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“...PAGE PAGE 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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“...89 “China and England” _... .. 118, 174 Ribe girls... ae Ses oe .- 106 “The Seven Lamps of Preaching” ... 132. Ribe household aos oe By w. 185 “What the East is thinking” ... ... 185 Woman carrying water ... oe ... 147 “Enter China”... be so ... 136 Woman hoeing ... oe ie ... 84 “Roads to City of God”... iA ... 158 Workshop, Meru... we wee B8 “The Grace of God and a _ World Religion ”’ v8 sea oe waar LBB “Expansion of Islam”... wes ... 156 WEST AFRICA. “Story of the Miao ” os ves ... 160 : “The Glory of the Garden”... ... 203 Bandajuma Group Pe a Ls. 228 “Brighter Skies” ... ti oe. ... 207. Bo Church... $e oe a wa 25 “Sam Pollard ” wt @: we ... 211 Bo, street in wes is es ... 122 “A Crusader in Kashmir ”’ ke ... 212 Bo, Conference at ... ar we .. 50 ~ “Trail Blazers and Road Makers” ... 218 Bo, future members of ... ves .. 66 Freetown beach a ee wes ».. 16 Freetown, Congo Town bay of .» 124 ILLUSTRATIONS. Freetown Mission house ... es we 24 Futa ... vee wee res ... 201, 202 CHINA, Gbangemma...”
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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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“...disciples.” to a ward where one 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...”
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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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“...° ° The Christ | e ris 1an Rev. WILLIAM PATON. World Mission. (This is the second article dealing with the petition provided by ro. one task ane main issues which will be presented to the meeting private institutions | makes : we ke ‘ full of the International Missionary Council, to be Maintaining Christian education aaa held at Jerusalem from March 24th to April 8th, 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...”
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“...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). | ing where our mission stations are. Rev. E. Richards. | Accompanying the map was the following Rey. D. W. Smith. | Cee , uc as 5 Miss D. Milburn. | statement, which will also. be found of Rev. H. T. Cook. use : Dr. R. P. Hadden. | 12...”
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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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“...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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“...more applicable: “They wife is only in another of the Father’s that are whole need not a physician; but’ mansions, and that He will look after they that are sick.”’ The convicts smiled us both wherever we are—here or there. yl like children when Mr. Wu asked them if Only, it will be so long before I see her they had ever gone buying medicines at again. And she was so sweet.” the medicine-shops when they were feel- He told me he was a member of the : ing perfectly well: and their faces China Inland Mission Church. I was ‘in i sobered like children’s when he told them amaze. Like the woman of Samaria, who | that they were “sick.” took her water-pot to the well and found, 8 I had kept the little Testament in my instead, the Water of Life, I had gone } hand-bag ever since, though I had never seeking for eye-glasses, and had been | used it since that morning in Shanghai. vouchsafed a vision of faith, hope and oe Now I had a use for it in Tientsin. While love. the thoughts about the prison had...”
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“...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 to ported a short time since that some per- move eastward in the direction of Chao- sons at Chaotong had requested baptism tong. Writing on November 11th, Mr. and admission to church membership Dymond...”
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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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“...missionary movements: but of political in Lent, and hand over the money to the survey is ani ot ression of sursihe life minister or local mission treasurer? It is There are aéitain Fak roids on vnen’s understood, of course, that the plan ap- lis af all iaadee fresdoni” batriotism plies to non-smokers and non-dancers dommocricy And Something eich emerses” equally with those who smoke and dance ! A woe 5: re 5 , < the fact that Christ is moving in all this es _ @ Go e- “ passion of humanity, often going where A History of China. His disciples do not go, is strikingly We heartily commend Professor Soot- evident. Dr. T. T. Lew writes on Church hill’s “A History of China,” in Benn’s Union in an article entitled “Lausanne Sixpenny Library. Our readers will find and China.” | He makes a strong plea it on most railway book-stalls. In eighty for a united front on the mission field pages we have a fascinating story of this and in the lands from which missionaries great country from about the year 3000 are...”
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“...are thinking about China Uang and the Nosu, and Peter Chu and in these days, and thinking about her as the Miao. We must think of them and | we have never thought about her before. Pray that their faith fail not. Their i= Our lives are inextricably bound up in responsibilities are great and their oppor- her, our deepest thoughts are centred tunities for service unequalled. We think around her, a great love is lavished upon of their loyalty, their zeal, their courage her, and she is the subject of our highest and their ability. We thank God and hopes and fondest ambitions. And yet all take courage. | . wih this in spite of her civil strife and ter- Now the main policy of our mission Is rible turmoil! Surely we need more that of self-support, and so we are watch- than ever to trust, and to realize that He 18 the present development of affairs : that watcheth over China slumbers not With a peculiar and prayerful interest. nor sleeps. Truly, the present situation in China has y Some folk would...”
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“...mane crcin rnc ete ae ee ee WAKES Mrs. J. B. BROOKS, B.Litt. ; j successful meetings are still being held Keeping. a ana Miss Mabel there, and those people who attend regu- oing Yorward. Fortune, B.A. larly are encouraged to come to church Loyal Christian Women on Sundays and become enquirers for ; of Ningpo. church membership. . ; INGPO in comparison with other The women feel that their prayers are R places has not suffered greatly certainly being answered, and __ their during the trouble in China, yet small group has now developed into a ; the situation has been difficult enough for United Prayer Union for our three city all concerned. The story of the doings churches, . - og 7 of our Ningpo women and of the spirit The missionaries were able to return they have manifested during the storm Ningpo on October Ist, and as It was that has recently raged in these districts, "°t possible to open the Girls’ School, is full of interest and encouragement. we felt this was a good opportunity to We...”
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“...leaders who that she has no desire to be any other SS see the utter folly of wasting millions of than friendly to China. And _ certainly : money in military adventures that achieve English Christians, being united in a es nothing but destruction of property, common faith and a common hope and Ss famine, widespread disorganization and love with believers in Christ the world “a ruin. In other words, China needs peace, over, pray for the day when China will and if she will follow the teaching of One once more throw wide her doors and wel- x who came to bring peace on earth and come those who bring the glad tidings S good will among men, and rid herself of of peace. Already the doors are open- the folly of thinking that by internecine ing. May there soon ring out earnest SS warfare she can accomplish Chinese invitations to enter. ) - - “3 : From the Rev. C. STEDEFORD. | Mission House. 3 The Hostile Since an account of this of October, three of the chief opponents : Demonstration demonstration...”
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“...i) | From the Mission House tf the danger of the situation, withdrew into prevails throughout the Church in China. | the Mission House, the mob with a shout \Where such a spirit exists there is no I fi like the sound of thunder gripped their risk of persecution destroying the Church li | weapons. broke open the doors of the of Christ. Persecution often reveals the 1 Mission House, and began their work of — victorious power of the Christian faith. H a destruction. lortunately, just as the Happily, our Chaotong Church, which . is matter had reached this serious situation, faced the menace so fearlessly, has not I oe the Principal of the Chinese Government been called to endure the severer test. I) is Middle School arrived and persuaded the The student storm soon subsided. Many |) students to return to their quarters. The of the students subsequently called upon || next day they returned and continued the church leaders and apologized for il i their riotous behaviour, clamourously their unseemly...”