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“...NORTH CHINA. First Fruits in Meru. Rev. Rew i Ga AG adc Chine” Rev Pee e ramnee ie 170... Worthington ni ot Ae ee Hee a iit Bates, Rev:.W. P. Se: vs e108 Future Ministers of Meru Church ... 28 He Hibs China Famine pe. a a . 47 Human Leopards --. oa Di Wee aN “Church in their house.” Rev. H. T. Jomvu. Rev. A. G. V. Cozens vs 02 He ee Cook ge Or gk Mera Hospital : Waitt | Getting Back to Work. Revo hee: At Work in. Dr. H. W. Brassington 162 DAE Cook ne ee ES Se aed: Departure of Nurses Brassington and ne i} Gratitude to the Doctor. Rev. Dr. _ Tate. oo sidiege ees nue -+ 88 nite Craddock ee Ee pe S166 First Thousand Patients. Dr. H. W. wt New Plan of Campaign. Rey. D. H. Brassington —-.: va au oe Heys | Smith Be ae er nee LET Meru New Central School See soe SLD HERE i Wuting Medical Work. Rev. Dr. Primitive Methodist Missions. Rev. G. MR: | Craddock ... ea oS So eo On Ayre see oes eee oe 54, 93 Wh i i| Wave om Godsbhow: Reve whe =G.aNe Pe : ae Bayne bia : Saxe a 201 Wa SOUTH-EAST CHINA. ay Be...”
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“...and a Challenge. Rev. C. Chu Chia Testament League ... SL DO Hl | Stedeford ... a as eS «. @l- “Near Ta Tung, ‘China < ae 2 281 i | i Galpin, Mrs. Ee we bite ... 183 Open-air Theatre ... “3 ae ess O9. a “Hark the glad sound! the Saviour Passenger Cart... a soe Ses00 i| i comes!’ Rey. Ernest R. Squire ... 221 Returning From a Study Class ... ecloe | Hit “How many loaves have ye?” ... .. 217 Scoring a Goal as is as 62 | | | Kevern Stafford aa i BAe ... LOO Tientsin District Meeting ua 222196 iW Hi London Meetings. Rev. R. Key ...110 Tientsin Shipping ... ae a Seat) i | Hi | Mission House, From the. Rev. C. Tongku Group aes ess Aes 170 if | Stedeford ... 7, 25, 45, G4, 84, 105, Wuting Hospital. Oct. (cover)... 186-7-8 ie ie 126, 144, 167, 184, 205, 226 Wu Yun Chiang .... ee & e162 Hi 1 \} Missionary Hymn ... we = Selo m BRS | Missions and the B.B.C..,. 8 eS Te SOUTH-EAST (CHINA. Ne tl Ree ks Satta ia SS as Oa en - Crisis a = ee a Baby Tower, Bing-yiew 5. se, 2599 i] Baa | : ze fae ae emcee...”
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“...Hsin 21 ee see oe le Wa HOME ae GENERAL Mealing, D. Sea) ee arene LO aay Distressed Chinamen oe ae ... 184 New, Rev. C. ns ve ae ea He 4) Gate of Life... BoC 8 si -+ 61 Nicholson, Rev. W. T. ... is elit Hae ae Good Shepherd, The .. +. + 221 Nich Kuang Ting, Dr... «122 Me a te y SN eee ete cee Redfern, Prin., Mrs. and Miss... 14, 45, 158 Hany Manchesters udents... 3s ae Sj Mis ee 1 as ae HE Manchester Students’ Group ... eee 00: Scanies” Mr. F. a ae ae Sree HAA i iil Methodist Union Conference of China 167 Soothill , Mrs. ee ee . 86, 229 nat Redruth and Neighbourhood ... 6425 > PIgg Viet Sa te ste 2S ae 4 Wa Toyohiko Kagawa... te Be eae a PORTRAITS. Toth Dzang Chie ete se ans We Barnes, Miss Kathleen .., oe, ,.. 288 Wakefield, Rev. T. oe ae Pll DWE UE Bodey, Miss es as a .. BG Walker, E. ... ie i oe aea6 Whe i Butlers Mra. a ee ... 48 Wang Shengo Mo ... ae Ee Rae asf pi i Chambers, Miss ... ae oe ... 87 Wellhouse Collectors Se eR piesa Al Chester, Mr. H. G. oes as ... 111. Windsor, Rev. and...”
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“...which we are all so vitally interested. i Hii In the first place I thank those who have contributed to this magazine during another i} | ) year. They are all busy people. Most are missionaries with great tasks on hand, and with i Wl | little opportunity to find the leisure for writing. Their work saps their strength, and I am: ii i | sure that nothing but a sense of compulsion has led them to write those articles which have i Hit HW given such unfaltering testimony to the power of the Gospel in China and Africa. ii if | Hs Then I am grateful to all those who have taken the ECHO month by month, and | i ti Wh | have commended it to others. We send out. this magazine with one object: to advance the | Hii) ! | reign of Christ overseas. WNot till this reign is fully established can we slacken our efforts. Wi We need knowledge, and missionary interest depends upon information. Missionary literature il {i | | changes those who ‘‘know not”’ into those who ‘‘know.”’ | Wit: But I am greatly concerned...”
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“...brightening prospects on in China, but the hopes which centred in | eel) our mission fields, For him have not been fulfilled. Outstanding i ff | some years storm, cloud and gloom chased Christian leadership is the great need of i] | each other across the sky; to-day follow China to-day, and we may joyously recog- il i| | calmer air, rifted clouds and rising light. nise the hand of God in placing avowed i | i | ! This applies to China, where our largest disciples of Christ in positions of supreme i} a | fields are found. There the civil war, power and responsibility. i i which wrought untold havoc, has come to He ; an end, and there is a chance for con- The Outlook In Africa our missions: Vee structive statesmanship to rebuild the | in Africa. ‘share in the brighter out- ane | waste places. Even amid the distractions look. The brighter out- i i and distresses occasioned by war and_ look, however, is not due to any change in a | bandits many able leaders in China have external conditions, but...”
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“...the 1 regation, ch larg We } al > > Heaver ir work. nt In 2 congreg much S Wine a | May 1 thei xO. sndid cons rstand, fi the Wie el | Nie rses and : a © a splen lers a : In i yt 4h i +] the nurses can imagine Oe aE yen to und ntinues : his first ne rh eB} little we can anxiety Teens Dees Ee a i paid us hi ce We be ie 3 How suo tee ae he SU ale Same a s to Hine Feb Lit tress : by t han f Ke g ith us rele Miart ‘ | di dis a by th Chie - wit he we Weak i The Ban ; the in China by ple -noon vent at the | Hi nae ie att Th in China. 1 in s peop afterno en W eRanGeel or- RRA if ror in sec The I 3 a . . the Irma ss st se Ha Terror pvaseeece | ae ee visits an Horns ae the riche ae NY aD it . Se Pe Es ‘ [oO 2 oe : : then, ¢ : nu at | t bandi larms and ApiisSeS Chan rvice there. E ning wl al ser- na | -constan ily amid ala n give gli of ‘his ome servic ino the eve acramenta fram ae + J a 5 5 > x r] = c ai | dwell eae ee pte ve are eae was dui t of the ne sent out ich Hit i sionaries sing’ scenes. ‘“*...”
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“...other vividly coloured flowers. As Prayers being answered? It is more Bai | | I sat on my verandah, for it was Satur-. thrilling than anything I can think of. ee | day afternoon, I watched the girls walk- Let me tell you another incident which i i ing about, arm in arm, enjoying the happened recently. At the beginning of ii wil companionship and freedom natural ina term two girls met every morning at WBN | girls’ school. They are the ‘‘ flowers’’ 7.15 a.m. in the Guest Room for Bible 1 | mt | of China. reading. This is called the ‘‘ Morning ee Some were in long bright blue gowns, Watch.’’ Gradually a few more joined an others in white or pink, or other gay them, till the Guest Room was full. So ul colours. Some had long black plaits, they moved to the Hall, and there are il iii | of which they were proud, while others now about seventy girls. One morning ie had shorn their locks, Some were small Mrs. Wang went in and spoke to these i I and dainty, while others were tall and _ girls about the...”
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“...Hee a ae al i al rt ‘a et My Sunday School at Tikonko ENE fi 8 | naa Rhy She said she was glad to see the Christian ated last year by the united churches of Wists i girls leading other Christian girls to study China to deepen the spiritual life of the nat i their Bibles. The next step should be to. Christian Church, and so to double the We EE bring a Christian girl in one hand and a membership within five years. And so ii HI Hy a non-Christian girl in the other. The the good news is spreading. a a ‘‘ Five Year Movement ’’ was inaugur- FLORENCE ROTHWELL. a Ad a my ie Wey ii || My Sunday School | a Hi y. : unday scnoo What My Boys Want to Know. Haan a at Tikonko. Rev. A. C. LAMB, B.Sc. it | HE bell for Sunday School has just When our lesson is over I ask the Whe rung, and I must get up from the boys, “Is there any question you would We little siesta, so necessary here, to like*to ask me?” For a time there is it Wik meet the five boys who compose my Sun- 4 halting and stammering...”
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“...| ee Charted by ancient seameén and forgot, WM : : <— Watches the familiar pageant of lighted | HE — ce star ; 1 i | | | Mase i | Insutter silence.<.2 2.3 1 Wii : uo .) Beyond the village wall ii ii) ! ; = Dogs bark. A bugle blows uncertainly. wel 5) ~~ In the darkness village after village Hh | | ' ‘ ae sleeps. Wan } ' te, ae No light, | | | , Principal H. S. Redfern. As in familiar English valley and by li | s s a hedged lane aE : Late into the night, marks the myriad We The Unsettlement in China. ways . : WW | The following is an extract from a Through the kaoliang and the maize. HI letter addressed to Mr. Kenneth Mac- the night is full of stars, and the iil pall | lennan, of the Conference of Missionary Great deeps of darkness betwixt star and A, | } | Societies, by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. _ St" + +: E | Meal { Hendersons== Phe bugle blows uncertainly beyond the Wh | ii | “Consular Officers will continue, asin , Village wall . WAV atl the past, to offer such advice to all !hat—and...”
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“...filled with ripening grain, lay on eS aa sends weal aun Wi aii | : either side, broken occasionally by fields Ras Oeil aROULOES) aud gS ca Buae i Hill of beans. Here and there the fields were PY 1t Seems 2 though the water flows HW j being prepared for rice planting; oxen gleaming silver from the boats them- Wa pulled rude wooden ploughs through S°Y°: : : WA | | . water and mud, goaded on by shouts or On the tow-paths either side of the a i | curses of their drivers, who sank at each Canal all China seems to pass by in the Wea | step up to the knee in slush, At frequent Persons of representative classes. Here HAN | | intervals men and children plodded We Pass one of the scholarly class with Aa Ul | patiently and merrily at the tread-wheels his hands folded within his broad sleeves. Wea | wherewith they flood the fields with Next a band of armed policemen with a WH Hi water, and patches of bright green, like ™@0 bound in ropes and stumbling pain- Wi Hl Wi ¢ “the green of deep sea-water over...”
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“...little merriment by riding cool water and solve the problem once Ae i them (for even the toddlers find some for all! Many did that to escape, but i) eet work to do); while here and there one most swallowed the dregs of salt-wash- i it Wi sees ‘‘ big ’’ sister, aged seven or eight, ings and died painfully. The Chinese a eae nursing ‘‘ little ’? brother, like some little are not over fond of water yet. a ae anh old mother—one of the commonest sights Then, too, bands of beggars, profes- Hae a in China. sional and amateur (the latter vastly in- HM ca ae bt By chance one glimpses tiny maidens creased by the months of dearth) pass Wii et at work at the hulling stone. This along‘ by the canal, their few necessaries— ee stone is fixed in the end of a long pole. mats, a bit of bedding, a can or two and HTN at The stone fits a large hollowed stone into a basket, strapped on the backs of the i | which the rice is poured, the pole passes man and the bigger children, while on na over a cross-beam to...”
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“...| | Day of the Feast; and I have known charged the Conference with glowing MH | some remarkable seasons of spiritual enthusiasm and hope. ‘‘ My brethren,’’ i | i) power and emotion on such occasions. said he, ‘‘ what’s the matter with us? Wa Hil Once, in the Central. Church at Exeter, Are we here celebrating the burial of Mi i || ‘ when at the Conference certain leaders Jesus Christ? Why, He is not even MAE il) were opposing an advance on the West dead yet! No: He’s alive, gloriously | Hh | | China Mission Field because of the alive, and liveth for evermore! And we 1 | | extreme poverty of the tribe concerned, are here to celebrate His victory, and to 1 Hii) the late Rev. John Dymond, a man of enlarge the borders of His Kingdom.”’ aii | | remarkable personality and evangelical It was a never-to-be-forgotten experience iM i) | | | , fervour, rose up and rang such a _ for those who were present, and it did ae i ' challenge to the faint-hearted economists much to establish the Union and to...”
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“...and its sixteen Europeans, R ae SN SE \\ i has had no English doctor Lar een tnsis 4 \ as bs WE i and only one English nurse YS TAN \ is 4% | Li since the death of the Pt a AN “Wh He UH much lamented Dr. Had- 4 y Bs \ jee ii iY | den. Yunnan has_ been ; e re Be Fa : | Hi | promised two doctors, a ; wr Wea very necessary provision Be 1 We alll | in the light of past history. We id All attempts to find even WH | one have failed, and a kind | i} | | | h doctor is also needed for BaP | He | North China. Commenting 1 i on these failures in a re- . TB cent Committee, the Presi- ‘ i We \ dent, Rev. A. E. J. Cos- 1 lH, | | son, said: “We have not Mrs. J. E. Henderson (President of W.M.A.) | i i Wl a 1 = | I 1] i atm Re »...”
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“...‘‘ What F.C.S.’s store Om a well filled with Hal i] \ | shall we do with all these Christmas eats for the present no more are We | cards? It does seem a pity to ARCOW cece Wil ha eB them away.’’ This is a query that occurs Thanking you all for your generous and | Ht ra as regularly as Christmas itself, and in continued help. | Hae some W. M. A. homes comes the bright L. SUNMAN. i iit r solution: ‘‘ Send them to Mrs. Sunman ; =e an Ba she’ll put them in one of the boxes she iil) Pa ea sends to China or to Africa.’’ Please Phe Missionary Message i i ean eR don’t. Or, at any rate, don’t send them f the N Test t a a just as they are, because they are of no 0 € New lestament. Ti i use for sending out as gifts; but if you Two books were recently issued by the i Wik il will remove the inner leaves of the card, Carey Press, 19 Furnival Street, E.C.4, He it and substitute leaves of flannel, the re- under the general title of “The Mission- Ht } ad sult will be a pretty and useful needle- ary Message...”
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“...urgency of their cient. The merry crowd, squatting on a | Hi message, they publish it in no uncertain the planks and filling the room from end i HUA tones. With a wealth of illustration,. to end (not having forgotten the window f | 5 drawn from Chinese thought, belief and ledges), is tense with expectation. What Ht i practice, they hold even that turbulent an uproar this swarm of youngsters qe congregation. And all heard some, and ‘would have made in the chapel! | some heard all. i | | Young China also Astute. I, i | An Astute Move. The entertainment begins. Every re- i | th | Had you peeped at that dense ¢rowd cord provides the topic for a brief talk. i I i i while the meeting was in progress you. There is a record of the songs of birds, | tH would have asked, ‘But where are’ which is made the basis of a talk on the We China’s omnipresent children?” And we providence of God. There is an anti- 1 wi | would unfold to you our strategy. Each opium song and there are hymns. There 1 ei aight...”
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“...Wee most easily understood of the Church’s And furthermore, has not another rn i special days. | Sometimes in past years measure been added to the sum total of a i) eae we have had a magic lantern, sometimes _ living Christian influence, which is to- Te it ee a gramophone, always gay lanterns, and day shaking China to her very depths? HN Bin eu always a crowd. Ask the folk one by as WG ‘ i Hl Aa ee one why they come? They will all answer ‘ a Area ee ‘a the came two words—two words which In Bandits’ Hands a Hundred Days. il i / Ry sound like “How Shwa,” and which mean In the early part of last year three mis- a i} | | literally “Good play,” or, more freely, sionaries of the China Inland Mission : ae a Hea “It’s great fun.” The common folk of Rey, and Mrs. R. W. Porteous and Miss Wal H || "| Tongchuan have almost adopted our Nina E. Gemmell, were captured by at a Harvest Festival, making it as one of Communistic bandits in the Kiangsi pro- it yi i their own religious festivals: a time of...”
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“...HA | 1 stations p rained pre much to reat thing interest In Ra | u and : I trai ; acl Bae Eras : inte it Mer region, with we the hospital ar - students, an f this quickened r educa- i } le reg c e It o ou PT j } who * We se 3 reachers r as the result rs among’ Ha and teachers. for training’ pr 5 our and as 1 religious matte a Poe enti a Ween vie f our vita people. EA | ired in Mendela rtment 0 ted young’ Re ay quired i “in every cepa capture that i) a Se ep ae helping to 26 Hi i Hi Gay work in China, tT | ; Ht Hi te...”
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“...India in twenty seconds first pastor of the church was the Rev. Au HE el and China in thirty seconds. How ion Pee Hie PIOUEEL = ee Hii oy ii | long does it take us to tell the triumphs Met gts Peano RON Sai Noth eo He ell of the Gospel ? Speaking of the connection Mr. Richatds ii i ill a i. e ‘ e had with mission work, Mr. I urner said, WE ae oe “You can understand that his turning to i ay cy “Tis But.” other work means a great loss to the iN) a The “Missionary Herald” tells the Mission, and that it is at no little sacri- | HH i} story of a lady ite has. put on Collect- fice the Conference has released him to Ha j : ing Box the words “’Tis But.” This is serve Unien Church. This was only done wal j what they mean. She had formerly been in recognition of the importance of Union | H ig accustomed when she saw anything in a Church pulpit as an outpost of the Gospel Wa il shop she desired, even if she did not par- 1n China.” | | Hl ticularly need sa 2 say, odie pet a * * * * * HME it sovereign...”
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“... In our next HH HI | tically to their laudable task. They began jgsue we shall pay our tribute to Mr. Butler’s ya | with a Jumble Sale! Then the profits of invaluable services to our work overseas. ii | Wt | ba! fe “Se Se I | 104 We A Beloved Physician : ae i A , Dr. G. Whitfield Guinness. Hl | R. G.. WHITFIELD GUINNESS that time had Dr. Moulton as head 1! i] I.) went to China in 1897. He died master, Guinness went to Caius College. Ht hi} in 1927. Between those two dates He was a keen athlete, cricket, football Hh | Dr. Guinness did a work of grace for the and rowing’ occupying much of_ his i | i sufferers of China for which multitudes spare time. He was no milk-and-water Oa | will always hold his name in reverence. Christian, and at his first Boat Club | ii He came of fine stock, being the son of supper publicly protested against a story i Wit | | Dr. H. Grattan Guinness, whose life- which the captain of the club had told, a | motto, “Live for the glory of God and _ saying that if any...”
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“...the Church of China had to endure on the Lord who called and endued such (ha it during that devastating time. men for her salvation. Returning to al ibe 5 ; F : 5 England on one occasion one of his hos- ihe i ee Think of this: A Chinese Christian had pital assistants gave him a piece of calico. Hi : ; He only just been baptized when the Boxers on which were four beautifully-written i Aa tee got hold of him, and tying his thumbs characters. It was a message the China- aa ia behind his back drew him up by cords to man wanted Dr. Guinness to bring to his HD Gaal a beam in the roof and beat him while he friends at home: “Deny Self; Save iit | was hanging there. They said he must Men.” Hn ait deny his faith in Christ. But he remained = ; : : : A 4th) steadfast. They beat him again and left “Will you plead with them,” said the Pa him hanging in torture for hours. Chinaman, “to deny themselves the joys Wal Wy) When Dr. Guinness asked him if it was~ of home and come out to China to save Hh | worth...”