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“...Ha ie eR SY SR EI EDT j it } ee AW) , | va | | : 1 Wi | ape Ni |i! |B MissION RY iE (|) 8 A Gs; H O yt) || oe qT) |i United Methodist Church WT) | i i HMI] i | WH) |i EDIToR, | | || Ba Rev. A. E. J. COSSON | zs ‘ | | & nH I Wt | | = a i it |e . VOLUME XXXVI UH | : il HT ei 1929. | | : a | Vi | | | ‘SA Christianity of merely individual believers can never / } {] become the agency of world-regeneration. It is quite clear | | that only the organised Church is carrying on this work, iy | 118 and without an organised Church it could not be carried Hy | ea on at all.”’—Dr. TEMPLE. : i i} | i : Wa | ie || ; Weil ie in| | | i LONDON: ii 5 HENRY HOOKS, 12 FARRINGDON AVENUE, E.C.4. | | Hea | EE eee ai | a mee i] | |...”
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“...A. J. ial i a opkins ae Bal Bis be SOUTH-EAST CHINA. New Africa, The. Rev. A, J. Hopkins | i Ancestor Worship: Trial and Triumph To Fulfil or to Destroy... aa .. 82 i i of Ding Ngoe. Rev. W. R. Stobie... 189 Can Collectivism Survive? ...... 111 a e Brighter Skies in Wenchow. Rev, I. Will Spirituality Survive the Impact rt Scott a a Se ie ee Ais of the West? ... s a eo ae 1 Men’s Christian Endeavour, Wenchow. Our Missions on the East African ‘ i Reval Scotts ee ee ee 105 Coast. Rev. W. HH. Grist =... 2. 2034 j i | Ningpo District Meeting. Rev. H. Our Mission at Meru. Rev. W. A. j Tomlinson ae 2 es .. 114 Grist oo ae ee oe ... 228 H Ningpo Re-visited. Principal H.. S. “The eye cannot say to the hand, I | | / Redfern oe ES et ae TA: have no need of thee,’?’ Mr. H. Clay 48 4 ' Stobie, Rev. W, R. Letter from Ob hit Wenchow, Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Hey- » WEST AFRICA. Be wood and Others. Mrs. Soothill ... 44 a Day on the Mende Mission. Rev. | | Wong Mei Dzing, The Passing of. Rev....”
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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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“...and Family, Mrs, wee .. 144 | i | Family Group at Ribe ... = ... 67 Conference Missionary Group ... oe LD ee Girls’ Choir at Mazeras ... EAS ... 199: Dale; Rev. A. .T.-... ae Oe ... 191 eS Industrial Buildings =... 48, 49 Dymond, Dr. F.S. ... =~ 64, 84 S || Kikuyu Church... cS oe _.. 228 Eddon, Rev. and Mrs. ... re 9, 103 | Mazeras Women 2 ae ... 197. Faulkner, Rev. H. oan te ... 162 Si Meru Market Ber ane ae ... 229 Griffiths, Rev. J. B. oe ... 169, 204 || Mission House at Ribe ... ae ... $1 Grist, Rev. W. A. Ses oe ... 109 ee || Mission Plot at Kaigoi ... Bs ... 52 Hadden, Dr. es me os ... 233 = || Ready for the Prince of Wales ... 150 Hamon, Mrs. ae ee oe OTA: | ea ||| School at Kaigoi... oo aes ... 46 Heywood, Rev, and Mrs. J. W. 44, 90, 161 Se || Tana_ River Go So Le ... 221 Hopkins, Rev. A. J. ... me ... 104 | | Mofikivee wVallagen = et SS. King, Mr Awd, ee ee LO it Lamb, Rev.-A. C., in his Study ... 26 ||) WEST AFRICA Laughton, Mr. W. H. ... ae Seale i 5 : Lineham, Rev. Dr. a aa .....”
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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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“...hearten Wi Jie early Mission with this latest effort of ours. us and cheer. } Hi : I am obliged to depend upon books for First there is the memory of the medical i i} se my knowledge of the earlier days, but work done by Mr. Goodman. Simple and Hi Teel perhaps I can indicate some of the in- unpretentious as it was, it was the means Wee fluences which still remain, some of the of saving Mr. Goodman’s life in a critical HY 1 Hl changes for the better, and some of the hour, and still it remains as a gracious ih Hi ig changes which, from our point of view, memory in the hearts of many folk in this i ; | | are for the worse. town. It is my regret that at present I Hawt Ue ee am unable to do practically anything in Wa What Remains of the First Mission. this direction. Neither time, nor resources, iil a ue When I came to Tikonko first, there nor skill, I must confess, enable me to do i f i were perhaps three visible signs of the old much, yet I am sure that in this work ii it Mission left. One was the...”
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“...i — Soa Pea ie Ae has suffered, the = | Be Holy Sout ie Hi F a Soe re See = was the hearts of His | Bo er ee people, and awa. 4 | ; aa ea ors Bee oN kening in them a | i} Ea ae Bs Soa Pm a aS Bey sense of the true i Pain he cls. /~ as won tle obs our i BSS taba Se ; Soe ae Christian Mission. bs arcs | Ae I feel it true. I 44 cS } aime oe Se ee y En inns Seca | eS nk a | a ieee, do not think it a ee x ad a mere chance that | a eee : the son of Mr ' SEE a Be gin Goodman’s “boy” j | Ra is now one of | ee ; our teachers at Sie Sig op Jaen 4 Tikonko, and a | i Sag oI aa trusted and ca- ie —— eres pable worker. He | Nex ee ry 1s the grandson of ' ie east tin ae : 2 ct ce ) 4 a a who gave e€ i ark Set, Sa, Mission land. | ee Pee ane a Another grand- i es oi ucy iti ee 2 son isa teacher at i ee oe the neighbouring | || Ss a station of Bendu, | | | oe and developing into a_ reliable Gee Me and acceptable i> saps 3 worker. One of | “Will he never come?’: [Photo by Mr. Stanley Sowton, per favour of...”
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“...Years On. I Hit |e training institute bears thenameof Vercoe— The Christian Forces. Hi | ‘cs another gracious memory coming into play. Let me briefly state the Christian forces | i] oe Onecouldmultiplyinstancesofhowthegood in the Protectorate at the present time. i influences of that early work are coming in- United: Breth a Chifiat il i) ; to the light after thirty years have passed. te A ee ats | || : Easily the leading place is taken by the HH The Memorial Well. ; United Brethren in Christ Mission, an byt) || ee There are, however, darker influences at_ American body which concentrates the I | | work, born of those days. The rebellion {yj} missionary force of a Church of lI | oe was not directed against English people, 450,000 members on to this field, and who ti} | || but against English-speaking people, and jaye made no mistake in concentrating HH | | the majority of the thousand British on the work among the pagan peoples in ii | Se subjects who were killed by the native )\ende country...”
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“...of A week ago the Rev. leftthem: there is a deepened self-conscious- | | Hh & Mission Frank Turner sent fus ness; they have probably been touched tH ii + Property. the cheering news that with nationalist pride and super-sensitive- I | i) | | oe Dr. C. T. Wang, Foreign ness ;_but they have been glad to welcome i |) | Minister at Nanking, “desired to return at their 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...”
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“...=H and announcing that the new term of the Sheppard, B.Sc., the son of the Rev. G. W. oe Girls’ School had begun with ninety pupils. Sheppard, now of the B. & F. Bible Society i } at Shanghai, will sail from this country on | Joy in The Rev. J. W. Heywood the S.S. Khiva,”’ January roth, to supply a Wenchow. writes: “Monday, Oct. for Mr. Redfern at the Tongshan College. a 29th, was a_red-letter ; se || day in the history of our Educational In view of the needs of Hi Wenchow Mission. The s.s. ‘Hae-an’ Work in our Mission in East Africa, | arrived, with five British missionaries— ast Africa. Mr. W. H. Laughton, : i Mr. and Mrs. Stobie, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, M.Sc.,ason of the manse, ee || and Miss Petrie Smith. Mr. Chapman is leaves London on January 18th. By this i soon to follow... . The welcome they appointment we are trying to meet the oh a received will long be a pleasant memory, Clamant need in Kenya for the efficient 5 and augurs well for the future. education of the Africans. ee “ Our...”
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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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“...that, book has not yet been written: The Mission we feel that we have suffered a Si | missionary magazines of the world all tremendous loss. Mr. Wong was only ae | make their contribution to that undying twenty-nine, and was the first Chinese SH | book. x e = 3 secretary of the Mission. He carried out ( his duties with unswerving loyalty and “J : Rey. Frank Dymond. tireless energy ; indeed, we had come to | Rev. Frank Dymond sends us an in- feel that he was one of the mainstays of | teresting letter from Yunnanfu. He says the Mission. 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...”
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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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“...vn | Women’s Missionary Auxiliary i : Wa i were hot in spite of having the port-hole, villagers; and we saw them stamping, iH i} i ventilators, and door open and the electric rolling, and cutting rubber. iit i i fan working !| We experienced the roughest “ At Singapore a friend met us and took | ii a seas after leaving Singapore; in spite of us to a mission bungalow some fourteen Hy ii SS the fact that it didn’t agree with many miles out where ‘he and his sister were Hi i ies people, I can’t say that I am sorry Isaw staying. Here we had real curry. It | Hi a the glory and grandeur of the heaving would be difficult to say what wasn’t in i il Zs ocean when it was in a rage ! it. From what I can remember there was ii Hi eS “We enjoyed the whole journey, but ™eat, potato and various vegetables, Han a the visits to the ports en route were perhaps peanuts, pineapple and banana, besides ii | | : of chief interest to those of us who were UMerous tasty spices. We had a fine any Pennine East for...”
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“...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 Ningpo, and changing our idealism, which it was once the fashion to Ss money at the bank, we had...”
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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...”