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“...Bible Picture Words, Rev. A. Bromley 67, 258 Butler Scholarship Students, Mr. T. W. Chapman, M.Sc. - - - - 77 Bo, The Church at Rev. A. E. Green- smith 193 Chao Tong Mission, Rev. C. E. Hicks 179 Chapel, The Fall of the “Tired” Rev. S. Pollard ----- 31 Children’s Service, Mrs. H. S. Redfern 8 China, An Increasing Purpose in Yang Lien Fang........................132 China Emergency Appeal Committee - 213 Chinese Revolution, ,The Rev. F. B. Turner ------ 270 Christ and the Eastern Soul, Rev. G. R. Goodall ------ 43 C.E. Missionary Meeting - - - 24 C.E. Topic The Editor _ _ - - 118 Christian Marriage, A - - - - 86 Christ in the Andes - - - - 73 Collectors, Notable Junior 10, 36, 59, 83, 112, 132, 148, 186, 212, 226, 255, 279 Competitions 23, 48, 72, 9|j 120, 144, 168, 192, 216, 240, 264, 284 Committee, With the Foreign Mission. ary Rev. W. L., Smith - -133, 165 Conference and Missions, The Man- Chester ....... 187 East Africa, British - - - - 159 East Africa Jubilee: An Old Love and a New Rev...”
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“...Echo. It is a necessity, never more so than now! Our enlarged missionary area, our completer missionary methods, and an ever-growing mission- ary literature makes our own missionary Magazine an absolute necessity. All other helps must be gratefully and heartily welcomed, but the MISSIONARY ECHO becomes more imperative as the years pass! OUR APPEAL. If you do not take our missionary Magazine, begin with the New Year. For the sake of the children, when their ideals are being formed, let a number of the ECHO find a place in every family. It will help both to broaden ideas and enlarge sympathies! Not only do we plead for the taking of the ECHO, but also plead that both in the church and in the home prayer be made without ceasing for our missionaries and our missions. F©rei§p Secretary’s Notes for the Mouth■ By Rev. C. STEDEFORD. Salutations. When I was in North China I was taught to salute the Christians with “ Pingnan, Pingnan,” which means “ Peace, Peace.” At the opening of the New Year I offer...”
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“...off seeing the com- plete and successful issue of the travail of His soul! In some parts of India there is one missionary toiling amid a heathen population varying from two hundred thousand to nine hundred thousand; in some parts of Japan the proportion of one for a number varying from four hundred thousand to seven hundred thousand souls; and in many districts in China a proportion startlingly less adequate. The population of China is confessedly difficult to compute; we have sometimes been charged with exaggeration in speaking of its four hundred millions, but Professor T. Y. Chang, representing the U.S.A. Pres- byterian Mission, declared emphatically that the true figure is eight hundred millions. Dr. Julius Richter, of the Berlin Missionary Society, is probably below the actual reality in his calcula- tion that there are a thousand millions waiting to be evangelized, only the outer fringe of this appalling mass of destitution being at present touched. A thousand millions! Who can grasp...”
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“...tree. All missionaries testify of the successful training of native workers, and of the far-reaching effects of their zeal as they go forth to evangelize their fellow countrymen. The native evangelists of Korea, of China, of India, of Uganda are doing great things, and this agency is receiving development on every mis- sion field. It is recommended not be- cause it is cheap, but because it is effective. The native preacher finds the quickest way to the hearts of his own brethren, and his advocacy of the Gospel leads to the recognition that it is not an exotic, but is indigenous to the soil. The Conference concluded that knowledge, full, exact, detailed know- ledge of all the facts, must be insisted on in home churches; that the duty and the opportunity and the urgency of mission work must be affirmed, and re- affirmed and affirmed again; that this must be attended with strategic plan- ning to enter upon all unoccupied fields; that the great ideal of carrying the Gospel to all the world must...”
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“...introduces a series, to pass through the year, on missions.”—Ed.) complete the Church. The life of the Church depends on its being mission- ary. The missionary activities of the Church are the circulation of its blood, which would lose its vital power if it never flowed to the extremities.” the various “ com- How Wc Spent New Year’s Eve at Top§ Cfi’uap Eu. YOUNG PEOPLE’S PAGE. By the Rev. W. H. HUDSPETH IT was New Year’s Eve, and the city, looking very gay, was painted red. During the day everybody was busy settling accounts, pulling down old picture-gods and putting up new, and, at darkling, as an offering for sin, sprinkling the blood of the fowl on the doors of the houses. For the first time since last New Year’s Eve the women were sweeping their homes, polishing the family gods, and preparing the family altar for the burning of the in- cense. Even the mission station was affected, by the bustle of the Chinaman. Pre- sents were being sent to, and received from, different people. On the...”
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“...Christ. At the present time we have 485 members in our churches in East Africa. The Rev. J. B. Griffiths is our superintendent there, and he has as his col- league, the Rev. W. Udy Bas- sett, and several native helpers. Mr. J. Smith, an industrial mis- sionary, is also serving us there. (Suitable Hymn.) IV. I wish to give you a few facts about the wonderful land of China. One third of the human race lives in China. Every third person who lives, and breathes upon the earth is a Chinese; every third child born into the world looks into the face of a Chinese mother, every third weeping orphan, and every third widow is in China ; evey third person who come to die is Chinese. With what hopes will these multitudes depart, for thirty-three thousand of them die every day? Take your Bible and count every letter in every word from Genesis to Revelation, not once but eighty times and you will 18...”
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“...Oar Wonpep’s Auxiliary. By Mrs. balkwill. BOUT the time this is in the hands of many of our readers, ־* Miss Holt (whose portrait ap- pears on page 6), will be on her way to China, as she expects to sail in com- {)any with some China Inland Mission adies on January 3rd. During the last few weeks Miss Holt has addressed several meetings in various counties. A special effort has been made by our W.M.A. Rochdale District to further help the mission fund by raising her passage-money. We earnestly com- mend our sister to the care and guid- ance of Him to whose service in a far- off land she has consecrated herself. Appeals for more workers come from other stations. Miss Roebuck, North China, writes:— Smerdon attended me, and helped me in every possible way, but when I did not im- prove he advised me to consult a doctor at Shanghai. The latter thought a change to Chefoo would be beneficial, so I stayed at Chefoo four months, and returned to Wen- chow in July. I was not very strong when I came...”
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“...to Foo- chow, and caught a steamer to Hong-Kong calling at Swatow and Amoy. They visited a mission station at Canton, and also Macao, and then returned to Hong-Kong, where they embarked for Colombo. They are now spending a month in the hills with my youngest son. We expect them home the end of February or early in March. THE REV. FREDERICK BROWN, F.R.G.S. As is well known, Mr. Brown is spending his furlough at Harrogate, or rather in frequently visiting some of our churches. He has many engagements in the North for this month and March and April. His early associations with our Bishop Auckland Church are well remembered. The photograph shows the decoration conferred upon him by the Chinese Emperor—the order of the “ Double Dragon,” for services rendered during the siege of Pekin. The G.O.C. thus wrote:— We much regret the departure of the Rev. F. Brown on furlough. His connection with the North China command dates from the march to the relief of Peking in 1900, when he was the only chaplain...”
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“...thousand minor oppositions, and can only be sustained by a strength of purpose not commonly found in more favoured countries. One instance out of many was seen ten years ago in China. Christian men and women who had borne the Cross daily, patiently enduring annoyances at home and con- tempt abroad, suddenly displayed a heroism and a magnamity in the fierce and terrible Boxer outbreak, which placed them on a level with the martyrs and confessors of the early centuries. But in every part of the mission field the formation of Christian Churches has meant much more than a mere personal or selfish salvation. The vigorous life of these churches is expressed in a variety of evangelistic, philanthropic, humanitarian forms that are an astonis- ment to the self-centred Paganism, and must ultimately rend it with dynamic force. In China and India, where idol- atry is buttressed by ancient civiliza- tior.s and philosophies, and defended by a thousand professional, or class, inter- ests, progress may be slow;...”
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“...missionary societies in regard to the churches they have founded and fos- tered. In Japan, in China, in India, the conviction is rapidly forming that the churches must be allowed to grow from their own roots, and take such shape as the life within shall fashion. Mere copies, whether from England or America, could not be tolerated. No- body can desire that the differences of Established and Free churches, of Ep:s- copalianisin, Presbyterianism, Congre- gationalism. with their wellnigh in- numerable varieties, should be repro- duced among peoples who know nothing of their origin or significance or history. Missionary societies generally have not been insistent on any particular church polity. If Methodist or Congregational forms have been adopted it has been for temporary convenience merely, and not by any means under the idea that they were supported by Divine authority. The attitude of the mission churches was indicated by a Chinese delegate who frankly said that the differences existing...”
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“...yellow brother in China. Hardly knowing it, he awakens prejudice by his cool as- sumption of a superiority that cannot be challenged, an authority that must not be disputed. But just as the negro has shown that given equal advantages he can confidently take his stand on the level of the white man, so it has. been abundantly proved, and the Conference itself afforded many illustrations, that the peoples of the East are as capable as those of the West. The aloofness of the white man, however unconscious or unintentional, has been deeply injuri- ous : instances of which were cited in the remarkable address of the Rev. V. S. Azariah, who ended with this passionate plea:— The Indian Church will rise up in all ages to attest the heroism and self-denying labours of the missionary body. You have given your goods to feed.the poor. You have given your bodies to be burned. We also ask for love : give us friends. Doubtless, too, both dress and food have contributed to keep the mission- ary separate. We...”
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“...a faithful ambassador. Suspended from a cord is a medallion in alto-relief, draped in mourning, of Rev. John Innocent. The centre of the tablet bears the following inscription :— Tin memory of iRcv. 3obn Innocent, born in Sheffield, ©ct. lotb, 1820. Was a scholar and teacber in 2lllen Street School, a member of tbis Cburcb, a local preacher, 211 tbe age of 22 ^ears was received into the ministry of tbe /ibetbodist IHew Connejion. Un 1859 be was sent as one of our pioneer mission־־ artes to China, where be labour־־ ed with success until IS97. . . . !Elected iPresi־־ dent of our Centenary Con־־ ference, and subsequently a Guardian IRep־־ resentative. /!bodes ty and humbleness of mind, combined with tenacity and earnestness of purpose were bis prominent 41...”
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“...bright-souled men and women to offer themselves for that great work. So many of their loved missionaries had gone to their re- ward—first, Mrs. Hall, then Mr. Hall, William B. Hodge, Benjamin Turnock, her own beloved son, George,* and her dear husband, followed so soon by John Robinson. It was fifty-one years since Sheffield sent out her first two mission- aries. Were no others hearing the call ? Was there no young man present who would give himself to that high and holy work ? The appeal, so earnest, so pathetic, so full of subdued passion, touched all our hearts. Other speakers were: the Rev. F. B. Turner, who has been associated with Mr. Innocent in China; the Rev. Thomas Scowby, an old personal friend; Mr. Bernard Firth, one of the superintendents of the school. Then the Rev. John Young, on behalf of the young men, expressed appreciation of the efficient and loving service rendered that evening; and the helpful and im- pressive meeting was brought to a close by the singing of the hymn:— “ For...”
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“...The little units have become thousands since then. We pray and expect the thousands to become mil- lions in the near future. May leaders, men, and women, be raised up among the millions of China to teach the evan- gel to their fellow countrymen.” Christ apd the Eastern Soul. “East is East, and West is West, And never the twain shall meet! ” IS there any more completely dis- credited fragment of popular phil- osophy, to-day, than Kipling’s mis-quoted jingle? All our stock phrases concerning the Oriental world are obsolete. The passive East is in revolt; the unchanging East is the scene of kaleidoscopic transformations. “ Plastic and changing ” is Dr. J. R. Mott’s* description of the situation with which Christian missions have to deal in the present decisive hour. And this latest text-book for Mission Study Circles opens with an impressive survey of the unrest and travail of the non- Christian races in the twentieth century, a world-movement compared with which the Renaissance of Europe...”
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“...activity. The same is true of Confucianism in China, and of Hin- duism in India. While the missionary zeal of Islam in Africa and India, and its rapid increase—six millions in India alone in ten years *—is one of the most disquieting signs of the East. But the most suggestive and interesting point in our author’s survey is this: that the Eastern religions, in order to hold their own, are remodelling themselves on Christian lines. Buddhism is learning the value of the pulpit, the press, the school for religious propaganda. The initials Y.M.B.A., Y.W.B.A., stand for flourishing institutions whose origins will be easily guessed. Buddha is adored as “ Our Lord and Saviour,” and the day of his birth is observed in imi- tation of our Christmas festival. So in China Confucius has been raised, by a recent edict, to the rank of deity. The Sage of China has become a rival to our Lord; and adoration of Confucius is now made the test and condition of ad- mission to Government schools and ap- pointments...”
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“...first, and yet productive of re- suits, often tested by cruel opposition and persecution, which are not to be lightly regarded. But a larger idea than that of self- edification and progress soon arises: every true Church is a living testimony of the Gospel, and seeks to witness faithfully in its own neighbourhood, and to use all means possible for the spread of saving truth. Hence mission schools soon open to non-Christian children, and the truth begins to touch the fringe March, 1911. of heathen people. In fields like India the leavening influence of education has accomplished great things, and even in China, notwithstanding all hostile in- fluences, it has so far developed as to inspire great ambitions reaching even to the dignity of well-staffed universi- ties. “ If God has no need of human learning,” Dr. South said when narrow bigotry belittled scholarship, “ He has Professor Edward C. Moore (Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.), Vice-Chairman of Commission III. [Favoured by “ Our...”
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“...“ Edinburgh, igio ” still less need of human ignorance.” It is not likely that learning will be under- rated by missionaries or mission churches since it is accepted that ignorance is perilous to their most pre- cious interests, and freedom and safety can only be found in growing know- ledge. The report of Commission III. shows what has been aimed at, and what ac- complished, in educational work in India, China, Japan, Africa and Mo- hammedan lands in the near East; also what has been done in Industrial Train- ing, in the training of teachers, and in the diffusion of Christian literature. It contains also a masterly chapter (7) on the relation of Christian truth to in- digenous thought and feeling. The very idea of a catholic or univer- sal religion was at the beginning a diffi- culty even with the apostles themselves, whose utmost vision was bounded by their Jewish horizon. To the Romans, throughout the early centuries, it was a thing to laugh at that the same reli- gion would do for black...”
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“...fessors and teachers, and a large pro- portion of the men now available for the new education are found in mission- aries, or in native graduates of Christian schools. One of our own esteemed mis- sionaries, Rev. W. E. Soothill, has been temporarily borrowed from the station where he is so much needed for service in the Imperial University, Tai Yuan Fu, Shansi. Similarly in West Africa, Rev. J. Proudfoot has been detached from our mission work that he may superintend as Principal a school for the education of the sons of native chiefs. In China and India and Africa and else- where the demand has suddenly become acute and intense, and if at the present Dr. K. C. Chatterji, Punjab, India. (A native Indian,— Presbyterian Church of U.S.A.) [Favoured by “ The Missionary Recot d." critical juncture the Church could supply an abundance of devoted and qualified instructors a forward stride would be taken greater than any the world has yet seen. That mistakes with the best inten- tions will be made...”
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“...A Returning Missionary religion altogether apart from any poli- tical programme or propaganda. His further advice is less questionable, that the Chinese educated in America should promptly go back to evangelize their own people rather than leave it to the foreign missionaries. Especially is there need in China for new and greater exertions for the in- struction of women and girls, two hun- •dred millions in number, and the vaster proportion with little or no education at all. The common attitude which has not yet been greatly disturbed is ex- hibited in the proverbs :— “For a woman to be without ability is her virtue.” “A learned man builds up the wall of a city, but a learned woman overthrows it.” To spend money on a girl who soon leaves the parental roof for a place in her husband’s family is regarded as un- utterably foolish ; it is expressly likened to “ weeding another man’s field.” The bound and crippled feet, preventing free and graceful movement, but sym- bolizes the fettered mind...”
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“...On succeeding Sundays similar welcome services greeted our friends in visiting the more remote stations. Mr. Heywood also speaks of long conferences with his colleagues on the problems and policy of the mission, and the mapping out of the winter’s work. Missionaries have to be both architects and builders. They prepare their plans and carry out the work. We may well pray that they be inspired with sublime visions of the glorious temple of * We shall show photographs of the friends who have thus arrived, next month, in anticipation of the London meetings, April 23rd and 24th.—Ed. By tbc . Rev. C. STEDEFORD. humanity they are called to build, and that they may make all things accord- mg to the pattern shown to them in the mount. Chinese According to the request Pastors of the North China Dis- Ordained. trict Meeting, and the sanction of Conference, five Chinese preachers have been or- dained as pastors. Three, Li Ching San, Cheng Yuan Hsiang, and Li Fu Chen, who are labouring in Chihli pro-...”