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mii) | |i Fo An old custom. F.R. Craddock ... 50 ,Sagacious guide. F. Jones ... «187
Wy LAI 1 i Stephen Lee aK Se BS eee 108 Financial Statements — ... 152, 170, 220
ee oe Parewell! “Co N= Myloe Oe 914 Missionary Chronology. F. G. Stafford 156
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x 1 || | i cH _ A regrettable incident i fs Sed Missions at Conference. S. Arnold ... 161
me Burial customs. W: H. Hudsepth ... 181 (0d’s mindfulness. E. F. H. Capey ... 167
| fl L f Sursum corda. C. N. Mylne ... EO TA The Altar of Heaven. | Parallel prayers 176
me a Christmas at Chaotong. J. F. Dymond 221 he Wise beasts of Hindustan ... -- 193
We My Call to the Mission Field. R. Heber The Ministry and the field: J. E.
i i BS Goldsworthy... bee oe .. 225 _ Mackintosh... ee a +» 207
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Dr. G. Purves Smith (the late) ... .. 1384 WEST AFRICA Wi ;
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work ;' of your joys and of your disap- which have been made and accepted, andi “Ta
pointment, and we pray that to the | s
fullest you and yours may know the Wa
fulfilment of the all-sufficing’ pro- ee it 1]
mise, “Lo, I am with you alway, : | ||
‘even unto the.end of the world.” \ Be ea 1 il
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“OUR NEED OF WORKERS. ae Shark 1 il
God has given to our Church a ; — ll wl l| i
vast sphere of work’ in Africa, in ~ ais ii ne | 1 we
: Ningpo and Wenchow, in North Peecgeae VTS pees “4 1 |
China, and especially in Yunnan. — eet WELT TB
Open ddprs are everywhere. It ae ; AE
: would not be too much to say that [f Ee! Paes: i 5 ie it i:
if we attempted to pass through oe | ee WE
b : o Bacto te =). kemate it
all the doors open to us in Yunnan " Pe Woe Wa ee
: alone our whole staff in every field | Fao eins ae ae WLAN) i
would be. required. “We need NE cal : j MY
| workers,” is. the cry from every ; ae | one eS f TT EE
field. Let anyone study carefully i )) i | |
the diagram recently published...”
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|. Mission House. C. STEDEFORD. :
The New Year The opening of a New | fore, must fall upon other*churches, of ) |
Outlook. Year provokes reflection England and America chiefly, to 5ustain I |
and anticipation. With . these orphanéd missions, and to do that Ie
gratitude we review the past with its re- it is estimated that £1,000,000 annually |) |
cord of difficulties overcome, crises will be required. This is only one phase I]
passed, mercies multiplied. These memo- of the immeasurable !oss the war has in- ee
ries awaken hope and confidence as we flicted upon Christian missions, one of the H
face the future. We still have many wounds inflicted upon the body of Christ HHT
problems to solve, and much progress which cannot be healed without an out- — I K
must be made before we shall see our mis- pouring. of grace and sympathy. ie
sions satisfactorily staffed and sustained, He
but the wzy is not blocked to-day as it More...”
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mn churches. J have the hope that when tion for the same purpose.’ Any sums
Wi i the above facts are known in England, | received will be duly acknowledged in the |
Hy three families, or three individuals, will Ecuo.
MAE dei offer to rebuild them. If this hope is : oe : i
Wi realized, I will see to a tablet being put Mr. Mickle- I have received enthusias-
| ae in each church recording the restoration thwaite’s Wel- tic accounts of the recep- a
Ve by such individuals or families. In addi-| come to Sierra tion accorded to the new
Be | | | tion, the back walls of four churches have Leone. General Superintendent
Wye been completely blown down, and ten from Rev. J. B. Nicholls,
i | | ee others have suffered damage. Our pro- Rev. J. E. Leigh, and from Mr. Mickle-
ma | | eal perty in Wenchow city caught the full thwaite himself. Their letters pulsate
Hy blast of the storm, and repairs have had with the joy of a great occasion. I blend...”
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you. I was with your father before you ‘is a member of our Foreign Missions |
3 vere born, and I thank God that I live to Committee, and joyously shares the sacri- i)
see you come back to Africa as a minister fice of her service with his daughter. A a
of Jesus Christ and. as our General ‘brighter. spirit never left-our shores to } z
Superintendent.” carry the Light of Life to darkened i ;
We pray and believe that a ministry lands.* |
which has opened with such rich promise Miss Ac“ Accs! Barwick tis“ kenowmnee | 8
may bear many seals of the Divine favour —qeaconess Sister Amelia. While training ||
and blessing. as a deaconess her heart was set on work I
in China, and the way opened for her to te
Our New Our first party of new go much more suddenly than was antici- i
.. Missionaries. missionaries to leave’ pated. Nurse Nicholas, who was. desig- | Wl
since the termination of nated to accompany Nurse Raine, was HY A a
the war took their...”
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“...| | i price, of silver mount up to four times its pre-war e Be ae Sear at Soa pee Any
em) | q value. Ob OT A our ae Ts oe ee the Kent Mission spiritua y coe
oi i thankfulness to God for bringing us through the yec 3 ced oh Sat the
= esticout disaster. Both income and. expenditure rose free from the incubus of s debt, Be
> i } ae about 25%. The Expenditure was £33,326, an digaee Rev. James Ellis appointed as irst
may) | VU i i tt £6,714; the income was £30,588 an increase 0, SOAs : ra
¢ | | | i a is estimated that the work this peer. FNS ts Moderator. We pray our a
| | utlay of £32,51'. But to accomplish e larger x 3 o live to enjoy his well-
5 4 ; } ; risvamme set out in a previous paragraph (p. 4) we brother may long lve to JOS
= i 4 ~ ‘must aim at an income of £50,000. C. Stedeford. earnest rest.
ae i. (Report, b. 5.)
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i i West China. Our Foreign Work.
R | ie yay \ { *, The death of An Kun, of Tseh Chioh, leaves a blank Pe He seneral survey the Rev. on Stede-
min} |)...”
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“...lamented death of the Rev. W. U. section, with special remembrance of
aa || il fo Bassett. After a splendid record of cufterers from the typhoon. See Mr..
me | | i i twenty years’ service, the Rev. A. E. Shad etord d Notes p 3 Rev. J. W
ee ih) | ee “. Sis . 3 - e 0 . + Bt oe ° : bale) t
= || i pee has resigned the superintend Heywood. Pp. 26, 27. 1 Chron. 29:
na ency of the West African Mission. He 619
a is succeeded by the Rev. W. S. Mickle- ms r ‘Hess
WT Tl HAN is succeeded by the Rev. See eee Jan. 23.—Women and girls in North
vn : temo 5 ri oS Reel : Meee as :
ma i @hwaite; who returns for service to the China. ‘Miss’ Lily Armitt. Pp. 58,59.
Sa) | || a Place of his birth, Our West African y., 43. 4.13
HH | | ik church desires a larger measure of self- Jans 30; Chinesoaseate:- Specially Sup.
if j government, and is prepared to raise a ported. “P. 85. John 17
Hh pmo: corresponding increase of revenue. ‘ 5
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“The Spell He
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Pa ue A Review of “Samuel Pollard, ihe
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y Ol Jesus. Pioneer Missionary in West China.”* ‘jj I
| : HIS book is eminently calculated to do, and could do had we the means; but as : Ht
‘ eee
conduce to the arousal and deepen- the doors open, the cold ecle story irom Wb dS
4 ing of two affections or mental ome becomes more insistent and chilling. ' |
: ; ws No resources, no means available to ente |
states, each saturated by the spiritual—to 7° ae availa le ee 1s We
: the many openings.
{ give the smaller, money: to offer the % : .
larger, self! It is inconceivable that Why, oh why, should this be the | | :
anyone can read it without consecrating paralysing barrier to evangelization, ex- i
y ; : 5 sy if }
one or the other. The fear is that only. cept at home. In this land, if we have :
' those that are already enthused will buy not the needful, we secure it by hard Le
the book, for we grow by what we feed...”
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“...Soe iL es : sunshine and the stars, the cool breezes and
WW a est China, and all that has been said qj fresco meals with jolly companions are
“ a He i Ki) and felt in the four years since his rich compensations. Happy and right ae
| lamented death, we are utterly at a loss merry are we as God’s own troubadours, and
A Ht ee: to express our admiration for his conse- in our conversation we ‘swiftly glide from
eat | | ot crated life, his tireless service, his re- jocund sallies to grave discourse on God’s
= | A pee sourceful courage. But the bool declares !ove and goodness.””. [
a Bet him, for it allows him’to speak for him- In another paragraph he speaks of the I
: Ht fy tae le self, or, rather, his works speak for him. glory of nature and mentions twenty-one
WW fee And when we remember what he has him-. different kinds of flowers and fifteen sorts
Be self written in his great book, “In Un- of trees (277.) \
Hi i |. known China ” (which will be reviewed in But he also saw the tragedy. |
ma i...”
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“...love to And the same clear altitude is revealed |
Thee and for no other reason, Amen.” in what we may calla Miao canon of \|
This was after the Miao awakening. conduct, “This good news*is too good |
They came literally in their thousands, to keep to ourselves: let us send the | 4
| and one night message on io the next village.’ (205.) | :
' “ Away in the far East brilliant light- It was this spirit which took Pollard and i
ning flashed fitfully all the time of the ser- his glorious clan to West China, |
vice. The tiles only covered part. of ee ‘Yet what reverses the Yunnan work has ee) |b
roof: in the. middle there was an opening had. As far back as 1893 he wrote: HH
where one could look up into God’s beautiful
d heaven. In this dim light we questioned “ The Vanstones left on Tuesday : how our Hy}
the candidates and baptised them. Oh, the ranks are thinning out. Samuel Thorne has HH I
joy of it all. Why am ZI allowed to see it?”? died. Tremberth is alone at Tung Chuan.
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which surely...”
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PG eee We cannot close without reference to Field,” (4.). A marvellous compendium
WES his undying friendship for his old com- ©f information, skilfully arranged. The
Woe rade, the Rev. F. J. Dymond, with whom, text-book essays six things: to help the
ae) oe A in 1886, he embarked on,the great work lass to understand why old China is so |
‘ee in West China. He is affectionately proud, why she tried to keep the foreign-
i Lect ich termed “ Frank ” in Pollard’s letters, We ¢tS out, how Christ’s servants won.their |
f baie have just re-entered the capital city of | Way and overcame prejudice, to see China |
Hl \ Bone Yunnan province, and Alfred Evans has adapting herself to new ideas, how many
Pt charge. Back in 1912 he was advocating bright hopes have been disappointed, and }
|| 4 this, and he wrote | to discover that Jesus Christ is the leader
h i CA “The opportunity here at Yunnan Fu peu ate ey ee elves
il ies Wien seems more exciting, fascinating, and im-...”
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tion to the present conditions at home. been fully recognised and put into practice Hise
Obsessed as you must needs be by the by the home churches. ie )
thronging problems which clamour_ for Apply the principle and. see how it - Hie i
solution, it may well be that the efforts works. The Editor of the Missionary | {|
which are being made to help you tocom- —Ecuo in a recent issue recorded the action | |
prehend the present tragic position of our of a church in setting aside for mission- ULB
‘ missions in China and Africa have not ary work a part of the proceeds of a sale | 1
found you with ‘a mind at leisure from of work.* We rejoiced in that. But, HER
itself.” You have not yet had time and brethren, do you frankly think that such |
opportunity, perhaps, to face the situation . an act should be regarded as singular? — i} i
squarely. Your wonderful response to Should it not be, after all, the universal | iB
appeals, resulting in a constantly-growing principle that every effort, of whatever...”
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“...increased by about 45 per
ay i Hi churches, and then read again that sen- Cent. It will be objected that statistics
| i | i tence in Mr. Parsons’ report, a sentence are no measure of the manifold activities |
WW written. with extreme delicacy and cour- of the Churches. Very true. The same
irs i {iterate tesy, but going right to the heart of the 5 true, but in enhanced degree, of the
WA matter: “The present arrangement is Statistics from the mission field, if you -
i eine | really too ridiculous for words.” It will but consider that the single mission- :
AN Pe Pe really is! ary needs to be doctor, schoolmaster,
\ Met The problem has reached such an acute ees ae end Lae a
We | Mp stage that the limits of the old methods =u) ie gene er Ee) Con
Be le | 5 firmation of the direction in which the !
We He are nearly reached. We need'now to wes .
Wh WB be einer austere : Holy Spirit is leading the thoughts of
i i ring imagination to bear afresh upon
me : : : a, men, I beg you deeply to ponder the...”
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“...achieve Pollard’s “In Unknown China” ‘also i fF
| the same object. I believe that the circuit shows, us how the Lolo, e.g., attribute | |
he which will first make its splendid gesture dark deeds to the Chinese as, their chief HE
Bh of renunciation will not lose in the long enemies: and the Chinese reverse this. ~
run. Even if, for a time it be crippled in Here is the parable of the Good Samaritan iI} HIR
some of its activities, there are words of as Mr. Adams showed it on the screen, OPE Eg
Christ preserved for us in Matthew 18:8 with suitable pictures. Compare it with , - 1 83
4 and Mark 10: 29 which suggest a general Luke 10: 30. |
principle that sacrifice for the Kingdom A Chinese traveller fell among robbers who q |
cannot result in ultimate loss. — both stripped me and beat him and departed : |
. leaving him half dead. By chance a certain wid}
The salvation of the home churches, (Buddhist) priest was Bole down that way Wait
not less than those on the other mission 4nd when he saw him he passed...”
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“...events and publications relating happy possibility, but an actual necessity.
| ME bee to Mohammedans.. One of the-book re- Conditions in China:
Wee views by Dr. C. T. Paul deals at length “China’s Milli fac ESeRk fee
See : 3 4 ina’s Millions”? for December for
aa be with a German work on Islam published it Cre iifctextan: showed thes Gree
ae iy just before the War. Na or cep leaan nalts ae : F
Wi (Published by the Missionary Review 2fSanized ‘sports for boys and girls 0
| eal Publishi e y Government schools, which were held at
He ine He ublishing Company, and may be ob- Terae Shane. Tine ie Betanal
| Boe seas tained at our Publishing House.) Sheen ae PUL eae o art
Mel ee 2 progress towards a better realization of
Wee Ives China. tions which had aus oes : A little
We | de Tue Rey. J. Hinds sends the sad news leave et ee
ME ee dS of a disaster which has taken place...”
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ey | ness, her grasp and her magnetic power to share with vigour in the great changes
a a to infuse her faith and her spirit, that the all around us. ;
Rea | ij tegatana extraordinary advance in the scope of the [Srrciatty Conrrieutrp.)
i a eat work has been made in the seven years of ~
a i her Presidency, 1914-1921. At last two more of our lady workers
ae ie It is not only that the actual contribu- are on their way to China! Nurse Nora
| d -tions to the Fund, which in 1914 Raine and Sister Amelia Barwick sailed
: A tag amounted to £2,737, have now reached for China in the s.s. “Armand Behic,”’ on
4 A close upon £7,000, but the indirect results December 15th. — Our constant earnest
| Mee have been even greater. prayers will go with them to the journey’s
| i st The eee activities of an ever- end. The waiting time has been long and
ee) | iil by ' growing body of W.M.A. members have trying to all eager spirits, but we know
i ! Il i : contributed to bring the women of our that the Lord’s...”
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“...the ideal of young “2 NER
womanhood, impresses itself upon all who “ Why I go to China!” . Sa |
meet her. She is not just.a nurse, her Miss Nora Raine. | i
womanliness reveals itself in every action, I have no doubt that I should go to en 1
| and so we love her, we cannot help it. China, but when it comes to say why, I | |
_. Miss Barwick is one of our deaconesses, find myself in a difficulty. The greater © | . ;
and has for some time past been in har- things in life are beyond reason, and I am A |
ness at the South Durham Street Mis- convinced that my offer has been entirely we
sion, Sunderland. Here she has endeared under Divine compulsion. Things which Ta
herself to the people, and it is to their in my early life appeared to be common- | Esl
regret that her period of service is closed. place have suddenly sprung into promin- Wee
But she is entering upon a sphere of work ence when I relate them to China. I have, | hie
I therefore, to go back to the early days of WE
} : my childhood. Wid...”
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“...many in the And worship only Thee.”
| ||| mother church who count it a joy to give Through the waiting years God
& al Wes] of their time and substance to the infant , strengthened me until I knew the mean-
a churches abroad. This knowledge and ing of true consecration, and, as step by
a their prayers will stand me in good stead step, I was brought along this line, I
Be in days to come. knew that China came nearer. Not untif
me Ve I could lay a// on the altar would’ He open
ei) | i § Why I go to China. the door. Six years have passed since
it} We ears Miss Amelia Barwick, the first vision of China. The Lord has
Ss i} i Mic ae How wonderful it is that in the darkest " gue’ pe HOO ,
Hh hours of our life God often flashes a glory as ahaa auc will be
SS | WM: aes ce! which changes our outlook. The spell of PED ae eae
ey the ideal is set upon us, and the will of We regret, that when too late to be rectified the
mu God concerning us is made known by feferted to next month, We ‘we sony to disturb...”
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