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“...89 Junior Collectors, Notable :— \e a China, The Educational Position in Eric Robinson Soe =e 60 W. E. Soothill 2 s - = TAIT Annice Dean - = 7 - - 112 at Circuits, Winter Campaign in S. J. F. B. Chapman - - - - 176 eer! Gee oye - = - - 297 Willie Cloke - - - - - 198 | City Missions, Our “Harbour Light,” Castleford Group - - - - 226 < e | Se Gee re ee es 81 E. J. Phillips eS es alee 2099 | Committee, With the W. Locke Smith Rochdale Group - - - - 266 |, 192, 292 Willie Drngie 2 eae ony | en Conference Missionary Day, G. Kilgour 194 Laymen’s Movement in Canada - 229, 261 Conference Missionary Meeting, Editor 208 Light, The Price of A.B.C.- - - 223 a Covenant of Peace, A Editor - - 222 London Meeting - - - - 7, 128 Si Dymond, Rev. F. J. (Farewell) - - 284 Medical Mission Mrs. F. A, Jones 85, 109 Ee} East Africa, Books to read about Men’s Class in Wu Ting Fu Dr. Robson 1138 t | Editor - 9 = - +: = - 202 Meru and Environs (Map) - =. . = 200 Be East Africa, Development in’ Mrs. Meru, The Call...”
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“...PAGE PAGE | Mission House at Stone Gateway S. Tientsin Training Institution — J. Pollard - - - - - - 24 Hedley - - - - - 258, 281 Missionary Report, The F. Hz. Uganda, The Cathedral of - - - 67 | Robinson - - - - - 288 Watchtower, The Editor’s 18, 38, 60, ; Money Box, His C.W.S.E, - - 228 — 91, 111, 141, 180, 198, 212, 250, 266, 286 Mosquito or Man The Editor - - 120 Witnesses, My - - - - - 298 New for Children to Do, Something - 295 Women’s Auxiliary 19, 40, 71, 95, 118, Newspaper in China, The Daily G, W. 142, 208, 224, 251, 276 Sheppard - = - - 267 World Missionary Conference 24, 56, No-su Work in West China C.E.Hicks 83 114, 188, 181, 183, 186, 187, 214, | Packer, Appreciations of Rev. G. 172, 210 215, 2385, 300 Packer, Rev. George John Wheatley 171 Young People’s Page 34, 93, 227, 249, 296 | Packer, Resolution from North China re Rev. George - - - - 175 PORTRAITS. | Peace among the Hills C. N. Mylne 283 Penny, The Missionary- - - - 228 Baxter, Drs AK seas aes Ba S880 Poetry :— Baxter...”
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“...United Methodist Church. —_—_— een 66 é John Innocent: Three Reviews. A Story of Mission e © ° 99 Work in North China. Rev. T. SCOWBY. (The United Methodist Publishing House, 12 Farringdon Avenue, London, 1909. 3s. 6d.] E have read this book with spirit, striking personality, and of profound delight. It comes at more than ordinary power; mag- a very opportune time. It netic. rather than electric. The late answers some present-day questions Dr. Joseph Parker said: “John In- respecting the people of China, and nocent, I remember him well; a their awakened interest in Christianity. grand Christian. gentleman; a lion- The information respecting the customs, religions, and lan- — _ guage of the people will be iam read with considerable interest. ~ 9) . Mr. Candlin is well qualified to [ies aes write on these subjects. He — ee has lived over thirty years a ‘| seen busy, eventful missionary life [7 9) | a in China. His breezy, pointed » ee. style adds a charm to what he [7s es 3 Be os writes. He...”
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“...ete at oye peek Joreph co en carefully read it. : r. Charles Cheetham and others, who My appeal is directly and specially were the first enthusiastic supporters of to the mission workers of the late the U.M.F.C. China mission. UNLE.C, We must at once gain some But the outstanding figure at this faceat @ceu ang i900 ie period, and throughout this book is 3 ;...”
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“...: xs . , ee ieee ne ig Rowe q e John Innocent John Innocent, the first volunteer for Mr. Innocent and his colleague, the || work in North China, the young man Rev. W. N. Hall, were in the thick of | to stand alone! In his private diary this storm centre, and when the city | he had written: “I can be spared from gates were closed against them, cutting fe | the ministry in England without any off all communication between natives ay perceptible diminution of ministerial and British, and preventing all mission- | agency; whereas every single addition ary work, the missionaries did a splen- a to the agency in China will increase the did work amongst British seamen then | probability of her evangelization.” To at Tientsin. | 4 commence a life’s work with such a The significance of the Great Boxer || marked spirit of humility is the best uprising is described by the author, and e | possible preparation for success. also the remarkable events that have | | | Practically every side of Mr. Inno-...”
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“...wives all over | centre.” Twenty years later this dis- China. f | trict became the scene of mining works The account of the awakening in } eer | and other foreign industries, and since Shantung, entitled “The Call to Lao Bet | 1882 has been’ occupied by our Ling,” is a tale of missionary romance P| missionaries. “The value of a life and spiritual enthusiasm, reminding us eT lies in its achievement,’ and the of the wonderful movement among the | S| great achievement of John Innocent Miao. The stalwart Chinese of the S| was to choose Tientsin as a strate- North are as susceptible to the evangel | aa gic centre, and to project the lines as the aborigines of Yunnan and Kwei- = upon which a strong and healthy mis- Chou. China, however, must be con- ei | sion could be built. Oh, that some one verted by Chinese, hence a_ well- | | would treat Yunnan Fu in a similar equipped Training College is an essen- | manner! tial factor in every mission. It was ls = | Like his hero the biographer has an Mr...”
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“...B Extracts from my Journal 5 statement of these in the Annual Re- be fulfilled. It is intended to print a | port. As a fact many of them were complete list in the Conference Re not received until long after its issue; Agenda, which will be transferred to | some of the promises indeed are yet to the Report for 1910. | +. + a Extracts from L—By the : 1 Rev. C. STEDEFORD. : | mV ourpna e (Deputation to China.) f IN TANGSHAN CIRCUIT. time, how much our visit signified to 3 . our Chinese churches. F \° Seer cs cas ee The service commenced with a hymn fe 7 | of our mission on October 14 two fervent prayers, after which = | : 20th, the day after our arrival Mr. Candlin~ introduced us, and Mr. E | in Tangshan. Mr. Candlin had ar- Butler and I addressed the company, : ranged for us to visit Tao-ti, a station conveying the greeting of the Home . about six miles distant. Mr. Candlin churches, sympathizing with them in a on a donkey, Mr. Butler on a pony, their difficulties and persecutions, and fe...”
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“...professors, a Scotchman, consideration of the best means of and all we saw showed how determined holding revival services. It was decided China is to secure the best training for that in each place special prayer-meet- her sons. Instruction, board and lodg- ings should be held, and a Committee ing, are given free to any student who was appointed to prepare a plan for an passes the first examination after ad- interchange of preachers who would mission, and the period for each stu- follow the prayer-meetings with special dent is four years. All the lessons are appeals. An earnest spirit character- given in English so that only students ized the discussion, and all seemed re- with a knowledge of that language are solved to do their best to help forward eligible for admission. The Principal the good work. There is great hope is a Chinaman who was educated in for China when her countrymen are im- America, and one of the professors is ~bued with this spirit. , a Chinaman trained at Cambridge, and On...”
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“...so great and the pressure of ae |i time so urgent that the revered name | E | had completely passed from our || memory. Exley passed away June 8th, 4 &| | 1881. His portrait appears in_ our Mi = | volume for 1906 (page 129), and there, Pei: ie =| and in his volume, “A Mission in oe ae oe ei |. China,” the Rev. W. E. Soothill tells ee ei the story of the sad event. Mr. Galpin ane guide oN | Breaks) Glan oi Excess eA | “JT have Exley’s portrait over my study EN ge pee sg ie fire-place. He was as good and as clever pet eee ty eee a ie as any of our Wenchow men, and he suffered ses aap. A Re ae sa aes é| more and endured it nobly.” Core amen ee i. (fh ey A MISSIONARY CALENDAR. Pie of CaO Na ee . iE _The Friends Foreign Mission Asso- Legere? ee NN E | ciation send us a copy of a pretty mis- hae OWN AY a = | sionary calendar which they issue at Te fF 1 v7 | 6d., 7d. by post. They will be supplied a a ee a at 5s. 6d. per dozen post free. No tome Be at) , Hi more suitable present to a class in al...”
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“...meet- unknown. But such a number bewilders A ing were held in the Market Street us. Let us reduce it to its simplest terms. Pa. Church, Wakefield, on November One and one make two. That simple pro- S 9th. The Rev. S. Pollard preached position covers all. Who is the one? You! a the afternoon, and was assisted in the Who is the other? The other I have met in service by the Rev. W. H. Hudspeth, mis- strange places where you were not! sionary-elect for China. Mr. Pollard de- Can I draw you to the other by some pic- eer dL Geant ee a tures of life in China? First picture. A support missions for the sake of the mis- Woman lying on a rough bedstead. Beside sionaries. All apologetics for missions which her on the floor is a little new-born baby, did not begin and end with Christ crucified naked, dirty, uncared for. The door is were absolutely worthless. We sometimes opened. In walks a man and abuses the heard people quoting what Lord Curzon or woman as she lies there. He is the hus- the Ex-President...”
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“...the i maternal care. They had been well idol is supposed to prevent, misfortune (| taught the lesson which I think must entering the village. And just outside i be the most difficult for the Chinese to the village there are open-air threshing i learn, and that is how to keep them- floors where grain is still threshed in A | selves clean. At my request they the most ancient manner. As one | favoured me with a hymn and the sing- passes down the main street women / ing was the best I have heard in China. may be seen spinning cotton and others One likes to think of the possibilities with a home-made loom doing some ; for good to be found in a school of weaving. The Chinese are an open-air | this kind. Miss Turner has good people; they bring all their work out i reason to be proud of her opportunities of doors. A glimpse into their homes | and of the manner in which she is shows there is everything to_ induce improving them. them to prefer the open air. There is November 20th—-The dawn of day 10...”
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“...and alert, fully alive to | days and for seeing patients on market the changing conditions of the time and ee days. The rooms were thronged, and confident that the Gospel alone would F || a crowd of eager faces peered through meet the deepest needs of China. I[ Pail the window by the side of the preach- was introduced to many of the standard | er’s stand. Keen attention was given bearers. One of the members presented all to four addresses. One of the speak- me with a Buddha image, which he said all ers was a Mr. Wang, who is the Post had been in his family for many genera- al Office manager. He is a young man _ tions, but which now they were ready to ail who was educated in a Canadian part with. I spoke at more than usual A Presbyterian mission school, and is length, but there was the closest atten- et ‘now a most earnest Christian preacher. tion and no sign of weariness. We had a He spoke with great force and fervour. a refreshing, and, I trust, a fruitful, rz His manner of address was dignified...”
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“...es) |) | i Foreign Missionary Secretaries’ Notes of the Month ss The Conference was summoned by doings of the Conference of 1909, and et the new Governor, Sir Percy Girouard. with great. tenderness of the recent ei It met at the Government House at events in the domestic life of our Wen- rE Nairobi, December 1oth and 11th. The chow Mission. He reports himself and | | societies and interests represented in- family in good health, and the work of e eo | | cluded the Church of Scotland, C.M.S., the mission full of earnest calls and | ee | | American Missions, United Methodist strenuous efforts. Cheerful prepara- cE. | | Mission, and the Land Commissioner of tions were in vigorous progress for the BI East Africa. Surely a new and glori- visit of the English deputation at the } ‘ ous day has dawned for Africa. Chinese New Year. alll : At this Conference “Meru” was re- tl affirmed as our sphere.of service, and Departureof Our young friend who | as such was entered on the map! Rey.T.M. offered...”
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“...accepted by the China District cuit contribu- _ 3 tions to our : ' Gro nine x= ional Mission ; Funds. Where . a monthly parcel is not \ sent toa Cir- \ cuit, these = i : special finan- Peele | elles cial forms will haiti Sa Se MR ct Riis i a: ee be sent direct Sea Leta ere ye er on 7 ae OR to the super- @ ‘ RE Efe ae Vie tiga Beds intendent § ‘ ne \ : 1 “ana CVT eer aie Tyee es? minister. Will & staat, Fees ares Ne ee ee ees preset th iirsaine wees our brother (ae ge aie : pa Ra er et Ae gg ae me ministers ij 7" (i a ee aa z i Pa ee please give [ii oa UE oat) A EE ok prompt atten- [ieee Be ee ee PSP tion to these fee Pe Oe ie forms, and to [RRs Mage a ge ee the instruc- ee ee ee tions _ clearly Oe a a given? May Sr NS eS cP Sea ee we once more The Deputation to China. (The company that came to (C. Stedeford. call Attention bid us farewell at Tang Kuan Tun.) to the fact that J. B. Butler, Esq., g Meeting. She will transfer her services Carnarvon Road, Redland, Bristol, is to the China Inland Mission...”
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“...believe, however, the ishenacane: ae Manche vilbre at the eal: ai Eines alle De ce ee ee brated Eastern Tombs. A rather cold, raw | eit | deputation, Mr. Stedeford and Mr. Butler, SERRE HUE E DEC TOnt aims: Dine; seats qth il now in Tientsin, and a favourable settlement Ge Pp ST aoe ee pape Gad et urged. I devoutly hope it may “come off.” (112> Secure SO ee ema E | at | If it is a matter of money, where are our they cost 420, and were cushion covered. i } i} | wealthy laymen? Certainly not in China, . 4S 2.matter of fact, they were provided free. | Mi | where they could better gauge the stupend- ane. Heels cee sent on application to the : ent | ous results of such a training in the service On aes, a ‘REE fegnecat the | Hii of the Master, or it would quickly be helped eee ee a aioe LOUe noe j Hi | to a conclusion. For did not He say, “In- principal streets, straight as an arrow from | asmuch as ye have done it unto one of these, Poe Ba Core Ee ie eos : Hh | He ayes done ee fe as ety ot bent...”
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“...To provide facilities for the sys. mind we can’t forget it.” It really be- | tematic study of all the great mission comes part of ourselves, and prayer and | fields, by providing text-books at a the consecration of ourselves follow as | small cost, so written as to be under- a natural sequence. | stood by young people. One of the attractive features of the a (2) To devise methods of study which Study Circle is its simplicity. It does i | will not only appeal to missionary not aim at large meetings. The first Fal helpers, but will so convince them point insisted-on is that the Circle shall lh of the needs of foreign missions, that never exceed twelve, and may number a a greater consecration of individual only five China,”* | greatest satisfaction to us when during “The Desire of India,”t “ Daybreak in | the formation of our new...”
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“...of Islam : | bers, helps them to gather any further tems; and the present generation must | information on the subject announced, often meet with laudatory remarks re- | and only acts the part of filling up the specting the different faiths of the Near gaps of any information not forthcom- and the Far East. For example, in ing from the members. In summing India there are sixty-two million Mo- r up a leader’s work the Society’s booklet hammedans; and the British flag flies on the “ Uplift of China,” says :— over them all. It is not a question | The deepest secret of success in leading simply of interest to missionary con- a Circle is prayer, and no meeting can be troversialists: the politician and trader | considered successful which does not close myst take account of the widely-con- with a period of intercession for the country tasted spirits of the Crescent nid ihe already discussed. Grass 2 ene ate eae to ey these tues It is. extremely fortunate, therefore, ircles have been taken up...”
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“...consequence of our having the aid of new translation of Holy Scripture as a ey learned men from distant provinces of memorial of its Centenary. a Asia,” who “voluntarily engage with KB | us in translating the Scriptures into Sx eT their respective languages. We have it fajz4 and Facts: as Illustrated in the at in our power to“assure the public that History of the China Inland eh | the means of pans the ee RAD. Mission. By Marshall Broomhall, sf elec cre walle Out reac xs B.A., Editorial Secretary C.I.M. ay Johannes Lassar, from Canton, Pro- (is. net.) ai | fessor of the Chinese language, is now 2 : H ine : S ry | resident at the mission-house, Seram- . | pples of gold in baskets of silver | ai pore; and under his tuition, three of 35 the passage that flew to our mind al our number have commenced the study While reading this book. It deserves to a | of the Chinese language. About a rank with the story of Dr. George ai | year ago Mr. Lassar began to trans- Muller and Frederick J. Barnardo, for...”
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“...THE : : OF The United Methodist Church, | a Ne | Extracts from Ill.—By the e (Deputation to China.) MEETING MR. POLLARD. | SHANGHAI AND NINGPO. Darwent, M.A., deliver one of those ANUARY Ist. Opposite Woosung racy and powerful discourses which we had to wait several hours for have made Union Church an attraction the tide to take us to Shanghai. to Britishers in Shanghai, We landed there about three o'clock January 3rd. With Mr. Pollard I had and made our way to the Missionary an interview with the leaders of the Home as our headquarters for the week. China Inland Mission with whom we We were soon discovered by Mr. Pol- have maintained the most cordial rela- | lard and Mr. Hudspeth, and then we tion throughout the history of our mis- | seemed to be no longer in a strange sion in Yunnan. Iwas permitted to see | land. a great deal of their organization and | Sunday, January 2nd. To-day we _ business methods, and one could not fail were joined by Dr. Marshall and his to be impressed with the...”
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“...at |i A P| é Extracts from my Journal | [a the company | = | | of mission- | a | | | Hy jae “ae ee ia) aries making | || | | OTe ae temporary £ x ‘as Bf iM th Yh (Beaty abode at the a — Ht Joe China Inland | | a | © ie Mission | || oe ii i Ak sep n ome. | ie ee, ey ik a Le iy I 8 | In the after- fe | ar eee ee eee RB noon we bade LS ie ee yee Sie farewell to tf osama ; e