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“...XV1. Childhood. 1856 - 1872 Girlhood. 1872 - 1877 Obeying the Call. 1877 - 1878 Life in Hongkong. 1878 - 1880 Engagement and Marriage. 1880 - 1882 life in Hankow. 1882 ~ 1887. First Furlough. 1887 - 1888 Opening of the Hess for Eurasian Girls .1888-1892 New Reeruits and Bereavements. 1892 - 1899. Wuchang and the Boxer Movement.1899 - 1900 Work in Wuchang. 1900 - 1911 The Revolution. 1911. Last Years in Wuchang. 1911 - 1918. Life in Kuling. 1918 - 1922. Lonely Furlough and Return to China.1922-1923 Women's Bible School and Retirement .1923-1936. rate ih ae...”
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“...prayers? The ladies asked if she would be willing to go te indie. Amy sald for herself she was willing te go anywhere, but as her mother hed lest two brothers in Indie she thought &t would be better for her te go China, or eleewhere, if the need was as great. They then asked whether she had not miter atuty wedicine, bub Awy felt no gift in that direction eat all, and ag they expleined they only suggested this Because ehe was ao young, ¢he said she would yather prepare in some other way, and 1t was decided that she should attend the Gone : , She could live with the Chairs iy i jardiaw, and go into town every day by the Under- : vein tales Bus the next tera did not begin til) January, — and this seamed to Auy a long time to walt. However, it belng decide thet she wes to go to China Ee ee Belle wae half...”
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“...becone Government Inspector of Schoole; he had six children and a miseionary's salary wae hardly enough to live on. He kept on very friendly terma with all, end ocessionally persuaded some to accompany him on hie trip round the I¢land to inspect the village echools, In the schools opened by the Britioh Goverment they ueed & terles of reading books which the children had not only to resd but to explain and write from dictation. Thie was the beginning of the revolution of teaching through~ out China. The teaching of arithmetic and geography was alee introduced into some of these sohoole. Before thie small pupile in Shine only learnt by rote and traced copies. The (22)...”
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“...obvious why he wished to come. Amy wrote doubtfully, but he came, and during hie visit they became engaged. Amy carefully wrote out the pros and cons, and came to the conclusion that she would be able to do just ae much, and better work, if she married one whom she could not help loving, than by ataying on when she was no Longer heart-whole. She aleo thought 1t might be her sad lot to disappoint other men if they would fail in love with her on such short notice, and the need for workers in Central China was even grenter then in Homgkong,,.ac she promised to marry Arnold Foster, only stipulating that she must not go for some time, a8 Mise | Rowe wae just going on furlough. She kindly said that she would only stay away a year 60 that the engagement might not be unduly prolonged, Mr. Foster wae 35 already and did not / want to wait longer than was necessary. In anawer to the letter which Kr. Foster wrote at (27)...”
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“...CHAPTER Vi. The very dey after their arrival wre. Griffith John Left for home. She had been 111 for: some time and had to go home for an operation. There was only one other L.M.5. lady in Hankow, Mre. Wawbey; she could not speak SChinage having been most of the missionary life in India, and she died that Autuan. In “uchang there was lira. Bryson, but she wont home at the New Year, ao Amy wae left with all the work of the Society mong wonen and girle in Central China on her hande. She wae very thankful @he bad not delayed her coming, and felt @he had indeed been guided arignt. It was a good thing that she had studied the new dinlect for some months, but she atiil had to epend most of her time in studying, as Cantonese wae like a different language, and it was not understood at all by the people in Hankow. - Yer marriage was ideally happy, but Mr.Poater was very busy and she was left a good deal slone. He had given up the chaplaincy on his marriage, for he could not keep a wife on fifty...”
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“...religion, with the result that in that family there wea no A religion at all. There wat ® G6mall day~school for girls in connection with the Mission; Amy Degan at once going to this; the teacher wae the firet woman to be baptized in Central China, a very good Christianrbut not particularly well educated. There was a Biblewoman too with whom Amy visited sometimes, she very soon began going to the hospital to talk to the women out-patients, at first she had to listen to the Biblewomen but che soon began to talk herself end found this = much better way of reaching the women than vieiting in their homes. Men, women and children all attended the Sunday School. An old deacon, ® wesherman, taught the clase of women. Amy joined this clase at first ae a listener, but es soon ae her knowledge of the language ennbled her to teach she took over the clase and taught it all the yenrs she was in Hankow. | In Decamber there were two new reoruite to the Mission + kr.Gonsey and Dr. Giilison. The...”
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“...verandsh, It was a delightful place in swaer but in winter it wee barnlike and bitterly cold. They had not been in the house very long before they were glad they hed a spare room. A party of missionarics for the C Isle had Just arrived on their way Westy; there war trouble then in Sxehuan and the Consul refused to give thes pessporte; with them was a lady « Mise Green ~ who hed come out to start wrk for the Friends! Foreign Missionary Society in China, irs. Poster invited her to stay with them and she began her study of the language. Ae months passed on ami there seemed no immediate prespest of her getting to Sechuan she began work in Henkew, opening a little dispensery in a village at the other emi of the conces~ _ sion fron Dr, Gillison's hospital and sending al serious eases on to hime She had had some medieal training and was glad to open up 2 new district to Mieaion work. Shale in Hankow hex views as to the sseranents changed, she was baptised, believ- ing it her duty to obey her...”
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“...children's paper, and thet meant writing a1] the articles herself every month in Chinese. When Mrs.» dohn came back from home she took over the day~ school ond the hospital tala, Mere. Foster at firet felt > keenly, but she set to work In other ways. She wished to open another school, but there wre no trained teachers, so she started a daliy clase at her own house for ining women to be teschers or Ciblewauen. Sot sany of they barnt to read their Sibles and were probably the first women in Central China to be able to knét. Sone of them became very earnest Christians. One + Mrs. Lee + was decidedly original character, her son was @ colperteur in a distent province anid she much wanted him te come home, One Gay she #044 "I think he will come now for I have written to tell him I am dead, and that he mst como to the funeral? (ho)...”
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“...good bey, I want to be a Christian too." ‘The hospitel cook wan fond of the lsd and invited him to Lve with him so thet he might attend the Mission dey~¢chool. Ue did ao for some years, and thet is how he came to be in Mre.Pomterta Sible Class. After @ time the dector took him into the Hospital to train as an assistant, and afterwerds into the Medics School. After qualifying av @ doctor he id good work in L.!.S.hospitals, and when the Chinese Government ordered that the Principals of schools in China must be Chimese, it wae the daughter of thie. Or» Chou that was felt to be best fitted to take charge of the girla' boerding-sehool that had been started by Mrs .Vostor. im 1885 ure, Jonn died and ira. Foster's hande were very | ald of wort. |...”
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“...come to tale ber home. lr» Foster wae going on to London, 48 nis home was at Bleackheat:, else he wished to deliver up the children to tire. Waterbury, who had already arrived there. She was better ent able to take the children agein herself. | ardly walt for the next dey to see her mother Brhatol at two ofelock in the morning it seemed & emall fawily after whet it had been before she went to China, os two of the sisters were umrried, but a heer was living there, end Grace's | drive Polly's remarking that if Pally would not go the wey ahe | wanted her to she should let her go ker own ways it was e1) - | delightful wherever they went. The old seenes wore so dear, the downs very beautiful, and Folly alwaya got howe at last all right. | After a few days Mr. Foster osme anf was weloomed quite into the featiy at once. chen they went off together to stay with his relations + it was quite Giffioult te see them 22 |...”
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“...GHRAPTER Vili. Ae oes TA EH AER OND AN REY AO enh ae irs Vom tN “Uh AIRY RE CR can SS Opening of the Home for Buraesian Girlie. 1888-1892. Mise Green got slowly somewhat better and was able to take & great interest in a plan which Mr. @ Mre. Foster had for opening & home for Burssian girls, At that time there wae only one Protestant sohool in China that would take them and it was very Small and not particularly well managed. The original idea wae to have a geparate house, and matron, expecting to take a good number, but there were not many applica~ | tions, and Mr. and Mre. Foster decided to begin et any rate, in their own home and teach them with the English children who game every morning. They began with three fatherless girle in January 1889; = fow daye later another girl came, and by April they had eix children living in the house. By slightly altering partitions and giving up their own bright bedroom to the girls and enclosing verandahs, they were all accommodated comfortably...”
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“...ahe started back to Chine. Ghe felt very much not being with her husband to comfort him when he cot the news by cable, but she knew he would be glad she was eble to go to the funeral, and to tell him on her arrival home all she could about hie dear mother's last days. Though #ehe benefitted much by the voyage and change of air, and got good advice from throat upeciartete, yet her voice did not return sufficiently for her to speak at any meetings while at home. While Mro. Foster was away from China there hed been several riote; a Weeleysn missionary and a young man in the Customs were murdered at Wuseueh, ® place not far from Henkow, and the whole country seemed seething with unrest. But though there were seares in Hankow there was no real trouble. Mre. Foster was glad to be back in time to provide the Christmas Tree, and also the usual treat for the Chinese school children. This was in January, just before their New Year. Friende from home sent doll#, serap-books and work- bags. About...”
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“...Worship Song - eo such that after their return to China they got it introduced into the Church at Kuling instesd of Sankey's collection, which bed been used there pt eviously. Part of the time Mr. Foster spent in ® nursing-hone, where he underwent an operstion. He was much touched by the kindness of the doctor, who refused to take any fee from him. ‘When the girls’ holideys came Kr. Foster took lodgings by the sea that the children might heve happy memories of the seneide. Hearing thet some migsionsries' children had not been invited anywhere these holidays they aeked them to join their little party ~two girls with their brother, and @ friend of his, with the two girle from China, made a merry party at Pokesdown, near Bournemouth. 7 The second summer Mr. Foster was acting pastor at Abingdon; Hre. Poster's mother stayed with them for a little there. The school girle enjoyed walke by the Thames; Mre. Foster gave o. weekly talk about China every Sunday afternoon while they were at Abingdon...”
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“...Peake, a new man for the L.M.8. among the number. They got back in March but hed hardly settied down in Hankow when they were asked to move to Yuchane. The missionary in qharge 6f thet etation ~- Mr.Cousings - had juet resigned, and new arrangements had to be made. After prayerful coneideration Wr.foster agreed to go; it would mean giving up the Suresian school, but by thie tine there wae #nother s¢ho¢l opened in Shanghai, end theirs was not so much needed. The two girls who had been left in China returned to them, but they could take four girls into their new home end Mr.Poster was very glad to have ® work of hie own at last. Up to thie time, though he had bad nearly thirty yenre in Chink he had been practically curate to Dr.John, and in ¢ome ways they looked at things differently, eo he tas glad to have a free hand et ®uchang. There wee » desire, too, in the Wiesion, that a boarding school for girls should be opened, and Mra. Foster wns pleased at the thought of opening one in Wuchang...”
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“...school opened half were sent by missionaries, who peid for them, and even these would bind their feet on the @ly. So the first term was not very enecourag- ing. | During the @pring Mre. Toaster wae far from well and as ire. Uavengert had gone to Kuling in June she went to @pend a few days with her. Before she was really well herself she went to nuree irs, Gilligon, who had run up a high temperature while her baby was only a few days old. “hile there reports of disturbances in different parts of China reached them. The Boxers bad begun their wicked work, and there was quite a scare at Kuling. Remembering the meesacre of 0.1.3. mission-— aries a few years before this at their hili resort, Mra. Foster persuaded Dr .Gillison not to mowe his wife while @he hed fever, and stayed with then till she wes better, then she returned to Yuohang, very glad to ve back and to be able to put ino few more weeke st the school before closing for the summer holidsys. | Some monthe before thie Dr.Ruth Hassey had...”
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“...Cheng Taz Tung, would protect foreigners. The old Umpress had sent him her edict commanding that all foreigners should be killed, and the Soxers made this inolude all Shristians. So it wae with heavy hearte that so many miselonaries sailed eff to Japan not knowing whet news would before long reach them there. At Kobe sume kind American missionaries came on Board to invite 211 missionaries from China to go with them to Kobe. College, which during the vacation had been turned into a | bon rding-house and was filling up fast with refugees. Mre. Poster took her girle there to tiffin, but finding that it was poesible to get to Arime that same day by train left to secure accommodation for herself and the three girls. They none of them knew any Japanese, and just ss the train was atarting the kind lady who had seen them off called through the window, “Mind you change at the Junetion" but it was hard to oatch the unfamiliar name of the station, and it was a relief to recognise the name when they...”
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“...a Little Psalter, marking all the paseages that spoke of the Lord as reigning. It was the one comfort to know that He was over all and thet nothing could be done without His knowing eli about it. In August news came of the relief of Peking, and hopes revived of getting back before very long to China. But for her anxiety i¢ would have been 1 pleasant holiday, as Mre. Foster hed never been in Japan before, and there was much thet wee very interesting, but she was unspeakably thankful when & telegram came saying she might return to Yuchang. Mr. Foster had already written to assy if she could arrange to leave the eldest girl in Japan it would be wise to do so, as things were still unsettled in China. So one wee left in a missionsry'a family, and the other two went with Mra.Poater, reaching Hankow on October jrd, the firet of many refugees to return there from Japan. (73)...”
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“...dysentery, just as they were all congratulating themselves that they were able to go on with their work and not leave for Kuling, a8 30 Many in Hankow had already done. It was very hot, and about ® week after the dilnese began Mra. MoAll passed away. “hile she lay very 111 end weak Mrs. Foater or Dr.jassey sat with her much of the time, repenting the hymns she loved so well, She had often gone to sing to the patients in the women's hospitel before her illness, and though only a short time in China she was much beloved by foreigners and Chinese alike. After her death it was thought well that the others ahould go to Kuling without delay. Mr. Poster took them up, but would only stay a few days himeelf, going back into the heat to work, returning to Kuling just in time to fetoh the others down at the beginning of September. After that each summer Mre.Foster went to Kuling at the beginning of July. She found the heat inoreasingly trying and could not #leep as soon as the nights were hot. At...”
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“...and could net walk as she then did. The same two old servants who had been in the home before Mre.Foster deft the first time were still there, and it was a most reet- ful place to come to efter the long voyage. She die not atay there #11 the time; there was the ueaual deputetion work, the Game round in Yorkshire and Scotland that she had been twice before. Kind friends welcomed her again in each plece, and of course they visited Mr .Poster's relations in different places. Before teturning to China Mre."oeter underwent a serious operation. While she wae in the nursing-home, waiting for it, Mr.Foster wrote her a Little letter, “Juet a line to send you very much love and my bene~ diotion, which I hope will reach you before Nra.Sharlieb cones. 'The Lord bless thee and keep thes, the Lord make Hie face to @hine upon thee and be gracious unto thee, the Lord lift up the light of His countenance upon thee and give thee peace.! You know how much you are in your beloved's thoughte and how much...”
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“.... > an was quite successful, and after it Mre.Foster was able to do ® little more deputation work before returning to China, They took out with them Mr. Rowlands’ bride, and the wedding took place in Shanghai on their arrival there on December ist. While they were away they were having a new house built in Fuchang next door to Dr,Massey's. Dr.Somerville kindly superintended the building of it. So they were able to move in on arrival, and leave their old house for Mr. and Mrs. Rowlands. The garden was a wilderness, but it was very interesting planting it out as they had previously done with the land round their own home in Hankow. There was a back door on to the hill on which the city wall was built, and there in the Spring one could gether wild roses, and imagine it was the country. It was convenient, too, to be on the seme side of the road as the boarding school, though the girls made a good deal of noise, and so did the patients» and nurses in the hospital immediately below the...”