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“...le r i age a > 2 ae 3 (\ Gita, YX “4 wn WG Mos i CY Kp oh ke wy SY Be | my cee eRe: { ae \ N E. iF 7 aS -_— | ae aa an : ES baee Ve, IWS ie wy 2 ee a 2 a Z: At /) a) ud a s @- ‘ os. Pa 7A &'S 5 \ Oa eo DY — FF INS ——_ < eM) ee THE LATE MR. ROBERT BIRD, J.P. MR. JOSEPH HEPWORTH, J.P. Re Home and Foreign Treasurer (Late U.M.F.C.), 1887—1893 ; 1903—8. Foreign Treasurer (Late M.N.C.), 1897—1908. | Ke ee | MR, W. H. BUTLER, J.P. MR. JOHN GODFREY, J.P., C.C. : fee: 2 i Foreign Mission Treasurer, 1909—. Home Mission Treasurer, 1909—. = Bs | REV. W. R. K. BAULKWILL. COUN. F. E. WEIGHTMAN, J.P. ee oe) Home and Foreign Treasurer (Late B.C.), 1891—1909. Home Treasurer (Late M.N.C.), 1904—1908. t es ia 5 i...”
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“...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 from Messrs. Ratcliffe, es Wakefield See dd Ellis, Seden:)-° 5 52) 2 199 fe East Africa, Native Letter from V. B. Miaoland, A Tour in H. Parsons - - 166 me Ambale = - = - - - - 157 Mission Fund, Our E. D. Green - 290 R i 3 ‘...”
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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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“...OF The 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...”
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“...other now, and this truly helpful but I understand the cost of publishing book will enable many more to gain is undertaken by the Foreign Mission- the acquaintance of Mr. Candlin. ary Committee. The opening chapters reveal John I fear this notice of the work is ex- Innocent as the earnest youth in quest tremely inadequate, but I am writing of knowledge. with a thirst and hunger according to the instructions of our de- that should stimulate our young people ee Fee who peceets haste. to pee similar noble ideals. o all our mission workers it will be At the same time we have a picture a book for the times, and ought to be of the earnest purpose and generous widely used at the meetings of this gifts of New Connexion leaders, minis- missionary anniversary season. If any ters and laymen, in the organization of of our. supporters feel the need of the mission. This account reminds me actual information about the field, let of a similar devotion manifested five eee cae Eee poole at once, and ete...”
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“...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- followed...”
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“...of the evan- =| | Tientsimn, the pioneer commenced his gelist upon the story of Ananias and | mighty task with simple courage and Sapphira, that God must be more for- faith. “All beginnings-are hard”; but bearing now, or where should we all Est with determined sagacity Innocent set be! It is a high privilege to become about securing a site for mission work. acquainted with Wang-Yi-Hua, a man: a | Many were the disappointments he ex- “with the mind of an intellectual giant, eed | perienced, but the magnificent proper- the heart of a child, and the holy fire st ties and institutions now belonging to of. a saint.” Unfortunately, I fear I | | the mission are monuments of his busi- have exceeded the space offered by the i | ness ability. Within two years of his Editor, although I have made no refer- eh | entering Tientsin, the missionaries had ence to the opening of Kung Pei ee | won the first ten converts; of these, five Chapel, and have not recounted the | became preachers. We are impressed...”
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“...be Master, eager to have all used in His | true to your obligations, to pay your service and for His glory. bE | debt. At the beginning of this New Year || “But I certainly have a right to with- let us all, ministers and people, give | hold my support if I choose?” You ourselves afresh to our Lord and to the | certainly have no such right. You may blessed work of saving our fellows eT withhold your support, it is true, but from sin and death. fe you have not the right to do so, and in For our mission fields we pray that ie thus withholding you will be the loser. the year before us may be one of un- || In the eyes of God we are debtors to precedented prosperity. ie | those who have not the Gospel, and E:: | it is not for us to withhold from them se | their due. In the name of the Great el | Redeemer, and of the perishing ones PRIZE OFFER. Re for whom He died, I ask you to pay fi Be your debts. A copy of ‘“‘ The Life of John Innocent’’ a 5 Pal was will be given for the best 100-word reason...”
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“...leaden skies :— Yes, while we need more means, we For the shuttle must travel to and fro, certainly need more prayer. Tho’ the mists be heavy, and damp, and low. Conference resolution :-— “A wretched morning,” I turned and said. “The Conference again requests that the My fellow passenger, raising his head, second Sunday in January be observed year Made his reply, with his look on the hills, by year in all our churches as a day of “They don’t say that to-day in the mills. special intercession for Mission work at You see, sir,” he added, for courtesy’s sake, home and abroad; and desires that on this “On a day like this the threads don’t break.” day all our ministers preach special mis- seo rule uk sent sane coe eu a sionary sermons, setting forth the obliga- 9...”
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“...We regret to say that we eo We regret to say that we Ningpo. have not yet secured a Needed for have not yet received a successor to Dr. Jones, Beey es reitds Suitable a for medical who retires from Ningpo in the autumn. mission work in East We earnestly call the attention of our Africa. Surely there are those who for medical friends to the need of our Christ’s sake and the Gospel’s,” with Ningpo Hospital. It is a truly distin- the needed qualifications, are ready to guished position, and offers a splendid go to Africa, and lay both gifts and held for high Christian service to a training on the altar of that great con- competent and well-equipped doctor. tinent’'s needs. Would not this supply We shall be glad to receive applications. a fitting subject for prayer on Mission- Z ary Sunday? Wenchow. Our honoured friend. has “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the Ber z written a beautifully Pain. labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Stobie. pathetic letter about nin- Lord of the harvest...”
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“...received in response to the appeal r losing one of the brightest members of in the “United Methodist” and MIs- : our little community, one who was SIONARY EcHo. After the most care- ed making quite a place for herself among ful and searching examination, the Rev. eet | the women and girls here, and was do- T. M. Gauge, of Scilly Isles, was aa ing good work among them. How full unanimously, and cordially accepted. | of loss this year has been to us as a May we ask the prayer of our churches | mission! In the.former part of the on this appointment? Mr. Gauge will | year two native ministers died whose sail, D.V., on January 18th, in s.s. z places are yet unfilled, then Mr. Jones “Princess Alice.” bs | left us for home, then dear Mrs. Chap- ||| man.” se Principal We are requested, on be- Ul Ee T. W. half of our beloved one, ° L. Chapman, to thank very warmly By the Rev. G. PACKER, : those many friends in the ‘ S| homeland who have remembered him Missionary Secretary. : in his trial; their letters...”
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“...J Foreign Missionary Secretaries’ Notes of the Month Yi be promptly made to one or other of the is able to move about the house, but i y secretaries at Leeds by persons who has to be carried up and down stairs. /. would like to. attend these meetings. How great a loss this is to the mission if The usual facilities will be offered by perhaps only few realize. She has long - the railways. The Central Committee been accustomed to do a great deal 4 is desirous that these meetings should for the Chinese women and girls, and i be attended by the most representative delighted in the opportunity. And in | delegation, as only thus can the largest the Tang Shan Circuit such work as she i and best results be secured.* has hitherto eagerly done is sorely i a needed. We hope that Mr. Candlin’s | Dr. : Dr. Marshall, writing from fears will soon be dissipated, and that Marshall’s his bed at the end of three Mrs. Candlin will be able to take up her H Tilness. months’ illness, under date useful tasks again...”
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“...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 | and myself in a Chinese cart, we started urging them to fidelity and...”
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“...mainder of the day was given to the by one of. the 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...”
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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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“...passed money ae ages epee Ye r= ae} | into the father’s hands; the bargain Se eee es Fi was complete. pane fees fetched ee | a a the little girl from her playmates; Lager nam ene eetS th es, © Sees = handed her over to the man. There ny ——— WE were no ae in bse oan ace a ee See §=©60 she was his own child. e little : Ste ee ae | ~=—sogiirl began to be afraid. She cried : i oes on, Wt 's 2. and struggled. There-was no one to % Fannin Sse ah cach es Ry oa help her. The man took her away. The Mission House Stone Gateway. (See p. 24.) I could tell you all that took place, I._The Framework of the House, but you could not. bear to listen. ready for raising. But some people have to live through al...”
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“...ee ‘fg ee g . THE MISSION HOUSE, By the STONE GATEWAY. Rev. S. POLLARD. | (A DESCRIPTION OF THREE PICTURES.) ||| FTER the era of “the wonderful good-bye to the little £5 house and re- a £5 house” at Stone Gateway, moved into the new premises they re- ees has come a time when the joiced indeed. This remarkable series . missionaries are sheltered in such a Of photographs, taken by Mr. Parsons, tl way that they need not fear con- Top eset He putting up of the Sree | Rent attaches GF cheuiatism: and « “Pamework around. wach the wallesare ‘ | eee oe 3 built. The timber was all brought, at et consequent inability to do good mis- a great expenditure of strength, from : sionary work. In response to an 4 Wooded hill eight miles away where E appeal from the field the sum of the mission owns over 1,000 fir trees. || #100 was granted from the funds of Friends at home would never imagine [a the late B.C. section, and with this a the difficulty we had in getting those | house has been erected in a m...”
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“...performance, and =| to become preachers. This seems to there was a loud roar of laughter when | be the highest ambition that is open they saw us stop and manifest our | to the sons of our Christian homes. amusement, as though they thought it | Next I visited the girls’ school, in was a great joke for them all to be © eal charge of Miss Turner. There are 34 caught enjoying anything so ridiculous. i girls in this school, and they are drawn These villages deserve a brief de- | from all parts of the mission, some of scription. The dwellings are built @| them coming from Yung P’ing, 200 entirely of mud which gives them a S| miles distant. Many of them cannot very dingy appearance. Mud is the S| go home more than once a year in the only material in this district to use in aii summer. Those who live near enough building. There is no stone and no | for their parents to fetch them in carts clay. But the mud can be burnt into Bhi are able to go home for the vacation a decent brick, and any special build-...”
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“...they are contented, I sup- Chinese brethren. Pleasant words were pose the foreigner has no right to spoken on both sides, and then I was complain. allowed to retreat to the comfortable Late in the afternoon Wuting Fu seclusion of Dr. Robson’s home. came in sight. It is a walled city which stands four-square, but I should say Eee CIRCUIT: that is the Say respect in which it has Sunday, November 21st—-The day the remotest resemblance to the New: of rest was all the more welcome Jerusalem. The mission compound because it brought a cessation from stands on a slight eminence just out- Chinese travel. side the Southern gate. We discerned The morning service attracted a on a point of vantage a young man who large congregation, the greater part of was waiting to herald our approach. which was drawn from surrounding He no sooner caught sight of us than villages, some persons travelled twenty he mounted his donkey and galloped to thirty miles to attend. I counted it back to inform the waiting company...”
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“...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 season. The occasion will live long in i || and graceful, and he wields the greater the memories of those who were || influence because of his position, and present, and it was sufficient compensa- | the people know that his service is tion...”