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“... Gertrude Ford ..... 272 The Costliness of Prayer ... 286 A Wish - - - - - 288 Prayer, China’s Call to - - - 134, 160 Proverbs, East African .... 231 Representation, A Missionary - - 192 Reviews of Books : China’s Revolution - - - - 11 International Review of Missions 40, 105, 181, 256 These Little Ones .... 44 Men. and Manners in Modern China 64 Thinking Black . .... 85 Opals from Sand.................89 The Missionary Prospect - - - 110 Wesley’s World Parish ... 113 Martyrs of the Early Church - - 117 Ministering Women .... 118 Out of the Long Grass - - - 129 The Chinese Language ... 133 Problems of the Mission Field - - 144 Three Religions of China ... 156 .Thomas Ruddle of Shebbear - - 184 Child-Life in Missionary Lands - - 207 A Short Church History - - - 221 The Holy Land of the Hindus - - 251 Revolution and After, The, Rev.. G. T. Candlin -.....................35 School, A Missionary Holiday - - 139 Sierra Leone Hinterland, Rev. A. E. Greensmith, - Cannibalfsm 73 ,, - Taboo Customs...”
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“... £T*" O all those who are in the Master’s I service in the mission field, and * to those who, in distant lands, have been won to the knowledge and love of the Saviour, I would send warmest greetings and sincerest wishes that the New Year may be one full of blessing. And very heartily do I hope that all the readers of the Missionary Echo may be able, should life be spared, to do much personal and prac- tical work to aid the exten- sion of the Kingdom of our Redeemer. If our hearts are aglow with love for our blessed Lord, if a spirit of compassion fills our breasts for those who, in far off lands, have not yet our Saviour known, we cannot but feel intensely anxious that the work on our mission fields should be carried on with earnestness and vigour, and be crowned with abun- dant success. “O ’tis a sound should fill the world, The sound of mercy through the Lamb.” We owe a duty to our brothers and sisters who have gone to China and Africa as missionaries of the cross sent forth by the United...”
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“...funds. A little retrenchment of personal ex- penditure on the part of many, a smaller outlay in respect of our Churches and organs, and a revival of the spirit of liberality among the rank and file, would be exceedingly helpful in the mission field, where just now for lack of funds some chapels are being closed. Having entered upon this holy and glorious work of carrying the Gospel to the regions beyond, we cannot honourably or with an easy conscience, either withdraw from it or ineffectively sustain it. The awakening of the East, the unrivalled opportunities which present themselves, the successes already realised, the yearning of many for the Gospel, call for our prayerful and enthusiastic sup- port. It is given to us to aid in evan- gelizing the people of China, and con- verting a possible Yellow Peril into that which will be as another radiant crown for the brow of the Redeemer. And in Africa also great fields of usefulness are open to us. Ethiopia is stretching forth her hands unto God...”
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“...Rev. G. P. apd Mrs. Littlewood. eN Saturday, September 28th, Miss Maggie Fairbrother was married to the Rev G. P. Littlewood, in Tientsin, N. China. The religious ceremony took place at the historic “ Old Union Church,” at 8 o’clock in the morning, in the'presence of the Rev. J. and Mrs. Hedley, Mrs. Candlin, Mr. Evans—a Professor of the Anglo-Chinese College, the Rev. G. T. Candlin officiating. The bride was prettily attired in a dress of pearl grey, with a hat to match. The aisles and chan- cel of the Church were specially car- peted; the fine old building was tastefully decor- ated with a pro- fusion of beauti- ful white flowers and stately palms and other plants; and everything pos- sible was done to create a “ homeland ” at- mosphere for the happy event. After a quiet, but impressive, service the wedding party walked from the church to the Mission House (but a few yards away) amid a shower of rice and confetti. The photo- graph, which we present to our readers was then taken, and a host...”
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“...Japanese lanterns and “ fairy lights ” hung from all the trees. In the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jones our friends spent a very happy holiday, and a few days after they went to their new home at Tong Shan. Their postal ad- dress is Tong Shan, North China. Foreigp Secretary’s Notes. The Old Year The old year has left and the New. memorable marks upon our Missions. Destructive typhoons in the Wenchow region and drought and famine in East Africa have made a record of suffering and loss rarely equalled. But the year will be remembered by its gains rather than by its losses. In the year 1912 we re- Sorted an increase of £2,500 in our lissionary income. We opened the United Methodist Mission in Meru, thereby fulfilling the hopes and aims of the pioneers of our Mission in East Africa. These progressive steps form the first definite forward movement taken by the United Methodist Church. They mark the beginning of a new chapter in our missionary history. The new year, if I may venture to prophesy, will see...”
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“...sisters in East Africa.” We shall be glad to forward any special contributions for this purpose. Tlie Mission One month’s labour on House at the part of Mr. Griffiths Meru. and Mr. Mimmack, as- sisted by many natives, re- suited in the erection of the Mission buildings in Meru. The house consists of three spacious rooms and is constructed of logs with a layer of reeds inside and out. Mr. Mimmack is very proud of it. He says it is cosy and attractive, delight- fully cool during the day and warm at night. Both Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Mini- mack testify to the excellence of the climate, and the beauty of the land- scape. They find our station is planted in the midst of a dense population. The adjacent villages are large and numerous. Mr. Griffiths says the Meru inhabitants are a fine race. He em- ployed 46 in the building operations, and they proved to be splendid workers. The opening of this mission has been most propitious. Our Brethren when they joined in prayer in the newly- erected house were...”
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“...reckoning. The people celebrated the new year, on Feb. 18th, 1912, for the last time. The queue has been worn in China since 1644. To-day none is to be seen on the coast and very very few in the interior. The Government officials used to have high-sounding titles, e.g., “The vener- able gentleman of the Order of the Pea- cock Feather,” etc., to-day they are called by the simple title of Mr. Even twenty years ago the mission- aries scarcely dared to go near the heathen temples. Now they are per- mitted to take photographs of both the buildings and the idols within them. These idols have been worshipped for centuries, some ,of them coming down from before the Christian era. Now many temples have been raided, the idols have been broken and cast into the street, while the people looked on, in- different to their fate.—“ Missionary Review of the World.” Same of our visitors at the Mission (Wenchow) [Photo - Miss Holt. last New Year’s day. 7...”
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“...that no word with the strict meaning “ to abdicate ” was used in the three abdication docu- ments. But there was nothing behind this. Beside the fact .that it was diffi- cult to find a word to express the exact position—“Jang Wei” or “T’zii Wei” would be apt to carry the implication that the throne remained intact—it was natural for them to avoid a word which would be wounding to their pride. There is little doubt that they under- stood quite well the nature of their act. Manchu supremacy in China has gone, never to return. The only time when our Tangshan district became the scene of action was at the end of January last. The troops at Lanchow, who had for months been playing a double game, mutinied, and attemped to rush the railway line. There was an action at Lei Chuang, the result of which was never clearly known to the public. The fighting was of no consequence, in fact the Imperialists though in overwhelming strength, pro- vided a way of retreat for the mutineers. But the revolt was...”
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“...Editor’s laborious and able review of the year 1912, and we hope sincerely it will be done every year. Now that we see it we wonder how it can be dispensed with. After a brief general survey, Mr. Old- ham passes in review the countries of the world—Japan, India, China, Persia, Mohammedan Lands, Africa, the Jews, and the Home Base. A paragraph from the last many be given as illustrating its useful scope, and partly in order to give our readers need- ful information. "A considerable number of changes in the personnel of the staff of. leading mission societies have taken place during the year. In the Methodist Episcopal Board in North America, the Rev. A. B. Leonard, LL.D., who has been the corres- ponding secretary for more than 20 years, has retired on account of advancing years, and his colleague, the Rev. H. C. Stuntz, D.D., has been made a bishop. The three new secretaries are Mr. S. E. Taylor, the Rev. W. F. Oldham, D.D., and the Rev. Frank M. North, D.D. In the Baptist Board the Rev...”
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“...Revolution is this year like a Jack-o-Lantern, jumping all over the place. All our members have been ‘ touched,’ and as I am not a Manchu and so cannot be turned out, they quarrel among themselves. They must hit some- body, and, in consequence, we’ve had a fine meke. Things are now improving, but don’t speak with any certainty of China, except to say that given the Grace of God she is sure to come out top-side. “I have entered more truly into Paul’s Epistles this year and can now understand why he continued to give expression to such high spiritual truths, whilst he had to complain so often of the conduct of the church members. “’Tis the same God keeping the mission- ary to-day or—poor missionary 1 I am stronger in faith now than ever, and more restful.” We are permitted to make an extract from a letter to׳ Mrs. Evans (at South- ampton) of about the same date. “ I have been on tour round Miao-land and district, and have visited nine fresh villages. Of course many of the people are ignorant...”
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“...tendance at which has never been a problem ; Christians and non-Christians come voluntarily, so we hope that the leaven will work, and that all who at- tend the school will be influenced to believe in the God we serve. Our mili- tary official, who is newly-appointed to this city, invited our U.M. missionaries to a meal yesterday, and said he wished his daughter to come to the Mission School to learn English, which subject has been started this year, as it seemed necessary in New China. This official hopes that his little girl, now aged twelve, will study medicine in England later on, as there are so few qualified doctors in China. We pray that all the means we employ may be used of God to uplift these people and bring honour to our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.”...”
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“...missionary literature which could be procured, and the ambition to become an ambassador of Jesus Christ in China was kindled in David’s heart by an appeal from Dr. Karl GiitzlafE, of Hong-Kong. The Scotch youth now earned enough in summer to become a student at Glasgow University in the winter (1836-37). Medicine and theology were chosen as his special studies. During his second winter’s course he was accepted by the L.M.S. as a candidate for the mission field, and sent to Essex for probationary tuition. His first attempt to preach was an ignominious failure, and he naively confessed to the congregation, “ Friends, I have forgotten all I had to say.” Even in later years the thought of making a speech seemed to him a more terrible ordeal than to face the perils of African travels. When, at last, the toil of years was so far rewarded that David Living- stone received his diploma as a doctor, China was closed to him by the Opium War. At this juncture that great mis- sionary, Dr. Moffat, crossed Living-...”
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“...many of the young men who in past years were trained in their schools, are now filling responsible positions in the Chinese service or in other employment, and, true to their obligations, generously support the Church which gave them their start in life. Wesley Church, in Tientsin, is entirely self-supporting, largely through the interest and help of its former pupils. Our Mission in North China has so far done very little along this line; and in consequence we are getting farther behind each year, as we keep losing some of our best scholars, who, natur- ally anxious to learn English and get on in life, go to other mission schools, and in the end are lost to us altogether. The scheme, which has been ap- proved by the Committee and the Con- ference, but which, alas, want of funds makes impossible of realization at present, is to have a large Anglo- Chinese College at Tang Shan, to which the children from our elementary schools could be transferred, when they had passed a certain standard. It...”
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“...and in his profession as a mission- ary has been able to obtain closer con- tact with, and greater confidence of, the people than is possible to any other class of foreigners, and so may be re- garded as a most reliable authority for statements of fact, though occasionally one meets with a slight mis-statement— apparently quite accidental, but not detrimental, happily, to the general ef- feet of the book. Thus in chapter 1 he says that many people thought that dis- turbances would result from the erect- ing of telegraph poles—the people re- garding this superstitiously—but no- thing of the kind, however, occurred. Dyer Ball in “ Things Chinese ” tells us that the people of the frontier town of Li-chow in Hunan rose en masse in 1891 to prevent the introduction of the telegraph and the Government had to wait five years before it could be accom- plished. The second chapter, dealing with the Government of the Empire, is specially *** Men and Manners in Modern China.” By the Rev. J. Mapgowan...”
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“...speak against Christians. His own wife has for several Sundays attended our services.” Tlje Seccpd Mission House at Cbac-tupg. By Mrs. POLLARD. 'HE first mission house at Chao- tung* was remarkable for two or three things. It was close to and situated on the same street as the Red Temple, i.e., the Temple of Con- fucius, and the great Examination Hall, two of the places most dear to the old- fashioned literati who were in those days most powerful everywhere. In many cities the missionaries would have been rioted out of such a position as this without a moment’s hesitation. The people of Chaotung, however, good naturedly saw the missionaries enter the house, and when they left it for the second house did not show any kind of pleasure. Most of the people were indifferent to the movements of the foreigners. The first house was one of the smallest and cheapest of all mission- ary houses in China. The second was a great improvement on that It was situated near the East Gate on the Street of the...”
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“...programme. Welcome We accord the warmest Home. welcome to our mission- aries who will be coming home on furlough this summer. Rev. J. B. Griffiths completes another term in East Africa. For eighteen years he has toiled in that trying climate with remarkable devotion. Rev. A. Evans comes from Tong Chuan, West China, where he has spent his first term in arduous service, contending against many difficulties and discouragements, but cheered at last by witnessing the movement of the Kopu tribe toward the gospel message. Rev. W. Lyttle finishes his first term in Ningpo District. He has had over- sight of most remote stations situated on a large island at the mouth of the Ningpo river. He has witnessed con- siderable advancement, especially in the direction of self-support. Rev. Dr. Robson has laboured both as doctor and evangelist in the extensive Wu Ting Fu circuit. He has spent 22 years in most zealous service for Christ in China. Rev. A. E. Greensmith expects to re- turn for a short period...”
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“...tell it out. Personalities are dif- ferent, men may even preach the Gospel in different ways, but however •diversely this new impulse may work itself out, men who are prepared to en- deavour to spread this glorious Gospel should be encouraged in every possible way. Some men feel that their sphere is abroad. The same Gospel was able to save in China and Japan or any foreign land, and he appealed to the people to support and encourage those who had braved dangers, and made un- told sacrifices that God’s light and love might break in upon darkened minds. Mr. A. Hearn dwelt upon the great •change which has taken place in our conception of the Foreign Mission ques- tion. We are no longer governed by sentiment, but we have come to recognize that only in the Gospel of Jesus Christ is there hope for the world. The question is now being put in its proper place, the forefront, and we are realizing that Christianity means more than a comfortable Church, it means a regenerated world. The missionary movement...”
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“...the Opium Trade, of which our Rev. G. A. Wilson is secretary. It was well-organized, and enshrined a healthy moral opinion. Anglican, Free Church, and Temperance sentiment were focussed, and the political and medical worlds had their chosen repre- sentatives. It was deemed to be “ The Critical Stage of the Opium Traffic,” in- asmuch as on May 7th the Rev. Towyn Jones, M.P., was to bring up Britain’s position in the House of Commons, and press for “the immediate and uncondi- tional release of China from all further obligation to admit opium from India.” A morning conference, an after prayer- meeting, and an evening meeting all concentrated attention on this, and a fine agreement on the crucial question was reached—or registered. Ere these words are read it will be seen how far the Conference expressed—or was in advance of—public opinion. It is im- possible not to associate China’s appeal, with which we deal in another column, with this desire to be rid of its national curse. CAMPAIGNS E...”
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“...young people of the London District who had collected £1 and over. The highest sum was that of £10, collected, I am told, mostly in pennies and half- pennies, by a young working girl con- nected with our Ilford Lane Church— surely an incentive to many others! The speeches of the evening will be reported by the Editor. I will only mention one. Lady Hosie, whom many remember as Miss Dorothea Soothill, gave, in her characteristic style, an account of her ex- periences during the recent Revolution m China. She paid a striking tribute to the value of the work done by the missionaries in Wenchow in stating that it was through seeing the effect Chris- tianity had produced on the Chinese women that she herself was induced to take up the work. The girls’ school, started at Wenchow (where she worked with Mrs. Soothill) and now under the charge of Miss Holt, is well known. At the time of the Revolution Mrs. Soothill and her daughter were at Peking, where they had just started a school for Manchu ladies...”
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“...Also to urge friends who are working for our schools and hospitals, to send their parcels as early as possible. I hope to send lots of good things by our outgoing missionaries. The gifts sent by Mrs. Parsons for S.W. China; and by Miss Turner for North China, have given great joy and delight. 21, Victoria Road, Gotham, Bristol. MONTHLY PRAYER MEETING. Hymns: “ Ye neighbours and friends of Jesus draw near.” “ Was there ever kindest Shep- herd.” “ The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin.” Scripture.—Isa. lx. i—12. Praise.—For the success of the special mission held in Chao Tong Fu. That the hearts of some have been stirred, and made willing to be used in mission work both at home and abroad. Prayer.—That medical and educa- tional missionaries so sorely needed for China and Africa, may be soon found, and sent. (See prayer on page 145.— Ed.) All our W.M.A. members are re- quested to unite with the Central Coun- cil, in pledging themselves to pray more earnestly than ever; remembering...”