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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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“...| printed “sketch map of our East Africa jin China, it seems to be a suitable and { ||| Protectorate,” shewing very clearly our commodious building and harmonizes aia several mission stations; there is also a completely with its Chinese environ- eee | a ment. || Bs tiene Am “A general survey,” by the Rev. C. Ss ut = SO Stedeford, introduces the reports from ei a 7 We. rN - the Foreign Mission field. ‘Che salient Se | eal fo =e ee facts and figures are presented in a ee) | id . Be. 5 Bek lucid and spirited manner. The Rev. a il i fee i eh, John Moore, the Home Missionary me eee a a eee Secretary, gives a summary of our is Hl h. Ce i ee aggressive work at Home, more par- me BG. gaa Re remem ee ticularly of our extension in the Leigh ri i if ; ea ee —s and Hindley Circuit and in the South ‘ CES: 8 SE Yorkshire Mission; the work done by | Ail ne ee =~ ~SOsCourr “ Deaconess Institute,” and also our OMT e 2" ee eae ee “Work in the Army.” This last opens up CH co ge) ey pe for us a great world...”
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“...cured; what for it is our roll of honour, our heroic me) fe more can you want!” We may expect records, our Valhalla. But the “Report” i Pit 2 such an one to reply to his critics, “Will is only the story of a beginning, time ih a ye also be His disciples?” will show whether-the sons are worthy a ; A small but devoted band of'men and of their fathers, whether the twentieth Heil | iq women has given themselves to the century will “carry on” what the nine- rh H , education of the children on our mission teenth century commenced. The cause ie \ } stations. What return is there? What is worthy of our best: let us put on the | ah | becomes of the children of our schools? altar, prayers, gifts and souls. We 1 ‘4 These questions find a very satisfactory
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“...| "i | ae ‘ te | , LM fee |) ; —- Our Women’s Auxiliary i | ii | their hands clasped and eyes closed as must not catch my face,” said a terrified , il the chairman of the Mission, the Rev. little girl, who rushed out of the gate iS] i i G. W. Sheppard, gave thanks to the followed by a few others ere the deed was i children’s Friend for favourable weather done. | | and a!l good things. Then each one was Just before 6.0 they all left for their . presented with a coloured paper bag con- homes very happily ; for the treat meant 1 taining pea-nuts, melon seeds, sweets very much to them, as the majority came a and biscuits, kindly provided by members from poor crowded hovels- where space a |. and friends of the Mission. They were is indeed a luxury. “Thank you, Teacher, aoe then set free for races and other games Good-bye! May we come again? may | until the photographer arrived. “They we come every Monday?” x a } | | ae 1 _
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“...mips Be ne —————SS———— A r a — | oT “eh : | iB cs Ae yy : : |. 4 = eee OK i CC DORWS— SEE ER ys SS te Ae CHU) = Wwe A Ree ma / Le (HISSIOMAIRY “ex ))) i) AMP cr oN ay We ° SCHIO ° Koy, OOO Sees st | ENS eK ES SOS) AA Ze | @ SS ~ Jf ; COT Ne A We 5 if — FS) MNS iz | AO, \ (o) For Missionary Secretaries :— C X 7 a LAG SEM» oy een AS yo ee t Tes u District, Circuit, Church, Sunday School, LT re ee ** Plan your work and work your plan.” i i eh ie Sierra | Sa A A Sierra Leone "By the a | Ee. Fakai Mission. Rev. A. E. GREENSMITH. | ie 3 : ah ey , UB Bee HAT is a fakai? It is a term commodious structure was ventured at 5 for a collection of huts that upon. Great was the joy of the fakai | . & does not merit the term village dwellers and workers of the W.M.A. | ‘Il or town. There are many of these when a corrugated iron structure was i | ae fakais scattered’ over the hillsides in the completed. From Freetown and the Wi Sierra Leone peninsula, mostly occupied villages upwards of three hundred I P|...”
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“...women-folk who had so | | _ of the fakai, in very broken English, faithfully laboured amongst this people. t = | spoke to us of their spiritual experi- : j ce ee ences. They told us, in most simple _, 1he cole at the opening ser- Se and telling speech, of the great bless- VCS vee es and the place was ma on ing the mission had been to them, and OPENEG tree of dept. SS i ens | thanked the visitors for helping to make A. few years ago travellers along the mei, | that day a great success. One of the lonely Lumley Road were sometimes : q ee _ converts stood up, and moved us.deeply molested and robbed, but it is said that . Vi | yo Be by his words, although, instead of ad- since the Mission has been established Rey i as | dressing us, it took the form of address- such occurrences are things of the past. i i S| 1 a s ; pes ! ; ge na Pe ih i | : : ee ot a ime Si ¢ : a) tt | | . fr A iy ' im. ) e x / Ai |) | ; 5 A VS ht Ls eg te ; i 1 BS “Sl he ee kee ; TERS Dh cate ei Set : a | | i Pepin, 0 MMR OE EEL...”
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“...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 darkness with these necromancers, whose spell | me i and almost despaired of finding the horse, must be broken before the Gospel can ES Wt Bel and feared. to leave it till the morning make much progress. But the Gospel is I a_i, because it would be attacked by wild mightier than wizardy, and even the | So beasts. At last, guided by the jingle of wizards themselves sometimes...”
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“...Roce Na PL ees i eect sionary institutions in training men of See the light. any epoch-making re- ie fe discipline and character is a fact gener- forms, such as the suppression of opium a Ba | _ ally admitted. Indeed, many of the mis- 2nd abolition of foot-binding, have been S iW A sionary schools and colleges are recog- brought about with no little support from i f nized as among the best of our educa- the workers in the Christian Church of ; | i me tional institutions. x -China. | eNO I hold mission- ‘ < Bee, oe ee tag a ary work in high : i i i : fe ee We Ee ey ae ; aL. ee fF regard, as do | a pF omany of my fee Cie |] ON. gas Ge Se ae) low - countrymen. ai ae i= oe eee ee The Christian eit a ne A as a ©) «Church has not ie A Be pees ole (eee ae ee only rendered ei ee ae ee Ae. Bn weet giaee | & Chri stian doc- s ae ee A Ba a a trines, but she has h <—e t ie AM ie te he i OR eee «(by her various ma i ul: ‘jie iin | eS ee activities contribu- | a — a!) gt oe: Se t (on | ae ro Yd ‘¢ ee j...”
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“...was given free, and the income A I success. Each visit involved a thirty must have been considerable, for the ae | #5 miles’ sail (or row) across the Lagoon, annual cost of the mission sometimes me | then a tedious and arduous journey of exceeded 4100. One Indian widow be- I ve | fifteen miles up the river. Time was longing to the Settlement also gave her wa | 1 | not of such great importance then as husband’s farm to the mission, and ie 1 | it is in England to-day, and the visiting this was cultivated by the Indians; so Pi (ll i Mission Bands were always much larger that the work was carried on at no cost a We | | than the original plan of five. I have to the English Mission Board. : HI aA g sometimes headed quite a small fleet of Just before I left Central America, Fe ie canoes to visit the Settlement. the Mission Band returned one day with I a ‘ I am not altogether correct in writing bad news. An outbreak of smallpox Hi a i about the “Settlement,” as in the early had caused so many deaths...”
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“...PR sionary wives: themselves—to realize the ait _. COMPETITION.—A copy of “Mary unique position which the missionary a i | Slessor of Calabar,” will be given for home occupies as a distinctive agency.” Ll Sl _ the best paper (in 500 words) on _And the tone and trend of the article, een YG 1 i “How to spoil a Missionary meeting.” will be seen by the following: “The Tl 1 j Competitors must thoroughly enter into specific work of the married woman on tk ‘ the humour of the thing. If we find the mission-field is, by life and lip, by aii | i them transgressing into the sphere of pattern and precept, that of setting forth = a ; a “how to make them effective,” they will before her sisters the ideal of Christian - Bae yO be disqualified. Papers to be received by wifehood and motherhood.” We like the — f 4 i Wo he the Editor on or before March 15th. term “sisters” in this association. a } Award in May. i ES ee a i ' 7 29 | oe ti g he ye ee ' . : ae soe A th...”
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“...Ming, the preacher’s wife, Gi i then gave a short address indicative of were girls in the same village before i og the purpose of our mission, and the faith both were married. In September, 1915, i iy a for which we stand. Then Mr. Dymond Mrs. Han was at the place where Mrs. a Hes read the list of donors, and after that I Shih lives—at a fair, I suppose—and Ou 4 offered the dedicatory prayer. After this called to see Mrs. Shih. They received A | we had speeches from the chief magis- her very kindly, and spoke to her of the wi trate, the head of the schools, the head doctrine, and finding she knew nothing BS of the’ business houses of the city and about it, pressed her to stay over the iy the head of the military. These were next day, Sunday, their worship day, and i} followed by Mr. Kiu (formerly employed hear more. She agreed, although she A le | by our mission as a school] teacher) who | had no idea what ‘a worship day” was. | I | has recently returned from America. She learned’ a little...”
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“...brought Monthly Prayer Meeting. Se Pe We 60 European missionaries and four Hymns: | = q RI hundred native women agents, making, “Sometimes a light surprises.” ae | on the women’s side of the work alone, 2 sacs . | mei; a total missionary staff of 100 European Hark my soul it is the Lord. ge at | workers, assisted by nearly six hundred “Oft in danger, oft in woe.” f S| local agents. At Union these were put Sori pe ee oe le ea | IS under a, new body, The Women’s SEE ae S BNai pate | { Foreign Mission Committee, composed Prayer:' That our minds and _ hearts Bees a 1 of some of the most gifted and conse- may not, be engrossed with thoughts of | ae ( t crated minds of the Church. the war so as to make us less alert to : a bol From ‘‘Mary Slessor.”’ opportunities for service that present 4 Sel il themselves, and less eager for the advent ; itt hye We are pleased to print this tribute, of Christ’s glorious and universal reign. I — | | a Py onereh out own: mere bers. _ Praise: For continued interest...”
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“...” 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 : : — oe A ee . ete os fi ey ‘ ae i ! | Rane og ae i AO I Ro | ee eo | i ma ag Py es AV Be || : 4 : j f ee oe BE RS pA cent ee Me 0s...”
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“...\/ h chase, the cost in sterling of the same people there and expect to reach England | i Woy ' payments is very considerably increased. in May. Mr. Mimmack, whose attack v i That is one of the problems our mission- . of blackwater fever rendered him unfit for a oe | aries have to face in consequence of the work at the coast, has been appointed by Me iy war. the Committee to Meru, and a little later i | = | This should stimulate our efforts to jin the year he will be joined by Mr. a | fr | increase our missionary income to meet Bassett, who will be transferred to Meru A ie | this new demand. This year we shall when Mr. Hopkins: is ready to take We | | require an increase of many hundreds of charge of the work at Ribé. : id a, pounds if we are to increase the grants el ) to our mission stations proportionately to 4 Gonverted \-Miss Armitt relates a i | j the rise in the price of silver. Sopecress: eri leable akan aid We therefore appeal once more to all Hath. Soreerose eee Ht | | oR missionary...”
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“...Z ° < J ae : SS 1 | , \ : I i e e | The Missionary 4 Chat with ma the Young By the . || Barrel. Folk. Rev. EDWARD EVES. ay | | O any of you know the story of board the river steamer, the “David | 1) Pollyanna, the girl who taught Williamson,” or, if the steamer was not | 3 It quite unlikely people to play “the available, then a big canoe was loaded, | | glad game”? She got her first lesson and away up the Calabar River to the mi | ‘ in the game out of the Missionary Barrel. beach nearest the Mission House. Word oe a Pollyanna’s father was a missionary with would go round that there were: goods mS | ae a very meagre salary. The Missionary at the beach, and every available man, a Barrel sometimes proved extremely help- woman, and child about the place would aS i | ful. Its arrival was quite an event in be eager to be off to bring them up. a fi ; I} the life of Pollyanna. What excitement while the boxes were ih i Like all girls she wanted a doll, but opened and their contents displayed. till...”
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“...ere oe iy i ‘ |) : , ii | Bf RLY Ha } | poe BER he |g GINS os it Ea an aN Wa |S Fi) SIG Na ES BI SN ae rere Sr Se ar ore I i I GI MWOMENS Aloxanior Ay, |) ee By Mrs. R. S. HALL. | | | i N a letter accompanying Mrs. Wake- We pray that Divine grace and I if | field’s article, which we are glad to strength may be given to Miss Squire in ral 1 oi print this month, she speaks of “the all times of weakness and pain. Ce ee | little-known region of Meru.” Meru is ' i i in East Africa, and thither our mission- i ea aries have gone to spread the knowledge An American’s Visit to Meru. Se ; of the truth and to lay the foundation of By Mrs. E. S. WAKEFIELD. ie Christ’s Kingdom. ae We used to speak of Africa as “the I have been reading a very. interest- An | Dark Continent,” and not so very long ing bock of travel ‘and hunting in Ee ago. A great part of the interior was East Equatorial Africa by the well- i iy & unknown when: David Livingstone visited known American author, Stewart E. Wie i" the country...”
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“...thus not only | | March 4th.—The Miao work. (56) ‘secure united prayer, but it will be a | ee i a Rev. W. H. Hudspeth. Rom. v. 1—l1. monthly reminder of the Prayer Union. aa March 1?th.—Students preparing for The numbers in brackets refer to suitable ~~ | eb i | | y Be eae oy ae G. T. pages in the Annual Report. Se If anc lin BE att. x. 1—T. A. E. H = ji , of de ; | oe Cl $o $e $ Ne iy aC ‘ a Christmas at By the ma ! mie || Ton’ Shap. Rev. JOHN HINDS. | im | ee a “| T 3.30 in the morning the mission thirty dollars ($30.00) had been sub- Sa i} A compound was startled by the scribed to buy nuts and sweets for the (‘ se i i] .& sound of a bugle, and a procession children; so at the close of the last item, aS with lights was seen wending its way to each young person had a bag of sweets | i] the front door headed by the weird and nuts given to him or her. | ; Se : musician. It was the scholars coming to Among the young people who were con- | mee ye es Chu ies ee eee sidered suitable to have presents...”
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“...world to be educated, it is a lost QMS bY IF Hie ie world to be saved.” : cS Sena ee Hs | : ! i g ae oe at i | i i : Spee an ; ° EN A Letter fr b ; ie | TOM) a Cc apla ity Written from ee | oe TE ey to the Forces— Kasauli, Punjab, it i India. a) Rev. A. E. Bowyer. | i 4g : ; Weed : ; ae GRE Hood My Dear Young Friends, 1834, and in the mission compound which Wal yaa _ My last address was Ambala, to much resembles a private park, are the | 4 it which cantonment | had repaired on missionaries’ bungalows,: the church: ; Hl oe army business. That business concluded, boarding ‘school for boys, and other ee and having a fortnight of my leave yet auxiliaries of the mission. In the town We Lh to run, | set out on a 600 miles tour of are the native churches, high school for 1 Pay a the Punjab, visiting, among other places, boys and girls, dispensary, etc. Here I ie ht i Ludhiana, Jullundur, Lahore, and met one of the finest band of men’ and Tu el | Amritsar. My object was two-fold, first, women it has...”
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“...conversation to. prayer we had leisure for music and’ it i our King, and our soldiers, and never conversation., On the Sunday evening } ml : have I heard the National Anthem more , was invited to address’ the students of ce | Po fervently sung than in the Ludhiana the Ludhiana Christian Medical College | ee he We iba mission compound. The church in which for, Indian women. It is a splendid in- Nee } pe as our meetings were held (they generously stitution where native women are trained a made me.a consultative member) was for the medical profession. [ had pre- | a y ut . a delightful spacious building, almost as viously inspected the many fine buildings ay Ges di. | i old as the mission itself. In the days of connected with the College, and was ais | | the Mutiny, the sepoys ,ransacked the delighted with what I saw. I spoke to | Se he ee bungalows of the missionaries, and piling the 150 young women — Christian, | ql mt i the furniture gathered in the centre of Mohammedan, Hindu—on my work in _...”
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“...on ef mankind as though and perhaps more particularly those QHICE aed if | they. were making great discoveries, @fternoon gatherings of the W.M.A. in ia Lo. whereas in the programme of missions which no selfish ‘motives can possibly i sg i all that is noblest in their visions has. Chter. I know there are some such ; a | 4 already received practical expression. _ Satherings in which my wife and I are i al Pe | : always personally named in the devo- Va ee ee i ea tions, and, of course, other mission- Vn Rey. W. U. _ Our friends will be sorry aries are equally privileged in the circles iH al a4 Bassett. to hear that Rev. W. U.. where they are well known.” aS He ie _., Bassett has had to under- | Let this testimony remind us again that’ Bi | go an operation for appendicitis. The the Church at home most effectually par- Hat Wh complaint seized him for the second time ticipates in the work abroad by constant a ii at Christmas, and though the attack was and prevailing intercession. _ ih : a again...”