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Island Beautiful C H I NA APAN KOREA , J , AND FORMOSA Showi ng M issio n Statio ns o f Canadian C hurches Mission Statio ns Presbyteri an M ethodi st Angli can Provi nces Railways —i T he Great Wall Th e o le gle a l S e mlna w P r e s e n t e d b y Th e Re v . Ro b e r t H owa r d T H EI LAND A T I F L S B E U U I sland B ea utiful The S tory of Fifty Years i n North Formosa BY DUNCAN MACL EOD E A OF RE F TH BO RD FO IGN M ISSIONS O PRESBYTER I AN CHURCH I N CA NA DA C ONFED ERA T ON FE BU D NG T O RONT O I LI IL I . 1 923 CONTENTS CHA PTER I “ ILHA FORMOSA E EOPLET H I R R I E E E II TH P , RUL RS AND LIG ONS III THE PATHFINDER OF NORTH FORMOSA I V O E B E FI E M R A OUT TH PATH ND R . R V NEWEA . THE IN NORTH FORMOSA VI GROWTH OF THE NATIVE CHURCH VI I B K NEW I REA ING TRA LS VIII TO OTHER CITIES ALSO ’ I ! WOMEN S WORK ! WHAT OF THE FUTURE ? I U E FORMOSAN FACTS AND F G R S . I LLUSTRATI ONS PAGE TAMS UI HARB OR Fron ti spi ece THE FAMOUS FORMOSAN CLIFFS GOUGING CHI PS FROM A CAMPHOR TREE TEA PICKERS AT WORK TH E P FAMOUS TEM LE AT HOKKO CHURCH AT SI NTI AM E E E E E FI DE F G ORG L SLI MACKAY , TH PATH N R O NORTH F ORMO SA DR . E MACKAY AND HIS STUD NTS P T AMS FIRST HOS ITAL AT UI . MACKAY M EMORIAL HOSPITAL C E 1920 GRADUATING LASS IN TH OLOGY , RE D A . D D . V . W U ILLIAM GA LD , . , AND MRS G UL K SE I DAI TOTEI IRK SS ON AT ’ I OPE E E M T AMS 1907 190 S . UI G RLS SCHOOL N D B Y TH W. AT IN M S B E E . O F OPE E PR S NT W . ARDING SCHOOL OR GIRLS N D B M 9 Y W. S TAMS I 1 16 . AT U IN ’ B E TAMS UI OYS MIDDL SCHOOL , OPE M A K E IA PI A . RATING ROO , M C AY M MOR L HOS T L xii FOREWORD 1 84 during the French invasion in 8 . Tod ay all is ffi changed . Persecution has ceased ; O cials are not r friendly , and many themselves Christian e ” cognize the social value O f Christianity and CO Operate in promoting the Church Of Christ . Amongst the impressive stories Of striking con versions given i n this book is one in which an Official invited the missionary to Open a mission because he found himself unable to suppress the T . e vice that prevailed h mission was Opened , not and the Gospel did what the law could do . Whilst there have been persistent appeals during for the years more foreign workers , and unquestion ably larger results would have appeared had the f sta f been strengthened , yet there are at the present time twenty foreign missionaries with educational and medical institutions that have grown o ut Of the one seed sown fifty years ago . It was a fruitful seed and has multiplied many f fold . There is hope in the future . Sta f and equipment and popular favour are full o f promise . Even the heathen recognize the superiority o f Christianity over other religions they have known . 1 1 When a cholera epidemic raged in 9 9 , the Mackay Memorial Hospital was used by the non - Japanese , and Christians and Christians were treated without discrimination . Many were dying daily , but it was noted that no Christians died who obeyed instructions , which they usually did . Christians were allowed to assemble , Whilst heathen assemblies were forbidden . In the presence Of FOREWORD a i i a c u de th Chr st ns were cheerful , onfident , hopef l , i a u a u wh lst the he then were fretf l , fe rful , s per s i i a t t ous and thereby the more exposed to d nger . The heathen acknowledge that Christians ‘ are a not or h ppier In their homes , given to Opium a gambling , more cleanly in their h bits and more f sanitary in their surroundings . Upon such ound a tions wh at may not the h arvest be when the cen tenar ! a y celebration comes In the l st analysis , a a however , notwithstanding all these dvant ges , all will depend upon the maintenance o f th at consecration O f life Characteristic O f the founder Of the Mission and Of his successors . acLe O d a a TO the Rev . Duncan M the prep r tion o f this volume was a labour Of love . Mr . Mac ’ Leod s national characteristics enabled him to a and understand and appreciate Dr . G . L . M ckay his fellow missionaries as few others could . Fur loughs are supposed to be for rest and recuperation for future work , but missionary furloughs are f Sadly invaded by invitations di ficult to refuse , but to which the missionaries cheerfully respond . fitti n l The series Of prayers , which SO g y closes each chapter , has been prepared by Rev . J . Lovell f a D . D o Murray , . , Director the C nadian School to Of Missions . Thanks are due him for the valuable addition he has thus ma de to the book . The editing and publication Of this interesting story was placed in the hands Of the Rev . H . C . f w ar . Priest than whom e e more capable Mr . Priest 5 services in behalf O f the missionary educa xiv FOREWORD tion Of the young people Of all o ur Churches is generally known , but his large share in the pub lication Of missionary literature for young people n is ot SO well known . By his careful and accurate editing Of this volume he h as placed the Church under further Obligation . M K Y . R . P . AC A T H EI LAND A T I F L S B E U U Th e I s la n d Be a u tifu l CHAPTER I I LH A FO RM OSA H I ESEa N geogr phers inform us th a t once h a upon a time some fierce dragons , which d a dwelt for ages ne r Foochow , China , be ’ i and stirred themselves nto activity , for a day s f frolic , glided out unseen through the depths O the O f ocean . Arriving in the vicinity the present o f a a a island Formos , they bec me exceedingly pl y a ful , and fter ploughing through the earth itself , a f they m de their ascent , throwing up the blu f at Keelung head , and then , writhing their way to S a wards the outh , with violent contortions he ved a a up a regular series of hills and mount ins , until t a a fla f a l st , with p O their formid ble tails , they threw up the three cliffs which now m ark the ex treme south Of the Island . 2 THE I SLAND BEAUTIFUL Physi cal Features i i n d a i on Descr pt on a Loc t . The island Of For “ ” mosa , called Ilha Formosa (Beautiful Isle) a by the Portuguese m riners , who were the first Europeans to visit it towards the Close Of the sixteenth century , may be compared to an ill Shaped pear with a somewhat elongated stem at the south . Its position would indicate that the restless wave , the persistent ocean current , the frequent earthquake and the raging typhoon , f i through millenniums O act vity , had gradually separated it from the rest O f the islands in the Bashee channel to the south . The island lies lengthwise , almost north and O ff - a south , the south east coast Of China , separ ted from the mainland by a channel abou t ninety miles wide a t the north an d two hundred miles in at . width the south From Amoy , China , the boat - - trip occupies twenty four hours , from Hong Kong a . three days , and from Moj i , J pan , three days was Formosa , in early days , numbered among the LO O h a C u Isl nds , and was once known by that r name . Fo several generations the Chinese have “ ” or — a called it Taiwan , Terraced Bay , word that is thought by some to have been derived from “ “ T on h oan S . g , meaning Eastern avages I t was probably on this a ccount the Dutch always “ referred to the aborigines of Formosa as East Indian Savages . Off the west coast some sixty miles , lies a group 4 THE I SLAND BEAUTIFUL precipitously , deep down where the waters Of the Pacific lap the solitary crags beneath . Many a traveller has tried to describe the won “ derful sight O f these famous cliffs Professor “ bOO k Chamberlain in his , Things Japanese , pictures them thus : “ The cliffs on the east coast Of Formosa are the highest and most precipitous in the world , towering ’ in places sheer six thousand feet from the water s edge .
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