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“...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 - z - 208 China, An Examination on J. Truscott 281 Hedley, Rev. Js - - - S76 : Chinese Students, A letter from - - 41 Hedley’s Farewell Words, Rev. J. 2-243 oe Chinese English. T. W. Chapman, “Hoc Deus Vult.”. G. Packer - SND, his M.Sc. - - - - = - 257 Home Mission Work, Manchester. ay, ef | Christian Missions; An Apologetic. B. Home Missions and our Own Churches. a Dutton - = s x a - 284 John Moore” - 2 ‘ 3 ree Ol ere} Christians, A Word to - - - - 287 Home Missions, C.E. Topic. A. Han- -...”
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“...PAGE PAGE Missionary. Report, Our - 126, 236, 254 World Outlook and the New Demand, Mission Fund, Our E. D. Green - - 285 The Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson 271 Missionary C.E. Topics 21, 115, 212, 263 World's Missionary Conference, 1910 | Mountains gene Moon, Tramps round saa Youthful Enterprise at Salisbury - _' 938 7 _ James aS ake yi Be diya Yunnan! Cheer Up _ S. Pollard - 1338 Naish, Mollie (See Youthful Enterprise) 238 Native House in East Africa, A - - 165 SORT 5 Notes by the Way. (See Editorial) ‘ PORTRAITS. News from the Front, 189, 207, 230, 255 Adcock, The late Rev. J. — - = - 84 Ningpo Workers : In Memoriam - - 286 Ashworth, Miss - - - - - 59 “Orient” in London, The James Ellis 205 Bassett, Rev. W. Udy - + “ -' 245 Palmquist, Mr. Frank W. U. Bassett 241 Batt, Rev. J. H. - - - = - 275 Paton and Missions, The late J. G. - 115 Baxter, Dr. A. K. - = - 7 echo Poetry : Bird, Miss - - - - - 245 In the Dust. El. Sie - - -, -14. Boaden, Rev. E. - - - - - 1 Snowdrops. Miss Ford - - -» ©38 Boardley...”
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“...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 successful agencies. : e East Africa. ae There are 8 Principal Stations, with 482 Members; and Educational and Agri- | cultural Departments, under the direction of competent instructors. a | West Africa. i | There are 7 Principal Stations, with 2,510 Members and 584 on trial. ee Jamaica and Central America. : There are 39 Chapels, 42 Schools, and 4,269 Members, with 587 on trial. Rac The increase of Members on the whole Mission is 2,121. t | An APPEAL TO THE HOME CHURCHES is earnestly made for larger funds to Resa meet the costs of a work that...”
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“...was in the days governing classes to all things Western of Morrison and Carey, of Moffatt and has given way to a great 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,
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“...following Mr. Griffiths adds to his gracious (amended as thought fit), it would be pro- comment these very significant words: ductive of great good: . “You have sent two very good men, (1) Holders of scholarships to be about but we ought to have four more like sixteen years of age. them!” Note the number—*“ four (2) To remain at College for four years. more.” When the last word has been (3) To be baptized Christians. : said that can be said, and said as graci- (4) Vo Promise’. to ssetve the mission it SES 2 S : : called upon—for a certain number of years ously eee LaCC Cal make it, and (say five), as either schoolmasters or pastors, with the loftiest possible aim, the upon finishing their College course. burden and responsibility of the evan- The cost would be about £5 a year (at gelization of Africa rests on the Chris- present College rates). Course of study tian Church. Shall we turn a deaf might be modified in harmony with future ear to the plaintive appeal of our work of student. honoured...”
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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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“... to enter. : in all the five circuits, and it is expected The new house at Tang Shan is now that the year will be marked by con- occupied by the Rev. F. B. Turner. siderable accessions to our membership. Mr. Turner has had more than his One of the most urgent needs of the share of building operations, in which, mission is fas in scitnn < the we however, he has rendered exceptionally missionary-houses, and the George In- valuable service. All the new buildings nocent_ Memorial Schools in the Wu at Tang Shan will soon be completed, Ting Fu Circuit, which have just been and then Mr. Turner will be at liberty completed, we should be able at once to give his full energies to mission work to proceed with the Martyrs’ Memorial proper—a duty much more congenial Hospital, dispensary, etc., and the new to him than that which of late has chapel, and so complete the missionary fallen to his lot. apparatus for that important Circuit.
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“...Bc | e e | Missionary Marvels _ syn. | | e Cc. STEDEFORD, | among the Miao. Missionary Secretary. Bat | a | HE Miao first: introduced them- and it was sold out at once. The slow | | ae selves to the Bible Christian process of printing could not meet the ee missionaries in Chao Tong early demand. Now the Scriptures are being i. in the month of July, 1904, when four translated, the British and Foreign Be of them visited the mission premises Bible Society is rendering its invaluable . and asked to be taught the Gospel. assistance. (See note, page II.) eS These were followed by others, and The first Miao chapel was erected in elt during the first month 100 came, and April, 1905, at Stone Gateway, about \ they brought the intelligence that thou- twenty-five miles from Ghaae Tong ie | sands were wishing to come. The num- The site was given by a landlord ay pe | bers rapidly increased until as many aS _ the Miao contributed 1,000,000 cash * ee | 600 would be there at one time. To to cover the...”
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“...do not know that Jesus died on the as church-members; the others are on Lot Cross for them.” Another, with his trial formembership. Five chapels have Re || en ee TNE al Se ee ae: eos 8 SG il gf ee er eae ag | as a —;, Ft ; a Nee Bee We es BS eo A 5 ae || i is Zola Ha ey te | we, a aa Ns Gee eee fl) ) a fe — pe rll Mk SUC Gee is bed i | S a se ey, an Ty aah esa oo = ase ( fe | (ct eee are ee tar 8 eee eee | | a ee Oe a ee ee |) - eer ee Cee a ee eee eo ee) : ea eS: | {| Miao Mission School. peel |) 10 ie |i Ae I...”
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“...the work already begun. The outrage B.A., left in December to under- perpetrated upon him, which nearly take educational missionary work sacrificed his life, has seriously checked among Miao girls. [See below——EDs.] his work; but, on the other hand, it What will the United Methodist evoked such love and sympathy that Church do for the Miao? One of the it is likely to produce results which in chief concerns of the new Church other ways will 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...”
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“...By f ed G eanings. THE EDITORS. | Fe We wish all our Readers, new and old, a Happy New Year. | a THE M.N.C. “ GLEANINGS.”’ interfere with the general adoption of les OURTESY as well as pleasure the two magazines issued by the Book | ie G demands that our first reference Room Committee. We simply wish for ol in this column should be to the a fair field, and as we are commencing oe | discontinuance of the above publication, our fifteenth year 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...”
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“...tian. It was a good service, and we | effected peaceably. It does not fol- all enjoyed it. | low, however. that the opium habits “T entertained some forty Chinese of the people have been suddenly to tiffn, after which 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...”
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“...those who heard him were Dr. = | long training to make a man suitable Whewell, Professor Sedgwick, Profes- A | for the position held by him. sor Airey, Dr. Bateson and Professor ce | - : : Selwyn. Little by little the seed devel- ies | I ie epee fei a great boon. oped, until in 1859, following another al WAS ah ngnsh Hepes could see great meeting in the Senate House, a pes | Pee 2 e € patients who come for committee was appointed to organize a ie |! Fea : mission. Thus was started the || _We have been having some rain. Universities Mission to Central Africa. . | Rain in East Africa zs rain. A few of those who attended the : } “We had very favourable weather memorable meeting on December 4th, , for our voyage, and were in good 1857, were present on December 4th, Be health on our arrival. 1907. [An article on this, by the Rey. fe | “T hardly need to say that news W. C. Jackson, B.A., will appear next || from England will be welcome.” month.—EDs. | : so Se se oe | ® e This book is from the Wesleyan...”
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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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“...Central Hall was built Brothers (Dickens’s “ Cheeryble to replace, was opened by John Wesley Brothers”). His solitary colleague was in 1781. It had originally thirty-five Mr. Sackett, who still has charge of the preaching stations attached to it. With labour department at the Central Hall, the growth of the city and the outward and is now the oldest member of the drift of the population its mission gra- staff. Mr. Collier began with forty- dually came to an end, and it was de- five members and two on trial; now he cided to convert it into a Wesleyan has fifteen centres of social work in social mission. Charles Garrett, of Manchester and suburbs with an aver- Liverpool, preached the last sermon in age attendance of Sunday worshippers Wesley Chapel on February Ist, 1883, of over 16,000. The membership has and on October 27th, 1888, Dr. Newton increased steadily to 5,455. Every Young preached the first sermon in the week there are thirty-three. prayer- new Central Hall. meetings, ten Bible...”
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“...Trade 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...”
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“... 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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“...missionaries’ fg a 2. And this grows out of the other. wives had passed away. Thirty-nine a || ‘There is not_a word in its 128 pages of these died before they had com- Rat || ’ about the Methodist Free Church pleted the first year of their residence, rae || Mission, though we have been there and twenty-three before they had been a since 1859, and to-day we have 3,000 there six months.”* ea |i members. To name only the departed, In 1859 the mortality ceased, and we ee J has Mr. Halligey ever heard of Joseph rejoice that Mr. Halligey is able to say: ee i New, John S. Potts, and Thomas Trus- From that date, an interval of nearly half Nee cott? A brief reference to their work a4 century, “the white man’s grave,” as i Le and our mission during these nearly Sierra Leone was once called, did not claim Reet | fifty years would have made the title a single victim from our missionary ranks ||| Btthesboolkctniee ea ae a few days of writing this para- fe |) i : 3 eraph—1906. Se | 3. We are amazed there...”
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“...an intense conviction taneous Mission should be carried out of the possibilities of an aggressive with great care and with much fervour. movement, larger and more effective It is a great opportunity and should than could be expected from the action possess considerable power of feeding of the separate uniting sections. Men the imagination and heart of our people. are questioning the significance of the It should awaken the vast forces of United Church. Our members are _ redemptive energy in our Churches and being filled with a holy passion for souls make our members feel the relation in and a hope of accomplishing great which they stand to the indifferent and things for Christ in our own land and careless in our midst. The wealth of a on our mission fields. I am confident nation is said to be determined by the of the existence of this spirit in our number and character of its memorable Churches, and a great responsibility rests epochs. We trust this Mission will stand upon our leaders, that...”
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“...j e mEECvetOushese e Secretary’s Annual Letter to the te Lis es late U.M.F.C. societies will be issued es | i JANUARY 26TH—The Home Mission early in the New Year. It is hoped that fee fe! Work of our Denomination—Luke x. under the new denomination arrange- Be |} I—9. ments will be made which will bring our ee | This is a less romantic subject than societies into closer relationship with nee || that of Foreign Missions, but it is no each other than heretofore. eens ba less urgent. Our own Home Mission eel |i Work comprises the sustaining of eee tii! | weak and struggling Churches, es- We are still open to receive orders for Ht pecially in villages; the opening upof Cards and Leaflets for 1908. Our ) i new causes to meet the growing friends of the former B. C. Church are | populations of large towns, and the invited to join with us. etl | creating of mission centres for evan- Rev. T. P. DALE Ys i; - gelistic work in crowded localities of fe aparece ‘ Bee | 4 the great cities. One-third of...”