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“...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 193 Soothill, Marriage of Miss Dorothea - 57 Speaker to any Meeting, Any - - 30 Spurgeon and Missions, Rev. E. Boaden...”
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“...THE Missionary Echo OF Gbe ־United flfeetbobist Cbuvcb. ״> ■A• Tlje President’s New Year Message. The Rev. JOHN LORE. £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...”
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“...and glory. Much may be realized and be accom- plished during the coming year if in all our Churches we have the true spirit of prayer. And if we help in spreading information respecting our work in the Mission field, and our people get to know something of its difficulties, its possibilities, and its successes—surely we should experience a revival of in- terest and enthusiasm. It is a some- what humiliating fact that the work of the world’s evangelization should be hin- dered through lack of financial support. Would there not be a great augmenta- tion of our income if, instead of occa- sional and impulsive giving, we set aside according to our circumstances some de- finite amount for the cause of missions ? The deeply important issue confronts us as a Church as to whether our Foreign Mission work is to flag and to become weakened because of insuffi- cient sympathy and support, or whether the successes and triumphs of the past shall be eclipsed by the happen- ings which are possible to a people...”
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“...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 of friends came to present their congratula- tions. At 9 o’clock, after re- Rev. G. P. Littlewood’s wedding party, with a few members who came to present a scroll, which is nailed over the door. [Dr. Jones on the top step: Alwyn and Esme in front of the bride and bridegroom.]i freshment had been partaken of, the bridal party were conveyed in carriages,...”
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“...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 the formation of a stronger missionary policy both at home and abroad. The financial difficulties will diminish. , The prospects . are brightening. There are signs that some of our fields will yield a remark- able harvest...”
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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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“...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 from the begin- ning of things an understanding existed. It is said that Yuan Shih K’ai’s own son was an ardent Republican. There is no reason to suspect the good faith of the present President, but it need not be supposed that he was prepared to die for a monarchical form of Government, still less for a Tartar Emperor. When T’ang Shao Yi went south as peace envoy on behalf of Yuan it became evi- dent at once that T’ang’s sympathies were on the side of the South. After that first peace mission all dilatory operations on either side were little more than a feint. The more the dynasty hung back from abdicat- ing, the more threatening became the southern invasion, and the more feeble seemed the resistance of the North. At the same time as the leaders north and south made it impossible by their joint action for the Manchu dynasty to do anything else but abdicate, they made abdication remarkably easy. They built a golden bridge for the Em- peror and his party to retire over. The terms granted...”
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“...his earnest zeal for Christ is all the more delightful to me, since I have been associated with him during the whole of his Christian life. He first heard the Gospel at one of our little village chapels in the Yung P’ing Fu Circuit. He was then, as you know, earning his living as a fortune- teller, but was no sooner converted than he threw up that occupation, and that without any promise or prospect of help from us. It was after he had taken that decisive step that I invited him to live on our Mission compound for a month or two in the winter of 1903-04, that I might have him under my own observation and tuition. During that time he was baptized, and then, on my application, was received into the Blind School at Peking, a privilege for which he will never cease to be grateful. In three years he was taught to read and write in a system for the blind, and to play on the organ. He acts now regularly as our organist in our Sab- bath services. On the completion of Lis training he was appointed...”
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“...promise of developing into an active and earnest Christian man. We, on our Mission, all love and ad- mire Li Shou Shan. We who know him best, love and admire him most. Per- sonally, I know him to be one of the most saintly men I have ever known in all my Christian life. His face, with its interested smile, is an inspiration to every preacher. His gracious, gentle spirit makes us think of that “ Israelite indeed, in whom there was no guile.” His simple faith in Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour, and his absorbing passion for the salvation of all the people to whom he speaks of Jesus, are a praise among our Christians, and must surely be a joy to our Lord. We are grateful to God for giving us such a man on our Mission. Tb® Iptcrpatiopal Review of Missions. WE welcome with great heartiness the fifth number of this invalu- able review. It opens 1913 with a definitely strong number, and it is a truism to say that no mission student can afford to be without it. We are at- tracted first by the Editor’s...”
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“...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 of what joining the Church means, but if we can get a hold in their homes it will save them from much sin. Many of the Heh-i (Black Ipien) are also moving. This is partly...”
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“...so it is a great joy when we see them come of their own will. They all have Scripture lessons in the day school, at- 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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“...family had for years availed themselves of all the 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...”
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“...aroused a new in- terest in missions. He spent months in preparing his fascinating and crowded book on “Missionary Travels and Re- :searches in South Africa.” He was re- ■ceived by the Oueen, and the Zambesi Expedition was organized under his leadership. On returning to Africa— this time as a British Consul—•he found •some of his old native followers still awaiting him on the East Coast. The ;great event of this expedition was the discovery of Lake Nyassa in Septem- ber, 1859. The Universities Mission was founded under Bishop Mackenzie— a direct consequence of Livingstone’s appeal at Cambridge. But soon the tide of success turned, and the Zambesi Expedition was subjected to the secret opposition of the Portuguese. The horror of the African slave-trade was burnt into Livingstone’s brain. Scenes of fertility and peace which he had pre- viously passed through were now changed into tracts of desolation and death. At this time, too, he sustained the greatest personal blow of his life by the death...”
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“...He was cast upon the good will of Arab slavers, —sick, nigh unto death, and yet he writes to a brother, “ All will turn out right at last.” For a period of eighty days he was detained in a lonely hut at Bambarre, and during his sickness, he tells us, he read the Bible through four times.* As soon as he gets strength he is out again, tracing the course of the Lualaba. The people of England and America did not know whether he'was alive or dead: he was lost to the world. The story of Stanley’s mission is known now in every land. Stanley’s right to fame rests simply upon the fact that he found Livingstone at Ujiji. Living- stone listened wonderingly to Stanley’s report of the Franco-Prussian War: while Stanley heard with feelings akin to awe the tale of Livingstone’s wander- ings. But the great-hearted explorer would not come home before he had finished his task. Once again he re- turned with a few faithful Africans to the spongy jungle on the East of Lake Bangweolo. At last he broke down under...”
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“...contributed last year £6,080,880 to maintain its mis- sionary agencies. Of this amount the Britsh churches raised £1,977,802. These are large figures, but they are not so large as they would be if all pro- fessing Christians took their proper share in the fulfilment of the command of their Lord to preach the Gospel to every creature. It is computed that not more than 25 per cent of the members of the churches take any share in main- taining missionary work abroad. If this be so how easily might the mission- ary income be quadrupled and thereby made sufficient to send the Gospel to every creature within the course of the present generation. Courage In one of his missionary Rewarded. excursions to the hilly country in search of Miao and Kopu villages Rev. A. Evans found himself in a disturbed district. Hostility had been excited by evil reports of the foreigner who was held responsible for all the ills the people suffered. About seven miles from a village Mr. Evans was warned not to enter it because...”
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“...schools, does not, I am thankful to say, favour the Agnostic propaganda. Their books are such as can be freely used with profit in our Mission schools. At the Mission Cen- tenary Conference at Shanghai the managers of this publishing house gave a reception; and at the reception the manager said, “ They never had, and never would, print a word depreciatory of, or in any way antagonistic to, Chris- tianity.” Of the work done of recent years in the North, I think I should place that of the Y.M.C.A. first. By their reading- rooms and night-classes and lectures, and religious services, they are succeeding, as the Churches are not, in getting hold of the influential young men in Govern- ment service and business houses. And one or two of the wealthiest and most influential men in Tientsin have been won over by the Association to the side ׳of Christ. Then the London Mission has a large Anglo-Chinese school in Tientsin; founded by Dr. Lavington Hart, and until lately superintended by him. It has over...”
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“...incidents which have come within the author’s experience, as illustrating his points, give if. all the novelty and at- tractiveness of a new subject or a first treatment. The illustrations are well selected as regards their appositeness to the contents of the book and are wisely spaced, but one wishes to see in such a book photos of better execution and clearer in detail than several of them are. The author has lived and worked among the Chinese for half a century or more, 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...”
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“...A Year’s View of a Typical Mission to upper rooms in case the city should be flooded. Nyoh-zing says that they took little notice of this, and delayed their preparations, not thinking that the flood would assume serious proportions. They prepared and ate their mid-day meal. In the early afternoon the water poured in and flooded the downstairs rooms. Very quickly it rose above the knees, and, after carrying as many things upstairs as could be done in the short time at their disposal they all had to retire to the upper room. As dark- ness came on they were seized with fear. The water was still rising, and they knew that they must crawl out on to the roof for safety. Their house stood higher than the surrounding ones, so many of the neighbours climbed up, until there were about thirty altogether. Nyoh-zing describes how they were there in the darkness, wondering if they would be saved—each provided with a beam from the roof, and two or three trying to make a raft—when the whole structure began...”
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“...ignorantly 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...”