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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.
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HENRY HOOKS, 12 FARRINGDON! AVENUE, E.C.4. |...”
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2 ee Hemme jo, Mies Ete Editor's Notes 15, 63) 50 al 04 ie
Wenchow Preachers’ Training School. ‘ is : 152, 172, 192, 211, 229 j
Rev Wo Re Stobie <5 5 es, 84 nis Rev ee ee
| Wenchow, Secretary’s Visit to. Rev. Hadden, Dr. ZR. P. Tributes to 64, 118
W. A. Grist ne : _.. g7 London Missionary Meetings eee LOL
| :. Sia : Marshall, Dr. F. W. Rev. E. W. Hirst 193 ;
SOUTH-WEST CHINA. pepereble: Gathering at Swanwick. Ee
| i ° Rev. F. A. Steele Sas as Boel
Diary Gleanings from Far Yunnan. Mission House, From the. Rev. C.
Rev. R. Heber Goldsworthy ... ... 9 — Stedeford 4-169, 184, 205, 225
| Fir-Tree Forest, A trip to. Rev. W. H. Missionaries Attacked by Brigands ... 32
| Hudspeth Beer oe oe -» 81 «fountain and Plain” ~ ... ae ee DOO) ;
| People of Note in the Yunnan ence New Channels for Selling Books. E. S. 36
Rev. W. H. Hudspeth ... 24, 132, 196 «Nothing was ever praised enough’’... 221
Miao Circuit and Wales ... we ns (OB “Gyno heeiNOtiae amtitl Jesus 235
| Stonegateway.. Rev... W...”
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“...heatt of [= ssest estes semne ae
any United Methodist. ee ey ee ae
Our Missionary Meetings would bo i. “eee
very much enlivened if all our ministers [i see
would keep the year’s issue of this Jour- [sis re See es
nal in a folder and turn to it for material 7 * | ESR ee tes
for their missionary speeches. Just now fe Soe ae aah a 3 ae :
we have few missionaries on furlough, [#9 le “sey ag
and our meetings have to be sustained by [7997 am ae
people who have never seen any part of [olla " ek
our Mission fields, but that lack would [| ioe ee Ba
be very largely overcome if we used the = : eek | ee a
material that is here to our hand. ae ees Cc onene
I do not think it is sufficiently realised ae:
how much missionaries depend on us cite ee ae
who are at home for spiritual support. [em ce eae ee Berwyn
They are sustained amidst trials and difi- & ees ns fee pats
culties and loneliness by the conviction [ie a ‘ gic
that at the home base there is a body of -aiiaasae Beets ge
people who never forget...”
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“...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 have no means of carrying on’ work
found Dr. Hadden in Yunnanfu having specially for them.
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“...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 and...”
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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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“...begin a New
_He was delightfully human, with a Rae oe eee reat Wiseion
rich and vivid joy of life. He was pas- ais. a
sionately fond of children, and the For the devotion of our missionaries
younger they were the greater was his in all fields
love for them. His musical gifts were Bor tt aa ae eenebwind
great, and competent critics said that pepsi ee cnet Bay ed age
e ) easly Sa endent observers of our East African
had he cultivated these gifts he would Dee 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...”
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“...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 in the .. A eet ¢ | ae
schools at Oxford or the Cam- oe Vid pal a % he. ‘|
bridge Missionary Breakfast to a a ; oe {|
six people round a study fire. | i i / ©
Fifty missionary...”
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“...Believed God,’’ written Later 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...”
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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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“...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...”
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“...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 a considerable time, and ers to...”
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“...1H gr erie
& on ~ Sie Oy,
vi ee ee EN : 3 oe « yy bY NY
. eee ie SES a ee, BE ~ hole ls, Si a rR (y
@| WOMENS AUXILIADY AB
5 iss one a p* eso, PUG ee reese y= Sosa Com pea
Mrs. J. B. BROOKS, B. Litt.
A Visit to Chung Chia. wild iris and Michaelmas daisies for my
Wal Miss E. LILY ARMITT. table.
[° is good for oneself as well as for the The day school teacher, Miss Chung
Mission to live amongst the people, Lan Hsing, a former pupil of Miss Tur-
as I did when visiting Chung Chia. ner, -has a nice school of fifteen little
Neither our houses at the centre nor the girls and three boys. I addressed them
churches in the circuit give the same twice, and they came daily to the church
access to the people as when living in the to attend the phonetic script class. Dur-
courtyard of a member, ing’ my ten days’ stay we had thirty-four
Mrs. Chung: Vu Tien was my hostess. readers, distributed in six classes, the
She is a fine woman and kindly gave me ‘Majority being girls in their teens or
the large ...”
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“...Christian faith is the one lighthouse for the labouring —
| ship of human destiny.” —Dr. G. G. FINDLAY. |
pce ee
W hat I Saw A Visitor’s Experiences of our
East African Mission.
at Meru. Miss CONSTANCE E. TRELOAR.
CANNOT think of any experience so —I counted thirty-four peaks in’ one
| thrilling to a missionary enthusiast small section of the horizon, whilst in
as a visit to a mission station. I another there was the gigantic Mount
had the good fortune to be invited by Kenya, snow-capped and dominating
Rev. and Mrs. R. T. Worthington for a the scene.
few days to our Mission in East Africa Even more interesting at the moment
in September last, and was immensely were the mission buildings, the church,
impressed and delighted with all I saw. the house, the hospital, the grass huts of
Getting there was something of a the mission folk, and, near by, the home
problem. I managed to get to the rail- of Mr. Clay, the master of the industrial
head at Naro Moru, which is two days’ — school.
journey from...”
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“...worker, one who
© Gols Rae PS er DEES, at Bee is trained for teaching,
P| ae ALB Le ES Bh ae 4 B ee eer | «and who is endowed
BOR aN oc De Shr a re Pats NSE EEN Ay Bias ete ith th 2 Pen
| on Sat Cag (OO with the precious gifts
a ewes ne ee | of endurance and good
aes Pe an See aes] humour. She is badly
Bee Me Aad ea Tees a cop a ha needed.
; may BY SEE OS OUEN® 358 age PY, AM AD A Ee ae ec ay S RSM eae am
j |i ak pee Se Thirdly, I must pay
f eae ae: ae Wee er OS eo “sbiee 6] a tribute to the mission-
i : Scholars from our main school, Meru, [Photo: Rev. A.G.V.Cozens, aries themselves: Mr.
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“...garden and only
three thousand white teeth. By
the time we reach the “Amen”’ bes. 2
they are just nicely warmed up —— e— EF ieee
to the business, and it is then that (\— all Nnece
one is thankful not to have a S@ wx
Sensitive musical ear. For some f\ ‘i |
of these people middle C may be
any note from the A below to the
Co AbOUE: stops when it reaches the verandah
steps. We now hear the results of half
Scene 2 takes place on the mission a dozen singing’ lessons, and although
sports field. A dozen boys are busy I have never attained to the L.R.A.M.
turning the mission football ground into or L.R.C.P., or any of those musical
a running’ track, whilst the teachers and degrees, I feel that I do deserve the
elder boys are busy killing’ a bullock for .M.T.H.S., which, if you do not know,
their Christmas dinner on the next day. is the Leather Medal for Teaching
This time I am running round with a Hearty Singing. I am still under the
measuring’ tape trying to. make an ellip- impression that it was...”
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