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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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“...girls—with BS 85 and 25 Pupils, respectively ; in Wenchow there are 37 Day Schools, with 928 - ae Pupils. . In both districts there are fully-equipped Hospitals, under the direction of = competent medical men, with native assistants. a West China. eo Evangelistic work has been successful in three directions : o (1) The Hwa Miao, who are agriculturists, but landless and poor ; EES | (2) The Nosu, who own the land and are often well-to-do ; Hee (8) The Chinese, who own the towns and monopolize trade. Re Thousands of Miao have turned to Christ, large numbers of the Nosu are ee following, and amongst the Chinese the worl is making good progress. es There are Mission Centres at ee ; Chaotong and Tongechuan for the Chinese; : ee Stone Gateway for the Miao; _ Sz-fang-ching for the Nosu. 3 The membership is 8,708, with 2,052 on trial. > An Institute for the training of Preachers, Primary and Secondary Schools, = and a large and increasing Medical Work under qualified doctors, are increas- | ingly...”
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“...eagerness and! Livingstone. There is the same urgent determination to learn from the West, need of evangelization in the heathen world, it is true, and there is the same EE imperative duty resting upon 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...”
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“...interesting in itself Shanghai for an operation. The opera- that we have requested that it should tion was successful, and at the time of be published in extenso. (See page 7.) writing Mrs. Plummer was reported to Departure On the 7th inst the two be doing well. On arriving at Shang- of Lady ladies accepted by the hai with his wife the Doctor himself Missionaries Foreign Missionary Com- had to go to bed, and have one of his _ to China. mittee for China will set feet lanced for blood poisoning. The sail. They are going out Principal adds: “It has been a very for “ general mission work,” and with a sad time for us all since the vacation.” good equipment, as far as past service We need not bespeak the sympathy of and examinations can be a test of our friends on behalf of Dr. Plummer equipment. A fuller account of their 5...”
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“... 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 Be | j | meeting was presided over by Mr. J. P. Ee | s ae: Tonkin, who gave an admirable ad- ce Rev. A. K. and Mrs. Grcensmitn and one of the dress. The Revs. A. Hancock, D. ie | | Mendi Mission. Boys (Daniel), who juss been with Rounsefell, and Henry T. Chapman. fe || (They sailed December 28th.) also gave addresses. [A fuller report...”
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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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“...promote the triumph of should be the extension of our mission- the Gospel. ary operations. We cannot more truly Our work among the Miao is only honour our Master, and justify our part of a much wider movement which Union, than by increasing our efforts is affecting these tribes in the Yunnan for the evangelization of 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...”
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“...we have no fear of Et | in order to make way for the MISSION- the future. Still we shall not live on oe | ARY Ecuo. With the December issue the past, nor presume thereon. St | it bade adieu to the literary and mis- He Caiias Re | sionary world, after reaching the con- ee ceca fe clusion of its seventh volume. 1 Meee contributes to “ Folk- a | The farewell number is excellent, the °OT° 7 t f past ee an See | Be | chief item being a memorial to the Me an 'C ee ine S h S 5 5} | Home Churches from the Missionary Callas? ustoms of the southern | Conference at Shanghai. This occupies ans: THES SOSBHG | Bt about five pages, and is as momentous Roe as it is lengthy. Our readers outside ‘Those who have a fear that there ‘ Se the late M.N.C. should write to the Rev. Will have to be a restatement of the , ee G. Packer for a copy, sending $d. for Gospel of Jesus Christ for presentation E postage. We may be pardoned for ex- © such countries as China and India ' ploiting the happy title for our Editorial...”
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“...telegrams of stopped. Opium is still 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...”
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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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“...Hall was ae there are fifty-two open-air services a like when the Anniversary was held on | | week. The Sunday School registers November 17th. We may also say it eet | over 4,000 scholars. In the mission was like this when the United Method- ia there are 2,056 organized voluntary ist Union Demonstration was held on ent | workers, and at the Saturday night con- October 12th. Reet | cert over 48,000 pledges have been We are indebted to the Editor of the ie taken in twenty years. Mission Magazine for the illustrations, i The proceeds of the recent anniver- and to the writer of Miscellany, in the le? sary amounted to £4,137. “Manchester Guardian,” for much of ies The accompanying illustration also the brief sketch. rey | sje sso sJe & | ° e | In Missionary Bookland. | | ee | | Our 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...”
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“...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., but we have said [Rests sgmmsecme se, a oe eT enough, we trust, to in- ,Raaae de aetalaes ee Be UN rN duce many of our -aaggie ‘
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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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“...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 excellent...”
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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...”
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“...the letter came asking me to ae a ce e consider the claims of China, however, Et on a I did not feel quite so enthusiastic. I be < re . tried to persuade myself that my first ea eo a = duty was to my own countrywomen, =H ee ei E but my conscience gave me no rest, and ne Re tah ee so at last I had to submit. I decided Eli — to put my resolution to the test by ne It Miss Murfitt. making the offer, and if it proved that ui : .. God wanted me on the foreign field I sli sion work at home, and I had no desire \ould oo ee i to increase my responsibilities. I dis- Phe Be ae Beak SIPe hae ere Fe missed the matter oe my mind; ©r, these words are read I shall have sailed Ne to be more correct, I tried to do so. for China. I am now looking forward eS A short time afterwards, one of my to the time when I shall be able to help a fellow-workers startled me by asking if the Chinese women to know of the joy ~ |i I felt settled in the mission. Had she and hope which is the possession of ie i| known my thoughts...”
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“...worked well, and now he sleeps 1 & his gifts and graces were many and well in Jesus Christ. fH | 1 | 9 sfe Se Se i | li | : Gl i Ti | eanings. THE EDITORS. ‘““A MISSION IN CHINA.’’ cutta in the neighbourhood of Kulutollah, : E are favoured with a copy of at the counting-house of Sirajudin and Alla- . 4 the “Chinese Recorder and dad Khan, merchants, be offered to, and ' Missionary Journal.” There is bead Dia Wie ee eet ob et et 7, | Par om eorh but the mata pone virtuous manners, and beloved of my heart, ee Mens Se fe eatin: ee pie Shiekh Inayat Ali: may his life be | c: th : V ong. ff of Mr. oc eee ae LOVE Wee “Having, without loss of time, paid the ' written by Dr. A. H. Smit , author of postage and received the letter, you will Chinese Characteristics,” and whose read it, and having abstained from food and a book, “The Uplift of China,” we re- drink, considering it forbidden to you, you 7 viewed in October.* will convey yourself to Jaunpore, knowing Be : : SSE aera cea _Dr. Smith thus speaks...”
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“...first Ee I peoy > only f ‘ i pioneers of the Livingstonia ; ZW, Mission, its chief founder a MS wy Whi, and administrator, he has ati! it QA Wii, ; - anil i 2 eS Ay iy Wie peo more ihe ns any oe eet) |B | 2 a ; lime Iving man instrumental in wea) if | ieee See es the introduction of Gospel ea\ | ae 7 Eb sand Ba light and Christian life, as ari | ee GES ee WR well as of social order and 2 SS a MM 2 RIB ea nee . . - rua ; 2 ze peace into the region about —~ ee "—, BO eo Ne ee Lake Nyassa. - Pa | i se ee Ca © ee ge A JOURNALIST AND MISSIONS. a | ee mee Ctét~— Chas secured am article from = ay =, the: pen of o Mr FA 2 yu au a Atkins, the well-known =| HW oo a a editor of the “Home ell | Vi. _ Messenger.” It mainly re- bey | Zi as EAA Ve counts his impressions dur- ea) |i | 2 wat ANE RANA ee MAN: <= ing his holiday trips to Re a oo. ee A a 2 America and the East. He E TT ives bright personal ex: in a To LT) periences” of China and il a i 8 ey, © Japan, and makes the i | OV SN following appeal:...”
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“...situation among the mil- qdystrial and political history both of Hh . Cage my _ f 7 , i Hons of the Bast, Fconfess Took Singapore and the Straits, and shows | on the mission field shall be held a crowning how ar cee peeece of our colonial life Hi honour, to be passionately desired and fe more or less related. i 4 eagerly sought after—when our finest and Singapore 1S a lovely gem of i most cultured youths shall hear the call of an island, some twenty-seven miles by | | the East, and respond to it with alacrity and fourteen, basking in perpetual summer,” i enthusiasm. a suitable sphere both for strenuous / | & & toil (it is the Liverpool of the ii | East), and a well-earned rest. Life (| | ° e there is an ever-moving panorama, and {| Literary Notice. in the streets may be seen people from i ; every clime and country. The mission- Ht Sunny Singapore. By the Rev. J. A. ary who works among such a hetero- i Bethune Cook. (Eliot Stock. Price geneity has no easy task. The Babas, | 5s. net.) oe ;...”