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“...e if hl Fd ee : = — —— ss mia} } | il | f ma ‘ me \ my ey a | i [IN DEX: ‘ SS i bees. PAGE PAGE i a NORTH CHINA. WEST AFRICA. , 1) Bi { } — ae Armitt; A letter from Miss - - 91 Drawbacks to Mission work in Africa. ef China Continuation Committee. F. B. oF Padus K cL yee - Lt Turner <: 3 x % © 447 Fakai Mission, A A. E. Greensmith 17 : Se i Christmas at Tong Shan. J. Hinds - 48 Greensmith, Bevan OSE ees a y IH Christmas-at Chu: Chia. - . -> 159 Sec eral Rev. W. W.S: Mickle- i ee Hl i Robson, A letter from Mrs. - - 115 eae > Mig tee ' NS i | Turner, A letter from Miss Sica wheas-eQ) HOME AND GENERAL. , Bee iT a Wu Ting Fu, A story from Mrs. Apocalypse of today - - - ~—- 160 SSI ‘ i Eddon = s 5 = - 81 Buddhist Prayers - - i - - 74 4 mei dy | ; Central America: A story of. J. Proud- vA 3S || L | SOUTH-EAST CHINA. foot eh ene sa) or ee oe ; we 1 | h Nhe Chaplain in India. A A. E. Bowyer 49 ee HI i} + Chapman, Principal T. W. - - 158 Chinese walls, What they tell us - 186 PEL. Heywood, Rev....”
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“...tobe ( m. Meru, Medicine man. - ~ ce 82 i be : Trial by fire Sere ee 67 : fi ILLUSTRATIONS, BO ofthe simiet ROR eat ai : 4 NORTH CHINA: Women, (group) - - 10t | & Girl’s School, Two Seniors See On Wats | ASN Sse ae eo | Godfrey, Rev. D. V. 232093 491 Worthington, Rev. R.. T: - - 102 & » Peking, A city gate - = -~ =. 58 ” » au notes i bat re Peking, Great bell at : 4! Bees Worthington and Mimmack among boys 131 ri) i i Yung Ping Hospital:— - : c tl Inside the wards. - - - 36, 96 WEST AFRICA. i i eB ee SDiAnCh oe Ae cee ae ee nae Church, and Members eee ale \ \ | i ead assistant and family -/ we! 52 - i Z ‘ ‘ 7 i é . . reetown, Sierra Leone - 72 al it te Assistants’ quarters - — - - - 84 Grdenanith Rw CAPES: : ( - lage a j 7; 4 r % . . * . i Hb ES ee eae spent y : ee Mendiland musician. - ates - 56 hi i ‘5 Mgomba, John Sp ERA Oe here saree OU i co SOUTH_EAST CHINA. , Micklethwaite, The late Rev. W. - 145' bu 5, Chapman, Principal, M.Sc. - - 158 Miprtayiows. Wa ME a BOS : 5 : Heywood, Rev...”
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“...| | SPECIMEN OF OUR ILLUSTRATED HANDBILL. S } | f } } s ges ly SPE SEES NE SES. ES antes hse sk = s ‘s r. _ - ————__——- ‘ Hn ¢ Bark nea i bit bastfaaii ia ey ae pS ee gee | : Ln | f te i mo) et | : | | T i | t Ree ek iS peg, ohare ie q Wee he United Methodist Church as s i hy Ea, REE 8 ES | || FOREIGN MISSIONS fe ma | oe ae SO Ss ol a a oe OO a it ORs Pe MM egies cea 2 a ae eS 4 Bees od ae What i: intained ! a ee a TE : at 18 maintained ! eS fa a Bsa Jolt ee : WH | a : oe } Be ae iy HE et IN CHINA: 27 Missionaries, 414 Churches, fous Don sae } is a ES We phe : : need CF amc Ra, ce, Rae Se i ia 5 Hospitals, 2 Colleges, 131 Day Schools, | | OS SE me || \ i § ‘ R Pee Me ale ‘ ho RAE acc. ae aa + RT| | and Chinese Agents, including 6 ordained 4 i ~ y at peer BF ae ee ie a il Bb 14 Biblewomen. | Raed PS SMM Riel | eed Bl . eh oe “ | { ites : Be AR oe eo ee aS Hu | IN AFRICA: 5 Missionaries...”
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“...the Master: Ht ql 1 : Commission, Blessing, Reward. | hee | : ' 1 : Opi ie — The United Methodist ay Hl ; e 4 i a | aa A _ Gibraltar, Rev. C. N. MYLNE. He : (Or Verb. sap.) HT i PER A. ‘ *.° . al 4 ‘ O the British ocean-traveller there organised, thoroughly eguipped to do Fi , comes a feeling of pardonable the service for which it was obtained. ae ; : pride when he arrives ~ within Here are two photographs of “ Uni- i | g& view of the famous old Gibraltar Rock. versal Spring,” Nosu-land, West China. | A tiny piece of territory, seized from an It is the United Methodist centre for Hae enemy country, it is valuable, not so work among the Nosu and allied races, ail much for its actual worth, as for its and is our “Gibraltar.” Note the Bl + i position, and because of what Britain parallels! In each case a heavy price Bink can do by its possession. has been paid for possession. The one ad _We paid a price which, for a little taken from the enemies of England; the Aa | piece of rock, was rather...”
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“...Ig Se cont, NN of . this heresy? Well! Mr. Sky Pilot [iam i ae se SM goes to Nosu-land, and, among other [ee irs a es ib ie things, he finds that : se if ee | ii (a) Nosu and Chinese “no lovee oe, So ee ih muchee well.” ee Sag ees. ee PEL (6) The Nosu swagger “some,” be- |Raaaamemn - pe fe ei Ns | i A cause the Conference has sent a man Adele Ese niaicgate ts One { : ip eM’ cts. aa earner uy 4 for them. : 1 ie. FEE Hin chats a : i Phe : (c) Most of the time must be spent; ev: © N. Mylne, West China, 1908. | Hy 5 | Vy MA dee : j ae | Hild : i...”
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“...| but rather that, for us, it is @ short cut fluences as the direct result of the Nosu me, to our Eastern Empire! work. And this can be extended in- hy So then, “ Universal Spring,” is not definitely. “Universal Spring” is your ih \y only our “Gibraltar,” but our “Suez” “short cut to Empire”! ZL as well! The paramount interest of But Gibraltar and Suez are what they 4 S Missions in China is to convert the are only by virtue of their organisation fi os Chinese to Christianity, and this:must and equipment. * it if be the ultimate aim of all our policy. So. not to further weary you, we i ii “3 Go to West China, and there you yemark: a i will find that already many hundreds i pees i} | 8 nis of Chinese are under Christian in- VERB. SAP.! i i Wa sJe Se Se : i ‘ | Hit a z Through the By the Go al r e : ‘ h i if want | Secretary’s Field-glass, Rev. C. STEDEFoRD. A “More than Let us begin the New Year hath prepared: His throne in the : | BS Conquerors.”” with a triumphant note. heavens, and...”
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“...| | of our contribution to the making nan, West China,” the picture is that of mS i. of the New World. Here we watch our a strong individuality and an adventur- | | ‘ adventurers, our pioneers, our world ous soul; this photo was evidently taken | We builders at work; we see the old giving before he dived for the pearl of the eee L place to the new, and even as we gaze Nosu soul, he looks older now that he ae cosmos takes the place of chaos. We has reappeared with the pearl; we a find ourselves in the world of the New mourn with him the loss of physical | Fe ie Testament times ; the blind receive their vigour, but he has got the pearl!—the SS ct Pie sight, the lame leap for joy, those who rest we may leave with God. The other a sit in darkness see a great light and photo is that of the “late Rev. Samuel ' % A - _ wonders are wrought in the name of the Pollard, Pioneer Missionary in Yunnan, ih holy child Jesus.. What a “novel” for West China, 1886-1915.” To look into | . aie . : the race pee...”
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“...ancestral temple, used as a chapel, tions; it is means to carry on the work. | Be | Mr. Whu took his place side by side At one time the demand is “Give us a with six very humble and illiterate men more Bible women, and we will save i t 3 and women, and in the presence of a the womanhood of China and Africa”; A large gathering, including some of his at another time it is, “Give us more i i wh » own non-Christian scholars, he received scholarships to train native preachers, |), . a | the rite of baptism and partook of the and the future is ours”; and, again, i fe i Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. “Send out more teachers to save the | } : x What is the value of medical work in children of Africa and China from the Bi! s % the conversion of the heathen? The back wash of heathenism.” We are face An | P reports provide us with abundant evi- to face to-day with the problem of our | ate | dence of the Christian influence of the success; we must go forward, or give : f Hest ministry of healing. Here...”
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“...unto harvest. The The Christian Church cannot, dare not | -_ great peoples of the East are alive and relax her efforts in the spiritual con- ie awake, stirred by new aspirations and flict. The genius of the Gospel, the cin : desires. Throughout Asia there is in teaching of history would convict her of Ss process a complete transformation of folly and of faithlessness if she did. “It hs social institutions, habits, standards and. may well seem that the tasks imposed. — | beliefs. In Japan and China and India, on us by modern conditions are beyond ee i ; and even in Africa, and throughout the our strength. . . . There is nothing a Moslem world, this evolutionary process in the Christian revelation which war- we is so patent that whoever runs may _ rants us in hoping that we shall be given | read, ae The movement is unceasing: tasks | within our powers. What is aS it will as little wait on our convenience promised is that power will be available see i . as the tides of the sea. . . . If ina...”
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“...Fe || cae “ x t ey He. | | | , | | : Mh ra He 4 i i 4 | Through the Bs nl? ‘ aa ‘ > : ay | secretary’s Field-slass. Rev. C. STEDEForD. i 7 A / : 3 ah 4 Missionary Missionary work among the riding a mule which had not the courage | Adventures. ‘ wild hills, and still wilder of my horse. Then I had to return four at people of Western China, times more to take over the coolies with i i : | offers scope enough for the most adven- their loads. These I conveyed across one i | i i turous spirit. There are always new ata time clinging to my stirrup leathers. i) ie Be regions to be explored, new types of folk We were drying our clothes on the further , Hy to be encountered, new risks to be faced. bank when some local people found two Hy ae : Mr. Evans relates some rough experi- bundles of iron utensils and a bag of | : [ ences in travelling over the wide Nosu beans: these had been lost in the morning: wey + field. One tour through a part of his cir-- by a man who attempted to cross the ie cuit will...”
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“...would be all right if we could get down im Yunnan. pletely dominates the pagan j to it. I went down on all-fours, and mind is witchcraft, and it is i found what we supposed to be soft earth as debasing as it is powerful. Its evils ii. was really hard rock. I shouted to the are frequently denounced in the Old ; Bart, others not to come. The teacher got Testament, and its degrading effects ex- es | down as I did, but the rest of the party posed. Wizards. abound in China, es- er had to find another way round. At the pecially in West China, and they wield ||. i bottom of the rock was a bamboo grove. almost supreme influence. Some of their : i The horse had fallen down some forty performances are most remarkable and eS i feet and, crashing into the bamboos, had calculated to impress the people deeply | ey | slid over them into the middle of what with their magic powers. Our mission- t me \ was a perfect jungle. I stumbled over aries in Yunnan are in constant contact aS Bl | the creepers in the gathering...”
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“...Ber a ° aa Se eae Sere SE ENTE ne on ae sss Pil a Ww © : sits By. a) hat Missionaries H. E. Dr. V. K. WELLINGTON | iy bs ‘ e KOO, Washington, Chinese ae | have done for China. Minister to the U.S.A. ie | : iy f (We cannot better commend the “ Missionary Review of the World,” under its new qi t constitution than by taking the liberty of quoting this valuable testimony from a . | ’ 4 recent issue.—Ep,) yy N the first place, China owes a great In the second place, the missionary, as a q | deal, to the foreign missionaries for -a doctor, has rendered no less service to lee) Poe the introduction of Modern Educa- China than as an educator. ‘The mis- fot | Bo | tion. © Not only through their transla- sionary hospitals and ‘dispensaries, num- it i hod tion of books of modern science, but also bering nearly four hundred, are not only fal through their personal efforts in teach- places of comfort for the suffering, but “a ee i Rs Be | ing modern«science and arts, and in es- also serve as centres...”
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“... fl fi “ Tesus Christ and the World’s Religions.” : | Messaége. By William Paton, M.A. | United i | 48 Council for Missionary Education, | " (A Parable for -Missionaries. ) 1916. Sevenpence. net. : nt “This little book is intended for those FT } A 1 who desire a brief statement of the prin- A L/ i ie O grace too great to understand ; cipal features of the non-Christian reli- Big | Whipped, yet, by the snow-wind’s stroke, = gions,” and the successive chapters deal nig with Mohammedans, India, China, and i iia | On a stark fleid, in a lone land Japan, concluding with a chapter show- i i | Snowdrops woke ! ing that Christianity is the universal |) religion. ‘For Christianity, then, it is Fi i all or nothing. The only safe task for rl Ue How long, through all the wintry wood, the Christian Church to undertake is the > © : ) & by Trees were bare and flowers were not! task that seems impossible.” |) \ pas hourhgod A most. helpful treatise, and the ii Voog Now, In Spring’s soft neighbourhood,...”
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“...pour, a | bo here again to this class and is working One aiits otal 4 | : gifts of love. | hard and doing well. She hopes now to ae 1 ee be baptized and next to go to Chu Chia : a | Si fed to train as a Bible woman. I think our One motive pure SDE es tS all | 3 i Liverpool friends will like to know that _1is to fulfil our Lord’s command, mal God has used Mr. Shih Feng Ming in The glorious gospel to declare, | a | leading this woman to Jesus. Prayers In every land. A Nee | in Liverpool reach China, as we well : coy bot know. These native shores we may not leave ; oe i ce : pany Sa The spirit knoweth no such bond, a. In sending this encouraging story, the Jp earnest prayer doth oft traverse =e eet Rey. C. F. Hill reminds us that Mr. Shih Regions beyond. | a f Feng Ning is the native pastor whose | ae | | € / i St Somingo Church and School,” The Master whispers, “Inasmuch”; | a | Ae Ee What holy joy it doth afford, : Ne hoa | To know that we have ministered Se i Women Missionaries: An Unto...”
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“...al who conceals her identity under the Consequently the money: we send to the ae hoe} y i . . (5 A A | tf designation “A Disciple,” regularly con- missions is of far less value locally than Mi [heal tributes 8s. 4d. a month, making £5 for it was formerly. For example, in 1914, — i} the year, for the education of a Chinese £100 exchanged into Chinese currency ie Christian girl in North China, who after would produce 790 taels, this year it pro- : i | | her education is completed will be quali- duces only 524 taels. This means that : ay | | fied for service in connection with the for making payments in China a ' ee | -f mission. —_ sovereign has lost about one-third of the 2S i ed} We know of another woman worker valueit had prior to the war. The gravity ; a | } a f TEE . bist ae i t ‘ agit) z : iene EPIRA + ?. Es . f mii ea 2 ee Bere ea ae Ree tia | i hire Y ' Se Be | eer | | 5 | a ee = : a i ee ~~ a ee. pes: wi | << tbe 4 ee 22-h Asa SS ee ae | se ih | } Serene oe - er 4 saved : a i : :...”
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“...deliver- a them that Jesus alone could save them. H Pe eh an ai ntdy gh a Pek One of the women, a sorceress, ran up to a owe many © : © a her and, embracing her, said : “ You were gall f of bitterness and the bonds of | a i if a sorceress, I ama sorceress, and I want iniquity to whom the Gospel would be al | ; what you have got.” Mrs. Han now _ the word of power and emancipation. 4 : E Zo China! A few years We can remember the timid ventures . Fe ] eae] Rey ago Chinese dignity regarded our of earlier years, when, without discard- mom. | Op outdoor sports with something ing the long robe, and with feet. still ce like disdain, and in our schools it was clad in the soft cloth shoe, some of our mee tk with difficulty that the sons of the students made their first attempts. i : os ‘ Pp i ty wealthier families could be persuaded to There was little sport to be seen then. 1 Peo kick and run...”
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“...gather- greatly interested and promised to urge | Se rt ing we gave four days’ study to the Book his tenants to come to our schools to | of the Acts of the Apostles, which is study. John is a good missionary. The SS | f being studied by our Miao during these Miao folklore says that long long ago | A months. Mr. Evans worked hard at the Miao had books, and at that time i oe if teaching the’ preachers new tunes to they lived in the Northern provinces of | et the hymns of “Ngao-mao-zao” (Gospel China. When the Chinese became oe Bel Bees hymns) a new book but recently intro- stronger than the Miao, the latter were =e i duced to our people. driven to the south, and in crossing the mee, | | Many questions came up for discussion, great river (the Yangtze-kiang) they Si ty some of which ought to be answered by lost their books. They had no boats ; so } eel tt a College Committee and not by a single tying their books on to the back of their oe | missionary. The second coming of Christ necks they...”
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“...Ewing a B i we would rather have the head in front. Christian College, Allahabad, India. ce 4 : The authors may think it is more Why i } arrestive. It pleads that “the circum- NotE.—For twenty-one years Arthur H. an stances of women in non-Christian lands. Ewing, a brilliant scholar, laboured in ee ' 5 are of extraordinary significance and im- India, and became known and loved for his i ii i i portance,” and takes “measurements ” Christ-like character.. He became President i | 4 ‘| i in India, China, Japan, Africa and Mos- of the above College. He died in 1913. ae Ha) : lem Lands. The situation is summed up After his death it was named “The Arthur a i i sy | in the words “Half done.” Everyone will Ewing Christian College.”—From “The AS a i say that it is “well begun.” There is Missionary Review of the World.” | a ‘i 3 : co ' i : | : i Pe a a...”
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“...small open parks would Ha is response in the hearts of all who read come into view. In the jungles live mil- aL ie these lines. lions of human beings. As soon as the Ce The article sent by Miss E. Squire main road was reached people began to aie will also be read with great interest. be visible, but chiefly men and boys WE a by Although Miss Squire is prevented from weaving little houses perched on stilts, ha Vee returning to her much-loved work in evidently intended for granaries. As the ve ft China by reason of ill-health, her love party passed along they were conscious a iV ss i} of the work and the people still remains of bright black eyes peering at them, but i |e \ ij as keen as ever. when the owners of the eyes saw they AE | i i | | : ey i | wi i | : a ee yn ic al...”
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“...learning lessons, passing through fresh i i mothers, who looked very mortified and experiences, entering upon’ new paths. rp 1 i rather hypocritical, and probably their I thought I had made a great decision B }t remarks might have been translated into when I gave my life to China, and I Pe English to the effect that “they didn’t looked forward to many years of work Wd i know what had got into little Willie or there, but often something comes and eg te Tommy, as the case might be, he had all our plans are changed—so here I am, i: oo never been known to behave like this settled down in a quiet part of the ; ie | before!” And consequently the black country, to a new life. Kept away from i me women and the white one became very China and my life there, I have had Pai bh 46 mee : am i oe Ve . (Se hg ee |...”