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CHINA. Tree Worship among Miao. Rev. W. H.
; “ . 7 9) Dog Pp -PHakac Hudspeth ... vee vee vee we 91
: “Golden eorthe _ a R.. Heber 37 Up country again Rey. K. W. May... 181
; A new and greater China tee w. 41
i China and the English-speaking people. .
SS Rev. G. W. Sheppard ... wee ... 129 EAST AFRICA,
Christ of the Chinese Road, The. Rev. . Discovery of the African 7 147
; J. E. Mackintosh aes wee ve OL oy ° Tider
: Fish stories from China ... = .. 38 Hoping Wilderness, A. Rev. A. J. 164
ie Leper doctor of Hangchow. Lady Hosi 2 * ty tt a ay 7
SN Ecpers in China—a contrast . _ 137 inaystrial training at Meru. Mr. H. 8
2 Kenya. Rev. R. T. Worthington ... 44
. 1 ~ T Rebound for Africa. Rev. R.. T.
: NORTH . CHINA, Worthington vee see eo ... 193
aR At a Shantung Inn. Rev. H. T. Cook 57 Ribe says Good-bye. Rev. A. J. Hop-
: Chinese Mission School from within. kins te tee tee see w- 105
. Rev. H. T. Cook wet wes ... 189
x Craddock, Dr. and Mrs. F. R. w. 282
Si ind...”
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“...125, Map of China vee tee ee 1B
145 Women lepers of Hangchow ... 3, 63
Missionary Socials Lee vee ... 107
National Laymen’s Movement ... w. 49
New Missionaries : NORTH CHINA. /
D pry " ins BF
Ne & A peminsen 7 " ” ine Ancient and Modern Shipping... _ re
Miss D. V. Coombs... ea ... 176 Puente none ms ae nts 70
Nise 7 a ~ - ies Road to Chu Chia ... Les we w. 61
ee cy Be Staff of Peking Medical College ww. 41
On Seeing a Piece of Chinese Em- Taoist Monks i a _.. 159
broidery. Rev. L. H. Court .. 286 Tientsin District Meeting oo, ... 87
Our Forward Movement ... bes ..- 208 Tongshan College ",..84, 142, 189, 190
President’s Message. Rev. R. Pyke... 1 Tongshan College teachers and students
Reminiscences of furlough. Miss E. L. : . 29, 141, 143
Armitt te vee te tee .. 217 Victory Celebrations, Tongshan ... 280
Recollections of a letter read long ago. . .
Rey. T. Shawcross wee eis .. 18
Some call it Medical Missions and others SA Der ;
call it God We ae seg «| SOUTH-EAST CHINA.
Some things...”
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“...spreading the
Gospel throughout the world? Interest in missions, at home and overseas, is a test of our con-
viction concerning our religious beliefs. Do we believe the world needs Christianity? If we
answer ‘‘yes’’— and can a Christian give any other answer ? —then we must support the miss-
ionary cause.
Will our friends begin to give now? Will they put something aside now? We cannot re-
trench. We are pledged to go forward. We have committed ourselves toadvance. We must
| not fail those in China and Africa who have given up so much for Christ's sake, nor the millions
n those lands who, through us, may come from darkness into light....”
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“...The Leper Doctor of Hangchow
other ways, they react for good upon the They know more than we do of China ;
Church at home. If we support them as they know even more than the news-
they wrestle, they in turn quicken our papers! And they are serene, unhalting,
faith. Our Church would be shorn of dauntless.
: all its glory and half its power if it were Let us pray that God will open the
ie not for our mission fields. way for them to take up their tasks again
= We have tried to appreciate what is soon; and meanwhile how inspiring it is
re happening in China. It is only a glimpse _ to know that the Church in China shines
SS here and there we get of what is taking on, amid the wrecks of war, and the
place ; and the mind of the Chinaman is tumult of an ungoverned people. That
: still a mystery. We know, at any rate, little Church, like the handful of corn on
: that we do not know. the top of the mountains, is the precur-
s But though we see in part, we are sor and the prophecy of a Church one...”
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“...Hangchow
cone of the few in China. Now it was seemed to expect me to go on with her
through visiting Dr. Main’s hospital, to the Leper Asylum, on the_hill-side
when he was a young missionary, that my apart, I am ashamed to say I hesitated.
father was filled with such Christian envy 1 had never seen a leper : my heart failed.
that he determined to get, by hook or She had seen many. To her lepers were
crook, a similar hospital for Wenchow. just like any other fellow human being’s ;
Our first Dingley Hospital was the re- to be cheered by a little attention from
sult ; and Dr. Main’s methods in organi- the outside world, liking small kind-
zation and administration were the nesses like any other sick folk, and es-
models, and still are, on which our _ pecially entitled to them considering the
medical work is run. Incidentally, do awfulness of their affliction and_ their
you know that our Wenchow hospital is segregation. She sent to a Chinese con-
the only one in China that has but the fectioner’s...”
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“...elderly man, with He gave a little smile at me, and we
a fellow-leper sitting beside to help him went on to see his tubercular patients,
if need arose, lay semi-comatose. The for he was in charge of them too. They
footsteps of Dr. Main and Lady Willing- were not easy to visit, either, for many
don had roused him, and he was raising of them had come to hospital too late.
his head with its sightless eyes a little But to those who wonder if mission
from his pillow. One glance at his face work in China has been of any use, I
and I knew that his spirit was loosening _ tell this story of the faith of those scarred
its bands. Dr. Wang stopped and told women singing their hymn, of the dying
him, for he was wondering evidently at leper, of that Chinese Christian doctor
the little commotion, that some foreign serving in that angelic manner.
guests had come to pay a visit and bring I have heard of him again. Three
gifts. Then Dr. Wang looked seriously months after our visit, his wife died of
at me...”
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“...very well
Xe us. As we review the past year and the maintained.
S hazardous time our missionaries in China
es passed through, we are grateful, unspeak- Stations in Last month we reported
; ably grateful, that no untoward event North China the immediate recall of
befel any one of them. We believe the Re-Occupied. our missionaries when
Re opposition encountered last year will they had returned to their
: prove the vitality and vigour of the — station at Chu Chia, in Shantung. The
x Church in China. Last year witnessed ladies being included in the number, it
evacuation, this year will most probably was considered necessary to return to
; see re-occupation. The storm has spent Tientsin without delay. It was then de-
: its fury and the skies are clearing. The cided that the ladies, Miss Turner and
spirit of patience and conciliation will Miss Milburn, should remain in Tientsin,
triumph in China. Truth will defeat and that the men, Revs. D. H. Smith,
| falsehood. We have not yet.cleared all B.D...”
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“...land at Tikonko which Rev. W. Vivian,
great poverty.” in a prophetic spirit, secured for the
In regard to opium, how: sadly China Mission over thirty years ago, is now
has fallen since 1910, when the cultiva- soon to serve its destined purpose.
tion of the poppy was suppressed ! At that
time some Chinese farmers were beheaded Meru ~ The third prize awarded
in their own poppy fields as a punishment Industrial to our Industrial School
for disobeying the decree. I saw the School in connection with the
walls of city gates covered with sur- Success. East African Show = re-
rendered opium pipes. China seemed to flects great credit upon
be delivering herself from her greatest Mr. Clay, and we offer him our hearty
curse. An evil hardly less injurious has congratulations. It is gratifying to -
been stealthily introduced into North know that our school is able to take
China, chiefly by Japanese, in the form a worthy place in comparison with similar
of morphine injections, and it may be | schools...”
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“...strength very difficult. Too often effects
1928.) of stress are shown in the gradual secu-
larizing of the tone of the school. In
ll. China it is obvious that the people ape
T4 | the immense importance of national edu-
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, cation and are “determined to use the
HE share taken by missionary schools as the main weapon for the
T organizations throughout Asia and forging: of national character. This has
Africa in the work of education long been the policy of the Japanese
has been, as everybody knows, very people. Here we see plainly developed
large indeed. Until quite lately practi- what is becoming’ visible elsewhere—
cally the whole of the education of Afri- namely, the tendency to use the national
can natives was in the hands of missions, system of education to achieve con-
and even in countries like India and — sciously-conceived national ends.
China, where much more has been done, Missionary education is sustained on
missions were responsible for a very voluntarily-contributed...”
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“...Meet-
upon to do. , ing’ of the International Missionary Coun-
Secondly, granted our ideal and con- cil will be directed.
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| The Editor’s Notes.
1928. A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF OUR
O all our readers at home and over- WORK IN CHINA.
| seas we send hearty greetings for NORTH CHINA:
» the New Year. Prayer and effort In North China our mission has work
| will make 1928 a year of blessing to us in and around Tientsin, Wu Ting Fu and
all. Prayer inspires effort and hallows Yung Ping Fu, in the province of Chihli.
| it. Effort becomes sacramental when it The work also extends into Northern
| is the outcome of prayer. Shantung.
The missionaries in our North China
@ 8 8 & field are (in the order in which they went
| . to China) :
| Map of China. Rev. ‘rank B. Turner.
| The map of China which is printed Rev. W. Eddon.
on the next page is the work of the Principal H. S. Redfern.
| Rev. W. H. Hudspeth, M.A. Our Miss A. J. Turner.
readers will find it of great value in show- Miss L. Armitt (on furlough)....”
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“...: The Editor’s Notes
EAST CHINA: An increasing motive was the desire to
Here our mission has work in and help to solve world problems and to
around Ningpo and Wenchow, in the pro- promote good will between nations and’
ace of anc races,
vince of Chekiang. - ® @ ® @
a The -missionaries in :our East China But what is ¢ke motive compelling mis-
S Field are : sionary zeal? What is the one motive
: Rev. J. W. Heywood. alone sufficient and absolutely adequate ?
. Principal Tr. WwW. Chapman (on furlough). Love: love to Christ and Idve to men.
a My A. Stedeford. Loving obedience to Christ as Saviour
Nurse N. B. Raine. and Lord, anda compassionate love of
= Rev. A. A. Conibear. our fellows, whatever their race and
se Nurse B. P. Smith (on furlough). colour, is the all-commanding missionary,
: Miss E. Simpson (on furlough). motive. Any motive short of love is.
e Miss D. Doidge. always on the brink of discouragement
: Miss M. Fortune. . and failure. New conditions may call
Ny Dr. F. S. Dymond (on...”
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“...Missionaries Say. Some New Year's Messages.
Great Changes Foreshadowed. We reply that we must have our
Ir is not unlikely that the future of revenge ! How shall we take our revenge?
: missionary endeavour in China will under- By an immediate increase of our Metho-
go a great change. The Chinese are dist forces in China. Tor it 1s not John
asserting themselves and desiring a Chinaman who is our chief enemy, but
si greater share in the direction of church — the evil forces which have enslaved him
ss affairs. The question arises: should and are utilising him as a tool to thwart
‘ self-government be given only in’ pro- and, if possible, defeat, all that makes
“ portion to the attainment in regard to for the uplift and ultimate salvation of
. self-support, or should the grant from the China.
Home Board be entrusted to. the Chinese Some of us can no longer stand up to
SS that they may develop the work of the the demands of this gloricus warfare, Yet,
= Church in their own way and accord- 1 Methodism...”
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“...PAUL.’’
°
The Widower Lady
: : HOSIE.
of ‘Tientsin.
NE day in Tientsin I broke my next; but no glasses. So as I was visit-
GQ eye-glasses. Now in the south ing a friend of mine in his neighbourhood
of China there are spectacle-shops -—a young’ Chinese gentleman, Li Cheng,
at every turn and corner: too many by and his wife—I asked Li Cheng after tea
far, one hopes. Every second Southern to come with me to upbraid the spec-
Chinese seems to wear glasses, and one _ tacle-maker in good round Chinese. We
wonders if they really are necessary. arrived at the neatly-kept shop. The
The African of to-day, I hear, is just as
susceptible to their fascination; but :
very sensibly, he wears his round the ‘
back of his neck or under his nose if the : :
glass seriously incommodes him. In the
North of China, however, spectacles are . ii
pleasingly rare. The northern Chinese is Re Peal
a bigger, broader-made man than his se ow
southern brother : is less of a townsman, “i age jee Ser
and has glorious sunlight...”
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“...us like an_ electric
; but with very great dignity, said in his — shock.
~< student’s English, “My wife is died yes- Perhaps speech would be good for
Si terday.” The tears came to his eyes. him. ‘How old was your Within-One? ”
x “But,” he added, “if you will wait five I asked: the polite question China asks.
or ten minutes, your glasses. shall be “Twenty-two: only that,’ he an-
ready.”” I could but thank him. swered, lifting troubled eyes for a
S I sat down, opposite him at a table minute. ;
covered with baize ; and he began to work Alas ; only twenty-two.
SS away with his slender clever fingers, “Tt was a baby?” I queried ; for it so
xs | manipulating the tiny screws under a_ often is, in China.
; ; green-shaded electric lamp. Tor the “Yes, our first,” he answered; “a
: Chinese shop in the big cities and ports little girl, well and healthy, so my
xX - has all the appurtenances of modern mother-in-law says. But I—I cannot
SI material progress. Li Cheng sat near care.” ,
: me, clearing his...”
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“...and silence filled been given to us out to foreign lands. ;
the spectacle shop. I passed Li Cheng Back its echo comes ringing, clearly,
quietly the little Testament and whispered — surely, to reinforce and confirm our own fi
to him to find the fifteenth chapter of — faith. Troubled we are by many things |
First Corinthians. He also should share —by doubts (it would seem at times) as i
in trying to help. Perhaps that chapter to the power of Christ to help China: by
would comfort the forlorn young husband, _ perplexities as to whether China wants or
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“...in such a time as this. Tong Chuan is hindered by brigands, the
Outside the towns the people are the city work goes on. It is really with all |
helpless prey of roving brigands. These of usa case of just holding on. To-day,
brigands enjoy complete liberty because Armistice Day, we had a good muster
rival military leaders are fighting for of missionaries at the China Inland Mis- =
supreme power, sion ; we had united prayer for China,
In the autumn the fighting was around the day being’ appointed as a day of fast-
the capital city, Yunnanfu. According to M8 and prayer throughout the churches
Mr. Dymond, “all shops were shut, © China.
streets barricaded, and throughout the
night the ‘ ping’ of rifle bullets kept up Geod News John Li, B.A., the
a ceaseless din.” Since that time the from Chaotong. brother of Miss — Li
approach of soldiers from the neighbour- Shuang Mei, is the pas- ,
ing provinces of Szechuan and Kueichow tor of our church at Chaotong. We re-
has caused the scene of the struggle...”
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“...From the Mission House
However, I do not claim the credit, but manner.” We honour their memory, and
: as he is our best teacher I am feeling the memory of all our friends whose
grateful for his recovery, It was worth a names are recorded in our list of Legacies.
night’s watching.” We reckon, too, it
is worth having a doctor on the station to The National The fifth annual meeting
i deal with such emergency cases. Christian of the National Christian
S Council Council of China was held
= Rey. A. H. On January 27th, Rev. of China. last October. The Coun-
< Tomlinson A. H. Tomlinson em- cil has had to sail over
ae Sailing for barked on the P. and O. tempestuous seas. The wisdom and faith
: Ningpo. ss. ‘Mantua,” and is of the leaders have been taxed to the
SS now speeding across the utmost. Notwithstanding the present
NS waters toward Ningpo, the latest in the troubles the Council was held as origin-
= line of a noble succession of workers in ally planned. In a letter concerning it
; that sphere...”
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“...would not repeat @T° to be killed is mine. Ki
and my pen would not write and which From a letter received ten days later I
made my flesh feel numb. At this junc- learned that all was quiet and that the
ture Shuang Mei Lee (some readers will Chinese Christians were standing true.
remember this lady’s sojourn in England Let us pray for our fellow Christians in
when she visited our Churches with Miss Chao Tong and indeed for those through- |
Squire) stood up and said, ‘This is a out the whole of China.
place where God is worshipped.’ Before - W. H. Hupspetu.
The Day of Prayer for Students, February 19th.
Tur World’s Student Christian Federa- tually confused regarding their religious i|
tion can look back upon thirty years of beliefs; thousands are fighting fierce i
work for Christ among students of the moral battles ; national and racial feeling i}
world. In scope and membership it has present profoundly difficult problems.
grown out of all recognition and now The Church of Christ needs the...”
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“...filled the mind. If the first verse is God’s that I may be a man ol prayer!”
3 utterance, does not a similar utterance What a baptism of power Hudson
: become ours? and while for years one Taylor got that Sabbath morning on the
S has had (vv. 6 and 7) views of prayer sands of Brighton, when there was such
x gladdening and helpful, as a rare accom- intense pleading for China. A memory is
S paniment of service, yet it seemed as if with us. John Innocent and W. Nel-
x prayer, and the right kind of prayer, came — thorpe Hall were the two noble pioneers
: with a new living force. We felt we had — of the Methodist New Connexion to China
got into a new atmosphere and our hearts in the year 1859. We remember in the
Re were made glad. early years of our ministry sitting in a
: The present circumstances of the world, real missionary home. Mr. Hall was
a and the needs of our owfi hearts at such there. He was home on furlough sitting
a time, call for prayer, rising to the by the cosy fire. We remember how...”
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“...echo comes from that great :
gavest Me to do.” What a perfect intercessor, St. Paul (Phil. i. 4),‘‘ Making
finish! What a complete accomplish- my supplication with joy.” There need
ment! It is well if every day in the not be a desolatng experience in praying ms
quiet of retirement there should be a for China amid her throes, and as we
rare sense of morning decision splendidly pray for one missionary and then another,
executed. “Something attempted, Some- Our joy may be full.
thing done.” One retires too often with The year may be a truly happy one as
a sobbing sigh of unfinished deeds. more and more we come in touch with
Living a day at a time, and that day God.
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My Call to China. Rev. A. H. TOMLINSON.
O give an account of one’s call to
service on the Foreign Field is not
an easy task, for it is tantamount EE.
to describing a deep spiritual experience. é Se
I have always had a great admiration for ca me ee m,
missionaries, particularly for the early a
pioneers, but the desire to...”
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