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“...far from strong and often had fever. She wae
much older than Amy and was an interesting companion, but
her ideas of what should and what should not be done were
very atrong and had to be taken count of by all concerned.
Dr. Eitel had left the Mission to 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
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Page 38
“...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 latter stayed with Mr. and |
Mre. Foster for some weeks...”
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Page 46
“...@ 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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Page 68
“...even these would bind
their feet on the @ly. So the first term was not very enecourag-
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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 arrived
to begin medical work among women in Wuchang. Of course
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Page 124
“...been long at Kuling when
disquieting rumours appeared in the papers of s etrong anti-
foreign feeling throughout China.
This had been felt more or less all the year. One
rarely went far in Fuchang without being called a foreign
devil, or worge, but now it was not only words but deeds.
The students were ciraulating pamphlets acouding foreigners
of all sorte of wickedness. When in Shanghai the police
fired in self-defence on a mob, ond killed some people, this
stirred up the students throughout China. A few days later
a mob tried to rush to British Soncession in Hankow, and would
not dieperse even when the fire-hose waa played on them for
some time, so shooting again took place and there were more
deaths, called murders, of course, by the infuriated students.
Then at Kiukiang the mob looted the Sritish Coneulete and
the Japanese, and burnt the British flag. "ven Mission schools
wot stirred up against the British, some tore up Bibles and
hymnbooks and it was thought best to close early...”
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Page 131
“...Ohina Daily Waws asking
for contributions sf glothes to be sent to the Union Cpurch
Heli, and inviting refugee missionaries to go there and select
any that would be of use to them. Thie wae a very great help
to many who had arrived without even a change of garmente.
Every day there were fresh arrivale till all the Mission and
boarding houses were overflowing. Ae there Seemed no probability |
of getting back to Central China for some time Mrs .footer
thought she hed better leave and make room for othere. Ghe
had a niece living in Penang, and thought after a short visit
to her she could return to Yuchang. Penang is very beautiful
and it was abappy little visit, but news from China was dis-
quieting and she decided to go to Australia, where her sister
Belle was then living, se three of her children had gone to
that country. Her home was at Manly, on the top of a cliff,
with wide views over the Ocean on both fast and Weet. Besides
happy companionship with her sister and brother-in-law she...”
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