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“...PAGE f PAGE NORTH CHINA. Prayer Union ...8. 26, 60, 65, 88, 114, Tong Shan College. F. B. Turner... 71 122, 172, 200, 205, 231 Medical Work. Dr. G. P..Smith ... 75 . Review of Annual Report Dr. Snape 10 s The New Chinese Script. Dr. G. P. With the Committee. Editor... 115, 231 ; : Smith ... Ss ze be. ... 75 Resolution on Rev. H. T. Chapman... 138 < A Hospital Incident. Dr. G. P. Smith 121 Missions and Labour. S. J. Gee... 15 A , Women’s Auxiliary ...18, 38, 58, 77, iw i SOUTH-EAST CHINA. 98, 118, 138. 158, 177, 197, 217, 233 S The late Dr. Swallow. G. W. Sheppard 6 Students and the Call. W. Paton... 29 s Resolution on Dr. Swallow. Editor 18 The Observatory 31, 78, 91, 155, 178, 229 s The Cry from Wenchow. W. E. Soothill 21 Young People’s Pages :— Si Due-Oe, the Broken Altar. T. M. Gauge 36 A Penny, a Day... sak Pared : ks Wenchow Summer School. J. W. Hey- A Meal in Miao-land ee 37, 146 Mn os WOOK: © 12: rts Ses oe Sehee 00 John Chinaman’s Bamboo Seen 40) SS My Call to China. W.P. Bates, M...”
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“...928 | The Master’s Method... as 230 NORTH CHINA. . | i 5 7 Chinese Script... Se ee SEL + ‘ EOE ARY: Dr. Smiths. Pationt te oe ats dee { | The Messengers. H. J. Horn ue 8 Rev. J. Hind’s Ciass... ai ie ana | Miss S. Gertrude Ford :— River Scene Pi ere Seon The New Year ae ae ae 9 The Voice of the Winds ... Se RAOU, SOUTH-EAST CHINA. ; A lost Lamb in China... + 83 High Street, Ningpo ... ie ee 6 i In the Peace-field ... tee ». 172. Canal at Wenchow ae SE eA 3} Sy, The Song of a Nation (Mayflower) 207 City Chapel at Wenchow ee ae The late Miss Elizabeth Taylor :— Scene at Wenchow ny ae eee De New Year’s Song ... 7... see 9 Enlargement of Ningpo College ... 46 | Easter Song ... te toe --- 65 Wenchow Summer School ve Oe | : ‘My Dream... vote see -. 108 A Road-side Shrine in China ... Sa | . Your Father Knoweth ...—.... 167. Morning Prayers at College... ve L44o | The New Year. Laurence Binyon ... 9 é Life Sacrificial. Edward Shillito ... 20 WEST CHINA iS | | The Broken Altar. W. S. P. W. .....”
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“...but expansion ;, ° cess. We ate confronted by difficulties not indifference on the part of the people, ; 4 at home and abroad. To meet them suc- . but the restless cry of the multitude that | cessfully will tax to the utmost our re- awakens in the heart of our’ church the sources. But difficulties make men, and bewildering cry of weakness and re- ke bigger the difficulties and bigger the men. source. For twenty years our first mis- Ms The true test of every living: organism sionaries in China laboured hard without . | lies in its power to adapt itself to an ever- making any impression. Walled cities _ i changing’ environment—it must either and hostile foes confronted them on every a Ey meet it or die. The very forces that side. To-day we are besieged by the would otherwise sustain become instru- - py ments to hasten its decline. The condi- Suege poeta Mawnan : ea) tions of the chrysalis are not those of } fea Deane cat ae f the butterfly. The life of the man differs cei eE apenas...”
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“...increase their con- gifts to the value the school has been to tributions and make all possible advance themselves or others in whom they are toward self-support. They will respond, interested. Altogether it has cost $4,500 put the relief afforded in that way cannot (£1,000), and we hope to raise another be great. Our income last year would be . $500 to connect it, by means of a two- j only sufficient to purchase the requisite Storied covered way, with the main ‘build- numbed of taels for our work in-China ing.’’ The entire cost of this new struc- provided the tael were not more than.4s. ture has been met by the local contribu- What then are we to do now that it is tions. : 7s. 4d.?. It means that we shall require : : : £10,000 more than the income of last Distress in Mr. Eddon reports wide- |, year in order to meet our expenditure. Shantung. spread distress in the : ‘This is an increase of 40 per cent. Can 3 province of Shantung, re- | it be done? That is the question for our Sulting from a bad...”
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“...GAstle® for omact® Attica ton eNover ber | pale 21st. He suffered acutely during the cold | Cholera We are exceedingly sorry . eae ae a oe ane ee s oe) in China. to hear that the cholerais SU SUM: Meo) py Seaton a pater leas | 3 aes as soon as domestic arrangements per- Re ea spreading, it Chtaa: last mit her to..do so... The Master has. = month we reported the outbreak of the eu rad Nios Gatiet with ena edes ae epidemic at Wenchow, and since then Pah eee age: i yy me Gimilar news’ comes, from, Ningpo and) <2. Ee ease Almca, and, we Diay meee tot Rae : ; fy Bee - that his next term may be abundantly ey vl _ North China. Mr. Sheppard says : “This Binceed Se district, in common with a large part of Ec E : SSN i SS China, is suffering from a severe epidemic Miss Florence Holt sailed for é West ee i of cholera. Our churches have lost very China by the “Kamo Maru,” on Novem- | heavily ; each day that passes \brings ber 22nd. ‘ a | tidings of one and another being taken. Mrs. Hicks reports her safe...”
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“...‘ | will it be said : addition to the. names recorded, there Out Of the sullen stone, were “other fellow-labourers whose A glory blazed, his vision manifest, names are in the book of life.” His wonder captive. Any Church which can produce heroic, The man of affairs, the plodder, the’ daring, self-sacrificing personalities, is organizer, may undertake for the Church — destined for high tasks and honoured ser-, ‘ yi OF Christ in darkest Africa or in remote vice; and when a Church’s young and | China, but he will rear no edifice of mas- eager spirits are so influenced that they sive splendour to the glory of God. The come and ask to be sent to far-distant : Tick ; Ree...”
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“...eer They have gone down to the battle, wings . . .” * these children of our Church. , Children “From all that- dwell below the ms of the dawn they are—with light in their skies . . .” A ; eyes, with hope in their breasts, with Jan. 4.—The task for 1920. Rev. C. : aa passion and fire in their hearts, and they Stedeford, pp. 5, 6.* Hag. 2, 1-9. it must be kept there with their hope un- Jan. 11.—North China. Tientsin Cir- t t ee ay diminished and with their fires un- cuit. Rev. F.\.B. Turner, p. 14. Psa. a Pa quenched. 50, 1-15. Have? In Laurence Binyon’s ‘Dead to the Jan. 18.—South-East China. Ningpo Sa Living,” we have these strong, vigorous, circuits. Rev. G. W. Sheppard, pp. 27- Me heartening lines—lines which might well 29.) Micah 2. Wit Ee come from the lips of our dead mission- Jan, 25.—West Africa. \ Rev. A. E. (eu aties, Sam Pollard, Lewis Savin, and Greensmith, pp. 50 to centre of 51. ° se ss Udy Bassett, to the youth of our Churches Isa. 35. i . Oe | at this hour: Reni * Current...”
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“...Straitened f i i | ; ® || | | ener traitened tor H. LLOYD SNAPE, si Lack of Funds. ; DSc. Ph.D. China, Ningpo, Wenchow, they are to-day. ‘This progress is mani- a } iH] Yunnan, East ‘Africa and West Africa, fested in the addition of 5,905 to our mem- SS Lit as chronicled in the (62 closely-printed bership on the foreign fields, an addition, a | Hi pages (apart from statistics) of our Mis- after meeting all losses caused by death, . | sionary Report for 1918-19: and the re- etc., of a number equal to one-third of the a 4| ‘viewer, after a third careful perusal of Care, PERI Chao aC ate, hte cae...”
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“...Sk eh | i for essential commodities, they have been ae | ERA Gs) i. : ‘compelled to curtail expenditure in every ee fee ofa 7 i possible direction. The. difficulties have ae ae ofa Ge es been intensified by heavy death-rolls ae oe Se ete) occasioned by epidemics of influenza and Wey a Sy fo : | sa | also by terrible famines, both in China Saad fhe a ge Ps 1 ef and Africa, which have necessitated some ca: Fe yell gr ‘aes | | a deviation of funds to meet the emergency- Lee ser ee a H} needs of starving people, though special ee ie ae | contributions have been sent from home pote ae a ae ‘ and (a most encouraging fact) from other a a oe} bene Cae parts of China, for this purpose. No one Pie ae a | can read the numerous pathetic references C. P, Yang, M.D, (Peking). ERecniRenact ay _. to inability to continue to employ native [Doctor in charge of our Hospital at Ningpo.] hee Eben? 11 : a Po 3 a % ; y f 3 ( #...”
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“...and the report written, the above-mentioned large sums be raised. Se ii price of silver has been considerably en- The writer of this article has ventured me hanced, and the Chinese tael, which in to describe the missionary enterprise as : L ra 1915 cost 2s, 4d. now costs 7s.4d. Inorder, not only a “successful,” but also a Be NN therefore to purchase the 70,000 taels ““remunerative investment.” Not, of q ch which are required to carry on our work course, that half-yearly dividend warrants eee in China, and without providing for any for cash will reach contributors, but be- extension or for meeting increased cost cause the whole history of missions ie ely of materials and labour, £24,500 will be demonstrates that fhe churches which | Re ins needed, where £8,166 formerly sufficed, ate foremost in foreign missionary endea- Ss Pal and the rise in exchange since the Bristol _ vour are the most prosperous in every a He Conference has augmented our mission-. respect. There is a glorious reflex action...”
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“...my children.” The Rev. Robert Swallow, M.D. “All right ; how much do you want?” , chy « a “The Foreign Missionary Committee (and ten months is a long’ time.” 3 | of the United Methodist Church desires I know Ty Ae YOHE Ne figure. | to place on record its deep sense of loss At this the warrior, with a cunning in the death of the Rev. Robt. Swallow. gleam in his eyes, as if he were demand- ; | No words can adequately express the ing a king’s ransom, named a sum which | value of his work in China. By a devo- i Our money amounted to a little: less a . _ tion that was unwearied, and abilities of than three pounds. a high order, he made for himself a posi- “ And he nearly fainted,” said the agent tion on the Mission Field that has sel= in conclusion, “‘when I told him he could ; dom, if ever, been surpassed. He early have it!” 3 ; 13 4 BS Bie a...”
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“...Through the mission school, elevaté him, raising him to the level of a | the Chinese, the Indian and the African son of God; and they do this consciously, ee bai makes his way to the’ University; he giving -him the power of service in Sof a learns character, independence, man- ~ humility for his fellow men. , iy | ri hood; he becomes a leader of his own The future of Labour in England and oe Vii people. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the first America is fraught with both perils and ol | socialist leader of China, was a product opportunities. Its perils are that it may teal of the mission school. Mr. C. T. Wang, become selfish, self-centred, nationalistic, ; a | one of the Chinese representatives at the that lust for combat may wither _ its ee Plt internationalism, its comprehensiveness, SS Lao a broawd-mindedness; its catholictty of Spirit; ll {| its world-wide message summed up by SS | \| Trade follows the Marx: ‘‘ Workers of a countries anne oH DM ee you have nothing to lose but your fl Christian Flag...”
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“...prominence. A light ey life in China means to the Englishwoman. band which encompassed us has snapped Cee rotate She goes out with a fine spirit, her great asunder. A new world life has emerged : Bie, te desire is to help the Miao women and from its cell, humanity is bound together Bes children and to make their lives brighter. in thought and interest for a common A 4 We begged for a farewell message, but good. Great influences are to be felt | tee HN Miss Holt was too shy even for that. everywhere around us, sweeping us into | Pe Ne 0 She has, however, promised us “‘some- anew world. The air is full of magnet- | aa le thing” for our W.M.A. page, “some ism, and our lives may tell for good or mento time?!) © / ill as never before. The cause of pro- a ie While she is on the water our branches gress, and of peace, and of human good, : ne eel will pray for a safe and speedy voyage, rests upon the high ideals of the women. ~~ also that the long journey across China It is we who must carry on! Our...”
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“...message, one has problems facing us in our foreign mis- “just to wait for it to be given; it came sionary work. as rather a surprise to me when I found The War gave us one set of difficulties. a I had to write on “Are you prepared to Peace has given us another. We are y be a crank?” Enthusiastic in business, faced ‘by new openings and larger respon- : in politics, in sport, but how little enthu- sibilities both in Africa and China, and siasm we find for religion in these days. at a time_when money does not go half © Have we as Christians been going too as far as it did—in China, not one-third ; much with the tide; have we been afraid as far. | of being thought narrow, and in our The situation tests the stoutest heart broadening out left very little demarca-. and the strongest'faith. Are we suffi- tion between ourselves and the world? cient for these things? Left to ourselves Is anything like halfheartedness going to we are not. With the help of our God win the Kingdom for the Master?. we can do...”
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“...never have been any- ~-sion of its size so understaffed in China. SJ tN thing but totally inadequate to the ever- In reality the work is a disgrace to ) es i present need. a : United Methodism—not to United Metho- ‘ ! HN _ Over-worked men in an enemy climate, dism in China, but to United Methodism e ! i living below par in an unhygienic en- in England. They out there have room a ih vironment, struggling with a language for boasting. We here certainly have not — never fully their own, harassed with per- much, for we have had a magnificent field a | secution of their converts—and by their to plough and sow and reap, and we have a. x He converts, worried by sheep-stealers (form- employed “sweated labour.” . 1 | oy oo ae eee ‘dis- If the Wenchow Mission had belonged — a eee cane t oe ays - over-eager to an American Society—what shall I mh rot eae independents,” whose admirable say? _ Well, the business men of America mi cry is “China for the Chinese ”—verily — see Missions through business eyes...”
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“...especially ee Se yes ae ne ee Schools mete ae ve an and, ae ee ce ay cauidtieln Leesopen Sundey Schoolegs i i : ver exchange now at /s. . per inese : ce ; : i lene made them almost prohibitive. China Dy making a grant tothe foreign RSS r. Evans foun at to rent a house SA : Soe : B50 was reulred as deposit and £380 Methods of augmenting missonary in me : a ae ae a Meas eal necessity. That necessity has been pro eh ence, which was the more economica 5 3 r Ta Bias temanded £5000, snd «house, to. ttmed sepeately, in the ono andi a i gether with land sufficient for other mis- wi Fa ae J | —_F Ialaings, would cont $1,000, “The. miners and leaders mast be fanain g Cha Committee had to bear in mind also the ,; : F } ‘ < SER: effect of the exchange upon all our work 1 was acm penned Of the ere ee ey in China, for there is no concealing the ‘!ty an ae nothing to meet it. Rae fact that, unless our income can be in- The Relation Some of our ’ friends Oe: "| laa creased by about 50 per cent to cope with...”
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“...medicine, the other in evangelistic work labours, it is absolutely necessary inmany for women. We want efficient teachers, ; Places to provide better buildings and purses, Bible-women, etc., and the ma- equipment, and that is the chief object of terial is all about us had we only the ‘ the £30,000 appeal. The exchange has wherewithal.” Perhaps some readers will risen so enormously that the £10,000 first computed would only meet the demand of i a single year. At least £20,000 of the COST OF SILVER IN CHINA special appeal must be reserved for the ; special objects for which it is ear-marked DURING LAST TEN YEARS and contributed. It would be poor policy to use special appeals to meet ordinary ex- PO eee st tag penditure excepting in an emergency. 5 Oo Ordinary income should cover ordinary ple bay ea oy expenditure. Therefore we urge the neces- | 6°64 } sity of raising the income to meet the ex- | i be ed Ges penditure due to exchange, rather than 6:0 eH a augmenting the Special Fund for that pur-...”
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“...move- 2,300 members of the Union have sailed ments in America and Canada, Great for the mission field, and to this may be Britain, Germany and Scandinavia, and added the even larger number of Student in the 25 years of its growth has now Volunteers who have sailed from ‘America, : extended to France, Switzerland, Hol- and the contribution also from the con- - land; Belgium, Italy, Russia, Austria and _ tinent of Europe. Hungary, the Balkan. States, India, During the war the number of students China, Japan, and to Australia, South volunteering from our own universities . Africa and South America. In some of and colleges for foreign work was neces- these countries the Movement is still in sarily very small. _ Now that the colleges its infancy, m others it is vigorous, are full again the re-birth of the mission- highly organised and influential. Itneeds ary movement is being seen. Since the no pains to demonstrate that the prob- Summer Conference of the Movement, lems confronting a movement...”
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“...exchequer. When shall £2,000 has to be raised on that side. A ay q . . . we hear of other churches following this strenuoustask. He had obtained £1,000. - . > . e heroic example? Of those who may do it He then portrays a Peace Celebration, + we shall be glad to have tidings. arranged by the Belgians and the Bisho ‘ : from Vung" Bing hi China and Japan: TORT DS ane neko CW 0e Sets : ‘ yas munity of foreign residents and the heads : The Rev. J. Hinds writes in answer to f Chi > t our further enquiry. (See pp. 110 and o Pe oe err eh ea B/ 147, 1919.) The Rev. James Seden. ik : We deeply regret to hear that our j i As you know, China was badly sold fended ‘forced Bereavement bythe i at the Peace Conference, and until the 00 245 SINE Coe: vse ila i vrais : loss of Mrs. Seden. Mr. Seden com- : wrong is righted there is sure to be a His minisenin 4875 ae Ribe baer feeling of Soreness. And judging by Aiics ae L tO aa : igen i the way Japan has been torturing and | He rae a an Ona ae...”
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“...some; ae you need not send to Rome. Your Bookland. fl petit ee es ae eee Bring-Brother : One of: the children in blue me you Gree pe o’er. “Oh yes ‘that’s true [rom the town. of lone. bamboo... By — , ait yess ’ F, L. Codrington. S.P.C.K., 4s. ats I know, but will you please to show ‘ Pe a = | where pennies freely grow?” “Oh, yes, Bring-brother, strange to say, is a girl, a you’ll see below.” On Sundays couid 1 Bae she was born in the province of - Te stand with no kind friend at hand to Fukien, China. This book tells her story ml think of many a land, and help a cause ‘2 most, winsome way, -acway. that will me so gtand? One day papa will try his commend pelt to many a little boy or gin oe paper to deny, and let the penny fly, the 7° has the good fortune 2 have this ce i heathen to supply. Mamma will gladly book placed before them. T mae et a nt say, “My turn has come to-day, I think quaint Chinese illustrations, making the eh, I know the way to help a scheme so Story still more real. ove oe...”