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“...NORTH. CHINA, | Men of Note in the Yunnan Church: = “Cast thy bread. upon the waters.” Yang Cheng Hsing. Rev. W. H. a Rev: D. -H. Smiths 3 ne 150 Hudspeth ae ee eee Ss SY i | China National Christian Council. Yang Chih. Rev, W. H. Hudspeth 72 Rey. choo Be hurneree a eS AG: Peter the Unflinching. Rev. W. H. il y Cook, Rev. H, T. and Miss Blott. Hudspeth se ves eee ..- 125 S| Marriage of nae es ae wed? Wang Yin the Brave. Rev. W, H. a District Meeting at Tientsin. «.. 2) 94 Hudspeth _... we ves -. 195 Events in Wu Ting Fu. Rev. H. T. Peter Uang, B.A.. Rev. R. H. | | Cook ae aes se ae OG Goldsworthy _... Be ee wee LG | : i) Gentle Bandit, A. Rev. E. W. aut 156 ee Shuen. Rev. F, W. J. 2067 MI ing ina’s Wounds. Principa votre tee tt i ee | Ge ee tai 0 Miao Legend, A. “Rev. W. Hi. Hud. | a | | | oer fee ate Wulking hu: eu: speth ae ee ae me ee | DDE FE Re Ondack es .. 71 Story of Kuan Yin, A. Rev, W. H. fe | My Call to China. Rev. A. T. Dale... 191 Hudspeth ee 1S Si | New Hope in China i ee...”
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“...Universe, A. Rev. ae True- a ILLUSTRATIONS. | i) Far and Near. Editor. 10, 33, 52, 69, 90, NORTH. CHINA. | | 113, 133, 152, 173, 193, 232 ge is : HW Ae “Fields white unto harvest.’’ Editor... 201 y peseddcck See re os ee Hy 1 “Gospel according to Easter.’? Editor 41 Gane ”P saa ae THeee aoe oa 13 WW Griffiths, Retirement of Rev. J. B. ... 169 SE ne eee ie rae | i} i} | Halifax Conference. A. E. J.C. ... 161 Group of Chinese Children «., ... 198 WH “International Review of Missions”’ Ice Sledge on Frozen River. ... -- 60 HE | 100. 177, 216 Peking Gate ss Bee fut ieee 22 Hh Missionary Hymns. Rev. J. Patchett Sailing on Grand Canal ... ie bet We dg Burt : 91. 151 Smoke Tower Fox Shrines my SSDI: WAT 5 Nameless Cais aoe of ae 2 59 Wu Ting Fu Mission House ... eR STL Hi } ce a eee eee eee tee i i | Necessity For Increased Income. Mr. Wa Le ee Wardersr.. oh a es He 16 SOUTH-EAST. CHINA, i |i S Camecnne. China. Principal T. W. 164 Coun. Railton Yuan a be aloS Ma | c President’s Message. Rev. C. Stedeford...”
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“...Councils. Three following words: ‘China needs Christ. HH secretaries were appointed: Dr. Warns- China needs Christ who is simple and ah huis, in America, and Mr, J. H. Oldham, not hopelessly entangled in creeds and i M.A., and Rev. W. Paton, M.A., in dogmas; China needs a Christ who is } England. natural and not foreign ; China needs a A still greater achievement at Jeru- Christ who is united and not divided ; I salem, which more definitely marks the China needs a Christ who is constructive ) opening’ of a new epoch in the mission- and not destructive ; China needs a Christ i i ary enterprise, was the formulation of who will save and who will be her friend | ’ the Christian Message in a form which unto the end. : ° Christian mission- obtained the assent of the assembled aries and Chinese Church workers who { representatives. | Those representatives can introduce men and women to the real i “were gathered from the ancient churches Jesus are needed in China now more than Hi | -of the West and...”
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“...missionaries as elder brothers in the HH | || once to the Missions all property, situated faith. Mr. and Mrs. Hudspeth took risks Hl | ie in all parts of China, under control of the which the Consul refused to share, when if i) || Bs Nationalist Government.’’ This message they resolved to proceed to Chaotong, and vt a came through the Foreign Minister’s as they reached our several mission eel pe secretary, Mr. Samuel Shen, who, says ‘ Ht | | Mr. Turner, is ‘‘an earnest Christian man, HH iil ae well known to members of the Church in il Hi fs China.” A similar communication comes | ik | > from the Rev. J. W. Heywood, who is Hy \| es hoping that our Wenchow College will be HI i handed back to our Mission before Mr. : ii} Hi ae Chapman arrives. iW 1 Hea China not We have read a great deal i i Anti- about the anti-religious Wh Religious. movements in China, of | I} | & students who avow them- i . i selves to be atheists, and there is reason to a a think that the inherent rationalism of the és, Rs Ht...”
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“...young missionary wears the star of Christianity real by sacrifice. This great } i hope on his brow, and tells us joyfully that work overseas is aligned with our work at | Mrs. Scott has taken to the Chinese people, home. Big tasks demand big souls. We f | liking them from the start. dare not go back at any part of the battle- i ae | line. The call comes to us from the old | Wanted: One thing our Com- slums and from new suburbs, from the me | a Doetor. mittee is anxious about, travailing of a New China, and from un- i is that our search for a developed Africa. Pray, therefore, that Te doctor to relieve Dr. Stedeford at Wen- 1929 may bring us all the joy of doing ieee chow has not yet—at the time of writing something to help the coming of the King- these lines—been successful. Our readers dom in every land. | Vie : ! = } -...”
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“...ie different races were represented in the tionalism of the older communities. In i | iia Council, and that of the two hundred and fact, they regard our divisions as a great i ! fifty delegates two hundred of them were hindrance; one Chinese speaker com- ik ! i} : nationals from the native churches, it will plained of the one hundred and thirty- el i & be seen that many elements of discord eight distinct Christian bodies proclaiming iH El might have operated to make calm delibera- Christ in China, to the vast confusion of | l; i | \z tion difficult. But the unity of the Council simple minds. But the main impression | i | ‘ Was one of its most striking features. left on the mind by this stimulating book | i Ve What was the main question discussed is the greatness of the opportunity for the |] Wn in the Council? Briefly this: Is Chris- presentation throughout the world of WW i tianity—that is, the revelation of God in evangelical Christianity. If the Church en |i Christ—something unique...”
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“... Intellectually endowed above | i the evangelistic work is most encouraging ; the average, and well trained, he placed \ the anti-foreign spirit has practically his whole resources at the service of his at disappeared. There is a wonderful change Master. We sorrow greatly at his early j in the relation of the people towards the death, for we felt he was a man who missionaries. would have done great things for China.” Commenting on a remark made in a ; * 4 previous issue concerning a cinematograph , apparatus for Dr. F. S. Dymond in West What are Young Africans to Read? | ii China, Mr. Dymond says that his son There is a rapidly growing reading public | could make no use of such an apparatus in Africa, but very little for it to read. i at Chaotong, and hopes that no one will Rev. E. W. Smith recently said that it i | sendjhim one. In fact, such a gift would was estimated that 1,800,000 young Afri- | f cans in British Hi | ‘ a = Africa had been ! ed fi 2 — taught to read, | i | OP Ss o<¥...”
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“...break and destroy much, it could not and aa Bae bat; 2 ee oe b a 2 i did not destroy the roots of Christ’s Church a a : help, but in this respect 1t beleves that set in Wenchow, and already fresh shoots Wea it is noe blessed to Be than eoec ee are showing fine promise. I | | oo esr ears The Chinese say how glad they are that ee a Departure of Missionaries. we have returned to them. Some of them Hie Ht _Mr. Ronald Sheppard, B.Sc., sails for feared we should not come back, and it is iit | e North China in the?s.s. “Khiva” on with feelings of deep relief and oy that ti i ! January roth. they welcome us. end uM Hew ne ea VY...”
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“...section people who have not heard of the i | of the Uniting Churches occupying dif- Saviour’s love, or the coming of God's i i i ferent spheres.in China and Africa, far Kingdom in the world. So with intense ee | | | i removed, but all touching vitally the reli- interest, news of the work of our mission- | gious life of the districts that had been aries is followed by young and old ; hearts i | given us of God for the promulgation of are warmed by contact with them ; souls t Hi the Gospel, go out in prayer. for them, and Christ’s | There is a mystic wonderment in the followers long. for the time when all | ’ great commission Christ gave His dis- nations shall love and serve Him. Sup- : HW} | ciples that is to bind all people and ported by such loving gifts and prayers, i 1 | nations to Him. Is it not the keystone our missionary work. in China and Africa 1 | of the Church’s fabric that holds it to- has prospered ; wide-open. doors are still | | i gether at home?.. The spontaneity of there...”
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“...added to what regard to China. they do. I enjoy mine so much that I do Our missionaries are returning to their j not like to part with it. I read bits from proper work, surely an answer to many | it at meetings. prayers. We are ceasing to mark time | | It would greatly help Sunday-school | in China, and we must prepare to advance { teachers if they would tell the incidents also in our African sphere of influence. Hit i related there, and thus increase the interest Wishing you all the best of New Years. j of our scholars in our missionaries and A. Truscorr Woop. | {| their doings. I will ask Mr. Cosson at our i a ae next Committee Meeting if this little talk Journeying Eastward. | has increased the circulation of the Ecno. : t I do hope so Places of Call. : i I wish you all a Happy New Year. May ee thoughts and prayers have been : i it be full of good works while you have O!ten of late with the bands of mis- | : the strength to do it. slonaries on their way to China, and it is ‘ _ good to...”
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“...Realities.” 1] well worth the climb, because we had a We heartily commend a book published great view of the surrounding islands, the recently by the Edinburgh House Press | | town part of Hong-kong and the wonderful 4+ two shillings and sixpence, entitled, ey ||| harbour. “Chinese Realities.” The writer, Mr. John i “After Hong-kong our next and last Foster, knows China in the south inti- Se port of call was Shanghai. This we reached mately, and this book is written from his il i early in the morning of Friday, October home in Canton. A vast scheme of re- i} | 20th. It took some little time for all our building is taking place in China: Litera- i party to get their luggage through the ture, social order, religion are all being i | customs; but finally we proceeded to the ‘built up afresh. According to what plan ce | Mission Home. After visiting the post and on what foundations ? This is China’s a office and the shipping offices about our great testing time. A vague Christian H | tickets for...”
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“...Wy : HT Hi AA : HH] | | i} Men of Note in the Yang Cheng Hsing. | | Yunnan Church. Rev. W. H. HUDSPETH, M.A. i a ANG CHENG HSING, a compara- amazed to discover that many people did i i) y tively young man of thirty-nine not know there was a Middle School in iW it) : years of age, may be described as_ this part of our Mission. We have no i} i) a the Chinese educationist of our West elaborate buildings, and the equipment is A iti sie China work. A man of sterling charac- most meagre, but each year boys pass i i | ies ter, of keen intellect and great foresight, through the School and take an honour- | i Og he is, I think, one of the few in the world able place in the preparatory University Hl i} ze who has discovered the truth of an old course at Chengtu. ue) | Chinese. proverb : - Chiien-ts’ai_ ru fen- Mr. Yang is not only a trained teacher, Hy i tu, reni chih ch’ien chin. “Wealth is he jis also an ordained minister and a Wi ee “3 as dross, righteousness is worth untold gifted preacher. Some...”
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“...Yang Cheng Long‘ stood up to speak, i | called on all present to sit down, saying The atmosphere was electrical, men and Ht that those who did not were not Chinese. women were nervous, hearts beat quickly i He then harangued them on the dangers in apprehension lest the anti-Christian “of | to China of missionaries and Christian demonstrators should come again. Quietly i | teaching, suggesting that Christianity and earnestly Yang spoke, giving a 4 was a narcotic used by imperialistic résumé of the meaning of new nation- ss | Britain to drug Chinese minds in prepara- wide movements and pointing’ out what it H | tion for the day when Britain would all meant. Then in impassioned tones Ss | annex China as she had annexed India he asked if the worst came and they were and other lands. Exhorting’ them to called upon to risk even their lives for stamp out Christianity, he declared that Jesus Christ, would they do it? Those | all who would not were traitors to their who would must show hands, and...”
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“...Wenchow It is a satisfaction to Hh Hil sional set-backs, Christian missions will College. learn that the Rev. J. W. Wh A play a great part in creating a good Heywood and Principal i ; | .understanding between China and West- 7. W. Chapman have at last succeeded HY TUE ern nations, and in Africa they will in securing a definite undertaking from | i materially assist in building up a great the responsible authorities at Wenchow ; Wey i ‘and noble civilization. | PWT 4 Hea i 4 Our We are glad : Hie | i ddd Educational to note that | 4 ) Work. the outlook in | i i Wh 14] China is more We | Hf 5 promising .than it has ee, MW | been for along time. In ee a hw a recent Conference on | | eee He i e the Programme for Chris- | geassesseseeasmeseamceremecton LL i ait | tian Education in China, | iaeeaaaiee saee Ce ae AS ae = iH mt Dr. E. W. Wallace, who [RRR Se ee fe Heme 1 | has unique qualifications |fRtiaeeitiitteecsnss... . ----aeteeree eee ee for forming a sound |MRMRA OMG elena We ae judgment...”
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“...Watch-Tower | ] that the Principal’s house will be Rev. E. I have. the ~Rev.. By i restored, and that in about three weeks Cocker’s Cocker’s Log-book before il] later the whole of the school buildings Log-Book. me, so that my imagina- i will be returned to us. So we may _tion is swiftly transported i assume that Principal Chapman will have from West China to West Africa. The Hi re-opened our Christian Middle School | first extract will illustrate the new sym- : at Wenchow. pathy between Government officials and i i | missionaries. ‘‘ With some ten other mis- | Among Of the aboriginal tribes sionaries I am the guest of the Governor, a] the Miao. of West China, the Rev. We had a long chat before and during HI W. H. Hudspeth writes : dinner with the acting Aide-de-camp of My : “Throughout the whole of Miaoland 70 the eee ics. After ene he sat Al per cent of the Miao have remained true 1" the ay un i nae tes ne ON | to Jesus Christ. I find that last year in ae crew oe eee oneside mine and i fifteen...”
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“.... \} | Home Secretaries’ Conference | Organization. at High Leigh. i] HE Home Organization Committee nation, a new day of decisive advance. | 7 recently decided to call together _ First there came the pleas of the mis- the District missionary secretaries S!onaries, Miss A. J. Turner and Rey. Hi . (ErenGe = Hist = Leigh: 2 Hoddés- W. Eddon on behalf of China, and Rey. Sa | ao 2 Bret A. G. V. Cozens speaking for Africa. = don, was the place chosen, and the con- These were followed by an exhaustive ; ‘| ference met on Monday, January 14th, statement of the problems in both coun- | 1 and continued till Wednesday, 16th. tries by the President and the secretary. | With two exceptions all the secretaries The problems outside the mission, and ' were present at this unique gathering, a the problems within, were fully explained. a | : 3 : We saw the realities of the situation, i} gathering which will be long remem- ae sor : : ae Ss. their complexities, the vast background | bered _by all who were...”
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“...ing out the task, and a new conviction Hy Hh Be gathering is written as this issue goes to that the task, great as it is, is possible Wa ii oe press. There is no time or opportunity to men and women who share the mind a es to write at length on a conference which and spirit of God. A, BaeqeC, it tT ; < =< =e 1 li : A Week among the i : | Ningpo Churches. Rev. H. TOMLINSON. al ie T is one thing to imagine under what Wong is no exception. The ancestral hall if iit 5 | | conditions a missionary in China usually takes the form of a stone-flagged WH oy performs his task; it is another to courtyard with rooms on all four sides, re- I] ii fe be face to face with those conditions. minding one possibly of the khan in which a || Having returned from my first itineration Christ was born in Bethlehem. At the i Hi ee | in the Ningpo District, I feel it my end opposite the entrance there is a large He = duty to record my impressions, and to recess with three pairs of doors. Behind HHT) i cu? describe what...”
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“...and Miss I} Ht & reminiscences. He recounted how Mrs. Coombs very briefly addressed the meeting, me Lia Swallow was responsible for the initiation Rev. A. A. Conibear acting as interpreter. ea) |i of the movement to present the late They assured everybody of their gratitude i Ml fal Empress Dowager with a copy of the New for such a splendid welcome. They had aa Testament. Then he further told of an simply felt the call of God, had realised i) |) anti-Christian magistrate in North China the crying need of China, and could do EW Rs who persecuted the Christians to such an no other but answer, “ Here am I, send me.”’ ii i yet Hh as “fe
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“...but by his Chinese contem- reaching forth to those things that are S| | poraries. before, I press*toward the mark of my | | It was good to see how those great high calling in Christ Jesus.” How ap- | i] expectations were realized. He accredi- Propriate that message seemed from such ‘i ted himself as a faithful pastor and @ person at such a time and in such a : \ 4 zealous worker in every respect. One of place. Young, consecrated, educated ; ; the latest acts of the mission was to China ministering to young China still Ss make him a general secretary of the bound in ignorance, with the dead hand i seven circuits, with oversight of all Of the past still upon him, but yet with 2 departments ; ‘an officer through whom some intimation that a new day is dawn- the foreign missionary could work. Such !9g) an intimation which by itself 1S only ¢ a man was greatly needed, as the demand sufficient to throw them into bewilder- of the times is that the direct interven: ment and unrest. Would that we...”
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“...Council asked Mr. Cases as theirs. i Hi Sheppard if he could see his way to . : = : ana arrange religious services for these men. The disciples were sore afraid, being OA With the assistance of several Chinese i” a frail boat on a raging sea. Jesus Wl : Christians, all from our Ningpo Col- came to them and cheered them, saying, aid y lege, Mr. Sheppard has voluntarily “It is I; be not afraid.” Were these HH undertaken this task. A writer in the condemned men afraid of the morrow? Vit i a “North China Herald” gives an account They might well be. Well, Jesus comes 4 | : of this good work. to them, as He came to the terrified 1 *s * * * * men. Then there was Peter who essayed in | Here is the story of a typical Sunday’s 10 g0 to Jesus, walking on the water. ate services. Six preachers, three of them Sinking, Peter cried, “Lord, save me!” Hi Chinese, divided themselves into three And Jesus stretched out His. hand and Tl groups. One group went to the reforma- | ls tory, where they had an audience...”