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“...abe 7 i iy 2 Editor, 7 -§1,'80° HOME AND GENERAL. } ! ce & pa aRe eae Abercrombie, Mrs. Miss Webster... Savant Oe A i uy ; : é G: Ee Fao NG @ Apocalypse, of To-day, J. Wright preg alg 7 i ee oe oes Come acca Church in the House. J. E. Mackintosh... 30 oH. “i ‘ eee eee uns ae aS? Conference, Missions at. J. A. Thompson 105 | ‘ China’s Womanhood. Mary Gaunt Berea HGdbee Query Boxes Me a 60, 72 if ei Scholarships at Peking. Dr. Candlin ... 90 iiema, AnvOtE as = a 197 ti a ee reat: eS SEG Aes Home Mission Treasurers ... ae sesanagllit, | i os t Bins os me Hymns, Soldiers’ Favourite... Sh hee 45 1 xe Tong Shan, The Daily Round at. J. Hinds 126 Levacy A Poos Man's 2 WER) Cats uh age : ( oS SOUTH-EAST CHINA. London Meetings. James Ellis ... 48, 61 : ij “30 Literature Association, Editor ... Boe BOO a TP S ee Lee Cee uCHE clang 57 Merlin, On the Onward March, Editor... 44 SS Dr. Swallow’s Retirement. H.T. Chapman 85 Deane ace ie hth Fi eae yi a Missions as a Soldier saw them ... 3 8 He x i SOUTH-WEST...”
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“...the place will‘certainly be taxed to and at last found ourselves on terra firma, the utmost, and we must take special to our great relief. From that point measures for the relief of our own people. rickshaws took us and our baggage [ hope that you will authorize help ona : along the French main street and the small scale at once from Mission Funds, oe Victoria Road'to the highest part of the and I suggest that you should ask for British concession, where we had se- special contrbiutons for the purpose.” ; cured quarters.” We shall be glad to forward any Mr. Turner secured a boat in order to . money received in response to this keep in touch with the mission house appeal of Mr. Turner. 3 t ug Bika,...”
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“...story told by. our Medical Se vellous in our eyes.” Missionaries, but the Z oe Piles tiry to eather |) Se ee ee manner, of its telling. 1me Se up, for the reader of presses the reader. Day 5 the EcHo, some of its “The war may have after day, needy suffer- a striking features. reduced our numbers ers. present themselves, SC Fae a ie i and the-unwearied healers eS JHB PREVAILING: GOSPEL. diminished our mission- eae ere. ere oe a b Preaching must be a ety Cet es Cauren which the Udeat cases ae delightful privilege out on pUnic lt BOM enact ie are watched and tended. ee ' the Mission Field, because econ yaa Spine peas <] the people are eager to Panes tie nae re There is a glow on our a hear the messa f th ee pce eee Doctors’ stories that can * Soe S x t from the Secre- é x Cross. Chapels and other tape preface to the be felt at this distance. : > preaching) places become || 7? : But what must be the ~ © a the centre of waiting, ex- ———————---—_—__—__ gladness of those relieved ...”
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“...same eee a —— ae ae year, having won a scholarship, I entered ar | the Wesleyan High School for a second- ae rey. Suu? te eae 0 ary training. On leaving school I ac- a Ca heaee cepted a post’ as an elementary teacher Bese i ee in connection with our Jehovah day- te. school. I became a local preacher in a Re Wee a as 1910, and was appointed a divinity student fo 2 ee See Bs in 1914. A year of experience in church 2 ee work was granted me in Freetown South Ra Mee Oc ier he Circuit, followed by a mission to England BRYN eee, aa Si for training for the native ministry. SA eae en : | Born at Murray Town, January 11th, 1886, ‘ ’ ay 3 3 Began te preach, 1904. } A Is Seta ee Seas. It is with real pleasure we present the ! Nata nes a? oats : photographs of the two young men who ll re have been for two years in training for ._ bo oe a ak the ministry in our Ranmoor College, and Bt oo aa es — 2 have now returned to their native land. [hg ee ee ia ae These brethren have commended them- OO a a 5 selves...”
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“...fruition a ; work of missionaries there had been no of the work of British missionaries, and =e road for me, I still refused to.own the of the’ prayers of missionary-hearted i mission few fragrant thoughts flutter for a ES hospitals. bor gold was my god. My moment over these consolations of what . ay whole energies were set on trade. I itis to minister and to die for the sake ES might mm common fairness have recog- and in the service of the King of Kings. : nised who prepared the way for mar- That will never be my part. I do not . <§ kets which I found so profitable. But. complain. I am not worthy of the high © Be I did not. honour involyed. But perhaps I ae Re When the call...”
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“...their Lord. o HE present moment for our mis- Our women at home, and especially cS sions, as in so many other branches those of our W.M.A. will realize. how | i of service, is a testing time of faith much responsibility is thrown upon ee and fortitude. It is a moment of arrest them. It is the very virtues in which SS of movement, when in some sense we woman has always, excelled which are Ee must learn to “stand still and see the now in demand. Their steadfast con- aS salvation of God.” Our young mission- tinuance in quiet, useful work, their ee ; aries, longing to go to their work on the quenchless enthusiasm, and above all & field abroad must stay at home fora sea- their constant and trustful prayers are } son longer. Our veteran missionaries, the best possible preparation for the | . néeding the recuperation of a visit to the | joyful time which will surely come when ) homeland must still stand at their the way will again be open, and when oe post. There is an arrest of our plans. | God will...”
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“...He was rendering ie the first to be delivered in this way. all the help possible in connection with af In the Japanese concession, where our the British relief camp where nearly | se mission house is situated, there was a a thousand destitute people were shel- mA depth of 4 to 10 feet and to get rid of tered in hastily erected mat huts and ey ii all that water was a formidable task. dependent for food upon public charity. ee A dyke was first built to protect ithe Our own city chapel was occupied by ee main street where the water was shal- . about sixty people who were faced with <4 lower, and it was resolved later to con- extreme privation by the approach of me struct a dyke around the whole conces- winter and the loss of their means of =f a sion. The larger scheme would include _ livelihood. tH our mission house where the land was I have much pleasure in acknowledg- mS submerged to a depth of 6 feet. Hun- ing £2 10s. received from Dr. Jas. Mac- a) | : ; : - a ce : : uf, . f : is \ sak)...”
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“...med sh # = oy fies a ae ; Me he ae 2 } | So ileneeemeeeneteee, re me |S eet eS {pee TESS ; od eae ; 1 fee a7 fee ' i nemmarener seen Se oe : a = ns Pe ; ; - TS ee oe on Seen ae © Pod | Peer acne aoa aay ‘ i nena emg ek i a ee Bey 4 raph ie ss Rta | ; | ; is per SSS hed Binley © 0 seman vs inetioe oe ee Na { : ; , oe OY ae IE eae" Sethe ; : agen 33 eee es Se: 9 ye . sn Set, 35 ; : Bie ass Soe Pee ah pas tg eee Sapa £558 REN Carat oe aoe Res i a We ee ae 4 Mrs, Turmer sitting im the ‘‘ Dorothy” Mission & Shep in Fukushima Road, : ae : beat, moored te steps of Missiom house. with a boat meored pnei ce, _ ; 1) ' Rae dal } Z cae...”
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“...At about 3.30 we broke out of the Mr. and Mrs. Parsons gave me a SS gorge and began the ascent of a rugged hearty welcome, and that evening I spent Se hill: up and up we went, past miserable in getting to know the twins—Kenneth eS | farm hovels and barren rocks, till we and Keith—and allowing Elsie to get were nearly in sight of our destination, over her shyness, for visitors are rare. three miles away. Soon after I saw the I entered the house with very mixed feel- _» white buildings of our mission standing ings, and especially in the room in which ee ' out amidst the snow. We seemed to be Sam Pollard breathed his last, I slept =f { quite close, but it took another hour to at length with a sense of being on Se arrive. On a day free from snow { sacred ground. SS should have been The next day a i able to make ff Mr. Parsons me out distinctly a oh W/W took me round, ae grave and tomb VA 7) and everywhere Ke which, — situated ~ ri the women and aa above the houses Hy children chatted yo on...”
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“...” . ro ay ; The Death of the the end. Heenjoyed the fullest con- 2 s fidence and the unqualified affection i Rev. Dr. Savin. of his colleagues; for several years ‘ § ys Another most : they have given ON . | serious loss has “| SG] evidence of this . by our mission ‘| | ae ee him as their in Yunnan by | SN ea District Chair- ~ x } Pages ch yircer ty 5 ENN emanate rf. ea the death of the ie Pe ee i) )=6 man, \ : beloved phy- es eee lag a sl We all deep- a sician, —_ Rev. Pee Be - ee! §6ly sympathise | Lewis Savin, bee as ee, )«Clwith) 6Mrs. ae I RR CyPr os Eye ee eee ap) Fee § = that the Divine. Se : died of typhus | | (gies cae ig ees grace, . which Le i ee a Pay aes “oa } on January 30. [ee es bis: ® Sa AD alone can sus- : The mission _ eee Ps tain and com- a ; has never had |) 99) Siem Se: ee fort in such 2 r a more faithful (ae es te ~=gteat sorrows, na and conscien- [ij . 7 aa TE eg Oh oreo: = may be magni- y .. tious worker [alas Se S/n fied in her. ia i than Dr.Savin. (i ss es ' There...”
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“..._ Ht \ Ree | sy i ss 66 : ee 99 | “The Beloved Physician. ; Hy T was with unutterable pain we heard, By the Rev. F. J. DYMOND. = on February 4th, the sad news of HE greatness of the loss sustained oh the death of Dr. Savin. Other pens, by the Mission in Yunnan can “ei Y used by those who knew him in- hardly be realized by our friends 4 3 timately, shall speak of his consistent and at home, but we who have been ‘“‘com- beneficial work in West China. Hisdeath +adeés-in-arms”’ at that far-distant out- : Hi is a terrific blow to our Mission, for two post of missionary service are deeply SE H reasons: it follows so soon. the decease pained to hear of the blow that has be- 3 vA of Sam Pollard: it comes at atime when fajjen us. Born in Faversham, the son i no doctor can be spared from the weary ‘of one of the oldest members of the ex- war, to fill his place. _ Bible Christian Church, previous to enter- ey lt He came for his last furlough in ing the ministry he was for ten years a mie January,...”
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“...District. How the mystic about him, how he loved to greatly we sympathise with his wife and take family prayer with his children family and his aged father and his sisters. around him, how our members in Chao- The Yunnan mission is greatly impover- tong Church enjoyed his expositions of ished by the loss of this, another leader.. Scripture! For many years he was the The Sunday before leaving Chaotong we superintendent of the Sunday School and : were in his home, enjoying its hospitality. Bible Class leader, for whilst being a How strange to think that now he is medical man _ he~ loved preaching = su- 3 gone; but of this we are confident, he premely. Reserved, extremely diffident ‘ ‘ rendered magnificent service, for no man among strangers, it took time to know could serve our Mission more loyally or him, \but those of us who really more whole-heartedly. (Another gap in knew him, had great admiration and the ranks! Who will step into it? It respect for him. Our loss is very «— must be a sacrificial...”
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“...driving the water proof reed-and-mud huts capable of being i beyond the dykes which were constructed warmed and of housing about a thousand 2 hepa to. protect the Tientsin city and the people; and it is good to know as I am nce suburban concessions: ‘The flood had re- doing it how comfortable these poor 3 il ceded from our mission house in the - homeless folk will be when in another ; ye i Japanese concession before the severe three weeks I have got these huts, and a Wc frost set in. On November 26th, by the accessory hospital, dispensary, kit- ee if he patient baling, Mr. Turner has got the chens, wash-houses, etc., completed. In i me i foundations and cellar of the mission the midst of all this worry I have been 3 be house free from water and was about to heavily distressed by the severe illness, - a clear away the deposit of germinous mud culminating in the death yesterday, of = . . . t } and to have the place thoroughly dis- my young preacher, Mr. Pien Hsi ; ; pa infected. He had the prospect...”
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“...elder of the tribe. He had and his loss will be severely felt. Pastor been a great enemy of the faith and had Li also is far from well, having had all done all he could to destroy it the anxiety and worry of taking in and : caring for the members—about fifty or German Two days after his ar- : sixty—who have found refuge at our Missions on rival Mr. Griffiths was chapel, and having, amidst these troubles, the Tana. visited by the teachers of had to care for his sick colleague and now the. German Mission having the sorrow of his death. Pastor situated on the Tana river. It is over = Li Ngan Su is ordinarily a delicate man two years since the German missionaries and has had a good deal of sickness. I Were removed by the Government, and pee ae con ae to ease things for jnuch to the credit of the natives it may im, for'he is in my opinion the most pe said that, although during that time Saable. man, We have had in the Mis- the ‘catechists had not received a cent ea eon lost the venerable Chang’...”
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“...the rarified atmosphere that Be es eye oid ae ae | Ps cipal demands constant sacrifice and abne- q fea RAYNER peal Goer ie ie gation for the sake of those we do not, ge Mee ee Pa Wed a ae f. fee) and cap not love.” . Bs ee ly ak Ae v $6 en hae Mary Gaunt. i i } Pie BoD Sees Bee ; ORES TA ORG RLU tts ead nl ecco LO a ; ae vt *With us at Ningpo in the years 1898-1906. Pe 1 Ae Mate /maiph Abercrombie: Since then: has done excellent service at “ rs | ee MGS ie (Died March 2nd, 1917.) Door of Hope” Mission, in Shanghai.—ED- : Pai ible 32 : | ay it ing " o | He \ Wy ~ i m4 ; WEA, sos / es:...”
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“...The survey of the year 1917, | God shaped a flower to work His will, fs , though a little sombre through inter. A missionary daffodil! _ mational upheaval is yet mightily inspir- —S, GERTRUDE FORD. E ing. It covers 55 pages. “The place ie of Prayer” by Mother Edith, Superior Mission-field’ “China and Medical Low-lying ground drinks its own rain Education is dealt with by Dr. Thomas and that of its neighbours. Cochrane,” whom members of the F. M. He who has sunlight, does not ask 4 Committee will remember to have met about moonlight, or he who has moon- “4 last April, when he addressed us on the light about starlight. a same urgent question. A first contribu- The house that receives no guests re- tion on the “Advocacy of Missions at ceives no angels. Py the Home base” contains...”
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“...out, ‘Yes, of which, with reverence and awe, our 3 i ; I am a Christian, and I shall always re- hearts answer, ‘ God!” ma } : eas & ae main a Christian. You may _ persecute a i me, you may tie me up, you may beat me, The Tientsin We rejoice that these a I you may kill me, but I shall still remain Floods. have now been overcome, = | a Christian.’ He afterwards let me go as far as they can_ be. me ity when my people had managed to scrape The) Editor shows one more picture. ol Hepat \ ’ iI 4 The Mission House. ! i oo Hy : e (Indicated by faint line.) ae : Ko ea si i na ie rat fie aid pn test ie seta alk : ‘ ah tr di uineeroe ~ a HENS ares cai towteiait =r SS ame ae IT each in tems Foy walt oa Wry oa Yt a Rags a teas) 5 ee naa te ee a ee ees Ce Meo rea a ate on a fom ht ire ae PE pgm en ies Mn eae { H eh pic: Soe 5 rey taan i a a a seta 2 Santis RS all ‘ Basin Veit a OR en me me mn tone mM RR saa cn b oa TOE ices 2 eC ge Not il a OOOO se ys: 8 > ang Sn tes a | Bet Rekeme er one ag ON Seal a eg...”
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“...Lord.” \ exchange theological views, and have But how can we refuse to express our spiritual. talks with his converts and. - appreciation of one who is so worthy of native evangelists, buf not so the medi- the best praise which the mission he so cal missionary with his patients. How- ; faithfully served can give him? ever interesting’ the subject in his own Doctor Savin offered to his Master and» mind, none but a medical man. could: ap- ‘ ’ to the Chinese of Yunnan a daily sacrifice preciate fully a talk on, the ‘newly-dis- | | _ of himself. He has spent his time, his \ covered disease or course of an attack. thought, his strength for China. ~ On one occasion a Chinaman lay ill One recalls the daily scene in the dis- with small-pox, in a room on the mission Ht pensary at Chao Tong. A crowd of compound... It was Doctor Savin himself men, women and children, waiting their who attended him.’ He it was who, when | turn for medical examination, each bear-- the patient was better, disinfected...”
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“...“he, being dead, yet a ea in many ways. To Mrs. Savin, bereft speaketh.” : i oy of the only one who could share to the . : vs Se full the sacrifices and rewards, the sor- (In our next we shall have a biographical = i rows and joys of a missionary’s life, we sketch of Dr. Savin by the Rev. W. Tremberth.) as _reverently offer our sympathy, and bear = be a her and her children before the Heavenly ; of : ae Father in prayer. \ mo | i In a me { By Rev e Ne RSENS. Drawins-Room. > ee Our West China Mission reels from 2 2 age another shock. Can’ our © Churches Herre—the soft sparkle of the firelight’s bt faintly imagine the terrible burden kiss, a being carried by the few, remaining There—the red woe of some explosive os workers? Who can compose a fitting hiss. 3 elegy on the man who has just paid the Here—the pure scent of lilies breathing me Pate supreme penalty for faithful service ? : spring, x mae The writer can claim no intimacy with There—Death’s corruption over every- me Pei Dr. Savin. The...”
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“...also. They. shew also the on next page. What a pathetic picture it SS Hf |. difficulty of the situation in addition to is! It requires but a small effort of the a i the ordinary mission work. imagination to see the poor women and am China’s need is becoming’ more and _— girls shuffling along’ on their tiny feet, so ‘ mf i ‘ more articulate, and it is well that facts tightly bound that every step taken is - a | are being brought ‘home to us as never pain and agony; and to see also the 3 Wa before. By means of letters from mis- crowd of sick and suffering folk present- Zs eo eR sionaries and articles in newspapers and ing themselves to the missionary doctor Hiatt in hope of obtaining from him a ee to. -know that foot-binding is z aa aa Bo: Chinese women, and this is t f i ee Pe Peg ae Po . ~=—s encouraged by our mission- SS NM eo Wag Ps CR Ey ee aries ; and Christian doctors a rod Aa eae cS), eae V7 rs ©" are performing a gracious mee Ne ft fae 9 ee ee SS ministry ,of help and healing me es i...”