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“...eS (Map of China: to be bound as frontispiece.) b 2 PAGE : PAGE Wes Adcock, Rev. J. Henry T. Chapman 34 George Packer, 6, 29, 54, 79, 104, Bes Apologetic, A Modern B. Dutton - 2384 131, 150, 176, 202, 224, 247, 268 . es Bookland, In Missionary (See Literary Charles~Stedeford, 30; 55, 79, -105, Me Notices). 132, 151, 177, 208, 226, 249, 269 se Carey and Missions in India. James : Fortune-teller’s Shelter, A - - - 98 ey Ellis = E i < - - 26 2. Vises Scie : Ras Christian Endeavour Page. T. P. Dale, ee News om the _- ate - 157, 189 a : 23, 47, 71, 95, 118, 143, 167, 191, 215, 263 eanings from Other Fields. (See = China, Moral deposits in B. Dutton, Echoes.) : 39, 64 God’s Missionary Plan. R. Brewin - 182 : China Mission, Our West J. H. Batt 187 Greeting to Lovers of Missions. E. li China’s Uplift. J. W. Mawer - - 154 Boaden, President - S E is 1 < China and Christianity. = - - 158 Griffiths, Mrs. J. B. - a5 5s e250 Se China, The Open Door in - a - 160 Hart and China, Sir Robert...”
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“...254 Stumbling - blocks, Missionary le Redfern, M.Sc., Mr. H. S. - - - 1380 Cuttell S 7 rs - 163, 180, 209 Redfern, M.Sc.,.Mr. H. S. and Mrs. - 148 Universities and Missions, The W. C. Robson, Dr. - = z é a Seo Jackson, B.A. 7 = = - 25 Roebuck, Miss = = = = 3229 Voice from China, A J. Ellis - - 166 Sharman, Rev. A. H. - - - - 125 : Wenchow College. T. W. Chapman, Sharrocks, J.P., Mr. D. = ny Bete} M.Sc. a = S . s 20,40). opencer, “Mra: S #2 Z e 2 = "198 Women’s Auxiliaries, Our: Squire and his Daughters, Rev. R. - 11 Miss Ashworth = . - - 59 Students’ Missionary Platform - - 81 Miss Stacey - - = 2 - 60 Taylor, Rev. J. Hudson - = - 1387 Mrs. Ballkwill - 2 as z - 62 Townsend, Dr. (President) - ¢ - 193 Women’s Work in China. Mrs. Lyttle 161 Walker, M.Sc., Mr. E. - = - - 98 Women’s Missionary Demonstration - 172 Waters, Dr. - - - . = =e 20) Women’s Auxiliary. Hospital Supply - 211 Wedding Group at Ningpo - - - 156 Word to Christians, A - - = - 287 Women’s Platform - - - ‘= 178...”
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“...; e e e e e United Methedist Church Missions. nc i: North China. Ee In the Tientsin District there are 5 Circuits; 104 Churches; 218 centres of noe Evangelistic Work; 18 English Missionaries ; 74 Native Pastors and Evangelists, Be with 82 Local or Occasional Preachers; 3,120 Members, with 1,310 on trial. he The Training Institute, the first in North China, has 19 Students. A four be years’ course of instruction is given, and some of the most eloquent and persuasive Bs preachers have here received their equipment. es There are 58 Primary and Intermediate Schoois, and a Boarding School for i Girls, and effective Medical Worl is carried on in three centres, ._ South-East China. ee . In Ningpo there are 1,872 Members, with 610 on trial; and in Wenchow 2,564 f Members, with 6,198 on trial. In both districts Educational and Medical Work ane is organized. The College at the former place has 80 students; the College at the : latter, 82. In Ningpo there are 5 Day Schools—4 for boys and 1 for girls—with...”
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“...you in this New Year is one its sound, entrancing as that was. It of thankfulness for what in the past awakened echoes which have never died away, but are always resounding and eae expanding ; and it is the work and joy : ah aee eater ‘ of missions to awaken them where they BR nee eae tane ey (ree have not hitherto been heard, and to RES nett on An NES make their glorious and gladsome So meaning clear, attractive, and saving. eee SS j The charm of the song has been |iiaa= ee a felt in Africa, China, and elsewhere, [2 (ue : through you as its medium. Your |e tor" me sympathy, gifts, and prayers are trans- |= sage: tae SON mitters of it to distant places as really Sc Bas oS 7 as wireless telegraphy is the transmitter |=) 9) 0] Seelam © of its messages. Even yet that earnest |fe sy = Pas , prayer which you offered in your own |.) Se (jae S room will actually, though mysteriously, Ge eee ie Gh carry the song onward to climes which Se es all % es an Ve : you have never visited, and will there...”
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“...Christians ioe Pe to carry on this work. But the doors of oo a opportunity now open to the mission- Bee oe awe \ cae ene aries of the ae are much more Le gf Se ee numerous; multiplied and improved ho Mee Coo Soest facilities for favre have BrOuehe the ee i os JS mission fields much nearer to the home | ais : ee churches; and new reasons have sprung ote S, China as one oa of the scenes of missionary enterprise Bs in our newly-constituted United Church. a The union has enlarged the interests of each of the three constituent bodies in the evangelization of that vast country. And within the last few years i extraordinary changes have taken place Rey. J. S. Clemens, B.A., B.D. 3 To...”
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“...the people. ml titioners of the old ridiculous and bar- Let us of the United Methodist ee | baric school. In such respects there is Church joyfully take our share to the a. a great awakening in China. All this, utmost of our power in supporting such _ however, only makes the need for more anenterprise. It isa very little thing that 4 | extensive work in the propagation of the Chinese should know anything of ey) || the Gospel more imperative. True reli- our Church differences as we know || gion lies at the root of all that is really them, even were it desirable: it is the be | good in civilization and progress. greatest matter possible that they Nee At the present time how small is the should know Jesus Christ as their Lord oe | combined force of Christian agencies and Saviour. as, in China when compared with the im- eee ee | mensity of the work that is to be done! Sohne Thou chlecall Genomes ll There is, happily, a movement on the But to have shared the travail 7 field for the sinking...”
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“...obligation, and a deep spirit of personal and his dear wife. As soon as friends loyalty to our Lord.” Great things at home know of the illness of the two have been done; greater things wait friends in China their sympathy will to be done, and will be done the flow out to them, and prayer will be moment the truth embodied in our made for them continually. May the motto becomes a glowing and profound “Everlasting Arms” ever be around mental and spiritual fact! them both ‘n their sickness and in Welcome The Rev. J. B. Griffiths ‘their loneliness. News from reports the safe arrival of Principal Recently we have had a East Africa. the Rev. W. Udy Bassett Chapman’s number of inquiries in re and Mr. W. J. Bridgman Scholarship to scholarships in our at Mombasa, October 23rd. Mr. Lory Appeal. China Colleges! As a shared with Mr. Griffiths the joy and singular coincidence, about honour of welcoming our two brethren the time several of these inquiries came to their new sphere of Christian service....”
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“...Churches. It is a very great help RS ee oe S—~*=<“<=—s™*™sSSCOhhen' this course is followed, as it hs eS lessens the amount of bank interest. ex eo ae a oe A Valedictory =A most memorable service ee a or 4) eS Service. was held at Waterloo Road se ee Oe See ~—COCMiss Lettie Church, S.W., on Decem- = | om 1: Bae - Squire, B.A. ber 4th, to take leave of eo | ae Cag we eee Miss Lettie Squire, who is Bt | ey ae hee 4 - going to join her sister in education red | =: > - 4 mission work at Chao Tong, China. rey] | of ek ‘eas (B.C.) Miss Squire’s address was very ml | Pe impressive — unaffected, lucid, heart- Re || . : & a searching, and throbbed with a deep ae ||. fe Beg ms : note of conviction. God grant her ee Bi we : 3 journeying mercies! The meeting was he ys X m5 ay made the more memorable and _impres- Re Be) 7 ie 3 sive by the fact that the father and as “3 = g brother of Miss Squire were at the ee ———— .¢- ; meeting and gave brief addresses—the 4 | - cs | 2 Revs. R. and’ E. Ri~ Squire. The...”
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“...see the our boy having especially gained last of this good ship. We have found strength since we started. And now a eet aple enone m cam, seas, England gets farther away and China ut when there 1s the least swell in the draws nearer. What awaits us . we ocean she rolls terribly. Scarce had we partly know, and eagerly anticipate. lost Sent of Southampton when the What we do not know, we shall try to troubles began. The Bay of Biscay meet worthily when we meet it. I am Was true to its reputation, and even the conscious that this term of service will Percegtaancen did not treat us kindly. cover probably the best years of my n the Indian Ocean we have encoun- Jife, and my determination is to bend eee 2 severe storm, quite unusual at the full strength of my manhood in the ee He ot ver or mye ie uplift of Christ in China. 1 Bipeeetets, Soo eat eter Man wlab There were a number of parcels con- pave EXDericnced. any a Sie, An Eakin ericles kind! repared b : nine junks,-aod 1 emjoy. the gran- fends...”
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“...mankind. province, and in the neighbouring pro- @ vince of Kwei-chow. In the south- g ae gS west of Yunnan missionaries are pass- yurk'isalso being produced in a new form of ay'labies ing ‘over from: Burmah in order: to overs. ter the Hwa Mead, tee cabeteial ile ae wee take the movement there. It seems as humbers mae] MAES Comistanity in remarkabre “MY DECISION FOR CHINA.”’ By Lettie Squire, B.A. My interest in missionaries and their truth of the other two, I go to China work goes back as far as I can remem- hoping to be used for God’s glory in ber. When, four years ago, my sister* the saving of the Miao girls. went to China that interest was naturally : : 3 Miss Squire. Miss Lettie. increased. More recently I have really 2 ae ees wished that God would call me to some Peo ee eee definite work for Him, and to some- |)... 7 thing that would require a_ sacrifice. ie ee eee ae . At the last May Missionary Meeting, — — ee in Exeter Hall, Mrs. Pollard was speak- Re ae. We ing about those wonderful...”
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“...vital existence thing about hundreds of millions, or Rios | of the Church. We would say more if of anything but the few one meets in Ess it were not that every inch of space is daily life. Here, I am meeting with = valuable. men who are going to influence China C REV. HENRY SMITH. some day. May | have grace and op- ea We hold out the hand of fellowship portunity to show them what the in- tI to our new friend, the Editor of the spiration of God means. I know not general magazines of our Churches when I shall next shake hands with and the weekly newspaper. We have you. Had we not come here, a long : i our sphere to occupy, and shall occupy furlough would have been necessary. ie it to the best of our ability. We look I had been in China a. quarter of a f for a much larger circulation of the century last Saturday. [November Ist. ke | Ecuo, and believe this will in no way —EDS.] | 12 4 | = |...”
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“...obtainable. greeting and congratulation were sent Still there seems to be a real en- by the Chinese to Tientsin, the head- deavour by the authorities to stem the quarters of the M.N.C. Mission, and curse, and only in a country like Yunnan-Fu, the centre of the B.C. z China could such heroic methods be Mission. We are proud and thankful ~ employed. Imagine an imperial pro- to have such missionary colleagues * clamation being posted in all towns who have so nobly represented the in the United Kingdom ordering that other two Churches in difficult and all public-houses be closed on a cer- dangerous fields for long years. We tain day. Why, there would be a believe great blessings will come to revolution in ‘ civilized’ England. the China Missions as a result of this “Ningpo celebrated the Union of Union.” the three Denominations on the day A MISSIONARY PAGEANT. of the United Conference. We had Last month (page 276), we referred a united service in the Settlement to a missionary pageant at Bradford-...”
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“...In Memoriam ||| knows the spirit of bondage and fear them the darkness in which they were. ne | in which the heathen live, will be able A lamp also implies light, and_ this Se || to appreciate the wonderful change chapel was for the exhibition of the Rt | wrought in the lives of these humble Divine Light, which is greater than any Be | people by the Spirit of God. the world has ever seen, which eclipses rt | Those who have read “A Mission in all the light of human lanterns. The a China” will have there seen how can- Christians had invited him to open the nse didates are examined for baptism, and building; in other words, to light this. ‘a some of the answers received, and those new lamp. Whenever a new idol was. Ese who have not read it, ought to do so.* set up in a temple a priest was invited, i, By midnight there still remained who, with chicken’s blood and_ ink, eS] | about twenty to be examined so they painted in its eyes, and said: “Ke koa all were deferred till the following morn-...”
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“...Mission in North China. Being a thorpe Hall and John Innocent were = || short record of Methodist New designated for the work on October a1 | Connexion Missionary Work. By 18th, 1859, and on the 21st of the same all the Rev. John Hedley, F.R.G.S. month they sailed away, and it took |i .(George Burroughs, 23 Farringdon them “five long weary months to reach =| Avenue, London, E.C. Price the land which may now be reached in . i Is. Gd.) as many weeks.” In 1865 they entered ch | There are several fortunate incidents Shantung, and chapter 3 tells the story. ll —some may call them accidents—in Later there was added the K’ai Ping RS | connection with the formation of the Circuit, and from the three circuits et | | United Methodist Church. One of there was in 1900 a total return of feet |i them is that in the very year of the 2,040 members, and 1,334 probationers. All Union, Mr. Soothill should have given Then came the day of our tribulation. eet | us his book, “A Mission in China,” and We foreign...”
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“...-erapale incidents | from the to the Master we had not dreamed of, a ordinary experience of missionaries. patient courage and devotion where we could They bid us wait “at the dispensary not have expected anything so grand, anda door”; they deal with the perennial ee a foe oe ony pe problem of “ The Child-wife,” and show cripe as ristlike. ne cou no x7 “ r = ” aa these things as we knew them, and W ane oh oy and ee eceie then say that Christianity had failed in pcmeneas a Hower trom the garden: China. . nee Wie oe me Ae a . He : e 3 threw e blanket aside, an wit 1s Tore- Then eee ao typical se eine head on the ground, he ‘asked forgiveness of Bees: Sag pee ereat Him from whom none of us ask in vain. an : : were ‘more than con- : : Very interesting are [geese oe ae 1 i a\ a fee the chapters on “Medi- —aegee ¢ : 4 aN si oe cal Mission Work,” (gee ae ae A ers “Work for Women and § & Mig & ae % Pee es Girls,” “Chinese Cus- [RRgisgisee *caaiauens a fh We : toms ~ and Ce Pa te antes, ce ee oN etc...”
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“...Pee || et |i | | et Ili eet iil || Echoes from | | ° | Other Fields. By THE EDITORS. a A SUMMER SCHOOL IN CHINA. closed by order of the authorities, and that, e i HIS is described and illustrated as a civic function, thousands of opium- all in “India’s Women and China's pipes Wor cousieeded to. attest the sincere Sa Hi ie) ; r 1den Is n de i L ee Iii 7 Daughters. tt peas held at desire of the Chinese to relieve their country Pe |) Kucheng. It was a Bible School, and : co || ; from the opium curse. . al it was for women only. And why not? Sia (Cae nibe GR AIBITION | ; ; : ie In the education and conversion of : aes : Ee } women China will find its way to a , There is a good article in the 4 | f Baptist Missionary | Herald on Rest || great future. i ; ; » NW | One evening was given up to telling of Hymnody in Brittany.” “A most suc- ee Iii the “New China” movement, especially as cessful Missionary Exhibition has been ae Hl it affects women, and more particularly the held at...”
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“...generous responses. The fol- Burning.” The circuit dealt with in De- lowing will surely appeal to many : : J cember was Chester-le-Street. Could you not write to ae office itor your Christmas and New Year gifts, and choose j Sree = Cee eee : them from the stock of ively needlework China’s Millions” naturally deals always on view, if you are not able to fully with the great Albert Hall meet- give a donation? (47, Victoria Street, West- ing, held to celebrate a century of mis- minster, S.W.) sions in China. The following, zzter ‘OVER THE SEAS WITH THE BRUSH.”’ alia, appeared on the back of the hymn This is the title of a painting book sheet : issued in connection with the Missionary 154,000 Communicants, or including bap- [Exhibition at Sheffield, which concluded tized children 178,000, represent the December 5th. In addition to being . Cheistan “community on Peceupet “soll at the exibition, the book (Part 1 st, 1905. It is estimated that Fieees ar catonk and Part 2 at Od. each) may be had 750,000...”
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“...ser- th guiding hand of God” ever rest on OUF vice was held in Clarence Street School, Re || two friends, and may their union be a and many appreciative and gracious re i = = = ee |i long and very happy one! things were spoken, both of her charac- Es Departure On December 28th, our ter and gifts. A very appropriate fare- Sal of honoured and distinguished well was taken of Miss Boardley, and ae | Missionaries. missionary, the Rev. A. E. she went forth to the great field of ea Greensmith and Mrs. China with-the fullest measure of affec- | ‘Greensmith, left Liverpool in. the ss. tion and confidence of those who knew et “Sekondi” for their station in West her best. Be i Africa. Both were in excellent health Miss Murfitt was a member of our eri lt and spirits, longing to be back to their Pigott Street Church, London. She edt work among those who have become was highly esteemed by all who had |i very dear to them. The native boy the pleasure of knowing her. On De- “Daniel” was very pleased to be...”
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“...from Foreign Stations i young people especially. We request Mr. Alderman James Duckworth, M.P., Fi for these two lady friends, not only the has bravely and generously consented | prayers of the members of the L.M.A,, to take the chair at the evening meet- | but of the whole Denomination. They ing. Note the date, Monday, April | are going forth at a much-needed and 27¢h/ E critical juncture in the history of mis- II. | sion work in China. By Rev. GEORGE PACKER, East Africa. During Christmastide we Missionary Secretary. Rey. W. Udy received a very welcome NORTH CHINA MISSION. Bassett. letter from our friend, Mr. HE question of organized and Bassett. He said among T systematic self-support is being other hope-inspiring things: “I have considered in the five circuits, now been here six weeks, and I feel with a view to the adoption of common more convinced than when I came, that action. The native Christians provide I have done the right thing.” He was the chapels in which they worship, and in...”
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“...Gospel. winks at exhortation; only compulsion ot H They discuss the good news among an bestir his innate lethargy. |i themselves, and give earnest attention - 2 * | | to the preachers. The men are not Mr. Dymond took a seventeen days’ ee likely to accept the Gospel unless the tour in order to meet Mr. Pollard at Ret women are reached. The heathen festi- Chang-hai-tsi in Miao country. He || vals are the very life of most of the says: “I found Brother Pollard lookin Pell : Oy : : 8 Ge women in China; they imagine they as usual, full of fun and as full of = i are dependent upon their idols for all zeal for the salvation of the Miao as i | their happiness and prosperity. Con- ever. I heard details of the assault. It Hi | sequently the women are often the must have been a terrible ordeal, but Be bitterest opponents of the Jesus reli- let us rejoice in the restoration to health eal gion. The missionaries are greatly of the brave man who endured it. He ail | cheered by the interest shown by...”