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“...THE OF THE f f - United Methodist Church | | | | | | EpiTor, | | Reve cA. Bec]. “COSSON | : VOLUME XXXVII. | ‘“* Are we praying great prayers? Are we praying the prayers Christ asked us to pray? People are praying that a door may be opened in this or that mission field. Do not pray that any more! It is all wrong! The door is standing | open as wide as it can, and it is mocking God to ask that the door may be set open. What Jesus asked was: ‘Pray ye the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth labourers i into His Harvest’; not to pray that the harvest may ripen. Are we praying right prayers, and praying large ones ?’’ —Dr. T. R. GLOVER. LONDON: | HENRY HOOKS, 12 FARRINGDON! AVENUE, E.C.4. |...”
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“...| | PAGE PAGE NORTH CHINA. Future Ministers of the Church at Meru. ; Education in China. Principal H. S. Rev. W. A. Grist te tee =e Sl Redfern ... ei. BS oth .. 215 In the Bush ve tt nee sell Deputation’s Flying Visit to Chu Chia. Service in God’s Cathedral in Meru... 121 | Rev. D. H. Smith = a8 26:46 Sister Lillian and Sister Muriel ... SBT. | Heslop, Rev. F. ... a ae "490 What I saw in Meru. Miss C. E. New Missionary and Chinese Texts. Treloar sate ee are ves we 4d Rev. F. B. Turner os woe ROD aii = North China, My Visit to. Rev. W. A. WEST AFRICA. Grist Bin ae he Act .. 141 Air on the G String. Rev. E. Cocker 95 Some of the things done at Chu Chia 233 Amateur Surveying and Devil Dancing. Touch of Healing in Wuting and Chu Rev. A. C. Lamb ee 3s wee Dy Chia. Dr. F. R. Craddock... -.. 47 Dymond, Rev. A. E. ... ae -. 183 | Lizards, Monkeys and the M . Rev. | SOUTH-EAST CHINA. ee ee ee | Aylott, Rev. W. R. =e re ... 189 Stott, Rev. A. ne ae os Spee AGRE | Chinese Funeral. Miss E. L. Armitt...”
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“...Embroidered Chair a et ++. L659 Orange Traders... ae Seb Deputation at Wutingfu ... te --- 162 Some of the Congregation Bee EOI: Deputation Welcomed oe see a yee LAL Superintendent’s House, Levuma Beta) ea oe Industrial Class Women as Village ‘Scene ce ee ae Seb a hu Chia Ses as ae a: Members of the Chu Chia Pocket INDIA. Testament League oe oe w+ 233 : eos P Mision Gat Watinted 8: 1s ee | ae eee ° Tae ; Kc Ss akura = S Oo ele lonyee sed Percet in Nortne China Ss: ie ee: Composing Room at Mysore... Sl OS) r 3 Dom Boys and Girls... oe w+ 124 eeu ee CHINA. Marathi Country, Dwellings in ... 125 Scan qemple bee we wee eo Service at Haidarabad_ ... oo SLOT, ingpo College eee Mee Sa Peele Ningpo Girls’ School nee 2B 198 «199 FERNANDO POO. yi Nyieh Yang Primary School _ ... cc208 Tes Sa 20. Temple of the Three Spirits ... sai OP Re eee Teabele uae see Bs Wenchow Bible School... ay ... 119 re rte ee ee Ag Tae Wenchow Blind Scholars... me ... 152 i > ‘Wenchow ‘Bonnie Corner”... OL: PORTRAITS. Wenchow Canal...”
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“...ee ee i | 3 THE Hl | | M be lt ! “God's work is never intended to be stationary, but always advancing.’ —HUDSON TAYLOR. The President’s Message. Rey. R. H. B. SHAPLAND. EARS ago it used to be said that English life can yield us no standard for Vy Liverpool was a remarkable place, the understanding of life in China. Lady because it was possible to go to the Simon, in her recent book on “ Slavery,” top of the New Brighton Tower and quotes a writer who declares that ‘ indi- shout and then come back and buy ‘‘ The vidual cruelties which would electrify any Echo ”’ for a ha’penny ! Our Ecuo costs country in Europe with a spasm of horror more than a ha’penny, but it is worth all hardly awaken the mild comments of a it costs, and more. Month by month it single sheet in China’s grand modern re- meets us, full of vivid and interesting de- public.’? Life in those dark places of tails of our Foreign work. The root of the earth which are the habitations of indifference to Missionary work amongst c...”
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“...more the merrier, and Rhondda,’’ or would you rather have if, when we kick or fist the ball (as it : “‘ Since Jesus came into my heart ’’? pleases us), someone is foolish enough We pass on to the Junior School, where to put his face in the way of it, we all about a hundred boys—I had almost said roar with laughter and take good care “little imps ’’—are learning their lessons that we ourselves are more agile. in the curious sing-song peculiar to their This, then, is Stone Gateway. Just a ilk in China. As you enter they rise, and pigck of buildings? No, for we should at the call of the senior boy, make a pro- have failed if our work were merely con- found bow; and, no doubt, when you ¢entrated in this spot. This is the centre have gone, they will exchange opinions of an area the size of Wales, the head- of you, perhaps not always flattering. quarters of an army of forty preachers Boys will be boys even—or especially— and teachers, and the source of inspira- at Stone Gateway. ~ tion and instruction...”
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“...The Miao doctor, Dr. Wu, gave short from N. China to succeed him, Before talks on personal hygiene. Mr. Hud- Dr. Hadden arrived Mrs. Hudspeth fell speth taught the Scriptures. The girls Seriously ill. Fortunately she had with had to supply their own food, and they her two competent nurses, Mrs. Cottrell were provided with sleeping accommo- and Miss Smith. They ministered to her dation and fire for cooking their food. day and night. They displayed the No less than one hundred and eighty- heroic quality in their selfless service. seven girls attended, and some of them The only doctor within reach was the travelled two days’ journey to do so. The recently qualified Miao doctor, who. ren- girls were so much interested-that they dered his best help, but his experience desired to have a girls’ school. We have, was Note equalito. the case, Mr; Hud- fr. Hudspeth says, five thousand women speth telegraphed for Dr, Hadden to and girls in our Miao Mission, and we come as soon as possible. The telegram...”
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“...[have _ tell these people that God waits to wel- | not been able to visit since my return, come such prodigals.’’ and has not been visited by a mis- | sionary for three years, saying that on Marriage of On October 24th, Miss the previous day two hundred and five Miss Roxie M. R. M. Dymond was | people attended divine service, and Dymond, B.A. married to Mr. J. oO. | amongst them were the representatives rs Fraser, B.Sc., the Super- | of forty new families who had come to intendent of the China Inland Mission in | ask that they be enrolled as enquirers the province of Yunnan. We much re- _. . and the whole families were to gret losing Miss Dymond from our mis- be enrolled! They were from two new — sion staff, but we rejoice to know that villages which have never believed be- she is continuing in missionary service, | fore, but who now wish to worship with and we pray that abundant blessing and us. ' Forty families in one day asking happiness may attend her. — a = General Smuts and “The Greatest...”
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“...master, a very friendly man, named a very dark, dirty, tiny and altogether Uang, who promised to interview this ramshackle sort of a Chinese hut. My : landlord for us in the morning, and to pillow was a small wooden box covered do all in his power for us. with my horse’s saddle-felt to make it Interviewed the Mandarin in the softer ! afternoon . . . a very kindly-dis- ednesday, 8th.—Up at dawn and off posed man, named Tuan-Muh. Very to Mao-Ku. Reached there at 9.30. unusual to meet a man in China with Coolies did not turn up until one a double name. o’clock. Sunday, 5th.—In the early hours of the morning, and =a before I was astir, there came | By < a Mr. Hsu, from the neigh- |S adee 3 ns ee bouring town of Heh-Chang, | ee eee with two of his sons to the ‘ ae Pitan : af c inn to see me. Had to make eee: oe J a hurried toilet and prepare e ae ew! lee | Pe to meet them. ey Ro ag: | | Fen S Preached at mid-day to a & Page Sk rae ss large company of people from Be) ae ee een eee oo Mark...”
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“...oe Py es cS Tens Monday, 20th.—Another 45 li brought ae gee ae us finally to Tseh-Chioh, where we a ee ey an were received by our preacher, Nieh ae a wo ° Ai-K’uen. Pap jee ee o oT ae Tuesday, 21st.—Spent the day at Tseh- a ; oa oe ‘ eae f Chioh. Market Day. The Market a. Cg pen teas” nominally belongs to us, but one’s visits a Sd eo ear are so infrequent that it is not easy to : me Pega a al keep proper oversight of it. Gambling, 00 wine, and opium WILL obtrude them- i selves on markets in China, and, .see- Po | ae : ing a little here I issued a proclama- Bee e tion and posted two or three copies in AOE: conspicuous places prohibiting such.., [Photo: Rev. R. H. Goldsworthy. 11...”
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“...morning to negotiate, if possible, will arise to harrass us, but that we shall | our safe crossing. Things are evi- be able satisfactorily to carry out our | dently very serious. work for the evangelization of these dis- | Sunday, 26th.—After an early start and tricts, than which work there can be none a very difficult 35 li we got within of greater importance and urgency. sight of Chiang-Ti by mid-day. a Too true, the suspension bridge ee | roadway had been broken up, the “The Story of the Congo Mission. bridge also threaded with wire en- j75, Young People”? By J. R. M. epee: cose Stephens. (Carey Press, Is.) The story ee LORS this side, but the of Baptist Missions on the Congo has brigands were on the other right ofien been told, but never more interest- | | enough, and on our appearance they ingly than by Mrs. Stephens in this little opened fire on us until they were as- joo This is the third edition of this sured as to who and what we were. joo, and new matter has been added by We had to...”
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“...Student Christian Movement though he was rather suspected of luke- thirty-five years ago, known thenas warmness by the leading spirits—in 3 the Student Volunteer Missionary Union, — reality there was no half-way for him at will remember that two names figured any time. prominently in Conferences and meetings It was to the President of the at the time: Douglas Thornton and O.1.C.C.U., Mr. Alverez, that Gairdner Temple Gairdner. Many men and women owed the birth of an experience which are in the mission field to-day as the never afterwards left him. After a meet- result of hearing these two young men, img which Mr. Alverez addressed, Gaird- both later becoming missionaries them- ner sought an interview with the speaker. selves in Egypt. They went into a room together and had Temple Gairdner’s life, written by Miss prayer, and Gairdner offered his first Constance Padwick, and published by the audible prayer, “ O God, Thou knowest Society for Promoting Christian Know- that I do not want anything...”
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“...RS Haseceone tar But Necoreatecmpas: mission as recorded last month by the . a . Be I Rev. W. A. Grist. sion was Christ. An Egyptian friend aoe : i : BAiot hint ‘or the fine work being done by our * ss : lady missionaries in China, He never lost sight of Christ. You felt Let us Pray— he walled in His presence and was as ~~ That Mr i Mie Bart mae tee human as He was. [I always remember his aA te Ando Wits.cbUrtinay av ese talking to me, in the course of an ordinary safe journey to Africa and Miss Purdie expedition, about St. John: ‘The old, old to China, man who could touch his hand and say, That the Coming-of-Age of the “This hand has handled Him, the Word W.M.A. may bring increased members | of Tife.”* 1 remember feeling that, as St. EVES: ; : and income. John had really handled the Lord, so the That tl listarbed ae . man who was talking to me had mystically ee nats the - GIStuLped.< CONGMIONS sain done the same. His mysticism could lift China may speedily end, and peace him to heaven...”
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“...: 9 ‘The Editor’s Notes. Sailings. as the name of Strathcona or Cecil R. and Mrs. Burt leave Southamp” Rhodes. And yet his influence in China, M ton on January 9th by the s.s. and through China on the world, will be ““Wangoni’’ for East Africa. - greater than either of these men.”’ Miss JI. Purdie leaves London on % * * * January 24th, by the s.s: © Rawalpindi,” It is a great encouragement to all to matry the Rev. H. Tomlinson, of tovers of good books to learn that nearly Ningpo. a : : < fifty thousand copies have been sold of *“ Hudson Taylor in Early Years,’’ and Missions in the Colleges. ‘« Hudson Taylor and the China Inland It is stated in ‘‘ Purpose,’’? the Annual Mission.’’ But as these two books Report of the Student Christian Move- amount to nearly twelve hundred closely- ment, that meetings are held in colleges throughout the | Fe, Se winter, setting forth the work “ eS of missions and the call to |. pe OES Se aa service overseas, from a thou- ; Sa ae . 2 REE Ske sand undergraduates...”
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“...he prayed for a hundred. They by Mr. Marshall Broomhall, M.A., and came. And once he prayed for a thou- published by the China Inland Mission at sand new evangelists to go out to China half-a-crown. in five years. The response was 481 : : : 2 men, 672 women, a total of 1,153! When How £10 Grew into Four Millions! these great ventures were decided upon. In June, 1865, Hudson Taylor, poor in the money was not always there ; indeed, money but rich in faith, opened an ac- generally far otherwise. But with the count in the bank with £10 in the name resolution to obey, the money came. of the China Inland Mission. Taylor 2 Bes : had laboured in China for a few years And the secret of it all? Hudson Tay- under the Chinese Evangelization lor’s_ own faith, and the basis of his Society. Returning home, the teeming Mission he summed up in these words: populations of inland China without a There is a living God. Christian missionary moved this ardent He has spoken in the Bible. man to an intense compassion...”
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“... As lamp he set out with the father to the the light draws itself in from the east, the dispensary of the mission some hundred wind takes on the night chill. The sounds yards away. Having fortified the father of the day cease, as if on the instant, and, with medicine and instructions, he re- as soon, the sounds of night take up the turned home to recommence his night’s strain. The smoke of evening fires assails rest. The next morning he went over and the ear and eye, and herds of cattle and saw the child, who was indeed very ill, goats are seen returning for the night to and was only a few weeks old. As a result, places of safety. In the distance the glare it was decided that Mr. Jones, the other of grass fires decorates the darkening missionary, should take the child over to contour of the hills. the Government hospital at once in the A bell is ringing. Dark forms are seen mission lorry. The doctor there held out converging on the large, thatched, wooden very little hope. It was a bad...”
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“...professional preparation fot mittee as an additional Industrial Mis- 4 ae yaaa eA Gicthics} hana 3 Brae nec At ce He ica fully: the specitic tas In hand, the heavy nan SOD ae ye 1G : eRe a y of traditionalism, and the shortage in fees cor and wil oD personnel and the lack of proper techni- Clay in the work of our Industrial School (4) equipment.’? Dr, Keppel holds that at Meru. .._ we should have a fuller appreciation of For many years Mr. Burt has set his {he non-evangelistic part of the mission- heart on mission work; he has stead- ary programme. Among the twelve prin- fastly pursued his preparation for the call cipal articles of this issue we specially when it should come. Mr. Burt is going note two under the general title : ‘‘Medi- to East Africa at an opportune time. cal Missionary Policy and the Health of | He will be able to take charge of the Missionaries.” Industrial School during Mr. Clay’s fur-
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“...: ie oes Se : dotted in and out among'st these are ice- do trust everyone will make an effort to ee ei ha aitat “foe Give that extrasisndethy to Se moiers . sewer oc ICE Wen LOEms On E j e the rice fields during the cold weather to do the same. : % : ea Z pe ss TLSEASS, Aue: : is stored for use in the hot season. The Let our hearts sing with gratitude for ~ patio 3 Ae sss .. tiver follows a very winding course, but all that our work has made possible dur- 1 a anes ine coutnmied difieulties in China: Let nee deep crapnel; so that boats are not Se neld up by the tides. Ch ee ie ae ot . peerialive After an hour-and-a-half we arrived at iC ADS ere ea one of ss Tsing Hae, the town situated on the right ave oe , ee eT ee bank at the mouth of the river. Here SES nee = a een es his se > PY we landed, and then got into a sampan More TSS ueyE See ; y Way. to be carried to the Opposite side. As We must all own that we have great | 3 Se a : ors a “yx, the time was short we hired rickshaws to and abiding...”
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“...Women’s Missionary Auxiliary one is in the British Consulate, Shang- — THE FOREIGN MISSIONS hai. Needless to say, he is a good Eng- lish scholar. Before we left “we all SUPPLY & SHIPPING AGENCY gathered in the guest room whilst Mr. ibe Vi eee é : is ° pete fs Wi Agents to many Missionary Societies in the United Bates offered prayer. We were all in- Kingdom (INCLUDING THE UNITED METHODIST vited to come to the actual funeral cere- | CHURCH MISSION), Canada, the United States of iat aweio hake place about (a America, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. mony, which was to tak ace sat fortnight later. : Specialise in MISSIONARY SUPPLIES, When the time arrived, Mr. Bates and OUTFITS & SHIPPING. Mr. Tomlinson were away travelling in pagsaGES ARRANGED BY ALL LINES another part of our district, so Miss AT NO EXTRA COST. Coombs and I were the only ones to go. We two had not before eavaltell Gutside MISSIONARIES AND OTHERS would do NAAN ONE D. © : : well to write to us to secure Passages, the city...”
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“...two years ago demands that mene yi) a every piece of land held by non-natives in ae | : t ee c-T the Protectorate must be held upon cor- @ Mees, rectly drawn up and witnessed leases, Perea pe hie which provide for the payment of an ee annual rental, and which demand the pre- ; i ee a paration of plans of the land concerned. onal mennpuiatmigiaaia "| if It was thirty-seven years ago that the pe ei aean— os ie i 18 Rev. W. Vivian first visited Tikonko and kegs en nee A eee obtained the present mission compound Vig ta et | from the father of the present chief, but Le 2 ee ee during the whole of that time no survey bpd A ee oh alta of the compound had been made and no ’ a | | seg i Bas plan had ever been drawn. The District Dena a a a Ma BRS Commissioner now demanded one within ace ee the space of ten days, and as there was ede << ee oy no surveyor at hand to take upon himself 5 nae SS. ar rege: the task, I had to see what I could do. eg ey rt Fete Such a task may be pleasant enough oa ae pe...”
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“...cheer others at their deaths, and through : — ther skill many a soul had passed into the ; ree a) shadow land of death unhampered by Sei ee: sorrow, and now she was called upon to a | | Pree Sees perform the duties for herself and her i ¢ 8 = two sister widows she had so frequently “Ca fee oT performed for others. ; ‘ \ } Safa pS As dusk drew on that Sunday evening a Pea ee a drummer came from Tikonko into the : 4 oe sg)! Sas little open space between the fakai and os eae! § eg SI N\renn Se the mission, bearing in his hand an in- a gee : eo ae ; strument of weird design and unknown | geeew ee) \ U4 cr a rg descent. Spectators began to gather as |Rgy Bay Ne Ae sé Pi i he struck up his rhythmic drumming, and ad IP 4 i r ‘ | ee eo soon they raised a song, a monotonous ey a4 A ee a i mournful song, of but a single theme, pat ts PF iii u If 5 ‘i 0 bn BE a and undistinguishable words. Bi eae f f; te ut At & Pees I went out to see what was passing. |e Ui ia 4) 1 Been os It had grown quite dark, and...”