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CHINESE SCISSORS GRINDER.
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CHINA INLAND MISSION, NEWINGTON GREEN, N.16.
M ORGAN
A N D S C O T T , L t d .. 12, P A T E R N O S T E R B U IL D IN G S , E .C . 4 .
SW eA Sr 5
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C H IN A
Telegrams—Lammermuir, K ini,and-L ondon.
IN L A N D
MISSION.
Telephone—3060—
3061—
6678 Clissold.
NEWINGTON GREEN,LONDON,N.16.
General Director : D . E . HosTE.
Founder : T h e I , a t e J . H u d s o n T a y l o r , m . r .c . s .
LONDON
Home Director
...
rev
Deputy Home Director
R e v . J. R u s s e l l H o w d e n , B . d .
M oorlands, R eigate.
C. T . F is i i E, T he Lodge, Berrynarbor, N orth D evon.
W a l t e r B. S l o a n , F .R .G .S ., Glenconner, B rom ley, K en t.
A. O r r - E w i n g , Roselands, W est End, Southam pton.
I,t .- C o l. J. W i n n , R .E ., W h yteleafe, T he Grange, W im bledon.
C o l. S. D. ClEEVE, C .B ., R .E ., 82, Elm P a rk Gardens, S.W .10.
H. MlLLNER M o r r i s , Bram shaw , R eigate H eath, Surrey.
E d w in A. N e a T b y , M .D ., 29, Queen A nne Street,
Cavendish Square, W .i.
P e r c y K . A i .LEN, Culverden P a r k R oad, T un bridge W ells.
W il l ia m
C O U N C IL .
. J. S t u a r t H o l d e n , M .A ., D .D .
Sh a r p ,
W . M a i n w a r in g B u r t o n ,
R e v . R o l a n d A . S m it h , M .A., H ertin gfordb ury P ark, H ertford
A d m i r a l S ir J. S t a r t i n , K .C .B ., A .M ., L in ley H all, Bishopi
Castle, Shropshire.
T . B r a g g , L .R .C .P .& S ., 337, V icto ria P a rk R oad , H ackn ey, E .9
C. H . M. F o s t e r , M .A., 55, G unnersbury A ven ue,
E a lin g Com mon, W .5
R ic h a r d H i n d e , 10, Laurel Road, W im bledon, S.W .20.
B r i g .-G e n . G. B . M a c k e n z i e , C .E ., C.M .G ., D .S.O .,
11, L an caster G ate, W .2
J am es
barlow
, 3, W ickh am W ay, B cckenham , K e n t.
U pton P ark, Slough, B ucks.
Treasurer : A l b e r t A. H e a d .
Secretaries : F . M a r c u s W o o d , M a r s h a l l B r o o m h a ll, M .A., J o h n B . M a r t in , R e v . T . G e a r W i l l e t t , R e v . W . H . A l d i s .
Secretary fo r Edinburgh and D istrict : G . G r a h a m B r o w n , 19, M ayfield Gardens, E d in b u rgh .
Secretary Wo men-Candidates Department : M iss G. E l t h a m , 50, A berdeen Park, H igh bury, London, N .5,
Co-Editor : R e v . T . W
Accountant : W
Goodall.
Secretary fo r Scotland : R e v . A r t h u r T a y l o r , 16, B elm ont Street, G lasgow .
S. H a y e s .
Telephone : W7est 800.
A ll donations should be addressed to th e Secretary, C h in a I n l a n d M i s s i o n , N ew ington Green, London, N .16 .
(payable at G .P.O .) and Cheques, w h ich should be crossed, p a ya b le to th e C h in a I n l a n d M i s s i o n .
M oney Ord<
Bankers : W e s t m i n s t e r B a n k , L i m i t e d , 21, L o m b a r d S t r e e t , L o n d o n , E .C .3 .
Associate Missions.
Home Centres.
Europe.
Europe.
SW EDEN—
Swedish Mission in China, S t o c k h o l m .
EN GLAND-
N ew in gton Green, L o n d o n , N .16.
Swedish Holiness Union,
St. T org et 5
SCO TLAN D -
16, B elm ont Street, G l a s g o w , W .2.
S W IT Z E R L A N D —
St. Chrischona, near B a s e l .
Swedish A lliance Mission, J ö n k ö p in g .
N orwegian Mission in China, M öller Gt. 2c
O slo
N orwegian A lliance Mission (Det Norsk
M issionsforbund), B e m t A n kersgate 4u:
O slc
A lliance China Mission, Seifenstrasse 5,
B armen
Liebenzeller Mission,
L in k ö p in g
IMortb Hmerica.
CANADA—
NORW AY—
GERM ANY—
150, St. George Street, T o r o n t o .
1164, n t h A v e . W ., V a n c o u v e r , B.C.
L ie b e n z e l l , W ürttem berg
German W om en’s M issionary U nion
(Deutscher Frauen Missions Bund),
U N IT E D S T A T E S — 235-237, W . School Lane, Germ antown,
R ostock , L lo y d st r a ss e .
P h il a d e l p h i a , P a .
Friedenshort D eaconess Mission,
Mie c h o w it z , O b e r s c h l e s ie >
F IN L A N D —
auetralaeta,
A U S T R A L IA —
3 11, Collins Street, M e l b o u r n e .
W oodstock
Chambers,
88,
P itt
Street,
Sy d n e y .
35, Grenfell Street, A d e l a i d e .
N E W Z E A L A N D — 26, D ow ling Street, D u n e d i n .
8, C h arlto n A v e ., M t. E d e n , A u c k l a n d .
Free M ission Society,
(Fria M issionforbundet E xp edition ), V a s /
IHortb america.
U N IT E D S T A T E S - -Scan din avian A lliance Mission,
44, N. Ashland B oulevard, C h icago , I li
S wedish Mission in China,
Mr. Ole Alen, Sec.,
R . A. B ox 295
K i n g s b u r g , C a l if o r n ia
1927.
Index
P age
Aaron the Saint of the Lord
...................
Aborigines, Work among
Across T i b e t ..................................................
Advertising Christianity
..........................
Aeroplane over Fukow
..........................
Afraid of Coming to the Light
Americans and their Consul..........................
Among Brigands
......................................
Among the Tribes ......................................
An Ambassador in Bonds . ..
Anjen, Troops Occupy Premises ...
Anking Training Home, In the
Anniversary Meetings...
Annual Meetings in Scotland
Annual Report, Points from
Annual Reports, From
..........................
Anti-British Demonstrations...
Anti-Christian Demonstrations
Anti-Christian Feeling in K ansu ...
Archdeacon Ku, Letter from
..............
I
Arrivals at the Coast......................................
Arrivals from C h in a ..............
80, 85, 119, 1
Autumnal Meetings . . .
35
57
I 52
58
109
140
105
87
5
51
27
9
95
85
93
75
7
105
28
183
61
171
144
12
4, 7, 8, 11, 38, 41, 57, 70, 74, 76, 77,
90, 141, 155, 171, 172
‘ Barak : Diary of a Donkey '
.......................... 121
' Bearing Precious Seed ’
115
Beggars and Banners.................................................. 87
Bible at Work...
71
28
Bibles, Great Demand for . ..
148
Bible Institute (Hunan )
Bible Institute ( S h a n s i)
................................................. 120
Bible S ch o o ls..........................
30, 41, 42, 70, 120
124
Bibles on Chinese Bookshelves
Biola Band
.............................................................. 69
171
Births ...
Blessing in D isg u ise.................................................. 15
164
Blessing in Shanghai and Yuanchow
Blind Fortune Teller.................................................. 54
Boatload, A Big
.................................................. 12
11
Bolshevik' Agents, Amid
167
Books Received
Book Review, 'Chinese Religious Id eas’ .............. 24
Borden Memorial Hospital ...
38
Boycott at C h e n gtu .................................................. 13
11
Brands from the Burning ...
Brave Witness, A
.................................................. 142
Brigands and Brigandage ...
... 4, 7, 11, 12 27
Bright Side, The
..................................................
7
British Minister Advises Withdrawal of Missionaries 40
Buffeted by Temptation
...................................... 138
Business at a Standstill
...................................... 44
Back in Looted T a ik a n g ...........................
Baptisms
Cable’s Address, M iss
....................................... 181
Cablegrams
...
...
...
...
••• 61, 80, 95
P age
Calendar, C.I.M. for 1928 ...
174
Call to Praj^er...
. ; ...............................................
74
Cantonese Army, The
...................................... *3
Cantonese Attack on K iangsi
.......................... i l
Cases of Conversion ...
71
Central Asia, Wonders o f ...................................... 102
Challenge of Central A s i a ...................................... 1 01
Changing Conditions..........................
13, 40, 74
Chef 0 0 ......................................................................... 7 to
Chekiang , Soldiers Billeted in Mission Premises 40
Chiang Kia-shek, General ...
13
China, Old and N e w .................................................. 13
China 's Miixions Annual Volume.......................... 48
Chinese Church, Prayer fo r ...................................... 118
Chinese Feast ...
56
Chinese Leaders, Letters from
.......................... 122
46
Chinese Letter from Taikang
Chinese Officer Afraid of Missionary
.............. 139
Chinese Post Office ...
10
Chinese Renaissance, Father of
13
Chinese Student’s Claims
15
Chowkiakow, Welcome back to
27
8
Christian Literature Circulated, Fruit from
Christians Tested
..................................................
7
City. A Crushed
.................................................. 12
101
Clocks of G od Keep Time ...
Colporteur, A Brave ...
151
Comfort in Sorrow .................................................. h i
8
Comradeship Rally ...
Conditions, V a r y in g .................................................. 73
Conferences
...
...
...
...
42, 109, 173
Confiscation Notices on Door
139
Conflict and Victory
74
Continental Visit of Mr. Hoste and Mr. Martin... ljto
Converts, Interesting Incidents
...
...
8, 11
183
Correction, A ...
Creative Hours
15
1
Dangers in M issionary Work, Certain Moral
Dark Outlook Brightened by the Uplook
Da}7 of Prayer..................................................31, 32
Dear Old Mother, A ...
Deliverances, Wonderful
...
...
...
44,
Departures for China...
...
...
... 119,
Dispatch from Turkestan, A
..........................
District Secretaries ...
Document, A Malicious
Does it Pay ? ...
‘ Door for the Word, A ’ ......................................
Door Marked ‘ Camp ’
......................................
31
172
47
88
125
171
21
32
13
8
150
90
Earthquake in Kansu
..............
135, 141, m
Education, Christian................................................. 70
Editorials :—
A lm q vist, D eath of Mrs.
A n nu al R eport, T he ... 127
A . vS. ...
...
... 176
A n n u al M eetings 64, 79, T12
A utum n al M eetings
127, 144,
160
INDEX.
iv.
Editorials— continued.
B ible in China, T he
Blessing in D isguise ...
B roadcastin g
Christian
L iteratu re
Broom hall, M., R esig n a ­
tion o f...
C all to P rayer, A
Chefoo Schools ...
C h in a ’ s M u j j o n s ............
C h in a ’ s M il l io n s A n ­
nual V olum e ...
Chinese S tu d en ts’ Claim s
C om radeship fo r China
Council, T w o N ew M em ­
bers of
C reative H ours ...
C hristm as Presents
D angers, Some ...
D a y of Intercession
D a y of W a itin g U pon
G od
..............................
D elicate S itu atio n
D istrict Secretaries
E d in bu rgh D istrict
E v a cu a tio n of Station s
F ascin a tin g S tory, A ...
G od of D eliverances, A
H ope Thou in God
In Perils of R obbers ...
L an tern L ectu re
186
15
47
175
187
187
186
48
15
187
175
15
187
31
47
32
62
32
160
47
128
128
63
110
187
P age
M edical A u x ilia ry , The
160
‘ M em ories of th e Mission
F ield ’ .............................. .112
M eetings for P rayer
79
M issionaries a t W ork ... 159
M issionary Crisis in China 176
M issionary, Position of
15
M issionary T estim on y ... 63
M ovem ents of W orkers
31. h i
N ew B ooklet
64
N o te of S ym p ath y
80
Papers and M agazines ... 80
P rayer, S u b je ct for
63
Problem , A C om plex ... 62
R em arkable Publication ,
A
.............................. 176
Sad A ccid e n t (Dr. K ing) 112
Sad T idin gs
80
S co tla n d ’s A n n u al M eet­
ings
.............................. 79
S ituatio n , A N ew
15
S ituatio n in China
31, 4 7 .
62, 78, h i , 127, 143, 175
Slicliter, D e ath of Mr.
M orris ...
1 12
Sw an w ick Conference 32,, 64
W ee k ly P ra y e r M eeting,
T he
.............................. 144
Encouragement in Difficult}'
...
...
... 166
Encouragement, Cause for M u c h ............................. 136
Encouraging Results Amid Discouraging Circum­
stances
...
...
...
...
...
... 36
Escape, A Narrow ...
...
...
...
... 11
Evacuation, Most Recent .........................................118
Evangelism, The Work of ...
...
...
... 137
............................. 126
‘ Evangelists, He gave Som e'
Factory G irls, Work Am ong
Facts and Incidents:—
...............
A cciden t, A Serious T ra vellin g
A cross T i b e t ...
A n n iversary M eetings (62nd A nniversary)
Archdeacon K u 's L e tte r
A rm y Scripture R ead ers’ A ssociation
A ssassination of G overnor, A ttem p te d ...
B an d its and M ilitary
B ap tised in the R iv er
B ask et of W h eat, A ...
B ible In stitu te G a te w a y B ricked up
Bible T rainin g In stitu te, H u ngtun g
B iola B an d Saves Situation
B lind G irl’s Conversion
B ooks G iven to Studen ts in A nsw er to P rayer
B rav e C hristian W om an, A
B read and Cakes for Sick O fficer...
B ritish M inister’s A d v ice ...
Challenge to F aith , Courage and L o y a lty , A
Cheered b y H om e L e tte rs ...
Cheng, Mr., A Teacher of th e W ord
Children Lured to H ear th e M essage
C hina Old and N ew ...
Chinese C ontributions to W ork
Chinese D octors w ith a Passion for Souls
Chinese Dress, A d v a n ta g e of W earin g ...
Chinese G irl E v a n g elist
Chinese G irls H ide from B an d its ...
Chinese L o y a lty to M issionaries ...
Chinese Officers A sk for T each in g
Christian Posters T orn D ow n
Christians T aken C ap tive b y Soldiers
C hurch Cleansed b y F ie ry T ria l ...
C hu rch’s F u ll A uton om y
C ity Quite Changed b y E a rth q u a k e
C on tin en tal G roups A ssociated with th e Mission
... 132
22
152
95
15
183
174
155
122
T71
151
154
95
149
54
120
43
190
40
184
26
10
152
13
70
136
XI
«7
90
9
108
43
76
76
59
M1
96
P ag:
D eclaration of F a ith Signed
...
...
...
... 10
D efence Forces and Foreign C om m unity
...
... 16
D eliverance in th e H our of D an ger
...
...
... 4
Dem on Possession, D eliverance from
D em onstrations Prevented b y Storm
...
...
... 12,
D iplom as
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 13«
D esert W anderings, A S ev en ty -D ays' C art Journ ey 21, 2.
D estruction b y E a rth q u a k e
...
...
...
... 17,
D estruction of F oreign Prem ises
...
...
...
... 41
D estruction of Old Prem ises, b u t Preservation of N ew 14«
D eva sta tio n b y R o bb er B an d
15I
D ivin e M essage a t F airs
...
...
...
13:
‘ D oor for th e W o rd ,’ A
15 «
D ow n the Y e llo w R iv e r
12 ■
D ow n w ith C h ristian ity
5*
E a rth q u a k e, A M odest
1.52
E n cou ragin g T en t W ork
i 4j
if
E ra for M issionary W ork, A N ew
E scap e, A N arrow ...
I]
roc
E v e ry H om e P lundered
E x -G a m b ler a Soul W inner
15 /
F acto ries V isited
77 . 132
F a ith Challenged bu t n ot Staggered
83
13É
F a ith Stren gth en ed in th e L iv in g G od ...
116
F a ith fu l and U n fa ith fu l T each ers...
F a ll of H ankow and H an yan g
93
F a m ily Idols D estroyed
...........................................
157
F am ine F o o d ...
37
122
F arm ers’ U nion in Possession
.................
62
F e n g ’s, M arshal, V isit to R ussia ...
F e n g ’s Troops E a t up the Lan d L ike Lo custs ...
38
F in an cial M ercies
94
70
F iv e Fam ilies T urn to C h r ist
122
F ood Prices S o a rin g...
107
F o rtieth A tte m p t to T ak e Chapel F ru strated ...
F ou r Y o u n g Officers Interested
139
70
Fou rteen H om es Cleared of Id o la try
150
F righten ed W om en Succum b to M issionaries’ B a b y
166
‘ F ru it of D ifficult Tim es ’ ...
G am bler C on verted ...
71
182
Gen. C hang T si-chiang Preaches th e Gospel
G eneral S trike B egun
72
102
G obi D esert, Crossing th e ...
G o d ’ s P rotection in D ifficult C on dition s...
154
22
G o d ’ s T im e ly A i d .........................................................
G ood W ork D one in Spite of F am ine and B rigands
37
Gospel H a ll for F oreign Sailors ...
!33
Gospel Preaching S till Unhindered
125
140
G overnor’s H om ely V isit ...
107
H anchung P a rty R etu rn to C ity ...
H and of th e L ord Saves V illa g e ...
158
H a rv est E x p e ctatio n s D isappointed
155
H a rv est F e stiv a l
56
104
Heroism of Chinese Friends
46
H igh Cost of L iv in g ...
37 .
27
H o, Pastor, A W insom e C haracter
H ospital Needs
39
H o sp ita lity Spoiled b y T hieving, Genuine
23
92
H ospitals in K a ife n g
109
H u n ch b ack and th e L add er
H u n g ry for G od
...
...
...
...
.57
189
Im p ortan t R ead justm en ts N ecessary
166
Indigenous C hurches...
21
Inferno, A n ...
Journey, A W ild and S olitary
23
169
‘ K e sw ick ’ in A u stralia
K n it T ogeth er b y Struggle and D a n g e r ...
139
119
Labo ur and P o litical U nions
138
L ab o u r U nion and Photographs ...
Ladies a t N a v a l College V isited ...
77
119
L a d y C andidates Pass E xam in ation s
101
L a d y Missionaries W orshipped
69
L a d y W orkers R o u g h ly H andled ...
167
Lepers, F ive , B aptised
70
L igh tin g a F ire to T em p t Cold People to Com e in
22
L odgings Indescribable
- 138
L o n ely Old Couple, A
11, 27, 41
L o y a lty of Christians
M adm an S aved
...
■...
151
INDEX.
v.
Facts and Incidents —continued.
P age
Page
M andarin’s W ife Interested
171
Trainin g College, Paoning ...
.. 96
M aterial Thin gs n o t th e Present Need of th e C hurch... 183
Transm igration, Strange H ope o f ...
•• 13
M eal, A D isastrous ...
T ravels on a D on key
..................................................... .. 121
M ission F un d s in Chinese H ands ...
... 60
T urned in to a Snake
.. s7
Mission Prem ises D am aged ..............................
T w e n ty Fam ilies T urn to the L ord
........................... •• 73
53 . 77 . 135
Mission Schoolboys H a te the Foreigner ...
... 126
Vegetarianism , A C on vert from ...
..
8
Missionaries F ired Upon
... 124
‘ V enerable E xh orters to Righteousness ’
.. 101
Missionaries in H iding
... 117
Volunteers, S ix ty Now..
94
M ethods of O u tstation W ork
... 86
W alked and W orked, Jo y fu lly
■
• 152
M oslems Profess C h r i s t
••• 137
W alked One H undred Miles to Learn A b o u t G od
•• 74
Moslem W om en, O pening for W ork A m ong
W alking and Preaching from V illage to Village
J 53
M urderer’s M other C onverted
... 11
................. 87
W alkin g F o r ty Miles in M idst of B rigands
Need of th e R oadside, The
... 154
W a y Open for V isits to I n t e r io r ......................................... . 174
N ew Conversion, A ...
... 158
W elcom e, A M agnificent
. 28
N ew Conditions, b u t th e Old G ospel
... 46
‘ W here a rt T hou ? ’ ...
• 151
N un B ap tised, A
........................................................
11
W ith d raw al of M issionaries...
. 72
Old F o lk s ’ H om e
........................................................
... 166
W omen E v a n g e lis ts’ W o rk...
. 117
One H undred B ow s D aily to T h irty-six Idols ...
... 71
W om en of H am i
. 22
Open-air Services U nopposed
... 105
W onderful O utpouring of H oly Spirit
• 42
O u t e r M o n g o l ia W ith o u t a M issionary
... 102
W ord of G od n ot B o u n d ....................................................... • 3 8
Peaceful Conditions in K w e ic h o w ...
••• 173
W orkers S till a t T heir S t a t i o n s .......................................... . 11S
P ictu re R olls W an ted
...........................................
W orship of the D ead
••• 57
• 37
Pilgrim s, W ide C irculation of Scriptures A m ong
...
8
Faith and lo y a lty of Chinese Christians... 104, 1 0 6
Policem an Converted, A
8
Faith Challenged but not Staggered
.............. 8 3
Po litical Prisoner Converted, A
... 10
Posters and W ar M em orial...
... 52
F a i t h in t h e W o r k in g o f G o d
P ray e r G atherings a t Shanghai
..............................
... 119
Farmers’ and Labourers’ U n io n s .......................... 139
P rayer, B est W eapon of D e fe n c e ...
... 158
Feng’s Am ty in K ansu , M a rsh a l..............
12, 155
Prostrations of T ib e ta n W om an ...
... 119
Feng, Marshal............................. 12, 28, 62, 73, 93, 107
R a ft of Sheepskins ...
... 122
R ain P revents D em onstrations
Fen River Stations, West of
...
52
27
R a va ge s of T y p h u s ...
... 36
Festival for the Dead
...................................... 37
R a vin e, A n Interestin g
21
Fighting in H o n a n ................................................. 182
R eligious T ra ct S o ciety in C h in a ..............................
11
First Hearing the Gospel ...................................... 1 5 1
R eligious L ib e rty Prom ised
•■
• 73
R estw ell and its B ible School
Five Families Turn to Christ
.......................... 70
••• 39
R idiculous D em and ...
••• '5 3
French and Cable, The Misses, Journey through
R io t a t N anchow
... 28
T u rk e s ta n
................................................................................
21
R iv e r H an, a H o tb ed of A n ti-F oreign F e e lin g ...
... 107
Friendliness Everywhere
171
R iv e r Journ ey to Om sk, A D eligh tfu l ...
... 23
R obb ed F urniture R eturn ed
... 167
R om an C atholics and L o cal U nions
... 123
R ooster Presented in Church
... 56
86, 102
Getting Rid of I d o la t r y ...........................
R ussian H om e, A
23
Girls in Bandits’ Hands
...................................... 90
S acrificial E n erg y in Sp ite of W aves of Persecution
149
Girls’ School, Hwochow, Sh a n s i .......................... 42
Scripture C irculation, F ru it from ...
...
8
Gobi Desert, The
...
...
...
...
22, 102
Scripture T e x t in an U nexpected P lace ...
9
Scriptures in H om es of the Chinese
... 124
G od ’s Message in the Dark...
15
Seeking for Rem ission of Sins
... 101
G od ' s Word ...
7
1
Self Support, Special E ffo rt T ow ards
................
••• 155
‘ Going on as Usual ’................................................. 167
{services Continued in F ifty W orship Centres ...
... 164
Good Order in K w e ic h o w ...................................... 173
Severe T estin g after B aptism
••• 55
Shanghai L etter, N otes from
... 118
Gospel Boats, Fruitful Ministry
Silk W orm In d u stry ...
••• 137
Gospel Still the Power of G od , The
...
... 8
S ix People Crushed to D eath
••• *35
Governor of Shensi Favourable to Missionaries... 107
Soldiers, Chinese Christian ...
... 28
Great Door and E f f e c t u a l.......................................... 89
Soldiers of M arshal F e n g ’s A r m y ...
••• 39
Soldiers R u sh C hurch and T ak e O ffertory
Great Reception, A ...
...
...
...
... 136
••• 155
S tages in M issionary D evelopm ent
... 60
Guinness, G. Whitfield, B.A., M.B., B.C., In
S tan d ing of M issionaries in Chinese Church
fio
Memoriam ...
...
...
...
...
<)i, 92
S tartin g Life a t the E xp en se of th e Church
... T36
S tation s F orcib ly Closed
... 167
S trategic B ase for M issionary W ork
... IOI
Hard Ground
.................................................... 140
S trikin g E xam p les of Christian D evotion
... 117
Studen ts and th eir Slogans
... 125
Hingping, S h e n s i
...................................................... 76
Students, Claim s of Chinese
... 15
Hokow, Troops Occupy Premises
...
... 26
Successes in B ible In stitu te
... 121
Holden,
Dr.,
Address
at
Autumnal
Meeting
...
184
Sun Y a t Sen, D r., T each in g
..............................
... 29
.......................................... 72
Sw arm ing H ordes o f B rigands
... I4O H o n a n and K ia n g s u
T aran tass, T ra vellin g b y
... 23
H o n a n , Devastation and Suffering
................. 158
T a x a tio n Officers R elease B oxes of Stores
... 190 Ho, Pastor, of Taning
...
...
...
... 27
T ax e s P aid in A d v an ce
... 28
Hoste, D. E., Visit to Continent24, to Chefoo... 174
T each in g till M idnight
... 172
H u n a n and I c h a n g ......................................
40, 155
T en T housand B an d its Cannot H inder W orship
... 150
T en t L ife
......................................................................
... 23
Hungtung District, In
..........................
73, 157
T en t W ork
76, 119
Hu-Shih, D r...............................................................13
T housand Miles on F o o t to R each College
...
... 120
Hwailu District, In the
........................................ 155
T ib eta n Gospel Inn ...
...
...
...
... 106
Hweichow, Tidings from
...
...
...
... 138
T ig e r’s Cave, In h ab itin g
...
...
...
...
... 160
IN D E X .
ri,
Page
P age
Ichang and Hunan ...
Increase during the Year
Independent Church ...
In M em oriam :—
Almqvist, Mrs. A. S.
Andrew, Mrs. George
Faers, Mrs, A. H. ...
Guinness, Dr. G. Whitfield.
King, Dr. Geo.
MacDuff, Miss N.
Mason, Herbert J. ...
Oatts, W. M.
Ottosson, J. R.
Potts, William
Slichter, Morris
Wood, Mrs. E. C.
In Nothing Affrighted by Our Adversaries
In Peril of R o b b e rs ......................................
Invasion, The Southern
...
...............
... 40
... 70
... 107
... 176
... 79
... 176
80, 91
1x2, 134
... 176
159, 170
... 143
... 144
... 159
80, 112
... 80
... 105
...
n o
...
26
Kaihsien, Szechw an
.........................
76,
Kanchow, Houses and Chapel Safe
73,
K ansu , Anti-Christian Feeling
...............
...
Kaoyu, New Gospel Hall at
...............
...
Keng, Conversion o f ......................................
•••
' K ept by the Power of G od ’
...............
...
Keswick Convention......................................
...
Kiang Kai-shek, General
..........................
...
K iangsi , Cantonese Attack on
...............
...
K iangsi, Encouraging News from ...
K iangsi, Mission Premises Occupied by Soldiers
K iangsi, Note from ...
K iangsu and H onan
........................
Killed with Swords ...
124,
King, Dr. Geo. E-, In Memoriam ...
Kiukiang and W u h u ............. .
...
Ku, Letter from Archdeacon
156,
Kwangsinfu, Troops Occupy Premises
...
Kwangsin River S t a t i o n s ........................
...
155
107
28
8
Lake of the Crescent Moon
10 2
10 1
...........................
Lamas of Tibet
..................................................
Language School Experiences
..........................
55
125
142
11
11
190
40
190
72
87
134
40
183
26
47
Leading A rticles :—
A aron , t h e S ain t o f the L o r d . B y D . E . H oste
A n A m bassador in Bonds. B y M. B. ...
‘ B earin g Precious S eed.’ B y A . L ind say G legg
F a ith Challenged b u t n ot Staggered. B v D r. J. S tu art
H olden
...........................................
! .............................
F a ith in the W orkin g of G o d . B y M .B.
.................
N ew Y e a r ’s M essage, A . B y D . E . H oste
G o d ' s M essage in th e D ark.
B y M .B .................................
P reachin g th e WTord. B y R ev. J. R ussell H owden ...
Prisoner’s O pportunities, A . B y th e la te J. S o u th e y ...
‘ Shu t up u n to G o d . ’ B y M .B . ...
‘ T h a t th e W orld M ay K n o w .’ B y M .B .............................
T he L o r d R eign eth. B y M .B .................................................
T h e Secret o f th e L o r d . B y D r . J . S tu a rt ITolden ...
35
51
115
83
19
3
I5
99
147
163
131
179
67
Letter to Y.M .C.A....................................................... 107
Letters from Home, The Eagerly Welcomed Mail 10
Liebenzeller Work
.................................................. 1 4 9
Liu Chen-hwa, General
II
Looting and Lawlessness
...............
... 26, 75, 76
Madman, A Converted
......................................... 151
Mail Bag, From O ur...........................
11
Map of C h in a....................................................
Mason, Herbert John, In Memoriam
,..
... 170
Medical W o rk ..............
Miao, Among the
Military A ctivity
Milton Stewart Fund...
Miracles of Grace
M ission aries and O thers
A ld is, W. H .
...
25, 47
A llen , M iss A . R .
... 153
A llen , H . A . C.
42, 110, 118 , 136
A llib o n e, Miss E . H . ...
7
A lm q u ist, Mr. and M rs. 155
A n derson , G raham and
Mrs.
...
...
x i8 , 136
Anderson, W. A .
46, 72
B an ks, Miss A . G.
... 138
B arlin g , F . S ..................... 174
B a x te r, Miss
................. 85
B ecker, H erm an n and
Mrs.
...
57, 125, 155
B elcher, W. M. and Mrs.
118, 135, I 4 I > *73
B en ta ll, Miss S.
... 38
B erg, A u g u st
....................155
B ergstrom , S. and Mrs.
76
B ev an , K . G. ...
7, 11
B inks, T . A .
...
73, 118
B ird, C. H . and Mrs. ... 108
B lasner, F . and Mrs. ... ri
B ob b y, W. G. and M rs. 118
B osshard t, R . A .
118, 155, 17 1, 188
B oth am , Miss and Mrs.
38. 167
Briscoe, W F . H .
... 118
B roadfoo t, Miss W. C .... 105
B rock, J.
170
B rook, Miss J. P.
... 12
B row n, G. G raham
... 112
B rym er, Miss J.
... 46
57
B uss, R ................................
B u n tin g, C. A . and Mrs.
107, 118
C able, Miss A . M ildred
24, 95, 101, 127, 141, 181
C ajan der, Miss E .
... 139
C ecil-Sm ith, G. and Airs.
7, 118, 121, 173
C obb, Miss D . B .
... 118
C on w ay, H . S. ...
... 169
Costerus, H . and M rs.... 1x8
Craig, Miss
...
95, n o
C ru icksh an ks, Miss M. S.
27, 31, 166
C rysta ll, Miss E . J.
... 74
Cunningh am, R . and Mrs. 118
C urtis, H . H . and Mrs.
n
D av is, Geo. T . B .
... 71
D avies-F reem an , C. and
M rs.
...
11, 12, 27, 151
D ives, Miss E .................... 92
D raffin, G. F . ...
... 28
Dreyer, F. C. H. and Mrs. 120
D un can , Miss H . M. ... 31
E a sto n , F red . H .
... 107
E a s t o n , G. F . and Mrs.
107, 135, 136
E ite l, D r. F . P .
...1 5 4
E llio tt, C . G ....................... 27
F aers, A . H ........................ 76
F airclo u g h , C. ...
72, 154
F earon , Miss M. E .
...
7
F ergu so n ,
H.
S. and
M rs.........................................118
F erguson, Miss A .
... 38
165
F id d ler, J. S. and Mrs.
28, 43, 135. 155
4, 136, 167
............................. 140
...................................... 1 1 9
......................................10 5
...................
54
F leischm ann, C. A . and
M rs........................................136
F ord, H . T .
46, 108, 122
F ow le, M iss F . I .
... 136
French, Miss E v a F. 24, 95, 141
French, Miss Francesca Law
24.95
F raser, J. O.
30, 39 , 41, 74 . 134
Fun n ell, H . W .
...
7
G arland, Miss A .
74, 134
Gem m el, Miss N .
... 70
G ibb, G. W .
47 . 59 . h i . 127, 155
G ibson, D r. D . M.
...
92
Gilm er, WT. T . ...
41, 73
G oddard, Miss M. C. ... 26
Gow m an, C. G. and Mrs.
118 , 173
G raham , J.
...
118, 136
Green, C. H . S. and Mrs. 155
Guinness, D r. G. W h it­
field and M rs.
... 91
H all, J. C. and Mrs.
31, 122, 190
H ahne, A . and Mrs. ... 136
H ardin g, G ordon and Mrs. 137
H ardm an , M. ...
... 190
H arris, G. K . and Mrs.
39 . 137
H aslam , Miss M. E . ... 107
H a y m an , A .
...
37, 121
H a y w ard , H . D. and Mrs.
28, 38, 106, 119, 134
H edengren, Miss A . A . H . 139
H enderson, Miss H . G.
31
H olden, D r. J. S tu a rt
25. 3 1 * 6 7 > 95 , 127, 175
H ollan d, Miss E . J.
... 42
H olton , M r.............................134
H ooper, Miss E . K .
... n
H oover, Miss E . G.
... 105
H orobin, Miss L .
... 12
H oste, D . E . 4, 24, 25, 32, 35,
47, 96, i n , 135, 174, 189
H onghton , B . A . F ra n k
95. 126
H o yte, D r. and M rs. ... 183
H u n t, Miss A . ...
77, 132
H u nter, G. W ...
118, 140
H u tchin son, G. R .
... 174
H u tto n , M. H . and M rs.
36, T21, 140
Ingm an , M iss E . E . 139, 190
Ja ck , Miss J. C. 1 1 8 ,1 3 7 ,1 7 3
Jackson, G. B . ...
n,
25
Jam ieson, C A
1 0 7 ,1 1 8 ,1 3 9
Johannsen, Miss A . M.
72, h i , 118, 128
Jo yce, F . S.
...
42, 46
Judd, D r. F . H .
...
26
J u ttk a , G ................................118
K au d erer, J. G. and Mrs.
11, 26, 44, 45, 77, 190
K e lle r. D r. F . ...
148, 154
K in g , D r. Geo.
38, 112, 118, 123, 134, 136
K ram p f, G. and Mrs. ... 118
K ra tz e r, Miss A .
118, 173
L a ck , C. N .
7, 85, 91. 95. 112, 150
INDEX.
P a Ge
Missionaries and Others— continued.
L a n d a le, R o b e rt J.
... 25 R id le y , H . Fren ch 1 1 8 , 14 0
Law son , M rs............................70 R ist, L lo y d
38 . 41. 134
L earn er, F . D . 105, 133, 152 R ow e, J. L10
... 70
Lem m on, M iss E . E . ... 107 R u g g , Miss G. ...
Leverm ore, Miss H . E .
12 S alisbu ry, Miss E . C. ... 46
L ew is, A . B . and M rs. 73, 157 Saunders, A . R . and Mrs.
L iversid ge, M rs.
... 31
8. 47 . 72
L o osley, M iss B .
... 70 Schm idt, S ister M arie ... 172
Sharp, Miss A n n ie
89, 95
L o w th er, T . H . M. and
M rs.
...
...
5, 56 Sinton, J. R ...................... .
7
L u cas, M iss O. C.
S lich ter, M orris and Mrs.
85, 86, 95, 112
95, 110, 112
L C ttich a u , C ountess
...1 1 8
SinimofiF, M iss A .
... 118
L yo n s, H .
.................
4 Sutherland, G. A .
M air, A le x ...........................
9
72 . 154 . 174
M artin, J. B .
24, 48, 96 Spengler, Miss H .
... 118
... 7, 72, 154
M athew son, J. T .
... 152 S tark, Jam es
M ellow , J . H . and Mrs.
Stevens, C. H . and Mrs.
27, 116 , 118 , 136
41 . 53 . 75
136
S y lte v ik , Miss L . M.
M eikle, John and Mrs.
172
T
au
ber,
Sister
Louise
11. 44 . 45
M etcalf, G. E . and M rs. 136 T a y lo r, A rth u r ...
85
118
M itton , Mr.
•• 37 T a y lo r, H . L. ...
26, 42 T a y lo r, H . W ...
M oody, Miss L . E .
M ow li, B ishop ...
... 183 T ay lo r, Dr. and Mrs.
M ungeam , H . J.
H ow ard
128, 16 8 , 170
... 169
M acG regor, Mrs.
... 26 T a y lo r, Miss M ary
... 25
M acleod, Mrs. ...
42 T ay lo r, W illiam ...
47 . 70
9, 12
T ip p et, Miss C. F .
M acpherson, A . K e ith
46, 72, 154, 174 T om kinson, J. W . H. 109, 158
M cF arlane, Miss C.
... 26 T rick ey , E . G. W . and
M cQ ueen, Miss M . G. 27, 31
Mrs.
...
96, 120, 171
N icholls, A . G. and Mrs.
5 T rudin ger, A ......................... 118
N ystro m , M rs. ...
... 135 T u ll, Mrs.
................... 31
70 T w eddell, C. E . 11, 73, 118
O key, Miss B. E .
P arker, Geo. and Mrs.
T w izell, Miss E .
... 70
h i , 118 170
T y le r, W . E . and Mrs. 11, 44
Parr, Miss E . M.
... 107 V ale, J ....................
58, 124
Paul, Sister F ried a
... 172 W arren, Mrs. Owen
... t i 8
P a yn e, T . de W
31. 52, 104
Peake, Miss A . E .
27, 31 W arren, W H .
P ia ge t, Miss R . E .
118, 121
37. 12 7, 172,
Porteous, G ladstone
5 W ebster, Miss B .
54
Porteous, R . W 42, 69, 164 W eller, H . A", and Mrs.
31
R a b e, Sister Johan na ... 172 W iesinger, K . ...
42
R an d , D r. L . P.
118
W ilhelm , K . M.
39, 118, 135, 136, 167 W indsor, Mrs. ...
ir 8
R ead sh aw , Miss C.
138 W ohlieber, C ...................... 167
Rees, D r. D . V
26
W rig h t-H ay , Miss
112 , 118 , 172
W upperfeld , H . and Mrs.
R eyn olds, Miss H . M __ 31
76, 118, 155
Missionaries and Chinese Church
... 60
Missionaries in the Interior..........................
... 118
Missionaries Remain in their Stations
... 107
Missionary Arrivals at the C o a s t ...............
... 61
Missionary Crisis in C h i n a ..........................
... 184
Missionary, Position of
..........................
... 15
Missionary Work, A New Era fo r...............
... 15
Mission House Looted
..........................
69, 77
M o n g o l i a , O u t e r , Without a Missionary
... 102
Moral Dangers in Missionary Work, Certain
...
31
Moslem Spiritual Darkness
............... 22
Moslems, Work among
•••38, 39. 137
Movements of Workers
T35> 1 5 4
Nanchang City Captured
Nanchang Station Report
Nanchang, Troops Occup3? Premises
Nanchow, Riot at
New. China
New Conditions but the Old Gospel
New Era for Missionary Work
New Y ear’s Message, A
..............
44
77
26
28
13
46
15
3
v ii.
News, Brief Items of..............
Ninghaichow, Encouragement
Ningsiafu, Good News from...
Ningsia, Keeping at it at ...
Norway and Sweden, A Visit to
Notebook, From Our...............
Notes from a Missionary's Diary
Nursing Home, C.I.M., Opening of
Oatts, Death of Mr. W- M.
..
Old China
...................................
Ottosson, Death of Mr. J. R.
Outstation Work
........................
Pathetic Incident, A
...........................
Peking, Changes a t ......................................
Personalia
..................................................
Post Office, Chinese ...
......................................
Power, A Real
Power of the Gospel......................................
Praise and Prayer 11, 29, 43, 60, 79, 106,
P age
-
15 5
...
...
73
28
...
...
43
24
...
...
...
13
10 3
25
...
143
...
13
...
...
144
86
...
119
...
13
171
10
88
...
...
53
13 7.
1 5 5 . 1 7 4 , 18 8
..........................
3 1 . 32
of
...............
... 16 6
Prayer for China, Day o f
Prayer for Missions, Week
Prayer is Work
......................................
Prayer Meeting, Weekly
...
...
59,
Prayer Needed for Protection and Guidance
Preachers, Training of
..........................
Preaching the W o rd ......................................
Prisoner’s Opportunities, A ..........................
Progress in Eastern S h a n s i
...................
Promise of Church Leaders..........................
Promise of Church Members
...
132
144, 17 1
...
41
... 13 6
...
99
...
...
14 7
4
...
...
10 3
10 3
Provinces, T he:—
A nhw ei
Ch e k ia n g
H onan
...............
................
i i , 46, 72,
.......................................
10. i 5 4
40, 42, 46, 73, 154, 174
, 9 1,
108,
109,
h i ,134,
1 3 7,
154, 158,
166, 170, 182
H ttn an ...
1 1 , 40, 42, 5 7,
1 4 1, 148,
150, 154, 155, 190
H u p e h ...............................................................................................154
K ansu
12, 28,
30, 38, 39, 4 1, 73, 74, 10 1, 105, 1 1 1 ,
1 3 4 . * 3 5 . 136. 1 3 7 . 14 1, 1 5 4 - 1 5 5 . 170, 1 7 3
I I , 26, 40, 44, 45, 73, 77, 107, I I I , 139,
154, 190
................
...
... 8, 7 1, 72
K ia n g su
K w e ic h o w
...
7, 36, 37, 73, 154, 155, 172 , 173 , 188
Sh an si 4 ,2 3 ,2 7 ,
42, 73, 101, 134, 136,
14 1, 154, 155,
169, 174
Sh an tu n g
......................................................
4 1, 73, 76, 132
S h e n s i ............................
4 1, 73, 74, 75, 76, 107, i n , 154
Sin k ia n g
.....................................................................
140, 154
Szechw an
...............................
7,72, 76, 86, 136. 154, 155
Y unnan
............................
5, 95, n o , 1 1 1 , 13 7, 154
K
ia n g s i
Publications .............
16, 39, 48, 64, 144, 162, 176, 192
Queen’s Hall M eeting, The
.............................180
R aft, Perilous Journey by
.............................123
Ravages by W o lv e s ...................................................... 36
Refugees from K a n s u
........................................ 123
Reinforcements
..........................
...
28,94
Religious Tract Society in China ...
11
Renaissance, Father of the Chinese
............... 13
Revival and Spiritual Quickening in Ninghai ... 42
Revival Needed
...
...
...
169
Rich Dady and Burden of Sin
..............
... 132
v iii.
INDEX.
P age
Riot at Nanchow
...............
Roadside, The Need of
Russia in China, Influence of
.
•
•
28
153
13
Sad Story, A
53
Salowu, Progress at ...
... 56
School Girls and Soldiers
133
School Premises Occupied bv Chinese Troops 26, 27
School Work ...
... 136
Scotland, Work in
... 61
Scriptures and Christian Literature Circulation
^
.
8> 37. 43. 47.69, 70, 76, 137, 171
Seeking Remission of S i n s .........................................101
Self-Support, Development of
...
...
... 70
Shanghai, Activities in
.........................................174
Shanghai, Houses R e n t e d .......................................... 72
Shanghai Letter
.......................... 40, 72, 154, 173
Shansi, Progress in Eastern
.........................
4
Shenkiu, Good Reports of TentWork ...................109
Shouldering R esponsibility.........................................103
Shut up unto God ...
I63
Sining, How We Left
..................................................... I3 3
Sining, New Workers...
28
Sisiang, S h e n s i
...........................................74
Situation in China
15, 31, 47, 62, 73, h i , 143
Situation in Hankow...
52
Situation in H o k o w ...............
42
Soldiers Occupy Boys’ School
108
Song’s Address, Rev. C. T __
180
Southern Invasion, The
26
Southern Leader, The
13
Soviet Russia in China, Influence of
13
Special Conferences ...
......................................... 70
Startling Remark, A ...
....................................... 132
Stations :—
A n k i n g ................................. 112 H weicliow
...
... 138
A n jen
...
...
9, 27 H weihsien
...
... 74
A nshun
73, n o ,
112, 121 H w ochow (S h a n s i )
C hanglaba
...
75
73, 101, 141
Changsha 139, 148,
154, 167 Iclian g and H unan
... 40
Changshan
...
... 72Iyan gtsuen
... 42
Chaocheng
...
73,141 J aochow ...
... 47
Chefoo 76, 91, i i 2 ,
119, 132, J uian
••• 59
... 91
13 3 .1 5 5 . 156,
174. i g9 K a ife n g ...
Chenchow
K
aih
sien
...
76, 155
................. 4 2
Chenglisien
... 101
46, 74 - 174 K a n ch o w ...
C hengtu ...
K
anch
ow
(K
i
a
n
c
S
i
)
13
C henyuan
36, 121
73. 107, 139
C h ia o to w ...
... 122 K a o y u
...
...
...
8
C hichow Fu
...
... 11
................. 54 K ia n g tsin g
Chinkiang
...
...
7
............. 72 K ia tin g ...
12, 27, 89, 91 K ieh siu ...
Chowkiakow
...
116. 117
C liu h sien ...
26, 72, 90
7 . 153 K i-K o n g-S h an
D uckw ood C ity ...
... 70 K in gtzek w an
...
... 170
F e n g ln v a ...
...
... 72
.................... *74 K in liw a ...
Fengsiang
41, 75, 107 K iu k ian g and W uhu
... 121
Fulishan ..
40, 45 . 58
....................108 K u lin g
...
...
... 11S
F ukow
107, 118, 136 K w an gch o w
H anchnng
...
... 170
7
2,
I74,
183
H angchow
K w an gsin R iv e r
... 72
H ankow
31, 40, 52, IO4, K w an gsinfu
...
... 26
T05, 127, 141, 154, 170 Kw-eifu
...
...
156, 160
H iangclieng
...
... 137 K w e ik i
...
...
... 27
I-Iingping.............................. 76 K w e iy a n g 7 ,3 7 , 121, 173, 188
H ohcliow ( K a x s t ")
... 137 K i i t s i n g .............................. 73
H okow
...
...
26, 42
Lan ch i .............................. 72
H sutin g ...
...
... 153 Lan ch ow fu 12, 38, 112, 118,
H unan and Ich an g
... 40
123, 136, 167, 170
H u ngtun g 73, 120, 136, 157 Liangchow
135, 141, 173
H w ailu
...
...
... 155 I 4nchuang
...
... 158
P age
Tvitien
... 101
••• 139 Suchow
L opin g .................
Suiting
7, 136, 156
4 7. n o
Ivuchow ...
...
7 T achu
.............................. 103
I,unan
12, 46, I08, 122
4 T aikan g
Lu n gcliuan
... 122 T aip in g
...........................
7
M ei-hsien...
27, 28, I I 7
••• 75 Tan in g
M iencheo...
121, 172, I73
... 183 T atin g
M uh-Cheng P ’o . . .
173 T ientsin
119, 133 . 174. i 8 9
N an chang 11, 13, 44, 77, 190 Tihw afu
... 140
N an ch ow kin g
...
... 28 T o n g - K u ...
................
70
N ankanghsien ...
... 73 T sin ch ow ...
41
N inghai (C h e k i a n g ) ... 42 T singki angp u
................
72
N inghaichow (S h a n s i ) 41, 73 T su n yi
121, I55, 171
N ingsiafu 28,43, 124, 155, 170 T ’uch'i ...
...
... 153
P a o n in g .................
103, 183 T ungchow
...
... 121
Pichieh ...
...
... 121 T un gvueh
...
... 173
Pinghsiang
...
... 70 W anan ...
...
... 122
P in gyan g
59 W anhsien
7, i i , 13, 103
Salow u ...
...
... 56 W an tsai ...
...
...
70
S ankiang
...
... 121 W enchow
...
59, 174
Sapushan
...
...
5 W uhu and K iu k ia n g ...
40
Shanghai
72, 118, 119, 121, Y a n g clio w
...
47, 72
124, 135, 153, 155, 164, 166, Yen ch en g
7, 150, 182
...
... 103
173 . i g9 Y in g sh a n ...
S h a o h in g ...
...
... 154 Y u an ch ow
...
57, 164
Shekiclien
...
... 91 Y u an ch o w ( H ttn a n )
Shenkiu ...
...
109, 158
11. 57- 69, 125, 141, 155
Sliuen king
...
156, 183 Y u in an ch an g
...
... 160
Sianfu
...
...
11, 118 Y u n g sin ...
...
139, 190
S iaovi
...
...
... 116 Y u n g ch an g
...
137, 173
Sichow
...
...
27, 117 Y u n g k a n g
...
... 72
Sinkiang
...
... 118 Y u n n a n ...
5, 42, 173
vSiningfu 28, 105, 123, 133, 152 Y u sh an ...
...
... 128
Sisiang
...
...
... 74
Stations Revisited
...
...
...
...
... 174
Stations, Tidings from t h e ...........................................27
Staying On, Kweij^ang
.........................................121
Steady Advance Notwithstanding Opposition ... 69
Still at their Stations
..................
116, 154
Striking Examples of Christian Devotion...
... 117
Students’ Processions...
...
...
...
7, 125
Sunshine after R a i n ...................................................... 43
Sun Y a t Sen, Dr., Teaching of
........................... 29
Survey of Chinese Development, A
...
... 13
Swanwick Conference...
...
...
... 32, 48, 96
S zechwan , Evacuation o f ...........................................72
T aikan g, B ack in Looted...
.......................... 12
Taikang, Letter from Christian
...
...
... 108
Taylor, Hudson J., Extracts
71, 125, 138, 154,
168, 172
Taylor, Tidings from Dr. andMrs. Howard
... 168
Teaching of Dr. Sun Y at Sen
...
...
... 29
Tent Mission, Gospel............................................. 164
Thanksgiving, Causes for .........................................118
‘ That the World May Know ’
131
The L ord R e ig n e th ............................................. 179
The Secret of the L ord
...
...
...
... 67
Throne of Grace, A t the
.........................................174
‘ Through Jade Gate/ Review o f .......................191
T ibet , A cross..........................................................152
Tidings from the Stations ...
...
27, 41, 107
Tokens of Blessing ...
...
...
...
... 141
Training Homes, C.I.M.
...
...
...
... 9
Treaties with C h in a ............................................... 13
Trial but also Triumph
.......................................... 42
Tribes, Among the, In Y unnanProvince
...
5
.......................................... 57
Triumphing in Christ
Troops, Movement of
...
...
4, 9, 26, 27
INDEX.
ix
P age
Troops Occupy Mission Premises ...
...
26, 27
Trying Experiences ...
...
...
...
... 155
..........................
13
Tseng, Marquis
Turkestan, A Dispatch from
.......................... 21
Turki Desert Ranger...
...
102
Wenchow Church, Great Day f o r .......................... 59
Without Carefulness ...
...
...
...
... 172
Work Continued in Spite of Hardness of the Field
in Ninghaichow
.......................................................^
W ork Steadily Going Forward in Fengsiang, Sjiknsi 41
Wuhu and Kiukiang...
...
...
...
40
..............
11, 13
Washington Conference
..........................
... 13
Well Organised Church, A .........................................150
Wanhsien, From Bombarded
Yangchow Central Gospel H all...........................
Younger Workers, Arrangements for
N
................. n q
Illustrations.
F
Aborigines
...
..........................
Aborigine Young Woman ...
A Taoist Temple
r o n t is p ie c e —
A
eauty.
Page
September Cover
.............. 171
.............. 168
.............. 1 5 6
.............. 77
.............. 182
.............. 132
.............. 105
.............. 42
.............. 86
.............. 188
.............. 189
.............. 41
..........................
B
Group of Scholars
...................................................... qo
Guinness, Dr. Whitfield
...
...
...
...
92
Calendar, C.I.M. for 1928
Canal Scene, Wenchow
Cathedral, Paoning ...
Chef00 Beach ...
Chefoo Schoolboj's ..........................
Chef00, View of
Chinese Country Christian ...
Chinese Inn at Sining
..............
Clear Stream M arket...
Conference Group, Kweichow
Conference Group, Chefoo ...
Coolies Loading Cotton at Hankow
Earthquake Ruin
Evangelist Lin...
of
Page
... 107
.............. 88
.............. 139
... 54
..............
is i o n
.............. 140
.............. 57
Boat Cook
Boats at Anchor
..............
Boat Scene at Kiukiang
..............
Blind Girl
......................................
Bridge in Y u n n a n ................................
..................
Bridge in Y u n n a n
Bund at Hankow
Bund at Ichang
Drum Tower, Nanking
V
October Cover
.............. 137
.............. 12
.............. 76
M ay Cover
.............. 1 7 3
.............. 126
Ferry Boat and Canal Scene
' Firm as the Mount of G od ’
Fishing by Cormorants
Foochow Road, Shanghai
Fuel Gatherers
..........................
..............
..............
..............
Garden Adjoining the Yamen
Girls, Three Tai or Shan Christian
Graduates, Eleven Lower Primary...
.............. H 7
..............
6
.............. 89
78
93
43
A p r il Cover
.............. 181
Happy New Year to Y o u ..............
January Cover
H onan Christian Enquirer ...
...
...
... 151
Hong Kong and Shanghai B a n k .......................... 52
H unan Bible Institute
...
...
...
. . . 148
Incense Urn ...
...
...
...
...
... 122
In Full Sail ...
...
...
...
March Cover
Inn Yard, Shansi
.................................................... 120
Inoperable, A Malignant G r o w th .......................... 38
In Shanghai Harbour
...
...
J u ly Cover
International Goodwill
...
... February Cover
Kanchow C ity ...
...
...
...
...
... 108
Keng, Mr. and Mrs., Small Son .......................... 55
Ki-Kong-shan, A View o f .......................................... 26
King, Dr. Geo.
...
...
...
...
... 134
.............................167
Laboratory of Borden Hospital
Lepers at the Borden Hospital
.......................... 39
Letters from H o m e ...................................................... 10
Map of C h in a ................................................................ 165
Map of North-West China, showing route taken
by Misses French and Cable
.......................... 21
........................................ 170
Mason, Herbert John
Mausoleum of the Princes of Hami, Sinkiang ... 22
Milking Time at the Hospital
.......................... 38
Ming Tombs ...
...
...
...
...
... 73
Missionary Group, Kweichow
.............................n o
Nanking Road, Shanghai ...
...
...
... 40
‘ North Gate Street,’ View of
...
...
... 138
Nosu Man and Bride
.......................................... 56
Nosu S c h o o l ..................................................................56
Nosu Schoolgirls
...
...
... December Cover
Nosu Woman and Her Grandchild
...............
5
Nursing Home, C.I.M.
...
...
...
... 25
INDEX.
X
Page
P age
Oasis on the W ay to Hami...
Official Residence at Sining...
On the W ay to Outstation ...
Open-air Preaching ...
...................
24
August Cover
15 0
...............
87
Pagoda, Anking
..........................
75
Party Ready to Start
.........................................153
Passenger Boat on Yangtze...
...
...
... 118
Potts. William................................................................ 159
Prayer Meeting Room Doorway (' Have Faith in
G o d ’)
14
Pulpit in Taikang C h u r c h ...........................................122
Quiet Country Scene...
...
...
...
...
44
Refugee Missionaries’ Luggage, Chefoo, November Cover
Road between Lanchow and Sining
...
... 106
Salowu, Upper Primary School etc.
Salowu, Y u n n a n , C.I.M. Station,
Scenes in C h e k i a n g ...................
Scenes in North China .
Scenes on River Yangtse
Screen Hill, Kweiyang
Shanghai Barrowman..............
6,
7
5
59
105
61
140
119
Shanghai Bund
Shanghai Public Gardens
S h a n s i Village...............
Sheepskin Raft
Shipping on Whangpo
Showing Number of Books Sold ...
Soldiers Leaving Bible Institute ...
Soldiers Lined up for Roll Call
Soochow Creek and River ...
Stage on the W ay to Urumchi
Sung and Chao, Mrs...........................
Temple in Chungking
..............
Tent, Evangelistic
..........................
Theological School, Changsha
Three Generations
..........................
Threshing and Winnowing ...
..........................
Tibetan Women
Transportation at a Treaty Port ...
Troops and Grain on Train in H o n a n
Two Workers in Changsha Orphanage
28, 29
45
... 157
,.. 122
58
I53
149
I54
.................
. ..
72
23
•••
53
...
...
...
...
...
...
77
109
152
71
121
102
135
...
J u n e Cover
... 125
Vision of Beauty
...
9
Wrecked Old School Building
... 149
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A New Y ea r’s Message.
By D. E. HOSTE.
’ Sa Ahab went up to eat and drink.
A n d E lija h went, up to the top o f M ount Carmel.'— i Kings xviii. .jj.
Israel, rendered the blowing of the rams’ horns day
after da}* superfluous. But that was the procedure
laid down by the L o r d Himself.
The experience of J acob at Peniel teaches the same
lesson. The reference in Hosea xii. 4 to this incident
throws light upon the account in Genesis. ‘ By his
strength he was a prince (margin) with G o d : Yea, he
had power over the angel and prevailed : he wept and
made supplication unto him.’ And this went on all
night. As the day dawned, the Angel said, ‘ Let me go,
for the day breaketh.’ Would Jacob, weary as he must
have been, accept that as a final word of discouragement
and denial ? His answer came clear and strong, ‘ I
will not let thee go except thou bless me.’ And so he
prevailed, and was owned by O d d as a prince.
We think, too, of the woman of Tyre and Sidon who
prayed on in the face of the L o r d ’s silence and seeming
rebuff, winning from Him the words, ‘ Oh, woman,
great is thy faith.’
Again, in Acts xii. can we believe that Peter would
have been delivered by the angel from prison, but for
the fact that ‘ instant and earnest prayer (margin; was
made without ceasing of the Church to G o d for him.’
To guard against misunderstanding it must at this
point be said clearly that there are various aspects of
prayer life and service, of which the foregoing is but one.
In this, as in most things touching spiritual life and
service, there are dangers from spurious, morbid self­
effort, leading sometimes to sad disaster. Moreover,
the Word of G o d gives us instances of quiet, believing
prayers, to which answers were granted at once, or
delayed, as the case might be.
The foregoing remarks, therefore, are by no means
intended as laying down a single rule or method of
pra3Ter, to the exclusion of others. Prayer, like every­
thing else worth doing, is not easy and therefore needs
practice. We become strong in its exercise, not so
much by reading books about it— that will help as much
as a book on cricket or riding will make a good cricketer
or horseman— but by setting ourselves to do it and by
steady continuance in it.
I T seems clear from the context that both were right.
Ahab had just been restored from years of idolatry,
and, leader though he was by his office of the
nation, was neither fit nor called to accomplish the final
act of their deliverance from famine. That was for the
man, who through stedfast faith and patient courage in
the face of general apostasy, had been trained and
fitted to be the saviour of his people.
Yet some may ask whether, after all, it was really
necessary for Elijah, tired and spent as he must have
been after the strain of the preceding scenes, to give
himself to persistent, importunate prayer until the rain
fell. The L o r d had said : ‘ Go, show thyself to Ahab
and I will send rain upon the earth.’ At the risk of his
life he had obeyed ; further, he had turned both King
and people from the worship of Baal, thus removing the
cause of the famine. Surely then, it might be said, it
was the part of faith to rest upon the promise already
given— ‘ I will send rain upon the earth.’ Not so did
the man argue through whom the L o r d was effecting
His will. He knew that G o d often gives promises, in
order that His servants may carry out the conditions
of their fulfilment, and then by their persevering
prayers bring them to pass. Elijah had not forgotten
the original message three and a half years before, that
there was not to be rain but according to his word.
Therefore, now that it was morally possible for the
rain to fall, he must at all costs give himself to prayer
till it came.
Again, he does not simply pray once, and then
‘ believe ’ for the answer; but in the face of repeated
delay and discouragement, he keeps on till the answer
comes.
We are reminded of the words, ‘ Take heed to the
ministry thou hast received in the L o r d , that thou
fulfil it.’ Alas ! how many victories are just missed,
how often deliverance is just not achieved, through
shortcoming and failure here.
Amongst other instances, Jericho is a notable one.
Here again, it might have been argued that the previous
explicit statement that the land had been given to
J a n u a r y , 1927.
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Our L o r d , in response to the disciples’ request for
teaching about prayer, gave prominence to impor­
tunity. Exactly why may not be easy to determine.
Such an enquiry brings us into the realm of the unseen,
concerning which our knowledge is but limited : hence
the need of caution and reserve in attempting to deal
with it. The aspect of prayer as a conflict with evil
spiritual powers is, as all students of the Bible know,
indicated in more than one place. Perhaps the most
striking are in Daniel ix. and x., in the latter of which
the prophet, who with burdened heart had for weeks
been seeking the face of G o d on behalf of Israel, was
told that the delay in the answer to his prayer was due
to the opposition of hostile spiritual power.
Again, in the well-known passage at the close of
Ephesians, we are taught that we do not wrestle with
flesh and blood, but we do wrestle with evil spirits.
This, to a superficial view, may seem inconsistent with
the teaching in the early part of the Epistle concerning
our standing in C h r i s t far above all opposing powers;
it is really the complement of it. One thing is certain :
the more we wait upon G o d in intercession, the more will
we feel the constraint of the Spirit to do so. The
converse is also true ; He is easily grieved and hindered
in this matter, whether by the sin of sloth and un­
willingness for the toil and travail involved, or through
the habit of allowing other things to crowd out prayer,
or through one-sided interpretations of Scripture that
shut out this aspect of revealed truth, because seemingly
inconsistent with certain others.
It is a serious question whether in the training of
workers for the ministry, or in gatherings for the edi­
fication of Christians, the vital nature of this ministry
of instant, prevailing prayer is enforced as it should be,
and sufficient time definitely set apart for its practice.
The allowance must, of course, always be made for the
fact that in this, as in every other branch of Christian
life, the experience of each individual will have its own
character and measure.
The subject of persevering, prevailing prayer has been
chosen for this New Year article of our Mission Magazine,
because we are convinced that the condition of China,
whether as relating to the Christian Church, and the
work of the Gospel, or to the country as a whole, depends
more upon it than anything else. Whilst we thank­
fully appreciate all that is being done in faithful, per­
severing prayer by our friends and fellow-workers
both at home and in the field, we believe that more is
urgently needed. Is it not possible that by a thoughtful
readjustment of the use of our time, some, if not all of
us, may, during 1927, be able to accomplish more for
G o d than ever before ?
Progress in Eastern Shansi.
By H. LYONS.
For th e g r e a te r p a r t of th e la s t tw elv e m o n th s Mr. Lyons h a s been living a lo n e sin ce Mrs. L yons had to leave fo r A u stra lia w ith th e ir
son, w ho n e ed e d m o re individual a tte n tio n an d help th a n w as po ssible In th e M ission School a t C hefoo. Up to th e p re s e n t, how ever, sh e
h a s been d e ta in e d In A u stra lia , In o rd e r to c a re fo r h e r boy, and Mr. Lyons will valu e p ra y e r t h a t h e r way m ay be p ro s p e re d , a n d , If
it p le a se God, h e r way m ay be o p e n ed fo r h e r to r e tu rn to th e field.
nam e for them selves in both places. T h ey were later tran s­
ferred to th e north of this province and have been in severe
fighting. N ew s is ju st getting through and it is very serious.
I t says th a t of about 1,500 men only some 400-500 are left,
and the colonel and m any other officers and men have been
killed, the rest have scattered. One is indeed th an kful th at
so m any heard the clear G ospel and th a t some believed in the
A ' f long last the D irector lias found it possible to appoint
medical workers for this station— Luan. D r. and Mrs.
Johnstone, of Canada and England respectively, have
come to Lucheng for language study, intending to come on to
Luan for hospital w ork when th ey obtain a sufficient hold of
the language. W e are prayin g about the Chinese staff needed
to w ork w ith them and shall value your co-operation in prayer.
Mr. H sueh’s visit w as postponed from Ju ly to Septem ber
of last year, owing to his receiving calls to places near where he
then was. T h a t brought him to us a t the beginning of the very
busiest season of the year, and the attendances were therefore
rather small. Some go t m uch help from his messages. H e
certainly is in real earnest and is willing to endure hardness in
the L o r d ’s service. This in itself is a big help to his fellowcountrym en.
Owing to an attem p ted invasion of the province at Liaochow, nearly 100 miles north of us, by a brigand section of the
H o n a n arm y, this district was m uch perturbed last Novem ber
and December. M an y troops passed through this city and
our own soldiers w en t to the front. In all some thousands of
carts were commandeered for transport purposes. The invasion
was even tually successfully repelled, and early in the year
our men returned to camp. The colonel was preparing to have
regular services w ith the troops restarted, when th ey were
called aw ay again, Governor Y e n having thrown in his lot w ith
M arshals W u Pei-fu and Chang Tso-lin for the overthrow of
the People’s A rm y. The troops from here occupied W uan w ith­
out fighting and later w ent on to Shunteh, m aking a very good
J a n u a r y , 1927.
L ord.
The m ilitary operations have been a heavy strain on the
province in both man-power and money, though it is light
compared w ith w hat some parts of China have suffered. I t is
not y e t over. A lread y the taxes for the whole of the year
h ave been called up, and other levies m ade ; now we hear of
fresh dem ands coming on v ery soon.
D uring last summer and this seventeen men and seven women
h ave been baptised. W e hope a few more will th us confess
their L o r d in September. One form er member w as also restored
to fellowship. A gain st these additions there have been— apart
from the soldiers— several deaths, and six (three men and three
women) h ave been cut off from fellowship for serious misconduct.
A fter careful consideration the Church Leaders decided to
proceed w ith the election of Elders and Deacons, deferring the
m atter of choosing a Pastor for a tim e. The four form er
Deacons were a ll elected to the Eldership and five other men
were elected Deacons. A t our conference on M ay 9 Mr. W illiam s
and P astor K u o h (Mr. K u o h w as ordained P astor of Lucheng
Church early in April) joined w ith us and assisted in the setting
apart of the four Elders and four Deacons.
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Among the Tribes.
Mr. G la d sto n e P o rte o u s , w ho h a s b e en fo r tw e n ty -tw o y e a r s In C hina, th e g r e a te r p a r t of th is tim e being engaged in w ork am ong
t h e T rib e s in th e p ro v in c e o f Y unnan, h a s re c e n tly re tu r n e d fo r fu rlough. We feel s u re o u r r e a d e r s will be I n te re s te d in th e following
i>6sum6 o f an in te rv ie w h e kindly gave us. T h e p h o to g ra p h s a r e all by Mr. T. H. M. L ow ther.
Have you been in Yunnan all your twentyThere w as a m ass m ovem ent am ongst
two years in China ?
them , and th a t has been substantiated.
Y es, ap art from a prelim inary tim e of
There was som ething of a similar m ove­
language stu d y in th e T raining H om e in
ment among th e Lisu and the Laka,
A n tin g . I spent a y e a r in Yunn anfu,
bu t am ongst these there has been a
and in th e spring of 1908 Mr. M cCarthy
gradual declension, more especially
asked me to jo in M r. N icholls in w ork
among th e Laka.
am ong th e tribes.
F o r some tim e I
The declension among the Laka,
w as at Sapushan, where M r. N icholls
hum anly speaking, can be traced to
w as building the Mission House.
In
their being inadequately cared for, and
N ovem ber of th e sam e y e a r I w as
to the trem endous persecutions to which
married.
th e y were subjected b y their landlords.
Was Sapushan the M ission ’s first station
T h ey had not been well established
fo r tribal work ?
in the truth.
W e had xmly been
Y es, so fa r as th e C.I.M . is concerned.
itinerating amongst them , and there
There w as then nobody else working
was no real spiritual home, and in
am ong th e tribes in Y u n n a n except t h e
consequence we have lost touch with
U nited M ethodists in th e N orth-E ast,
a great m any villages. W hether we
th en know n as th e B ible Christians.
shall gain this again or not I do not
Could you give an estimate as to the tribal
know. I think if a man were set apart
population o f the Yunnan Province ?
for th a t w ork to give him self entirely
No, for i t w ould be m erely guesswork.
to the Laka, he would probably gather
I t would be necessary to travel much
in m any of those who have drifted a w a v .
more in the South and South-W est than
How about Christian literature for these
I have done, b u t in our district I should
people ? What have they got ?
sa y th a t th e m a jo rity of th e people in
In the first place th ey have the
these tw o Hsiens are tribespeople, Nosu,
Mandarin Bible, which th ey stud y in
Lisu, Miao, and others.
their schools.
Which is the predominating tribe ?
But can many of them read Mandarin ?
T he Nosu, and th ey H a im to have
Only those who have been through
been th e rulers of th e province before
the schools.
W ith regard to other
A NOSU WOMAN AND HER GRANDCHILD.
th e Chinese came.
literature each tribe m ust be considered
D o you mean '.at they are dominant in
separately.
The Miao have the whole of the New Testam ent, hym n books
number or <7 status only ?
In both, I think. T h e y num erically predominate, and th ey
and catechisms, and other literature in th e Pollard Script.
Mr. N icholls is giving a good deal of tim e to this work.
are th e old landlords.
A re there not in the North a number o f independent Nosu ?
The L isu have the Gospels according to M atthew and Luke,
Yes, in S z e c h w a n there is a considerable te r­
rito ry called th e Independent N osu Country.
T h e y are allied to our people, b u t are of a
different branch of th e tribe.
N ext to the Nosu which tribe is most in evidence ?
I t w ould be difficult to say, probably the Lisu
T h e N osu are divided in to a good m an y branches.
There are th e black, w hite, and red Nosu, and
another branch called the K a n y i or Kopu.
Then the K op u are really a section o f the Nosu ?
Y es, th e y are, in th a t th ey are related to the:.]
in language.
Among which o f the tribes have we, as a M ission,
commenced work ?
A m ong th e Miao, th e Lisu, th e L aka, the
K op u, th e T a i o r Shan, and the Nosu
Some years ago there was a mass movement among
the tribes, both in Yunnan and Kweichow. Hat :
the results of that movement been established ?
_________
The M iao h ave stood true to th e Gospel as a
THE C.I.M. STATION AT SALOWU, YUNNAN.
tribe, and h a v e n ot gone back, so fa r as we know .
________
J a n u a r y , 1927.
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also hym n books and catechism s, and I th in k th e A c ts o f the
Are converts being made among the tribes to-day ?
A postles is In course of preparation.
■Y es, a real addition to the Church is going on. Speaking of
The L a k a h ave th e G ospel according to M ark and hym n
th e Miao, th e converts now being m ade are th e children of
books. I sa y hym n books in the plural,
Christians, p rincipally because th e
because we published a v ery sm all hym n
w hole tribe has been com m itted, as it
book at first, and have subsequently
were, to the acceptance of th e Gospel.
given them a better one.
There is scarcely a y illa ge th a t has
T he K o p u have the Gospel according
stood out.
to Mark, a h ym n book and catechism .
Has there been much suffering through
A s to the T a i or Shan, we have not
any compulsion to grow opium ?
been able to do anythin g for these in the
There have been one or tw o instances
w a y of Scripture translation.
T he
am ong the Miao, b u t n early all th e
Pollard S crip t is n ot suitable for their
other tribes h a v e their own land, and,
language, b u t one or tw o you n g men
as fa r as we know, th é officials in our
h ave brou gh t back JJie Presbyterian
district do n o t compel them to grow
hym n book from Presbyterian Stations.
it.
T h e y expect them to grow it,
I f aye we any work among the T ai our­
because each Hsien is responsible fo r
selves ?
so m uch m oney for opium taxes, b u t as
Y es, in a few Villages, and we have
th e y find there are p le n ty of people
given them a sm all hym n bo ok in th e
willing to grow it th e y do n ot come
local dialect.
down upon th e Christians w ho object.
Y ou have yourself recently engaged in
Is there in this a difference between
some translation work, have you not ?
Yunnan and Kweichow ?
Y es, for th e Nosu. A n d u nfortunately
Y es, I believe there is more com pul­
m y m anuscript of th e A c ts was des­
sion in K w e ic h o w , so fa r as I can hear.
troyed in th e earthquake in J apan,
Have you personally been hindered in
where it was being printed. F ortu n ately
your work by the political disorders ?
I h a d th e original rough copy, from
No, I cannot say th a t w e have. T he
w hich I w as able to m ake another copy
w ork has gone on alm ost independently.
for the press.
B ut were you not some while ago re­
The Nosu now have th e Gospel ac­
stricted in your movements ?
cording to L u k e and th e A c ts of the
Oh, yes, w e were, there is alw ays
A postles in th e Pollard Script, and also
more or less of th at.
W e were a w ay
hym n books.
from our station for a few months,
Would you say the work among the tribes
and others had to leave theirs, bu t as
THREE TAI OR SHAN CHRISTIAN GIRLS
still goes forward ?
soon as the local disturbances had
Oh, yes, there is a w ide field of labour
passed, w e were perm itted to return.
for w ork am ong the Nosu. One whole H sien, nam ely W utin gTs there less brigandage in the province than there was ?
hsien, we h a v e scarcely touched.
I m ight say I have not
No, th e brigands are still v ery numerous, and are working
m entioned th e w ork am ong th e H w a Lisu, where Mr. and Mrs.
trem endous havoc, bu t w e ourselves are n ot seriously molested.
G owm an, Mr. and Mrs. Cooke and M r..Fraser h a v e been working.
Y o u see, w e are up in th e mountains, and there is n o t much
T h e y have som e literature, b u t it is different to ours. T h e y
for b ig bands of men to rob there. Should th ey happen to be
h ave one of th e G ospels and a hym n book in th e H w a Lisu
passing in our direction, of course w e m a y suffer, and, as you
language.
know , several of our w orkers have been in their hands, b u t there
THE UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL AT SALOWU, WITH A FEW STUDENTS
TEACHER, AND MR. GLADSTONE PORTEOUS.
J a n u a r y , 1927.
6
were p olitical m otives behind th at.
I s there any particular feature you would like to
emphasise ?
Y es, speaking o f the M iao tribe, I th in k M r.
N icholls w ould m uch valu e prayer th a t there
m ay be a deeper spiritual m ovem ent am ong them .
T hat, I think, also applies to th e Lisu. In the
newer work, th a t is am ong th e K o p u , Nosu and
Tai, w e w ould valu e p ra yer th a t the Church m ight
develop, and th a t we m ight h ave access to the
m an y thousands unreached. Am ong the T a i we
have on ly three villages where there are Christians,
b u t we are hopeful, because th ey seem to m ake
good Christians. T h e y are a fine people.
Are not the Presbyterians working amongst them ?
Y es, in th e South, and th e y are experiencing
a m ass m ovem ent.
Is anything being done to train native leaders ?
Yes, w e have our own local B ible School,
which w e t r y to hold tw ice a y e a r fo r three
weeks or a m onth. T his m eets our im m ediate
need, b u t w e hope a more central B ible School
An
the tnbes being absorbed or losing thei
identity ?
I do n 't th in k so., because th ey do not oftei
inter-m arry.
Do they contribute io their own Churches?
Yes, a great m any of the village chapels ar
erected entirely b y them selves.
In some o
the out-stations we have given assistance
T h ey have given the bulk of the m oney an<
done the work, bu t we have helped where thi
strain has been too great, for we have hat
a great num ber of bad harvests in Y u n n a n
and the crops have not been normal in ou
district for several successive years.
Would you welcome more workers for this work ?
Yes, w e could do with tw o more, as fa r as
can see. The T ai and the L aka tribes badb
need a man to give his whole tim e to them
The K o p u a t present are without a worker
THE UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL (SEE ILLUSTRATION ON PRECEDING
Mr. Parker has been there, bu t for tw o or thre«
PAGE) AND GUEST ROOMS AND EVANGELIST’S HOUSE, &c., BELOW.
years he has not been able to reside in tli<
place. If we had a man each for th e T ai anc
w ill be opened subsequently in the Y i ' x n a x capital or elsewhere
the Laka it would
perhaps m eet the present need foi
in th e Province.
foreign workers.
A ll other developm ents should be madt
I f that were so, what language would be used ?
through n ative agency.
Chinese, of necessitv.
The Bright Side.
R . S T A R K , w riting from Shanghai under date of
Novem ber 15, records a num ber of encouraging facts
in these days of trouble and difficulty.
B a p t i s m s .— D uring the last three months 937 baptism s have
been reported, bringing th e to ta l for the y e ar th us fa r up to
3,011. In reporting 56 of these a t Yencheng, in H o n a n , the
province so m uch disturbed b y brigands, Mr. L a ck mentions
th a t a t th e service on Sunday, N ovem ber 7, the attendance
num bered over a thousand.
T h e P r o v in c e o f K w e i c h o w .— Mr. Cecil-Sm ith, writing
from K w eiyan g, the capital of K w e i c h o w , says : ‘ Somehow
y o u friends a t the coast seem to think K w e ic h o w is in
a p articularly lawless state. T his is a great mistake.
Our G overnor is steadily suppressing brigandage,
and roads are on the whole quite as safe as in
m ost provinces, and there is no anti-British
feeling about.’
T i d i n g s f r o m S z e c h w a n .— Mr. Ririe, w riting
from K iatin g, says : ‘ Y o u will be glad to hear
th a t we are in peace here and going on as usual.
T he people are quite friendly, b u t in some
p a rts th e soldiers and students are calling us
n asty nam es.’
Mr. Sinton, w riting from Luchow, says : ‘ I
am glad to say everyth in g in our imm ediate
neighbourhood is quiet. . . . I t is sometimes
tryin g , however, to our flesh to be called
“ foreign dog,” and some of the Christians are
finding it difficult to stand the obloquy of being
called traitors.’
M iss E . H . A llibone, w ritin g from Chuhsien,
sa y s : ‘ In th is c ity all was quiet on the 10th.
. . . T h e students h a d .processions all over the city,
and a good m an y anti-B ritish pam phlets were
p u t out; b u t all w as peaceful, and on th e 1 rth all
M
J a n u a r y , 1927.
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the girls from the G overnm ent School came over to us to call
upon us and were m ost friend ly.’
Miss Fearon, w riting from Taiping, says : 1 T he W anhsien
affair has n ot affected us here, so fa r as we know, though there
is a b itter spirit on the p a rt of some against the Church and
C hristianity, though not really against the foreigner. Some
of the students and schoolboys are very friendly.'
Mr. H . W . Funnell, w riting from Suiting, says : ' There has
been no trouble of any sort in and around Suiting over the
W anhsien episode.’
Mr. K . G. B evan, w ritin g from W anhsien, s a y s : * Though we
w alked openly through the streets there was not one word or
sign of h o stility.’
Does it Pay ?
By A. R. SAUNDERS.
T h e following e x t r a c t s a re fro m a l e t t e r fro m Mr. A. R. S a u n d e rs , w ho h a s been n early fo rty y e a r s in C hina, w ho, durin g 1900,
p a ss e d th ro u g h t h e B oxer c risis, being o n e of th o s e w ho, w ith h is wife, a f te r e n d u rin g m uch suffering, e sc a p e d . For a good m any
y e a rs now Mr. S a u n d e rs h a s su ffe re d th e tr i a l o f b lin d n e ss, b u t, n o th in g d a u n te d , he h a s c o n tin u e d a rd e n tly t o p re a c h th e G ospel,
an d , a s h is le tte r sh o w s, n o t w ith o u t m uch e n c o u ra g e m e n t. He is engaged in a sp ecial e ffo rt to re a c h o ne million people living in an
a r e a in N o rth K iangsu in te r s e c te d by c a n a ls , an d m u ch of th e w ork is c a rrie d on by th e use of sm all h o u se b o a ts. Tw o e v an g e lists,
fo u r c o lp o rte u rs , a n d on e B iblew om an c o -o p e ra te w ith him and Mrs. S a u n d e rs , a n d o ne of th e b o a ts used b e a r s th e n am e of his son,
a s a m e m o ria l t o th e lad w ho fell in th e G re a t War.
O E S it p a y ? Is it worth while to go on year after year
spending tim e, labour and m oney on w h at m ay seem
to yield bu t poor returns ? Some missionaries dis­
couraged b y the seem ingly slow advance m ade b y the direct
preaching of the gospel to the masses, h ave turned aside to
educational w ork as a short cut to success, bu t the conviction
grows th a t nothing can equal the far-flung evangelisation of
the Apostles. W e have been a t it for nearly fo rty years, and
have more confidence th an ever in the old w ay.
One day while th e K a o y u colporteur-evangelist was preaching
on the street he Was accosted b y a student who wished to bu y
a book. T he boy listened for a time, and then securing a cop}'
of L u k e ’s Gospel w en t on his w ay, and seem ingly was lost in
the crowd. One of the tw o young men baptised in K a o y u
recen tly w as this lad who has borne m an fully the gibes of his
fellows.
Is it w orth while ? A youn g wom an in K a o y u , the sister of
a Christian, who was a devout worshipper of Buddha, and who
for years has resisted e very attem pt m ade to persuade her to
renounce idolatry, w as led th e other day through the gospel
m inistry of the ex-B u dd hist priest to yield to the claim s of
J e s u s C h r i s t , has broken her religious vegetarian vow , and
has done aw ay w ith all the idolatrous paraphernalia of which
her room w as full.
H as the old gospel lost any of its ancient pow er ? One
Sunday afternoon a poor demon-harassed woman who had
neither eaten a m orsel nor done a stroke of household work
for eight days came into the Central H all women's guest room
im ploring help, and w hen the gospel of deliverance from S atan ’s
ty ran n y w as told her she professed to accept at once the L o r d
TESUS C h r i s t as her Saviour. Mrs. Saunders urged her th a t
on her return hom e she m u st eat food and resume her share
of the housework of the hovel she called home, and for days
afterw ards m uch hard follow-up work was done b y a woman
worker. H er husband w ho is a poor ricsha puller was over­
joyed at th e change wrought, and in gratitude said th a t he also
w ould accept C h r i s t . A s their home is m uch nearer to our
C.I.M . centre on " L eath er M arket " Street than to the Central
H all th ey have been urged to attend th a t place of worship.
W hen there is such unrest everywhere in China surely there
is cause for m uch th an ksgivin g to G o d th a t this year so far
we have been given the jo y of baptising sixteen persons, and if
results are valued b y heaven ’s standard— jo y in heaven over
one sinner th a t repenteth— th e question “ Does it p a y ? ’ ’ is
fu lly answered.
W hilst con stan tly reminded th at advancing years and the
handicap of m y blindness have for years prevented our doing
the kind of w ork w e did prior to 1914 our great jo y is th a t you
have m ade us yo u r substitutes to do a work bigger and fuller
of possibilities th an any before, b y m aking it possible b y
p rayer and g ift not only to h ave such a gospel preaching plant
as the Y an gch ow Central Gospel H all but to be able to send
out into the regions beyond a good band of Chinese workers.
and we shall never cease to praise G o d for the infirm ity which
was G o d ’ s w ay out into this large place.
A recent g ift from an alm ost life-long friend enables us to
pu t up in the city of K a o y u a new gospel hall m uch more adapted
to m eet th e demands of an ever growing aggressive gospe
work than th e present sm all building in w hich good work has
been done for more than th irty years, and we hope i t m ay be
ready for the coming w in ter's work if the L o r d still tarries.
O nly the other week when preaching to the devotees on the
Goddess of M ercy hill a policeman who at some tim e had read
our special literature came boldly to the front and openly
confessing faith in C h r i s t requested to be recognised as a
candidate for baptism . The present year opportunities for
gospel preaching have been alm ost unprecedented, and con­
sidering th e general unrest of the latter half of last y e a r this
fa c t should call forth much thanksgiving to G o d . T he antici­
pated average of one thousand gospel meetings a year in the
Yangch ow Central Gospel H all has been more than realised, for
besides the three meetings a day for men it has also been
possible to have the special door for women open every day.
W herever our gospel boats have gone among the “ thousand
islands ” the audiences have been large and atten tive to the
message, as evidenced by the fact th a t apart from the special
effort am ong the pilgrims to the shrine of the Goddess of Mercy
(whicli is reported separately) 11,300 gospel portions have been
sold and more than 63,000 book folder and sheet gospel tracts
have been freel}- distributed during the half-year. Praise y e
the L o r d !
A lth ou gh b u t a few days intervened between the return
to Yangch ow of the gospel boats and the opening of the ten
d a y s’ special gospel cam paign among the devotees at the Goddess
of M ercy shrine the men threw them selves h eartily into the
work, and continued alm ost night and day to the finish. T h is
is a united effort insomuch th at workers from all th e eight
c ity churches take part, and as the pilgrim s come from all
the surrounding country for m any miles round the opportunity
is unique, especially for the distribution of gospel literature.
T he C.I.M . force of men and women from our three churches
freely gave aw ay a to ta l of about 120,000 carefully selected
book and folder gospel tracts, of which our Central Gospel I la ll
share w as 40,000. On five days each week for four weeks
during A u gu st tw o hours each morning (9 to n ) were given to
Bible stu d y or prayer. A Chinese Pastor, C. K . Cheng (trans­
lator of the Scofield B ible Course) gave an hour a day for ten
days on Genesis and a general su rvey of the Pentateuch, Mrs.
Saunders one hour's ta lk on ‘ The Overflowing of the S p irit,’ I
gave one hour talks daily for tw en ty days on Dispensational
and other great truths of the Bible, and one hour a day for ten
dajTs w as given over to the consideration of the spiritual needs
of the w ork and p rayer for a great awakening.
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J a n u a r y , 1927.
Please remember Comradeship Rally in London and
Glasgow, on Tuesday, January 4, as announced.
S
Language School Experiences.
By ALEXANDER MAIR.
T h e C h in a In lan d M ission h a s tw o T rain in g H om es, o r L anguage S chools, in C h in a ; one fo r w om en a t Yangchow , a n d o ne fo r m en a t
Anking. For t h r e e y e a r s o f th e G re a t W ar p e rio d , an d fo r s e v e ra l y e a r s a fte rw a rd s , th e m e n ’s T rain in g Home w as olosed, th e
s tu d e n t s d u rin g th o s e y e a r s resid in g a t C hinkiang, a n o p en p o rt on th e Y angtse.
For th e la s t th r e e y e a rs Mr. M alr h a s b e en in
c h a rg e o f t h e m e n 's L anguage S ch o o l, fir s t a t C hinkiang, a n d la te r a t Anking. In a n in te re s tin g le t t e r he h a s reviow ed th o s e th r e e
y e a rs, an d fro m t h a t le t t e r th e following p a ra g ra p h s a r e t a k e n :—
R O M th e v e ry beginning of our stay a t Chinkiang we
had m ost liv ely tim es. W h a t a delightful and harmonious
fam ily w e w e re ! W h a t endless v a rie ty in speech,
characteristics and experience! W e hailed from various p arts
o f th e world, and so b y interchange of view -point and experience
our lives were singularly enriched.
D uring th eir brief term in the Training Home you n g workers
learn, n ot on ly the rudim ents of th e Chinese language, b u t also
valuable lessons in the realm of personal spiritual experience.
T h ey find th a t life and conditions are v a stly different to what
th e y h a v e hitherto m et w ith a t home, and there is frequently
brought about in th eir lives a wise readjustm ent of attitu d e and
outlook. I believe th a t th e impressions and experiences of
th e first few m onths in China v ita lly affect th e m issionary’s
futu re usefulness. In th e ligh t of these facts I w ould stress the
n ecessity for earnest p rayer on beh alf of our Trainin g Homes.
F
own compound. I cannot speak too highly o f the conduct of
our Chinese teacher, and other Chinese friends, during th at
critical tim e. T h e y were sim ply splendid!
D uring th e following w eek or tw o I experienced m any strange
ups and downs. On one occasion I was requested b y the consul
to go to Yangchow b y motor boat, in order to bring out a number
of ladies, who otherwise might have found some difficulty in
T h in g s U n ex p ec ted .
A friend of ours w a s going to Shanghai b y steamer, and I
escorted h e r 'to the river side. A s we sat in th e com pradore’s
office on th e wharf, a te x t in fron t of us caught our attention
— ‘ T ru st in H im a t all tim es *— and we felt th a t it w as a direct
message from G o d . On enquiry, we learned from the compradore th a t a friend had given it to h im ; b u t the interesting
th in g to u s w as th a t th e w ords inlaid on a lacquer ta b le t were
in E n glish. W ho would have expected to find th is te x t in
such a place— printed in E nglish! I t provided me w ith a
message for th a t m an ; and the m eaning and wonder of G o d ' s
faithfulness cam e home to our own hearts w ith new power.
R eturning from th e river side th a t night, I noticed, as I passed
along th e narrow streets, soldiers on the alert and ready for
emergencies.
T he boom ing of guns comm enced in th e morning, and at
nine o ’clock a message cam e from th e consul advising our men
to enter th e concession im m ediately, as th e N orthern arm y
h ad stolen a m arch upon th e c ity , and it seemed th a t C hang’s
men w ould soon be in com plete possession. I called th e students
together, explained th e situation in a few words, to ld them to
each prepare a roll of bedding, p u t together a few necessaries
in a handbag, and m ove in to the concession w ithout any loss
of tim e ..............
A ll th a t d a y the fighting continued ; the principal attackers
were “ w hite ” Russians, w ho form ed a small, b u t im portant
p a rt of C h an g’s forces. T he issue still rem ained undecided
w hen n igh t cam e down. One of th e students remained w ith
m e in th e compound. W e w en t to bed and slept soundly.
In th e m o r n i n g we found th a t th e situation h ad com pletely
ch a n g e d ; th e Southern troops had decam ped, and the
Northerners had q u ietly w alked in, and taken possession.
Photo by\
[M iss Tippet.
O rd ered o f th e L ord .
Orders were given b y th e consul th a t ladies had to proceed
to Shanghai, so m y wife, and th e friends w ho h ad been stayin g
w ith us, w en t down river b y steam er. T h a t sam e evening I
received special permission from th e consul to return to our
J a n u a r y , 1927.
A VISION OF BEAUTY.
As seen from the Anjen (Kiangsi) city wall. Since this photograph
was taken Anjen has been overrun by soldiers. The province of
Kiangsi is now controlled by the Cantonese forces.
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reaching Chinkiang. I set o u t a t 4 o'clo ck in th e m orning
and reached Y an gch ow about seven. On arrival a t th e Training
Home I found th a t th e ladies had already received a message
from th e consul su ggesting th a t th e y should leave as soon as
possible, and so I fou n d them m aking all necessary preparations,
although th e y had no idea how th e y were going t o get aw ay.
T he L o r d w as thinking of th eir special need, how ever, and sent
a su itable b oat alm ost to th eir door. T h a t same afternoon
th e y were on board a riv e r steam er at Chinkiang and le ft in
th e evening for Shang­
hai. W e r e G o d ’ s
children a t h o m e
p r a y i n g th a t pro­
tection and guidance
m ight be given at
Y a n g c h o w ju s t a t
t h a t . tim e ?
I am
sure th a t the. gracious
and strikin g provision
w as a distin ct answer
to prayer. There are
great revelations in
store for u s some day.
B y th e end of the
sum m er the intense
excitem en t h a d some­
w h at subsided and in
m akin g our arrange­
m ents fo r t h e n e w
p a r t i e s o f you n g
workers, it w as decid­
ed th a t the tim e had
com e fo r th e reopen­
in g o f t h e M e n ' s
Training H o m e a t
A n king. W h a t a jo y
it w as to return to
th e p lace w e knew so
ivell, to m eet w ith old and w ell tried friends, arid speak w ith
them face to face.
I sh a ll never forget th a t wonderful
Welcome ; th e folks sim ply to ok us to th eir hearts and lavished
kindness upon us.
M y F r ie n d M r. C h en g .
Y o u h a v e doubtless heard me sp eak of m y friend Mr. Cheng,
who at one tim e w as a teach er in the T raining Home. D uring
m y first period of service in China, he and I w ere m uch drawn
to g e th e r in in tim ate fellowship, and it w as a jo y to me to note
his developm ent as a teach er of th e W ord of GOD. H is home
is now a t Yangch ow , b u t he frequen tly receives calls to visit
different centres th rough ou t China to conduct m eetings fo r
th e deepening of sp iritu al life. A t present he is engaged in
th e im portant w ork of tran slatin g th e Scofield B ible Course into
Chinese.
On one of his visits to th e N orth o f A n h w e i he w as asked
to v isit a gaol where a num ber of political prisoners were in ­
carcerated. One of th e prisoners w as interested in th e gospel
through reading a cop y of th e Scriptures, and M r. Cheng had
th e great jo y of leading him to the Saviour. T his you n g man,
Chen Tsi-feng, w as liberated soon afterw ards, and cam e South
to A nking. H a vin g been a leader in th e R epublican P a rty
for several years, he had a strong influence w ithin a wide circle
o f friends.
E veryw h ere he w en t he witnessed fo r th e L o r d ,
and when his friends rem onstrated w ith him regarding his
zeal in th e cause w hich he h a d espoused, h e replied th a t C h r i s t
h a d to come first in everyth in g. P r a y th a t in th e m idst of
tem p tation and testin g h e m a y .b e k e p t tru e to th e L o r d , a n d
J a n u a r y , 192 7.
th a t th e influence o f his life and testim ony m a y prove a blessing
to others.
L e tte r s fr o m H o m e .
L etters are p ecu liarly precious to us ou t here. Perhaps
you would understand th is in a new w a y if y o u could on ly see
us when th e cry goes u p — ‘ Letters from hom e! ' W h a t a rush
and scram ble! T he bearer of th e letters and parcels is alm ost
overwhelm ed! H ow eagerly we glance at th e handw riting
and post m ark, as th e mail m atter is handed out. H ere is a
lively, warm -hearted
couple from the
U nited States whose
eyes ligh t up as th ey
receive several b u lk y
budgets of news from
a district where th ey
have left m an y loving,
l o y a l frie n d s; a n d
there is a keen young
fellow— a w o rth y up­
holder of th e A n zac
t r a d i t i o n s— w h o
knows a t th e first
glance th at his letter
is from an out-of-thew a y f a r m s t e a d in
New Zealand. There
are also packages of
varied size and shape
from
England,
G erm any, A ustralia,
C anada, a n d— h o w
d eligh tfu l!— s e v e r a 1
m ost interesting-looking ones from th e land
of th e hills and th e
heather. I wish th a t
w o r d s could ade­
q u ately express how m uch y o u r com m unications mean to
us. W e desire to know of your doings a t home, and to share
in y o u r interests and outlook, and w e long too. w ith an in ex­
pressible longing, for you r wholehearted partnership in our
life and service. W e w ant— do we not ?— th e fulfilm ent of
H is perfect plan in our lives, w h atever it m ay cost.
W e hope, in a w eek or two, to welcom e parties o f new workers
from various p arts of the world, and, b y th e tim e th is letter
reaches you, we ought, in th e norm al course of things, to be
w ell on w ith our session’s work. P ra y th a t these youn g mission­
aries m ay be greatly helped as th e y settle down to the stu d y of
th e Chinese language, and th a t th eir s ta y a t A n kin g m ay be a
m eans of enrichm ent to each one of them .
The Chinese Post Office.
T he report of the Chinese Post Office for the y e ar 1925 is
an eloquent reminder of th e disorders which characterise life
in China to-d ay. I t is rem arkable indeed th a t th e service has
been able to continue at all, for lawlessness accounts for n o
few er th an 344 postal establishm ents havin g been looted during
the year. Couriers were a tta ck ed on 166 occasions, and four­
teen of these were killed. M ail robberies to ta l 247, th e K w an gtu n g province alone reporting 107 cases of losses of m ails. W e
fear th a t th is year— 1926 — th e report w ill be even worse. In
th e ligh t of these facts our readers w ill n ot be surprised if
occasionally th eir letters t o th eir friends in China, and corre­
spondence home, should m iscarry. There is no sm all credit to
the Chinese couriers w ho carry on under such circum stances.
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From Our Mail Bag.
A F a ith fu l F rien d .
Mr. Freem an D avies, w ritin g of his
experiences a t th e hands of the Brigands,
te lls of the lo y a lty of his w ife's serving
wom an during th is tim e of trial.
' ^ jU R
serving w om an had from the
first know n of th e hiding place,
and during the tw o and a half days th at
it w as used, she risked exposure to bring
along some food. More th an once she
was found about the place, and before
th e burning of th e premises had been
severely beaten because the bandits
suspected th a t she knew of the hiding
place. T his faith fu l wom an refused to
tell, and so placed us under a debt of
gratitude.
' T he getting across the river w as a
m ost w onderful sight. A large number
o f boats form ed a pontoon, and over it
th e thousands of bandits were to be seen
■driving over th e still larger num ber of
cap tives, w ith a m ad rush, and with
revolvers ready to kill a n y would-be
escaper. Such a sight I never w ant to
see again, bu t y e t it was thrilling.*
A N a rro w E scape.
/^ E N E R A L
L IU
C H E N -H W A , in
besieging Sianfu dug an enormous
trench, 12 feet deep b y 12 feet wide,
around the whole c ity to prevent egress.
T h e rescued missionaries declared th at
th e situation w ithin th e d t y was not so
ba d as reported, and stated th a t all the
stories of cannibalism were u tte rly false.
W hile th e p a rty were coming out under
th e flag of truce xoo Chinese attem pted
to escape, and th e besiegers becoming
suspicious opened fire, and there was
a h ot exchange of shots.
Perhaps th e m ost excitin g experience
w as while sailing betw een Tungkw an and
Shanchow in H o n a n . Suddenly a shot
ran g ou t and Miss Hooper, of the China
Inland Mission, cried out : ‘ I am hit.'
T he bullet inflicted a n asty scalp
wound, and had it been an inch lower it
w ould have killed her. She w as con­
vey ed below, and th e wound was dressed,
and now is p ractically recovered. It
transpired th at some soldiers on the bank
who wished to tra v e l b y the b oat used
th is m ethod of m aking it stop.
Miss H ooper retains th e hat, which has
tw o bullet holes through it, as a souvenir.
T h e R e lig io u s T r a c t S o c ie t y in C h in a .
T T 7 E have ended our year w ith an
*
increased o u tp u t of 1,800,000, and
a circulation, including Shanghai, of six
millions. B u t tak in gs are down $12,500,
show ing th a t th e sale of educational
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books and higher priced tracts, etc., has
dropped. W e are very slack now, as
all th e railw ays are out of commission,
and our parcels cannot get aw ay.
F r o m B o m b a r d e d W a n h s ie n .
'
our share in the troubles you
have, of course, heard. Jackson
and I (Mr. Bevan) are v ery glad th at we
were able to stay because sim ply 1o know
we were here, though virtu ally prisoners,
was a real help to the Christians. T hey
m et in various houses and p rayed for
our safety, and in one place even heathen
joined them, and prayed to our G o d for
us. Our stayin g also, I think, p roved the
fa c t th at we a t least, of all the foreigners,
had nothing to do w ith the m atters of the
bombardment, and even the brigadier
FOR PRAISE AND PRAYER
F o r th e w o rk am ong th e T rib es.
p p . 5-7
F o r a ll recently B aptised C onverts.
p. 7
F o r th e o p p o rtu n ities still given for
G ospel w o rk .
p. 7
F o r th e w ork in and aro u n d Y angchow .
p. 8
F o r all Young M issionaries engaged
in language stu d y .
p. 9
F o r th e C hinese P o sta l C o u riers, p . 10
F o r all loyal C hinese frien d s.
p . 11
F o r all Chinese C h ristian O fficers and
S oldiers.
p . 12
F o r all G overnm ent Officials re sp o n ­
sible for handling the p re sen t c risis.
p . 13
in charge of the brigand troops who
entered our premises, volunteered this
opinion of his own accord. W e know
th a t our being here in the c ity was
largely responsible for the decision against
m aking a second expedition.
‘ Though things are quiet enough now
and we go freely on the streets, one m ust
say th at we had some anxious m om ents.'
T h e C a n to n e s e A t t a c k on K ia n g s i.
R . B L A S N E R has ju st come in
from Nanchang on a m ilitary
train, to tr y and bu y supplies for the
Nanchang friends, who are short.
‘ H e says th at the Southerners a t­
tacked the city for five days, bu t have
now withdraw n about ten li aw ay. T hey
were under the command of K ia n g K aishek.
‘ D uring the
fighting the
C.I.M .
premises outside the Fuchow gate were
h eavily dam aged b y shell fire and
thoroughly looted. The Southern soldiers
were firing from the upper storey into
the city, and in reply m any Northern
shells fell on the house and chapel.
‘ The friends there have p ractically lost
e v e ry th in g ; Mr. and Mrs. K auderer,
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Mr. and Mrs. T yler, and Mr. and Mrs.
M eikle are coming in here as soon as
possible ; we shall have to open up and
use the back house. . .
‘ During the fighting Mr. Blasner and
Mr. Tweddell, engaged in R ed Cross
work, collecting the wounded outside the
city, were captured b y the Southerners,
and kept as prisoners of war for five days.
‘ Mr. Tw eddell is staying on helping
in the R ed Cross work.
‘ Mr. Blasner thinks th at there will be
another a tta ck on Nanchang, and th at
it will not hold out long.’
B r a n d s f r o m th e B u r n in g .
Mr. H . Becker, w riting from Y u an chow,
in H u n a n , says :—
7"E are v ery glad to tell you th at we
could baptize on M ay
23rd
tw enty-nine souls. The L o r d was very
near to us and His Spirit worked in m any
hearts. E igh t of the women baptized
were over seventy years old, and one was
94 years old. One blind woman could
be baptized, and one woman was a Nun,
who had an idol vow for life. B ut she
broke it, and is now a bright Christian.
B ut the greatest jo y was it for us,
th at we could baptize the m other of th at
murderer, who wounded Mrs. B ecker
v ery severely in January, 1918. She
had been pu t into prison and should luive
been executed, bu t I pressed the M agis­
trate th at he should set her free
A fter
th at she
fled
into the country, still
believing th a t we would take revenge on
her for the bad act of her son. In the
last tw o years she dared to come to the
c ity and some women invited her to the
meetings.
She
came and soonfound
JESU S as her S a v io u r . Praise the L o r d
for these souls, and pray th a t th ey a)J
m ay grow in grace.
A m id B o ls h e v ik A g e n ts .
Mr. Curtis, w riting from Kiangtsin^,
near Chungking, reports th a t a Bolshevik
agent is lecturing 111 the schools and
meeting guests p rivately daily.
He
states in his lectures th a t there are three
hundred other agents visiting all the
cities around. In spite of. this Mrs. Curtis
reports :— ' Last week the Middle Schools
were holding some am ateur theatricals,
and one evening current events came up
as a subject for dialogue. “ W hat about
the foreigner in our city ? ” w as asked.
“ Oh, Mr. Curtis does not reckon a for­
eigner. H e wears our Chinese dress and
speaks our language, he has come under
the Chinese flag, after having lived among
us so m any years.” So much for our
old-fashioned w a y s ! although at the same
tim e we know th a t popular opinion is
not of v ery m uch v alu e.’
P hoto by]
[M iss Tip p et.
TH E BUND AT HANKOW.
W uchang, t h e C a p ita l of H upeh a n d t h e C ity th e S o u th e r n e r s p ro p o s e t o m ake t h e new C a p ita l o f C h in a is a c r o s s t h e riv e r Y angtse.
T h e n e ig h b o u rin g C ity o f H anyang, lies aw ay b ey o n d t h e building w ith a to w e r. T h e Bund shew n is p a r t o f th e B ritish C o n ce ssio n .
P a r t o f H.M.S. HaWkins c a n ju s t be' s e e n . In w in te r th is riv e r is low show ing m ud b a n k s. In su m m e r th e w a te r la p s th e p ro m e n a d e .
Back in Looted Taikang.
Marshal F en g’s Army in
Kansu.
B y MISS J. P. BROOK.
M iss J. P. B rook w h o ..¡has s p e n t tw e n ty y e a r s In C h in a a n d h a s
r e c e n tly b e en w orking a t S h e k ic h e n , h a s in th i s tim e of tro u b le
nobly r e tu r n e d to h e r old s ta t io n o f T a ik a n g to c o m fo rt t h e C h in e se
C h ris tia n s a f te r t h e i r te r r ib le o rd e a l w h e n t h e c ity w as lo o ted.
* T 'I T TH IIvE on th e hills th is sum m er th e sad news cam e of
W / . T aik a n g h a v in g been looted b y brigands,, who,
on account of th e incessant rain and im passable roads
liv ed in the c ity doing th eir aw ful w o rk fo r te n terrible days.
* W ithin th e M ission com pound brigands em ployed them selves
breaking open and ransacking our boxes for silver, which, of
course, th e y could n ot find, p a rt of th e floor board in one room
is to m up, doors bashed in, window panes broken, handles and
locks w renched off, boxes sliced up, and th e w hole place
le ft in th e m ost a w fu l mess and m uddle im aginable.
‘ I t is all so u nsp eakab ly sad, b u t a fresh call to " look up
and lift u p our heads fo r our redem ption draw eth n igh .” O n ly
three w eeks ago w e were a h a p p y p a r ty o f ten m issionaries
leavin g th e H ill a fte r a p a rticu la rly h a p p y summer, and joined
Mr. and Mrs. D avies on th e train as th e y w ere com ing from
another H ill resort. W e all to o k b o ats to Chow kiakow (seven
ladies squeezing in a t one end!) and thou gh three o f us had an
unpleasant experience w hen tw o brigands covering u s w ith
revolvers to o k off tw o su it cases, th e first even ing before starting,
y e t w e h a d a p leasant trip and were a h a p p y m erry p a r ty all
th e w a y ..............
* T h e Christians here (Taikang) sorely need help and com fort.
Miss H orobin could n ot retu rn alone, no one else w as free to
come, and so th e call and privilege to, in some little measure,
“ bin d u p th e broken hearted,” whom I knew and lo v e d when
here fo r th e Provincial B ible School, cam e to me. T h a t is the
reason o f th e old fam iliar address a t th e beginning of th is letter.
I t is h a rd ly possible to w rite of th e sorrows of th is stricken
place. T he whole c ity seems u tte rly crushed. I am to ld it
w ill ta k e fifty years to get h a c k to form er prosperous conditions.’
J a n u a r y , 1927.
B y MISS
H. E. LEVERM ORE.
M iss L e v e rm o re h a s la b o u re d f o r n e a rly s ix te e n y e a r s in C h in a .
H er a c c o u n t of t h e w ay in w hich M arsh a l Feng’s m e n d e p o rt t h e m ­
se lv e s will be re a d w ith th a n k sg iv in g . C o n s ta n t p r a y e r is n e e d e d fo r
M arsh a l Feng a n d h is Army.
O R th e la st ten or fifteen years K a n s u h as been th e m o st
peaceful province in China, th e civil w ars and unrest
F
in other provinces n ot affecting us m ore th an d e la y in g
or stopping m ail routes, and th e delay or loss of provisions from
Shanghai, etc. A b o u t a y e ar ago th e C hristian G eneral Feng,.
being given th e comm and of t h e N orth-W est, including K a n s u »
sen t h is officials and a rm y to Lanchow . T h is m eant ju s tic e
a n d peace fo r th e people w herever th e a rm y and officials
extended, b u t to th e self-seeking generals and officials w hose
sources of revenue had been cu t down, it m eant jealo usy, p rid e
and re v o lt against th e new regime.
W ith th e opening of th e year, w ar w as threatened upon th e
capital, and before long open a tta c k w as m ade. There w as
n o t a sh ot fired in the c ity itself, and w hen th e v icto rio u s
arm y (Marshal F e n g ’s), entered, th e other soldiers h a d all fled.
T h e y entered v e r y quietly, w ith o u t even sounding a bugle, but
calling to th e frightened populace n ot to be afraid, a s . th e y
would pro tect them and there w ould be no disturbance. B u t
th e poor terrified people had heard such promises before, and
w h y should th e y tru st th is arm y more th an any other ?
A lth ou gh abou t 30,000 soldiers came and w en t in a couple o f
days, and a t tim es were like sw arm s of ants coverin g th e roads,
y e t th e people found th e y did n o t m olest th eir hom es or p ro p erty
as others w ould have done.
T h e g e n try o f th e c ity started a R e d Cross S ociety in case o f
need, and fo r a few d a y s w e flew th e co u n try's flag and th e
R ed Cross flag a t our m ain doorw ay, signifying th a t w e h ad a
place of refuge fo r wom en and children.
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From Our Notebook.
T h e s itu a tio n in C h in a is ch an g in g so rapidly, an d is a lso so full of d e lic a te p ro b le m s, t h a t It is n e ith e r possible n o r e x p e d ie n t to
w rite fully u p o n it. T h e following e x tr a c ts , cu lled from d iffe re n t s o u rc e s , will p e rh a p s a s s is t o u r re a d e r s to gain som e a p p re c ia tio n
of th e c o n d itio n s u n d e r w hich th e m is sio n a rie s a re la bouring to-day.
Old China.
H E late M arquis Tseng, one of China’s m ost able Viceroys,
w rote n early fifty years ago as follows :—
‘ T h e changes w hich m ay have to be m ade when
China comes to set her house in order can on ly profitably be
discussed when she feels she has thoroughly overhauled and can
rely on th e bo lts and bars she is now applyin g to her doors.
‘A n y soreness w hich China m ay have experienced on account
o f events in i860 has been healed and forgotten long ago, b u t it
is otherw ise w ith th e T reaties which were then imposed upon
her. She had th en to agree to conditions and give up vestiges
of sovereignty w h ich no independent nation can agree to, and
lie out of, w ith o ut an attem p t to change the one and recover
the other.
‘ In her efforts to elim inate from the T reaties such articles as
im pede her developm ent and w ound her ju s t susceptibilities,
w ithout conferring on th e other contracting parties an y real
advantages, China w ill surely and leisurely proceed to diplom atic
action. T he w orld is n ot so near its end th a t she need hurry,
nor th e circles of th e sun so n early done, th a t she w ill n ot have
tim e to p la y the r 61e assigned her in the w ork of nations.'
New China.
T he dignified ton e of th e late M arquis Tseng is to-d ay replaced
b y docum ents such as the following, which w as presented to the
missionaries and other B ritish residents in a certain c ity in
W est China on Septem ber 23rd l a s t :—
' From the Cleanse the Sham e Society to th e B ritish Residents
a t ------ .
‘ The upturn as th e result of th e atrocities a t W anhsien is of
no ordinary nature. T his im posing and illustrious m art has
suffered fire and slaughter a t th e barbarous hands of you r
honourable nationals. A las! how can our countrym en endure it!
‘ W e rem em ber th a t our country has had relations w ith yours
for eighty years. Since the Opium W ar till now there is no
region th at has n ot seen expression of the m ethods th a t treat
us as slaves. In th e distance, our society has seen the grievous
condition of th e lo st countries, E g y p t and Ind ia ; nearer, we
are influenced b y th e ferocity of th e usurpation in the east
(Wanhsien), and w e h ave banded under solemn oath to resist
this thing to the death.
‘ W e h ave also decided com pletely to sever relations w ith
you.
There are m any inconveniences associated w ith you r
residence here, and it behoves us to in vite you, w ithin ten days,
speedily to gath er up you r belongings and " g e t ou t.” A fte r
a satisfactory settlem ent of th e W anhsien affair has been arrived
a t w e can discuss (your return).
‘ M eantime, you m ust understand th a t in th e present situation
we cannot allow foreigners to sleep a t our bedside in peace. W e
are therefore w ritin g y o u and hope y o u w ill im m ediately act in
accord w ith this letter.
The Cantonese Army.
The Southern Leader*
General Chiang Kia-shek, the Southern leader, interviewed
at N anchang, stated th at the present revolution would not
cease until extra-territoriality, the foreign concessions and
unequal T reaties were all abolished.
He said he could not
agree to th e gradual abolition of extra-territoriality, pending
the reorganisation of the Chinese law-courts. . . . In regard to
th e su bject of missionaries, General Chiang declared th a t the
Cantonese had no quarrel w ith C hristianity, and w ould not
interfere w ith m issionary a ctiv ity .
A Strict Boycott.
The latest news from Chengtu, the capital of S z e c h w a n ,
states th at a ll em ployees of the U n iversity had been called out
on strike, and the U niversity is shut up. w ith little prospect of
startin g again th is year. T h e Cam pus is like a deserted
city, there are no students or servants of any kind about.
No one is allowed to give foreigners food or b u y an y for
them .
A still later letter states th a t a strict b o yco tt has been
in stituted again st all foreigners in this city, and th a t no one
is allowed to sell or provide food, light or water, etc., to any
foreigner. T h e servants have been called out, and while violence
w ill, not be resorted to, the situation is to be m ade so difficult
as to oblige all foreigners to leave the city and district.
Later.— T his strike was subsequently called off.
Changes at Peking.
D r. H u-Shih, kn ow n as th e F ath er of the Chinese Renaissance,
in an in structive su rv ey in The Friend for Decem ber 3rd, writes
Since the establishm ent of th e Republic China has had eight
Presidents, forty-tw o Cabinets, and tw enty-five M inisters of
Justice. T here is now no President and no Cabinet, and the
South has sent another representative to Geneva.
as f o llo w s :—
‘ T h e . Southern A rm y owes its success chiefly to its superior
discipline and organisation. T h e Canton leaders h ave learned
J a n u a r y , 1927-
from S oviet Russia and through Russian advisers, the importance
of political organisation and discipline in the arm y . . .
‘ I t is an undoubted fa c t th at th e younger generation in China
to -d ay is m ore w illing to listen to the appeals of Soviet Russia
th an those of any other nation. B u t is not th at fa ct itself
enough to m ake the European statesm en pause and think ?
W h y are th e Chinese th us so easily m oved b y th e Russian
appeal ? I s it n ot because the Russians came to us, not only
w ith a high-sounding ideal, b u t also w ith a definite policy
backed w ith energy and m aterial assistance ? H as an y European
Pow er ever oriered us a constructive p olicy sufficiently appealing
and sufficiently concrete to command the emotion and im agina­
tion of the Chinese you th s ?
. .
‘ T he W ashington Conference came p re tty near to a policy.
B u t th e W ashington Conference ended in a compromise, and
never attem pted to rem ove the evil seeds which the Powers
had sown during the last eighty years and which still remain
to breed international suspicion and hatred. The W ashington
T reaties m ade a few concessions towards the righting of past
injustices to China, bu t the Treaty took so long for its ratifica­
tion b y th e various Powers th a t before the ratifications were
com plete China had undergone great emotional and intellectual
changes, and the W ashington concessions were no longer
satisfyin g to the newer sense of international justice and
equality.
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God’s M essage in the Dark.
of faith, but when darkness falls then faith receives
her opportunity.
It is the common experience of the blind that with
the failure of the sight other senses become increasingly
acute. It is told of Helen Keller, that so keen has her
sense of touch become, that after she has once shaken
hands with a person she will recognise that friend
again months afterwards by a simple grasp of the hand
alone. And one case is on record of a blind child
who coiild actually read an ordinary letter written with
ink by passing her fingers over the page. In like
fashion the faculty of faith is developed. And the
mighty in faith are those who have learned to walk,
when sight failed them, by confidence in G o d . B y
faith Abram went out not knowing, and not seeing
whither he went. By faith he and Moses, and all the
others whose names are inscribed on the roll of faith,
learned to endure ‘ as seeing Him Who is invisible.’
It is this sense of G o d we need to-day when, in a
special way, we cannot walk by sight. Faith, like all
other powers, must be exercised to grow, and it is only
exercised when the more natural powers fail. Conse­
quently, there is blessing in trial, strength to be gained
from weakness, and guidance and help to be obtained
from G o d when we cannot see our way.
Are we baffled by our lim­
itations and life’s exacting
demands ? Are we perplexed
by the surging problems
which are beyond our pow­
ers ? Are we unable to
see our path because of
gathering gloom ? Then the
one lesson for all is ' Have
faith in G o d .’
‘ The darkness and the
light are both alike
to Thee.’
‘ The day is Thine, the
night also is Thine.’
For the sake of our readers
we have photographed the
scene to which we refer in
our opening paragraph, in
the hope that it may bring
home the message to them
as it did to us. If the dark
setting of life make the call
to Faith in G o d more real,
fhen light will have been
made to shine out of
darkness, and the trials
of time will begin to bear
their lasting and eternal
M t.
m . B.
ALKIN G up the approach to the Mission House
at Newington Green one dark night recently,
the only thing that caught the writer’s eye
was the inscription, cut in stone, on the lintel of the
prayer meeting hall. There, amid the darkness, stood
the words, ‘ H AVE FAITH IN GOD,’ illumined by
the small electric light. All else was enveloped in
impenetrable blackness, but that one inspired and
inspiring sentence stood out more conspicuously by
very contrast and commanded attention.
The words were, of course, familiar, having been
almost from the birth of the Mission one of its valued
watchwords. And we had walked up that approach
thousands of times before without being so forcibly
arrested by those words as we were then. Set there in
their black frame of night, they obtained on that
occasion a new and startling emphasis.
The picture was a parable, and the words in their
surroundings a sermon in brief. And so we stood for
a moment that the message and the sight might make
their rightful impression.
It was a picture of life to-day, for the horizons of
every human outlook are black with dark and threatening
clouds. The powers of darkness seem set in hostile
array against the truth. W ith highly organised
efficiency the forces of evil
h ave a llied th em selves
against the L o r d and His
Anointed, and against His
Gospel.
But there still
stands the glad and heart­
ening message, ‘ Have Faith
in G o d , ’ and all the sur­
rounding darkness can do
is just to, shut us in to
that word of hope.
The Psalmist’s words are
still true, in more senses
than one th a t :
‘ The darkness hideth
not from Thee,
The night shineth as
the day.
The darkness and the
light are both alike
to Thee.’
W
W h e n a ll is fa ir a n d
s m o o th i t i s e a s y t o fo r g e t
or t o ig n o r e t h e d e e p e s t a n d
m o s t e s s e n tia l t h in g s o f life .
In t h e lig h t w e a r e la r g e ly
u n c o n s c io u s o f o u r r e a l
lim it a t io n s , b u t w h e n t h e
n ig h t d e s c e n d s o u r h e lp le s s ­
n e s s t a k e s h o ld u p o n u s, a n d
m a k e s u s c r y o u t fo r G o d .
This is all for our good and
profit.
Faith is a faculty which
needs the dark in which to
thrive. When we can see
our way we have no need
J a n u a r y , 1927.
WHERE PRAYER IS WONT TO BE MADE.
T h e E n tra n c e to th e P ra y e r M eeting Hall,
C h in a In lan d M ission, N ew ington G reen , L ondon, N.16.
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Copies of this picture and
article can be had in leaflet
form for use in letters, &c.
on application to the offices
of the Mission.
Editorial Notes
A
NEW SITU ATION.— It is evident to all observers
that a new situation has arisen in China.
In one sense it is not new, for the facts which
are now demanding attention have been there on a
smaller scale for a long time, but the military successes
and progress of the Southern forces into the Yangtse
basin give a new and commanding complexion to events.
But in addition to the military progress of the
Southern forces the most noteworthy fact is the highly
organised propaganda of the Southern part}’. Not
only have they an ideal to put before the people, but
they have thousands of Agents who are preparing the
minds of the people for the Nationalist party. By
crude pictures and by letter-press they are spreading
reports so grossly exaggerated that we refrain from
attempting to describe them. Molehills are made into
mountains and a grain of truth magnified into a
stumbling-block.
Chinese Students’ C laim s. — The students to-day
in China are playing a great role, and have shown
themselves powerful for influencing events during the
last twenty-five years. They are making three claims.
First that they were mainly instrumental in the over­
throw of the Manchu Dynasty. Autocracy entrenched
in China, for more than 2,000 years they claim to have
destroyed in ten.
Then again, during the war in Europe when Japan
presented her twenty-one demands to China the students
on May 4 rose and drove out three of the officials whom
they denounced as national traitors, and subsequently
forced the Government not to sign the Paris Peace
Treaty. In this the students claim to have broken the
prestige of the old-time Chinese official.
Now, since the events of last year and this, they claim
to have broken the prestige of the foreigner in China.
The Position of the M issionary. — Never perhaps
in the history of Missions in China has the missionary
been placed in a position of greater difficulty and
delicacy. With all their desire to be neutral in political
and international affairs, they are being challenged in
many a Mission Station to declare themselves for or
against the policy of their own Government. Silence
is misconstrued and neutrality considered unfriendly.
It is obvious to many missionaries that they are not
wanted, and the question some ask is, how long will
they be tolerated.
Creative Hours. — Yet we would not write in any
pessimistic spirit. If we believe in G o d we must
believe that through Him we can be more than con­
querors. Policy may need to be modified, but that does
not mean the work of G o d will not progress. One with
a wide acquaintance of world events has written :—
' The more closely I study the history of mankind,
and the more deeply I ponder the facts of the human
struggle, the more I am convinced that the hours of
greatest suffering have ever been the hours of greatest
creation. It took Calvary to reveal C h r i s t .’
If that be so we may believe and hope that all the
auguish and pain through which China is passing to-day,
and all that fellowship of suffering which is the lot of
G o d 's people in China also, will not be in vain, but that
these days may prove to be creative hours with G o d .
B lessing in D isgu ise. — In spite of the seriousness
of the situation we cannot but believe that G o d , Who
worketh all things after the counsel of His own will,
will make these stormy winds fulfil His high purposes.
Already there can be discerned one line in which
blessing may come, and that is the hastening of the
transfer of authority from the missionary to Chinese
leaders. In this matter there has possibly been some
failure in the past, but present developments are
exercising a compelling influence in this direction.
Definite action has been taken already, and we are
likely to hear much more of this in the near future
through sheer necessity. In Canton, for instance,
where the anti-foreign feeling is most pronounced, a
J a n u a r y , 1927.
Federation of Churches, founded by several Missions
under the title of the Christian Church of China, has
drawn up and promulgated a Constitution which
stipulates, among other things, that henceforth foreign
missionary funds shall be administered by the Executive
of the Chinese Church ; that foreign missionaries shall
be appointed and retained only according to the recom­
mendation of the Chinese Church ; and that all Church
institutions, such as schools and hospitals, etc., shall
be subject to the same rule. This is only one illus­
tration of what is coming to pass elsewhere.
That this means a new era for missionary work is
evident, and it means a new trial to many of the
missionaries themselves, not from the Chinese Church
so much as from the conditions outside. One who has
passed through this in the South writes :—
‘ Onfy those who have lived under these conditions
can tell how galling they are, and how easy it is to
say and write things that show resentment. Under
the Southern Government even the employees in
Mission hospitals can only be engaged and dismissed
with the consent of the Labour Unions. Who,’ says
the same writer, ‘ can conduct a hospital under such
conditions ? Anyone reading this,' he adds, ‘ may not
realise how irritating it has been, but those who have
had this as a continual experience for months know
what the Chinese Labour Unions mean.'
For a long time, it may be, the missionary will have
to labour under conditions of suspicion, and be prepared
for that state to which the Apostle Paul referred when
he said : ‘ As deceivers and yet true.’ It is easy to
believe that this may be even more difficult than direct
persecution, and will call for more grace.
‘ The fruit of all this sowing of ill-will,’ writes the
person quoted above, ' for all these months will long
remain. The work of putting the relations between
China and Britain on a better footing will be a long
and difficult task. It will call for the wisest effort of
men of good-will on both sides, and all Christian folk
should continually pray that those who are in a position
to influence public opinion on either side may be guided
in all that they do, so that no rash thing may be done,
or bitter word said, to inflame the already tense situation.'
In such prayers we ought to include the newlyappointed British Minister, upon whose shoulders rests
an almost crushing burden of responsibility.
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FORMOSA
Faith in the Working of God.
ORD, show us the Father,’ said Philip, ' and it
sufficeth us.' And C h r i s t ’s reply, ‘ He that
hath seen Me hath seen the Father,' is an
acknowledgment that, on one point at least, Philip
was right. To see G o d will suffice. To know G od
is life eternal. To have one’s heart stayed on G od
gives perfect peace. And so we take up one aspect of
the words of Ch r i s t , ‘ Have faith in G o d , ’ for further
brief consideration, though the theme is great and
inexhaustible.
The words of C h r i s t , ‘ Have faith in G o d , ’ are
familiar to us all, but the words of St. Paul, ‘ Have
faith in the working of G o d / may possibly be one
aspect of this great subject to which less thought has
been given. To have faith in G o d , of course, implies
faith in the working of G o d , for a G o d Who was wholly
passive would not inspire faith. But some encourage­
ment may be gained by laying emphasis upon faith in
the activity of G o d , for it is in His activity that we
learn to know Him.
One great characteristic of G o d is work. ‘ My Father
worketh hitherto and I work,’ said Ch r i s t . This alone
is an inspiring utterance, and yet the word ‘ worketh ’
as used by C h r i s t is the one used alike for G o d and
man. There is, however, in Scripture another and more
powerful word for work used only in the New Testament
of supernatural action. And this word, which occurs in
the passage, ‘ Have faith in the working of G o d ,' is
worthy of special study.
As a noun the word is energia and energeema ; as an
adjective energees, and as a verb energein. The reader
who knows little or no Greek will at once recognise the
source of our English word energy. And though it is
a perilous practice to read back— as is sometimes done—
into the original the meaning of a derivative, in this case
it is safe, for the chief classical lexicographer translates
the word by ‘ an action, operation, an energy, the
opposite of habit.' The corresponding adjective is ren­
dered ‘ active, mighty,’ and the verb, ‘ to be active,’
especially of mental activity. Tyndale translates it by
‘ mighty in operation,’ and Ellicott has the following
comment:—
‘ The fuller meaning of this word so frequently used
by St. Paul must not be obscured ; it appears in all
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cases to point not only to the inward nature of the
working, but also to hint at the persistent and effectual
character of it.’
It is in keeping with this comment t hat some scholars
have translated the word by ‘ Divine energy ’ or ‘ Divine
activity.’ And for the same reason our Authorised
Version and Revised Version have, in some cases, ren­
dered it ‘ effectual working ’ ; ‘ wrought effectually ’ ;
' mighty ’ ; ‘ effectually worketh ’ ; ‘ effectual,’ ‘ fer­
vent ’ and ‘ powerful,’ etc.
The foregoing references will help us to appreciate
the power of this word, and if we bear these thoughts
in mind we may still retain, for want perhaps of a
better, the Authorised and Revised renderings of ‘ work ’
or ‘ working,’ where these simpler forms occur, always
remembering that supernatural sense of the original
which is not conveyed by our English word.
And now with this brief study of the word itself
let us turn to one or two passages where the word
occurs.
We may first note the solemn fact that this powerful
word is used in connection with the activities of our
great adversary, the devil. ‘ The mystery of iniquity
doth already work,’ wrote the Apostle Paul, using this
strong word. That it worketh effectually there is only
too much evidence wherever we look.
vSpeaking again of ‘ the lawless one/ St. Paul says:
‘ Whose coming is according to the working of Satan,'
again employing the same word. And that this spiritual
power is operative in man the Apostle confesses when
he speaks of ‘ the spirit that now worketh in the sons of
disobedience.’
How else can we explain the mighty sway of evil in
the world to-day save by this effectual working ? That
we are faced with evil powers and malign forces more
than human is evident to every thinking man. Only
a master mind greater than man’s can account for the
vast tidal movements which are undermining the moral
foundations of life in so many lands to-day. The
mystery of iniquity worketh, and worketh with mighty
and effectual results. The subtle, efficient and highly
organised propaganda which is labouring everywhere for
world-wide revolution— revolution largely GoD-less in
its methods and aims— can only thus be explained.
But, thank G o d , we can turn to a brighter and more
hopeful aspect of our subject. If this word is used in
connection with Satan’s workings, it is also employed
in connection with the activities of One more mighty,
even of G o d Himself. And we are called upon, when
distressed by the operations of evil, to have faith in
the activity or working of G o d . It will be helpful to
consider one or two passages where this truth occurs.
St. Paul, writing to the Colossians, after speaking of
the fulness of G o d dwelling in C h r i s t , continues:
‘ Having been buried with Him in baptism, wherein ye
were also raised with Him through faith in the working
of G o d Who raised Him from the dead.’ Here it is
faith in the activity of G o d , an activity seen in the
resurrection of J e s u s C h r is t from the dead. There
can hardly be any greater manifestation of G o d ’s
activity than this. Death is the inevitable, the in­
exorable, lot of all men. There is (apart from Ch r i s t ’s
coming) no escape, all must bow before death’s sway.
Kings and princes possess no power to stay death’s
progress, while wealth and learning are as nothing
before him. Slowly, but surety, he lays his cold but
invincible hand on all. There is no earthly escape.
But G o d , by His effectual working, raised J e s u s
C h r is t from the dead. It is in this resurrection
power, this resurrection activity of G o d , that we are
called to have faith. ' Faith in the working of G o d ,
Who raised Him from the dead.’ Death and sin are
busy everywhere, but a more mighty Worker worketh
also, and G o d ’s resurrection power will prevail, and in
C h r is t we also may know that resurrection power
through faith in the activity of G o d .
Writing to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul prays
that they may know, among other things, the exceeding
greatness of G o d ’s power to usward who believe—
‘According to that working of the strength of His
might which He wrought in Ch r is t when He raised Him
from the dead, and made Him sit at His right hand in
the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority
and power and dominion, and every name that is named,
not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.’
Here words are piled upon words to express the mighty
activity of G o d . Not only i s death conquered, but the
Risen One is placed high above all authority and power
and dominion, not only in this world, but in that which
is to come. All is subjected to Him by the mighty
working of G o d .
It is of large importance to note that phrase, ‘Accord­
ing to the working.’ This is a phrase which occurs time
and again : see, for instance, Ephesians i. 19, iii. 7,
iv. 16 ; Philippians iii. 21 ; Colossians i. 29. Paul
knows no more mighty measure, no more lofty stan­
dard with which to compare things. It is, as the late
Bishop Ellicott says, ‘ a mighty measure, a stupendous
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exemplar, ’ by which the power of G o d may be estimated
and felt.
Let us for a moment in imagination look down into
the grave and remember its inexorable grip, then look
up into the heights of the powers and dominions in
heaven and earth, and recall that from the depth of
the one C h r is t was raised above all the heights of the
other by the working of G o d . This is the measure of
His might— according to that working of G o d . It is to
faith in this that we are called, to faith in the working
of G o d .
One other passage may claim our attention. We have
seen G o d ’s power as revealed in the resurrection. Now
in Philippians iii. 21 the Apostle goes still further, and
speaks of the body of our humiliation being so fashioned
that it may be conformed to the body of His glory,
according to the working whereby He is able even to
subject all things unto Himself. Not resurrection only
but transformation also is here assured, as well as all
things subjected to Himself.
All things! Let the imagination have its full sway in
measuring the mighty workings of the mystery of in­
iquity. Let the almost almighty workings of Satan be
recalled, and we may still assure our hearts of the
greater Worker Who works on that stupendous scale
which will subject all things to Himself, and transform
the body of our humiliation until it be conformed to
the body of His glory. It is to faith in this working
of G o d that we are called.
In conclusion, let us remind ourselves of one or two
other passages where this same mighty word is em­
ployed. Ephesians i. 11 tells us of ‘ the purpose of
Him Who worketh all things after the counsel of His
Will.’ Ephesians iii. 20, in its ascription of praise,
speaks of Him ‘ that is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think, according to the power
that worketh in us ’ ; and in 1 Corinthians xii. 6 we are
assured that it is ‘ G o d Who worketh all in all.’*
And so the message comes again to us, ‘ Have faith
in G o d , ’ which faith means, faith in the working of
G o d , a G o d Who never has and never will cease His
mighty and victorious operations. We must never
permit the spectacular tragedy of an earthquake, for
instance, to blind us to the much more mighty and
beneficent workings of gravitation, though the latter
be unseen and unheard. So should not the tragedies
of evil, spectacular as they may be, blind us to the
perpetual though silent and mighty operations of G o d .
We are called to faith in the working of G o d , and to
remember our L o r d ’s word, ‘ My Father worketh
hitherto and I work.’
M.B.
* O ther references where the same word is used are Colossians
i. 29 ; G alatians v. 6 ; and Philippians ii. 13.
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MAP OF NORTH-WEST CHINA, SHOWING BY A BLACK LINE THE ROUTE ACROSS CHINESE TURKESTAN TAKEN BY THE
MISSES FRENCH AND CABLE.
N ote .—T he scale is nearly 300 miles to the inch. T he only Mission Stations in Sinkiang are Tihwafu, Yarkand, and Kashgar. Remember
that Missionaries are not permitted to live or labour in Outer Mongolia, or in territory under the United States of the Soviet Republic.
A Dispatch from Turkestan.
passports were in perfect order, bu t th ey were ignored b y the
authorities. These days were filled With m any anxious hours,
as we found the place occupied b y m any Chinese who had
never been allowed to proceed further on their journey.
The conditions of H sing Hsing H sia were those of an inferno.
From dawn till dark the impressed soldiers sat in rings around
the gam ing tables. E v e ry now and again a quarrel between
the gam blers would burst into a fight and blows would be
exchanged. Here and there a man sat apart, w hite and sicklooking. H e w ould be found to be one who had attem pted
escape. On being recaptured m any were flogged to death,
and others barely escaped w ith their lives. O ur position,
surrounded b y these undisciplined troops, m ight have been far
from enviable ; bu t we decided at once to turn our enforced
sta y into an evangelistic opportunity. The strains of the organ
soon brought crowds around us, and in ten minutes scripture
choruses were in fu ll swing, led b y those members of the E van ge­
listic Band who were still w ith us.
The report of some new thing to be seen or heard soon brought
the officers of th e garrison to the scene of action. T o our great
delight, th ey a t once to ok control of th e men and issued a
command w hich resulted in perfect order and good behaviour
throughout our visit. The literature departm ent was busy, as
every m an w ould purchase copies of the Gospels and of m any
other Christian books. ‘ I t is p a y d a y n ex t F rid a y ,’ some of
E A R F R I E N D S ,— W e have prom ised you a letter
which shall tell yo u how we fared on our long journey
through T urkestan and Russia to London.
In our
last jou rn al w e brought you as far as the frontier of Turkestan.
W e entered th a t province at a place called H sing H sing Hsia,
w hich m ay be tran slated ' T he R avin e of the Baboons.’ The
suggestion th a t m onkeys ever found a home in th is ston y w ilder­
ness is a strain on one’ s credulity. H owever, we are assured
th a t a ta b le t still exists engraved w ith the legend th a t a rushing
to rren t once passed here, to w hich th e baboons were w ont to
come and slake th eir th irst.
I t is m uch easier to believe th a t another reading, ‘ T he Starry
R a vin e ,’ w as th e correct one, for the hills in this vicin ity sparkle
w ith splendid quartz, an effect p articularly striking b y moon­
ligh t. B e th a t as it m ay, the road a t this point passed through
a narrow gorge betw een granite rocks through which the white
vein s of p o rp h yry ran like streaks of forked lightning.
Passing from one province to another in China usually means
no more th an m oving from one English county to another ;
b u t a t this jun ctu re th e armed sentinels refused us admission
un til every enquiry had been made regarding us.
T h e fron tier w a s occupied b y a force of one thousand men
s W p fng under canvas, nor w ere w e allowed to proceed until the
fou rth day, on th e p re te x t th a t a personal perm it w as necessary
to each in dividu al entering T urkestan . Needless to say, our
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1927.
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[Dr. a. B . M orrison.
extends fo r s ix
m iles
around th e d t y . A s w e
approached through a fine
avenue of handsom e trees,
w e saw wom en of a ty p e
hitherto unknow n to us.
T heir gow ns w ere of every
brillian t colour, and long
w h ite veils covered th eir
heads. T h e y w en t b are­
fo o t w orking in th e fields,
or herding th e flocks. In
some cases th e y were beau­
tiful, in m an y of a gross
sensual ty p e .
O n each
occasion w hen w e to o k a
w a lk in or around H am i,
th e wom en w o uld come
from th eir houses to in ­
v ite u s to sit w ith them ,
and if th e y could n o t
speak Chinese, generally
secured th e services o f an
interpreter.
B ein g th e
first wom en missionaries
w ho had ever travelled
b y th is road, ou r presence
created quite a sensation, far m ore from th e f a c t tjf our being
wom en preachers and unm arried, th an b y reason of our foreign
n ation ality.
In such a cosm opolitan centre, where Chinese.
T urki, Parsee, M ongol and T ibetan jo stle each other in th e
street, w e w ere generally accepted as Chinese from a v e r y
d ista n t province.
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them said, ‘ and if on ly you w ill s ta y till then w e w ill tray up
everyth in g y o u h a v e .’
O u r lodgings w ere indescribably w retched, and to add to our
m isery h e a v y rain cam e on, w h ich poured th rough countless
holes in th e roof ; b u t th e sam e rain m ade possible th e escape
of some poor fellows, for th e w ater, collected in th e holes of the
rocks, supplied them w ith sufficient drink to reach a p lace of
sa fety. O n th e fou rth d a y w e, in com pany w ith a p a rty of
T ibetan lam as, received permission to proceed once m ore on th e
long trail. O ur provisions were m ore th an u su ally low, ow ing to
th e delay, for nothin g could be bo u gh t a t th e cam p, th e troops
bein g fed w ith supplies, from Hami^ w h ich is six d a y s’ jou rn ey
distant.
T h is p a rt o f th e G obi w as exception ally picturesque— rocks,
hills, a n d volcan ic m ounds Were th row n u p around us in w ild
confusion. A large num ber of caves dug round th e fo o t of th e
m ounds w e discovered to be p rim itive gold mines, from w hich
gold is carried ou t m ixed w ith sand in considerable quantities.
T he w a ter w as v e r y salt, and our lips were scorched and b lack
from its effects.
On th e fourteenth d a y a fte r leaving A n H si w e arrived a t a
certain p lace abou t 3 a.m ., and to our inexpressible delight saw a
clum p of trees stan din g conspicuous in th e m o o n lig h t; b u t alas !
bn th e n e x t d a y w e h a d cause to w ish ourselves b a c k in th e
san dy w astes w here vegetation w as not. O ur afternoon m eal
proved even less p alatable th an usual. I t w as lo n g since an y
fresh vegetable h a d come our w a y , and a resourceful carter,
h a v in g espied a fine grow th of fungi round th e rim of th e Well,
th ou gh t it n ot amiss to p u t some in to our m acaroni. T h e
result w as disastrous. A .M .C . w en t after her m eal to v isit a
mosque, and stayed to have a ta lk w ith th e ahong. On returning
to th e inn she w as tak en w ith such violen t pain as to cause
extrem e a n x ie ty for over an hour. I t h a p p ily abated, a n d we
proceeded on ou r journ ey. Such incidents need no com m ent,
if th e y be read w ith im agin ative intelligence such as w ill enable
th e reader to understand h ow real is th e ho u rly reliance placed
b y th e h erald upon his L ord for succour a t all tim es and in
a n y conditions.
T h e n e x t d a y brou gh t u s in to H am i, A high ly fertile area
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ebruary,
1927.
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A s w e w en t in and ou t am ongst these Moslem women, w e
realized th a t th e satanic m ethod b y w hich th e Moslem h as
abrogated to him self all religious rites, leavin g th e wom en
u n tau ght and despised, has created an opp ortun ity for th e
G ospel in his own harem . N ever did w e fail of a cordial welcom e
and a great sphere aw aits the wom an m issionary who w ill
m aster th e T u rk i language and m ove a b o u t in these places.
I t w as ju s t before reaching H am i th a t w e h ad th e one serious
accident to our carts. A fte r travellin g fo r m an y nights abso­
lu te ly alone on th e desert road. We encountered a caravan w ith
whom we le ft the inn on th e longest n igh t stage of th e w hole
journ ey. A t 1 a.m . th e rim of our wheel collapsed and le ft
us unable to proceed. In th e space of h a lf an hour th e Chinese
evangelist h ad come to an arrangem ent w ith a fellow traveller
to transfer us and our baggage to his cart, w h ile h e and th e
carters rem ained behind to p a tch up th e w heel, and drag th e
em pty cart somehow to th e appointed stage. H a d it n o t been
for th e help of these travellers, w e should h a v e fou nd ourselves
stranded in a w aterless desert, unable to proceed or retu rn u n til
help m igh t come— a terrifyin g p ro sp e c t; b u t experience h as
ta u g h t us th a t w e m ay re ly upon G o d ’ s provision in our e ve ry
hour of need, and one stich experience is w o rth a lifetim e o f
theorizing.
M eanwhile w e jo lted along, sittin g on some m ysterious boxes
w hich w ere th e cargo of our new conveyance. Before long
th e arom a w ith w hich w e seem ed to be surrounded caused us
to enquire w h a t m erchandise w as bein g con veyed over th is
desert road. ' D ead m ules,’ w as th e answer, * tw o of m ine have
ju s t died, and I h ave p acked them in to those boxes t o sell for
m eat a t th e n ext stage.’
Speaking of dead mules calls up to our vision one of th e m ost
strikin g of th e G obi sights— its bleached bones. A t every stage
th e travellers pass skeletons of horses, m ules and camels, fo r
'when an anim al is sick it is im possible to delay th e caravan in
masses o f m ovin g w in ged insects w hich settle on and craw l
w aterless w astes, and th e poor creature is abandoned b y the
o v e r all food exposed.
H ow ever w eary the traveller m ay be,
roadside, to be eaten b y w o lves and vultures. T h e end of th e
there is no sleep possible except during the hours of darkness
dea d m ule incident w as th a t w e bo u gh t the m eat and p rom ptly
— all too few a t midsummer.
abandoned it.
Our jou rn ey to o k us over th e M anas R iv er to Hsi-Ho, where
A few m arches beyon d H am i w e crossed th e great range of
grapes abound, and over th e hills and far aw ay to distant
■the T ien Shan (H eavenly M ountain). T he jou rn ey w as taken
T ah Cheng, whose Russian name is Chuguchak, and which is
a s usual b y nigh t, and a t dusk w e le ft th e plain to enter a ravine
th e la st town of C hina on th a t border. Here we changed carts
■which narrowed to a w inding p a th in th e nature of a river bpd
and secured drivers w ith Russian passports able to speak th at
"between high rocks and crags. I t w as a grand and never-to-belanguage, to ta k e us over th e range of hills which form s th e Rus*
forg otten sight. T h e m orning ligh t found us still pursuing th a t
sian boundary a t th is point. I t was a wild and solitary journey,
n arrow defile.
where w e slept some nights in th e open, one in a Siberian
W e h a v e tak en m an y m ountain passes, b u t n ever before one
isba and one in a Quzaq tent.
I t was to us a thrilling e x ­
o v e r w h ich we travelled fo r so m an y hours on a flat road through
perience to w a lk into a Christian home, where a pink-cheeked
a range of m ountains. T h e p a th w as such as seemed to us
woman w ith spotless kerchief on her head m ade her child cross
m u st have been cleared b y an ancient glacier forcing its w a y and
itself before the ikon before she sat down to the basin of bread
rending th e rocks in tw ain w ith a force beyond th eir pow er of
and m ilk which w as her supper. W e slept on the spotless board
resistance. One of th e extraordin ary features of our seven ty
floor near th e bed where the wom an and her little girl lay. A
d a y s ' ca rt jou rn ey w as th a t it w as perform ed w ith o u t the need
sm all b o y w as wrapped in a felt on th e ground, and th e b ab y
o r use of a brake on th e wheels.
hung in a tin y ham m ock from th e rafter, ju s t w ithin reach
T h e n e x t Sunday w as spent in fellowship w ith a tin y Christian
of its m other’s hand, th a t she m ight rock it to sleep. The
com m un ity, and w e had the curious experience of breathing th e
house was com fortable b u t herm etically closed lest one breath
atm osphere of S h a n s i as it w as th irty years ago. T w o brothers,
of th e m agnificent air should penetrate within.
bo th Christians, m oved a t th a t tim e from th e tow n of Siaoyi,
T he night in the ten t w as equally interesting. A ll evening
S h a n s i , to M uh-Li-H o in T urkestan, bringing w ith them the
we sat cross-legged round the cow-dung fire and drank tea from
trad ition s of th e C hurch th en superintended b y P astor Hsi.
a gipsy kettle, w hilst th e dwellers of the neighbourhood form ed
I n no respect h a v e Hth g y departed from these. On Sunday
an interested circle. T he com fort of this ten t w as considerable.
m orning th eir shop is alw ays shut, and in the clean sw ept livin g
I t w as warm , y e t ventilated, and spread w ith handsome rugs.
room D ivin e Service is held, follow ed b y a hospitable m eal to
T he women, anxious for our comfort, w rapped us in soft lam b­
w h ich an y Christian is cordially welcom ed. I t w as a memoryskin coats and m ilked goats to give us a w arm drink. T heir
rev ivin g incident to us to hear the Siaoyi ta lk, see th e oldhospitality w as so genuine th a t it tem pered the bitterness of our
fashioned S h a n s i dress, and taste th e delicious S h a n s i food.
feelings when w e discovered th e loss of sundry sm all articles,
including a pillow w hich m ust have been abstracted from under
From H am i w e had th e v ery great pleasure of Mr. H unter's
com pany on the journey, and in T ihw a w e were entertained w ith
our exhausted heads during the hours of darkness.
T he n ex t d a y brought us to a Siberian fishing village which
m ore th an comm on kindness b y the missionaries. Of Tihw a
occupies a strip of grey sand thrown ou t as an isthm us into
and its conditions of life and w ork w e hope you m ay have the
Lake Zaisan. A delay of several days occurred before the thrill
pleasure of hearing in detail from Mr. M ather, now on furlough,
announcing th e a rrival of th e parahot [steam-boat] stirred
w ho has lived there for so m any years.
the w hole colony to life. U pon th is steam er w e spent some
I t w as from here th a t w e parted w ith th e last of th e E van ge­
delightful days as we journeyed up the R iver Irtish to Om sk,
listic Band, including the faith fu l old servant w ho came w ith
us from S h a n s i .
F rom T ih w a w e hired
tarentass to ta k e us to
the border of Russia.
It
is a quick m ethod of con­
veyance, and three horses
harnessed
abreast
did
RP
splendid stages. On one
m em orable occasion th e y
broke th e record a t 100
m iles in one long d a y e x ­
tending from 6 a.m . to i
o ’clock th e n e x t m orning.
Needless to say i t w as n ot
in te n tio n a l; b u t th e inn a t
w hich w e w ere to s ta y w as
so insignificant in th e v a s t
expan se of steppe th a t w e
missed it altogether, b u t
*"--had as recom pense a de­
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ligh tful n igh t ¿t la belle¿toile.
*
•■Jj ,1 ■ . J ;
T ih w a and th e plain
surrounding i t is known
a s F ly Lan d, and w ith
[D r. O. E . M o r r is o n .
P h o to b y \
good reason.
N o w ords
A STAGE ON TH E WAY TO URUMCHI, CAPITAL OF SINKIANG.
can describe th e loathsom e
F ebruary
1927.
23
lu xu riatin g
in
padded
berths, a lockable door,
and m eals of good beetroot
soup and fresh river fish.
T he jou rn ey proved so en­
joyable, and ou r need o f
rest w as so urgent, th a t a
venturesom e m em ber of
th e p a rty contem plated
extending it through a
netw ork of river b o at con­
nections, w hich w ould have
taken us over several of
th e
m ig h ty
Siberian
stream s and m ight even,
if consistently
pursued,
h a v e landed us a t A rch ­
angel a rested and refreshed
com pany. A las, no such
delays were possible. A t
O m sk we
join ed
th e
Siberian line. T he R u ssian
railw ays now p rovide a c­
P h o to 6y]
[Dr. G. E . M orrison.
com m odation under th e
heading of ‘ h ard ' and
AN OASIS ON THE WAY TO HAM I.
‘ so ft.’ A s good ' tavarish ’
w e travelled b y th e form er.
W e hope, a fter a period of necessary resit, to m eet you all
W ith warm est regards to all,
while w e are in E n glan d. B e sure and keep th e Sw anw ick
E va F. F rench .
dates free, on w hich occasion y o u m a y prepáre yourselves to
A . M il d r e d C a b l e .
' keep silence and hearken unto m an y missionaries rehearsing
F ran cesca L aw Fren ch .
w h a t signs and wonders G od hath w rought am ong th e n ation s.'
A Visit to N orway and Sweden.
B y J. B. MARTIN.
N order to keep in close touch w ith th e Com m ittees of the
Missions w orking in association w ith th e C.I.M ., th e
General D irector, M r. D . E . H oste, accom panied b y th e
writer, v isited N o rw ay and Sweden during th e m onth of
Decem ber last y e a r.
A s ou r route la y through Copenhagen, arrangem ents were
m ade b y friends o f th e Mission in th a t c ity fo r m eetings to be
held there ; then in Oslo fo r three nights P astor L u n d i’s large
C hurch w as alm ost filled w ith a keen ly interested and sym ­
p a th etic audience.
In Stockholm , Linköping and Johkoping opportunities were
giv e n o f speaking abou t th e w o rk and in every p lace the
generosity and co-operation of th e m an y friends, old and new,
w as m ost encouraging.
In all, nineteen m eetings were addressed, in addition to th e
m eetings w ith C om m ittees and conferences to th e num ber of
ten, w hich were th e prim ary object of th e journey.
T here are m an y sp iritu al links w hich bin d G o d ’ s people
across th e N o rth Sea to us here, such as K esw ick, M ildm ay, and
w ith m an y of the older people, th e v isit of Mr. H udson T a ylo r
in 1889. T h e union in C h r i s t , despite th e barriers of language,
Was realized as v e r y close and th e comm on concern fo r th e
progress of th e w ork in China drew large num bers together.
A t a ll th e p u blic m eetings, w ith one exception, speaking
w as b y in terpretation and it w as noticeable th a t w ith th e help
of m ost sym p athetic interpreters, th e spiritual p ow er of th e
m eeting w as n ot im paired.
Conferences took place w ith th e leaders of th e five A ssociate
Missions, and suggestions were m ade for th e consolidation of
th e w ork in China and th e m aintenance of th e hom e side, and
it w a s agreed th a t in view of th e d rift of such a num ber o f
Churches from the evangelical position, th e greatest care m ust
be taken to emphasise th e lo y a lty of th e M ission to th e W ord o f
G o d and to th e principles of fa ith laid do w n b y th e F ou n der
of th e Mission.
T h e warm -hearted h o sp itality w hich is so n atu ra l to D an es
and Scandinavians, w as experienced in fu ll measure, and through
th e kindness of m an y friends all travellin g expenses were m e t
and a balance w as handed to th e G eneral F un d s of th e Mission.
I t is expected th a t visits w ill be paid in M arch to our A ssociate
Missions in G erm any and Switzerland.
I
F
ebruary,
1927.
Book Review.
C H IN E S E R E L IG IO U S ID E A S . A Christian V aluation . B y
P . J . M a c l a g a n , D .P hil. (Student Christian M ovem ent.)
6s. net.
I t has been laid to th e charge of present-day volunteers fo r
m issionary service th a t th e y do n ot really stu d y th eir prospective
fields. D r. M ad agan ’s Lectu re renders th ese people m ore th an
ever inexcusable.
H is lucid and sym pathetic treatm en t o f
Chinese religious thought, especially his appreciation of th e
strength a n d weakness of Confucianism as a social and religious
force, w ill appeal strongly to all who are a live to th eir need o f
considering, and reconsidering, possible lines of approach and
points o f con tact to be used b y them as am bassadors fo r C h r i s t
in C hina..
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A New Venture of Faith.
By W- H. ALDIS.
N T hursday, D ecem ber 30, a com pany of abou t 100
people gathered to inaugurate another of those ven ­
tures o f faith o f w h ich there have been so m any in th e
sto ry of th e China Inlan d Mission.
T his n ew ven tu re w as th e opening and dedication of a Nursing
H om e for sick missionaries a t N o. 77, H igh bury New Park.
F o r th e p a st tw o or th ree years th is need has been pressing upon
th e Mission, and has been constantly laid before the L o r d in
p ra yer. So m an y missionaries come home on furlough after
years of residence in China urgen tly needing surgical or m edical
aid. O ften th e y are suffering from obscure com plaints which
need to be under observation,
i f a correct diagnosis is to be
m ade.
T h e existing M is­
sionary H om e is n ot suited
to th is purpose, and the
cost of residence in the
ordinary
N ursing
Hom es
is quite prohibitive
for
th e lim ited m eans of a
missionary.
So th is need was laid before
th e L o r d in prayer.
It
seemed sometimes as though
th e L o r d w as slow in
answering these prayers, b u t
w e have learned b y experi­
ence th a t H is apparent
delays are all w ith a wise
purpose in view , and th a t
faith and patience are in­
separably linked together
in th e realization of any
promise of H is.
Some of
those concerned in the ven ­
tu re alm ost grew tired and
despairing as house after
house w as inspected only
to p rove unsuitable, bu t a t last a house w as offered
w hich im pressed those w ho saw it as the place of G o d ’ s
choice. Ju st a t th a t tim e when th is house w as offered the
M ission h ad notification of a legacy for a considerable am ount
from one w ho h a d been a m em ber of the Mission, and a life­
long friend and supporter. T his seemed to come as direct
guidance th a t th is p lace w as G o d ’ s choice, and th e purchase
w as decided on. O ther gifts of m oney and furniture were
sent in response to prayer, and in due course th e necessary
alterations and repairs were carried out, and a great deal of the
furnishing and equipm ent furnished.
Those w ho gathered for th e D edicatory Service were all
grea tly impressed w ith th e su itability of the house for the new
purpose, and w ith th e a ttractiv e w a y in which it has been
decorated and equipped, and it w as a real gratification to th in k
th a t such splendid provision w as being made for th e L o r d ’ s sick
servants.
T h e D edication Service w as conducted b y D r. S tu a rt Holden
as H om e D irector, and th e General Director, Mr. D . E . H oste,
w as also present, a n d to ok p a rt in th e service. D r. H olden
ga ve a b rief message based on th e eighty-fourth Psalm , pointing
o u t a three-fold blessing w hich th is H om e w ould need if it were
to fulfil its highest purpose :— T he blessing of th e perpetual
O
F
ebruary,
1927.
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Presence, the blessing of im parted stren gth and th e blessing of
confidence b o m of experience.
A fte r tea the friends present inspected th e Home, and m any
words of appreciation and adm iration were expressed.
T he H om e can accom m odate tw elve patients, and it is hoped
it m ay be possible from tim e to tim e to receive members of
other Missions, as w ell as C .I.M . missionaries.
Landale House is the name b y which th e Home w ill be known,
in m em ory of the one whose generous legacy has so largely
m ade th e provision of th e H om e possible.
Dr. J. W . Jackson, to whom th e Mission owes a debt of
gratitude, w ill be the Hon.
M edical Officer, and he will be
assisted b y his brother Dr.
E rn est Jackson, and other
m edical men.
Miss M ary
Taylor, an honorary member
of the Mission, and a fully
qualified staff nurse w ill be
in charge.
A s the writer of th is brief
sketch went aw ay after the
dedication of the Home it
was w ith a conviction th a t
this was another very real
gift from G o d to the Mission,
and would mean much in the
days to come in the w ay of
securing the better health
of the missionaries and help
to m ake furlough w h at it is
intended to be— a tim e of
real recuperation.
W e would commend this
new venture to th e p rayers
of all th e friends of the
Mission, th a t it m ay ever be
a place not only of physical
healing, but of real spiritual refreshm ent— a place of new
vision, and above all a p lace where the L o r d Him self
delights to dwell.
In memory of Mr. Landale the house has been called L a n d a u s
and in the H all has been placed a memorial tablet
w ith the following inscription
H ouse,
* T h is H o m e w a s , in th e m a in , e sta b lish e d
w ith m o n e y receiv ed u n d er th e W ill o f th e la te M r.
R o b ert J . L an d ale, M .A ., o f E d in b u rg h , w h o w e n t
ou t to C hina in 1876, and ren d ered e ig h t y e a r s ’
se r v ic e a s a m e m b e r o f th e M issio n . R etu rn in g
h o m e o n h e a lth g r o u n d s h e co n tin u ed to d evote
h im s e lf an d h is p o s s e s s io n s to th e in te r e sts o f th e
w o r k u n til th e c a ll c a m e to H ig h er S e r v ic e on the
10th o f N o v e m b e r , 1925.
* T h is H o m e is open ed a s a m e m o r ia l o f h is
d evoted life a n d u n b ou n d ed g e n e r o sity , D e ce m b e r ,
1926.’
A VIEW OF KI-KONG-SHAN.
A s u m m e r m o u n ta in -r e s o rt in H o n an . T h e la rg e building on t h e c r e s t of th e hill belongs t o o n e of t h e G e n e ra ls u n d e r M arshal
W u-pei-fu. T h e re is a sch o o l fo r m issio n aries* c h ild re n lo c a te d h e re w hich n e e d s o u r p ra y e rs a s th e y a r e now c u t o ff fro m H ankow
a n d a r e m o re o r le ss in th e line of t h e c o n te n d in g a rm ie s.
The Southern Invasion.
U R readers w ill be w ell acquainted w ith th e progress
o f th e Southern arm y in C hina and th e captu re of
H ankow and contiguous cities, as details of th is have
h een so fu lly reported in th e daily Press. T h e follow ing extracts
■are ta ken from letters w h ich reveal h o w some of our Mission
statio n s h a v e been affected b y th e fighting and th e N orthern
m arch o f the Southern troops.
O
N A N C H A N G , C A P IT A L O F K IA N G S I.
M r. J. G . ELauderer w rites on D ecem ber 2 as follow s : ‘ I
•understand D r. Ju d d w rote y o u w ith regard to the occupation
•of all our prem ises b y troops. P a rt of ou r Chapel, th e class­
room o f th e B ib le School and some of th e veran dahs had been
m ade stab les fo r th eir horses. T h e horses a te up everyth in g
green in th e gardens and destroyed trees. I w as to ld on m y
a rriv a l in K iu k ian g of th e soldiers living on th e place, b u t
fortu n ately, w hen I go t here, th e y h a d evacu ated . . . . W h a t
h a d been le ft in th e houses after th e first looting th e y cleaned
o u t. T h e y bu rn t some of our furniture and chapel seats. M y
-estimate of th e to ta l losses is a b o u t $4,000.
* N anchang is a strong m ilitary cam p of from about 80,000
t o 100,000 men. T h e y are occupying tem ples, pawnshops,
■schools, p rivate houses o f a n y size, M ission H alls, Chapels and
■Churches. Ours are th e on ly M ission premises, including th e
B rethren ’s, th a t are n ot occupied a t th e moment. . . .
‘ I t w ill p ro bably interest y o u to know th a t on th e N orth
w a lls on ly of th e M ission House prem ises w e counted 815 bu llet
a n d shell holes; m ost of them in th e w a ll of th e house. T his
i s n o t counting th e holes in th e roof, w h ich cannot be counted.
Please keep on p rayin g fo r us. I sometim es h a v e to burst in to
te a rs w hen I see th e destruction around.’
T h ey said th e y wished to occupy our G irls’ School and B o y s’
School, and as these w ere quite em pty our m en showed them
round and th e arrangem ents w ere m ade.
‘ W e h a d our prayer-m eeting and th e m orning service, and
were finishing dinner w hen other officers arrived, who said th ey
m u st h a v e some of our house. T h e y said w e should n ot be
disturbed in our other room s— b u t I fe lt th a t for us to be so shut
off w ould be a v e r y difficult position, and m ore tryin g for our
m en to p ro te ct us. T h e L o r d ga ve us guidance to leave, and
so M iss W righ t-H ay a n d I le ft q u ietly w ith th e cook and a
w om an as th e crowds were aw aiting the arrival of th e troops.
' W e Walked to Y en sh an and go t in before dark, and left
w ith M iss G oddard b y b o at on M onday m orning fo r Y a n g T s ’uen, w hich w e reached safely y esterd ay evening.
‘ T he c ity people seemed v e ry glad to welcom e th e Southern
p arty, and there are a fa ir num ber of local men, I th in k, con­
nected w ith them . A few of th e C hristian men w ere stayin g
w ith Mr. Chang and Mr. H an, and as fa r as w e could tell, there
w as no th ou gh t of violence or looting. T h e Rom an C atholic
premises were to b e occupied b y m ore m en th a n ours.
‘ W e h a d been able to send w arm clothes and bedding here
ahead of u s in case of need, and th is is a good centre for w ork
for so lo n g as th e L o r d leads. W e were cheered b y a fa irly big
hom e m a il th is afternoon sent on b y th e P o st Office, and it
w as as grea t a cheer to th e Christians as th e y h a d been to ld a ll
our letters h a d been k e p t back.
‘ T he K w an gsin ladies w ere in th eir stations la st S aturday,
N ovem ber 27, and Mrs. M acGregor, w ho w as hindered from
going on th a t d a y to Y u sh an b y rain. I fea r th e y W o u ld h a v e
m ore inconvenience th an w e h a v e had, as th e men o f both
parties w ere h u rryin g th ere.’
H O K O W , K IA N G S I.
Miss M oody, w ritin g on N ovem ber 30, states : ‘ On Sunday
m orning th e first m en of th e Southern arm y arrived. There
w as no fighting, for a ll th e other m en h a d le ft th e d a y before.
F e b r u a r y , 1927
K W A N G S IN F U , K IA N G S I.
Miss C . M cF ailan e, w ritin g on D ecem ber 2, s a y s : ' W e
have h a d a m ost unrestful tim e th is la st w eek, th e N orthern
soldiers retreatin g down river to Chekiang and Anhw ei, I believe.
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On M onday w e h a d betw een tw o or three hours of firing, outside
th e N orth and B a s t gates, and some machine guns m ade a
racket. E v e ry soldier in th e c ity fled. T w en ty w ere killed
a n d th ree hundred tak en prisoners.
' N ow the Southerners are in th e c ity w aitin g to prepare for
th e a tta c k on C hekiang, I suppose. The num ber of them is
legion, and th ey h a v e commandeered our school premises, and
also p a rt of th is compound, for another lo t arrive to-night. So
fa r as our own house and wom en’s quarters are concerned, they
h a v e prom ised n o t to trouble us.
‘ T he L ord is over all, and each day we prove H is gracious
keeping, and are assured H e w ill n ot let any harm us unless
i t be H is good w ill.’
A N J E N , K IA N G S I.
Miss M. G. M cQueen, w riting on N ovem ber 5, from A njen,
sa y s : ' I th in k I m entioned in m y letter to Mr. Stark th at it
seem ed as though w e should be having soldiers on our compound."
W ell, on Satu rd ay m any more soldiers came. Before then tw ice
W e had had a couple of soldiers in to see over th e house, and th ey
w ere p a rtly searching to see if there were any Northerners or
;guns hidden, and p a rtly to see w hether soldiers could be placed
h e re.’
‘ On S atu rd ay afternoon our G uest H a ll w as crowded w ith
soldiers, and m an y of them were raw recruits, and th ey kept
tr y in g to get inside to see th e house, so lest th ey should burst
th e door in we felt it best to let them in and see the premises,
a n d we divided our forces and showed them round. Some Were
a ll right and ju s t like children eager to see everything. Some
tried to frighten u s w ith looks and words. F ortunately, th ey
h ad no weapons w ith them , though one said, “ D o you know
w e w a n t to k ill y o u ” ? W e to o k no notice and he passed on.
O thers were polite and friendly and told us not to fear. . . .
* On Sunday m orning some soldiers who had slept in a building
near b y m oved in here until we had the whole troop on our
premises, and th ey filled th e large Chapel, school-rooms, and,
in fact, every available com er, and our m en-servants had to
come into our house.
‘ O f course, it has been a strain, and we are still looking to
the L o r d on ly and n ot trusting in man. . . . The love of the
Chinese Christians has been a great comfort, and w e have
been draw n v ery near to them in this new relationship. A lso
the goodwill of the c ity people has been w ith us, and w ithout
a n y request from us the M erchants’ G uild and the gen try were
all unanimous in asking th a t we should be protected. On
Sunday th e Christians m et in the house bought b y the Church
n ex t door, as it w as impossible to m eet here, and those who
gathered were quite stirred up to greater earnestness on account
of our danger. W e have been living in retirem ent, b u t some
of th e Christians h ave been allowed in to see us.
' W e believe G o d is going to bring blessing out of this ex­
perience. F o r ourselves it has been a means of spiritual
enrichment. In our helplessness G o d drew so near, and H is
W ord filled us w ith comfort, and the love and lo y a lty of the
Christians and of our servants, as w ell as the goodwill of the
c ity people, h ave been a surprise and a jo y . A s to th e future,
w e are still looking to G o d , and we are p rayin g for this great
land in all th is suffering, and th at the foreign powers m ay be
guided of G o d th a t no unwise action m ay be taken. I t certainly
looks as though the Church is in for a testing tim e, b u t m ay
it be as w ith the Children of I s r a e l: “ The more th ey afflicted
them the more th ey m ultiplied and grew .”
‘ A special messenger brought a letter from Miss Cruickshanks
saying th a t she and Miss Peake had left K w eiki after much
pressure, and for the sake of the others were in hidin g.’
Tidings from the Stations.
The following extracts are taken from letters recently received, from Stations both North and South of the Yangtze.
T H E W ELCO M E BAC K T O R U IN E D
CH O W KIAK OW .
B y C.
F reem an
D a v ie s .
H E welcom e a t Chow kiakow is
som ething m erely to be m entioned.
T he m onth of w eary strain had
m ade its to ll on th e stren gth of th e
foreign ladies there, and their relief a t
o u r com ing is beyon d describing. Then,
±00, w e had to see ever so m any friends
w h o had come to welcom e us. A ll had
in some w a y suffered, b u t th ey fe lt th at
on e had suffered more, and the welcome
w a s so great as to be m ade w ith tears,
-even from strong men. The fellowship
o f jo y is nothing to the fellowship of
suffering.
A t Chow kiakow w e learnt th a t in some
w a y s th e soldier deliverers had been fa r
from an unm ixed blessing. The bandits
had destroyed our house property, bu t
had done little dam age to th e schools.
W hen the soldiers came, a regim ent of
them a t first used our school, and then
I suppose th e y feared com plications, and
so m oved ou t. T h is w as done w ith o ut
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F e b r u a r y , 1927.
going em pty, for th e G irls’ School was
stripped p ractically bare. W e tried to
interview our General, b u t it seems th a t
the rigours of the jou rn ey required m uch
rest, and so we were sent to the Colonel
of the offending regim ent.
T his gentlem an graciously allowed us
to see him, and pressed us to sit on our
own chairs taken ou t of our compound
b y his men. W e showed him a list of
the property taken, b u t he refuted it all
except of course, the furniture w e saw
in the G uest H all and a v ery little more.
A s fo r th at, he stated th a t their need
w as th e reason of takin g it, b u t th a t we
were perm itted to h ave it back when his
men w ere finished w ith it. Such m ag­
nanim ity w as rather overpowering, bu t
we y e t dared to suggest th a t his men
had taken other valu ab le p rop erty th a t
had likely been destroyed for th e sake
of fuel. The excellent m an w as pleased
to show a great am ount of protestation
verging on a show of temper, and we
were perforce obliged to le t him down
Ughtlv and ta ke our leave.
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W E S T OF T H E F E N R IV ER ,
S H A N S I.
B y M r . M Erj,ow ,
J U S T recently returned from Sichow
and Taning where I went w ith Mr.
E llio tt to attend conferences. The
conferences in both places were good,
b u t the attendance was not w hat it
should have been in either place, b u t the
Churches are both growing, and it is good
to see how the Chinese in T aning are
taking on the responsibility for all their
work. Now th ey w ant to begin a girls'
school. There was one there form erly,
but it has been closed for some years, and
the buildings are very much in need of
repair, and w ill have to be fixed up before
th ey can begin the school. Perhaps it
w ill be in order, and ready to begin b y
the autum n of n ex t year.
T he Chinese Pastor, Mr. Ho, is a very
good man, and has a v ery winning w ay
about him. The three Churches on this
plain had in vited him to speak a t the
conferences to be held n ex t week, b u t
he cannot get aw ay. H e spends tw o
i
m onths each w in ter teaching in a Short
Term B ible School, which is intended to
help men to understand th eir B ibles
better, and to fit them to lead cou ntry
services in th eir own homes and villages.
P ra y for him th a t he m ay be m ore and
more used of G o d . . . .
T h e civ il w ar still continues in China,
and th e poor people have to p a y for it all.
E v e n in our peaceful province ta x es for
1927 h a v e been p aid in full. E lder
Y a n g , o f Taning, w as forced to p a y his
taxes, and n ot h a v in g th e read y m oney,
w as compelled to sell his cotton, still
standing in th e field, fo r much less than
he w ould h a v e gotten for it a t harvest.
There has been fighting in th e extrem e
northern p a rt of S h a n si, b u t fighting is
now in full swing in C entral China, and
it is difficult to sa y w here it w ill lead
to . W e can on ly p ra y th a t it m ay soon
come to an end.
W ELCOM E T O NEW W ORKERS
IN S I N I N G .
N
Septem ber 4, the d a y when
Mr. and Mrs. H ayw ard reached
Siningfu, th e y were accorded
a m agnificent welcom e.
Some five li
outside th e c ity a little com pany o f
Christians gath ered together, and when
th e y arrived there w as a big to do.
A te n t w as erected, into w hich th ey
were ushered, and there th e y had
to stan d side b y side for everyone to have
a good look a t them , a fter w hich all
join ed • in singing a hym n. F ollow ing
th is one of th e deacons >made a flow ery
speech, as th e Chinese only
can, givin g them an official
w elcom e in th e nam e of
th e Church. A fte r p rayer
and th e benediction w e
m ade our w a y to th e c ity
on horseback, and in cart,
leavin g
m ost
of
th e
Chinese Christians to re­
tu rn a t th eir leisure.
It
w ould
ta k e th e wom en
alm ost h a lf a d a y to do
th is jou rn ey on th eir tin y
boun d feet.
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up b a d feeling again st th e Mission
station.
D readful p ictures have been
pasted up all over th e c ity poisoning
the m inds of th e people. These pictures
represent th e foreigners as ill-treating
the Chinese, and some of them are quite
blood-curdling. T hese pictures, in addi­
tion to other pernicious posters, are
directly aim ed again st our efforts to win
men and women for C h r i s t . T h e worker
in question adds : D uring these days of
B olshevik pow er in C hina does it not
behove all to p ra y m ore earnestly for
the com ing of C h r i s t ’ s K in gd om ?
Som etim es feelings of desperate home­
sickness come over one, one longs to be
among one’s own lo ved ones of one’s
own land.
GOOD
N E W S F R O M N IN G S IA F U ,
K AN SU .
R S . F I D D L E R , w ritin g on Sep­
tem ber 24, 1926, says : ‘ There
M
seems to be a great dem and for
B ibles, m ore especially among th e official
class and hundreds of Gospels are sold
every m onth.
‘ L a s t Sunday w eek our Church was
fu ll of Christian soldiers, nearly all of
whom carry a pocket testam en t or B ible
and hym n-book. T h e y h a v e pow erful
voices and are v e ry courteous and indus­
trious. T h e y n either sm oke nor drink.
T w o you n g officers p u t a liberal donation
in to th e p late fo r th e Church.
‘ M arshal F en g has been in W u-yuenhsien for th e last tw o w eeks— w hich is
tw o days from here b y m otor. H e and a
num ber of leaders are holding a con­
ference regarding China.
‘ E v e r y Satu rd ay a service is held a t
a school opened b y th e C hristian T ao-tai.
W e praise G o d fo r th is opening and rest
assured th a t H is W ord shall n ot return
unto H im vo id .’
T H E R I O T A T N A N C H O W K IN G .
R . G. F . D R A F F I N w rites : ‘ W e
had little to w arn us th a t anyth in g
w as going to happen, save th a t
on the 7th inst. a large procession passed
our place and th e bo ys of th e H igh School
broke th e glass of th e gu est h a ll w indow s
in fron t of our C hurch w ith th eir flag
poles as th e y passed. . . . N e x t day- I
notified the m agistrate of th is b y regis­
tered letter, b u t m ade no requests.
' O n th e 12th in st. w hen I saw th e
procession I p u t props to all the doors
on th e street side. A b o u t fifty yard s in
fron t of the procession w as a b ig b o y w h o
k e p t throw ing clods of earth over th e
w a ll a t our house, evid en tly try in g to
b rea k th e windows. T h e schoolboys
leading th e procession tried to force th e
entrance doors, b u t failin g to g et in th e y
passed on and I th ou gh t th e danger
w as over.
‘ H ow ever, when th e labour section of
th e procession cam e opposite th e chapel
door th ey halted, first tried to force the
door, b u t failin g, th e y broke ou t the
fram e w ork of one of th e guest room
window s w hich are abou t 6-ft. from the
ground, helped a m an through, who
opened th e doors and le t th e crowd in.
M
A N T I-C H R IS T IA N
F E E L IN G IN K A N S U .
N E of our workers,
w ritin g
fro m
a
station
in
th e
N orth-w est,
states
th a t
th ere is m u ch anti-foreign,
as w e ll as anti-Christian,
f i l i n g creeping in to th e
city . A new official has
recen tly arrived, w ho h as
done a ll h e can to stir
O
F
ebruary,
1Q27.
VIEW OF SHANGHAI BUND.
T a k e n fro m a c r o s s t h e R iver. T h e ta ll building on th e le ft is th e offices o f t h e ' No^ C W n ^ e r a l d . '
S o m e o f th o s e on t h e rig h t c e n t r e belong t o sh ip p in g c o m p a n ie s a n d t h e to w e r on t h e e x tre m e rig h t
Is p a r t of th e new S h a n g h a i P o s t Office.
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O f this I w as soon aw are b y th e noise
o f breaking glass and chapel seats.
P artition s separating the guest rooms
from the chapel bo th up and down stairs
w ere to m down and smashed. E ven
th e Church bell w as carried down over
th e iron roof and throw n to the ground.
Fortu nately, however, it was not broken
beyon d the w heel th a t the rope goes round.
E v e ry window fram e, door and seat
along w ith the p u lp it and platform was
sm ashed. The n ative quarters then re­
ceived the atten tion of the crowd. T h ey
th en broke down th e doors separating the
Church from our yard, even tearing up
th e gateposts and th e fence, which th ey
hurled down the em bankm ent. T hey
then broke in th e door which I had
closed behind me, smashed up things
downstairs, after w hich th ey w en t up­
stairs and w recked th e bedrooms. Stoves,
sewing machine, typew riter, violin and
organ all shared a like fate w ith the
furniture, although the sewing machine
seems to still be usable, in spite of the
fa c t th at it was knocked off the stand and
the stand broken. . . .
‘ W e slept n early a m ile aw ay in the
house of a gunboat official, who reckons
as one of our enquirers, till 4 a.m ., when
our evangelists came along w ith the
coolies. N o chairs or boats were available
so we all had to w alk 50 li to M eitienhu,
where we stayed till Miss T odd joined us.
W e had sent our cook for her. A s the
firing line blocked our Way to the N orth,
we came across country to H w ayung,
go t a b o at from there to Y och ow . The
Commissioner of Customs, Mr. Nolasco,
kin dly entertained us at Chenglingchi,
and we came on b y launch, arriving here
yesterday.
‘ A fte r seeing our children, I w ould like
to return to the district. E v e n if Nanchow is still in a disturbed condition, some
of th e outstations at least are fairly quiet.
‘ W e are indeed th an kful for th e w ay
our H eavenly F ather has protected us
and th at w e have been able to save some
of our clothing. Some of our Church
members have taken at least some of
our books and other things to their homes
for safe keeping and I trust we w ill get
them back later.'
SUBJECTS FOR
PRAISE AND PRAYER
PRAISE
F o r th e successful conclusion of M r.
H oste’s to u r In Scandinavia and
to r the helpful fellow ship of th e
A ssociate M issions on th e C ontin­
en t.
p. 24
F or answ ered p ra y e r in the opening
of the N ursing H om e.
p. 25
F or protection and deliverance given
to the m issio n aries in K langsi and
N anchow ting and fo r life m ira c u ­
lously preserved a ll over the
Field.
pp. 26-27
F o r blessing given in N lngsia and in
S hansi an d fo r th e love and loyalty
of the g re a t m a jo rity of Chinese
C hristian s th ro u g h o u t C hina, p. 28
PRAYER
T h a t we m a y all have a deeper fa ith
in the Divine W orking, especially
In view of D r. Sun Y at-sen’s
Teaching.
pp. 19, 29
T h a t the peoples of C en tral A sia m ay
be speedily evangelised.
p. 21
T h a t God m a y succour those m issio n ­
a rie s w ho have been obliged to
re tire from th e ir Stations, and also
th a t w isdom and courage m ay be
given to th e C hinese leaders w ho
a re left in charge.
pp. 26-27
T h a t blessing m ay a ttend the Sw anw ick C onference to be held in
A pril.
p. 32
The Teaching of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen.
m u st arouse the people and fight side b y side with such races
of the world as have accorded us equal treatm ent. A s the
R evolution has not y e t come to a complete success, m y com ­
patriots m ust continue to strive according to the teachings in
m y books— nam ely, " The Plans for N ational R econstruction,”
“ The B asic Principles of N ational Reconstruction ” and “ The
Three Principles of the People,” and in m y proclam ation made
during the first N ational Representative Convention— until our
cherished aim s have been com pletely achieved. The recently
proposed People’s Assem bly and the abrogation of unequal
treaties especially should be pressed to their realization at the
earliest possible date. This is m y bequest to y o u .’
N E of the m ost p oten t forces in China to-day, a force
w hich is m oulding the minds of the people, is the teaching
of D r. Sun Y at-sen . A s a m an he stands before th e
nation as the leader whose revolutionary policy overthrew
th e M anchu D y n a sty , and it is not impossible th at he m ay
becom e to the Chinese w h at W ashington is to the U nited States
of A m erica. H is influence at present is m ost pow erful among
th e N atio n alist p a rty , both in the South and North, bu t so
large a p a rt is his teaching takin g in present movem ents th at
some brief reference to it deserves to be made if we are to
understand the present situation.
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SC H O O L R E G U L A T IO N S .
T H E T H R E E P R IN C IP L E S O F T H E P E O P L E .
Throughout a large portion of South China, if not in all the
region under Southern control, special instructions have been
given as to the use of D r. Sun Y a t-se n ’s W ill and of his books
in the schools. Schools and other educational organisations
are to display a photograph of th e D octor, and the teachers
and students in each school are to hold a w eekly memorial
assem bly in the first period of every M onday morning, to recite
his W ill, to p a y respect to his m em ory, and to unify the w ill
of th e people.
T h e three books mentioned in his W ill are to be used as source
m aterial for the teaching of citizenship, ‘ in order th at the
m otives of the students m ay be purified and their culture
perfected.’ I t seems well, therefore, to reproduce D r. Sun’s
W ill as tran slated and distributed b y one of the Educational
Associations of China. I t reads as follows :—
I t w ill be of interest to study a little more closely some of
the teaching contained in w hat is called the Three Principles
of the People. These are :—
International E q uality.
E q u a lity in Government.
Econom ic Equality.
These three Principles occupy in the minds of the Chinese who
accept this teaching the place th a t Liberty, E q u a lity and
F ratern ity occupied during the French Revolution. W e now
purpose to reproduce, either in the exact words translated or
summarised, the teaching of D r. Sun on these points.
T he People is a group only associated together b y right. An
Em pire is a group held together by m ight. R igh t is in accordance
w ith nature ; m ight represents a group held together b y force.
F o r instance, th e B ritish Em pire is an Em pire including numerous
Peoples who have been united b y force rather than b y m utual
T H E W ILL O F D R . S U N Y A T -S E N .
„ ‘ F o r fo rty y e a rs I h ave devoted m y life to the cause of the
People’s R evolution w ith the ob ject of securing freedom and
eq u ality for China. M y experience, accum ulated in these fo rty
years, has fu lly convinced me th a t to attain our ob ject we
F e b r u a r y , 1927.
consent.
A t present the British E m pire's possessions are spread all
over the world, so th e British have a saying th a t the sun never
sets on B ritish soil. . B u t there is alm ost no p art of these vast
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possessions o f th e B ritish E m pire w hich have n o t been taken
b y force. Em pires are a lw ays created b y force, w hile Peoples
develop n aturally and w ith o u t force.
In eontra-distinction to th e above, it should be n oted th a t th e
R ussian p lan and th e W ilson p lan are b y chance similar. . . .
T he n e x t ten y ears mean life or death for China. I f w e cannot
free ourselves from G overnm ental and economic oppression
our nation w ill be obliterated b y th e Powers. I t is now over one
hundred years since th e A m erican and French people obtained
eq u ality b y revolution, b u t th ey h a v e th ou gh t of eq u ality in
too stupid a m a n n e r.. W e in our m odem revolution need not
traverse th e track s in w hich th e y m ade m istakes.
Coming" down to more recent tim es and dealing w ith the
G reat W ar, D r. Sim co n tin u e s: W ilson advocated th e over­
th row o f th e pow er of G erm any, so th a t a ll sm aller and w eaker
Peoples m ight in th e futu re have th e opp ortun ity o f selfgovernm ent. T h u s h e united a ll th e oppressed Peoples of
E urope and A sia in th e effort to crush the C entral Powers.
A fte r the w a r En glan d, F rance and I ta ly recognised th a t
W ilson’s proposals for th e liberation of Peoples were too m uch
a t variance w ith th e designs of Im perialism , so when it came
to th e tim e for discussing peace, th e y used all kinds of m ethods
to side-track W ilson’s proposals. T he outcom e w as th a t th e
w eaker peoples, instead of securing self-determ ination, w ere
b rou gh t under even greater oppression th an before.
Several of th e sm aller and w eaker Peoples were trem endously
aw akened to th e fa c t th a t the promises of self-determ ination
b y th e Pow ers w as all a deception. So b y independent action
th e y alike asserted their right to self-determ ination. T he People
o f R ussia have come to a new awakening. Since th ey w anted
to th ro w off their sufferings it w as necessary to do a w ay w ith
Im perialism , and advocate th e self-determ ination of Peoples.
T h e R ussian p lan and W ilson’s plan are therefore similar.
T h e y bo th advo cate th a t th e w eaker and sm aller Peoples of the
earth should h ave th e rig h t of self-determ ination and freedom .
F rom th e standpoint of m ilitary pow er there is no country
in th e w orld b u t could destroy China. T h e reason w h y China
h as been able to persist to th e present tim e is n ot th a t China
herself has had strength to resist, it is because the Powers have
been unw illing to giv e w a y to
each other, and th u s have
m aintained a balance.
There are tw o w a y s o f des­
troyin g another c o u n tr y ; one
is b y m ilitary force, th e other
is b y diplom acy. T h e Powers
h ave given m uch th ou gh t to
finding a m ethod of d estroy­
in g th e Chinese nation.
In
a n y fu tu re plans it w ill n ot
b e necessary to use arm ies and
navies, it w ill on ly b e necessary
to use a sh eet of p ap er and a
p en to sign an agreem ent for
th e destruction of th e Chinese
n ation . T h e form er p artition
of P oland is a good exam ple
of this.
TH E
foreign countries is th eir knowledge o f science. T h e y have been
in vestigatin g it for tw o or three hundred years, b u t it is on ly
w ithin th e la st fifty y ears th a t science h as m ade such m ar­
vellous progress. I t is because of th is progress in science th a t'
hum an strength is able to m ake such m arvellous use of natural
forces.
W ith reference to sincerity and righteousness, th e Chinese
are fa r ahead of foreign peoples. Chinese in th eir business
dealings do n ot need a w ritten contract. B u t th e Chinese
h ave n o t given real expression to h u m an ity and lo ve so m uch
as foreign peoples have. H ow ever, h u m an ity and lo ve are
ancient "virtues of China, so in learning from foreign countries
w e on ly need to learn how to p u t these in to p ractice as th e y do.
T h e People’s Sovereignty em phasizes th e equ ality of th e people
in governm ent. T he chief purpose of revolution is to do a w a y
w ith m an-m ade inequalities.
Mid-Kansu Bible School.
R . J . O. F R A S E R w rites about th e M id-KANSU B ible
School, Which w as held during th e tw o weeks imm e­
diately follow ing J u ly 24 of last year, as follow s :—
’ T he convention for B ible S tu d y w as held this y e a r a t th e
L,anchowfu hospital m ountain resort in th e new class room
recen tly b u ilt b y the C.I.M . there. I t is 45 li from Lanchow fu
and abou t 2,500 feet above th e city . There were tw enty-one
students, all b u t one being assisted b y th e Mission, according
to th e system laid down in th e circular of last year. O f these
tw enty-one students, nine were men and tw elve wom en, all
from Lanchow fu. None came from- an y other stations of th e
province, though th e y were cordially in vited, chiefly ow ing to
disturbed p olitical conditions. O f th e nine men there were
tw o evangelists, one colporteur, one vo lu n tary helper, fou r
hospital assistants, and one schoolboy w ho paid all his ow n
expenses. O f the tw elve women, tw o were Biblewom en, tw o
teachers in Mrs. B oth am ’s school, six of th e la tte r's M iddle
School girls, and tw o fem ale hospital assistan ts.’
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BEST
T E A C H IN G O F F O R E IG N
C O U N T R IE S .
I f w e d o n o t learn th e best
th e foreign countries h a v e to
teach w e sh all still fa ll behind.
T h e outstanding featu re of
F
ebruary,
1927.
T h e Bund a t S h a n g h a i show ing t h e new H ongkong a n d S h a n g h a i B ank building w ith t h e D om e.
T h o u g h t h e r e ap e only 15,000 B ritis h in all C hina, including m is sio n a rie s , th e s e buildings will
re v e a l th e v a s t e x te n t o f t h e v e s te d I n te r e s ts o f t h e fo reig n c o m m u n ity .
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company of foreign missionaries. Happily, the work is
G o d ’s , and not ours, and our expectation must there­
D e a r F r ie n d s .
fore be from Him alone. That He has something to
In view of the grave developments which are taking disclose to us in regard to the future is beyond doubt.
place in China to-day, and realising, as all Christians That He will watch over His Word to perform it is
must do, that for the overcoming of unprecedented equally clear. That He will throw' around His servants
difficulties nothing but the intervention o f G o d ’s power the protection of His Will is our inspired confidence.
can be adequate, I write to suggest that Wednesday, But He will be enquired of by His people that He may
February 2nd, be observed as a Day of Prayer for that do these things for them. Let us therefore give our­
land. The date is that o f the Chinese New Year, and is selves to united prayer on that day.
I do not presume to suggest details of arrangement,
therefore chosen as specially appropriate. Such large
and grave issues are at stake concerning not only G o d ’s which will, of course, vary in every centre. Though 1
work in China, but directly and indirectly the peace and shall be absent in America it is with great joy that 1 am
welfare of mankind. It seems particularly appro­ arranging that the united meetings for Prayer in London
priate that those who have access to the Throne of all will be held in St. Paul’s Church, Portman Square.
grace and power should unite on that day in earnest There will be three gatherings, one at 11 a.m., another
intercession on behalf of the largest and most populous at 3 p.m., and the third at (> p.m. The history of all
nation in the world, which is now confronted with missionary work attests the fact that such meetings
problems and perils of a new and far-reaching kind. are never held in vain.
The crisis is one which is full of serious international
1 am,
possibilities on the political side, and, at the same time,
Y o u r s f a i t h f u l ly ,
J. S t u a r t H o u >k n ,
closely concerns the future development of the Chinese
Home Director.
Church as well as the welfare and safety of a large
A Day of Prayer for China.
Editorial Notes.
HE P R E S E N T S IT U A T IO N .— Our readers will
know from the newspapers that the immediate
danger of hostilities between the Chinese and
our own countrymen at Hankow has passed, this being
largely due to the exemplary patience shown by the
latter in the face of insult and violence. The practical
evidence thus afforded of the desire of our authorities
to deal with the grievances of the Chinese in a spirit
of sympathy and conciliation seems for the time being,
at any rate, to have weakened the influence of extremist
agitators in the Canton army, and strengthened those
amongst them whose aim is to come to a better under­
standing with us. Whilst giving thanks for this, we shall
all recognise the need of continued earnest prayer both
for our own and the Chinese authorities, as well as for
the L o r d ’ s servants throughout the country, both
Chinese and foreign.
The deep sympathy which we feel for the relatives
and friends of our own missionaries in their anxiety on
behalf of their dear ones, makes us the more thankful
to say that, in reply to a cablegram despatched to
Shanghai on the 17th of January asking for the names
and the present location of those missionaries who have
left their stations, we received on the next day the
following message: ‘ English workers. Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Hall, Miss M. S. Cruickshanks, Miss E. Peake,
Miss H. G. Henderson, Miss McQueen, (at) Chinkiang.
Mrs. Tull, Mrs. Owen Warren, Mrs. Liversidge, (at)
Shanghai. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Weller, Miss H. F.
Reynolds, Miss H. M. Duncan, (at) Hangchow. In our
opinion there is no cause for alarm.’
From this it will be seen that only a few of our
workers have so far been obliged to withdraw from their
districts. It indicates the need of caution in accepting
reports appearing in the press on this and kindred
subjects.
Our Superintendent in the province of K i a n g s i ,
where we have a number of ladies’ stations, has written
T
F e b r u a r y , 1927.
31
saying that the occupation of our premises by the
Canton troops is due, not to any special anti-foreign
sentiment, but to the military requirements, which call
for the use of all spacious premises, whether occupied
by foreigners or Chinese. Nor does there seem to have
been overt insult or attack on our lady workers or their
property. In the circumstances, a number of them felt
it better to withdraw for the time being to one or other
of the out-stations, in some of which there are Mission
premises for the tem p oral occupation of foreign
missionaries.
Whilst saying this we are far from wishing to under­
rate possibilities of danger, and the corresponding need
of continued intercession for the L o r d 's dear servants
in the heavy strain and trial necessarily involved in the
present conditions. Whilst we have not received definite
news of this, there is reason to think that the Canton
troops occupying the ladies’ stations in K ia n g s i have
left that region. We are sure that our friends, whilst
at the same time giving thanks for the grace and
preservation granted, also for the courage and devotion
manifested in the midst of trial, will not fail to
continue in earnest prayer for them.
Some Other D angers calling for constant prayer
and watchfulness. There are certain perils constantly
besetting an organisation such as ours, which, unless
recognised and guarded against, might prove more grave
even than those due to present political unrest in China,
serious as the latter are. Amongst these may be men­
tioned the tendency gradually to lose that singlehearted devotion and spirit of self-sacrifice which
enabled our predecessors to face danger, isolation,
poverty, toil and contempt as a necessary part of the
price to be paid if the object for which the Mission was
started was to be attained. Nothing is easier than a
gradual, almost insensible decline from the heroic to the
commonplace.
D o n a tio n s received in L on d on fo r S p e c ia l P u r p o s e s d u rin g D e ce m b e r , 1926.
Rect.
& s. d. Rect.
1 s t.
1115
4116
4117
4118
4119
4120
4121
4122
4123
4124
4125
4126
1 0
0 11
2 0
1 0
3 0
1 0
4 0
3 0
0 10
1 10
2 0
0
04159
6 4166
0 4167
0 4168
0 4169
0 4170
0 4187
0 4188
0 4189
0 4190
0
5 0 4213
4215
0 10 0 4216
12 0 0 4217
2 0 0 4218
2nd.
4143
4144
4145
4146
4147
4152
6 10 °i
2 9 14231
&
s.
3rd.
20
0
8 0
0 10
1 0
2 10
2 0
1
1
2
0
0
10
0 19
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8 10
15 0
10 0
80 0
10 0
6th.
6 0 0.4243
5 0
1
0
£ s. d. Rect. & s.
7 19 3 4365
1 0
7 th.
4383
5 0
4276
0 15 0
1 1 th.
4278
1 0 0 4408
3 0
4279
3 0 0 4423
0 10
4285
5 0 0 4427
1 3
0 7 0 4428
4297
10 0
4308
2 10 0
13 th.
8th.
1437
2 0
4326
0 10 0 4438
2 0
4327
3 12 0 4462 500 0
4328
1 0 0
14th
4330
3 5 0 4472 28 17
4332
3 2 6 4481
0 10
4333
1 0 0 4488
0 9
4335
0 5 0 4497
18 0
4339
0 10 0 4500
1 1
9th
4509
2 10
4344
5 0 0 4514
3 10
4:{49 16 0 0 4518
0 12
Rect.
4247
& s. d. Rect.
£ s.
35 0 0
18th.
15th.
4633 60 0
4527
10 7 0 4660
3 14
20th.
0 4536
8 0 0
0 10
0 4537
1 2 6 4683
0 4539
0 10 0
21 st.
0 4555
50 0
6 0 0 4713
4 0 0 4715
0 1
4558
0
4723
2 0
1
0
4730
10
0
6 0 0
0 4561
22nd.
0 A 0
4579
4744
0
1
4 10 0 4784
6 4581
0 9
O
6 4585 39 19 y 4785
1 2
17th
0
24 th.
1 0 0 4836
0 4602
2 0
1 0 0
0 4609
29th.
2 2 0 4852
0 4620
2 0
1 0 0 4855
0 4622
4 2
1 10 8 4860
0 4625
1 14
ri.lRect.
0,4521
0
Again, there is the danger lest the spirit of largehearted love and mutual goodwill, essential to the
maintenance and effective working of a great organisa­
tion, so diverse in nationality and other important
ways, should become lowered ; in which case it is
only a question of time before outward disintegration
will set in. A further peril is lest erroneous teaching,
so prevalent in the present day, regarding the Divine
inspiration and authority of the Holy Scriptures, and
subversive of the cardinal doctrines of the Christian
Faith, should get in amongst us. Our profound sense
of the need of constant vigilance and prayerfulness
lest our beloved Mission should in any degree come under
the influences just mentioned, and our corresponding
sense of responsibility to protect it from such influences,
prompts us to take this opportunity of referring to
them in order that those whose help and sympathy in
other ways we so deeply, value, may also have fellow­
ship with us in prayer regarding these matters. They
are referred to in no spirit of pessimism or depression.
On the contrary, nothing gives us more courage and
hopefulness, in facing present conditions, than the sense
of the L o r d ’s grace and favour manifested amongst us,
His unworthy servants, in connection with them. With
our revered Founder, we realise that immunity from
evil and declension lies in a recognition of their possi­
bility, however thankful we may be and are for the
Divine preservation thus far so remarkably vouchsafed
to us as a Mission.
D. E. H o s t e ,
d. Rect
4876
0.4905
6 4909
0 4921
4932
0 4933
0:4941
0 4944
0 4945
0 4965
9 4972
8 4980
4982
0 4989
4990
0 4991
0 4996
1 5002
£ s. (¿.¡Rect.
16 10 015010
0 17 0 5013
0 5 4 5023
30 th.
5028
0 12 65033
1 5 0 5043
5 0 05054
8 (I 0 5055
12 0 0 5064
1 0 0 5074
31st.
5075
3 8 0 5076
5 0 0 5102
0 11
4 0
0 2
0 2
0 5
4 0
8 15
0
0
6
6
0
0
7
SUMMARY.
s. d.
10
0 0
1 2 0 General
1 0 0
11 13 3
3 6 2
Special
8 0 0
54 0 0
53 11 0 Total for 1926
5 0 0
0
1
2
0
10
0
10
12
0
0
0
10
s. d.
£
. 4,001 0 0
. 1,340
5 9
5,341
.50,956
5 9
3 11
.56,297
9 8
’UND.
0 1 6
0 10 6
23 4816
0 12
.
•ei sin 5 9
. ¿186 9 0
it was with a renewed sense of confidence in G o d the
old year closed, and the very challenge of the circum­
stances was a stimulus to seek yet greater things from
G o d , that we may be adequate to the call and in all
things be ‘ more than conquerors.’
D istrict Secretaries.— Two interesting appoint­
ments have recently been made by the Council as
Honorary District Secretaries. For the West Riding
of Yorkshire : Mr. F. Mitchell, 11, Melbourne Place,
Bradford; and for the Birmingham district: Mr.
David P. Wright, Clyndon House, Stourton, Stourbridge.
Both these friends will value our prayers.
Sw an w ick.— Our readers may recall the fact that in
the November issue of C h i n a ' s 'M i l l i o n s we drew
attention to an important change in the arrangements
for our Swanwick Conferences. For a number of
years the Mission has held both a Winter and a Summer
School at Swanwick, with very gratifying results.
After much prayerful consideration, however, it has
been decided to hold only one such Conference this
year, and that during the Easter holidays, i.e., from
Tuesday, April 19th to Monday, April 25th, inclusive.
Details of this Easter Conference are given below,
and we solicit the prayers of our friends that the occasion
may be one of great blessing, when the presence of the
Risen L o r d may be specially manifested.
S w a n w ic k Conference
General Director.
in the E A S T E R H O LID AYS
A Day of W aiting upon God.— In keeping with the
custom which has prevailed from the very foundation
of the Mission, December 31 was kept as a day of
prayer, not only at the Mission’s Headquarters in
London, but, we believe, in all the Home Centres and
Stations of the Mission in China. At Newington Green
we were especially conscious of the presence and blessing
of G o d , and seldom has a day seemed more appropriately
set apart for waiting upon G o d . Not only has the situa­
tion in China been of a serious nature for some time, but
fresh tidings received that very morning emphasised
afresh the gravity of the situation, and it was with full
hearts and a thankfulness that the day was free, that
we met together morning, afternoon and evening to
seek the Face of G o d .
Dark and distressing as the outlook in China appears,
(instead of January and June),
A t the “ Hayes," Swanwick, Derbyshire,from A p ril igth-i^ th.
Host and Hostess: Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Holden.
PROGRAM M E.
Wednesday to Saturday inclusive.
8.0 a.m.
9.45 a.m.
11.45 a.m.
5.15p.m.
8.0 p.m.
Morning Prayers conducted by Rev. J. Stuart Holden, D.D.
Prayer for China, followed by Bible Readings by the Rev. J.
Stuart Holden, D.D., "entitled “ Evangelism of the World in
the Light of our Lord’s Coming.”
“ An Adventure in the Region of Faith,” by the Misses French
and Cable.
(a) “ Young People’s Hour,” led by Dr. Holden.
(6) “ Special H our” for Senior Friends.
Devotional Address by Rev. J. McBeath, M.A.
Sunday.
Special Programme, including in the afternoon Testimonies by new recruits,
and in; the evening United Communion Service.
The charges are 60/- for the [six days, which includes 2/6 booking fee.
This registration fee should be sent as soon as possible, as no room can
be reserved until it is paid.
Full particulars can be obtained from
‘ M r. J . B . M A R TIN ,
C hina Inland M ission, N ew ington G reen, London, N.16.
‘ C h i n a 's M i l l i o n s / p o s t f r e e 2s . 6d . p e r a n n u m f r o m t h e C h i n a I n l a n d M i s s i o n , N e w i n g t o n G r e e n , L o n d o n , N . 16 ,
A n y C .I .M . P u b l i c a t i o n c a n b e o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e R e l i g i o u s T r a c t S o c i e t y , o r f r o m a n y B o o k s e l l e r .
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ebruary,
1927.
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MARCH, 1927.
Deliverance in the Hour of Danger
YALE DiYiMTY SCHOOL
T w o pence
CH IN A
Telegrams—L ammbrmuir, K inland -Lokdon.
F ou n d er:
INLAND
NEWINGTON
MISSION.
GREEN, LONDON, N.16.
T h e L a t e J . H u d s o n T a y l o r , m . r .c . s .
Telephone—3060-3061-6678 C lissold.
General Director : D . E . HoSTE.
A ll donations should be addressed to th e Secretary, C h in a I n l a n d M is s i o n , N ew in gton Green, London, N .1 6 .
{p ayab le a t G .P .O .) and Cheques, w hich should be crossed, p a y a b le to th e C h in a I n l a n d M i s s i o n .
B a n k e rs: W e s t m in s t e r B a n k , L i m it e d ,'2 1 , L o m b a r d S t r e e t , L o n d o n , E . C . 3 .
DO NATIONS
RECEIVED IN LONDON FOR G ENERAL FU N D D U R IN G JANUARY, 1927.
£ s.
s. d. Rect.
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£
0 5
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0 0 5511
(I 5
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0 9 0 5607
0 5 0 5417
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0 18
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5424
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T H IS M A P W I L L S lU 'W T O R K A l> F K S
TH E
R E L A T IV E
P O S U IO N S O F 1 HE
P R O V IN C E S
AND
O U T L Y IN G
PE*
t'S N D E N C IU S O F C H IN A , T O G tfT U E R
W IT H T H E IK P O P U L A T IO N , IN H O UN D
M IL L IO N S .
‘ Aaron the Saint of the Lord.’
— Psalm evi. 16.
By D. E. HOSTE.
HE word ' saint ’ as applied to Aaron in the text
quoted above, means ‘ dedicated, holy,’ the
reference probably being to his office as the
High Priest of Israel. There is much that is instructive
for us, at the present time, in the inspired account of
Aaron’s appointment and the circumstances connected
with it, as recorded in the twenty-eighth and thirtysecond chapters of Exodus. In the former chapter
the commandment of the L o r d to Moses to set apart
Aaron and his sons to the priestly office, is followed
by a detailed statement of the method of the appoint­
ment, and of the robes and vestments to be worn
by them. Other passages give equally careful and
detailed instructions regarding their duties and functions.
T
I.
It would be difficult to exaggerate the high and holy
character of these functions, or their far-reaching and
vital importance as touching the maintenance of the
whole congregation, as well as individual Israelites,
in their covenant relationship and communion with
Jehovah ; which facts carry with them obvious impli­
cations as to the need of high and holy character in
those selected for the office. And yet it is plain from
the two passages already mentioned that at the very
time that the L ord was giving Moses the instructions
contained in the twenty-eighth chapter of Exodus,
Aaron was exhibiting his weakness and instability in
the episode narrated in the opening part of the thirtysecond chapter. The people, demoralised by the pro­
longed, and to them unaccountable absence of Moses,
gave way to panic, and Aaron, yielding to their clamour
for some substitute for their apparently lost leader,
makes them a golden calf. Surely, it might with reason
be said, his unfitness to be High Priest became evident
just in time to prevent an unsuitable appointment.
Y et we find that, as a matter of fact, that appointment
was proceeded with, and that, on the whole, Aaron,
notwithstanding some faults and errors, did well in it.
From which may be learnt the possibility of forming
wrong estimates of others, through giving undue weight
to their defects and weaknesses.
It is not always easy rightly to appraise the conduct
M a r c h , 1927.
or misconduct of others. To do so calls for a knowledge
of their antecedents, and a just appreciation of the
significance of a given action in the light of those ante­
cedents. In the case of Aaron, for instance, it was
essential to bear in mind that, through long association,
both he and the Children of Israel were familiar with and,
it may even be, had to some extent participated in the
calf worship of Egypt. We know from the Scripture
that, whilst still in Canaan, the use of the terapliim
was not uncommon amongst the Israelites. Many
of them were, in fact, only emerging from a habit of
mind and of practice more or less idolatrous. Hence
the setting up of the calf, wicked as it was, represented
a lapse into former ways at a moment of great strain and
testing due to the disappearance of the man who, by
Divine appointment, was not only their leader, but also
the medium of communication between them and
G o d . They had not yet attained to the capacity of a
direct and immediate trust in Him, apart from such an
intermediary.
II.
Further, the very pre-eminence of Moses meant a
relative insignificance and lack of influence for Aaron.
This, it would seem, was the first time he was left in
charge of the people for any considerable time, and
there is not ground for much surprise, if as the days and
weeks passed and the general uneasiness and alarm
at length culminated in open panic, he proved unable to
grip and control the crisis. Few things are more difficult
and it may be added more uncommon than for an indi­
vidual to withstand a strong outbreak of popular feeling.
Another reason why, notwithstanding his failure,
Aaron was made High Priest, is that Moses, the man of
spiritual vision and strong faith, was to stand by him
and strengthen his hands. G o d gives grace and spiritual
power to one man, in order that he may by his faith, his
prayers and his service, strengthen and uphold others.
It is easy to be selfish in our desires for and our choice
of fellow-workers ; we long for the relief and satisfaction
of having by us strong and gifted ones, and shrink from
the trial involved in co-operation with the unstable,
the faulty and spiritually unintelligent. And yet to
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yield to this temptation may mean that we lcte the \ei y
ones, who, had we fulfilled our ministry of patient,
loving co-operation, would have grown into leadership.
III.
How did our L ord get His apostles, who in due time
built up and extended the Church ? We know it was by
patiently bearing with them in their lack of insight,
their unbelief, their pride, their hardness of heart, their
instability and other faults. More than that, He not
only bore with them, but He trusted them with power
and with ministry, sending them forth as His accredited
representatives to the house of Israel. Above all He
constantly prayed for them. We may say with reverence
that He had the courage, the faith, the hope regarding
His disciples, which are amongst the most essential
qualities of a great Leader. The Bible gives instance
after instance of men unpromising enough at first, who
subsequently developed into great servants of G o d by
being trusted to bear burdens, face dangers, make
decisions, and endure hardness. True, the}- sometimes
stumbled and fell under their trials. But as the Proverb
says : ‘ A just man falleth seven times, and riseth
up again.’
It is to be feared that many whom the L o r d would in
due time have used in His service, have been lost to the
Church through the failure of those concerned to
perceive and appreciate undeveloped possibilities in
men, and so being repelled by faults and weaknesses
which under wise, sympathetic influence and a spirit of
appreciation, they would have grown out of. It is
possible to become stereotyped, narrow and critical
in our judgment about others, especially the young and
immature, and so fail in one of the most essential
qualities of leadership. A Chinese proverb says : ‘ The
good ruler is able to make use of men.’ In other words,
he can perceive and find scope for the particular
faculties of various kinds of men, notwithstanding their
limitations and inaptitudes in some directions. He
recognises, indeed, that the possession of one kind of
power and gift, generally involves lack of some other
kinds. You cannot bore a hole with a good hammer,
or drive home a nail with a fret saw.
IV.
And so in Scripture we are urged to consider one
another to provoke to love and good works. The
opposite spirit which makes a man impatient or con­
temptuous of those built on different lines from himself,
is a sure sign of a small nature and of unfitness for wide
influence and usefulness. The paradox is true, that the
really great man perceives something superior to himself
in every other man ; and seeks to turn it to account
for the common good.
Encouraging Results Amid Discouraging
Circumstances.
From a Circular Letter from Chenyuan,
MR. and MRS. HUTTON.
in
K
w e ic h o w
.
w ait upon the sick, th ey cannot, of course, come. M oreover
i.
th e scare now adays of w olves rushing down from the hills into
R U L Y , in every sense of th e Word, you, who d aily uphold
the c ity streets and carrying off children, goats, live persons
us in p rayer, are partners w ith us in this w o rk ! W ords
and dead bodies, keeps m an y people at home, for needless to
are inadequate things to express ju s t how m uch your
say, unless people can go in companies at night th ey are too
p rayers have been valued b y us during the p ast fourteen months.
fearful
to venture out to atten d meetings.
T yp h u s is raging here, and has been for
m onths past, since
One of our schoolgirls w as attacked one early m orning, over
before summer set in. There have been hundreds of deaths
a m onth ago, and the w olf b a d ly b it her on th e back of her
am ong the soldiers alone. A s for the rank and file of th e people,
neck, and also clawed her back, b u t she w as rescued. T hen
well, thousands of these have died off as a result of this aw ful
again a couple of days ago th is same poor lassie w as attacked
scourge. Coffins have long since been unobtainable. C ar­
b y another w olf. So y o u see how ravenous and daring th ey
penters have been w orking d a y and night m aking rough boxes
are. Num bers of children are missed, and the inevitable
ou t of old boards and these are used up im m ediately.
conclusion is, w olves have devoured them . W hen these w ild
Y esterd a y I w ent along to see a Church m em ber and his
beasts first began com ing about us, w e wondered w h at th e
son both of whom are down w ith th is typ h us. A s I wended
howlings were. W e th ou gh t th ey were dogs howling, b u t at
m y w ay to his home, sick ones were to be seen all along the
the v ery first sound of the m ournful, w eird howl, all the dogs
w ay. Some lyin g on boards or form s, out in the street, or in
of the d istrict set up a chorus of barking. I t w as n ot long
em p ty houses, others in th e main room of their homes. O h !
before we were informed the uncanny call w as th a t of w olves
such sights, of people helpless, w aitin g to die, and in m any
approaching. N ow we recognise them and hear them alm ost
cases w ithout a soul w illing to help them . D o you wonder
every night. I t is not a t all pleasant to hear them so close
th a t people, when th ey contract this disease, seem to give up
to us, ju s t outside the w alls of our Mission Compound, and th ey
all hope im m ediately ? for th ey feel sure th ey m ust be going
are often there : we hear them so plainly. G raves of new ly
to die also.
buried persons are con stan tly unearthed, and the remains
II.
devoured b y them . Strange to say no one, soldier nor civilian
ever attem pts to shoot these w ild beasts, for fear of bad
OU will readily understand th e reason for very sm all
omens.
audiences a t the
m eetings
of late.
Our
night
T he present d a y survivors of th is fam ine are those who have
meetings are v ery poorly attended. Our C .E . m eeting
means, or else those w ho have saved up a little and have been
is no longer the active, w ell attended helpful testim ony m eeting
able to struggle through. A ll others have long since died.
it used to be. M any members being sick, others havin g to
T
Y
M a r c h , 1927
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I II.
weeping is sincere. Often, indeed, the people are very glad the
persons are dead and gone, and very lik ely helped them to go
qu ickly, bu t nevertheless it would be unbecoming for the
w om enfolk not to bew ail th eir dead ; hence some sing and
how l and cry their words of mourning. The greater the noise
the deeper the respect.
These d a ys m any people are d yin g who need not die, but
for the fa c t th a t th ey come into possession of a few hundred
or a thousand or so of cash, and th e craving for a full square
m eal m akes them risk all consequences, and th ey bu y in rice,
meal, etc., etc., and eat it all in one meal, and die w ithin a few
hours. N ot a few have th u s ended th eir misery,
! though
we have m uch to discourage in th e
P
w ork these days, and more so as this famine lasts, y e t
w e have w hereof to give thanks to our Faithful
G od.
N um bers of poor destitute ones have been led
to come to us for rice porridge, and now, as w e look
back over the p a st fourteen m onths of our tim e here, we
can recall m any and m any a name of those who have
already died, w hom w e believe becam e really interested in
th e Gospel, and believed up to the ligh t th ey had received.
I t w as encouraging to see some of these poor old souls
givin g th an ks for th eir porridge before eating. One old dame
p rayed, ' T h an k you , th an k you, gentlem an of H eaven, for
this food, forgive m y sins, th an k you , th an k y o u .’ A nother
prayed, ‘ T h an k you, G o d of H eaven, J e s t j s , th an k you, thank
y o u .’ I t is v ery strikin g to w atch the expressions on some of
th eir faces.
IV .
R A ISE G od
L E A S E p ra y for our school children. The famine has
greatly affected them . T he parents seem as if th ey
cannot let them come to school regularly because th ey
h ave to help b y going to the hills to gather in all kinds of wild
herbs to eat as vegetables, and to m ix up w ith th eir rice or com
or w heat porridge. W eeds and grain, more weeds than grain,
seem to be th e general fare of m any.
L e t me te ll y o u some of the wild things th ey eat— bracken
fern shoots and roots, thistles, pum pkin leaves, tom ato leaves,
com stalks, certain kinds of grasses, practically all kinds of weeds
such as pigs eat, also the old garden weed known as dock,
all kinds of fungus growths, m any kinds of leaves from shrubs
and vines. A ll help to fill, if not to fatten.
A s a consequence of the children not being able to come to
school all the d a y and regularly, we have decided to close it
down for all b u t tw o hours a day. W e w ant to keep a hold of
the children and to remind them of the Gospel th ey have
been taught and so tr y to encourage them to come for tw o
hours’ lessons each morning. B u t we are not too sure if this
scheme w ill w ork out all right.
P
V II.
Q U E E R thing happened the other day. One of our
Church members said to me, ‘ T hank you, teacher,
Mrs. Chang is dead.’ Let me assure you, friends, I did
n ot kill her, though you m ight think so from his remarks. He
really m eant to thank me for the past help given to Mrs. Cluing.
I was givin g an enquirer a thousand cash the other day, when
she turned to me and said, ‘ W hat shall I do w ith the money,
for if I keep it in m y room, m y son will steal it as he has
stolen alm ost everything else ? ’ (Everyone for himself is the
common practice these days.) A few days after I saw the son
and he told me his m other was dead, so I went to see if it were
true. L o ! the w icked scamp had already stolen his dead
m other’s clothes and had them out on the street selling
them .
Ju st to let you see the awful high cost of living here. Rice,
the staple food has been costing $18.00 (40s.) per bushel of
45-lbs. This same qu an tity used to cost is. per bushel. Hen
eggs were tw o for a penny : now we p a y 5d. and more each for
them . Salt which once cost 2d. per lb. now costs is. 3d. per lb.
A s for plain flour, we have been paying is. 3d. per lb. for this.
Though things have been so expensive, it has been daily a great
spiritual blessing to us, to see how wonderfully and often
m iraculously the dear L o r d has been mindful of us and our
tem poral needs. W e have lacked nothing. A ll glory and
praise to H im . Thanks, too, for you r prayers.
A
V
M U ST tell y o u of th e recent proposition made to us of
our leaving Chenyuan and of going to K w eiyang, our
p rovincial cap ital c ity to act as local secretary for
K w e ic h o w missionaries. Mr. W arren, our Shanghai Mission
E x e cu tiv e representative, who visited us last A ugust, asked if
w e w ould be w illing to ta k e up th is work, and we agreed to do
so, and now w e are w aitin g to hear the final decision of the
Shanghai M ission authorities. Mr. M itton’s death has left
th is p ost vacan t, and Mr. H aym an is only filling it tem porarily.
So w ill y o u k in d ly ask G od to give special guidance in this
m atter. I am broadcasting th is need for prayer and believe
some of you w ill be listening-in and will reciprocate. A s local
secretary m y -w o rk would be m ainly of a business, financial,
nature, bu t, of course, one can alw ays find p len ty of Gospel
w ork to do w herever he is in China. A s for ourselves, ' H is
servants are ready to do w hatsoever our L o r d the K in g shall
appoint.'
V I.
1
T th is tim e each year, for three days, the heathen about
us hold a festiv a l when th e y worship the dead b y weeping,
burning paper m oney and incense, etc., etc. I t is rather
an attractiv e sigh t to go down b y the riverside and see the
num bers of bonfires a ll along th e banks, b u t to hear the
howling, scream ing and crying of the women and girls for the
d ead is v ery unpleasant.
O f course, nobody believes the
A
.Ma r c h , 1927.
V III.
H O U G H fam ine and brigands have done m uch to hinder
the G ospel w ork during the past year, and our colpor­
teurs have often fallen into the hands of these merciless
soldiers and brigands, y e t th ey have persevered, and now
these are the recorded encouraging results (really for only six
to eight m onths’ work) :— 10,000 Gospel books sold, 40,000
tracts given aw ay or sold, 10 N ew Testam ents sold, 100 Gospel
posters pasted up, 350 villages and cities visited.
I believe you w ill join us in p rayer for all this w ork of seed
sowing. T hus b y th is disseminating of Gospel books and tracts
we are looking forw ard to seeing fruit to H is glory b y the power
of H is H o ly Spirit. This good w ork has been done among
both Chinese and Aborigines. P ray for souls. The efforts have
cost m uch in hardness endured and much in financial expense,
please pray th at m uch fru it m ay follow.
Before closing m ay I ask you to join a big echo of thanks to
G o d for H is great goodness toward us.
W e are daily, yea,
almost hourly, deeply conscious of H is keeping pow er and
preservation, during these days when people are dyin g all
around us, oh, so m any and so qu ickly, y e t we have been kep t
b y the pow er of G o d . Praise H im for you r answered prayer
in this respect.
A gain thanking you for you r m uch-valued prayers for us and
the work in which we are engaged. W e have you, also in daily
p rayerful remembrance.
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Borden Memorial Hospital.
From the Report of DR. GEO. KING, Lanchowfu, Karisu.
H E y e ar now draw ing to a close
has been one of special difficulties
and sp ecial opportunities. I t is
as if a fter w alkin g along a sm ooth road
for some tim e, w e were called to cross
broken ground, up hills th a t are toilsom e
and high, and down in to valleys th a t are
dark. B u t bo th in the high places, and
in th e low, there are view s and beauties
th a t are n o t to be h a d on th e level.
So it has been w ith us th is year, rig h t on
to th e tim e this letter is being w ritten.
T
O n th e B o r d e rs o f F a m in e .
A p a rt from th e prevalence of sickness
a ll around us, we have been fo r some tim e
on th e borders of fam ine. M any of F en g’s
troops h a v e retreated to K a n s u , and eat
up th e land like locusts. Besides, th e
frequent com m andeering of carts and
anim als b y the soldiers has so frightened
th e cou ntry people th a t th e y are afraid
to bring grain to th e c ity . T he w heat
crops, due to be reaped in Ju ly, have
failed in m an y places. B u t th e sum m er
rains, and th e fine d ry autum n, saved the
situation and while prices continue high,
actu a l fam ine w ith all its miseries is
averted. T o those of our friends who
have n ever lived am ong a people, who
for the m ost p a rt h ave no reserves, it
m ay be h a rd to understand how intensely
interested w e get in the state of th e crops,
and the prices of flour and m illet and
potatoes, and so on. B u t it is n o t a mere
theoretic interest— it is a p a rt of th e
sy m p ath y th a t is a p a rt of our m issionary
vocatio n . T h e m ore We g e t to know the
people, even th e ign oran t villagers, the
more our hearts are draw n ou t to them ,
and th e m ore w e seem to like them , and
yearn to h a v e th em fo r C h r i s t . S o we
rejoiced w h en th e shadow of fam ine
passed aw ay.
M iss Ferguson w as a w a y from M ay to
Septem ber, b u t on h e r retu rn w as soon
engrossed in nursing. She has been doing
yeom an service sp ecially am ong th e more
serious epidem ic cases.
I t w as w ith
great pleasure th a t w e a ll w elcom ed Miss
B en tall b a c k to ta k e h e r p a rt in th e direct
m issionary w ork. She cam e up w ith Mr.
and Mrs. H a yw ard (new w orkers fo r
Sining) and th eir tedious jo u m eyin gs
across China w ere n o t w ith o u t risk and
m uch difficulty. F o r m ost of th e journey
th e y h a d th e skilfu l guidance of Mr. R ist,
b u t from Tsinchow onwards th e y were
alone. Miss B en tall spends h a lf her tim e
a t stu d y, and helps too in th e bedding
departm ent, and in m an y other w a y s as
well. W e still lo o k forw ard to th e com ing
of M iss B oth am w h en th e roads reopen
after th e present spell of fighting.
In o p e ra b le .
A M alignant G row th.
heard, or received th eir first impressions
w h ile here.
A n oth er group of those
b ap tized w ere lepers. T h e y were n ot
b ap tized in th e chapel, b u t a t a quiet
sp o t on th e riv e r side. (Y ou w ill remem­
ber th a t th e Y e llo w R iv e r flows close b y
us.) F o u r of th e lepers were men and
one w as a w om an. One of th e men w as
T h e W ord o f G od n o t B o u n d .
a Moslem, th e others being Chinese.
T h e service w as sim ple and w e th ou gh t
A m id th e difficulties of th is y e a r’s work,
p ecu liarly beautiful. T he early sunlight
the increasing responsiveness o f the
w as on the w ater, and th e group of
people, and th e num bers o f those who
reverent onlookers (about fifty were
believe, is giv in g us great jo y . In M ay
present) join ed in th e h ym n singing as
there were over th ir ty baptism s here.
More th an h alf w ere wom en. A m o n g . these, th e first lepers to be received in
th is p art, were baptized in to th e nam e of
those baptism s w ere several either con­
C h r is t . M r. H sien continues his w o rk
nected w ith hospital, or W ho h ad first
specially for Moslems in H ochow and
here, and w e t hink th a t tw o or th ree
M oslem fam ilies h ave turn ed to th e L o r d
as a result. I t is w onderful to see th is
Chinese so filled w ith th is lo ve for th e
Moslems, and understanding o f th eir w a y .
A n d yet, is it re a lly w onderful, consider­
in g th e lo ve of C h r i s t th a t breaks ' every
barrier dow n ’ ? H e it is W ho has ta k e n
a w a y th e ‘ enm ity ' and m akes o f th e
* tw ain 1 one new man.
T h e C h in ese W ork.
M llklng-tlm e a t th e H o sp ital.
M a r c h , 1927.
T h e s e co w s d o n o t give th e ir milk u n le s s th e ir stu ffe d
calf is p u t in f r o n t of th e m .
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T he Chinese w ork has n o t been n eg­
lected. W e h ave often fe lt th a t fa r to o
little is being done in proportion for th e
cou ntry people in L anchow fu district.
T h is y e ar more has been done perhaps
th a n usual, b o th n ear th e c ity (whither
little p arties h a v e gone o u t from th e
c ity w eek b y w eek fo r some tim e past)
and in m ore rem ote counties, such as
T sin gyu en , w here D r. W u, M rs. L i
(teacher), M rs. G uoh (Biblewom an), and
M r. C hen (colporteur) spent four w eeks
o f intensive evangelism la te ly .
They
returned, brim ful of happiness, w ith
glo w in g reports of th e willingness o f th e
people to believe. W e say, fu ll of happi­
ness, y e t on th eir return w e heard th a t
Mrs. Guoh h a d spent a sleepless night
t h inking of th e m an y villages and tow ns
th e y h a v e visited, where preachers are
assured a w elcom e and there is no one
t o go. Y e t there are now abou t 150 on
th e roll of th e L anchow fu Church, not
■counting those deceased, or h a v in g left
th e district.
A S p ec ia l N e ed .
T his perhaps brings us to another
sp ecial need, and one th a t is ju s t be­
ginning to be m et— th e need of system atic
scrip ture teaching for th e lo cal Christians,
a n d th a t th e y should be train ed to w ork
fo r others. T he first need w as p a rtly m et
b y th e Sum m er B ible School a t RestW ell in A u g u st. Mr. F raser w as again
th e leader. C ity members, school girls
a n d boys, and several hospital workers
w ere present, and testified of help re­
ceived .
T he possibilities of serious
s tu d y am ong those beautiful surroundings,
a nd the helpfulness of being ‘ ap art ’
from routine life for even such a short
tim e (a fortnight) w ill be appreciated
b y m an y of you . T he further need— for
w o rk for others— w e hope to see supplied
b y th e evangelistic cam paign this winter
fo r a m onth in the country when about a
•dozen under a capable leader (probably
on e of th e hospital Chinese doctors) are
t o spend h a lf of each d a y preaching, and
th e other h a lf in B ible stud y.
Over
$roo.oo h a v e been contributed for th is
sp ecial purpose, as several of the workers
a re poor, and all are givin g th eir tim e
freely , so it is felt th a t the cost of their
fo o d should be m et b y members of the
C h u rch who are n ot going them selves.
T h u s, while deeply conscious of th e w eak­
n ess and lukewarm ness of m any, there are
heights as w e ll as v alle y s even here in this
¡little flock of the Good Shepherd’s.
T h e W ar.
N ex t, we should sp eak of th e w ar th a t
h a s sw ept o v e r m uch of K a n s u t h is year,
a n d alm ost to th e gates of this, th e capital
•city. F o r m onths soldiers searched our
p o ck e ts as w e passed in and ou t of t h e
«city, and fo r a tim e no wom en were
allow ed through th e gates. T he boom
o f a rtillery w as frequent, and wounded
soldiers were often brought to th e m ilitary
h o sp ital. D r. R a n d and D r. B eh did
R e d Cross w o rk w ith some of th e students.
N o t m an y o f th e m en on th e G overnor’s
sid e were b rou gh t to us fo r treatm ent, as
fo r cases of average severity th e y prefer
t o send th em to th eir ow n hospital, so
M a r c h , 1 Q2 7 .
th a t fo r qu ite a tim e w e were unusually
slack in th e hospital, as civilians could
n ot com e from th e country, and hard ly
indeed dared to stir beyond th e c ity
gates. E xp en ses continued heavy, and
local incom e w as a t th e vanishing point.
B u t th e L o r d h as provided, and m an y
of our special needs h a v e been already
m et. M uch fresh equipm ent and a large
new su pp ly of drugs are needed, and we
w ould valu e p ra yer along th is line also.
T h e N e w R u le r s o f K an su .
Perhaps a few
the new rulers
M arshal F e n g ’s
here. W e find
words on the attitu d e of
of K a n s u (soldiers of
arm y) m ay be in p lace
them intelligent, clean,
m aking it easy for the doctors to m ake
trips there in turn. D r. L iu w as very
m uch encouraged during his visit there in
th e summ er and believes there w as real
f r u i t ' unto eternal life.*
T h a n k sg iv in g and P ra y e r.
W e th an k the m any friends who have
sent g ifts of m oney and parcels— quite a
num ber of parcels are still on th e road
owing to th e troubled state of th e country,
bu t w ill no doubt turn up some tim e. A s
some friends have asked w h at would be
useful in th e hospital we mention such
things as strong single sheets, cotton
pyjam as (large), towels, aprons, sleeves,
enamel feeding cups, etc.
Som e of th e L e p e rs a t th e B orden H ospital.
lo y a l to th eir chief, and fa r more efficient
soldiers th an we h a v e m et in other parts
of China.
Some are real Christians.
Some are lip Christians.
M any are
Christians up to th eir lights,— lacking
teaching about even th e sim plest B ible
truths. There is a great opportunity here,
and to several of us w as granted the
privilege of helping in the evangelistic
cam paign am ong th e soldiers organized
b y the arm y chaplains w ith the G overnor's
permission in th e spring. T o speak daily
for ten days to five hundred different
soldiers w ho seem interested and intelli­
gen t is a GoD-given opportunity.
T he w ork in H ochow has gone forw ard
alm ost continuously, th e various doctors,
Chinese and foreign, takin g turns to
m ake trips there. I t w ill be remembered
th a t M r. and Mrs. H arris are now livin g
in th e hospital in H ochow , carrying on
th e w o rk of winning th e Moslems and
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W e covet m ost of all a place in you r
prayers— remember each worker, foreign
or n ative.
P ra y for spiritual results
above everything.
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L a te s t m all n ew s fro m th e M ission H e a d q u a rte rs in S h an g hai. T h e p e rio d r e fe rr e d to in c lu d e s th e m o n th s o f N ovem ber D ecem ber,
an d th e f ir s t h a lf of J a n u a ry .
ta kin g w ith him some $50,000 contributed b y th e Chinese
Cham ber of Com merce, on the understanding th a t th e c ity
w ould n ot suffer a t th e hands of his men. F oreign p ro p erty,
how ever, w as respected.
ICHANG, and HUNAN.
T Ichang, w est of H ankow , Y a n g Sen, w ith his 10,000
men, w as a ttacked b y Southern troops and obliged to
' retire. In the province of H u n a n , agitators are
everyw here active, w ith th e result th a t a general strike and
b o y co tt w as declared to become effective yesterd ay in Changsha,
th e great provin cial capital. T heir determ ined a tta ck is prim ­
arily directed against B ritish in te re s ts ; b u t those of o th er
nation s are n o t exem pted.
A
IN KIANGSI.
N K i a n g s i th e M ission premises in several places have been
occupied b y N ationalist troops, to th e inconvenience, t o
sa y th e least, of our la d y workers, some of w hom h ave h a d
to leave th eir stations. T he behaviour of th e soldiers h a s
varied. Some h a v e been courteous, w h ilst others h a v e been
rude and th eir attitu d e m enacing. I n some cases th e M ission
preaching halls h a v e been used for anti-Christian and antiforeign propaganda.
I
IN CHEKIANG.
N
divisions of th e Southern arm y have been
m arching on H angchow , b u t have suffered more th an one
defeat from Sun’s forces. I t is difficult to w rite a b o u t
th e situation in th a t province. C ities are being taken and
re-taken , and changes are often rapid and unexpected. Soldiers
are billeted in th e M ission prem ises in several stations, and
there, as in K i a n g s i , th eir presence is anyth in g b u t w elcom e,
though in some places th ey have, on th e whole, beh aved v e ry
w ell. A s fa r as w e know, there are only tw o stations from w h ich
th e w orkers h a v e had to come a w ay.
I
NANKING
ROAD, SHANGHAI.
C h e k ia n g
RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS.
U R IN G th e last tw o m onths th e conditions, especially in
th e areas occupied b y th e N ationalist armies, have given
cause for m uch concern. A t tim es th e outlook in some
places has been v e ry dark, and i t h as been difficult to interpret
m an y of th e ra p id ly changing developm ents or to understand
th eir significance.
In th e Y a n g tse V alley, p a rticu la rly in
H ankow , w h ich has been a storm centre, th e situation has been
v ery grave indeed, m akin g necessary the evacuation of all
foreign women and children from th e B ritish Concession, where
th e Southern G overnm ent has assumed control, regarding it as
“ no longer a p a rt of unredeem ed C hina.”
D
SUGGESTED WITHDRAWALS.
H E S E are difficult days, and th e prevailin g conditions
cause us p erp lexity and concern. T he B ritish M in ister
h as advised th e w ithdraw al to sa fety of missionaries,
esp ecially wom en and children, in th e areas under th e con tro l
of th e N atio n alist G overnm ent, including K a n s u and S h e n s i ,
which, w h ilst K uom inchun, adhere to th e South. H e, how ever,
recognizes th a t in some instances there m a y be m ore danger in
trav ellin g th an th ere w o uld be in rem aining w here th e y a re
know n and respected, and th a t in such cases it m u st be le ft to.
th e jud gm en t o f th e individual. T his action, we understand,
is a precautionary measure in view of contingencies w h ich m a y
possibly arise ou t of th e H ankow situation. W e h ave, o f
course, given lib e rty of action to our w orkers, w ho, w e trust, w ill
be guided of G o d to do w h at in th e circum stances is best.
E v a cu ation w ill n o t prove an easy m a tter in some places, w h ere
organized strikes am ong boatm en and others w ill m ake tra v ellin g
impossible.
T
AT KIUKIANG AND WUHU,
I U K IA N G , a m uch sm aller tre a ty port, has also been
evacuated, and foreign premises, including four Mission
house, looted b y th e soldiers. W h a t th ey could n ot take
a w ay th e y destroyed. W uh u, furth er dow n river, too, w as
looted against th e orders of th e M ilitary leader, who had left,
K
M a r c h , 1927.
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BAPTISM S REPORTED.
PRAYER NEEDED.
E) continue in p ra y er th a t D ivin e protection axid guidance
m a y b e given to, all G o d ’ s servants. In numerous
places th e people generally are friendly and th e con­
ditions apparen tly p ra ctica lly norm al. T he kindness of the
Christians is often m ost touching, and is a grea t com fort to m an y
of our missionaries, w h ilst th e lo y a lty of th e Christian leaders
is a. cause of cheer and encouragem ent, a t a tim e w hen their
allegiance calls for courage and fre q u e n tly results in obloquy
and persecution. T h e y h a v e a special claim upon our sy m p ath y
and p ra y ers in v iew of th e w idespread m anifestation of antiChristian sentim ent on th e p a r t of certain sections of th e N ational­
is t arm y, and all th a t is being suffered in consequence. W e tru st
th at, as in th e p a st histo ry o f th e Church tim es o f persecution
and tria l h a v e been tim es of revival, so now th ey m a y be tim es
o f blessing and expansion.
W
T is n ot w ith o u t significance th a t during the difficult period
since I la st w rote to you, 941 baptism s have been re­
ported, bringing the to ta l th us fa r recorded for last year
up to 3,952. 'M any cheering letters have recen tly reached us
from different p arts of th e field.
I
WORK CONTINUED.
H I L S T in m an y stations th e activities of our workexyrhave
been necessarily restricted, w e are th an kfu l th a t in
n o t a few centres th e conditions h a v e not seriously
affected th e w ork. Now, however, w ith th e possible evacu ation
of missionaries from th e areas controlled b y th e N ationalists, th e
situation w ill be altered, and the position of our Chinese fellowworkers w ill be v ery difficult. T h ey w ill need our prayers.
W
Tidings from the Stations.
T h e follow ing le tte r s , w ritte n , m o s t o f th e m , in t h e m o n th o f D e ce m b e r, w ith o th e r c o m m u n ic a tio n s in th is issu e of 'C h in a 's
M i l l i o n s illu s tr a te t h e f a c t, re fe rr e d t o In ‘ O ur S h a n g h a i L e tte r ,’ q u o te d a bove, t h a t w h e re a s In m any s ta t io n s th e a c tiv itie s
of t h e M issio n a rie s h a v e b e en r e s tr ic te d ow ing t o t h e d is tu rb e d c o n d itio n s , th e r e a r e n o t a few c e n t r e s in w hich th e y a r e
c o n tin u in g th e i r w o rk u n h in d e re d , a n d w ith m a rk e d sig n s of blessing. L e t u s give GOD th a n k s t h a t th is Is so.
FROM TSINCHOW, KANSU.
R . L L O Y D R I S T , in a letter dated
Tsinchow, K a n s u , Decem ber 1,
reports th a t an eleven d a y s’
B ible School w as conducted b y Mr. J . O .
F raser in N ovem ber. I t w as arranged
especially for th e paid and v olu n tary
w orkers in Southern K a n s u , bu t after th e
first few days other C hristians were
allowed to atten d. One hundred and
five were present, th e average attendance
being over fifty , including seven paid
and th irty-o n e v o lu n tary w orkers. E x ­
cep tion ally good atten tion and keen
in terest were given. M r. R is t sa ys :—
' I t w as a jo y to us to see how eager
m o st of th e men and w om en w ere to know
m ore o f th e precious W ord o f G o d , and
w e p ra y th a t w h a t th e y h a v e learned
An ring these d a y s m ay b ear m uch fru it
in th eir liv es.’
M
FROM NINGHAICHOW,
SHANTUNG.
RO M Ninghaichow, in S h a n t u n g ,
where th e field has been v ery hard
and unproductive, M r. W . T .
Gilm er w rites on D ecem ber 30 :—
' W e th an k G o d for th e opportunities
F
w e have h ad fo r preaching the G osp elfan d
though as y e t fe w results are to be seen,
‘ ‘ G od is fa ith fu l,” and H e w ill see to i t
th a t w o rk done in the N am e of H is Son.
is n ot in vain. I am sure you w ill rejoice
w ith us over th e blessing w e h a d jftt o u r
Annual Conference. Conviction of sin.
FROM FENGSIANG, SHENSI.
R O M Fengsiang, in th e adjoining
p rovin ce o f S h e n s i, Mr. C. H .
Stevens writes on D ecem ber 19 :—
‘ I n sp ite of widespread lawlessness and
other adverse circum stances th a t have
prevailed so long in th e Fengsiang dis­
trict, I th in k I can h o n estly sa y th is has
been one of th e b e s t y e a rs of w o rk we
h a v e ever experienced. T h e L o r d has
been v e ry gracious to us. G lory to H is
N am e. In th e m id st of m uch th a t h as
been v e r y disconcerting, th e w o rk h as
been going stead ily forw ard .'
F
M
arch,
1927.
COOLIES LOADING COTTON AT HANKOW.
It Is low w a te r , show ing m ud o fa rlv e r bed.
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/was v e r y m anifest, and w e believe there
■were n ot on ly conversions, b u t also heart
lo n gin gs on th e p a rt of th e Christians to
liv e more for G o d . M ay H e p e rfec t H is
w o rk in our m idst, and m ake us all more
*' m eet fo r th e M aster’s u se.” ’
PROM HWOCHOW, SHANSI.
I S S E . J . H O L L A N D , in a
le tte r from H wochow , in th e
/province of S h a n s i , writes
' T h e girls’ school is going along v ery
micely, w ith tw elve girls ta k in g th e fu ll
N o rm al School course, and seven others :
M
before. Som e; eight or te n were b o m
again, and a p a r ty o f six h a v e been ou t
d aily preaching all o v e r th e district. A t
th e n igh t m eeting there on our return,
five stood up to be p rayed for. I t w as
th eir first com ing to a service— h a d heard
from those who, filled w ith th e H o ly
Spirit, were ou t w itnessing to th e wonder­
fu l pow er of G o d . A fte r th is w eek there
came th e D ingbong w e e k of B ible School
and revival, 45 li distan t. G o d is there
doing a great w ork in the hearts of H is
ow n people. H is S p irit w as graciou sly
poured ou t and th e C hurch revived . I t
began w ith th e D ingbong preacher him self
TRIAL, BU T ALSO TRIUM PH.
R . H . A . C. A L L E N rep orts th a t
w h ilst, so far, he has on ly b a p ­
tised fifty con verts th is y e a r a t
Y u n n an fu , there are fu lly 200 m ore rea d y
fo r bap tism as soon as he is able to v isit
th e outstations.
In th e m id st of tr ia l and difficu lty a t
Ytianchow , in th e province of K i a n g s i ,
Mr. R . W . Porteous s a y s :—
M
‘ W e h a v e ju s t g o t to th e end of the
th ird w eek of a m on th's B ible School.
O ver th irty enrolled, and these repre­
sented some th irteen outstations. G o d
h as been blessing in th e d a ily sessions.’
F rom Sinning, H u n a n , M r. K . W iesinger w r ite s :—
‘ T h e anti-C hristian and anti-foreign
feeling is becom ing v e ry strong and b itte r
since We are under the governm ent of th e
Southerners ; bu t, nevertheless, th e L o r d
is w orking in a w onderful w a y in our
m idst, especially in th e cou n try.’
FROM CHENCHOW, HONAN.
R . J O Y C E , w ritin g from Chenchow, in H o n a n , on D ecem ber
14, says :—
‘ W e h a v e h a d a good Conference here,
and th e Christians testified th a t th e y had
been strengthened and encouraged. I t
is a great privilege to m inister to these
dear people w ho are passing through such
try in g tim es. There were tw en ty-fo ur
baptism s.’
M
THE SITUATIO N IN HOKOW,
KIANGSI.
o n e reading p a rt tim e and six in th e
Low er Prim ary. W e are pleased to have
•two of thie « sp elled girls b a ck a fter su it­
a b le apologies. A ll th e girls seem v ery
h a p p y and contented, and w e feel th a t
•there is really a deep spiritual w ork going
-on in th eir hearts.'
PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING.
R S . M A C L E O D , w ritin g of B ible
Schools held a t N inghai, in th e
p rovince of C h e k i a n g , sends us
th e follow ing cheering account of them .
S h e w rites :—
M
‘ These h a v e been attended w ith an
-unusual outpouring of blessing, sirom H im
fro m W hom all blessings flow. D ziang-ka
-was good, b u t th e tim e w as short. A t
So-leo w e h ad a wonderful tim e— tru ly a
m o st w onderful and gracious visitatio n
o f th e H o ly Sp irit. T h e p lace and people
h a v e been shaken as I have n ever heard
M
arch,
1927.
and his wife, who, togeth er, re-dedicated
them selves anew to th e L o r d ’ s w ork.
Oh ! m a y G o d be praised for H is wonder­
fu l w o rk of grace. I w ish I had a hundred
lives to giv e to C h r i s t for China and H is
Work here in th is land. When H e gives m y
ears to hear w h a t I h a v e heard, and m y
eyes to see w h at I h a v e seen. G lory to
H is H o ly N am e. H o w He. is honouring
H is servant W o Sin-sang, and blessing th e
w o rk he is doing fo r th e upbuilding of the
churches. F o r a ll th ese fa ith fu l ones do
g iv e praise to G od— -for B ao Sih-laen, a
m an tru ly S p irit ta u g h t and S pirit filled,
w ho h a s been w ith W o Sin-sang in th e
w o rk b o th in So-leo and D ingbong. The
d a ily attendance has been abou t six ty
in th e first and forty-five or so in the
la tter. F orgive m e n o t being able to give
m ore definite num bers— w e h a v e n o t
tim e y e t to get these. B u t I send ju s t
th is brief word, so th a t praise and th an ks­
givin g t o our wonder-w orking G o d b e n ot
delayed .’
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I S S L . M O O D Y , w ritin g from
Ian gtsuen , an ou t-station of
H okow , on D ecem ber 15, s a y s :
T he L o r d answered p ra y er abu n d an tly
abou t th e unrest lo cally,
and th e
Sun day services were quiet, and th e folks
cam e w ell. M r. L iu and K i U an g w en t
to K a n g to n g for th e com m union. I f th e y
h ad n ot gone, I th in k th e folks were too
frightened to have held an y m eeting. T he
landlord is ob jectin g to us p u ttin g up
m ore posters, scrolls, etc., a n d i t m a y
be th e L o r d ’ s leading fo r us to m ove.
O n M onday K i U an g and th e younger
U an g (Chi Chen) w e n t w ith m e to Sinfen g Chen K ia . T h e distance is 20 lo n g li,
b u t I enjoyed th e w alk, and a t the
10 li p lace M r. L i join ed us.
A fte r
dinner (and w e did g e t a welcom e!) K i
U an g w e n t to H okow , a n d som e of us
v isited hom es round. T here are some
enquirers w hose h earts th e L o r d h as
to u ch ed . R etu rn in g w e m e t D r. Y a o ,
w ho h a d engaged Sinfeng m en to carry
M
som e loads fo r him . H e said Shaow u
w a s in th e han ds of th e South, b u t peace­
fu l, and n o soldiers in a n y of th e schools
o r com pounds there. H e helped in th e
eve n in g m eeting, and w e sang and
p reach ed for a good long tim e, and tVipn
th e folks w e n t on singing.
N e x t d a y I w en t on to M rs. C h i’s,
M rs. K a ’s and M rs. Ieh 's, and b a ck to
Ian gtsu en . M rs. C hi had b ra v e ly gone
t o H o kow to find o u t fo r herself if th e
sto ries she h a d h eard were true, and h ad
refused to ta k e dow n a n y posters, etc.,
a n d th e L o r d led h e r son to j o i n her.
P o o r M rs. Ieh h ad everyth in g down b u t
a little p ictu re she valu ed . T he stories
o f how all Christians found w ith posters
u p w ere to be killed in th ree d ays— and
p ro b a b ly h er son's influence— were too
m uch for her, and M r. Ieh has been
unw ell, and seemed too h a zy to ta k e any
stan d . I le ft t e x t s and scrolls, and I
th in k Mrs. Ieh w ill p u t them up.
Photo by]
[Miss Wray^
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'
FISHING
S e r v ic e s a s U s u a l.
W e go t b ack v ery w e t b u t w ith no
cold, and I w as not too tired. K i U ang
cam e from H okow . T h e L o r d has kept
th e men from our upstair room s and from
som e of the lower ones, and n ot m uch
th a t is valu able has been used. Mr. K .,
a n evangelist, and K u e i U . cam e on
W ednesday, and Mr. K . w as so helpful.
N o soldiers h a v e been in th e chapel
th ere, b u t lo cal posters have been rath er
a w fu l.
Services as usual.
H e said
Peichi has suffered, so R . and I w en t there
o n Satu rd ay. W e found th e posters torn,
a n d all hanging things down and spoiled,
a n d every house on th e street had been
visited and th eir posters to m down.
K i U an g and Mr. Ien (who h ad come
fo r a few days) p u t up new brigh t posters
a n d scrolls ; and Sunday gatherings were
so quiet and solemn and prayerfu l. T h e y
h a d fe lt th e la ck of no services the Sun day
before, b u t were too startled b y the
S a tu rd a y 's happenings to gather.
S u n sh in e a fter R a in .
I w as cheered there, b u t th e y do need
someone, I th in k, to be in th e hall.
O n Sun day K iu H en T a i came. H e h ad a
m essage to sa y th a t Shihtang chapel was
fu ll of soldiers, and asked us n ot to go. W e
w e n t to H sia Chii on M onday. A fte r lots
o f rain there w as sunshine, and th e hills
th ere are glorious. W e h ad a nice little
gath ering. K in h a s grow n in grace. ‘ W e
w h o have read th e W ord are n ot afraid
n o w ,’ he said. ‘ H a ve a n y of y o u heard
th e L o r d ' s vo ice ? ’ I asked on Sunday,
for th e su b ject w as Sam uel’s call. ' Y e s ,’
K iu answered, qu ickly. ‘ H e says, “ Go
ye in to a ll th e w orld and preach th e
gospel ” and “ B e n ot a fra id .” ’ M r. Ien
stayed a t his hom e fo r a w e e k ’s w ork.
M a r c h , 1927.
BY CORMORANTS
IN
KIANGSI.
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K E E P IN G A T IT , A T N IN G S IA .
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i | R . F ID D L E R , w ritin g on October
IV I
5> says :—
H erew ith our statem ent of
doings a t th is station (Ningsia) for an­
other quarter. B u t le t me first say th a t
G o d has been fa ith fu l to us, and to H is
promises, for n ot one good th in g of all
H e prom ised h ath failed. H e has kept
us in peace and sa fety, notw ithstanding
w ars and rum ours of wars, soldiers and
officials, etc. Of these la tte r w e have
had, and are having, as it seems to us,
no end of them . T h e y seem to be coming
in to this c ity in fresh batches every d a y
and resting a fo r a few days, and then off
again to w e do n ot know where. Y e ste r­
d a y no less th an three different lots of
them called here and said th e y wished
to s ta y in our p lace fo r a few d ays as
th e y could find no other place to
sta y in.
O ur w ork has gone on as usual, th e
seed of th e W o rd h as been sown, and m ust
bring forth fruit.
T h e attendances a t th e services have
been v ery fair. T h e L o r d ’ s D a y attend­
ances are as follow s :— P rayer m eeting 35,
preaching 84, afternoon m eeting 44.
One v e ry ra in y S un day tw o or three
weeks ago v e r y few from outside came
ow ing to th e terrible state of th e streets,
else our figures w ould h a v e been much
higher th is quarter
E v e r y F rid a y n ig h t w e h a v e a fu ll
house in th e preaching Chapel, and there
are v e r y few n igh ts th at some do n ot
raise th eir hands to b e p ra y ed for. L a st
F rid a y night one of C hangchichiang’s
secretaries stood and asked our prayers.
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M any you n g people come to th is
m eeting and ju s t love the singing, and
join in w ith all their hearts. Our guests
for the quarter have been 2,155, or Ju9t
over 23 per day. A b o u t h alf of them
cam e for medicine, and the other h alf to
either look round or hear th e gospel.
Books sold are n ot so m an y th is quarter
for we are nearly out, quite ou t in some
kinds, and little hope of getting more up
as the K a lg a n road is blocked. W e sold
books are fo llo w s :— Bibles (4), Cash
13,380, N ew T estam ents (i i ), Cash 4,000,
hym n book (1), Cash 1,050, Gospels (668),
Cash 10,240, Portions (99), Cash 2,760,
other books (xo), Cash 500, school books
(8), Cash 1,680 ; or Cash 33,6x0 in all.
For Supplication and
Thanksgiving.
T h a t th e B lessing of G od m a y re s t
upon th e w idespread circulation
of S crip tu res a nd G ospel lite ra ­
tu re .
p . 37
T h a t th e w o rk a t th e B orden M em orial
H ospital m a y be increasingly p ro s ­
pered.
p . 38
T h a t a ll m issio n aries a n d C hinese
C h ristia n s in th e d istu rb e d a re as
m a y b e guided, g u a rd e d a n d d e ­
livered.
p. 40
T h a t w here M ission S tations have to
b e evacuated, the v acated p ro ­
p e rty m a y be k e p t free fro m
d am age a t th e h a n d s of law less
m en.
p . 41
T hanksgiving th a t a t so m a n y of the
Stations th e w o rk is b e ing c arrie d
on w ithout h indrance,
p p . 41-43
T hanksgiving fo r th e deliverance of
w o rk e rs a t N anchang d u rin g th e
b o m b a rd m e n t.
p 44
T h a t all s tre n g th a n d g ra c e m a y be
given to M r. G ibb a nd h is colleagues
in S hanghai.
p . 47
T h a t M r. H oste a nd M r. M artin m a y
b e p ro sp ered in th e ir v isit to
Sw itzerland., G erm any a n d F in ­
la n d .
p . 48
Deliverance in the Hour of Danger.
An a c c o u n t o f t h e a tta c k on th e city o f N an ch an g , th e c a p ita l o f Kiangsl. A b rie f r e fe re n c e t o th e o c c u p a tio n o f t h e M ission
p re m is e s th e r e by th e tro o p s , w a s m a d e In th e la s t Issu e of ‘ C h in a ’s M illions.’ Mr. T y le r w rite s h is a c c o u n t fro m S h a n g h a i, t o
w hich c e n t r e h e an d M rs. T y le r h a d r e tir e d t o re n e w th e ir o u tf its a n d g e t a r e s t a f t e r th e s tr a in th e y had gone th ro u g h .
E h ave been going through some
new and strange experiences
since la st we w rote.
W
W e k n o w t h a t m a n y h a v e b e e n p r a y in g
f o r u s, a n d o u r h e a r t s a re f u l l o f p r a is e t o
G o d fo r a n s w e r in g p r a y e r , a n d p r e s e r v in g
our
liv e s
a m id s t
great
danger
and
d iffic u ltie s .
W e spent th e summ er on R u lin g, and
had a v e ry refreshing, restfu l tim e, and
w ere glad to be o u t of th e intense h eat
on th e plain. O n Septem ber 9, w e le ft
K u lin g, and on th e io th reached N an ­
chang, hoping to g e t a b o at and go on
directly to our station . B u t we found all
launches and boats had been com­
m andeered b y th e m ilitary, so we w ere
detain ed in N an ch an g. O n th e 16th of
Septem ber Mr. and Mrs. M eikle join ed us,
also hoping th a t th e y could g e t on to
th eir station .
W e w ere sta y in g w ith
M r. and M rs. K aud erer, w ho are in
charge o f th e M ission H om e there.
There were a good m an y rum ours about
th e Southern forces com ing in to th e
Province of K l a n g s t , and we heard th ey
w ere intending to ta k e Nanchang.
T H E C IT Y C A P T U R E D .
On th e 19th a t m idnight, w e heard a
little firing, and th e n ex t m orning found
th e c ity w as in th e hands of th e Sou th­
erners. The. N ortherners h a d v e ry few
men in th e city, as m ost of th e troops
h ad gone to the border of H u n a n to
keep th e Southerners from entering th e
Province, so it w as sim ply a * w alk-in ' ,
fo r th e Southerners. On th e 2 1s t and
22nd th e c ity w as beflagged and th e
stu d en ts were m uch in evidence w ith
th eir revolution colours, and w alls were
decorated w ith all kinds of posters,
m a n y of th em anyth in g b u t com pli­
m en tary to th e Northerners. B u t their
rejoicing w as o f short duration. On th e
23rd th e N ortherners returned to retake
th e c ity . W e saw th e Southerners go
o u t to m eet them , heard a good deal of
rifle and m achine gun firing, and th en
abou t 3 p.m . th e Southerners returned,
and up to 5 o ’clock were re-entering th e c ity . W e th ou gh t th e y h a d been v icto ri­
ous, and h a d driven b a ck th e enem y.
Our M ission H ouse is in a suburb,
ou tside th e gate called th e Foochow G ate
an d on one o f th e m ain roads^ leading in to
th e c ity .
A b o u t m idnight w e were
su dd en ly awakened b y shouting, and
M a r c h . 10 2 7 .
rifle firing w h ich cam e nearer and nearer,
and shells began to fly over our house.
W e a t once sought sa fety in th e low er
hall, and soon we heard our neighbours
come pouring over our w alls, b y I h e
dozens, seeking fo r protection. I t w as a
perfect bedlam .
W e found afterw ards
th a t th e N ortherners h ad been prom ised
double p a y and th ree d a y s’ lo o t if th e y
retook th e c ity , and th e y began a t once
th eir d astard ly w o rk.
T w o men who
clim bed over our w a lls to seek refuge,
had been stabbed, and others had been
robbed. A b o u t 3 a.m . th e firing ceased,
and th e N ortherners were again in
possession of th e c ity . W e W ere glad
When d a y ligh t cam e. H o w th e people
suffered th e n e x t few days. M an y hun­
dreds w ere killed, n ot on ly soldiers, but
civilians, and students, as th e soldiers
w en t abou t lootin g and w reakin g v en ­
geance upon those w h o had giv e n such a
welcom e to th eir enemies.
B U S IN E S S A T A
S T A N D S T IL L .
On th e 27th, I retu rn ed to th e Po st
Office, and it w as crow ded w ith soldiers
w ith th eir parcels of loot w hich th e y were
sending off to th eir friends and relations.
T h e shops th a t had been looted W ere a
sight to behold. F o r the n ex t few w eeks
business w as a t a stan dstill, and again
we heard th a t th e Southerners were
preparing to a tta c k th e c ity to t r y and
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retake it. T he N ortherners w ere rein­
forcing th e city , bringing in am m unitioi
and supplies. On O ctober 9 w e founc
th a t th e Foochow G ate h ad n ot beer
opened, and w e learned th a t a com panj
of soldiers h ad arrived, b u t were refusec
admission. W e w en t o u t to see w h at was
going on.
T he officer in charge was
pounding on th e ga te and w as v e r j
angry. Soon th e y tu rn ed and w en t a w ay
and n ot long a fter w e heard firing in th<
distance.
These soldiers were reallj
deserters w ho h ad gone over to the
Southerners, and th e y h a d hoped to gel
in to th e city, overpow er th e guard, anc
th u s m ake an easy entrance fo r thi
Southerners, b u t th eir ruse failed. Thai
w as abou t 7.30 a.m . A t 10.30, th e battl«
had begun in earnest.
FROM
OUR VERANDAH.
W e saw from ou r v eran d a h thai
soldiers had ta k e n th eir positions on th<
c ity w a ll arm ed, and w ith th eir colours
and ready fo r business. B y 2.30 p .m
th e b a ttle had begun a t th e Foochov
G ate w h ich w as quite near us. W e closec
th e sh u tters on th e north side of th<
house, w hich w as n earest th e w all. W<
w atch ed proceedings for a tim e, fron
behind closed sh u tters, b u t a bullecom ing th ro ugh one of th e window,
w arned us th a t th is w a s no longer safe
A sniper to o k up his position behind 1
pile of stones ju s t outside our walls,
and soon a p erfect h ail of bullets stru ck
our house.
F o r th irty-six hours the
firing n ever ceased, and when a m achine
gun also to o k u p a position outside our
w a ll w e began to g e t shells.
In th e afternoon on th e io t h th e first
shell stru ck th e house, tearin g its w a y
through th ree bedroom s upstairs. W e
w ere alm ost stunned b y th e noise, and
rushed o u t on to th e veran dah. There
w as no p lace of sa fety to go to, as we
were in th e firing zone, so w e w en t b a ck
in to th e house again . W e h a d ven tu red
upstairs and b rou gh t dow n a few pieces
of bedding, and a few other things, and
a t n igh t la y dow n in the com er of the
room w e th o u gh t w as th e safest, and as
fa r from w indow s and doors as possible.
T he firing w en t on a ll n igh t, and we
could hear the sound of splintered glass,
and breaking tiles, and w e longed for
d a y lig h t to appear.
Ju st before dayligh t there w as a fear­
fu l crash, and w e jum ped to our feet as
a nother shell stru ck the upper p a rt of
the house, tearing aw ay an arch of the
u pper verandah, and breaking in the
w hole end of a bedroom, and passing
through other room s. T his w as followed
b y another shell w hich passed through
th e roof, and th e shrapnel and plaster
cam e down th e staircase into th e room
where we had been lyin g. W e sprang
o u t on to th e verandah and th e Chinese
shouted th a t th e house w as on fire b u t
i t w as sm oke from th e shell. W e fe lt
th ere w as nothing to do b u t m ake our
escape ou t of th e b a ck gate. M r. and
Mrs. M eikle w en t first and go t separated
from us. T h e y m et a band of soldiers
w ho w ould n ot le t them pass. T h e y had
draw n b ayon ets and were v ery rude,
and w anted to ta k e off Mrs. M .’s wedding
ring.
A n officer intervened, however,
and th e M .’s turned back. T h e y lost
th eir w a y, b u t finally cam e to the Catholic
H ospital, and th e D octor and his w ife
k in d ly to o k them in.
Mr. and Mrs.
K au d erer and ourselves found our w a y
to th e S treet Chapel, and rem ained there
in th e E va n g elists' house th e rest of th at
d a y and th a t night, b u t a m achine gun
w a s ju s t outside th e chapel door, and
cannon a t th e rear, and th e b a ttle w as
still going on fiercely a ll around us.
S O L D IE R S U S E
THE
CH APEL.
Soldiers w ere com ing and going, using
th e ch a p el as a p lace to rest and eat,
and w e were a dvised to ta k e refuge in a
sm all Chinese house near b y , b a c k from
th e street. H ere w e rem ained fo r tw o
d a y s and tw o nights, am id th e thunder
o f cannon, and m achine gun fire and rifle
shot, b u t no harm cam e, even to the
house in w h ich w e w ere stayin g. W e
M a r c h , 1927.
huddled in one com er, excep t when there
w as a lu ll in the firing, and then we got
up and to o k some refreshm ent brought
to us b y our Chinese friends.
On W ednesday n igh t about m idnight
there w as a stillness th a t could be felt,
and we a ll wondered w h at had happened.
W e whispered to one another, ‘ H ave th ey
entered the c ity ? ’ W e were n ot long
k ep t in suspense. A t da yligh t we were
told in frightened tones b y some Chinese
who came to th e house, th a t th e S outh­
erners had retreated, and th a t the
N ortherners were alread y clim bing over
the c ity w all, and com ing out to search for
Southern soldiers, and were looting the
homes as th ey searched. S hortly a fter­
wards Mr. M eikle came. H e had been to
the house, and been to ld th a t w e were at
th e S treet Chapel, and he soon found us.
H e to o k b a c k a m essage to the D octor
w ho kin dly in vited us to come to them .
A
R EFUG E FRO M
DANGER.
W h a t a relief it w as to go out into the
d a y ligh t once more, and be free from
th e danger of shot and shell. W e re­
m ained a t the D octo r's until Sunday,
though still n ot free from the fear of
looters, and ready a t an y m om ent to flee
if necessary. W e could hear th e shouts
o f the searching p arties all night. F o r
ten d ays and n igh ts w e had n ot changed
our clothes. W e w en t b a ck to the house
to gath er up w h at few things remained,
fo r we had n ot been o u t of the house an
hour before th e Southern soldiers began
to loot, and w h a t th e y did n ot ta k e th e
people did, so th a t p ra ctica lly all the
w earing apparel and bedding were taken.
M r. and Mrs. K a u d erer lost more h eavily
as th eir w in ter clothing w as taken as
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well, while M r. and Mrs. M eikle and our­
selves lost our summ er and autum n ou t­
fit, together w ith m any other things such
as fountain pens, and other things one
carries w hen travellin g. B u t w e were so
fu ll of praise th a t our lives had been
spared, th a t we th ou gh t little of the
things th a t were gone.
Mr. Johnson, of th e M ethodist Mission,
w ho w as helping in R ed Cross work, got
passes, and came and escorted us over to
the M .E. Compound, and from there we
took passage on a m ilitary train and
w en t over to K iu kian g. The trains had
on ly been running tw o days to bring
reinforcem ents, and m ight be cu t off
a t any moment, so we were glad of th is
opportunity to get aw ay.
T h a t w alk
over to the M .E. Com pound w ill not soon
be forgotten. Soldiers were still stationed
on th e c ity walls, and w e w alked along
outside the c ity w all, through streets
w here all the houses and shops had been
burned. There were over a thousand
people from those shops and homes th at
had taken refuge on the M .E. Compound.
T heir hospitals were fu ll of wounded
soldiers, and nurses and doctors were more
th an b u sy attending to these p itifu l cases.
R E N E W IN G A T S H A N G H A I.
From K iu k ian g we came on to Shanghai
to renew our outfits and get a rest after
the strain w e had been through. Since
then the w hole Province of K i a n g s i has
been taken b y th e South, and lawlessness
abounds. There is a strong anti-foreign,
and anti-Christian spirit, and w e do not
know how it w ill end.
T his w ill be a sad Christm as for m any
a Chinese C hristian’s home in th e dis­
tu rb ed districts.
N ew Conditions, but the Old Gospel.
Extracts from a Circular Letter from Chenghsien, in
By A. KEITH MACPHERSON.
L L classes are com plaining of th e high cost of living.
Rice— the staple— is double th e price it w as ten years
ago. Firewood— there is no coal in these p a rts— has
increased in price 300 per cent, during th e tw en ty-tw o years I
h ave been in China. E v e ry th in g else has risen, or is rising, in
proportion.
T h is m akes necessary a readjustm en t of the
salaries of our p aid Chinese workers, who are all p a rtly
supported b y th e local Churcji. W e are about to appoint a
sm all com m ittee to go into this m atter and decide w h at
increase is really needed.
Our colleague— M r. W . A . Anderson— during a v isit to Chefoo
in th e summer, decided th a t it w as no longer ' good th a t the
m an should be alon e,’ so he in vited one of the lad y workers
there— Miss E . C. Salisbury, a N ew Zealander, as he is— to
come and be ‘ a help m eet for h im .’ T h e y are to be m arried in
Shanghai on Decem ber 8. The house accom m odation in
Chenghsien being inadequate, th ey are to m ake their home in
Sinchang, though sharing in the w ork here. Sinchang is on ly
eight miles aw ay, and there is the convenience of a m otor ’bus
service betw een the cities several tim es a day.
Miss B rym er, along w ith our faith fu l Biblewom an, Mrs. M6,
is a t present a t th e M 6-K 6 out-station, visitin g am ongst the
wom en in the villages in th a t region, and teaching som e to
read.
The country round here is as peaceful as if there was no civil
w ar raging in the land, and w e are free to go out and come in
w ith o ut let or hindrance. I t m a y n ot alw ays be so. A n d as
yo u know from the new spaper reports, it has n ot been so during
recent m onths in m any p a rts of China. S everal of our
Ch
e k ia n g
.
m issionary fellow-w orkers h ave had to suffer tria l and loss.
Perhaps missionaries in China are more often criticized th an
Christian workers in an y other p a rt of th e world. W h a tever
w e do we cannot escape the lash of th e critic. If, on trou ble
appearing, th e m issionary leaves his station,— ' W h a t else
can yo u e xp ect from one w ho is ou t here to seek his own com ­
fo rt.' If, w hen trouble comes, he persists in rem aining in h is
station he is accused of givin g everyone no end of trou ble.
The words ' W oe unto yo u when all men shall speak w ell of y o u ! '
are com forting.
W ith o u t passing judgm ent on the p olitical issues in vo lved
in the present struggle, though we th in k our own thoughts,
we m issionary residents m ust be prepared to ad ap t ourselves
to new conditions which m ay prove to be far more irksom e
th an those w e h ave been accustom ed to. B u t even amid new
conditions it w ill still be the old Gospel th at w ill prove to be ' th e
pow er of G o d unto sa lv atio n .’ W e know hum an nature too
w ell n ot to be convinced th a t neither is W estern civilization
anything, nor R ep ublican governm ent, w hether th e Pekinese
v a rie ty or th e Cantonese v ariety, ‘ b u t a new creature.’ W e
see the patient, industrious masses here helpless in the han ds
of schem ing politicians and heartless m ilitarists, O nly th e
Gospel of J e s u s C h r i s t , proclaim ed in the pow er of the S p irit
of G o d , w ill save the situation. N othing else can solve
C hina’s p olitical problem, w hich has already become a
nightm are to international statesm en.
N othing else w ill
solve her industrial, financial, social and m oral problems.
Therefore p ra y for all who, while the door is open, are seeking,
to m ake C h r i s t known in th is land.
A
A Chinese Letter from Taikang, in Honan.
T h e following is a tr a n s la tio n , by Mr. H. T. Ford, of a C h in ese le tte r re c eiv ed by him from T aikang, H onan. It is th e s ec o n d s u ch
l e tte r fro m t h a t c e n tre . T h e f ir s t w as p u b lish ed In th e N o v em ber issu e of ‘ C h in a ’s M illions,’ an d gave an a c c o u n t of th e pillaging by
b a n d its of T aik an g city , th e su fferin g s of th e people, an d th e c a p tu r e of tw e n ty -six C h ris tia n s and m e m b e rs of th e ir fam ilies, all of
w hom , how ever, w ith th e e x c e p tio n of 6ix w ere s u b se q u e n tly re le a se d . It w ould a p p e a r from th is le tte r t h a t of th e s e six, fo u r a re
still In c a p tiv ity . Shall we n o t c o n tin u e t o p ra y fo r th e s e s u ffe re rs fo r C h ris t’s sak e, t h a t th e y m ay be s u s ta in e d and deliv ered , and
t h a t th e w ork of th e G ospel a t th is , an d all o th e r d is tu rb e d a r e a s in C hina m ay be m a in ta in e d and p ro s p e re d in s p ite of a d v e rse
c irc u m s ta n c e s .
the country. There were no baptism s owing to the in ab ility o f
m any to atten d worship during the p a st m onths.
I t w as decided th a t the T en t could not be used, b u t the T en t
man was deputed to v isit th e cou ntry Christians.
Pastor L i is w eak in bod}', bu t goes every d a y to the Iam en
(Town H all), preaching to those who come from th e country top a y their taxes.
T he present outlook is as bad as it can be. A lth ou gh taxes,
h ave been paid three years in advan ce th ey are still being
demanded.
Deaconess K o h died in the hands of the bandits 30 miles,
aw ay. H er son had her carried b a ck in a coffin and buried in
the fam ily graveyard . H er grandson, An-loh, and three others,
including our school teacher, are n ot y e t o u t of the b a n d its’
hands.
The T hu rsd ay evening B o y s’ M eetings are still held, bu t th e
attendance is n o t large.
A ll th e brethren and sisters are p e a c e fu l; th ey wish to thankyo u for you r letters and p ra y th a t yo u and all yo u r fam ily m a y
receive grace and help and be k ep t in peace.
A S T O R and Mrs. F O R D . Greeting.
I have received tw o letters from you during the
9th moon, and know th a t you r love, p ity and sym p ath y
are more th an words can express. A t the tim e you r letters
were read there w as not one whose heart was not m oved to
tears. W e had n ot thought th a t on earth we should again
have listened to yo u r words of com fort and grace. B u t for
you r prayers, as w ell as m an y of you r friends, how could the
L o r d ’s grace h a v e been th us bestow ed ? I ou gh t to h ave
replied earlier, b u t m y heart w as so troubled th at, every tim e
I to ok up m y pen, I could n ot control it or m y tears to write
even one sentence. Please excuse this delay and p ra y th at
the teaching from all this calam ity m ay n o t be in vain.
Our A utum n Conference w as fixed for N ovem ber 22-24. T he
three d ays' m eetings w ere peaceful and th e w eather fine and
warm . P astor Jo yce preached to a fu ll chapel, w ith no em pty
space even on the form s placed outside. O ver 500 received the
refreshing of th e H o ly Spirit. T he L o r d prepared beyon d our
thoughts. Only- one hanging lam p is le ft in the chapel, so we
had to use four sm all lanterns. N o t m any sisters came from
M a r c h , 1927.
46
Editorial Notes.
T
our present force we think about a million Gospel
tracts may be broadcasted this year over an area of
nearly two thousand square miles, each man distributingan average of five hundred a day in addition to preaching
and the sale of Scripture portions, and our instructionsto the men for this year’s work are following that
plan. . . . Tracts can be printed on presses here in
Yangchow, and 300,000 folders and sheets are now in
hand or on order.’ Let us pray for this special effort.
Let us pray, too, for Mr. Gibb, the DeputyDirector in China, and his colleagues in Shanghai,
who must be almost overwhelmed with correspondence
They will need much wisdom in making decisions with
regard to the movements of missionaries. Already
Mr. Gibb has, of course, given permission to all thosein disturbed areas to do as they feel right in the matter
of leaving their stations.
It is a consolatory thought that whereas it is true
that in China in these days, ‘ the floods lift up their
waves,' it is also true that ‘ The L o r d on high is mightier
than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty
waves of the sea.'
HE SITUATION IN C H IN A — The rapidity of
the changes in the political situation in China
makes it impossible to write with any certainty
of what is happening there. Until a day or two ago
it appeared as though some agreement had been reached
regarding the difficult matter of the Hankow Concession,
but once more the kaleidoscope has turned, and a new
and less promising situation has developed. At the
time of writing negotiations between Mr. O'Malley, the
British Representative at Hankow, and Mr. Eugene
Chen, are again at a standstill. However, it must
not be forgotten that what has happened is, to quote
a Times leader : ‘ after all only an incident in the
slow and painful development of an extremely difficult
problem.' We are reminded by this new turn of
affairs of the necessity still to pray, and to pray earnestly,
for those who are responsible for the negotiations, that
they may be given wisdom and patience at this critical
juncture. Nor should we neglect to pra3r for all those
who write and speak about the Chinese situation that
they may not, even unwittingly, hinder the peaceful
development of events.
Particularly should we remember before G o d the
Christian Church in China. It is conceivable that
influences might be brought to bear upon her to tempt
her into political entanglements which might prove
seriously harmful to her spiritual well-being. Let us
pray that her loyalty to J e s u s C h r i s t , and the work
of His Kingdom, may not only be maintained, but
actually deepened and strengthened by the testing
experiences through which she is passing.
The Day of Intercession. — The Day of Inter­
cession for China, arranged by the Mission and held
in St. Paul’s Church, Portman Square, on Wednesday,
February 2— Chinese New Year’s Day— was an occasion
of much blessing. Three gatherings were held, morning
11 to 12.30 ; afternoon 3 to 4.30 ; and evening 6 to7.30. The Rev. W. H. Aldis presided at each session.
The attendances were good throughout the day,
probably the largest number being present in the
afternoon.
The order of proceedings at each gathering included
the reading of Scripture, a brief message on the situation
in China, a period of guided intercession, when specific
subjects for Thanksgiving, Confession and Prayer were
suggested by Mr. Aldis, and remembered silently before
the L o r d ; and periods for open prayer.
A t the evening session the statement regarding the
Chinese situation was trade by Professor Yui, and therewere about twelve members of the Chinese Christian
Students’ Union present. A few sentences from a letter
since received from the Honorary Secretary of
this Students’ Union, may be quoted. Mr. Chan writes
‘ I would just like to thank you, and the China Inland
Mission,on behalf of our Union, for so kindly allowing
us to join you in prayer yesterday, and for giving us this
opportunity of united worship in the face of a very
difficult situation. There is only one thing I regret,
and that is that there were not many more of us present,,
and also that we had to run away so quickly after the
service, as we had another appointment at 8 p.m.
‘ We are exceedingly thankful that your Mission has
taken such a big step in having a Day of Intercession. .
' We must continue to pray more than ever for the
present crisis, not only that G o d would guide the minds
of our people, but that He would guide those in authority
in this country that they may act with the sole aim of
the furtherance of His Kingdom. . . .’
The meetings were very representative. Amongst
the Societies represented were the Church Missionary
Regarding our own work and workers in China, we
learn from Shanghai of the unhindered continuance of
the work in wide areas of our extensive field. The
Rev. William Taylor, one of our provincial super­
intendents. writing on January 3, says : ‘ It is cause
for praise that our work is going on, about normally,
in some three-quarters of our stations.’
This is encouraging, albeit some qualification of the
statement is necessary, inasmuch as news received
more recently from Shanghai by cable, mentions the
evacuation of the Kwangsin River stations, and of
Loping and Jaochow, in the province of K i a n g s i , and
of the stations in W e s t S z e c h w a n .
With regard to the evacuated stations, let us pray
that valuable Mission property which has been temporarily vacated may not suffer any damage at the
hands of lawless men, but be preserved intact for the
work.
Needless to say, the Chinese Christians in these
vacated centres ought to have a special place in our
prayers.
It is interesting to learn from the Rev. A. R. Saunders,
of Yangchow, in a letter dated January 14 from that
centre, that he and his wife have decided to postpone
their furlough, to England, in order that they may
make the most of the present exceptional opportunity
to broadcast Christian literature. ' I have,’ he writes,
‘ caught the vision of a much more widespread work in
a shorter time than ever before, and this is in keeping
with the rapidity of events in these last days. . . . With
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D o n a tio n s r ec eiv e d in L on d on d u rin g J a n u a r y , 1927 — C o n tin u e d .
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Society, Wesleyan Missionary Society, Baptist Mis­
sionary Society, Church of England Zenana Missionary
Society, Regions Beyond Missionary Union, English
Presbyterian Missionary Society and others.
There was a wonderful spirit of prayer at all the
sessions, and many who were present had travelled
quite a distance to be with us. We also received a
number of letters from friends in various parts of the
country expressing their regret that they could not be
present, but assuring us that they would be praying
for China, especially on this day.
In many of the centres in England where there are
C.I.M. prayer circles, gatherings for prayer were held
simultaneously with those in London, and there were
meetings also in Scotland.
Mr. D. E. H oste. — Early in March Mr. Hoste,
accompanied by Mr. J. B. Martin, expects to visit the
Associate Mission Centres in Switzerland, Germany
and Finland, and they will value prayer for the blessing
of G o d to accompany them on each stage of their
important itinerary. This is as follows: March u ,
depart; March 12 to 16, they hope to be in St. Chrischona bei B asel; March 16 to 19, in Gumligen, near
Berne ; March 19 to 23, in Liebenzell; March 23 to 25,
in Marburg; March 25 to 29, in Barm en; March 30
to April 4, in Miechowitz ; April 5 to 6, in Rostock ;
April 8 to 11, in Finland, returning to London on
April 13.
‘China’s M illio n s’ Annual Volume.— Copies of
the Annual Volume of C h i n a 's M i l l i o n s for 1926 are
still obtainable from the Offices of the Mission at the
price of 3s. 6d. post free. The book is tastefulh* bound
and copiously illustrated with about one hundred and
sixty pictures, in which are included illustrations of
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Your attention is called to the inset which gives
particulars of our Conference to be held
From A p ril 19 to 25 , 1927 ,
and to which is attached a Registration Form.
Friends are booking up freely now and it is advisable
that all hoping to come should register as soon as
possible.
REDUCED RAILWAY FARES.
T he R a ilw a y Companies of G reat B ritain have gran ted us the
concession of return tickets from an y station to B u tterley (for
Swanwick) a t the price of a single fare and one-third, available
for any date between A p ril 18 and 26, 1927. Vouchers to obtain
th is special concession w ill be issued to all registered m embers
I of the Conference.
F o r f u l l p a r tic u la r s ^ a p p lic a tio n s h o u ld be m a d e to —
The Conference Secretary,
China Inland Mission,
Newington Green,
London, N . 16.
P ric e
6 s. N et.
B y M A R S F A L L B R O O M H A L L , M .A .
‘ C h i n a 's M i l l i o n s / p o s t f r e e 2s . 6 d . p e r a n n u m f r o m t h e C h i n a I n l a n d M i s s i o n , N e w i n g t o n G r e e n , L o n d o n , N . 16.
A n y C .I .M . P u b l i c a t i o n c a n b e o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e R e l i g i o u s T r a c t S o c i e t y , o r f r o m a n y B o o k s e l l e r .
M a r c h , 1927.
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9
c Total for January ... 7,173 7 in
SWANWICK CONFERENCE.
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A c. d
...5,925 12 1
1i 9.Î7 IS 9
W . W . CASSELS, First Bishop in Western China.
W ith Portraits, Illustrations, and M aps.
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SUMMARY.
Chinese people, Chinese street life, Chinese travel, etc.,
etc. The volume makes a most useful handbook for
speakers on missionary work in China, as it contains
facts and figures and stories, which will materially
help to make any missionary address on China most
interesting and informing. An exhaustive index has
been added, so that no difficulty need be felt by any
reader in finding what he wishes to know.
P u b lis h e d .
d.
Vol. LIII.
No. 4.
APRIL, 1927.
T w opence.
An Ambassador in Bonds
J M Y
M I S S I O N S ^ -------
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C H IN A
Telegrams—L ammermuir, K inland-L ondon.
IN L A N D
MISSION.
NEWINGTON GREEN, LONDON,N.16.
Founder : T h e L a t e J . H u d s o n T a y l o r , m . r .c . s .
Home D i r e c t o r ................
Deputy Home Director ...
Telephone—3060-3061-6678 Clissold.
General Director :
D . E . H o ste .
R e v . J. S t u a r t H o l d e n , M .A ., D .D .
R e v . J . RUSSELL H o w d e n , B .D .
Treasurer : A l b e r t A . H e a d .
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Secretary for Edinburgh and D istrict : G . G ra h a m B r o w n , 19, M ayfield Gardens, E din b u rgh .
Secretary Women-Candidates Department : MlSS G. ELTHAM, 50, A berdeen Park, H ighbury, London, N .5 .
C o-E d itor: R e v . T . W . G o o d a l l .
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Accountant : W . S. H ayE S .
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Telephone : W est 800.
A ll donations should be addressed to th e Secretary, C h i n a I n l a n d M issfO N , N ew ington Green, London, N .16 .
(payable a t G .P .O .) and Cheques, which should be crossed, p a ya b le to th e C h i n a I n l a n d M i s s i o n .
Bankers :
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FEBRUARY,
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T H IS M A P W I L L S H O W T O R E A D E R S
TH E
R E L A T IV E
P O S IT IO N S O F T U B
P R O V IN C E S
AND
O U T L Y IN G
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P E N D E N C I E S O F C H IN A , T O G E T H E R
W IT H T H K IR P O P U L A T IO N , IN R O U N D
M IL L IO N S .
RMOSA
‘ An Ambassador in Bonds/
‘ Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the S pirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance
and supplication fo r all saints ;
‘ A n d fo r me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the
mystery o f the Gospel ;
‘ F or which I am an ambassador in bonds : that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.’
— Ephesians vi. 18-20.
' F or loves sake, I rather beseech, being such an one as P a u l the aged (.Ambassador, R .V . margin) and now a
prisoner also o f C h r i s t J e s u s ; I beseech thee for my child whom I have begotten in my bonds.’ — Philemon 9 .
A N Ambassador in bonds ! The phrase is arresting,
Z-V for it is almost a contradiction of terms. An
ambassador is a privileged person, being, like
his Sovereign, exempt from taxation, and allowed to
fly his country’s flag even in an alien land. For any
country to put an ambassador in chains would be to
place itself outside the circle of civilised nations.
Though such occurrences are not unknown to history,
they belong to the dark ages.
nor could Daniel own his G o d without disobeying the
king’s command. Even C h r i s t was misunderstood,
misrepresented and misinterpreted, while His enemies
sought occasion against Him by making Him appear
to be speaking against Cæsar. And many a martyr
has suffered bonds and even death under cover of some
political offence, whereas the real cause has been the
Gospel. The Huguenots in France, the Covenanters in
vScotland, and the Pilgrim Fathers in England are but
illustrations of this truth. In our complex world
I.
religion has seldom been allowed to stand alone, but
Had G o d so willed, it would have been possible that
the followers of C h r i s t have found themselves frequently
the Gospel should have been preached by free and
in bondage by reason of some political or national
unfettered agents. On the day of C h r i s t ’s birth, for
difficulty. All life, religious life included, is set in a
instance, an angel proclaimed the good tidings of great
framework of political, intellectual and economic con­
joy which were for all people. This is, however, the
ditions from which it cannot be wholly disentangled.
only recorded instance in which the glad Evangel has
The bonds may be, as with St. Paul, a Roman chain,
been so proclaimed. C h r i s t neither claimed for Him­
or as with the Apostle John, the isle called Patmos,
self nor for His disciples exemption from bonds or
or, to come right down to modern times, with many of
imprisonment. The Gospel was to win its way despite
the missionary community to-day, certain prohibitions
all the handicaps and limitations a hostile world could
against the teaching of religion in schools or even
impose, and the Apostle’s words, ‘ an ambassador
the limits of the Shanghai International Settlement.
in bonds/ arresting as they are, describe what, in
II.
varying degree, has been experienced all down the
To-day in China the messenger of the Gospel is
ages.
Though in our favoured land the preaching, of the finding himself in the bonds of political and international
Gospel may appear a straight and simple issue, it has complications, and much as he may desire to preach
not always been so either here or abroad. The cross the Gospel only, he cannot escape the limitations which
currents of life are so many and complex that the Gospel come through these cross currents of life. This, how­
messenger has frequently found his work complicated ever, is no new thing, though it may assume some new
by political misunderstandings, so that prison and other development or new phase. William Carey carried
penalties have attended his task. Kings and Governors through his work in bondage for many years. He was
have sought to place bonds upon him, so that obedience forbidden by the East India Company to sail in a
to G o d and obedience to Caesar have not infrequently British ship, and through the hostility of the same
been in conflict. Jeremiah could not discharge his Company was almost a political prisoner in Serampur
mission without the appearance of being unpatriotic, under the Danish Governor.
A p r i l , 1927.
51
The same was true of Robert Morrison, who, b y the
same Company, was forbidden to proceed to China,
and through the whole of his life was a prisoner in the
Canton factories, only accomplishing his great work
by becoming a servant of the hostile Company, so that
he might give his spare time to what was really his
maiii task:
The bonds of Ch r i s t ’s ambassadors are many and
varied. As already suggested above, they may be
political, yet they may even be linguistic and national.
Many a missionary has found himself in bonds
by reason of a strange and unfamiliar tongue, until
years of labour have given him liberty, and many
another has found himself in bonds through physical
limitations, climatic trials and sickness, while to-day
in China national and international differences, real or
assumed, are being made the occasion for placing bonds
and fetters upon the messengers of the Gospel.
III.
But Paul's experience and the experience of others
must be our consolation at such a time as this. His
epistles are to us one outstanding proof of how rich in
fruit such bondage can be, while Onesimus was also a
noteworthy instance of a man in Ch r i s t begotten in
his bonds. Further, he tells us that ‘ most of the
brethren in the L ord, being confident through my
bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the Word of
G o d without fear.’ And John in Patmos is anothe:
illustration, for his island home could not shut ou1
the vision of G o d . And so was Bunyan, who in hi;
Bedford gaol could dream his immortal dreams anc
enrich the world thereby.
IV.
What enrichment is to come to China through presem
limitations we know not. Time alone can prove this
but we may be convinced that if the present crisis is
rightly faced, G o d will make it fall out for the further
ance of the Gospel, and the stormy winds of to-day wil
still fulfil His will. There is one thing that is plainly ou:
duty,* and that is to take to heart the words of th<
Apostle Paul written during his captivity in prison
viz., to pray always with all prayer and supplication
that utterance may be given to G o d ’s servants that thej
may be able to open their mouths boldly and mak<
known the mystery of the Gospel. This is perhaps
at the present moment, all that some can do. We ar<
seeing a new thing to-day in China, and back of al
the economic and political complications there is un
questionably a great and serious spiritual conflici
which challenges the prayer and faith of G o d ’s people
Let us therefore take to heart the cry of the Apostl«
from his Roman prison, and pray and watch with al
perseverance, that utterance may be given to G o d ’s
servants in China to-day to make known the mystery o:
the Gospel.
M. B.
A Glimpse at the Situation in Hankow.
T h e follow ing p e rs o n a l le tte r , slig h tly a b b re v ia te d , fro m Mr. O w en W arre n , w ho is in c h a rg e o f th e C.i.M. B u sin e ss C e n tre a t Hankow,
p ro v id e s a g lim p se In to th e difficu lt s itu a tio n a t t h a t riv e r p o rt. Mr. W arre n s e n t his wife an d fam ily to th e c o a s t, w hile he r e ­
m a in s b eh in d , w ith Mr. L. C. W ood, t o c a r ry on a s b e s t th e y c a n t h e im p o r ta n t r o u tin e w ork of t h e s ta tio n . L e t u s p ra y fo r th e m .
SI/E P T last n igh t w ith our office
ledger and deed b o x in a h a versa cl
a t m y bed-side. W e h a d learnt ii
th e m orning th a t negotiations had broket
down.
D uring th e tw o previou s d a y s ne^
' a n ti ’ posters w ere being plastered ovei
our B ritish Concession buildings, the
W a r M em orial included. O n ly th ose whc
h a v e seen these ragged b its of paper
stu ck on, as th e y are, a n y old w a y, ca t
realise w h a t an eyesore th e y are, quite
a p art from th e unpleasantness of the
wording. N o discrim ination is shown in
p lacin g them .
These posters h a v e called fo r fresb
dem onstrations for to -d ay, F eb ru ary 3.
A ll sorts of H y d e P a rk m eetings were tc
h ave ta k e n place, and th è populace were
to be rem inded of a ll our supposed evil
deeds, and w ere to be urged to cast us out.
I aw oke th is m orning to th e wonderfully
pleasan t sound of fallin g rain 1 I believe
th is rain w ill continue and p re v en t demon­
strations.
Praise G o d from w hom all
blessings flow ! I th in k th a t even th e Press
telegram s w ill h a v e to ld y o u h ow th a t th e
rain came in th e m iddle o f those horrid
dem onstrations on Ja n u a ry 5 a n d drove
I
P h o lo by]
T h e H ongkong a n d S h a n g h a i B ank in t h e B ritish C o n ce ssto n a t Hankow.
T h e b u rd e n b e a r e r s a r e c o o lie s c a rry in g c o tto n .
A p r i l . 10 2 7 .
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th e Chinese hom e. T h e B ritish adm iral
telephoned up, u rging us to ta k e ad­
van tage of th e rain and g e t th e wom en
and children aboard. W e did th is w ithin
h alf a n hour, fo r th e children h a d been
th orou ghly scared when, during a ll th e
shouting and th e banging on our gate,
one evil-looking hooligan h a d begun to
clim b over. I did n ’t feel a t a ll com fortable
m yself. A n d th a t is how I said ' good­
b y e ' to m y dear ones a m onth ago.
T he im possible conditions to w h ich I
refer are n o t so m uch due to th e fear of
riots or anti-foreign risings, as to th e
com m unist idea w h ich h as taken such a
hold of the v a s t coolie and labouring
class, and w h ich fo r th e tim e being is
m akin g it im practicable to carry on.
O n ly th e other n igh t tw o of our workers
arrived a t th e railw ay station . A fte r an
h o u r’s hold up and m uch patience and
tact, th e coolies agreed to reduce th eir de­
m and from th e equ ivalen t of 42s. to 22s.
ju s t for bringing th e baggage to our place.
A reasonable rate w ould h a v e been'2s.
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The Power of the Gospel.
By C. H. STEVENS.
U R IN G the Chinese R evolution our
Fengsiang Mission premises were
not on ly looted, b u t to a large
exten t b u rn t to th e ground. On re­
turning from furlough soon after, th e
Sunday Services were recom m enced in
one of th e sm aller room s still standing.
The Church building had entirely dis­
appeared. A wom an who w as a stranger
commenced to atten d the services a t th at
D
R id ic u lo u s D e m a n d .
T w o friends of ours attem p ted to cross
th e foreshore, each w ith his own suitcase.
T heir car w as aw aitin g them a t the p a ve ­
m ent. T h e y w ere held up b y a gang of
hooligans w ho refused to le t them carry
th eir own suitcases unless th eir dem and for
£6 w as handed over in cash.
A s th e y
had n ot th a t am ount w ith tTipm th e y were
held up for tw o whole hours.
T he
Chinese police, soldiers
and p ickets
th orou gh ly en jo y seeing th e foreigner
held up in th is w a y . T hose friends were
Am ericans.
T he Chinese cannot dis­
tinguish betw een us, so th e Am ericans
come in fo r qu ite as rough a tim e as
w e do. I don’t th in k it w ould m ake
a n y difference if th e y could distinguish.
Swedes and N orwegians are being treated
in ju s t th e sam e w a y . A m issionary lad y
w ith tw o children had to p a y £5 4s.
before some hooligans w ould allow other
coolies to transfer her thirteen pieces of
baggage from a sm all b o at to th e steam er.
T he B ishop of H ankow w en t on board to
see a M en d . Com ing b a ck those in charge
of th e sm all b o at dem anded an impossible
sum. T h e B ishop gave all he h ad w ith
him, b u t as th e y were n ot satisfied th ey
to ok his h a t in addition. T h a t so rt of
th in g has been happening every d a y this
p a st m onth.
Y e sterd a y th e A dm iral sent a message
th a t th ose liv in g m ore th an 400 yards
from th e w a te r’s edge should come on
bo ard . for th e n igh t and s ta y through
to -d ay . T hanks to th is w onderful rain I
hope to be able to g e t on w ith m y m on thly
accounts w ith o u t interruption. B u t it is
n ot easy to do routine w o rk these days.
A p r i l , 1927.
Ph o to by]
MRS. SUNG
[C. H . Stevens.
AND MRS.
CHAO.
tim e. She seemed p articu larly lonely
and sad. M y wife visite d her and found
her living in a m iserable cave. She w as
in trouble and sore a t heart. Owing to
excessive ra in s, p a rt o f the cave had
fallen in and one of her tw o children had
been killed. She and her husband being
n atives of S z e c h w a n , were m ore or less
ostracised b y th e lo cal people. The Gospel
story and th e sy m p ath y of th e m issionary
won her heart and she continued to attend
th e services to hear m ore of th e T ruth.
H er sto rg w as a sad one. B o m in to a
good fam ily , her fath er being a coach for
students entering fo r exam inations a t
Cheng-tu, th e p ro vin cial
c a p ita l
of
S z e c h w a n , her p arents died w h ile she
w as youn g.
R e la tive s sold her in to a
supposedly good fam ily, b u t alas ! on ly to
be treated as a slave girl. She happened
to m ention her circum stances to a M r.
Sung, w ho w as a caller a t th e house.
T he result w as th e y e ve n tu a lly eloped
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and m ade th eir w ay tow ard the S h e n s i
border. On the w ay she appears to have
seen Mrs. W . T aylo r, w ith tw o of her bo y s,
the kin d ly countenance and the pleasing
little lads creating an impression which
was revived b y the v isit of the m issionary
to her m iserable home and prepared the
w a y for th e heart to be opened for the
entrance of th e M aster H im self.
H er husband w as a sdssor-grinder and
um brella mender, and her acquaintance
w ith the anatom y of um brellas led us to
call her ‘ Mrs. G am p.’ T h ey were in poor
circumstances, for although the husband
earned so little a t his profession, he
appropriated sufficient each d a y to satisfy
his opium craving, being a slave to th at
habit. The gospel of the Grace of G o d ,
of the Saviour who died for her, found a
response in th e heart of th is poor woman.
She w as afterw ards baptized and re­
ceived into Church fellowship, becoming
an ou t and out Christian, growing in grace
and increasing in spiritual experience.
Since she becam e a Christian th eir cir­
cumstances h ave considerably im proved,
b u t she loves to te ll of the w onderful love
of the L o r d J e s u s in dyin g for sinners
and saving such as she Was, and of His
loving kindness to her in her low estate.
H er testim ony m ay w ell be expressed
in the words :—
' I came to JESU S as I was, w eary and
worn and sad ;
I found in H im a resting place and He
has m ade me g la d .’
She is a splendid personal worker,
persistently follow ing up individuals in
th e c ity and in th e country. She watches
fo r souls, w orks for them , weeps for them
and earnestly p rays for them and has
won not a few. On one occasion a woman
who was a B uddhist vegetarian h ad been
seriously impressed w ith the Gospel
message and responded to an in vitation
to come and spend a few days w ith us
and learn more. One d a y she came to
the point of breaking her vegetarian vow
b y partaking of a little m eat a t their
m eal together.
Mrs. Sung, afraid th at
th e b a ttle m ight be too strong for the
Woman and th e d evil gain an advantage,
qu ietly p u t down her own basin and
chopsticks, and departing, w en t into
another room to plead earnestly in p rayer
for th is soul. On returning she found the
b a ttle had been won. Of her own accord
th e woman h ad broken w ith Buddhism.
Mrs. Sung w as fu ll of jo y . T h a t other
woman, Mrs. Chao, is now also endeavour­
in g to win others to th e Saviour.
M iracles of Grace
By MISS B. WEBSTER.
E S P I T E ‘ A ll th a t th e enem y hath
done w ick ed ly in th e sa n ctu a ry ,'
i t is our blessed privilege to
record w h a t G o d h a th
w ro u gh t in
pulling down a stronghold o f S atan in th e
heart and life of a blin d you n g w om an,
aged nineteen— a fortun e te lle r w h o w a s
w id ely know n in th e c ity . O ur special
m eetings b egan la te in M arch and lasted
into first w e e k in A p ril. P a sto r Li, of
Chihchow F u led th e m eetings, and he
spoke through ou t in th e P o w er of th e
H o ly Spirit. M an y were helped, b u t it
is of th e b lin d you n g w om an I w ould
sp ecially w rite.
A s one w atched, it w as easy to see a
grow ing in terest and intelligence in h er
sightless face. She w as v e r y m an ifestly
arrested b y w h a t she heard. A t la st one
d a y P astor L i spoke on A c ts x ix . 13-20,
and a fter tellin g th e in ciden t o f those
‘ Who used curious arts, w ho brou gh t
th eir books to geth er and burned th em ,'
he w ent on m ercilessly to expose a ll th e
arts and devices b y w h ich th e d ev il
enthralls his v ictim s and blin d s the eyes
o f those w ho b elieve and p ra ctise them .
T hen he to ld of H im W h o cam e ‘ to
destroy the w orks o f the devil.'
D
her w a y abou t our com pound as though
used to it a ll h er life. She h as a wonderful
m em ory, a n d from th e v e r y beginning of
h er new life in C h r i s t she desired to learn
hym ns, and a ll w h o cou ld g la d ly helped
her on every possible occasion, till now
she kn ow s upw ards of fifty , besides
p ortions of th e Scripture,- and is b u sy
also o n an outline o f C hristian teaching.
H er progress sham es m an y w ith a ll their
senses w h o h a v e been in th e C hurch for
m ore y ears th an sh e h as been m onths.
M R. KENG.
T H E B L JN D S E E .
T h e scales fell from th e inner eyes of
th e blin d girl. A t th e close of th e m eeting
she turned to th e B iblew om an, s a y in g :
‘ I know now w h a t a sinner I h a v e been.
I m u st n ever do th a t a gain .' In sim ple
fa ith she accepted H im W ho is able to
sa v e from th e g u ilt and pow er of sin—
and her life ever since h as witnessed, to
H is p ow er to do so.
H a p p ily she .w a s n o t w h o lly dependent
on her fortun e tellin g, th ou gh it w as feared
her stepm other m ight cause trouble, b u t
instead she com es frequen tly w ith her step ­
daughter, w hose longing desire fo r h er is
th a t she too m a y b e saved . A s to th e
grow th in grace o f th e b lin d girl, w ords
fa il to express w h a t i t h a s m ean t to us,
a s w e h a v e w a tch ed H is tran sform in g
pow er w orkin g itse lf o u t in her life.
In her fortun e tellin g d a y s a sm all child
led her about, b u t w ith in a few days a fte r
she h a d passed from death unto life, she
decided th a t she no longer required th a t
‘ arm o f flesh ’ to gu ide her. Since she
now h a d th e H o ly Sp irit, she no longer
feared to be alone. T h u s she believed
w ith th e sim p licity o f a little child, and
H e has honoured h er faith .
A s often as n ot she comes and goes
w ith o u t hum an com panionship, and finds
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1927.
th e Gospel, a n d w e were again assured
th a t ‘ T h e W ord of G o b is n ot bound.'
H e can override a ll obstacles either in
or o u t of th e Church. W e h ave been
com forted, too, b y th e reflection th a t
C h r i s t H im self recognised different ty p e s
of hearers and believers, and these ty p e s
h a v e persisted a ll dow n th e centuries, and
w ere in eviden ce again am ong those w ho
confessed H is N am e here b y bap tism on
E a ste r S atu rd ay a t th e close o f M r. L i ’s
m eetings. N in e w ere th en ‘ added to
th e C h u rch,1 and fo r a ll w e w ould ask
p ra yer th a t th e y m a y ' follow on to know
th e L o r d / a n d w itness as good a con­
fession for H im as, b y th e grace of G o d ,
Mr. K en g, one of th eir num ber, has been
enabled to do.
T h is is t h e blind girl r e f e r r e d t o by
M iss W e b s te r.
She uses her grow in g know ledge m ost
in telligen tly, w ill g iv e o u t a h y m n b y
number, a t C .E . m eetings, and alw ays
chooses one m ost app ropriate to the
su b ject o f th e lesson.
H er lip s have been opened in p rayer,
and she pours o u t h er soul ±0 G o d th a t
those w ho h ea r th e G ospel m a y be
w illing to repen t and tu r n from S ata n
unto G o d . She is fon d of singing a n d is
alw ays presen t to h elp a t th e E v a n g elistic
m eetings, her fa v o u rite h ym n being
‘ R o ck of ages cleft fo r m e.' I t is an
inspiration to see how her face shines
w ith th e L ig h t th a t h a s transform ed h e r
life.
T h e L o r d g a v e u s to see th is m iracle
o f grace ju s t a t th e tim e w hen those
dlder m em bers w ere w a lk in g con trary, to
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C A R L Y in th e y e a r he had expressed th e
desire p u b licly to confess C h r i s t and
his case w as b rou gh t before th e C hurch.
W hen he first cam e, some am ong th em
had looked askance a t him . F o r one th in g
he w as n ot o f th eir class, and fo r another,
th e y are n ot inclined to believe th a t a n y
good th in g can come ou t of th e Yam eri.
H is quiet, consistent w alk, how ever, h a d
broken dow n a n y lingering prejud ice, and
i t w as u nanim ously decided th a t he be
accep ted fo r baptism .
A y e a r ago it w as w ith an unconfessed
m easure of trepid ation th a t I decided t o
share w ith y o u th e jo y th a t Mr. K e n g 's
conversion b rou gh t to us. I n common
w ith n ot a few others, th ere w as, in me,
a lurkin g fea r a s to th e wisdom o f m akin g
his case know n or th e in ad visab ility a t
le a st o f p ublishing his nam e, lest b y so
doing he m ight becom e a special ta rg et fo r
th e enem y. Since th en questionings h a v e
arisen in m y m in d as to th e source o f
such fear. I s i t a go d ly fear o r a device
o f th e enem y o f w h ich w e do w ell n ot to
be ign oran t ? I s it n ot a sim ilar fear th a t
h as led so often to secret discipleship ?
I t w orked in Mr. K e n g and brou gh t him to
u s first ‘ b y n ig h t.' I can find no S criptural
w arran t fo r spik in g th u s to w ard off
S atan ic a tta ck , eith er on oneself o r on
others.
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A s opposed to th e th eo ry “th at i t en­
dangers o u r con verts t o sp eak to o o pen ly
o f w h a t G o d h a th w rou gh t in them , I
w ould ven tu re to su ggest th a t i t is n ot
w h a t w e w rite b u t w h a t th e b eliever
a ctu a lly i s t h a t determ ines th e am ount o f
atten tion th e enem y w ill bestow upon him .
W ith regard to th e case o f M r. K e n g ,
from th e beginning of h is spiritu al life
he h a s been conscious of th e w iles and
d a rts o f th e enem y, and he has been
tem p ted again and again to f a ll from his
steadfastness.
Im m ediately a fte r his
bap tism h e w en t through a tim e of severe
testin g, because o f p h ysica l pain and
suffering.
T hen la ter circum stances in
th e Y a m en becam e w e ll nigh unbearable.
A n d w h a t o f us ? A m y W ilson C ar­
m ichael w rites : ‘ L e t a soul o r souls be
tr u ly b o m again and th en y o u w ill begin
to understand w h a t sp iritu al conflict
re a lly is.' Speaking personally, I cannot
recall a tim e so fu ll of sp iritu al conflict,
such groanings w h ich could n ot be
u ttered, n or such tr a v a il th a t C h r i s t
be really form ed in th a t redeemed soul.
B u t in sp ite of m y o rigin al fea r of
p u b licity , it never occurred to me to
th in k th a t these sp iritu al experiences
were a special a tta ck because I had
declared th e w o rk of th e L o r d . N or do
I th in k so now, b u t rath er it is w h a t is
t o be exp ected when souls tr u ly turn
■from Satan to G o d .
P u b lic ity or no
p u b licity , it is in evitable and there needs
n o surer proof th a t S a ta n ’s a u th o rity has
been questioned, and th a t his kingdom
h a s suffered loss.
B u t p u b licity means th e added prayer
o f a ll G o d ’ s p rayin g saints fo r these
escaped souls, and th e d evil fears th at,
and hence those counsels of prudence
to keep quiet lest th e d evil get to
know w hom w e are ta lk in g about, ju st
as th ou gh th e life itself w ould pass more
o r less unnoticed had we n ot specially
n oticed it.
PRAY ER AN SW ER ED .
A t th e end of th is first y e ar of Mr.
K e n g ’s C hristian life, for th e encourage­
m en t of a ll w ho h a v e prayed , in fellow ­
sh ip w ith H im who ‘ ever liv eth to m ake
intercession,’ and whose w a tc h fu l care
o v e r H is ow n m u st fa r exceed an y
vigilan ce o f ou r enem y, I w ould say
y o u r p rayers for him have n ot been in
v ain .
H e is w alk in g stead ily in th a t
L ig h t th a t so captured his h e a rt a y e a r
ago, and th is is m an ifest to a ll.
He
has been enabled b y G o d 'S grace to go
on faith fu lly a t h is p o s t in th e Y a m e n
in sp ite of its difficulties and la te r a
change of o fficial led to th e rem o va l of
som e of th e obstacles, and h e h as been
g iv e n a freer hand to introduce Christian
reform .
»One of our C hristians goes
W eekly to preach to th e prisoners w ith
help from him self, and in du strial w o rk
in a sm all w a y , to provid e w in ter cover­
ings for som e o f th e - prisoners was
in stitu ted .
M ore and m ore th e Scriptures are
bein g opened u p t o him . H e is, as
A p r i l , 1927.
prom ised, being led in to a ll tru th b y
th e H o ly S p irit. T h e m ore h e has grow n
in grace and in th e know ledge of our L o r d
and Saviou r J e s u s C h r i s t th e deeper
has becom e his person al sense of sin and
unworthiness. T he w ritin gs o f S t. Paul,
w ith th eir intensely practical applica-
T h e l a te s t p h o to of Mr. & M rs. Keng’s
sm all so n , w ho is a b e a u tifu l child In
e v e ry way. He will so o n be w alking a nd
ta lk in g .
tion of the deepest spiritu al teaching to
a ll hum an relationships, he h as fed upon
continuously, and w h at he emphasises
a t every tu rn is th e absolute need of a
change of heart and life.
T o him th e G ospel is n o cheap w a y of
g ettin g one's sins forgiven, and going to
heaven w hen y o u die ; no provision fo r
going on to sin th a t grace m ay abound ;
though a t one tim e h e feared th e grace
of G o d m ight lead to looseness of living,
b u t he sees it as th e divine w a y b y which
to die unto sin and liv e unto righteous­
ness, through th e Cross o f J e s u s C h r i s t ,
b y W hom cam e ‘ grace and tru th ,' not
to destroy b u t t o fulfil th e law , th a t
its righteousness m igh t be ‘ fulfilled in us
w h o w alk, .n o t a fter th e flesh b u t a fte r
th e Spirit:’ H e gives as an illustration
of how th e G ospel should w ork o u t in the
in dividu al life, C h r i s t ' s w ords to th e
w om an ta k e n in sin. ‘ N eith er do I con­
dem n th ee .’ T h a t w as H is grace. ‘ Go
and sin no m ore.’ T h a t w as H is truth.
I t w as S t. John ’s G ospel th a t first a t­
tra c te d him and constrained him to
confess ‘ T ru ly th is w a s th e Son of G o d , ’
and th e w onderful teaching of th a t
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Gospel perm eates a ll his thinking. A ye ar
ago he found n othing to sa tisfy him in
St. M atthew 's Gospel. A few days ago
he told me, w ith the added comment,
‘ N ow I find it fu ll of grace and tru th .'
Could one find a b e tter com m entary than
th is of th e Sermon on th e M ount, of
w hich he w as specially th in king a t th e
mom ent ? H e m arvelled th a t he now
saw so m uch th a t he had failed to see
a t first. * S t. M atth ew ’s Gospel,’ I replied,
‘ is the same. W herein lies th e change ? ’
‘ In m e,’ he p ro m p tly replied, ' th e H o ly
Spirit has opened m y eyes and every
d a y m y jo y increases.’ I could easily
m u ltip ly instances of how he is being
Spirit taught, b u t these w ill suffice to
afford to those who have p rayed, abund­
ant cause of praise to H im to W hom
the glory is due.
During th e summ er and after, w e had
the privilege of a three-m onths’ visit
from a devoted Christian Chinese lady,
Miss K ian g, whose livin g witness b y lip
and life w as blessed of G o d to n ot a few,
among them Mr. and Mrs. K en g. T h ey
spent hours in talkin g over the B ible and
in discussing its bearings upon Chinese
thought and customs.
A m ong other
things touched upon were th e woman
question, and the question of dress for
the Christian. On a future occasion I m ay
pass on more of the findings of these
talks. I w ill sim ply sa y now as regards
the form er th a t the saving factors in the
situation were the, to him, unforgettable
fa c t th at in the providence of G o d it was
a wom an w ho led him into th e ligh t and
th e equally incontestable fa c t of Mies
K ia n g ’s life and liberty in th e G o s p e l.
P lain ly m uch Chinese thinking about
wom en m ust be a t fau lt.
M RS. KEN G.
jV / fR S . K e n g is of an entirely different
character from her h u sb an d ; along
th a t line his Christian patience is being
developed and stren gth en ed ; b u t she is
growing in knowledge, if n ot so m anifestly
in grace, a n d w e believe a real hunger
a fter righteousness is being begotten in
her w hich w ill even tuate in as definite a
change as w e and he desire to see. The
delay in th e fu ll accom plishm ent of his
desire is n ot being w asted on her husband,
as he recognises w h a t he is learning while
he w a it s ; above all, th a t ' I t is n ot b y
m ight nor b y pow er b u t b y M y Spirit,
saith the L o r d .'
‘ T he livin g G o d still lives, and th e liv ­
in g W ord is a livin g word, and we m ay
depend upon i t ; we m a y han g upon a n y
w o rd th a t G o d ever spake, or ever caused
b y H is H o ly S pirit to be w ritten .’
— J . H u d so n T ayw jh .
Progress at Salowu.
MR. and MRS. LOWTHER.
H E b u sy m onths h a v e slipped b y
and our circular letters h a v e had,
u n fortun ately, to b e p u t asid e ;
b u t now th a t C hristm as has com e and
gone w e h a v e some tim e f o r correspond­
ence. Since la st w ritin g w e h a v e h a d th e
pleasure of p a yin g a v is it to a ll ou r outstations. W h ile w e h a v e seen m uch th a t
causes us to praise th e L o r d , on th e other
hand, w e realise th e enem y is doing his
best to h in d er th e w o rk in some places.
W e w o uld again a sk y o u r continuous and
earnest p ra y ers fo r th e w o rk in these
scattered ou t-station s. I n p a yin g these
v isits a t th is p a rticu la r tim e of th e .y ea r
w e w ere th u s enabled to b e presen t a t th e
H a rv e st F e stiv a ls h e ld a t th e different
ou t-statio n s.
I t w as a jo y t o see th e
people w illin g ly bringin g in th eir offerings
of grain , e tc ., w h ich go to th e support of
the E v a n g elist here a t Salow u (Y u n n a n
P rovin ce). T h e la st ou t-station on th e list
w a s visited th e w eek-end before Christm as,
then follow ed a v e r y b u sy w eek preparing
for our Christm as gatherings and com ­
bined H a rv est F e s tiv a l here.
O ur Church, w h ich is a large one,
seating 900 people, w a s n ice ly decorated
w ith evergreen s b y th e deacons.
On
C hristm as E v e th e y set up a fine tree,
w hich stood a b ou t 20 feet high. T his w e
ourselves h a d th e pleasure of decorating
w ith lanterns and som e 300 g ifts w h ich a
num ber o f y o u k in d friends so generously
supplied.
In spite of th e cold b lea k
w eather, several hundreds p acked in to
th e C hapel to see, as fa r as w e know , th e
first C hristm as tree in N osu-land.
We
T
gath ered for a short h a p p y service prior
to th e a rriv al of F a th e r Christm as, w ho
m ade m an y children h a p p y w ith th e gifts.
On Sun day w e h eld our u n ited H a rv est
F e stiv a l here. T h e d a y com m enced as
u su al w ith th e e a rly p ra y er m eeting,
w hich w as w ell atten ded. T his ended,
all w ere b u sy preparin g the m orning
m eal, a fter w h ich abou t 300 w om en
assem bled in th e Chapel fo r th eir meeting.
A t 12.30 p.m . w e com m enced th e b ig
service, w h ich w as n o t concluded until
4.30 p.m . Seatin g accom m odation w as
ta x e d to th e utm ost, for a t least 1,100
people w ere gath ered togeth er : in the
Church.
I t w as ciertainly an inspiring
sight to see such a crow d and to hear
th em u n ited ly singing th e praises of th e
L a m b . A t th e conclusion o f th is p a rt, of
th e service tw elv e p u b licly confessed th e
L o r d in baptism , a fte r w h ich a great
com pany sa t a t th e L o r d ’s T ab le to
rem em ber H is death till H e come. A fter
th e evening m eal w e again assem bled for
worship and w e know y o u w ill rejoice
w ith u s th a t in response to an appeal
made, fou r school b o y s and seven men
and w om en p u b licly to o k th eir stan d for
th e L o r d . H ere w e m ig h t m ention w h at
a fine sigh t it w as to h a v e some 200 of our
schoolboys seated w ith us in th e H ouse of
th e L o r d . T h e even ing service w as in
progress w hen su dd en ly an O fficial’s
servant entered th e C hurch and Walked
u p th e long aisle w ith a lo u d ly p ro testin g
rooster under his arm . H e ascended in to
th e p u lp it and there p resen ted th e bird,
W h ic h h ad to b e re ceiv ed w ith both
IT .
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A p r i l , 1927.
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H .
M .
L o w th e r .
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[X. H . M. L o w th e r,
A NO-SU YOUNG MAN AND HIS BRIDE.
hands and a bow m ade. N eedless to s a y
th e still loudly pro testin g rooster w a s
qu ickly handed o v e r to a se rva n t a n d
th e service continued.
M onday w as Schools D a y , w hen w e
a ll gathered a t th e Sports G round t o
w a tch th e seven schools com peting in
drill and athletics. On returning hom e w e
all parto ok of a Chinese fe a st w h ich h a d
been specially prepared.
Y ou m ay be
interested in th e m enu ; Chinese food is
rath er different to Nosu. Some of th e
dishes were : Preserved ginger, eggs, fish>
melon
seeds, crystallised m andarins,
melon, apples, cherries, several kin ds o f
Chinese sweets, fresh m andarins, su gar
cane. T hen follow ed salted fish, bam b oo
sprouts, sea slugs, shrimps, seaw eed,
octopus, pork, goat, bean curd, b e a n
m acaroni, rice, etc.
I n th e evening a
m eeting w as held a t w h ich th e re su lts
of th e recen t exam inations w ere an­
nounced. E ighteen of th e U pper and five
of th e L o w er School stud en ts passed th is
year. T h e form er w ill n o t be return in g
n ex t year. W ill y o u rem em ber th em a s
th e y liv e in th eir heath en hom es a n d
v illa g e s? W e h a d th ree Officials sta y in g
hare to a tte n d these special gatherings*
am ong th em th e Colonel Y a n g , w h om
m an y o f; y o u p ra y for. T h e people
seemed to en jo y th eir s ta y here and w e
tru st h a v e received some spiritu al help
and blessing to enable them to ‘ F ig h t th e
good fight of fa ith .’
Triumphing in Christ.
Circular Letter from MR. and MRS. BECKER, Yuanchow,
R E E T IN G S from inland China in
th e precious N am e o f J e su s.
' Praise th e Lord, O m y soul, and
all th a t is w ithin me, bless H is H o ly
N am e.’ ‘ H e causeth us to trium ph -in
G
C h r i s t .’
In on ly a few d ays th is y e a r full of
suffering, b u t also fu ll of blessing, w ill
h a v e been ended. W e h a v e seen th e
glory of G o d in a special w a y . I t gives
us m u ch jo y , beloved, to w rite o f th e
goodness of G o d and report th a t in the
la st few w eeks we h a v e been able to
bap tize 125 souls. Mr. Buss and I have
been a w a y for three w eeks, and w e visited
eight out-stations, and could bap tize
64 souls. W e enjoyed sw eet fellowship
w ith our dear Chinese brothers and sisters
a t e a c h place. T h e y are alw ays so glad
w hen w e come over to see th em and help
th em in th e W ord of G o d . T he tim e w as
o n ly too sh ort a t each p lace. In m an y
h earts the L o r d is w orking. Doors for
preach ing th e gospel are open everyw here.
People are h u n gry for G o d in th is district,
and m ay H e keep us ever fa ith fu l th at
w e m igh t h a v e th e p ow er to giv e them
th e B read of Life. T here is great need
fo r m ore soul sa vin g power.
in JE SU S. Praise th e L o r d w ho is able
to save th e hopeless ones.
O rp han B o y s a n d G ir ls.
A m ongst those bap tized were nineteen
orphan b o ys and girls. T he L o r d is
really w orkin g in m a n y hearts of these
children, and so fa r all those form erly
b ap tized h ave given us m uch jo y . W e
h ave now in our orphanage 210 b o ys and
A p r i l , 1927.
un an
.
and xhe drowning of tw enty-nine C hrist­
ians and inquirers who came to our
conference, w e have been able to baptize
176 souls this year. The old tim e religion
is here, and souls are seeking th e face of
the eternal Son of G o d . The power of
G o d cam e into th eir hearts and m ade
them new creatures in C h r i s t J e s u s ,
I t is no wonder th a t men and women, so
wondrously redeemed from the pow er of
sin and darkness, have a desire to pro­
claim the story of salvation. W e plead
w ith you to join w ith us in prevailin g
prayer for a great rev iva l and outpouring
of the Spirit in th e salvation of the lost in
China. O n ly the pow er of G o d can save
China from destruction.
W ork a m o n g A b o r ig in e s.
G lo w in g T e s t im o n ie s .
I t w as really fine to hear all th e te sti­
m onies of those w e bap tized. M an y were
p raising th e L o r d for answering prayer.
O thers testified abou t the pow er o f G o d
to overcom e sin, or how the L o r d healed
them in answer to p rayer. A gain , others
praised th e L o r d for keeping them fa ith ­
fu l in m uch persecution.
One you n g m an, w ho is on ly 23 years
old, suffered m uch a t hom e. H is fath er
bound his hands and fe e t w ith ropes, and
th en b e a t him w ith a carrying pole. T h ey
w an ted to force him to worship the idols.
W hen th e fath er saw th a t he could n ot
force him to do it, he drove him w ith his
you n g w ife ou t o f th e house. T h e y are
liv in g now near th e gospel h a ll and
praising G o d for H is saving power.
W e also bap tized an old w itch doctor
and a sorceress. T he w itch doctor heard
th e gospel th ree years ago and soon he
burned a l l h is Witch books. H e is now
so glad th a t h e heard th e gospel in his
old days, a n d th a t JE SU S m ade him free
from his demon worship. T he sorceress
w e m et in another c ity . She Was also a
m edium and com m unicated w ith th e
demons. W h en she w a s n o t able to keep
her child from dying, she lo st fa ith in th e
demons and burned her idols and believed
H
An A borigine Y oung W om an.
fo rty girls. T he L o r d has p ro ved fa ith fu l
and has given us all w e needed during the
last aw fu l fam ine. A s w e look b a c k over
those dark ¿months it "is am azing to see
how G o d has provided for us d a y b y day.
H e supplied our d a ily needs. Praise H is
h o ly N am e! K eep on in p ra y er fo r th is
n ot industrial or educational, bu t soul
saving orphanage w o rk. W e w a n t to
faring these children to C h r i s t . P ra y to
this end, beloved!
T he L o r d has done grea t things fo r us,
whereof We are glad. In sp ite of bandits,
lawless soldiers, fam ine, our own illness,
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W e have opened three more outstations in d istricts where the gospel had
n o t been preached before.
O nly tw o
d a y s’ w alk from here, about fo rty miles,
are livin g 100,000 Tungchia. These are
th e aborigines of this district. T h ey have
no w ritten language, bu t m ost of them
can speak some Chinese. W e baptized
th e first wom an of th is tribe a t one of our
out-stations. W e hope th a t w e can soon
open more out-stations am ongst them .
T w o bands of five and ten of our you n g
men w ent for one m onth w ith gospels
and tracts into th e country and preached
the gospel a t different places. T he L o r d
has blessed th is w ork and w e w ant to do
more country w ork n ex t spring.
A t the close of th is year let us again
th an k you for all you r help in prayer and
offering. W e do th an k th e L o r d fo r
th e dear ones whom H e is able to use
in answer to our prayers. Surely you w ill
rejoice w ith us th a t so m an y souls h a v e
been saved. Praise th e L o r d !
A t the d a y of their baptism we h a v e
alw ays given to the candidates a large
picture of th e Old or New T estam en t.
B u t as so m any are turning to th e L o r d *
w e have given a w ay all we had and still
m an y are w ithout one. I f there is any
one who has some large picture rollsw hich he does not use, w ill y o u kin dly
send them to us and we w ill m ake great
use of it. P ra y for us!
God
c a n n o t, w ill n o t, d o e s n o t, bless,
th o s e w h o a re li v i n g in d iso b e d ie n ce .
But
o n ly s e t o u t in t h e p a t h o f o b e d ie n c e , a n d
a t o n ce ,
b e fo r e o n e
s to n e
is
la id
upon
a n o th e r, G o d is e a g e r, a s i t w e re , t o p o u r
o u t H i s b le ss in g .
b le ss
y ou .’—
‘ F r o m t h is d a y
J . H u d s o n T a y i ,o r .
w ill I
Advertising Christianity
B y J. VALE.
‘ W hat does it matter, however ? I n any case Christ is preached either perversely or in honest truth ; and i\
that I rejoice, aye, and w ill rejoice.’ — Phil. i. 18. (Weymouth.)
AU L
P
e vid en tly regarded th e A n ti-C h ristian m ovem ent of
bis d a y as a first-class advertisem ent for C hristian ity.
W h y should w e n ot do th e sam e as regards th e antiC hristian m ovem ent in C hina to -d ay ?
W e are fam iliar w ith th e
advertisem ents anti-C hristian opposition g a v e to th e cause in
P a u l's day. I t n o t o n ly g a v e h im access to th e Im perial Guard,
b u t also stirred th e different Christian faction s in to a c tiv ity , and
th us, in one w a y or another, th e nam e of C h r ist becam e w id ely
know n in p laces otherw ise difficult to reach. So it is to -d ay
in C hin a. B efore th is anti-C hristian m ovem ent began m is­
sionaries w ere faced w ith a grea t problem — how to g e t th e
G ospel in to th e hom es and hearts of th e v a s t m u ltitud es scattered
over th e greater p a rt of A sia . A s a resu lt o f th e anti-Christian
p ropagan da, th e nam e of C h r i s t is on th e to n gu e o f e ve ry m an
and w om an in th is g re a t land. P osters p asted in prom inent
p la ce s b rin g th e n am e before .-the e y e , and th e new spapers
d a ily discuss th e su b je ct in a ll its bearings— some fo r and some
again st. T h is tr u ly is advertisin g C h ristian ity on even a greater
scale th a n in th e d a y s o f P a u l ! I f, therefore, P a u l rejoiced
a t th e w a y CHRIST w a s b ein g m a d e know n, b o th b y enemies
and friends, how m uch m ore should w e w h o are faced w ith a
m uch grea te r problem th a n P a u l e ver faced , in m akin g know n
th e G ospel to one-fifth of th e p op u lation of th e w o rld ?
A ga in , P a u l n o t on ly rejoiced a t th e a dvertisin g of C h ristian ity
b y a ctu a l enemies .of C h r i s t ., b u t also because th e C hristian
com m un ity of R om e w as stirred in to a c tiv ity — some w ith
honest in tention and others w ith a different ob ject. So it is
to -d a y . I t is sa d ly tru e th a t som e-C hristian s h ave renounced
their allegiance to C h r i s t o u t of fea r of m an, and th a t others
w h o once w ere leaders in th e C hurch, are now th e c h ie f opponents
o f C hristian ity. Y e t instances are com ing to lig h t of cases
such as th e follow in g :—
T w o Chinese business m en w ere seen to board a riv e r steam er
in Shanghai bound fo r K iu k ia n g (recently looted b y antiforeign and anti-C hristian row dies and soldiers). A m ongst
th eir luggage were tw o p a ck e ts of C hristian books a n d tracts.
4 A re y o u C hristians ? ' th e y w ere asked ? ‘ W ell,: w e were once
A
p r il .
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“ enquirers,” and used to go to church, b u t did n o t h a v e m u c
z e a l for C h r i s t . ’ ‘ W h a t are y o u going to do w ith thos
C hristian books and tra cts ? ’ ‘ Oh, w e feel t h a t now th ere i
so m uch anti-Christian propaganda going on th a t w e Chines
o u gh t.to ta k e iip th e w o rk ou r foreign p asto rs cannot now ca n ­
on, so we purchased these bo oks and tracts and in tend to giv
or sell th e books to our custom ers, and p aste up th e tra c t
beside th e anti-Christian posters ! ’
A Christian w ritin g to th e R eligious T ra c t S ociety from i
sm all village in H o n a n (a province in fe sted b y robbers) says
‘ I h a v e m ade up m y m in d a t th is tim e, w hen it is difficult t<
preach th e Gospel, to engage in th a t w o rk m yself. I sh all n o
ask th e Church fo r a n y help b u t should be glad if th e T ra c
Society w ill send m e some tracts th a t I m aj
distribute and th u s do something for C h r i s t .
A n oth er old Christian, a Cantonese, wh<
for some y e ars p a st has been selling laci
and other such things fo r a living, hai
decided to give th a t up for th e present ant
d evote him self to book selling and persona
witness for th e L o r d .
T hus in these diff­
erent w a y s and m an y others th a t could b(
nam ed th e present anti-Christian movemeni
has acted as a m eans of advertising
C hristianity.
A group of Shanghai Christians havt
agreed to ta k e advan tage of th e n e x t ten 03
m ore days, during th e Chinese N ew Y e a r
to preach th e Gospel in th e cou n try round
and about th is centre. T h e y h ave decided
to use one of th e anti-Christian w a r cries
v iz., ‘ D ow n w ith C hristian ity,’ as a banner,
and b y th e addition of one w ord m ake
it a question, ‘ Can y o u " down ” C hrist­
ia n ity ?’
A Chinese C hristian leader, w ho w as led to C h r i s t because
h e w itnessed th e suffering of a group of missionaries hounded
ou t o f his provin ce in th e B o x er troubles, h a s given m e th e
follow ing couplet in Chinese :—
‘ Oppose C h ristian ity,’
‘ G lorify C h ristian ity.’
W h ich m eans : Y o u r opposition to C h ristian ity is on ly bringing
g lo ry on w h a t y o u oppose.
W as n ot th a t P a u l’s a ttitu d e w hen h e s a i d : ‘ I w ould have
y o u know , brethren, th a t w h a t I h a v e gone th rough h as turned
ou t to th e furtherance o f th e G ospel rath er th a n otherw ise.’
(Phil. i. 12,)
So w hen m en criticise C hristian missions, and anti-Christ­
ian stud en ts revile th e tru th , th e y are o n ly advertising
C h ristian ity in a w a y w h ich w ill tu rn o u t to th e furtherance
of th e G ospel. T his so rt o f -thing is n ot n ew ; is i t n ot a token
for good ? I f C h ristian ity h a d not- tu rn e d th in gs upside down
in China, if it h ad m ade no m ark upon th e nation, w h y th is
criticism and opposition ?
W e m a y w ell search our hearts and deplore our shortcom ings
and failures, b u t w e should n o t resent criticism o f o u r w o rk bu t
seek afresh to a djust ourselves t o new conditions.
G o d still
rules and th e promise th a t t h e ' m ight of H ades sh all n ot trium ph
over th e Church ’ still holds good.
P hoto by]
fR obt. Pow ell.
TWO SCENES IN TH E PROVINCE OF CHEKIANG.
T h e p ic tu re on t h e le ft is a view fro m th e C ity Wall o f W e n c h o w : t h a t on th e rig h t a view of th e C .I.M .'M ission H ouse a t Yungkang.
A G reat D ay for the Wenchow Church.
W enchow w a s o p e n ed a s a s ta tio n of th e C.I.M. by th e la te Mr. S t o t t In 1867. S u b s e q u e n tly th e w ork In th is a r e a w a s sub-divided,
a n d Pln g y an g h sien b e c a m e a s e p a r a te s ta tio n . T h e w o rk h a s a ls o d ev elo p ed in an d a ro u n d Ju lan . In th e s e a r e a s t h e r e a r e now
163 O u t-S ta tio n s, 103 C h ap e ls, 38 Paid C h in e se W o rk ers, a n d 266 U npaid C h in e se W orkers, w ith 3,366 p e rs o n s In fellow ship, and
m o re th a n 6,0 0 0 o th e r s u n d e r C h ris tia n in s tru c tio n .
T h e c o n trib u tio n of th is C h in e se C h u rc h la s t y e a r w as b e tw e e n 8 8 ,000 a nd
$9 ,0 0 0 . For m a n y y e a r s t h e w ork h a s b e en d e v elo p ed alo ng s e lf-s u p p o rtin g lines, a n d It is gratify in g t o know t h a t th e w ork h a s
now d e fin ite ly b e en h a n d e d o v e r t o th e C h in e se C h u rc h . S om e a c c o u n t of th is ta k e n fro m a le tte r fro m th e S u p e rin te n d e n t of
th e d is tr ic t t o Mr. Gibb in S h a n g h a i is given below .
H E R E V . F R A N C IS W O R L E Y , Superintendent of th e
C .I.M . w o rk in th e W enchow area, in a le tte r to Mr.
G ibb, th e D e p u ty D irector in China, dated Jan uary 15,
1927, w rote as follow s :—
‘ On W ednesday la st w e held th e annual U nited C om m ittee
M eeting of th e Conferences of these three districts of W enchow,
P in gya n g and Ju ian. T h e C om m ittee is com posed of th e
President and V ice-P residen t of each Conference, togeth er w ith
th e missionaries in charge of th e C hurch w ork, and has m et
a n n u ally fo r th e p a st few y e a rs fo r th e purpose of considering
p roblem s concerning a ll th ree districts, and u nifying th e w ork
o f th e three Conferences.
* T h is y e a r th e chief su b ject considered w as th e final handing
o v e r of th e governm ent o f th e Churches to th e Chinese th em ­
selves. A s y o u know , m uch progress along th is line h a s alread y
been m ade during th e .p ast years, and especially during the
p a st th ree y e a rs since th e President of th e Conference has taken
o v e r th e general oversight o f th e w ork of th e Churches com ­
p risin g his Conference, including th e exam ination of candidates
fo r bap tism in com pany w ith th e m issionary. T he - chief
hindrance to th e Churches assum ing fu ll self-governm ent has
been th e la ck o f an ordained m in istry, and th is su bject has
received considerable a tten tion o f la te - . W e a ll fe e l th a t th e
tim e has now come when th is step should be ta ken and th e
C hurches p rovid ed w ith ordained pastors.
‘ T he C om m ittee unanim ously agreed t h a t a num ber o f p ro ­
posals enabling th e Churches to assum e fu ll auton om y should
be b rou gh t before th e com ing A n n u a l Conferences. T h e y are
as follow s :—
H ere follow details concerning (1) O rdination
(2) th e nam es
of th e Chinese Church ; (3) C hurch properties, e t c . ; (4) the
continuance of financial help b y th e M ission.
‘ T he gran tin g to the Churches fu ll autonom y as outlined
above is n atu ra lly an epoch in th e life of th e Churches, and the
Com m ittee desire to m ake it a tim e of special celebrations.
T h e y h ave therefore arranged th a t th e forthcom ing A nnu al
Conferences of W enchow , P in gya n g and Ju ian sh all meet
sim ultaneously here in W enchow , a t the close of w hich u n ited
meetings shall be held for the purpose of ordaining th e men and
th e Churches receivin g th eir fu ll autonom y.
‘ T h e y are m ost desirous th a t as D e p u ty D irector y o u shall
b e w ith us on th is occasion, a desire th a t is earnestly shared b y
us all. The date, how ever, is v e ry close, the m eetings to begin
on th e 7th o f th e first m onth (February 8) should conditions
rem ain quiet, and w e realise th a t ow ing to th e disturbed con­
dition s throughout th e land gen erally it m ay be im possible for
you to leave Shanghai a t th is tim e. Should th a t be so, perhaps
Mr. W arren w ould be a b le to com e ; w e w ould v ery m uch ap ­
preciate it if one of y o u could be w ith us.'
T
A p r i l , 1927.
T h e W e e k ly P r a y e r M e e tin g .— W e call the attention of
our London readers to th e W eekly P rayer M eeting which is
held a t th e M ission prem ises in N ew ington Green every
W ed nesday evening a t 6 p.m . T he m eeting lasts for an hour
and a half, w hen addresses from returiiing missionaries are
given, or news from th e field read, to assist in intelligent prayer
fo r th e needs of th e work. T h e w arm est welcom e w ill be
given t o a n y friends w h o are able to join With us.
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Missions, Missionaries, and the Chinese
Church.
T H O U G H T F U L and suggestive
article on an im portan t subject
connected ^ j t h Mission work in
China to-d ay, appears in th e Decem ber
issue of The West China M issionary News
recen tly to hand. T he title of the article
is : ' H ow m ay th e Missions and M ission­
aries best serve the Chinese Church at the
present tim e ? ' T h e w riter is M r. Leung
Siu Choh, G eneral Secretary Canton
Y .M .C .A ., and C hairm an of the K w an gtu n g D ivision al Council of th e Church
of C h r i s t in China.
T he a rticle is a long one— too long,
indeed, for reproduction in extenso in
these pages, a lb eit it w ill repay the
th ou gh tfu l perusal o f all interested in the
progress and developm ent of the Christian
Church in China.
W e m ust, however,
content ourselves w ith quoting a series
of extracts.
T he w riter begins w ith a generous
recognition and acknow ledgm ent of the
indebtedness of th e Chinese people to
Christian Missions and Missionaries. ‘ W e
are indebted to y o u as M issionaries,’ he
writes, ‘ w ho h ave brou gh t us the G ospel
of th e K in gd om .
T he Chinese Church
could not h ave com e into existence, nor
could she h ave reached th e present stage
of developm ent if it had n ot been due to
the untiring efforts th a t yo u and you r
predecessors have p u t fo rth .’ H e th en
proceeds to elaborate in some detail the
measure of th a t indebtedness.
A
T h r e e S ta g e s .
A n d then he gets a w a y w ith his subject,
th u s : ' In approaching th is su bject it
m ay be w ell for us to refresh our m inds
b y review ing for a m om ent th e th ree
stages of developm ent in M issionary
w o rk .’ T he three stages are (i) The
Pioneer Stage, ' w hen there w as no n ative
Church, and th e M issions a t w ork had to
be th e on ly th in g .’
(2) The Transition Stage, ‘ w hen M is­
sions and Churches are parallel to one
another. The N a tiv e Church is begin ­
ning to be self-conscious and w ants to
be doing th in gs h erself.’
(3) The Established Stage, ‘ w hen the
Chinese Church w ill h ave been w ell
established. I n con trast w ith th e first
stage, the Chinese Church, instead of
follow ing, m ust now ta k e the lead. A n d
th e Chinese workers, instead of con­
sidering them selves as m ere helpers to
the M issionaries, m u st now possess th e
sense of ownership and responsibility for
th e whole Christian m ovem ent in C h in a .’
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of m utu al interest, so th a t a closer
S e v e ra l S u g g e s t io n s .
fellowship, and a more direct relationship
W e have no space to quote th e reasons
betw een the Chinese C hurch and the
he gives for concluding th at, ‘ th e p resen t
Churches in the W est, could th u s be
tim e is nearly ripe for th e final stage of
established.
A t th e present tim e th e
developm ent,’ bu t in the ligh t of th e fa c ts
Missions h ave to do all th is for th e
as he sees th em he m akes sev eral su g­
Chinese Church.’
gestions, from w hich w e ’ m ake th e
I I I . A th ird suggestion is : ‘ T h a t such
follow ing selection :—
I.
‘ I t seems to me th a t th e tim e has things as determ ination of policies of
w ork ; allocation of Chinese w orkers as
now come w hen the M issions and M is­
w ell as M issionaries to various fie ld s ;
sionaries m ight w ell consider th e question
the appropriation of funds from Chinese
of re-organising them selves on a different
sources, as w ell as from Mission Boards ;
basis so th a t th e Missions and th e Chinese
the official presentation of appeals to th e
Church w ill hereafter n ot appear as tw o
Mission Board for help ; and the holding
parallel organisations, and th a t
all
of property in trust, should be p laced
under the com plete control of the Chinese
Church, through the highest Church
FOR PRAISE & PRAYER.
C ouncil.’
P R A IS E .
F o r the p o w e r o f the G osp el
p . 53
IV . W ith reference to th e standing o f
F o r p ro g ress in the w o r k . pp. 56,57,59
the Missionaries in the Chinese Church, Mr.
F o r the a d vertisin g o f C h ris tia n ity even
Leung Siu Choh says : ' I should th in k
b y opposition .
p . 58
F o r T r a v e llin g M erc ie s to M iss io n a ries
th ey ought to be treated equ ally as th e
jo u rn eyin g to the coast.
p . 61
Chinese workers. T h ey could be elected
F o r B a p tism s, and lo y a ltv o f C o n verts.
p . 63
to the highest office, on th e highest
F o r the en co u ra gin g C ircu la tio n o f the
Church Council, ju s t as any Chinese
S crip tu res.
p . 63
w orker m ight be elected, w ith o ut a n y
PRAYER.
d istin ction .’
F o r M r . W a rren and M r . l>. C . W o o d , at
H a n k ow .
p . 52
V . W ith regard to the question of
F o r a ll Chinese C h ristia n s, R ecen t C o n ­
Mission Funds, ‘ the salaries, allow ances,
verts and O th ers.
p . 54
F o r the Church a t W en ch ow .
p . 59
personal expense and residence accou n ts
F o r G u idance in th e m a tte r o f the
of the Missionaries should be handled
D evelopm en t o f the Chinese Church.
p . 60
either b y th e Mission B oards direct or
F o r the W o r k in S cotlan d.
p . 61
through
a Mission Treasurer on the field,
F o r M a rs h a l F e n g .
p . 62
b u t kept entirely a p art from th e rest of
F o r the M is s io n a ry B o d y fa cin g C o m p lex
P r o b le m s in C hina to -d a y .
p . 62
the Mission fu n d s.’ On th e other hand,
F o r a ll w h o speak and w r it e about C h in a.
' W h atever financial help th e M ission
p . 63
p o r the S w an w ick C on ference.
p . 64
B oard would be ready to give to th e
F o r the A n n u al M ee tin gs .
p . 64
Chinese Church in the form of a su bsidy
should be turned over to th e Chinese
Church Council for appropriation.’
activities,
initiated, m aintained
and
C o n clu sio n .
financed b y the M issions should be
These are the m ajor suggestions,
expressed on ly through th e Chinese
necessarily abbreviated, m ade in th is
Church. T his m eans th e recognition of
excellent paper. T h e y w ill suffice to show
th e Chinese Church as th e chief centre of
how the mind of the Chinese C hurch is
responsibility, the transfer of the responsi­
m oving in these days, and th ey w ill
b ility now attach ed to the Missions to
stim ulate prayer for all concerned th a t
th e Chinese Church, the willingness of
this m ovem ent of thought, w ith all it
the Missions to fun ction on ly through the
m ay in volve in th e w a y of change, m ay
Chinese Church, and th e willingness of
be directed and controlled b y th e H o ly
the in dividu al missionaries to fun ction
Spirit of G o d of W hom the Founder and
as officers of th e Church, and no longer
H ead of the Church spake sayin g :
as m ere representatives of the Mission
‘ H ow beit w hen He, th e Spirit of T ruth ,
Boards, w ho are entirely beyon d the
is come, H e shall guide y o u into all th e
control of the Chinese Chu rch.’
tr u th .’
II.
A second suggestion is : ‘ T h a t the
' I t is com paratively easy to la y the
Chinese Church, through th e highest
sacrifice on th e altar th a t sanctifies the
Church Council, of course, should be
gift, b u t it requires D ivin e compulsion—
encouraged and given th e privilege to
th e cords of lo v e — to retain it th ere.’
deal w ith the Mission B oards in m atters
— J . H udson T aylor.
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Cablegrams
Received at C .I .M . Headquarters in London from
Shanghai.
F e b r u a r y 7 , 1927 .
A ll w orkers arrived safely a t th e coast from K w an gsin R iv e r
(M issM . G .M cQ ueen, Miss W . G. Edw ards, M issH . G .H en derson ,
Miss M . S. Cruickshanks, M iss E . A . Peake, Miss R . M cK enzie,
M iss C. C . M acdonald, M iss L . E . M oody, Miss D . W righ t-H ay,
M iss M . C. Goddard, M iss C. M cFarlane, M iss M . C. Brow n),
looping (Mr. and M rs. A . E . Beard, Miss E . G . W ray, Miss E .
T w idale, M iss I . E . A . D a y ), Jaochow (Mr. and Mrs. C. A .
B un tin g, D r. and Mrs. F . H . Judd, M iss B . M. J . Jarvis) exceptin g
Miss A . M. Johannsen, D r. and Mrs. G. A . Cox. T he follow ing
cablegram h as been received from Chung king : * W estern
S ze ch w a n eva cu ated .’
F e b r u a r y 19 , 1927 .
T he follow ing telegram has been received from
Pachow ,
S z e c h w a n : ‘ Situation is quiet, officials and people frie n d ly .’
Inform m em bers of fam ily, actin g under Consular advice, as a
m easure of precaution, all w orkers arrived safely a t the coast
from Luchow (Mr. E . G. T oyne, Mr. and Mrs. F . Olsen, M rs.
J . R . Sinton), Y u ngnin g (Mrs. F . B ird, Mrs. R . L . M cIn tyre,
M r. R . W . Howes), K iungchow (Mr. and Mrs. A . R . Richardson),
C hen gtu (Mr. and Mrs. J . H utson), Pengshanhsien (Mr. and
M rs. Vinden, Miss M. O. A tkinson), Suitingfu (R ev. A . T . and
M rs. Polhill, M r. and Mrs. H . W . Funnell, Mr. R . V . Bazire,
M iss F . I. Fow le, Miss S. M. Potterton, Miss M. Scarlett), T achu
(Miss M. E . D rake, Miss M. A . Edwards) ; also Mr. and Mrs.
T . Cook, Miss E . J . Churcher, M r. and Mrs. A . W . Large, D r.
L . E . W atn ey, Miss D . L . M. R oberts, Miss Jocelyn Barber,
R e v . and Mrs. T . D arlington, Miss Len a Clarke, R e v . K . J.
B evan , M iss G. K . Palm er, Miss A . R . Allen, Miss E . M. Sander­
son. Chungking, Mr. B . L am b ert remaining. E astern part
C hekiang, M r. A . K . M acpherson remaining. E va cu atin g
Y a n g ch o w T rainin g Home.
M a r c h 5 , 1927 .
A ll workers a rrived safely a t th e coast from K ia tin g fu (Mr.
a n d Mrs. Ririe, Miss E . C. B ailey), K w an gyiian (Miss G. E .
M itchell, Miss E . A . W hite), Sintientze (Miss M. J. W illiam s,
M iss E .-W arren ), Chuhsien (Miss A llibon e, Miss E . M. T ucker,
M issE . M. D arby), Taipin g (Miss M. E . F earon , Miss E . L . Sm ith),
Shangtsai (Mr. and Mrs. H . E . N . Ledgard), Yen clien g (Mr. and
M is. E . J. D avis, M iss C. C. Nicholson, M iss D . Fursdon). A lso
Mr. H . Liversidge, M r. and Mrs. H . Curtis, Mrs. C. B . H annah,
Mrs. T . E . Robinson, M iss E . M. B arber, Mr. and Mrs. H . G .
Thom pson and child. Miss E . B . H ayw ard , Mr. G. B . Jackson,
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Stevenson, M r. A . K . Macpherson.
The Work in Scotland.
N connection w ith the w ork of th e M ission in Scotland, friends
are asked to note th a t a P rayer M eeting for China is held
every F rid ay evening a t eight o ’clock in th e D raw ing R oom
of th e C.I.M . Home, a t 16, B elm ont Street, G lasgow , W .2, which
is off G reat W estern R oad . T hen, every th ird T uesd ay of th e
month a t 2.45 p .m ., there is a L ad ies’ P rayer M eeting in the
same room. A m on thly L adies’ P ra y e r M eeting is also held
in the home of Mrs. L ittle, 37, Edgem ont Gardens, Langside,
S .i, on the second T uesd ay of each m onth a t 3 p.m ., for the
convenience of ladies in th a t p a rt of Glasgow. Missionaries
a t home on furlough, when in G lasgow , address these gatherings
and a h e a rty in vitatio n is given to an y who w ould like to be
present a t them .
In addition, m o n th ly P rayer M eetings for th e w ork in China
are held in th e follow ing towns :—
P e r t h .— In the W ilson M em orial U .F . Church H all, Scott
S treet, a t 7.30 p.m ., on the second T hursd ay of each m onth.
B i g g a r . — A L a d ies’ Prayer M eeting on th e second T hu rsd ay
of each m onth, in the home of Mrs. M artin, W hite H art, B iggar,
at 3 p.m .
I
D u n o o n .— In the home of Miss M cClym ont, ‘ O rton a ,’
H ill Street, a t eight o ’clock, on the th ird M onday o f each m onth.
A b e r d e e n .— A L ad ies’ Prayer M eeting on the la st T hu rsd ay
of each month, in the home of Mrs. Em slie, 82, M ile E n d A ven ue,
a t 3.30 p.m .
N e w m a in s .— On the last T uesd ay evening of each m onth,
a t 7.30, in connection w ith the Lanarkshire Christian Union.
The w ork of the M ission in th e whole of Scotland (except in
the Edinburgh district) is in charge oi th e Scottish Secretary,
R ev. A rthu r T aylor, whose headquarters are a t 16, B elm ont
Street, Glasgow, W .2, 'phone W est 800, and applications for
missionary speakers, etc., should be made to him a t th a t address.
SCENES ON TH E RIVER YANGTSE.
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Marshal Feng
A Note from DR. J. GOFORTH, from Peking.
OU w ill h ave m an y inquiries about M arshal F eng and
his Christian soldiers. I will tr y and help you answer.
K n o w in g M arshal F en g and his Christian officers as
I do, I can h ave no doubt as to th eir h avin g been born again
b y the Spirit of G o d . W hile there were only 30,000 m en in
the arm y, it w as th e finest exam ple of C hristian ity in operation
I had ever seen. T he arm y now num bers 150,000, and th e same
care in selection has n ot been followed as of old. I spent a
w eek in the city , w here 70,000 of the arm y were stationed, and
though M arshal F en g w as there, th e L o r d was n ot honoured
as in th e days when I knew th e 30,000 so well. Chang Chihchiang, his greatest general, has been earnestly urging M arshal
Feng to be strong and e x a lt th e L o r d in th e m idst of th e 150,000
men, as in th e d a ys w hen th ey were a sm aller force, b u t had
more of th e m anifest favou r of G od th an a t present. I t w ill
be a huge task, b u t M arshal F eng promises to see it carried out.
H ad I been in China at th e tim e, I w ould h ave urged to the
utm ost against M arshal F e n g ’s v isit to Russia. I t certain ly
has done his Christian life harm, as I see it. M arshal Feng
claim s th a t he is true to his L o r d as of old, b u t I am uneasy
about his present standing before G o d , lest he has grieved the
H o ly Spirit. There never w as greater need for believin g p rayer
for M arshal F eng and his arm y th an now. T here should be no
discouragem ent, for our blessed L o r d and Saviour, w ho has
done so m uch for M arshal F eng and his arm y in th e past, is
able to do greater th in gs in the future. A s I saw th e situation
in th e arm y around M arshal Feng, I concluded it w as n ot th e
opportune tim e for work. P a rt of th e arm y w as nearing the
H o n a n border, 1,500 miles aw ay, and th e rest w ere m oving
off as fa st as tran sport could be arranged. M arshal F en g is
on th e N atio n alist side. H e and th e Christian generals around
him w ill help to m odify the extrem e attitu d e of th e Southern
N ationalists. L e t us believe and p ra y th a t G o d w ill overrule
all for the salvation of m ultitudes in China.
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Editorial Notes.
T
HE SITUATIO N IN CHINA.—All those who
are seriously interested in China will have been
following the course of events as recorded in the
daily press. There is therefore no need for us to
recapitulate what has already been published. Indeed,
developments are so rapid, and dramatic changes so
sudden, that what might be published in a monthly
magazine would often be out of date before the pages
reach the readers. The latest news, so far as the
Mission is concerned, will be found recorded on page 61,
where the cables which have been recently received
from China are printed in full. Though a considerable
number of missionaries have elected to remain at their
stations, others have felt it wise, and sometimes even
necessary, to withdraw to the coast in consequence of
strong representations which have been made to them
by the Consular Authorities. In this connection we
would ask prayer that the Consular Authorities may
be so guided that they shall not put pressure to bear
upon workers to leave their stations unless circum­
stances make this absolutely necessary. It is, of
course, only natural that they, recognising their responsi­
bilities, should feel a large measure of relief when
workers do withdraw from the far interior.
It may be mentioned that at the time of writing
approximately two hundred workers have had to with­
draw from up country to Shanghai, and for the accom­
modation of these friends, and possibly others who may
come, the Mission has been compelled to rent and furnish
ten additional houses. These forced journeys, taken
when high prices have been demanded, have involved a
considerable unexpected outlay, and the same is the case
in Shanghai, where houses are particularly difficult to
obtain during the present crisis.
A Complex Problem . — We are not infrequently
asked to explain the present complex situation in China.
To attempt this in detail would inevitably lead to the
treatment of debatable topics. It is only necessary
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to read the debates in Parliament, or the various articles
appearing in the monthly and quarterly magazines,
whether written by Chinese or foreigners, to recognise
how varied and contradictory opinions are. It may,
however, be said, without touching on political matters
at all, that there are proceeding in China to-day four
simultaneous revolutions: an economic revolution,
occasioned by the introduction of modem industrialism ;
an intellectual revolution awakened by Western and
modern thought; a political revolution, brought about
by the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty and China’s
desire for full and unfettered sovereign rights; and
lastly, a religious revolution, occasioned by the con­
flicting claims of Christianity, Confucianism, Buddhism,
Taoism, and now the anti-religious movement associated
with Bolshevism. The whole situation is full of be­
wilderment, and as one who in Shanghai is in close
contact with the situation says :—
‘ We are seeing a new thing in China, and are con­
fronting a spiritual conflict rather than an economic
or political one. Of course, both these elements are
in it, but for us it is the power of darkness that we have
to war against. . . . Probably we are too close to the
changing fortunes of war and intrigue to realise the
fateful issues being wrought out. What it all portends
for the present and future welfare of the Church in
China, and the reaction on the whole missionary7 enter­
prise, is hidden from us. So many things are being
shaken we begin to wonder what will stand the test.
Praj" that we may all be kept steady in this day of
strain.'
A Delicate Situation. — Probably never in the
history of Missions in China has the Christian Church
and the missionary body been called to face a more
delicate situation. A thoughtless word or an un­
sympathetic gesture could easily to-day alienate those
who should be helpers of one another’s faith, and retard
the cause of C h r i s t in China. Without touching upon
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the details of the present complex problem, it may
perhaps be possible to suggest it by reference to Biblical
history. Among the disciples of C h r is t was Simon the
zealot and Matthew the tax-gatherer. Now these two
men, apart from the influence of our L o r d , would have
been at one another’s throats, for Simon was by nature
the ardent Nationalist, who would give his life to clear
out of his beloved land the Roman and all he stood for,
while Matthew was the servant of Rome, and engaged
in collecting Rome’s accursed taxes. It is hardly
possible to find in Scripture a greater tribute to the
power of Ch r i s t than that these two men should find
it possible to have fellowship one with another in
C h r i s t ’s service, and we may take it for granted that
they were but representatives of others of their classes
who joined the early Church. How difficult and
delicate a path our L ord had to tread amid the bitter
politics of His day is revealed by the subtle questions
submitted to Him in the hope that He might be ensnared
in the animosities of His time.
Now without unduly pressing the parallel, for there
are no perfect parallels in history, it may be said, as a
rough illustration that Marshal Feng is the representative
of Simon the zealot in China to-day, and the missionary,
by the mere fact of being a foreigner, stands somewhere
like Matthew the tax-gatherer did, since he is looked
upon as a representative of one or other of those Powers
which have been in conflict with China in the past,
whose armies have trodden her fields, and whose forces
are still in evidence. Only the spirit of J e s u s C h r i s t ,
and the wisdom which our L o r d can give, can enable
these representatives of East and West to bear and
forbear and have fellowship one with another. If
ever there was a time when we need to pray that all
who speak and write about these things, and when all
those who represent these different parties come in
contact, may be given the right words and be imbued
with the spirit of J e s u s C h r i s t , it is to-day. ‘ In
honour preferring one another ’ is the spirit which alone
can triumph at such a time.
A Subject fo r P rayer.— The prophet Jeremiah,
speaking to the people of his own day in their captivity,
said : ‘ Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused
you to be carried away captive and p r a y unto the L o r d
for i t : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.’
The truth underfying these words we may well take
to heart to-day, for it is in the peace of China that the
missionaries alone in that land can have peace themselves.
If there are any who desire the goodwill of the Chinese
people more than another it is the missionary body,
for obviously the prosecution of their work becomes
difficult, if not impossible, so long as international mis­
understandings and suspicions prevail. While devoutly
thanking G o d that no armed collision has taken place
between China and the foreign forces in that land, let
us continue earnestly to pray that any clash of arms
may be prevented, and all outstanding difficulties be
settled amicably. Let us also ask that amid the conflict
o f the varying parties in China itself, G o d would grant
victory to those who will not be hostile to the preaching
o f the G o sp e l.
Hope Thou in God.— Though from many points of
view the outlook is dark, the Christian cannot afford to
be pessimistic, for in G o d Himself we have everlasting
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consolation and good hope. Moreover, there is some
danger of emphasising the perplexities and of forgetting
the causes for thanksgiving which still remain. The
daily press not unnaturally lays stress upon the
spectacular events, and little is heard of the quiet, good
work which still proceeds. One or two items for
thanksgiving we will now report.
It is no small cause for praise, as we gather from the
imperfect returns yet to hand, that during last year,
despite all the unrest, more than 4,200 persons in the
stations connected with the C.I.M. confessed their faith
by public baptism. That they should do this in a time
when the anti-foreign and anti-Christian spirit has been
running high proves the sincerity of their faith. We
also learn that many more would have been baptised
if circumstances had made it possible for baptismal
sendees to have been held. Shall we not surround each
one of these new converts with our prayers ?
Then again, the British and Foreign Bible Society,
only one of the three Bible Societies at work in China,
reports that during the year they circulated no fewer
than 4,142,407 volumes of the Scriptures. This is only
120,000 less than the previous year, which was the
highest on record. These figures are surely noteworthy,
because practically the whole of the books were bought,
which indicates that the purchasers placed value upon
the volumes. It is reported by the Bible Society that
the chief hindrance to circulation at the present moment
is the suspension of postal arrangements. That there
should still be a demand for the Scriptures is surely a
fact which should hearten us all.
Tidings from the stations also prove that in many
cases the Christians are loyal to the L o r d and are
standing by the missionary in these da3rs of trouble.
The following extracts are taken from one letter written
on January 13 , at one of the stations in the K i a n g s i
province, after it had been overrun by the Southern
troops.
‘ In
(where I now am for a few days) and in
,
street book-selling and preaching are impracticable,
though still being carried on i n
. The Church
members in these two districts are perturbed about
present anti-Christian discrimination in the formation of
these Unions (though such discrimination failed utterly
in
, where several of the Unions insisted on having
Christians for treasurers, etc.), and one has been enabled
to give some little help to their faith by personal visita­
tion and by evening studies on Revelation i.-iii.
‘ All our Christians, save two country teachers a t
,
who wavered but now are all right, have stood firm,
but the stony soil nominals have been drastically weeded
out . . . So we praise G o d indeed Who has kept us
night and day, for in the north of this province many of
the chapels are full of soldiers, and H u n a n has suffered
not a little actual violence.
A M issionary Testim ony.— We have been privileged
to read a circular letter from a worker in S z e c h w a n , not
a member of the C.I.M., which gives a highly instructive
impression of the situation as well as some personal
testimony. We venture to quote a few sentences from
this communication.
‘ Evacuation,’ he writes, ‘ has been ordered owing to
the danger of international complications. . . It is
scarcely necessary to say that everyone is almost heart­
broken that one should be so helpless before the fact of
our own nationality, and all the time we are anxiously
awaiting a telegram which may bring the news of a
reversal of the Consul’s instructions. [This did not
come.]
‘ A t a time like this one’s thoughts are naturally
concentrated on the tremendous issues at stake for
the Chinese Church. In fact, one hopes that people
at home will have the faith and courage to pray for
advance rather than for security. Never was this part
of the country so ready for it. I was talking to an old
missionary who had been out here for thirty-five years,
and he said never in all his experience had he found the
people so ready to listen. It is at such times as these,
both in personal and national life, that G o d wins His
biggest victories, and mere physical safety seems a
mean, petty thing (before .such a challenge) to put
into the forefront of one’s thoughts and prayers . . .
‘ I think the impression I would like to pass on at
such a time is of G o d ’s strength and love and power
and reality and nearness at such times as these. The
past month has been the happiest, I think, I have ever
had out here; it is no time to indulge in the luxury of
an attack of the dumps; in fact, it would be foolish
at such a time of opportunity as this. It is a glorious
time to live in.*
While thanking G o d for such courage and hope in one
who was compelled by Consular instructions to leave
his post, shall we not pray that the international
situation shall so develop that the workers may ere
long return to their loved work ?
Swanwick Conference.—This is our last opportunity
of calling attention to the C.I.M. Conference which is
to be held at Swanwick during the Easter holidays from
April igth to 25th inclusive: As an inset giving details
was inserted in our last issue We need not repeat details,
but should further particulars be required they can be
had by application to the Secretary of the Conference,
China Inland Mission, Newington Green, London, N.16.
We may mention, however, that Dr. Holden, writing
from America, gives the following as the subject for his
daily talk : ‘ The Missionary7 Challenge in the light of
the Christian Hope.’ This will be dealt with as follows :
Recently Published.
W
W
VV. W .
On Wednesday, the Great Declaration; on Thursday,
the Inspiring D ynam ic; on Frida}7, the Problem and
the Prospect; on Saturday, Faith’s Foreseeing Eye.
The Annual M eetings .— We beg to call the attention
of our friends to the fact that the Annual Meetings of
the Mission will be held, G o d willing, on Tuesday,
May 10, in the Queen’s Hall, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Fuller particulars will be published next month, and
will also appear on the bills.
We hope that our readers will note this date. A t a
time of such trouble in China we trust that a large
number of friends will gather with us for prayer and
inspiration.
Ch e a p R
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T
ic k e t s .
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eserved
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ic k e t s .
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the Hall, but tickets for reserved seats can be obtained
free on application to the Mission. In this case also a
stamped addressed envelope is requested. Applications
will be dealt with in rotation, but no tickets will be
sent out until after the Swanwick Conference.
Tea will be served between the meetings at the Poly­
technic, 309, Regent Street, nearly opposite the Queen’s
Hall, at 5.15 p.m, Tickets 9d. each may also be had
from the offices of the Mission.
A New Booklet. — We have just published a neat
booklet entitled ‘ In the Hands of Brigands,’ the story,
told by Mr. Freeman Davies, of his experiences during
his twenty days’ weary captivity. The frontispiece is
a photo of Mr. Davies taken immediately after his
release from the bandits’ camp. The price of the
booklet is one penny, or one shilling per dozen.
Price 6s. net.
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exception of the London Electric Railways) have agreed
to issue special return tickets at the price of a single
fare and a third (minimum is.), if at the time of booking
each passenger presents a special voucher which may be
obtained free of charge from the offices of the Mission.
These return tickets will be available from May 9 to 11.
Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
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(p ayable a t G .P .O .) and Cheques, w hich should be crossed, p a y a b le to th e C h in a I n l a n d M is s i o n .
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DO NATIONS
£ s. d. *ect.
£ s. d. ^ect.
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0 7 0<5977
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6806
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1 2 6 5904
3 12 6 6987
6820
3 3 0 5989
6821
0 5 0 5905
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6823
1 10 0 5906
0 5 0 6991
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1 0 0 6992
0 5 0 6908
6825
0 4 0 6909
1 10 6 6993
6826
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6827
0 5 0 6995
1 0 0 6911
6828
6830
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2nd.
6913
1 1 0 6997
10 0 0 6915 40 0 0 6998
6831
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10 10 0 6916
6832
3 0 0 7000
6833
5 0 0 6917
1 0 0 7001
6834 10 0 0 6918
1 10 0 7002
2 0 0 6919
6835
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6836
0 10 0 6921
3 0 0 7004
6837
3 0 0 6922
1 1 0 7005
6838
0 10 6 7006
0 5 0 6923
6839
1 0 0 7007
1 0 0 6924
6840
0 7 6 7008
0 10 0 6925
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0 8 4 6926
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6844
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0 7 2 6930
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1 5 6 6931
6848
2 4 0 6932
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6849
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0 10 0 7015
59 16 1 6933
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3rd.
7016
6854 15 0 0 6934 21 0 0 7017
2 2 0 6935 10 0 0 7018
6855
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5 0 0 6936
6856
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2 0 0 6937-,
6857
3 0 0 6939 25 0 0 7021
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6859
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1 10 0 6941 15 0 0 7023
0 5 0 7024
21 0 0 6942
6861
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0 9 0 6943
6862
0 10' 0 7028
0 3 0 6944
6864
I O O 7029
0 5 0 6945
6865
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6866
1 0 0 7031
1 0 0 6948
6867
1 2 6 7033
4 0 0 6949
6868
3 0 0 7034
3 19 3 6950
6869
1 1 0 7036
6870
0 10 6 6953
0 18 0 7037
0 5 0 6954
6871
0 5 6
6872
0 5 0 6955
1 0 0 7039
0 10 0 6956
6873
0 5 0 6957
1 0 0 7040
6874
5 0 0 7041
16 13 1 6959
6875
0 2 6 7042
0 9 11 6961
6877
0 10 0 7043
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6962
1 0 0 7044
6880
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8th.
0 10 0
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6882
3 0 0 *
1 0 0 6965 25 0 0 7047
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R E C EIVED IN LONDON FOR GEN E R A L FU N D D U R IN G
MARCH, 1927.
£ s. d£ s. d. Rect
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4th.
7 5 0
0 2 0 7401
7318
2 11 3
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12 0 0
5 0 0 7203
0 5 0 6879
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1 0 0 7229
0 11 0 7204
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0 10 0 6888
1 0 0 II
3 0 0 ¡7320
2 15 0 ' 058 10 0 0
0 2 6 7230
5 th.
7205
5 0 0
1 0 0
5 5 0 7405
5 0 0 7321
0 2 0 7231
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0
7208
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3 19 4 7408
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1 13 1 6938 100 0 0 7215
3 0 0 7411
7324
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40 0 0 7234
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131 10 0 6946
0 10 0 7223
17 10 0
31st.
1 1 0
7325
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0 5 0'
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5 0 0 6951
0 5 0 7412
7326
2 0 0 7066
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18th
23rd.
3 0 0
5 0 0 6952
1 0 11 7413
7327
1 0
1 1 0 (067
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9 0 0 7254
2 2 0 6958
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10
0
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10
0
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0 12 11
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6 11 6 6960
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7070 20 0 0
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8th.
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1 10 0 7421
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0 7248
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0
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0 3 0 7038 100 0 0 7281
0 7428
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24 th.
7348
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0 10 0 7092
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1
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29th.
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10 th.
0 10 0 7177
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16 th.
7367
3 0 0
0 10 0
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7117
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2 12 7 7444
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21st.
0 10 0
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5 0 0 7097
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0 10 0
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0 11 1 7446
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0 5
5 0 0 7273
0 17 6 7179
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17th.
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0 16 0
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0 12
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0 4 4 7181
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7358
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0 10 0 7182
5 0 0 7101
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1 2 6 7279
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31st.
0 10 0
1 10 0 7453
7364
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1 1 0 7280
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0 12 6 7108
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7369
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0 2 6 7183
7370 17 16 2 7458
0
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7 0 0
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0 5 0 7459
7371
0
0 10 0 7287
1 0 0 7111
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7194
£1,972
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3
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0 7 6 H
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7196
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11 1 0 7112
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0
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1 0 0 7113
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14 1 7 7293
SUMMARY.
30th.
7465 10 10 0
0 2
22nd.
1 0 0
7294
0 10 6 7115
...£3,167 6 0
1 0 0 General
_ 1 0 7467
7376
26th.
7 0 0
0 7 6
0 10 0 7106
... 1,972 17 3
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7377
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0 19 6 7119
1 5 0
2 0 0 £3,167 6 0
7378
2 10
10 0 0 7296
2 2 0
10 0 0 7120
... 5,140 3 3
Total
for
March
5
0
0
7379
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25 0 0 7297
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11th.
7121
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7780
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5 0 0
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FAMINE FUND.
0 3 0
1 0 0 6819
2 6 7386
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17 th.
7216
0 5 0
1 1 0
0 15 0 Mar. 1 6810
5 0 0 6829
8 0 7387
0 5 0 7306
0 10 0 7128
5 0 0
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1
6822
2nd.
1 0 0
1 0 7388
1 16 8 7307
5 0 0
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T H IS M A P W I L L S H O W T O R E A D E R S
TH E
R E L A T I V E P O S IT IO N S O F T H E
P R O V IN C K S
AND
O U T L Y IN G
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P E N D E N C I E S O F C H IN A , T O G E T H E R
W IT H T H E IR P O P U L A T IO N , IN R O U N D
M IL L IO N S .
ORMOSA
The Secret of the Lord.*
By the REV. J. STUART HOLDEN, D.D.
‘ The Secret o f the L ord is with them that fear H im .'— Psalm xxv. 14.
HE secret of the L o r d is with them that fear
Him.’ The greatest of all our needs is that we
should know G o d , and the most unique of
all our possibilities is that we may know Him, and
that we ma}^ each know Him for himself and herself,
in a way that is entirely individual and entirely
personal. The most unique thing about us all is our
capacity for getting to know G o d in a way that nobody
else under heaven can get to know Him, and then
interpreting Him to others in ways that are not open
to any other life but our own.
Now some Christians have just a bowing acquaintance
with G o d — nothing more : others are on what we might
call occasional visiting terms with G o d — they call to
see Him sometimes, not very frequently, and not in
any way that affects their whole area of life at a ll: and
there are others who are on a footing of intimate personal
relationship with Him. Now, if we are to live such
lives as we have visioned in G o d ’ s Word and as, maybe,
we have seen lived by others whose example we would
fain follow, we must come out of the realm of mere
bowing acquaintance with the Lord, out of the realm
of mere general recognition of Him, into this realm that
the psalmist speaks of when he says that G o d has a
secret, and that He imparts His secret and shows His
covenant to those who fear Him. Now the secret
of the L o r d and the covenant of the L o r d are
manifestly synonymous terms, and point to that
intimate heart knowledge of Him wThich differentiates
some of His people from others ; which differentiates
those whose lives are radiant and true and pure and
dependable and useful and outflowing in spiritual
influence, from those who merely name His Name, but
are hardly distinguishable from the great mass of
men and women who do not mention His Name at all.
Now it is quite obvious, both from G o d ’ s Word and
from the observation of life, that there is such an
T
* A M orning M editation a t F am ily Prayers a t th e Sw anw ick
House P a rty and W in ter School, in January, 1926. Printed
from notes ta k en a t the tim e b u t unrevised b y th e speaker.
M a y , 1927.
intimate knowledge of G o d as differentiates from mere
general consciousness of Him. For instance, Abraham
— he knew G o d intimately ; David the Psalmist whose
word we are considering— he knew G o d intimately ;
Isaiah ; D aniel; the Tw elve; the Three who were
most intimate with our L o r d ; the Little Family at
Bethany ; the Apostle Paul— all these lived in a day
when there was a general recognition of G o d , a prevalent
knowledge of G o d ; but they stood out, like mountain
peaks out of a plain. Why ? Because they had learned,
or were learning, the secret of the L o r d .
My dear friends, there is only one thing that dis­
tinguishes G o d ’ s children to-day from that mere general
acknowledgment of Him which means very little to the
great mass of people amongst whom we liv e : it is that
we know Him. ' Let him that glorieth glory in this,
that he knoweth Me,’ saith the L o r d . We all know
those whose lives declare that they know G o d .
They are kept peaceful in the midst of strife; they
are unmoved in days of perplexity and tr ia l; they
obviously have sufficient resources when the challenge
of temptation and duty comes to them ; they are
never at a loss for the interpretation of their cir­
cumstances, and they have always got some helpful
message, some helpful word, some helpful ministry,
to pass on to others in times of need. Now the secret
of their amplitude of resources is that they know G o d ,
and find that His grace, His power, His love, are sufficient.
Some of you remember a very beautiful story which
was told by Dr. Watson (Ian MacLaren) of a farmer who,
amongst his friends in the market, in the kirk, wherever
they met, was distinguished by that inner serenity of
lift* which made him a dependable friend and a wise
counsellor and a man to whom everyone looked; and
with a rare tender skill the writer says that the secret
of his life was that he was ' far ben.’ Those of you
who know the inside of a little Scotch house will under­
stand that allusion. He lived in the secret place of the
L o r d , and the L o r d revealed to him His secret.
Now let us take this word and try to explore some of
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its meaning for ourselves. There is the secret; there are to-day. We have become over-familiar with Divine
those who share the secret; and there is the showing Truth. Perhaps it may be that the equivalent of *the
of the secret to others. A t first sight this almost seems fear of G o d ' in the New Testament is another word
a contradiction; the contrast between the great word altogether— it is the word ' friendship.' It is friendship
‘ Gospel' and the word ‘ secret ’ is somewhat arresting with Him in J e s u s C h r i s t which is the New Testament
and perplexing; or the great New Testament word and the present-day equivalent to what our old Puritan
' revealed ’ seems to be contradicted by the word Fathers and further back, the writers of the Old Testa­
' secret,' which seems to suggest something that is ment, called ‘ the fear of G o d . ' N o w there is a fear
concealed rather than that is revealed : or the great which perfect love expels ; but there is a fear also which
charter of our salvation— that it is for all, rather perfect love inspires. There is the fear of the slave,
suggests something different from a secret which is for which is killed by perfect lo v e ; there is the fear of the
a few. And yet we see that the secret of the L ord child, 'which is inspired and created by perfect love.
suggests something that is elevated by G o d from the ‘ The secret of the L o r d is with them that fear Him.’
ordinary commonplace, and that there is something J ust as in our own circles of personal acquaintance and
which G o d imparts— not generally, but personally, to friendship we have large numbers of acquaintances,
His children if they fear Him, if they draw near to Him, but amongst them we only recognise a few who are
if they give Him the opportunity, if in the words of JEsus our affinities and to whom we can disclose our inner
they take His yoke upon them and learn of Him. And hearts without any reserve; so in G o d ’s great family
the secret is something of such profound importance there are those who seek to have affinity with Him
that it can only be told in the silence. Secrets you do through affection, through love, through giving back
not blaze from the housetops. Secrets, if they are ever to Him the life they owe and reciprocating His own
imparted from one to another, are imparted secretly ; affection in terms of theirs. And the measure of their
and there is something that G o d would say to each one knowledge of Him, and the measure of their under­
of us, something which is unique to you in the possi­ standing of this secret of the L o r d , is the measure of
their sympathy with Him. I spoke a few moments
bility of G o d 's impartation of Himself to His people.
Now this is characteristic of all G o d 's gifts— that He ago of the scientist and his search after things that are
hides as well as reveals; so that one of the key words of hidden. Now how much science does a scientist know ?
the Gospel is the word ' hidden.' You read of hidden I tell you exactly— just what his experiments justify,
treasure, and }7ou read of hidden wisdom, and you and nothing else. A scientist does not know things
read of hidden riches, and you read of hidden manna. because he reads them out of a book. And we know
The word ‘ hidden' is one of the characteristic key exactly as much of G o d as our conduct justifies; we
words of the Gospel, and if you trace it through the know exactly as much of G o d as our character makes
New Testament you will find it opens up wonderfully it possible for Him to disclose to us. We may be the
rich areas and avenues of blessing and spoil to you. sharers of His secret if we will.
Then just a word on the showing of the secret.
And in the world of Nature you have an illustration
of this Divine method, that G o d not only reveals but ' He will show them His covenant.’ For His coven­
ant needs to be interpreted, His covenant needs to be
conceals things in order to draw His people ‘ far ben ’—
into His secret. For instance, it is true to say that the explained and opened to u s ; and, as we sometimes
secret of the L o r d in respect of the heavens is with the sing : ‘ G o d is His own interpreter, and He will make it
astronomer, and the secret of the L o r d in regard to the plain.’ In the Book of the Acts, in the ninth chapter,
earth is with the geologist. W hy ? Because they you will remember in the story of the conversion of
separate themselves unto their respective studies and Saul of Tarsus the L o r d sent Ananias to him, and then
make sacrifices. And there is no finality in their study. added this very significant w ord: ‘ You go and tell
No astronomer, no geologist, no chemist, has ever yet h i m all this, Ananias, but I will show him how much he
arisen to say ‘ We have come to the end of all know­ must suffer for My sake. I will show him M37 secret
ledge.' The greatest of them say : 'W e are thinking Myself.' And, dear friends, when the L o r d shows us
His secret, then we can reconcile His great assurances
G o d 's thoughts after Him, we are as children picking
with our changing experiences; then we see that there
up pebbles from the sea shore.'
And so it is in grace as in nature. G o d hides in order is no contradiction between His promises and our
that He may reveal, and that He may reveal in such a material poverty ; between His truth and the trouble
way as to eternally enrich the personality of His children. that we have very often to suffer and pass through;
no contradiction between His presence and the pain
There is a secret which is for them that fear the L o r d .
Who are those who know His secret ? They are not we often feel; nothing that is contradictory in His
selected by arbitrary choice on G o d 's p a r t; G o d has love to our loss. G o d shows us His covenant in the
no favourites in His family. There is no aristocracy sense that He shows us His meaning, and that by these
in grace; grace is one great democracy. There is no things the blessings of the covenant are actually cleansing
inequality of op p o rtu n e in the Kingdom of G o d ; and enriching and enlarging our lives.
And those to whom the secret is made known re-echo
it is open to the humblest believer to become the
ripest saint. Nobody is handicapped in the new life. it through the world. There is a beautiful word of
The secret of the L o r d is not given to His favourites, J e s u s about this— ‘ What I have told you in secret
for He has none, but to them that fear Him. In that declare ye.’ For you are your message, and what
the Old Testament you meet with the phrase ‘ the has been made truth to you, bread for your eating,
fear of G o d ' constantly ; and there was a time in our becomes seed for the sowing. So let us take that word
own English Christian life when the highest tribute you to-day, and ask that it may receive a new fulfilment
could pay to anybody was to speak of him as ‘ a G o d - with us. ‘ The secret of the Lord is with them that
fearing man.' But people do not talk much about that fear H im ; and He will show them His covenant.’
M
ay,
1927.
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[C. H .'J u d d .
P hoto by]
VIEW ON TH E WAY TO KULING, THE HILL RESORT IN THE PROVINCE OF KIANGSI.
Steady Advance Notwithstanding
Opposition.
Report of the Work in the Yuanchow K i District for the Year 1926.
By ROBT. W. PORTEOUS.
‘ I n nothing terrified by your adversaries
. . .
an
evident token
to you o f salvation \ '— Phil. i. 28.
'A n d it shall turn to you for a testimony!’— L u ke x x i. 13.
TH E P O L IT IC A L S IT U A T IO N .
O M M EN CIN G w ith the Chinese New Y e a r ’s d a y when
the mission house w as visited b y thieves, who carried
ofi considerable bo o ty , th e trials and difficulties seemed
to m u ltip ly w ith th e d a y s of the year. A record flood w ith
its a tten d a n t sufferings w as follow ed b y th e c iv il w ar w ith its
afterm ath of anti-Christian, anti-foreign propaganda. T hough
our d istrict w as righ t in th e fighting zone and only suffered a
few brief skirmishes, th e strain and tension of passing troops,
n ot to speak of th e thousands b illeted in th e c ity and district,
h as been considerable.
T he m ission house w as entered and p a rtia lly looted b y some
of th e victorious Southerns ; the la d y workers, who happened
to be a t home, were roughly handled, th eir glasses being
snatched off, and wedding ring, w rist-w atch, clocks, m oney,
etc., appropriated b y the soldiers. Since th en our mission
prem ises h a v e sca rcely been a d a y w ithout uniform ed officers
and men passing in and ou t.
The opposition to our w ork, more especially in th e Pinghsiang
district h as been fa irly acute, several of our ' JESU S H a l l '
signboards, together w ith some of the furnishings in our branch
churches h a v e been destroyed. O ur Chinese pastor, M r. L i,
w as dragged from his hom e, beaten and kicked unconscious,
in w h ich condition h e w as carried through th e streets, and
afterw ards brou gh t to his hom e b y th e Christians.
A t th e C entral S tation th e lo ca l people h a v e a ll alon g been
m o st friendly, though considerable annoyance h as been experi­
enced. a t th e hands o f ‘ our visitors! ’ Sm iles and kin d ly words
h ave done m uch, w ith G o d ' s blessing, to w ard off th e hateful
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revilings and designs of these our enemies, some of whom have
been won to become our friends, and we tru st th ey m ay y e t
get to know ' the Friend of friends!
SP E C IA L E V A N G E L IST IC W ORK.
O T W IT H S T A N D IN G the opposition encountered, the
w o rk of ‘ seeking and saving the lost ’ has gone steadily
on throughout the year. The gth B .I.O .L .A . Band
whose help we have again had through the kindness of Dr.
K eller, together w ith our mission station local bands and other
workers, though a t tim es facing considerable danger and in­
convenience, being unable to ren t premises or get a hearing,
ow ing to th e strong anti-Christian propaganda, have w orked
q u ietly on, grad ually m oving forw ard to other less hostile
centres where precious souls have been saved.
A dding up th e sem i-m onthly reports of the B iola Band
workers, a copy of which is filed both a t Changsha and Yuanchow ,
the follow ing are th e carefully balanced to ta ls of their p ast
y e a r’s w o rk in our d is tr ic t:— T he Gospel has been faith fu lly
preached in 13,836 homes. A to ta l of 29 Old Testam ents and
1,895 N ew Testam ents h a v e been given to those expressing a
desire to read them and atten d th e w e e k ly services. Much
‘ good seed ’ in th e form of 3,695 G ospels and A c ts h as been
discrim inately p u t in to circulation, added to w hich are the
follow ing w e ll chosen Gospel messengers, v iz.
' Synopsis of
Gospel ’ 4,800, ‘ A V o ice from H eaven ' 3,044, ‘ H appiness a t
H a n d ’ 7,177, ‘ T h e T ra ve lle r’s Guide ’ 104, ‘ Selected Portions’
2,003, ‘ Illustrated Portions ' 802, book tracts 587, folder tracts
6,666, sheet tra cts 8,229, catechism s 205, Gospel posters 901.
M ay w e n o t from such bountiful sowing e xp ect a p len tifu l
N
h arvest the ‘ first fruits ’ of w h ich have already appeared
a t several places ? v iz :—
(x) ‘ E x a lte d C it y ,’ where five whole fam ilies turned to
C h r i s t . These, together w ith the rem ainder of the tw en ty -six
enquirers brought, h ave m ortgaged their ow n m eeting place,
where regular w eek ly services have since been held. T w o of
these attended our short term B ible school and returned home
fu ll of the jo y of the L o r d .
(2) A t ‘ Spring V a lle y F o o t ’ fourteen homes were cleared of
idolatry, and about th irty-eight out of the sixty-eig h t persons
influenced seem true. T h ey too h ave continued th eir regular
w eekly m eetings in their own place of worship.
(3) A t ' W hite W ood ’ w hich m ight be term ed ‘ B lack W oo d ,’
a veritable Sodom for gam bling, opium dens, etc. ; only three
or four of the eighteen persons reported influenced remain.
(4) A t ‘ Reed V illa ge.’ Cold members were revived, and
tw en ty-eight new enquirers brought in ; four fam ilies destroyed
th eir idols.
(5) Then at ' E a s t R iv e r,’ where m uch opposition was m et
w ith, fifteen persons have been reported interested ; these are
preparing to open their own little m eeting place.
OUR LOCAL PREACHING BANDS.
L T H O U G H local preaching bands, too, have been considerably ham pered in th eir efforts, b y the unsettled
conditions and b y sickness, etc., w hich later took aw ay
one of our m ost experienced workers, still th ey h ave handed in
a fairly good report of w ork carried on, in all weathers, through­
out the year. 6,331 Gospels, booklets, tracts, etc., h ave been
p ra y erfu lly circulated throughout some 140 ham lets and
villages. T heir sem i-m onthly reports also te ll of 2,568 homes
h aving been entered w ith ‘ T he L ivin g M essage,’ and a to ta l
of 370 men and wom en are reported as h aving m anifested an
in terest in the Gospel.
T w o new ‘ worship centres ’ a t ' T iger M ound ’ and ' New
Peace ’ have been established as a direct result of the efforts of
these preaching bands, a t w hich some th irty to forty persons
gather to worship the true and livin g G o d .
N ews has ju s t come from ‘ Brass Drum C ity ’ (Tong K u)
our new ' hsien ’ c ity — opened la st year— telling of a consider­
able set back in attendance ow ing to anti-Christian propaganda,
b u t th a t on Decem ber 30 a new centre, ‘ O il L ip Stone ’— half­
w a y betw een ' W est V alley ' (Si-keng) and T ong K u — was
fixed up and opened b y the ten or so new enquirers there,
entirely at their own expense. ‘ O il L ip Stone ’ is far rem oved
from the reach of any anti-Christian storms, being situated
on th e unreachable side of the mountains. T he sun does not
appear till after breakfast, 10 li m ust be covered to b u y a piece
of beancurd p aste, and even then it is not certain it m ay be
obtained. T hank G o d ‘ The Sim of Righteousness ’ is now
shining there.
CONFERENCES.
A
INCREASE DURING THE YEAR.
L T O G E T H E R six new centres h ave been opened in
four of our five ‘ hsiens ’ (or d istricts). The to tal
num ber of baptism s for th e year being eighty-six,
representing seven ty men and sixteen women, w hich m akes our
present fellowship 1,137, plus another 1,000 under Christian
instruction. T he to ta l baptised from th e comm encem ent is
1,472 m em bers.
T he contributions for Church w ork during 1926 am ounted to
$1,137.02, and for educational w ork $1,027.60, thus m aking
the to ta l Chinese contributions to w ork out a t $2,164.62.
A
DEVELOPMENT
OF
SELF-SUPPORT.
H E local Churches have been responsible for the support
of tw o workers during th e year. A t ‘ D uckw ood C ity '
m ost of the 990,000 cash given for the enlargem ent
of their chapels w as from the Chinese Churches. A t ‘ V ast
W ealth ’ (only in name) the flock gave $100.00 odd to build
their own chapel. A t ‘ Golden J ade ’ th e y used between
200,000 and 300,000 cash to repair th eir m eeting place w hich
had been p a rtly washed aw ay b y the flood.
No fewer than three of th e out-stations sent ou t their own
preachers, and provided the expenses for the special N ew Y e a r ’s
week of evangelism .
Our Old F o lk s’ H om e is now bu ilt. The site and the building
cost $390.34, S 140.00 of w hich w as from the Christians them ­
selves, who have contributed over $300.00 more for the support
of these friendless ‘ auld buddies,' some of which have already
arrived, and are stayin g w ith us, the old fo lk s’ (new) home
being still occupied b y Southern officers, etc.
T
PROGRESS IN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.
O few er than 181 boys and girls have been enrolled in
our nine schools conducted in three ‘ hsiens ’ ; these
include Miss R u g g ’s b o y s’ low er and higher elem entary
boarding school a t W antsai, Miss Loosley's b o y s’ and girls’
lower elem entary a t Pinghsiang, together w ith our girls’ lower
and higher elem entary boarding and d a y schools, b o y s’ lower
elem entary and kindergarten a t Central Station : these have
been under the care of Miss X . Gem mel (now on furlough),
Mrs. Law son, Miss B . O key and Mrs. Porteous, w ith Miss E .
T w ize ll’s assistance for the last few m onths for Scripture lessons.
A n interesting feature has been the startin g of th eir own de­
votio n al m eeting, conducted b y one of th e scholars each evening
W e th an k G o d for H is protecting pow er all through th is last
term w h ich closed yesterday, th e scholars startin g for their
homes this m orning.
N
SHORT TERM BIBLE SCHOOLS.
O U R short term B ible schools h ave been held during
the year, w ith a to ta l enrolm ent of seven ty-tw o
(forty-nine men and tw enty-three women), representing
abou t tw en ty of the fifty-seven centres. E ncouraging news
keeps coming in tellin g of m other and son w ith open B ibles
sittin g down together each evening to share th e good things
brought home. T h e ta lk s on B alaam had m oved another to
reckon the 1,000,000 cash lent to his local Church building
fund to be his contribution, and again when the fam ily pigs
took ill and died the owner, who attended our B ible school,
was so blessed th a t he w a s.a b le , even then, to th an k G o d .
He is ligh tin g a fire ‘ on his own ’ t<? tem p t some of the cold1 hearted Christians to come in to the m eetings these cold days.
F
M a y , 1927.
SPECIAL
H E A V Y snow fall lessened the attendance a t our m en’s
conference, bu t w e had 240 registered delegates repre­
senting forty-four centres. Others stayed w ith city
relatives. O ur Superintendent, R ev. W m . T aylor, w as w ith
us, and our first tw o Chinese pastors (Mr. L i and Mr. Eo-Iang)
were ordained and sixty-fo u r converts were baptised. T hen
follow ed a few d a y s’ conference a t ‘ T en T housand Y e a r s’ C ity ,’
where other seven persons w ere baptised.
The in vitatio n s to our wom en’ s conference were sent out
b y faith . W ith c iv il w a r raging and soldiers everywhere,
even in our mission compound, who would venture out ?
W ell, fo rty persons b ravely came. One of these, ‘ an auld b u d d y,'
begged her w a y in, sleeping b y th e roadside, her people, who
were m uch opposed to her ‘ eating th e foreign religion,’ w ould
not allow her an y m oney for the journ ey, b u t nothing daunted,
she came and was am ongst fifteen baptised.
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CASES OF CONVERSION.
(r) '
W O „lads w ith th eit "baskets, laden w ith purchases, ready
to sling on their shoulders,; h ad go t to the g a te o f the
m ission compound, a few m inutes more and th e y would
h a v e started off h o m e ; one w as a brigh t Christian, the son of
o u r S un day School helper, th e other, though he had heard th e
; Gospel, w as still unsaved. A lon g comes the m issionary, ‘ Oh,
w h o is th is y o u h a v e go t w ith y o u ? ' ' H e is m y cousin .’
4 D oes he believe in J e s u s ? ’ ‘ He, no, he is a gam bler.'
" W h y , th a t is n e x t to a th ief ; y o u can ’t have a good conscience
an d ta k e another fellow 's hard-earned w ages in to your pocket,
can y o u ? ' ‘ N o .’ ‘ Then w h y not tru st the L o r d J e s u s to
ta k e a w a y th e desire for gam bling, and receive the H o ly S p irit's
p ow er to keep y o u from sin. W on ’t you ? ’ T he loads were
alre ad y on th eir shoulders, and as th ey were startin g ou t th e
m issionary cau ght th e la d ’s ‘ Y es, I w ill.’ I t on ly to o k a few
m inutes, b u t he has n ot gam bled since, and it is some m onths ago
n ow , and he is going on well, atten din g the w eekly m eetings
a t his neighbouring out-station. L a s t Sunday he was there
again w ith a beam ing face drinking in the message from the
lip s of P astor E o-Iang. 1 T he G ospel is the pow er of G o d unto
S alv atio n ’ is it not ?
T
* I f G o d brings m y son back h o m e , I w ill b e lie v e t h e Gospel,
if he does n o t I w ill be a vegetarian .'.; so said th e w ife of a
you n g convert, brought to C h r i s t through the t e s t im o n y of
one of th e N ew Y e a r preaching bands. T he w orkers of Biola
B an d N o. 9 had pled w ith h e r to accept ChriST', so now th ey
all prayed th a t th e runaw ay who had gone to join th e Southern
arm y w ould be brought back. Sure enough he came, a n d t h e
m other kept her promise and brought the daughter and so n
along w ith her. W ith w h at jo y these workers told of the
whole fam ily believing. G o d havin g kept H is promise too!
‘ Eelieve on th e L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t and thou sh alt be saved
and th y house.’
One of the fruits of Pastor W an g ’s v isit and m inistry daring
th e h ot summ er m onths has been th e getting the Christians to
repeat b y heart a verse of Scripture, each L o r d ’s D a y . A t
‘ Golden Jade ’ one o f the Christm as jo y s was to see how m an y
of the flock could repeat all th e verses learned during th e p ast
m onths. Those who repeated a ll were presented w ith a useful
g ift b y one of th eir leaders. Those who remembered, less with'
lesser gifts, etc. A Church letter has been sent to all the centres
to follow the lead of ‘ Golden Jad e’ ’ beginning w ith the first
Sunday in January.
The Bible at Work.
E C E N T L Y a M issionary in the
province of K ia n tg su , R e v . John
C. D e K o m e , gave me a striking
exam p le of th e pow er of th e W ord
o f G o d . T w o years ago he received
100 copies of th e special p ocket T est­
a m e n t for use in his d istrict. H e gave
som e to an evangelist, b u t w arned him
th a t th e y m u st on ly be given to adults,
a n d on ly to those who w ould agree to
T e a d a n d carry them . C ontrary, however,
t o the instructions of th e M issionary, one of
th e Books w as given to a ten-year-old boy.
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The lad carried the book to his home,
three miles distant in th e country. D ay
b y d a y the boy, or his father, read aloud
from its ^>ages, Such interest was aroused
th a t the farm er, like Cornelius of old, sent
for the M issionary to hear more of these
w onderful W ords of Life. A t first the
grandfather would h a v e nothing to do
w ith th e new ‘ JE SU S doctrin e.’
For
tw en ty years the fam ily had been ardent
B uddhists. T h e y h ad over 36 idols in
their home, to which th e y made more than
100 bows d aily.
Now, however, all is changed.
The
home is transformed, the idols have been
destroyed. H ym ns of praise ascend to
th e One True G o d . Three generations,
the grandfather, father, and son, are
seeking for baptism . A few m onths ago
when a m issionary exam ined th e grand­
father and asked w h at he knew abou t the
doctrine, he replied : ‘ I don’t know much
about the doctrine, bu t I know th a t I am
a sinner, and th a t J e s u s has saved m e.’
Perhaps no other nation in the world
appreciates th e gift of a book as m uch as
the Chinese. T h ey have a high regard
am ounting alm ost to reverence for their
w ritten ‘ characters.’
Hence th ey are
delighted to receive a book, and especially
the Book of Books.
G e o . T . B . D a v is .
God’s Word.
T h r e e G e n e ra tio n s in C h in aj led in to th e light o f th e G ospel larg ely th ro u g h th e gift
o f a New T e s ta m e n t t o a te n y e a r old boy.
M
ay,
1927.
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‘ If the B ible were not true, the sooner
w e found it out and threw it aside the
better ; b u t if it is true, the sooner we
live up to it and a ct upon it the better.
I f any of you were offered a B an k of E n g ­
land note, whether for five pounds or
five thousand pounds, you w ould never
doubt the value of it. Y o u would take
th e w ords printed on it as sure. A n d are
n ot the words printed in th is book as
sure ? N o p art of the book is unworthy
of our credit. I t is either G o d ’s word
or it is n ot w h at it is represented to b e .’
— J. H ud son T a y lo r .
Our Shanghai Letter
T h is L e tte r , fro m M r. J a m e s S ta rk , S e c r e ta r y o f t h e C h in a C ouncil a t t h e M ission H e a d q u a rte rs in S h an g h ai, is d a te d F e b ru a ry
2 3 rd , a n d c o n ta in s th e l a t e s t Mall N ew s re c e iv e d fro m t h a t c e n tre .
VIEW [O F [WHAMPOO
RIVER AND SOOCHOW CREEK, SHANGHAI, SHOWING NEW IRON BRIDGE, NEW ASTOR
aAND TH E GERMAN CONSULATE, T H E LATTER WITH FLAG FLYING.
HOUSE HOTEL,
EVACUATION OF SZECHWAN.
HONAN AND KIANGSU.
IN C E I la st w rote to y o u m an y of our missionaries, actin g
upon strongly expressed Consular advice, have w ith ­
draw n from th eir stations in S z e c h w a n and arrived
a t the coast, w h ilst others are now on th eir w a y to us. E v a cu a ­
tion, needless to say, has been con trary to th e personal desire of
th e w orkers concerned, and in n ot a few cases again st w h a t in
th eir opinion local conditions seemed to m ake necessary. T he
Consular advice given w as not, as fa r a s w e know, due to im m e­
diate danger, b u t in view of contingencies w hich i t w as feared
m ight result from th e critical situation, p articu larly a t H ankow .
W ith d ra w al w as considered b y the B ritish and A m erican
C onsular A uthorities as a wise precautionary measure, as in
th eir jud gm en t it w as n o t safe a t a tim e like the present to be
guided b y local conditions.
RO M H o n a n , w orkers w ho had been unable to leav e
K iku n gsh an a t th e end of th e summ er and those residing
a t Y encheng, w hich is a m ilitary centre, have a rrived
in Shanghai, and from one o r tw o other station s la d y w orkers
h ave come to th e coast.
In th e provin ce of K i a n g s u , all our la d y workers and M r.
Saunders, actin g upon our advice, h a v e w ithdraw n from A n tu n g,
T singkiangpu and Y an gch ow . In view of the reported e a r ly
tran sfer of troops from Chekiang to th e la tte r city,. we considered
i t wise to rem ove th e la d y studen ts in th e T rainin g H om e t o
Shanghai.
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THE KWANGSIN RIVER STATIO NS.
R O M our stations along th e K w an gsin river in K i a n g s i
:^he m ovem ent of troops seemed to us to render necessary
th e w ith d raw al of th e la d y workers, and all are now
either a t Chinkiang or Shanghai, exceptin g Miss A , M. Johannsen,
w ho elected to rem ain a t Y iish a n . M ilitary operations betw een
th e N orthern and Southern A rm ies in C h e k i a n g h a v e m ade
it desirable th a t workers, especially ladies, in the E a stern p a rt
of th e province should leave th eir stations, and a ll of these
excep tin g Mr. A . K . M acpherson, M r. W A . Anderson and Mr.
G . A . Sutherland, are now here.
Changshan, Yen ch ow and
H angchow h a v e also been evacu ated .
Mr. C. F airclough has
been v isitin g Lanchi, K in h w a a n d Y u n gkan g, w ith a view to
bringin g ou t som e of th e la d y w orkers from these cen tres;
b u t th e conditions o f tra v el a t present m ake th is impossible.
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M a y , 1927.
s h a n g h a i:
T h as been necessary fo r us to ren t tw elve houses to p ro vid e
accom m odation for those w ho have a lread y arrived or
are expected to reach Shanghai a t an early date. H a p p ily
it h a s been possible to secure, a t m oderate rental, v e r y su itab le
premises for our purpose, and m an y w illing hands have lightened
th e burden of preparing them for occupation. T he expense o f
furnishing, even sim ply, is, as y o u w ill understand, considerable,
w h ilst th e financial o u tla y involved in th e transport of a large
num ber of w orkers from d istant station s is h e a v y indeed.
In Shanghai, a t th e present tim e, w e are in th e m id st of a n
attem pted general strike/ including th e p ost office, w hich is m o st
inconvenient. I t began on th e 19th inst., and still continues,
though an om nibus and restricted tram w ay s e r v ic e h as been
resumed, and m an y th ou san d s o f fa c to ry and other w o rk e rs
h a v e returned to th eir w ork. Others, as th e result of th e
a c tiv ity of labou r union agitators, have, h o w e v e r , dow ned th e ir
tools. T he strike is n ot an ti-B ritish or even anti-foreign, b u t
is claim ed to be an expression of sy m p a th y w ith th e
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“ N ationalists ” and a dem onstration against Sun Chuan-fang.
O rder is being m aintained, b u t how fa r th is is due to the presence
of foreign soldiers and m arines it is im possible to sa y.
T h e effect upon th e general situation in th e Y a n g tse V alley,
w hich th e signing of th e Agreem ent betw een Mr. O ’M alley and
M r. E u gen e Chen w ill have, is aw aited w ith in terest here and
elsewhere in China. I t is thought b y some prom inent Christian
Chinese leaders th a t th e effect w ill be favourable.
V A R Y IN G C O N D IT IO N S .
N th e C iv il W ar there is little doing outside of C h e k ia n g ,
w here th e N orthern troops have m et w ith some reverses
and are said to be retreating. Several im portant cities
h a v e been looted, and the people, not on ly there, b u t in th e other
occupied areas, have suffered greatly.
In K a n s u and S h e n s i , as far as our inform ation goes, order
is being m aintained. M arshal F eng Yu-hsiang, w ho w ith General
C hang Tsi-Chiang has reached Sianfu, has assured the mission­
aries there th a t religious lib e rty w ill be continued, and th a t all
h is foreign friends, w h atever their nationality, w ill be protected.
F rom K w eichow w e learn th at, as the result of th e able
adm inistration of th e new Governor, conditions in th e province
have considerably im proved, and th a t some of th e schools,
w hich h ad been closed ow ing to th e disturbed state of the
country, have been re-opened. T he Mission schools a t A nshun
have n ot been disturbed b y th e p revalen t anti-foreign agitation.
dubious looking fellow s paid us a surprise visit. Finding iu in
th e m idst of B ible stu d y th ey sat down and listened V ery well,
considering w ho th e speaker w as, for fifteen or tw en ty m inutes
and th en departed, being w ithout excuse to start th e row for
w hich th ey probably came. G o d let them hear some good news
instead. A fter a fortnight here I w en t on to Tangkiang, where I
v isited several tim es all th e lo cal church members, and con­
du cted th e same evening B ible studies. A p a rt from selling
more Gospels and calendars on m arket d a y w e did no street
preaching, th e form ation of T rade Unions and constant pro­
cessions here as a t N ankang rendering th a t unadvisable.'
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H U N G TU N G , SH AN SI.
H E follow ing e x tra ct from a letter recently received from
Mr. and Mrs. A . B. Lewis, of H ungtung, S h a n s i , where
all is peaceful, w ill be read w ith in te re s t:—
‘ The ten t w ork th is autum n has again been encouraging.
Our neighbours a t H wochow had a special evangelist, and
there the results were splendid, about tw en ty fam ilies in one
village turning to the L o r d . Here we had on ly a few decisions,
b u t a t Chaocheng there w ete a large number, and m ost of the
b o ys and girls in the p rim ary schools cam e out for C h k i s t .
A num ber of these were from heathen homes. In the city here
w e have a num ber of new men w ho are coming regularly to
prayers each even ing.’
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N INGH AICH O W , s h a n t u n g .
STATION
NEWS.
ROM m an y stations we are glad to learn th at, notw ith­
standing th e disturbed state of the country, the work
of the Gospel continues. Mr. T . A . B inks, w ritin g from
K iitsin g, Y u n n a n , says :—
‘ Jan uary has been another m onth largely taken up w ith
evangelistic w ork and th e selling o f Scriptures in th e country
m arkets. The interest shown gives encouragem ent.’
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K AN CH O W IN K IA N G S I.
RO M K anchow , K i a n g s i , Mr. C. E . T w eddell w rites :—
‘ T he K u om in tan g propaganda is strong a t Nankanghsien. One day, as th e evangelist and I were selling
Gospels and G ospel calendars on th e street, w e were stopped
b y a group of stud en t preachers. In th e evening a dozen or so
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C1) Ming T o m b s, n eap Nanking.
M a y , 1927.
T Ninghaichow, Shantung, Mr. Gilmer has been m eeting
w ith encouragem ent in th e city work. He s a y s :—
‘ The cold has interfered w ith our w ork in the villages,
b u t I am glad for the concentrated effort in the city. A large
num ber of men have been spoken to, and to-day we were cheered
b y the orderly, good-sized gathering th at listened to the message
in the street.
' R ecen tly a Mr. L u i Hsi-lin, President of the Tsingtao Cham ber
of Commerce, and head of the B ank there, called here. H e told
me th a t he w as a schoolboy here in Mr. Ju d d ’s tim e, th irty-four
years ago, and as he w as passing through N inghai he w as desirous
of seeing the old Com pound once more. I gave him an oppor­
tu n ity of addressing the schoolboys who had already gathered
in th e morning hour, and it w as gladdening to hear him saying
th a t the best th in g to do w as for them to accept C h r i s t as their
Saviour. H e told me th at he had accepted C h r i s t while a t the
school here. Praise G o d for this definite fru it of school work.
A fter leaving, Mr. L u i sent me $10 fo r th e w ork.’
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(2) T w o s to n e e le p h a n ts t h a t fo rm p a r t of a n a v en u e o f huge s to n e fig u re s o u t o u t of one solid
block o f s to n e , o n t h e w ay t o th e Ming T om bs.
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S IS IA N G ,
SH EN SI.
ROM Sisiang, S i i e n s i , Miss CrystaU w rites : ‘ E a rly in
Septem ber a stranger came in to morning prayers, and
seemed m uch interested. A fterw ards he introduced
him self, saying th a t he and his cousin had come over 300 li
(100 miles), expressly to learn how to worship G o d . Seven
years ago being in H anchung on account of a law suit, he had
heard the Gospel three tim es in the Street Preaching H a ll and
had bought a N ew T estam ent. F or years he had read this,
b u t casually and occasionally. Later, on going in to the nearest
c ity on business, he m et someone givin g a w ay tracts. These
stim ulated interest in th e W ord, and th ey began really to stu d y
it w ith the result th a t th ey becam e convinced of its truth.
Sending th eir idols to a tem ple, th ey decided to worship the
G o d of th e B ible. N o t know ing how, th ey wrote out the
characters, “ Shangti Jesu ” (G o d J e s u s ) and hung them up,
morning and evening leading the fam ily in prostration before
them , burning incense and repeating the L o r d ’s prayer, which
th ey had learned from the Gospels. This, however, th ey felt
w as n ot enough, and w an tin g more ligh t as to how to worship
aright, th ey made several attem pts to come here to learn, bu t
w ere hindered b y shortness of funds and b y rum ours of dangers
ow ing to the m ilitary situation. H avin g saved up sufficient
for th eir own expenses, and for those of the fam ily during their
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absence, th ey had now come expressly to be tau gh t. T hey
were only able to sta y a few days and th en had to return , fearing
th ey m ight be cut off b y retreatin g troops if th e y delayed. T hey
hoped after further stu d y to come in a t th e end of the year
to be baptised, b u t h ave been hindered, and pro b a b ly dare not
ven tu re since the K a n s u and S h e n s i troops h ave had to retreat
to the south of the province. W e hope sh ortly to send a Christian
to see th em .’
A CALL TO PRAYER.
O U w ill understand how cheering it is to us to receive,
a t a tim e like the present, news of progress and blessing
in the w ork in different p arts of our wide field. W hat
I h ave w ritten will, I hope, call forth p rayer for all th e forms
of a c tiv ity a t our stations in the various provinces.
Y
B A P T IS M S .
IN C E th e date of m y last letter tw o hundred and se v en ty one baptism s h ave been recorded, m aking the to ta l thus
fa r reported for la st y ear 4,223, being on ly 354 less than
th e to tal for the previous year. W hen w e ta k e into account
th e conditions under which the w ork has been carried on this
result is surely m ost gratifying.
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Conflict and Victory.
The Annual Report of the Work in Hweihsien.
By MISS A. GARLAND.
H w eihsien is a c ity in th e s o u th w e s t o f th e P ro v in ce o f K ansu, in a large d is tr ic t c o n ta in in g a n u m b e r of sm all c itie s a nd m any
villag es. It w a s o p e n ed a s a S ta tio n of th e C.I.M. in th e y e a r 1923.
H E y e a r 1926 has been one of m uch
conflict and, th an k G o d , some
v icto ry . Jan u ary w as a m onth of
sickness and difficulty of various kinds,
both in our home and in the work. The
evan gelist and our helper were bo th ill,
and th e prospect for m eetings in the
N ew Y e a r w as not bright, b u t when the
tim e came strength w as given and we
had four days of m eetings in the ‘ Chengyueh ’ (the first m onth of th e Chinese year)
w ith an average attendance of th irty or
fo rty adults.
A fter these m eetings were over tw o
te n t missions were held, one in this city
and one a t the tow n of K o gialun g tw en ty
m iles aw ay. T he attendance at these
meetings, and th e atten tion given was
encouraging, and we fe lt th a t the w ork
w as n ot in vain.
During the m onths of March, A p ril and
M ay the men visited a num ber of idol
festiv als in villages and tow ns n ot far
from the city. I t w as encouraging to see
som e of the Christians g la d ly takin g part
in this w ork. One d a y there were six
men out in tw o directions preaching and
sellin g books. Mr. K ’ang and Mr. Cheng
visited Chenghsien and th e tow ns on
either side of th a t city , finding m any
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M a y , 1927.
w illing hearers during the ten days
spent there. A nd a little later th e c ity of
L ian gtan g w ith its towns w as also visited
and books sold.
In A u g u st and Septem ber th e men
worked in other places, and Chenghsien
w ith its tow ns had another ten d a ys of
opportun ity to hear the W ord. E a rly in
O ctober we were favoured b y a v isit
from Mr. F r a s e r ; he w as w ith us for
five days, and during th a t tim e he not
on ly conducted three d a y s’ B ible school,
b u t had a baptism al service w hen the
first Christians of H weihsien were re­
ceived in to the Church of G o d . Three
men and one woman, on ly four persons,
b u t th ey form the Church th at w ill, we
trust, b y the blessing of G o d , be a ligh t
in th is dark district.
A s soon as Mr. Fraser had passed on
his w a y I follow ed up an opening in the
country, and spent sixteen days aw ay at
th e .to w n s of Changlaba and K ogialun g.
I had w ith me the w ife of our helper, our
cook and one of th e Church members,
Mr. Cheng. W hile w e were bu sy w orking
am ong the women the men w en t d a ily to
th e villages around th e towns. T h e y w ereable to reach tw en ty-three villages in
th is w ay, and in some places the gospel
message w as eagerly received. One day
th ey m et a man over seven ty years of age
who had been seeking peace in the wor­
ship of B uddha all his life, b u t had
found it not. H e said, ‘ Y o u have come in
tim e : if I had n ot m et y o u I w ould have
been too la te .’ H e seemed to have decided to
worship C h r i s t and H im only, and others
too professed faith in the W ord preach ed.
Since returning from th is trip we have
again been hindered b y sickness in the
home, bu t some visitin g has been done,
ten villages h ave been visited for w ork
am ong wom en, and Mr. K ’ang has paid
another v isit to L ian gtan g.
H e found
in th a t c ity five men of some influence
who, h avin g p reviou sly shewn some
interest in the gospel, had been roused
to keen desire for b etter understanding
of the tru th b y the recent trials of
brigandage and loss through w hich th ey
had passed. One of these is Mr. Chang,
th e p rin cip al of the G overnm ent school
in th at city . H e first heard the gospel
in T ita o several years ago, and has
been reading his B ible more or less
diligen tly ever since.
A ll through the y ear the sick -have
been coining for help, 1,718 p atien ts
have been entered in th e book and th e
•visits num ber 2,262 for th e year. In
m a n y villages and tow ns we are now
know n through th is work.
Sunday services have been held regu­
larly, th e average attendance for th e
w hole y e ar on th e wom en’s side has
been about sixteen adults, and on th e
m en ’s side rath er less. Owing to m ilitary
rule th e c ity gates h a v e been closed early
during the la st few m onths, th is has
hindered the evening m eetings som ewhat.
S o th a t the average attendance a t the
w e e k ly p ra y er m eetings, for th e whole
y e a r is o n ly nine, b u t these m eetings
h ave been good and helpful.
Since the Church w a s form ed seven
new nam es h a v e been added to the
in qu irers’ and hearers' lists, one of these
is ex-C aptain Chang, who professed
conversion a t . K o g ia lu n g more th an a
y e a r ago. H e has been through m uch
tribulation during th e year, bu t has n ow
retired from th e arm y and is doing a
sm all business.
H e seems to have
realised m uch of th e L o r d ’ s grace, a n d
to have been changed from a proud over­
bearing man into a quiet earnest Christian.
H e spent a few days w ith us recently,
and has now returned to his home in
Chenghsien, where w e hope he w ill be a
brigh t w itn ess for th e M aster.
A
T in y
C h u rch .
T he w ork a t K o g ia lu n g seems to have
stopped owing to th e believers w h o were
there having been scattered to other
places, b u t we tru st there are some who
w ill y e t come out on th e L o r d ’s side.
A t C han glaba, 20 li from th a t tow n
there is an inquirer who w ith his fam ily
is seeking to w itness for C h r i s t .
The tin y Church in th is c ity (only four
persons) is preparing to entertain these
believers from afar a t th e sp ecial meetings
th a t we hope to hold here in, th e N ew
Y ear. T h e y have also w ritten a letter
to those in th e c ity of Liangtang who are
interested in the gospel,, asking them , to
attend the m eetings. The tw o young men
agreed to b u y th in gs needful fo r the
visitors, th e older man said, ‘ A n d I w ill
see to th e grinding of grain .’ Then the
young wom an said, 41 w ill come early
and prepare food .’ T h ey are all very
happy over it, and we are free to give all
our tim e to spiritu al work.
A t a Christm as service held last Sunday,
nine men and four women testified to
blessing received through faith in C h r is t,
alas! some of them are still bound b y
opium and other sins. B u t G o d is speaking
to souls, and so w e praise H im and trust
for greater victo ry in the coming year.
From the Annual Reports.
F E N G S IA N G IN SH EN SI.
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*✓ " V N E of the best years of work we
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I have ever experienced,’ writes
Mr. C. H . S te ve n sin his report of
th e w o rk of la st y ear a t Fengsiang and
d istrict, in S h e n s i .
A m ost encouraging mission w as held
during th e summ er at th e C entral Station
— crowds atten ded th e services daily.
S ev en ty baptism s are reported, and there
a re m an y inquirers.
A m arked w illingness to listen to the
G ospel message characterises the country
people. Open doors for gospel m in istry
abound. B u t m an y of these cannot be
entered for la c k of reinforcements.
In
several districts th e w ork is being cur­
tailed som ew hat ow ing to the prevailing
unsettled conditions.
The b o ys’ school has been w ell attended,
and no anti-foreign or anti-Christian
agitations have interfered w ith the w ork.
Several of the schoolboys were among
those baptised during the year.
A w eekly offering has been introduced
which is proving a financial help to the
work. There is, however, a good deal of
po v erty , m an y of th e people are prac­
tically livin g from hand to m outh owing
to th e continued exorbitan t taxation ,
looting, commandeering of grain, etc.
W heat is a lu xu ry. M ost of the people
are livin g on sorghum or maize.
A t M e i-h s ie n .
A VIEW OF TH E
M a y . 1Q27.
PAGODA AT ANKING,
IN TH E
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OF ANHWEI.
Regarding th e w ork a t the adjacent
station of Mei-hsien, Mr. Stevens w rites :—
' Mei-hsien has also been passing
through v ery try in g tim es. E lder Loh
was forcjbly taken from his home and
held to ransom.
T h is w as re a lly b y
soldiers connected w ith th e 2nd A rm y.
The leader of the Ti-ir-p’o out-station also
had to leave his home on account of local
bandits. H e lost a considerable am ount
of grain, and then after th a t h ad anim als
commandeered for transport of soldiers,
bu t the anim als were not returned. In
spite of all th is I am glad to report an
im provem ent in the state of th e Church
there. The suffering has, I believe, been
sanctified b y G o d to bring these men
nearer to H im self, and constrained them
to re-consecrate them selves to H is service.
Mr. F u, since leavin g his home, has been
residing a t Tsi-chia-chai, a large m arket
tow n where w e h ave some premises, but
the w ork has been sad ly neglected. He is
now endeavouring to resuscitate it. I
am hoping soon to p a y him a v isit and
encourage him . A Special Mission w as
;held some tim e ago in Mei-hsien and over
th irty converts were baptized.’
HINGPING IN SHENSI.
F th e w ork a t H in gpin g and district,
in th e province o f S h e n s i , M r. S .
Bergstrom , th e m issionary in
charge, w rites :—
' N ine of our ou t-station s h a v e been
affected m ore or less b y th e civ il w ar,
and some of these h a v e suffered severely.
T h is c ity w as n ea rly surrounded b y th e
opposing cam p, w hich a t one tim e w as
o n ly tw e n ty li, o r seven m iles a w ay.
B u t, b y the grace of G od , th is w as averted
in tim e. T h o u gh th e w o rk h as been
hindered lo ca lly in some o f th e outstation s, i t has, on th e whole, gone on
as usual, and to our great jo y h a s n ot
suffered defeat.
* In some Churches a sp irit of depression
w as fe lt am ong th e Christians because of
all th e trials th e y had m et, b u t n ot m uch
O
backsliding am ongst th e spiritu al in th e
Churches w as seen.’
There w ere 138 persons baptised
during th e year, being fo rty in advance
of the record fo r th e p revious three
years. T he num ber w o uld h a v e been
even larger, b u t fo r th e fa c t th a t the
■chaotic conditions p reven ted n ot a few ,
both men and women, from atten din g th e
m eetings.
F ou r Christians in one of th e outstations were tak en cap tiv e b y soldiers,
in broad, dayligh t, b u t w ere afterw ards
released. A deacon of one of th e lo cal
Churches, w ho w as also th e Chapelkeeper, w as b ru ta lly burned, in order to
e x to rt m o n ey'irom him,, and had to p a y
M e x .$ i6 , and hand over some clothes
valu ed a t another M ex. $ 16 to his to r­
mentors. H e is a p oor m an w h o could
ill afford th is loss. H e suffered dread­
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fu lly. Mrs. B ergstrom dressed his wounds
for abou t fo rty days.
The tw o schools, low er and higher
elem entary, for boys, a t th e C entral
S tation , were k ep t open and atten ded b y
abou t six ty boys, a sign of th e L o r d ’s
blessing, considering th a t none of the
G overnm ent higher elem entary schools
in th e d istrict were opened, except one
tow ards th e close of th e y ear.
T en t w ork w as m aintained throughout
th e year, th e three ten ts h a v in g a ll been
in use. T he aggregate num ber of days
spent in th is special m in istry were 330,
and as a resu lt 332 persons expressed a
w illingness to believe in th e L o r d . In
addition 418 persons confessed C h r i s t a t
th e C entral S tation and out-stations.
T w o new out-stations
have
been
opened, th us raising th e to ta l num ber of
out-stations to sixteen .
F ou r lo cal
Churches h a v e also been established,
m akin g a present to ta l o f fifteen
Churches!
KAIHSIEN IN SZECHWAN.
N presenting his report of th e w ork
o f the y e ar a t K aih sien , S z e c h w a n ,
M r. W upperfeld refers first o f a ll
to th e evangelistic w o rk. H e w r it e s :—
‘ In season and ou t o f season th e G ospel
has been fa ith fu lly preach ed b y m y
. Chinese fellow w orkers. On th eir ow n
in itiative P astor T a n and th e three
evangelists arranged th eir evangelistic
cam paigns during th e y e a r, w h ich gave
m e great jo y . ' G o d g re a tly encouraged
them in th eir effort to bring th e W ord of
G o d am ongst th eir ow n people.
More
th a n 1,000 G ospels w ere so ld alone on
one evangelistic tour. M an y thousands
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o f tra c ts were th an k fu lly received b y th e
people on su ch occasions.
Som etim es
large crowds, bo th men and wom en,
listened to th e old, old sto ry of C h r i s t
and H is love. On th e w hole th e people
h a v e been friend ly to us in spite of a ll
th e e vil influences w hich h ave been from
tim e to tim e w orking through th e children
' of disobedience. . . . P ra y for th e w ord
preached, fo r all th e B ibles and G ospels
sold, and th e large num ber of tra c ts
scattered about. T h e doors are fa r and
everyw here open in th e K aihsien district.’
I t is gratifyin g to learn th a t y e a rly
progress in th e direction of self-support
is being m ade a t this centre. Owing to
the fa c t th a t M r. W upperfeld w as n o t
able to v isit all the Churches in his
district before th e close of the year, n ot
all those w ho Were ready for baptism w ere
actu a lly received into th e fellowship of
the Church, how beit 15 new converts,
men and women, were added to th a t
fellowship. T he num ber of catechum ens
w as considerably increased, of whom a t
the end of th e year there were no few er
th an 238.
School w o rk has been carried on in three
schools w ith 97 scholars, bo ys and girls.
A b o u t 2,000 patients have been treated
a t the D ispensary. A v ery helpful Bible
School, attended b y fifty or six ty men
from the out-stations, w as held in th e
m onth of A ugust. T he w ork of teaching
th e 127 Christian women, and abou t the
same num ber of enquirers, conducted b y
Mrs. W upperfeld and Miss W egerle, has
been fru itfu l in blessing.
One of the out-stations suffered severely
a t th e hands of 2,000 brigands, in th e
early p a rt of th e year. Some of th e houses
of th e Christians were burned down,
others w ere looted, and nearly all were
driven from their homes, and compelled
to w ander for d a y s am ong th e mountains,
uncertain of w h a t m ight happen to them .
One poor fellow w as b ru tally p u t to
death b y those evil men. H is b o d y la y
exposed b y th e w aysid e fo r days, as no
one dared to rem ove him fo r burial.
‘ T he suffering/ adds Mr. W upperfeld,
‘ has been v e ry severe, b u t G o d has been
glorified through it all. T h e fiery tria l
has cleansed th e Church, th e m em bers
h a v e been drawn nearer to th e L o r d , no
one has lo st faith , th ey h a v e stood firm .
W e do th a n k G o d for th is! ’
CHEFOO IN SHANTUNG.
* T X T 7 E have been kep t in com parative
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peace rig h t th rough ou t th e y ear,
so th a t th é w o rk h as been carried
on w ith o u t le t or hindrance,’ w rites Mr.
Faers in his report of th e w o rk a t Chefoo.
T h e attendances a t. th e S un day services
h a v e been w e ll m aintained, abou t 200
m en and wom en gath ering for worship
w eek b y w eek. There were tw elv e bap­
tism s a t th e end o f J u ly , fou r of whom
were scholars from th e Chinese B o y s’
School, tw o of th em belonging to th e
th ird generation o f Christians.
The
m an y ‘ open doors.' T h e ladies a t th e N a va l
College h a v e in vited M iss H u nt again
and again, to v is it th em , w hich is a m uch
prized privilege, as i t is n ot easy to get
into th e hom es of th e rich, especially
those of th e govern in g class.
N A N CH A N G IN K IA N G S I.
S P E C I A L feature of th e w ork of
th e y e a r a t N anchang in K i a n g 81, has been open-air preaching.
M any people have thus been brought in to
touch w ith th e Gospel, through th e hear­
ing of the ear, as w ell as b y m eans of th e
circulation of Scripture portions and
Gospel tracts. A s helpers w ith the regular
preachers, a few of th e Christians an d some
o f the bigger schoolboys have taken a
share in th is work.
I t w as decided to enlarge the chapel,
and build a new b a p tistry w ithin th e
church building, the cost to be borne b y
th e local Church, b u t these im provem ents
were preven ted from being carried into
effect b y th e civil war. F o r th e same
reason no baptism s have taken place
during th e year.
T he school w ork, however, has been
more encouraging th an for some years
p ast, at least during the first p art of the
y e a r ; th irty-tw o boys and tw o girls
< were in attendance, ta u g h t b y tw o
teachers. Owing to the fighting, however,
P hoto 6r 3
[H u d so n B roo m h a ll.
it was im possible to reopen the school
during th e la tter half of th e year.
TH E HIGHEST TEMPLE IN CHUNGKING, SZECHWAN.
A s has been alread y reported in th e
F ebruary issue of CHINA’S MILLIONS, th e
mission premises at this statio n were
Some of th e you n ger Church members
Church m em bership now stands a t 219,
b a d ly dam aged b y shell fire during the
have been helping a t the children’s
v i z . :— 130 m ales and 89 fem ales.
Southern invasion.
I t is estim ated th at
m eetings on Sundays, and in th is way
T he Preaching B and, composed of
the dam age caused b y the firing w ill cost
are being trained, it m ay be, for future
volunteers from among the Church
over $ 1,000 to repair, while the personal
se rvice . One of th e you n g Christians hag
members did yeom an service in preaching
losses to the workers from looting w ill
been going ou t to one of th e villages, and
to th e m asses on the highw ays on Sunday
am ount to another several thousand
is keen in tellin g ou t th e G ospel story,
afternoons. The Chinese B o y s’ School,
dollars.
while one of th e elder women has been
w ith its 32 scholars, has been encour­
The chapel cannot be used for the
m ost fa ith fu l in v isitin g and helping a
agin gly successful. T h e evangelist, Mr.
regular church services, as it is occupied
poor bed-ridden wom an, and her m inistry
P . H . Ching, who is w h olly supported b y
b y th e m ilitary. T he services, therefore,
has been a rich blessing.
th e Chinese Church, has fulfilled his
are being held in th e large classroom of
T he B ible woman, Mrs. Ching, has
m inistry in faith fu l service b v preaching
th e B ible School. Mr. K auderer, in
been a faith fu l w orker, and is of great
d a ily to th e p atients at th e H o sp ital, and
reporting the condition of things, adds :—
acceptance and help among the wom en.
ta k in g his share of Sunday services and
‘ A n d it is great grace on th e p a rt of the
T he new rooms fitted up specially for
G ospel w ork in general. M iss A . H unt,
m ilitary to leave us th a t room for u se.’
wom en’s w ork have been a great boon.
w ith her Biblewom an and v olu n tary helpers has had a v ery
bu sy year. E a ch
w eek she and her >
helpers have been
p erm itted to v isit
seven to ten fac­
tories, to speak to
the wom en and
g i r l s e m p lo y e d
there, w ho, on the
whole give splendid
attention to th e
‘ Messages ’ deliv­
ered.
T h e y h ave
also been able to
visit th e villages
around, in’ a ll w ea­
thers, three o f these
regularly,
where
THE BEACH AT CHEFOO—A SEASCAPE.
iie y h a v e found
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Editorial Notes.
HE S IT U A T IO N IN CH IN A .— Nothing of a
very hopeful nature can, as yet, be written
about tiie development of affairs in China.
The situation does not perceptibly improve. The latest
news, so far as the Mission is concerned, is contained
in ‘ Our Shanghai better,’ and the Cablegrams printed
on pages 72 and 80 respectively. Acting upon the
urgent advice of the British Minister and the American
Consul, Mr. Gibb, our Deputy-Director in China., has
advised all our missionaries to withdraw from the
interior stations in all the provinces, so many of them
may, even now, be travelling to the coast. As we
intimated in our last issue, the Mission had been already
compelled to rent and furnish ten additional houses in
Shanghai for the accommodation of the refugee mis­
sionaries. This number has now been increased to
twelve, and more will be needed, though whether they
will be obtainable or not, in the present congested
condition of things in the Shanghai Settlement, we
cannot say. It , is probable that a number of the
missionaries from, particularly, the Northern Provinces
m ay find temporary lodgment in Tientsin or Chefoo ;
while others, whose furlough is actually or almost due,
may, if the needed funds are provided, be leaving for •
the home countries.
W e may be sure that it will be with great sorrow of
heart that they will respond to the Consular call and
evacuate their stations. That the Chinese Christians
deplore the necessity of their evacuation we know.
B ut it would seem that they have no option.
In o u r p r a y e r s fo r t h e m l e t u s a s k t h a t t h e y m a y b e
T
p r e s e r v e d fr o m a ll d a n g e r a s t h e y t r a v e l ; t h a t i n t h e
m e r c y o f G o d t h e y m a y b e e n a b le d t o r e tu r n t o t h e ir
p o s t s w it h o u t u n d u e d e la y ; t h a t d u r in g t h e ir e n fo r c e d
a b s e n c e t h e w o r k m a y n o t s u f f e r ; a n d .t h a t t h e p r o ­
p e r t y t h e y h a v e v a c a t e d m a y n o t b e in ju r e d b y u n r u ly
s o ld ie r s o r m o b v io le n c e .
It is impossible not to be exercised in heart regarding
the well-being of the Chinese Church, bereft, at least
for a time, of missionary oversight, for while she does
not lack leadership, many of her leaders are men of
limited training and experience, and they may find it
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difficult to fulfil, as satisfactorily as they may desire,
the responsibilities of the important positions they will
have to take. L et us pray for these leaders, and for
the Church in China generally, that great grace may be
upon them all. I t may well be that these apparently
untoward events may result in the strengthening of the
Church and the development of Chinese leadership
beyond anything which has previously been known.
As to the general situation, it is undoubtedly grave,
and the immediate outlook not reassuring, b u t ' instead
of trembling as if the sun were about to expire,’ it is
for us to turn ourselves to G o d , and in fellowship with
Him see ‘ in all the antagonism but the premonition
that He is-about to act for the vindication of His own
work.’ G o d governs His own world, and, to quote
some most helpful words, used in another connection
by Dr. Alexander MacLaren, ‘ I t is ever His method to
send His succour after the evil has been developed, and
before it has triumphed. So He times His help, in
order that we may derive the greatest possible benefit
from both the trial and the aid. We have all been dealt
with so in our personal histories, whereof the very motto
might be, “ When I said my foot slippeth, Thy mercy,
O L o r d , held me up.” The same law works on the wider
platform. The enemy shall be allowed to pass through
the breadth of the land, to spread dread and sorrow
through village and hamlet, to draw his ranks round
J erusalem, as a man does, his hand on some insect' he
would crush. To-morrow, and the assault will be made ;
but to-night, “ the angel of the L o r d went forth and
smote the camp, and when they arose in the morning ”
expecting to hear the wild war-cry of the conquerors as
they stormed across the undefended walls, " they were
all dead corpses.” Then, as it would appear, a psalmist,
moved by that mighty victory, cast it into words,
which remain for all generations the law of the Divine
aid, “ The L o r d is in the midst of her, she shall not
be moved ; the L o r d shall help her at the dawning of
the morning.” True, we are no judges of the time.
Our impatience is ever outrunning His calm delibera­
tion. . . . “ He that believeth shall not make haste.”
This confidence in the punctual wisdom of His working
ing on Wednesday, May 18, in the Hall of the Wilson
Memorial U.F. Church, Scott Street. Further particulars
can be obtained from the Scottish Secretary, Rev.
Arthur Taylor, 16, Belmont Street, Glasgow, W.2.
The Annual Meetings in Edinburgh will be held on
Thursday, Majr 19, at 3 o’clock in the Gartshore Hall,
116, George Street, and at 8 o’clock in Charlotte
by kind permission. Full particulars may be obtained
from the Secretary for Edinburgh and District, G.
Graham Brown, Esq., 19, Mayfield Gardens, Edinburgh.
involves the other belief, that if He does not “ work ”
it is because the time is not yet ripe.’
We reprint these strong and gracious words in the
hope that they may help to steady the hearts of any
who may be unduly apprehensive regarding the work
of G o d in China, and the safety of those His servants
who are in that land having as their sole aim the
advancement of His Kingdom. He will look after them,
He will preserve them and keep them from evil, and
even if, as may be the case with some of them, they
must needs pass through the fire, there will walk with
them ‘ in the midst of the fire ’ One ' like the Son of
G o d .’
M eetings for Prayer. — Friends of the Mission who
live in Edinburgh and district will be interested to know
that regular meetings for prayer for the work are held
as follows :—
1. Weekly Prayer fleeting on Thursday afternoons,
at 3 o’clock, in 19, Mayfield Gardens.
2. Monthly Afternoon Prayer Meeting on last Satur­
day of each month, at 3.30 o’clock, in the Gartsliore
Hall, 116, George Street.
3. Monthly Evening Prayer Meeting on the second
Tuesday of each month, at .8 o’clock, in the Hall of
St. Thomas’ Church, Rutland Street.
B erw ick-on-Tw eed. — In Kiln Hill Mission Hall,
Tweedmouth, on the last Wednesday of each month,
at 3 o’clock.
-------In M em oriam . — We are deeply grieved to have to
report the death of Mrs. George Andrew at Chefoo on
February 20 at the age of 68 years. For some months
she had shown signs of a breakdown in health, and at
the beginning of the present year she went into the
hospital, where her condition seemed to improve.
A few days before she passed away, however, she de­
veloped pneumonia, which at her age was serious, and
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The Annual M eetings. — This is the last opportunity
we will have of calling attention, in the pages of C h i n a ’s
M i l l i o n s , to our Annual Meetings, which are to be held
{D.V.) on Tuesday, May 10, in the Queen’s Hall, Langham Place, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Chairman at
each of the gatherings will be the Home Director of
the Mission, the Rev. J. Stuart Holden, D.D. The
closing speaker at the afternoon gathering will be the
Rev. J. Russell Howden, B.D., the Mission’s Deputy
Home Director, while at the evening meeting the
closing address will be given by A. Lindsay Glegg,
Esq., Chairman of the Metropolitan Christian Endeavour
Federation, and one of the Chairmen, also, of the Kes­
wick Convention. Several missionaries recently arrived
from China will also address each, gathering.
In view of the critical situation in China to-day and
all that it may mean for the future of missionary work
in that land, we hope that a very large number of
friends will gather with us at this Anniversary, and by
their sympathetic interest and earnest prayers help to
make the occasion one when, in an especial sense, the
presence and power of G o d will be manifest.
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Cheap Railway Tickets.
The railway companies of Great Britain (with the
exception of t i e London Electric Railways) have agreed
to issue special return tickets at the price of a single
fare and a third (minimum is.) if at the time of booking
each passenger presents a special voucher which may be
obtained free of charge from the offices of the Mission.
These return tickets will be available from May 9 to 11.
Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
SUBJECTS FOR PRAISE
PRAYER.
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Praise.
Praise for steady advance in the work,
notw ithstanding opposition. P .69.
Praise for several cases of encouraging
conversions, and for large num bers
of Baptism s.
Pp. 71-74-
Reserved Seat T ickets.
Pr a y e p.
No tickets are needed for the unreserved portions of
the Hall, but tickets for reserved seats can be obtained
free on application to the Mission. In this case also a
stamped addressed envelope is requested. Applications
will be dealt with in rotation.
Tea will be served between the meetings at the Poly­
technic, 309, Regent Street, nearly opposite the Queen's
Hall, at 5.15 p.m. Tickets (9d. each) may also be had
from the offices of the Mission.
Annual M eetings in Scotland. — Anniversary
gatherings of the Mission will be held in Scotland as
follows:— In Glasgow, on Monday, May 16, an after­
noon meeting in the Christian Institute, Bothwell
Street, followed by an evening meeting in the Renfield
Street U.F. Church, which has kindly been granted for
the occasion. Another gathering will be held in Dundee
on Tuesday, May 17, in the afternoon, in the Y.W .C.A.,
South Tay Street, and in the evening in the Y.M.C.A.,
10, Constitution Road. In Perth there will be a gather­
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Prayer for all persecuted Chinese Chris­
tians.
Pp. 69-76.
Prayer for Blessing to follow the circu­
lation of the Scriptures and Chris­
tian Literature.
P . 69.
P rayer for all Missionaries journeying to
the coast.
P. 72.
P rayer for all Chinese Leaders in the
Church, th at all needed grace m ay
be given them .
P . 78.
P rayer th a t the vacated p roperty of the
Mission m ay be preserved.
Pp. 77-78.
P rayer for the Annual M eetings in
E ngland and Scotland.
P . 79.
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‘ PRAY
W ITH OU T
CEASING.’
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the end came somewhat suddenly. Mrs. Andrew, as
Miss Jessie Findlay, arrived in China from Manchester,
England, on April 4, 1882. Thus she had almost com­
pleted forty-five years of service in the Mission. In her
removal we have lost another of our earlier workers,
who with courage and devotion went forward as a
pioneer to the remote parts of China, and thus made
a valuable contribution to the expansion of the Re­
deemer's Kingdom in the regions beyond. With her
husband she travelled widely, having lived and laboured
in the provinces of K w e i c h o w and K a n s u , besides
fulfilling periods of service in K i a n g s u and C h i h l i .
To Mr. Andrew and his two sons and daughter heartfelt
sympathy will be extended in the great sorrow which
has come into their lives.
The following is A n Appreciation’ by Miss M. Murray:—
' In fa ith and virtue lived a Christian life,
A fa ith fu l mother and a loving wife.'
These lines seem to me to ap p ly to dear Mrs. A ndrew as I
knew her. In her early m arried life she w as called - upon to
endure hardness in travellin g long distances, going as fa r w est
as K w e iy a n g in K w e ic h o w , where she h app ily and w hole­
heartedly engaged in pioneer w ork there. M y knowledge of
Mrs. A ndrew dates from 1891, at Yangch ow , where I w as so
deeply impressed th a t she lived th e Christian life. T h e simplicity
of the home life w as helpful to us in our w ork a t th e T r aining
Home, and exercised an influence on the new workers and upon
th e Chinese Christians, w hich has been far-reaching in its effects.
H er w a lk of faith w ith G o d w as a w itness to th e tru th th a t
‘ m an shall n ot liv e b y bread alon e.’ The spiritual was alw ays
dom inant in th a t hom e. Faithfulness as a m other in training
her children w as another impression I received.
‘ H e th at
sow eth to the S p irit shall of the S p irit reap ’ m ust be her reward.
' H er children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also
and he praiseth h er.’ T h e Chinese wom en loved her, as in a
quiet and gentle w a y she led m an y to the feet of J e s u s , and
they, w ill m ourn her loss. I t Was in adorning the doctrine th at
Mrs. A ndrew shone, as she glorified her L o r d i n life and service.
Papers and M agazines,—A Christian Endeavour
Missionary Circle in England, having kindly offered to
supply Christian papers and magazines to our mission­
aries in China, have had such a demand for these that
their supply is exhausted, and we still have a large
number of requests. It may be that some otheir of our
friends would like to join in this response for papers.
If so, will they please communicate with the Rev. W. H.
Aldis at the Mission Headquarters at Newington Green,
and he will be pleased to supply particulars as to the
papers and magazines which have been requested. It
is evident from letters received from China that there
is a real need for reading of this kind, and we feel sure
that there are many of our readers who take in papers
who, after they have read them, would, instead of
throwing them away, gladly pass them on to China.
A Note of Sympathy. — We desire to express our
deep sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jones,«in the
sorrow that has befallen them through the sudden
death of their only daughter, Mrs. E. C . Wood (née
Lilian Gertrude Jones) through an accident on board
ship, as she was on her way to rejoin her husband in
Korea. May the L o r d comfort the hearts^of^our dear
friends.
Sad T idings. — We greatfy regret to report that we
have received news by cablegram of the death of Dr.
G. Whitfield Guinness on Tuesday, April 12. We
understand that the cause of death was typhus fever,
and that at the time he, with Mrs. Guinness, was in
Peking. We await further particulars. Most tenderly
do we commend Mrs. Guinness and the son and daughter
of our dear friend in their great bereavement to the
prayerful sympathy of all our readers.
Another sad cablegram was received at our head­
quarters in London on April 17, announcing the
capture of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Slichter, and their son
and daughter, also Miss M. I. Craig, by bandits in
Y u n n a n Province. Mr. Slichter and his little daughter
have been killed, while Mrs. Slichter, her son, and
Miss Craig have been taken into captivity. Let us
bear up these dear friends very specially before the
L o r d , that in their sorrow and suffering they may truly
realise that His grace is sufficient, and be sustained
and comforted, and delivered.
Cablegrams
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^Received in London from Shanghai.
March 23, 192$.
All workers arrived safely at the coast from Chinkiang, C h e k i a n g , S z e c h w a n , except Mr. and Mrs.
Glanville, Miss K. E. Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. R. Cunning­
ham, Mr. B. Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. H. Wupperfeld.
German ladies remaining.
Order being preserved
Shanghai Settlement.
April 6, 1927.
The British Minister, American Consul, strongly
advise the withdrawal of missionaries from interior
stations all provinces. We have advised accordingly.
All workers arrived safely at the coast from Anking,
Chinkiang, Yangchow, Kienning, Shucheng, Chichowfu.
April 9, 1927.
Miss J. Brook, Mrs. F. S. Joyce, Dr. and Mrs. R. N.
Walker and children arrived safely Tientsin. Miss E.
Dives, Miss M. E. Soltau, Peking.
April 13, 1927.
Yesterday, deeply regret to convey the sad news
of the death of Dr. G. W. Guinness.
April 17, 1927.
Chinese officials report Consuls, Yunnanfu, Mr.
Morris Slichter, with daughter, have been killed, and
Mrs. Slichter, son, and MissM. I. Craig, in hands robbers.
April 18, 1927.
All workers arrived safely at the coast from Taiho,
An., Chihchowfu, Kienping, H o n a n , except Shekichen,
Mr. F. S. Joyce, Mr. W. E. Shearer, Mr. J. Gardiner,
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. G. Parker.
Arrivals from China.
F ebru ary 10.— M iss M. A . O rr-Ewing, Miss G. M. F ox, Miss
A . A . D avis.
M arch 21.— C. N . and Mrs. L ack.
M arch 31.— H . J. and Mrs. Squire.
A p ril 1.— Miss M. E . W aterm an, Miss A . I. Saltm arsh.
A p ril 2.— C. H ow ard and Mrs. B ird, D r. F . H . and Mrs. Judd.
‘ C h i n a js M i l l i o n s / p o s t f r e e 2s. 6d . p e r a n n u m f r o m t h e C h i n a I n l a n d M i s s i o n , N e w i n g t o n G r e e n , L o n d o n , N . 16,
A n y C .I .M . P u b l i c a t i o n c a n b e o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e R e l i g i o u s T r a c t S o c i e t y , o r f r o m a n y B o o k s e l l e r .
M a y , 1927.
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(payable a t G .P .O .) and Cheques, w h ich should be crossed, p a ya b le to the C h i n a I n l a n d M i s s i o n .
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Faith Challenged but Not Staggered.
Address from the Chair at the C.I.M. Annual Meetings
By DR. J. STUART HOLDEN.
I T is with a great sense of privilege that I welcome
you all to the Annual Meetings of the China
Inland Mission, and with a deep appreciation also
of all that your fellowship by prayer and gift means
in carrying on the work of the Gospel committed to us.
It is but bare truth to say that our Annual Meetings
have never been held under just such circumstances as
those in which we meet to-day— an Inland Mission
whose inland work is practically at a standstill. For
over the land of China, upon which our prayers, our
faith, and our efforts are directed, there hangs a heavy
and a dark cloud— dark to the point of impenetrability.
For who can see what lies behind the cloud to be dis­
closed in coming days ? We are, however, here as
those whose confidence is in God, as those who have
abundant cause to praise Him, although just now
events are such as to bewilder us. Our faith is chal­
lenged but it is not staggered, because we know that
behind all the ominous clouds, behind all the wrath
and threatenings of men, He sits a King for ever. We
know that in His pierced hands are held the reins of
world government. We come together as those who
have first come to Him, have found rest unto our souls,
have taken His yoke upon us, and are learning of Him
in regard to Himself, in regard to ourselves and in
regard to the world-field and to His work in it. And
in union with J esus C h rist our L ord we are not afraid
to face the facts of the situation ; though apart from
Him they present an aspect of unrelieved darkness and
gloom. With Him we can face all the facts with con­
fidence and without panic, knowing that He changes
not, and that unto Him God, our Father and His, has
given the utmost parts of the earth for an inheritance
and a possession.
The conditions in China are dark and bright at once.
There is a dark picture, but I need not dwell upon it
because with its features most of us are already some­
what familiar. There has been upheaval and loss upon
a large scale. Very many Mission stations have been
Ju n e , 1927-
compulsorily evacuated, so that practically all our
missionaries are either at the coast or are on their way
to the coast. And that, be it said, not of their own
desire, but under the strong pressure of Consular
authority which could not be resisted. We think of
the destruction of stations and outstations by bandits
and disorderly soldiers, of the looting and defilement of
Churches, of missionaries who have lost literally all they
possessed. We know that in some places our Chinese
Christian brethren have been forbidden to gather for
worship, that the work of Christian schools and hos­
pitals is at a standstill, and that mob-passion is every­
where being stirred up by subtle and mischievous
propaganda. And we realise that behind the upheaval,
which is largely political and anti-foreign rather than
primarily anti-Christian, there are at work the sinister
powers of Bolshevism, of the Soviet, of godless inter­
national Communism, which have as their objective the
provoking of those nations having interests in China to
a great Armageddon of conflict. Little discrimination,
under such circumstances, can be expected between
those who are in China for C h r i s t ’s sake and the
Gospel’s, and those who are there for commerce and
imperialism. Consequently the missionaries have suf­
fered rather as foreign nationals than because of their
Christian testimony and aim. That is the dark side of
the picture.
On the other hand, what gladdening brightness there
is! How radiantly shines the steadfast faith of the
native Christians' How splendid is the loyalty of the
Chinese leaders of the work— men and women! How
refreshing the fact that those who are being tested in
regard to their faith in C h r i s t , as we have never been
tested, are, by His grace, standing fast in Him. But
are not many of them Nationalists ? you ask. Yes.
Many of the Chinese Christians are Nationalists. And
I ask you why should they not be ? Why should they
be less Chinese because they have become Christian ?
You and I are not less British because we have come
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to know the L o rd Jesus C h rist as Saviour and Master.
Nationalism in the Church in China is no sin at all. It
is no contradiction whatever of the Christian faith.
And thousands of Chinese Christians are to-day wit­
nessing to the reality of the super-national fellowship
of the Kingdom of God, the fellowship of all who love
C h rist and declare themselves His redeemed. Do not
let us ever forget that it is the Church of C h rist in
China, the Chinese Christian Church, that we are there
to build and to help build. It may be that God is
Himself putting us on one side through these present
necessities, in order that this objective may be the more
certainly realised. And if our getting out of the way
helps that building, then gladly we get out of the way.
For our assurance is that though the missionaries may
be forced to leave the interior, Jesus C h rist is not
expelled. The Word of God is not bound. The Holy
Ghost has not ceased His ministry there. So our
confidence in God is unchecked and unchanged. The
maintenance of the China Inland Mission as an institu­
tion in China is not, and never has been, the final
objective of our service. That objective is to make
ourselves dispensable as soon as possible, by co-operation
with God the Holy Ghost in building up the Church of
Jesus C h rist in that land in forms appropriate to its
peoples. The Church in China is not dependent upon
us, but upon Him. And H e will not leave the inland
provinces. He has not departed from the Churches
there, bereft, as they are, of their foreign teachers,
advisers and friends. Nor is it alone upon Western
Christians that He bestows the gifts of evangelism and
leadership. He can raise up— He has raised up and will
yet raise up— leaders from amongst the Chinese Chris­
tians themselves, men and women taught of God, to
carry on His work despite our removal. Against the
Church in which He rules the gates of hell shall never
prevail. It is the Church of our Omnipotent Lord.
The outlook for the future is entirely uncertain.
I cannot say that with too much gravity. He would
be a rash prophet who would venture to declare with
any certainty what is going to happen in China next
week, or next month, or next year. For our present
purpose, the purpose for which we are gathered together
to-night— of thanksgiving, of prayer, and of re-dedica­
tion— it is sufficient to say that there is no immediate
prospect of the missionaries now in this country returning
to China, and there is no immediate prospect of new
missionaries being sent out, until the situation in China
clears. Of the hundreds of missionaries now at the
coast ports in China, those whose furlough is due, or
approximately so, will return to this country so soon
as God in His mercy provides funds and so soon as
passages are available. But I do want to assure you
all, dear friends and prayer-helpers, though this is
perhaps scarcely necessary, that every missionary and
every candidate is eagerly ready to go forward, at
whatever hazard to themselves, whenever God in His
providence opens the door. You will be interested to
know that the young workers at the coast are spending
this time in language study ; and that our older friends
are conferring prayerfully about the readjustments
which must be made in the work in coming days.
Some of them are finding opportunity of fruitful service
amongst the troops of the Defence Force, and we trust
that they may be used to the salvation of many of our
soldiers, sailors, and airmen. And meanwhile, until the
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way is clear for them to resume their work in the
interior, we pray, and we invite you to join with us in
prayer, that we, with them all, may learn of Him Who
was not unprepared for all this upheaval and turmoil.
For it has not taken G o d by surprise. The future to
Him is not, as it is to us, shrouded in mystery. He
knows the end from the beginning; and our prayer is
that we may learn what is His Will in these present
happenings and be quick not only to discern but also
to do it. We remember that in the days of the War,
when news came of reverses and setbacks, of battalions
cut up and the line pushed back, nothing stimulated
recruiting so much as did those reports. Those were
the days when men’s blood was stirred to heroic action
by hearing of the calamities that had overtaken their
fellows. And my own faith— and I believe I speak for
the whole body of the Mission— is that in these days,
when difficulties challenge and confront us, when
circumstances seem to call an imperative halt to our
activities in China, many amongst our young friends
will hear the King's voice, will realise His need of them,
and will rise to their sacrificial opportunity.
I would refer -you to the Annual Report which has
been circulated, in the contents of which you will find
much of stimulating interest in regard to the progress
of the work during the past difficult year, in regard to
the workers— to those also who have finished their
course with joy and gone in to see the King, and in
regard to the continued faithfulness of G o d in respect
of our financial needs. In regard to these latter you
will see that the total income of the Mission from all
sources in China and in all the home countries, aggre­
gated, is not less than £185,492, showing a net increase
of £4,073 over last year. Great Britain’s contribution
to that total was £56,297, which amount shows a decline
of £1,517 as compared with the previous year. This
decline is doubtless owing in great part to the disturbed
industrial conditions and the economic straitness which
was experienced by everybody during a year of unusual
strain. But in spite of it we are able to give thanks
to G o d that there has been administered to us, as ever,
an u n f a ilin g sufficiency. You will not misunderstand
me when I say of our present and prospective financial
needs that these are not diminished because the mis­
sionaries are not engaged in their usual work in inland
stations, but greatly increased; and we ask you con­
stantly to seek the L o r d , our unfailing G o d , as we
ourselves also seek to do, for the fulfilment of His
faithful word in the supply of all our need according
to His riches in glory by C h r i s t J e s u s .
The ' calumny and praise,’ which is the title of our
Annual Report, has not been restricted to the work on
the Field— at any rate, not the calumny. It is probably
within the knowledge of some present, and may perhaps
have been a cause of concern to them, that the Mission
Tigs been vigorously and even unscrupulously attacked
on the ground of its alleged infidelity— or that of some
of its leaders— to its evangelical foundation and purpose.
I may say here that the Mission knows those who are
responsible for these attacks well enough to put a fitting
value upon their distortions, assumptions, and mis­
statements.
It is, however, right that I should give the completest
assurance to you, our friends, and to that larger body
of the Mission’s valued fellowship which this great
meeting represents, in regard to the C.I.M.’s continued
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and unchanged faithfulness to all the great truths of
the Christian Faith, to—
— the Deity of our L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t , and to His
full and final revelation of G o d our F ather;
— the sufficiency of His atoning death, and the reality
of His victorious Resurrection ;
— the presence of His sanctifying, teaching, guiding
Spirit in the lives of His followers;
— the certainty of His promised Return;
— the necessity of faith in Him, and in Him alone,
for salvation from sin and unto holiness without
which no man shall see the L o r d ;
— the unqualified Divine Inspiration of the Scriptures
of Truth, as being the record of G o d ’s revelation
of Himself to mankind from the beginning ; and
as constituting the final authority in all matters
both of faith and life.
And what is true of the Mission generally is true of
each individual missionary and ofiicer, both on the
Field and in the Home Countries. I may say, indeed,
that in view of the deplorable modem theological
drift— of which all are sorrowfully aware— prevalent in
many quarters, the Councils of the Mission, in 1922,
reaffirmed their written allegiance to the ‘ Principles
and Practice ’ which has, from the beginning, been the
Mission’s basis. And I may say, further, that it is an
obligation of honour on the part of each member to
communicate any change or modification of conviction
in regard to any of these vital points to the General
Director and to withdraw from the work. With such
an undertaking, in addition to the assurance I have
given, I think every friend of the Mission ma.y be satisfied
that no such defections as have been charged against
us have any justification either in fact or intention;
and that those who have been called by G o d to leader­
ship in this work realise, and seek to discharge as unto
Him, the solemn responsibility of safeguarding the
Mission’s declared position.
That men of sincere purpose and entire loyalty may
make mistakes is, of course, admitted. The leaders of
C.I.M. lay no claim (such as is implicit in the publications
of their hostile critics) to infallibility, either of Scrip­
tural interpretation or Mission administration. If mis­
takes have been made, we humbly commit ourselves
and our work to G o d ’s mercy and forgiveness in C h r i s t .
We do, however, strenuously rebut the charges of wilful
and deceptive departure from the Faith which have been
so recklessly made ; and declare, as in the sight of G o d ,
our humble desire and determined intention to walk in
the Old Paths, with fixed heart, with open mind, and
with glad obedience.
Whilst we realise the impossibility of satisfying
cavillers, and pray with St. Paul to be ‘ delivered
from unreasonable men,’ we are thankful to enjoy the
sympathy and confidence of the large number of the
L o r d ' s servants to whose prayers and gifts we are so
much indebted. And I make this authoritative state­
ment for their reassurance, in so far as any of them
may have been made anxious by this campaign of
calumny. If it serves to help us close our ranks, to
bear one another’s burdens, by love to serve one
another, to resist the devil in C h r i s t ’s Name and to
carry out more effectively, in true unity of heart, our
commission to proclaim the Gospel to every creature
in all the world, then the cause of the Kingdom of G o d
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in China, and not in China alone, will be furthered.
And this is our one aim.
We are now going to hear from those who, from the
Field, will tell something of their labour and experience,
and will bring to us the message of God in terms of
service. And you will recognise in the addresses of my
three friends who are to follow no note of despair.
I say this in advance, not because I know a word of
what they are going to say, but because I know them,
and because I know those whom they represent, their
fellow-missionaries. We used to hear in the days of the
War, when regiments were marching down our streets,
somebody with a megaphone voice crying, ‘Are we down­
hearted ? ’ And there was only one answer: it was a
thunderous ‘ No ! ’ And we are not down-hearted.
Because we believe in G o d we cannot be. The call that
comes to us in these daj7s of disturbance and anxiety is
1 L i f t up your hearts ! ’ And we lift them up unto
the L o r d . I suppose we have all heard a great many
definitions of the optimist and the pessimist. Well, I
will venture to give you yet another before I call upon
the first of our missionary speakers. A pessimist is a
man who sees a difficulty in every opportunity ; while
an optimist is a man who sees an opportunity in every
difficulty! And we of the China Inland Mission are, by
the grace of G o d , all unrepentant optimists.
Annual Meetings in Scotland.
E R E in Glasgow we have m uch for which to, praise the
L o r d for His help in connection w ith the Annual
Meetings. The Mission’s Sixty-Second Anniversary
was m arked b y a series of meetings held in Glasgow from F rid ay,
M ay 13, till M onday, M ay 16, and was followed b y gatherings
in Dundee and Perth. The audiences at them all were very
encouraging and the speakers were w onderfully helped. A t
the big evangelistic m eeting in the Glasgow T en t H all on the
Saturday night, each of the four speakers— Misses B axter and
Lucas and Messrs. L a ck and T aylor— delivered Gospel messages,
and Mrs. L a c k sang a solo at the close. In response to the
invitation for decisions for the L o r d , several hands were raised
and a num ber went into the inquiry room. On the Sabbath
the various speakers occupied pulpits in different parts of the
c ity and, on th e day following, the Glasgow N oon-D ay Prayer
Meeting w as addressed b y Mr. L a ck and Miss Lucas. Probably
never before in th e history of the Mission in Scotland have so
m any people been addressed during one week-end b y C.I.M .
missionaries. A ll who took p a rt were conscious of the L o r d ’s
presence and help and to Him do we ascribe the praise and
H
glory.
A r th u r T a y lo r .
[Meetings were also held in Edinburgh on M ay 19. too late to
be reported on in thip issue. N e x t month, however, we hope
to m ake m ention of them .— E d .]
Arrivals from China.
M ay
4.— Mr. and Mrs. H. Parker and fam ily.
M ay
5.— R ev. H . G. and Mrs. Thom pson and children, Dr.
M. R . Lawrence, D r. Lilian W atney, Miss R . M. Ford,
Miss D . W righ t-H ay, Miss G. C. D avey, Miss Nicholson.
M ay
1 6 — Mr. A . W . and Mrs. Large, Mrs. T.
Mr. E . G. Toyne.
E . Robinson,
M ay 19.— D r. S. and Mrs. H oyte.
M ay 21.— M rs.W hitfield Guinness, Miss P. M. Deck, Miss E . Dive»,
Out-station W ork
Address by MISS O. C. LUCAS,3from
Szech w
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P hoto 6j'3
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ENTRANCE TO MARKET OF TSINCHICHANG (i.e., C le a r S tr e a m M arket), SZECHWAN.
L I T T L E girl in China said to
m e one d ay, * Teacher, I w an t
to ask y o u a question.' I said,
‘ W ell, little sister, w h a t is it you w a n t ? *
She said, ‘ I h a v e been thinking.* I said,
‘ W h a t h a v e y o u been th in king a b o u t.’
* I h a v e been th in king about E n g la n d .'
T h e little lassie looked up, and I said,
‘ W h a t are y o u th in kin g about En glan d,
little sister ? ’ A n d she said, ' I am th in k­
ing, w hen a ll th e people are gathered
to geth er in E n glan d and are p rayin g to
G o d in heaven , and are p rayin g in English,
how does G o d understan d.’ I h ad a lw ays
wondered how G o d understood Chinese.
She looked a t m e w ith her little brigh t
b la ck eyes, w a itin g for an answer.
I
said, ‘ G o d does n o t listen to our lips
so m u c h : H e looks a t our hearts and
b y w h at H e sees there H e kn ow s w h a t w e
w a n t to a sk H im .’ She ga ve m e such a
sm ile and said, ‘ N ow I understand, it has
been bothering m e so .’
W ell, friends, I th in k there is a great
deal of p ra y er going up to G o d in our
hearts for m an y th in gs th a t w e do n ot
quite know o r understand how to p u t
in to words, a n d one of these th in gs is
w h a t is referred to in mission addresses,
m issionary reports, and letters from th e
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field, w o rk in th e ou tstatio n s. Friends; are
requested to ‘ P r a y fo r th e outstations.*
I used to w ond er to m yself, w h a t an
ou tstatio n w as, and so to -d a y I th o u g h t
y o u m igh t like to hear w h a t an o u t­
station is, how it com es in to being, w h at
is th e reason, and w h a t is th e use of it.
O U T S T A T IO N S .
There are m a n y kin ds of ou tstations.
I can see th em a ll over th e cou ntry, some
rig h t up in th e m ountains, som e down in
th e plain, some b y th e riv e r side, some
here, some there, b u t alm ost alw ays an
ou tstation is a w a y from a w alled c ity .
W hen th e m issionaries are first startin g
w o rk in a district th e y gen erally go and
s t a y in a w alled c ity where th e m andarin
lives, and th is m an darin h a s a grea t m any
tow n s and villages and h am lets and a
great b ig p op u lation in his d istrict to
w hom he stan ds as th e one au th ority,
and to w hom th e people com e in a n y kind
of law suit, fo r in stan ce; and ta x es are
p a id to him . T h a t cen tral c ity is a v ery
strategic p oin t fo r th e w o rk of th e Gospel.
B u t w h en a m issionary h as begun th e
w o rk th ere his h e a rt goes o u t to th e
outstations. C an y o u see a p asto r in his
stu d y ? H e has th e th o u gh t of his district
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before him . T h e one I am th in kin g o f
now is in S z e c h w a n , th e p lace I
h a v e been liv in g in fo r eight and a h a lf
years. T he w ork there w as alread y going
on when I w en t in to th e district, and
there were eight outstations, fu lly m anned
and w orked ; th ere w ere other places too.
T h a t parish, w hich th e p astor w as lookin g
after, w as com posed of eigh t hundred
thousands souls.
A s he looked over th e district h e decided
th e n e x t route th a t his evangelistic ban d
should ta k e w hen th e y w en t ou t from
th e c ity . T h a t pasto\ had th e m eth od of
tw ice a y e ar gath ering in as m an y Christian
m en and C hristian b o y s as h e could from
th e ou tstations a lread y form ed and from
th e c ity . T h e y carried banners, and th e y
h a d te x ts on th e b a n n e rs; th e y h a d
concertinas, com ets, m o uth organs, and
an yth in g th a t m ade a noise. T h e y used
to go o u t p la y in g these things, a n d a t
n ig h t tim e t h e y w ould sleep ju s t where
th e y fou nd them selves.
I remember, so w e ll w atch in g th a t ban d
startin g o u t on an evangelistic to u r
and n otin g th e difference betw een th e
E a s t and th e W est. I n E n glan d if th ere
is going to be an yth in g like th a t, and
th ere are banners a n d flags, y o u can n ot
keep th e bo ys from w an tin g to hold them ;
th eir nam es down. W hen I had finished I
b u t over in Chjup. it is rath er different,
w as v e r y pleased to th in k th a t I had h ad
fo r those w h o carry banners are th e
such a c la s s ; b u t th e n e x t d a y n ot one
w om an tu rn ed u p . I sent round to ask
beggars, and so i t m eans th a t people do
w h at w as th e m atter, and th e y said, ' W e
n o t w a n t t o carry banners lest other
p eople should th in k - th e y are beggkrs.
do n ot know w h a t y o u w ere p u ttin g our
B u t th e grace of G o d overcom es in such
nam es in th a t bo ok for. W e are afraid.’
a w onderful w a y , and «those fine y o u n g
I h ad to te a r th e b o o k up and say, ‘ I w ill
n o t p u t y o u r nam es down. Com e and
fellow s were all w illin g to ta k e th eir
share in carryin g th e banners along the
learn and do ju s t w h a t y o u please.' A n d
th en th e y all cam e b a c k again.
streets th ro ugh th e c ity o u t in to th e
co u n try .
On and on th e y w ould go,
W hen th e w o rk w as being started,
and y o u were p rayin g at hom e, the devil
th en stop a w hile and preach and give
a w a y tra cts and sell Gospels. B y and b y , also w orked. H o w do y o u th in k he
# b rked ? T h e m an w h o opened his house
th e y cam e to a ham let or village about
to h a v e th e services w as a fine man, a
fo rty m iles a w ay from th e c ity . T h a t is
m an w ho ‘ could look a fter affairs,’ as
p a rt of th e parish. W hile th e y were there
for th e n igh t G od heard th e prayers of -the Chinese say, and w as m uch in request :
th e hearts of so m an y in E n glan d who were
p rayin g, ‘ I/ORD, open m ore outstations,
enlarge th e w o rk.'
G E T T IN G R ID O F ID O L A T R Y .
A s th ose you n g men preached there,
som e m en listened and bought Gospels,
a n d w anted to know more. T h e y cam e
b a c k in to th e c ity and stayed , for a w eek
o r tw o and learned, and th en th e y w en t
b a c k and preached too, and th e w ork
w e n t on. A fter a few m onths’ tim e th ey
w rote a letter and said, ‘ Please, Pastor,
w ill y o u send a sister out to us ? W ill
y o u send a la d y teach er ? W e w an t her
t o teach our wom en.’ I had th e pleasure
o f being th e one th a t w en t out.
T he people are getting to learn over
th ere now th a t th e y need th e consent of
th e wom en to th e bu rning of th e idols.
F o r long it used to be th a t the m an would
sa y , * I t is nothing to do w ith you . I t is
a ll right. I am th e head of th e house, and
th ese idols have to go ,’ and th ey used to
g o ; b u t afterw ards th e wom en were
terrified ou t of th eir lives because th e idols
w ere burned. T he little b o y w ould get
all, and th e wom en w ould sa y to their
m enfolk, ‘ I t is all you r fau lt.
You
bu rn ed th e idols.’ Or th e p ig w ould
g e t - ill, and th e w om en w ould say,
* T here y o u are, y o u are th e cause of
i t a ll,’ and b y and b y , through nagging
a n d n agging, th e wom en w ould g et their
o w n w a y , and b ack w ould go th e idols.
I -went a te n d a y s’ tour th rough th e
m oun tain s, and found th a t th irty-tw o
iam ilies h a d burned th eir idols, b u t
to -d a y th ere are o n ly tw o houses in th a t
d istrict where the worship of idols is n ot
go in g on. W e need th a t th e wom en as
w e ll as th e m en should be able w ith all
th eir hearts to say, ‘ W e w a n t th e L o r d
in th is house.’
W e h a v e to learn m an y th in gs in
C hin a.
I w as a w fu lly pleased t o find
f o r t y o r fifty wom en a t m y first m eeting.
X go t o u t m y exercise bo ok and w ro te
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lo t of soldiers cam e down intending to kill a
m andarin. T h e y cau gh t th e m andarin’s
secretary and killed him , b u t the m andarin
g o t aw ay. T h e y to ok th e m andarin's wife
and little boy. N ow all these bad men were
in th e tem ple n ex t door to the place where
w e were. N early all th e people in th e
street ran aw ay.
Others cam e to me,
and to th e dear Chinese evangelist wom an
w ith me, and said, * Oh, save us ! W h at
can we do ? ’ I said, ‘ Sisters, w e have no
gun and no sword, and if w e h ad we
could n ot use t h e m ; b u t we have been
learning about G o d , we ha v e been learning
about prayer, and now we w ill p u t it in to
practice. K n eel down, and we will p ra y
fo r y o u .' T h is Chinese girl evangelist of
tw en ty-three kn elt down and said, * L o r d ,
we are going to ask you a b ig th in g. W e
w an t you to send all^the soldiers aw ay
before th e y get drinking and run am ok.'
T he women were w onderfully quiet. In
h a lf an hour's tim e a b o y ran in and said,,
‘ T h e y are all gone.’ W e said, ‘ W h a tl
th e y are goiie! ' and he said, ' Y es, e ve ry
one has gone.’ T h e y h a d heard a rum our,
and every one of them had fled for his
life. T h a t Was the beginning of the people
a t th a t big m arket learning th a t G o d
answers prayer.
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OPEN-AIR PREACHING.
b u t he gave up his position because of all
the bribery and corruption th a t w en t
w ith it. O f course, th e people were v e ry
angry and w ould n ot h a v e it, and th e y
go t together and called for him , b u t he
said, ‘ I am n ot com in g.’
T h e y said,
‘ Come along and do a good deed. W e
w an t you to help u s.’ H e w ent, and when
he go t there tw elve men set upon him
w ith swords and killed him . There w as
an aw ful ou tcry, and w e th ou gh t, Is
G o d ’ s w ork sw am ped ? Is th e ou tstation
n ot going to be opened a fter all ? Praise
G o d , prayer w as answered, and th e people
said, ‘ W e w ill go o n ,’ and th e y did.
T hen b y and b y w hen I w en t b a c k th e y
g o t m oney together and bought a building,
th e y go t a church, and again sent for a
sister to come, and one m ore I w en t ou t to
teach them . T his tim e a v e ry w onderful
th in g happened. W h ile w e were there a
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B R IG A N D S .
A fter this th ey Went on for some more
m onths coming to th e m eeting and so on,
and then the brigands came and stayed
on the street. A ll th e wom en came to the
Gospel H all in th e c ity , and another
messenger came in to ask me if I would
go out and s ta y w ith them . The pastor
said to me, ‘ Miss Lucas, I dare n ot ask
y o u to go.
There are three hundred
brigands on th e stre e t.’ I said, ‘ W ell,
friends, w h at do you th in k ? A re we
n ot ju s t as safe in the hands of G o d doing
our d u ty w herever we are ? ' T h a t w as m y
answer. I got a sedan chair and w ent
fo rty miles to those people. I t w as not
alw ays easy to w a lk in and ou t am ong
those brigands. I remember th a t I once
asked a la d y to move m y chair a little to
th e righ t from where I w as sittin g. She
said, ‘ W h y ? ' I said, ‘ I do n ot like
w atch in g th a t brigand sharpen his
b a yo n et.’ ‘ A ll rig h t,’ she said, and th e
chair w as m oved.
G o d w as good to us, and th e w ork w en t
on. T he w ife of th e m an w ho h ad been
killed never became a Christian. I do not
know w h y. W hile I w as th ere I used to
w atch her. She alw ays had an em p ty rice
basin w ith a p a ir of chopsticks b y it.
I said, ' W h at is th a t for ? ’ She said no­
thing, b u t th e girl w ith me said, ‘ T h a t
is fo r her husband’s sp irit.’ I w as to ld
afterw ards th a t she believed th a t her
husband had turn ed into a snake and th a t
t
CHINESE
th e snake w as com ing^ in to th e b a ck
garden e v e ry d a y . She said, ‘ I kn ow it
is, becau se I h a v e proved it.
I said to
m yself, *' I f w hen th e B ishop com es along
to our house th a t snake does not tu rn up
I sh a ll k n ow i t is m y husband, b u t if it
does tu rn up I sh all kn ow it is ju s t a
sn ak e.” ’ D e a r friends, th e devil's pow er is
v e ry w id e. T h e sn ake d id not tu rn up,
and th e w om an g o t i t fixed in h er m ind
th a t h e r husband w a s in th a t snake, and
n othin g w e could sa y m ade a n y difference.
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A
DEAR
OLD
M OTHER.
T im e w en t on, and th e y b u ilt a b ig
church. A n d in th e church a b ig com pany
o f people regu larly gath ered together.
One dear old m o th er I can n ever fo r g e t;
I saw h er in th e street on a rain y
d a y , w h en I h a d gone through m ire and
m ud.
I fe lt a lo vin g old presence b y
m e. She w as a plum p old la d y , n ot p re tty,
b u t she lo ved us. She p u t her arm round
m e and said, ' W h a t is th is I hear—
th a t y o u w a n t to g o to an inn ? Y o u w ill
go to n o inn w h ile I a m here. Com e to
m y room and h a v e th e use of th e b e st
bed ’ ; and so I did. I slept th ere. T h e
ra ts h a d a good fig h t on th e to p o f th e
b ed a n d u nderneath a n d all round, b u t
i t w as su ch a j o y to b e there, rig h t am ong
th e people.
H er son h a d a v e r y n ice w ife, and she
died, and w h en she died h e w rote a le tte r
to th e p astor. H e said, ' Pastor, m y w ife
h as died. N ow I w an t a C hristian w ife.
Please g e t m e one.’
H e said another
th in g : ‘ I f y o u do n o t be q u ick I w ill
h a v e a heath en p u t upon m e. T h e y are
sa yin g to m y m other th a t th e y h a v e ever
so m an y daughters-in-law fo r her.’ W e
p ra y ed a b ou t it in th e church. In th e
J u n e , 1927.
BOATS' AT ANCHOR.
school w e had a teacher, one o f our school­
girls, such a lo v e ly C hristian girl. Praise
G od fo r th a t C hristian Schoolgirl. She
h as A n drew M u rray's books in her h eart,
if y o u kn ow w h a t th a t m eans. W e asked
her if she w ould b e m arried, and she said,
‘ C ertain ly n o t.’ She did n o t.w a n t to be
m arried. She w as y e r y h a p p y w here she
was, teach in g in th e school. She lo ved th e
girls and lo ved th e w ork, and did n o t
w a n t to g o a w a y a n d ,d o h er m other-inla w 's w a s h in g and cooking and brush her
m other-in-law 's house.' I t w as m uch nicer
where she w as th an going" to a strange
m an and strange people, a strange m otherin-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law and
children, a ll in th e one house.
W h a t w ere w e to do ? W e said to h en
‘ I f y o u w ill agree to be m arried y o u can
do m uch m ore w o rk for th e LORD.' W h a t
did th a t dear girl answer ? She said, ‘ -I
w ill go and p ra y a b o u t i t . ’ She cam e the
n e x t d a y w ith tea rs in her eyes and said,
* I f I can serve th e L o r d b e tte r b y bein g
married, I am w illin g.’ Som etim es I
fee l asham ed, w hen I th in k o f th è Chinese
Christians— of th a t y o u n g girl, for instance,
w h o le ft all th a t shè lo véd , w ith all th a t it
m eant to her, to go a w hole d a y ’s jou rn ey
a w a y and live w ith strangers ?
W hat
fo r ? T h a t she m ig h t serve th e L o r d
better. She w en t, a n d she has been such a
blessing and such a help.
I rem em ber th a t in th e school one
S u n d ay n igh t I w as te llin g th e girls th a t
w hen I w as tw en ty-on e I consecrated m y
life tò G o d , and on th a t d a y of con­
secration I dedicated th e te n th o f m y
m on ey to th e L o r d , a n d h a d n ev e r gone
b a c k from it. T h is g ir l a n d some others
decided t o do th e sam e, and to -d ay in th a t
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placé on th e street she is using h e r ten th
to b u y m edicine.
She has a free dis­
pensary for th e women, and she w ill n o t
ta k e a n y m oney. W hen she is asked w h y ,
she says, ’ T h e L o r d has done so m u ch
fo r m e. I w a n t to do a little b it fo r H im .
M y sisters, I am m akin g y o u r bo dies
better, b u t I am re a lly a fter y o u r souls/
She does n ot m ake a n y pretence. She sa y s
to th ose w ho com e to her, ' I w a n t
y o u t o know and lo ve th e L o r d J E su s and
g e t y o u r sins forgiven and com e t o
H e av e n ! ’
A REAL POW ER.
T h a t ou tstatio n is a rea l pow er. I t is.
now n ea rly as b ig as th e c ity church.
T h e y h a v e th eir ow n v estry , th e y h a v e
th eir own services, th e y h p re th eir ow n
preaching band, th é sam e as th e c ity .
T h e y a lso h a v e th eir eyes on unoccupied
tè rrito ry, and ¿they are going abou t a n d
w orkin g to -d ay . N ow th a t -the m ission­
aries are called to th e coast, is th e w o rk
going on ? Y e s , i t is being card ed on b y
th e people th em selves. H ow is it ? G o d
listens to th e. heart.
N ow , M ends, y o u w ill know b e tter
w h en y o u are p ra y in g fo r th e ou tsta tio n s
w h at, y o u are p ra y in g for, and y o u w ill
kn ow as y o u p ra y G o d t o bless th e w o r k
in th e ou tstations th a t H e is doin g i t a n d
is w in n ing souls o v e r th ere as y o u p ra v’ in
y o u r hearts t o H im here.
‘ W hat is money to God ? The
difficu lt thing is to make men
and women. Money lies all about
us in the w orld,and He can tu rn
it on to o u r path as easily as He
sends a show er of ra in .’
— M ary Slessor.
‘ A G reat Door and Effectual.’
Address by MISS ANNIE SHARP, Chowkiakow, Honan.
T
V A Y I N G a w a ll g re a t and high,
I— I
h a v in g tw e lv e g a te s.’
H ow
often I h a v e been reminded
o f these words as I h a v e seen in th e dis­
tan ce th e w a ll o f our Chinese c ity , and a
little la ter entered b y one o f th e gates
in to it. W h a t a scene !. N orth, South,
B a s t and W est gates, B ig gate, L ittle
g a t e : b y these and o th er gates pr<>
cessions of rum bling, jo ltin g carts, creak­
ing, squeaking wheelbarrows, a n d a ll sorts
and conditions o f pedestrians enter or
leav e th e crow ded c ity . M an y gates and
varied, b u t a l l leading in to or from th e
city .
T hese gates are to me a .pictu re of
missionaries and th eir m ethods.
M is­
sion ary service, h avin g one m essage and
one aim, b u t ‘ h a vin g tw elv e ga te s.’ T o
some m issionaries is given th e jo y of
leav in g th e ' crow ded cities ’ b y th e wide
though oft-tim es arduous gate of Preach­
ing, carryin g in to th e * fields ’ and even
‘ regions beyon d ’ th e G ospel w hich is * to
e very creatu re.’ T o others comes the
g re a t privilege of ta k in g th e Gospel
through th e beau tifu l and gentle ga te of
Healing, b y m edical w o rk in H osp itals
and D isp en sa ries; w hile to some th e
w a y in to th e c ity of Chinese hearts and
lives is th rough th e narrow , and perhaps
less popular, gate of T eaching; all these
servants follow ing in th e footsteps o f
th eir one ■M aster, W ho w en t about
• ‘ teach ing and preach in g th e G ospel of
th e K ingdom , and healing a ll m anner of
sickn ess.’
‘ B ehold, I h a v e set before
thee an open door,’ is th e Com m ander's
in dividu al call, and w hether th a t door be
m arked ‘ regions beyon d ,’ outstations,
Church, H ospital, Business W ork, or
School, * theirs n ot to reason why,* b u t
w ith .th e glad response, ‘ T h y servants are
ready t o do w h atsoever m y L o r d th e
K in g shall appoint,’ to enter th eir open
door.
I said, ‘ Let me walk in the fields.’
He said, ‘ Nay, walk in the town.’
I said, ‘ There are no flowers there.’
He said, ‘ No flowers, but a crown.’
M y ' open door ’ on m y return to China
eight years ago led in to th e c ity of Chow­
kiakow (in th e N orthern-Central province
of H o n a n ), and I entered th a t c ity through
the gate m arked School. Others had a l­
ready entered, m an y years previously,
some of th em th rough m uch difficulty
and even d a n g e r ; th e y h a d laboured,
and I entered in to th eir labours, and I
found a Chinese Church there w ith a
membership of several hundreds, and
w o rk being carried on am ongst men,
wom en and boys, b u t for the girls on ly
a sm all day-school had been possible.
A t first I o n ly saw th e ‘ open door,’ and
it .was n ot an a ttractiv e one, b u t it was
n ot so v ery long u n til I cam e to see w h at
GROUP OF ELEVEN LOWER PRIMARY GRADUATES (JUNE, 1923). IN GIRLS’ SCHOOL,
CHOWKIAKOW, HONAN.
J u n e , 1927.
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I w ould like yo u to see th is afternoon,
th a t ‘A great door and effectual was
opened u nto me— and there were m an y
adversaries/
T he D oor.
A ‘ great door ’ in its scope. T o h ave
th e privilege of startin g a Christian
boarding-school, n ot on ly for th e girls of
th is crow ded c ity of 220,000 inhabi­
tants, b u t a school to w h ich th e daughters
of th e Chinese C hristians and E nquirers
in th e surrounding cities and country
m ight c o m e ; and come th e y did, some
of them ‘ over m an y a w eary m ile,’ even
three and four d a y s’ jou rn ey.
‘ Great ’ in its aim. T o lead these girls,
w ith th eir ‘ cabined, cribbed and con­
fined ’ lives, into a personal knowledge of
J e s u s C h r i s t , of H im W ho said, ‘ I am
come th a t th e y m ight h a v e life, and th a t
th e y m ight have it more abundantly.
A n d th is is life eternal, th a t th e y m ight
know Thee, th e on ly true G od, and
J e s u s C h r i s t W hom T hou h ast sent.’
‘ Effectual ? ’ Lookin g first a t outw ard
appearance, I th in k w e can hon estly sa y
yes— n ot as far as actu a l buildings are
concerned, fo r these are few and poor,
b u t th e * C ultivate V irtu e ’ G irls’ B oard­
ing and D a y School has been established,
havin g over 90 pupils, all w ith unbound
feet (and foot-binding is still prevalent
in H o n a n ) , and all p a yin g tu ition fees.
A staff of Christian teachers, four of whom
are our own old girls, eight classes,
ranging from K indergarten through Low er
and H igher P rim ary to Junior M iddle
School. A curriculum sim ilar to th a t in
our hom e schools, in w hich, while B ible
teaching ever has th e first place, such
subjects as Chinese Literature, M athe­
m atics, H istory, G eography, H ygiene, as
also D rill and Basket-ball,, have a place,
as the aim of th e school is th a t th e girls
should learn * to love the L o r d th eir G o d
w ith all their heart, w ith all th eir m ind,
and w ith all th eir stren gth .’
‘ B u t,’ someone asks, ' w as it effectual
sp iritu ally ? I s School w ork really w orth
while— does it have spiritual results ? ’
W ill y o u le t th e following scene answer
these questions.
I t is a brigh t Sunday morning in April,
some six years ago. A b o u t seven o ’clock
a little ban d , o f school girls and teachers
m eet for prayer, and hearts are v e ry full
as the h ym n rings ou t from young, fresh
voices, ' Oh J e s u s , I h a v e prom ised to
serve Thee to th e end, be T hou for ever
near me, m y M aster and m y F rien d.’
A few hours later, over a t the Chapel
Com pound under th e brigh t blue sky, a
large crow d of wom en are gath ered w ith
school-girls lined up in fron t. T h e Chinese
and foreign P astors stan d q u ietly re a d y
beside th e b a p tistery . A door opens, one
dear Chinese w om an a fter another, m an y
o f w hom are in th e even ing of life, is le d
forw ard b y Mrs. H o, th e Chinese P a sto r’s
w ife, and confess C h r i s t b y baptism .
L a s t of all com e six w hite-robed figures,
school-girls, ‘ Y o u n g, strong and fre e,' in
th e v e r y y o u th of life. T h ey, too, ackn ow ­
ledge th eir disdp leship to C h r i s t b y
Baptism , and as each one is bap tised th e
chorus is sung b y th e sym p ath etic on­
lookers, ‘ Follow , follow , I w ill follow
J e s u s , everyw h ere H e leads m e I w ill
follow on.' A n d did th e y follow on, these
you n g disciples ? ' T o -d ay tw o of them ,
a fte r ‘ follow ing on ’ as teachers in
C hristian schools, are serving C h r i s t as
w ives and m others in C hristian h o m e s ;
tw o are still teachers in our own s c h o o l;
one is nurse and dispenser in our W om en ’s
H o sp ital a t K a ife n g ; and the other, a fter
teach ing fo r som e tim e, is now seeking to
fit herself for m ore efficient C hristian
service, b y ta k in g th e tw o years' B ible
course a t th e N an king B ible School.
' Effectual ? ’ Y e s, in w inning girls to
JE SU S C h r i s t , and in train in g th em for
H is service in hom e, h osp ital or school.
W e h a v e h a d th e jo y o f w itnessing such
b ap tism al services tw ice alm ost e ve ry
year, and betw een tw e n ty to th ir ty of
th e school-girls h a v e join ed th e Church.
T h e .D o o r M ark ed ‘ C a m p .’
There is ju s t tim e to ta k e a peep through
th is side-door opening off th e * great door
a n d effectu al ’ o f C hristian School. Y o u
w ill see it is m arked * Cam p.’ I t on ly
opened once, and w a s rath er stiff to
open, b u t a b ou t th ree summ ers ago we
h eld our first Chinese C.S.S.M . Cam p in
H o n a n a t th e h ill resort of K iku n gsh an .
A t in y cottage w as rented, w ith on ly
room for five ‘ Cam pers ’ (two tired
nurses from K a ife n g H o sp ital and three
teachers), w ith M ary and M arth a and a
cook. Others, a b o u t tw e n ty in num ber,
were d a y ‘ C am p ers,’ and join ed in th e
forenoon Bible-readings, evening B ibleta lk s, w a lk s, picnic, afternoon teas,
cooking lessons. ' Great ? ’ N o t in n u m ­
bers b u t in influence. ' Effectual ? ’ Y e s,
in bringing new stren gth to tired bodies,
friendship to lo n e ly souls, sy m p ath etic
co-operation and fellow ship betw een
Chinese and foreigners, and, ab o v e all, a
fu ller 'vision of th e stren gth and b e a u ty
o f a life w h o lly consecrated to JESTTS
Ch r is t .
A la s 1 th a t side-door m arked
* C a m p ’ on ly opened once fo r these
Chinese girls, b u t because w e h a v e
p ro ve d it t o b e * g rea t a n d effectu al,'
J u n e , 1927.
P h o to by]
R . P ow ell.
ANOTHER GROUP OF SCHOLARS IN MISS A. SHARP’S SCHOOL AT CHOWKIAKOW.
w e a sk y o u r p rayers th a t ' Camp ’ m a y
b ecom e a perm anent open door in to the
liv es of m an y Chinese girls and you n g
w om en.
* M a n y A d v e r s a r ie s .’
H ere is another scene. S un day evening,
A p ril 7, la st year, our closing service
to geth er in th e G irls’ School b efo re fur­
lough. T h e farew ell m essage is spoken
from th e w ords of Psalm x v i. 8, 9 :
‘ I h a v e set th e L o r d alw ays before me,
because H e is a t m y rig h t han d I shall
n ot b e m oved. Therefore m y h e a rt is
g la d .' In th e hush of th a t qu iet Sun day
even ing hour, w hen hearts, w ere especially
tender, .an o p p o rtu n ity w as g iv e » for r
decision for J e s u s C h r i s t , b y prising ;a n d rf
rep eating th e w o rds ‘ I h a v e set th e L o r d •
a lw ays before m e.' W e w ait- w ith bowed
heads -and closed eyes, and as one a fter
another over tw e n ty th u s respond, deep
th an kfuln ess and j o y fill ou r hearts.
A :fe w m on ths later, la st Septem ber, a
ban d of som e 10,000 b an d its entered th e
c ity o f C how kiakow , burned a great p a rt
of it to th e 'ground,: in clu din g pur M ission
C om pound on th e south side of th e c ity .
School h a d ju s t re-opened, and teachers
and girls w ere am on gst th e thousands o f
cap tives carried off. Some, through the
P a sto r’s influence, w ere released alm ost
im m ed iately, others were m arvellously
delivered, w h ile some were in th e b a n d its’
hands th e w hole s ix d a y s th e y h a d pos­
session of th e c ity . ‘ I h a v e set th e L o r d
a lw a y s before m e, because H e is a t m y
rig h t h an d I sh a ll n o t be m o ved ,’ and
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th ou gh m an y of th e girls suffered beyond
description, w e knew from th e letters
received th a t H e was a t th eir righ t han d
and th e y were n ot m oved.
A n sw e r e d P r a y e r .
H ere is an e x tra ct from a letter received
from our K in dergarten teach er, ' F ollo w
T ru th ’ (one of those, first six school­
girls to be baptised) :—
‘ W e w alked dow n one street w ith
these e vil men, and c a m e , to a shop­
keeper's cou rtyard and sat down. W e
were m ost sad because th e ban dits h a d
separated a ll!th e sch olars,.m o st of them
w e --could n o t "see. W hen it 'cam e t o
evening w e did n o t -know where the
teachers and scholars were, there were
on ly m yself, Cheng Tsan-m ei and Chu
N in g (two of th e g irls). W e h id under a
bed, and they, did n o t ta k e u s-aw ay, In
a little while another lo t of ban dits came,
th e y sta y e d sin th is cou rtyard,, and slept
on th e bed under w h ich w e w ere hiding.;
W e underneath cou ld o n ly unceasinglybeseech th e L o r d to cover us w ith H is
wings.- Praise be to t h e , L o r d ’s great:
grace, H e h e a rd our p ra yer. T h e y d id
n o t .see us. O n th e 18 th w e three ran
to P a sto r H o ’s house and. he h id u s in alittle lo ft above th e dispensary.
* T each er, since th e b a n d it troubles, I
know th a t th ere is n oth in g in th e w orld
m ine, th ere is o n ly th e Saviou r W h o is
m ine. A s Psalm lx x iii., verse 25, says,
“ W hom h a v e I in heaven b u t Thee? and
th ere is none upon earth th a t I desire
besides T h ee.” ’
D uring these p a st five or six years
b an d its h ave been our ‘ adversaries ’ tim e
and again, b u t since Septem ber there has
been no G irls’ School in C how kiakow ; no
la d y m issionary h a s been allowed back
into th e city, and it has seemed as if the
adversaries have th is tim e conquered.
B u t no. T he last letter from Chowkiakow
contains th e glad new s of the opening of
tw o D a y Schools for girls, in th e N orth
an d South cities, under th e care of our
tw o old girls and teachers, ' Grace ’ and
“ F ollow T ru th .’
'A n d there are many
adversaries,’ ‘ T h a t is the v e r y reason
for a d va n ce,’ someone said at Sw anw ick
Conference ; and how we th an k G o d for
th is real advance in th e G irls’ School
w o rk a t
Chow kiakow , these young
C hristian Chinese teachers now carrying
o n w ithout the presence and help of the
foreign teacher.
‘A great door and effectual is opened
u nto me, and there are m any adversaries.’
I w ant y o u to hear it again, not now the
personal testim ony of a m issionary as to
th e valu e of C hristian school work, but
th e glad cry from hundreds, nay, th ou ­
sands, of C hina’s youn g men and maidens,
boys and girls. Can yo u hear w h at th ey
are saying ? ‘ W e were groping our w a y
along th e road of life, in the darkness and
deadness of heathenism , till the mission­
aries came w ith the “ good new s ” of
H im W ho is “ the W iiy, the T ru th and
th e L ife ” — and now, believing H im and
follow ing H im , we do n ot w a lk in dark­
ness bu t have the L ig h t of L ife. On
every han d the doors of “ life more
abun d an tly ” are opening to us, know ­
ledge, service, friendship, vocation. B u t
“ there are m any adversaries ” — our
heathen trad ition s and superstitions, our
ancient custom s of betrothal and m ar­
riage, our m istaken ideas of freedom, our
perplexities about patriotism and nation al­
ism. W e still need you r help, you r co­
operation, you r sym pathy, th at we m ay
distinguish betw een our foes and our
friends, our adversaries and our allies,
th a t we m ay “ grow in grace and in the
knowledge of our L o r d and Saviour
J e s u s C h r i s t , ” and overcom e in our
own lives and in our country all th a t is
opposed to H im .’
there are m any adversaries.’ This is n ot
the despairing cry of a pessimist, b u t the
confident call of an optim ist. The door
to China has not sh ut y et. True, there
are ‘ m any adversaries,’ but our confidence
is in H im th at ‘ openeth and no man
sh u tte th ,’ and even if for a tim e foreign
missionaries are hindered from entering
China, let us remember th a t C h r i s t has
already entered, th a t He is still there,
and there to stay, in spite of all the
adversaries. C h r i s t is in China, in His
Chinese Church, in th e hearts and lives
of His m an y Chinese disciples, conquering
and to conquer.
The China of yesterd ay w as an ‘ open
door.’ The China of to -d ay is ‘ a great
door and effectual w ith m any a d v e r­
saries.’ The ‘ open door ’ w as a call to
our obedience, our love. The ‘ great door
and effectual witli man)- adversaries ’ is
a challenge to our faith , our patience,
our courage, our steadfastness. Shall we
n ot accept the challenge ?
T h e C h a lle n g e o f th e K in g .
L a st of all, can we not each one hear
the constraining call and challenge of our
K in g Himself, as looking out over all the
country of China He says, ‘A great door
and effectual is opened unto M e— and
Say, ‘ By the grace of God I will,’
And you may climb the steepest hill.
Say, ‘ By the help of C h r i s t I can,
And you may dare the hardest plan.
Say, ‘ I am weak, but He is strong,'
And sighing shall be turned to song.
Say, ‘ Here’s the task my Master gave,’
And you will seek, and serve, and save.
In Memoriam :
G. Whitfield Guinness, B.A., M.B., B.C.
HE passing of Dr. G. Whitfield Guinness, brief
reference to which was made in our last issue,
has deprived the Mission of a worker of ex­
ceptional ability and great personal charm. One of
his fellow-workers, at present home on furlough, the
Rev. Charles Nedham Lack, bears this testimony
regarding him. ‘ In China over twenty years ago, I
heard our beloved friend and brother give a talk
on this verse of Scripture : “ Adorning the doctrine
of G o d our Saviour in all things ” (Titus ii. 10). He
has been called to Higher Service, but as I think of
his beautiful life, it seems to me he did, indeed, adorn
his Master’s doctrine in all things. On arrival in
China his musical ear enabled him quickly to learn the
language, which he spoke fluently. lyike his father,
he was at heart a real evangelist. He was ever ready
to proclaim the message of G o d ’s love. This, backed
up by his ministry of healing, gave him a great influence
over the Chinese. He was one of G o d ’s own gentle­
men, and by his love and never-failing courtesy, won
the hearts of all. He had but recently returned to
China, and last spring spent over a month in the home
of the writer. His visit was a benediction, and we all
felt we had in our midst one of G o d ’s choicest servants.”
Dr. Guinness first sailed for China on February n th ,
1897. A t the Valedictory Meeting held in Exeter Hall,
a fortnight before he left England, he, in his farewell
address, spoke of four specific influences that had
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operated to lead him to the decision to engage in foreign
missionary service. First of all there was his godly
parentage and missionary upbringing. In his home
from earliest years he was surrounded by missionary
influences. Then, secondly, there was the example and
teaching of Dr. Handley Moule, at Cambridge, where
Dr. Guinness was a student. Then, again, there was
the influence of the Keswick Convention, particularly
the missionary meeting of that Convention. And
lastly, the Student Volunteer Missionary Union, with
its stimulating motto, ‘ The Evangelisation of the
World in this Generation/ and its deep-meaning pledge,
‘ I purpose, if G od permit, to become a foreign
missionary.’
He arrived at Shanghai on March 27th, thirty years
ago, and thereafter, until the day of his death, his
entire energies were devoted to making C h r is t known
to the people amongst whom he had gone to live and
to labour. With the exception of two short periods in
Chefoo, in the Hospital there (first for eighteen months
between the years 1900 and 1902, and again, about
twenty years later), his service was in the province of
H o n a n : in the early years, and briefly, in the cities of
Chowkiakow, Shekichen and Chenchow. But in the
month of June— early in the month— in the year
1902, he with Dr. S. H. Carr, began medical work
at Kaifeng, the capital of the province. Kaifeng was
the last provincial capital to welcome the Gospel, and
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it was first opened as a C.I.M. Mission Station in the
year 1901 by Mr. Robert Powell. Here in this city,
which numbered among its large population, 6,000
students, 9,000 soldiers and 10,000 Mohammedans,
Dr. Guinness gave himself with unstinted devotion to
the work of the Gospel.
He lived to see two beautiful Hospitals, one for men
and one for women, established in that city. His
healing ministry touched all ranks and classes of the
people^—military men, officers, police, business men,
scholars, farmers from the country— all sorts and
conditions of men were benefited by his manifold
labours. And now his call to enter into the presence
of His King has come. On April 12th he heard the
summons, ‘ Servant of C h r i s t , Well done, enter thou
into the joy of thy I ^ o r d . ’
The subjoined appreciation by his colleague, Dr.
D. M. Gibson, will be felt by
all who read iit to be a gracious
tribute to a noble soul.
w a r patients, an officer in th e N orthern arm y, w h ose th ig h hac
been am putated, held up a N ew T estam en t to m y v ie w as ]
w en t round th e ward, and to ld m e how Guinness h a d preachec
to him th e evening before, and how , a s he to ld him of JE SU S
th e pain in his lim b h a d gone aw ay . T h is w a s b u t a few day!
before our evacuation and the closing of th e H ospital.
I t w as a question w hether or no D r. and M rs. Guinness shoulc
return to K a ife n g in th e autum n of 1925 a fter bein g a w a y sinc<
1920. W e knew th ere w ere storm y tim es ahead and earnestly
asked th em to return, feeling especially th e need of D r. G uin­
ness’ seniority and experience in th ese difficult days. H e came
atifl p u t in a la st period of invaluable, m o st self-effacing, and
CH Risi-like service, despite poor h e a lth and th e discouragem ent
of changed conditions in C hina.
I n M arch, '2
there w as a sudden ou tburst of h ostilities io
th e neighbourhood o f K aifen g, and num bers of derelict wounded
soldiers cam e to H o sp ita l for treatm en t. One of th ese w as a
ty p h u s case, and D r.
Guinness
u ndertook to care for him . A week
or tw o la te r cam e th e sudden ordei
fo r evacu ation , and ju s t a t th is time
G uinness had to retire to his bed
w ith fever. In th e m ost w o n d erfu
w a y G o d p rovid ed a passage on an
official’s * special ’ train , w h ich went
th rough to P ekin g w ith o u t any
T w as m y p rivilege to be asso­
change, and i t w as possible to take
ciated w ith D r. Guinness in tw o
our sick ‘ Chief ’ a ll th e w a y on a
periods of service, from 1915-20
cam p cot. T h e car w a s a baggage
and again in 1926 and th e Spring o f
tru ck, b u t another great m ercy was
1927. I f one seeks for one w ord in
th e presence of Miss D ives, w ho was
w h ich to sum u p Guinness it is
able t o nurse Guinness all th e w a y.
A t Peking, in th e U nion M edical
‘ .enthusiasm .’ W hen I first w en t to
K a ifen g, a fte r th ree m onths or so a t
H ospital, he h ad every atten tion and
A n kin g, I
w as
w elcom ed
w ith
care, b u t his age and his poor
condition o f h ealth w ere against him
enthusiasm . W h en suggestions were
m a d e fo r th e developm ent o f th e
and th e end cam e only fou r days
H o sp ital w ork, th e y w ere n ot turned
later. T h e end, yes, fa ith fu l unto
down, b u t enthu siastically taken up.
death, an honourable end, a soldier’s
A n y th in g w h ich
ten ded to th e
end, and y e t n ot th e end o f life :
Dr. G. WHITFIELD GUINNESS.
increase of th e K in gd om and th e
rath er th e entrance in to life more
greater usefulness o f th e H o sp ital
abundant. T h e end o f weakness, b u t
fou nd an enthusiastic response in Guinness’ soul.
n ot of worship ;^ th e end o f lim itations, b u t n o t of lo y a lty ;
th e end of pain, b u t n ot o f praise.
H is chief enthusiasm a t a ll tim es w as for th e preaching of
Bishop W hite, o f th e CanaHmti C hurch Mission, w as a close
th e Gospel. I w ell rem em ber b a c k in th e first period there w a s
friend of D r. Guinness. H e a rrived in P ekin g on th e V ery d a y
a b ig m eeting in a large public h a ll in K aifen g, in connection
t h a t Guinness passed on. H e w as th u s able to officiate a t th e
w ith th e P u blic H e alth A ssociation recen tly organised in th e
funeral, and a large num ber o f K a ife n g friends were able t o b e
c ity . T h e m eeting w a s crowded, and th e program m e included,
present also: T h e service w as in th e B ritish le g a tio n C hapel,
m usic and speeches. T h e la tte r w ere m an y, m o stly delivered
and th e honoured b o d y w as laid to rest in th e B ritish C em etery
In orth odox Chinese style, b u t on ly one speech, as fa r as. I could
outside th e W est W a ll of Peking. T h e d a y w as ra d ia n t w ith
estim ate, gained a hearing. D urin g th e other oration s th e
E a ste r sunshine, and trium ph w as in all our hearts, th e trium p h
audience continued sm oking and e h a ttin g w ith ; th e u tm ost
o f a life n ob ly lived and a rew ard w ell earned.
u n con cern ; b u t w h en Guinness to o k th e p latfo rm th e b u zz
D M
G ebson.
o f conversation ceased, and everyone listened to his words, a
A Brief Tribute to
my ‘ Chief/
I
stra ig h t G ospel m essage.
A t another tim e he obtained an opening to address th e cad ets
in a large m ilita ry academ y in K a ife n g . M an y a tim e since
th en h a v e I heard one and another com m ent m ost a p preciatively
on his messages a t th a t centre. G o u p and down th e com ities
o f H o n a n , tr a v e l on th e railw ays, and m an y a one w ill y o u m eet
w h o h as know n D r. Guinness and heard th e G ospel from him .
T h e sight of Guinness preaching in th e H o sp ita l Chapel, or
p lead ing b y th e bedside w ith a soul, is so fam iliar as to render
a n y effort o f m em ory superfluous. R ig h t up t o th e last, even
perhaps a fte r h e h a d contracted th e infection w h ich ended his
e a rth ly course, h e w a s a ctiv e in soul seeking. One o f m y recen t
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Deep sympathy will be felt for Mrs. Guinness and the
members of her family in the sorrow of their bereave­
ment ' and they, with the other relatives, will have the
support of the prayers of a wide circle of friends who
fJi re their sense of loss. Mr. Hudson Taylor was wont
to say.:— ‘ We who only see so small a part pf the
sweet issues of trial often feel that we would not for
anything have missed th em ; how much more shall
we bless and magnify His Name when all the hidden
things are brought to light ? *
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Points from the Annual Report.
Presented at the Annual Meetings held in the Queen’s Hall,
London, on M ay ioth, 1927.
Political Conditions.
ITHOUT tracing in detail the progress of
political and military developments in China
during the year, the following dates may
prove useful in recalling some outstanding events. In
January, 1926, Marshal Feng retired to Moscow to
study Soviet theory, returning to China in September.
In April Marshal Feng's troops (Kwominchun), left
W
in charge of General Chang Chih-kiang, retired from
Peking and in August withdrew into M o n g o l i a and
ttie far North-West. A t the same time the Southern
forces (Kwomintang) began their rapid advance North,
Hankow and Hanyang f a llin g into their hands in
September, and Wuchang in December. Subsequent
events belong to the present' year, and will be fresh
in the memory of all.
In consequence of Chinese military
movements, Mission property has been
in some cases commandeered. Antiforeign and anti-Christian demonstra­
tions and boycotts took place in various
parts, and many missionaries, more
particularly those in the South and
West of China, withdrew from their
stations in compliance with strong
Consular representations.
T hey Ceased Not.
IN the Book of the Acts we read that
1 though the Apostles were mal­
treated and charged not to speak in
the name of J e s u s , they, ‘ rejoicing
that they were counted worthy to
suffer dishonour for the Name,’ never­
theless ‘ ceased not every day to
teach and to preach J e s u s as C h r i s t . ’
If there is one thing more than an­
other that emerges from a study of
the reports received from more than
two hundred stations of the Mission it
is that, despite the chaotic conditions
of the country last year, in face of
civil war, brigand raids, ill report and
good report, the workers, both Chinese
and foreign, ceased not to preach
J e s u s as C h r i s t .
With the present year, and with
the rapid advance of the Southern
forces, the state of turmoil,which had
been hitherto mainly limited to the
South, has been felt throughout wide
regions of China, necessitating, under
Consular instructions, the evacuation
of not a few of the Mission stations
by the missionary. But that painful
chapter belongs to the story of 1927-
Financial Mercies.
F is with much thanksgiving we
record that in a year of unusual
strain and stress in the field, the Mis­
sion has been spared serious trial in the
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matter of funds ; though this to a considerable extent
has been due to the favourable rates of exchange by
which the reduced receipts in Great Britain have been
made up. This is the more noteworthy in view of
the prolonged coal strike in Great Britain with all
its disastrous effects upon trade. In fact, in actual
receipts the total income is the highest on record,
though it has to be stated in qualification of this that a
legacy of G. $75,000 received in North America was
not available as current income, but was designated
for investment for special purposes. The total receipts,
therefore, must not be regarded as equivalent to current
income. Before making further comment, however, it
may be well to give the actual figures showing the
money received in the various centres of the Mission
during 1926. These are as follow s:—
R eceived in G reat B rita in ...
„ U n ited States
and Canada
„ A u stralasia ...
„
,, C h in a ...
...
R eceived in China for A ssoc­
iate Missions
...
...
£
56,297
s. d.
9 8
(Gold) $
273,605.76
64,153 7
16,246 0
15,560 13
8
0
4
311,785.44
78 . 955-64
75,624.76
152.257 10
8
73 9.9716 0
33,234 12 10
161,520.35
T o t a l .................¿185,492
G .I4.86 -
3
...
6 (Gold) $901,491.95
£1.
In regard to all that these figures represent of good­
ness and mercy, our first word must be one of devout
praise and adoration. W hat an evidence G o d has
given us again of His unfailing faithfulness and care.
Amid all the troubles and perplexities of life to-day,
He has proved Himself once more J ehovah-Jireh, the
G o d Who does provide.
And again, what a record of love, self-sacrifice and
confidence these figures show on the part of the ever­
growing band of cheerful givers who support the work.
Though our letter files could show something of the
devotion and love which has prompted many of these
gifts, only He Who still sits over against the treasury
really knows what it all means. But one thing it does
reveal, and for this we bless G o d , and that is that while
ill report has been busy on the field, and, we may add,
the Mission has not been wholly spared from this at
home, these gifts reveal the confidence and trust of an
ever-increasing body of supporters, whose faith in the
loyalty of the Mission to the Word of G o d is felt to be
a sacred trust indeed.
For the first time in the Mission’s history North
America heads the list, although the workers who have
gone forth from Great Britain exceed in number those
who have gone out from that Continent. For the
growing interest and generosity manifested. in North
America we humbly thank G o d , and we also rejoice
that in Australia the income shows a substantial advance
on the previous years, this being largely in consequence
of a generous legacy. The income in Great Britain,
owing no doubt largely to our industrial troubles,
shows a decline of £1,517 os. 2d. as compared with the
year 1925. But even allowing for this, and excluding
as not available for current income the North American
legacy of G .$75,000 (£15,432 2s.) already referred to,
it is with very thankful hearts we record that the total
income for the year, from the Home Centres and China,
shows a net increase of £4,073 5s. id. over the amount
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received during the year 1925. Moreover, as already
indicated, the average exchange during the year has
been considerably in the Mission’s favour, being 2s. id.
to the dollar, as against 2s. 3||d. in 1925.
Reinforcements.
PYURING the year, we rejoice to say, our numbers
have been increased by the addition of sixty new
volunteers. Forty-three of these are members of the
Mission, eighteen of whom are from Great B ritain;
five from Australasia ; eighteen from North America ;
one from St. Chrischona in Switzerland, and one
accepted in China. The remaining seventeen are
Associates from the Continent of Europe. To these
must be added six retired members who rejoined the
active service list, thus bringing up the total reinforce­
ments of the year to sixty-six.
Against these additions, however, must be set a
total loss of thirty-eight workers, as follows:— By
death, fourteen; by retirement from the Mission, or
from active service on account of health, marriage,
family or other reasons, twenty-four (twenty-three
members and one associate). The total number of
missionaries, therefore, on the active list on December
31, 1926, was 1,200 as compared with 1,172 at the end
of 1925.
Baptism s.
IT is a matter for thanksgiving to G o d that, not* withstanding the exceedingly trying conditions in
China, the growing anti-Christian movement and
propaganda, the political chaos, and the militar)'
menace, the Gospel of the Kingdom continues to make
progress throughout the Empire.
The baptisms
reported from our many mission stations for the year
1926 amount to the total of 4,223, which is only 354
less than the total for the previous year. These
additional baptisms bring up the total number of
converts baptized from the beginning of the Mission’s
history to 113,600.
But these numerical results, gratifying as they are,
only indicate in a limited degree the extent to which
the Gospel has changed, or influenced, hearts and lives
of large numbers of Chinese. In support of this it may
be mentioned that there are some 57,000 inquirers under
instruction for baptism in connection with our stations.
Besides these, there are many of the people who have
not as yet definitely allied themselves with the Church
who are more or less familiar with its teaching and favour­
ably disposed thereto. The seed of the Word of G o d
has been sown in their hearts, and may be counted
upon in multitudes of cases, to bring forth fruit.
Whatever may be the future of Missions in .China,
and it is difficult to foretell, this at least is certain,
' the Church of J E s u s constant will remain.’ On one mem­
orable occasion the L o r d J e s u s spake some reassuring
words about His Church, ‘ I will build My Church,’ He
said, ‘ and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.'
1 Glorious things of th ee are spoken,
Zion, C ity of our G od ;
H e W hose W ord cannot be broken
Form ed thee for H is own abode.
On th e R o ck of A ges founded,
W h a t can shake th y sure repose ?
W ith S alv atio n ’s w alls surrounded,
T hou m a yst sm ile a t all th y foes.'
The Anniversary Meetings.
H E m eetings held in connection
w ith th e sixty-second anniver­
sa ry of the C.I.M . in th e Queen’s
H a ll on Tuesday, M ay io th , h ave now
becom e an inspiring m em ory ; an oc­
casion to be looked back upon w ith
th an ksgivin g to G o d . B oth gatherings
were v e r y la rgely attended, the great
building, a t the evening m eeting in
particular, being filled in every part,
necessitating an overflow gathering in
the ad jacen t Church, A l l Souls’. A gain
the large num ber of youn g people present
was a m ost encouraging feature.
T he Hom e D irector, D r. J . S tuart
Holden, presided a t each meeting, and
the closing addresses were given b y the
R ev. J . Russell Howden, in the a fte r­
noon, and A . Lin d say Glegg, E sq., in
th e evening.
T h e m issionary speakers
were, in the afternoon, Miss O. Lucas
from the province of S z e c h w a n ; R ev.
E . G. W . T rick ey from S h a n s i ; and
Miss Annie Sharp from H o n a n : in the
evening, R ev. C. N . L a ck from H o n a n ;
Miss M ildred Cable from S i n k i a n g ; and
R ev. P ran k H oughton,
B .A ., from
T
Szechw an.
AFTERNOON MEETING.
A note of high confidence w as struck
in the opening hym n :—
‘ How fi r m a foundation, ye saints of the L o r d ,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say, than to you He hath said—
To you who for refuge to J e s u s have fled ? ’
Dr. H olden’s address from the chair is
printed as the Leader in this issue.
In referring specially to the losses
sustained b y th e Mission through th e
death of workers, Dr. Holden made
feeling reference to th e Hom e Call of
D r. G. W hitfield Guinness on A p ril 12th
of this year in Peking, through contracting
typ h u s fever while attending a soldier
p atien t in the H o sp ital a t K aifen g.
H e also referred, v ery sym pathetically,
to th e death b y violence, in Y u n n a n
province, on A p ril 17th, of Mr. Morris
Slichter and his little daughter, who,
w ith Mrs. Slichter, her little son, and
Miss M. I. Craig, were captured b y
bandits. T he tw o ladies and the little
b o y h ave since been released ; bu t who
can measure th e sorrow of heart of Mrs.
Slichter bereft, in such tragic circum ­
stances, of both husband and child.
Follow ing our usual custom , a t the
request of the chairm an, th e audience
rose, and stood in silence, w hilst the
nam es of the beloved workers (fourteen
in all) who during th e year had gone to
be w ith the L o r d w ere read out.
T h e briefest reference only to the
June, 19 2 7.
addresses b y the m issionary speakers is
possible in the space at our disposal.
T w o of them , those of Miss Lu cas and
Miss Sharp, are, however, printed in full
in this issue, and we hope to publish the
others later.
Miss Lucas warm ed our hearts and
kindled our im agination as she spoke of
several outstanding trophies of grace she
knew of in her out-station w ork.
Mr.
T rickey gave us some interesting glim pses
into the w ork of the H ungtun g Bible
Training Institu te. During the last tw o
years there have been the record num ber of
seventy men in residence. These men were
from the five northern provinces of China ;
and one eager student from Liangchow fu
in K a n s u , walked the whole jou rn ey to
H ungtung, a distance of nearly 1,000
English miles, in order to be trained for
the m inistry of the Gospel.
Miss Sharp had an excellent story to
tell of school w ork in Chowkiakow, among
her n inety girl pupils in the d a y and
boarding schools.
A CABLEGRAM.
Before the singing of the hym n im m e­
diately preceding the closing address b y
Mr. Russell Howden, Dr. Holden rose and
said, ' W e have been thinking a great deal
of our dear friends who have been forced
to leave their w ork and are to -d ay in the
coast ports of China. I t is proposed th at
w e send to them from this gathering, and
from the gathering which w ill meet here
to-night, the following c a b le ; and as it
Will be sent in your name, as well as m y
own, I w an t to read it, so th at you m ay
actu ally h ave p art in it, speeding it b y
you r p ra y e r s:—
‘ Several thousand friends gathered Annual Meetings
send warm greetings, loving sympathy to all members
of Mission. We rejoice in triumphs of the Gospel in
past. Daily upholding you in prayer. Confident of
greater victories in coming days. 1 Peter v. 10.
(" But the G o d of all grace, Who hath called us unto
His eternal glory by C h r i s t J e s u s , after that ye have
suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen,
settle you. To Him be glory and dominion for ever
and ever.” ) Holden.’
This cablegram was also read a t the
evening meeting.
Mr. H ow den based his address on the
15th and 16th verses of the 5 1st chapter
of Isaiah, laying emphasis upon the
words of the L o r d to H is prophet— ' I
h ave p u t M y words in th y m outh.' The
burden of his message was, the supreme
valu e and im portance of the W ord of
G o d in th e prosecution of m issionary
work.
T he w a y in w hich men get to
know J e s u s C h r i s t is through the
w ritten and spoken W ord of G o d ; and
the m issionary m ust, if he is to succeed,
carry th a t W ord to th e people among
w hom he goes to live and labour.
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EVENING MEETING.
A t the evening m eeting Mr. L a c k was
the first m issionary speaker.
I t was
pro bably n ot intentional, bu t it w as
im pressively coincidental, th at Mr. L a ck
should begin his address on the same
them e upon which the afternoon m eeting
had closed— ‘ The W ord of G o d .’ Quoting
the words of th e A postle P aul to the
Colossians (Col. iv. 2, 3), ‘ Continue stead­
fastly in prayer . . . th a t G o d m ay
open unto us a door for the W ord,' Mr.
L ack said : ‘ M ay I ask you, dear friends,
to p ray th at G o d w ill once again open a
door for the W ord in China. My own
opinion is th at w hen the door does open
there w ill be w ider opportunities for
Mission w ork than ever before,’ And then
there followed one illustration after
another from the speaker show ing how
‘ a door for the W ord ’ had been w idely
opened in the Y encheng district where
during past years Mr. L a ck had baptised
over 1,000 men and women, to whom the
simple preaching of the Gospel had
proved to be ' the pow er of G o d unto
sa lv atio n .’
The n ext speaker, Miss M ildred Cable,
was genially introduced b y D r. Holden
as one of ‘ The D auntless T h ree,’ the
other tw o being Miss E . French and Miss
F . L . French, who recently com pleted
a m ost adventuresom e jou rn ey through
K a n s u and into Central Asia, preaching
the Gospel as th ey w ent.
Miss Cable
held her v ast audience enthralled as she
spoke of the experiences of herself and
her tw o fellow missionaries during th at
long, long journey, and of the great hunger
for the knowledge of the ‘ remission of
sins ’ w hich th ey found am ongst the
Mongols, Tibetans, Russians and Turks,
w ith whom th ey came into contact. Like
Lam as th ey often had to live on charity
as th ey travelled, as they w ere not able
to carry w ith them sufficient provisions
for the w ay. T h ey m et w ith women who
had denied them selves every legitim ate
lu xu ry, in order to find, if possible, ‘ re­
mission of sins.’ T hey were called in one
place ' Venerable exhorters to righteous­
n ess,’ and were laid hold of b y one
wom an more eager th an the rest, who
kep t pleading, ' W h at is this " remission
of sins ” you preach. I am told th a t you
know how I can get rid of m y burden.
T ell me, for I must kn ow .’ B u t the whole,
deeply interesting story we hope to p u b­
lish in our n ext issue.
A fter the hym n, ‘ T he Crowning D a y
is Com ing,’ had been m ost in spiritingly
sung, the R ev. F ran k H oughton, B .A .,
addressed the gathering. H e spoke princi­
p ally on the subject of training men for
the m inistry, w hich w ork he had been
doing for the last tw o years in the Training
College a t P aon in g in Szechw an.
In
th a t College, as in th e H u ngtun g T rainin g
Institu te, about w h ich Mr. T rick ey spoke
in the afternoon, th e m ain em phasis is
laid upon th e W ord of G od. T he m en are
train ed th a t th e y m a y kn ow Whom th e y
believe and what th e y believe. A num ber
of v e ry encouraging instances were given
of the fru itfu l sp iritu al results in th e lives
of the students. O f one only, how ever,
h ave w e room to speak, and th a t sim ply
to quote a p aragrap h from a letter he
w rote to Mr. H ough to n , n am ely : ‘ W h en ­
ever I p reach if I do n ot set forth th e full
G ospel of th e life, death and resurrection,
ascension and com ing of th e L o r d , I feel
as if it were a burning fire in m y heart, so
th a t I can g e t no peace till th e L o r d
prom ises to forgive me, and th en I am
at rest.'
A t th e conclusion of th is address Mr.
Jacques Hor>Vins rose, a t th e request of
the Chairm an, and sang w ith exquisite
feeling a solo, th e them e of w h ich w as
‘ M y life purpose.’ T he first verse w ith
its haunting refrain w as as follow s :—
‘ L i v i n g f o r J e s u s a l i f e t h a t is t r u e ,
Trying to please Him in all that I do.
Yielding allegiance, glad-hearted and free,
This is the pathway of blessing for me.’
Refrain : 0 J e s u s , L o r d and Saviour,
I give myself to Thee.
For Thou in Thy atonement
Didst give Thyself for me.
I own no other Master,
My heart shall be Thy throne,
My life I give henceforth to Thee,
O C h r i s t , f o r Thee a l o n e . ’
Swanwick, 1927.
H E new arrangem ent of holding one Conference in
th e E a ster v acation instead of one each in J anu ary and
June has p roved to be a great convenience to our friends ;
large num bers atten ded and e very room w as occupied, w hile a
few w ho applied late were u nfortun ately disappointed.
In th e short space of these notes it is im possible to speak
in detail of th e vario us m eetings, b u t each gath ering had its
contribution tow ards the spirit of fellowship and responsibility
w hich w as realised.
D r. S tu a rt H olden each m orning led our th ou gh ts to th e
M issionary C all in th e L ig h t of our L o r d ’s R eturn , and expounded
th e great facts of th e return of C h r i s t »and of th e K ingdom ,
rath er th an details of in terpretation w h ich often lead only to
argum ent.
A t th e evening sessions th e R e v. John M acB eath impressed
upon us th e responsibility of a full-orbed Christian life consisting of
In w a rd E xp erien ce, O utw ard A c tiv it y and U pw ard R elationship.
A t th e M issionary M eetings w e were thrilled b y th e stories of
unique evangelism and tra v el in C entral Asia, and were
impressed b y th e responsibilities resting upon th e Christian
C hurch for th a t v a s t region. O thers told us of intensive
w ork in training Chinese evangelists and pastors, and of w ork
am ongst prim itive tribespeople.
A new feature of our Conference w as th e inclusion of a Sunday,
and morning and evening we had th e privilege of th e m inistry
o f th e R ev. F . W . A in ley, who, although unable to be w ith us
through th e previou s week, w as led to lines of th ou gh t h ar­
monising w ith th e d a ily messages brou gh t to us from th e E pistle
to the H ebrew s a t m orning prayers.
T h e gath ering o f perhaps suprem e in terest and solem nity was
th e Sunday afternoon m eeting, w hen th e youn g men and women
w ho are w a itin g to go to China w hen th e door opens, gave th eir
testim onies and drew aside th e v eil to te ll of their dealings w ith
G o d in th e secret place and of their convictions of G o d ’s call,
as w ell as th eir ow n need. T h e la st gathering w as around th e
T ab le of th e L o r d w hen th e oneness in C h r i s t of men and wom en
of different denom inations and different nationalities w as
realised as we k n elt before th e one L o r d .
I t is n ot easy to com pare one Conference w ith another neither
is it necessary to do so. I f G o d speaks to us a t a n y tim e or
place then it is H o ly Ground indeed, and m an y of us w ho h ave
returned to th e ordin ary duties of life, look b a ck upon the
T
T h e song was m ost th rillingty accom ­
pan ied on the organ b y Mr. S tan ley
C urtis (of S t. P a u l’s Church, P ortm an
Square), and, as the m usic sank so gen tly
and lingerin gly into silence, it w as
evid en t th a t a deep im pression h ad been
m ade upon th a t great concourse of people.
T he address w h ich followed, b y Mr.
L in d sa y Glegg, based upon th e w ords of
th e P salm ist in Psalm c x x v i. 6—
‘ He th a t goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again with
rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.’
— deepened th e im pression m ade b y th e
song, and m ost fittin gly concluded a
m issionary gathering m arked th rough ou t
b y unusual sp iritu al power. ‘ T o G o d be
th e glory, great things H e hath done.’
T .W .G .
S w an w ick of I 9 2 7 " a s B ethel, th e place where G o d w as realised
and H is voice heard.
J.B .M .
A Continental Visit.
N order to m eet the C om m ittees of our A ssociate Missions
on th e Continent of Europe and confer w ith them on
m an y im portan t m atters affecting th e work, th e General
D irector, Mr. D . E . H oste, accom panied b y Mr. J. B . M artin,
v isited Sw itzerland, G erm any and Finland, during the m onths
of M arch and A pril.
T he international character of the Mission is a feature w h ich
has brought enlargem ent of vision to the m em bers of th e Mission,
and blessing to China, and betw een 1890 and 1900, as a result
of v isits b y the late R e v . J. H udson T aylor, several evangelical
groups on th e Continent were associated w ith th e Mission for
w ork in China, and from th a t tim e till th e present day, several
hundred w orkers have gone forth. A t the close of 1926 th e
A ssociate Missions in connection w ith th e C hina Inlan d Mission
num bered 12, and th e workers to talled 383, w orkin g in 99
stations.
D uring th e recent visit, business conferences were held in
each centre, w h ich it is believed w ill aid th e progress of the
w o rk and in addition 32 m eetings were held.
T h e w ealth of Christian friendship m anifested w as m ost
touchin g and the bond in C h r i s t w h ich binds togeth er all the
L o r d ’s people was deeply realised.
Spiritu al life in Sw itzerland and G erm any as it expresses
itself th ro u gh the ‘ Gem einschaft ’ m ovem ent is an exam ple of
th e w a y in w h ich spiritu al m ovem ents cannot be confined to
m an m ade divisions and organisations, w h ich suited to one
age and set of circum stances, are too narrow and cram ping
to allow th e H o ly S pirit free course in th e f ulfilm ent of H is
purposes. I t is as a result of th is m ovem ent th a t m ost of the
splendid ban d of w orkers from G erm an y and Sw itzerland
associated w ith th e C.I.M . h ave gone forth and been sustained
b y sacrificial gift and prayer.
I t w as a great jo y to m eet th e fellow-labourers in Finland,
also, and to discuss w ith them m an y problem s w hich face them
in th e new political and religious conditions of th a t country.
T h e in terest in the w o rk in China m anifested b y th e gatherings
in A bo, E ken as, and H elsingfors w as a g rea t inspiration and
prom ised w ell for th e future developm ent of the work.
J. B . M
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‘ C h i n a 's M i l l i o n s / p o s t f r e e 2 s . 6 d . p e r a n n u m f r o m t h e C h i n a I n l a n d M i s s i o n , N e w i n g t o n G r e e n , L o n d o n , N . 1 6 ,
A n y C .I.M . P u b l i c a t i o n c a n b e o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e R e l i g i o u s T r a c t S o c i e t y , o r f r o m a n y B o o k s e l l e r .
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Ju n e, 1927.
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V o l. LIII.
No. 7 .
T wopence,
JULY, 1927.
DAV
M m Q iO N t
UuKAKY
4 U L 1 2 1927
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Preaching the Word.
Address at the C.I.M. Annual Meetings in Queen’s Hall
By the REV. J. RUSSELL HOWDEN, B.D.
I N the fifty-first chapter of Isaiah, the 15th and
there has been a movement of the Holy Spirit amongst
16th verses, you will find these words: ‘ I am men it has always been that the emphasis has been laid
the L o r d thy G o d , that divided the sea, whose upon the Word of G o d as it is spoken and lived amongst
waves roared : The L o r d of hosts is His name. And men.
As Miss Sharp was speaking to us about the school
I have put My words in thy mouth, and I have covered
thee in the shadow of My hand, that I may plant the work in H o n a n , I could not help thinking of her own
heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say great countryman who was raised up by G o d to do such
unto Zion, Thou art My people.' I think there is one a mighty work throughout Scotland, John Knox, and
impression which will probably have been supreme of how, in the providence of G o d , he laid the great
over every other as we listened to the accounts of G o d ’s emphasis of his method upon precisely that which
dear servants from the battlefield in China, and that is G o d ’s servant has been doing in China, namely, the
the way in which G o d leads His people to reliance promulgation throughout Scotland of a system of
upon what at first sight seems, to us Westerners at any education based upon the Bible as the Word of G o d .
rate, such a futile thing, namely, the spoken word. The result in Scotland has been mighty in G o d ’s provi­
And yet, as you read through the prophecies of Isaiah dence, as we all know, to create a stability of character
and of conviction which has meant much not only for
you will discover that over and over again when G o d
was speaking through His servant about that other that land and for Great Britain, but more or less for
Servant Who should come, He emphasised continually the whole wide world. Our reformers, all the way
the fact that that Servant was coming commissioned, through, as the result of the opening of men’s minds
to the impact of the Word of G o d , did not hesitate to
above everything else, to speak G o d 's Word.
That does not fit in somehow with our Western lay their emphasis on, and to place all their confidence
ideas. We have been prone to think that a word is in, the expression through human speech of Divine
such a poor and futile thing. We want to be men of truth.
action who do things rather than think things or even
I.
say things, and we rather tend to scorn the mere word
We
have
listened
this
afternoon to G o d 's three
as a thing of little value. And yet all the way through
servants bringing to us their messages concerning the
G o d has set His seal upon this wonderful gift of human
speech with which He has endowed the race, and He work of G o d in China, and our hearts have been stirred
has chosen to take that supreme endowment of the within us as we have discovered that theirs is the
race and make it the vehicle for the transmission of oldtime method, and the oldtime message, and the
His message to men’s minds and men’s hearts, quite oldtime work, namely, making known to men what the
confident that if only G o d ’s Word can be given to men Word, the message of G o d , really is.
Now that Word first of all needs to be incarnated in
that Word in itself will do all that needs to be done in
the world. When the L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t ‘ in the a life. The L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t is the incarnate Word
fulness of time ’ was sent forth by G o d ‘ born of a of G o d , and He came forth to explain the Father.
woman, born under the law,’ He is called the Word Apart from J e s u s C h r i s t no man knoweth the Father.
of G o d . He Who in the beginning was with G o d , and He comes to us as the fulfilment of the Old Testament
was G o d , and through Whom the worlds were made Scriptures, as the One Who explains to us the meaning
comes forth designated by the Holy Ghost as the Word and the purpose of G o d . He comes to us as G o d ’s
of G od . May I remind you that in every age whenever W ord; but as G o d ’s Word incarnate in a personality,
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in a life, in One Who is living and loving and true,
and through Whom alone men, whether in China or in
England, have access unto the Father. If we would
know G o d at all we must get to know Him through His
own Word, the L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t ; and if we would
know the L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t the only way in which
we can get to know Him is through the written Word
which speaks of Him in the Old Testament as the One
who should come, and speaks of Him in the New
Testament as the One who has come, and thank G o d ,
who is coming again.
Just as the Word of G o d was incarnate, and is in­
carnate, in His beloved Son, so when these, G o d ’ s
servants, go forth to tell of Him, and to speak His
message to the nations, the Word of the living G o d
must first of all become incarnate in their own lives
and in their own hearts; and those whom G o d calls
and sends out to do His work in the world must be
those who know their G o d , and who know His Word,
its power in their own lives, and its bearing upon the
lives and destinies of others. And so these our friends
who have spoken to us this afternoon have first of all
proved the power and efficacy of that Word in their
own experience, in their own characters. As that Word
becomes incarnated in them they can go forth, and the
others of the twelve hundred missionaries of the China
Inland Mission can go forth, to tell out the message of
G o d to needy, stricken China.
doubt about its accuracy and historicity, we of the
China Inland Mission, by G o d ’s grace, go forth as men
and women who are persuaded that the Word of G o d
is from beginning to end the Word of the living G o d ,
authoritative, accurate, historically trustworthy; and
because it is all that and because also it is G o d ’s Word,
is therefore mighty to the pulling down of the strong­
holds of Satan in human hearts.
Our weapon is not carnal, it is spiritual, the weapon
of the spoken Word which is the message of G o d Him­
self ; and as G o d gives the message, whether it be
directly in the evangelistic work, or whether it be the
work of the Word taught systematically and thor­
oughly in theological training colleges, or whether it
be the Word spoken through the teaching of devoted
teachers to the girls and boys of China, in any one
of these ways the Word of G o d , blessed be His Name, is
proving itself to-day effectual, in active operation, there
in China, and when men and women receive the 1 en­
grafted Word ’ they discover there, as we have discovered
here, that it is able to save their souls.
III.
There is another consideration, rather a strange
one, and it is this. During the last few years the
world itself, even the Western world, has wakened
up to the value and the importance of the Word. A
new word has come into our language practically
II.
during the last fifteen years, the word 'propaganda.’
I want to emphasise the fact that they go, G o d having We scarcely heard it before the war. But during
put His Word in their mouths. Thank G o d for every the war we discovered that propaganda was one of
one of those twelve hundred men and women who know the most mighty weapons that men could wield any­
that the one message that can help China, as it indeed where. It is the weapon which the devil is wielding
is the one message that can help the world at all, is to-day in China, as in other countries, but it is also
the message of the living G o d , the statement that the weapon which the Spirit of G o d has been wielding
ever since Pentecost, and which He is going to wield
G o d loves men, that ‘ G o d so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in ever-increasing triumph until J e s u s comes again.
in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’ The Body of C h r i s t has yet to be completed, the
Though it may seem, as it very often does, I suppose, number of the elect has yet to be made up. As G o d
to every one of us who is a Christian worker, whether proceeds with His work the way in which He does it
we have to speak in the larger gatherings or whether is always the same. His Word, His message, incarnate
we have to teach in a Sunday School class, or whatever in the Person of our L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t , that Person
form our work takes, that preaching, speaking, talking, revealed to us through the written Word, that written
is such a peculiarly futile kind of thing to do : yet over Word in its turn in the mouths of His accredited
and over again we discover, to our surprise and astonish­ messengers, accredited by the Holy Ghost, operative
ment and to the establishment of our confidence and in their own lives and characters, and then that Word
faith, that when it is God’s Word in our mouth it makes sent out and preached in all simplicity, in all its fulness,
all the difference. G o d ’ s Word, even though spoken in utter and complete dependence upon it, and doing
through weak, human lips, yet has mighty, wonderful its own mighty work.
An early missionary of the Cross, Paul the Apostle,
power, the power of regenerating human souls, of
writing in one of his missionary letters to his converts
altering and regenerating human lives.
It must, however, be God’s Word. It is not the least in Corinth, spoke of G o d being pleased to save men
bit of good for us to go out preaching ourselves. ‘ We through ‘ the foolishness o f preaching ’— not the preaching
preach not ourselves but C h r i s t J e s u s as L o r d . ’ of foolishness, mind you, which is something quite
That must be the message of the China Inland Mission, different, but the foolishness, as it seems to men, of
as indeed it must be the message of every true servant preaching— how can a man getting up, whether in
of G o d . We preach not ourselves. We go to tell G o d ’ s China or in England, to talk to other men and to tell
Word, we go with G o d ’s Word on our lips, and our them what G o d says ever bring about the mighty
confidence is not in our speaking, not in our eloquence, miracle of the new birth ? And yet the incredible
not in our powers of organisation, or of thought, but thing is happening to-day in China, as we have been
in the Word of the living G o d . It is blessed to know hearing this afternoon, and happening though almost
that in these days of uncertainty, when on every hand, every foreign missionary has been withdrawn. The
amongst all the Churches of G o d , there are men who Word of G o d on the lips whether of Westerners or of
are holding lightly to the Word of G o d , who are in Chinese is effective, is ‘ the power of G o d unto salvation/
doubt about its authority, and in many cases even in the weapon that He has chosen to wield. Human
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speech, human utterance, the supreme gift of G o d to
man, the expression of the reason which G o d has
implanted within man, is the thing which He has
deigned to take hold of and use for the doing of His
own gracious and wonderful work.
That work is not done without cost. It is no light
thing to be the servant of the living G o d . Y o u have
only to read the pages of Isaiah to see something of
what it means to be G o d ’s servant. The Holy Spirit’s
message through Isaiah to G o d ’s people was that He
‘ had given them the tongue of the disciple that the}'
might know how to speak a word in season to them
that were weary and spent and tired. ‘ The L o r d G o d
hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should
know how to speak a word in season to him that is
weary.’— Isaiah 1. 4. There are spent and tired and
suffering hearts in China to-day. The}' need the word
in season. The word in season can be given and is
given at cost. When I last saw Miss Sharp two years
ago she was stricken down with malaria. She had
just come from that school of hers. She told me of
some of the things which concerned that school. She
was lying there quite helpless and crippled. It does
one’s heart good to see her again to-day renewed,
in some measure at any rate, in health and strength.
I wish that I could picture for you a little of the cost to
our beloved fellow workers and fellow servants of being
messengers of the Gospel and the mouthpieces of our
God there in China.
Pray for the work, pray for the Word, pray that it
may sound forth from this great meeting this afternoon
through your effectual praying; that it ma}- sound
forth through human lips and human lives and reach
these stricken, sorrowing, troubled hearts in China, and
bind up wounds, and introduce them to the G o d
Who loves them and Who gave His only beloved Son
for them, and Who wants to draw' them, even through
the suffering of this present time, to Himself. Beloved
friends, that is our work, that is our commission, and
as our friends go out to do it He keeps them, as they
have been telling us again to-day, covered under the
shadow of His Hand, and as they abide there and as
His Word abides in their lips, their work is not in
vain in the L o r d .
The Challenge of Central Asia.
Address at the C.I.M. Annual Meetings in Queen’s Hall
By MISS MILDRED CABLE.
it a trem endous privilege to
come and speak to-night to you who
h ave followed w ith such care and
th ou gh t our long jou rn ey through K a n s u
and C entral A sia . F o r th e last few
years w e h ave been pioneering and
travelling in those distant parts. I t was
not v ery long after I spoke a t th e last
A n nual M eetings on the occasion of m y
last furlough th a t th e W ord of the L o r d
came to m y com panions and m yself,
telling us to go and preach the Gospel
to men and wom en w ho had never heard
the Nam e of C h r i s t . In such an audience
as th is I need scarcely say th a t th e W ord
of th e L o r d still comes to men and
women w ho h ave ears attuned to hear it.
W e started from Hwochow, in the
Province of S h a n s i , under sealed orders,
and w en t forw ard literally n ot knowing
to w h at place w e should go. W e travelled
for over fifty d a ys from the railhead
u ntil w e cam e to th e c ity of Kanchow ,
where we found a Christ i'm Chinese
m issionary doctor, who, during the five
years he had been in the place had
collected round him a band of earnest
m en and women. These had given
them selves for four years to p rayer th at
G o d w ould send them some women
teachers to in struct them in th e Scrip­
tures. So p erfectly do th e clocks of
G o d keep tim e th a t a t th e v ery hour
w hen w e were answering w h at seemed to
us to be a strange call, those people were
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gathering in p rayer th a t G o d would
send to them the workers th ey so sorely
needed. W hen we arrived we found
th a t th ey, as we, had the burden of the
unevangelised districts laid upon them,
and th ey requested th a t we would
instruct them in the Scriptures whilst
th ey m oved forw ard w ith us on th e long
pioneer journeys.
W e made the base of our operations
in the city of Suchow, K a n s u , th e last
tow n inside th e G reat W all of China, an
extraordinarily valuable p oin t as a
strategic base for missionary work, for
every caravan coming from C entral
Asia into China, and every caravan
leaving for Central Asia, m ust sta y in
th a t city in order to ap-provision for the
long journey ahead. WTe there found,
besides the Chinese population, Mongols,
Tibetans, Russians and Turki, and we
were able to preach the Gospel of J e s u s
C h r i s t to all these people. From there
we m ade journ eys over the T ibetan
Border and, th an ks to our band of
Chinese fellow-workers, we were welcomed
into T ibetan ten ts and among the T ibetan
people. W hen we m et Mongols w e had
an equally warm reception. W e found
hearts extraordinarily prepared for the
message we had to give them . One can
literally say th a t the L o r d H im self went
before and prepared the w ay, th e places,
and th e people. E veryw h ere we went
th ey generously supplied our needs, for.
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like the lamas of Tibet, we were often
compelled to live on charity, not being
able to carry w ith us sufficient pro­
visions for the journey. A s we entered
sm all villages or large cities, people
would come to us with presents of bread,
vegetables or fruit. W e found men and
women in these parts who had spent the
best years of their lives in practising
discipline of the body and in seeking for
the remission of sins.
I th in k nothing touched me more
deeply than m eeting with women who
had for years denied them selves every
legitim ate luxury in order th a t they
m ight attain to the forgiveness of sins.
W e went to m any places where we were
looked upon as ' holy wom en.' In some
cases w e were unable to preven t pious
souls from burning incense to us. They
called us ' the venerable exhorters to
righteousness.’
W e found ourselves in
strange places and in strange conditions.
In one house an old woman seized us
and said : ‘ W hat is this remission of
sins you preach ? I am told th a t you
know how I can get rid of th a t burden.
T ell me, for I m ust kn ow .’ So we told
her of th e Lam b of G o d th at taketh aw ay
the sins of the world. W e returned to
our inn to find an old gentlem an w ith
large horn spectacles lecturing about us.
He to ld the audience gathered around
th at we were virtuous women and
exceedingly clever, for we could read
Chinese, and added : ‘ Y o u m u st respect
them , fo r th e y h a v e been sent b y the
K in g of E u ro p e to find brides for h is
sons.' F ortu n ately, th e good E ld e r w ho
w as w ith us ra p id ly dispelled all such
illusions, and I am afraid th a t th e prestige
w hich such a ro y a l appointm ent w ould
h ave given us w as lost.
One of ou r tra v e ls to o k u s to th e L a k e
o f th e Crescent Moon, one of th e wonders
o f C entral A sia, w here w e found a gem ­
like lake about a quarter of a m ile long,
situated in th e m idst o f sandhills like a
sapphire resting in folds o f opalescent
v elv et. J u st as w e were leavin g th a t
p lace a pilgrim lam a cam e to w ards us,
and w e said, ' Lam a, where h a v e y o u
come from ? ' H e said, ‘ I h a v e come
from th e P rovince of Shansi. I h a v e
travelled fo r six m onths, p rostratin g m y ­
self tile whole w a y .’ W e asked : ‘ L am a,
w h y are y o u doing it ? ’ H e answered,
' I n order th a t I m a y a tta in t o th e
remission of sins. ’ ' L am a, is y o u r sin
forgiven ? ’ H e g a v e th e answer th a t
every B udd h ist m an and w om an giv es :
‘ I do n ot know . H ow can I kn ow ? ’
I t w as th en our jo y to be able to te ll him
how th a t g o a l could b e reached.
W hen our appointed period w as over
we le ft for E u rop e, ta k in g th e long
jou rn ey across th e G obi desert, fulfilling
a great am bition to preach C h r i s t in y e t
other places where H e h a d n ot been p ro­
claim ed. T hen we passed across th e
R ussian border righ t up to th e R iv e r
Irtish u n til w e cam e to Om sk. On our
w a y w e trav elled from S u ch o w to Urum chi,
th e cap ita l of T urkestan, forty-five d a y s'
jou rn ey. From Suchow, our base, to
K ash gar, occupied b y th e Swedish Mission,
is n inety-five d a y s ’ journey, and th e
m issionary occupation betw een th e tw o
tow ns is tw o men located a t U rum chi.
W e crossed th e G obi desert, trav ellin g b y
night. W e sh all n ever forget th ose
intense silences under th e stars, w ith th e
ligh t of th e m agn etic fire p la yin g on th e
horizon, when w e seemed to h ear th e
voice o f G o d as we h a d n ever been able
to hear it in other places. T ravellin g
over B la c k G obi w e h a d th e com pany of
a Chinese official from oasis to oasis. H e
alw ays w en t ahead o f us, and, w ith th a t
in stinctive courtesy w hich belongs to
th e great people of China, w e found th a t
every n igh t th e b etter room w as set
apart for our use, th e official him self
sleeping in h is cart or th e poorer room.
Other travellin g com panions were a
p a rty of Lam as from T ibet, and as we
crossed th e desert, som etim es over sandy
wastes, sometim es com ing upon a great
oasis, where thousands and thousands of
people were congregated together, we
were glad to know th a t th e great closed
land of T ib e t is being grad ually encircled
b y a cordon of mission stations. W e
m et th e T u rk i desert ran ger rid in g across
those burning sands, a M oham medan,
keen, in quisitive, virile. W e m et these
men d a y b y d a y as th e y travelled and we
travelled, b u t w e n ever p assed th e nom ad
m issionary w h o should h a v e been w ith
them . W e m et M ongols w ith th eir
train s of cam els shuffling alon g in th e
night stillnesses, and w e rem em bered
th a t O u ter M ongolia has n o m issionary
a t all, and th ou gh th e M ongols were
called in Jan uary, 1922, to a Conference
in M oscow of th e ‘ Toilers o f th e .F ar
E a s t ’ under th e auspices of th e Com ­
m unist International, th e y h a v e never
been called to hear th e W ord of G o d .
T hen w e entered G azaqistan, th e latest
addition to th e U nion of S o v iet Social
Republics, w ith its population o f seven
m illion M odem s, closed now t o th e
m issionary. W e m et R ussians and, per­
haps th e m ost trag ic of all, Russian
women w h o had sold them selves as
secondary w ives to Chinese, and Russian
m en w ho h a d joined th e ran ks of Chinese
beggars.
T he G azaq, in particular, is ty p ic a l of
Central A sian tribes. H is great v irility
startles one. A fter stayin g w ith th em in
nomad tents, w e m et on th e Irtish R iv e r
steam ers G azaq men w ho w ere able to
discuss w ith us th e details of th e Coal
Strike, b u t w ho knew nothin g of CHRIST’S
plan of salvation. W e m et men w ho
knew of R am say M acdonald’s leadership,
b u t w ho knew noth in g of th e com ing
K in g. A s w e travelled on th is long
jou rn ey w e realised som ething of th e
challenge of C entral A sia. I hold in m y
hand a booklet w h ich w ill te ll y o u m ore
th an I possibly can to-night. ‘ T he
Challenge of C entral A s ia ,’ is a challenge
to every m an and wom an in th is h a ll
to-night. T he door of oppor­
tu n ity in China is for th e m om ent
closed, b u t the door of th e fellow ­
ship of th e sufferings of C h r is t
w ith regard to unevangelised
lands is n ot closed, and th e
Prince of this w orld cannot
close th e door of effectual
prayer.
A s I sta n d
a u d ie n c e
I
b e fo r e t h is g r e a t
can n ot
m y s e lf
back
d esert
n ig h t s
to
but
th in k
th o s e
w hen
lo n e ly
we
th ree
w o m e n t r a m p e d t h e d e s e r t sa n d s,
a n d t h o u g h I t h a n k G o d fo r t h e
in s p ir a tio n o f s u c h a g a t h e r in g
a s th is ,
th a t
I w an t to sa y to
t h e c h a lle n g e
of
you
th e
un­
e v a n g e lis e d la n d s is a t r e m e n d ­
o u s c h a lle n g e t o e v e r y m a n a n d
w o m a n h ere.
The L ord J esus
C h r i s t m u s t w in , a n d
p o w e r t h e b lin d
w a lk ,
have
th e
th e
th e m .
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by
d e a f h ear, th e
G ospel
H is
see, t h e la m e
poor
p reach ed
to
T h e d o o r fo r t h e m o m e n t
sh u t.
m ean ?
to . k n o w
W hat
does
it
a ll
W e m u s t s e t o u r s e lv e s
th e p u rpose
of God,
n d fa II in w ith H is purpose, and we
m ust
get the
w ill of G od done.
So to-night I com m end it to you,
n ot to rest until yo u know w h at is you r
personal and in dividual responsibility in
th is m atter. C h r i s t is coming, th e K in g
is coming, th a t is th e challenge of Central
A sia. T he children of this world are
wiser in their generation th an the children
o f light, and the S oviet agency through­
out the E a st is so active and alive th at I
sometimes th in k th a t if the Church of
C h r i s t does not arouse herself those
Moslem lands of C entral Asia, as has been
the case w ith G azaqistan, w ill be lost to
the Cross w ithout even a battle. The
com m and of C h r i s t is upon us, whether
or how we meet the challenge is our
individual responsibility, bu t the people
who sit in darkness shall see a great light
and to them th at sit in the shadow of
death shall light spring up, for the un­
evangelised countries throughout the
world m ust hear the W ord of the L o r d
and live.
“ Most of the grand truths of G o d have
to be learned by tr o u b le ; th ey must be
burned into us by the hot iron of affliction,
otherwise we shall not truly rcreive
th em . ’ ’— S p u r g e o n ,
Shouldering Responsibility.
R eading b e tw ee n th e lin es of th e following ‘ N o tes fro m a M issio n ary ’s D iary,’ it m ay be read ily d is c e rn e d w ith w h a t g re a t r e lu c ta n c e
and n a tu ra l a n x ie ty fo r th e w ell-being of th e w ork th e y w ere leaving, th e m is sio n a rie s re sp o n d e d to th e u rg e n t C o n su la r call to
e v a c u a te th e ir s ta tio n . T h a t is o n e side of th e p ic tu re , an d it is dark. But th e r e is a n o th e r and b rig h t side. T h e subjoined v o lu n ta ry
d e c la ra tio n of s te a d f a s t loyalty to th e P e rso n of C h ris t a n d th e w ork of His Kingdom on th e p a r t of (1) T h e C hinese C h u rch le a d ers,
a n d (2) T h e C h in ese C h u rc h , will call fo rth than k sg iv in g and p ra ise.
NOTES
FROM
MY
D IA R Y .
J a n u a r y 10 th , 1927 .
R eceived first Consul’s wire advising im m ediate w ithdraw al
to nearest port, viz. W anhsien ; as we are only six ty miles from
W anhsien we can w ait and see if others feel it necessary to leave
and give th em w h a t help we can as th ey pass through from
K w a n gy u a n , Paoning, Chuhsien, and possibly Chengtu.
F e b r u a r y 3 rd .
W ord received from Paoning, Yingshan, Suiting and T achu
th a t workers would be passing through.
F e b r u a r y 9 th .
Superintendent receives w ire again from Consul more urgent
— thin ks we should begin to p ack— our Chinese friends and
fellow workers m u st be told— ‘ H e giveth m ore grace.'
F e b r u a r y 11th .
A m eeting of Churchpeople— th ey chose tw elve to become
leaders, tw o for each departm ent of work— i ‘ W ork of the
•Ministr y / 2 ‘ Schoolw ork/ 3 ‘ F in an ce,’ 4 ‘ W om en’s w o rk ,’
5 ‘ H o sp ita l and D ispensary,’ 6 ‘ Orphanage and Ind ustrial.’
M eetings m orning and afternoon, the afternoon meeting
closed w ith the h ym n of Consecration ‘ T ake m y life ' F .R .H .’s.
E a c h w orker read as before G o d and the congregation this
solemn prom ise (see n ex t column) to be b y th e grace of G od
faithful.
F e b r u a r y 14th (S u n d ay ).
M em bers of th e congregation signed a declaration of faith and
prom ise (see n ex t column) th a t if persecution should come th ey
w ould be faith fu l to th eir L o r d and Saviour J e s u s C h r i s t —
o v e r six ty nam es I th in k were given in— fifty-tw o gathered
for our last Com m union Service in the afternoon.
F e b r u a r y 15 th .
W e left th is m orning after brief farewell service— some had
stay e d overn igh t to be present— th e keys were given into the
P a sto r’s hands— w e said good-bye— th e L o r d still ga ve ' more
grace.’ The last w ords I heard as w e left— from one of the
tw elv e were ‘ let us p ra y for one another '— ‘ pi-tsi tao-kao.’
Am en.
W e heard a t th e beginning of A p ril th a t th e schoolgirls
num bered over six ty , th e boys about fifty.
J u l y , 1927.
103
P ray th a t th ey m ay be encouraged and as the Church has felt
so keenly the w ithdraw al of the Missionaries, if the L o r d will
th ey m ay be spared th e further trial of persecution.
P R O M IS E
OF
THE
CHURCH
LEAD ERS.
I ....................................................................... in the name of the
* F ather and of the Son and of the H oly Ghost, m ake
solemn determ ination to serve the L o r d , seeking not to
be ministered unto b u t to minister, with all m y strength to walk
well-pleasing unto the L o r d as a workm an th a t has no need to
be ashamed, rig h tly dividing the W ord of Truth. I w ill not
regard m y own life as of importance or value, bu t will only seek
to finish m y course, and carry out the commission which I have
received from the L o r d J e s u s to make m anifest the Gospel of
the grace of G o d . A ll this is in reliance on the mercy and grace
of our L o r d J e s u s , the loving kindness of G o d , and the leading
and control of the H o ly Spirit. Amen.
[Here follows a list of the names of the Church leaders who
made the promise.]
V O L U N T A R Y P R O M I S E o f th e C H U R C H M E M B E R S .
D E C A U S E of G o d ’s choice and call, and of our own sense
of responsibility, and being of one faith, acknowledging
one L o r d , one baptism and one G o d , and being members
of th e B ody of C h r i s t , we wish to express our entire desire to
carry out w ith all our heart and mind and strength the com ­
mission which we have received from our L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t ,
to m ake m anifest the G ospel of the Grace of G o d , n ot regarding
our own life or wealth as of importance, but w ith a fixed heart
abiding in th e truth, w ith a sincere desire for holiness, holding
fast to our L o r d ’s command to us to love one another. Thus
w e hope to carry out th e desire of our L o r d , to give glory to
Him and bring peace on earth. This w ill be our aim until the
end and in all things we desire to act in accordance w ith the
revealed W ord of G o d . Our tru st is in the upholding grace of
G o d , in the redem ption which is in C h r i s t J e s u s and in the
guidance and control o f the H o ly Spirit. The glory, the pow er
and the kingdom be unto the trium phant G o d for ever and ever.
Amen.
[Here follows a long lis t of the names of those who made the
promise.]
Faith and L oyalty of Chinese Christians
J
T h e following, p e rs o n a l l e t t e r fro m Mr. O w en .W arren, w ho I s In c h a rg e o f t h e C.I.M. B u sin e ss C e n tr e a t H ankow , d a te d May 4, a n d
re c e iv e d s in c e t h e p u b lic a tio n o f t h e la s t is su e o f ‘ C h in a ’s M illions,' Will b e re a d w ith In te r e s t. T h e r e f e r e n c e t o t h e f a ith a n d
lo y a lty o f t h e C h in e se C h ris tia n s , n o t o n ly d u rin g th e a t t a c k o n N anking In M arch la s t, b u t a ls o in o t h e r p la c e s In t h e s e p r e s e n t
f o r th th a n k sg iv in g t o God, re m in d u s t o p ra y fo r th e m , t h a t th e y m a y c o n tin u e
d a y s o f s tr a in a n d d ifficu lty , will, w hile
s te a d f a s t in t h e F aith .
H E follow in g tw o paragrap h s are
. ta k e n from a long statem en t of
th e person al experien ces o f a
responsible m issionary leader a t N anking.
I fe e l sure th e y w ill be of interest to
y o u :—
I.
-r '
'O n e th in g to w h ich w e a ll agreed as
we exchan ged experiences a fter g e ttin g
togeth er, w as th a t w e should n ever refer
to th e experiences of th a t d a y w ith o u t
p a y in g trib u te t o th e courage, faith,
lo y a lty , and heroism o f our Chinese
frien'ds. W e are n o t sure b u t th a t th a t
d a rk d a y w as w o rth all i t cost in hardship
and losses for th e «alee of th e treasures
o f m anhood a n d w om anh ood i t revealed.
T im e a fte r tim e, Chinese friends, from
th e h u m b lest o f th e serva n ts, to th e
m o st p rom in ent leaders, risked th eir
lives to sa v e t h e , foreigners. T h is . w as
tru e o f n o t o n ly a few iso la ted cases ; it
w as th e u n iversal experience.
T
In accordance w ith th e w ish o f o u r
local authorities, th e rem aining B ritish
m issionaries in th is p a r t of China, men
w ho are leaders o f th e ir, respective
societies, are now con gregated in our.
hom e for th e tim e bein g. T h e fellowship
and companionship w ith these men, a t
th is tim e, I feel to b e a grea t privilege.
T heir presence brings us, from -an area
greater th an th a t of France, a constant
n,
‘ O n th e p a r t of th e foreigners, i t is
n o t becom ing, p erhaps, t o sa y to o m uch,
as th e y th em selves w o u ld n o t w ish to be
eulogized. B u t fo r th e sake o f th e in­
sp iration th a t b ra v e a n d exalted de
m eanour begets in others, i t w o u ld be
w ell if th e stories of p ersonal conduct
th a t d a y could b e recorded. I believe
th a t one reason m a n y o f th e soldiers'
hands w ere restrained from killin g, w as
th a t th e calm a ttitu d e o f th e victim s of
th eir th reats overaw ed them . I n spite
o f th eir violence and bluster, th e y stood
a b it in le sp e ct of persons w h o w ere so
to ta lly unafraid o f th em ; w ho instead of
cringing and begging fo r life when
threatened, qu ietly to ld th em to do th eir
w o rs t and exp ected them to do it. O ne
la d y during th e excitem en t sa t and
k n itte d a s q u ietly as a t a te a p a rty .
O n e m an w hom th e y w ere a ttem p tin g to
tie , helped th em t o a d ju st t h e rope to
h is w rist. So fa r as I could learn there
w as n ot a m ission ary th a t failed to
“ m ain tain th e high est trad ition s of th e
se rv ice," a n d th e consular and business
represen tatives a t th e other end o f th e
c ity did th e sam e.'
th an an yth in g else.
Christian w orkers
of other n ation s w ould, perhaps, b e
eq u ally concerned.
B u t alm ost e v e ry
day brings u s fresh testim ony of faith fu l­
ness to J e s u s C h r is t , under severe:
persecution, on th e p a rt of m en a n d
women, rich and p oor alike.
I n th e first rush o f N ationalist v icto rie s
here last Septem ber and th e threatsagainst th ose w ho did n o t jo in up w ith
the N ationalist P a rty , some of th e lo ca l
Christian leaders seem ed to be sw ep t
from th eir moorings, b u t m an y h a v e
come to see th e error a n d are to -d ay
stan din g firm for th e tru th as i t is in
J e s u s . I h a v e no d o u b t in m y ow n mind
b u t th a t th e Chinese C hristian C h u rch
w ill eve n tu a lly be a m uch stronger a n d
purer Church as a re su lt of th is tim e o f
persecution, a persecution fa r m ore
serious and widespread, it is gen erally
th ough t, th a n th a t of th e B o x er y e a r.
In all our sorrows I feel th a t we ca n
rejoice in th e assurance th a t th e C hristian
Church in China is firm ly planted . I t w ill
grow.
' W ith force of arm s we n othin g can ,
F u ll soon were w e downridden ;
B u t for us figh ts th e proper M an
W hom G od H im self hath bidden.
A s k ye, w ho is th is same ?
C h r i s t J e s u s is H is name,
He, and n o other one,
Shall conquer in th e b a ttle .'
P h o to by]
[Owen W a rre n .
AN OLD
CHINESE COUNTRY CHRISTIAN.
stream o f Chinese visitors, letters and
telegram s.
A s fa r as M ission p ro p erty and the
treatm en t o f th e C hristian Church, in
districts recen tly brou gh t under th e
control of th e N atio n alists, is concerned,
■the new s is, a lm o st w ith o u t exception,
m o st discouraging a n d distressing. There
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is also m u ch t o discourage in th e a ttitu d e
' T h e first o f these tw o paragraphs
of som e w h o now ‘ w a lk n o m ore w ith
confirms th e testim o n y o f fid e lity , courage
H im /
A n d th ere are Chinese w orkers
a n d . friendship on th e p a rt o f Chinese . w h o seem t o b e m ore concerned a b ou t
colleagues th a t com es to u s alm ost d a ily .
h ow th e y are going t o g e t th eir .«mln-tiea
W e h a v e n ever sung th a t old h ym n w ith
so m uch understanding and feeling.
H o w tru e th a t ‘ T h e an cient prince o f
hell, h a th risen w ith purpose fell, Strong
m ail o f craft a n d power, h e w eareth in
th is h o u r.' B u t it is also and m ore glori­
ously tru e th a t ‘ T hough th e y ta k e ou r
life, goods, honour, children, w ife, Y e t
is th eir p ro fit sm all ? these th in gs shall
van ish all, The City o f God remaineth.’
H ere in H an ko w , th in gs com m ercial
rem ain suprem ely u nsatisfactory. A n tiforeignism, how ever, h a s been som ewhat
w atered dow n th is p a st w eek.
The
G overnm ent h a s placarded th e c ity w ith
posters u rging th e people n o t t o m olest
th e foreigner. T h is is ra th er late in t h e
d a y and is du e to fea r o f th e w o rkers
w h om th e y h a v e fooled, a n d fea r o f
Chiang-kai-shek, u n til re cen tly th eir hero,
b u t w ho now th e y declare t o b e t h e
m ost treacherous of traitors.
P hoto by]
[Dr. B. B ro o m h a ll.
TWO SCENES IN NORTH CHINA.
(1) CAMEL TRANSPORT.
(2) A WAYSIDE INN.
‘ In Nothing Affrighted by the Adversaries/
From Circular Letter
by
D
U R IN G th e p ast few m onths, while
other p a rts of China h a v e been
in a state of chaos a n d darkness,
disorder and confusion, while w icked
m en h a v e been carryin g ou t th eir devices
of treach ery and bloodshed, in Sining
p eace and order h ave been m aintained,
and th is is due (under G o d ) to th e pow er
and control of th e M oham m edan general
in charge of th is district.
One can n ot sh u t one’s eyes, how ever,
to th e fa c t th a t anti-foreign as w ell as
anti-C hristian feeling has been growing
m ore tense, and one wonders where it
w ill end. There h a v e been big dem onstra­
tions held e ve ry now and again, and
p ossibly th e la st one w as th e biggest and
m ost b itte r of all. There m u st h a v e been
qu ite a few thousand people in th e
procession, and w icked and u gly th reats
were hurled b y th e dem onstrators against
th e Church and against C h r i s t . Such
th reats as ' D estroy C h ristian ity ,’ ‘ P u ll
dow n th e Sining Church, ’ ‘ D o a w a y w ith
a ll C hristians ’ were m ade.
T his huge
crow d proceeded a ll alon g th e m ain streets
o f th e c ity , and passed th e China Inland
M ission premises, finishing up a t th e drill
ground, in w h ich place th e y h a d erected
eigh t high platform s. Prom th ese p la t­
form s speeches were delivered all d ay.
I am glad to be able to s a y th a t nothin g
happened to us, and all th e th re ats and
in su lts cam e to n au gh t.
I.
S H O R T tim e ago w ord cam e from
th e B ritish Consul in H ankow to
th e effect th a t a ll B ritish missionaries, in
A
J u l y , 1927.
REV. F. D. LEARNER, Siningfu,
view of th e grave situation in China at
th e present tim e, should retire to places
o f sa fe ty w ith o u t d elay. A fter receiving
th is w ord w e go t to p rayer, and cam e to
th e conclusion th a t it would be b etter
to rem ain a t our posts, where th e people
know us so w ell, rath er th an tra v e l across
C hina where we are n ot known. W e are
still, therefore, in Sining, and here we
m ean to s ta y u n til w e are actu a lly driven
o u t. [Mr. Learner is w ritin g on A p ril
1st.] Personally I do n ot th in k it w ill
com e to th at, b u t of course we do n ot
know w h at th e futu re holds in store for us.
W ord has ju s t come through th a t our
friends w orkin g under th e Christian
M issionary A lliance h a v e already le ft for
th e coast. T h e y are Am ericans alm ost
w ith o u t exception, and th e Am erican
Consul p ra ctica lly m ade it com pulsory
for them to leave. T h ey num ber about
th irty altogether. W h a t a jou rn ey th ey
h ave before them . Our A m erican friends
in th e China Inland M ission are n ot actin g
on th e Consul’s order, and, as fa r as I
know, n ot one of th em in th e province
has le ft his or her post.
I h a v e m entioned all th is so th a t you
w ill know better how to p ra y for us.
A t th e tim e of w ritin g, I th in k th a t there
is a brigh ter ou tlo ok in China. G od has
TTis ow n w a y of w orking, and H e cannot
m ake a m istake.
II.
V O U m a y be w ondering if all th is
unrest has m ade a n y difference
to us in th e w ork, and I am glad to' be
able to sa y th a t it has n ot. Our Sunday
105
K an su
Province.
services are ju s t as w ell attended and
there is alw ays perfect stillness. W e are
even h a v in g conversions, and I hope th a t
during th e summ er conferences here in
Sining, we shall have a num ber of baptism s.
Our open air services are also quite
encouraging, and these we hold in th e
busiest thoroughfares in the c ity .
We
h ave encountered h a rd ly an y opposition
all th e w a y through.
A t th is season, now th a t th e frosts are
p ra ctica lly over, we are following ou t
our usual y e a rly custom and pastin g up
th e w hole c ity w ith large gospel posters.
T h e y are supplied b y the M ilton Stew ard
Fund, and we can n ever be grateful
enough for th e co-operation of our
friends responsible for th is Fund, in
th is w ork. W e are also h a v in g a lo t of
single-sentence Scripture messages w ritten.
These are being m ade as a ttractiv e as
possible on different coloured papers, and
everyone passing cannot help b u t read
them a t a glance.
A gain, I say, th is is
another case of a bow being draw n a t a
venture, for w ho knows when these
arrows of tru th w ill fall deep in to sin
stricken souls ?
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L a s t m onth we had tw o women visitors
from Liangchow fu. T he Misses Broadfo o t and H oover came over for a m on th’s
vacation, and I am sure th e y enjoyed
them selves, possibly alm ost as much as
we enjoyed h aving them . Our tim e was
nothing short of hilarious, b u t I am sure
it does us good to forget ourselves some­
tim es. W ho w as it who said th a t ' A
m erry heart doeth good lik e a m edicine ? ’
H o w true th is is.
Our w eather n ow is g e ttin g v e r y m uch
w anner. T h is y e a r h as been an excep tion al
y e a r for snow. I h a v e n ever know n so
touch a n y y e a r th a t I h a v e been here.
This has been sp ecially w elcom e as du rin g
th e e a rly p a r t o f th e w in ter, w hen there
w'as no fa ll o f snow a t all, sickness
abounded.
Since th e snow, how ever,
sickness has v e r y m uch decreased. W e are
now abou t to p u t in th e vegetab le seeds
and flower seeds ; h ow lo v e ly th e sprin g
and sum m er alw ays are a fter th e long,
long winters!
in.
U R IN G th e p a s t th ree m onths I
h a v e been able to
g et a w a y a little to th e
cou n try again. One trip
to the north country
w as sp ecially ^encour­
a g in g . W e v i s i t e d
several
of
th e
outstation s
and
lonely
c e n tr e s , an d w ere
grea tly rejoiced to find
th a t th e v e r y
great
m a jo rity of th e Chris­
tian s
had
rem ained
faith fu l. W ith so m a n y
evil people w antin g to
break up C hristian ity,
and w ith all th e .e v il
reports
p revalen t,
it
certain ly w ould b e
a
te m p ta tio n
fo r th e
Christians to backslide
h a d th e y n o t a real
sp iritu al experience. M r.
H ayw ard, w ho h a d ju s t
finished his second lan­
guage exam ination, w as
feeling th e need of a
change and cam e along
to o , and we b o th en jo yed th e trip .
O ver ten p laces w ere visited , and
seven ty-th ree hom es, w here th ere w ere
either one or m ore C hristian s living.
W e h a d th e j o y o f sta y in g in th e hom es
o f tw o of our T ib etan Christians, and
fou nd th em w ell and rejoicing. Oh, th e
kindness of these dear people ! T h e y did
all th a t th e y p ossib ly could to m ake us
h a p p y a n d com fortable, even tu rn in g
ou t of th eir ow n bedroom s to m ake w a v
for th e P a sto r. T h is happened m ore th an
once on th is trip .
W e also sta y e d in th e hom e of one of
our aborigin al Christians, and here again
th e y could n ot do enough for th e com fort
o f th eir P astor. T his special home w hich
I am sp eak in g of, is in a little aboriginal
v illag e am ong th e m ountains.
T h is is
th e o n ly C hristian fa m ily in th is village,
bu t every b o d y know s it. T h e y do n ot
JUI,Y, 1927.
t r y to hide th eir ligh t. I am a lw ays stru ck
w ith th e h e a rty and lu sty w a y these
people sing. T h e fa th e r of th e fam ily
can read a little Chinese character, b u t
th e w ife and th e son can n ot do so. B u t
th is does n o t stop th em singing. T h e y
learn th e hym ns off b y heart and sing
them in unison a t th e to p o f th eir voices.
These people h a v e n o t y e t h a d th eir
language reduced to w ritin g . T his is a
w o rk for someone w h o w ill h a v e th e call
from G od to come a n d d o i t
I can
prom ise an abu n d an t h arvest, for these
dear aborigin al people! are v e r y simple in
th eir faith . W e h a v e several of th em in
th e C hurch a lread y, and h a d one more
tim e to w o rk am ongst them in a more
definite w a y , I am sure th ere w ould be
abundant results.
M ay I a sk sp ecial p ra y e r fo r ou r dear
Chinese w orkers. W e h a v e so m a n y to be
re a lly th a n k fu l for.
A t th e presen t tim e w e h a v e a b o u t
tw e n ty , w h o giv e all th eir tim e to evan g el­
istic w o rk. Som e are doing colportage
w ork, carryin g th e w o rd of G o d to places
w here it has n ever been before. M uch
good h as resulted from th e fa ith fu l w o rk
of these m en of G o d w h o are w illin g to
‘ spend and be sp en t ’ in th e M aster’s
w ork.
Some are evangelisin g. A t th e
tim e of w ritin g th ere are several m en
ou t on th is special w o rk . T h e y go from
village to village, from c ity to city ,
carryin g th e w ord o f G o d w ith t h e m ,
and w e fee l sure th a t H is prom ise w ill
n o t com e t o n au gh t. O thers are h oldin g
th e fo rt a t various out-stations, n o t o n ly
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lead ing th e S u n d ay services, b u t a lso
using every op p o rtu n ity du rin g th e w eek
o f w itnessin g fo r H im ; and is n o t H is
prom ise ‘ Lo, I am w ith y o u a lw a y s/
com forting fo r these dear m en ?
IV .
I N closing I must m ention th e T ib etan
G ospel Inn .
I n m y la st le tte r
I w rote o f a necessary change in th e
w orkers, and a sked fo r p ra y er fo r th e
n ew evangelist, M r. Ton g-fuh-tan g. W h a t
a God-send th is m an is.
H e and M r.
F eng-theng-tsuen are doing v e ry fa ith fu l
w o rk for G o d in th e G ospel Inn .
D uring th e p a st few m onths th e place
h as been packed ou t. W e h a v e all kin ds
of guests, from
th e
In carn ate
B u d d h a to
th e ordin ary comm on
lam a, or cattle farm er.
A ll are trea ted alike, and
all are m ade as c o m fo rt­
able as i t is in our pow er
to m a k e them .
T here are nine now
w h om w e can claim for
G o d . T hree h a v e been
baptised, w h ile six are
counted
as enquirers.
Since la st I w rote we
h a v e h a d tw o rath er
rem arkable conversions
One, a m an w h o lives
on th e other side of th e
g rea t K o kon or L a ke, had
been sta y in g w ith us for
som e few weeks. H e had
atten ded th e
T ibetan
services, and evid en tly
h a d been ta k in g more
in th a n w e realised. A t
th e end of one of th e
even ing services, he le ft
his seat and cam e to
th e fron t, ta k in g his ‘ k h a ta ' (scarf of
blessing) in bo th hands and presented
i t to th e G o d in H eaven, for, said he,
‘ T h o u a rt th e tru e G o d , and I w ill
serve T hee u n til th e end of m y d a y s .’
I brou gh t him alon g to m y room a fter­
w ards, and soon fou nd th a t he re a lly
m ea n t w h a t h e h a d sa id . T h is old man,
h e is 70 y e a rs of age, h a s now gone
b a ck again to his hom e over th e border,
and w e do p ra y fo r him , th a t he m a y be
able to liv e th e C hristian life am ong h is
heath en friends and relation s. T h e other
case w as ju s t as in teresting.
SU B J EGTS
FOR
PRAYER;
TJnevangelised lands, p . 10 1; Chinese
C hu rch L eaders and Christians, p p . 1036-8; A borigin es, p . 106; M issionaries still
in interior, p. 10 7; T h e B ereaved, p. 1 1 2 ;
M issionaries a t th e Coast, p . 1 1 1 ; F o r
th e full su p p ly o f th e increased financial
needs of th e w ork, p . 111.
Tidings from the Provinces.
FROM SHENSI.
(HANGHUNG).
U R latest inform ation from S h e n s i
(April 25 from Hanchung) is to
th e effect th a t all the C.I.M .
w orkers in th e south of th e p rovin ce h a v e,
a fte r m uch p ra yer and deliberation to ­
gether, decided to rem ain where th e y are.
Consular instructions h a v e been to flee to
‘ a p oin t o f sa fe ty .’
T he w orkers in
South S h e n s i consider th a t the ' p oin t of
sa fety ’ is where th e y now are, and th a t
to rem ove from thence w ould be to go
in to ‘ a p lace of danger. ’
In a covering letter to th e R ev. G. F .
E aston , H anchung, th e B ritish M inister
said th a t although missionaries h a d been
ordered to retire to the coast, he (Mr.
Easton) w as to feel quite free to stay if
local conditions, and the circum stances
o f th e province indicated th a t such
w ould be th e wiser course. T h ey were to
use th eir jud gm en t in th e m atter, but,
if th ey stayed, did so at th eir own risk.
I t would seem also th a t the workers of
the M ission of th e E v a n g elical L utheran
Free Church of N o rw ay a t H in yan g, eight
d a y s east from H anchung, on th e river
H an, h a v e likewise decided to rem ain in
their station.
O
J u l y , 1927.
M oreover, apart from all other con­
siderations, th e w a y to th e coast seems
to be blocked a t present. The route b y
the river H an is im practicable, as not
on ly h ave th e w orkers been warned from
Shanghai against t aking th a t route, and
going anyw here near H ankow , b u t all th e
Low er H an from Laohokow coastw ards is
a veritab le hotbed o f anti-foreign feeling.
T he route northw ard for sa y eight
days to F engsiang m ay, perhaps, be
considered as fairly safe, b u t from th a t
p oin t onwards ban dits are v e ry trouble­
some to a ll travellers.
If, again, th e missionaries were to
attem pt the road south to K w an yu an , and
v ia Paoning in S z e c h w a n , and so reach
the river Y a n g tse th a t w a y, it is extrem ely
doubtful if th ey w ould secure steam er
accom m odation a t either Chungking or
W anhsien, as th ey have been informed
th a t no steam ers are running.
M eanwhile, it is know n th a t the
G overnor of S h e n s i has repeatedly ex­
pressed his good intentions tow ard all
missionaries, and M arshal Feng, we are
told, has in vited some of th e missionaries
to a feast. The D efence Commissioner
of H anchung and D istrict is spoken of as
an earnest Christian, and th e ordinary
people in the district
continue to show the
missionaries much esteem .
Q uite recently Mrs. E a s­
ton journ eyed b y sedan
chair alone to Sisiang, a
three d a y s’ trip from
Hanchung, involving the
spending of one night in
a Chinese inn, and m et
w ith no untow ard in ci­
dents
w hatever.
Tw o
single ladies, also, Miss
E . M . Parr, and Miss E .
E . Lem m on, journeyed,
unescorted, to Y an gh sien ,
tw o days east of H an­
chung, and stayed there
a m onth preaching, and
m oving abou t in the
country around, w ith per­
fect freedom . ‘ M y fa th e r '
(writes th e R e v . F red H .
E aston , to whom we are
in debted for th e foregoing
inform ation)
‘ considers
th e y are in th e safest and
quietest p a rt of China.
T he H anchung Preaching
H a ll is w ell attended daily
b y all sorts of people, and
m y fath er generally goes
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down him self to preach each day or so.
T h is h as been his custom during his
whole life in China. Miss H aslam still
runs her school for girls.'
Since th e foregoing was in ty p e the
following telegram relating to th e workers
in H anchung has been received from
Tientsin on June 10 :
' P a rty reached Penghsien M ay x8th.
R o ad infested b y robbers, reluctantly
com pelled to return Hanchung. A w aitin g
anxiously for news (of) a rrival.’
L et us continue in p rayer for these
friends, th a t w hether travelling or re­
m aining a t Hanchung, th e y m a y be
D ivin ely guarded.
FROM KIANGSI.
(K A N C H O W ).
R . JA M IE S O N , in a letter dated
K anchow , F ebruary 12, w r ite s :
‘ T he struggle over th e Inde­
pendent Church, and also to save our
houses and the Chapel from being taken
b y soldiers, m ight be classified as severe ;
b u t G o d has brought us through, according
to m y form er letter to you, and all is
well. G o d has willed th a t th e Church
go on in th e m eantim e under th e C.I.M .
O ver one hundred soldiers came to wrest
th e chapel from us right in the middle of
one session of th e conference, b u t th ey
did not succeed. W e have appealed to
no man, bu t dem onstrated the power of
th e H o ly Spirit, and th ey all quailed
and were overpowered, and th eir th reats
and boastings turned upon their own
heads.
T his m akes about th e fortieth
attem pt to ta k e the chapel from us, b u t
I believe it w ill be the last. W e are v ery
th an kful to our H eaven ly F ather for H is
power and His goodness in leaving us in
peace.’
M
Mr. Bunting, w riting from th e same
station, a m onth later (March 10), says :
‘ J ust a few lines w ith this letter for
those Y .M .C .A . folks w ho have been so
good to us all these years, and w ho have
no doubt prayed for th e youn g fellow
m uch. B u t ju s t now w ith all th is chaos on
hand, and no one know ing w h at m ay
happen an y d ay, th e prospect of givin g
him th a t course now looks black. [The
reference is to a proposed stu d y course
for a you n g Chinese Christian.]
‘ I do believe th is whole thing is an
a tta ck on th e w ork o f our Mission b y th e
enemy, to preven t the testim ony which
has been th e constant item of th e C.I.M .
program m e since th e beginning. M ore­
over th e L o r d h a s allowed th is for- H is
ow n good reasons, and if on ly a ll those
w ho h a v e h ad to leave th eir station s and
are n o w a t th e coast, w ill g iv e them selves
to th e stu d y of th e W o rd and to prayer,
th e y m a y b e so enriched th a t on their
retu rn to th eir centres in th e futu re th e
w ork w ill be given such a lift th a t
thousands w ill be saved . . . .
' H o w gran d i t is to k n ow t h a t w e are
n o t fighting a losing b a ttle, n or one in
w h ich th ere Is th e least chance o f losing,
b u t one w hich w as w o n long ago on C al­
v a ry , and now as often as w e a p p ly the
Blood, w e m a y h a v e v ic to ry fu ll and
com plete, praise th e L o r d .
‘ F o r ourselves, w e are rem aining on
here, w h atever happens a t th e coast w ill
n o t do us a n y h arm here, a n d w e d o n ot
believe i t w ill d o us a n y good w h ich ever
w a y i t goes, w e h a v e been here n early
th ir ty years, everyone kn ow s us, a n d no
one wishes to h arm us, b u t n o tw ith ­
standing all th is our case is in th e hands
o fG o D and. n o t in th e han ds of m an.
'M eetin g s g o o n as usual, so fa r we
h a v e n o t been m olested ; true, w e h a v e
soldiers in our b o y s’ school, and w e/have
t o p u t u p w ith a m u ch sm aller n um ber o f
b o y s and girls th a n form erly. W e h a v e
officers in our foreign house here, b u t th e y
h a v e been v e r y good indeed, and h a v e
been -n o trou ble, excep t th a t th e y h a v e
those room s, they, h a v e expressed th em ­
selves as v e r y g ratefu l fo r them , a n d one
J u l y , 1927.
o f th e m the other n igh t asked m e to teach
his m en th e G ospel (this w e h a v e been
doing), b u t he says “ D o n o t teach th em
to o high, as th e y m a y n o t understand.
I h a v e been askin g th em w h at y o u ta u g h t
them , a n d th e y to ld m e y o u h a d spoken
of th e T w o W a y s .” Praise th e L or d few
such officers. P r a y fo r th em o fte n ! ’
tci TOpt &ll th e o u ts ta tio n s arid
1 preach in th e surrounding v ill­
ages, beginning a t T aitsang.
B an d its from th e w est h a v e
again com e o u t and b a v e passed
Y e n lin g a n d F u k o w on th eir
w a y h ere. .T h e y-are now .on ly
te n m iles w est of us. A t -every
. p lace passed th e y h a v e carried
off cap tiv es and set fire to houses.
T ru ly m en’s hearts are failing
th em for fear. W e kn ow n o t
where i t w ill a ll end. N ine ou t
of ten fam ilies h a v e n o food:
W h eat is 12,000 cash per bushel,
and th ere is v e r y little procur­
able. S traw for feeding, anim als
is .selling fo r 120 cash per c a tty ;
and n o t m uch is to b e found.
R efu gees are fleeing from every
village.
J u st n ow 6,000 soldiers are
b illeted in th e c ity . T h e people
cannot afford to feed th a n and
h a v e bound th e M ajo r w ith
ropes, dem anding p a ym en t fo r
th e food.
Such conditions o f
hardship have, from of old,
seldom been. W h o know s when
it w ill end ?
N evertheless, th e L o r d has, n o t for­
saken H is little lam bs.. T he L o r d giv es
grace to th e w eak.
T h e L o r d is sustaining P astor Lee, w ho
seems to h a v e p a lsy.
T here are o v e r se v en ty scholars in th e
B o y s’ School, te n of w hom are boarders.
FROM HONAN.
(FUKOW).
(T A I K A N G ).
H E follow ing extra cts from letters
received b y th e R e v . and M rs.
C. H o w ard B ird , since th eir
retu rn home, fro m M r. K a o , th e E v a n g e ­
list, a t th eir S tatio n o f F u ko w , in H o n a n ,
giv e an in teresting glim pse in to th e
situation as it affects th e Chinese C h ris­
tian s a t th a t centre, and w ill, w e feel
sure, enlist th e prayers of G o d ’ s peop le
on th eir behalf.
H E follow in g e x tra cts from a le tte r
fro m th e Chinese C hristians a t
T aikang, H o n a n , to R e v . H . T .
Ford, a t present hom e on furlough, rev ea l
th e condition o f th in gs in th a t M ission
S tation and district.
P astor F ord.— G reeting : F rom th e 1st
moon u n til now all th e out-$tations h a v e
been peaceful, a lth o u gh the m em bers h a v e
n o t been able to com e in to th e c ity forworship, th e reason fo r th is being th a t
during th e tw o m o n th s it has rain ed and
snowed nine tim es— seventeen days in a ll—
m akin g trav ellin g v e r y difficult. A t th e
tim e o f th e 2nd m oon Com munion th e
road s b a d im proved slightly, a n d six
leaders w ere able t o a tte n d th e C hurch
Council.
;
‘
The Evangelistic TenL O w ing to th e
fair a t Chenchow fu being abandoned, and
th e w hole cou n try b e in g overrun b y sm all
ban ds o f ban dits, w h o w ork a tn ig h t carry ­
in g off cap tives a n d loot, i t w ill n ot b e poss­
ib le fo r th e te n t to g o out. D eacons W ang
and Han, b a v e , therefore, been appointed
T
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T
M arch 27th.— There axe thousands of
soldiers in our c ity (Fukow), and every
fam ily has to g iv e t o them . T h e y w anted
to liv e in th e G ospel H all, b u t th e L o r d
answered th e p ra yers of H is p eop le.
E v e r y d a y w e h a v e cried to H im n o t to
le t th e soldiers liv e in our hall. O ne d a y
an officer cam e. I g o t everyone to p ra y ,
and th en w en t and sp o ke to him , and h e
said no soldiers w ere t o b e quartered on
our prem ises.
"
A fte r th e Com m union service on Sun day
th e C hristians a l l h u rried hom e a s th e y
heard th a t th e brigands b a d again .come.
Mr. C h ’ia o (colporteur) lu id j u s t ’ reached
hom e w hen h e w as ta k e n b y th e
w en t in ; although m an y of them were
btigands.
A n oth er of our preachers
killed b y th e Southern arm y th ey were
also on a rriv al hom e w as ta k e n b y th e
n ot afraid, so th e Southerners fled. A ll
brigands, also a num ber of others. Some
th e business in th e c ity is ruined. T he
h ave escaped b u t others n ot. A daughter
soldiers cam e to th e G ospel H a ll th ree
o f one o f our out-station leaders w as also
tim es for m oney b u t nothing was stolen.
T h a t d a y a m ilitary official came w ho was
ta k e n cap tive. T he brigands are ta k in g
and b a k in g everyone’s grain, and a ll are
a Christian, also his w ife. T his w as the
suffering.
L o r d 's goodness to u s in p rotecting us.
March 30th.— T o-d ay an aeroplane flew
I t is now v ery difficult for anyone to
over th e city . T he soldiers in th e c ity
trav el. N o carts nor anim als can be
to o k frigh t and fled, ta k in g a ll th e y could
had, all have been ta ken b y th e soldiers.
o f plunder, including the p eople’s animals.
W e are now peaceful here in Fukow ,
A p r il 20th.— T o-d ay I g o t b a c k from
all th e b o y s in th e school arfe good.
Y en lin g (an out-station tw elv e m iles from
M ay 16th.— A lth ou gh every hom e has
suffered from brigands, all havin g been
Fukow ). M ost of th e homes have been
h it b y bu llets and m an y people killed.
plundered, all eatables stolen and in some
nothin g w h atever left, y e t all th e Chris­
I saw num bers of dead bodies, because
there h ave been to o m an y to b u ry . I t
tian s are v e ry hap p y, and are praising
and th an kin g th e L o r d . On all th eir
is tr u ly a p itiable sight. I saw also a
great m an y wounded
soldiers and
faces there is th e ligh t of G o d ' s glory.
A s I see th em like th is glorifying th e
civilians, and everyone v e ry sad. W e
L o r d I am v e ry jo y fu l, I to o praise and
tru ly praise th e L o r d ’ s grace th a t all
th an k th e L o r d .
th e Christians are safe.
T h a t p a rt of
th e chapel where th e wom en sit
on
(S H E N K 1 U ).
Sundays w as stru ck b y bu llets w hich
R . T O M K IN S O N , whose station
m ade a big hole in th e roof, b u t no one
was hu rt, although
m an y
bullets fell in is Shenkiu, in H o n a n , writes
on M ay
1, from Shanghai,
th e courtyard. Mr. and Mrs. C hang
(evangelist) and Mr. W en (doorkeeper)
w here for th e tim e being he and Mrs.
Tom kinson are in charge of one of the
were unhurt, although terribly frightened,
and felt there w as no escape for them ,
Mission rented houses fo r refugee M is­
sionaries :—
b u t th e L o r d delivered them .
Y o u w ill be glad to know th a t we
T h e N orthern soldiers surrounded th e
receive good reports of th e T en t work.
c ity and besieged it, b u t a t la st seeing too
G od is owning th e witness being daily
m any people were killed th e y used th eir
borne to H is saving Grace. The T en t is
b ig guns and broke in to th e c ity and
M
[J. W . T o m kin so n .
Photo f>y]
EVANGELISTIC TE N T 5 0 ' X 3 0 ', ÍN USE IN HONAN.
J u l y , 1927.
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visitin g vario us centres in th e count}' of
Siangcheng. W e hear from th e w orkers
th a t since th e brigand raid th e hearts of
th e people are m ore open th an ever before
t o th e Gospel. The preachers te ll us
th a t in tw o villages visited one hundred
and ten names were given in of those w ho
had professed decision for C h r i s t . T his
is a great cheer to us. There h as been a
keen desire on th e p a rt of the hearers to
b u y Gospels, H ym nbooks, and C ate­
chisms. In addition to th is good news
w e hear th a t when funds for th e carrying
on of th e w ork were low, tw o of the
Shenkiu friends togeth er subscribed the
sum of 47,000 cash, about £1 10s., so th at
th e good w ork m ight continue. W e
believe these to b e hopeful signs of G o d ’s
presence w ith H is people.
W e shall greatly valu e p ra yer for Liuming-teh, th e E vangelist in Shenkiu.
W e fear h e has a great w a y to go, and
needs th e revivin g power of th e H oly
Spirit. Liu-teh-rong, th e G atekeeperEvangelist, also needs a place in you r
prayers, th a t he m ay be m ade faith fu l
to the tru st com m itted to him. Mrs. L i,
the Biblewom an, is w e believe, a v ery
true soul. W ill y o u continue to uphold
her in you r prayers ? H ers is n ot an
easy task, as she seeks to lead th e wom en
in the narrow w ay. W e are th an k fu l to
believe th a t C hiang-ch’ing-ho is doing
well. H e had a tim e of tr ia l during th e
Christm as season. The Christians had
gathered in th e Chapel fo r worship on
Christm as morning. A fte r the service
th e y all stayed on th e premises fo r dinner.
I t was w hilst th e y were a t dinner th a t the
alarm w as suddenly given th a t brigands
had attacked th e to w n (T ’ong-yangcheng). Ten of th e Christians gathered
were taken off b y th e brigands, including
th e leader, Mr. Chiang. H e was com ­
pelled b y his captors to carry a h eavy
ladder for them as th ey marched on their
w ay. A fte r going some considerable
distance he sank upon th e ground u tterly
exhausted, and unable to continue in the
file. M ercifully he w as not shot, bu t
le ft there, and later on when he came to
himself, w as able to craw l home. A fter
a w eek’s rest he rep orts th a t he w as able
to continue his w ork. W e th an k G o d
for sparing his life. Y o u m a y remember
th a t he is a hunchback. A ll his Christian
fellow captives were finally released.
W h at th e future has for us all no one
can tell. W e earnestly covet you r prayers
th a t th e Christians m ay all stand lo ya lly
for their L o r d , in spite of persecution and
difficulty. D a y s o f testing are in store.
In m an y of our Mission stations th e fires
h ave been burning, and wood, h a y and
stubble are consumed. M ay there be much
gold, silver and precious stones left.
‘ In Perils of Robbers.’
R I E F reference w as m ade in our
issue fo r. M ay, and, again , in
June, to th e captu re b y brigand s
in th e p rovin ce of Y u n n a n of Mr. and
Mrs. Slichter, and th eir tw o children, a
b o y aged six and a girl aged three, and
M iss M. I. C r a ig ; also to th e death b y
violence of M r. Slichter and th e little
girl, and th e subsequent release o f th e
rest of th e p a rty .
T h e y were travellin g from A n sh un in
K w eich o w to Y u n n an fu ,
and were
B
graph ic accou nt o f th eir experiences.
T h e a ctu a l date of her le tte r is A p ril 22,
1927, and is addressed to M r. G ibb in
Shanghai. She w rites :—
‘ H a vin g b u t to -d a y secured p en and
paper, I w a n t to ta k e th is first oppor­
tu n ity of w ritin g y o u o f th e brigand s’
a tta c k upon u s and our subsequent
c a p tiv ity .
T he sto ry as given to our
frends in Y u n n a n fu is n ot a t all correct.
T he French p riest w h o to ld of our p ligh t
did n ot see w h at happened and only
rig h t o f us. T here m u st h a v e been som<
o f them in hidin g in th e th ick e ts th rougl
w hich w e were passing for, in a feu
m om ents, when w e cam e ou t in to a cleai
p lace and began to ascend a sm all h ill
th e robbers opened fire on us. O ur coolie:
becam e terrified, dropped our loads anc
chairs and ran. So did our escort take
to th eir heels and run. B ein g le ft alone
our p a rty go t down and ran too. Foi
a tim e I lost sight of Mr. and Mrs. Slichtei
and th e children, b u t b y craw ling on m j
hands and kn ees I w as led— b y th e Spiril
of G o d , I believe — to w here th e y were,
crouching down in a rice field,— th is tc
avoid being stru ck b y flyin g b u lle ts.’
*
*
*
‘ W e sum m arize only the p ain fu l details
of the shooting and stabbin g. Three oi
th e robbers attacked th e missionaries,
and heedless of th eir c ry for m ercy, one
of them to o k aim and fired at Mrs.
Slichter, w h o w as holding little three-yearold R u th in her arms. T he bu llet struck
th e child in th e head, and passing through
tore an u g ly gash in Mrs. S lich ter’s left
/ wrist, as it fell to the ground. A nother
robber stabbed Mr. Slichter in th e back
w ith his bayon et, evid en tly piercing the
heart, killin g him in stan tly. H e fell w ith ­
ou t a sound. T h e child lived for about
fifteen minutes, b u t w as entirely uncon­
scious all th e tim e. T hus G o d graciously
spared them an y conscious suffering.’
*
*
*
A g ro u p of Kw eichow M issio n aries, w ith Mr. W. H. W arre n (s e a te d in f r o n t row ) fro m
S h a n g h a i. T h e y h a d m e t fo r C o n fe re n c e fro m May 3 0 th t o J u n e 1 s t l a s t y e a r. T h e
g ro u o Include Mr. & M rs. S lic h te r a n d th e ir tw o c h ild re n . Mr. S lic h te r, w ith little R u th
in h is a rm s , is s ta n d in g In t h e b a ck row , se c o n d fro m t h e rig h t, a n d M rs. S lic h te r is
s e a te d in t h e f r o n t ro w , a lso s e c o n d fro m t h e .rig h t, w ith h e r so n J o h n a t h e r fe e t.
attacked b y brigands a fter leavin g the
tow n of L o p in g in Y u n n a n and nearing
th e c ity o f Shihchong.
W e have now received from our head­
quarters in Shanghai details of th e sad
occurrence. M iss C raig w as th e first to
be released, ap p aren tly on S atu rd ay,
A p ril 1 6, and nine days later, A p ril 25,
Mrs. Slich ter and child were rescued b y
Colonel Chang C h ’ung, and th e d a y follow ­
in g arrived a t H siao, in th e p rovin ce of
ELw a n g s i . T h e sam e day, M iss C raig and
th e R e v . H . M. C. A llen, m issionary in
charge a t Y u n n a n fu , w ho a t great per­
sonal risk had taken a v ery a ctiv e p a rt
in effecting th eir release, also w ent to
H siao in K w a n g s i .
T h e follow in g letter from M iss Craig,
w ritten tw o d ays after her release, from
Shihchong in Y u n n a n , gives a poig n an tly
repeated w h a t h e learned from others
w ho in th eir tu rn k n ew as little as he.
• O n F rid a y m orning, A p r il 8, we left
th e c ity of L opin g under escort of one
hundred arm ed M ilitia and soldiers. A b o u t
noon of th a t d a y it w a s decided w e should
n o t go on, b u t w a it u n til m ore soldiers
could be sent to strengthen our escort.
B y n ex t m orning th ese h a d come, and
w e set forth again . I t w as reported th a t
there were tw o p laces where th e robbers
were bad, and th e first o f these w e suc­
ceeded in p assing in th e course of th e
m orning.
T h is w a s S atu rd ay, A p ril 9.
I t w as abou t 2 o ’clock, I jud ge, w hen on ly
abou t ten m iles from th is c ity and
our jo u rn ey ’s end fo r th a t d a y , our
escort becam e qu ite excited. . T h e y h a d
sighted a num ber o f robbers on a kn o ll
some little distance beyon d us to th e
Miss Craig continues :— ' A n oth er group
of robbers com ing upon us robbed Mr.
S lich ter’s dead body, snatched Mrs.
S lich ter’s and m y glasses and m y h a t and
sw eater w hich I w as w earing.
' A fte r th is w e were le ft alone w ith our
dead and our sorrow for perhaps half-anhour, while th e robbers ran on to fight our
escort, of whom , w e learned later, tw en ty
odd w ere killed and a num ber taken
captive. R etu rn in g from th e b a ttle the
brigands to ok Mrs. Slichter, John and
m e off w ith them to a near-by v illag e.
A fte r m uch agonized pleading on M rs.
Slich ter's part, th e b o d y of M r. Slichter
■was brought in to th e village and tossed
in to a stable.
T h e y refused to b ring
R u th ’s b o d y, b u t M rs. Slichter and I
succeeded in carrying h er th ith er our­
selves. N e x t m orning w hen we saw M r.
Slich ter’s b o d y it h a d been robbed o f all
clothing. U n der th e cruel, u nsym pathetic
and e v il gaze o f’ these terrible m en and
w ith a little d irty tu b , w hich held still
dirtier w ater, w e m anaged to bath e and
reclothe th e b o d y and p la ce it, w ith th a t of
R u th ’s, in to a coffin obtained in th e village.
* O n our d a ily m oves in and o u t and
over the hills during th e n ext week, I need
n ot dwell. There were terrible d ays filled
w ith suspense and terror. Food was given
us, b u t w e could eat little, and sleep came
in fitful, troubled naps.
B u t G od was
alw ays near us, and H is com fort and
strength were unspeakably precious.
‘On th e F rid ay (Good F rid ay, A p ril 15 ?)
after our incarceration began the soldiers
from th is city came to seek our release,
bu t after a short b a ttle w ith them the
robbers becam e frightened and turned
and fled w ith us. T he soldiers pursued,
m uch to our frigh t and terror, as w e had
to run up over th e hills w ith the bu llets
flying a ll round u s and v ery near us.
A fte r retreating for a distance of ten miles
we came upon a little deserted village,
where w e spent th e night.
' N e x t m orning I w as released. A t d a y ­
break the robbers rode off w ith Mrs.
Slichter and John and left me behind,
tellin g me to go w ith a letter th ey had
w ritten, to the soldiers and say to them
th a t if th ey continued to pursue them
and fight th ey w ould k ill Mrs. Slichter
and John. I found the soldiers and th ey
prom ised th ey w ould n ot fight.
T h ey
then sent me here to this hsien city ,
where I'm being k in d ly looked after b y
th e m agistrate and his w ife in the yam en.
‘ N oth ing definite has been heard of
Mrs. Slich ter and John since I left them
A b o u t a thousand soldiers hold th e
passage round about th e robbers about
tw en ty miles from here, and the officials
are hopeful of securing Mrs Slichter s
release in a d a y or tw o now. The fam ily
of th e leader is being held until he releases
Mrs. Slichter.
COM FORT
IN
SO RR OW .
‘Mr. A llen cam e from Yu nn anfu, rea ch ­
ing here last W ednesday
W h at his
presence means to me in this tim e of
grave uncertainty none b u t our H eaven ly
F ath er knows. A ll d a y he is b u sy seeing
officials, sending telegram s and attending
to an y num ber of sm aller details which
have to do w ith Mrs. Slichter's and m y
welfare.
‘ The coffin which we go t out on the hills
was sent here last week and Mr. Allen
has been bu sy to-d ay purchasing a better
one, and h avin g the bodies transferred to
it under proper conditions, so it can be
taken w ith us to the capital for burial.
G reatly has he strengthened and en­
couraged me b y his clear exhortations on
the W ord and prayer.
T ru ly I praise
G od for givin g me the blessing of his
presence and help at this special time.
' Our intention is to w ait here until Mrs.
Slichter and John are released, which
w e tru st in G o d ' s good providence w ill
n ot be long now.
‘ I m ight say th a t Mrs. Slich ter’s wound
in itself is n ot serious. I t is quite super­
fic ia l
and,
u n le ss
it
becom es
in fe cte d
fro m la c k o f ca re w h ic h , sin ce I le ft her,
sh e
m ay
have
d iffic u lty
in
secu rin g,
it
sh o u ld h e a l a ll r ig h t. W o are p r a y in g t h a t
G od
m ay
k eep
h er
fro m
a ll
u n to w a r d
e ffe c ts fr o m t h e b a d e n v ir o n m e n t sh e is
fo rc e d t o b e in th e s e d a y s .
* A l l w e h a d is go n e , s a v e a few o f th e
c h ild r e n ’s
But
c lo th e s
w hat
are
and
a
t h in g s ?
little
b e d d in g .
G la d ly
do
we
le t th e m go , a n d h a p p y w ill w e b e w it h ­
out
th e m ,
w hen
frie n d is w it h us.
d e liv e r th e e ’ a re
o n ce
a g a in
our
dear
1 O u r G o d is a b le t o
w o rd s
th a t
tille d
my
th o u g h t s a ll t h e d a y a n d n ig h t b e fo re m y
release, a n d t o - d a y t h e y h a v e t a k e n h o ld
o f m e a g a in .
G o d g r a n t t h a t w e m a y see
th e m fu lfille d o n b e h a lf o f o u r siste r
very
soon.
‘ I’ .S.— O n reading over this letter, 1 find
I have said nothing of how wonderfully
Mrs. Slichter is being sustained through all
her sorrow and grief. W hile she is greatly
stunned b y the blow, y e t she yields un­
com plainingly to the will of G o d , and i.s
trusting Him for all th at is to come. I am
sure none of us can conceive of the hard­
ness of her lot now th at she is alone with
John among those evil men.
B u t one
thing we can all be sure of is th a t G o d
knows all about it and never leaves her.
W e tru st her im plicitly to Him, believing
H e will carry her through. W hen I left
them she and John were both w ell.’
Editorial Notes.
R. D. E. H O S T E .— Friends will be interested
to know that Mr. D. E. Hoste, the General
Director, is, as we write, on his way back to
China after his visit to this country and America, and
is due to arrive in Shanghai on or about June 23.
He will, we feel assured, be constantly remembered in
prayer, that he may be Divinely strengthened for, and
guided in, the heavy responsibilities which devolve
upon him in directing the work in these days of un­
precedented difficult}". Mr. Gibb the Deputy-Director
in China, and all who are associated with these brethren
in the administration in Shanghai, greatly need, and
will greatly value, the prayers of G o d ’s people. They
are carrying a heavy burden of work and responsibility.
M
The Situation in China.— With regard to the situa­
tion generally throughout the provinces, it does not, as
yet, appear to improve. In a letter received from
Shanghai as we go to press, dated May 20, Mr. W. H .
Warren writes : ' There is a lull in some directions just
now, but the Chinese political atmosphere is as dense
as ever ; and the international complications as tangled.’
As to the movements of workers, our information is to
the effect that the province of H o n a n is now entirely
evacuated of missionaries with the exception of Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Parker. The province of S h a n s i has also
been evacuated. With regard to K a n s u and South
S h e n s i we have no final information. As far as we
Ju l y , 1927.
can gather there are still a few missionaries in K a n ­
su .
A cablegram received^ by us from Tientsin on
June 10, and published on page 107, states that the
missionary party who left Hanchung, in South S h e n s i ,
for the coast had been compelled to turn back, because
of the road being infested by robbers, and return to
Hanchung. They may therefore be remaining in the
province. The workers in the provinces of K w e i c h o w
and Y u n n a n , who had not previously left, were expect­
ing to gather at Yunnanfu, the capital city of the latter
province, in the hope that they might be allowed to
stay there. Most of the German lady missionaries in
S z e c h w a n are staying on, and, as will be seen from
extracts from letters on page 107, it would seem as
though the missionaries in Kanchow, in the province
of K i a n g s i , are also holding on, in spite of the numerous
attempts of the soldiers to turn them out. Miss Johannsen is remaining alone in Yushan, her station, also
in K i a n g s i .
The refugee missionaries in Shanghai, Chefoo, and
Tientsin, together with the workers who have been able
to remain at their stations, all need our prayers. Prayer
also is desired, and will be greatly valued, that the
largely increased financial needs of the work, arising
out of the exceptional conditions, and involving, among
other things, unusually heavy travelling expenses, the
renting and furnishing of many houses at the coast
for the accommodation of the missionaries, may be
Ill
adequately met. ‘ Hitherto hath the L o r d helped us,’
and we doubt not that He will continue to supply
all our need, our readers ‘ helping together by prayer
for us.’
A Sad Accident. — It is with profound regret that
we report the death by drowning of Dr. Geo. E.
King, of the Borden Memorial Hospital, Lanchowfu, in
K ansu.
The sad news reached us by cablegram on
June 9, as follows : ‘ Deeply regret to convey the sad
news of the death of Dr. G. E. King, four days a g o ;
cause— accidental drowning, near Paotowchen.’
A message also from T heT im es correspondent at Peking,
appeared in that journal on Frida}', June 10, giving
some particulars of the distressing occurrence. A party
of fifty missionaries, including twelve children, arrived
at Peking from K a n s u , on the evening of June 9, after
great hardships. They reported that Dr. King was
drowned in the Yellow River on Sunday (Whit-Sunday,
June 5), at a point sixty miles west of Paotowchen.
Up to that point the journey was accomplished on
goat-skin rafts, and it was when one of these stuck in
the rapids that Dr. King, while endeavouring to refloat
his raft, was swept away by the current and lost his
life in the presence of his wife and two children. During
the journey the party was held up by bandits and com­
pelled to buy themselves off by the payment of $30 per
head. They were all exhausted and suffering from ex­
posure on their arrival at Peking. The death of Dr.
King is a sore loss to the Mission. Not only was he a
brilliant scholar, but he was an exceptionally capable
and devoted medical missionary.
We earnestly bespeaks the prayers of our readers
on behalf of the deeply sorrow-stricken widow in her
bereavement, the children also, of whom there are five
living, three at school in Chefoo, and two who were
with their parents at the time of the accident.
It is a comfort to know, when beset, as we sometimes
are, by baffling experiences, which test faith almost
to breaking point, that we are under the care of
One Who directs contingencies, and has in His hand
the management of all things that distress and trouble
u s : 'I n Him we live and move and have our being, ’
and all accidents are incidents in the development of
His gracious purpose of blessing for our lives.
Annual M eetings in Edinburgh.— The Annual
Meetings of the Edinburgh district branch of the China
Inland Mission were held in Edinburgh on May 19
(too late to be reported in our last issue) ; in the
afternoon in the Gartshore Hall, and in the evening in
Charlotte Chapel. Mr. Chas. E. Price presided at the
afternoon gathering, and spoke sympathetically of the
work, and Lord Sands presided at the evening meeting
and gave a very interesting address. The Missionary
speakers were, the Rev. C. N. Lack from the province
of H o n a n , and Miss Olive C. Lucas, from S z e c h w a n .
There were large attendances at both meetings.
Mr. G. Graham Brown, the Mission Secretary for the
Edinburgh district, in presenting the Annual Report,
made the interesting statement that of the sixty new
workers who joined the ranks of the Mission last year,
five were from Scotland, in addition to others of
Scottish extraction. It is gratifying to learn that the
interest in the work of the Mission is steadily growing
in the Edinburgh district.
Mr. M orris Slichter. — In the death of Mr. Morris
Slichter, under the painful circumstances described on
page 110, another valued worker has been lost to the
Mission.
Mr. Slichter went to China from Toronto, arriving in
Shanghai for the first time during the autumn of 1915.
After the usual term of language study at Anking he
was appointed to the work at Anshun, in the province
of K w e i c h o w , in which he continued until furlough in
1923-1924. Upon returning to China, Mr. and Mrs.
Slichter proceeded to their former station, and were
looking forward to a full period of happy and mature
service. The L o r d has seen fit to order that it should
be otherwise: He has called His servant to the rest
that remaineth for the people of G o d by a swift transi­
tion, and we bow in humble submission to the mystery
of the Divine purpose— ‘ What I do thou knowest not
now, but thou shalt know hereafter.’
Mr. Morris Slichter was a man of quiet, persevering
character, who gave himself with whole-hearted applica­
tion to his work. He was not easily swayed from any
objective set before him, and had no pleasure in spec­
tacular methods. The work in K w e i c h o w , at Anshun
in particular, can ill afford to lose so able and willing
a worker. J ust after he had left Anshun for Yunnanfu,
Dr. Rees, in a letter written before the news of the
tragedy reached him, said :
‘ In closing, may I add a word of appreciation of
Mr. Slichter. I have found him as spiritually minded
and humble a man as it has ever been my pleasure to
work with, and have enjoyed his fellowship immensely.
Seldom has it been my pleasure to find one so apt in
the Scriptures and so ready with aid in the little daily
problems of the work.’
All our readers will join in upholding Mrs. Slichter
and the members of the family in Toronto with their
sympathy and prayers in this sudden and distressing
bereavement.
“ M em ories of the M ission Field.”— This is the
title of a new missionary book, by an Authoress, Miss
Christine I. Tinling, who has travelled widely and is
deeply interested in the work of Foreign Missions. This
book— which is the third volume Miss Tinling has
published— treats of experiences enjoyed and im­
pressions received, during visits to Syria, Japan, India
and China. Miss Tinling has a facile pen, and writes of
what she has seen and heard in a very interesting wray.
The book is, primarily, a testimony to the value of
Christian Missions. The Rev. F. B. Meyer, D.D., has
written a very kind and cordial introduction. Messrs.
Morgan & Scott are the publishers, but we are stocking
the book in our business department, so that it may be
ordered from us direct. The price is 3s. 6d. net. All
copies ordered from the C.I.M. Headquarters, either in
this country or abroad, will be sold for the benefit of
the Mission. It is expected that the book will be reS9y
in the first week of July.
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0,8747
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9026
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0 7 6 8837
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9164
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9109
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9053
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6,8791
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‘Bearing Precious Seed.’
Address at the C.I.M. Annual Meetings in Queen’s Hall
By MR. A. LINDSAY GLEGG.
UR hearts have been thrilled by the messages
which G o d ’s servants have brought to us
throughout this day, and in these closing
moments I wish to pass on to you a very simple message
from His Word along the line of application.
I am thinking of the well-known Scripture: ‘ He
that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed,
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing
his sheaves with him ’ (Ps. cxxvi. 6). My thoughts
circle round three words, ‘ Going, Sowing, Knowing.'
‘ He that goeth forth.’ I wonder if in the light of what
3to u have heard to-day that word describes your life
and mine. ‘ He that goeth forth.’ I have that verse
written up in my office desk at business, for surely
G o d needs a Christian testimony in the business world.
He needs a Christian testimony in the home life, and
in the factory, and wherever He has placed you and
me. I wonder how true it is that our lives, in a very
real sense, are ‘ going forth ’ in His glad service.
General Bramwell Booth told a story the other day
of when he was a boy talking to his father about Peter.
Peter was his father’s great Bible hero, and young
Bramwell said, ‘ I do not think very much of Peter,
father, for there he was with the very presence of the
L o r d upon the water, and yet he had so little faith
he began to sink.’ ' Bramwell, my boy,’ said the old
General, ‘ you would never have gotten out of the
boat.' ' He that goeth forth.’ I wonder if we have
really got out of the boat yet, out of that snug place of
safety, and to what extent our hearts and our prayer
life, and our s y m p a t h y , and our love is ‘ going forth ’
right over the world.
Why, how true that was of the early Church. They
went forth. They went everywhere, we read, preaching
the Word. It does not mean, I think, that they had
great congregations to address. It has been suggested
that our translators might have been bold enough,
instead of that word 'preaching ’ to use an old English
word that in these modern days has fallen into bad
company— for words can backslide as well as people
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, 1927.
— that word ‘ gossip.' They went everywhere ‘ gossip­
ing ’ the Word. Their theme w a s the L o r d J ic s u s
C h r i s t , and as they went from street to street, and
house to house, and to this company and that company,
their theme was the risen L o r d , and His Name was
always on their lips.
It reminds us of that other word in the New Testa­
ment. Of the House of Stephanas we read ‘ they
have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints.’
Some of 37ou know those who are ‘ addicted ’ to the
curse of opium. Some of us know those who are in
the grip of the curse of strong drink ; but we may be
' addicted ’ to the ministry. The ‘ going forth ’ may
be second nature to us, ay more, it may be nature
itself.
‘ He that goeth forth and weepeth.' Oh, how true
some of G o d ’s servants know that to be : the service
that counts is the sendee that costs— ' and weepeth,
bearing precious seed.’ That is the sowing. It is
said of an English traveller that he so loved the wild
flowers that grew in the lane sides and in the fields of
England that as he went abroad he would fill his pockets
with the seeds and scatter them broadcast. And now
if you travel in many a land you will find the flowers,
that you are so familiar with, springing up in the fields
and in the lanes because one went forth to sow.
Matthew Henry, when he was a little boy, heard a
sermon on the mustard seed, and he came home and told
his sister. He said, ' I think a small grain of grace has
been implanted in my heart ’ ; and how G o d blessed
that implanted grain and how fruitful it was, giving
us Matthew Henry’s Commentary. Was it Spurgeon
who said, ' If you have not got a copy you had better
sell your coat and buy one, and preach in your shirt
sleeves.’ ‘ He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed/ the incorruptible seed of the Word of
G o d , the seed that this Mission gloriously stands for
— and G o d honours them in their standing— the seed
that we have heard of this evening, is implanted in
the lives of men and women and bringeth forth fruit
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to His praise. Are you and I going forth to scatter
that seed P
Then there will be the ‘ knowing.' ‘ Shall doubtless
come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him .’
And when G o d has said ‘ doubtless ’ you and I need
not doubt. ‘ Know ye not that your labour is not in
vain in the L o r d . ' Bless G o d for that promise of His.
Our time is not always G o d ’s time,but in the wonderful
judgment and mercy of G o d if we go forth and sow,
scattering this incorruptible precious seed, the day
will come when there will be an ingathering, and our
labour shall not be in vain in His name. You and I
cannot spend an hour in prayer, in vital touch with
G o d , but what that hour counts for eternity. You and
I cannot give until it means something to us, but G o d
will bless the giving. And with regard to you whose
privilege it has been to go out in person and scatter
this seed, your labour is not in vain in the L o r d . Oh,
how true this word is of the Master Himself. ‘ He
that goeth forth.’— ' He set His face steadfastly to
go unto Jerusalem.’ ‘ And weepeth.’— ‘ And when He
drew near and beheld the city He wept over it.’ ‘ Bear­
ing precious seed.’— ' He went about doing good.’
‘ Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing bringing
His sheaves with Him.’— ‘ For He shall see of the
travail of His soul and be satisfied.’
The call of this meeting is that you have to be like
your Master, Christlike, Godlike. I borrow a closing
illustration from a friend of mine. One day he took
a little fellow on his knee, and the boy looked up into
his face and said, ‘ W hat does G o d look like ? ’ My
friend said, ‘ Can you picture an Eastern village and
there is One walking down the streets and the children
are gathering round Him and He has them in His arms,
and there are grown up people standing near with
black looks on their faces and angry words on their
lips. But that One says, ‘ Suffer the little children to
come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the
Kingdom of Heaven.’ That is what G o d looks like.
What is G o d like ? He is like unto One who stood on
the hillside and, as the people gathered round Him,
He said, ' Blessed are the peacemakers.’ That is
what G o d is like. He is like unto One who hung upon
a Cross, His hands and His feet pierced with cruel
nails, who with His dying breath said, ‘ Father, forgive
them/for they know not what they do.’ That is what
G o d is like. W hat is G o d like ? ‘ He that goeth
forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed ’— that is
what G o d is like, and you and I are to be like Him.
Oh, you say, ‘ I come so far short.’ My friend, I am
with you there. I am by your side; but the very
consciousness of our need is a call to turn our faces
toward the L o r d and to surrender our lives to Him.
The very fact of our shortcoming is a constraining
power that draws us to Him who can with our lives do
the impossible thing and send us forth to be men and
women of prayer, to be men and women of power and
might, scatterers of the good seed, and to be men and
women like the L o r d J e s u s .
So I do in my Master’s name what, in fact, every
messenger throughout this day has done. I call you,
and I call myself, back to a sweet surrender to the
L o rd .
This is the hour of need— the world’s need, the
need of China— and if you and I lay ourselves at the
Master’s feet He will possess us, and dwelling in us
will teach us how to pray and serve.
Still at W ork in Shansi.
By MR. and MRS. MELLOW.
‘ Trust in Jehovah, and do good ; dwell in the land, and feed on his faithfulness.’
■
— Ps. x x x v ii. 3.
IN C E our la st circular letter, there
h a v e been m an y changes in China,
our new spapers
are seldom in ­
sipid these d ays. W e too, h a v e been bu sy,
and h a p p y in th e L o r d ’s service.
K w e h Y u n g-tin g, w hom w e m entioned
in th e la st letter as being in th e h osp ital
suffering w ith rheum atism , soon a fte r­
w ards w as w ell enough to leave, although
he did n ot get as strong as w e hoped he
w ould. Then a t th e beginning of the y ear
w ord cam e from T an in g, sayin g th a t th e
school there w ould h a v e to close unless
a teach er w as found a t once, th e m an w ho
had been teach ing could n o t retu rn to
his w o rk on account of fam ily affairs.
I t seem ed th is w as th e place for K w eh
Y u n g-tin g, so he w as soon on his w a y
there. W hen I v isite d th ere a little more
th an a m on th ago he w as qu ite h ap p y in
his w ork, w ith fo rty little boys.
T he
w ork is h e a v y fo r him , b u t with his
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A u g u s t , 1927.
earnestness and faithfulness w e feel he
w ill do well. W e are sure he w ill p u t
C h r i s t first and do his best to lead those
b o ys to H im . Please rem em ber him in
y o u r prayers. H e has m an y difficulties,
one of w hich is a w ife w ho is no help to
him . T h e doctor does n ot th in k he w ill
ever be a strong m an, nor th a t he is
likely to liv e m an y years, b u t p ra y th a t
w h ether few or m an y th e y m a y b e w ell
spent for his L o r d .
Q U R old friend Mr. K w e h Chu-ren
h as been transferred to K iehsiu.
T here has been a good deal of trou b le
in th e Church there, some of th e w ork­
ers h a v e proved unfaithful, and have
le ft th eir w ork.
Mr. K w e h h as gone
there w e hope to p u ll th in gs to geth er
and help to g e t the w o rk on a b etter
basis. H e is a v e r y ste ad y m an of th e
old school.
H e lo st his w ife several
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years ago, and now has recen tly becom e
engaged again, and w ill soon be m arried.
T he w om an he is to m arry is a w idow ,
an earnest Christian, w ho has been used
here in th e p a st as a B iblew om an. W e
v e r y m uch hope th a t th eir m arriage w ill
p ro ve to be a blessing to them selves and
to th e w ork in K ieh siu . W e b o th w en t
th ere for th e S un day service ye ste rd ay ,
and were pleased w ith th e good attendance
/ ^ U R S iao yi b o y s ’ school h as gone on
^
w e l l ; w e h a v e th irty b o y s th is
term . T h e teacher, Mr. T uan, is doing
good faith fu l w ork. Som e of th e boys,
w e feel sure, h a v e p u t th eir tru s t in th e
L o r d , and w e p ra y th a t th ey w ill grow
to be earnest Christians. T here has been
quite a little sickness, or rather, sores
of all sorts am ong th e boys, and these
h a v e needed m uch atten tion .
M rs.
M ellow ’s room looked like a dispensary
e ve ry afternoon as soon as school closed.
T h e y are m o stly w e ll now , w e are glad
to sa y . S chool is to close abou t Ju n e 20.
One class of b o y s finishes all w e h a v e to
give them , L o w er P rim ary. I w ish th e
Church w ould show enough in te re st in
th e school to add a H igher P rim ary, b u t
it w o u ld m ean th e engaging of another
teacher, and som e of th e Christians feel
th a t is to o m uch to und ertake ju s t now,
w hen ta x es h a v e been increased. N e x t
y e a r’s ta x es are now bein g collected, and
w ith w a r conditions th ere are m an y
other expenses, so w e fea r it w ill n ot be
possible t o begin a H igher P rim a ry school
th is com ing autum n.
T H A V E been to S ich ow a n d T an in g
tw ice since w ritin g th e la st circular
letter. T h e w o rk in th ose places is going
on n icely. P a sto r H o does seem to have
th e g ift of leadership, and th e C hurch
keeps on grow ing, b u t one w ould like to
see m ore earnestness am ong th e ordinary
C hurch m embers.
A s it did n ot seem p ra ctica l to continue
th e girls’ school w o rk in K iehsiu for the
present, th is school w as transferred to
Siaoyi. T h e you n g teach er is doing her
w o rk well, and i t h as been a real pleasure
to w o rk along w ith these girls th is term .
W e hope to continue if possible till the
set tim e for closing.
T h e C hristian w om en h a v e k e p t on
w ith th eir evangelistic w ork. T h e y h a v e
gone ou t b y tw os to th e surrounding
villages, sp ending one or tw o w eeks in
each. T his m orning our B ib le wom an,
w ith anoth er C hristian w om an, le ft for
another Week’s w ork.
W ith some sp ecial fu n d s for w o rk in
th is d istrict w e h a v e been able to purchase
a large p reaching ten t. I t has had, how ­
ever, on ly one m o n th ’s use. Since, m ore­
over, w e feel th a t th e la te st unrest and
exodu s of m ost missionaries th ere are fewer
Chinese to b e spared from cen tral stations
for te n t w ork, perhaps it is b e tte r to
discontinue te n t w o rk fo r a tim e, con­
ditions bein g w h a t th e y are.
B u t we
hope th e te n t w ill soon g e t in to use again,
fo r a fter a ll th e great need in C hina to -d ay
is th e Gospel.
jV^TOST m issionaries h a v e alread y le ft
th is p r o v in c e ; beside ourselves
here I o n ly kn ow of seven others w ho
are rem aining ; tw o of th ese w ill lik e ly
be le a v in g soon. J u st over a m on th ago
th ere w ere m ore th a n 200 m issionaries in
th is p rovin ce.
W e feel it is fo r th e best
in terests o f th e w o rk th a t a t least a few
w orkers should rem ain as long as p o s sib le ;
th a t b ein g so w e hop e to continue here.
M a y w e cou nt on y o u r prayers.
A
ugust,
1927.
A t Nanking.
T h e follow ing a c c o u n t o f t h e sp len d id lo y a lty a n d d e v o tio n of t h e
C h ris tia n s is ta k e n fro m T he S c o ts Observer.
U.
D
STANLEY
H IG H ,
A ssistan t
th e
M ethodist
S ecretary
of
E p iscop al
B o a rd
of
F oreign
Missions, N ew Y o rk , h a s sent from Seoul,
K o re a, to se v eral o f his friends in thi>
cou n try and A m erica, a v alu ab le m em o­
randum a fter spending tw o m onths in
China. ' More im p o rta n t th a n th e relation
o f th e Chinese C hristians to th e N atio n alist
M ovem ent is th eir lo y a lty to th e fa ith
th e y h a v e ow ned,’ D r. H igh w rites.
S tr ik in g E x a m p le s .
T h e m ost strikin g exam ples of C hristian
devotion come from N an king. D uring th e
entire d a y of terrors, w hen escape for
th e m issionaries seem ed u n likely, little
groups of Chinese b o y s and girls and
preachers and laym en, betw een fran tic
attem p ts to sa v e th eir foreign friends,
slipped in to hid in g places and held im ­
prom ptu prayer m eetings for th e sa fety
of th e missionaries. ‘ W ith little question
few o f th e m issionaries could h a v e
escaped b u t for th e sacrifices of th e
Chinese Christians.
W hen th e soldiers
C h in e se
cam e to kill M iss L u lu Golisch, th e giri
of her school m ade a circle, th ree dee
about her, k n elt down in prayer, and the
to ld th e soldiers, ” I f y o u k ill her y o
m ust first k ill u s." T h e dean o f th e schoc
refused to le a v e even w hen his ow
house (he is a Chinese) w as looted and hi
w ife and children driven aw ay.
‘ W o rth th e P r ic e .’
‘ One of th e pastors a t N an king too]
his accum ulated savings in order to bu;
soap, towels, to oth brushes, etc., for th
m issionaries in hiding near his home
W hen D r. Price, ah aged m issionary
w as to ld th a t he m ust p a y several hundre<
dollars or forfeit his life, it w as a grou]
of Chinese Christians w h o banded to
gether and raised th e sum, an almos'
im possible one for Chinese. D r. H . F
Rowe, head of th e T heological School
w as beaten and dragged th rough the
streets of th e c ity . W hen I saw him h<
said, " I t is w o rth th e price of admission
N ow we know, as n ever before, th e realit]
of the faith w hich our Chinese Christian!
have professed.” ’
[A Chinese.
P h o to by]
GARDEN ADJOINING
117
THE Y4MEN AT KIANGCHOW, SHANSI.
Our Shanghai Letter.
T h is L e tte r, fro m Mr. J a m e s S ta rk , S e c r e ta r y o f t h e C h in a C ouncil a t t h e M ission H e a d q u a r te r s in S h a n g h a i, is d a te d May 3 1 s t,
a n d c o n ta in s t h e l a t e s t Mail N ew s re c e iv e d fro m t h a t c e n tre .
M OST RECENT EVACUATIONS.
IN C E I last w rote to y o u all ou r British, and A m erican
workers, w ith th e excep tion of less th a n fo rty , and p ra c­
tic a lly all our S cand in avian and A m erican-Scandinavian
A ssociates h a v e w ith d raw n from in lan d China, and are now
either a t th e coast or on th eir w a y th ith er. T hose in S h e n s i
and K a n s u were th e la st t o evacu ate, and hoped again st hope
th a t th e y w ould b e allow ed to rem ain a t th eir w ork. W e now
learn, how ever, t h a t th e te n w orkers on th e H anchu n g p lain
w ere leavin g on M ay 12. fo r T ientsin, tra v ellin g v ia Sianfu,
[this p a rty w ere afterw ards tu rn e d b a c k because of th e dangers
of th e road from bandits] w h ilst tw en ty -six of our m ission­
aries were startin g from L an ch ow b y r a ft on th e 14th inst. for
P aotow en ro ute to Tientsin. [This is D r. K in g ’s p a rty, since
a rrived in Peking, see p. 123.J M ost of our Germ an and Swiss
w orkers are still a t th eir stations.
S
M ISSIONARIES IN THE INTERIOR.
C C O R D IN G to our la te st inform ation, Mr. and Mrs.
B elch er and D r. R a n d are still in K a n s u ; Mr.
Trudinger, M r. Briscoe, M r. and M rs. G rah am A nderson
a n d Mr. and M rs. M ellow in S h a n s i ; M r. and M rs. P a rk er in
H o n a n ; M r. and M rs. R . Cunningham , M r. and Mrs. W upperfeld,
w ith all th e m em bers o f th e G erm an W om en ’s M issionary U nion,
excep tin g Countess L ü ttich a u and M iss Spengler now a t Shanghai,
in S z e c h w a n ; M r. and M rs. C ecil-Sm ith, M rs. W indsor, D r.
R ees, M r. B ossh ard t, Mr. H . L . T aylo r, M iss P iaget, all th e
ladies of th e F rieden sh ort D eaconess Mission, and Messrs.
W ilhelm a n d J u ttk a , of th e Lieben zeller M ission, in K w e i c h o w ;
Mr. A llen , M r. G raham , M r. B inks, M r. P ayn e, M r. and Mrs.
A
G owrnan and M isses K r a tz e r and J a c k in Y u n n a n ; Mr. and
Mrs. Jam ieson, M r. and Mrs. B un tin g, M r. T w eddell, Miss
Sm irnoff and M iss C obb (the tw o la tte r p ro b a b ly now on th eir
w a y to th e coast), M iss Johannsen and all th e S t. Chrischona
w orkers, excep tin g M r. and M rs. K ra m p f w h o are a t K u lin g fo r
h e a lth reasons, and th e A llian ce C hina M ission w orkers in
K i a n g s i ; M r. B ob b y, Mr. and M rs. Fergu son and M r. a n d Mrs.
Costerus in A n h w e i ; all th e A llian ce C hina w orkers in C h e k i a n g ,
and th e L ieben zeller w orkers in H u n a n . M r. G . W . H u n ter
and M r. H . F . R id ley, o f course, are in Sinkiang.
PRAYER FOR THE CHINESE CHURCH.
IE W E D from th e hum an stan dpoin t, w ith d raw al a t a tim e
w h en opportun ities for preaching th e G ospel n ever were
greater or th e people m ore re a d y to listen and respond
to th e D ivin e message, looks lik e d e f e a t ; b u t w e do n o t lose
heart, kn ow in g th a t, w h ilst foreign oversight is rem oved, th e
Gospel w itness w ill be continued b y th e Chinese Church, and
th a t G od can, and doubtless w ill, overrule all even ts for th e
u ltim ate trium ph of H is cause and th e extension of H is K in gd om .
There is need of earnest p ra y er for th e Chinese C hristian s and
th eir le a d e r s ; fo r m a n y o f th em are suffering for C h r i s t ’s
sake, w hile others are exposed to sp ecial tem p tation s and
dangers. T h e present situatio n furnishes an op p o rtu n ity to
pro ve th e s ta b ility and perm anence of th eir faith . T h eir
lo y a lty w ill often be su bjected to severe testin g, and th eir
identification w ith th e C hristian Church be m isinterpreted.
T here is also need of p ra yer th a t able b u t unsp iritu al m en m a y
be preven ted from usurping pow er, dom in atin g th e Church
life and directin g th e a ctiv itie s o f th e m em bers in to p o litica l
channels. I f th e C hurch w ill, a t th is tim e, rise to th e occasion,
and d evote all its energies to th e m ain­
ta in in g of an aggressive spiritual m in istry,
it w ill, as its p a st h isto ry shows, grow in
pow er and influence. W e are gla d th a t
th ere is ground for hope in th is direction.
W e h ea r of services being regu larly con­
ducted, and of schools, w ith th e teach in g
of Scripture, bein g continued. Y o u w ill
be gla d to learn th at, since th e d a te of m y
la st letter, n otw ith stan din g anti-C hristian
agitatio n , th ree hundred and fifty-tw o
baptism s h a v e been reported.
T h a t so
m a n y con verts should h a v e h a d courage
th u s p u b licly to confess C h r i s t is n ot
w ith o u t significance.
V
CAUSES FOR THANKSGIVING.
O U will, I know , unite w ith us in
th an ksgivin g to G o d fo r th e
trav ellin g m ercies vouch safed to
those w h o h a v e m ade long jou rn eys
th ro u gh d istricts in fested b y brigands or
occupied b y hostile soldiery.
T here is also cause fo r than kfuln ess to
G o d in th e fa c t t h a t it has been possible
to secure su itable houses a t m odèrate
ren ts to p rovid e for th e accom m odation of
Y
SMALL
A
ugust,
1927
PASSENGER
BOAT,
WITH
MAT
ROOF,
on
UPPER
118
YANGTZE.
M IL IT A R Y A C T IV IT Y .
H E R E has, of late, been m uch mili
t a iy a c tiv ity , resulting in engage
m ents betw een th e N orthern am
Southern arm ies in H o n a n and A n h w e i
w ith considerable losses on bo th sides
T he gain, as far as occupation of te rr ito r
is concerned, w ould seem to h a v e been ii
th e N ationalists' favour. M ission prem ise
in m an y places h a v e been, and still are
occupied b y th e m ilitary or L a b o u r an<
P o litical Unions, w ho h a v e n ot onl]
looted th e personal effects of th e absen
foreign workers, b u t also dam aged, ant
in m ost cases even w an ton ly destroyed
all furniture.
T
A Pathetic Incident.
R . H A Y W A R D w rites of a patheti«
incident encountered during hij
v isit to the B u tter F e stiv al a1
K u m bum , as follows :—
‘ W e had been to ld of those pilgrim s
who, in th eir effort to obtain merit,
m easure their length on th e ground the
A SHANGHAI BARROWMAN AND HIS BARROW.
w hole distance around th e tem ple and
m onastery.
W e were anxious to see
th o se w h o h a v e found it necessary to come to th e coast.
th is for ourselves and to get pictures if possible. W e were a
W e now occu p y fourteen houses outside th e M ission Com ­
little late in th e day, fo r m ost of them had passed on before we
p o u n d in Shanghai, and our A ssociate M issions h ave rented
arrived a t th e proper point. H ow ever, m arks of a pilgrim
prem ises a t T ientsin and Chefoo.
h avin g gone b y n ot long before encouraged us to follow the
trail.
V e ry soon w e cam e in sight of a T ib etan wom an. She
A R R A N G E M E N T S F O R Y O U N G E R W O R K E R S. w as dressed in th e usual T ibetan dress, h e a v y sheepskin gow n
T m a y interest y o u to know th a t arrangem ents have been
w ith large silver ornam ents down her b ack and h e a v y leather
m ade fo r our you n ger w orkers to continue th eir stu d y of
shoes, or boots. H er hair w as braided in th e usual large num ber
th e Chinese language, so th a t th e y m a y becom e more fu lly
of braids, hung all over her face and it w as th ick w ith du st as
«quipped for th eir w o rk in China. These are grouped togeth er
w as her face and gown. Ju st as had been described to us, she
in houses, where th e necessary facilities are provided. O ver
m easured herself flat on th e ground w ith arm s outstretched,
tw e n ty of la st y e a r's la d y candidates h ave passed th eir first
repeated th e prayer, m ade a m ark where th e tip s of her fingers
sectio n a l exam ination, and all h ave obtained excellen t results.
touched, rose and w alked to th e m ark and repeated the per­
T hen, inside th e cen tral gate of th e M ission Com pound, a ten t
form ance. I t w as sad indeed to see her earnestness and y e t
h a s been erected, and d aily, from m orning till night, th e Gospel
her increasing weariness. A ccording to th e estim ate of one of
th e p a rty , she had n ot covered a quarter of the distance when
is preached to interested Chinese audiences, w h ich are never
w e saw her. H ow one longed to tell her the fu tility of it all
lackin g. T h u s scope is furnished for th e activities of those w ho
and of th e One W ho cam e to ta k e her place a t C alv a ry . B u t
h a v e evangelistic g ift. Then, again, m an y of our w orkers are
w e could n ot speak in T ibetan and even if we were able, it is a
do in g w o rk am ong th e foreign defence force— n av al and m ilitary
question w h ether she w ould h a v e stopped to listen .’
— som e preaching th e G ospel to them , and others givin g m ission­
a r y lectures w h ich h ave been m uch appreciated.
M
I
D epartures.
CO N FEREN CE
AN D P R A Y E R G A T H E R IN G S .
O R T N I G H T L Y , a d a y h as been set apart for united w aitin g
u pon G o d , and each occasion has proved a hallow ed
season o f intercession, w h ich cannot fail to result in
blegsing, alike to ' th e large num bers w h o ta k e p a rt in them and
t o th e w ork w h ich th e y h a v e had to leave.
A few d istrict groups have, b y th e arrangem ents of th e Mission
E x e cu tiv e , m et for conference regarding th e problem s w hich
h a v e been created, and it is hoped th a t others, w hich w ill m eet
la te r, w ill prove, helpful, preparing th e m ind for adjustm ents
w h ich w ill h a v e to be m ade w hen w orkers are able to retu rn to
th e ir ,stations. A t present th e prospect of th is seems rem ote ;
fo r th e situation is still m o st u nsatisfactory ; b u t, o f course, it
is im possible to forecast th e futu re. W e ca n on ly p rayerfu lly
a w a it th e developm ent of events.
F
A u g u s t , 1927-
J u ly 12.— R e v . H . T . and Mrs. Ford, via Canada.
A rriva ls.
June 9.— Mrs. Owen W arren and tw o children, Miss J . P . Brook,
M iss A . E . Mellor, Miss S. M. P otterton , Miss D . M.
Alderm an, Miss I. Sm ith, Miss E . H . Allibone, M iss E . M.
Tucker, M iss R . D ix, M iss E . W right, Miss E . C. B ailey,
Miss D . B allard, Mr. and Mrs. H . J. A lty and daughter,
M r and Mrs. F . Olsen, D r. and Mrs. R . N . W alker and
tw o children, Mr. and Mrs. H . W . F unnell and three
children, Mr. and Mrs. T . Cook and tw o children, Mr.
and Mrs. E rn est H . T aylo r.
Ju n e 22.— Miss F . Burn.
June 25.— Mr. and Mrs. D . D e B. Robertson and tw o children.
J u ly 12.— Mr. and Mrs. H . S. Cliff and child. Miss Jessie G regg,
Miss M abel Soltau, and Miss L . M oody.
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The Hungtung Bible School.
Address given at the C.I.M. Annual Meetings in the Queen’s Hall,
By REV. E. W. TRICKEY.
T h e H u n g tu n g Bible S c h o o l is c lo se d f o r t h e s u m m e r. T h e new t e r m beg in s In S e p te m b e r. Mr. a n d M rs. G ra h a m A n d e rso n a r e
still a t th is c e n t r e , a n d in c h a rg e o f t h e S chool. W h e th e r o r no th e y will b e e n a b le d t o re -o p e n a t t h e u s u a l tim e w e will
d o u b tle s s le a rn la te r . L e t u s p ra y fo r th e m .—Ed.
O R th e b rief tim e a t m y disposal
th rough th e gen erosity of C hristian
th is afternoon I w a n t to ta k e
friends in N o rth A m erica, and through
you , a t least in th ou gh t, to th e
th e h elp o f th e B ib le In stitu te of L o s
c ity of H u ngtun g, S h a n s i , a n d te ll y o u
Angeles, C alifornia, m ore su itable prem ises
som ething o f th e w o rk o f th e B ib le
were erected, and th ere are now convenient
I n s titu te there. M an y of th e friends w ill
buildings in H u n g tu n g fo r th e accom m o­
re c a ll th a t th e c ity o f H u n g tu n g is
dation o f n in e ty m en and abou t th irty
in separably connected w ith th e nam e o f
wom en.
T h e prem ises for th e w om en
G o d ’s honoured and departed servant,
have ju s t been com pleted.
P a sto r H si, w hose headqu arters w ere in
A s m en tioned above, seventeen m en
th is c ity fo r m a n y years.
form ed th e first class, th e second class
F o r som e little tim e p rio r t o 1910,
M r. and M rs. D reyer, o f our M ission,
w orkers fro m N o rth A m erica, after
m an y y ears o f p a sto ra l w o rk in N orth
China, fe lt th e need o f a B ible I n ­
stitu te w here su itable yo u n g m en could
receive train in g w h ich w ould fit th em
fo r m ore effective w o rk in th e Chinese
Church. E v e n tu a lly th e y w ere asked
to ta k e up th is w o rk . T heir person al
belongings w ere lo st during th e B oxer
rio ts o f 1900, and so in view of th is
c a ll t o specialised w ork, th e y were
faced w ith th e need of su itab le books.
T h is w a s m ade a m a tte r o f definite
p rayer, and tw o lists w ere prepared,
one of bo oks th a t w ere considered
abso lu tely needed, th e other, of books,
th a t w ere fe lt desirable fo r th e w ork.
T o th e grea t encouragem ent o f Mr.
and M rs. D reyer, on th e d a y when
th eir acceptance o f th is w o rk w as^
iM rs. L in d e r.
P h o to byl
fin a lly settled, th e y received fro m 1'
N o rth A m erica a letter containing a
AN INN-YARD IN SHANSI.
d ra ft on L o n do n sufficient to m eet th e
co st o f b o th lists o f books.
This|
h a d th ir t y students, and th rough th e
in ciden t w as rem arkable, fo r th e sender
blessing o f G o d , a n d th e consecrated
w a s u nkn ow n to M r. and M rs. D re y er a t
labours of G o d 'S servan ts, th e w o rk h as
th e tim e, w h o h a d n either before n or h as
since sen t m on ey fo r th is w ork. A lso,
m et a fe lt n eed and g r e a tly prospered, u n til
during th e la st tw o years, w hen m y w ife
th is w as th e first d raft th e y h a d received
and I w ere ab le to g iv e a little help, we
on Lon don. T h e y h a d especially asked
h a d th e record n um ber o f se v e n ty m en
in th eir p rayers th a t th e d raft m ig h t be
on London, as books a t th a t tim e w ere
in residence. T hese m en were from th e
five northern p ro vin ces o f C hina, one
cheaper th ere.
com ing from th e d ista n t p ro vin ce of
A t th a t tim e th ere w ere n o su itable
K ansu.
H is hom e w o u ld b e ap p roxi­
buildin gs in H u n g tu n g fo r th is w ork,
so M r. and M rs. D re y er decided to reno­
m a te ly one th ou san d E n glish m iles from
H ungtun g. H e to ld u s th a t he h a d covered
v a te an old cow shed from m on ey p riv a te ly
con tributed . I n th is w a y accom m odation
th e jou rn ey on foot. F ifty -s ix o u t of th e
se v en ty m en w ere fro m sta tio n s o f th e
w as m ade fo r seven teen m en, which
C.I.M .; w h ile fou rteen w ere from fiv e
form ed th e first class. S ev eral o f these
other M issions w o rkin g in N o rth China.
m en are to -d a y s till doin g effective w o rk
A s far as w e w ere a b le t o ascertain, ju s t
in th e Churches in S h a n s i . L a te r on,
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ugust,
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120
over one-half o f th e to ta l num ber of m en
were there en tirely a t th eir ow n expense.
W e seek fo r m en w ho are of established
C hristian character, o f fa ir education,
and w ho h ave giv e n som e evidence o f
th eir call t o th e L o r d ’s w o rk.
T h o se
com ing to us should h a v e th e recom m enda­
tion o f th e Chinese Church sending
them .
B riefly, w h a t are the aims o f the Shansi
B ible Institute ?
P a u l desired o f T im o th y th a t h e
should b e pre-em inently ‘ A m an o f
G o d , th o ro u gh ly furn ished unto e v e ry
good w o rk ,’ also th a t h e should b e
able to ‘ rig h tly divide th e W ord o f
T ru th .’
These h a v e been th e aim s
and ideals of th ose carryin g on th is
all-im p o rtan t w o rk from its inception.
O u r position is con servative a n d
e van gelical.
W e are con servative,
b u t n o t re a c tio n a r y ; progressive,
b u t n o t d estru ctive. O ur theology is.
red, b u t n o t w ith th e redness o f
anarchy, b u t perm eated and stain ed
w ith th e B lood o f C h r i s t poured
fo rth fo r th e redem ption of m an­
k in d a t C alv a ry . E m p hasis in train in g
is laid upon th e developm ent o f th e
sp iritu a l life of th ose stu d y in g w ith
us.
W e seek to b rin g th em in to
person al to u ch w ith th e L o r d H im ­
self, th ro u gh th e cu ltiva tio n of th eir
p ra yer life, and th en to becom e
* Fish ers of m en '— lovers o f G o d , and
lovers of th eir ow n people th ro u gh
th eir love to C h r i s t as th eir .L o r d .
N o w a few w ords concerning our
methods.
F rom th e com m encem ent o f th eir
tim e w ith u s th e m en, in addition t o fiv e
or six hours o f h a rd d a ily stu d y , w h ich
centres fo r th e m ost p a rt around th e
B ibie itself, th e m en are exp ected to ta k e
p a rt in p ra ctica l w o rk. T h is w o rk ta k e s
th e form o f leading services in th e ou tstation s on S u n d a y ; ta k in g classes a t
th e large B o y s ' Sch ool of ou r M ission
outside th e c ity e v e ry S u n d a y m orning ;
E v a n g elistic T e n t w o rk in th e v illa g e s ;
ta k in g tu rn s a t m o rn in g a n d e ven in g
prayers in th e In s titu te , w h en th eir
w o rk i s h e lp fu lly criticised ; d a ily preach­
in g on th e streets fo r one h o u r each d ay.
Also, du rin g th e la s t y e a r or s o w e w ere
[Dr. fi. Brcoinhall.
Photo 6y]
TWO SHANSI SCENES—THRESHING AND WINNOWING.
able t o g e t perm ission to h o ld evangelistic
services in th e lo ca l m en ’s prison e ve ry
S u n d ay afternoon. T h is w o rk w a s owned
of G o d , and several of th e n in ety men
incarcerated th ere confessed p u b lic ly to
th eir acceptan ce of th e L o r d as th eir
S aviou r before th e close of th e term .
Some o f th e m en h a v e also been in stru­
m en tal in bringin g in d iv id u al souls to
th e L o r d .
W h a t are the results o f this work ?
I w a n t to sa y can d id ly th a t n o t every
m an w h o h a s passed th ro u gh th e In s titu te
h as been a strik in g success w h en he h as
returned to his o w n hom e. T here h a v e
been failures, b u t these, th ro ugh th e
blessing o f G o d h a v e been few in num ber.
F o r th e successes one w o uld c ry w ith th e
P salm ist, ' N o t u n to us, O L o r d , n o t unto
us, b u t u n to T h y N am e g iv e g lo ry .' In
a ll a b ou t 300 m en h a v e passed th ro ugh th e
In stitu te since its com m encem ent. T he
m a jo rity of th ese m en are to -d a y filling
im p ortan t p ositio n s in th e Chinese Church
as pastors, deacons, evangelists, and
other w orkers. A lm o st e v e ry C hurch in
th e. p ro vin ces of S h a n s i , H o n a n and
C h i h l i has in it m en in im p o rtan t
positions w h o h a v e passed th ro u gh th e
S h a n s i B ib le In stitu te .
P leasin g and
encouraging rep orts are also som etim es
received from other M issions w h o in th eir
Churches h a v e m en train ed w ith us, in
th e p a st. T im e w ill n o t p erm it me to
g iv e y o u m ore d eta ils o f th e actu al
results.
I n closing I w a n t to rem ind a ll th e
friends th a t th ere is ju s t now m u ch to
cause grief and disap p oin tm en t as one
v iew s certain asp ects o f m issionary w o rk
in China. N o t, of course, th a t th e position
is hopeless, or th e present agitatio n is
from th e Chinese C hurch.
F o r w e are
confident th a t ere long th e doors w ill
once again open to th e G ospel. I feel
A
ugust,
1927-
th a t there is great consolation ju s t now
as one rem em bers th a t so m an y of th e
Churches h a v e in th em men of G o d w ho
are w ell train ed in th e Scriptures, and
able to m ake effective use of th eir know ­
ledge. Y o u w ill recall in th e G ospel of
M ark, chapter 5, w e are to ld of the
h ealing b y our L o r d of th e poor, u nfortu­
n ate and helpless demon-possessed m an.
A lso, th a t w hen a fte r th e m ultitude, from
fear and suspicion, requested our L<?RD
to leave th eir coasts, H e refused the
request of th e healed m an to accom p an y
H im on to th e boat, sending him b ack as
a w itness am ongst th ose unenlightened
people. L a te r on, as w e read down in
th is chapter, w e are to ld how faith fu lly
th is gratefu l m an did his w ork, for ‘ H e
departed, and b egan to publish in
D ecapolis how g rea t th in gs JE SU S had
done for h i m ; and a ll men did m arvel, ’
so th a t w hen our L o r d v isited th is
d istrict la ter on during H is m in istry, H e
found, n o t a suspicious, hostile people,
b u t large crow ds w ho were anxious to
welcom e H im and be healed. T h e w itness
who had been le ft behind h a d successfully
done his w ork.
A s a m issionary b o d y w e are earnestly
p ra y in g th a t w hen th e doors in to th e
interior of China are again opened, we
sh all find som ething o f th e sam e welcom e,
and th e sam e fruitfulness, as th e result
of th e labours in our absence of those w ho
kn ow G o d and h a v e received th is training
in H is W ord.
In y o u r prayers, m a y I earnestly ask
th a t y o u rem em ber th e w o rk of the
S h a n s i B ible In stitu te ,
also th e men
w h o h a v e passed th rough th e In stitu te
and are a t w o rk in th e Chinese Church,
and fo r guidance regarding the futu re.
B y p ra y in g for us regu larly y o u w ill be
co-w orkers w ith us, and w e sh all be en­
couraged and helped.
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Staying On.
E x tr a c t from a personal le tte r from
R ev. G. Cecil-Smith, K w eiyan g.
E R E w e are, still in th e province
and hoping to rem ain to witness
as best w e are able to H is savin g
grace. N ow th a t th e H u tto n s and Miss
P ia get of Chenyuan, and M r. H aym an
and his children of th is c ity , are in
Y u n n a n (and on th eir w a y to Shanghai)
w e are indeed a sm all com pany in K w e i­
chow, consisting of ten G erm ans (in Tatin g, Pichieh, and Sankiang), five British
(in K w eiya n g , A nshun and T su n yi), and
tw o Sw iss (in T su n yi and Tungchow ).
T h e provin ce is quite peaceful, the people
and auth orities friendly, and we get abou t
q u ite freely. In M arch and A p ril I w as
a t T un gcho w and Fuhshan, and n ex t
w eek, if th e L o r d w ill, m y wife, M iss
Chen and a Christian m an go to K aich ow
and d istrict for perhaps three w eeks’
preaching. W h a t a p rivilege to be allowed
th us to w itness for th e L o r d a t such a
tim e as this.
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T h is is a m ost interesting, origin al and
grap h ic account o f th e trav els and ad ven ­
tu res of an enthusiastic y o u n g m issionary,
as he, on his donkey, broadcasted th e
Seed o f th e K in gd om over w id e stretches
of cou n try in N o rth -W est China. T he
b ook is certain to con vin ce e ve ry reader
th a t th e b e st and surest w a y o f reaching
th e unevangelised masses of th e people is
b y carrying th e G ospel to them as B ara k
carried his m aster.
From Chinese Leaders.
F R O M K IA N G S I.
T r a n s la tio n o f e x t r a c t s fro m a le tte r ,
fro m tw o C h in e se le a d e r s in Lungc h u a n , Klangsi, t o Mr. a n d M rs. Hall,
w ho fo r t h e tim e being a r e a w ay fro m
th e i r s ta t io n , a n d in S h an g h ai.
E A R M R . and M R S ..H A L L ,
Y o u w ill be sorry to hear
th a t th e F arm ers’ U nion h a v e
taken possession of C hiaotow (an outstation) M ission House, and som e of th e
leaders o f th a t union are liv in g in th e
upstairs room s. O ur signboard h as been
ta k e n dow n and sm ashed, and D r. S u n ’s
p o rtra it now hangs in th e Preaching
Chapel. T h e th ree principles of D r. Sun
Y a t-se n are expounded th ere once every
w eek.
A s y e t th e furniture, th ou gh
dam aged, is still in ta ct. On th e occasion
of our la st visit, how ever, th e U nion
leaders ga ve us perm ission to h a v e our
S un day service, and a num ber of th e
C hurch people attended. L a te r on, th e
C hiaotow brethren w ere g rea tly perturbed
b y hearing th a t th e services in th e C ity
C hurch h a d been stopped, and five of
them cam e to L u n gchu an to m ake in ­
quiries. T h e y arrived tired and dispirited
ju s t as th e service w as going on, b u t th e
jo y of seeing a goodly num ber in th e
attitu d e of w orship w as so great th a t th eir
tiredness w a s forgotten, and th e y returned
to th eir homes fu ll o f praise.
In W an an (another out-station) trouble
of an acute n atu re arose betw een th e
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P h o to 6yl
[H . T . F ord.
T h e P u lp it in t h e T a lk a n g C h u rc h . I t w a s p r e s e n te d by th e P e n rith Y.M.C.A.
E v a n g e list m a y b e s e e n in t h e D is p e n s a ry on t h e rig h t.
FROM
HONAN.
T r a n s la tio n o f a le t t e r re c e iv e d by
Rev. H. T. Ford, a t p r e s e n t a t ho m e
on fu rlo u g h , fro m t h e C h u rc h a t
T a ik a n g , H onan.
A S T O R F O R D , G reetings!
W e h a v e n ot w ritte n for m ore
th a n a m on th and realise our sh ort­
com ing. W h a t w e earnestly p ra y is th a t
y o u and M rs. F o rd m a y be k e p t in peace.
D u rin g th e second and th ird m onths,
alth o ugh th e m ilita ry w ere co n stan tly
billetted on th e people, causing m u ch
trouble, th e believers and th e G ospel
H all, b y th e grace of G o d , were p rotected
from harm and th e B o y s ’ S chool w as n ot
com pelled to close. D o n o t be anxiou s
a b ou t us.
O n th e 26th o f th e second m oon b a n d its
su dd en ly b roke forth upon Sen lin g and
T asintsih carryin g off sev eral believers,
w ho, how ever, all m an aged t o escape.
T h e y stay e d tw e n ty odd d a y s d e v a sta tin g
th e surrounding d istrict for three miles,
killin g m a n y and ca rry in g off cap tiv es
t o th e w est o f C how kiakow .
B ecause o f th e distu rbed sta te of th e
cou n try th e Conference fixed fo r th e
th ird m oon h a d to be abandoned, b u t
during th e fo u rth m oon w e w ere able to
m eet fo r th ree d a y s w ith M r. C hang (the
S ihw a evangelist) as speaker.
A good
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A u g u s t , 1927.
n um ber atten ded (over 150 wom en), w e
h ad good w eath er and w ere n ot disturbed.
S even m en and seven w om en w ere
baptised.
T he general situ atio n is v e r y uncertain.
Y o u h a v e b o th h a d to leave H o n a n ,"
leav in g on ly a few w e a k ones to bear
th e responsibility o f th e Church.
We
tr u ly are W ithout stren gth , and a t a tim e
lik e th is kn ow n ot w h a t to do. P lease
p ra y fo r us.
P a sto r L e e is w e a k in b o d y and finds'
w alkin g difficult. E ld e r L ee h as developed
tw o sores on his b a ck , and he h a d to
rem ain in bed fo r th re e w eeks, it is
u ncertain how th e y w ill develop. H e h as
n ever before experienced such trou b le
as h as befallen his hom e during th e p a st
year. Please p ra y m u ch fo r him .
T h e p rice of grain is soaring— w h ea t
is 15,000 cash (about 10s.) p er bushel
(401b.) and b read is 400 cash p e r lb.
N ever h a v e th e y been so dear.
A m ong th e C hristian s m a n y are in
w an t, and o n ly a few are able to help a
little.
W e earnestly hope th a t y o u w ill retu rn
to T aik a n g as early as possible. N o t o n ly
is th is th e w ish of th e C hristian s b u t nonC hristians h a v e sp ecially requested us to
let y o u kn ow th a t th e y also w ish y o u
t o return.
A ll send greetings a n d respects.
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P hoto by}
IR. P ow ell.
An In c e n se U rn in T e m p le C o u r t Y ard,
C h en c h o w fu , H onan. Mr. Ford Is on rig h t
of p ic tu re a n d h is so n Willié on left.
R om an C atholics and th e local unions,
and com ing to blow s, one R om an C atholic
Chinese p riest and a catechum en were
killed. T h e foreign p riest w as also for a
tim e in great danger. O u r people there,
how ever, h ave been k ep t in a measure of
p eace. I t h as been a cause fo r th an ks­
giv in g in visitin g scattered cou ntry
C hurch m em bers to find th a t m ost of
th em rem ain lo y a l to th e L o r d J e s u s
C h r i s t . One old m an w h o w a s pressed
t o renounce th e L o r d , said, ‘ I am now
75 years of age, and h a v e been a Christian
f o r o v e r 20 y e a r s .
Y o u c a n n o t fo r c e m e
t o g iv e u p m y tr u s t in G o d .
Y o u c a n k ill
t h e b o d y , b u t y o u c a n n o t k i l l t h e s o u l.’
A few days ago a num ber of m en called
to g e t th e k e y o f th e c ity foreign house.
T h e y said th e y w a n ted to \ise it as the
cen tral office for th eir L abo ur Unions.
A s on ly th e teach er w as a t home, he said
th e y m ust w a it till w e cam e back. T o his
relief th e m en w en t aw ay, and h ave n ot
returned so th u s fa r y o u r house is still
unoccupied. A t th e present tim e fighting
is going on here betw een th e R ig h t and
L e ft W ing o f th e Nationalists, and th ey
are so b u sy am ong them selves th a t for
th e tim e being th e Church is le ft in peace
Y o u w ill be glad to hear th a t M r. H u
(the Senior Evangelist) is recovering from
his recent sickness. W e hear w ild rumours
of terrible happenings a t th e coast, and
p ra y con stan tly th a t you m ay be k ep t in
peace in Shanghai. A ll th e church m em ­
bers in d t y and out-stations salute you,
and are anxious for you r return.
(Signed) L iu S zi -A i .
G w o h C h u n g -H s u e n .
Refugees from Kansu.
A Perilous Journey by Raft.
F uller p a r tic u la r s re g a rd in g th e p e rilo u s jo u rn e y of t h e re fu g e e m is sio n a rie s fro m K ansu, a nd th e tra g ic d e a th by drow ning of
Dr. Geo. E. King, b riefly re p o r te d in o u r la s t issu e , a r e c o n ta in e d in th e follow ing n a rra tiv e of th e jo u rn e y by o ne of th e p a rty ,
w hich a p p e a re d in ‘ T h e T i m e s ’ of J u n e 29. By kind p e rm is sio n of th e M an ag er of t h a t J o u rn a l we a r e re p rin tin g th is m o s t
in te re s tin g a c c o u n t below .— Ed.
R D E R S to leave th e fa r north­
w est p rovin ce of K a n s u reached
th e m issionaries a t th e provin cial
cap ital, Lanchow , to w ards th e end of
A p ril.
T h e order w as repeated from
L an ch ow to th e various stations b y
w h atever m eans w ere availab le, ta kin g
several d a y s to reach th e ou tlyin g posts.
I n th e w riter's case th e tim e allow ed to
p repare for th e jou rn ey w as lim ited to
one d a y . F o rtu n a te ly p a ck m ules were
ava ilab le to carry th is p a rticu la r p a rty
o v e r th e 12,000-ft. p a ss in to th e Sining
v a lle y . T w o fee t of snow m ade th e cross­
in g extrem ely difficult. T h e la d y of our
p a r ty descended one or tw o of th e steepest
p a rts b y toboggan ing w ith o u t th e to b o g­
gan.
In th ree d a ys th e land o f ‘ tw o
seasons in a d a y ' w as le ft behind, and it
w a s y e t six d a y s to th e capital.
For
th is p a rt of th e jo u rn e y th e p a ck m ules
w ere changed for m ule litters, and th e
num bers of th e p a rty increased. B y th is
tim e all th e m issionaries w ere trav ellin g
b y ca rt or litte r over m ountainous roads
to Lan ch ow , from w h ich p lace th e m ode
o f trav ellin g w as to change entirely.
O
m issionaries and 12 children gathered at
Lan chow . E ig h t such ra fts were built,
givin g room for five or six adult passengers,
one cook, and a crew of tw o. These tw o
m en are know n as ‘ head ’ and 1 ta il,’
from th eir position on th e ra ft. E ach
handles a long oar as rudder : th e stream
does th e rest. T here is no sculling. F ou r
sm all, inflated sheepskin ra fts bore th e
large tim bers, skins bein g secured a t each
of th e four c o m e r s ; th us 100 inflated
skins were required to keep each ra ft
floating. T he skins had to be blow n up
once or tw ice each d ay. There are no
m echanical inflaters.
T h e raft-m an
applies his m outh to th e end of a sheep­
skin leg. On th e top of th e tim ber fram e­
w o rk w as placed a single la y er of the
refugees’ luggage, leavin g a sm all space
in the centre, w hich w as floored w ith
brushwood m ats, for a dining-room . On
th e luggage, round three sides of th e
dining-room, were secured Utter-like
canopies of m atting, varyin g in size
according to the num ber of occupants,
for sleeping quarters.
T he first day out from port was high­
ly sensational, especially n avigatin g the
D o w n th e Y e llo w R iv e r .
T h e u su al m eth od of riv e r tr a v e l is th a t
o f ta k in g passage on th e large m ercantile
ra fts w h ich carry tobacco, w ool, and
grain . I n th is in stan ce these could n o t be
used becau se of th eir ten d en cy to long
d ela y s on th e treacherous sand-bars
w h ich abound in th e Y e llo w R iver.
A cco rd in gly D r. G eorge E . K in g, th e
lead er of th e p a rty , ordered sm all, ligh t
ra fts to be sp ecially b u ilt in order to
accelerate th e w ith d raw al of th e 38
A u g u s t . 10 2 7 .
Ph o to s by
U . T - M athew son.
A SH EEPSKIN
( t)
RAFT, ON TH E YELLOW RIVER.
Show ing t h e S heepskins-.
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T h e R aft a flo a t.
long zigzag gorge. F o r th is p a rt of the
jou rn ey extra raftsm en w ere hired, and
even w ith th e doubled crew m an y of th e
rocks were b a re ly cleared. T he ‘ head ’
w as con tin ually y e llin g to t h e ' ta il,’ and
vice versa. T he shouts and yells, added to
the rockin g m otion of th e flim sy craft and
the tossing of th e w aves, increased th e e x ­
citem ent.
M ost of th e children w ere
frightened. In th is gorge th e first w h irl­
pool w as encountered, w here tw o of th e
ra fts began a m erry-go-round perform ­
ance. In so doing one of th e oars pierced
a can op y of its neighbou r’s, b u t no serious
dam age w as caused.
T h e m issionaries
lent a h an d a t th e oars, and soon e xtri­
cated th e rafts. T h e n ex t m erry-go-round,
four days later, cost ra ft N o. 5 a d elay of
four hours. T h e passengers had break­
fast and m orning w orship w hile circling
round a large whirlpool.
W hile th e p a r ty w ere on shore near
Ningsia, w here th e sheepskins had to be
re-oiled and repaired, th e y w ere aw akened
in th e early m orning b y a slight earth ­
quake.
T h e trem or lasted 20 seconds,
doing slight dam age to th e mission station
in N in gsia c ity and com p letely dem olish­
ing a n ative building.
T hrills of vario us kin ds k e p t th e long
river jou rn ey from becom ing m onotonous,
b u t th e refugees go t m ore th an th e y cared
for one beautifu l m orning w hen passing
through th e M ongolian desert. R ifle shots
were heard from th e shore, and several of
th e m issionaries n arrow ly escaped being
hit. T h e fleet w as fa r from th e shore, so
decided to keep on. L a te r a ligh t boat,
aided b y a sail, cam e hard on our track.
W hen th e b o a t neared th e w ind veered
so as to hinder th e pirates, and th e
refugees’ hopes of escape grew .
Shots,
how ever, w ere again fired, and anchorage
had to be m ade. T h e stream a t th is point
w as extrem ely sw ift, causing tw o of the
ra fts to collide and p rohib itin g a safe
landing. F o r a few m inutes th e situation
w as critical.
F our of th e ra fts w ere w ell in th e lead.
T w o of th e leaders of th e p irates cam e to
the river b a n k w h ile tw o covered the
p a rty w ith rifles. T h e m issionaries were
assured th a t th e y w ere n ot being robbed,
bu t m erely p a yin g a ro ad to ll in th eir ow n
interests. A dem and of $60 or $70 per
raft, for th e eight ra fts, w as m ade. W hen
th e m issionaries dem urred th e riflem en
requested th e n egotiatin g gentlem en to
m ove to sa fety in order to g iv e th e guns
free p la y
A sly sm ile accom panied th e
rem ark, so th e rest w as fairly easy. A
bargain w as m ade a t $30 per ra ft in such
a frien d ly m anner th a t one o f th e p a rty
secured a snap ph o to grap h of th e m on ey
being han ded over. U n fo rtu n ately there
was no gram ophone t o record th e polite
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u g u st
, 1 92 7.
th an ksgivin g received for pro m p t p a y ­
m en t of a legitim ate ta x .
T he raftsm en, how ever, w ere frightened,
and in sisted on tra v ellin g b y n igh t in
order to a vo id danger. T his entailed th e
furth er risk o f grounding on sand-bars.
N ear th e end of th e perilous jo u rn ey all
eight ra fts were stranded a t n igh t un­
know n to each other. A n arrangem ent
had been m ade for signalling, b u t th is
w as n ot tried, as it m ight h ave b etray ed
th e w hereabouts of th e p a rty to m ore un­
desirable gen try .
N e x t m orning three
ra fts m anaged to get off th e sand-bar and
reached th e ra ilw a y head safely, b u t not
w ith o u t some an x iety.
D r . K i n g ’ s D e a th .
In th e m eantim e the drow ning of th e
leader of th e p a rty happened. D r. K in g 's
r a ft w as am ong th e rem aining five to be
pushed off th e sand-bar. H e w orked un­
ceasin gly w ith his raftsm en to free his own
ra ft, th en g a ve considerable help to other
stranded rafts. A m an of extraord in ary
a b ility and g rea t stren gth , he perhaps
under-estim ated th e fatig u e of th e early
m orning hours, and w as th us unprepared
for th e stru ggle in w h ich he w as over­
com e. L e a vin g th e shore a fter m ost of
th e ra fts were in sa fety , he w aded in
shallow w a ter tow ards m id-stream . F in d ­
ing, how ever, th e current to o strong, he
tu rn ed tow ards th e shore, th is tim e in th e
dow n-stream direction. H e w as carried
b y a con trary current in to a seeth ing
w hirlpool, w h ich defied all hum an skill
and resistance, and w as drowned. T h u s
n ot on ly th e leader of th e refugee band
w as lost, b u t an ou tstand in g m edical
m issionary, w hose death w ill be keen ly
fe lt b y Chinese, M oham m edans, T ibetans,
and other K a n s u races, as w ell as b y his
m issionary colleagues.
W e h op e next m onth, w h en further
inform ation reaches us, to p u b lish an
In M em oriam sketch o f Dr. George
K ing.— E d .
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JOSHUA VA LE, Shanghai.
‘ X '-'iH I N A in Chaos '— a fit nam e for
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China at the present tim e, calls
for m uch prayer b y all G o d ’s
people in all lands.
M issionaries w ritin g hom e to P rayer
Circles to w hich th e y or th eir friends
belong doubtless suggest vario us sub­
je cts for prayer.
I t therefore seems
advisable at th is tim e, w hen m issionaries
are unable to tra v e l in th e in terior and
colporteurs find th eir w o rk curtailed or
even stopped altogether, th a t special
p ra y er should be m ade for G o d ’s blessing
upon th e Scripture and other literatu re
already in th e homes of th e people.
D uring the la st decade m illions of S crip­
ture portions, N ew T estam ents or com ­
plete Bibles, and tens of m illions of
C hristian books and tracts h a v e been
scattered far and w ide th rough th e land
and are lying on the shelves or in other
places in the homes o f the people.
E vid en ce of th is has com e to ligh t
from m an y quarters and in vario us w a ys.
I t therefore seems opportune to c all for
Special Prayer along these lines th a t these
books and tra c ts m ay, as it w ere, come
to life and b ear th eir w itness ju s t a t th is
tim e w hen th e voice of th e evangelist and
in dividu al w itness is m ore or less silent.
A m issionary of o v er fo rty y e a rs’
stan din g recen tly to ld th e follow ing
sto ry in Shanghai w hich w ill illu strate
th is need. ‘ A Chinese scholar and a m an
of some m eans, a Mr. K ia n g , w h o lived
some 10 m iles from our central station ,
cam e to our gu est h a ll and h ad some
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conversation w ith th e m issionary in
regard to th e Gospel.
H e seemed in te r­
rested in w h a t he had heard and on
his retu rn hom e to ok Gospels and other
Christian literatu re b a ck w ith him.
T hese books w ere deposited on his
bookshelf and rem ained there for m an y
years qu ite forgotten .
D uring th ese
years the son of th is man grew up and
even tu a lly w en t to a mission school in
th e c ity of Chungking w here he heard th e
Gospel and th e W a y of S alvation . W hen
th e b o y returned hom e from school h e
to ld his fath er about th e Gospel. T h e
fath er on hearing th is rem em bered th e
books p u t a w ay on his bookshelves
years ago. T h e books were ta k en down,
dusted and read.
T he fath er and son
th en studied th e Scriptures and w ere bo th
led to faith in Christ.
‘ A few years ago I w as visitin g th e
central station m entioned above, and
w as to ld b y th e la d y m issionary in charge
th e above sto ry of th e conversion of
fath er and son, also th a t some tw en ty five others of th e sam e clan are now
Christians. T h u s after some thirty years
th e seed has borne fru it and th e books on
th e shelf, as it w ere, h a v e come to life.
M an y other cases m igh t be cited show ing
how after m an y years th e seed has com e
to life, all em phasizing th e need for special
p rayer a t this tim e th a t th e Sp irit of
G o d shall m ove those w h o h a v e portions
of Scripture or other Christian literature
to ta k e th em down, dust them , and read
them to th e salvation of th eir souls.’
‘ K ept by the Power of God/
Circular Letter from MR. and MRS. BECKER, at Yuanchow, in
H E situatio n in C hina is grow ing
w orse e ve ry day, b u t th an ks be
to G o d w e h a v e been able to
preach th e G osp el unhindered in th e
w hole district. I n th e first d a y s o f M arch
w e h a d our y e a rly conference. W e had,
several tim es, as m a n y as 1,500 persons
in th e m eetings. Som e Christians w alked
fo r th ree d a ys over m ountains, in spite
of ice and snow, to h a v e fellow ship w ith
u s fo r a few d ays. A fte r th e conference
w a s over, w e h a d our y e a rly evangelistic
w eek. T h e L o r d h as rich ly blessed us
and w e h a v e been able to brin g th e W ord
o f G o d in to thousands of hom es. W e
praised th e L o r d t h a t w e could again
b a p tize tw en ty -tw o souls.
I h a v e been a w ay from th e station for
over a m onth and h a v e visite d m ost of
our ou t stations.
T h e L o r d has been
w ith us and w e h a v e seen H is g lo ry in
m a n y lives. A t one ou t-station w e m et
a m an w ith his w ife and daughter. T he
husband and w ife are 60 years old, bu t
are eager to learn th e tru th and are
w alkin g e ve ry S un day five hours in
order to atten d th e m orning service at
eleven o ’clock.
W e h a v e also been in th e Tun gchia
district.
These tribespeople had never
heard th e G ospel before, b u t th e y are
w illin g to h ear and m a n y cam e to the
m eetings. W e h a v e been a t places where
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a m issionary n ever has been seen, and
th e people looked a t us from all sides, as
th e y saw th e first foreigner.
F orty-seven of our older orphan bo ys
finished th eir course in th e orphanage.
T h e y are now w orkin g a t different places
in th e city , b u t are com ing a lw ays to
th e m eetings. T h e y are like our children
and com e w ith e ve ry trou ble to us. T he
people in th e c ity like these b o ys as
th e y can be trusted. W e still are helpin g
th em in every w a y , as w e w a n t them to
be good Chinese citizens. P r a y for them .
T h e other orphans are doing well. W hile
M ission schools h a v e been closed in
China our orphanage still keeps open.
I hope it w ill never be closed.
In th e beginning of A p ril some antiC hristian m ovem ent started here, b u t
th e people h ad nothin g to do w ith it.
H ow ever, b y and b y th e students forced
th e people to ta k e th eir side w ith slogans
like th e fo llo w in g : ’ C h ristian ity is
hindering
the
n ation al
m ovem en t.’
‘ C hristian ity is th e root of all e vil in
th e w o rld.’
On A p ril 18 th e students forced th e
people to ta k e p a rt in a b ig parade.
T h e y w an ted to ta k e some of our helpers
and Christians and drive th em through
th e streets.
T h e Christians decided,
th a t if th ey to o k a n y of them , th e y w ould
rin g th e large bell and all th e Christians
H
unan
Province.
w ould com e and go w ith those bound.
I also offered to go w ith them .
T he
students w rote on th e w alls in th e c ity
v ery blasphem ous words. T h e w hole c ity
becam e nervous. On th e 18th w e h a d a
d a y of prayer and fasting. T he parade
w as a v e r y b ig one, b u t excep t for some
cryin g against us, th e y did nothing.
Praise th e L o r d for i t !
On th e 19th th e stud en ts w an ted to
h a v e a big lantern parade and a fter th a t
destroy our chapel. W e p rayed m uch and
ju s t when th e parade started a big
thunderstorm came and all h ad to flee
hom e. I t w as th e L o r d ! On th e 20th w e
still had rain, so th e y started th e parade
in th e evening of th e 21st. W e wondered
how th e L o r d w ould intervene th is tim e.
A b o u t fifteen m inutes a fter th e parade
had started, fire broke ou t in th e house of
th e General.
T h e soldiers drove th e
people w ith rifles and kn ives home.
Some were w ounded and killed.
T he
n ex t d a y th e soldiers broke in to •the
schools and to o k some of th e leaders of
th e parade and killed them . T h e y also
broke in to th e civil court and w ounded
some including th e m agistrate.
T he
la tte r w as ‘ h ot re d ,’ and h a d p u t some
articles against m e in th e d a ily paper.
H e said th a t we cared for th e orphans
n ot to save th eir lives, b u t in order to
in ject C hristian ity in to them , as m y
C hristian ity w as sittin g as deep as in th e
m arrow of th e bones. W e are now caring
for th is m agistrate and several other
wounded men. A ll anti-Christian m ove­
m ent has gone. T h e people are as friendly
as ever. Surely w e felt th a t m an y were
pra yin g for us. I t w as a real m iracle, as
no one could h ave foreseen such a drastic
change.
These d a ys h a v e tested th e faith of
our Christians, b u t all rem em bered th a t
H e W ho is for us is greater th a n all th e y
th a t are against us. G o d is on th e throne,
w orkin g ou t H is purpose, th ou gh H is
hand m a y n o t be seen. H e is able to
overrule for th e advancem ent of H is own
K in gd om and G lory, as also fo r th e u lti­
m ate good o f th is great nation. P ray
m uch for u s and fo r th e persecuted
Christians in China.
D e v o tio n .— T rue devotion will rath er
a sk to be allow ed to give, and w ill count
as loss all w h ich m a y n ot be given up for
th e L o r d ’s sake— ‘ I count all things bu t
loss, fo r th e excellen cy of th e knowledge
of C h r i s t J e s u s m y L o r d .'
— J . H udson T aylor.
A u g u s t . 10 27.
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‘ He G ave Some . . . Evangelists.’
—
-Eph. iv. 11.
By REV. F. HOUGHTON, B.A.
T is su rely im possible t o over em pha­
sise th e fa c t th a t e v e ry tru e Chinese
leader in th e C hu rch in C h in a is a
g if t o f G o d t o th a t C hurch. N e x t to th e
u nspeakable g ift o f H is Son, there is no
m ore v a lu a b le g ift th a n a fa ith fu l p a sto r
or evangelist, a n d th e sto ry o f how G o d
«alls and equips su ch m en can never fa il
to in terest th ose w hose greatest j o y is in
H is w orkm anship. T h e u rgen cy of th e
call to p ra y fo r th em ju s t n ow is based on
th e greatness o f th e respon sibility laid
upon them in th e absence of th e foreign
m issionary and th e ob vio u s fa c t th a t
for th a t reason th e y w ill b e m ad e .the
ta rg e t for th e d e v il’s a tta ck s as n ever
before.
M an y o f th e you n ger evangelists are
n atu ra lly the. p ro d u ct o f C hristian hom es
a nd m ission schools, and th e v a lu e of
th is train in g is n o t to b e disparaged
m erely because its o b ject is n ot alw ays
attain ed . T here is n o such th in g as th e
m ass p roduction o f Christians, still less
o f C hristian leaders !
‘ I liv e d in a
C hristian hom e and atten d ed a C hristian
sch ool,’ said M r. L in to m e, * y e t I w as
n ever re a lly influenced.*
' Y o u can
sca rcely realise h ow I a n d a ll th e o th e r
b o y s in th e school used t o h a te and
despise y o u foreigners,’ h e said a t another
tim e, a n d h e w en t on to s a y how insipid
th e stu d y of th e Scriptures seemed t o him
in th ose days, and h ow uninteresting w ere
th e serm ons w h ich w ere based on th e
W ord o f G o d . U p t o th e age of tw en ty ,
according to h is ow n account, th ere w ere
o n ly t w o tilin gs w h ich re a lly drew h im t o
C h ristian ity. T h e Ju-st w a s a n address on
th e tw en ty -th ird Psalm , g iv en b y th e
headm aster, and th e b o y w a s im pressed
w ith his need of a Shepherd— someone
w h o w o u ld gu ide a n d le a d him . T h e
second w as th e life o f h is in v a lid m other,
w ho fo r m ore th a n a y e a r before her
death w a s suffering from a m o st p ain ful
disease. A s h e n o ted how stead ily she
refused th e a d vice o f her neighbours to
ta k e opium o r a t least to send an offering
to th e tem ples, h ow she w a s n o t m erely
p a tie n t b u t cheerful th ro u gh i t all, h e
decided th a t th ere must b e som ething in
a religion w h ich could giv e a : sem i­
illiterate w om an lik e h is m o th er such
courage !
W h ile h e w as teach in g fo r a. sh ort tim e
in a m ission school h e h a d a dream in
w h ich h is m other, w h o w a s b y th is tim e
w ith th e L o r d , appeared to him and u rged
him to follow C h r ist , and fin ally in 1924
h e cam e t o th e T rain in g College a t P aon in g
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A u g u s t , 1927.
to be train ed as a n evan gelist. I t soon
becam e ap paren t th a t h e h a d no c a ll to
th e work;, and th a t h e h a d n o t y e t experienced a change o f h e a rt.
H e read
w id ely, th ou gh of course n o t v e r y deeply,
in philosophy, a n d p sych o log y, b u t h a d
n o ta ste fo r th e lectu res on -th e Scriptures
w h ich form ed th e m ain p a rt of th e
EVANGELIST LIN.
Collège curriculum . O fte n h is lip w o u ld
curl w ith disdain as h e liste n e d to th e oldfashioned tea ch in g of th e vario u s lecturers,
and h e su ffered from a v e r y advan ced:
su perio rity 'com plex in his a ttitu d e
to w a rd s stud en ts a n d staff a like.
Àt
m o m in g p ra y ers h e w o u ld p r a y a t great
len gth , u sin g th e v e r y la te st p hraseology
and addressing G od on su ch su bjects as
C ap ital a n d L a b o u r, Socialism and
E conom ics. ‘ D o y o u k n o w w h y I Used
to p r a y like th a t ? ’ h e said t o m e litter,
* I t w as becau se I k n ew th a t th e other
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m en w o u ld n 't u n d erstan d 1 ’
S u rély it
w a s n o w onder th a t his preach ing in th e
open a ir or th e c ity preach ing h a ll w as
la m e n ta b ly la ck in g in pow er.. T h ere m a y
h a v e been som e settin g fo rth of C hristian
ideals, b u t th ere w a s n o p ro cla m a tio n of
th e G ospel of redem ption th ro u g h th e
B lood.
W henever possible h e excused
him self from v isitin g th e cou n try m a rk e ts
on Satu rd ays— h e h a d n o desire to preach
t o th e crow ds of illiterate p e o p le w h o
congregated in all th e sm all to w n s and
la rg e v illages e ve ry m arket d ay.
The
clim ax w a s reach ed w h en h e p la y e d a
stiff gam e o f footb a ll w ith th e M ission
sch oolboys one F rid a y afternoon, and
th en announced th a t-h e d id n ot feel w ell
enough t o go o u t w ith th e preach in g ban d
on S atu rd ay. H e w a s an g ry w ith m e for
su ggestin g th a t a ten-m ile w a lk w o u ld n ot
h u rt a m an w h o w as p e rfectly fit fo r m ore
v io le n t exercise I
•
I w rote to th e m issionary of th e to w n
from w h ich h e cam e, and to ld him th a t,
u n le ss a v e r y great change to o k place, I
should b e unable to recom m end th a t M r.
L in should continue th e course. I p ra yed
fo r him — n ot, I fear, w ith v e r y much
fa ith . B u t v e r y sh o rtly afterw ards I w as
startled one m orning b y hearing him p ra y
th e sim plest possible p ra yer fo r forgive­
ness and for p o w er to liv e th e C hristian
life.
I t w a s th a t evening or th e n e x t th a t
h e cam e t o m y stu d y and to ld m e th is
sto ry . T h e Chinese A rchd eacon , M r. K u ,
w a s giv in g a series of lectures th a t term
on th è E p istle to th e H om ans, and Mr. L iu ,
desiring t o g e t good m arks in th e ex­
am ination, sat d o w n to Tead it . B u t th e
argum ent so gripp ed him th a t h e read
th e E p istle th rough th ree tim es a t one
’sittin g, a n d as he ■read h e begiah to see
th a t i t is h o t enough to h a v e h igh id e a ls
and to follow, CHRIST as a m ere E xam p le.
-In real repentance hè hum bled him self
b efo re his Crucified Saviour, realisin g fo r
th e first tim e h is need of a righteousness
n o t his own, and so ju stificatio n b y fa ith
w as n o longer "a v a g u e ly accep ted theolo gical te n e t b u t a glorious fa c t corresponding to th e need o f his ow n heart,
I f his life changed m ore grad ually, a t
lèast th e change in h is a ttitu d e w a s im m ediate. Pride g a v e p la c é -to hum ility*
th e consciousness of in tellectu al superio rity to an eager desire to learn.- T h e re
w as no h esitation in accepting opportu n itie s o f p reach in g and no u ncertain
soun d in th e m essage given . I n country
m arkets or preaching-hall, in th e h o sp ital
o r b y t h e ro a d sid e ,
it
is h is j o y t o t e ll o f
C h r i s t t h e S a v io u r .
Once w hen w e were observing a d a y of
p rayer in th e College, he w as laid aside
through illness, and as he could not m eet
w ith us I w en t to his room and read to
him from i John iii. T he words ' Like
H im ' fastened them selves on his mind,
and he to ld me how, as he la}' in bed all
th at daj' he began to realise m ore and
more, how u tte rly uw-Christlike his life
had been. One of th e first results of
G o d ’s dealing w ith him th a t day w as th a t
he wTent the n ext m orning to tw o of his
fellow students and apologised to them
for th e arrogant w a y in w hich he had
treated them during the early d a ys of the
term .
A n d now he is w orking as an evangelist
in a sm all cit}- in S z e c h w a n . His letters
tell of his eager desire to m ake C h r i s t
known and to live so as to adorn the
doctrine. Pray th a t this m an— one of the
gifts of G o d to the Chinese C hurch— m ay
be kept in these difficult d a ys in the
shadow of G o d ’S H and and under th e
control of H is Spirit.
Editorial Notes.
T
SITU ATIO N. — The constantly conflicting
reports which reach us through the daily Press,
and in private correspondence, regarding the
ever-changing condition of things in China, make it
increasingly difficult to write with confidence about
future developments in that land. Perhaps one of the
most hopeful features is the evidently growing dis­
illusionment over the results of the Communistic
agitation. That all parties seem united in their oppo­
sition to Communist propaganda is a good sign. From
the missionary point of view it is encouraging to learn
that some missionaries have been allowed to return to
their stations near the coast; as, for instance, a few
ladies have been permitted to go back to the province
of Fukien, and another few to Hankow. We read also
that the Nanking Government have officially expressed
their desire to welcome missionaries back, especially in
the interior.
In a letter recently received from our Shanghai
headquarters, Mr. W. H. Warren, a member of our
administration there, writes :— ' Some think we have
reached the limit of the present upheaval and may
now look for an improvement and some return to more
normal conditions. Personally, I feel that such a view
is too premature. The disorder is too widespread and
the international complications too tangled to admit
of an early or easy settlement of the man}- questions
that are clamouring for consideration. We need to
pray for wisdom and restraint, especially for the respon­
sible men in command of the defence forces, as well
as for the diplomats who will have charge of subsequent
negotiations. What Chinese party will ever arise out
of the present chaos, that can unite and govern the
country, is not yet apparent, but there is a solid, sober,
sensible element among this people which must make
itself felt in due course, although for the present it
cannot make its voice heard. We, as missionaries, will
need to face a future that, in the mercy of G o d , will
give us a unique opportunity; but our work will
have to be taken up along a new line and in a new
spirit. May the L ,o r d give us all grace to prepare our­
selves to fulfil the good pleasure of His will along those
lines which will be most to His glory and for the best
of this land and people.’
In a later letter, received only a day or two ago,
Mr. Gibb, the Deputy Director of the Mission in China,
writes :— ‘ The situation has during the past few weeks
become much quieter.'
HE
The Annual Report.— We have just issued our
new Annual Report of the Mission, under the usual
title ‘ China and the Gospel.’ It may interest our
A
ugust,
1927.
readers, and call forth their prayers and thanksgiving,
if we draw their attention to the following figures.
At the end of the year there were in connection with the
C.I.M. 270 Central Stations, 1,916 Out-Stations and
1,801 Chapels. Engaged in the work were 1,200
missionaries, 43 Chinese pastors, 1,487 other paid helpers
(1,117 male and 370 female), with 2,462 more helpers,
either supported by the Chinese Church or voluntary.
From the commencement of the work 113,672 persons
have been baptised, of whom 67,472 are still living and
in fellowship, and there are 1,222 organised Churches.
In addition to Church members 57,172 persons are
under Christian instruction, presumably with a view
to admission into the Church. Medical work is repre­
sented by 6 hospitals, 89 dispensaries, 21 opium refuges,
and there are 15 orphanages. Educational work is
represented by 595 schools, other than Sunday Schools,
736 school teachers, and Chinese pupils number 4,621
boarders and 9,215 day scholars. There are also 12,859
Sunday School scholars. These figures are an en­
couraging proof that the blessing of G o d has rested
upon the labours of His servants.
But the work has not been carried on without those
engaging in it having to encounter many difficulties
and considerable opposition ; and with the opening of
the present year, as our readers are aware, this opposition
intensified to so great an extent as, later, to necessitate
the evacuation, under strong Consular representations,
of nearly all our Mission Stations in the interior. Thus
the Chinese Church is, in a special sense, cast upon G o d
for the guidance and control of His Spirit. It is im­
possible to say when that period of evacuation will end.
Meanwhile, the missionary body, and the Chinese Church,
her leaders in particular, greatly need the sympathetic
and prayerful support of all who are interested in the
progress of the Gospel of the Kingdom throughout
China.
Autum nal M eetings.—Owing to the present situa­
tion in China, it is not possible for missionaries on
furlough to return to their posts nor for new workers
to go out, and therefore the usual Valedictory Meeting
in September will not be held, but a special meeting
is being arranged at the Queen’s Hall, Langham Place,
on Tuesday, October 25, at 7 p.m.
The speakers will include the Rev. C. T. Song, of the
West China Diocese, Miss Mildred Cable, and Dr. Stuart
Holden, who will preside and give the closing address.
Our desire is to help our friends to understand better
the Missionary Crisis in China and to call forth more
intelligent prayer.
Similar gatherings, at which Dr. Holden will preside,
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are being arranged at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester,
on October 27, and at St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow, on
November 11.
Will friends in these districts keep
these dates free ?
A Fascinating Story. — Readers of Mrs. Howard
Taylor's booklet, ' Sister E va— A Story without an
End '— a fascinating story of a work of faith in Central
Europe— will be interested to learn that the continuación
of the story from the pen of Sister Annie, one of the
Deaconesses from Sister E va’s Deaconess House,
Friedenshort, has just been published under the title
of ' A Story without an E n d : and Some of its Con­
tinuation.' The book which is nicely printed and wellillustrated extends to 190 pages, thé first twenty-three
of which are a reproduction of Mrs. Howard Taylor’s
booklet. As she draws to the end of her brief story Mrs.
Taylor writes :— ‘ Turning to the home side of things,
the best is yet to be told, the marvels of G o d ’s faithful­
ness to His praying, trusting ciiildren. This, too, would
make a volume of surpassing interest.’ The new book
is that volume. It is published from the Deaconess
House, and copies may be obtained from our offices at
Newington Green at 2s. net. The booklet ‘ Sister E va ’
has been reprinted, and may also be had from our
offices*. The price is 3d. net.
‘ A God of Deliverances/
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From a C irc u la r L e tte r re c e iv e d fro m M iss A. M .J o h a n n s e n , d a te d Y ushan, J u n e 6, an d re c e iv e d j u s t a s we go t o p re s s , we cull
th e follow ing e x tr a c ts . We p re s u m e t h a t M iss J o ^ p n ^ e n is» still s ta y in g on a t h e r s ta tio n . She will g re a tly v a lu e th e p ra y e rs of
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g r .Ve&ders.-^-.Ed.
H E soldiers are still com ing and
going, som etim es a few hundreds,
som etim es thousands of them ,
and th e y are still occu p yin g our prem ises,
defyin g all p roclam ations p u t ou t fo r­
bidding th em to do so. T h e y e vid en tly
know th a t th e y are n ot exp ected to o b e y .’
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T
' A t la st w e sim ply left th e b ig Church
and th e B o y s ’ Sch ool prem ises for th e m
and ju s t cleaned up tw o schoolrooms.
So w hen th e troops come, th e b o y s h a v e
on ly th eir desks to rem ove. . . .
T hey
th en stu d y in our large G u est H all.
W e are ge ttin g close to geth er in m ore
w a y s th an one th ese days, or else w e
could not endure it all. A ll th e Chinese
h a v e ju s t been splendid a ll these m onths ;
and h a v e been so lo y a l to me, no m a tter
w h a t it m eant. So I don ’t m ind if m y
hom e is in a m uddle.
‘ Som e of th e bands of soldiers w ere
terrible, th reaten in g to k ill n ot on ly me,
b u t th e helpers, w h o w ere " th e running
dogs of th e foreign ers,” as th e y said.
T h e y h ad us all to geth er a t th eir m ercy.
W hen th e y h ad bu rn ed all th e furniture,
th e y to o k dow n th e p re tty la ttic e w indow s
and burned them , altho ugh w e said w e
w ould giv e them firewood instead. D oors
and w in dow s w en t th e sam e w a y . T h e y
broke our w alls to get b rick s fo r th eir
stoves, refusing to w a it till w e found
them other stones. T h e y tried hard to
T H E
pick; a q u a r ^ l^ n il^ - ¿ t r patien ce w as
sorely strained. One of m em w as going to
b e a t our old; e^aflj^Jjst; b u t w e m anaged
to appease him and hold him back.
O ther ban ds w ere w ell un|ler control,
and th e officers w ere frien d ly;’ , ••
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*
‘ In m a n y places th ere h a v e been some
v e r y sad things, w h ich confirm ed m e
th a t I h ad been righ t in n o t le av in g for
th e coast, in spite of rep eated strong
urgings from all sides. I knew G o d w an ted
m e here, and I could on ly say w ith E sth er,
“ I f I perish, I p erish .”
‘ I could n ot begin to te ll y o u how
w ond erfu lly G od has answered p rayer
on our beh alf.
Once th e C om m unists
determ ined to establish th eir " W om en 's
U nion ” in our place, w h ich m eant th e y
w ould soon g e t us a ll out.
W e w ere
p e rfectly helpless, b u t ju s t gath ered for
prayer. T h e y w ere to com e in th e n ex t
d a y , and h ad been b o astin g a b ou t it all
round.
T h e y n ever cam e.
L a te r w e
found th a t th e y w ere all gathered togeth er,
had th eir banners in th eir hands, w hen
an order arrived th a t all Com m unists
were to be arrested. S u rely our G od is a
" G od of deliverances.”
‘ A t th a t tim e, too, it seem ed as if
th e y w ere going to force us to close our
school a t once.
A ga in p ra y er w on the
d a y . W e w ere able to carry on q u ietly.
N o w th e storm is n early finished. I t is
M IS S IO N A R Y
C R IS IS
n ot lik ely th a t w e shall be able to re-open
in th e autum n, unless G od perform s a
m iracle for us.
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‘ W e h ave k e p t up all th e services,
even w hen th e prem ises w ere m ost
crow ded w ith soldiers. . . .
F o r about
a m onth soldiers w ere station ed in Y u sh an .
T h e y to o k up th eir quarters in th e R .C .
place, although sp ecially asked n ot to
do so.
W e said nothing, leavin g th e
m a tter w ith th e L o r d .
T h e officers
borrow ed a few th in gs from us, and often
cam e for a friend ly ta lk . T h e y even came
to sa y “ G ood-bye! ”
‘ T h e n ju s t w hen w e closed th e school
for a few d a ys a t th e fifth m oon feast,
an officer cam e to look for quarters. I
w as so w e ary th a t I g a ve w a y , and told
th e L o r d I felt as if I could n ot stan d it.
Im m ed iately cam e H is answer, “ G o d is
faith fu l, W ho w ill n ot allow y o u to be
tem p ted above y o u r stren gth .” — " H e
sta y e th H is rough w in d in th e d a y of th e
east w in d .” T h a t settled m e. I to ld m y
L o r d I knew H e w ould keep th em aw ay,
and if not, th en I knew H e w ould g iv e m e
th e needed stren gth .
They did not come.
‘ A n d so w e ju s t go on, tru stin g and
enduring one d a y a t a tim e. B u t you,
dear friends, m ust do y o u r p a rt in p ra y er ;
for w e are desperately in need of y o u r
intercession. A n d please do w rite. T h e
letters w ill reach m e quite sa fe ly .’
IN
C H IN A .
SPECIAL AUTUMN MEETINGS will be held (D.V.)
SPEAKERS :
QUEEN’S HALL, LONDON
- October 25
R ev. J. S T U A R T H OLDEN,
FREE TRADE HALL, MANCHESTER October 27 R e v . G . T . S O N G (West China), M is s
ST. ANDREW’S HALL, GLASGOW - November 11
and o th e rs.
M .A ., D .D .,
M IL D R E D C A B L E
‘ C h in a 's M i l l i o n s / p o st f r e e as. 6d. p e r annum fr o m t h e C h in a In la n d M is s io n , N e w in g to n G re e n , L o n d o n , N .i6 ,
A n y C .I.M . P u b lic a tio n can be o b ta in e d fr o m t h e R e lig io u s T r a c t S o c ie t y , o r f r o m a n y B o o k s e lle r .
A u gu st,
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V o l.
L IU .
No.
9.
SEPTEM BER, . 1927.
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LI JONS
T H IS M A P W IL L S H O W T O H E A D E R S
T H E R E L A T I V E P O S IT IO N S OK T H E
P R O V IN C E S
AND
O U T L Y IN G
DE­
P E N D E N C I E S O F C H IN A , T O G E T H E R
W IT H T H E IR P O P U L A T IO N , IN R O U N D
M IL L IO N S .
[FORMOSA
‘ That the world m ay know.’
‘ The P rince o f this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me. B ut that the world may know that I love the Father ;
and as the Father gave M e commandment, even so T do.’— John xiv. 30-31.
T a time when the powers of darkness have so
wrought as to secure the expulsion of the
majority of missionaries from their stations
in China there is a not unnatural temptation to view
the situation in a pessimistic spirit. To all appearances
evil has triumphed, and the work of God has, tem­
porarily at least, been brought to a standstill. But
is that really so ? May it not rather be a dispensation
permitted of God to advance His kingdom, and to
strengthen and consolidate the work of His spirit in
that land ?
The first approach of winter, to the uninitiated, might
well appear as a triumph of sterility over fruitfulness.
The leafless tree, the frozen soil and the barren aspects
of nature would all, did we not know better, suggest
loss and not gain, death and not life. Y et we know that
it is God Who ordains winter, as well as summer, and
that it plays a necessary part in the fruitful seasons
which are to follow. May it not also be so in the
Kingdom of Grace ?
Strength and beauty, fertility and plenty are not of
necessity the products of perpetual summer, or of
favourable conditions. The L ord has promised : ‘ I
will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the
myrtle and the oil tree ; I will set in the desert the fir
tree, the pine and the box tree together.’ One illus­
tration of this recently impressed us during a visit to
the museum in Perth. Among many specimens of
Scottish woods was one of the Scotch pine to which
was attached, among other interesting details, words
to the following effect: ' The poorer the soil, and the
more severe the climate, the better the wood.'
But the best guidance for a right understanding of
the adversities of life is to be found in the life of Christ
Himself. As He faced the supreme test during the
days of His flesh, He said to His disciples : ' The Prince
of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me. But
that the world may know that I love the Father, and
as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.’
It is generally accepted that the words, ‘ But that the
world may know,’ are directly related to the preceding
A
S e p tem b er, 1927-
statement, ‘ The Prince of this world cometh.’ On this
pointEllicot’scommentary says:- “ Thewords, ‘But that
the world,’ seem to point back to ‘ The Prince of this
world.’ The Prince cometh but it is to a defeat; and
the very world over which he has ruled will see in the
self-sacrifice of JESUS the love of the Father.” In
agreement with this, the passage has been paraphrased,
‘ I will no longer talk much with you, for the Prince of
this world is coming. He has no hold on me ; his coming
will only serve to let the world see that I love the Father
and that I am acting as the Father ordered.’
In brief the ‘ Prince of this world ’ was permitted to
come that the world might know the truth. It is the
storm that reveals the experienced navigator, and the
conflict that declares the victorious soldier, or, to use
one of Our L o r d ’s own illustrations, ‘t is the coming
of the wolf that distinguishes the Good Shepherd from
the hireling. And so it was the coming of the ‘ Prince
of this world ’— the arch-wolf indeed— that was to
make the world know G od ’s Good Shepherd, Who would
give His life for the sheep.
It is in the light of this truth that we may and should
view the situation in China. In many aspects of the
present turmoil we can hardly fail to see the coming of
‘ the Prince of this world,’ but if it is so overruled that
the world may know God ’s people’s love for the Father
it may yet fall out for the furtherance of the Gospel.
The words of Joseph to his brethren are still true :
‘ Y e meant evil against me ; but G od meant it for good. ’
And so to-day, though ‘ the Prince of this world ’ may
purpose that the present trouble should be for the
destruction of God ’s work, G od can so use it that the
world may know the truth. The wrath of man and the
malice of Satan can be made to praise Him.
But there is one word of supreme importance in this
connection. Our L ord was able to say : ‘ The Prince
of this world cometh and hath nothing in Me.’ The
latter part of this sentence is what none of us can fully
utter. And j^et it is in so far as the spirit of Christ
dwells in His disciples that the desired consequence
follows. Failure to reveal the mind and spirit of
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C h r i s t , when ‘ the Prince of this w orld' does come,
inevitably means failure in causing the world to know
•the spirit of the Master. The tiring to be feared is not
the coming of ‘ the Prince of this world/ but rather
’failure on our part when he does come. Upon the
way in which the Church in China and the sorely tried
missionary body— and we m ay!! add G o d ’s people at
home— meet the present crisis will depend the issue—
that is, whether the world shall know the love of the
Father or not.
In these days of world trial the things that canno
be shaken will remain, and the coming of ‘ the Princ<
of this world ' will, under G o d , only help to prove whal
things and what persons are surely founded on the
Rock of Ages. The object of our prayers should be,
not that the Church of C h r i s t , whether in China or at
home, shall be spared the test but that it may stand
and endure it. Thus, and then shall the world be made
to know C h r i s t ’s love to the Father, and that we are
His disciples.
J
M.B.
W ork among F actory Girls at Chefoo.
Circular Letter from MISS ALICE HUNT, Chefoo,
K N O W how m uch y o u are th in kin g
o f us all ou t here in China so w hile
there is n ot m u ch news to giv e you,
I W ill send on a short le tte r to le t -you
kn ow h ow G o d is answ ering prayer io r
u s *11 here.
Though th ere is grea t u nrest and
turm oil in other p a rts of China— and even
- in th is P rovin ce of S h a n t u n g — y e t here
in C hefoo all is qu iet so fa r and w e are
able to continue our w o rk unhindered.
D oors are w id e open fo r th e p reach ing'6f
th e G o s p e l; th e p eop le are v e r y friend ly
and re a d y to listen. A t presen t w e are
going to ten factories e v e ry w eek, tw o of
th em h a v e tw o room s fu ll o f w om en
w orkin g, so th a t m eans tw elv e m eetings.
T hen there is school v isitin g and classes,
etc., besides.
T w o or th ree w eeks ago w h en w e were
a t a fa c to ry in a near village, th e wom en
begged us t o s ta y on and tell them more.
T h a t d a y w e w ere bound fo r a village
furth er a w ay, so could n ot sta y , b u t th e
follow ing week, a fter th e m eeting, w e said
t o the other wom en w h o had crow ded in,
' N ow w e w ill g o in to th e cou rtyard and
te ll y o u m o re,’ ‘ N o ,’ th e y replied, ‘ s ta y
1
where y o u a r e ; it is m ore im portan t for
these girls to hear th a n to w ork. I f th e y
w a n t to go on w o rkin g th e y can do so.
Y o u stop and teach u s.’ W e stay e d an
hour w ith them , and w hen w e did leave
th e cou rtyard th ere w a s another group
o f w om en w a itin g outside fo r us to teach
them .
SO H A R D T O B E L IE V E .
In one of th e hom es of th a t village lives
a la d y who is very in terested in th e Gospel.
She is daughter-in-law t o old Mrs. Chu,
w hom I have m entioned before— th e old
la d y w h o is paralysed. W hen I first saw
her some years ago w e-were ta lk in g abou t a
picture of a m an w ith a burden on his
b a ck — th e burden o f sin. ' T h a t’s m e,’
she said. ' There is n o t an idol or a
charm th a t I hear of as lik ely to help m e
b u t w h at I b u y it, b u t it is no u se.’ F o r
a few w eeks she w as eager to listen, th en
she w ould greet us and go aw ay. Since
I retu rn ed from furlough she has been
m ost friendly, b u t la te ly she h as listened
in a different w a y .
She ow ns th a t she
w ould like to be a C hristian b u t s a y s ,' Oh,
it is so hard fo r th e rich t o believe.’ H er
S h antung.
hu sban d is dead, she h as no sons, only
one daughter w ho is m arried. T he
d aughter’s little b o y lives w ith her b u t
th a t is no use for th e nam e is different.
A s long as th e old la d y is alive, th e clan
cannot tu rn her out, and after th a t, if
she w ill continue to b u m incense and
w orship th e ancestors she w ill have a
hom e and all she needs, b u t if she becom es
a C hristian she fears it w ill m ean th e loss
of all. Three weeks ago she w as ta lkin g
abou t it and said, ‘ I am so unh appy ; I
don’t know w h at to d o .’ L a s t w eek w hen
w e were there she rem arked, ‘ Y o u
foreigners are all h app y (W esterners are
called foreigners ou t here) ; y o u h a v e
jo y in you r hearts. Once I peeped in to
a foreign s c h o o l; th e girls and teachers
all h ad brigh t h a p p y faces and were
h ap p y. I see them ta k in g th eir w a lk s ;
th e y all hold up th eir heads and are
jo y f u l. Y o u are n o t like us Chinese,
pressed down, oppressed, burdened and
w ith no jo y .’ W e to ld her th e L o r d had
peace and jo y for her as w ell as fo r us,
and w ent on ta lk in g fo r a while a b ou t the
L o r d and heaven.
T h en she cam e out
w ith th e startlin g rem ark, ‘ W ell, w herever
I m ay be in th e n ex t life, I hope I shall be
a foreigner.’ D o p ra y fo r her th a t she
m a y receive C h r i s t as her Saviour, and
h a v e th e jo y of know ing she is a ‘ Child of
G o d , ’ w h ich is fa r b etter th an being a
foreigner.
There is another w idow w om an in th e
sam e clan, in sim ilar circum stances, only
she h a s three daughters. She says, * I f
o n ly I had a son I w ould com e ou t on th e
L o r d ’ s side.’
D o p ra y for them .
P R A Y E R IS W O R K .
P h o to &y]
[Robt. P ow ell.
A VIEW OF CHEFOO.
Show ing t h e C.I.M. S c h o o ls a n d S a n a to riu m .
S e p t e m b e r , 1927.
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. M ost of th e missionaries' h a v e reached
th e .coast now, although some of th e
S h e n s i w orkers h a v e been turned back.
W e are a large num ber o f C.I.M .-ites here
in Chefoo, b u t all seem p re tty b u sy.
O f course a great d eal of tim e is g iv e n t o
prayer, and T am sure m u ch blessing m u st
come to China, for prayer is w ork, and
as w e p r a y G o d w o r k s a n d b le ss e s th o s e
fo r w h o m w e a re p le a d in g .
‘ But there’s a power which man can wield
When mortal aid is vain ;
G o d ’ s eye, G o d ’ s arm, G o d ’ s love to reach
G o d ’ s listening ear to gain.
That power is prayer, which soars on high
Through J e s u s to the Throne,
And moves the Hand that moves the world,
To bring deliverance down.’
So we praise and p ray.
M any o f th e you n ger m issionaries are
hard at w ork stud ying. Besides th a t the
G ospel H all for foreign sailors has been
opened again this year, and m an y are
helping there, and a ' street chapel ’ has
been opened in a b u sy p a rt of the c ity
and during th e afternoons and evenings
men, wom en and children are hearing the
G ospel there. O ther factories are also
being visited.
Letters are com ing from different
stations inland, tellin g in m ost cases of
w ork being carried on b y the Chinese
Christians and blessing given. In some
places there is m uch persecution. L e t us
help the Chinese Christians all w e can b y
prayer.
L a st w eek a m issionary showed m e the
photo of four Chinese schoolgirls. T h e y
are in a school w ith sixteen other girls,
all from fifteen to tw e n ty years of age.
W hen the soldiers w en t to th a t com pound
th e girls to o k refuge in a sm all room in
th e school, and, sh u ttin g the door, gave
them selves to prayer, asking th e LORD
to p ro tect them and cover and hide the
door so th a t the soldiers could n ot find
them . T he L o r d
answered.
Four
different tim es did th e soldiers search the
premises, ransacking everything, bu t
th ey never entered th a t room w here the
girls were prayin g. ‘ T he LORD hid
th em .’ W hen this tim e of u ph eaval is
over w e shall hear some w onderful stories
of the L o r d ' s protecting care. One is so
reminded of w hen the A rk w'as in D ag o n ’s
tem ple. The L o r d w rou ght for the
glory of H is Name, and so it w ill be now.
Alth ou gh for a little w hile the enemy
m ay seem to trium ph, yet, glo ry to th e
L o r d , H is foes shall be brought low and
the L o r d alone be exalted.
How W e Left Sining.
In a long le tte r , w ritte n fro m C hefoo on Ju ly 1 st, th e Rev. F. D oggett L e a rn e r, te lls
th e s to ry of th e e v a c u a tio n of Sining by th e M issio n aries. T h e y w ere given no o p tio n
to re m a in , b u t w e re co m m a n d ed by th e B ritish M in ister In Peking to leave fo r T ie n ts in
w ith o u t d elay . Mr. L e a rn e r w as o n e of th e p a rty of w hich Dr. King w as th e le a d er,
p a r tic u la r s of w h o se d e a th by d ro w n in g h av e a lre a d y been given in 'C h in a ’s M illions.’
R . L E A R N E R w rites : ‘ W e did
w h at we could in th e w a y of
packin g and sorting up the house
so as to leave it in apple-pie order.
‘ T he Christians did w h at th ey could
to keep us, and so did th e officials of the
C ity. A telegram w as sent b y them to
General F eng-yu-hsiang to tr y and
persuade us to rem ain. H is rep ly w as
to th e effect th a t w e were not to be afraid.
A ll protection possible w ould be forth ­
coming. Our Chinese friends— Christians
and officials said . . . w h at w as the good
of our leavin g a peaceful district, where
w e were known, to go in to dangerous
places across China. T o do so would be
folly. Such w as their argum ent, and
hum anly speaking w as quite practical.
T h e y offered us m oney, should our m oney
supplies be cut off. W h at m ore could we
w ant, th ey said. W ell, w e ju s t had to tell
them th a t w e m ust obey the orders of our
country, for should w e not do so, possibly
w e should never be allowed to come back
again to China w hen once we w en t home
on furlough.
‘ W hen th ey saw th a t we were deter­
mined, th ey were still as friendly as th ey
possib ly could be, offering to seal our
room s fo r us, and ta k in g all responsibility
M
S e p t e m b e r , 1927.
A good m an y of the wom en and girls
here are doing the ‘ Home S tu d y B ible
Course.’ Some m ake very slow progress ;
th ey h ave so m an y hindrances. If the}are n ot a t the factories th e y are minding
th eir homes and babies, and m an y of
them do em broidery w ork a t home.
E v e n so, nine of them h ave finished the
first grade. T h a t m eans th ey h ave boon
successful in four exam inations. The
other Sunday m orning after th e service
th ey received th eir diplom as. D o p ray
th a t G o d ’s W ord m ay grip them as th ey
read and stu d y it, and th a t th ey m ay be
enabled to pass on the blessed tru th to
others. These nine are now going on
w ith the second grade course.
Keep on p rayin g for us, dear friends.
There are gunboats here, b u t our tru st
is in the L o r d our G o d . Psalm c x x v ii. i:
‘ Our exp ectation is from H im .’ Psalm
lx ii x, 5.
M ay the L o r d H im self bless you all as
you w ait upon H im for blessing for us in
China.
our jou rn ey b y train, and after tw o
days arrived safely in Tientsin, passing
through Peking. A ll w as peaceful and
we go t on quite w ell all the w a y along,
the railw ay officials proving friendly to us.
‘ A t Tientsin we stayed at the beautiful
home of the China Inland Mission for
tw o days, and from there travelled b y
steam er to Chefoo arriving in perfect
safety about tw o days later, the date of
arrival being June 13, ju st one m onth and
seven d a ys after we had left Sining.
This is the quickest journey w e have ever
had from Sining across C hin a.’
*
*
*
for the whole place till we should come
back again. W e left some of th e dear
people in charge of the premises, Elder
Y u a n being at the head, and a m ore
tru stw o rth y m an could not be found
anywhere. P ractically everyth in g w as
left as usual, the School, the D ispensary,
the T ibetan Gospel Inn, and ever3r other
Mr. Learner closes his jou rn al b y an
branch of the w ork. I feel sure th a t the
earnest appeal for prayer. ‘ T he Chinese
w ork w ill go on ju s t th e same as if the
C hurch,’ he writes, ‘ needs you r prayers
M issionary were there to keep an eye on
more th an ever. Individual Christians
things. W e have indeed m uch to th an k
need prayin g for trem endously.
The
G o d for in our w orkers in Sining.
missionary, too, ought not to be for­
‘ On M ay 6 w e left Sining. W h a t a day
gotten. I t is n ot easy to leave one’s
th a t was. How the L o r d helped us !
work. Well, we know' Goi> is looking after
Such a lo t of the dear Christians turned
it during our absence, b u t w e ju st long
up to say good-bye. M any came w ith us
to be back again. Please p ra y th a t th e
several miles outside the c ity where we
w a y m a y be opened soon so as to allow
w ere all com m ended to G o d .
The
of our going b a c k .’
partin g w as hard, b u t when once it Was
over, and w e w ere well on our w a y , we
could n ot doubt the loving guiding hand
of G o d all the w a y through. H ow He
undertook for us all the w a y along, and the
M ay 26;— Mr. and Mrs. G. Vinden and
tokens of H is love showered upon us at
Miss E . Culverwell.
every point, could n ot be told in this
Ju ly 21.— Miss F . H . Culverw ell and Miss
letter.
F . L loyd.
*
*
*
July
29.— Miss G. R ugg, Miss A . B axter,
‘ A t last, Paoteochen w as reached, and
and Miss M. B . Lindsay.
after stayin g there a day, we continued
Arrivals from China.
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In M em oriam : George E. King, M.B., Ch.B.
HE* subject of this memoir, Dr. George E. King,
Dr. King was steadily building up a great work, not
was born in China in the year 18^7, his parents only among Mohammedans, but also among Chinese
themselves being for many years honoured and and Tibetans, and a branch Hospital had been recently
devoted missionaries of the .China Inland Mission.
established at Hohchow, the chief Moslem centre in
His early school life was spent in Chefoo, where for the province, stillfurther to the South-West.
three years he was a pupil in the C.I.M. schools.
It was his hope also to open a Leper Settlement in
Thereafter he continued his education in the George a valley of about six hundred acres, which the officials
Watson’s College, Edinburgh, where he remained for of the province had decided to present to him, as a mark
five years. In 1904 he entered the Edinburgh Uni­ of their appreciation of his healing ministry, about
versity, as a medical student— the University at which twenty miles from Hohchow. He had dreams of
his father, Dr. George King— had also qualified years building cottages in that valley, round a central superin­
previously.
tendent’s home, and pf inviting the lepers to come and
He graduated M.B., Ch.B. in, 1909, with first-class settle there, that h^ might carry on curative treatment
honours, having gained various Medals and Distinctions, among them. ' Such are our dreams,’ he wrote, in his
and became Resident in Dr. CotterhilTs Ward of the last Report. ‘ W ill they m aterialise?’ The answer
Royal Infirmary. To be asked to
to that question must now, alas !
become House Surgeon in the Royal
,, be in the negative, so far as Dr.
Infirmary, Edinburgh, is an honour
King is concerned. His work is
reserved for only the few among
done, and he has entered upon his
medical students, and in Dr. King’s
^reward. In the midst of these
case was a notable tribute to his
activities he, with others, was
outstanding ability.
urgently recalled to the coast, and
Physically he was a tall (over
wit was while travelling thither, as
six feet high), powerful and active
has been already reported in these
man, and in character and dis­
'pages, that he lost his life by
position an earnest, high minded,
drowning, on June 5, in the Yellow
large hearted Christian. It is in­
River.
teresting to read his own confession
The following additional par­
regarding the surrender of his life
ticulars of the sad accident have
to G od. ' The first tim e I attended
been received since we went to
Keswick (July, 1902)’— he is r e ­
Press with our August issue. Mr.
ferring, of course, to Keswick
J. O. Fraser, one of the party,
Convention— ‘ stands out dear as a
w rites:—
landmark of an entirely new con­
‘ T h e-trag ed y w as terrib ly sudden and
sciousness of G od , and as the time
w h olly unexpected. I t w as 10.40 a.m .
when I made J e s u s King. This
and a, b eau tifu lly fine d ay.
D r. K in g
has been increasingly followed by
had advanced a considerable distance
a sense of sin and need of the
up th e rig h t b a n k of th e riv er from
Saviour, and of the Atonement He
th e ra ft w hich he had com e to shore
wrought out for us.’ He must have
3- on. O n th is r a ft w ere M r. R ist, M r.
been a' lad of about fifteen years
H o lton (C. & M .A.), th e M isses G arland
of age at that time of spiritual
' and Mrs. H ayw ard . A ll th e other ra fts
crisis. Eight years later he joined
e xcep t one h ad either gone on o r werfe
the China Inland Mission, and ,,sailed for China as a m oored in deep w a te r5w aitin g t o go on. O ne on ly rem ained
medical missionary on November 22, 1910— two days stu c k on th e sandbar in th e m iddle of th e river. M ost of
after his twenty-third birthday.
us were helping to g et th is ra ft free, and D r. K in g w as
H e arrived in Shanghai on January 3, 19x1, and pro­ presum ably endeavouring to w ad e ou t in to th e shallow Water
ceeded to the Training Home at Anking, where he spent in th e-m id dle of th e fiv e r to help us. I n com ing b a c k to th e
four months in the study of the Chinese language. shore he m ade fo r a headland of th e b a y a little low er dow n th e
In the month of May of the same year he went to bank, p erhap s a qu arter of a m ile above th e H a y w a rd s’ raft,
Kaifeng, the capital of H onan , to the Mission Hospital w h en h e w a s su d d en ly carried off his fee t and rig h t round th e
there. In March, 1912, he was transferred to the headland b y a strong current. Mr. H o lton w a s near enough
Hospital at Pingyang, in Shansi, where he continued t o rush forw ard and Seeing D r. K in g ap p aren tly stru gglin g to
his language study, and engaged in medical work until sw im to th e b a n k ca lle d o u t : " C an y o u m ake it, D r. K in g ? “
November, 1913, when he was appointed to Lanchow, t o w h ich th e do ctor replied, " I don’t k n ow .” T hose w ere his
the capital city of the frontier province of K ansu , la st words. A lm o st im m ediately D r. K in g sank th ree tim es and
some two thonsand miles North-West from Shanghai. disappeared— w ithin th irty yard s o f th e ban k. T h e current
His appointment to this distant outpost was with aview, w ould b e running a t abou t te n iniles per hour w ith treacherous
eddies. M r. H o lton Was u tte rly pow erless to help him : a t
especially, of doing work among Moslems.
From that time this was his sphere of service, and w ould h a v e been m adness to atte m p t it. D r. K in g w as, I
there he established and took charge of the first Hospital believe, a strong swim m er, b u t he had been itp in th e night and
fo r Mohammedans in China^the Borden Memorial ‘ several hours in th e m 6rning in th e w ater, W orking a t th e freeing
Hospital.
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w as. W e h a v e done all w e could bo th on th e sp o t and b y sending
a search p a rty from th is place, t o recover th e bo d y, bu t w ithout
success.
' I need n o t speak o f t h e solem nising effect of our brother's
d e a th on our w hole p a rty . H e w as our leader, and h ad exerted
¿11 his w onderful energy and a b ility in helping us all throughout
th e whole jou rn ey. H is life and w o rk— p articularly his tireless
in d u stry— has, I am sure, been an inspiration to m a n y of us,
certain ly t o me. I shall never fo rg et his industry, his patience,
h is courtesy, his kindness, and— la st b u t n ot least - h is rad ian tly
h a p p y h o m e life. ’ ’ ’
In the sudden and unexpected removal of Dr. King
the Mission has lost -a gifted and devoted medical
missionary whose place it will not be easy to fill. Mrs.
King is, we learn, being wonderfully sustained in the
sorrow of her great bereavement. She, and her children,
will, we are sure, have the prayerful and sympathetic
support of all our readers.
T.W.G.
Our Shanghai Letter.
T h is L e tte r , fro m Mr. J a m e s S ta rk , S e c re ta ry o f th e C h in a C ouncil a t th e M ission H e a d q u a rte rs in S hanghai, Is d a te d July 1 st,
a n d c o n ta in s th e l a te s t Mail News re c eiv ed fro m t h a t c e n tre .
MR. H O STE’S RETURN TO SHANGHAI.
H E chief even t of la st m onth w as th e retu rn of Mr. H oste,
w ho safely arrived in Shanghai on Ju n e 24, a fter a
good v o y a g e across th e Pacific from Van couver.
T his
afternoon a reception w as held to g iv e him an op p o rtu n ity of
m eetin g th e you n g w orkers w h o had arrived during his absence,
and of renew ing personal touch w ith m an y w hom he had not
seen for some years. Y o u w ill understand w h at it m eans to
us all to h a v e him in our m id st again. N e x t w eek a special
m eetin g of th e Council w ill be held to deal w ith some m atters
w h ich have been aw aiting his return.
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six people in th a t one Y am en, were crushed to death. H ad
it been in th e m iddle of the n igh t th e loss of life w ould have
been terrible. I t is estim ated th a t six or seven-tenths of th e
buildings in th e c ity are levelled. Our Mission premises have
suffered b ad ly. T he three pagodas, w hich w ere over 1,000
years old, are all d o w n .’
From D r. R an d w e learn th a t th e earthquake w as also fe lt
in Lanchow , th e provin cial cap ital, where a few houses were
destroyed and half a dozen people injured.
T he Shanghai newspapers a d a y or tw o ago contained a
telegram from Peking, reporting a further earthquake at Liangchow in J une.
EARTHQUAKE IN KANSU.
T U an gch o w , in the P rovince of K a n s u , on M ay 23," a t
5.30 a.m ., there w as a terrible earthquake, w hich
destroyed m ore th a n h a lf th e c ity . T he M ission
prem ises w ere b a d ly dam aged, b u t I am th an kfu l to say Mr.
and Mrs. B elcher escaped unhurt. Mr. B elcher w r ite s :—
‘ W e had th e first shock a t 4 o ’clock. I h a stily go t u p and
m y w ife and I w ere standing in th e yard,
w h en th e second shock began.
I said
‘ R u n to th e school y a rd ,' and bolted for
it. M rs. B elcher’s legs W o u ld n o t d o as
sh e w anted, so she w en t in to th e m iddle
o f th e fron t y ard , and it w as as w ell she
d id this, fo r no sooner w as I there th an
th e S .E , corner of th e Shangfang (principal
room) came dow n w ith a crash, bringing,
dow n th e shelter outside th e kitchen door.
T h e little school b o y s clung to me, cryin g
' S ave us, S ave u s.’ I said to them ‘ Stand
s t i l l ; it w ill b e a ll rig h t,’ and in a m inute
o r tw o th e shocks ceased, and I ran b a c k
t o look for Mrs. B elcher. T h e first thin g
I saw w as a m ound of earth, eight or
-nitip feet high, and m y heart alm ost
stop p ed beating, for i t flashed on m e th a t
m y dear w ife m igh t be under it, b u t she
w a s safe in th e fron t yard .
* A b o u t an hour later, th e brother of
th e Inten den t o f Circuit, W u Lao-ie, came
ro un d to see if w e were all w ell. T he
M agistrate, M r. W an g, w h o has been so
kind to us, w as crushed to death in his
P h o to b y :
Y a m e n , w h ich w e n t dow n like a p a ck ojf
card s. H is w ife, m other, brother, daughter
a n d son and others, in all abou t tw en ty-
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MOVEMENTS
OF WORKERS.
N m y last letter I referred t o the w ith draw al of our mission­
aries from m an y of the station s in several of the provinces.
W e have since learned th a t n ot on ly Mr. and Mrs. Belcher
and D r. Rand, b u t also Mr. and Mrs. Fidd ler and Mrs. N ystrom
rem ained in K a n s u , and th a t Mr. and Mrs. Easton, w ith the
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PORT.
other w orkers on the H anchung plain, S h a n s i , who w ere re­
ported as h aving le ft for the coast, had returned to their stations,
as th ey found on reaching Fenghsien th at the road w as so
infested b y brigands th a t the local Chinese official advised them
not to proceed further. Miss S yltevik, of the Norwegian
A lliance Mission, rem ained a t Lungchuchai in the same province,
w hilst Mr. and Mrs. Hahne, of the Swedish Mission in China,
learning at P in gyao th a t the railw ay line w as cut, returned to
Ishih. A s previou sly stated, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Anderson
and Mr. and Mrs. M ellow h ave not left their stations in S h a n s i
and some of our Swedish associate w orkers have, w ith the
consent of the Swedish M inister at Peking, returned to the
north of the province. W e also learn th a t Mr. and Mrs. Fleischmann, Mr. and Mrs. M etcalf, Mrs. Graham , Mrs. A llen and her
son, Mr. A rth u r A llen, who had w ithdraw n to Hanoi, have,
w ith Consular permission, returned to Yunnanfu.
A GREAT RECEPTION.
H E R E is now, jud gin g b y th e reports of the conditions
generally w h ich reach us, less reason for w ith draw al
th an there w as tw o or three m onths ago.
Mr. E aston in a letter to his son-in-lawT, Mr. F . Parry, w ritten
after their return to H anchung says :—
' T he officials here were surprised at our leavin g : things are
quiet, though agitatin g students from a distance h ave been
" lecturing ” and local bandits are on th e increase.
U Sin-tien,
our m ilitary chief, has called a num ber of the educational leaders
together, and m ade them sign and se§il a paper b y w hich he holds
eight of them responsible for any trouble th a t arises.'
H e adds :—
‘ W h at a reception we had ! Our people came out to meet
us, and we found the house cleaned up, and a good foreign
dinner cooked and ready for us ! Our larder w as replenished,
and w e sta rt life again at the expense of the Church, a lovin g
p eople.’
Y o u w ill be glad to know th at, notw ithstanding the civil
w ar in China and th e w ithdraw al of hundreds of our missionaries
from th eir stations, there is evidence of progress and blessing in
different branches of th e w ork in m any districts, w hich is cause
of encouragement, as also of th an ksgivin g to G o d .
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MEDICAL WORK.
N connection w ith th e m edical w ork. Dr. Rand, w riting
from L anchow , in K a n s u , sa ys :—
' W ork in the h o sp ital is going on as usual. The m ost
of the fifteen m edical students passed th eir exam inations success­
fully, so th at D r. K in g has brought the w ork here to such a place
th at his going, instead of resulting in a pulling in, w as followed
b y a lengthening of our stakes. Though the infant doctors h ave
n ot y e t received th eir diploma, th ey are no\v scattered around
K a n s u , equipped w ith sm all stocks of drugs and instrum ents,
tracts and Gospel portions, and some, I am sure, w ith a passion
for souls. One is helping here, anothér is in th e city dispensary,
a th ird is in H ohchow carrying on till D r. L iu can go there. Three
h ave gone to Sining, tw o to F ukiang, tw o to Minchow, twro to
T itao, and three to Chingyuan. This last pleases me most, as
there is no mission statio n there, though there is the beginning
of a church as a result of previous m edical v isits .’
THE TRAINING OF PREACHERS.
H E training of preachers in the B ible In stitu te a t Hungtu n g in S h a n s i has been m aintained, and the term
com pleted. Mr. and Mrs. G raham Anderson, in a jo in t
letter dated M ay 3 1, w rite :—
' B y the blessing of G o d we h ave got q u ietly th rough another
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term and y e a r’s work in th e B .I . T hough evacu ation telegram s
and th e m ovem ents of missionaries produced an atm osphere
o f unrest and a n xiety for a few days, y e t w e m ade our prayer
u nto our G o d and gradually all settled down to w o rk again.
W e tru st th a t as m any of our you n g men faced th e problem s
arising from the w ithdraw al of th e m issionary, and possibly of
his support, faith w as strengthened in the L ivin g G o d w ho
remains.
D ip lo m a s .
' N ineteen students finished th eir tw o y e a rs’ course, sixteen
of whom obtained the diplom a of th e Institu te, th e other three
obtaining certificates. The three to p students having an average
for th e tw o years of over 93 per cent, were awarded, for th e
first tim e in th e history of the Institute, I believe, the diplom a
w ith highest D istinction.
' Our term closed, as usual, w ith a v e ry helpful d a y of praise,
intercession and w aitin g on G o d for spiritual power, and our
earnest prayers follow these nineteen you n g men w ho leave us
for their various spheres of service in H o n a n , C h i h l i , S h e n s i
or S h a n s i . F o r the th irty-six men and wom en w ho hope to
return in th e autum n we also ask prayer, th at in spite of m any
of their supporters h avin g le ft for furlough, the w a y m ay be
opened for them to continue their course, and th a t th ey m ay b e
k ep t and used during th e summer months.
' T he wom en passed their exams, m ost creditably, and even
those w hose educational abilities w ere below par, h ave done e x ­
ceedingly w ell and show a v e ry real im provem ent over last term ;
bu t w h at gives us m ost jo y is to see those dear w om en developing
spiritu ally and learning to com m it their cares and difficulties
to C h r i s t , allowing H im to w ork in and through them as H e
pleases.
I d o ls R e m o v e d .
‘ T h e evangelistic w ork has been blessed of G o d , and three
wom en w ho decided to believe in C h r i s t and to ok dow n their
idols a t Chinese New Y e ar, h ave sent their daughters to our
Christian School here this term, and th ey them selves are m aking
progress in th e knowledge of the w ork, and I tru st of the L o r d
also. The three you n g wom en wTho Were learning script are now
going on to learn Chinese character, and are m aking good
progress. T heir father-in-law says he w ill hinder no more, b u t
wishes him self to believe in C h r i s t for salvation.
' W e cannot sufficiently praise G o d for the privilege of being
allowed to continue in our w ork here peacefully and quietly
u n til th e end of th e term , and now w e are looking forw ard to
opening again, D .V ., on A u g u st 27, w hich would h ave been very
difficult to arrange had w e not been on th e spot. There w ill be
difficulties, b u t w e h ave an A lm ig h ty G o d W ho is effectual in
w orking, and our confidence is in Him . Please unite w ith us in
prayer th a t all old and new students desiring to come m ay be
able to do so, and th a t all m ay look to the L o r d to roll aw ay th e
obstacles.’
W e w ould bespeak special prayer for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
in this im portan t work.
SCHOOL WORK.
N regard to school w ork, the news we receive from Suiting,
in E astern S z e c h w a n , is encouraging. Miss F ow le s a y s :
' T he evangelist, Mr. H siao, w ho is left in charge of the w ork,
w rites con stan tly, and his letters are a great com fort to us. H e
is able to w rite English and he gives details of all th e w o rk there.
Mr. H siao is a keen B ible student and is " apt to teach .” Besides
th e pasto ral w o rk of th e station and Sunday services w h ich he
conducts in th e Church, he takes th e H igher Prim ary Girls for
th eir Scripture classes three tim es a w e e k ; he also teaches
Scripture in th e B o y s’ School. Mr. H siao also takes th e W om en ’s
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F rid a y B ib le Class. H e w rites th ere are te n to tw e n ty wom en
atten din g th is class.
‘ T h e three Chinese ladies, M isses Lu , Chen and H su, are
h avin g a peaceful term in th e G irls' School. T h e y h a v e 150
w om en and girls in th e school, tw o H igher P rim ary classes,
fo u r L o w er Prim ary, and an Industrial class w ith fo rty odd
students. T h e ladies h a v e bought eight m ach in es fo r kn ittin g
stockings, etc. T h e y h a v e also silk w orm in du stry and this
term h ave m ade 100 E n glish lbs. of silk, w hich th e y were kn ittin g
in to stockings. T h e y h ave other industries, as flower m aking,
and m an y different kin ds of needlework.
‘ T h e C hristian E n d eavo u r m eetings are w ell attended, and
through th e C .E . th e w orkers are able to get in to u ch w ith
teachers and girls from outside schools. G o d is carrying the
school through difficulties and dangers. I w ill give y o u one
instance how G o d intervened at a tim e of difficulty. O n a
fixed d a y th e M iddle School stud en ts ordered- all th e schools to
parade th e streets, denouncing th e B ritish, and to exh ibit an
anti-foreign spirit. I f our Mission School refused to go in the
procession th e y w ould be m arked ou t for persecution. G o d
undertook in tw o w ays. One, H e allowed such a b ig downpour
of rain no girls could venture out, and th e M ilitary Official sent
w ord th a t th e G irls’ School w as n ot to parade the streets. G o d
is caring for th is b ig school and all those dear C hristian girls
gathered there. W e w ill continue to uphold them in prayer.
A lso w e ask p rayer fo r Mr. H siao and th e Chinese ladies, and th e
Biblewom en w h o h a v e gone forth from th e B ible School and
are w orkin g fo r C h r i s t in other places.’
THE WORK OF EVANGELISM.
N t h e w o r k o f e v a n g e lis m . M is s J .
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C.
Jack,
o f Y u n g c h a n g , in
Y u n n a n , w r i t in g fr o m T e n g y u e h , s a y s :—
' Since I la st w rote, six others have signified th eir desire
to learn m ore o f C h r i s t . T h is m akes tw elve w h o h ave decided
fo r H im since th e la st baptism al sendee. Perhaps all th e trouble
th a t Y u n g ch an g had la st y ear has caused m ore people to p ra y
fo r th e w o rk there. More b o y s and girls are com ing to Sunday
School, too. W e fe lt badly a t h a v in g to leave all th e Christians,
b u t th e w o rk is th e L o r d 's , and w e know th a t H e is able to
keep “ th a t w hich w e h ave com m itted unto H im .”
‘ I w ent out to th e country th e end o f M arch and th e beginning
of A p ril fo r tw elv e days. I v isited tw o villages, forty-five li
from th e city. M an y of tlie w om en in these places had never
heard th e G ospel before. A t first some of t hem did n ot know
w h at w e were talkin g about, b u t a fter tellin g it again and again
some began to understand.’
IN HONAN.
T R A N S L A T IO N of the journal of Mr. L iu, th e evangelist
at H iangcheng, in H o n a n , gives details of th e w6rk
done in th e absence of M r. and Mrs. Gordon H arding
and their fellow-w orkers from th e station. I t is m o st en­
couraging to learn th a t the G ospel w itness has been faith fu lly
m aintained, some days as m an y as 400, 500 and 600 hearing th e
D ivin e m essage at th e fairs in various places north, east and west
o f th e city, w h ilst in th e city itself hundreds of p e o p le , including
m an y soldiers, have listened to th e Gospel. Mr. L iu ’s sum m ary
of his w ork during M ay is as fo llo w s :—
‘ Seven visits to out-stations on th e five Sundays. Preached
in the c ity fourteen tim es. One v is it to th e cou n try villages
preaching. N ine days spent a t fairs. Three weddings. • B ibles
sold $1. B ooks and tracts sold, including about 2,000 Gospels
and 10,000 tracts, 28,708 cash or $7. R ested tw o d ays.'
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AMONG THE MOSLEMS.
‘ |""N E G A R D IN G the M oslem s,’ Mr. G. K . H arris w rites
from H ohchow, K a n s u , ’ Our hearts w ere encouraged
to-d ay b y th e re-appearance of a m an of abou t fo rty
years of age, w ho sa ys th at, last year, he decided to becom e a
Christian and has ever since prayed in th e N am e of JESU S in
his own home. L a st year h e received a kn ife w ound from his
father for his persistence in neglecting th e Islam ic prayers and
using th e Christian form . N ow he h as com e and w ants to be
recognised as a believer and receive definite instruction. W hile
prayin g fo r this man, w ill y o u also
remember seven others who have made
a profession, th at the pow ers of darkness
m ay lose th eir grip on these Moslem hearts
and th a t C h r i s t m ay be th eir ligh t.'
Since the date of m y last letter tw o
hundred and tw enty-one baptism s have
been recorded. T h a t so m any converts
should have h ad courage to m ake public
confession of their faith in C h r i s t and
thus becom e identified w ith the Christian
Church is cause of th an ksgivin g to G od.
F o r S u p p lic a tio n an d T h a n k s g iv in g .
W ork among F a c to ry G irls in Chefoo
(p. 1 3 2 ).
Missionaries still in interior stations
(pp . 135, 136, 1 3 9 ).
M edical W ork a t Lanchow (p. 136).
W ork a t th e B ible In stitu te a t H ungtung
(p. 136).
E van g elistic and School W ork (p. 136).
W o rk am ong Moslems (p. 137).
M r. H u nter and Mr. R id ley in th eir lonely
ou tp ost (p. 140).
All Chinese Leaders and Christians (pp.
133 . 141)T he G en eral Situation (p. 143).
T he A u tu m n al M eetings (p. 144).
M r. H oste and th e A dm inistration in
Shanghai (p. 135).
A BRIDGE IN YUNNAN.
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Tidings from Hweichow in Anhwei
T h e follow ing e x t r a c t s fro m a .p erso n a l l e t t e r re c e iv e d re c e n tly fro m M iss C R ea d sh aw a n d M iss B anks will be re a d w ith in te r e s t.
T h e tw o lad les, w h o se s ta t io n Is H w eichow , in th e p ro v in c e of Anhwei, a r e a t p r e s e n t in S h a n g h a i fro m w h e n c e t h e le t t e r d a te d
J u n e 2 9 is w ritte n .
I
o f th e lonely couple, old M r. and Mrs
Sm all, o f w hom I h a v e previou sly w ritten
W e found M rs. S m all ill, and w e thanke<
G o d w e h a d n o t shirked th e difficult an<
long ro ad to her hom e.
I t w a s gran d to see th e jo y of her ol<
husband when, ten days later, he came
in to the c ity to th an k G o d , and us, fo:
her recovery. T h e y are bo th seven ty
three years old, and h a v e no children
b u t it is delightful to see th eir lo ve fo
each other. T h e old m an w ould n ot stay
b u t hurried b a c k hom e over th e sixteei
m iles of difficult road, le st she needed him
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In these d a ys o f trouble fo r th e Churcl
in China w e need to rem em ber th a t
‘ G o d , H im self, is on th e field, w hen Hi
is m o st in visible.’ H e is teach ing thi
you n g C hurch to w alk, and le t us no'
fo rg et th a t ‘ A ll things w ork togeth er fo
good to them th a t lo ve G o d .’
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E re leavin g H w eichow w e had splendic
o p p o r tu n itie s o f m a k in g C h r i s t k n o w n
P ho to b 31]
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[M iss A . G. B a n k s .
S n a p s h o t ta k e n fro m s t r e e t d o o r o f C.I.M. M ission H o u se a t H w eichow . T h e view
Is o f ‘ N o rth C a te S tr e e t.' N o te t h e g r e a t Idol c a r rie d high up tu rn in g e v e ry w ay,
t o c le a r th e s t r e e t , h o m e s a n d a ir o f m e a sle s , w hich h a s c a r rie d o ff m o s t o f th e
c h ild re n . S o m e h o m e s lo s t a s m a n y a s five.
• r I iH E R E rem aineth y e t v e r y m uch
1
lan d to be possessed,’ and w e
tru st th a t o u t of th is chaos m an y
m a y hear th eir S aviou r calling, and arise
and follow H im . . . .
In th e m eantim e the, B ible wom en and
evangelists (at H weichow ) are carrying
on faith fu lly, y e t gla d w e are near enough
fo r th em to receive from us encouragem ent
and help b y letters. W e are. in close
to u ch w ith each one. T h e y are asking
G od to send u s b a ck soon.
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Y o u w ould g e t our Circular letter
tellin g of th e retreat of th e Northerners,
and th e advance of th e Southerners in
H w eichow c ity , b u t to G o d ’ s g lo ry it
should be said, H e h a s m arvellou sly
answered y o u r p ra y ers in keepin g us safe
w hen we were p revailed upon to hide.
T h e ‘ R e d s ’ am ong th e Southerners
(all are n o t ' red ’) were sm ashing up th e
R om an C atholic prem ises, and said th e y
w ere com ing to k ill us w h en th e y h a d
finished, so w e acted upon th e advice o f
our P a sto r and friends and left. H ow ­
ever, a fter fou r d a y s and n ig h ts o f sus­
pense w e returned, and w ere able to
w itness t o m an y, w h o came from fa r
and near, o f th e wonderfiil keeping
p ow er of th e tru e G o d .
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W e w ere urged b y P astor C hang to go
in to th e country, and surely, b y th e
L o r d also, fo r w e had a fine tim e and
m an y opportunities for p re a ch in g ; and
n ever h ad it been so easy to preach ;
nor h ad w e ever h a d a b e tter hearing.
G o d ha d been preparing hearts.
A teacher who, during M iss B an k s’
la st visit, h ad seemed ready to tru st th e
Saviour, now to o k th e final step, and he
and others, am ong w hom w as a bam boo
w orker and his uncle, each accepted a
P o ck e t T estam en t fo r d a ily reading.
W e w ere a w eek in th a t outstation,
stayin g in one hom e, and v isitin g others
b y d ay, and holdin g m eetin gs a t night,
to w h ich some cam e b y torch-light. E r e
w e left nine persons confessed th eir faith
in C h r i s t . T o G o d be th e glo ry.
P rom th is ou t-statio n w e w en t forw ard,
over th e m ountains, to other out-stations
a n d homes, retu rn in g b y w a y of th e hom e
T h e L abour U nion had decided th a t eacl
m em ber should be photographed. Th<
p hotographer to o k up his abode oppositi
th e M ission prem ises, and brou gh t hi:
clients to our garden fo r th eir picture
W e to o k ad van tage of th e opportunity
to distribute P o cket T estam ents among
them , and th u s copies of th e Scripture!
fou nd th eir w a y in to w e a lth y and in
fluential homes, and w e kn ow th a t ‘ Hii
W ord shall n ot retu rn u n to H im v o id .'
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*
T h e w o rk is still going on. W e hav<
ju s t received ten pledge cards from ouj
station, and a request fo r m ore T esta
m ents. T ra cts also are bein g sen t there
and used b y th e w orkers. . . .
P lease continue to p ra y fo r th e Chinese
Church, and fo r ourselves, th a t w e a l
m a y learn th e lessons th e L o r d w oulc
te a ch us in these days. W e hope, tc
retu rn t o H w eichow after th e h e a t oi
th e summ er.
B u ffe te d b y T e m p t a t io n .— ‘ H a d nol
th e L o r d been specially gracious to me,
h ad n ot m y m in d been su stain ed b y the
con viction th a t th e w o rk is H is, and that
H e is w ith m e in w h at it is n o empty
figure to c a ll “ th e t h ic k o f th e con flict,’
I m u st h a v e fain ted and broken down
B u t th e b a ttle is th e L o r d ’s : and H<
Will conquer. W e m a y fail, do fa il con­
tin u ally ; b u t H e n ever fa ils .' — J. H u d son T a y lo r .
S e p t e m b e r , 1927.
138
From Various Centres.
TESTED
AND
T R IE D .
M iss E. E. Ingm an, a n A ss o c ia te m e m ­
b e r of th e M ission, s e n t o u t by th e
Finnish F ree M ission S o c ie ty , w rite s
in t h e follow ing n o te o f th e s itu a tio n
a t h e r s ta tio n , Y ungsin, In Kiangsl,
w h e re , a t th e tim e o f w ritin g , J u n e 8,
s h e w a s still re m a in in g . H er n o te will
call f o r th p ra y e r fo r h e rs e lf a n d h e r
fello w -w o rk er8,a n d p a rtic u la rly fo r th e
C h in e se C h ris tia n r e fe rr e d to w ho h a s
b e en so s e v e re ly t e s t e d a n d trie d .
lily alon g I h ave fe lt i t to be th e
L o r d ’s w ill fo r m e to sta y if I
could ; b u t a s Misses H edingrin
a nd C ajan der w ould n ot leave m e alone,
I said I w o uld go i f they decided to do so.
W e h ad p ack ed our th in gs and were
go in g to g e t a boat. F o r six days no m ail
h ad arrived, and w h en it finally got
through, th ere w as trou ble in K ia n and
w e could n ot go. Now th in gs seem to be
a t a clim ax in several places. Telegram s
arrive nearly e ve ry d a y from th e governor
o f th e p rovin ce tellin g th e m andarin to
p ro te ct foreign life and prop erty, mer­
chants and villag e elders and so on. M any
o f them are n ever published b u t w e hear
o f them from reliable sources. T h e last
one, translated, reads, ‘ F orbid agitation
o f th e F arm ers’ and Labourers' U nions.’
W e hear th a t in Changsha ( H u n a n ) both
these unions are scattered.
T he Com ­
m unists are told to separate them selves
from th e Kwomintang (N ationalist Party)
and stan d b y them selves.
T h e y are
prom ised protection to life and prop erty
and revenge is forbidden. A ll th is sounds
w ell, b u t nothing is done. Ju st a t present,
how ever, w e liv e in com parative peace.
W e have not go t b a ck th e L itie n (an
out-station) house n or our chapel form s,
b u t are p ra yin g abou t it and th in k w e w ill
g e t them .
A
' a g o he w as fined $50 for allow ing his son,
'w hose nam e is n ot in th e labour union,
to do some w o rk in his shop. T h a t is
' ’on ly one of his m a n y trials. W oe u nto th e
m an w h o has a n y th in g excep t food and
raim ent in these days. Miss H edingrin is
packin g and w ill leav e w hen she gets a
boat.
G O D ’S
C LEA R
CALL.
From K anchow . In Kiangsi, w h ere he,
w ith o th e rs , Is s till a t w ork, th e Rev,
C. A. J a m e s o n w rite s on J u n e 12 h o p e ­
fully an d confid en tly . T h e Lord Is
blessing, th e la b o u rs of His s e r v a n ts
a t th is s ta tio n , a n d s o u ls a r e being
sav ed .
E hope t o h a v e baptism s soon,
D .V .
W e should h a v e had
m ore ere th is, b u t th e popula­
tion is such a sh iftin g one, and literally
scores of converts, w ho were getting
ready, w ere sw ept aw ay in changing
scenes of the last nine months.
T he c ity is so fu ll of soldiers, w ho are
ta k in g up p riv a te houses again on a
liberal scale, th a t all adm it it is a miracle
th a t our place is n o t taken. T h e y tried
a dozen tim es last w eek to ta k e it, bu t it
caused us no w o rry ; and I noticed
yesterd ay a t th e m eeting a Szechuan
captain w ho had strong discussions last
w eek w ith Mr. T ’an and the gatekeeper
about ta k in g th e places. H e w as v e ry
W
determ ined and th e y hung up th eir con­
fiscation notices on th e door, b u t w e took
th em Sow n, and th e m an th en to ok them
a w ay,- and cam e t o C hurch yesterday,
after bein g dealt w ith, about his soul.
F ou r other you n g officers looked for the
C hurch, y esterd ay to come, to worship,
and found us in th e evening, w hen w e
were preaching th e Gospel. V e ry m any
of them are interested. W e th an k G o d
for H is keeping power.
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*
For over tw o m on ths w e h a v e seen no
papers, and w e h ave n ot th e slightest
idea of w h a t is go in g on in th e w orld.
I have heard th a t th e H ankow Concession
h as been re-garrisoned, b u t do not know
w hether it is true or not. W e care nothing
for these things. A ll w e do know is th a t
w e h ave one clear call from G o d to gb
forw ard w ith H is w ork, and I know th a t
no w aves of w ar, disorder, or intervention
will, or c^n, hinder th at. T o m y m ind
there is no reason w h atever for slacking
one if^ta in th e w ork G o d has given us.
G o d has spoken to us, and told us b y m any
signs, m an y tim es, and in m an y w a ys,
th a t w e are in H is w ill. Therefore the
w aves of political situation cause us .no
th ou gh t a t all. W e do n ot ask about it,
w e do n ot discuss it, w e do n ot w rite
about it, and w e do n ot care for it.
I w as stru ck tw o days ago when we
w en t to see an officer. H e w as afraid of us.
H e only had about th irty men w ith three
K n it T o g e th e r .
T h e com m on struggle and danger have
k n it us to th e C hristians m ore closely.
Several false ones h ave gone from us and
th eir real character h as come to light.
I do n o t know if it w ould be best for th e
Church if w e left. I am inclined to doubt
it, b u t o f course I m ay be m istaken.
A n y h o w I cannot see th a t I am actin g
w ron gly. M iss C ajan der fe lt th e strain
o f i t all m u ch m ore th a n I did ; b u t she
does n ot feel i t so now and she also th in ks
i t is G o d 'S w ill fo r us to s ta y on a t present.
O f course, w e w ill leave if th e L o u d
th ro ugh circum stances guides us to do so,
and w e are v e r y glad to kn ow w e are free
to go dow n to Shanghai.
One o f th e senior Chinese C hristians
h a s h a d a .very try in g tim e. A fe w d a y s
S e p t e m b e r , 1927.
Photo by]
[ R obt. PowelU
A BUSY BOAT SCENE AT
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KIUKIANG,
m achine guns, one autom atic rifle, tw o
rifles w ith fixed bayon ets, .and ,> some
revolvers to defend him , and we b a d th e
L iv in g G o d ! I th in k th a t th is m ay fitly
b e term ed an om en of th e presen t situation.
HARD
GROUND.
:From h is lonely o u tp o s t a t T ihw afu
in S in k ia n g ,.th e Rev. H. F ren c h Ridley
s e n d s th e follow ing p e rs o n a l n o te .
He will g re a tly v a lu e p ra y e r fo r th e
Divine b le ssin g u p o n his m in istry .
T h e p e rio d c o v ered by th e s e e x tr a c ts
is th e m o n th s o f May a n d J u n e la st.
E R E w e are liv in g in peace a t
present.
A
strict w a tc h is
m ade on
th e _ b o rd e r s;
it
w ould be v e ry difficult fo r anyone to
g et in to th e p rovin ce w ith an idea t o
cause trouble, at th e least sign of suspicion
th e m an w ould be im prisoned, and if
found to be causing trou ble w o u ld be shot.
T here are difficulties in th e w o rk here,
w h ich are in all cap ita l c it ie s ; v iz., th e
continual com ing and going of the
people (Chinese). One th in g is m issed;
th ere is no villag e w o rk, like in China
P rop er where th ere are villages e ve ry ­
where. O n ly w here w a ter is are people
to be found, and y o u know th a t in all th e
Churches th e cou n try people predom inate.
T h e c ity people are too m uch engrossed
in m akin g m oney. I open th e G uest'
R oom every day, and get qu ite a nice
num ber, and th e num bers will increase
w hen th e y know th e place is open every
d ay. I am n ot so m uch ham pered as I
th ou gh t I w ould be. M any o f the C h ’ant ’eo’s can speak Chinese, a t least know
enough to understand w h at is being
ta lk e d about, especially on religious
m atters.
I t is h ard ground where w e
come in co n ta ct w ith th e M oslems. T h e y
are v e r y m uch like th e Pharisees in th e
N ew T estam ent. I w a s ju s t th in kin g th is
m orning how n ecessary it is to continually
bear in m ind, th a t th e y h a v e been brou gh t
up in a religion, w h ich is supposed to be
H
ABORIGINES.
AM ONG
THE
M IA O .
Mr. H u tto n , in th e b rie f n o te given
below, w rite s e n co u rag in g ly of. t h e
w ork am o n g th e B lack Miao in th e
Panghai d is tr ic t in K weichow.
H E M iao C olporteurs h a v e been
hindered ow ing to th e fam ine,
but
nevertheless
th e y
have
sold books to th e num ber of 8,000 and
20,000 tra c ts and h a v e ^isited 100 villages
during th e tim e th e y h a v e been able to
carry on th eir w ork.
T
GoD-given, and th e y are n o t id o l woi
shippers, and are ta u g h t t o b elieve ths
J e s u s is a H o ly M an lik e th eir M ahom e
I t is n ot a lig h t th in g to change one
religion w h en it is of th a t ch aracter. . .
H o w necessary th en it is fo r us w h o ai
dealing w ith M oslem s to be v e r y gent]
w ith them , and th ro u gh th e Scripturt
only, lookin g up each verse, readin g i
carefully, seek to w in th em to th e L o r i
I find w hen th e y on ly w a n t to argu<
th e y soon go w h en I tu rn t o th e Scripture
to answ er them . Som etim es w h en be
ginning to open th e B ib le to answ er th en
th e y w ill p u t th eir han d on th e B ook an
say, ‘ D o n ’t look at th e book, y o u t e ll us
T h e y do n ot like th e B o o k unless the;
are re a lly anxious to kn ow th e tr u tl
T h e y are afraid of com ing to th e Lighl
lest th eir sins be revealed. Q uite a fe\
of th em drop in again and again, for
short tim e to hear th e W ord s of L ife .
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*
W e had a v is it from th e G overnor th
other d ay. A s he had n o t been here fo
some years, I wondered if he w a s bringin
us some b a d news ; it w a s, how ever, onl;
a hom ely visit. H e said th a t B rita in am
China w ere good friends, and th a t th
troops com ing to C hina w ere to protec
our N ationals, and a t th e sam e tim
Shanghai from the troubles a t Hankow
and p ro tect th e trad e of China. W e p a i
him a retu rn v isit, w hich w as cut shorl
b y a v is it from th e R u ssian Consul.
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Mr. H u n ter has gone off again on on
of his long itin eratin g tours, and canno
say w hen he m a y return. H e is now a
K arash ar, so I am alone in th is great c it
of 50,000. T h e P o stal Com m issioner an«
his w ife are B ritish, and th e only othe
foreigners livin g in th e city .
T h e p oo r p eople h a v e had a v e ry
tr y in g y e a r from sw arm ing hordes of
brigands. T h e y had to ban d-them selves
to geth er to figh t off these in vaders. F o r t­
resses h a v e been b u ilt all over th e hills,
from w h ich th e y fou gh t d a y and n igh t
ba ttles. M an y a tim e, w hole v illag es of
people sp en t th e n igh t, w e t or dry, o u t on
th e h ills fo r fear of these a tta ck s fro m
robbers.
T h e w o rk is decidedly grow ing in the
B lack M iao district. T here is one Christian
villag e, and if on ly th e foreign m ission­
aries could be p erm an en tly settled among
th is peop le I believe th e w o rk w ould
show signs of rapid grow th.
[From a letter received, as w e go to
press, from Shanghai, dated J u ly 18, w e
learn th a t Mr; and M rs. H u tto n h a d ju s t
arrived th ere from K w e i c h o w , v ia Y u n ­
n a n and H ongkon g.— E d.]
S e p t e m b e r , 1927-
SCREEN
HILL, OUTSIDE EAST GATE OF KWEI-YANG.
1-10
TOKENS
OF
B L E S S IN G .
In th e following n o te , Mr. an d Mrs.
B ecker w rite o f to k e n s of b lessin g in
th e w ork a t Y uanchow , in. H unan, an d
call fo r th an k sg iv in g and p ra y e r. T h e
d a te of th e ir l e t t e r is 2 0 th Ju n e. 1927.
v e r y t h i n g is so uncertain in
China in these days.
In A p ril
we had a few troublesom e days,
b u t since th at tim e everyth in g is very
peaceful here. W e h a v e no anti-Christian
nor anti-foreign feeling in the whole
district. T he people are as friendly as
ever and v ery m an y are coming to the
m eetings.
Since w e w rote our last letter in w hich
I told you th a t w e baptized tw en ty-tw o
souls, we h ave again been able to baptize
th irty-eig h t souls. Praise the L o r d for
this increase. June 5 we could bap tize
here th irty-on e souls. W e had v ery large
m eetings and th e L o r d w as in our m idst.
E veryw h ere in this d istrict souls are being
added to th e Church.
T w o helpers and four Christians have
gone in to the T u n gk ia district and are
selling gospels and tracts and are preaching
in all the villages. T h e y hope to open one
or tw o out-stations.
A b o u t eighteen m iles aw ay from here
is a C hristian fam ily living in the country.
From tim e to tim e th ey are coming to the
m eetings and bring others w ith them .
Seven from th a t d istrict h ave also been
bap tized , and there are still tw en ty
persons w ho believe in J e s u s through the
testim ony of th is fam ily. T h e y w ant us
now to open an out-station there.
E
W e h ave a Christian wom an livin g in
another district about tw en ty-three miles
aw ay. T h is w om an has been a bright
witness for C h r i s t . T here are also about
tw en ty souls who are w illing to learn the
J e s u s doctrine. T h e y also w an t us to
send a helper to th a t place. Other districts
also w an t us to bring them the Gospel.
P ray th a t the L o r d w ill raise up more
Chinese w orkers in th is district to bring
the Gospel into these open doors.
P R A Y E R S A N SW E R E D .
M any friends have been thinking th a t
we also had to leave our district. W e
hard ly receive any m ail, bu t w e are
sure you have been p rayin g for us.
T he L o r d has answered your prayers.
The w ork has been blessed and souls
h ave been saved. In the orphanage we
h ave seen the goodness of our great G o d .
H e has supported the fam ily of about
300 persons.
M any th an ks to all the
friends
whom
the L o r d
uses
to
enable us to care for these orphans.
T he w ork in China is not at an end A
new tim e has begun w ith new and greater
responsibilities. Therefore pray m uch.
E N C O U R A G IN G
NEW S.
T h e following le tte r from P a s to r Kwo of
I S h a n si, to th e M isses F rench and C able,
re p o rtin g b e tte r o p p o rtu n itie s th a n ev er
, for p re a ch in g th e G ospel, will be re a d
w ith p ra is e and thanksgiving.
H R E E Teachers French and CablePeace.
H avin g received your
letter and know ing you to be at
peace I th an k th e L o r d for H is grace. I
T
m oreover th an k you for you r care for the
Chinese Church and the Chinese people.
A t present S h a n s i is the only peaceful
p a rt of China. I t is th e L o r d ' s special
grace. I hear th a t in H u n a n , H u peh ,
W uchang,
H ankow ,
S hantung
and
H o n a x num bers of the people are suffer­
ing, and also th a t th e Church is being
persecuted. In some places property has
been destroyed and in others the people
h ave suffered m uch. In spite o i this,
how ever, I hear th at, because the Church
is suffering persecution, the believers in
the L o r d are tw ice as m any as before,
and th a t the churches are full to o v e r­
flowing. T h is m akes one remember the
prom ise ‘ A ll th in gs work together for
good to those who lo ve G o d . ’ F or the
preaching of the Gospel in S h a n s i we
h ave had better opportunities th is year
than ever before. In several of the cities
and villages we h ave been doing tent
w ork and from m orning to evening the
tent has been filled w ith listener.s. The
Sunday attendance in m any places has
been increased. A n d th u s we see th at
although outw ardly there are some
difficulties y e t our hearts are rejoiced
beyond description. I am at present at
Chaocheng. W an g
Tsung-tao
is
at
H wochow . P a sto r L iu ’s sickness is still
bad, though sligh tly b etter th an last
year. Mrs. H si is well, L a o Y a n g lias
returned from K a n s u .
. The members
of m y own fam ily are well. I’lease con­
tinue to p ray for China and for the
Chinese Church.
M ay the Spirit of G od be in our midst.
(Signed) K w o C h i -TI’e n .
The Earthquake in Kansu.
R efe re n c e to th e e a r th q u a k e in K ansu is m ad e in 'O u r S h anghai L e t t e r ' on page 135. T h e following f u r th e r p a rtic u la rs a re ta k e n
from a p e rso n a l le tte r fro m Mrs. B elch er w ritte n from Liangchow on J u n e 13. Mrs. B elcher had a n a rro w e sc a p e , so we le a rn
fro m a still la te r le tte r.
E are still h a v in g sm all shocks of
earthquake. I am sleeping in a
ten t in th e b a ck ya rd w ith th e
G irls’ School T eacher and m y wom an, as
th ey are bo th scared. M y husband only
slept at th e back for a week, then re­
turned to th e bedroom , b u t th e wom en
could n ot sta y in the te n t w ith o u t me,
and as I am such a ligh t sleeper perhaps
it is best to be there. T he backyard w all
is down in places so it is necessary for
someone to b e on th e w atch. I have also
m y tw o fa ith fu l little dogs.
Our w o rk here h as increased since Mr.
M iddleton left. W e now h ave th e g ir ls’
school in our yard, and th ere we h ave been
b u sy w ith dispensary w ork, so m an y were
h u rt in the earthq uake. I wish you
W
S ep te m b er, 19 >7 .
could see us. E arth , b ricks and stones
are round our back w all, our dear old
house is cracked abou t ever so, b u t we
have suffered little com pared to th e poor
farm ers. There is scarcely a farm stead
standing, and the c ity is quite changed,
and in the street n ot a house is standing.
I s n ’t it wonderful w e h ave been k ep t in
safety ? I am n ot able to do much
v isitin g, so m any houses are down and
th e people are liv in g in tents. Some
n igh ts w e get rain storm s, and then I
often w onder how th e y can m a n a g e ;
our ten t is rain proof, b u t I can n ot sleep
for th in king of these poor people.
L iangchow has suffered, not on ly from
earthquake bu t from famine. L a te ly we
con stan tly see dead and d yin g people in
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the street. W e have never passed through
such a tim e before. W e are so glad we
stayed as we can do a little to com fort
and help the suffering people.
One m an w ho has frequently heard
the Gospel, b u t w ould not follow it,
has stiffered severely. H is house came
down, crushing his wife, bu t the rest
of his relatives were saved, although
m uch of his grain, etc., was buried.
H e comes from a place tw o or three
d ays from Liangchow . H e came into
m orning prayers the other m orning and
listened so w ell to the M essa ge; the
following day he brought m y husband
$20 (almost ¿1) and asked him to accept
it to help to rebuild our walls, etc. He
said he w anted to give the m oney to the
True G o d , as H e had protected so m any
of his fam ily w hen som e of his neighbours
were all killed. M y husband had a nice
tim e w ith him and prayed w ith him ; he
did not, how ever, ta k e his m oney, bu t
persuaded him to come to Liangchow to
hear m ore of the Gospel, and then follow
the L o r d in his home. T his was quite a
cheer t o us. Then, too, w e see th e
Christians have been drawn so m uch
nearer t o G o d . I t is grand to hear them
confess their shortcom ings, and asking
for strength to overcome.
Dear Mrs. Y o n g has returned safely,
th an k G o d . The day after she le ft us the
earthquake occurred and she did h ave a
tryin g journey. T h e road qu ite changed
in places, b u t it w as w onderful how G o d
cared for H is child. There were tw o
others in her cart, a m an and a wom an,
and there was another cart w ith a gen tle­
m an (military) and several soldiers w ith
him, and he let h is m ule help Mrs. Y o n g 's
carter over difficult places, and g a v e
them th in gs besides. B ut w ith all th a t
he was a heathen and each n igh t w ould
burn incense to an idol and w ould say
that had protected them . Mrs. Y o n g
could not listen to such talk, and told
him it w as th e ‘ True G o d W h o had
remembered th em .’
T his m ade the man
v ery angry, and one night w hen they
passed a shrine, broken down, b u t th e
idol stan din g up in it, he stopped the
cart and brought a sheep to sacrifice and
ordered all the com pany to kn eel before
it. Mrs. Y o n g absolutely refused, and
he was angry and turned h is rifle on her
and said she w as a ‘ silly old w om an ;
did she not know he could kill her ? ’
In telling me she said, ‘ I looked to
G o d to keep m e and H e enabled me to
stand firm before th is m an, and I said,
" I am a servant of the L ivin g G o d and
dare not kneel to an id o l.” She said to
me, ‘ W h ile I than ked th e gentlem an for
all his kindness to us b y th e w a y I could
not bow down to th is idol, I feared to
offend th e T ru e G o d m ore th an th a t
gentlem an.’ H e cursed, b u t did not
harm her. The follow ing evening the
sheep w as cooked and all w ere in vited to
eat of it. Mrs. Y o n g than ked him, but
said although she w as hungry she could
not touch it as it had been offered to an
idol. Praise G o d for H is grace giv en her
for all her need, she has returned so brigh t
and happy. M ay G o d abun dan tly use her
to these women is our prayer. W ill those
who read this also join in prayer for her ?
The Kesw ick Convention.
By Rev. W. H. ALDIS.
H E R E has alw ays been a v e ry close lin k betw een th e
C.I.M. and K esw ick Convention.
The revered founder of t i e Mission, Mr. Hudson
T aylor, was a speaker there on more th an one occasion, and
during recent years this lin k has been strengthened b y the fa ct
th a t the Home D irector of the M ission, Dr. S tuart H olden, is
also Chairm an of th e Convention Council, and the D eputy Home
D irector, the R ev. J . Russell Howden, has taken a v e ry prom inent
p a rt in th e m in istry of the Convention.
The Convention, which has now been carried on for ju s t over
fifty years, came in to being to teach Scripture Holiness, and this
has ever been k ep t as its m ain objective. A s such, it is know n
throughout the world, and probably thousands of men and
women from th is and m any other countries first learned at
K esw ick the blessed secret of Holiness b y faith.
A t th e same tim e the great w ork of th e evangelization of the
world has alw ays had a prom inent place in the Convention, and
one of the m ost im portan t fixtures of th e week has been th e great
M issionary M eeting on the closing S aturday of the Convention.
M any a m issionary first heard th e call to th e foreign field at
this meeting, and it has alw ays been recognized as a fitting
clim ax to the m eetings, th at there should be an op p o rtu n ity
fo r whole-hearted surrender to th e L o r d for H is service in the
world.
T his year the C.I.M . was w ell represented, there being no less
th an six houses occupied either b y missionaries on furlough and
accepted candidates, or b y m embers of th e P rayer Union, or
o f th e Com radeship for China.
T he houses occupied b y the missionaries were v ery kin dly
provided b y th e fun d given to th e K esw ick Council, b y m an y
friends, to help send missionaries to K esw ick. I f those w ho
g iv e to th is fund could only realise w h at refreshm ent th e Con­
v en tion means to missionaries w ho come back from th e fight
in th e darkness of heathen lands th ey w ould feel m ore th an
rewarded.
The first Satu rd ay afternoon is alw ays the occasion of th e
K esw ick C ouncil's welcome to th e m issionaries attending the
Convention. T h is year th e reception w as attended b y abou t
Septem
ber
, 1927.
350 m issionaries and about 100 other friends in vited to meet
them . T he m issionaries were all received b y Dr. and Mrs.
S tuart H olden and M iss Bradshaw , as representing the K esw ick
Council, and during tea and social intercourse Dr. Holden said
a few w ords of welcom e linked on w ith a m ost helpful spiritual
message. H e w as follow ed b y R e v. Gordon W att, w ho also
g a ve a brief b u t deeply encouraging ta lk to the missionaries
present.
I t w as evident th at missionaries from China pre­
dom inated, and special sym path y w as expressed w ith them in
the trials through w hich th ey had recen tly passed in th at
troubled land.
P rob ab ly there were none w ho appreciated m ore highly th an
the missionaries the spiritu al messages of the week, for m ost
of them had come from th e conflict of the loneliness and the
darkness of heathen lands where opportunities for such fellow ­
ship and teach ing as K esw ick affords are v ery rare.
On th e first M onday afternoon D r. and Mrs. S tu art H olden
v ery k in d ly in vited all the C.I.M . missionaries in K esw ick to
tea at th e P avilion Café, and a v ery delightful hour was spent in
social intercourse and prayer.
O n th e W ednesday afternoon a special gath ering w as held
in th e large te n t to hear and p ra y about th e situation in China.
T he ten t w as w ell filled, indicating som ething of th e great
in terest w hich is being taken in China ju s t now.
T w o addresses were given, one b y the R e v. A . G. Lea, o f the
C.M.S. in W est China, w ho gave a m ost illum inating ta lk on th e
situation as it concerned th e Church of C h r i s t in China, and th e
other b y a Chinese lady, Miss D ora Y ii, w ho held the great
crow d spellbound as she poured out her soul in im passioned
words, tellin g of some of the needs of China as she saw them .
Miss Y i i ’s appeal to those w ho had an y influence w ith M ission
B oards, to do their u tm ost to stop th e sending out of an y m ore
M odernist m issionaries to her land will not easily be forgotten.
Incidentally Miss Y ii gave a testim ony to th e absolute lo y a lty
to the T ru th of members of the C.I.M . in China.
Some felt th at Miss Y i i ’s message w as a v ery real contribution
to the Convention and undoubtedly th e L o r d spoke through
H is servant in a v e r y m arked way.
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Prayer for C hina w as offered b y th e Revs. Y D onnithorne,
C. N. Lack, and C. I. Song, and th e memorable m eeting was
brought to a conclusion b y B ishop Mowll— the Bishop of W estern
China.
The m issionary m eeting on S aturday was a sight long to be
remembered. The great ten t was crowded from end to end.
Dr. Holden presided, and one listened with alm ost strained
attention to the urgent call of the w orld's spiritual need and its
present unique op p ortun ity voiced b y speakers on behalf of th e
Moslem world, India, A frica and China. Then Dr. D onald
Fraser, w ho has done such a great w ork in L ivin gstou ia, pressed
home in burning w ords the L o r d ’s claim upon us for personal
consecration.
A s we bowed in silent prayer w ith the liush of G od upon our
souls listening to th e words of H is appeal through H is servant—
about six ty or seven ty youn g people rose to th eir feet as sig-
n ify ia g their willingness to go to any land to which the L o r d
m ight send them as H is witnesses. A n d as we passed o u t of the
tent still m oved b y the alm ost overwhelm ing th o u gh t of the
need of the world still so largely lying in darkness, we were glad
in the thought th a t some more you n g lives had been given to
th e L o r d to help to meet the need.
In the afternoon the members and friends of the C .l.M . went
across th e lake for a picnic. I t was a jo y to all to have yet
another opportun ity of social intercourse together in this spot
of such entrancing beauty
Our hearts, however, were soon
t u n u d to China, and to the Chinese there whom we loved, and
who in m any cases were suffering bitter persecution, and also to
oar fellow-missionaries in their sore trial— and th ou gh t soon
becam e prayer as we gave ourselves to intercession on their
behalf. T hus ended K esw ick 1927 b u t not its influence, for
th at will abide 011 m any lives for m any days.
Editorial Notes.
HE S IT U A T IO N IN CH IN A.— We noticed
recently that The Times leader writer headed
his interesting article on the situation in
China, ‘ The Chinese Kaleidoscope,’ an appropriate
title tersely indicating the ever-changing character of
that situation— never the same from one day to another.
But through a kaleidoscope the observer expects to see
an endless variety of beautiful colours and forms, some­
thing altogether pleasing, and such, unfortunately, is
not what the situation in China at the present time
exactly reveals.
We refrain from commenting upon the perplexing
political conditions, save to quote the words of Dr.
Duncan Main, of the C.M.S., who has spent a long life
of fruitful medical missionary work in Hangchow, the
capital of the province of C h e k i a n g , but is now at
home in Edinburgh. He writes : ‘ Momentous issues
are at stake, and all lovers of China should do what
they can to remove misunderstanding. ’
The situation from the missionary standpoint calls
for increasing prajrer. We hear that mission premises
in various parts of the country have been occupied by
soldiers, with the result that in some places there has
been considerable looting, and damage of property.
Our Associate workers of the Liebenzeller Mission,
who are staying on in H u n a n , have been through some
exceedingly trying experiences, owing to the strength of
the Communist movement there. Later news is to the
effect that there is a measure of reaction against these
extremists, but the work has been rendered difficult, if
not impossible, in some of the centres.
We do not, however, wish to convey the impression
that the only colours in the kaleidoscope are of a sombre
hue. There are, we are glad to say, not wanting gleams
of brightness, as the letters, from various centres,
appearing in this issue of our Magazine clearly indicate.
The Rev. W. H. Warren, of our Shanghai Administra­
tion, in a letter dated July 11, writes : ‘ Conditions in
China are still more perplexing than hopeful, but we
hold on in faith that a time will come when oppor­
tunity of renewing work will be given albeit along
different lines and changed relationships. Of course
military and political changes come and go so quickly.
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There are some indications that events may transpire
more rapidly than appear possible, and our mission­
aries be feeling their way back during t h e Autumn.'
Meanwhile, we venture to quote once more from Dr.
Duncan Main’s letter, and, adapting his appeal for
prayer so as to make it include not only the work at
Hangchow, but the work throughout all the mission
stations in the interior of China, we say :—
‘ Let us wait upon G o d , Who is able to deliver, and
win through on our knees. It is worth while for those
who believe in prayer to make believing and ceaseless
intercession for our work, for its missionaries, its doctors
and their assistants, the nurses, the dispensers and
pharmacists, the pastors and evangelists, the Biblewomen, and all the workers who are now scattered,
that the way may soon be made for them to return to
the hospitals and mission stations, and that mission
property and institutions may be returned, so that
our beloved work may be resumed and carried on again
to G o d ’s glory, and the good of the people. G o d is
able to do more than we ask.’
M r. W. M. O atts.— We regret to report the death
of Mr. William M. Oatts, J.P., the greatly esteemed
senior member of the Scottish Auxiliary Council of the
Mission. He passed away rather suddenly at Newton­
more, Inverness-shire, on Wednesday, July 20, where,
as usual, he was spending the summer months. He
seems to have been ill only a very little while, for in
the afternoon of the day in which he was called Home
he was out driving. A few years ago he underwent a
serious operation, from which he made a wonderful
recovery, and had been much stronger. Lately, how­
ever, he was feeling more than usually tired, and spoke
of steadily losing weight, but no one had any idea that
the end was near.
We quote the following from The British Weekly
obituary notice of him :—
‘ Mr. O atts, who had reached the age of seventy-eight, was one
of those closely identified w ith the M oody and San key revivals
of m any years ago, and he remained all through his life one of
the staunchest of evangelicals. F or eighteen years he acted as
(not the Free Trade Hall, as inadvertently stated last
month), Manchester, on October 27, and another at
St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow, on Friday, November 11.
It is hoped that these gatherings will be very largely
attended, and the prayers of our readers that great
blessing for China may result from them are earnestly
solicited.
General Secretary of the Glasgow Y .M .C .A ., and h is services as
a director covered a long period. In th e Glasgow U nited
Evangelistic A ssociation and other agencies he also to ok an
active interest long after he had retired from official duties.
For a term he was a mem ber of Glasgow Ed ucation A uth o rity,
but his m ain in terest was alw ays in religious and hom e mission
work.'
His long and most helpful service to the Mission,
notwithstanding his many other activities, on our Scot­
tish Auxiliary Council, will ever be remembered with
gratitude and thanksgiving.
The funeral, which was private, took place on Monday,
July 25. A public service was held in Finnieston United
Free Church, in which he was one of the senior elders.
The church was almost completely filled with sym­
pathising friends, and hundreds more were waiting
outside the building. His name was held in high respect
in the city of Glasgow, with which he had been so long
and so actively identified.
Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Mrs. Oatts in
her bereavement.
Autum nal M eetings. — We call further attention to
the special meetings we are preparing to hold in the
autumn. As intimated last month, owing to the present
situation in China, it is not possible for missionaries on
furlough to return to their posts nor for new workers
to go out ; therefore, the usual Valedictory Meeting in
September will not be held, but a special meeting is
being arranged at the Queen’s Hall, Langham Place,
on Tuesday, October 25, at 7 p.m.
The speakers will include the Rev. C. T. Song, of the
West China Diocese, Miss Mildred Cable, and Dr. Stuart
Holden, who will preside and givè the closing address.
Our desire is to help our friends to understand better
the Missionary Crisis in China, and to call forth more
intelligent prayer.
Similar gatherings at which Dr. Holden will preside
are being arranged to be held, one at the Central Hall
TH E
In M em oriam . — We regret to report the death on
May 14 at Tientsin, from pneumonia, of Mr. J. R.
Ottosson, one of our associate workers. Mr. Ottosson
was born at Gnosjo, Sweden, on February 7, 1880.
He was a very lovable man who was held in high
regard by the members of the Swedish Holiness Union,
of which he was a member. Even during the short
period he was in the hospital he won the esteem of those
who attended him. Mr. Ottosson arrived in China on
April 24, 1913, and was united in marriage to Miss
H. K. Johanson on August 24, 1917, at Tatung,
S h a n s i.
He was diligent and earnest in his calling,
and gave himself without reserve to the cause of the
spiritual welfare of the Chinese. His first term of
service was in Tienchen, S h a n s i ; his second at Yangkao, in the same province, where the L ord gave him
wide-open doors for the Gospel among the people of
that place. A new chapel was erected there two years
ago, and he had the joy of seeing it full ever}" Sunday.
We extend our sincere sympathy to his bereaved wife
and family.
The Weekly Prayer Meeting.— A gathering for
Prayer is held at the Mission premises in Newington
Green every Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock. The
meeting lasts for an hour and a half, when addresses
from returning missionaries are given or news from the
field read to assist in intelligent prayer for the needs
on the field. The warmest welcome will be given to
any friends who are able to join with us.
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I 2 Timothy, 2-15.
THE MISSIONARY CRISIS IN CHINA
Special Autumn
(See b a c k page).
Meetings
FUND.
.. £45
8 6
LLIONS
T H IS M A P W I L L S H O W T O R E A D E R S
T H E R E L A T I V E P O S IT IO N S O F T H E
P R O V IN C E S
AND
O U T L Y IN G
DKF E N D E N i I E S O F C H IN A , T O G E T H E R
W IT H T H E IK P O P U L A T IO N , IN R O U N D
M IL L IO N S .
ORMOSA
A Prisoner’s Opportunities.
By the late J. SOUTHEY.
EADING a few days ago the Epistle to the
Ephesians, I was struck by the expression :
‘ I, Paul, the prisoner of C h r i s t J e s u s . ’ In
the same Epistle he speaks of himself as ‘ an ambassador
in chains.’ It is a well-known axiom of international
law that the person of an ambassador is sacred, yet
the ambassador from the court of the King of Kings,
bringing the Gospel of His grace to poor lost sinners,
was shamefully entreated and in ‘ prisons oft. ’ Some­
times his prison experience was hard and trying to the
last degree, while at others, as when he wrote this
Epistle, it was far less rigorous, standing chiefly in the
loss of liberty and the indignity of a chain. It is not
given us to suffer in this way for the sake of the Name,
our lot being cast in easier, though quite as perilous
times. Y et not a few of G o d 's children still find
themselves shut off by force of circumstances from
service and activities they would fain undertake.
Sometimes it is illness, sometimes.straitened means and
pressing duties, sometimes the care of invalid relatives,
sometimes the weakness of advancing age, but not a
few in one way or another find themselves to all intents
and purposes the prisoners of C h r i s t J e s u s , and such
may find precious drops of comfort from the overflowing
cup of Paul, His bond-servant.
First we notice that he never regarded himself as the
prisoner of man, even when he might have regarded
his imprisonment, as in Acts xxiv, xxvi and xxvii, as
the direct result of a selfish man’s wickedness. Paul
never looked at secondary causes, but in all things
saw the perfect will of G o d for him. Hence, there was
never repining or fretfulness, but a glad acquiescence
in whatever circumstances his L o r d permitted, and
thus even in a prison, his joy and peace remained
unbroken. Have we yet learned this lesson ? Or do
we let circumstances come between our L o r d and us,
so that our harps are often hanging on the willows ?
it has been truly said that while the natural man is
R
* One of a series of articles b y the late A ustralasian D irector
of th e
now published in a little volum e entitled, " R ivers
of L ivin g W a te r.”
O c t o b e r , 1927.
the slave of circumstances, to faith all circumstances
are opportunities of pleasing G o d and serving C h r i s t .
It is all too easy to let self-will, impatience, and haste
take us out of the L o r d ’s path, but if humbly seeking
to walk with Him, we still find ourselves ' shut in,’ let
us see the hand of G o d shutting the door and turning
the key, and remember that He who shuts can in His
own time open. It is better to be His prisoners than
our own masters.
Again we see that neither a prison nor a chain could
keep Paul from communion with G o d . In the Spirit
he rose far above these things, even to the heavenly
places, where he often heard the voice of the Beloved
speaking to his heart. More than one of his Epistles,
part of our goodly heritage, was written in prison,
and without attempting to define the divine methods of
inspiration we may be certain that it was not through
strenuous intellectual effort, but rather through deep
spiritual experience. I altogether reject the expression
' Pauline thought' as applied to his letters. No man
ever yet thought out such truths as the Epistle to the
Ephesians contains. They are either a divine revela­
tion or the babblings of an overwrought brain. Surely
the Holy Spirit unfolded to Paul’s deepest spiritual
consciousness the things that eye saw not and ear
heard not, whatsoever things the L o r d hath prepared
for them that love Him, and those things he wrote to the
Churches in words that the Holy Spirit taught. And
though G o d ’s revelation in the Scriptures, being com­
plete, cannot be added to, yet in our prison, in our
loneliness, the same Holy Spirit will surely lead us
through meditation on the Word into a depth of
precious fellowship with the L o r d that the world
cannot understand. No circumstances then can shut
us off from communion with our blessed L o r d and
Saviour.
And as the prison could not keep him from fellowship
with G o d , neither could it keep him from a true fellow­
ship with the Churches. He could not go up and down,
preaching, teaching, confirming, exhorting, but his
heart was not bound, and in the Spirit he was still with
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those he had begotten in the Gospel and with those set free by the power of the Gospel one of Satan'
of whose faith and love he had only heard. How bondmen. Of the details of that meeting we knoi
wonderfully he seemed to know their needs, their perils, nothing— the fact of it is enough. The L o r d can us
their difficulties ! How fully he realised the heights His own prisoners in their prison, and so they need no
to which grace could raise them ! And so his prayers fret, nor strive to make opportunities of service, bu
for them were no mere verbal exercises but strong patiently watch for those that tïie Master Himself wi]
cryings with a definite aim. The prayers recorded in give. Just a bright kind word, just a loving note, jus
this very Epistle live with us to-day, expressing the a word of glad testimony to Him, and there may b
deepest longings of renewed hearts. What a need j oy in the presence of the angels of G o d over a sinne
there is. at this, present time for intercessors! The repenting. Let us be content, then, with circumstance
Church needs them. The world needs them. Pastors as they are, for He has said that He will never leave us
teachers, evangelists, missionaries we have, but have never forsake us, and we, being in the way, He wil
we many intercessors, taking up the work as a definite set before us possibilities of pleasing and glorifyinj
ministry from the L ord and giving themselves to it ? Him, that will be our crown of rej oicing at His appearing
I know how the pressure of necessary work limits the
In closing let me add that the L o r d who shuts Hi:
time of many, but am I writing to some of the L o r d ’s
servants in can lead them out again in His own gooc
prisoners, shut off from public ministry and ‘ thronging time. If Paid knew closed doors, he also knew opei
duties,’ fretting possibly that they can do so little doors, confinement being sometimes exchanged fo:
who might greatly enrich the Church and bring blessing liberty. And at length there came the gladdest daj
to the world by continuing instant in prayer ? May of all, when the prison door closed behind him for th<
it not be that the L o r d has chosen you and in His own last time, and led forth to the place of execution, a
wise way shut you in to Himself, that in your prison quick, sharp stroke of the sword set the weary aged
like Epaphras you may strive for others with much servant free for ever. So it is with us. Our G o d is
labour in prayer ?
able to shut us up, or to set us at liberty. He is able
And then one verse in the Epistle to Philemon shows to restore strength to the body, or to change our cir­
that even a prisoner can be used to win a soul. ‘ I
cumstances, and in any case we are only waiting for
beseech thee for my son, Onesimus, whom I have His glorious appearing, or should He tarry, the moment
begotten in my bonds.’ The L o r d Himself met a when leaving the earthly house of this tabernacle, we
woman of Samaria by the side of Sychar’s well. Philip shall depart to be with Him which is very far better.
met the Ethiopian eunuch in the lonely desert. Paul Then shall we know as we cannot now what is meant
met Onesimus in a prison and there, himself in a chain, by the glorious liberty of the sons of G o d .
The Hunan Bible Institute.
[Account of a Recent Visit of DR. KELLER to Changsha, Hunan.]
T h e following le tte r , fro m Dr. F ran k A K eller, d a te d A ugust 15, w ith th e p h o to g ra p h s acc o m p a n y in g it, will call f o r th b o th p ra is e
an d p ra y e r. T h e m ap o f C h a n g s h a a n d th e p lan of th e C om pound re fe rr e d t o a r e to o large fo r effe c tiv e re p ro d u c tio n in th e s e pages,
b u t th e p h o to s te ll th e ir own ta le of d e s tr u c tio n an d p re s e rv a tio n . D e s tru c tio n in t h e c a s e of t h e p re m is e s of t h e H unan U nion T h e o ­
logical S chool, an d th e old C.I.M. School building, b u t p re s e rv a tio n , th a n k God, of t h e new buildings of t h e H unan Bible I n s titu te . (See
a lso p a g es 152 a n d 154.)
L E A S E perm it m e to han d y o u
some recent p rin ts illustrating
th e w o rk o f th e F arm ers’ U nions
P
in H u n a n .
P h o to by]
[Dr. K eller.
C o m p o u n d o f H u n an Bible I n s titu te , C h an g sh a .
S o ld iers lined u p fo r roll «all,
p re p a ra to ry t o e v a c u a tio n o f p re m ise s. M ilton S te w a r t Hail a n d D ean H siao’s
re s id e n c e in b a ck g ro u n d .
O c t o b e r , 1927.
148
W ith th e prints, I am enclosing also a
m ap of Changsha and a plan o f th e com­
pound of th e H u n a n B ible In stitu te, so
th a t y o u can se e th e location o f the H u n a n
U nion Theological School as related to
.our compound, th is closeness o f location
em phasizes G o d ’s great m ercy t o usI am ju s t back from a te n d a y s' v isit
to Changsha, th e purpose o f th e v isit
being t o in vestigate conditions and to
encourage our Chinese associates w h o h ave
been ‘ standing b y th e stuff ’ in a courage­
ou s and faith fu l manner.
•Conditions in H u n a n seem to be
grea tly im proved and th e w o rk of several
missions in Changsha is going on pros­
perou sly under th e leadership o f th e
Chinese pastors and evangelists.
c h u r c h h a s b e e n k e p t t o g e t h e r a n d is in
i t s p r e s e n t g o o d c o n d itio n .
I a m w r itin g
t o - d a y t o e a r n e s tly re q u e s t t h a t t h e b a n d
m a y b e a s s ig n e d t o o u r d is t r ic t fo r a n o th e r
te rm o f s e r v ic e .’
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'D r. K eller.
C om p o u n d o f H unan Bible I n s titu te C h an g sh a . S o ld ie rs packing up following
o rd e r to b re a k ra n k s , p r e p a ra to ry t o th e ir leaving th e p re m ise s.
Tw o
d o rm ito rie s In t h e b ack g ro u n d .
A t th e IviebenzeUer M ission th e w ork is
going on splendidly. Our German friends
h a v e been able to sta y rig h t on a t Chang­
sha during all th e trouble, and their
hearts are fu ll of jo y and praise.
T heir Sunday services are w ell attended
and th e y are conducting street chapel
services three evenings each week, and are
preaching th e W ord to crowded houses,
m an y have enrolled as enquirers and a
num ber have asked for baptism .
Several of our B iola E vangelistic
Bands have been able to w ork rig h t on,
though some o f them have suffered
severe persecution.
L a s t w inter th e superintendent of one
o f th e largest missions in H u n a n cam e to
m e and said : ‘ O ur m issionaries have been
obliged to w ithdraw f r o m
, and the
m em bers of th e Church there became
b a d ly frightened and w ere scattered.
T h is p lace is th e hom e of th e leader of
one of y o u r bands, he w en t hom e for his
m id-winter holiday, saw th e sad con­
dition, w en t to w o rk w ith a w ill, g o t th e
people together, started th e regular
church services, and w as a great help in
e ve ry w a y, really saving th e situation.
N ow I h ave come to a sk if y o u can
p ossib ly send th is m an and his band of
e vangelists to w o rk in th is field during
th e absence o f th e m issionaries.’
H o w could w e resist such an appeal ?
T h e b an d w as sent, fo r a tim e th e y m et
w ith terrible opposition, and fo r a couple
o f w eeks th e y w ere a b so lu tely prevented
from doing a n y open w ork.
H ow ever,
th is m orning I received a letter from th e
Chinese p a sto r o f th a t church, from
w h ich I w a n t to m ake th e follow ing
e x t r a c t :—
O c t o b e r . 1927.
‘ From th e tim e y o u r band came in to
our district th e men h a v e exh ibited th e
utm o st enthusiasm and zeal in their
w ork, when th e storm w as greatest and
th e w aves of persecution rolled high th ey
worked w ith real sacrificial energy in
preaching th e Gospel.
‘ A s th e foreign m issionaries had been
forced to leave us, we seemed to be
u tte rly w ith o u t stren gth to carry on the
w ork. T he leader of you r band entered
in to th e difficulties and problem s of the
situation as though th is were his own
church ; he threw him self w ith all his
experience and energy in to th e work,
and it is due to his lo ya l help th at our
Photo byi
G o d willing, we w ill have a conference
at Changsha w ith our band leaders,
assistants and some of th e other band
members in Septem ber, and we hope to
have a t least nine of th e bands starting
on th e new y e a r’s w ork the first of
October.
T his purely Chinese' w ork seems of
greater im portance th an ever in these
days, and we w ill be tru ly grateful for
you r help in prayer.
I am hoping to get back to Changsha
for permanent residence about the middle
of Septem ber, bu t th is is only a hope,
nothing sure about it.
P.S.— None of our buildings suffered
very serious in jury ; some of th e school
furniture w as stolen, also some o f M r.
H siao’s furniture, bu t not a thin g was
taken from m y own residence, there were
no soldiers in it at any tim e. H ow I d o
th an k G o d .
[Or. Keller.
Old School Building of th e H unan Bible In s titu te , C h an g sh a , w h ere th e
w ork s ta r te d . D oors, w indow s, w ooden p a rtitio n s , flo o rs an d all fu rn itu re
ta k e n by lo o te rs .
149
‘A
Door for the Word.’
Address at the C.I.M. Annual Meetings in Queen’s Hall,
By the REV. C. N. LACK. laughs ju s t like our babies and she cries
like our babies.' W hen th e y heard th a t
she h a d a b a th every d a y and d id n o t die
th e y th ou gh t it w as m arvellous. A n d so
our sw eet little girlie w as th e best mission­
a ry to th e wom en in those early days.
A s tim e w en t on and w e lived am ongst
the people G o d used n o t o n ly our preach­
ing b u t our hom e life to w in th eir hearts,
and for th e p a st tw en ty years it h as been
m y jo y and privilege to w itness for G o d
in th a t c ity . G o d h a s blessed H is W ord
in answer to y o u r prayers, and I h a v e h ad
the jo y during th a t tim e of baptisin g
over a thousand men and women.
A W ell O rg a n ised C h u rch .
Photo by]
ON THE WAY TO
AN OUT-STATION
E who h a v e recently come from
th e F ield h a v e been asked
whether mission w o rk is finished
in China.
I th in k th a t th e splendid
audience here to-n igh t is an answer to
th a t question.
A re w e dow nhearted ?
No.
I th in k we m igh t do w ell to see
w hat th a t great m issionary, th e Apostle
Paul, th ou gh t abou t difficulties and
obstacles. T h e y p u t him in ja il in Philippi,
bu t th e y , could n o t stop him from preach­
in g th e G ospel and h e w on th e jailer for
Ch r is t .
T h e y sent him to R om e and
there h e won a num ber for C h r i s t , some
even from am ongst Caesar’s household.
A t last th e y beheaded him , b u t b y his
letters he still has w on more souls -since
his death th an while he lived. D oubtless
there are m a n y here to-n igh t w h o h a v e
been w on for C h r i s t through S t. P a u l's
letters, and so w e can a lw ay s learn a
great d eal from th a t apostle.
W hen he w as in bonds w h a t d id he
w rite t o h is fellow believers ? These are
his words in th e th ird chapter of his
E p istle to th e Colossians and th e second
verse, ‘ Continue stead fastly in p ra y er
th a t G od m a y open u n to us a door for
th e w o rd to speak th e m ystery of C h r i s t
for w h ich I am in chains.’ T o-n igh t w e
w ho h a v e returned from China ask th a t
W
O c t o b e r , 1927.
OF YENCHENG
IN
HONAN.
y o u dear fellow w orkers w ill earnestly
p ra y to G od th a t H e w ill open a door for
th e W ord.
T he door is tem porarily
closed, b u t I believe th a t it w ill soon
swing open and th e opportunities for
preaching th e G ospel in China w ill be
greater th a n ever before.
D uring th e B o x er rio ts I w as in th e
Province of H o n a n , and I lost a ll th a t
I had in th e w orld and n early lost m y
life, b u t G od in H is m ercy allowed me
to escape t o th e coast and a y e a r or tw o
afterw ards th e door w as opened again.
I w as asked to go a n d open up a new w ork
in th e c ity of Y encheng, a large district
where there are alm ost a m illion souls.
I t w as n ot easy to open up w ork in those
days. There were m an y obstacles and a
great deal of opposition, b u t, as we
sought to preach th e Gospel, grad u ally
people’s h ea rts w ere m oved and th e y
turn ed to C h r is t .
G od uses a ll kin ds o f w a y s and m eans
to open hearts t o th e Gospel. W hen w e
began w o rk in Y en ch en g th e wom en
w ould n ot com e in to our com pound
because th e y were to o frightened, b u t
w hen our little b a b y girl arrived on th e
scene she w as th e b est m issionary, and
crow ds of wom en cam e alon g to see th e
foreign b a b y .
T h e y said, ‘ W h y , she
150
W e h ave to -d ay in Y en ch en g c ity a
w ell organised Church w ith its own
pastor, one of th e m ost go d ly and faith fu l
men I have ever m et in m y life. H e has
lived and worked w ith m e for tw e n ty
years. H e, as w ell as th ree other w orkers,
is supported en tirely b y th e Chinese
Church. W e h a v e abou t fo rty deacons
and Sunday school teachers and vo lu n tary
w orkers. T o show y o u th a t th e Church
in China loves th is cou ntry and loves th e
C hristian people in th is cou n try because
th ey h a v e sent th e G ospel to them , it is
on ly necessary to say th a t ju s t before we
left our c ity , in sp ite of th e fa c t th a t ten
thousand ban dits were on ly abou t fifteen
m iles aw ay, w hen we said good-bye over
a thousand people gath ered on Sunday
to worship G o d and to m eet in conference,
a t th eir ow n expense. I te ll y o u these
fa c ts to encourage you, and to let you
kn ow th a t th e C hristians in C hina love
you, and I am sure th e y w ould w ish me
to giv e y o u h e a rty greetings to-n igh t, and
to th an k y o u fo r y o u r p rayers, you r
sy m p ath y, and help. T h e y realise th a t
w e are one b o d y in C h r i s t .
N ow P a u l n o t o n ly p ra y ed th a t G o d
w ould open a door fo r th e w ord— we
are going to do th a t, and w e tr u s t th a t
G o d w ill soon open th e doors again—
b u t in his E p istle to th e E p h esians he
w rites to th e Christians ‘ P ra y fo r me
th a t utterance m a y be given u n to me
th a t I m a y open m y m o u th b o ld ly t o
m ake know n th e m y ste ry of th e G ospel
for w hich I am a n am bassador in chain s.'
E v e n w hen h e w as bound, w hen h e w as
in prison, he w an ted th e pow er of th e
H o ly Sipirit th a t h e m igh t p reach th e
glorious G ospel o f J e s u s C h r i s t . W h a t
w e crave fo r our Chinese brethren in th e
F ield and fo r a ll ou r missionaries is th e
gift of utterance, th e power of th e H oly
Spirit to preach th e Word b y which souls
will be saved. I w an t t o say t o you t o ­
night th a t ' I am n ot ashamed o f the
Gospel of C h r i s t : for it is th e power of
G od unto salvation to every one that
beHeveth.' I f you could come to onr
morning services right through th is year,
in spite of all th e troubles, you would see
a big audience. W e have had to enlarge
our church four tim es. E very Sunday the
church is packed to th e doors, and every
fine day we have to have overflow m eet­
ings because we cannot get all th e people
in . And all th is interest is maintained
sim ply through th e preaching o f the
Gospel. W e have n ot used money, or food,
to draw th e people round us, but just
th e Gospel of J e s u s C h r i s t .
' W hat does the book say ? ’ H e read
again; and at last h e said, ' W hy it is hi
J e su s .' I said, * H ow are you to get it ? '
and he said, ' I m ust take J e sus into m y
heart.' I said, * T hat is right. W ill you
do it now ? ' H e answered, ‘ Y es, Pastor,
I will,' and he knelt down, and in sim ple
Chinese said, ' L ord J e su s , come into
m y heart.' That man was saved from
that day on. H e has given his life to
work am ongst his own people, going into
regions where bandits w ith their fierce
w ays are a terror to the people. H e has
carried the Gospel to thousands.
A C o n v er ted M a d m a n .
Let m e give you another instance’
In one of our out-stations there was a
fanner who at one tim e was w ell off, but
A B r a v e C o lp o rteu r.
Let m e tell you a few instances of how
th e Gospel of C h r i s t saves m en in China.
A few m onths ago, as you know, the
c ity of Chowkiakow was looted and our
missionary, Mr. Freeman Davies, was
carried away, th è ladies being left behind.
W e wanted somebody to volunteer to
tak e a letter through the bandits to get
information w ith regard to where our
friends were.
One of our colporteurs,
who had worked for C h r i s t for about
sixteen years in our district, at once volun­
teered. H e pu t on a postman's jacket and
waded through water up to his chest to
carry the letter through to our friends
and'bring back news of their whereabouts.
That m an has won m any souls for C h r i s t .
G o d has wonderfully used him .
How
w as he saved ? H e came to church one
m o r n in g and, enjoying th e cool building,
and dozing beautifully, he suddenly
heard th e words, ' Where art thou ? '
T hat was the te x t th at morning. H e said,
afterwards, th a t he nearly tum bled off
h is seat. H e thought that someone was
palling him . H e heard th e words a second
tim e and did not go to sleep any more
during th a t service. G o d awakened his
conscience and he felt th at he was a
g u ilty m an who had loved worshipping
idols, and had neglected to worship the
one true G o d , and to believe in J e s u s
C h r i s t . A little tim e after he came to
m y study. I said, ‘ Mr. Li, have you got
eternal life ? ' H e said, ‘ N o.' I said, ' Do
you n ot w ant eternal life ? ' and h e said,
Yes, I long t o have eternal life.’ I said,
‘ Take th e New Testament and turn to
i John v . i i and 12.' H e did so and
read, ‘ This is th e record, th at G o d hath
giv en t o us eternal life, and th is life is
in H is Son. H e th a t h ath the Son hath
life, and h e th a t hath not th e Son of G o d
h a th n ot life.’
H e said * Where is eternal life ? ’ I said,
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ctober,
1927.
he had gone some villagers said to the
Christian, * That is th e madman.* And
the Christian took great care to get away
the n ext morning earlier than usual, ao
when the poor madman came along the
Christian had gone. However, the poor
fellow said th at he was going to find
J e s u s W ho could deliver h im from his
sorrow, and so he made h is way to th e
chapel where h e m et some of th e deacons.
They said, ' The service is over.' They
did n ot want him there because they were
afraid of him. They told him to come
back in seven days* tim e.
The man
returned to his home and seven days
afterwards he came again to th e Gospel
Hall. The Evangelist was there and met
him. H e remained a t th e services, and
in the evening while he was still burdened
with the sorrow in his heart, one of the
Christians said, * Come home with m e,’
and prayed with him until midnight, and
at midnight the madman was suddenly
delivered from his life’s burden.
For
years he has been one of th e brightest
Christians in our Church.
The L o r d
J e s u s by a word can create faith in H im ­
self and save the m ost hopeless.
F ir st H earin g th e G o sp el.
P hoto by]
A HONAN
[/• W- T o m k in so n •
CHRISTIAN
ENQUIRER.
through another m a n s failure and sin,
lost heavily in finance and became
demented. H e was known all over the
district as a madman, and he was a,terror.
A s he was going along the road one day
a boy shouted out to him , ' If I were you
I would go to the J e s u s H all and ask
JESU S to take away your sorrow.'
The
madman began to enquire where the
JESU S H all was.
H e went along and
found a Christian and asked where they
worshipped G o d .
The Christian said,
‘ About ten m iles away. I am going there
to-m orrow ; if you will come early in
th e morning I w ill go w ith you.' The
miuimnn said, ' I w ill be here.' A s soon as
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I could give you dozens of instances
of how people are won for C h r i s t in
places where they have never before
heard the Gospel.
The first tim e we
ever entered a certain city a man was
saved. H e said, ' As I was sitting in my
shop I suddenly heard that a " foreign
devil " had come t o the town. So excited
was I th at I jumped over the counter
and ran down the street to find the
foreigner. I had never seen one before.
There he was w ith a band of Chinese
Christians preaching the Gospel. H e was
talking to a little boy who was carrying
a basket of wheat on his arm. I t was the
wheat harvest. H e said to the boy, " W hat
is th at in your basket ? " I thought,
" This man m ust be stupid," so I shouted
at the top of .my voice, " That is wheat."
Then the foreigner said, " Where does it
come from ? " I thought, " H e is more
stupid than I imagined," and so I shouted,
“ Out of the ground." Then the foreigner
said, " If the G o d of the heavens does not
send the rain and th e sunshine, can you
have any wheat in the ground to give
you food to eat ? " Then I thought that
he knew more than I imagined. H e went
on to say, " W hy do you n ot worship
the G o d of the heavens, the true G o d ,
Who gives you all th at you have to eat
and drink, and clothes and everything.
W hy give yourselves to worshipping
idols ? " That set m e thinking. A month
or tw o later a Chinese evangelist came
to th e city, and I went to hear th e Gospel
and found C h r i s t . ’ T h a t m an to -d ay
is a deacon in th e Church, and a witness
for G o d . S o le t us do as P a u l suggested,
p ra y th a t G o d w ill open a door for th e
w ord in China, and th a t th e door m ay
sw ing wide o p e n ; and le t us p ra y th a t
those who preach th e G ospel m a y have
the gift of utterance in th e fulness of the
S pirit so th at, w hen th e y preach, hearts
w ill be m oved .and th e y m a y atten d to th e
message and b e saved.
In conclusion, m ay I te ll y o u w h at an
evangelist said to m e one d ay, ‘ Pastor,
there w as a strange case in our h a ll
to-day. A you n g scholar cam e in and
said th a t he w anted to learn th e truth,
he w anted to know a b o u tjE S U s C h r i s t .
H e cam e from qu ite a distance aw ay.
W e said, W h a t m ade y o u come here ?
and he said, .‘ M y fath er w as a scholar.
H e bought th e books and read them .
H e died a little w hile ago, and on his
death-bed he said to me, “ M y b o y , I am a
d yin g man. I w ant y o u to go to th e Gospel
H all. I h a v e read th eir books and I am
convinced th a t th e y h a v e th e tru th and
Across Tibet.
Mr. J. T. M ath ew so n , fro m w h o se c irc u la r le tte r t h e follow ing n o te Is e x tr a c te d ,
a rriv e d In C h in a ,fr6m A u stra lia in N ovem ber, 1923. He w as s ta tio n e d a t Sining
In K ansu. W hen, h o w ev er, th e o th e r m is sio n a rie s le ft fo r th e c o a 6t he fe lt th e
oall to tr a v e l w e stw a rd a c r o s s T ib e t. Since th is l e tte r w a s re c e iv e d a ru m o u r
h a s a p p e a re d In t h e dally . P re s s t h a t a ¡p arty o f E u ro p ea n -m issionaries, w ho w ere
p ro c e ed in g t o In d ia fro m W est K ansu, w e re m u rd e re d by L am as. It is fe a re d t h a t
M r..M ath ew so n m ay h a v e b e en w ith t h a t p a rty . We h a v e n o t, h o w ev er, re c eiv ed
an y c o n firm a tio n o f th e re p o rt.
T is three w eeks now since M r. and Mrs.
Learner, M arguerite, M r. and Mrs.
H a yw ard a n d th e * B ells ' le ft here.
T h e la st nam ed are representatives of th e
' T ib etan F orw ard M ission ' w ho join ed
us in th is centre during th e la st w.£ek.
T h e y to geth er are now on th eir w a y b y
ra ft dow n th e y e llo w R iver— eight rafts
in all, and b y th is tim e nearing th e ¡rail­
head w h ich w ill g iv e th em access to
Peking. Y e s I A n d I w ould h a v e been
w ith th em now h a d n o t th e call com e to
m e to g o w estw ard. To-m orrow -(Friday,
M ay 27) I leave on th is w estw ard route,
in com pan y w ith a m em ber of another
M ission, w o rk in g in th ese p a rts am ong th e
I
Tibetans. W e are ta k in g a large su p ply
of T ib e ta n G ospel L iteratu re w ith us to
distribute am ong th e N om ad T rib es th a t
w e w ill encounter. W e h o pe in th is w a y
to p lace th e ‘ P rin ted W ord ’ in th e han ds
o f th ose w h o h a v e n ever before h a d th e
o pp o rtun ity o f reading o r o f hearing fo r
them selves th e sto ry o f R edeem ing L o ve.
B y th e tim e th is le tte r reach es y o u
w e expect to be w ell on our w a y across
T i b e t , travellin g w ith T ib e ta n y a k a t th e
express speed of fifteen m iles a d a y. Our
original intention w as on our approach to
th e K a ra K o ru n M ountain, to tu rn north
to K ash gar, b u t ow in g to delay in startin g
and th e h igh m oun tain s to pass over, w e
[Dr. K eller
P hoto b y I
C om p o u n d of th e H u n an U nion T h eo lo g ical School a t C h an g sh a . R e sid e n c e of th e
Rev. P ro fe s s o r C. W. Allan, d e s tr o y e d by t h e F a rm e rs ’ U nion in H unan. (S ee p. 148).
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1927.
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th e w a y of salvation . I t is to o late fo r
me, m y b o y , b u t y o u go and find o u t th e
true w a y .” '
Oh, friends, when you ,hear
stories like th at, are n ot y o u r h earts
m oved ? D o n o t y o u feel m oved to-night
when G o d h as entrusted y o u w ith th e
Gospel bo u gh t for us through th e shed
blood of J e s u s C h r i s t ? Y o u h a v e been
entrusted w ith th e Gospel, and so h a v e IT here are m an y in China who need th a t
Gospel.
W ill y o u not, then, to-night
consecrate afresh y o u r life to this great
cam paign of evangelising China.
w ill lik ely continue w estw ard beyon d th is
ran ge to Leh. T hence w e in tend t o
d irect our steps southw ard v ia K ash m ere
to C alcutta, w h ich is to be our destin ation
w h ich ever route is taken. I t w ill ta k e
six m onths, w e anticipate, to reach th is
point.
B efore settin g o u t C hina has v e ry
considerately treated us to a m odest
earthquake, w h ich w e hear w as m uch
m ore severe in oth er places, w ith th e
ground ren t open and buildings tum bled
down. N o further news h as reached us.
H ere th e earth-trem ors la sted fo r th ree
m inutes. W ith th e sw ayin g of buildings,
th e ra ttlin g o f furniture, and th e sound
of ‘ can n o n ad in g' from th e m oun tain s
round abou t us i t w as q u ite a w eird
experience. A s I stood o u t in th e open
w ith m y Chinese C hristian servant beside
me, w a tch in g th e m ovem ent of every ­
th in g a b ou t us th e in vo lu n tary rem ark
w a s : ' W e are su rely in th e hollow o f
G o d ' s h an ds.'
I t b rou gh t th e tru th o f th e w ords
afresh to me, th a t I had pondered over,
in m y reading th a t sam e m orning : ‘ H ow
terrible a rt T h o u in T h y w orks. . . . H e
ru leth b y H is p ow er fo r e v e r ; his eyes
behold th e n a tio n s; le t n o t th e rebellious
e x a lt them selves.’
L a te r on in th e day, as I w atched th e
lo n g heathen procession m akin g its w a y
round th e c ity w alls, to th e beatin g o f
cym bals and th e chanting of p rayers,
in w hich Chinese and T ib eta n p riests
u nited in beseeching th e idols to send
rain t o th e parched earth, one th o u g h t
o f another verse in a ' l a t e r ' p s a lm :
‘ B u t H e, bein g fu ll o f com passion . . .
destroyed th em n ot, y e a m an y a tim e
turned H e H is anger a w a y .’
E re I conclude, m a y I rem ind y o u
again o f y o u r responsibility— our u n ited
responsibility— to th e lan d th a t I am ju s t
about to leave, and th e one th a t I am
a bou t t o enter, at th e ‘ p lace o f inter­
cession.’ I am cou n tin g on y o u r fellow ­
ship w ith m e to o on th e jo u rn e y to th e
H om eland. T h e L o r d is m y Shepherd, m y
Shelter, m y Saviou r and m y Song.
The Need of the Roadside.
Circular Letter from MISS A. R. ALLEN, written from Shanghai.
'A n d {]es m s ] went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings o f the kingdom o f God.*
— L u k e viii. i . ‘ A s ye got preach.'— M att. x . 7.
H O T O N o. 1 show s us ready to
start fo r a n evan gelistic effort in
th e T ’u ch ’i district fo r th e m onth
o f Jan uary. T ’u ch ’i is an ou tstatio n of
Chuhsien.
M iss D arb y w as also with, us, b u t she
came from , and returned to , Chuhsien,
so w as n ot w ith u s in H su tin g when the
p h o to s were taken.
W e each carried n o t less th an fifty
G ospels in our bags and also a liberal
su p p ly o f tracts.
P a rt o f th e w a y w e travelled b y b o at
P
P hoto by]
[M iss A. R . Alletti
P h o to No. 1.
TH E PARTY READY TO START.
and th e rem ainder of th e jou rn ey we
walked. B o th Mrs. T s'u and Mrs. H u an g
were stud en ts from M iss F o w le ’s B ible
School a t H suting, and p a rt o f th eir
vacatio n w as spent in th is w a y. Mrs.
T s ’u h a d never w alked so m uch as five It
(barely th ree miles) before and sh e was
fu ll o f j o y as she experienced th e L o r d ’s
enabling fo r th is. One day she w alked
tw en ty-five li (over eight m iles), w hich
w as m uch fo r her, and on arrival sh e w as
f a ll o f praise a n d ready t o te s tify to th e
L o r d ’s goodness.
H er testim o n y w as
O c t o b e r , 1927.
a lw ays w ith pow er, fo r she spoke from a
h eart fu ll of p raise to G o d . She w as such
a cheer and help to u s a l l ; n ot once did
w e find her down in sp irit and feeling
s o n y fo r herself. She w alked and worked
alw ays so jo y fu lly fo r th e L o r d and w as
ready to suffer hardship and incon­
venience fo r H is N am e’s sake. I have
such h ap p y m em ories o f b o th Mrs. T s'u
and Mrs. H uang. T h e la tte r is you n ger
in y ears and b e tter able to rough it, as is
necessary in these evangelistic w alks.
D uring th e days w e were to geth er we
m emorised th e 9 1st Psalm , learning a
verse each day, and a t our evening prayers
we each repeated our verse, M iss Scarlett,
Miss D arby, and m yself doing th e same.
Our special hym n fo r th e day ou t was,
‘ W e h a v e no pow er excep t w e p r a y .’
This we sang every d a y w hen possible.
W e v isite d five m arkets and had a very
blessed tim e togeth er and also out among
th e people. W e do praise our G o d for
the great p rivilege o f being allowed to
sow th e seed in these lonely places.
Our ob ject w as to ju s t w alk on from
village to village and preach as we w en t
w herever th e opportun ity showed itself.
W e had m an y ta lk s t o in dividuals b y the
w ayside, also to b ig crow ds gathered on
m arket d a y s and to groups of village
people. M any hundreds of people livin g
in these cou ntry places heard th e G ospel
fo r th e first tim e.
A t each place M isses Scarlett and D arby
had m eetings fo r th e children.
T h ey
usually had to g o o u t and gath er th e
children togeth er and lure them in to
hear th e message. A fte r th e children's
m eeting w as over we h ad one th en fo r the
wom en. B oth Mrs. T s'u and Mrs. H u an g
were a great help in g iv in g the message.
H O T O No. 2 show s th e num ber of
books sold during th e tim e w e
w ere out, nam ely, 1,700. W e h a d
hoped during th e m onth to sell 2,000
G ospels, bu t, bein g recalled to our station
b y th e Consul’s letters after being ou t only
tw en ty days, our sales only am ounted
to 1,700. T he rem aining 300 G ospels we
sold en route t o W anhsien when evacua­
tin g S z e c h w a n .
T h e books are all prepared before we
start. B a c h set is n ea tly w rapped up in
three tra cts a n d th en ten sets are tied
to geth er in a bundle. T his greatly helps
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in th e w ork and enables one a t first sight
to know if a further supply is needed.
I t also adds greatly to th e am ount sold,
especially on b u sy m arket days. In th e
earlier p a rt o f th e year, on an unusually
crow ded m arket, w e sold 70 sets in halfan-hour, th a t is, 420 Scripture portions
in half-an-hour. Our aim w as 100 Gos­
pels a day.
T his p h o to also represents one-fifth of
the G ospels sold in various p a rts of
E astern S z e c h w a n as we h a v e w alked
on from village to village during 1926.
Photo by ]
[A/is s A. R. Atleti.
P h o to No. 2.
SHOWING NUMBER OF BOOKS SOLD.
D uring th a t year th e L o r d enabled us
to w alk over 600 E n glish miles, ju st
jou rn eying on from home to hom e and
from village to village. W e p u t up for
th e n igh t ju s t where we were led to stay,
an d , n ever once h a v e we been refused a
lodging. T he G ospels are all sold and the
m oney is used to p a y fo r the wom en w ho
g o w ith us. I t p a y s for th eir board and
travelling, boats, etc., and coolies t o carry
th e books. T h e rem ainder is used to
purchase tracts, m any thousands of which
are given a w ay each year.
A t th e close o f 1926 w e h a d a su p ply
of 9,000 G ospels. W e had hoped to g e t
a il th ese circulated during th is year.
W e le ft H su tin g early in F ebru ary and
so only succeeded in distrib u tin g 2,000 of
them . T h e rem aining 7,000 w ere le ft in
H sutin g. W e are p ra y in g and w ould v alu e
y o u r p ra yer help th a t th e C h ristian wom en
there m ay do th eir u tm ost t o g e t these
p ortion s o f G o d ’ s W ord in to th e hom es
o f th e people.
T h e p a s t three y e a rs h a v e been a
wonderful tim e of b o o k selling a n d ta k in g
th e sp oken m essage t o th e villag es and
h am lets off th e m ain road. T h e people
h a v e been so w illin g to listen to th e
m essage preached as w e ll as to b u y th e
books, th ro u gh w h ich w e believe G o d is
w o rkin g b y H is H o ly S p irit, now w e are
absent from them . O ur G o d h a s m ade a
prom ise t o H im self and w e kn ow H e
W on't fa il t o keep H is prom ise. H e h as
said, ' M y W o rd sh a ll n ot retu rn u n to Me
v o id .’ T h is is th e tim e to tru s t H im and
to p ra y th a t H e w ill gath er to H im self a
glorious h a rv e st o f souls th rough th e
m in istry o f H is W ord . I believe w e sh all
see in th e g lo ry a m ig h ty arm y w h o h a v e
been b rou gh t to th e S av io u r th rough th e
Trading o f H is W o rd a p art from an y
hum an teacher.
L ik e P a u l o f old, w ho, w hen th e race
w a s well-nigh ru n , to o k a lo ok b a c k at
a ll th e w a y h e h a d come, w e also in
trium ph sa y : ' I th a n k C h r i s t J e s u s
m y L o r d W h o h a th enabled m e . . .
n ow u n to th e K in g eternal, im m ortal,
in visible, th e on ly w ise G ob , b e honour
and g lo ry fo r ever a n d ever. A m en .’
Please do n ot th in k w e w a lk because
fu n d s do n ot allow fo r conveyances. T he
m on ey is th ere to b e used if needed. H ie
L o r d g a v e a v isio n of th e need o f th e road­
side. T h e people liv in g b y th e w ayside
are so needy. W ith th is vision ever fresh
before m e I am constrained to carry th e
G ospel to th e people in th is w ay.
Our Shanghai Letter.
T h is L e tte r, fro m Mr. J a m e s S ta rk , S e c r e ta r y o f th e C h in a C ouncil of th e M ission H e a d q u a rte rs in S h a n g h a i, Is d a te d A ugust 9,
an d c o n ta in s th e l a te s t Mail News re c eiv ed fro m t h a t c e n tre .
MOVEMENTS OF WORKERS.
IN C E th e d ate of m y last letter, D r. F . A . K e lle r has,
w it^ th e sanction o f th e A m erican Consul-General at
H ankow , p aid a short v isit to Changsha, th e cap ital of
H u n a n . T h e jgurnej^S^as m ade b y Japanese steam er from
H ankow , and nothing of an unpleasant nature w as experienced
either eH route or a fter arrival. T h e N ationalist m ilitary auth o­
rities, w h o are in control of th e c ity , are m ain tain in g order, and
conditions are ap p aren tly alm ost norm al. D r. K eller found th e
adm inistration building of th e B ible In stitu te, of w hich he is
Superintendent, occupied b y soldiers, b u t as th e result of
representations these, actin g upon instructions from their
superiors, w ithdrew , and th e g a te w a y has since been bricked
up ..w hich it is hoped w ill prevent/further intrusion. D r. K eller,
w ho w as only p erm itted b y th e Cptisul to rem ain at Changsha
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over one trip of th e steam er, w as fav o u rab ly received and found
th e people friendly. H e reports th a t our Liebenzeller Associate
w orkers there are ab le to conduct evangelistic m eetings th ree
tim es a w eek in th e street chapel, w h ich accom m odates betw een
tw o and three hundred people. T h e chapel is u su ally full, and
th e audiences listen respectfully to th e G ospel Message. D r.
F ite l is opening a hospital in th e bu ildin g from w h ich Mr.
H udson T a y lo r passed in to th e im m ediate presence of his L o r d .
M r. C. F airclough and A ir. A . K . M acpherson abou t th e sam e
tim e w en t to Ningpo, in th e hope th a t th e y m igh t be perm itted
to p a y a v isit to Chenghsien, Mr. M acpherson's station, in th e
province o f C h e k i a n g ; b u t w h ilst th e B ritish Consul w as
w illin g for them to do so, th e Chinese officials raised objections
w hich th e Consul fe lt should n ot b e disregarded. M r. Fairclough
and Mr. M acpherson returned to Shanghai via Shaohing, where
th e y spent tw o hours, and H angchow ,
where th e y rem ained over night. In th e
la tte r c ity th e y fou nd feeling rath er tense.
Mr. G. A . Sutherland, w ith th e p er­
m ission o f th e A m erican Consular a uth or­
ities, recen tly p a id a brief v is it to W en ­
chow, where h e fou nd all qu iet and th e
C hristians anxious th a t h e should remain
w ith them .
STILL AT THEIR STATIO NS.
T th e present tim e there are tw o
hundred and thirteen of ou r m em ­
bers a n d associates still a t inland
stations in th e provinces of K a n s u ,
A
Sh e n s i, S h a n s i, H o n a n , S z ec h w a n ,
K w e i c h o w , Y u n n a n , H o p e h , K ia s t g s i ,
A n h w e i , C h e k i a n g , H u n a n , and S in k ia n g .
T h e news w h ich reaches us
P h o to 6y]
[Dr. K e lle r .
C o m p o u n d o f H unan Blbie I n s titu te C h an g sh a . S o ld iers lined up fo r roll call
p r e p a r a to r y to e v a c u a tio n o f p re m ise s. (S ee a lso p. 148.)
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from som e o f th ese centres show s th a t
G o d 's p rotection is being graciously
gran ted to H i s servants am id conditions
w h ich , in som e places, are difficult and
try in g .
Mr. R . A . B osshardt, w ritin g from T su nyi, K w e ic h o w , from
w hich province he has n ot found it necessary to w ithdraw ,
reports th a t he has received, th rough his Consul a t Canton, a
new Chinese passport. T hough he only applied for one for the
provinces of K w e ic h o w and Y u n n a n , th e one sent includes
an y p a rt of th e cou n try under th e control of th e N ationalist
m ilitary p a rty.
BAPTISM S.
I N C E I la st w rote t o yo u tw o hundred and tw en ty-th ree
S
ba p tism s h a v e been reported, m aking a to ta l of 904 thus
far recorded for th is year.
A m o n gst those reported during
th is period are five lepers, w ho th u s m ade public confession of
their fa ith in C h r i s t a t Lan ch ow on June 12.
TRYING EXPERIENCES.
R . and Mrs. J. S. Fiddler report th e officials v ery friendly
a t Ningsiafu, in K a n s u , where, however, our friends
have had some very try in g experiences as th e result of
th e a c tiv ity of th e local Labour Union, a t whose instigation
placards vilifyin g Mr. Fiddler were printed and posted. The
ringleaders commandeered th e Mission chapel to proclaim Com­
m unistic doctrines ; b u t representations were m ade to th e C ity
M agistrate, a Christian, w ho qu ickly pu t a stop to their propa­
ganda, calling them to his residence and deputing the Chief
Secretary to exhort them , inform ing them th a t bu t for Mr.
Fidd ler's influence and entreaty th ey would be placed in gaol.
A d a y or tw o later, th e M agistrate received an order from
M arshal Feng Y ii-hsian g to close the Labour Union and th e
printing office, and send th e head men to him a t Chengchow, in
H o n a n . Mr. Fidd ler states th a t during the quarter ended June
30 th e num ber of guests w as 2,787, or over 30 a day, being the
highest on record, w h ilst th e sale of Christian literature exceeded
94,000 cash, as against 35,600 for the previous quarter.
M
IN THE HWAILU DISTRICT.
R . C. H . S. G R E E N sends an interesting account of the
w ork at Liuchenghsien, an outstation in th e H w ailu
district, as reported to him b y th e Chinese evangelist,
w ho had visited all th e villages where there are Christians,
urging the im portance of th eir m aking a special effort tow ards
self-support. Later, a t a united meeting, m uch enthusiasm was
shown, w hen a com m ittee was form ed and gifts and promises
received amounted to $70.
‘ T h e plan w a s,’ Mr. Green w rites, ‘ th a t these gifts should
be brought in in tw o instalm ents— one after the w heat and
one after th e autum n harvests. A t th a t tim e w heat harvest
prospects were excellent, owing to abundance of snow in w inter
and rains in th e early spring. A la s ! these hopes were n ot
realised. A letter ju s t to hand tells of continued drought up
to th e end of June h avin g reduced th e w heat to a minimum
and quite dried up the youn g spring crops of m illet, kao liang
and cotton. A ll th is land w ould have to be re-sown if rains
cam e in tim e ; b u t every day w as bringing them nearer to the
tim e when it w ould be too late to sow for an autum n crop, even
if th e rains did come. A t th e d a y appointed for the first instal­
m ents to be brought in, goodly num bers gathered in the c ity
centre, b u t only $7 cam e in money, though promises were
received th a t all should be given if G od in H is m ercy gave them
an autum n harvest. A postscript w as added to th e letter to
th e effect th a t a beautifu l and copious rain had ju s t fallen, and
all were rejoicing th a t autum n crops could be sow n.’
M
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AT KAIHSIEN, SZECHWAN.
R . H . W U P P E R F E L D , w riting from Kaihsien, S z e c h ­
w a n , on Ju ly 4 , tells of a very tryin g experience
through which he and Mrs. W upperfeld had ju st passed,
when the notorious Brigadier-General "Wang, w ith other officers,
occupied the B o ys’ School compound, and their men, ignoring
the proclam ation of General Yang-sen and the M agistrate,
disturbed th e L o r d ’s D ay service, rushed into the Church, and
took the offertory and p art of the Communion service and Mr.
W upperfeld’s eyeglasses. Mr. W upperfeld adds a postscript on
the fifth as follows :—
‘ G lad to say the soldiers have left the city and have gone, I
suppose, to Sinninghsien. Now our hearts are full of praise.
P ray for u s and the churches.’
F or Mr. and Mrs. W upperfeld, who have been bravely holding
on a t K aihsien , deep sym pathy will be felt in all the nervous
strain through w hich they have passed.
Archdeacon K u has sent a pastoral letter to the Churches in
the Eastern S z e c h w a n Diocese.
[A translation of this letter appears on page 156].
M
IN HUNAN.
R.
HERM AN
H unan,
BECKER,
o n J u ly
writing
from
Yuanchow ,
1 6 , s a y s :—
‘ E veryth in g is peaceful here. K w e ic h o w soldiers
have gone down river to fight H u n a n but are being beaten,
we hear. T o-d ay w e heard th a t three men tried to assassinate
the G overnor of K w e ic h o w , wounding him in the leg. The
w ork is going on, and we are opening more outstations. The
people are v ery friendly.’
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
R . G IB B is at present absent from Shanghai, having
le ft on the 2nd inst. on a visit to Chefoo, where there
are a number of m atters, relating to the School and the
larger interests of the work, calling for his personal attention.
A letter ju s t received from Mr. A ugust Berg, the Superinten­
dent of the w ork of th e Swedish Mission in China, mentions
th a t tow ard the end of J u ly he had a call from the Swedish
M inister at Peitaiho, where th ey are both spending part of the
summer. T h e M inister expressed the hope th a t all the members
of th a t Mission m ay be allowed to return to SHANSI in the
autumn.
I regret to have to report th at Mrs. A . S. A lm quist, of the
Swedish A lliance Mission, who, w ith her husband, was recently
transferred from T okoto to Shaerhtsin, North S h a n s i , died of
typ h u s fever on J u ly 20, in the hospital at Saratsi, to which
she w as rem oved w hen she becam e ill at the beginning of the
m onth. Our hearts go out in deep sym pathy to Mr. A lm quist
and his little son in their bereavement.
M
For Supplication and Thanksgiving.
T h a n k s g iv in g for the preservation of the H u n a n B ible In­
stitu te Buildings, and for the prosperity of the w ork in
Changsha (p. 148).
P r a y e r for all Chinese leaders and converts (pp. 148— 152, 158).
T h a t th e Scriptures which have been circulated among
the people m ay be read (p. 153). For all Missionaries
still at th eir stations (pp. 154, 159). For Archdeacon
K u (p. 156). F or the Bereaved (p. 159). F or the
special A utum n M eetings (p. 160).
Letter from the Venerable Archdeacon Ku.
In th e a b s e n c e o f B ishop .Mowll from t h e D iocese o f W e ste rn C h in a, th e re s p o n sib ility fo r t h e w ork fa lls t o th e V en erab le A rc h d e ac o n
Ku. Will a ll w ho re a d h is l e t t e r re m e m b e r him b e fo re t h e T h ro n e of G ra c e.
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U, a servan t of C h r i s t b y th e w ill o f G o d , to th e Pastors,
T eachers (T.N. Catechists), m en and wom en church
officers, m y fellow-labourers in Christ, th is epistle
is w ritten. M ay G od ou r heaven ly f a t h e r giv e y o u grace and
peace.— Am en.
K
I h a v e te m p o r a r ily t a k e n o v e r t h i s g r e a t a n d h e a v y re s p o n s i­
b ility
o n th e
on th e
o n e h a n d b e c a u s e i t c o u ld n o t b e a v o id e d ,
o th e r h a n d
s t r e n g th e n s
ch u rch es are
m e.
I
h a v e c o m m itt e d i t
M oreover,
c o - o p e r a t in g
th e
w ith
ch u rch
me
and
a ll t o
C h r is t
o fficers
in
r e m e m b e r in g
and
who
a ll
th e
m e in
prayer.
These few m on ths h a v e passed alm ost im perceptibly
1 had th ou gh t th a t Bishop M owll, after an absence in Shanghai
o f a few m onths, would ha v e returned. W h o could h a v e foreseen
th a t ow ing to th e unfavourable state o f affairs he w ould perforce
have to retu rn to E n glan d fo r a few ^months. In his le tte r he
expresses th e hope o f being able to return to S z e c h w a n in
N ovem ber of th is year. T h is being so, I sh all endeavour to
shoulder th e respon sibility fo r th e tim e being.
I g rea tly desire during th is tim e to v is it all th e churches in
each district, b u t am n o t sure, of th e w ill o f th e L o r d in the
m atter. T h e p arish of Langchong (T .N . Paoning) has no resident
Pastor, and w ith th e large Cathedral here one feels th a t there
are m an y difficulties.
Som etim es affairs arise suddenly, and a t other tim es com ­
m unications are in te rru p te d ,"n o t to refer to th e question of
expense. Thus in view o f these fa c ts i t w ill. n ot be easy for
m e t o m eet you , m y brothers and sisters, b u t I continue to p ra y
earnestly th a t th e L o r d w ould open a w a y fo r m e th a t I m ay
b e enabled to come unto you, and w ith y o u seek th e G lory of G o d .
F o r th e present I intend in vitin g th e R e v . K e o to v isit th e
nearer and larger parishes in th e fruiting deanery, to baptise
and adm inister H o ly Com munion, and confirm th e churches.
P a sto r Ma I am asking t o v isit in th e Shuenking deanery,
and perform his m in isterial office. T h e W estern deanery
(T .N . C.M.S.) h as tw o p resbyters a n d several deacons and so is
able to carry on. R e v. Y a n g T ah -n ih has several parishes in
his charge sufficient to keep him on th e m ove, so th ere is no
necessity to add to h is burden.
I n th e K w e ifu deanery there is’ th e Senior P resbyter, R e v .
W u (T .N . W upperfeld) also P astors (Deacons) T an and L iu,
w h o can exercise th eir office as deacons and in cases of necessity
e xten d th eir d u tie s ; th u s th a t deanery is fa irly w ell provid ed for.
R eferring to th e present conditions and th e m ethods to be
adopted in m eeting them su ch questions can n ot be answered
in a w ord or tw o. M a y th e L o r d m ake y o u a ll to b e as w ise as
serpents and as harm less as doves, ta ctfu l, and understanding
th e tim es and th e opp ortun ity.
A s to u ch in g heresies and su perstitious teachings y o u m u st
n either welcom e nor com prom ise w ith such. In case of sudden
persecution arising be of a contented and yieldin g sp irit (T .N .,
i.e., resist n o t th e evil). W ith regard to th e anti-C hristian
m ovem ent y o u should m ain tain a calm a n d y e t determ ined
attitude, n o t easily m oved. T o resist b y propaganda, either
p rin ted or spoken, m a y p ro ve y o u to b e in th e rig h t, b u t y o u
w ill n o t escape p u b lic opinion, R a th er th a n oppose them
therefore, le t us all rouse ourselves up a n d b y a change o f h eart
T .N .—Translators Note.
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[M iss G rant.
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THE CATHEDRAL AT PAONING.
and life, p rove ourselves to be C h r i s t ’ s real disciples, fearin g
nothin g b u t sin.
T here is another m atter w hich I w ish y o u all to realise, nam ely,
th a t m y office is n ot concerned w ith finance, and w ith reference
to finance I wish to say a few w ords : I speak the tru th in C h r i s t ,
w e should n ot again tru st to th e W estern M issionary Societies
for our support. A lth ou gh th ey have no intention of suddenly
castin g us off, y e t w e ourselves should certain ly h a v e a desire
for self-support, and stir up w ithin ourselves a spirit of selfsupport and self-propagation, causing th e church members to
realise th a t th e church is n ot th e foreigners’ church b u t ours.
A ll should therefore unite in an endeavour to collect m oney
fo r a capital fund and p u t th e finance on a sound basis. B u t
m ore im portan t th an th is is th e securing o f people filled w ith
th e H o ly S p irit to jo in together, fo r otherw ise there w ill b e
neither perm anence nor spiritu ality. I f it is carnal it cannot
la st. A n d here le t it be noted how indispensable is sincere
p ra yer if th e church is to be revived. B eing revived how
easy fo r th e church to becom e self-supporting.
A n d w hen th e m ain questions (T .N ., i.e., political) are settled,
and th e W estern teachers, our fellow-labourers, return, th e y
w ill certain ly co-operate w ith and assist us, sincerely hoping
th a t th e Church w ill a tta in to th e position of being self-supporting
and self-propagating. On no account w ill th e y a d op t th e
attitu d e of th e envious, or th e onlooker, fo r th e y neither preach
th e G ospel in order to get a livin g, nor do th e y belong to th a t
class o f persons w ho m ake use o f th e G ospel to encourage
im m igration (T .N ., i.e., of th eir ow n nationals, in to China to
reside as Japanese do' in M a n c h u r i a ).
I dare t o sa y th a t our form er B ishop, B ishop Cassels, w as of
th is m ind from th e v ery beginning of his w ork, and it cannot
be th a t th e other W estern teachers are of a different spirit.
Therefore, in 'v ie w o f all th is we are v e r y optim istic as to th e
C hurch’s future, even though a t th is ju n ctu re w e m ust p a tien tly
w a it awhile:
I f eel y o u w ill all sym pathise w ith these rem arks and m anifest
y o u r h e a rty agreem ent w ith them .
F in ally , if an y of y o u can "furnish m e w ith you r enlightened
view s o r expressions o f opinion, and th u s m ake u p fo r m y
deficiencies, I earnestly h o pe y o u w ill do so. The. L o r d be
w ith you.— Am en.
June 6, 1927.
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In Hungtung and District.
Circular Letter from MR. and MRS. LEWIS, written from Chefoo.
H E last few m onths w ere a fruitfu l
and h ap p y tim e in our w ork in
H ungtung, th in gs were progressing
m ost encouragingly. Y o u w ill be interested
to hear th at th e fath er o f th e K w o h fam ily
h as softened v ery m uch in h is attitu d e
to w ard th e Gospel. H e even allowed th e
fam ily idols to h e destroyed a t th e
Chinese New Y e a r, and h as frequen tly
come alon g to th e services. Mrs. K w o h ,
th e m other, has been seriously ill, so ill
th a t th e second son, w h o lives in their
old hom e in th e provin ce of C h i h l i , w as
sent for. T he old la d y ’s life w as spared
in answer to p rayer, and praise G od, the
second son, after liv in g in th e hom e for a
month, w as brigh tly converted.
H is
brothers, of course, greatly rejoiced, and
counted th e trial of th is serious illness as
jo y , seeing th a t it had produced such
h ap p y results. Then w e are th an kful
to say th a t tw o other men in th e c ity
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have been v e r y b rig h tly converted. T h e y
were first brought alon g b y th e K w o h
brothers, and during a tw o w eeks’ reading
class a t th e tim e o f Chinese New Y$ar,
th ey definitely to o k th eir stand. B oth
o f them are v ery keen to w in others, and
h a v e often brought someone along w ith
them to our even ing m eetings and
Sunday services.
T he fou rth brother K w o h h as been a
great j o y to us, he is th e ex-gam bler.
H e has a qu iet, alm ost winsom e, manner,
and is in dead earnest to w in souls, all
day long, and seven days a week. H e
stirred up th e ire o f his fath er on one
occasion, for introducing th e su bject of
th e Gospel to a friend w ho had called ; his
fath er broke out upon him w ith an im ­
p atien t ‘ Is there no other to p ic of con­
versation bu t th e G ospel ? M ust you
alw ays ta lk abou t J esus ? ’
A few w eeks before w e had to leave, we
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had started a d aily prayer m eeting.
W hen th e suggestion w as m ade th e c ity
brethren to o k it up w arm ly, and faith fu lly
gave th e tim e from 5 p.m . to 6 p.m . to
prayer fo r individuals, and spiritual
quickening in th e Church. W e are so
th an kful th a t since leavin g fo r th e coast
we have heard from them th a t th is
m eeting is b ein g continued.
C a u se for T h a n k s g iv in g .
A n oth er cause for thanksgiving, and an
illustration of how G o d is answering y o u r
prayers fo r our work, concerns a you n g
m an from one of our village m eetings. H e
is the second son o f a Christian father, and
has himself been a church m em ber for a
num ber of years, though like m any others
wholly occupied w ith getting on in th e
world, and increasing their fam ily w ealth.
A tten dan ce a t w orship has been v ery
in term ittent, though h e has passed for a
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A CHARACTERISTIC SHANSI VILLAGE.
T h e p ro v in c e <8 m o u n ta in o u s , t h e h o u s e s a r e s u b s ta n tia lly b u ilt a n d th e h illsides te rra c e d . . T h * 'm a jo rity - o f th e C h ris tia n s live In
th e s e villages.
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good-enough m an in th e village. I t
happened, as is often th e ease, th a t he had
a few unpleasant w ords w ith his sister-inlaw. T he cause o f th e trouble was th a t
his little girl being unwell, he called in a
doctor to w rite a prescription for her.
H is sister-in-law felt th a t it w as a slight
upon them , th a t he sent th e doctor aw ay
w ithout asking him to see th eir child to o !
I t d id n ot appear th at there was a n y ­
th in g th e m atter w ith th eir child, b u t he
m ight have asked him to see her an y w a y !
T h e Q u a rrel.
L ater in the evening w hen th e elder
brother cam e in th e quarrel broke out
afresh, and th e elder brother added m an y
bitter and cu ttin g words, accusing the
younger one of alw ays try in g to be the
b ig m an, and spending m oney recklessly,
and so on. A ll th is w as qu ite untrue, for
th e younger m an w as really th e m ain ­
stay of th e home, and worked v e ry hard
for all th e fam ily. H e w as stun g into a
terrible passion, such as w e westerners
can h ard ly understand. H e could eat
no food, and w hen he w en t to bed sleep
w as im possible. H e tossed to and fro
filled w ith b itte r hatred fo r his brother,
and tu rn in g over in his m ind w hether he
should m urder him and then com m it
suicide. T he only th in g th a t prevented
him w as th e fear th at, b y so doing, their
fam ily w ould becom e th e laughing stock
of th e villag e ! T h in k of it ! Finding
no relief, som ething (?) induced him to
open his B ible, and as h e read a sense of
relief cam e to him , so he read on. There
and then th e S p irit of G oo sp o ke w ith
pow er to h is heart, reviealing to him th e
emptiness of th e world, and th e foolish­
ness o f settin g h is heart on, and livin g
only fo r th at. I t w as lik e a new con­
version to him , in fact, he said he ju s t
wondered if he had ever know n the L o r d
tru ly at all l|efore. A ll anger and
resentm ent w e r! taken righ t aw ay, and
he surrendered him self entirely to G o d
for a n yth in g H e m ight appoint.
I t seemed clear to him th a t it w ould be
well fo r th e peace of th e hom e if th e y
divided up the p atrim on y, and he de­
term ined th a t he w ould ta k e on ly oneth ird of "the p ro p erty, instead of a half
as he w ould be entitled to m oreover, the
anim als and th e best of th e farm ing im ­
plem ents should be his brother's. Im agine
th e surprise w hen in th e m orning he made
th is proposal. H ow ever, h e told them
all w h at G o d had done for him during
the night, and his brother w as too taken
b a ck to m ake a n y rep ly.
Of course all th e v illage knew a t once,
and th ere were not w an tin g those w h o said
he w as crazy, and w ould be sure to regret
it. H e to ld us qu ietly, how ever, th a t he
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was sure h e w as never m ore sane th an
now. ‘ I h a v e been crazy, b u t th an k
G o d I see clearly now .' H e began
im m ediately to seek out other b a ck ­
sliders, and a t the tim e he sp oke to us
had already been successful in leading
three others back to the L o r d .
M r s . G hao.
Some of y o u w ill rem em ber a wom an
nam ed Mrs. Chao, a vegetarian and an
ardent idolator, w ho w e asked y o u to
pra y for. Y o u w ill recall her perhaps w hen
w e m ention th a t she is th e one w ho had
worn ou t her nether garm ents a t the
knees, bow ing so often, and for so long,
before her idols. I t appears she took
offence at th e rath er too direct m anner of
our Biblewom an, and would n ot listen to
an y further exhortations. W e g o t into
con tact w ith her again through one of the
B ible In stitu te students, w ho knew a
little abou t Chinese medicine, and was
asked to w rite a prescription for her. I t
occurred to u s th a t our carpenter friend,
Mr. Lee, m ight be a good m an to speak to
her, we therefore suggested this to him ,
and he consented to do so. A w eek or
tw o later w e asked him if he had been to
see her, he said, ‘ N o, Pastor, y o u don’t
know perhaps how proud of them selves
these B udd hists are, I h ave been through
it all and know how carefully w e shall
h ave to proceed, I am p rayin g abou t it
first, then afterw ards I w ill g o .’ T he
n ext Sunday afternoon he came round to
us for a tim e of special p rayer togeth er
and then set out. H e spoke to her as
one of her ow n set, w ho h a d sought peace
earnestly in Buddhism , and n ot found it,
b u t now in C h r i s t w as more th an satisfied.
H is earnest, sym pathetic m anner quite
w on th e w om an, and she agreed th a t he
should come again and tell her more.
T he brethren were all p rayin g fo r her in
our d a ily prayer m eetings, so w e hope
th a t she m ay soon tu rn to th e L o r d .
W ith th e advent o f spring, and th e warm er
weather, we had already m ade a com­
mencem ent upon our ten t evangelistic
work, and up to th e tim e o f leavin g a few
fam ilies had already p u t a w ay their
idols. U nfortunately, w ith th e departure
of all th e missionaries, th is work w ill not
be able to go on according to plan.
T h e In ter p r eta tio n ?
H ow are we to in terp ret th is great
u pheaval in China, w ith all its accom ­
panim ent of b itte r anti-foreign and antiC hristian propaganda ? W e feel th at
w ith o u t do ub t it represents a massed
atta ck o f the pow ers of darkness, and for
th at reason our best w eapon of defence
and offence is p r a y e r . Please read
Psalm lx x iv . 18-23.
Our ow n p rayer is
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th at th e L o r d would m eet, this flood
tid e of th e eneimy w ith th e floods o f His
Spirit. I am sure y o u are all m uch in
pra yer fo r us, and for th is u nhappy land,
and there is no need to ask y o u to redouble
yo u r prayers for an outpouring of th e
Spirit such as w e h a v e mentioned.
' Arise, O God, plead thine own cause ;
rem em ber how th e foolish man reproacheth Thee daily. ’— P sa. lxxiv. 22.
From Honan.
D e v a s ta tio n a n d
S u f f e r in g .
LETTER FROM ELDER SUEN OF LINCHUANG 6 MILES NORTH OF SHENKIU
CITY TO REV. J. W. TOMKINSON, OF
THIS STATION, BUT NOW ABSENT,
0 P A S T O R T ’ON G, G reetings !
A t 5 a.m. on the 19th of th e
5th Moon [about June 18], a band
of robbers num bering over 5,000, bringing
w ith them 10,000 tickets [captives held
for ransom], broke in to the city . The
killed in th e c ity num ber m ore th an 800.
A radius of 17 miles north, south, east, and
w est of the c ity has been devastated b y
them . D aily inside th e c ity several tens
of persons are killed.
T hose w ho are taken b y the brigands
are all beaten so th at blood flows from
th eir bodies. T hroughout th e district
there are houses burned b y them , in th e
east and in the w est th is also is th e case.
T h e y h ave now been fourteen days in th e
city , and have;not> departed. W e do n ot
know how it ¿6 ts w ith Mr. L iu and Mr.
Ma [church workers], b u t V e hear th a t
th e ban d it chief has m ade his head­
quarters in the Church [Mission] premises.
M y pastor ! M y p asto r ! T h e flowing
o f th e blood o f innum erable people of
Shenkiu m akes m y heart tru ly troubled,
and m y eyes shed tears. N ever in a ll m y
life h ave I witnessed an yth in g so severe.
[The E lder is over 60 years of age.]
On th e m orning of th e 20th of th e
fifth Moon th e walled village of F an w as
broken in to b y th e robbers, and from
there th ey h a v e taken cap tive Church
members.. There are bandits north and
south of Linchuang, and for tw o days none
of us h ave partaken of food. W e have
given ourselves to earnest prayer. H ad
it n ot been th a t the L o r d pu t forth H is
hand, our v illage to o could n ot have
escaped.
T he brigands h ave n ot departed, and
w e do n ot know w hen th ey w ill leave.
N o soldiers h ave come [to fight th e
brigands], and w e can only daily beseech
th e L o r d , fo r th ere is no other w ay.
(Signed) S u e n - u a n - c h ’t je n .
Editorial Notes.
i s s i o n a r i e s a t w o r k .—a
friend recently
said to u s : ‘ I suppose you will hardly have
half-a-dozen missionaries at work in the
interior of China to-day? ’ Such a question was not
altogether unnatural, for it is well known that, acting
under urgent instructions from the British and American
authorities, the majority of English-speaking missionary
workers have had to withdraw from the interior. It
is a mistake, however, to believe that the work has
been brought to a standstill, and the following actual
figures will be of interest to all our readers.
There are, according to the latest information from
the field, 213 C.I.M. missionaries (83 men and 130
women) still working inland at 7 1 of our inland stations ;
that is to say over one-sixth of our entire missionary
force is still carrying on its regular work, and over
one-quarter of our mission stations are still occupied
by missionary workers. It is true that the majority
of these are continental associates,
who have not come under the same
anti-foreign animus that British and
American workers have, nor has the
same pressure been brought to bear
upon them by their home authorities
to vacate their posts.
In addition to these 213 workers
still residing inland, there are 86
others carrying on their regular work
at Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientsin, Wuhu
and Hankow, which make a grand
total of 299 , or approximately 300
workers still engaged in their regular
service. These are facts for which
we have good reason to give G o d
thanks.
The number of missionaries at
home on furlough is abnormally high,
approximately 400 in all, which
includes those from Great Britain,
North America, Australasia and the
continent of Europe. It has been thought well, where
possible and funds have allowed, that furloughs ap­
proximately due should be ante-dated, in the hope
that ere long the way may open for the workers to
return inland. This leaves approximately 400 others
who have had to vacate their stations and are resident
in temporary premises at one or other of the coast
ports, awaiting the hoped-for permission to return.
Some of the younger workers are engaged in the study
of the language, while others are doing such service as
can be rendered at the coast and at the same time
keeping touch by correspondence with the Chinese
leaders inland. It is good to know that of the Chinese
Christian leaders the majority are doing well, those
who have gone back under the pressure of circumstances
being comparatively few.
In this issue we have printed an interesting and
encouraging letter from Dr. F. A. Keller, from which
it will be gathered that he has recently visited the
province of H u n a n , one of the provinces in which the
Red propaganda was most virulent and anti-foreign
feeling most acute, and it will be learned from his letter
that he hoped ere this to be back permanently in his
station. Our readers will read with interest what he
says about the spirit and labours of the Chinese workers
during his absence.
We also learn that Mr. Sinton has left Shanghai for
Chungking, in S z e c h w a n , in West China, in company
with the British Consul, to ascertain what prospects
there are for other workers to follow.
We also understand that it is hoped that not a few
of the men workers will be allowed to return inland some
time in September. How far this will be realised it is
of course impossible to say, but we would ask for the
prayers of our readers that G o d 's blessing may rest
upon the large number who have been able to remain
at their posts, and that others may be prospered as they
seek to get back, and that the Government authorities
may not unnecessarily place obstacles in their way.
M
O c t o b e r , 1927.
In M em oriam .—It is with deep sorrow that we learn
of the death of Mr. Herbert J.
Mason, on Sunday morning, Sep*
tember 1 1 . He passed away in the
Mission’s Nursing Home, a few days
after a serious operation. Mr.
Mason has been permitted to give
approximately 35 years of service to
China, and we hope to write more
fully about this in our next month’s
issue. Meantime, we commend Mrs!
Mason to the sympathy and prayers
of our readers. It will be known to
many that Mr. Mason has been in
poor health for some time, and this
bereavement will mean a terrible
blank in the life of the one left
behind.
William Potts.—On Monday,1
September 5 , the sad news was
cabled home that Willie Potts had
passed away in Shanghai.
•He sailed for China on September 23 , 1926 , and went
first to the Language School at Anking, where he gave
himself to the study of the language. When the civil
war made the evacuation of that city necessary, he went
with the other students to Shanghai, to continue his
studies. And there he contracted dysentry, from
which he died.
Potts was born in Banbridge, Co. Down, and was one
of a large family. He train«! as a chemist, but heard
the call to devote his life to the winning of souls in
China, and after training at the Bible Training In­
stitute, Glasgow, and at the C.I.M. Training Home in
London, was accepted for servce.
His was an attractive life; a sunny disposition, a
winner of the love of men, and it could be truly said,
‘ the grace of G o d was upon him.' Four years ago a
friend wrote of him, ‘ His prayer life and faith are
wonderful, and whatever his future is, I am confident
that G od is going to use him mightily for the extension
of His Kingdom.’ This testimony was proved true by
all who worked closely with him during the years of
training, but G o d , in His perfect wisdom, has ordered
the service in China to be short, but in our brother’s
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faithfulness in ‘ a little ’ he has proved his worthiness
for the responsibility of ‘ much.’
The prayers and sympathy of all friends of the
Mission are asked for his mother, brothers and sisters in
their loss.— J.B .M .
Autum nal M eetings.— We would call the attention
of our readers to the meetings to be held at the Queen’s
Hall, London, W., on Tuesday, October 25, at 7 o’clock ;
also at the Central Hall, Manchester, on October 27, at
7.30 p.m .; and at St. Andrew’s Hall, Glasgow, on
November 11, at 7.30 p.m.
It has been decided that a certain number of seats
will be reserved at each of these meetings, and a charge
of 1 /- each will be made in order to help towards the
very heavy expenses. All the other seats will be un­
reserved, and no tickets are required for admission.
Particulars of the speakers will be found below.
The M edical A uxiliary.— Friends of the Medical
Auxiliary have expressed a wish that special boxes
should be provided for their freewill offerings. We
have procured from China a consignment of boxes
which are quite unique in design. They consist of a
section of natural bamboo, on which has been painted
THE
MISSIONARY
a text in Chinese, the translation being given on the
attached label. Theseboxes may be had on application
to the Hon. Secretary, of the Medical Auxiliary, at
Newington Green, who also wishes to thank all friends
who have sent in empty bottles and tins. Owing to
conditions in China, it is at present impossible to send
these out. A large stock is at present in hand. A
notice will be inserted in C h i n a ’s M i l l i o n s when more
are required.
Edinburgh D istrict— Friends are asked to note
that Miss Mildred Cable is invited to lecture to the
Edinburgh Centre of the Royal Scottish Geographical
Society on Thursday, 3rd November, on the travels
of the party through Central Asia. Tickets can be
secured by non-members.
She will also speak from the Broadcasting Centre on
Saturday evening at 7 o’clock.
Subject: ‘ Through
the Jade Gate.’ A Special Meeting will be held in the
U.F. Assembly Hall on Monday evening, so that she
may tell of the Missionary side of the work, and show
Lantern Slides of their journeys. It is hoped that as
many as possible will keep this date free, also interest
others in the Meeting.
CRISIS
IN
CHINA.
SPECIAL AUTUMN MEETINGS will be held (D.V.)
QUEEN’S HALL, LONDON - October 25
^
R ev. J . ST U A R T HOLDEN,
CENTRAL HALL, MANCHESTER
- October 27 Rev. G. T. SO N G (WestChina), M is s
ST. ANDREWS HALL, GLASGOW - November 11
and others.
ADMISSION FREE, Without Ticket.
M .A ., D .D .,
M IL D R E D G ABLE
A few Reserved Seats at 1/» each can be obtained.
F o r th e L o n d o n M eetin g a p p ly : C h in a In la n d M ission, N e w in g to n G reen , L o n d o n , N .16.
F o r th e M a n ch e ster M eetin g a p p ly : M a n c h e ste r G t y M ission Offices, R e lig io u s In stitu te , D e a n sg a te , M a n ch e ster.
F o r th e G lasgow M eetin g a p p ly : C h in a In la n d M ission, 16, Belm ont S tre e t, G lasgow , W .2.
Persecution at Kweifu Outstations.
E x tra c t fro m
a
le tte r
from th e
ROM th e first m onth to th e third
m onth the students and others
attack ed
us
con stan tly
by
m aking speeches and b y circulating
literature. B u t this only brought about
a strengthening of the Church, so th a t
the believers m ore jealously attended
worship, were more liberal in their
offerings, and showed more fervent love
to G o d and m an. From th e fou rth
m onth to the sixth month the Chapel
a t Y u in y a n g w as occupied b y soldiers on
five occasions, and th at at Y u inanchang
on three occasions. M eetings for worship
could be held only in th e C hristian s’
F
C h in e se
E vangelist in c h a rg e of Yuinyang a n d Y uinanchang, tw o O u t-S ta tio n s
of Kweifu, Szechw an.
homes, b u t th ey were held regularly, and
th e num bers atten din g were abou t the
average.
T he furniture in th e
chapel
at
Y u inan ch an g has been alm ost com pletely
destroyed. T h e speech and general a tti­
tu d e of th e soldiers h ave been d istin ctly
threatening. ‘ B eat th em ,’ th ey w ould
shout. ' K ill th em .’ ‘ W hen w e go, we
shall b u m th e place dow n,’ and m an y such
words. F or tw o or three m onths I h ave
been livin g am ongst these soldiers, and
the experience has been like in habiting a
tig er’s cave, or dw elling am ong a p a ck of
wolves. I f I had not been here th ey
w ould h ave burned m uch more of th e
furniture, as th e y did at Yuinanchang.
Praise G o d I have suffered no bodily
harm . In our tribulation we rejoice in
hope of th e glory of G o d . On th e io th
of th e sixth, m onth th e soldiers all left.
I then spent half a m onth at Yuinanchang.
E v e ry evening th irty to fo rty attended
th e meetings, and th e Sunday congrega­
tio n w as over 120. T he people there are
keen to b u ild a good chapel. W e h ave
bought a large stock of tim ber, b u t have
n ot started work. W e still need about
$160, and the tim e is not favou rable for
building.
‘ C h i n a 's M i l l i o n s / p o s t f r e e 2s . 6d . p e r a n n u m f r o m t h e C h i n a I n l a n d M i s s i o n , N e w i n g t o n G r e e n , L o n d o n , N . 16 ,
A n y C .I.M . P u b l i c a t i o n c a n be o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e R e l i g i o u s T r a c t S o c i e t y , o r f r o m a n y B o o k s e l l e r .
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ctober
, 1927.
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No. 11.
NOVEMBER, 1927.
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T H I S M A P W IL L S H O W T O K L A D K K S
T H E R E L A T IV E P O S IT IO N S O F T H E
P R O V IN C E S
AND
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DKT E N D E N C IE S O F C H IN A , T O G E T H E R
W IT H T IIE IH P O P U L A T IO N , IN R 0 U N
M IL L IO N S .
Shut Up Unto God.
‘ W e would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which hefel us in Asia, that we were
weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life ; yea, we ourselves had the
sentence o f death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in G o d Who raiseth the dead.’
— 2 Cor. i. 8, 9 (R.V.).
HE Apostle Paul in his letter to the Galatians
makes use of the arresting words, ' Shut up
unto faith.’ ‘ Under the law,' theApostle
wrote, ‘ we were kept in ward, being shut up unto
the faith that was to be revealed.’ This phrase is a
striking comment on man's character and a helpful
revelation of G o d ’s ways. It indicates man’s un­
willingness to acknowledge his bankrupt state, his
determination to save himself by works if he c a n ;
but, on the other hand, it reveals how G o d has used
the law, like prison warders, to shut man up until he
finds the only way of salvation by faith in the promised
mercies of G o d .
But though every believer has accepted this position,
and has rejoiced that he has been unable to break the
iron circle which has imprisoned him, except through
the door of faith, we are slow to recognise that not
only in the matter of pardon for our sins does G o d
thus deal with us, but that he employs the same method
in all our spiritual education
It would be possible to take all the heroes of faith
whose names are recorded in the eleventh chapter of
the Hebrews, and show hov each one passed through
a similar experience to that recorded by the Apostle
Paul when he speaks of hairing the sentence of death
within himself, that he might not trust in himself but
in G o d Who raiseth the dead. Each one had by
painful experience been henmed in in his life, shut up
indeed unto G o d Himself. ■
Let us take one illustration— the patriarch Abraham.
As the recipient of G o d ’s promise that in him, and in
his seed, should all the families of the earth be blessed,
he doubtless waited anxiously for the birth of a son,
and as year followed year and the human prospects
became less probable, 1m would find himself shut up
unto G o d as the only posible way whereby the promise
could be fulfilled. He Vould have been staggered by
the deadness of his owl body and of Sarah his wife
had he not believed in a G o d Who giveth life to the
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dead, and calleth the things that are not as though
they were. And so there sprang from one, and him as
good as dead, so many as the stars in heaven for multi­
tude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore in­
numerable.
And so later, when the call came to Abraham to
offer up his son, did he again receive the sentence of
death within himself, that he might trust in G o d Who
raiseth the dead. So we read that Abraham accounted
that G o d was able to raise him up even from the dead,
from whence he did also in a figure— i.e., in a parable
of the resurrection— receive him back. And Abraham’s
experience was typical of a ll; for all through Scriptural
history we see death at work in the human realm, that
G od might be revealed as the Raiser of dead hopes.
Under varying forms the experience was the same with
all others.
When J oseph was sold and cast into prison he would
receive the sentence of death within himself and be
shut up unto G o d ; and so when Moses fled for his life
into the land of Midian, and when Jeremiah was cast
into the pit, and Daniel into the lions’ den. G o d ’s
people are ever being hemmed in between a Pharaoh
and a Red Sea, and finding thus G o d to be a greater
Saviour than they had realised before. It was the
same with those ‘ who by faith stopped the mouths of
Hons, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of
the sword.’ All had the sentence of death within
themselves, and were shut up to faith in a G o d Who
raiseth the dead. Painful to the flesh as all such
experiences must be, they seem to be the only way
in which we learn to know G o d and to feel our, need
of Him as the resurrection and the life. A thousand
things may hedge us in, sickness, bereavement, poverty,
persecution— we can all recognise our own hedges— but
none can shut us out from G o d . Only sin can do 'that.
All other adversities can only shut us up unto G o d .
There is surely no stronger word the Apostle could
have used than ‘ the sentence of death.’ From ¿many
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things man may escape or may appeal, but death with
steady steps tracks all men down. Death is inexorable.
But a fuller and a larger knowledge of G o d is to be
gained through this despair. Sorrow is thereby turned
into joy, and darkness breaks into dawn. It is through
this tribulation that we enter into the kingdom of the
truth of G o d , viz., the resurrection of the dead. As
has been well expressed by a distinguished w riter:
' I believe— I daily find it proved— that we can get
nothing in this world worth keeping, not so much as
a principle or a conviction, except out of purifying
flame or through strengthening peril.'
We have been led to dwell upon this word because
of the situation which confronts us in China. Here
afresh the sentence of death has, humanly speaking,
been pronounced, calling us again to a renewed faith
in G o d Himself— shutting up all believers to G o d as
the only hope.
First of all, this is the case with the Chinese Church.
The exclusion of the missionary, upon whom not a few
of the younger Churches and converts have depended,
has shut up the Chinese Christians to direct confidence
in G o d Himself. Doubtless there are some who are
quite prepared and glad to accept a larger responsibility,
and who have not felt as keenly as others the retire­
ment of the missionary. But, speaking generally, the
Chinese Church has, by reason of the anti-foreign and
anti-Christian movement, been driven back on G o d .
Provided we help by our supplications this may ulti­
mately prove a blessing in disguise.
And for all missionary enterprise also the present
crisis has been one in which we have been shut up
unto G o d . Many a hope has been apparently brought
to naught, and the sentence of death has been passed
upon many a plan and aspiration. The things for which
the missionary has forsaken home and country have
suddenly been confronted with hostile forces, and the
sentence of death written upon many a cherished
scheme, that here again our experience may be the
experience of the Apostle Paul. We are shut up unto
G o d that we should not trust in ourselves but in Him
Who raiseth the dead.
If we limit our thought to the history of the China
Inland Mission only, this verse could be written over
every experience from the beginning, whether we con­
sider the opening of China originally, or such upheavals
as the Taiping Rebellion, the Boxer crisis, the Great
War in Europe, and all the financial and other problems
which have confronted the work repeatedly. The
sentence of death has been daily within the hearts
of G o d ’s children, but being shut up unto G o d He
has been found to be a G o d Who raiseth the dead,
and calleth the things that are not as though they
were. And so we can say, in the words of the Apostle :
' Who delivered us out of so great a death and will
deliver : on Whom we have set our hope that He will
also still deliver us.’
But here we would, in closing, call special attention
to the conditions which by the Apostle are attached to
this experience:
Ye, also, helping together on our
behalf by your supplications ; that fo r the gift bestowed
upon us by means o f many, thanks may be givr.n by many
persons on our behalf.’
M. B.
Blessing in Shanghai and Yuanchow.
Circular Letter from Rev. R. W. PORTEOUS, written from Shanghai.
T is fu ll tim e yo u heard from us again. T he volum es of
prayer ascending for China, and on our behalf, h ave been
bringing down rich blessing upon th e w ork here in Shanghai,
and also at our Station. Though ordered aw ay from our positions
in th e Field, w e ’v e n ot been aw ay from our work.
A well-attended Gospel M ission to reach th e Defence Forces
and foreign com m unity has been conducted in our C.I.M . H all
here, w ith blessed results, upw ards of fo rty h avin g been brought
to a clear, definite decision fo r C h r i s t . I t w as a jo y to see
these uniform ed stalw arts kneeling in fron t of th e platform and
yielding their allegiance to th e K in g of kings.
T he G ospel T en t M ission held inside th e fron t g a te o f our
C.I.M ., tw o m eetings, each extending over tw o hours, h ave been
well attended each fine day. Thousands o f tracts (both in
Chinese and Japanese), pocket Testam ents and other helpful
booklets h ave been given to those attending and passing the
ten t door. U pw ards of th irty h ave expressed a desire to accept
C h r i s t as their S a v io u r ; am ongst these w e believe there are
those w ho now really belong to Him .
Y o u ’ll be interested to know th e latest news from our S tation
tells o f the usual w eekly services being continued at about fifty
of our worship centres, th e ‘ R e d s ' h avin g taken over th e other
five, prohibitin g th e services being held. P a sto rE o -Ia n g w rites
of 3g attending th e Short Term B ible School, w hich started th e
day we: left, and w as carried through th e entire m onth, in spite
o f b it te r opposition and threats b y th e Com m unist students,
who, h avin g occupied p art of our M ission premises, k ep t up a
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daily fusillade of abusive language, stones, etc., to oust them
from th e rem aining section, but, nothing daunted, th ey went
steadily on w ith th eir services and B ible classes, adding,
‘ Y o u m ay k ill us if y o u like, b u t w e're n ot going to qu it ! ’
Thank G od ! th ey still stay on.
A m ongst th e reports from t i e various outstations, our faith fu l
Chinese w orkers tell of abou t 40 being present a t ‘ W h ite W ater ’
Com munion Service, aw ay up In th e m ountain district. F ou r of
th e leaders a t ‘ Golden J ade ’ aie, in turns, w alkin g thirteen m iles
each L o r d 's D a y to su pply the pu lp it at ‘ V a st V a lle y ,’ w here
th e form er leader has g o t ‘ Nationalised.’ A t ‘ V a st W ealth '
th e half-built chapel, abandoned through the opposition of th e
‘ H ittite s,’ gives prom ise of soon being co m p le te d ; th e Chris­
tia n s there rejoice, so do we ! At ‘ Y ello w V alley ’ th e daughterin-law of a C hristian wom an tcpk ill and died. ' I t w;as y o u r
havin g p u t aw ay the idols ! ’ stormed th e husband. I n a fit of
anger he grabbed her b y th e hail, knocking her head a hundred
tim es on th e ground, b u t she’s still rejoicing in th e L o r d , the
more so now her husband and s#me fou r wom en are, through
her testim ony, attending th e vreekly services.
' N a y , in all these things w e are more th an conquerors,
through H im th a t loved us. F o r t am persuaded, th a t neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come, N o r height, nor depth, nor
an y other creature, shall be able t» separate us from the love
of G o d , w hich is in C h r i s t J e s u s otr L o r d .’— Rom . v iii. 37-39.
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Map of China.
Showing the stations of the China Inland M ission from which the M issionaries have not
been withdrawn.
Names of the Stations.
Province of Kansu (5).
Province of Chihli (1).
Lanchow .
Liangchow .
N ingsia.
Chenyuan.
T sungsin.
Province of Honan (1).
Province of Shensi (7).
Liangchenghsien.
S a ra tsi.
T okoto.
Paotow chen.
Fengchen.
Soping.
T a tu n g , Sha.
H w aijen.
Lingkiu.
K w angling.
Siaoyi.
H u n g tu n g .
Is h ih .
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Province of Anhwei (3).
Yunnanfu.
T engyueh.
M ubchengpo.
W uhu.
Liuan.
Chengyangkw an.
Province of Hupeh (1).
Province of Chekiang (4).
K ingtzekw an.
H ankow .
Province of Kiangsu (1).
H anchung. ^
M ienhsien.
C hengku.
Sisiang.
Sian.
L ungchuchai.
H ingping.
Province of Shansi (13).
Province of Yunnan (3).
T ientsin.
Province of Szechwan (4).
Shanghai.
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Province of Kiangsi (13).
T atsienlu.
Shunking.
K aihsien.
W anhsien.
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1 Province of Kweichow (6).
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K w eiyang.
(Tungchow , Kwei).
T sunyi.
A nshun.
;
T a tin g .
Pichieb.
Tihw a.
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Chuchow.
Lungchuan.
Tsoyun.
Sungyang.
Province of Hunan (13).
N ankang, Ki.
Y ushan.
Kan chow.
Y ungsin.
Sinyu, Ki.
c h a n g sh u .
N ingtu.
J u lk in .
N anfeng.
K ienchang.
T ungsiang.
T sungjen.
Province of Sinkiang (1) n o t s h o w n o n t h is m a p
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C hangsha.
Slangton.
Yuanchow.
H ungkiang.
T ^ n & w Hun.
Y ungfeng.
Taohw aping.
L iangtow tang.
P aoking.
W ukang, H un.
Sinning.
Hen&chow.
j Province of Shantung (1).
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Encouragement in Difficulty.
T h e following is a copy of a le tte r re c eiv ed from a C hinese P a s to r in H onan-
E A R PASTO R,
F rom th e tim e th a t the M ilita ry
h a v e occupied our premises, the
difficulties h ave been m an y. In th e first
place, th e y h a v e borrowed everyth in g
th e y could set th eir eyes on for th eir
own use, and th e th in gs th a t I h ad hid,
I w ould n ot allow them to use, so th at
th e y were displeased w ith me. In th e
second place, th ey w anted to occupy
p a rt of the fron t premises, where w e had
lum ber stored, and I w ould n ot prom ise
to open th e door for them . The officer
in charge w as v e ry angry about this
m atter. In th e th ird place, th e w ives of
th e soldiers in th e Propagandist Section
w an ted to occup y th e wom en's quarters
a t th e b a ck of th e premises, and I w ould
not allow one fam ily to m ove in fo r fear
th a t others w ould com e and th ere w ould
soon be no room for ourselves. F o r th is
th e y cursed me, and railed at me. T he
fou rth difficulty w as th a t th e Christian
wom en on th e place w an ted to wash and
repair the soldiers’ clothes and m ake a
few cents, b u t I would n ot allow it, as
I th ou gh t it w ould g iv e an opening for
th e devil to get in. M any of us con tracted
illness from looking a fter soldiers w ho
were b illeted w ith us before, and I th ou gh t
we had learned a lesson. Because of this
decision, th e wom en were displeased.
Because of all th is trou ble, I p rayed
earnestly, and th e L o r d heard m y p rayer
and suddenly m y heart w as filled w ith
hope and jo y . Then I decided to ta k e
advan tage of th is op p o rtu n ity to preach
to th e soldiers. T he officer in charge of
th e P o litical Bureau becam e m y friend.
General C
is a back-slidden Christian,
and he does n ot persecute us b u t rath er
p ro tects th e whole com pound and has
appointed soldiers to sweep th e com pound.
E v e ry day, w hen I preach to him and
others, he says, ' Y es, yes, yes, so it has
come to th is.’ T hen I p ra y ed m ore
earnestly and in vited th e brethren and
sisters to p ra y w ith me. Som e asked th e
L o r d to save those w ho are on our
premises, others ju s t asked th e L o r d to
send all th e soldiers aw ay and clean up
th e church, b u t I to ld them th a t we m ust
p ra y according to th e W ill of G o d , n ot
according to m an ’s desire.
Y esterd ay, being Sun day, I gave m yself
t o p ra yer and preached from i J ohn iii. 1 6.
W e carried m an y benches into th e chapel,
b u t th ey were n ot enough, and th e chapel
w as filled w ith listeners. W hen I w as
h alf through m y sermon, I ga ve an
in vitatio n , fo r those w ho w ould w ith a
tru e heart believe, to com e to m y room
after and h an d in th eir nam es. A fte r­
wards, th e Secretary of th e L a b o u r Corps,
Progress in the Midst of Trial.
E x tr a c ts fro m a p e rso n a l le tte r fro m M iss M. S. C ru ic k sh a n k s, w ritte n in S h a n g h a i
on A ugust 25, 1927.
T is now fu lly eight m onths since we
ha d to leave our station, and oh,
how one’s heart aches w ith longing
to get b a c k to th e dear people. E v e ry
w eek I h a v e several letters from them ,
givin g me new s of them selves and th e
local situation.
T here are soldiers con stan tly liv in g on
th e com pound. A s soon as one lo t m oves
out another lo t m oves in. A la s ! our
buildings are suffering, th e w alls and doors
are being pulled down, th e glass th a t
has escaped being sm ashed is being taken
ou t of th e w indow fram es and sold in the
c ity . Such w anton destruction ! One
wonders w h y G o b allows w icked men to
destroy buildings th a t h a v e been erected
an d used only for H is glory.
Som e d a y w e ’ll u nderstand th e ' w h y ’
and ‘ wherefore ’ of these things. I n the.
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meantime, we w an t to tru st our loving.
H eaven ly F ath er and believe th a t H e
doeth all things well. I f H e perm its th is
th in g it m ust be all right, and fo r ultim ate
blessing to H is people. ' A ll is right th a t
seems m ost wrong, if it be H is sw eet W ill.'
Y o u w ill be glad to know th a t in spite
of trial, persecution and difficulties, our
Pastors, E van gelists and Biblew om en are
carryin g on th e w ork. T h e c ity people
gath er togeth er q u ietly in th e O ld F o lk s’
H om e for Sun day services, entering in
b y th e back door of the H om e, w hile the
soldiers occupy th e rest of th e com pound.
System atic visitatio n in th e hom es of
th e Christians and enquirers is carried
on b y our helpers, and is an untold
blessing to those w h o are finding life hard.
In a letter received from one of our
Pastors th e other day, he tells me he is
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T h e le tte r is d a te d A ugust 1, 1927.
w ho had been in E urope during th e G reat
W a r and had th a t tim e confessed C h r i s t
b u t h a d grow n cold, handed in his nam e
fo r baptism .
There w as a lieutenant,
w ho said he w as a true Christian. T his
officer is a Christian from th e B ap tist
Church i n ----------. The second m an
to han d in his nam e w as a captain, w ho
had heard th e G ospel in H u n a n . H e
w as con victed of his sins, has accepted
C h r i s t , and w an ts to be baptised. W e
kn elt down and prayed , and b o th men
m anifested th a t th ey were tru ly trustin g
in C h r i s t . A fte r Com m union Service, I
discussed w ith th e D eacons th e m atter
of receiving these m en in to th e Church
upon confession of th e L o r d in baptism .
These men are tru ly th e fru it of very
difficult tim es. W hen these m en h ave
made a start, we feel sure th ere w ill be
more to follow.
T hus I h ave overcom e a ll m y past
griefs, because I know th a t grievin g w ill
n ot save men. I ask y ou , w ith you r
friends, y o u r w ife and you r children, to
p ra y th a t I m a y be filled w ith th e Spirit.
K in d ly send us i,o o o Catechism s, 300
H ym n-books and N ew Testam ents, and
sm all Gospel portions.
Cheo F u h L i
(Pastor).
planning a preaching to u r for th e early
autum n. Please p ra y for our helpers,
th a t as th ey go on tour, th e y m a y be
led to those whose hearts h ave been p re­
pared to receive th eir m essage. P ra y
also th a t th e w a y b a ck to our station
m a y soon be opened, th a t w e m ay get
ba ck to th e people w ho need us so m uch.
W e e k o f P r a y e r f o r M is s io n s .—
W e w ould rem ind our readers of the
W eek of P rayer for Missions w hich is
being observed this year, as last, during
St. A n drew 's Tide, i.e., from N ovem ber
29th to D ecem ber 6th.
E v e ry th in g seems to indicate th a t a
new d a y w ill sh ortly begin in m issionary
enterprise.
Indigenous Churches are
springing up in India, China, J apan,
K o rea and elsewhere, and n ever w as there
greater need to p ra y fo r th e Church of
God throughout th e world, th a t she m ay
be guided and governed b y th e D ivin e
Spirit th an in these days. W e therefore
in vite our readers to prepare to share,
w ith m ultitudes of th eir fellow-believers,
in th is special opp ortun ity of intercession.
‘ Going on as Usual.’
E x tr a c t fro m le tte r fro m
Mr. C. W ohlleber, o f th e L iebenzeller M ission, C h an g sh a,
H u n an , A ugust 15, 1927.
I R S T , le t me giv e th an ks to our
dear and faith fu l G o d fo r havin g
k ep t us in p eace and quiet
during th is long period of m uch unrest
a n d unsafety. Once m ore we Were allowed
t o m ake th e precious experience th a t He
w ill n o t disappoint th ose w ho p u t th eir
tru st in H im . I suppose y o u know th at
a ll our eight outstations h a d been forcibly
closed and occupied b y some one of these
' unions.’ T h e furniture w as carried
a w av, m an y things burned, th e helpers
th reaten ed w ith death or ju st driven out
o f th e house and th e Christians suffered
in various w ays m uch persecution. M any
h a d to leave th eir hom es to find some­
w here else a place of safety. F or qu ite a
tim e th e outlook for our w ork and our
sta y in g on seemed quite hopeless. B u t we
continued in p rayer. O ur street chapel
preach ing w e h a d to stop fo r some tim e,
F
as I n oticed th a t am ongst those w h o
cam e in some w ere o f a rath er doubtful
character. Som e of th e unions even
tried to use our chapel for p olitical
affairs, b u t w ith th e good help of G o d
each tim e I m anaged to get rid of these
unin vited guests, so th a t th ey never
tu rn ed up again. A clear testim ony
about th e L o r d and a m ost definite
statem ent, th at as fa r as I am con­
cerned, I could n ever allow th e House of
G o d being used for an y other purpose
b u t fo r divine services, etc., ga ve them
each tim e, as it seemed, th e deep im ­
pression th a t we stand fo r w h at we
preach. So w e were able to continue
our services all through th is try in g tim e
and our Christians alw ays turned up as
usual in spite of all th e threatenings from
various sides.
B u t then th e change came, and now
Medical W ork in Lanchow.
From a p e rs o n a l le t t e r fro m Dr. L. P. R and, T h e B orden H ospital, Lanchow ,
d a te d July 30, 1927.
O S P IT A L w ork is going on as
usual.
T he L o r d has blessed
us w ith h app y results in tre a t­
m en t, especially w ith regard to quite a
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few serious operations of th e outcom e of
w hich we fe lt apprehensive. More im ­
p ortan t still has been the blessing in our
spiritu al w ork. F iv e more of our lepers
were ju st baptised. O f these tw o were
Tibetans— a priest and a you n g wom an—
and perhaps you know w h at a trium ph of
grace it is when a T ibetan p u blicly pro­
fesses C h r i s t . O ther patients h a v e pro­
je s s e d conversion.
O f sixteen baptism s
in th e C ity Church (now Independent) a
large proportion h a d th eir first con tact
w ith th e Gospel w hile at our hospital.
F o r one who is ju s t startin g his w o rk in
China, and w ho can only lisp a b it of th e
language, it is a great jo y to have w orkin g
w ith me D r. W u, a wise and capable
do ctor and a real friend, b u t ¿bove all a
con stan t w itnesser for JESU S C h r i s t .
T h e last few w eeks our w o rk has slackened
a b it, and D r. W u h as been stirring up th e
rest of us to m ake v isits w ith him to th e
early m orning m elon m arket, which is a
featu re of th is tim e of th e year. N early
every m orning betw een five and seven
o'clo ck some of u s m anage to get over
th ere and pass o u t tracts, sell Gospels,
sin g hym ns, and preach.
Our C ity D ispensary has been b u sy .
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w e h a v e all our outstations b a c k agaii
m ost of th e robbed furniture w as brougt
back, th e Chinese helpers returned an
to o k up th eir w ork again, and I m ay sa]
things are going on as usual. I visite
all th e outstations recently and w as m uc
cheered b y seeing practically all th
Christians again joining th e services an
tru ly th e y were only to o glad to be abl
to gath er togeth er again to hear G o d '
W ord. Since tw o m onths w e re-starte
w ith our preaching for outsiders, an
th e hearing we get b y m an y w ho atten
gives us great hope to believe th a t th
L o r d has opened th e doors again f<
th e preaching of th e precious Gospe
S o letim es I even had th e impressic
as if th e people would be glad to see i
going on w ith our w ork again as usua
A b o u t fifteen men gave their nam es wit
th e prom ise to believe in J e s u s , so thi
we were again able to start our e:
quirers’ class. One of our helpers fro:
an outstation recen tly w rote in a le tt
saying : ‘ T he fa ith of th e Christians hi
now m uch m ore colour th an before tl
tim e of persecution.' So Rom ans viii. :
is true once m ore in quite a special seni
Dr. Liu, helped b y D r. Suen, gives ht
his tim e to th e w ork. H is afternoo
he gives to running th e G irls' Scho<
w hich Mrs. B otham entrusted to hi
before going to the coast. T h e sclic
w ill close soon, after which Liu w ill m o’
on to H ochow to ta k e over th e w ork
our Moslem H ospital there. Mr. Hsie
our hospital evangelist, has been spendi:
a great p a rt of his tim e there, and
looks as if th e H o ly S p irit is soon to do
great w o rk in th a t stronghold of Islai
Mr. Hsien is contem plating a pub]
baptism o f a convert w ho is asking f
it, and though th is w ill mean all th e mo
active opposition it m a y m ean tl
beginning of a real breach in th e w a
Q uite a group of men have th ro w n ov
Islam , and are m eeting in th eir hom
for Christian w orship . Please p ra y for tl
w o rk there.
Books Received.
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T h e G o l d e n S t o o l.
Some aspects i
the conflict of cultures in m odem Afric.
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Tidings from Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor.
E x tr a c ts fro m a C irc u la r Letter* fro m D r. a n d Mrs. H ow ard T a y lo r, t o t h e F rie n d s w hom th e y m e t In m a n y p a r t s of A u stra lia an d
New Z e a la n d d u rin g th e ir r e c e n t to u r . T h e le tte r , w hich is d a te d S e p t. 7, 1927, w as w ritte n on b o a rd R.M.M.S. “ A orangi.”
keep up th e song of faith , th e p ra yer of faith , th e th an ksgivin g
of fa ith ; rem em bering th at, ' W hoso offereth praise glorifieth
me ; and prepareth a w a y th a t I m a y show him th e Salvation
of G o d .’— (Psalm 1. 23. R .V . margin.)
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E E P up th e song of faith ,
H o w ever dark th e n ig h t ;
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A n d as y o u praise th e L ord w ill w ork
A n d tu rn y o u r faith t o sight.
‘ K eep up th e song of faith
A n d le t you r heart be strong ;
F o r G o d delights when faith can praise
Though dark th e night and long.
‘ K e e p up th e song of faith,
T he foe w ill hear and f le e ;
Oh, le t n ot Satan hush you r song.
F o r praise is victo ry .
‘ K e e p up th e song of faith,
T h e daw n w ill break ere long,
A n d we shall go to m eet th e L o r d
A n d jo in th e endless song.'
H IS is th e m essage th a t fills our hearts to -d a y ou t on
th is w ide Pacific Ocean, as w e th in k o f y o u and th e
precious fellow ship w e h ave had together. T he last
sixteen m onths h a v e been rich, perhaps th e richest of our lives,
in th e p rivilege of m eeting so m an y w h o lo ve and p ra y fo r th e
L o r d ’ s w o rk in China, ju s t because it is H is w ork.
W e have
realised, togeth er, th a t th e present serious crisis in th a t land
constitutes a challenge t o us all— a m ig h ty challenge t o renewed
p rayer and fa ith . T h e enem y h as indeed com e in lik e a flood,
b u t in so m an y w a y s th e S p irit of th e L o r d is liftin g u p a
stan d a rd against him . L e t us each one, ju s t where we are,
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in F ukien , China.
P ho to by]
N ovem b er, 19 2 7-
Barber,
m issionary of th e C.M.S.
SCENE ON
I T seems long since w e first landed in Syd n ey, b u t th e m em ory
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of one experience there w ill be ever green. I f we had a n y
regret at all, in connection w ith com ing t o A ustralia, it w a s
th a t our v isit and the w o rk w e hoped to do should be a charge
u pon th e fun ds o f th e M ission. H ow w e longed t o be able t o
m eet a ll th e expense ourselves! T h a t w as n ot possible, so w e
ju s t h a d to leave it w ith th e L o r d . A n d then, w ith in a few
d a ys of our arrival, H e h a d one of those glad surprises for us,
th a t so often rem ind us th a t H e is able to do fa r above all th a t
w e ask or th in k. A n old friend, w hom it h a d been a great j o y
to m eet again, said qu ietly in conversation :
' There is one th in g on m y heart about y o u r v isit to A u stralia
— it m ust n o t be any expense to th e Mission. I .wish t o m eet
all th e o u tlay connected w it h .it, entirely apart from Mission
funds.'
W h a t th is generous provision m eant through all th e m onths
th a t follow ed, and sim ilar m in istry from other sources all th ro ugh
N ew Zealand, could never be told. A s w e look b a c k upon i t
now , it is w ith unfeigned th an ksgivin g to G o d .
Melbourne brou gh t th e special p rivilege of intercourse w ith
D r. K itch e n , and n o t a few fellow -w orkers gath ered fo r th e
A n n u al M eetings of th e Mission. H o w good it w as to see th e
historic Collins S treet B ap tist Church filled to overflowing and
to recognise m an y a friend w h o h a d loved and p ra y ed fo r th e
w ork ever since Mr. H udson T a y lo r’s first v isit in 1890 !
F rom statistics prepared fo r these meetings, it w as encouraging
t o learn m ore e x a ctly how th e branch o f th e M ission th en
founded has developed in th e southern hemisphere. N o few er
th a n a hundred and fo rty w orkers from A u stralia and N e w
Z ealan d are now' in th e m em bership o f th e Mission.
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WENCHOW AND
BINGYAE.
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IV ft A N Y and w onderful were th e answers t o p ra yer of w hich
w e heard during those h ap p y days a t th e headquarters
o f th e Mission in M elbourne, n o t least of which was the H om e
itself. T hese substan tial premises, w ith am ple accom m odation
fo r p ra yer m eetings and for missionaries eom ing and going,
con ven ien tly situated w ith easy access to th e c ity and an open
outlook th a t can n ever be b u ilt over, only cost th e Mission, in
cash, about four hundred p o u n d s! T he story w ould be interesting
to tell, bu t so w ould m an y another th a t rejoiced our hearts w ith
th e assurance th a t H e W ho has cared, still c a r e s ; H e w ho has
p rovided, w ill p rovide.
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faced on our second v isit to S ydn ey was no little surprise.
M onths of w ork, w e soon realised, m ight profitably be p u t in to
th a t great c ity w ith its p opulation of a m illion, and our host,
w ith other m em bers of th e Council, to ld us repeatedly of tours
th a t ought to be m ade in other p arts of th e S tate. The journeys
we were able to ta k e w ith our fellow-w orker, Mr. Stan ley E aton ,
were rich ly rewarded— w est of the B lue M ountains as w ell as
northw ard to Queensland— and am ong th e happiest memories
of N ew South W ales m ust ever remain our association w ith him
and Mrs. E a to n and w ith Mr. and Mrs. Norris K in g, th e senior
representatives of th e Mission in Sydney.
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F T w as a rich experience, when summer came, to atten d th e
A ustralian 'K e s w i c k ' at U pw ey, am ong the hills near
Melbourne, and th e K ato om b a Conference in th e B lue M oun­
tains. One could n ot b u t notice w ith thankfulness the position
accorded to our honoured D irector, D r. J. J. K itch en , in both
these gatherings.
B efore we sailed for Tasm ania, th e long-prayed-for C.I.M .
H om e in S ydn ey h a d actu a lly been found and purchased w ithout
cost to th e Mission, and our jo y w as full, a few weeks later,
when w e were able to ta k e p a rt in th e D edication Service.
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A N O T H E R valu ed privilege w as m eeting face to face friends
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w ho h ave long p ra yed on behalf of China. N o t a few
of these w e th in k of w ith thankfulness now th a t these days of
opportun ity áre passed, rejoicing in them as a miner in his
nuggets of gold.
A n d th ere are other nuggets— precious lives consecrated to
G od for H is w ork in China. New Zealand, favoured in so m any
w ays, is especially so in her opportunities for th e deepening
of the spiritual life among young people. The Ngaruawahia
Conference w e attended w as m em orable from this point of
view. Mr. C onw ay to ld us of sim ilar blessings at Pounawea,
another centre w here youn g people gather in hundreds. And,
n ot to speak of other helpful agencies, there is th e B ible Training
In stitu te in A uckland, where fifty students are in residence,
and th e b eautifu l new building ju st opened, free of debt, w ill
soon be too sm all for the growing work.
G ifts h ave been given for the cause of CHRIST in China during
these m em orable m onths th a t h ave deeply m oved our hearts—
including th e cheque for fifty pounds slipped into our hands b y
th e you n g business man w ho h ard ly knew how to spare it, but
said, ‘ I t h as been h eavily laid on m y h ea rt,' and th e tw o golden
sovereigns sent b y a dying girl who w anted to do one thing
more for th e Saviour she loved and so soon w ould see— bu t the
m ost costly gifts of all are the young lives gladly offered for
service in th a t needy field, even in these days.
T hinking of these you n g lives, of the present situation in
China, of th e great and constant needs of the Mission and of
personal experiences th a t face us all, it is good to remember
the noble words of W esley in his "W o rld Parish ” :—
‘ W e should n ot ask w hether the ta sk is compassable, b u t
only w hether it is comm anded. I f the M aster’s call be clear
we shall find th at either on the sea, like Peter, or through the
sea, like Israel, we are somehow able to go forw ard.'
Revival Needed.
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A N D w h at shall be said of N ew Zealand— th at land of booklovers, hospitable homes, and responsive hearts! W e had
th ou gh t the dem and for C.I.M . literature quite rem arkable in
A ustralia, where it had been a ll th e M ission could do to keep
up th e su p p ly fo r so m an y m eetings. B u t in N ew Zealand,
though w h at w as considered ample provision had been m ade
we were reduced to ta k in g orders literally b y the hundred. In
one place alone, th irty -six pounds’ w orth of books were taken
in tw o d a ys' m eetings, and th e six hundred pounds received for
literatu re m ight easily h ave been m uch more had we had the
books on hand.
So wide were th e openings and so great th e am ount of w ork
in volved, th a t it w ould h a v e been im possible to carry out the
program m e b u t fo r th e devoted and delightful help of our
fellow -traveller, Mr,. C onw ay. F o r m ore th an th irty years we
had been workers togeth er in th e Mission, and m an y blessed
experiences h ad w e shared in China ; but., to really come to
appreciate a com rade, w e h ave learned, a five m onths’ tour of
th e Churches in N ew Zealand is incom parable. The six or eight
services we were able t o ta k e betw een us on Sundays led to
large u nited m eetings through th e week, th e to w n h a ll or some
other central bu ildin g being often crowded. Mr. C on w ay’s
arrangem ents beforehand h ad been so thorough th a t th e long
program m e, in cludin g v isits t o no few er th an fifty places, w ent
through like clockw ork. From th e south end of th e South
Islan d to th e n orth end of th e N orth Island, and in m any places
on th e E a s t and W est coasts, w e h a d th e privilege of renewing
old and m akin g n ew associations.
N o v e m b e r , 1927.
A Note from Rev. H. J. M ungeam , of H ungtunfi, S hansi
w ritte n from C hefoo, S ep t. 12, 1927,
A L T H O U G H at th e coast, we are n ot id le ; days are
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occupied w ith study, and various kinds of w ork. One
need never be idle w ith th e v a st intricacies of the
Chinese language w aitin g to be explored, and Chinese all around
w aitin g to be evangelised.
The Consul refuses to officially perm it us to return to S h a n s i .
Ladies and children are qu ite prohibited from returning, although
in spite of this some of th e B.M .S. ladies h a v e returned to
T 'ai-yuan-fu and other places. A few m en m ay return at th eir
own risk for a v isit, b u t th e Consul w ill n ot give them official
perm ission even for this.
P olitically, th e situation rem ains m uch about th e same.
H um an ly speaking I see no hope of peace, b u t w ith G od all things
are possible. T h a t th e Com m unists are being expelled from th e
N ationalists’ ranks is perhaps a hopeful sign.
A s Missionaries, we feel the great need in China is a Spiritual
R eviv a l. A Spirit baptised church w ould becom e a m ighty
pow er in th is land, and m ight y e t save th e country from sinking
in to anarchy, as E n glan d was saved from th e horrors of revolution
b y the great E vangelical R eviv a l. Im press upon the people at
hom e th a t C hin a’s great need is a deep Spiritual R evival, n ot a
mere stirring of th e emotions b u t a real deep work w rought in
th e hearts of th e Christians b y th e H o ly Spirit.
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In Memoriam: Herbert John Mason.
Y th e death of th e R ev. H erb ert Jo h n M ason th e China
In la n d M ission has lost a v alu ed m issionary. Mr.
M ason w as b o m in th e m on th o f Septem ber, 1871, at
H oughton, H untingdon, a n d w as th e seventh child o f a fam ily
o f nine. A t th e age o f seventeen he entered th e office of a firm
of Solicitors in W akefield, Y orkshire, and it w as during his
alm ost three y e a rs’ residence in th a t c ity th a t h e w as con verted
t o G od, largely th ro u gh th e influence and p rayers of one or
tw o y o u n g m en w h o were his com panions a t th a t tim e. D uring
th ose years, to o, h e received his m issionary call, a t the W ak e ­
field Convention, w hen tw o y o u n g m en w ho were leav in g for
th e China M ission field w ere sp ecially com m ended t o G od in
prayer. T his call w as strengthened b y a v is it of M r. O rr-E w in g
t o W akefield, a n d th e reading of th e
bo o k : ‘ In th e F a r E a s t/ b y Geraldine
Guinness (Mrs. H o w ard T a y lo r). L a te r
he offered him self to th e China In lan d M ission, w a s cord ially accepted in •
J u ly , 1891, and sailed fo r China on
N ovem ber 27 of th e sam e y ear, tw o
m on ths a fter th e com pletion of his
tw en tieth b irth d a y.
On arrival in
C h in a, after a few m onths spent in th e
Trainin g H om e at A n k in g in th e,stu dy
of th e language, and a further brief
p eriod in H an k o w helping Mr. B rock,
h e w as designated to th e provin ce of
K ansu.
H is first y e ar of service
th ere w a s spent a t N ingsia, from
whence he w as tran sferred t o Lanchow ,
th e c a p ita l o f th e Province, w hich
continued t o be his headquarters for
w ell-nigh tw elv e years.
I t w as n o t a n easy sphere of service :
th e grow th of th e little Churçh w as
slow, b u t Mr. M ason enjoyed h is w o rk
in th a t in teresting c ity .
H e m ixed
freely w ith th e people, b y w hom he
w as grea tly esteem ed. H e spoke th eir
language fluen tly, and seemed th o r­
o u gh ly to understand them and th eir
w ays. T he V iceroy w as his special
friend, and often in v ite d him to a
m eal, and read th e Scriptures w ith
him .
Mr. M ason w ro te of him as
‘ one o f th e .nicest Chinese gentlem en I h a v e m e t.’
T ow ard s th e end of 1899 M r. Mason le ft L an ch ow fo r his first
furlough,' and retu rn ed t o China tw o years later, nam ely, on
N ovem b er 18, 1901. I t w as feared, a t first, th a t a serious
affection of th e eyes from w h ich h e suffered w o u ld p re v e n t h is
retu rn to his old statio n in K a n s u . H ow ever, although his
retu rn w a s delayed, h e finally fou n d his w a y b a c k t o L an ch ow ,
w here he rem ained u n til his m arriage on O ctober, 21, 1905, t o
Miss H annah P arker, th e eldest daughter of M r. and Mrs. George
P ark er w h o a t th e tim e were station ed a t K in gtzekw an , in
H o n a n . Follow in g upon th eir m arriage Mr. and M rs. M ason
jo in e d th e P arkers in th e w ork, and th u s began th e ye ars of
fru itfu l and m ost blessed service in H o n a n ; first a t K in gtzek w an
fo r eight years (1905-19x3), w ith an in terv al o f furlough, and
afterw ards a t K w an gchow , u n til th e close of his m in istry in
China.
,K,
Mr. M ason’s w o rk a t K w a n gch o w w as singularly successful.
Mr. A rgen to, w h o opened th e c ity as a M ission S tatio n in th e
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y e ar 1899, h a d prepared th e w a y before him b y in cu lcatin g in t
C hristians a g re a trlo v e fo r th e Scriptures, for p ra y er and f
worship. These adm irable characteristics M r. M ason sedulous
endeavoured t o footer and develop. M oreover, h e m ade i t 1
aim to c u ltiva te w ith in th e C hurch th e principle of voluntarm e
in C hristian service. E a c h Christian w a s m ade to feel his
her personal responsibility fo r carrying on th e w o rk of tl
Church, w ith th e result th a t he w as able to report at th e Annu
M eeting of th e M ission in London in M ay, 1920, w hen on 1
th ird furlough, th a t th ou san ds h a d been draw n b y th e sto:
of th e Cross ; th a t th irty-th ree v illag e chapels h a d been opene
all,, w ith tw o exceptions, b y th e Chinese th e m se lv e s; and t<
thousand enquirers w ere under in struction fo r baptism .
A m em orable statem ent he m ade
th a t A n n u al M eeting w as th e follow
in g : ‘ D uring th e p a st six years I ha-'
exam ined fo r baptism , I suppos
n early tw o thousand persons, a i
on ly on tw o occasions, w h en askii
them how th e y first w ere led to JESU
h a v e th e y s a id : “ I t w as throuj
som ething you said, P a sto r.”
Tl
people there h a v e been led to J est
C h r i s t through th e efforts of tl
Chinese them selves.
That is th e ho]
of C hin a.’
O n his retu rn to th e w o rk in 192
Mr. M ason w rote : ‘ I t is m ore the
ever apparent th a t th e great need 1
th e Chinese Church is leaders filie
w ith th e H o ly Ghost, and con
m issioned b y H im to a c t in H
N am e.’
T ow ard s th e supplying <
th a t need, so far as th e Church .
K w an gchow w as concerned, steps w e
ta k e n abou t th a t tim e to ordain tvs
Chinese Pastors, and, further to coi
solidate th e w ork, a C hurch Counc:
to consist of tw o or m ore teach e
from each o f th e various counti
Churches, w as form ed, w h ich Counc
i t w as arranged, should m eet foi
tim es in each year.
A n in teresting sidelight reveals t l
lo ve and lo y a lty th e Church h a d f<
Mr. M ason and sought to express on th e occasion o f th e ordñ
ation s.
The question w as asked b y some of th e members
A n d w h a t p o sitio n w ill Mr. M ason h a v e ? ’ T o w h ich can
th e spontaneous rep ly : * W e ’ll m ake him our B ish o p .’ &
th e present tim e there are in connection w ith th e w o rk 1
K w an gch o w th irty-eig h t organised Churches, th irty-eig l
chapels,1,864 Com m unicants in C hurch fellow ship, w h ile 2,39
con verts h a v e been baptised since th e com m encem ent of th e worl
Few were th e ye a rs o f service am ong his belo ved people th i
rem ained fo r M r. M ason on his retu rn in .1 9 2 1. Prolonged il
health necessitated his return to E n glan d f o r expert medics
a d vice in 1925. F o r a tim e it seem ed th a t th e m eans employe
for h is recovery w ould p ro ve successful. R e cen tly, how eve
th e doctors cam e t o th e conclusion th a t an operation w j
necessary, and a t th e beginning of Septem ber, his conditio
becom ing suddenly m ore serious, th e surgeon w ho w as calle
in fo r consultation decided th a t th e operation m ust be perfonne
a t once. H e never re a lly rallied from th a t o p e ra tio n , b u t o
Sun day m orning— th é d a y o f R esurrection— Septem ber n ,
w e n t to be w ith C h r i s t in th e Paradise of G o d . H is bo d y w as
la id to rest in A b n e y P a rk Cem etery on Septem ber 15, th e fiftysixth anniversary o f his b irth d ay.
T h e loss, b y h is H om egoing, to th e Churèh at K w an gch o w
is im m easurable. N o t long ago th e Christians w rote to him :
‘ Com e b a c k ! Y o u need n ot do a n y w ork. W e w ill do th e
w ork. L iv e in our m idst, and advise u s.’
H ow he w ould
h a v e rejoiced to h a v e been able to respond to th a t appeal.
he
O f Mrs. M ason’s loss w e do n ot venture to w rite. O nly On
can plum b th e depths of her grief. H e knows, H e loves, H
cares; and H e is able ad equ ately to com fort and su stai
th e troubled hearts of H is sorrowing ones. H as H e no
pro m ised :
‘ W hen th o u passest through th e w aters, I will be wit!
th e e ; and th rough th e rivers^,,they shall n ot overflow th ee
w hen th o u w alkest th rough th e fire, th ou shalt not be burnt
neither shall th e flam e kindle upon th ee.'— (Isa. xliii. 2).— T.W .G
Friendliness Everywhere.
E x tra c t fro m l e tte r fro m M r. B o ss h a rd t, w ritte n fro m T su n y l, Kwei, July 16, 1927.
N J u ly 13 I a rrived b a ck from a
sh ort v isit to M eitan fo r our
h a lf-yearly m eetings. . .
We
h a d a d a y or tw o in w h ich to com plete
all arrangem ents before th e m eetings and
several prelim inary p rayer meetings.
M ost of th e visito rs from other outstations
arrived early so th a t a t th e opening of the
Conference th e Chapel w as quite full.
Som e eigh ty to n in ety guests sat down
to m eals every day. A v e ry reverent
a tte n tiv e hearing w as given to th e
messages, and w h ile w e did n ot see any
special m anifestation of th e S p irit’s
working, w e know th a t m an y were stirred
a n d con victed and brought nearer to th e
L o r d . Several applied fo r baptism , and
I exam ined them , seeking above all to
find ou t if th e y h ad a real experience of
th e new b irth and assurance of salvation.
F iv e w ere accepted finally, and on Sunday
m orning w e had a procession to th e river­
side and before a great crow d these five
m en proclaim ed th eir fa ith in C h r i s t .
T w o of th e men were farm ers, one a
w eaver, one a school teach er and one a
brass worker. T h e farm ers liv e a long w a y
from any out-station, b u t as th eir homes
are only a few li ap art and th ere is also an
enquirer in th e district, th e y hop e to m eet
on th e L o r d ' s D a y in one of th eir homes.
A Com m union Service w as held after­
w ards, at w h ich th e y w ere received in to
th e church. Some th irty odd m em bers
sat round th e L o r d ’s T able, and th e
intense quiet reverence im pressed one
v e r y m uch. W e w ere m eeting w ith th e
O
L ord.
A v o lu n ta ry offering w as taken fo r th e
expenses of th e Conference. T h e brethren
in M eitan w ere ra th er anxious th a t ex­
penses w ould n o t be m et. I exhorted
th em t o cast th e burden on th e L o r d and
h o t to seek a n y w o rld ly w a y of realising
th e m oney. T h e y to o k m y a d vice w ith
fea r and trem bling, b u t th e L o r d was
b e tte r th an th eir fears and w hen th e
N o vem ber, 1 9 2 7 .
accounts were gone over th ey found th ey
had
$14 in hand. Several dollars'
^ ro rth of books were sold, and it w as good
tb see some bu yin g several copies of
tra c ts and booklets to pass along to
friends and relations. A s th e tim e cam e
to p a rt m an y were th e in vitation s to come
and v isit them . H ow easy it w ould have
been to spend a m onth, n ay, few m onths,
going round visitin g these scattered sheep
of G o d ’ s flock. Y e t all th e tim e one had
th e feeling th a t even one’s presence at the
Conference m ight be looked upon w ith
disfavour in some quarters.
ness of th e people everywhere. On
never hears a jeering w ord from eithe
children or adults and tracts and book
are received w ith thanks. One in
teresting incident w as th e coming of th
Hsien Chang's wife to one of th e meetings
Afterw ards th e Biblewom an w ent roun<
to th e Y a m e n to return the call, a n
found her very interested in th e Gosp«
and listened while she preached for som
tw o or three hours. She is a w ell edu
cated wom an. Some books were lei
w ith her.
Personalia.
A r r iv a ls fr o m
C h in a.
Sept. 23.— Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Stark, soi
and tw o daughters, Mr. and Mrs. R
E . Thom pson and child, Miss H ai
man, Miss Eynon.
Sept. 24.— Miss Lena Clarke.
Sept. 25.— Mrs. D . French and child.
Oct. 1.— Mrs. M ark Botham .
D e p a r tu r es fo r C h in a.
Sept. 23.— Per P . and
and Mrs. Lew is
Parkhouse.
N o v. 17.— Per P . and
E . G. W . and Mrs.
children.
O. Mongolia, Ml
J ones, and Mis
O. Devanha, R ev
T rickey and th re
B ir th s.
O ct. 10.— T o D r. S. and Mrs. H o yte, a'
N ottingham — a son, Iv o r W ilder.
Oct. 13.— T o Mr. and Mrs. H . S. Cliff, a
T orq u ay — a
daughter,
Amelia
M arjory.
The Weekly Prayer M eeting.
Inland Mission
G a l e n D a r 19 2 8
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CÜT10 s h all s e p a r a te us
r / r o m th e love of C h rist
REDUCED FACSIMILE OF
1928 CALENDAR.
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C.I.M.
A Y w e call th e attention o f ou
London readers to th e W eekb
P rayer M eeting which is held at
Mission premises in N ew ington Greex
every W ednesday evening at 6 p.m
T he m eeting lasts for an hour and a half
when addresses from returning mission
aries are given or news from th e fielc
read to assist in intelligent prayer for th<
needs on the field. The warm est welcom<
w ill be given to a n y friends w ho are abli
to join w ith us.
M
th
A Dark Outlook Brightened by the Uplook.
T h e following e x t r a c t s a re fro m a l e t t e r w ritte n by S is te r F rieda Paul of th e Friedensfoort D e ac o n e ss M ission, one of o u r C.I.M.
A sso ciate M issions, w orking in th e P ro v in ce of Kweichow- T h e le tte r , w hich is w ritte n from T a tln g , is d a te d July 20, 1927.
' Amen :
Blessing and Glory and Wisdom and Thanksgiving and Honour and Power and M ight,
for ever and ever. A m en .’— Rev. vii. 12.
H E above w ords are th e echo in
our hearts in looking b a ck over
these p a st w eeks so crow ded out
w ith work. M uch p ra y er went up to His
Throne for m any m onths, and H e has
answered w onderfully— all glo ry to H im .
T he outlook, w hich h ad been so d a rk for
m ore th an h a lf a y e a r has brightened in
th e uplook to H im , W h o has k e p t H is
good hand over us. W hen th e dear friends
from this p rovin ce also began to m ove, it
looked as if w e w ould n ot be able to h ave
another B ible stu d y w ith th e E van gelists
and Conference w ith th e flock in Ju ly.
B u t G o d heard th e m an y true prayers on
th is beh alf and le ft us here in peace and
safety— can yo u im agine how w e feel ?
D eep ly hum bled and u n w o rth y in H is
sight. W h a t are w e ? O nly a little dust,
and y e t H e uses us. H ow gracious H e is.
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June 25 brought a num ber of E v a n g e ­
lists in, some cam e a little later, and
nearing th e end of th e seventeen d ays'
B ible stu d y there w ere sixteen E van gelists
and five helpers to search th e W ord of
G od. T he second w eek we h a d again th e
jo y of w elcom ing D r. Rees in our m idst,
w ho ga ve us m uch help. T h a n k G o d , he
is a m an w ith a burning heart t o bring
G o d ’ s W ord am ong th e people and to
divide it rig h tly. T h e E va n g elists also
enjoyed and benefited b y his help. T h ey
used every op p o rtu n ity to ask questions
and I th in k th e doctor enjoyed it too.
Som etim es in th e afternoon „he w as
teach ing them for m ore th an tw o hours,
or sittin g w ith them in th eir sleeping
departm ent till n early m idnight.
We
were grateful th a t th e L o r d g a v e us our
Sister Johanna R a b e back again, w ho
was absent from here, tw o and a . h a lf
m onths on account of her ill health. She
could ta k e p a rt in th e teach ing too.
The E van g elists also enjoyed so m uch th e
singing lessons w h ich were given b y our
dear you n g Sister Lu ise Tauber.
It
th rilled th e heart to hear th eir voices
when th e y sung ’ T ill to th e death, L o r d ,
w e belong to T h e e,’ or ' T rue hearted,
w hole hearted .’ One could n ot b u t p ra y
th a t th e L o r d m ig h t p u t H is seal upon
th em and help th em and us to be faith fu l
u nto death. T he bo o k of Nehem iah, w hich
we studied, inspired our hearts afresh
again d iligen tly to do th e w ork fo r H im .
B etw een th e B ible stu d y came the
N o v e m b e r , 1927.
close of b o y s’ and girls’ school w ith the
h alf y e a r ’s exam ination ; then th e prepa­
ration for the Conference. Besides m any
people sought the d o cto r’s help. The news
spread like fire th at there w as a foreign
doctor here, and th e people flocked in
from th e c ity as well as from the country
places. T he doctor also perform ed a few
sm all operations.
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J u ly 14 th e Conference started. The
topic w a s : ‘ The wilderness journey,’
a subject w hich p roved a help and
blessing to m any.
D r. R ees led the
meeting, and m ost of th e E v an gelists to ok
p a rt in th e preaching. T here were
several fine and stirring m essages given
b y some of th em . The L o r d also answered
our prayers in givin g us fine w eather, and
when the sun w ould burn m uch H e spread
some clouds over it to give enough shade.
Prom places tw o or three d a ys’ jou rn ey
th e dear Christians came in. T he num ber
w ent up to 280 ; w ith th e people from
th e com pound and c ity we were over 350,
and on Sun day afternoon th e chapel was
filled again, w ith n early 300 women
and children. So m an y c ity folks had
never been here before, and w e praise
G o d for th a t op portun ity. Q uite a num ber
of men from the c ity were taken to the
guest hall and heard th e Gospel, although
m an y of them had com e to seek the
doctor only for th eir b o dily com plaints.
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On Sun day m orning, J u ly 17, we
gathered round the b a p tistry and ten
women and three men confessed C h r i s t by
baptism. A m ongst them were one Chinese
wom an from th e c ity and a youn g Chinese
orphan b o y from th e c o u n try ; also one
of our big orphan girls, who form erly had
a b a d tem per, asked to be baptised. W e
th an ked G o d th a t our you n g cook
L azaru s and his w ife R u th also asked for
baptism . I t w as again a touching sight
when th ey were baptised, w hile some w ere
singing, ‘ I w ill follow the L o r d to
Gethsemane, to th e Cross, to H eaven,
to G lo ry .’
One hundred and th irty
Christians then p arto ok of the L o r d ’s
Supper. Sunday evening as usual brought
the testim on y m eeting. M ost of them
bore w itness to G o d ’ s faithfulness and
wonderful deliverances. I t stirred the
heart and did one good to listen.
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be unto our God
M onday m orning th e dear folk went
b a ck again into th eir poor hu ts betw een
th e hills. Oh th a t th e blessings of these
days m ay follow and help them hour b y
hour to liv e w ith C h r is t and stan d firm
in all th e tem ptations around them .
Sister M argarethe w ith Sister Pearl Cheo,
a dear Chinese lady, w ho had come
here for Conference, went b a ck w ith D r.
R ees to Pichieh. T o-d ay th eir first Con­
ference begins. On S atu rd ay w e expect
D r. Rees back here, and th e follow ing
M onday he w ill start for th e K w eiy a n g
Chinese and Foreign W orkers’ Conference.
Sister J ohanna R abe,
Sister M arie
Schm idt and Sister R u th Chen w ill
also go to th e capital, besides tw o of our
faith fu l M iao Evangelists-— Li-John and
Chang-Paulus, w ho w ill be ordained as
Pastors a t th e Conference there. T h ey
were already E van gelists in Mr. A d a m ’s
tim e, and h ave proved devoted shep­
herds of th e flock, burdened for souls
and faith fu l in th eir B ible reading and
p rayer lives. Do pray fo r them, please.
A lso p ra y for Lo-N oah and Chang-Jacob,
w ho w ere chosen a t th e church m eeting
here to be E lder and D eacon for th e
T atin g Church in th e c ity . I t w as also
decided, if G od willing, to prepare for a
Conference out in th e country on N ovem ­
ber 10, and a m en ’s B ible school in
D ecem ber for three weeks.
Please
rem em ber these events in you r prayers.
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A new trial and tem ptation has come
over th e dear people. W hile some m onths
ago it w as proclaim ed th a t those w ho
do n ot p lant opium h a v e no ta x to
p a y, it is now said th at all h ave to
p ay, w hether th ey p lan t it or not. H ow
m any w ill stand firm ? W e w ill com m it
them to th e grace of G o d and trust H im ,
W ho is able to keep.
D ear friends, w e do again and again
th an k y o u for y o u r prayers.
W e could
n ot go on w ith o u t you.
M ay G o d rem ind you daily and burden
you r hearts w ith intercession and prayer,
strengthen and bless y o u richly.
W ith o u t C a r e fu ln e s s .— ‘ I t is the
w ill of our F ather th a t H is children
shall be absolutely w ithout careful­
ness.’— J H u d s o n T a y i ,o r .
Our Shanghai Letter
T h is L e tte r fro m th e Rev. W. H. W arre n a t t h e M ission H e a d q u a rte rs In S hanghai, Is d a te d S e p te m b e r 2 0 th , a nd c o n ta in s th e
- la te s t Mall News re c e iv e d from t h a t c e n tre .
P h o to by]
(1)
IW*
Belcher.
THE EARTHQUAKE IN KANSU.
Main S tr e e t o f Liangchow looking W est.
(2) R uined buildings in Small N o rth S tr e e t of Liangohow ,
looking S o u th .
TH E E A R T H Q U A K E IN K A N S U .
E h ave recently received some official figures regarding
th e earthquake th a t occurred in th e Liangchow
District, in K a n s u , last M ay.
Mr. Belcher informs us
th a t in th e c ity and district th e num ber killed amounted to
35,536 ; num ber injured, 43.218 ; one R om an C atholic Sister
w as k illed when some orphanage buildings co lla p se d ; houses
destroyed, 48,442 sections (Chinese houses are usu ally b u ilt in
through sections, w h ich consist of one or tw o room s according
to size) ; farm bu ildings destroyed, 19,399 se c tio n s; cattle
killed, exclusive of sheep, 27,095 ; arable land spoiled, 7,420
acres ; people reduced to com plete p o verty, 78,947 ; reduced to
com parative p o v e rty , 129,756. T w o days after th e earthquake
a dam broke, ta k in g all before it, and tw o villag es were destroyed;
249 persons are know n t o h a v e been k ille d ; on ly three su rvived
and th e y were injured.
These p articlars have evid en tly been
officially com piled, w ith a view to necessary relief m ea su res;
b u t w h at has actu a lly been accom plished in th is w a y has n ot
y e t been reported. Mr. and M rs. B elcher were w ell when th e y
la st w rote, and b u sy restoring th e Mission premises, w hich
suffered dam age b u t were n o t destroyed.
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A CO N FE R E N C E A T K W E IY A N G .
E h ave received w ord of an interesting conference held
a t K w e iy a n g , in th e provin ce of K w e i c h o w . Our
Mission staff in th a t province h as been grea tly depleted,
b u t th ere has been no w holesale w ith d raw al of our foreign
workers. T h e stations w ere w ell represented, b o th from th e
trib a l districts and th e Chinese w ork. Mr. F an g, of Tuhshan
an d tw o experienced M iao w orkers from T ating, were ordained
to th e p asto ral office. T h is is th e first tim e th is step has been
ta k e n in th e K w eich o w w ork, and w e tru st w ill lead to a fuller
sense of th e need of th e local churches accepting responsibility
fo r self-support and self-governm ent. F o r some tim e now th e
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N o v e m b e r , 1927.
Tuhshan station has h a d no resident foreign m issionary, and
Mr. F an g really has been carrying on th e duties of pastor, so
it is tim e he received the official recognition. Mr. Cecil-Sm ith
tells us th a t all th e gatherings of th e Conference were m arked
b y great heartiness, and th ey were conscious of spiritual uplift.
I t is expected th at th e gathering w ill becom e an annual fixture.
G OOD ORDER IN KW EICH O W ,
H E G overnor of K w eichow h as m aintained a large
am ount of good order during his term o f office.
He
has suppressed th e ban dits and introduced th e building
of pu blic roads. These latter w ill be of great valu e in m ain­
taining peaceful conditions if th ey can be extended as planned.
U nfortu n ately, th e neighbouring province of Y u n n a n is m uch
more troubled w ith w arrin g factions, and th e G overnor of
K w eichow is reported to be sending an armed force there,
havin g as its ob ject the ' pacification of Y u n n a n . ' T his m ay
easily develop in to a condition of civ il w ar w ith disastrous
results. M ost of our w orkers in Y u n n a n are still congregated at
th e cap ital c ity , and th e rivalry betw een th e contending generals
m akes trav el in m an y directions im practicable. W e hear th a t the
W estern p a rt of th e provin ce has revolted against th e E astern .
Our w o rk in th e fa r western station of Muh-Cheng P ’o goes
on w ithout let or hindrance. M r. G owm an w rites th a t the
op enings am ongst th e L isu and other tribes are greater than
it is possible for him to overtake, and w e long for th e d a y when
w e can send reinforcem ents in to th e district, so th a t th e fields
th a t are ‘ w h ite unto h a r v e s t' m a y hqve labourers w ho are able
to do th e necessary w ork.
W e hear th a t our tw o la d y w orkers a t Y u ngch an g, Miss
K ra tz e r and M iss Jack, w ho retired to Tengyueh some m onths
ago, m ay h a v e to go down in to B urm a, and as M iss K ratzer
seems to be v ery unwell it is n o t unlik e ly th a t th e y w ill come on
to Shanghai.
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CH ANGED O U T L O O K .
H E general outlook at th e present tim e is undergoing
a change. T he K u om in gtan g P a rty is being re ­
organized ; w hether th ey w ill be able to establish a
suitable governm ent at N an king rem ains to be seen. There
is no doubt th a t th e N ationalist cause has suffered a great loss
of prestige in popular estim ation. The welcome and enthusiasm
th a t th e representatives of th e P a rty m et as th ey passed from
c ity to city in th e earlier p a rt of th e year, is being displaced b y
disappointm ent and a realization th a t th e m ethods adopted are
not producing th e favourable conditions th a t were promised.
T o a large exten t the m ilitary leaders still hold the field, and the
rapid rise and fa ll of one and another produces a tenseness and
a sense of insecurity w hich m akes it im possible for economic
conditions to im prove. I t is, how ever, rem arkable w ith w hat
ra p id ity th e Chinese adapt them selves to th e circum stances
of th e m om ent and em brace e very possible opportun ity of
resuming trade.
T
S T A T IO N S R E V IS IT E D .
U S T now th e w a y is opening for v isits to be paid b y
some of our missionaries to stations which h ave been
vacated , p rin cip ally in th e northern provinces of
S h a n s i and C h i h l i , and in th is neighbourhood in th e province
of C h e k i a n g . So far th e Consuls here h ave n ot given consent
for residence in th e interior being resumed ; b u t b y m eans of
these v isits it is hoped th a t th e personal touch can be obtained
w hich w ill be help ful bo th to th e Chinese leaders and th e general
membership of th e churches. Mr. Sutherland and Mr. Barling
have gone to W enchow, Mr. M acpherson and Mr. H utchinson
to Chenghsien and Fenghw a, w h ilst Mr. Fairclough has already
p aid several visits to H angchow, and is w aiting an opp ortun ity
to start 011 a journey along the Tsien-tang R iver, where our
stations h a v e suffered v ery m uch from m ilitary occupation
and th e abuse of labour unions.
Since th e last letter sent you, the to ta l num ber of baptism s
has increased to 938. This, of course, is a v ery sm all num ber
com pared w ith previous years ; but, as we look back upon the
last nine m onths, we h ave cause to be th an kful th a t in the
m idst of so m uch u p h eaval there is th a t am ount of evidence of
spiritual w ork being carried on and bringing forth fruit unto
eternal life.
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Tw ice a w eek J apanese services are held, w hen addresses are
given b y a Japanese evangelist. W e are to ld th a t m ore th an
fo rty conversions h ave taken place. A new centre has been
opened fo r A m erican service men on N anzing R oad , n ot far
from th e Mission premises. T he w ork there is bein g organized
and carried on b y a ban d of d evoted A m erican missionaries.
T his has only been open tw o weeks, and w e are to ld of tw o con­
versions h a vin g taken place. B ible classes of different kinds
are held each afternoon, and evangelistic m eetings every evening,
w ith a few secular classes for men w ho h ave n ot had m any
educational advantages. Mr. Buchan, of th e A rm y Scripture
R ead ers’ Association, has recen tly arrived in Shanghai and called
here yesterd ay, in order to ask for assistance in th e p articular
line of w ork w ith w hich he is connected. So in m an y and
various w ays openings are given for direct Gospel w ork and B ible
class teacing. There is no doubt th a t th e spiritu al needs of th e
Shanghai Defence Forces are being m et in an unusually full
manner.
C .I .M . C a le n d a r fo r 1928 .— T his Calendar is now ready.
T he p icture is an adm irable reproduction in four colours of th e
Confucian Tem ple a t Chüfu, in S h a n t u n g , th e S age’s home,
th e strikin g featu re being th e finely carved m arble pillars
T h e p icture, w hich is 7 x 6J- inches in size, is m ounted on a
w h ite th ick bevelled card, from w h ich is suspended the Calendar
pendant. (See p. 171.) The la tte r consists of tw elve slips,
one for each m onth of th e year, artistically prin ted in three
panels, one of w hich contains a te x t of Scripture, th e m essage
for th e m onth ; another a P rayer T opic ; w hile th e central
panel is th e calendar for th e m onth. The price, which h as
been kep t as low as possible, is is. 3d. net.
n
Pna i sc .
F o r progress in m idst of trial.
For
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166.
blessing atten din g D r. and Mrs.
H ow ard T a y lo r’s m inistry. P . 168.
F o r good order in K
w e ic h o w
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F o r num ber of B aptism s
P . 173.
P . 174
P n a y e p.
F o r those bereaved.
P p . 170-176.
F o r m edical w ork in Lanchow .
P
167.
F o r spiritual rev iva l.
P . 169.
F o r Mr. H oste and th e Mission adm in­
istration in Shanghai.
P . 174.
F o r th e situation and outlook.
P p . 174-175.
A C T IV IT IE S IN SH AN G H AI.
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F o r p ra yer answered and w ork resumed.
P . 167.
R . H O S T E left us for Chefoo and T ientsin last week.
H is purpose in v isitin g these centres is t o m eet the
missionaries w ho are gathered there at the present
tim e. H e hopes to hold m eetings for p rayer and consultation
w ith special reference to the new. conditions under which w ork
m ust be taken up when return to th e in terior becomes possible.
On his return to Shanghai it is hoped th a t similar gatherings
w ill be held here. W hilst it is v ery difficult to form ulate any
definite p olicy w ith conditions in such a state of flux, an in ter­
change of opinion w ill be beneficial and probably instrum ental
in helping us to la y down a few general principles as a guide
when w ork is resumed.
OU are p ro bably acquainted w ith the fact th at m any of
our missionaries are engaged in different form s of
Christian w ork in Shanghai at this tim e.
The ten t
erected in fron t of th e H a ll on W oosung R oad is being used
every day, and evangelistic preaching constantly going on.
n
F o r num ber of Stations still occupied by
our M issionaries.
P 165.
M R. H O ST E .
N o v e m b e r , 192 7.
AT THE THRONE OF GRACE.
F o r the autu m n al m eetings.
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*P R A Y
W IT H O U T
P . 176.
C E A S IN G .’
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Editorial Notes
R. MARSHALL BROOMHALL.—With pro­
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found regret, shared by all his colleagues on
the Home Staff, I have heard from Mr.
Marshall Broomhall the sad news that, owing to con­
tinued ill-health, he is compelled to resign his important
office of Editorial Secretary. For the past year and
more he has suffered from serious insomnia, and the
blow which has now fallen upon him and us has
long threatened. Against recurrent attacks of this
weakness he has struggled bravely, carrying on and turn­
ing out splendid work when many another and less
devoted man would have given in, cherishing the hope
that prolonged periods of rest would serve full)’ to restore
him to wronted competencefor his arduous duties. Now,
however, he has been compelled to bow to the inevitable
as to the Will of G o d , and with great reluctance to
relinquish the work he has carried on so faithfully
and so fruitfully for a full quarter-century. What his
work as Editor and Author has meant to the C.I.M.
it is beyond the power of anyone to estimate. A
glance at the list of his own works, including such
volumes as The Chinese Empire ; Islam in C h in a ;
Martyred M issionaries; In Quest o f G o d ; Faith and
Facts ; as well as the Lives o f J . W. Stevenson, F . W.
Bailer, Robert .Morrison and Bishop Cassels, is in itself
sufficient testimony to his far-reaci ing influence upon
the Mission’s world-wide constituency. When is
added to his books his Editorial labours in C h i n a ’s
M i l l i o n s and the Annual Reports, his supervision of
all the books and literature written by other members
and issued by the Mission, and his production of
missionary pamphlets bearing on the work in China,
too many to enumerate, one cannot but be lost in
admiration of the gifts of tireless industry, wide vision,
power of convincing statement, and spiritual inspira­
tion, with which he has unstintedly served the Mission
and advanced its aims. What we have owed to him
in all these past years we shall never know, and it
is certain we shall never pay.
Happily the time has not come when it is necessary
to say anything in the nature of a farewell tribute to
him. He still remains an active member of the Mission
and retains his seat on the Council, where his sagacious
judgments will continue to be a strong and valued asset.
And there is little doubt but that, as the L ord gives
such measure of restoration as we trust He will, he
will be found somewhere near the firing line. For
service is with him a master passion. I cannot,, how­
ever, forbear acknowledgment of my personal indebted­
ness to his splendid comradeship in the work. We
have been friends for many long years, and since my
own tenure of the Home Directorship, far more than
friends. His affectionate loyalty, his uncomplaining
readiness to carry out any suggestion making for the
good of the Mission, his spiritual sanity, his unfailing
sympathy and brotherliness, are amongst the good
gifts of God for which I shall ever be grateful.
I am sure that all who personally know him, as well
as that larger circle which knows him only by the lustre
he has added to a name highly honoured in the C.I.M.
will bear him on their hearts in earnest prayer, asking
that in these days of enforced inactivity he may
N o v e m b e r, 19 2 7 .
h a v e v e r y c lo s e fe llo w s h ip w ith t h e L o r d H im s e lf,
a n d m a y a c q u ir e th o s e ‘ tr ea su re s o f d a r k n ess ’ w h ic h
are t h e r ic h e n d o w m e n ts fo r th e ir fu r th e r se r v ic e o f
th o s e H e c a lls a p a rt.
J.
St u a r t
H
olden
.
The Council. — It was with much pleasure that the
members of the Council welcomed, at their recent meet­
ing, two new members, Mr. James Barlow and Major
Mainwaring Burton. Each of them has long been deeply
interested in the work of the Mission, and each will bring
his own distinctive contribution to the Council's dis­
cussions. Mr. Barlow is well known in connection with
mam- branches of the L o r d ’s work in Manchester and
Bolton, as well as for his long association with the
Keswick Convention, of which he has recently become a
Trustee. Major Burton is the Secretary of the Keswick
Convention. He has endeared himself to many friends of
the Mission, especially to the younger generation, by
his splendid leadership of the social side of our Swanwick Conferences. Now as a member of the Council
he will be a valuable addition to our administration.
In making this announcement of the appointment of
these brethren, we know that we may ask for continued
prayerful remembrance, on the part of all the Mission’s
friends, of the Council and Home Staff in their respon­
sibilities of deliberation and decision. Never did the}7
need the ‘ Wisdom that is from above ’ more than in
these present issues.
The Situation and Outlook.— We invite our read­
ers’ attention to the Map of China on page 165, showing
the stations of the China Inland Mission from which
during these days of trouble our workers have not been
withdrawn. This map will illustrate the statement which
we made in our last issue that according to the latest
information to hand there are approximately 300 of
our missionaries still at their regular posts, and of this
number 213 (83 men and 130 women) are still resident
in 71 inland stations while 86 others are carrying on
their regular work at Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientsin,
Wuhu, and Hankow.
All these workers need the continued prayerful support
of the friends in the homeland.
A hopeful sign that the political situation, in China,
is improving, as far as missionary work is concerned,
may be seen in the following cablegram received at
our London office on October 12, from the Mission
Headquarters in Shanghai: ‘ British Consul gives per­
mission for the return of men, at our own risk, when
permission is granted [by] local officials.' This is
encouraging, and we may, therefore, expect to hear
shortly of the return of a number of our workers to
their interior stations. Their going back is a matter
about which prayer will be greatly valued. Important
readjustments in the relationships between the Chinese
Churches and the missionaries will have to be made.
We would beg, therefore, the earnest continued prayers
of all interested in our work, that those concerned in
dealing with the new situation may be granted a spirit
of unreserved willingness, cost what it may, to meet
the requirements of that situation; also the sound
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judgment and wise discrimination without which the
application of abstract principles to actual conditions
may, possibly, do more harm than good.
16, 1922, and was married to Mr. Almqvist at Saratsi
on October 10, 1924. A t the June Conference of the
Swedish Alliance Mission, Mr. and Mrs. Almqvist were
transferred from Tokoto to Shaerhtsin and had just
M issionary C risis in China.— Our readers will moved to their new station when she was taken ill.
be interested to learn that the fourth in the series We mourn the loss of a valued worker.
We regret also to record the death of Miss N. MacDuff,
of the meetings concerning China and the present
crisis is to be held at the Central Hall, Old Market which took place on August 19 in the C.I.M. Hospital
Street, Bristol, at 7.45 p.m., on November 17th. There at Shanghai, where she had been under treatment for
will be singing by a large choir from 7.30 o'clock. The tuberculosis, during the preceding three months.
Miss MacDuff went out to China from New Zealand
speakers will be the Rev. J. Stuart Holden, M.A., D.D.,
early
in 1915, and was designated to Anjen, in the
Miss Mildred Cable, and the Rev. W. H. Aldis. The
Rev. J. A. Broadbelt, who is conducting the work at province of K i a n g s i , at the beginning of 1916. In the
this centre, is giving us much help in this direction, autumn of that year she was transferred to Antung,
and will be glad to give fuller information to those who in the north of K i a n g s u , where she laboured until her
may wish for it. The prayers and sympathetic help of first furlough in the latter part of 1922. During that
all our friends in the Bristol area will be greatly valued. time Miss MacDuff worked with great energy, endearing
herself to the Chinese by her warmth of heart, generosity
and self-sacrifice on their behalf. It can be said with
Will friends in Scotland kindly take notice that the truth that these qualities distinguished her above many.
big Public Meeting on November n th , in connection On returning from furlough in August, 1924, she was
with the Missionary Crisis in China, will not be appointed to Hiangcheng, in the province of H o n a n ,
held in St. Andrew's Hall, as previously advertised, where she spent most of her time in visiting Christians
but in Renfield Street U.F. Church, which is at in the country towns and villages of that large district.
the corner of Renfield and Sauchiehall Streets. There Her death has removed from the ranks of the Mission
are no reserved seats and friends are asked to be present a most useful and highly esteemed missionary.
early, as it is anticipated that there will be a large
We have also received the news b)r cablegram of the
attendance. The speakers will be heard in any part of death at Chef00, on September 17, of Mrs. A. H. Faers.
the building. The doors will be open at 7 p.m., and an She had been very ill for some considerable time, so
organ recital will be given from 7 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. by that her Homegoing must have been a happy release
Mr. William Blakey, M.A., B.Sc., Organist of the Ren­ from suffering. Mrs. Faers went to China in 1887, and
field Street U.F. Church. The meeting will commence was thus privileged to give forty years of service in that
at 7.30, so as to enable friends from a distance to catch land. We commend Mr. Faers, and these other friends
their trains. The speakers will be the Rev. J. Stuart who have been recently bereaved, to the sympathetic
Holden, M.A., D.D., Miss Mildred Cable, and the Rev. prayers of our readers, that they may be upheld in
W. H. Aldis. The Very Rev. Donald Fraser, D.D., will this their hour of sorrow.
preside. Full particulars of the gathering and of the
meetings and services to be addressed by the Misses
A R em arkable Publication.— We draw the atten­
Cable and French can be obtained from the Secretary, tion of our readers to the inset in this issue advertising
16, Belmont Street, Glasgow, W.2. ('Phone W e st: 800.) a remarkable book which has just been published by
Constable & Coy., I^td., entitled ‘ T h r o u g h J a d e G a t e
In M em oriam .— We regret to report the decease of a n d C e n t r a i , A s i a — a n a c c o u n t o f j o u r n e y s i n
Mrs. A. S. Almqvist, one of our associate workers. K a n s u , T u r k e s t a n a n d t h e G o b i D e s e r t , ’ by Mildred
She was taken ill at Shaerhtsin on July 2, with what was Cable and Francesca French, Missionaries, as is well
subsequently diagnosed as typhus fever, and was known, of the China Inland Mission. This deeply
removed to the Saratsi Hospital, where she passed interesting volume may be obtained from the office
away at about 1 a.m. on July 20. Mrs. Almqvist, of the Mission, Newington Green, Iyondon, N.16, at
arrived in China as Miss Edith L. Anderson on October the published price of 10s. post free.
THE MISSIONARY CRISIS IN CHINA
SPECIAL AUTUMN MEETINGS will be held (D.V.)
Renfield Street U .F. Church
(Chairman: The Very Rev. DONALD FRASER. D.D.) N o v e m b e r
Speakers :
Rev. J. STUART HOLDEN, M.A., D.D.
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Miss MILDRED CABLE
Central Hall, O ld Market Street,
Bristol
November 17
Rev. W. H. ALDIS.
‘ C h i n a 's M i l l i o n s / p o s t f r e e z s . 6 d . p e r a n n u m f r o m t h e C h i n a I n l a n d M i s s i o n , N e w i n g t o n G r e e n , L o n d o n , N . i 6 ,
A n y C .I .M . P u b l i c a t i o n s c a n b e o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e R e l i g i o u s T r a c t S o c i e t y , o r f r o m a n y B o o k s e l l e r .
N ovem ber
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T w opence
C H IN A
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NEWINGTON GREEN, LONDON, N.16 .
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LONDON
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W a l t e r B. S l o a n , F .R .G .S ., Glenconner, Brom ley, K e n t.
Castle, Shropshire.
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Secretary for Edinburgh and District : G. G ra h a m B r o w n , 19, M ayfield Gardens, E dinb urgh.
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