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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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“...eee eee cee 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. 5...”
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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. 42...”
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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...”