) SCOF =«Cdefinite spiritual quickening and
I Collected on Tennis Court .. .. 212 6 enlargement. The late Dean Vaughan
| £20 18 6 said: “Know and you will feel;
ae | ee ~SClkknow and you will pray; know
B and you will help.” During the past
year aie letters we Hale eae on
| a When attending mission- Many arections, we have been deeply
| OUR YouNG ary services in a large town pute ee : ee we. ance : @) Oe
| Se ee 8 ee Weel 280, we wets Fics toad ceealenly the Mission
| ee ee young inend who had col- ary ECHO; (8) The gieat need there
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Folding ;
the first and second -Sundays in the (3) Should a Sunday School win the |
New Year? To do this will be helpful, right to hold the umbrella for a second
and a source of blessing to all! term of five years it shall become the
property of the said school.
If any further particulars are needed,
ec “Tn China the most hon- Please write the Foreign Missionary
MISSIONARY ourable presentation of a Secretary, 4. Newton Grove, Leeds.
MYRIAD public character is what
CRUBELLAD they call a ‘myriad name ae eee ce Tae
FOR COM- umbrella.” It is really a : EL! Pee 4 RLS
PETITION IN complimentary banner in See Ga %
OUR SUNDAY the form of an umbrella Be feeee ese as) 3) BS ane eee
Score: fixed on a long bamboo aor oa a eb Ge:
pole. The umbrella is draped with oe ee ee A
curtains of scarlet satin upon which He a) Sea aed eer |
are written, in letters of gold, the ] Be ar oh fi
names of those who have made ees: \ BS ey oe " -
the presentation. It is also decorated | — | & (a ¥ oe
with...”
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“...occurred to Mr. French Soothill, B.A., and afterwards the Rev.
j through the consideration of the F. Galpin, have given lectures accom-
fact that trade societies and friendly panying them in the Gloucester Street
| ‘societies had their emblems; and at Circuit.
great outlay of time and skill he pre- Mr. French sends a full and accurate
pared a missionary emblem. He got description of the picture, but, really,
‘the pictures chiefly out of the MISSION- it is needless to have this printed, as it
| ARY ECHO, the volumes of which he — speaks for itself. China, Jamaica, East
thas for the last twelve years. Mr. and West Africa, are all included, and
French testifies that he has received a_ the scenes are familiar to our readers.
| great deal of help and inspiration from We thank our friend most heartily for
| the perusal of the ECHO during these placing the original at our disposal. It
years, which fact will be cheering to has been returned to him, and in
| the Rev. J. Kirsop in his retirement. ...”
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“...body : :
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| matter comes to the ears of the mission- INDIAN MUSIC.
ary, who tries to secure justice: but An unusually interesting article ap-
=| subtle threats and bribes—and official pears in the “ Missionary Herald,’ by
S inertia—block the way, and one more the Rev. Leonard Tucker, M.A, on
| victim is unavenged. The district in- “Indian Music.” Starting with the
spector seems to be worthy of a post on statement “that no race of men, how-
| the Congo, for he could adequately ever barbarian, but has its musicians and
| carry out the mandates of the “Sultan” its songs,” the writer says many shrewd
of Belgium. and wise things concerning the moral
Z| influence of Indian music. “An Indian
el choir sings ever in unison. I remember
/ : A DEFICIT, BUT NEW WORK. playing an ordinary four-part hymn
E In spite of an accumulated deficit of tune on the piano at an Indian mission
£59,000, the Church Missionary Society house in the presence of some Hindu
Ba is u...”
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“...will be the scene of instruction, about 50,000; missionaries
the most brilliant cantos.? And we and native ministers, 111; paid agents,
venture to add that even more lustrous 530; unpaid helpers, 3,853; scholars,
than those brilliant cantos would be the 36,000. “There are” says the Report,
rehearsal of the story of the patient and “including members, about 350,000 per-
persistent efforts of Christian mission- sons under Christian instruction”; that
aries to evangelize the group of islands is, in the whole of the Western Hemi-
now known as the West Indies. sphere. The Baptists also have mission
Perhaps one of the greatest difficulties stations on several of the West India
with which the early missionaries had to islands; and we, as Methodist Free
grapple arose from the withering pre- Churches, are contributing our quota of
sence of slavery. As Montgomery Mar- 3,074 members in the island of Jamaica,
tin has so eloquently said: “Slavery, towards swelling the numerical and
both Indian and negro...”
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“...“instead of the thorn came up the fir-
American Indians, are to-day dotted tree, and instead of the briar came up
with hundreds of Christian Churches, the myrtle-tree; and it will be to the
and containing many thousands of Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign
devout, God-fearing and consistent that shall not be cut off.” So great,
disciples of Jesus Christ. indeed, is the contrast between the
ace a eae present and the early past of the
Di eae BOS attempted Christianization of the
The story of mission work on “Green- Eskimos of Labrador, in civilization,
land’s icy mountains” is as familiar as morality, Christian character and virtue,
“household words.” That on the island that in speaking of it the editor of the
of Labrador—which lies on the north- “Conquests of the Cross,” says: “At
east coast of the North American con- the present day, Labrador, ‘the land
tinent, and is therefore geographically which cannot be built upon,’ and upon
gcges in the map of the Western whose coast the mariner...”
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“...right with the world”?
| Se So Jo
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| Literary Notices. ,
Outline Studies on Syria. By Annie E. of the fathers fall upon the children,
| Leslie, B.Litt. Demy 8vo. (Lon- and the blood of their fathers flows in
| don: Friends’ Foreign Mission their veins. But there is an -antidote.
| Association, 15 Devonshire Street, Be strong in will, and when the blood
\| E.C. Price 4d. net.) of your father urges you to sin, let the
In Miss Leslie’s “ Outline Studies on remembrance of your mother’s love
fA Syria,” information is given of much keep you from committing it.”
| wider interest than would be judged by The story runs on brightly, but it is
| the title. Intended as a handbook for not well told. Its phrasing is not careful
| those who wish to understand mission- (as the above quotation shows), and it
| ary work in that country, it contains too often descends to the trivial. Yet
: most informing detail of the land of the one weuld not be hypercritical, for there
4 Bible. We know of no small book...”
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“...=
Literary Notices
son was enabled, throughout the tempta- MJethodism in Central China. By Rev.
tions of life, to stifle the tendency to GA. ¢ Clayton, “\(C.o Kelly-
sin, or whether he had the father’s Price Is. net.)
tastes. As it is admitted that “a bad This little book is a history of the
inheritance may be modified and im- Wesleyan Methodist Mission in and
proved by a good environment,” * it may around the three great cities, Hankow,
be happily true that the third Dr. Bad- Hanyang, and Wuchang, which are
mane received the necessary modifica- situated on the banks of the “Yang-tze
tion from the influence of his mother. River, in the very centre of China.
Early removed from his father’s baneful The work was begun there by the
influence and example, he grew under Rev. Josiah Cox at the time of the Tai-
the tender hand of a woman of beauti- Ping Rebellion, in the early sixties of
ful spirit, and for this thought we the last century; so it is almost
thank our author. The influence of his...”
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“...each): 1. The Primitive Methodist Report is
Miss Gertrude Wasley, Leeds, and Miss a bulky volume of 240 pages, and we
M. Wiggins, Lowestoft. The paper by note is sold at eightpence. The General
Mr. Aldis will be found in this number Missionary Committee is composed of
(see page 10); the others will appear 6 officers, 41 ministers, and 19 laymen,
in subsequent issues. and this huge body meets four times a
EGERTON YOUNG. year, at a cost of over £300. Their
Apropos of Mr. Cuttell’s article (see Mission Fund embraces London and
page 13) on “ Missions in the Western Provincial Missions—Income, £19,978,
World,” it may be noted_that a well- expenditure, 42,035 Jess; and the
illustrated article by the Rev. Egerton African Fund—Income, $9,014; ex-
19...”
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“...-tercession and Thanksgiving for the
societies do. The act of the Samaritan Church’s Work Abroad.” They en-
| is_a parable of missionary enthusiasm. shrine an excellent idea, and are pub-
aul “He took out twopence and gave them lished by the S.P -G.. On the mission
Bt to the host, and said unto him, ‘ Take field we know no distinction of Church,
| care of him, and whatsoever thou and these may be of interest to some of
Hi spendest more, when I come again I will our readers. They are supplied at 3d.
| repay thee’” (Luke x., 35). In the per dozen by the Rev. G. Bullock-
a Home account our M.N.C. friends spent Webster, . Ely. , Envelopes to be
| last year £2,101, and closed with a marked, O.EP:
atl balance due to Treasurer of £482. In @ @
‘| the China branch the income was
es Ut} 45,303, and the expenditure 41,194 OPIUM AND LIQUOR.
i more. “A fellow feeling makes one (See page 6).
ai wondrous kind.” From our standpoint OUR real position—and China’s—was
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of China. G. W. SHEPPARD.
HE accompanying illustration is a After the relief of the legations, a
picture of what has been seen by ee the eee ee had to sO
only a very few Europeans. fed” Fi See cae ee he i ee f See
Peking really consists of three cities, ae the first fame the faruidden eee ons |
one within the others—the central one, were left open to those who had Fae
2 : an ae
The Forbidden City "—containing the <, yigorously excluded. It is a matter
Imperial palaces. Only one or two ex- for our shame that there was a fearful
ceptionally-favoured foreigners hadever amount of looting of the imperial
been admitted to the precincts, prior to treasures; but it will be admitted that
the year 1900 (the year of the notorious a pardonable boldness animated the one
Boxer outbreak). (a missionary) who seized the oppor-
AS xr ee ae ee ge ee ee a i |
oe Sn wee ie a 2 ee a ‘ EE ee ene ig ee e...”
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