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“...... 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 ' aa : Christmas among the Nosu. C. E. The Parochial mind. R. H. Kipling ... 211 aM ee Hicks oo 8 ss oe 984 Ecumenical Conference and Missions... 214 | aM / Heart-soil. J. M. Blake ie Mis 218. | ul | he: EAST AFRICA. Progress. in Uganda. Bishop Welldon 219 me ee wiics [Rae ee, A : ae c Pokomo (German) Mission. Dr. Snape 181 Pa Sete NT cee emcee Pate eea) , | By 3 NjukiNjin. | R. e Worthinston: Yo 171) British Christian Missions in the Far I \: ieee Ribé. B. J. Ratcliffe... igs Bee 20E eae BEN Ie NATORS: 2 ae oo Wad , { Christmas at Meru. R. T. Worthington 229 ‘The Missionary’s Christmas....”
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“...bas aps SS Mes SaE Tes" +“ Swahili Testaments Si Gps coe ate HTH ev. H. Parsons... +) ++ 48 School children at Ribé’... 9... SL WIT | Be Miss Parkinson... ae is te tOU: NT GUNE Kenya ie es 2 480 Hit Students, 192 Bl aer aes > OL Opening day at Njuki ©... a sti eae i He Rev. W. ¢: Stobie and family sins 64 Daudi (Teacher) and elders 3 173 dt} if) Rev. A. and Mrs. Evans fy CG ROO ne NERY adi cneneA Meru 5 485 i Ald. J. H. Turner ... ou ae gine LOU Sear ee shee ay? eee aaNet aoe Hee nh: ‘ i New mission house at Meru... soeeO2 | h| 5 Councillor Greke Rich? a eal Olesen ae old ncn anS One at Crimes - 903 | ie Pen ide tree Palaver at Thee Mert oa ee Sa Reve WH Hudesei BA aT Kindergarten at Meru... A RA ONT His Dr. G. Purves Smith (the late) ... .. 1384 WEST AFRICA Wi ; James Maclaurin, Esq. ... ~ ... eared Od: as Seta A Rev. Reginald Heber Goldsworthy ... 225 Landing stage at Freetown... ... 33 yl : Keeping market ... ae ea ye AaG MT PE : OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS: Our church at Bo ... aay Dee ve. 156...”
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“...) : ‘ ; : : , Mi) Hy , 4 : \ ‘ ‘ oT | Hh Hi ii 7 F rom the By the Rev. | |. 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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“...Sac aN me aa | f es i aby f ine - From the Mission House ad i i 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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“...a ee ~ al % ; Hi AG Hi From the Mission House 5 | iil 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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“...office after sixteen yea See ‘ | | (Retort eb: #7) finances sound, the oS ae : aI tory basis, the Young a a £33,326.—£30,588. placed on a satisfactory basis, 1g 3 | ; “We began the year with £656 in hand, we closed People’s Department well on. the way in i { a it with a deficit of £1,656. It was alarming to see the arrestin’ decline in Sunday Schools, and Ra || | | 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...”
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“...eine eR fouls i mali festivals, when strenuous. efforts are. Then He said to His disciples, The harvest i: i Ree rade + in th back to hedthe ts rich, but the labourers are few; so pray the i Baril of pas Wace POSE ama LO nea nets Lord of the harvest to send labourers to gather ; hy i dom. We are glad to. know , the Rev. His narvest.—Matt. 9, 38. i Ve A. J. Hopkins health is good after two “Do what you can: pray for what you ae years’ work in East Africa. The Tana Qannot do.?—St. Aucustine HF Mission, part of which belonged to the pyymne: z my % i ea x im : I ES he oS hag Spe ST - ree e 4 9 ME ae sane are great vitality, al “At Thy feet, O God our. Father. H o ; ¢ VT c S 4 me ® op ” ‘ || thoug 2 without a European mussionary “For Thy mercy and Thy grace. | ny for five years. Should the rains prove UN Be ee trust the day is breaking.” : i / } favourable, industrial and agricultural Jan 5 ophesigule- fon 1991. Reg c ee i) i ‘ . r os all,
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“...not yet HI | | 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...”
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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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“...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 by on the TLE fields, lies in a supreme act of spiritual side. And in like manner a Taoist priest also, vi magnanimity equivalent to the demands Buta certain Lolo, an aborigine with whom HI of the hour. Brethren, I honestly believe. the Chinese have little or no dealings, as he } that you wil allow the Christ spirit that ana a eae rang | cm ee United Methodism to lead you came to him and bound up his wounds, and : _ to this high issue, our beloved Church will set...”
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“...ae er ID et cl * bringing 119 men safely to the surface. Ha The Past Decac € im Special arrangements have been meds oH en & the identification of the bodies, for: reli- | | | the World Ol Islam. gious services at the burial of the victims, i} Fei ie _A prssimist has been defined as one 2d for compensation of. the families and | who puts out his candle to see how dark relatives. We tender our deepest sym- Vil it is. There are many in the church at Pathy with all concerned. S| | home and on the mission-field abroad who 5 BM ee are pessimists regarding the evangeliza- : ey a! | |i tion of Moslems. An easy cure for their oe | || | malady would be to read carefully the The Observatory. aS | | | current number of the “Moslem World.” A. Side-light. “ ie eis This review interprets Moslem thought ECENTLY Mr. McKenna, Chair- a and life from the Christian standpoint. R man of the London Joint City and : Ht ! The leading article is by Professor J. Midland Bank, delivered an ad- < HI i du Plessis, and...”
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“...a ak | eee re eee ee ant | 1} (Foreign Missions: Their Imperative Appeal to the Home Churches ali ia - year’s’ report: “I suppose the S.W. flow into the souls of men. It is not a HI ‘China Mission never has been able to defensive body, not a company of her- i avail itself of an opening which occurred mits, but a fighting fellowship of re- i | . a suddenly.” It is most urgent, therefore, deemed and conquering’ spirits. Love to Ht that the home churches should be closely Christ always expresses itself in love. to Mf | allied in sympathy and help «with her men. “Freely ye have received, freely Hl - valiant sons on outpost work. give.” i : | Fe I. Foreign Missions are a Challenge to Teach me the lesson Thou hast taught, HY if) the reality of the Stewardship of Christians. To feel for those Thy blood hath bought, = ; Our Lord’s parting words were, ‘Go That avery word and deed and thought Hh 3 : May work a work for Thee. a) i ye, therefore, and teach all nations, bap- : ee j : : i | tizing them...”
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“...out money like water | | in order that the heathen may find indeed for war, surely, as a factor contributing : i il ia a Christian England. towards the world’s peace, a few extra S| i oi millions can. be raised for’ missions, But : | ik V. The War has urgently challenged the if the home churches do not pay, our mis- cae) : Home Churches to come to-the aid of Foreign sions will perish. : 5 || iW Missions. (c) Again, mission work has suffered || (1) Foreign Missions as a Principle of from a series of epidemics. Nearly all ae World Politics. We have long been mission areas, in common with the rest tee) i ic i aware of the danger to the world of of the world, felt the destroying breath ei) | | BT civilisinge the heathen nations without the of influenza. In China famine has deci- HIM aid of Christianity. This has been mated Yunnan, and cholera is raging in ha ee greatly accentuated by the war. The arts parts of East, Middle and North China. me | of civilisation, adopted by the heathen...”
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“..."imma (= gis a {4 ey 2 suse “pe a = ih i ae || | From the \ 7 See By the Rev. i Mission House. C. STEDEFORD. AI ' Recent In less than one month we sionary interest which their service. wa Departures. have sent forth nine per- abroad will awaken in the Church which ae ¢ : ° Hy mt sons to our foreign sta- sends them forth. It was not a time of i | tions. We reported in January that Dr. dejection but of exultation. Hi ty Bolton, Nurse Raine and Miss Barwick The departure of these young women is. aay left for Yunnan on December 13th. Ten of special interest, because it is the first | | eee days later (December 23rd) Nurse Ivy — time unmarried ladies have been sent to. ea) |i) Jennings and Miss Violet Taylor em- labour in our East Africa Mission. It — et) | 1a) ‘at barked on the “Guildford Castle” for marks a new development, and that de- | i East Africa. These new workers are velopment largely results from the 3 | worthy of a word of introduction. They changed conditions of the country, The...”
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“...BL : at 1 : | | 1 i : From the Mission House | : them to Mombasa, and thence escort them: may be imagined, their arrival is awaited 1 | to Meru. Mr. Ratcliffe needs no intro- eagerly in these respective fields, es- If t duction. His powerful addresses on _ pecially as it is many months later than ee Africa will be long remembered, and those they would have started if passages had i| | : who heard them will rejoice in his return been obtainable. The name “Dymond” y | to the work he loves best. He will assist will be written large upon the foundation Rev. J. B. Griffiths in the: superintend- of our mission in Yunnan. Miss Cathie Hy ence of the extended field of our opera- Dymond intends to assist her parents in tons in Mast: 0s sk re et ee ee CY SM ISS TOL Nea aay WAT | | Africa, now work, two Hi) a eeiclae WHICH DO YOU VOTE FOR?) |i) ; Meru and the "} taking the Wd sion on the is course ‘at the Wil i Tana, and in- : St Bristol Uni- We Saivine mote An increase Arrest development, ean ae He...”
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“...concerning mission buildings and to massacre Chris- i We) Hed BME aces the area in which he is largely directing tians. At that time he was opposed to il) H| Hy operations: “For the four millions of the Church. In the American Mission : | | Hee destitute people within our area we ap- compound he saw one of the missionary q eS peal to the charity of the world. Already ladies who was killed by the Boxers plead _ i ! mee we have a number of local schemes of that her life might be a ransom for the Wl | -relief in operation, and have made grants lives of the Chinese Christians. Her re- We lt _to them of money and grain to the extent quest was not granted, but General Weng i | Ween of some $120,000, but it will need forty could not forget that scene, his conscience ie i i million dollars to keep all these people was stirred and ultimately he became a mi |) i it i ’ above starvation point till the wheat har- Christian. That lady missionary fulfilled :) Aue vest next June.” her mission in a way she...”
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“...chance or untiring persistence.” “The Ht) | Oe | tion. In 1919-20, however, 214 signed, a ends of the world come to you, and you i) ) number which was almost up to the give them not bread but astone. . . . Ha ey highest standard of pre-war years. This If there were a large body of people in He change was no automatic result of the England who know and love the Lord ee d return of students to the colleges ; it is Jesus, and are not afraid to show it, the | He | due to persistent and widespread mission- very atmosphere of the place would work HARE ary advocacy and_ education by the with a tremendous force on the visitor. | H | . Student Movement. Very few students He would not long be able to blind him- A come up to college with any missionary © self to the claims of Christ nor to retreat } | lk interest and knowledge whatever, and from the Valley of Decision. At present, } | great obstacles of prejudice and apathy Indians do not find any challenge to their a have to be surmounted. own faith...”
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“...ae il tah Griffen, Wesleyan superintendent of the greet me. As early as possible we got MM Po Lagos District. He is an old coaster, ashore, and J had scarcely put my feet on Be | as he came out for the first time twenty- the landing’ steps when several persons . | F i a a three years ago. He made arrangements . came to shake hands and to say “Akabo Bebe for Divine service to be held on the first Sir,” (i.e., Welcome). On our arrival at : i | aa i Sunday we were at sea. Rev. — Howells, _ the mission house the first thing: we did | WA) (ode a . i | Ss 1 ee , e ‘ } ‘ a art i EE te ee ce SR eek ae Ss Gy aa | } | ch . 2 a ee cee oe ae oe 5 — 5 GE ‘| | Ae i HH ‘ eo ae ia pt! eke er eaay » al peak a. a eos, 4 ba oe ys my Hee ee ii el ere 8 oe ee se SUP as A wp Pol alee CG Eee Be a i ee hy es he Sg > ean meee ~ Meaty O He ~e: Weir eg tee, Py arid ft EL - Me CO EN, Oe pe ae EPS a eo | (| ie ified seat Ps ee fae ee aa ot eee Bh pare ew: , Abt lees A A ern . } dh i i z ae ge vt tN ees gee) ; ae a...”
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“...Samaria Church the ministry. The Rev. J. B. Nichols, : and heard one of our local preachers con- who has been the Acting General Super- Ae duct the service. At the closé there were intendent during the absence of a Euro- | | many handshakes and greetings. pean, has done all in his power to make UE On Wednesday, November 3rd, a re- me comfortable, and during my _ first He ception service was held in the Samaria week’s residence he stayed with me in the HB Church. The church was well filled. Rev. mission house. I have been ‘delighted to | ; | J. B. Nichols occupied the chair. The hear my friend and immediate predeces- HY Ae devotional exercises were conducted by sor, Rev. A. E. Greensmith, so highly bay | Rev. R. A. Williams; Wesleyan superin- spoken of, not only by our own people but wn | tendent. Representatives spoke on behalf by the white people in the colony. All ET | of the various circuits, the education de- the-white men in connection with the . al ee partment, the ministers and the-~com-...”
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“...there, and contributions may be sent to eee ete aoe LE oo eee 4 i iid the Manager, marked for the purpose. We t ‘ ee Se aa i | lt ; se, Saas) oe : _ We have work in Chihli and Shantung, as Wyle ee Supporters of missionary societies which is well known. Contributions may be’sent to ‘ : erik - have interests in China may, if they the Rev. C. Stedeford, that all from our chur- WT | desire, send their contributions for this oes a - passed to the Bank through one no i fund, earmarked, through their mission- ee ae ee : : E WE | aevsocites. eee oes | 2 \ he We The fund will be administered by a jive tiga; Hand to mouth that any aceonne Wey by representative committee of Chinese and cutting off their local source of supply at once . ! ae foreigners working in Peking, and the plunges them into misery. _It is said to in- My ie -committee will be largely identical with volve thirty million people. Steps are already i |: if the Flood Relief Committee of 1917-1919, - being taken to organise relief measures...”