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“...Chapman... 43 mb tea A New Opium-trade. T. W. Chapman ... -49 . at Oo Ko-seng, Wenchow. T. M. Gauge... ship 39S EAST AFRICA. ; 2 Funeral Customs. T. W. Chapman ..._133 Kikuyu, 1918, R. T. Worthington .:. 5a : boas Sunshine and Shadow in Wenchow. W. R. Africa and the League of Nations ... 53, 159 meg ben Stobie Fr Sis aes te e740 Aiaisti ; z iS Hea Armistice Day at Ribe. A. J. Hopkins ... 55 ASEM X-Rays. R. Swallow (the late)... sei MOTH Ge Opportunity in East Africa, 'T. H. Pe La The Wenchow Mission ess os Vat ‘Meheltorde x: Ms as 2 ga Bc Bata A Visit to. Mazeras. J. W. Burnill «.. whee Ons By RATA AIAR Twenty Years Ago ... We a, dash ie je PNET, JLLUSTRATIONS, Open Letter to a Missionary. B. J. a Wait a Ningpo Scouts a te ot 7 Ratcliffe... fh ae oe was, 208 Bs Peale Ningpo Scoutmaster ... ... ( .. + 8 Making a Start at Ribe HV IARC ee ead : } Pe Tan Tung Ngoh Ling: By Bee we pea ake ee ERLE! Vaon}i Sung ae oe EP eeLB a Rat Wenchow Street Scene Rie pens ea heen Oe ILLUSTRATIONS. = Hates...”
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“...jealously proud of my parentage | ; Pani and noble sponsors. { am beloved by all, as 1 am destined—if adopted—to benefit ie A ; mankind by the overthrowing of despotism, the subduing of monarchical tyrants, and the S Bb banishment of war. My maintenance will not lay any heavy burden upon the kingdoms ‘| ft i He of the world, nor shall 1 drain the vitality of peoples or bring about the ruin of nations, | He Mea My purpose is to build-up and replenish, where war broke down and destroyed. My : S| aa mission is to cement international friendships and create concord where previously hatred, ee | i NEMS enmity, and envy existed; to comfort, heal, and bless—not to cripple, bleed, starve, and | = He hold in bondage. I shall bring more of Heaven to earth, and grant freedom of action, | | i speech, and thought to all mankind. I will preach and encourage true religion and cast | > RS Rae out false creeds of assumed mighty power, anarchy, and ruthless desires of individual | ie | \ advancemen at the expense...”
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“...s eu lee some Chritcanity mission- WW | i Hi ey , Sa Wea at iy ie : hen," Our rested wi Be ee ane ke be forgot- me a | ee necessaries.” pt for the has sought no aoe fiao when dying an |e A touch of imagination; i i be buried n SueALee happiness than to Ht et ae the reader i s on, is demanded if ieee anes i i Vi : er is to see and feel: the si Comt Pollard.’ ” riend, Teacher Wee cee ce } cance and promise of a might the signifi- Those wh : ; an it a ys :, and spiritual revol Lape ty intellectual full SAR o delight in realism:...”
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“...mr) ae — a a a mit ea _ The Boy Scout Movement i S immense Methodist circuits in Wenchow in our eyes.” ‘These widely scattered : ei is perhaps partly explained by the college mission stations have been drawn into a mam iil Principal’s statement: “We have sup- nearer spiritual comradeship this year by 3 plied several of our country schools with our triple band of sorrow. Dr. Baxter, ei wilt ! men of good Christian character and a the devoted surgeon, gave his life for — eS Lan fair standard of scholarship.” ~With this the Chinese in the North of China. Dr. ae work we connect Dr. Candlin’s influence Savin, that shy, deep-hearted medical — ey. evan at the Theological School at the Peking missionary in Yunnan, just burnt out in ) ee a University. Of the middle year students’ ‘the Master’s service among the peoples — = J class six out of eighteen men are United of South-West China. While in East | Methodists. " Africa, the Rev. W. Udy Bassett, who Our very able general secretary of the is remembered...”
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“...KT 6hlUll ee: Pa Be. So | An Old Enigma ' | i under. the “Indemnity Scheme,” has five . was held. The student body, headed by 1 flourishing troops of scouts. the scouts dressed in full uniform, 7 ae elt Turning to Ningpo, the United Metho- marched to our Settlement church for a { | dist Mission has had the honour of being Special service at which two students, one Dt pioneer in this direction. In December, 0f them a scout, was received into church. d aia 1917, after several months of preparation, Membership. We hope to make these +‘ Be te ea ae the “First Ningpo Troop,” with head- half-yearly parades our regular practice, Be eae quarters at the College, was inaugurated. aS symbolizing the value of the Boy a _ On this most interesting occasion, in the Scout Movement as a gateway into Chris- : Raa "presence of the British Consul and other an service. , guests, the first batch of twenty boys P.S.—Should there be any Boy Scout Ce ast solemnly took the three-fold pledge and . enthusiasts who...”
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“... and for the ae 0 worship the dead. But he refused A oe of your life to wall on your heels Ti ole he had become a Christian, and a |e non-Christian hom antes it € Jesus doctrine taught hi HE es this is what we see sh 2 EEE oe a SD every day. | ee eee but God. So they let him Wi | 8 : alone after that. Sh i Now for the brighter picture Anoth na al i ih : a eh nother i . os) Ae a sped Christian home is Church He first oe a ae me a i can and tidy, and goes each day i e' Gospel inthe , || eae a Mission School oh ay tothe market, and from that w I ea and ; . was led-to: our. ee pine! as well. “If te Gee where he was converted and bes a ne oe e gets the chance of 5 ever ae an earnest Christian. Since the a } the higher-grade Carnet eae of ie PS has been remarkable, tiouehn el He ; g ay ssion ad some i TS a q ie may afterwards become a teacher 4 remember th oe oe at tite ee eet 2 ospital-assistant, or a preacher ; salvati e anxiety he had about the at ae a sg : _ The girl from a Christi : salvation...”
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“...M-A. have Africa, Mr. Worthington is wishful for 7 si May every member of our W.M.A. Satis ae ERIS thinsorae Bae il ae eu Rac glorious share in this work. CeO ee OE Oe Reet OW Sil Sado e K iia ae Boros as boys. She is grateful for a gift of i: 2 Hail Juria B. i little frocks from London, and will be a he % * glad to have others sent. Any useful 7 BS CUT at Stand by me. thing's for boys or girls will be welcomed; - ae Bas By Mrs. POLLARD. also washing soap, etc. hy Peace !—the seas swept—the mission- Please send direct to Mrs. Worthing- j a aie! aries returning to China, What a jour- ton, Airdrie House, Dresden, Longton, ; ; tt ney of delight for Mr. Hudspeth! Such Stoke-on-Trent. , t i 45 < 1 CPE NEES NO TAN 527 CIES SSe ER a eee ey HAN Nt a good tidings for the Miao! He BOK? * The Monthly aud Sunday Schoo} letters are sent for one ~ ol AM bess ba a ~with his hands well filled. Happy Mr. year to any address on receipt of Is. stamps. 4 San 12 4 = os ee ee sa ae...”
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“...vy f Ht rei 8 oe Ril Ae a Fl ma | A Sacred Festival at Tong Chuan our missionaries say, and Mr. Evans has It is a principle on the mission field to — found the soundness of that principle. win families whenever possible, as the | | Our cook and the remaining one of the lot of the individual Christian in 4 aS two Miao ‘servants passed through the heathen home is most unenviable and — JE ordeal. What a fellow that Miao is!— _ difficult. If husband and wife are bap. me Rah dry humour, ingenuity, a passionate fond- tised it is much easier for them to face — | ness for animals, and an utter careless- the persecution and ostracism meted out | BS ness of pain, characterise him. How by their neighbours: growth in grace and | 23 often have I admired his great smooth knowledge is likely also to be much more _ ES forehead and fine thinning curly hair, his rapid than otherwise. 4 | : strong teeth as he uses them to tighten i must
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“...of har- i Hi i i in the ranks of the ministry, a position vest, and he had difficulty in hiring a Ae aa i | Ps _ Mr. Chapman has never desired, but it boat in which to travel. He says: “The He i {| HH i recognises their call and consecration as ~ deaths have. been numerous and: include ae Ht 5 missionaries, expresses the esteem and many of our members. One hears fre- eral | 8 confidence of the Church, and makes them quent testimony of the faith and hope Hn HN os eligible for any office on the mission field with which they die, and there are cases el i equally with a ministerial missionary. Mr. where relatives, heretofore unbelieving, a Ne | i Chapman is the first to receive this ordina- have begun to see the reality and value of an i | tion, and the distinction could not rest faith by beholding the peace it gives in ane | upon a worthier name. The Conference the face of death.” tee | 2 appointed the Rev. J. W. Heywood to cet conduct the ordination service. This was The Chinese When a purely...”
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“...oo ; a PRRs Cen a . Hi | | a a | He Training of Ministers for the Chinese Native Church a Ae) ; to the chaotic. condition of things the made it a_ practice to devote one- Hi Hi ni Government is powerless to control these tenth of the proceeds of their an- ai ! } s robber bands and they do as they like.” nual bazaar to our mission funds. This Pe aA Arrival of Mr. and. Mrs. Gauge, Daeg wae have received. £7 14s. from Wi Hh Rey. T. M. with their little son, ar- this source, an excellent : contribution ee 8 and Mrs. rived in Liverpool on when it is remembered that it comes from - eee iil ; | Gauge. November...29th. Me) # Smell chureli with about, twenty mem. wh ot) Gauge is still suffering bers. Many other churches might adopt ea a | ; : © this excellent method with great advan- a Hh it i from neurasthenia and is not equal to EAHA ES Per cath oe ih aa Se any public duty. We extend the warm- (“8° DO” an ae yc ‘ oe Hi ay | est welcome to our honoured friends and “UY C@Us®: aS cine. ach ny SOE...”
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“...formulated to meet with the mission from his earliest -child- A | this pressing necessity. Youths of Chris- hood. His father and mother had long 4 | : tian character, brought up for the most been earnest Christians. When the Cok | fal part in Christian homes, who have com- lege was opened, Ngoh Ling’s father, : ick mended themselves to the missionaries who was in great poverty, applied for a BS * during their school and college careers, position as servant and for fifteen years or in work in church and Sunday School, has served and continues to serve i | are given, under promise to serve the honestly and faithfully. Ngoh Ling’s! 14 mith mission as preachers, special training to mother later became nurse to our chile i KC ea fit them for their position. In the case dren and so we were brought into close | mh} of those who have passed through one of contact with the family. Even as a small PP our colleges, the three years’ course at boy at our city mission school, Ngoh the Union Theological...”
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“...fortune. era § tion,” and longer articles on “Compensa- f |e d Raa i i tions of ‘War,” by Alfred Williams Here are two opportunities, big enough ° An A an , i Anthony ; on “The Church and the Social | t© rouse the heroic in us—and to he- Wa a Question,” by Dr. John McDowell, and come a channel for our intensest sym- aE ana i “A War Task for Industrial Workers.” Pathy with Christ and humanity. i | : ‘ ee ais 5 ane Hie i | Al Other articles that deserve notice are “Tt is the missionary idea, the mission- Ha oes Men in Colombia,” by Mrs. ary faith, the missionary policy, that has a a - S. Williams, and “The Red Cross. the key of empire, and the long last re- Ee “ie pat in South Africa,” by Captain version of the world’s future.” a 5; illikin, EpiTorR. SH Aes : at ea Be i TO os 4 ae ae | TT a a ee ; ‘ ‘ ; Anis eon...”
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“...own, the annual reports of the foreign missionary societies to their 2S 1 following societies, and regret we have present development and organization.” 2 4 not space to notice them fully, as they Other contributions are ‘ Missionary a i well deserve. : Co-operation in America,” “Growth of j ; ae Wesleyan Missionary Society, the Co-operation since 1910,” “Developing a a - j 104th. ak : dominantly missionary church,” etc.. etc. k es it Baptist Missionary Society, the 126th. = i Friends’ Foreign Mission Association, << | the 52nd. ; i Painted An Old Enigma. mii TARGRS ae en Oa RE LEW. So ONS SINCE our last number more solutions BS THIS is a Home. Base number, and have been sent in, but n6ne is correct. i a though projected prior to the Armistice, The word required is—H AM. -In con- | “a ha the Editor declares for the unconscious cert with “Bible Society Gleanings ” we | fi}. _ fitness of things. We agree. The dis- print the following explanation : | ; turbance of missions in the various The...”
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“...with < hal pared to predict that they will be of great which he prefaced his address at the mh significance and far-reaching effect. Upon. first morning session, and which J will try 6] these matters you will form your own [0 reproduce. His memory went back, 2 judgement, though I feel that some thelp he told us, to an occasion when as a f s ae in addition to what is contained in the schoolboy he was going, in company with : Report itself, may not be superfluous. the head master to the school mission. i — As well as I can, then, I shall try to Suddenly the head turned to him and said, ; 1 ER OI ait interpret the Conference to you, from the “Weston, if Jesus asks for your coat, i hd? ania point of view of one who, whatever you will you give Him your worst one?” = may think of him as an interpreter, was This story he used, to appeal to the Con- pe ti there and took part in these great mat- ference to givé Jesus what Jesus wants, re ‘ ters. But when I have done my best, let and not to put Him...”
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“...prospect of of Mrs. are ‘in ‘print most prob- La immediate supplies faded, the distress be- _ Worthington ably Mrs. Worthington came heartrending to our. missionaries. and Mrs. and Mrs. Hopkins will me il Hei stationed amidst the starving population. Hopkins. have. sailed for East | Within a few miles of our mission scores Africa to join their hus- Be ahve of people were dying daily from starva- bands, one at Meru and the other at Si aH . tion. Men were. driving their wives Ribé. Arrangements are being made for Loe SE away and offering to sell the children they their departure at the end of February. = alin aL could no longer feed. Mr. Worthington The greater prominence of the mission- a IN eet Be says: ‘I have received several such aries often obscures the fact that equal ce PRS offers. I could have bought a-boy, body courage and sacrifice are required of their Be an nN and soul, so far as his people were con- wives. Indeed, the wife often has to bear a cerned, for a few rupees which the...”
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“...Mountain, and make them joyful in My Wieaan a ae 4 Foreign Missions, or to put it another way, house of prayer': . . . for My house Hid re ae ee |} __‘that one church gives in one year nearly half shall be called a house of prayer for all a i} ca BS; of the whole of the annual subscriptions of people.—Isa._ 56, 7. Ve a our Church. ; Te a oe ~ At the close of this service, one of_ the Hymns : Ha aa lee Trust Secretaries of the Methodist Episcopal “The heavens declare Thy glory.” a Ut ys 1 Mission Board who. had seen service in India «To Th Oued et) EL a | and China, told us that their Board was 0 ce; ear dear oayrour. ‘ i} an ai} working to raise forty million dollars (equal “Our blest Redeemer . . .” Haag = i to 48,000,000) in five years, for missionary Uarah Aon ae achel SN Chea Tea a ; ' work abroad, and.a like sum for Home Mis- R Ww. Sh i P eae 30 te : Wala deal qi a sion work. “The Presbyterians told them it- ‘S©Y- G. V. Sheppard. Ds goa e enna dV aan aay! ie could. not be done...”
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“...wer cama oe i ae ae Pei ' | Rael 7 | Bt 6é i ‘i A | ta The Story of Me eas aa By the late s | i the Miaoc.”’ paper, 2s. net. SAM POLLARD. E rejoice that it has been possible mission-house at Chao-Tong a_ sweet foe Naa W to have this volume from the smile shone on the face of Ie-su, aa | | facile pen of our late missionary, Beautiful, smiling, wonderful Ie-su! ve and the more because it is specifically We hail Thee as the lover of the poor, | Ss Fak about the people to whom he consecrated the Saviour of the world! ”’ a the later and most fruitful period of his Thus’ graphically throughout -the © 5 it ministry—and whom he learned to love. yolume there is revealed the one great me} ey Not only from this work but from many burden’ under which he toiled—for us! > i ti) 1 letters and articles we have been privi- His work is ended—ours is not! One of leged to receive from him in years past, the ways of accepting our share of the ) ee hy we know he appreciated the lilt of precious responsibility...”
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“...nothing less than an organized me i) Ha Mission in. Yunnan, numbering 500,000 effort for the evangelization of that Faas Ava souls, We hope to see that vision province, emanating from the Chinese mK : realized, and’it will be realized if we use Churches themselves. The idea of a oe | | all the opportunities which now present mission to Yunnan was first mooted last a | themselves. August at a leaders’ conference at Ku- i The scheme includes the re-opening of ‘ling. Christian Chinese women first pro-- Pe our work in the capital of the province, posed the mission, and it was so. effec-- S| Yunnan Fu, making it the headquarters tively urged by these cultured ladies that ee i of the Mission, as it is already the centre it gripped the hearts of those present. ee through which all our missionaries must Miss Kate Woo, St. Paul’s Academy for Be pass, mission business be transacted and Girls, Hong-Kong; Dr. Mary Stone, of me tee Gd i supplies obtained. A strong mission in’ Kiukiang; Miss Tsai, of Nanking...”
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“...: : $ ua:t8 aa itions 0: e new age i Pe Et EE eo have been subscribed by Chinese to the certain. When our Missi ge is equally ad Hi | fund,” says Mr. Dymond, “and the whole _ the coast line was th aly Me ane a i is creati : : ! eon ; eG | movement is creating no little excitement known to Europeans e part of Africa ii Ha Hi 4 | throughout the Churches as the first our missi P . or sixty years Gy | attempt of the Chinese Church to cone ee has been maintained in the (aa i Hi | Ee t < re Y Ee 1 mission of its own to her own people.’’ ah peo and wi cannot admire too tH hy | HH) \ M é Peet en and wi wnt ara Pe hk was able to help the Com- risked health and life ace b pe i] any | Veen y aoe knowledge of the pursue the same policy in suheene vies Wh ay ail) Pp and his advice upon location and when the opening of the { ew age, | fina a methods of enquiry. made comparati a oe oa interior has tee AH Sai ie ae fr a ative ealthy ‘i Pea EL We rejoice in this movement as another cessible, would b Cee)...”
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“...- : ay Hae He Pictures from our ay e e ° HO HOBE a Waa Mission Fields. | | i | ee The Christian Festivals. “In Labours Abuodant.” at iH % Mr. Principal Chapman, Wenchow : The Rev. Alfred Evans, Tong Chuan : : Ht, ti i 1 Ha ae) ae “Christmas is becoming a much more, » We have bit dately” seturicd: Acoso Oe Y : ; ang Tsing, where Mrs. Evans con- PEA important festival with the Wenchowese, ducted a Women’s Bible School. It was a a | and is to some extent taking the place during the rainy season of one of the iit i Wi | of their time-honoured New Year celebra- wettest years we have had, but we es- aR tions. We had a great gathering on caped the rains whilst travelling. The ‘| i Ni Christms Eve, then service on Christmas Waters we had to cross were particularly ea Hie morning, and a monster gathering in the dangerous, and in consequence 1 made hal HH 1h | Sunday School in the afternoon. It is aH an ements Here DY BHR: eat raan Hite l , Nahe © whenever such crossings had to be made. a Hi not...”