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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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! “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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“...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.
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General Smuts and “The Greatest...”
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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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‘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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“...beans and pota- —the mouth of a lovely sparsely-peopled
toes, and that the cause was fourfold— _valley—and lost money and clothing to
flood, typhoon, drought and insects. The the pirates. I was told that recently
upshot of the interview was that the pirates attacked the small town of Ts’u-
magistrate forwarded a report through nang, only a few miles from the landing-
our pastor, which Mr. Stobie sent to the place, and the steamer launches that ply
International China Famine Relief Com- between Wenchow and these islands are
mission, now running at a loss—people are so
ape ah much afraid to travel. And so the Chi-
eee DO EUG Famine conditions foster nese world wags—how much even in this
Evils. other evils. The cholera ]ittle place, so near mighty Shanghai and
2 scourge swept around commercial Ningpo, is there, as seen in
Wenchow, one of the worst epidemics this letter, to provide ammunition for
ever known. Our hospital was over- anti-extra-territoriality cancellation speak-
thronged for...”
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“...wave of anti-reli- who were present can witness to the
iL School gious feeling sweeping great spiritual urge which gave birth to
i} Suspended, over the Shantung pro- the Movement and to the solemn awe
| vince is bound to affect and seriousness with which the repre-
Hi seriously the work of our mission there. — sentatives accepted the challenge and
hie The first effect is seen in the restless- pledged themselves to carrying it out in
| ness of students in our schools. The the sight of God.”’
Pei outside influences had:so much affected The last five years have been years of
our Girls’ School at Chu Chia that our trial and tribulation for, the Church in
| North China Executive decided that it China. There is the hope and promise
was expedient to close the school for a that they will be followed by five years
time. Consequently the Committee has of unprecedented advance. Missionaries.
Pe invited the Principal, Miss D. Milburn, throughout the land are eager to co-
B.A., to take early furlough...”
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“...paramount chief attention I have had a rest house built
and the principal men of the town and upon the mission, so that I may stay”
the chiefdom all take a keen interest in there for a week or two at a time. There i
the work of the school, which they have is always a ready hearing of our Gospel {I
shown practically in getting the com-_ there.”’ i!
pound and buildings ready within the Truly the fields are “white unto- |
space of a month.”’ harvest.” |
China as a delightful Our return from Peitatho was signal- j
refuge. We spent our holiday there ized by a railway breakdown. But a :
Bee ae ess ve physical a delay of four and a-half hours was not j
reshment 0 the seaside we receive really bad for China. We enjoyed: |
spiritual help such as we so sorely miss Gores : + tes ae :
: nears watching the leisurely...”
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“...by Mrs. Cozens that he is
| | that Christ’s Kingdom is built up on now in improved health.
broken homes. In order that Christ’s We deeply regret to learn as we go to
| NW work may be done in the world an un- press that Dr. Hadden, of Yunnan, died
| natural separation between parents and of pneumonia on February 13th. This is
| | their children has often to be made. a4 great loss to our South-West China
This happens also in the Army and the Mission. We sympathise greatly with
Civil Service, and even to a small extent his relatives and friends.
| in the home ministry. But in the case fo
of the missionary the broken life of the I po not say that Chartres Cathedral,
| home is more frequent and usual than and Michael Ang‘elo’s “Last Judgment,’’
in other spheres. and Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” and all
Pea z ts ei bs ; the blessed machinery of human kind-
| i In cases where children can remain ness, and all the planning and_ protest
i with their missionary parents, as they against human misery—I...”
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“...Kwantung province. The New Zea-
ei the Christian ethic is still wanting, Dr. land Presbyterian Church has, however,
| Maxwell discusses the problem of the promised for a period of years to con-
fh devolution of this work on the indigen- tinue the financial grant that it had pre-
I ous Church. Only in one instance, as viously been giving to the hospital. In
1 i far as Dr. Maxwell knows, has direct the opinion of Dr. Maxwell, China is not
1 devolution actually taken place in China. yet ripe for taking over the care of the
INH The Church of Christ in Canton has ac- mission hospitals, and in the meantime
io cepted the full responsibility for carry- Missionary Societies ought to strengthen
1 Wh ing on the work of the New Zealand _ their medical staffs.
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fea For the Young Rev. E. COCKER writes on Lizards,
Monkeys, the Moon, and West
| People. African Boys and Girls.
| | DEAR WisE PEoPtE, enough to be able to explain the pheno-
HAVE so longed to find the hour in ™enon (beg pardon...”
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“...Students’ Missionary
those oranges were good—fresh from the Effort.
tree, juice squirting out miles as soon as E heartily endorse the appeal made
| the skin was broken. W by the students of Victoria
| On the Sunday I preached at our Park College, which appears
| Moyamba church, at our Kebbie Town below. Subscriptions should be sent to
Mission, and at the United Brethren Mr. W. Roy Aylott, United Methodist
‘Church (American). The next morning College, Victoria Park, Manchester.
eS: I hammocked and trudged with Mr.
| | Leigh to New Gondama., At the entrance The Connexion is challenged by both
| to the village we had to cross a broad need and success on the Mission T[ield,
if stream in a canoe. It was not the kind and is asking for a £15,000 increase. The
| ‘of craft for passengers who might qualify work of God claims our attention and we
eo to be Cesar’s closest friends. I am not must not let it down. So will you help
as circumferential as some, but I felt this year by contributing to the Students’...”
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“...Shantung' may speed-
missions. : ae pass away.
oe Bast alien ETE searched pat That the Chinese Evangelistic Cam-
h ould be found fal the. Bryant, family paign, promoted by the National Chris-
had done nobly for nS ONS during the tian Council of China, may achieve great
last thirty years. The late Mrs. Bryant {hinges throughout the land.
shared her husband’s keen interest in the aaa Pee :
ood work That the Christians who are serving
= Reaans Veale Sep eee her's Saatne the Chinese Government with such
nalts marriage was Miss Elsie Br ane An CRC ee ne
BO oR Tea (aie. Harold (Oh eee no eet cir end
’ Bryant, son of Mr. Maurice Br vant, col- tot to ete eee De
fected! £8 B Sia aaa eneneaeE Dee existing in many parts of China.
ected £8 5s. 6d. in 1929. The mission- — >, ,,
ary box is a family one, and passes from een Ue oC few months of Key: Be.
child to child. Both children are five ocker s work in West Africa may be the
years of age. R Boe most fruitful of all his labours there.
f That the ministers...”
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“...with Yunnan. Missionary Society.
It is about a year since we came to aes
| North ‘China, and we find it very dif "Si" pevonsiive Need foreet Hil Toso? Che
li ferent from Yunnan. Here there are no sing Rey, /STEDEEDRD. 1s Site. kon
| hills ; all drab, dull plains in this part of B.A..Ph.D., 22 Thornton Avenue, Brixton, London, S.W.2.
| | Shantung: “In Yunnan we lived 7,000 TREASURERS rorelgs JOSEPH WARD at 1.
} i feet above sea-level. [he people are Esq.,F.S.A:A., 2 and 4 East Circus Street, Nottingham,
very different from the Yunnanese. In- Ta Windsor Read, Fevest Cate at: Paes
ee deed, one cannot say of things in any Lantern Rurean Secretary: Rev. C. A. DAVIS.
one province, “This is typically Chi- Oakville,” Cemetery Road, Dukinfield, Cheshire.
| nese.’? There seem to be many different
| | countries and peoples. Customs, too, WOMEN’S MISSIONARY
| Hh differ very much, and food, etc., also. AUXILIARY
| Our Mission premises are outside the sis oei3
| } oe and we can see. the wall, on Beet President:...”
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“...H. Our Church lost one of
} iN something like 100,000 people are desti- Robinson. her most zealous mission-
1 tute, and last week’s deputation told me - ary advocates in the pass-
li some of the refugees in the city died ine of Rev. F. H. Robinson. When I
from exposure to the recent severe spell sayy him some months ago he manifested
of cold. The Shanghai paper reports that the keenest interest in the latest develop-
in one part of China 15,000 people have ments of our foreign stations. He has
| Hf died from exposure to cold.’ now a place on the honoured roll of those
& who leave their memorial in the list of
Thanks to The above account will bequests. His bequest of £50, after pay-
Donors. cause the donors to ment of legacy duty of £5, brings £45
| i realize how welcome were _to our Legacy Reserve Fund.
| Mission in China time only partially recovered from a
R suffered so serious a loss as that slight operation. His presence...”
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Dr. R. P. Hadden
Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin ; the Miller united in expressing their esteem by pre-
Hospital, Greenwich; and the General senting him with a “Ten Thousand i
Hospital, Cheltenham. In 1911, he pro- People’s Gown.’’ This gown 1s a striking |
ceeded to China as a medical missionary, garment made of silk to which are
in connection with the Wesleyan Metho- attached hundreds of tags of different
dist Mission in the Southern District, and coloured ribbons, each tag bearing the
he served at Fatshan and Wuchou. In name of a subscriber to the presentation. ||
1915 he volunteered for the Great War ‘This pleasing tribute testifies to the es- iy
and saw service as Captain in the teem in which the doctor was held by the
R.A.M.C. in Gallipoli, Palestine, Egypt Chinese among whom he had lived and
and France, laboured for
ANGH Ola aS MOM tye ee rcestees Fi) oy hee tee ence a aE nearly three !
time he was | years. !
with the army A |
of occupation pS ss Coll > i
in Germany. he ge OELaeues...”
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“...for his valuable
ing among missionaries in China, became services as Christian Endeavour mission-
| with him a question of supreme import- — ary for thirteen vears.
eat ance, and two years ago he published a “Dr. Hadden brought to his work
| book entitled “Christian Evidence and oytstanding abilities as a medical man,
| Teaching,” which was designed to make anda spirit continually aflame with devo-
ii -an appeal to both fundamentalist and tion to Jesus Christ. In his Christian
| Ss . . . .
Ih modernist. § : service rendered in this country, in
ii The passing of a man of such quality China, and in connection with the Great
li and ability is indeed a great loss to the War he has proved himself a true man
missionary community in China. We _— of God, and has served the Master with
ees magnify the grace of God revealed in transparent sincerity in all the activities
| him. We honour the home which,.has of his life.’?
sent three missionaries to China, a He served for fourteen years on the
Rig...”
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for our Lao Ling Medical Work, then others. It was characteristic of this self-
without a doctor. He joined the staff forgetting servant of Christ. :
of our North China Mission on Novem- He stayed at his post at the hospital
ber 16th, 1926, and at once proceeded to with danger on every side, until the tide
Chu Chia Tsai and took charge of the of war rolled away ; and he was delighted
hospital there. to be able at that time to give succour
His reports on that work have stirred to many wounded in battle.
the hearts of those, both here and at A quotation from his hospital report for
home, who are interested in missions; that year will show his attitude to Chi-
for he was a rare representative of the nese soldiers, a class of men for whom
“double cure,’’ being equally eager for no one has a good word:
medical efficiency and for the healing of “Tn the month of May several thou-
the sin-sick soul. sand men of the retreating Chihli-Shan-
In the wide region served by the Lao tung forces passed...”
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| ii the Lao Ling Medical Mission work. have been helpful to many.
| iW Word of his being about to leave Lao It will be seen from all this hew in
| Nh Ling occasioned great consternation and very many ways our friend and brother
| oii distress, and I was bombarded with peti- “allured to brighter worlds and led the
eet" tions crowded with signatures of all Wway,’’ and it will be realized how heavy
| Wy classes of the Chinese community beg- 4 loss the mission has sustained in his
1 it ging that he be retained. Their appre- death.
| Wh ciation of his character and work was Our hearts go out in sympathy with
oe shown by the presentation of the Wan the Yunnan friends again sorely be-
|e Min Yi (“Myriad people cloak’’), a pic- reaved, and to his brother—also a fine
| it ture of which has appeared in the EcHo. medical missionary now doing splendid
1M He left...”
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