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“ Peace, Whatever Comes.’’
A New Year’s Aspiration.
“ Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in all hyh’S.” — 2 Thess. iii. 16.
H E R E is something so complete, so comprehen easily add for himself those things in which his peace may sive in this prayer that the reader is more than be destroyed. And it would be possible to detail some of T usually arrested. Half measures never suited those perplexing problems which confront the work of the apostle Paul either before his conversion G o d to-day, both at home and abroad, in China or any or after. For him C h r is t became everything and his other land, such as the world-wide unrest, the high ambition was that C h r is t might be the same to all his exchange, which could so easily disturb the peace of converts. He desired nothing less than that he might the worker. But all these things c o m e within the present every man perfect in C h r i s t , and the prayer scope of this prayer ; it is peace, w hatever comes. which closes his letters to the Thessalonian Church asks Can it be possible that such an experience may be that they may enjoy a perfect and unbroken peace enjoyed ? It seems too high to be attained, and attain whatever happened. to it we certainty cannot. But we are reminded that it As we face another year, with its troubled outlook, is a gift from the L o r d of peace Himself. How truly its unknown possibilities and its certain trials, can we C h r is t deserves that name. As we read the record of ask anything better, the one for the other, than that His life, and especially of His trial and His death, how the peace of G od which passeth all understanding may amazing appears His calm majesty throughout. \\Y garrison our hearts and minds ? Let us then briefly see Him suffering every indignity, every injustice, every meditate upon this short yet comprehensive benediction. form of humiliation, but with the peace that passeth “ Peace at all times and in all w a y s” ! Is such an all understanding. Not only can he be silent before His experience possible ? We may certainly assume that enemies, but, what is more difficult, He can speak without the apogile Paul had not forgotten the contents of his the slightest trace of bitterness, and always with an un letters to the Thessalonians. He had spoken to them of ruffled calm and serene control. In all this He proved persecution, of bereavements, of moral perplexities, of Himself the L o r d of peace indeed. busybodies in the church, of the workings of Satan and And because He was the L o r d of peace He made the revelation of the man of sin, the son of perdition. peace for us through the blood of His cross. It is from These were certainly well calculated to disquiet any His lips we receive the words “ Peace I leave with you, church. Yet, in the face of all these things, he prays M y peace I give unto you.” This gift truly is not as that the Lord of peace Himself may give them peace at the world giveth but as He alone can. As we contem all times an d in all ways. It was a great request, and if plate the facts of life, with all their perturbing powers, it was a possible experience for them, G o d cannot pur the enjoyment of peace, uninterrupted whatever happens, pose that we should enjoy less to-day. seems too good to be true. And yet we dare not think The remarkable phrase, “ A t all times and in all ways ” of C h r is t as giving less than a perfect gift. (Sia TravToj ev ttuvt'i rpoitcu) is one that will repay careful And what a witness such a life of peace and rest would study. It comprehends all times and all conditions. be ! If there is anything that the world, yea, and the The last word rpoirog is derived from its verb “ to church, needs to-day, it is to see that G o d is still the G o d turn,” and suggests that peace should be ours at every of the impossible. To discuss the subject of miracles turn. Dr. Mofiat translates the passage, ‘' May the L o r d may, by some, be regarded as an academic question, of peace Himself grant you peace continually whatever incapable of absolute or convincing proof. But as a liv comes.” We are all well aware that there are many ing Epistle read and known of all men, what an evidential ways by which trouble may come and in which peace value would a life possess which was the exhibition of may be lost. Any one of those experiences referred to an unruffled and unbroken peace whatever happened. by the apostle Paul in his letter to the Thessalonians was So as we face another year we seek this blessing for our sufficient in itself to bring a loss of peace, but in just as selves, and as a New Year’s wish for all our readers we many ways they were to enjoy peace as an unbroken pray, “ Now the L o r d of peace Himself grant you peace and uninterrupted gift of G o d . Space will not allow continually whatever comes.” us to enlarge upon this thought here ; each reader can M.B.
J a n u a r y , 19 20 - 4 China’s Millions. J a n u a r y , 1920. A Chinese Christian General. By Rkv. J. Goforth. Canadian Presbyterian Mission.
EN ER A L Feng Yu Hsiang was born of poor parents and he vowed to settle with his brother. But the time came in A n h w e i Province thirty-seven years ago. Floods for his Bible class, to which he went, and the subject proved to swept away all they had, and the family, in beggary, be, “ Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord,” etc. G went north as far as Paotingfu. He was mightily convicted. Then, as if to test to the uttermost, General Feng had no early advantages of schooling, and at his elder brother sent him a letter of defiance and a challenge to about eighteen entered the ranks as a private. He is gifted fight. “ It was my H e a v e n l y F a t h e r who sent me that with rare common sense and a splendid physique. He has so message of forgiveness just in time to save me,” said the Major. applied himself that he does not seem to lack in education, and “ Had it not been for it I would have gone to my brother and is now learning English. During the nine days we were with either killed him or he would have killed me. With the Word of him no act nor word of his seemed to be out of place. G o d in my heart I took no notice of my brother's defiance, but His Providential Guidance Up to Conversion. sent by the hand of a friend a hundred dollars, and a letter In i960 he was a raw recruit at Paotingfu. He told us that saying if he needed more to set up in business I would let the first time he came in contact with a missionary was on a him have it. My brother w'as so astonished at this treatment street of that city. The missionary was preaching on “ If they that he put away the bad woman and was reconciled to his smite you on the right cheek,” etc., “ or if they take away your wife.” By the time of the clash between North and South he had outer garment, let them have the inner one also.” " I didn't like that doctrine,” said he: “ so to test it I been promoted to Brigadier-General and had an independent shouldered the missionary's table and started off with it, but command in S z e c h w a n . On one occasion he attempted to take a strong position, but on account of his artillery ammunition the missionary did not practice what he preached, and clung running short he had to retreat. Securing supplies, he renewed to the table till I had to let him have it.” the attacks, turned the position, and by his artillery smashed The General said the first time his conscience was stirred the only bridge across the river and had the Southern force at was that year at the American Board compound in the south his mercy. They threw down their arms and surrendered. suburb of Paotingfu : the Boxers were there to kill the mission The General ordered $10.00 to be given to each officer, and aries and the Christians. Miss Morrell was at the gate, pleading $5.00 to each private and sent them home. He said, “ The for their lives. “ I have saved many of your people when amazed Southerners fell all around weeping, then arose and they came to me sick,” said she. “ Cannot their saved lives be put to our credit and ours spared ?” When she found that went home.” Later his brigade was stationed in the province of A n h w e i . plea would not move the Boxers, she said, “ 'Let me die for the Last year, when a Northern force came to grief at Chengteh, others ; slay me, but spare them.” This moved them all to in H u n a n , General Feng was sent to re-take the city. As he tears, with the exception of the young hot heads among them, drew near to it, he sent a note by two missionaries to the Southern so that at that time they were not killed, but allowed to escape commander saying, “ I have orders to take the city, and will through the back gate, but a Boxer leader, named Wang, over take it. You just leave it and go south to avoid loss of life.” took and slew them. General Feng said they were then ordered The Southern leader took the hint and moved all his force south to march to the north suburb where the Presbyterian missionaries 160 //. General Feng has remained in Changteh ever since. were about to be massacred, but were commanded not to inter fere with the Boxers, only to look on and return and report The General's Rule in Changteh and Tao ^an. that they could not restrain them. He saw the Simcoxes, the All vile women were ordered to be off within three days. Hodges, and Dr. Taylor burnt in their houses. All this made an All gambling dens and theatres were closed. The theatres itupressionupon him so deep that the blood of these martyrs were turned into schools, workshops and preaching halls. The became the seed of a new' life in him. opium and morphia halls were all closed, and the owners fined. I^ater, while stationed near Peking, he had a very bad ulcer. One morphia dealer was fined $ 7,000.00, but his Japanese partner He sought the advice of two Chinese doctors, and each of theni escaped. made out it was a vile sore and asked £6o.oo to heal it. He The people were in dread of the Northern soldiers, but so then went to a missionary hospital, and when cured asked how many of the 9,000 had become Christians that perfect safety much he would have to pay. The missionary doctor said, reigned. “ Nothing, only I want you to remember that G o d in heaven The gates were guarded so that no one could go in or out loves you, and sent me to -heal you.” He said that that saying after 9 p.m. without a permit from the General. One night, of the doctor's made a deep impression upon his mind. Then, after hours, two Japs came to the ’gate Remanding admittance, in the plague year, when as a Lieutenant, he said, “ I was but the guards were firm. One of the Japs in true Japanese stationed with my men at Hsinment’un in M a n c h u r i a , and fashion used his cane over the head of the soldier, who promptly the missionary doctor inoculated me against plague. When bayoneted him in the leg. The Japanese Consul, and men I asked him how much I would have to pay, he astonished me from a gunboat near by tried to frighten the General, but this by saying almost the same as the other foreign doctor had said wasn’t so easily done, and he gave the Japanese to understand some years before.” that he ruled in that city. The General had been promoted to the rank of Major by the Some time afterwards two marines from the Japanese gunboat year iQia.^and was stationed at Peking when Dr. J. R. Mott were caught at midnight climbing over the city wall and were held meetings there. He attended the meetings and was con turned over to the General. The Japanese Commander sent a verted, and was appointed to attend Pastor Liu’s class for demand for there lease of his men. The reply he received was— Bible study. Just at that time a severe testing came to him. “ When you come and apologize to me for your men who were His older brother turned bad and took another woman as wife, caught as ordinary robbers.” When at last the Japanese threatening to shoot his real wife. This made the Major furious Commander came the General said, “ How is it that we have so J a n u a r y , 1920. China’s Millions. 5
many good people from many lands coming to China to help millions of the Hunanese. Something would happen if such ^ us, but I h^ve never ye t met a good Japanese. Axe you all man got control in some of our Christian (?) lands' booze dis bad ? Have you any shame left ?” tricts, for he fears neither man nor devil. There are some reasons why we believe the Christianity of The General's Care for His Men. the General and his men to be genuine. He supplies his men No smoking, no drinking, no bad language, no gambling is with religious books. He has bought us many as ' 500 New allowed. For nine days I was everywhere among the men Testaments at a time. He has again and again bought up all and never saw any smoking, nor smelt the fumes of drink. the Bibles in the Missions. He says he can’t get enough cate Mr. Caswell, of the Canadian Holiness Movement, said he had chisms ; at present three men have to study from one. He has been among the men for a year and never heard a bad word. made a catechism on military moral with many Bible thoughts Soldiers of Christian lands take note ! Some years ago the General in it. All of the y.ooo men can repeat this on the instant. He thrashed one of his Colonels for going to a house of ill fame. believes in a Christianity built on knowledge, I said, “ General, The Colonel has got splendidly converted since. It is said that the great need of your men is Bible study.” “ 1 feel it,” he some time ago the General had a man shot who would go to replied, “ and commission you when you go North to the pro vile resorts after repeated warnings. Eternal shame upon cur vinces where my men come from to urge the missions to send Canadian and British leaders because they did not shield our me some of their best Bible teachers, and I will pay all their boys. expenses and so arrange the drills of the men that they may have The General says he does not want his men to turn bandits fresh companies of men for Bible classes every hour in the day.” when they le’ave the Army, and he took us to see his factories, The General had the officers bring me all the Scripture diffi which he has provided for them. There we saw scores of culties thej' had for me to solve. He brought his own too. knitting machines on which all the socks for the Army are made. One of the questions was, “ Why did J e s u s so speak to the Dozens of sewing machines were used for making clothes. There Syrophenician woman as if she and her devil-possessed child were looms galore, weaving towels, etc., in addition to brok- were dogs?” I never saw men so eager to study the Bible. binding, rattan chair making, etc. The soldiers working One evening a list of 86 names of men who wanted to study at these trades were all was sent to me, and the about forty years of age. General arranged that We went with the General they should meet next on the inspection of the morning at six o’clock. baiTacks. It was astonish Next morning, at the ing to find a place in time appointed, instead China without offensive of 86 there were hundreds smells and filth. Every almost filling the theatre. bed was dean ; each The General telegraphed man had a mosquito net. for my wife to come and Every gun, bayonet, strap teach the 70 or 80 and buckle shone. It was officers' wives, aud he fine to see their Bibles paid all our expenses. and hymn books every The General and his where neatly piled up with officers set the example their military books. The and the men follow. drill seemed up in every All the missionaries and detail. Officers in ‘neat officers with their wives athletic suits were called were invited to a dinner out to let us see what by the General. When they could do, even all was ready he said, Colonel Li was among “ All stand, please, and them. Their feats on the Photo by] IR. H. Mathews. Mrs. Goforth will offer horizontal bars, etc., and thanks.” At the end of the obstacle race were CHINESE ITINERANT STORY TELLER. TELLING A TALE TO A LISTENING the meal he asked me to remarkable. The General CROWD BY A RIVERSIDE IN HONAN. dose with prayer. Then called my attention to the it did not seem so strauge buckles the officers wore when we passed through on their athletic suit belts. They were won as prizes on route the barracks just as the meal was being served to see each marches. “ There is one,” said he, “ who led his company group of soldiers stand and sing hymns of thanks before eating. with all their kit and made forty miles in seven hours.” The The singing of hymns around that encampment was as familiar General’s control over his men seems absolute. They would a sound as the bugle. When we went with the General by die for him. He calls them his “ boys ” : he is like a father to launch up and down the river it was like a Sunday School them. A little thing revealed the secret. We landed with the picnic, for the body guard on the lower deck were singing hymns General from the boat at Tao Yuan thirty miles up river. The almost all the time. Once when I was shown into the General’s 3,000 men there are facing the Southern army. As we passed private room, I noticed, through a curtain a little pulled aside* through a narrow, covered way, soldiers stood' at intervals like that he was kneeling there in prayer with some of the young statues with fixed bayonets. The General gently touched each officers. A lady missionary told me that when Colonel Lu was soldier’s arm as he passed by. up on the mountain with his officers for a week's vacation they The General has established an opium an d morphia refuge always had three meetings a day for praise and prayer. into which he puts all opium users or morphia fiends he can At Tao Yuan Colonel Chang Chih Chiang had texts from the Catch, and he catches not a few, for he rules over seven or eight Bible written and hong up all around his reception and dining 6 China’s Millions. J a n u a r y , 1920.
«fooms, such as, “ Faith without works is dead,” “ Love is the Christianity. He replied that nine out of every ten were on the fulfilling of the law,” “ Pray without ceasing,” " Quench not L o r d ’s ride. It is little to be wondered at for the Major seems the Holy Spirit." I, overheard the Colonel preaching to his to be on fire for G o d , and his men cannot help but follow his lead. wen, and he was so intensely in earnest that I inwardly said, Amother reason why I believe that the Christianity of these ” Would that all preachers were so on fire.” When at Tao soldiers is the genuine sort is that they gave such a hearty Yuan our first main morning meeting was at seven o'clock. response to the searching truths I preached. Traverse the world It was raining, but Major Wen and about 100 of his men, who over and you could not secure better attention than that given were ready for baptism, marched in ten miles and were in time by these military men. After each address I left the meeting for the service. • open for prayer, and from the first the higher officers commenced I asked the Major whai^proportion of his men had turned to confessing their sins. After the address on, " Break up the fallow ground and sow not among thorns,” many seemed much cut up and confessed freely. Finally the General said “ If we did not believe this message came to us from our F a t h e r in heaven, would we stand it ? Here a man from another land comes and lays all our faults and sins bare and we are not angry but con victed. I am sure you aH feel as I do. I am convicted through and through. If our earthly parents saw our evil ways were ruining us and came and warned us,' we would surely heed them, how much more should we pay heed when G o d our Father in heaven has sent His servant in this great heat to warn us ! Comrades, you can all go to heaven and dwell with G o d , i; but you can’t hope to enter there while you retain these evil weeds in your hearts.” On the ’fifth night, at the dose of the address, the General commenced to pray but soon broke down. He wept and confessed his own and his country’s ¡sins. Sounds of weeping could be heard from men all over the building. Colonel Lu followed, just as broken, saying his sins were even more than had been mentioned. The tears just streamed down the face of one of thè staff officers as he prayed, and so it was with others who also prayed. ,A missionary on the platform said there was a pool of tears Where the General's head was bowed. At the dose he pled with all to conse crate themsdves to the service of the L o r d J estts C h r i s t . {To be continued.)
WORK AMONG LAMAS. /IlV R . J. H. Edgar writes:— " I have * been to Tsakulao, a native town, and a rallying place for Tibetans. It is 43 miles from Weichow, and, about $,500 feet above sea-levd. Lamas and people were pleased to see me. Of Photo by] [Dr. G. Whitfield Guittness^ course, the interest in the Gospd there was mixed, but this time, I met one of MEMORIAL TABLET TO FU HS1. the Princes, who bought 500 portion- cOne of the Memorial Tablets erected to Fu Hsi. the mythical ancestor of man, the reputed author of music, writing, marriage, etc. At the Temple at Chenchow, Honan—the T'ai Hao-ling a great ettes. His people were interested in festival in his honour is held every spring when thousands of people come from iong^custances the Gospd, he said. The Abbot of the to worship at his shrine. It is called the “ T'ai Hao-lirig festival’’ At this season over 70,000 women enter the guest-hall of the China Inland Mission premises, and an equal number of men. Lamasery . also came to see me.” January, 1920. China’s Millions. 7 “ Medical Science in Relation to- Christian Science.”
B y D r . D o u g l a s G i b s o n , K a i f e n g , H o n a n .*
T must be stated at once that by " Christian Science ” is not greater menace to the real efficiency of our work than muddy meant that un-Christian conglomeration of psychological footmarks on the floor of the ward. truth and doctrinal error which usually parades under that It is very necessary to have a well-ordered organization— I name. Medical science is the “ why ” of disease and the everything just in its right place. But do we always give J e s u s " how ” of treatment. Christian science is the knowledge of Ch r is t , and the souls for whom He died, the right place in our why souls are sick, and of how to restore them to a health that is thoughts and regime ? permanent. Medical science at its best is limited in scope It is, cf course, an incontrovertible fact that every patient and often fails. But Christian science, in its true form and in a ward should be assured his full cubic measure of fresh air. rightly applied, is limitless in scope and infallible in operation. An atmosphere from which this vital element is absent, or in What can medical science per se do for a heathen or any which it is deficient, is prejudicial to the recovery of a sick body. individual who is out of Ch r is t ? It can give ease of body, and, There is, however, an equally vital element—the absence, or lack, to some extent, peace of mind, in so far as it banishes pain and of which practically precludes the possibility of the recovery, t.e., annuls the fear of immediate death or of physical incapacity.. rebirth, of sick souls. This element is the love of Ch r is t . An This is all right as far as it goes, but it does not go very far. atmosphere of self-effacing love is as essential in our hospitals The benefit to mind and body—which are both mortal—can as good ventilation. The medical missionary may be the most only be temporary, while the soul of the individual— which is skilled of modern surgeons, but unless the C h r is t -love vibrates the man himself—remains in statu in his every look and word and quo. After all, a whole sinner is action he will accomplish little for not in much—if any— better plight the Kingdom of God. The assist than a sick sinner. No, the medical ants and nurses may be fully missionary, who is true to his trained to the w-th degree ; but, if Divine commission, cannot for one they lack love in their contact moment rest content with the mere with the patients, they will do patching up of bodies and cheer more harm than good. ing up of minds. In the care of the sick, good The commission is, “ M a k e nursing is of paramount import DiSCiPl.ES.” Heal, if you like ; ance, and nursing is essentially teach, if you can ; plant trees an individual matter. Patients and plough fields, if that be your cannot be nursed by machinery ; bent; preach, if you are so on the contrary, special care and impelled ; but, by any means and attention must be given to each by all means, achieve the same case. It is vital, too, in the end, viz., make disciples, save winning of souls to be personal. men and women, boys and girls, Merely herding patients en masse from spiritual death, which, in to the hospital chapel, and re horror, hatefulness, and pathos, questing someone to preach to far exceeds the mere corruption them, is only a preliminary. The of flesh and blood. The command really effective work is done at is plain, but it is appallingly easy the bedside, where, with tact, discrimination, and sympathy, the to put time and brains and r " strength into the medico-scientific TRAVELLING IN HONAN. Message can be brought home to side of one’s work to such an Resting in an Inn at noon. Mr. Ford is standing by the individual. the Cart. extent that the command is all Again, who among us would but forgotten. This is, at any dare to perform a laparotomy rate, the experience cf the writer, and may possibly be true were we not sure of our aseptic technique ? But there is such a in the experience of others too. thing as soul sepsis. And, unless we take time in the sterilizing Therefore, to avoid the catastrophe of failing m our com chamber of G o d 's Presence, to render our souls clean and free mission, we must give time and brains and strength to the from all those toxic influences which mar our witness, how dare Christian scientific side of our work, i.e., the Soul Quest. we go forth to our daily task as physicians of souls ? • We will arise at midnight to grapple with an acute abdominal Our ‘aim, then, must be to let medical science and soul case, spending and being spent to save life. We may save i t ; science work hand in hand, neither antagonizing nor ousting but, if recovery means merely a return to the old habits of the other. To this end, the following suggestions might be living and ultimate loss of soul, what shall it profit that man considered:— or woman ? It is, of course, far easier to spend oneself in the 1. That, as far as possible, only true Christian men and operating room or in the office than in the quest for souls. women be employed on hospital staffs, coolies and doorkeepers While the former must not be left undone, the latter must on included. , ,no account be shelved or relegated to the second place. 2. That time be found and opportunity given for all member# '4 The four essentials of a hospital are clean wards, order, proper of the hospital staff to do personal work among the patients. hygiene, and careful nursing. These things we must have, but 3. That we take heed to maintain as rigid a standard in spiri much more must we have them in the spiritual sphere. Loose tual asepsis as we do in the matter of surgical deanliness. In morals or dishonesty on the part of nurses or dressers are a far other words, that we make—simply make—time every day for definite communion with G o d . * From “ Medical Missions at Home and Abroad.” Chinas Millions. January, 1920. Shansi Provincial Conference. B y M r s . D r e y e r , H u n g t u n g .
URING the summer we spent some represented by these temples is enormous. addresses at the provindal conference, of weeks in Yutacho, a missionary On our way home we spent a few days which I will speak later, Mr. Dreyer used summer resort, three and one at the Hoh mountains, one- day’s journey this as an effective illustration, pointing D half stages north! of here. Y u from our dty. For wildness and natural out how from that mountain top the things tacho is a valley about ten miles long, at beauty they surpassed anything we have which loomed so large in the d ty dwindled the head of which there is a fountain seen in S h a n s i . We made our head into comparative insignificance. How we which sends forth a copious stream of quarters in an old monastery which, need to correct our perspective from time clear, cool water. Eighty or ninety old- during its period of prosperity, could to time, lest those things which are of fashioned flour mills derive tlieir power accommodate 1,000 pilgrims. It was minor importance assume too large a from this stream. Many of these mills interesting to see the huge cauldrons, place in our lives ! A copious stream of dose down during the summer months, steamers, etc., used for preparing the food dear, cool water gushing from a rock at consequently missionaries are able to for these pilgrims. Fifty years ago, this point was most refreshing. Another secure them for residence. The running forty odd priests were in residence there, three miles brought them to the peak water, the green trees, the nearby moun but now there is only one, and he an old which is reckoned to be 6,000 feet above tains, -and the fellowship with others, all opium wreck. Not far from the monas sea levd. Unfortunately, a cloud had 'help to make Yutacho restful and re tery there is a large temple which has settled down on the peak so that they freshing to the tired worker, and I am been honoured by repeatedly, having could not enjoy the magnificent view glad to say that, by G o d 's goodness, I have special military representatives of the which might otherwise be had there, but been restored to health, and Edith has emperors of three different dynasties they went over the ruins of the buildings had a better summer than for years past. worship there, i.e., from a .d . 1200 down which, in the distant past, had been used We thank you for your prayers and re wards. We did enjoy the view of the for the accommodation of pilgrims. We joice in G o d ’ s gradous answer. mountains as we sat in the temple court, all enjcyed the week spent among these We also took a trip to the Mien moun under the huge pines, measuring more than mountains and were loath to come away. tains. Annually, during April, thousands a yard in diameter. Dr. Hoyte, Mr. If the old monastery could be secured it make a pilgrimage to these mountains to Canfield and Mr. Dreyer dimbed'to the would make an ideal summer resort. worship at various Buddhist temples highest peak of this range. After a climb - Our provincial conference was shifted built in picturesque situations on the diifs, of a little over three miles they reached, from August 30th to September 12th, hundreds of feet above the valley. The a point from which they could obtain a in the hope that we might have a visit view to be had from some of these temples magnificent view of the whole valley— from Dr. R. A. Torrey. However, in is superb. The chief monastery is almost from the mountains south of Pingyangfu this we were disappointed, for Dr. Torrey entirely overshadowed by a huge over to those north of Hwochow— a distance of could not wdl spare the twenty odd days hanging rock. The money and labour about seventy-five miles. In one of his necessary for travdling here and back. We had a Missionary conference lasting five days, followed by a Church confer ence also lasting five days. It was a time of spiritual refreshment to us all, when we felt that the L o r d drew very near. Some important questions were considered. Self-support. The first of these was the question of the support of Chinese workers. The adverse exchange has forced the Mission to consider what can be done in this matter. Although the money received by the C.I.M. from the homdands has increased each year, during the past four years, the money realized in China has decreased each year, owing to the adverse exchange, so that though the money at home increased by about one-third in the four years, the money realized last year was considerably less than the sum realized four years ago. In other words, four years ago one pound-sterling or $5.00 gold brought us here about $ t i .00 Mex. Now it brings bardy # 5 .0 0 Mex. On the other hand, the cost of living has risen at such a rate that we have had repeatedly to raise the wages of our Chinese workers ► A TEMPLE IN NORTH CHINA. In view of this, Mr. Hoste sent a letter to the Chinese Churches explaining the J a n u a r y , 1 9 2 0 . China's Millions. 9
situation and pointing out that it was opposition was experienced at Tsinchow, others are to be sent, also by the Govern evidently the L o r d ’s will that they but at Ts’invuen sixteen families have ment, to foreign countries to continue should take a larger share in the support put away idols and about twenty-six their studies. and management .of their workers. At are earnestly seeking the Truth, with a On our return from the conference, our conference the situation was faced number of others more or less interested. 1 met in Chaocheng two of our Christian and it was decided to organise each group These have contributed a plot of ground women wearing white badges, four inches of churches and place the control of all and about 50,000 cash towards the erec wide and oue-and-a-half feet long. The funds for the support of workers, whether tion of a Mission church. characters written on the badge, and contributed through the Mission or by the Compulsory education is being pushed stamped with the district magistrate's Chinese churches, in the hands of a joint throughout the province. The demand seal, stated that they were inspectors committee of missionaries and repre for teachers is very great. Many of our for the Natural Foot Society. The sentatives of the Chinese churches, on teachers have been offered salaries several official wanted inspectors to visit each the understanding that the proportion of times larger than they are receiving. home, to warn the women who still have Mission money to Chinese contributions The Government is also beginning to press small feet that, after three warnings, they is to be gradually decreased. All special for the registration of Mission schools. would be fined if they did not unbind their funds for the support of individual This question received our prolonged feet. He wanted reliable inspectors, and Chinese workers will also be pooled. In consideration, as it was feared it might therefore asked the Chinese pastor to this way the Chinese churches will be made lead to a serious limitation of our liberty recommend Christian women for the to feel that the work is theirs, and be in teaching Christian truths and thus post. given an increasing opportunity of exer frustrate our primary aim in opening the Our schools are in full swing again. cising their gifts of administration, and schools. We feel loath to give up our In the Bible Institute we have forty-eight gradually be led to true independence. in attendance now, with five or six more If this scheme is heartily taken up by to follow. One, at least, of these took the churches and succeeds, it will mark ill on the road, and is thus hindered from a new era in our work. arriving cn time for opening. The Phonetic Script. A nice two-storey dormitory block has The phonetic script was also considered. been put up during the summer and is The Government is pushing this very ready for plastering and finishing. This much. The Governor of S h a n s i has will greatly relieve the congestion in our ordered 2,500,000 script primers for the B.I. dormitories. The work on the new people of this province alone. It is being provincial high school buildings has also introduced into the curriculum of all progressed considerably, though not as schools, and is being taught to the officials rapidly as we had wished. and business people. Rumour says that Thanking you each for your help in it is to be made compulsory for al1 men prayer and jnfts for the various branches under forty and all women under thirty. of the work, and praying G od to bless At our conference it was decided that we you, we unite in warm Christian greetings. urge: (1) That it be taught in «11 our * * * institutions and station classes. (2) That One of several resolutions passed at a knowledge of the script be compxilsory the Conference referred to in the fore for all Mission helpers. (3) That some going article is as follows Photo by] Tr. D. Learner. men and women be taught thoroughly “ The conference of missionaries of the with a view to becoming teachers and be China Inland Mission of Central .Sh a n s i, A PRESENT OF BREAD FOR THE employed in that capacity. (4) That a MISSIONARY. assembled in Hwo-hsien, has noted with sign-board be prepared on each station much apprehension the increased pub with texts, etc., written in script. (5) That lication and distribution of literature which a united effort be made to secure that every Mission schools, because by so doing the undermines both the authority of the church member under forty learns to read children of our Christians would probably Bible and of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. and owns at least a portion of the Bible be largely lost to the Church. In some Especially do we deprecate the inclusion in script. (6) That script literature be cases, at least, pressure would be brought of such books in the curricula of our stocked and sold in each station and to make them worship Confucius. Only Christian Educational Unions. We desire out-station. (7) That voluntary colpor yesterday we heard from two of our to reaffirm our belief in the plenary in teurs be appealed for to visit villages girls who are now teaching in a Govern spiration of the Bible as the Word of G o d , during the winter months with a view to ment school that all the children in their and in its authority as absolute and final selling script literature. These men should school are expected to worship Confucius, in all matters of faith and practice. We themselves be proficient in script. (B) and that they, the teachers, are not even also state our conviction that the Bible That night schools be established in cities allowed to sing a hymn. They have also is the central citadel of our Christian and villages. This script certainly gives been asked to worship Confucius, but have faith; that such attacks on its integrity the missionary an unprecedented oppor refused. They stated that if forced to and authority, whether in classroom, tunity for spreading the knowledge of do so, they would leave at once. The pulpit or press, make unity impossible, and the true God. May we on the field, Government, having plenty of money, are will inevitably force a division in the ranks and our fellow-workers in the homelands, better able than we are to ‘finance and of the Christian forces of this land.” rise to the occasion. equip their schools. A number of the The Evangelistic Forward Movement graduates of our provincial high school " True love cannot be stationary; it inaugurated at our last conference was have been appointed 'by the Government must either decline or grow." able to . report progress. Considerable as District School Inspectors. Three — J . H u d s o n T a w r . 10 China’s Millions. J a n u a r y , 1920.
of the city came out night after night to to a definite acceptance of C h r i s t . While Here and There. hear Mr. Ting hold forth C h r i s t as the the special meetings are over, the work BLIND, BUT BRIGHT. only hope of China. He proved the of grace goes on. Apart from those who decadence of the Government, of society have openly confessed C h r i s t , we are '7 T H E following extract from a letter and of the individual without C h r i s t . hearing daily of others whose hearts have ^ recently received from Miss Cooke, By his fearless exposure of their faults been touched, and who are turning from who has returned to her former station at and the exaltation of C h r i s t , he won the idols to serve the living and true G o d . Iyang, is interesting:— respect of his audiences, so that during The answer to our united prayers has been “ Since coming home, Miss Macdonald the second week, when acceptance of exceeding abundantly above all that we and I have done some visiting in the city C h r i s t was pressed, over forty publicly have asked or thought, and while we and near villages. One old lady we saw stood up accepting C h r i s t as their per praise Him, will you please continue to is ninety-three years old, and is the only sonal Saviour, though warned that per join with us in prayer for these new con Christian in her home. She is almost secution, scoffing and loss even awaited verts that they may go on to know the blind, but is bright and happy. Her face them if they were faithful. L o r d and prove steadfast in the faith.” just beamed with joy as she told of all the On the last Friday an informal L o r d ’s mercies, and of how real the lawn party was held, to which all Saviour’s presence is to her all the time. REVIVAL IN HONAN. the gentry and literati were invited. She is so sure the L o r d J e s u s is coming ✓WVISS GREGG and Miss Tippet are These proud men, who had hitherto for her that she will not let her relatives both at present holding special scorned the Christian religion, all came buy her a coffin, and the family are quite meetings for women at the out-stations in and not only spoke favourably of distressed, as it seems to them so lacking the district of Kwangchow, in H o n a n . Christianity, but wanted to form a in filial piety not to have an elaborate Miss Gregg has just concluded a mission Christian Investigation Society as a first coffin ready for such an old person. Her in the city itself, and concerning this Miss step to entering the church. This new daughter-in-law knows the Gospel, and Tippet writes :— society will meet every second Sunday attended service for some years, but is an afternoon in the school house, and under “ There was a good attendance, be inveterate gambler. She says it is no use strong leadership will, we believe, be ginning with 250 at the first meeting, and coming unless she is willing to give up instrumental in convincing many of the ending with 500-600 at the last. No child sin ; so she stays away. We long to see truths of the Gospel and in winning them ren being admitted, we had beautifully her saved. Two of our young helpers quiet meetings, and felt G o d was working have gone out to the west country for a ■■■■■•■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a from the beginning, whilst as the days— ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Si fortnight’s work, the local Christian ■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■Si four in all—went on, we were more sure Endeavour Society paying their expenses.” ■■■■■■ SSSSSS S U B J E C T S ■■■■■■ of this. Miss Gregg spoke with freedom ■ ■ ■ ■ FOR ■■■■ and power, and in that wonderfully at PASTOR TING LI-MEI. PRAISE & PRAYER. tractive way that wins all hearts. The 7^1 FE W months ago the Chinese Home third day, after the meeting in the morn ^ Missionary Society sent a commission PRAISE. ing was over, all who wished to decide for to the province of Y u n n a n to study the For the growth of self-support in the C h r i s t were asked to do so, and forty- Chinese Church (page 8). field, to preach the Gospel and to help the For the blessing resulting from the three stood up and were asked to go out existing churches as opportunity afforded. visit of Pastor Ting Li-mei, and other of a little door behind the pulpit into Mrs. representatives of the Chinese Home The members of the Mission were all Missionary Society, to Yunnan Province, Mason’s dining room. This was done Chinese leaders of some standing. Amongst (page 10). after the other meetings, and in all 129 For the Revival in Honan, the result of them was Pastor Ting Li-mei, who, in the the visit of Miss Gregg and Miss Tippet women came into the inquiry room, and past, has been greatly used of God in to that province (page 10). nearfy all had been, in one way or another, special meetings at our Mission stations ■■ PRAYER. ■■ influenced by Christians they knew. in several of the provinces. Pastor Ting ■■ ■■ Though many had never been here before, For the Chinese Christian General, General ■ J visited Talifu with resultant revival and ■■ Feng, and for his officers and men ■■ all know about the Gospel, and it seemed blessing to the church and the city. Mr. ■■ (page 4). ■■ rather like shaking a tree full of ripe ■■ For the work amongst the Lamas at ■■ W. J . Hanna writes :— ■■ Tsakulao, that the Abbot of the Lama- ■■ fruit, and the fruit just dropped. It was ■■ sery there, and the Prince who bought ■■ “ Each afternoon a meeting was held, ■ ■ 500 Gospel portions, may both be n a reaping time, but we felt the seed had especially for the deepening of the spiritual ■ ■ converted (page 6). ■■ been sown by others, the Christians in the ¡J For all medical missionaries in China, that ¡J city and other places. This is a striking life of the Christians, and the messages ■■ they may be kept from becoming so ■■ from the word given by Mr. Ting and Mr. ¡J engrossed in the medico-scientific side ¡J feature of the work here. The Christians ■■ of their work, as to neglect the Christian ■■ Fraser went home to the hearts of all ■■ scientific side, i-e-, the Soul Quest (page ¡J are bringing in the heathen, and Mrs. who were present. They were, indeed, ■■ 7). ■■ Mason says she hardly ever comes in ■■ That the Mission Schools may not, through ■■ times of heart-searching and confession-of ¡J any Government action, be subjected to contact with raw heathen—they are mostly ■■ any serious limitation of liberty in ■■ sin and shortcomings. Two mass meet H teaching Christian truths (page 9). ¡J inquirers when she comes in contact with them. I found this so in the villages. ings for women only were held on the two ■ ! For the Young People's Redly in King ■■ Wednesdays, when Mr. Ting enabled the ¡5 George's Hall, Y.M.C.A., Tottenham ¡J I went for a ten days’ trip, visiting six ■■ Court Road, on Jan. 7th (page 11). ■■ women to catch a glimpse of a brighter ■■ ■■ places, and holding twenty-seven meetings, *■ For Divine wisdom, guidance and power ■■ life and a wider sphere for them through ■■ in dealing with idl problems both in lv speaking mostly to the Christians, and it ■■ China and in the Home countries. ■■ C h r i s t than they had even dreamed of in was astonishing to see the numbers com ■■ That the Deputation work and the circular ■■ ing to worship in tiny places, and the good heathenism. The evening meetings taxed ¡J tion of the Mission's publications may ¡J the capacity of our Huston Memorial ■■ be richly blessed. ■■ sized chapels filled. Their joy at having Chapel. During the first week, many someone to visit them was very great, and were turned away unable to get inside G o d was present with us. . . . Pray for the doors. All the gentry and literati Cut this out and keep it in your Bible. our united attack on the villages.” J a n u a r y , 1920. China’s Millions. 11 Editorial Notes.
4 N O T H E R Y E A R .— Our first word must be direct from the Offices of the Mission, or through Hie / \ one of praise to Him who throughout the trade. Two other small books will, we hope, be in the I \ past has been the portion of our inheritance press by the time this paper is in the reader’s hands, and our cup, and has maintained our lot one of these being a short life of Hudson Taylor, written unto this day. It is only the simple truth to say that specially for young people, and the other a small Hand it is of the L o r d ’s mercies that we have not been book, in which an attempt has been made to visualise consumed by the difficulties and adversities of recent each station of the Mission in China, with a view to times. If the L o r d had not been on our side, then the assisting intelligent intercession. Further particulars waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over of these will be published in our next issue, but they our soul, but blessed be the Xame of the L o r d who has cannot be ready for a few weeks at the earliest. not given us over as a prey. We adopt these words of the Psalmist, for w e know no others better fitted to The C.I.M. Swanwick Summer School, Will express oar experience and our heartfelt worship. We friends kindly note that the dates, June 7th to 12th hope next month, after the year has really closed, to inclusive, have been fixed for the Summer School and write more fully concerning some of the trials and Conference at Swanwick this year? The premises have deliverances of the past twelve months. been definitely engaged. Full details will be published May we also offer our hearty greetings to all our readers later, but meantime we shall be glad if friends who hope and our grateful thanks for all their fellowship and to be with us will book the dates. prayers ? Without the generous co-operation afforded us by so many friends our labours would have been Young People’s Rally.—The annual rally of the impossible,. and the fruit which has been given would Comradeship for China, the Young People’s Branch of never have appeared. The blessings of the past en the C.I.M., has been arranged for Wednesday, January courage us to enlarge our ambitions for the future. The 7th next, at j p.m. The rally will take place in King New Year for all will hold some ambition. The great George’s Hall at the Central Y.M.C.A., Tottenham Court question i s : W hat shall our ambition be ? Shall it Road, W. I)r. J. Stuart Holden has kindly promised to not be that we may see still greater things done through preside, and talks, with lantern illustrations, will be the Name of J e s u s C h r is t ? We have not yet attained, given by one or two missionaries, also by Mr. Montague but we can press forward to know and do the will of Goodman. All young people and their grown-up G o d . There is always a danger of resting in the past friends are invited. Those who were present last year experiences of others. Bunyan speaks of those who will recall the interest and inspiration of that occasion, “ had writ only that which others felt, without going and we shall value prayer that the rally this year may down themselves into the deep.” While we may mark an epoch in many a young life. rightly glory in the past of others, and be encouraged by it, let us be ambitious ourselves to go down into the deep and personally prove the power and lovingkindness Book Notices. of G o d . 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A YOUNG PEOPLE’S RALLY In King George’s Hall, Central Y.M.C.A., Tottenham Court Road, W.l, JANUARY 7th, 3 p.m. (See preceding page.) K ' :-J-5 y / Vol. XLVI. No. 2. , TWOPENCE. Fehkuahy, 1920. - --- ..... China’s Millions. | & a t $ * > j j f |
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The Testimony of Another Year.
“ I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed upon us.” — Isa. lxiii. 7.
H E year 19 19 has, according to a very general to Him who is the Great Giver of all good gifts. And consensus of opinion, been a grievous disappoint the very background of world-wide disorders will only T ment. “ The Times Annual Survey ” opens serve to show forth the lovingkindnes.s of our Heavenly with the words : “ The year 1919 may well Father, and the almost unparalleled problem of exchange have disappointed the more sanguine hopes enter will emphasize the watchful care of Him who neither tained of it.” The Archbishop ol Canterbury in his slumbers noi sleeps. New Year Message w rites: “ We expected a year It is hardly possible to exaggerate the adverse financial ago to find ourselves by this time in a clearer air. . . . conditions which have confronted the Mission throughout Our confidence was rash. It has been chastened, but the year, and as all the work of the Mission is limited it must not wane.” Canon E. A. Burroughs, in a forceful to China, where the problem of exchange is most acute, letter in the Times on New Year’s Day, begins : 11 If the C.I.M. has been faced with greater difficulties 011 there be one word more than another which sums up this account than any other missionary organisation. the year 1919, it is surely ‘ disillusionment.' ” Dr. J. I). It is necessary to state these facts in order that friends Jones, of Bournemouth, speaking, on the last Sunday of may appreciate what G o d has done lor us. If evidence the Old Year, on “ Watchman, what of the night ? ” is needed of G o d ’ s presence as a living factor in life dwelt upon “ the disappointments and disillusions of we feel we have experienced it in the small sphere of the the year 1919. With what hope the year began,” he Mission’s history. There is no human or natural ex said, “ in what gloom it ends.” These utterances are planation sufficient for the facts. typical of others, and the speakers are not men without We fear we must ask the reader to exercise some vision, or lacking in courage. patience if he would appreciate the significance of what And there has been much to justify these sombre we are about to say, but we believe such patience will judgments. In Great Britain we are told more than be rewarded. The currency in China is silver and, thirty-two million working days were lost through during 1914, the average cost of an ounce of silver strikes and trade disputes. Unrest and popular up (a tael) was approximately 2s. 6d. During 19 15 it fell heavals, bloodshed and pillage, prostration and famine, somewhat lower, but from that time onward it has not chaos and crime, have prevailed in vast and populous ceased to rise. During 1918 the average cost of the tael, regions on a scale sufficient to appal any thinking man. or ounce, was 4s. 8 id., to-day it is 8s. to 8s. 6d. The question inevitably arises : “ Upon what is our What would any Englishman feel if to-day he could hope fixed ? ” If it has been set upon man or any body only get two and a half -half-crowns for the pound, of men, upon any country or any League of Nations, instead of eight half-crowns in 1914. Yet this is exactly we have been woefully disappointed. If, on the other the problem the Mission has to face in China, altogether hand, our hope has been set upon the living G o d , we apart from the increased cost of living. In 1(^14 the shall not have been put to shame. It is good, therefore, tael, or Chinese ounce of silver, cost almost exactly for us to turn from the world’s dark outlook, and make half a crown, so, if the English reader will substitute mention of the lovingkindnesses of the Lord. He has the word “ half a crown ” for “ tael,” he will be correct not left Himself without witness. If each child of G od in saying that every1 pound the Mission forwarded to or each Christian organization could bear its own China in 19 14 realized eight half-crowns, during 1918 witness, though each testimony would be limited in the pound obtained four half-crowns, but to-day a range, as compared with the world’s need, it would be pound can only exchange for two and a half half-crowns. evident that G o d still rules and reigns; and if these It will readily be understood that under such cir testimonies could be all united there would be no lack cumstances our difficulties were sufficiently acute of solid comfort and cheer for these dark days. during 1918. Had we known then that the exchange We purpose therefore, in accordance with our annual was rapidly to get more adverse we should indeed custom, to bear our witness to G o d ’s goodness to us as a have been gravely exercised. But it has done so ; yet, Mission, so far as the finances in Great Britain are serious as the situation has become, G od has not for concerned. Each voice, though feeble in itself, helps gotten to be gracious, but has enabled vis to carry on the to swell the great chorus of praise which should rise work, though not without trial. F e b r u a r y , 19 2 0 . 16 China’s Millions. February, 1920.
It is too early to speak oi the total income from all passed through so long and acute a period of financial sources, for we do not yet know the situation in straitness, but it has not been left without soul- North America and Australasia, etc., but, speaking now strengthening signs of G o d ’ s knowledge and G o d ’ s only of the income received in Great Britain, we are able care. It is surely suggestive to note that the words of to say to the glory of G o d that whereas we received the Apostle Paul, “ I can do all things through Him £42,931 during 1918, we received ¿64,562 during 1919. that strengtheneth me,” were penned in reference to the In other words it may be said, speaking in round figures, secret of knowing how to be filled and how to be hungry, that whereas the cost of silver rose during the year by how to abound and how to be in want. 50 per cent., the income in this country also rose 50 per “ The one perfect life that has been lived in this cent. This is the L o r d ’ s doing, and it is marvellous in world,” wrote the late Dr. Denney, “ is that of Him our eyes. When on the closing day of the Old Year we who owned nothing, and who left nothing but the met, as is our custom, for a day of waiting upon G o d , clothes He wore.” And many who are called to we were filled with awe and praise at this manifestation follow Him are called into this fellowship. But, of G o d ’ s outstretched arm. During the month of surely, never was a more honouring word spoken by December alone we received £10,949, which token for the Master to His disciples than “ Y e are they who good we feel to be G o d ’ s crowning the year with His have continued with Me in My temptations.” The goodness. O that men would praise the L o r d for His trials and the sense of need have, during the past year, goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children been pretty constant and acute, but if it had not been so of men. It is still true that whoso is wise, and will we should have lacked that wondering sense of deliver observe these things, even he shall understand the ance which now is ours. The consciousness of need has lovingkindness of the L o r d . Again we say, G o d does begotten that vivid realization of G o d ’ s deliverance. not leave Himself without witness in these days of It helps one feebly to understand why the Great Apostle unbelief and doubt as to His word. of the Gentiles rejoiced in tribulations, knowing that If a comparison be made between 1914, the first year they wrought patience, and patience experience, and of the war, and 1919, it will be found that the income experience hope. It is not easy to take pleasure in in Great Britain rose from £36,872 to £64,562— a very necessities for C h r i s t ’ s sake, as St. Paul did, but it is considerable advance indeed— yet the exchange advanced unquestionably G o d ’ s way of teaching us to know threefold. It will thus be evident that the Mission where our strength lies. And so as we look back over has had very much to be thankful for, though it has another year, we seem to hear it echo the Divine experienced considerable trial. Trial and deliverance message : “ Fear not, only believe ; ” “ I am the L o r d , have gone together. The Mission probably has never is there anything too hard for Me ? ” M. B.
A Chinese Christian General.
B y R e v . J . G o f o r t h , C a n a d i a n P resbyterian M i s s i o n . (Continued from page, 6.)
URING the two-and-a-half days we were at Tao Army, but while we were there the General and his officers, of Yuan there was the same whole-hearted response their own motion, fcrmed themselves into an evangelistic band to all I said. All were Northern men, and they to save the people of the district in which they are stationed. D were delighted to hear their Northern dialect The first item in the list of rules is that each officer will strive to spoken. At times men were confessing and pleading with bring at least one of the chief men of the city to C h r i s t by the G o d in tears. Once Major Wen, in tears, seemed amazed' end of the year. (Apply this test to the church membership at the boundless love of G o d in C h r i s t . That G o d could spare of a 113” Christian land, and it would rule out 90 per cent, of the such wrath-deserving sinners seemed too wonderful. “ In our names 011 the church roll.) impenitent state,” said he, “ we were in as great jeopardy as a And these men seem to have a faith in G o d as simple and direct man riding a blind horse around the edge of a precipice.” A as a little child. Some months ago, when all crop prospects young Captain burst out crying, in prayer, and said he had seemed to be blasted by drought, the General assembled the reviled the cause of J E su s C h r i s t and had ridiculed his General people and called upon all the priests and priestesses, both i\«r believing in C h r i s t , etc. Afterwards the General showed Taoist and Buddhist, to pray for rain. that he was greatly delighted over this confession. He said the They were in consternation and hopeless confusion as the}’ Captain is a bright scholar but wouldn’t look at the Bible, he begged off. Then the General and his officers prayed to the God detested the cause of J e s u s so. One day, while I was reading of heaven and soon there was a great rain. (This last test might the Bible, he came and stood near me and said : • General, every rule out about 99 3 per cent, of the Homeland Christians.) thing you say and do we all approve of, and admire your wisdom, Where the General controls no one need be ignorant of the but wc can't understand one so wise in other things taken up way of life. The seventy or eighty officers’ wives as a rule could with such an absurd book as that.’ ” The General said, “ In not read, so General Feng started a school for them and brought fun I thrust out to grasp him, but he fled away laughing, and down from the Xorth a lady graduate to teach them. During now to think that the Spirit of God has made him bend like the time Mrs. Goforth proclaimed the Gospel to them many that.” When the officers later came up for baptism, he passed professed to believe in the L o r d J Esrs C h r i s t as their S a v i o u r . about best in the examination. The spread of the Gospel among the 9,000 men composing this One more reason why we think the Christianity of these force is amazing. I L o r d almost by r e g i m e n t s . A b o u t f i v e hundred were baptized a few months age, and 1 have accepted and baptized 507. When I baptized 275 of these at Tao Yuan, 39 of w bom w e r e officers, it seemed to me t h a t I h a d never before taken part in a service more impre ssi ve, s o le m n an d w o n d e r f u l . After singing, Mr. Caswell led in prayer. I explained the meaning of bap tism, basing my r e m a r k s on Matt. vi. 11 and Photo by] [Dr. Keller. Matt, xxviii. 18, etc. Then the CHINESE SOLDIERS IN HUNAN, STANDING AT ATTENTION IN COURTYARD OF CONFUCIAN TEMPLE AT CHANGSHA. General read out about fif teen names and they came and stood before the platform and At the close I said, " Now, men, you have confessed the Lord 1 baptized them, praying that their S a v io u r would baptizeJ b s u s C h r i s t by baptism. Suppose persecution again broke them with the Holy Ghost and fire. As soon as the lastout oneas in 1900. I have on my body the marks of Boxer swords, was baptized, Colonel Chang at the organ with his choir started and many of your countrymen died for J r st js that year. If a verse, “ Oh ! happy day, that fixed my choice on Thee, my such persecution as that arose would you slink off quietly and S a v io u r and my Go d , ” etc. not own your S a v io u r ?” We can never forget that mighty As each squad was baptized it was the same or varied b y : response, when hundreds shouted, “ Never ! we will die for Him.” Whereunto will this thing grow ? Among 9,000 soldiers there “ O ! Come to m y heart L o r d J b s u s , are 1,000 already baptized, and of them three-fourths are leaders. There is room in my heart for Thee, ’’ etc. A missionary told me that several months ago he baptized Three times during the baptismal service the General knelt thirty-nine officers. There was one among them, a Captain, on the platform and poured out his heart in prayer for his men, who passed so poorly in his examination that he hesitated even to tears. about receiving him. Since then that officer has won sixty of At the dose I commended all to G o d in prayer, and about his men to the Lord. The soldiers see, the people of H u n a n see, 5 p.m. we started to the launch to go down river, back to Chang- Christianity in operation around them, and that too from the teh. It was a busy day, for we started the officers' praver most unlikely source, the soldiers. The chief women of the meeting at half-past six. city are asking to be allowed to attend the school for officers’ At seven we had the first main meeting, and at its close we wives. All fear of the Northern soldiers has vanished, and the* had breakfast. people wish the General might rule over the whole province. Theu at 10 a.m. we had our second main meeting. As soon as The General’s wife was very fond of gambling and was glad to that dosed we started to examine the candidates for baptism. have a few provinces separating her from her husband. He Along with the General and a Chinese evangelist 1 examined sent for her and his word was law. She came and had to give thirty-nine officers, and Mr. C., along with a Colonel and Chinese up her evil ways, at least outwardly. It is said she chafefi evangelist, examined the non-commissioned officers and men. under it. Now, however, she seems converted. One evening We spent three hours at the examination, and then commenced she came with her husband to supper at Mr. Caswell’s. The the baptismal service which lasted two-and-a-half hours. General was telling us how fierce and exacting his temper was The General and his men only take two meals a day, so he before the L o r d got control in his life. He said if his wife had our second meal prepared to eat on the launch as we jour came and put down a cup of tea over-carefully he found fault neyed down river. ■ and scolded her, and if she put it down carelessly he reviled and Next day at Changteb I baptized 232, all officers and non beat her. Then looking across the table at her he asked, “ Have commissioned officers. The conduct of tire service was the I ever reviled or beat yon since the L o r d got control ?” She' same as at Tao Yuan. replied, “ No, certainly not." 1 8 China's Millions. F e b r u a r y , 1 9 2 0 . Every morning we had a prayer meeting with the General up. Towards the end there was one thing very striking from a and his principal officers. Once the subject was Matt, xviii. 19, man who has not yet openly come out as a Christian. - 20. I put the question, “ Brethren, what is the deepest desire General Wu said, “ Some centuries ago,, in England, there of your hearts ? Please state them before we go to prayer.” was a man named Cromwell, who, to saVe^has country, raised an The General said, " My greatest wish, before God, is that every Army. He accepted none but good men who could pray. one of my 9,000 men may turn to the Lord.” Colonel Lu said, Before entering battle the whole Army joined in prayer. Their ‘ ‘ Mine is, that we have grace given us to live lives so genuine enemies seeing them on their knees in prayer jeered profusely, that we will commend th is salvation of the Lord J e s u s to all deeming it a sign cf weakness. But Cromwell’s Army would men.” Colonel Li said, “ That not only all China but all the arise from prayer and sweep all before them, and that hot once world may accept Christ.” Colonel Chang, “ That God may or twice, but continually, until their foes came to respect them use our brigade to convert all the soldiers of China,” and so so much that they called them ‘ Ironsides.' .” on did the requests come in. Then the General and the three May unceasing prayer go up for General Peng and his men, Colonels, among others, led in prayer. The General asked that and for General Wu and his men too, for it does seem as if the I would pray and get others to pray for his special friend General S a v i o u r 's ideal in John vii. 37-39 is being attained among these Wu, Pci Fu, who commands a division in South-East H u n a n . soldiers. A river of the Water of Life with flood-tide volume “ Is he a Christian ?” I asked. “ No," said the General, " but is flowing there. Give thanks and take courage. he is almost persuaded, he stands just outside the door. Here is his catechism on military moral. I have just, yesterday, N.B.—This whole story is being reprinted in booklet form, received several copies from him.” I noticed in the preface and may be had from the. Offices of the Mission only, for 2d. that he models it after the one his friend, General Peng, has got per copy, postage extra. “Little Sister, Won’t You Stay?”* (P a r t o f a G r a p h i c a n d .M o s t I n t e r e s t i n g L e t t e r W r i t t e n to a F r i e n d .) O B y M i s s D o n n e l l y , Y u n n a n . H that I could tell you fully of all this wonderful trip two years, most of them had gone over a year, and one had never which I have just taken ! We went for eight days, been visited at all. but it turned out otherwise, for while at a little Each place was different and most interesting, but I must station, way tip in the mountains, five men turned skip over all those first places, and tell you only about the last up in the middle of the night from various other centres. we visited. They had heard their pastor was visiting there, and had come The name of the village is Takosu, and until our visit on this to beg us to go on to their villages. One man had walked for occasion no foreigner had been there. The villagers are a tribes- five long days up and down high mountains, and across a very people called the " Ia-Pien,” and are quite distinct from the lonely, dangerous way. What could we do but go ? We visited Miao, Lesu, and other tribes amongst whom Mr. Nicholls works. nine centres in all. Some of them had not been visited for nigh It is only during the past five years that work has been com menced amongst them. But it is spreading from village to village like wildfire, and we now have twelve centres where a weekly service is conducted, and the Lord’s Supper administered. Three years ago a young man from this village heard the Gospel story at one of our centres, was soundly converted, and took the story of love back to his home with him. It was all so strange and incredible to their ears, that the village people would not believe, and persecuted him most bitterly. He never wavered, but came to the city, got more teaching, and went back, taking Gospels and tracts with him. Mr. Allen sent Chinese evangelists, and soon a little band of men and women were raised up whose hearts G o d had touched. Then the work began to spread to a little village adjoining, and soon they were observing the Sabbath, had put away their wine-drinking, and were holding evening services. The place was so difficult to reach, and Mr. Allen such a busy man, that three years slipped by before he was able to visit them. Shall we ever forget our visit to that place ? We had some hard climbing to, reach it, but the hardness of the way was all forgotten when we finally got there. The people had turned out in their best dress to welcome us, and we were greeted all along the way with cries of “ Peace," and dear old Gospel songs. On the brow of a glorious hill they had built a beautiful chapel, everybody working to make it the best they could. Outside the door hung two large flags. On the centre one was written the three; characters “ China Inland Mission ” ; on the other the two characters meaning “ Mediator,” and one knew, by looking at their happy, beaming faces, that they did MIAO VILLAGE, HOME. * From Australasian edition o f “ China's Millions." February, 1920. China’s Millions. 19 indeed know of a Mediator, even our precious L o r d J e s v s . The curtains, placing a smoky lamp beside me, pressing a hymn book floor was only of beaten mud, the same as their houses, but from into my hands, “ Little Sister, teach us a hymn,” they plead. the pine trees on the mountains they had gathered fresh green So I remark to my friend, “ I guess this is their only bedroom, pine needles, with which they had covered the floor. It looked and they are all going to sleep here.” Well, as we cannot sleep, I so nice, and smelt so sweet and wholesome. Outside the church may as well sing to them ; so 11.30 saw me sitting up in bed, they had raised booths, and pots were merrily boiling. We all singing a hymn of J b s u s and His love. Over and over aguin gathered together in the chapel, and had prayer. Then away they sing with me, till they had the chords and tune fairly well, the women led us to show us our sleeping quarters for the next and my throat would only emit a hoarse croak. Then, once more, two nights. We were the first foreigners who had set foot in I wished them “ Peace,” and lay down their village, and they were so grateful for the Gospel story Yes, they were sleeping there sure enough : one by one we had brought them, and so glad to have us that they wanted they lay down 011 their straw mats 011 the floor, took off their to give us their best. top, best clothes, and prepared for bed. A chuckle conies from Now let me tell you what their best is like. These tribes- the other bed. '• Well, what is the matter now, cannot you houses are built of mud, with flat roofs, and nearlj' every house sleep ? ” “ Oh, Bess, dear, there are a row of little children has an upper room. One enters the courtyard, which usually lying with their heads rnder your bed, and peering up at me ! " contains a rather smelly pool, then into the downstair rooms. Once again I sit up in bed, and survey my room-fellows ; it i.s These are all occupied by the cows, calves, pigs, goats, donkeys, only a small room, about fifteen by eight. There are two wooden horses, etc. The dogs and fowls have the whole run of the house ! beds, and our two camp beds ; a fire still smoulders in the centre In the midst of all this is a little dark kitchen. The upstair of the room. I begin to count ; there are just thirteen others, room is usually a granary and sleeping chamber, and is much besides our two selves, sleeping in the room. Fifteen ! not too cleaner, as the pigs are not experts at climbing narrow stairs. bad. Once again 1 lie down, and fall asleep. But only for ti Well, we were led to this usual upstair room, and, amid a little while ; a small boy begins to whimper ; the father comes crowd of wondering men. women and children, we put up our in and punishes him,and the whole family springs up to his reseuc. little camp beds and mosquito nets, washed our faces, brushed Father sits by the fire, puts on another stick, and reads them a our hair, and removed some of the rather unnecessary dust lecture. I fall asleep till just before daylight, then dress under from our clothes. Then they escorted us over to the chapel for my curtains before the crowd awakes to stare. I am only a young supper. It was now about 6.30, and as we had not had anything missionary, and still have some feelings of shyness left. Will to eat since our five o’clock breakfast, we were pretty hungry, the time ever come when I will not mind a crowd of gazers ? and did full justice to the Chinese meal set before us. It was a Well, it is for J e s u s ’ sake, and always I have His dear grace, real feast, after some of the places in which we had stayed. which is at all times sufficient. Four o’clock the whole crowd There were slices of fat boiled pork, pigs’ liver, chopped-up fowl, are astir ; six o’clock, and we are escorted over to prayers. then the usual vegetables and bowls of red rice. We were Then breakfast, more rice, pig and cabbage. An hour before surrounded by a crowd of men, but I was too hungry to mind the next meeting begins Can I get a little quiet time ? “ Little anybody, and ate with a rare good appetite. I do praise the Sister, please sing again.” 1 am captured, so croak away until L o r d that He has given me grace to eat the most unappetizing the meeting commences. Just some simple teaching of the Chinese food. Gospel story, and some whole-hearted singing. After supper we had a meeting, about three hundred people On the hillside Mr. Allen begins to examine candidates for being present. The men and women sat on forms. The children baptism. By two o'clock we are again nodding. My companion sat in rows on the sweet soft pine needles, and the babies were goes to our room to try and rest: a crowd follows her. I shall laid to sleep in the corner of the room. It was all very soul- be more clever, and slip away to a quiet hillside. Out the back stirring, but we had been up since daylight, travelling all day way I slip, nobody sees me ; soon I am under a shady tree on a long, and we longed to lay ourselves beside the wee babies and deserted hillside. A few moments cf prayer, “ Lokd, give me go to sleep. At half-past ten we turned our weary faces to our this language ; fit me for the work.” Then, “ There she is ! ” room, thinking with pleasure of our little cots. Some women and I am surrounded by a crowd of happy girls. ‘‘ Little Sister, and children ran ahead, lighting our way with flaring pine explain the book ; teach us to sing." An hour later I return to torches, while others guided our feet over the rough stony places. our room. My friend looks up enviously. “ Bess, dear, you were #W e entered the house and groped through the dark passages, wisest; I ’ve had a crowd all the time ; are you rested ? ” on each side of which could be heard the deep breathing How we laugh together as I tell her how I was cheated, for they and grunting of animals. “ What’s the matter ? ” “ Oh, had observed my escape from a flat roof, and immediately set nothing; I only stepped on a p ig” So my companion laughs out in pursuit, for fear I might be lonely. We then go over to the at me— nothing to step on a pig on one’s way to bed ! But afternoon service. Mr. Allen has finished the examinations, and truly “pigs sprawled everywhere. Safely up to our room, the has found seventy-four ready for baptism. What a wonderful crowd enters with us. Whew ! what’s the matter ? The room service that was indeed ! is blue with smoke. Nothing again, just the usual little pine There were a great many more who desired baptism, but they fire burning on the floor in the middle of the room, lighting up ’ iiad not been tested long enough, so must wait another year or the place with its flickering shadows. Several folk seat them more. On each side of the chapel they stood in rows, thirty- selves round it. We tell them we are tired, and wish them seven men and thirty-seven women, the firstfruits of that little “ Peace, ” but they make no stir. We gently persuade the men to village. For the first time in their lives they partake of the retire, but how can we put out the women, if they do not wish Lord’s Supper, and what holy joy is on their faces. In the evening to go ? It is their house, not ours. We begin to undress, and a meeting for testimony and praise was held ; each of the they watch our every movement most curiously. We had seventy-four wished to testify, so you can well imagine it was a hoped to have a wash, but we put the thought away from us. fairly long, as well as a live meeting. Tired, but happy, we turned Every now and again a man comes into the room on an errand ; to our beds, and spent another night exactly the same as the hastily we slip under our bedclothes. “ Peace, friends, sleep one before, only this time we knew what to expect. In the well,” we wish them, and put our heads on our pillows. Surely morning we were again up at daylight; prayers and breakfast they will go ? But no ; they are at my bedside, lifting my over, we once more started out on the road. 20 China’s Millions. F e b r u a r y , 1920. Among the Qazaqs. Extracts from Q. W. Hunter’s Journal (Sinkiang). / n V R . G. W. HUNTER, with Mr. P. C. called round for some Mongol and July 23rd.— Bookselling and preaching. 4 0*7 Mather, recently took a seventy- Thibetan Gospels. Two of the Manchu Sipo headmen five days’ journey, covering i,ooo miles July 19th.— Preaching and book called round for some Manchu Gospels. on horseback in the New Dominion. The selling. To-day I was quits pleased to The Russian Consul sent us a present of tour extended to Kulja or Hi. a Chinese meet Abdul Kader, a young Kashgariau, a nice large cake. toAvn on the Russian border. They dis with whom I became acquainted about July 28th.—Morning : Preparing for posed of 326 Chinese Gospels, four copies eight years ago whilst I was in Kashgar. return journey. Intending to return to of the Book of Genesis, 25 Catechisms, His uncle, a very wealthy man, is the Tihwafu by the southern mountain route. 57 Qazaq Gospels,. 5 Turki “ Life of largest leather manufacturer in Kulja. Bought a month’s provisions for the Abraham,” 5 Turki Genesis, 10 Turki Abdul Kader was educated abroad, and journey. Afternoon: Loaded up our Samuel, 10 Turki tracts, 12 Manchu speaks English and French. We also ponies, and said good 1>ve to our landlord Gospels, 29 Mongol Gospels, 2 Talmuk met a Mr. Wang, a Chinese police-sergeant, and friendly neighbours. Came on about Gospels, 25 Tibetan Gospels, 1 Russian formerly an enquirer in Tihwafu. Whilst three miles east of the city and camped. Gospel, besides a quantity of Chinese, selling a Turki book, a man came up and July 30th.— Crossed the Kash river by Tongan, Mongol and Tibetan tracts, the said the book was a bad one. “ Good or a bridge recently built by Taranchi most of which were supplied by the bad,” said the purchaser, “ I ’m going to people, the old one being washed away. British and Foreign Bible Society, the buy one,” and he did. This is a most Camped near some farms. A Russian Central China Religious Tract Society, unusual stand for a Turki to take. As a Kirghiz visited us. Preached to him. and the Milton Stewart Trust. Prayer rule, they are so easily influenced by other He could read, so we gave him a Gospel. will be valued that the Holy Spirit will people. August ist.-—To-day passed the junc influence the hearts of many of those who July 20th.—Abdul Kader and Sergeant tion of the Tigis and Kongus rivers. received the Word of G o d . Wang called to see us, and the Russian A hard, hot day. Travelled sixteen hours Space does not allow of our publishing Consul invited us to dinner, and treated — over sixty miles—without seeing a the whole of Mr. Hunter's interesting us very kindly indeed. single man or beast. Journeyed on until Journal, but the following extracts will July 21st.— Sergeant Wang invited us midnight, when we were cheered by the afford some insight into the experiences to partake of a very nice Chinese meal. sight of water, and camped on the bank which he shared with Mr Mather, his A young Tarancha invited us to see a fine of the Kongus river. We were quite travelling companion, on this long and printing machine, which he had brought exhausted, and parched with thirst, and difficult journey. over from Yerkit, in Russia, just in time drank almost a bucketful of cold water July nth.—Left our servant in charge to escape the ravages of the Bolsheviks. between the three of us. I was very tired of the camp, and walked part of the way and rode the rest in a farmer’s cart to Ili. Found the city very busy indeed, with various kinds of people—Tongans, Chinese, Turki, Russians, Noghais, Kirg hiz, Qazaqs, Manchu, Sipo, Soluen, Mongols, Kalmucks, and Taranchi. Looked out for a place to stay in ; then returned to our camp. July 12th.—Struck camp, and went into city. Stayed with a Taranclii mullah, who is employed at the Magis trate’s Yamen. July 14th.— Went by cart to the Ili Manchu City (Huei Uen), about thirty miles west of Kulja. When I was here last the city was well populated and very busy, but now the population has greatly decreased. There are many empty houses falling to ruin and trade is dull Mr. Lu, an enquirer who lives here, gave us a hearty welcome, and engaged a room for us. July 16th.—Went on another five miles to Suiting Hsien, another Ili city, mostly occupied by Chinese, Tongans, Turki, and Taranchi. Here we sold out Photo by] M . Moore. all the Chinese Gospels we had taken with us. Rain came on, so we returned to A CHINESE INN AT LONGKOPU, N.W. CHINA. EN ROUTE TO LIANGCHOW. the Manchu City. Later on the weather Miss Eltham is standing by the cart. The Chinese Evangelist is sitting on the shafts. Mr. Mather, en route for Tihwafu, is standing in the foreground. The carts are laden cleared, so we went on the street preach with Gospel portions and tracts for distribution. ing and bookselling. A Mongol Buddah F e b r u a r y , 1920. China’s Millions. 21 indeed, so that I was not able to help the way as best they could. Happily vants to kill a kid and dress it, and then with unloading the ponies. We camped the horses remembered the way, and I presented it to us to cook as we pleased. amidst the rushes. A real hotbed of was very thankful when I saw them He could read Qazaq very well, and mosquitoes. return safely about midnight. took a copy of Mark's Gospel with him* August 2nd.— Went on about twenty August 7th.— Packed up our things, August nth.—A cold, misty morning. miles, and camped on the bank of a small and continued our journey, thankful to Several people called for medicine and river, called Turgun Usun, close by some get away safely from such a wild place. books. The weather cleared up a little, so Qazaq tents. It was very hot, and We journeyed about twenty-six miles, we packed up our things and continued there were many mosquitoes. At mid and camped near the tent of a Qazaq our journey. Crossed the Narat Pass, night we awoke to find that one of our named Khajar. He was very hospitable ; and camped on the bank of the Upper horses was missing. We searched all the killed a kid, and invited us to supper. Yoldus river. As we looked back, we rest of the night without finding him. August 8th.—Continued our jduiney saw we had just crossed the mountains in August 4th.—Moved our camp about along the banks of the river, where there time to avoid a snowstorm ; snow was five miles further up the river, near to were miles and miles of wild apple tree falling on the pass. We have now left the the mountains, so as to escape heat, forests. The path often passed through Qazaq district, and are amongst a horseflies, and mosquitoes, and, strange to the forests, so we just needed to lift up Kalmuk tribe of Mongols whose head say, pitched our tent next to that of the our hand, break off a small bough, and quarters are in the Karashar district. man who had stolen our horse, though we August 17th.—Resting. Some Mongols did not know it at the time. visited our tent; also two Tongans, August 5th.—A Sart farmer, named who were collecting the horse-tax, Imin Ahong, brought us word that he and had got into trouble, the Mongols knew where our horse was, and would threatening to beat them. One cf them guide us to it, providing we gave him asked us to help them, and threatened to five taels. Mr. Mather went with fight. We advised them not to, but him, and soon found out that he did not rather report the matter to*their superiors. really know where the horse was, though The tax is farmed out by the Govern he knew of some people who had heard ment to a Tongan who sends these other that the horse had been found, but all men to collect as much as they can. This asked for money before they would tell. plan is also a source of trouble and danget We did not give the money, but asked the in Ili, the taxes on timber and hides, etc., Sart to guide us to the tent of the Qazaq being farmed out to Tongans, so that headman. He sent out some men, who timber is now six or more times the price soon brought in the horse, and Mr. Mather that it used to be. The large fir trees returned safely with the horse about floated down the River Tigis are now so 10 p.m., after a very hard day's ride over dear that many cannot afford to buy rough mountain roads. them, and are obliged to use the poorer August 6th.—The Qazaq headman, trees which grow on their farms and Urus Bai, sent for us to-day. He was round about their houses. evidently afraid to let us go without first August 18th.— A friendly shepherd satisfying himself as to our identity. and his boy brought us milk and butter, We objected to taking a day’s journey and told us some of the horse-tax trouble, over very hard roads. The messengers Photo by] [/I. Moore. saying formerly the tax for a horse was then said they would take the stolen thirty cents ; now it is 1.50 tls. To-day hone back again ; this we also refused THE DRUM TOWER IN THE CENTRE the mule fell whilst crossing a mouutain to give them. They then gathered the OF SUCHOW CITY, N.W. CHINA. stream, strewn with large granite boulders, The last city In China proper, twenty miles neighbouring Qazaqs, seized us both, S.E of the N.W. Gate of China. and all three of us had to jump in the and bound Mr. Mather with ropes, and water before we could get it on its feet proceeded to do the same -with me. We again. We were high up the mountain, did not struggle in any way, and on our help ourselves to apples. We were rather and close to the snow, and so had rather a consenting to go we were loosed, and early in the season. Yet many of the cold journey that day. Went about prepared to go with them. I was really apples were fairly sweet and most re twenty-six miles, and came to a Govern ill,. and Mr. Mather would not hear of freshing. Forded the river, climbed the ment horse ranch, where there were my going, so taking our Turki servant watershed, and journeyed part way in about 400 horses. We knew the Mongol be set off with the men, whilst I remained company with two Qazaq boys riding in charge of them, he having visited our and - looked after the camp. Happily oxen loaded with bags of apples. Camped house last spring in company with a there were some Chinese officials collect in the Adungur valley, near the head of Thibetan Lama. We gave a Gospel and ing customs about ten miles the other the Chakma river. In this valley there some tracts to a Lama, who could read side of the headman’s tent, and Mr. are very many Qazaq tents. Gave and understand Thibetan very well, Mather asked to be taken along to see away Gospels to various people. August 23rd.— Tongan farmer boys them. They apologized for the tough August 9th.—Journeyed on to the called for Gospels and tracts. We arrived treatment we had suffered, and rebuked head of the valley near the foot of the at Tihwafu about 4 p.m, and were the headman. Mr. Mather and the Narat Pass. Here we met a very in glad to get our mail, and to find our servant set off back for the camp, teresting young Qazaq. He can speak servant had looked after things so well but when it got dark the two Qazaqs, a little Chinese, and studies in Hi during during our absence. It is almost five years acting as guides, refused to go any the winter. His father is an official. since we last visited Ili, when we travelled farther, and they were obliged to find The young man ordered one of his ser by the main road. 22 China’s Millions. F e b r u a r y , 1920. With the beginning of the autumn term local Evangelization Society. This was Here and There. we have started a Christian Endeavour started before 1900, and has from that A FORWARD M OVEM ENT. Society. The eldest girl was voted by date supported Li Ki-tseng, an evangelist. the others as President. A Vice- During last Saturday’s meeting it was R. A. B. LEW IS, writing from President and a Secretary were also mentioned that when the church first Oh Hotsin, in S h a > s i , sa y s :— elected. The eldest girls in turn lead the started supporting a preacher there were “ In quite a number of villages there meetings, the others also taking part. only twenty-four members, and that at seems to be something of a forward Sometimes only a few words are spoken the same ratio we ought to be supporting movement, nothing very great, but at by the leader, but hymns are suitably ten men now. One of the elder members— least encouraging. There are many chosen, and earnest prayers offered. not considered very satisfactory—came promising enquirers, and, best of all, We see the beginning of greater things.” up to the platform in a very excited perhaps, a spirit of hopefulness seems to manner, and asked to be allowed to speak. be abroad. The Christians have been SELF-SUPPORT. I was almost afraid he wanted to air a much encouraged by the gift of a new / | I \ R H . T. FORD reports that at grievance ; but imagine my surprise tent, which has just been received. It Taikang, in H o n a n , a most en when he asked what a twenty-fourth is an answer to prayer, and is very highly couraging Conference was held—the best share of an evangelist’s salary would appreciated. They are beginning to in every way held since his return from be, as he wanted to take that share. realize that God waits to be gracious to furlough. The Chinese helpers were very He was easily answered, and within the those who trust in Him. Over fifty weeks discouraged before the meetings began, next hour the Secretary was kept busy of voluntary service have been offered for feeling there would be a very poor taking down promises, amounting in all evangelistic work this half-year. The attendance owing to the prevalence of to over 120,000 cash a year, a dozen or tents are full, and the men are often cholera in the district. But the accom more taking up the suggestion to give a asked out to dinner by people who are modation was taxed to its utmost limit, twenty-fourth of one man’s salary. The more or less interested.” both for men and women. Some of the climax of the conference was the ordina STEADY PROGRESS. men had to sleep in an inn, and a tent tion of Li Ki-tseng as elder. He has been had to be put up to accommodate the a most faithful and acceptable preacher of /IlV R . A. R. SAUNDERS reports that women. Mr. Ford writes :— the Gospel since before 1900. At the ^ he and Mrs. Saunders recently “ Saturday afternoon is always given Ordination Service I asked all who had paid a four weeks’ visit to the districts up to a meeting in the interest of our heard the Gospel for the first time from of Taichow and Kaoyu, in K ia n g s tj. him to stand. Nearly a hundred rose The time spent there was the most ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ to intimate that they had been led to encouraging they have had since they ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a ■■■■■■■■ *■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ accept the L o r d through his preaching.” took over responsibility for the work in :::::: s u b j e c t s ssasss that region in 1903. At Kaoyu there is a FOR ■■ ■ ■ SEMI-JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS. steadily growing little church of natives ■ ■ ■ ■ PRAISE & PRAYER. of the city and district. Mr. Saunders '/T H E Scandinavian Alliance Mission writes :— SS PRAISE. associated with the C.I.M. at “ The first of the present church I I For the lovingkindness of the LORD, as Pingliang, in K a n s u , celebrated the ■■ manifested in the supply of the financial membership to believe in our L o r d J e s u s ■■ need of the Mission throughout another semi-jubilee anniversary of the work ■■ year (page 1 5). C h r i s t was the wife, but now widow, of a at that station (it was opened in 1895), ¡5 For the happy completion of twenty-five also the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. well-to-do grain merchant, who about ■■ years of successful work at Pingliang, in ten years ago accepted J Esus C h r i s t ¡2 Kansu (page 22). Tom vail, the missionaries in charge, and ■ i For the beginnings of a Forward Movement the opening of the new and handsome as her Saviour in one of Mrs. Saunders’ in the district of Hotsin, in Shansi evangelistic meetings. She was the means : : (pace 22). place of worship (see frontispiece of this of leading another woman to C h r i s t , ■■ For the steady progress of the work in issue), by a series of interesting meetings 22 Kaoyu and district, Kiangsu (page 22). and this woman led her husband to believe. ■ ■ in the month of September last. ■ ■ For advance in the matter of self-support This man, at the time of his conversion, ■ ■ in the Taikang Church, in Honan From the brief report which has been was a ne’er-do-well opium smoker and (page 22). sent us of this historic occasion, we learn gambler, who had sunk through these and PRAYER. that September 17th was the wedding day, other vices from being the owner of a For General Feng, his officers and men and September 21st the day of the Dedi large silk and satin store to the gutter, (page 16). cation of the new Church building. For the 74 converts, aborigines, recently but now he again has a good business, baptized in Takosu, in Yunnan, thatthey The intervening days were spent in and is a deacon of the Church. He closes may steadily grow in grace (page 19). Gospel preaching to the from 500 to 800 For the Christian Endeavour Society started people who crowded the building. Gentry, his store each Sunday." at Hwailu, in Chihli; and for the_ 16 schoolgirls who were recently baptized high officials, students, merchants, and DECISIONS FOR CHRIST. at that station (.page 22). soldiers were among the large daily That full advantage may be taken, by the ✓IIV ISS M. G. MOWER, of Hwailu, Home Churches, of the Open Door for audiences. Many beautiful silken banners, preaching the Gospel in China (page 23). • C h ih l i, writes :— inscribed with appropriate Chinese char That the introduction of compulsory educa “ In the spring of this year it was my tion in China, involving the levying of acters, were presented to Mr. and Mrs. joy to see sixteen of the girls make a an education tax, may not seriously Tom vall; and further to show their handicap the work of the various definite decision for Christ. April 14th Mission Schools throughout the country interest in, and appreciation of the work, (page 23). was a red-letter day— a day to be remem the people made a generous offering of That six Medical Missionaries, keenly bered. Subsequently, these sixteen girls evangelical and professionally efficient, 200,000 cash for the purchase of mat came individually to my room. I wish needed to staff the vacant C.I.M. Hos tresses and beds for the new hospital. pitals, may be forthcoming (page 24). you could have heard some of their Friends are asked to join in thanksgiving prayers. There was no doubt but they and to continue in prayer for further had a real desire to lead a new life. Cut this out and keep it in your Bible. blessing on the work in this centre. F e b r u a r y , 1920. China's Millions. Editorial Notes. H E O P E N D O O R .— Xo devout student of the petitions in this prayer are worthy of special note, world situation to-day can fail to be thankful referring as they do to man’s part and G o d ’s part in T for the large measure of security and plenty the work of evangelization. In proportion as we recog we still enjoy in this our favoured land. In nize the urgency and intensity of the situation to-day writing thus we are not blind to the serious undercurrents we shall realize the call that conies to the messenger •of unrest, or to the varied perplexities of life to-day. for speaking the word with boldness and conviction. We only speak by way of comparison. And from the There is a sentence in the little book mentioned above standpoint of the Mission’s activities we have great which forcefully expresses this. It reads : “ A Chris cause for gratitude to G o d that there is still an open tianity which is only a consecrated uncertainty—and door for preaching the Gospel in China. Despite the that is what it has tended to become on both the ex •continuance of civil strife, the terrorizing of the people treme wings—authoritarian as well as liberal— is Tjy lawless soldiers and brigand bands, the opportunities neither what the age needs nor what it will receive.” for evangelistic work are as great as ever. This witness is true ; there is, undoubtedly, far too much How long the door may remain open in China no of what may be termed “ consecrated uncertainties.” man can say. The spread of Bolshevism into the very The world’s great need is a definite message, and to heart of Asia may at any time imperil the situation in speak the Word of G o d with boldness is man’s part. the Far East. Already Japan has, if report be true, received a mandate from the Powers to send a military The Lord A lso .—-And, if we are faithful in our part, .force into Central Siberia to stem the flood of Bolshevism. should we not look more confidently than perhaps we This, if it succeeds, indicates a vast expansion of have done that G o d will—-we say it reverently -do Japanese military influence in Eastern Asia. What the His part ? This is one of the arresting features of the future holds in store for Europe or Asia no one can fore Xew Testament. As it is expressed in Hebrews : “ G od see, but the outlook certainly emphasizes the urgency also bearing witness with them, both by signs and •of working while it is day, for the night cometli when wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the no man can work. Holy Ghost.” It is impossible to read the Acts of the Apostles without being struck by this dual testimony. The Bracing Effect of Adversity.—Xo one can read “ We are witnesses of these things.” said Peter and the the stirring records of human adventure without recog other Apostles, “ and so is the Holy Spirit.” We need nising the tonic effect upon mind and bod)' consequent to make this more and more the burden of our prayers. upon any contest with adverse conditions. How the All the activities of man are simply fruitless unless the many polar expeditions, for instance, have called forth I/ORD also bears witness. It was because of what Goi> and developed the heroic in man, and how the very did that the antagonists of the Gospel in the days of the reading of the records makes the reader gird up the Apostles had to acknowledge that a notable miracle loins of his mind. And there is, or should be, something had been wrought, and they could not deny it. More analogous in the spiritual realm. We recognize this in of these incontrovertible signs are needed to-day. if the the well-known words of Mr. Hudson Taylor after the Message of Iyife is to command attention, Mere human Yangchow riot : “ We take courage from the goodness argument will accomplish nothing. Dialectics, it has of G od to us in our extreme peril ; and from the very been well said, make a good shield, but a poor sword. opposition of Satan are the more determined to continue Conviction of sin and a recognition of Divine realities the conflict.” can only come through the work of the Holy Spirit. A nd‘ the very difficulties of these days challenge Thank G o d such movements as are recorded in this us to seek a stronger faith, and to engage in more issue about General Feng do indicate that G o d is also strenuous service. Canon E. A. Burroughs, in a stimu bearing witness to the Word preached ; but we need to lating little book entitled “ The Faith of Friends,” pray more ior an increase of such signs and wonders has given expression to this thought in these words : to follow the preaching of the Word. ‘ Join in suffering hardship with the Gospel,’ says St. Paul to Timothy— regardless of the fact that he was Mission Schools.— Hitherto in China, Missions have ‘ physically unfit.’ The Gospel just now is in for a enjoyed the utmost liberty, but there are indications •desperately hard and critical time. Xo Christian can that conditions are changing. Mr. Lutlev, in a letter afford to take things easily while this time lasts. ” Iyet us, from S h a n si, w rites: “ The introduction of com therefore, instead of being daunted or disheartened, pulsory education, and the consequent levying of an ■draw more fully from the inexhaustible resource of education tax for the support of the Government 'G o d . Our very difficulties may be " bread ” for us, as schools, is making it very difficult for the Christians Joshua and Caleb said of their enemies. If the work to maintain their own schools as well as pay the tax.” were easy it would soon descend to the human level. In the district from which Mr. Lutley writes there are a number of village schools wholly supported and con Consecrated C ertainty.— Upon one memorable occa trolled by the Chinese Christians as part of the Church sion the Apostles, when confronted with the opposition life, and some of the Chinese leaders are seriously and threatenings of the high priest and elders, lifted up exercised as to the future of these schools. It would be their voice to G od in prayer, and said: “ And now. a great loss to the villages concerned should any of these E o r d , look upon their threatenings, and grant unto schools be closed, for the Government schools will make Thy servants to speak Thv Word with boldness, while no provision for Christian teaching. This is a difficulty Thou stretchest forth Thy hand to heal.” The two which will not grow less, and we call attention to it to 24 China’s Millions. F e b r u a r y , 1920. secure prayers for those actually faced with these sat, and of these all have passed, with the exception of problems, and also to indicate the trend of events. In nine boys and four girls. To have had only thirteen, Corea, Japan is forbidding any religions leaching, even failures out of 495 candidates is no mean record for any in .Mission Schools. In China there is as yet no such school, and we offer our hearty congratulations, both to restriction, and we need to pray that the open door the teachers and the scholars. We would not forget to may be maintained. give thanks to G ob for all that these schools have been to .the Mission, and to the missionaries personally, and M edical M issionaries.— In the January issue of for the mercy and blessing which have attended the Medical Missions, Dr. Maxwell has once again given the. schools’ history since their foundation by Air. Hudson names of all medical missionaries holding British Taylor in 1881. degrees and diplomas. In 1914 there were 451 such medical missionaries , now there are only 3(18 , a decrease Swanwick.—This year's programme for the C.Ï.M. of no less than 83. The causes for this decline are in Summer School and Conference promises to be one of dicated. One factor lias been the war, which is respons engaging interest and profit. The full details have not ible for some losing their lives, and also for preventing yet been finally arranged, but we are able to announce other medical students qualifying to take the place of that Dr. J. Stuart Holden has kindly offered to give a those who died in the mission field. series of Bible Readings day by day on “ The Word of But writes Dr. Maxwell: “ liven before the war G o d and its Ministry.” Bishop W. W. Cassels has also an element was at work which was acting disastrously on promised to be present and speak on at least two days missionary work, and there is 110 evidence that it is on “ The Story of the West China Diocese.” We have passing away. The doctrine of Evolution and the also just heard that Miss Cable and the Misses French, Higher Criticism are, in all the Churches, more and of Hwochow, S h a n s i , will reach this country in time to more sapping the confidence of men in the Word of be with us. Those who have read Miss Cable's book, G o d. They affect student life, perhaps, more than any “ The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi,” will doubt other circle, and their influence is one of the unhealthiest less look forward with pleasant anticipation to hearing signs of the present times.” at first-hand more about that engrossing story. These In this connection we should like to call attention to are but some of the items arranged. an excellent book, entitled “ Evolution Criticised,” The Conference will (d .v .) commence on Monday, by Mr. T. B. Bishop. It can be obtained through June 7th, and last until Saturday morning, June 12th. Messrs. Oliphurits, Ltd.,O r the Scripture Union Office, The terms for board and residence at “ The Hayes,” for 3s. (id. net. Published during the war, it has not Swanwick, have, like everything else, been raised since been attractively printed, but it is none the less an last year, so that the inclusive cost for the period of the able criticism of the theory- lor it is . nothing more Conference, apart from railway fares, will be -47s. 6d. than a theory— of Evolution. Professor I'. Wood- per person. There is an additional small registration Jones, Professor, of Anatomy at the University of charge of half-à-crown. Fullèr particulars will gladly London, after reading the book wrote to the author to be supplied by Mr. J. B. Martin, Secretary of the say : “1 do.not think I ever saw so many people made Conference, who should be addressed at the Offices of to contradict one another as you have brought together/' the Mission in London. F01 those who may prefer a small pamphlet, the same author t has published “ .Man’s Ancestry: Scientific The Comradeship for China.—The annual rally Speculations and Scripture Statements,” which can of this Comradeship of Young People was held in King be had from the Scripture Union Office, 1 3 A . Warwick George’s Hall at the Central Y.M.C.A., Tottenham Court Lane, London, E C.4. Road, on January 7th last. The hall was well filled To return to the figures-.published by Dr. .Maxwell. with an eager company, and the occasion was full of The recorded- decrease is a very serious matter for hope and inspiration. There are now 8 17 persons who ■medical missionary work,-and'must affect all societies. have enrolled themselves as comrades, 479 .of whom At the present time we are urgently needing six more have become box-holders. The report of the year’s medical men to staff our hospitals, some of which are work was distinctly encouraging, and showed .-a marked actually standing empty. We would therefore ask that growth of interest. In public and private schools;alone, friends will join us in praying that men who are efficient not to speak of many other gatherings, more than five in their profession, and keenly evangelical in spirit, thousand young people had had the claims and call of may be led to oiler for these vacant posts. ' China presented to them, thé fruit of which will, we trust, appear in the not far distant future. The mission The Chefoo Schools.—It is with thankfulness that aries and missionary supporters of the future can be we report the continued success of the schools in the none other than the school boys and school girls of to annual Oxford Local Examinations, there being only one day, and the Secretary of the Comradeship would be failure among the fifty-two pupils who sat last August. glad to hear from any person who is interested in this Six boys passed in the Senior Division, fourteen boys and movement. ten girls in the Junior Division, and seventeen boys and four girls in the preliminary, making in all thirty-seven Departures for China. Vo, . ’ «)'/■ Mr-, and Miss Söder boys and fourteen girls. Two obtained distinctions in ström. Dec. <)th. Mrs. S. H. Carr, and two children ; Miss religious knowledge, two in history, one in history and M. Wallis. -Y or. ~th.- Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Sqtiire and child; English, and one in English. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. G. Harding and two children. Dec -¡4!/; — Summarizing the results from the time when the Mr. and Mrs. Richardson ; Miss G. Rugg ; Miss X. Wilson ; Miss A. Wilson : Miss Wright Hay. Ja n . jtk, 1020 - Miss K Oxford Local Examinations were first held at Chefoo, .Twidale, Miss Skafjild ; Mr. Haug. Jan. '24th.—Miss E. we find that 405 scholars (330 boys and 156 girls) have C.reenlees ; Miss R. Dix ; Miss M. Heigh. o l o V . XLVI. N . 8. TWOPENCE. M ar c h , 1920. China’sW MISSIONSMillions.' 1 LIBRARY J r -Jar ■¿'i 122cl;fi. | JKMOVAH-JIPIIH A FARM HOUSE GROUP IN CHINA. THE SOUL’S REGIONS BEYOND. HOW HAPPINESS CAME TO A HOME IN HONAN. Morgan»& Scott, Ltd., 12, Paternoster Buildings, London, E .C .4 , or from any Bookseller; OR POST FREE 2S. 6d. PER ANNUM FROM THE CHINA INLAND MISSION, NEWINGTON GREEN, LONDON, N .l6 . CHINA INLAND MISSION. Telegrams—Lammermui«, Hihukv-I.ondon. XEWINGTOX GRKKX, LONDON, X.16. Telephone—1817, Dalstox. Founder : T h e L a t h J. Hudson Taylor, m.r.c.s. General Director : D. E . H o s t e . 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Re-t. s. if.¡Rect. rf.IRect. 1st. ,->07S 1 0 Il 51S( 0 7 (! 52S1 0 5 0 53S4 il 10 0 15lh. 55! Il 3 0;500y 1 0 0 57OS 1 0 !1973 0 10 015079 0 5 li 5 1S5 1 0 Il 5285 1 5 Il 53S5 0 11; 11 5492 5 2 I ->502 2 0‘5700 1 1 0 5795) (I 10 1X7 I 1 0 0 Il ."iOSII ■1*7.-. 2 •j Il 1971 •VI 0 0 10 The Soul’s Regions Beyond. B y t h e R e v . A l e x a n d e r S m e i x i e , I).]). N his Autobiography Dr. Horton describes the only but experimentally and blessedly, what faith does last hours of his father, an honoured minister and is— that it abjures self in its protean guises, and that I of the Gospel. The end came suddenly. At it receives and rests on C h r is t alone. But not every ten in the evening his son was sent for. “ He disciple lives and walks by faith as simply, as fully, and seemed cheerful, and said good-night in a phrase of his as continuously as he ought. Two hundred and twenty- own invention, ‘ W e’ll go to the regions beyond.’ ” seven years ago, Walter Marshall’s little and great book Those who loved him remained watching by his bed, on The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification was published ; and between six and seven in the morning he fell asleep. he had reached its rest-giving truth through sore spiritual “ W e’ll go to the regions beyond ” — it is a pleasant conflicts of his own. On one of its pages he says this : farewell to the world of the present, and a pleasant “ Men commonly think that they must get an holy greeting to the better world of the future, spacious frame by producing it in themselves and forming it out and unspeakable, incorruptible and undefiled and of their own hearts. On this account the entrance into amaranthine. a godly life is harsh and unpleasing unto them, because But St. Paul (2 Corinthians x. 16) thinks of other it costs so much struggling with their own affections to Hyperekeina, lying on this side of eternity, with which new-frame them. If they knew that this way of holi we should be familiar before the River is crossed, and ness is not only harsh but impossible, and that the true the mighty Hill on its farther bank is climbed with way of mortifying sin is by receiving a new nature out agility and speed, and the Beautiful Gate of the City is of the fulness of C h r i s t , they would save themselves passed through. He is haunted by the “ regions many a bitter agony.” And so, assuredly, they would. beyond ” of the C h r i s t l e s s , the places where the men Yes ; I receive, and go on receiving, the new nature out and women dwell who are without G o d and without of the fulness of C h r is t ; I keep the avenues of my soul hope in the world, the abodes of fear and unbelief and open towards Him ; I am quietly confident that He superstition and sin. So we ought to be haunted. is able and willing to perform for me, and in me, His Those who accept the New Testament as the standard largest promises; convinced that the task of self of their faith and the rule of their life are not permitted renewal is hopeless, I leave and trust myself to His to be content with a personal redemption. The souls moulding, sustaining, transfiguring hands. It is faith going down undone into the dark should burden them as first and midst and last, because it is C h r is t first and with a crushing weight, should pierce them as with a midst and last. Thus new possibilities unveil themselves sharp sword, and should kindle their compassions and to me, and new powers are operative within me. I supplications and endeavours as with a hot flame. share C h r is t ’ s thoughts of a dying world, and I have For the only religion which the New Testament know s C h r is t ’ s grace and strength to succour it. and approves, and would have us know and approve, Another of these interior “ regions beyond ” is that of is an outgoing and aggressive religion. It cannot keep prayer. It has been said that the man of genius is not its treasures to itself. It is eager that the whole round the consciously wealthy, but the consciously empty earth should every w ay be bound by gold chains about man— he who is perpetually focussing and compressing the feet of G o d . It cares passionately and unceasingly in himself, and then radiating out and scattering abroad, for the “ regions beyond.” the forces which are at work in mankind. These forces There is still another interpretation of the pregnant come not from any storehouse or reservoir within, but phrase. We may find the Hyperekeina within our from the race to which he belongs ; and he is “ merely selves as well as without, in a sinful and sorrowful the keyboard of the great music which is playing in world. Indeed, we must find them in the first instance humanity at every turn.” Probably the proposition is within, if ever we are to do our duty by the world without. true ; but there is a kindred proposition which is truer If we were more anxious to annex and possess the in still— that the best Christian is not the wealthy, but terior “ regions beyond ” — those within the scope of the empty soul, the soul which habitually asks and our personal experience— we should think more about, habitually welcomes the forces that are heavenly and and we should do more for, our sisters and brothers divine, the soul on whose keyboard at every turn G od who are hurrying on to despair and death. plays His great music. And it is prayer which brings Now, one of these inner regions, whose features we us these supersensual forces and this music of the upper have explored and whose contents we have appro country. “ More important than the most earnest priated in too small a degree, is that of faith. Of course, thinking upon a problem,” writes Dr. John Mott, “ more every genuine disciple understands, not theoretically important than a personal interview to influence an M a r c h , 19 2 0 . 28 China’s Millions. M a r c h , 1920. individual, more important than addressing and swaying our alabaster cruse and spilling over Him its ointment an audience—far more important than these, or all of spikenard exceeding costly, or refusing with the other forms of activity, is the act of coming into vital Hebrew slave ever to go out free from the Master Whom communion with God." When we are in His presence- we love. There are two kinds of monarchy. There is chamber often enough, and long enough, we recognize the sovereign who is arbitrary and untrammelled ; his that our dependence on Him is absolute, and we exchange writ runs everywhere, and he claims everything. And the ingenuities and the energies of our flesh for the there is the sovereign who is constitutional; he dele omnipotence of our L o rd . S o the life within is fructified gates much of his authority to Prime Minister and in marvellous measure, and we are furnished and pre Cabinet and Parliament. “ Arbitrary power is a thing pared from above to fructify the life without. men begin to be weary of,” Oliver Cromwell said when There is a third of these interior “ regions beyond,” he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; and it is well with which we should be more conversant— that of that both in State and in Church it should be so. But surrender. Frequently we speak and sing of con C h r is t is not a constitutional monarch ; He must secration :— have, and ought to have, arbitrary power. When we Take my moments and my days ; give Him all that we profess we are giving Him, when I*et them flow in ceaseless praise. our surrender is complete, our own souls prosper and Take my silver and my gold ; are in health, and we cannot be anything else than Not a mite would I withhold. His envoys and His epistles to the world. Take myself, and I will be The Hyperekeina lying in the love of the Father, Uver, only, all for Thee. the grace of the Son, and the communion of the Holy Indeed, C h r is t deserves nothing less— C h rist, Who, Ghost, are endless and inexhaustible. The Hyperekeina being rich, for our sakes became poor, and flung His life of innermost experience stretch before us and above us, away to rescue us from death. But, many and many and we have only made acquaintance with their fringe a time, our speech and our song outrun our practice. and edge. Wherefore, my soul:— We do not translate the brave protestations and vows Forward to the starry track ; into the daily facts of our biography. We are not casting Up and up to heights beyond me—• all our living into the L ord’ s treasury, or breaking On and always on ! How Happiness Came to a Home in Hunan. By M r s . H o w a r d T a y i ,o r . l l l i band of strangers had appeared would let these strangers know what he it was, and to hinder their getting an in the little town, and Mr. thought about it if they came to his influence over his neighbours. Thanks, standing in his shop door, door. But behind that evening meeting there T heard a good deal about them And come to his door they did, as to was a power Mr. Thanks could not account and their doings. The landlord of an inn every other in the town. For these were for. The room was full when he got there, on his own street had received them, men of the H u n a n Bible School, one of and the singing had begun. But the giving them his best room, and even con the bands who, whether ashore or afloat, students who had called at his house at senting to their holding meetings there in were always on the move, carrying the once recognised him and made him the evenings. For the strangers were glad tidings of salvation to every town welcome. They supplied him with preachers of some sort, it would seen, and village, and to every family in the books, and pointed out what was sung and were not engaged in business. They districts to which they were invited. The or read. All was orderly and quiet, and were all men of the province (Hunan), city and neighbourhood of Pao-k’ing, Mr. Thanks forgot that he had come to thirteen in number, and one amongst not being rich in water-ways, they had break up the meeting, so interested was he them seemed to be the leader. He was left their boat and were putting up in in the proceedings. But more than this, a tall, nice-looking man, evidently a such inns as they could find. Rising at as the reading and talk went on, he began scholar, and should have known better 5.30 every morning, the early hours of to feel as he had never felt before. A than to go roving the country with these the day were given to study, and to the strange uneasiness possessed him. He students of his, preaching the “ foreign quiet waiting upon God, which renewed had always thought himself a good man, devil doctrine.” their strength. Then, well supplied with with nothing to fear in the life to come. The very thought of it made Mr. ammunition in the shape of suitable But now, as he heard about the true and Thanks angry. He prided himself on literature, they sallied forth, rain or fine, living God, the Infinite Being he had never being a man of exemplary life. What for the practical part of their training as known or worshipped, his “ good deeds " duties had he left undone ; what virtues soul-winners. began to appear worse than useless, and had he not practised ? His wife also— Thus, when two of them had accosted a sense of sin weighed him down. Oh, what mother of a family could have Mr. Thanks one day, they were nothing for deliverance from the fears that pos accumulated more merit ? Though her daunted by the coldness of their reception. sessed him ! Oh, for the peace and joy eyesight was poor, so that even in the Hard words often fell to their lot, but he saw so plainly written on the faces of house she had to feel her way about with a before leaving the shop, they managed the preaching band ! stick, she was more earnest in her worship to get in a good deal that gave food for The guest room of the inn that night, of the Goddess of Mercy than many who thought, as well as a cordial invitation to poor and dirty as it might seem to frequented the temples. Was there net their meetings in the evening. Go to Western eyes, witnessed the scene that always incense burning before her little the inn to see their leader ? Yes, he would sets the joy-bells ringing in the very shrine ? A new religion indeed! He go—just to upset the meeting, whatever presence of God— for there, upon his M a r c h , 1920. China’s Millions. 29 knees, the man who had never prayed himself in the position of leader among happy indeed ! Can you not see how before, who had come to oppose, full of quite a group of young believers. They much good it has brought me to be a pride and darkness, yet all unconscious had been meeting in the inn night by Christian ? ” of his lost estate, was crying in such poor night, and keenly felt the loss of the “ Yes,” she said sincerely, “ you are words as he could find— “ JESUS, forgive teachers who had brought them the better in ever)- way ; you are a new man. me—forgive and save me, a sinner.’’ knowledge of salvation. --Where were I, too, will believe,” But he did not know Meanwhile, a very different scene was they to gather now to worship G o d , how far she really meant it. taking place in the inner courtyard of and who would help them in the heavenly A few days later, coming home un his home. Someone, breathless with way ? expectedly, he found the door shut, and excitement, had run to tell Mrs. Thanks. “ I know as little as you do,” said Mr. it was some time before Mrs. Thanks “ The father of your boy,” he cried : Thanks, who had been the means of came to open it. " do you know what he is doing ? He leading several of them to faith in Ch r is t . “ Did you not hear me knocking ? ” is drinking mi-ch’a {bewitched tea) at the “ But there is room in my house. Let he asked. “ 1 have been waiting a long inn, and listening to the foreign devil’s us come together daily to read and pray ” time.” doctrine ! ” So he continued the meetings ; and " I could not come before,” she an OPPOSITION. when his wife made trouble, he simply swered quietly ; " I had matters ” (was Poor woman ! her one thought was of prayed, for he was beginning to discover engaged). the loss of face that this must mean ; the power of definite appeals to G o d in It seemed a little strange, and he and her husband could not account for the name of the L o r d J e s u s . Wonderful wondered what the matters could have the anger and scorn with which she were the answers to prayer in those days— been. But on going into their own room, received him. which so impressed his wife that she all was explained. A straw mat lying ‘‘ Ch’eo teh hen," she cried, as he con gave up her objections. One of their on the floor beside the bed told the whole fessed that what she had heard was true— children who was very ill was healed in story. It was his praying mat ; and wus “ stinking exceedingly ! ” answer to prayer ; and when Mrs. Thanks not prayer, to him, the most important of In vain he told her about the burden heard of the desperate case of a neighbour all engagements, and never to be inter on his heart; that he was sure they were whom no one could help, she came to her rupted ? Many a time had business been on the wrong road—the road that leads husband and said: ‘‘ You had better allowed to wait, because he was on his to destruction, and that he could not go over and pray.” For three days the knees before God. And now his wife not but pray to the true and living G o d for poor woman had been in fruitless labour, only believed, but was learning to pray, mercy. and it seemed as though nothing could and wanted to be as real as he was in “ You are mi-teng ” (bewitched), was save either mother or child. It was about spiritual things ! Truly the long wait her only answer. “ Alas, alas, what will mid-day when Mr. Thanks went to the at the door made him a happy man that become of us ! ” scene of suffering. The husband was d a y ; and time was to prove that the Next evening, when the time came for willing that he should pray, and listened answer to his prayers was beyond all he the meeting, he dared not suggest going. eagerly to what he had to tell them about had asked or thought. The doors of the house, he noticed, were the love and power of Ch r is t . The same CONVERSION. shut and barred, and his wife was watching afternoon he sent word that the child For Mrs. Thanks not only became a him with determination written on every had been bom safely and easily. Little true believer ; she was even more feature. The poor man could not settle wonder that several of the family became changed than her husband, through the to anything. He did not want to make believers, and attended the meetings joy and peace that came into her life. a scene— but oh, he did long to be at that regularly. For her, indeed, everything had become meeting ! Walking up and down in the Not so, however, Mrs. Thanks, in new. Her eyesight, which had been house, he could only pray that the L o r d spite of her less antagonistic attitude. failing so that she was almost blind, would change her heart. Her heart was full of bitterness, and her began to improve, and she set to work “ Why are you so unhappy ? ” said his husband’s of sorrow about her. Nothing to learn to read, though up to that time wife presently, with some sign of relenting. that he could say seemed to help matters, she had not known a character. Pre “ Well, go if you must,” she added ; “ just and at last he ceased talking, and gave viously she had gone out very little, go and listen. But certainly do not himself to fasting and prayer on her even to visit her own relatives. Now believe.” behalf. she got through her work at home in half In vain she urged upon him, during “ I had no words more,” he said, " so the time, and went all round the town tell the weeks that followed, the folly and I just prayed and prayed for half a year.” ing of J e s u s . Nothing was too difficult, danger of the course he was pursuing— He was now a member of one of the or too much trouble, if only she could that the foreigners only wanted his eyes preaching bands himself, and a good deal get her neighbours and friends to know and heart to make their magic medicines, away from home. and love Him as she did. Many a long and that the gods would send disaster ‘‘ You are getting ill,” his wife said to mile she walked on her poor, bound upon the family. In vain she begged him at length. " Why do you not give feet, going to villages and distant places him to worship the idols and appease up this preaching and rest ? See how thin to carry the Glad Tidings, and her happy their wrath. Persecution and ridicule you are ! ” face was a good recommendation for her he met with patience, and so full was he " I am thin," he answered, “ not message. It was not long before she had of a new-found joy and peace, that he because of the work I am doing, but led five or six women to Ch r is t , who are could not but be telling of his wonderful because of sorrow of heart about you. now baptized and members of the Saviour. The band remained three I am saved, through the L o r d ’s grace, church that has grown up in her little weeks in the town, in which before their and am going to heaven, and you are town ; and, better still, her children are coming there had not been a single still on the way to hell. How can I but all Christians. Christian ; and when they moved on to be troubled ? If you would only repent and “ She is a woman of prayer,” said Mr. a neighbouring district Mr. Thanks found believe in the L o r d J e s u s , I should be Cheng, the leader of the band through 80 China’s Millions. M a r c h , 1920. » ¡a m i ■■ ...... ______,...... : ------i ■■ i — , - ...... P hoto by] [W. M. Belcher. APPROACH TO THE ALTAR OF HEAVEN. whom the work was first begun. “ She “ Several times people have come to Her son was very sorrowful. They has learned thirty or forty hymns by me,” said Mr. Cheng, with whom he is told him that his mother was happy in heart, and can read many characters. now working as Assistant Leader of the heaven, far happier than she had ever When not busy, she sits down with her band, " and have spoken of Mr. Thanks been before ; but he was not sure about books and sings over hymn after hymn— and his preaching. ‘ This Gospel must it, and wept for her with real grief. Then her face so full of joy that it does one good be true,’ they say. ‘ We heard a man he, too, had a dream. He saw his mother, to see her. Once she was a woman of outside—that elderly man in your band. radiant and beautiful, in a place that he an irritable, unhappy spirit; now she is As he told us about J e s u s and pleaded knew must be heaven. She told him not all sunshine, because JE S U S fills her heart. with us to turn from our sins, he wept ! to weep, and begged him, too, to believe Even when the soldiers came— first the We could hardly keep from weeping, too. in JESUS. She was far happier, she said, Northern, and then the Southern army— We want to hear more— for he was so than ever she had been on earth, and and everything was taken from the home, earnest about it.’ ” wanted all her family to lOve and serve so that parents and children had not a A few months ago (January, 1919) the the true God. This decided the son, bed to lie upon, Mrs. Thanks encouraged band was in the home of a scholarly man who was already a good deal influenced her husband to think little of their losses. in the country—a lin-seng, higher than by the preaching of the band. Not only ‘ Never mind, ’ she said,' we have eternal the ordinary B.A.—who, on account of he, but his old father of eighty-five life t ’ tmd she just went on as before, the disturbed state of the neighbourhood, became Christians; his sister also, and joyfully witnessing to the Saviour’s was glad to offer them hospitality. her scholarly husband ; and now, through love and power." His wife’s parents and brother, also a dis their influence, twenty or more relations Thus the Light is spreading, and tinguished scholar, were there on a visit, and neighbours in that district are of the China's best missionaries are her own and Mr. Thanks became specially inter great company no man can number, who saved and Spirit-filled sons and daughters. ested in the mother, an old lady of eighty- have washed their robes and made them Pray that their number may increase, two, who was suffering much pain from white in the blood of the Lamb. and that, through them, the Gospel may a swollen foot. She could not listen to This is the work that Mr. Thanks and be preached “ to every creature ” in this what he longed to tell her about the love men like him are doing, specially in the still dark and needy land. For there are of JESUS, because she was so ill. But Mr. travelling bands of the Hunan Bible millions and millions in China who as yet Thanks prayed fgr her. He definitely School and Colportage Agency. Will have never heard the glad tidings of prayed that the Lord would take away the you not pray that the bands may be salvation. Education is not meeting the pain, that she might be able to listen and increased in number, and that more and problem. The popular veneer of Western understand. To his great thankfulness, more the L ord Himself may work with civilisation does not satisfy the deep the foot became better. them, “ confirming the Word with signs heart-needs of the people. Nothing ‘' No pain! ” she said, after a little while. following ’’ ? ever can or will but the divine, regener “ No pain ! Now tell me about J e s u s .” ating Life from above. And that, Day by day he taught her, and her BAPTISMS. thank G o d , is coming, wherever JESUS heart just opened to the Saviour, of C h r i s t is faithfully lived and preached. Whom she had never heard in all her •fjCAPTISMS to the number of 1,425 The earnestness of a simple man like Mr. long life before. One night she had a have recently been reported, Thanks, who has the living Saviour dream that decided her to believe in the bringing the total for the year, thus far, in his heart, and cannot but speak the L o r d J e s t js as h erSaviour; and a few up to 5,321, which is very considerably in things that are so real to him, is more days later she passed quietly and happily excess of our record for the same period telling than eloquence or learning. to be with Him for ever. of last year. M a r c h ; 1920. China's Millions. 81 A Visit to Peking. E x t r a c t s f r o m t h e J o u r n a l o f D r . S. H o y t e . H A V E lived and travelled for five years in inland China, reserved to themselves for the approach on state occasions to and have seen but little of the few wealthy people, but the their central city. It runs through the Imperial City, a great prevailing impression of the country, derived from the roadway, five hundred yards long by some two hundred wide. I great majority of the people, was that it was drab and If this was merely the entrance what must the palace be like ? sordid. Everywhere one sees crumbling walls; roads mere We were allowed to see a little of it, and again and again I just cart tracks ; rooms dark and dirty ; streets smelly ; physical life laughed to see the excessive magnificence of the style ; it was unclean and, unless forced to labour for a living, inactive ; like a fairy tale ; the scale on which the Kmperors had built mental life stolid and overshadowed by a dense fog; spiritual just took one’s breath away. For instance, for the Throne life either absent or else clogged with a depressing mass of be Room, there is no small throne pushed back against the wall wildering superstitions. It is rare to see a line of grace or on a little dais a few inches high, but a throne big enough for three, beauty to show that some “ vital feelings of delight ” had found brought out to the middle of the room where it belongs, and set expression. Pleasures are stiff and heavy. The popular methods on a great dais six feet high, and round that one seat is built a of enjoying riches are to have so many servants that you are great pavilion with many pillars, approached by broad flights of saved the trouble of the slightest exertion, to have food and wine, marble steps up from a huge court where a stream is crossed to gamble and to smoke opium. Amongst the common people by five parallel marble bridges. of north China, by the universal poverty, artistic sensibility is One may not enter the inner sanctuary of the Forbidden City crushed and its expression stifled. where the boy Emperor is still confined, but in one court they But Peking—ah, in Peking the Chinese spirit, cramped no have gathered together a wonderful collection of the imperial longer, has had scope and breathing space. Successive monarchs art treasures. I started to take notes that I might the better have designed upon a scale appropriate to their majesty, and the tell you of them, but was interrupted by a soldier who pointed wealth of the empire at their command has provided them with to a notice saying (for some unexplained reason) that such a thing ample means to execute their every plan. They have given free was forbidden, so I could only carry away a memory of some expression to all they felt. The palaces, the temples and their fragments. There were beautiful earthenware vases richly grounds, the ornamental waters and pavilions, the wealth and coloured, others of cloisonné work covered with dragons, clouds magnificence of ornament, whether shown in coloured tiles and flowers, others quaintly shaped like elephants or birds. There upon the roofs, in painted rafters or colossal statues, all bear were ancient bronzes dating back to the time of CHRIST, ivory witness to a love of dignity and beauty of which inland China hollowed to the thinnest shell and fretted to delicate lace, crystal had given but little hint. Peking is indeed the great capital of cups, precious seals, embroidered silks, painted fans, mother- a great people. o'-pearl inlays, scent bottles painted in an Italian style, de The centre of it is the square Forbidden City, its length a signed under the influence of the Jesuits who were strong in China thousand yards each way. Surrounding it is the great oblong three hundred years ago. There was a dish of grapes and pome Imperial City two thousand by three thousand yards, surrounding granates made of precious stones ; there was a great carved that again is the Tartar City, three miles by four, and outside throne made of the wonderful red lacquer work. There was a that to the south, the Chinese City. It expresses beautifully the table, of which the surface was a slab of richly-veined stone, let idea that the centre of the Empire was the Emperor. The into the carved black wood ; there an ancient incense burner, systems of government— civil, military and naval, of land tenure, and there a jewelled clasp ; hundreds of beautiful things, each of education, of religion, all found their centre in him. one a marvel of patience and skill, the labour of a thousand years The two central cities are each surrounded by high red walls distilled to these mere drops, and now they stand a joy for ever. topped with yellow tiles, and over these can be seen the Imperial At the Temple of Heaven you may see what moved the yellow roofs of the buildings within. One of the sights which Emperors as they knelt before the Unknown God and ignorantly gave me the keenest impression of the regal state in which worshipped. Far outside the city, with its crowds and mundane they lived was that of the great space they, the Emperors, life, a great park a mile across was enclosed ; groves of dark Photo 6y] - [Montagu Beauchamp. THE ALTAR OF HEAVEN.—IT CONSISTS OF THREE CIRCULAR PLATFORMS OF WHITE MARBLE. 32 ,/ China’s Millions. March, 1920, our denominationalism, nor distorted by our prejudices, but C h r is t in His fulness and perfection as set forth in the Scriptures. Peking lies in a broad plain, but ten miles away are the foot hills of a great range of mountains. It was to these that the Emperors- turned for relief from the strain of business and the formality of official life ; here they built the far-famed Summer Palaces which they beautified with every device that art could conceive or wealth carry out. Having once escaped to within the great gates with their huge guardian lions, secluded by high walls and groves of trees, they found themselves in an earthly paradise. There are two Summer Palaces, thè Old and the New. The New was built some forty or fifty years ago by the famous Empress Dowager, .and is said to have cost over a million pounds. The Old was built hundreds of years ago, but to the lasting dis grace of the English, was destroyed by them as an act of reprisal and warning for treachery to our ambassadors and bad faith. Why could they not think of some other form of punishment ? Why must they needs destroy something unique and irre placeable. I went first to the western hills as one of a party. We hired a motor for the day, and committed ourselves to the guidance of Colonel Chao. He first took us to the Peking Zoo, where we saw a third-rate collection of birds and animals, then to a queer place, one of the Empress Dowager’s experiments with foreign One of nine large utensils, close by the Altar of Heaven, ways. It was an ugly foreign house, filled with European used for burning paper and inoense. They are about 4 -ft. high and 3-ft. In diameter. furniture, of a style which, contrasted with their beautiful Chinese productions, struck one as painful. On leaving there, we did a hurried dash through the New Palace, just had time to cypress screened it in ; all was spacious, quiet, secluded from the drink an absurdly expensive cup of tea on board the Marble world. In that great closet might the door be shut and the Boat, and flew back to the city in time for a feast at a Chinese open heavens would bear silent witness to His eternal power and restaurant. Godhead. We “ did ” the place at an unfortunately rapid pace, but I On entering the main gate one sees the buildings grouped for saw a good deal. Not far from the entrance was the Garden of the most part in the centre, and around them are vast grassy Rest, a quiet little court screened by high banks, covered with spaces stretching away to the thick trees which screen the trees and flowering shrubs. There was a tiny lake, fed by a enclosing wall. little stream, and a tiny pavilion built on piles and standing The main approach is a broad avenue with four lines of trees out over the water ; round about were covered passage ways, on either side. I wished we could have read of it first that we profusely ornamented. might the better have understood what we saw ; we could only On leaving there we explored a hillside. It was a lovely discover the names of the places and attempt to divine their use. place ; there were almond trees in blossom, green firs, pine . There were many buildings, richly ornamented, roofed with a trees with milk-white stems, grouped on little knolls. Up the bright profusion of coloured tiles. There was the Praying hill zig-zagged broad paths, broken here and there by shallow Palace, with its ancestral tablets, and we saw the white marble steps, and bordered on either side by a mosaic of pebbles, in space where was spread the pavilion in which the Emperor spent which were numerous figures, circles, triangles, vases, fans, a time of fasting and meditation before he entered upon the more swords, stars, and flowers ; by the side were grotesque volcanic solemn acts of worship. rocks, and at the top a little pavilion. From there there is a The most wonderful thing was the marble Altar of Heaven; beautiful view over the lake with its long white bridge of seven it stands in its own clearing amongst the trees, and rises in three teen arches running out to one of the islands. In a hollow of the white tiers to a broad central space. Here, under the midnight hill is the Bronze Pagoda, which we did not have time to visit, sky, the sacrifices were slain, and the Emperor prostrated himself and close inshore lies the famous Marble Boat. I think it is a before the Supreme Ruler who dwelt unseen above, and prayed pity the designer built it with the stem towards the lake, as for his people in the double office of priest and king. Beyond the though you went on board simply to look at a Vessel which had altar stands the sacred furnace where the sacrifices were con just come in. If he had had a little more imagination he would sumed ; we saw the iron bars had been eroded and bent with the have pointed the bows out towards the open water, so that on heat. Here was no trace of idolatry, nothing but solemn worship stepping on board you might have had the sensation of embark and humiliation before the One who made the stars. Surely ing, which would have been much more exciting. those prayers were heard, and those sacrifices came up for a Round the margin of the lake is a long, long covered passage, memorial before Him ; for He sent the answer long, long ago ; wonderfully painted, every bit of woodwork in the roof is closely and we, we Christians, we held that answer in our hands, and covered with ornament, every cross-beam has its own pictures, for centuries we held it back, or else, as Roman Catholicism, we one on either side. One is of water-birds, one of children playing, gave it wrong. And He would not own it, but blotted it out. one of flowers, and others of picturesque old men, reading, talk&g, It was profoundly moving to think that in the Divine providence carrying bundles or launching boats. I only saw a little of what we had been sent to bring the answer to those prayers. God help there was to be seen, but the whole great garden is a place for us to give it right, not narrowed down to fit the limits of delight: M a r c h , 1920. China’s Millions. 88 had beetndohiyad mrTne road. We had Answers to Prayer. rice in the house but that was all, and F r o m t h e P e r s o n a l J o u r n a l o f M is s A l ic e H u n t . when the cook came to us for orders we just had to say that we had none to give. W EN TY or more years ago things small, sweet-smelling flowers. On re This went on for several days, and he must were very different in China turning she told the ladies how we had have spoken of it to the Church members, to what they are to-day. We appreciated it, and they afterwards kept as they sent word offering to lend us T had been going through a hard us well supplied with flowers all the hot money if we were short. We told them time of it. There had been poor harvests months. that we never borrowed, but looked to one after the other, which had resulted in We were alone in that city all that the L o r d for the supply of all our needs, a famine. Typhus as well as famine summer, and while the mouths usually and He supplied us yet once again. An fever was raging. We were then living passed without a single visitor, during old patient came in that very day, bring in a rented house with rooms built that time many friends from the neigh ing a present of two chickens, some round a tiny courtyard. It was very hot, bouring provinces passed through, which potatoes, carrots, and pea-nuts, and just and rained almost continuously, so that was a boon and a blessing to us. when these were finished our delayed it was like living in a vapour bath, and NEEDED STORES. remittances came. the smells were indescribable. Nowadays we bottle fruit when it is At another time my fellow-worker was The street was so narrow that a cat in season, so as to have some on hand when very ill and could only take a milk diet. could jump into our window from the needed ; but in those earl}7 days we had We only had sweetened milk in the house, house opposite. If we went out it was to no bottles and so could not do this. and after a time she turned against it. 1 meet with the dying and the dead lying felt desperate, as there was 110 one near to The flour, too, was bad, and the bread on the streets. We had seven people baked one morning was mouldy by the whom I could look for help. No one to lying dead in the adjoining houses at one next owing to the dampness and heat; whom 1 coi ld look, did I say ! Nay, that time, and even the Chinese had to hold even biscuits would not keep, the weather was not so, for the L o r d was there, and their noses as they passed along. He is always a very present help in trouble. was so bad. Our stores had quite run I had heard of unsweetened condensed QUINCES. out. What could we do ? Send to milk, though till then I had not used it, There was a fruit (Hsiang Yuen-tsz) Shanghai for more stores ! But that would but that very day, when I was at “ wits’ which could be purchased, resembling a require both time and money, and just end corner,” the L o r d sent us six tins of quince in appearance, but with a scent then the latter was not over abundant. this unsweetened milk by post. It had something between an orange and a What could we do ? Wait on the L o r d , been many days on the road, but reached lemon. who never disappoints. Bring the need us just when it was most needed. The Chinese often kept these in their to Him in prayer, for we know that He Someone has said, " Our big matters rooms for the sake of the scent. One day loves to do the impossible. After only a are little to G o d ’s power, but our I told the cook to buy us one. He re little while, returning to our rooms one little matters are great in His love.” turned saying that he could not buy it, afternoon, after a meeting, what was my Oh ! how true it is. as it was too dear, they were seventy surprise to see awaiting us on the table, cash (70 cash equalled then about 2|d.). in the midst of other things— eight tins of BIBLE PICTURES. He knew that we were not spending a canned fruit, two bottles of prunes, and About two years ago we were discussing cash unnecessarily, as so many people a large tin of sweet biscuits. Where had the need of more pictures, as they are were starving around us, and needed all all these come from ? such a help, especially when taking meet the help we could give. I replied to him, Some time before an American gentle ings with women and children. I finished “ Quite right, cook ” ; though as I turned man had visited one of the chief officials up by saying, " Well, I am going to pray away, my heart said, “ Ah ! how I would in the city, and after leaving had sent for some that I particularly want 011 gladly have paid that for one just then.’1 him a complimentary present including Acts.” A very short time after a picture But the L o r d knew all about it. He is these things. We had attended this roll arrived. I called to the others to very pitiful, and of tender mercy, and He official’s wife, who was very ill, and besides come and see it opened and see if it was provided for us. That very afternoon a had given medicine to many in the Yamen. on Acts. On opening it, praise the L o r d , messenger came from the next station, As the official’s family did not care very it was just what I had asked for. twenty miles away, the friends there hav much for foreign goods, and wanting to There was an address on the cover, and ing sent in their letters to post, and to get give us a present, they sent these things I wrote to the lady in Florida, U.S.A. their incoming mail, and with the letters to meet the need. In some way or other, I had never heard of, or from, her before. came six quinces ! An abundant answer. you see, the L o r d does provide. A few She replied that she had a number of A poor woman had gone to our friends in days later we received a case of soda picture rolls on hand, and hearing that great distress with this fruit, begging them water (the only time I have seen soda they were valued in the Mission Field, to buy, so that she might have money water in Inland China). This had been had written for some names and addresses to buy some grain with. They thought part of the same present. The official had of missionaries to whom she addressed of us in our crowded quarters, and sent opened a bottle and, not liking the taste, these rolls. The pictures were all packed the fruit to us. So instead of buying had passed it on. “ How marvellous up ere they were addressed, so that she one, all we could possibly have hoped for, are Thy ways, O L o r d of Hosts." had no idea, until I wrote, whether the the L o r d sent us in His abundantly, and It was that same summer, one of the one sent to me was on the Old or the New we had six. hardest, and yet one of the most blessed Testament, but the L ord knew my need But that was not all. We had been I have ever passed through, for right and guided her hand as she addressed attending an official’s wife who was ill, through the L o r d kept us in a very special them. All the women and children were and when the serving woman came the way depending on H im . We had helped most interested in that answer to prayer, next day to invite us to go again she the poor people all we could, till we had knowing that we had been praying brought a small branch covered with run short ourselves, and our remittances specially for such. 34 China’s Millions. M a r c h , 1920. Editorial Notes. RITICAL DAYS.—It is easy to “ harp " too says that C h r is t ’ s work is not done by those who are much on one string, and we do not desire merely “ morally irreproachable,” but by those “ men C to do so, but no one can fail to be impressed and women who have dared to be GoD-like at the cost with the critical importance of the days in of even social ostracism, or excommunication, or which we are now living. In every department of martyrdom itself. It is such lives which move the life vast and momentous questions are coming to Christian front-line forward : those whose effects on judgment, and crisis, after all, is only the Greek word others are GoD-like because they are swa3red to their for judgment. Ultimately, behind all the material depths by sympathy with God.” aspects of present-day problems, the decisive element That the present is a time when there needs to be a is spiritual, and no permanent or peaceful settlement spiritual offensive to move the Christian front line is possible which ignores that fact. “ For judgment am forward is felt by many. The conflict with evil is I come into the world,” said C h r is t , and His great growing in intensity, and only as we aggressively oppose work of separation still goes forward. It certainly the forces of darkness can victory be expected. For looks to-day as though some final stage in that solemn this all the spiritual resources of G o d are at our disposal, work is approaching. provided we fulfil His conditions. C h r i s t , when He On a recent occasion, when the secretaries of the told His disciples of wars and earthquakes, of famines various missionary societies with headquarters in and great portents, said : “ It shall turn unto you for London were gathered together in conference, there was a testimony.” The very things which seemed most a very solemn sense of the momentous and portentous adverse wrere, C h r is t declared, to be used to advance times in which we are living. Though no body of men His Kingdom and assist His servants in their wTork of could more fully realise the serious bearing of exchange bearing witness. Whereas, with many, the distress of on the work of Missions, one of those present said : nations would lead to “ surfeitings and drunkenness,” “ Great as is the problem of exchange, it is only a and with others to “ cares of this life,” Ch r i s t warned minor element in what is a great conflict with mighty His followers to take heed lest their “ hearts be over spiritual forces of evil.” In this pronouncement all charged ” by these things ; they were to watch at every agreed, and it was decided that there should be issued season and make supplication. a united call to prayer. After all, All who seriously study the world the ultimate force in the world is ■«■■■■■i situation cannot but recognise the mrnmmmmmm the Living Personal God, and He is ■■■■■■ danger of having the heart over ■■■■■■ SUBJECTS waiting to bless, if only men and ■ in charged, or overpowered, and only women will learn to wait upon Him. PRAISE & PRAYER. by an increased confidence in G o d , In view of the present world situ as the result of prayer, can this be ation and some of the special diffi LET US GIVE THANKS overcome. Men endure by seeing culties pressing upon the missionary For GOD’S great mercy and forbearance Him who is invisible, for “ it is only to us as a nation ; that He has not dealt societies, a few general subjects for with us after our sins he who sees who can really endure.” prayer and praise have been pre For the generous, and often self-sacrific And yet, to further quote, “ en ing, gifts of those who support Foreign pared and printed on this page. It ■ I durance itself is a way, and an Missions financially. SS may encourage friends to know For the devotion of the workers on the essential way, of increasing the field in face of delayed furloughs, that somewhat similar petitions straitened finances, and world unrest. vision. It is only through the fight will be used by a large number of For the increasing number of baptisms, that we win the light, and then the despite adverse conditions. ■I men and women of many denomi ■I light makes it possible to win the For the manifold mercies which have ■I nations and societies. It has been surrounded and supported all Missionary fight.” Let us, therefore, pray for operations at home, as well as abroad, suggested that 7.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., maintaining the open doors and furnish vision and endurance, and not only and 9.30 p.m. be regarded as special ing the needed supplies. talk about it. times for intercession, so that those LET US PRAY who pray, though sundered far, For more sympathy with GOD and for G eneral Fen g .— Copies of the courage to dare to be God-like even at may know they are meeting with the cost of social ostracism. booklet giving the story of General ■I many others around the Mercy Seat. ■I That the hearts of GOD'S people be not Feng, as published in the January ■I overcharged with (»res, bat that they What is perhaps far more necessary may have that vision which will enable and February issues of C h in a ’s them to endure. than large gatherings is that Chris M i u j o n s , are now ready, and can That the things which seem adverse may tians should privately, and in little be turned unto us for a testimony. be had from the offices of the companies, unite for worship and That GOD would give faith, courage and Mission at twopence per c o p y ; wisdom to all responsible for leadership intercession. in the Missionary Societies, and that postage will be extra, one half fortitude and grace may be granted to penny for single copies, twopence those bearing the burden and heat of A Spiritual Offensive.—The the day at the front. for six copies, and threepence for That despite every opposition the front twelve copies. more difficult the days the more line of the Christian forces may advance urgent the call to press forward and that GOD will tread down Satan Friends will be grieved to hear under our feet. that General Feng has been in spiritual conflict. Canon E. A. That GOD would gird those who rule and Burroughs, in his last book, The guide the nations, so that they may do wounded in the shoulder, and a His will, and that a spirit of love and Way of Peace, has, among many forgiveness may be poured out upon much valued medical missionary, striking statements, given ex us all. Dr. Logan, of the American Presby pression to the following thought. terian Mission, has been shot dead Speaking of Christian service, he Cmt this out and keep it in your Bible. by a demented Chinese soldier. M ^r c h , 1920. China’s Millions. 35 In Memoriam. Mrs. J. W. Stevenson.—Mr. George W. Clarke.—Mrs. J. Brock.—Miss I. Cormack URING recent weeks we have« been saddened by the and was ready, as soon as the Cliefoo Convention was signed news of the death of no fewer than four honoured a yeir later, to set forth as one of the band of pioneer.« members of the Mission, three in China, and one in to enter the unoccupied provinces. He and Mr. Edward Pish« D England. Though we rejoice to know that these were possibly the first Protestant missionaries to itinerate iu beloved friends have fulfilled the ministry which they received the province of K w a n g s i ; they were certainly the first members of the I/ORD J e s u s , the Mission is^truly impoverished by their of the C.I.M. to do so, and he and his brave wife were the first removal, and we also know that many lives will for long keenly to settle in the province of Y u n n a n . It was here his first wife feel the loss of those who, to them, have been so dear. Our died, leaving a babe six weeks old, without having seen q European hearts go out in deepest sympathy to all bereaved relath e;:. sister for more than two years. whom we sympathetically commend to the prayers of our Mr. Clarke, who only recently celebrated his seventieth birth readers. day, has given more than forty-four years of service lo China. Mrs. J. W. Stevenson. More than half of this time he spent as manager of the Mission’s With the Home-call of Mrs. Stevenson the Mission's business department at Tientsin. His death, from uraemia, last link with the pre-/ ammcrmuir days has been removed. took place in the Tsinanfu Hospital, whither he had gone for an Mrs. Stevenson sailed for China with her husband—who operation, which, however, was not performed. We think we subsequently became the well-known Deputy Director in cannot do better than quote the words of Dr. Baluie, who China— on October 3rd, 1865, in the sailing ship Antipodes. attended him, because of their reference to his last days and their Shanghai was testimony to his reached after a sterling character; voyage of no less “ In Mr. Clarke than 126 days. the Mission has in With the exception deed lost a wonder of the first six ful wonder, and months, when they there is no one who resided in Ningpo, knew him who their home until could fail to admire furlough was in his simple rugged the previously un faith and splendid occupied city of consistent life. We Shaohing. Here have been so struck Mrs. Stevenson, with his patience with her husband, and uncomplaining endured all the cheerfulness during hardships and pri these days that he vations inseparable has 1>een in hos from the days of pital ; it was a real the early pioneers, privilege to be al and during the prolonged and serious illness of Mr. Stevenson lowed to do anything for him, and yet he was so appreciative in this station no small measure of strain and anxiety fell upon of the least little service rendered him, and so ready to her. Unquestionably the courage and faith which she displayed make light of his discomforts. I was greatly struck, too, during those early years played no little part, under God, in with his constant thought for the unevangelised portions of the the founding of a strong and healthy church in that great country, and his plans for getting more workers for the interior. and-needy city. Though, in subsequent years, family claims Only a day or two before his Home-call, he was discussing ways necessitated prolonged separation from her husband, this was and means by which numbers of our students could be sent as also borne with equal fortitude as her part in the extension missionary doctors to the unreached districts of China ; it was of G o d ’ s Kingdom in China. It was indeed her unselfishness all so characteristic of the one steady purpose which had upheld and Christian fortitude during these long years that did so him ever since he came to this country. God grant that we may much to sustain and encourage her husband and make it see many more men of like faith and courage and heroism, possible for him to continue in the field. and with the same willingness to endure hardness as good soldiers It was only in August, 1918, that Mr. Stevenson’s Home-call of J e s u s Ch r is t .” came, so that less than eighteen months elapsed ere she was Mrs. J. Brock. called to join him in the Home above, her death taking place on 8th January last. Though Mr. Stevenson lies buried in China, The Home-call of Mrs. Brock, through an attack of the land of their adoption, and Mrs. Stevenson in Scotland, the influenza, has come as a sudden and unexpected shock. Mrs. land of their birth, neither continents nor death can any longer Brock, who was forty-eight years of age, first arrived in separate them, the one from the other, nor from Him whom China as Miss Edith Elliott, on November 8th, 1894, and was they sought to serve. united in marriage to Mr. Brock three years later. From the time of her marriage all her life has been spent in the province of George W . Clarke. H o x a x , apart from furloughs, and there, as the mother of her Mt. G W. Clarke was one of those who responded to children and the helper in the work among the women, she has the well-known appeal for eighteen new workers, issued ever manifested the adornment of a meek and quiet spirit, in 1875. He arrived in China in September of that year, which in the sight of God is of great price. A great sorrow came 36 China’s Millions. M a r c h , 1920. into her life by the death of her eldest son on the first day of the nobly carried on her duties, and she will be much missed by her great German offensive of March, 1918. On December 4 th fellow-labourers and the Chinese women among whom she last she received the call to join her boy in heaven. Dr. Guinness, worked. referring to her last illness, wrote as follows :•— The whole of last summer and the early autumn she spent 1 " I was summoned by wire-to attend Mrs. Brock, who was at the hospital on the hills at Kuling, in consequence of serious down with influenza. Miss Herbert came, and we did all in our tubercular trouble. In accordance with her own expressed power to sustain her strength. The toxaemia was severe, and wish the doctor consented to her removal to Hankow in the prostration very marked, the finer tubes of the lung being autumn, and there the last two months of her life were spent in blocked, the heart gave way, and our dear sister has gone to be the Mission Home, under the kind care of Mrs. Lewis Jones. with the LORD. She died at midday to-day, after an illness of The weakness and weariness of her lingering sickness were borne eleven days. Mrs. Brock was greatly loved. Her careful, with much nobility and courage, until the happy release came, faithful life, so consistent in walk, and so sane and helpful in in answer to her prayers, on December 4th, 1919, in the sixty- all its relationships, has borne an influence which will abide. fourth year of her age. She passed away in perfect peace, glad to go, yet willing to stay if such was His will." For all these who have found it their joy to spend and be spent in doing their Master’s will, we give G o d thanks. It is a comfort M Miss I. Cormack. to know that there is no such thing as ultimate loss in C h r is t ’s Miss Cormack arrived in China on January 5th, 1895, service. Sorrow, as He promised, shall be turned into joy, and only a few weeks after Mrs. Brock, and, with the exception all earthly loss become heavenly gain ; and so— of a few months spent in the Training Home at Y a n c c h o w , . “ For all the saints who from their labours rest, the whole of „her life in the land of her adoption was- Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, devoted to the province of K ia n g s i. Despite the fact that Thy Name, O J e s u , b e for ever blest. for a number of years she has been far from strong, she has Alleluia ! " . r. Third Edition. — BY — ÎZÎ Dr. & Mrs. HOWARD TAYLOR. 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It is specially requested that on every occasion when money is sent f0r the support oi, or for the work of, any particular Missionary, or for any Mission object, such as the support of a Chinese Helpei, a BiLlewoman or a Scholar, the objf-ct in view Le ciearly statei. If, on the other hand, money be sent for a Missionary, as a personal gift, or for any private purpose, this also should be clearly stated in older that it may be correctly acknowledged and forwarded. Bankers : London County Westminster and Parr’s Bank, Limited, 21, Lombard Street, London, E.C.3. DONATIONS RECEIVED IN LONDON FOR GENERAL FUND DURING FEBRUARY, Rect„ £ 6 liect. £1 s. d. R eel . £ 8. d. IUct. £ s. d.ilioct. £ s. cl. Kerl £ 8. d. 'R ect. £ s. d. R ect, £ s. d.iR ect. a s. cLI R ect. £ s. d. 2nd, 5968 2 0 0:6040 2 0 0(511(5 2 10 0|6182 1 1 O'6254 1 0 0¡6327 1 0 0 6401 1 0 0:5912 15 IS 116200 0 5 0 ¿898 0 17 6 59(59 5 0 0,6041 5 0 0 Utli. 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Ç “ In Loving Memorv !! Readers of “ The Record.’ Readers of “ The Christian.*1 ** “ X " Bristol. ■H - Missionary Pio.” , C h in a ’s M il l io n s. From Perplexity to Peace. Thought« from the Book of Habakkuk. By the Right Rev. Bishop W. W. C a s s e ls , D.D. H ABAKKUK is spoken of as a prophet, but the patience, that having done the Will of G o d , ye may title is given him not so much as one who receive the promise. For yet a very little while, He foretells the future, but as one who has re that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.” And the ceived a commission from G o d and has writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews possibly had this close intercourse with G o d . passage of Habakkuk in mind as he wrote these words. There is little of what is usually called “ prophecy ” in III. The Prophet’s Prayer. this Book. The writer records a personal soliloquy, or more correctly a divine colloquy ; for though the per As the prophet stands upon his watch tower, G o d sonal pronoun “ I ” stands out prominently at each new speaks to him ; the report (verse 2, margin) of G o d 's point in the Book (see i. 2, ii. i, iii. 2 and 18) yet it is doings comes back to him ; he is awe-struck and amazed always in close company with the word “ L o r d .” at the wonderfulness of G o d 's work, and he bursts out Without endeavouring to attempt any analysis of the into prayer, “ O L o r d , revive Thy work " (iii. 2). Book, notice four prominent features in this colloquy, Then in a remarkable passage he recalls G o d ’s mar in each of which there is a close concurrence of the vellous doings in the past, and the many manifestations words, “ I " and “ L o r d .” of His power. And it is surely with all this in view that he is enabled to offer the prayer which lias been taken I. T h e P r o p h e t ’ s P e r p l e x i t y . up again and again throughout all the history of the The colloquy opens with this in the second verse. Church, “ O L o r d , revive Thy work in the midst of The prophet is perplexed. “ L o r d , how long shall I the years.” cry, and Thou wilt not hear ? ” Prayer is unanswered, When G o d hides His face from us (Isa. lxiv. 7) and wc* evils are unchecked, iniquity is rife, judgment goes are perplexed, there is danger of failing to call upon Him, wrong. failing to stir up ourselves to take hold of Him. Then Now it is, of course, hard for one who has been far is the time to recall G o d ’ s wondrous doing in the past: away in a remote field to form a careful estimate of the till we are constrained to cry to Him for a fresh putting condition of religious life in England ; }ret, it does forth of His power, praying, “ O L o r d , revive Thy seem clear that the word perplexity described the con work.” dition of very many of G o d ’s people during the war, It is this we are taught to do in a beautiful passage in and still describes it. Misgivings fill many minds ; the Litany. The words put into our mouths are from questionings as to Divine Providence and government Psalm xliv. 1 and 26 : “ O, L o r d , we have heard with abound. “ G o d ’ s way is in the sea, His path in the our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us the noble great waters, and His footsteps are not known ” (Psalm works that Thou didst in their days, and in the old lxxvii. 19). The Armistice has not brought peace. time before them.” “ O L o r d , arise, help us and deliver There are still everywhere those who “ raise up strife us for Thine honour.” Let this then be our cry. and contention ” (verse 3). The world is a troubled Undaunted by difficulties ; unmoved by perplexities ; sea ; difficulties abound. We are perplexed. undeterred by the hiding of G o d ’s face, and by the dark clouds which overshadow us ; ever mindful of II. The Prophet’s Patience. G o d ’ s great doings in the past, let us stir up ourselves “ I will stand upon my watch and set me upon the to take hold of Him, and raise again the prayer of tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto Habakkuk, “ O L o r d , revive Thy work.” me ” (ii. 1). This is the prophet’s resolve in the time of his perplexity. He will seek a solitary spot; he IV. The Prophet’s Peace. will shut himself in alone ; he will climb to the loftiest It is a peace which leads to an exulting burst of praise, place he can find—the place nearest Heaven, and there “ Y et I will rejoice in the L o r d , I will joy in the G o d of he will watch and wait for the unfolding of G o d ’ s plans. my salvation ” (iii. 18). Though the vision tarry, he will wait patiently for it The prophet closes his prayer with a remarkable (verse 2). For he is learning that the just shall live by picture of peace— a peace based not on outward cir his faith (verse 3). His very name (H abakkuk=‘' strong cumstances or surroundings, but that of which the L o r d embrace ” ) suggests that no perplexities will allow him spoke to His disciples when He left them : “ In Me, to stagger at the promises of G o d through unbelief, peace ; in the world, tribulation.” but that amidst all the darkness that surrounds him, he He tells of a peace far above all earthly things, and will be “ strong in faith, giving glory to G o d ” (Romans compares himself to a hind which, when scared by iv. 20). alarms, flees fearlessly to its native rocks, and springing And it is this same patient waiting for the vision, from height to height, stands at last on some lofty peak, and for the working out of G o d ’s purposes that we need looking down on the world below and up to the heavens to-day in our present perplexities. Say not, “ The above. L o r d delayeth His coming.” “ Y e have need of All earthly things may fail, v iz .: Sweetness (the fig) A p r i l , 1920. 40 China’s Millions. A p r ii,, 1920. gladness (the vine), cheerfulness (the olive). Even the G o d . In the Psalms, this direction is found at the fields may yield no corn, the flocks die and the stall beginning ; here, it is at the end— a peculiarity which has stand empty. What then ? What of me ? “ 1 in been noticed from of old as suggesting that the song the L o r d [for the two wrords “ J ” and “ L o r d ” should should be for ever. be brought together] will exult for joy ; I will rejoice So be it ours, abounding in peace, notwithstanding in the f'.OD of my salvation.” the perplexities of this period, notwithstanding diffi And (note the concluding directions) the prophet culties and deprivations— be it ours to exult in the L o r d , hands on this song for general use in the worship of and rejoice in the G od of our salvation. Backsliding and Recovery amongst the Aborigines. B v H . P a r k e r , H s i n s h a o , Y u n n a n . URING the past few months there has been considerable But surely the Lord turned this to good account, for it gave us suffering through famine conditions. People have such a quiet time with Him and His Word, that my Kop’u boy scoured the hills for herbs, roots, and leaves of trees to there and then grasped the fact of salvation, and accepted pardon D eat, while latterly many have been living, or rather at the feet of the Saviour. The L o r d during those days came “ existing,’' on the leaves of the growing buckwheat crops. Many very near, and made many verses live, chief among which were have sold up houses and lands to obtain food, and in spite of i Cor. xii. 31 (“ a still more excellent way ” ) ; John xiv. 21 and good prospective harvests will be left poor. Oats are now Gal. ii. 20. ripening in places, and many are cutting them down while still Some days previously, before having this angry spell, our host green, in order to satisfy hunger. It is a case of going to the had asked me for some medicine for his shoulder, and also for Helds, cutting down a bundle of the ripest grain, and bringing deafness, and I had already brought it along from Hsinshao ; it home to thresh, and then cook for the evening meal. but there was no approaching the man, so the LORD just bid me In addition to famine, disease has been very prevalent. wait quietly, assuring me that “ the more excellent way " would Typhus, or something of that nature, has been raging amongst win the day. And, praise G o d , it did, for on a following morning, old and young, and many of the smaller children have suffered when all the rest of the people had finished breakfast and gone from whooping cough and broncho-pneumonia. In one small to work, the L o r d intimated that the moment to win the man village of seven or eight families (Kop’u), a dozen deaths have had come. He was sitting alone by the fire, so I dropped my occurred. Since the beginning of the year, at Hsinchao, there Bible, which I was reading at the time, and, arming myself with must have been thirty to forty cases, and practically every basin, towel, soap, and medicine, 1 went along to where he was, family in the village affected ; but, until recently, few deaths and showed the man as much love as I was capable of, and he have occurred. When home at Ilsinshao my hands have been was thoroughly taken aback. In a few minutes we had his full from morning till night, and there has been little respite shoulder bared, and I gave him the best wash, and, I believe, the from toil, even when out on the road. But I believe the L o r d first wash, that he had had for weeks, for many of these folks has blessed through a quiet ministry of love in many homes. simply wash their faces, and leave their necks as black as coal. I have myself certainly realised as never before that we are Having given him a good application of embrocation, I then preaching as dying men unto dying men, and yet, praise G o d .. set to work on his ears with an old broken s}rringe. The syringe our lives are lit up with the hope that He shall come whose may have been broken, but prayer worked the miracle. For appearing we look for. several years he had been partially deaf, and we syringed away Of the many happenings of the past few months I would just at the first ear for quite a time, and nothing came out. Then I like to tell you of one which was a factor in bringing about quietly lifted my heart in prayer that G o d would cause the victory in a backslidden village. Well, the first step was that hindrance to be removed by the next action of the syringe, and I had to give up a visit to the capital, when 1 was all packed up immediately there came out a great lump of w'ax, followed later ready for it, and, instead of journeying south, 1 was pressed in by much more. The ear still remaining to be syringed, however, the Spirit to go north to a certain village, and acknowledge my was the worst of the two, but faith was equal to anything that fault in uttering some harsh words to the people there several morning, and I quietly asked the L o r d to remove the hindrance mouths ago. From there we went on to another village a mile or by the very first action of the syringe, and again the prayer was two away, where we had a conflict with the powers cf darkness answered, while later, as we continued syringing, an abscess, such as I have never realised before. It was a supposedly believ which must have been forming in the ear, was removed. ing village, but practically every family had devil charms The whole incident greatly impressed us all, for one or two hanging outside their houses. After a personal visit to each home, others were about us before we had finished, and the man himself, and a word of exhortation, these were removed, and we were all having obtained hearing, was notably moved. A few days later ready to leave one morning, when I discovered that “ spirit he and three other families in the village brought out their baskets ” had recently been reinstated in many homes, so I “ spirit baskets,” and other items from the devil’s store, and we felt it imperative to stay on, and for many days the pillar of had a bonfire by a stone near the chapel. It was not without cloud rested for us upon that village. After a few days our host, much fear and trembling that these families had come to decision, whom we had been exhorting to cast away his “ spirit basket,” and never have I realised how much under actual bondage and had a very marked outburst of feeling against us, and verily Satan fear of the devil and demons are these poor souls. It very really seemed to have entered his heart. He beat his wife in anger, and impressed one that these folks, having in past years been brought whenever he caught sight of me or the men with me, he stormed out from bondage, and then again gone back, were more than furiously. One day, after all the rest of the household had gone ever under Satan’s sway. Please pray that these four families out to work in the fields, he was the last to do sc, and on going may ever be kept faithful, and that others may follow them in out, he locked myself and the two men with me inside the house. their decision. A p r i l , 1920. China’s Millions. 41 morning service, and our Pastor, Mr. Among Brigands. Yang, was not at home, I was asked to B y Miss R. J. P e m b e r t o n , C h i e n f u h a i , S z e c h w a n . take the meeting. G o d helped me, and they listened well. We gave them tracts, 33 have had some very wonderful them) to see our schoolgirls, and, of aud pleaded with them to repent, and answers to prayer this year. course, try and capture some of the turn to G o d . Some of them said they God has indeed been gracious- unto us, bigger girls. In a most wonderful way—• would return to their homes if they could, and we do praise Him. June, July, and I can’t go into details—the L o r d hid but they found it difficult to escape. The August were months never to be forgotten. the girls, and they were kept from seeing next day the soldiers came and some of We were surrounded by brigands again the brigands, and from nil harm. The head these very men were caught and beheaded and again; but we were kept from all brigand came twice that day, and even on the market here. There was severe harm. Our first visit from the brigands fired some shots outside my little house, fighting between the soldiers and the took place in February, when they came as he thought the girls were hiding inside brigands, and Miss Johanson and 1 had one market day, and robbed the market, and he would frighten them out in this a very busy time with the poor wooded taking a large number of captives and way, but God kept them. soldiers. Several of them were killed, much spoil. They immediately retreated Another time they came and stayed on but the brigands were defeated and cleared with their captives after they had taken the market for four days, and they came off to a more distant place, but only to all they could get. Amongst the captives up here every day, and at all times. I return after a little time. were several of our Christian men, so I had had several of the big girls hiding here Miss Wright paid me a visit in August, the-pleasure (?) of going with our Evan at that time. G od greatly helped us, and we had several visits from them then. gelist, Mr. Wang, to ask them please and although we were in real danger, One of the brigands was severely wounded, to set our people free. We hurried after we were kept in perfect peace. Just at and they brought him to us. Miss Wright them for over a mile, and then some of that time, when things were at their very kindly undertook the case, and his the brigands noticed us following, and worst, G od sent Miss Jolianson from wounds were nearly healed when he had waited for us. They were very polite Pachow to us. She was such a comfort to run away to escape the soldiers. I to us, and immediately let our Christians and help to us nil, and it was so good to believe this man has repented, and we have return (about ten altogether). That have her here to pray with. Many a heard that he has returned to his home. evening we had a wonderful praise meeting night I sat up all night, and could hear You have no doubt heard that we have in the church. Alas ! one of our old school shouts and screams sometimes. I shall several orphans here, and G o d has very boys was accidentally shot and died some never forget one Sunday, when quite a graciously provided for them. It is not days after. number of the brigands came to church a work that I have sought out for myself, The second time they came was when I both morning and afternoon. In the but it has been given to me by G o d . was away at an out-station with Mr. and afternoon we had a little Gospel service and, therefore, I am doing it, seeking all Mrs. Powell. They came (only a few of for them, and as Mr. Wang had taken the the wisdom and grace and strength that is needed from Him, and he has never failed us. I believe that some of these little girls (I have ten now) are truly converted. We are a very happy little family, with G o d in the midst, but the time has come when we feel they need a little house of their own. They are very packed just now, so we have prayed much about it, and now we have been enabled to buy the timber and tiles necessary. The L o r d will provide, and I want to learn to trust Him wholly, so that others may learn to trust Him too.' Please remember to pray for us, and ask that in all things we may have the one motive, in all that we do, that G o d may be glorified. Please thank G o d with us for the wonderful answers we have had to our poor feeble prayers. The brigands are still quite near to us, and only to-day soldiers passed our door to go and fight them. The country' round about here is very unsettled and the people have suffered very much, but the Christians have been wonderfully kept, thank G o d . C,I.M. MISSION HOUSE AT CHIENFUHAI, SZECHWAN. Departures for China.— March 18/A.— Miss Pemberton thus describes it:—“ Our home. G oi/s gift to us. I have two rooms upstairs. Dr. and Mrs. Walker. March 19/A.—Mr. The door that you see opened (ri leads into the children’s bedroom. There are fiveheds in it. and D. E. Hoste, via Canada. March 2 6 th.— ten people sleep there. They were not all at home when this photo was taken. The kitchen is Rev. and Mrs. T. Cook and infant. April not whitewashed yet. We have room for a very nice garden. ' 4ih.—Mr. and Mrs. A. Moore and infant. 42 * China’s Millions. April, 1920. Memorable Visits to Sonie Tribespeople in Yunñan. The following account of a visit to the tribespeople in Yunnan is an abridgement of a most interesting article contributed by Mrs. Gamewell to the “ Chinese Recorder” for December. Mrs. Gamewell, who is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Mission, North, is an advisory member of the Executive of the Chinese Yunnan Mission. An additional interest and value is lent to her impressions in that they are those of an independent witness. XJR Yunnan missionary party spent a never-to-be- rolled out ! Not a single false note was struck, and the people forgotten Sunday at Sapushan, though the mission Sang .with a spirit and fervour which moved me deeply. The aries, to our regret, were away at the time. About aborigines, like the Welsh; are natural singers. Non-Christians four o'clock one afternoon in May we found are wont at times to indulge in wild orgies lasting most of the ourselles standing at the foot of the tall mountain on night, when they sing obscene ditties to the accompaniment whose very summit the village is built, and looking with of crude, but sweet-sounding musical instruments. After longing eyes at the whitewashed walls of the chapel and school- becoming Christians they rarely if ever use these instruments, house plainly visible from below. So near they seemed in the on account bf their associations. The Chinese often call on bright sunlight, and yet, ah me, how far ! We were obliged to tribesmen to furnish music for weddings. approach the village from the west, which is the precipitous Christian aborigines, unlike many Occidentals, make no ascent. Up, and up, and up we toiled over the well-nigh per objection to lengthy services. Indeed, the longer they are, the pendicular path. The only way I managed was by having a better pleased they seem to be. I was told that on the Sunday stout coolie grasp each hand and pull me along by main force. before our visit to Sapushan the morning service comprised The phrase oftenest on my lips during those days of country eleven hymns, eight prayers, three addresses, and the Sacrament ! travelling in Y u n n a n — a most useful and necessary one, for it It is not uncommon for members of distinctly different tribes, brought my coolies to a halt—was “ Wo-ti ch'i pu kou J Wo-ti as well as those related tribes, to meet together for worship. ch'i pu kou ! ” (“ My breath is not sufficient ! ” ). A t the Sunday This happens usually only at the time of one of the great annual morning service at Sapushan, we heard the congregation sing, festivals. On one such occasion at Sapushan the missionary in among other hymns, “ 0 , Happy Day that Fixed My Choice,” charge gave out the hymn that is as much a favourite with the “ There is a Fountain Filled with Blood,” and “ All Hail the aborigines as with the Chinese, “ JESUS Loves Me,” in seven Power of JESUS’ Name ” to " Coronation.” How the melody different languages and dialects. This hymn and another much sung by thé tribal Christians, “ JESUS Saves,” have led to the conversion of hundreds. The chief occupation of the Hwa Miao, like most of the moun tain tribesmen, is farming, the land being rented from Chinese officials or over-lords of superior tribes, the latter often proving more of a menace to the peace-loving Miao than the Chinese. Their little cultivated patches dot the mountain sides around their villages. Their staple food is buckwheat which is mixed with water, and made into thick, dark, doughy cakes. Rice is a luxury, as it will not grow on the high mountains and the people can seldom afford to buy it. Miao houses have no. chim neys, and the smoke constantly arising from the fire on the mud floor in the centre of the living-room, whose door is kept shut much of the time, is. the chief cause of the sore eyes so common among old and young, and which too often lead to blindness. When a young couple marries, the groom’s father gives in ex change for the bride a cow, goat, and pig. If he is too poor to afford these animals, several lengths of hemp cloth take their place. The women hold to the distinctive tribal dress, but most of the men wear Chinese clothes.“ The women spin and dye the hempen thread, weave it into cloth, then applique and- embroider their garments in variegated colours. The finished costume, which often takes a Miao woman, busy with her field work in the daytime, three years to make, is coarse but extremely picturesque. She wears her. hair, after her first child is bom, twisted into the shape of â horn onthe front of her head. Miao women, like tribeswomen generally, do not bind their feet. The people are noted for their honesty. In illustration of the way that they can be trusted, Mr. Nicholls tells of going away, once on a two months’ evangelistic trip, and leaving in his study, whose door had no lock, on it, many large baskets filled with( strings of cash. When he returned he found the room undis-~ turbed and not a cash missing. Famine conditions this last Photo bÿl [A. G. N icholls, spring were not so bad among the tribespeople in Y u n n a n as in K w e ic h o w , yet both Miao and Iàsn in paris of the north THREE CHRISTIAN HWA MIAO MAIDENS. west were reduced to eating thé roots of ferns, first pounding out A p r i l , 1920. China's Millions. 4 3 the juice, then toiling it till the pulp turned black. Even this food could be had only in small quantities, and contained so little nutriment that those feeding on it were soon too weak to climb the mountains. There is at Sapushan a lower and a higher primary school, both for "boys. A Chinese teacher of unusual refinement and good education is in charge. For fifteen years he has worked among tribespeople, and is now supporting a wife and five children on nine dollars and a half a month. He was delighted to see our party, for he and his family are the only Chinese at Sapushan, and this was the first time he had ever been visited by Chinese Christians. The morning we left he and a band of his scholars walked with us a long distance over the brow of the mountain, and when at last we bade him good-bye, after a heartfelt prayer by Pastor Li, our little group standing with bowed heads in the bright May sunshine, there were tears in his eyes as he wished us “ peace ” and thanked us for coming. Several promising young Miao men are studying medicine at Chengtu University in S z e c h w a n . It is expected that they will return as missionary doctors to their own people. The greatest need at Sapushan at present is a Bible School for training native evangelists, and a consecrated Chinese at the head of it. Cannot a man be found willing to fill that position on a salary not exceeding twelve or fifteen dollars a month ? The oppor tunity is great. Five of our Y u n n a n party spent Easter Sunday among the Iyisu tribespeople at Ta-ku, six days’ journey almost directly north from Yunnanfu. It has been my privilege to worship on Easter Sunday in some very interesting and unusual places in different parts of the world, but I think that the experience at Ta-ku was the most memorable, as it was certainly the most unique, of them all. The journey to Ta-ku, which leads off the main road, is frankly admitted by the Y u n n a n missionaries to be one of the worst over which they travel. “ Terrible ! " we were warned, before setting out. We had not been long on Photo by\ [C. G. Gowman. the way before I had broken my sun-glasses, my thermos bottle, and the handle of my sun umbrella, while my pith hat, tom TWO MEN OF THE LISU TRIBE, NORTH OF TENQYUEH. off my head times without number by sudden gusts of wind I One of these men carried Mr. Gowman’* baby-ortfan on his back for nearly 15 miles. on the mountains, had a habit of pirouetting gaily out of reach till rescued by some long-suffering coolie. I finally fastened it in place with a large fringed hand towel tied securely under our hands. Services began on Easter Sunday with a sunrise my chin, an effective device, which had the added merit of meeting, and ended late at night. There were twenty-one furnishing entertainment for the wide-eyed inhabitants of the baptisms, the Sacrament, and glorious singing, some of the hymns villages through which we passed. We suffered much from being our well-known Easter anthems in which the schoolboys thirst. I can see Miss Chen now, sitting in her mountain chair had been carefully drilled. The meetings continued through and holding ‘fast, among her other possessions, to a huge, Monday. Mr. Gowman told us that the eight hundred people elongated turnip. She assured me that slices cut from the present had come from over sixty villages. Many had been turnip and sucked helped greatly to assuage thirst. Three days three or four days on the way, old men past threescore years and out from Ta-ku we were met by Mr. G. E. Metcalf, without ten, and mothers with babies on their backs and leading little whose company we should probably have lost our way as the children, all trudging uncomplainingly over the mountains chair coolies were unfamiliar with the road. The inns grew They brought their own food and slept while at Ta-ku in the worse and worse the farther we got from Yunnanfu. The day homes of the villagers or in rude quarters reserved for these before reaching Ta-ku Mr. Metcalf said we had gone beyond periodic gatherings. Last winter at the Christmas feast, which the region of inns and would stop that night with a Lisu family came at the close of the meetings, ninety-five tables were spread, in a village of Lisu. The Lisu home proved to be at least as and in addition to quantities of corn-cakes, pea noodles and beans, good as the inns, which is not saying much. As soon as we there were consumed a cow, three pigs, and seven goats. Tribes arrived people crowded into the courtyard, the women decked men are not always in a starving condition ! But such high out in all their finery, and we held a service, which was largely living is very exceptional, the usual food of the Lisu being maize. one of song, lasting late into the night. When still two hours’ Missionaries to the aborigines are content to live in almost journey from Ta-ku, we could see, on a distant mountain side, camp style. The. simple furnishings of the Gowman house the glistening, whitewashed walls of the chapel. Soon we began are all of native manufacture except just two articles, a wicker meeting the Christians, who had walked far out over the rough easy chair and a small organ, which were brought on the backs roads to welcome us with songs and banners. A t the entrance of coolies from Yunnanfu. After reaching the top of a particu to the village were Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Gowman and their six- larly steep mountain, the coolie who was carrying the organ months’-old baby. “ You cannot know what this visit means to dropped on his face on the ground and cried like a baby from us ! ” exclaimed Mr. Gowman in his hearty way, as he grasped sheer exhaustion. Do not fancy thè tired missionaries reposing 44 China’s Millions. A p r i l , 1920. at night on spring mattresses ! Their beds are the kind found mud walls. These sacrifices were made voluntarily, for the in Chinese inns, several lengths of unpainted timber resting on chapel was built some time before missionaries were sent to wooden legs, and covered with a bamboo mat over which the take charge of the work. In order to avoid the wanton destruc bedding is laid. Mrs. Gowman has made for herself a straw tion of trees, it has been made a law at Ta-ku that whoever cuts mattress which she considers a great luxury. When she first one down without the general consent of the people, must give went to Ta-ku, so far removed not only from foreign food supplies a free meal to all in the village. Small kerosene lamps lighted but Chinese as well, it was a problem how to prepare nourishing the chapel at Ta-ku, but in many tribal villages a more primitive meals for her family. But necessity is the mother of invention, method of lighting is used. In front of the altar is set a table, and she soon acquired the art of evolving out of native products a made by resting a stone slab on a section of a tree trunk. As variety of toothsome edibles, even to a mince pie ! As we sat the worshippers congregate, each one lays on the table a few at dinner one day I remarked to Mr. Gowman that it was a chips of resinous pine. Fresh chips are added from time to time. fine piece of roast beef he was carving. “ Do not be deceived,” Sometimes balls of resin take the place of pine chips, or again, he laughed, " this is kid ! ” There are plenty of cows in the several long sticks of bamboo bound together and set fire to at country, also goats and some sheep. But rarely indeed is a one end, are held during the service by individuals in different cow sacrificed for food, being too valuable in farm work. Neither parts of the chapel. is it milked. The people never heard of suchia thing as milking Self-support is strongly emphasised among both the Hwa a cow, and regard the suggestion as the height of absurdity. Miao and Lisu Christians. They build their own chapels— The Lisu women, like the Hwa Miao, weave and embroider there are thirty-three in the Ta-ku district, with Christians in their own garments, which are also made of hemp. On Easter more than a hundred villages—and, where there is a resident Sunday, when Pastor Li in his sermon drew an illustration from evangelist, they give him a mud house of two rooms and food the silkworm, the Lisu evangelist, who was interpreting for him, and fuel. Each evangelist is paid thirty Mexican dollars a year remarked, “ We know nothing here about silk. All we know from mission funds. At Ta-ku on Easter Monday a meeting was is hemp.” ,.| held to stress still further self-support. The people responded The hemp is woven, in lengths about four yards and a half royally, poor as they are, and one man from another village long and a foot and a half wide. One hundred lengths bring broke down and sobbed aloud as he told of the effort he intended five and a half or six dollars. We were continually passing on to make to give and raise money for the L o r d ’s work. Hwa the road tribesmen carrying packages of hemp cloth to market Miao and Lisu Christians are earnest evangelists, and it is in Yunnanfu, and other 'places. beautiful to find that men of low degree like the Miao are readily The chapel at Ta-ku stands on ground which was formerly listened to by those higher up in the social scale. Several the village threshing floor, and trees once sacred to the worship Lisu men from Ta-ku have recently gone as missionaries among of demons were cut down to furnish supporting beams for the kindred tribesmen in the southern part of the province. There is pressing need of school teachers among the tribes- people. The Higher Primary School at Sapushan is supplying a' few, but very slowly. Boys do not rush into the schools. Perhaps it is the parents who hold them back, most of whom see no advantage in book learning, and are wide awake to the value of their sons' services on the farms. There are no girls’ schools at Sapushan or Ta-ku. Missionaries say it would be impossible to induce a girl to attend school, although station classes for the study of the Bible are held twice a year and very well attended by both sexes. The Lisu evangelist who inter preted for Miss Li and Miss Chen made an observation on his own account at the close of their addresses Sunday afternoon. Turning to the women’s side of the house, he said with emphasis, “ Do you know why these women have been able to talk to you so- well ? It is because they have education. Can*you stand 011 this platform and talk ? No, you cannot, for j'ou are not educated. You mothers ought to send your daughters to sfchool. It is a good thing for women to be educated.” There are no women evangelists among the aborigines, partly for the reason that none are prepared to do the work of an evangelist, and also because the social customs of the people make it possible for a male evangelist to work freely among both men and women. The Pollard script is used in translating the Scriptures, but Chinese is taught in the schools. People living near salt wells usually pay in salt for their books and paper, which are bought from the Commercial Press in Shanghai. Another urgent need among the tribespeople is for doctors and hospitals, preferably native doctors, who will itinerate widely. Mrs. Gowman, versatile woman that she is, though not a doctor or a trained nurse, can set bones, pull teeth, treat carbuncles« and do various and sundry other things when the necessity arises. Her baby was bom in Yunnanfu, and when barely a Photo by] [/4. G. Nicholls. month old was brought to Ta-ku on the back of a Lisu coolie. That sounds all right in the telling, but oh! I shuddered as I SOME LAKA MAIDENS. thought of the mountain roads ! “ Weren't you afraid ? I cried. A p r i l , 19 2 0 . China’s Millions 46 “ There was nothing else to do," was the quiet reply. “ I could not carry baby myself, for I rode a horse.” Mr. Metcalf and Mrs. Gowman each made a journey on separate occasions toYunnanfu, of which they have little recollection, for it was when they were very sick with typhoid fever. Think of travelling six days over the Y u n n a n mountains and spending five nights in Chinese inns, to get to a doctor ! Mr. Gowman calls work among the aborigines the “ cream of missionary work,” and we may thank God there are rich compensations, for it calls for men and women of heroic mold to do it. A gradual absorption into the Chinese race of the tribal peoples is going on constantly in Y u n n a n . In some cases the absorption is already so complete that the casual observer would not detect in the people a sign of aboriginal birth or ancestry. Others of this class, however, still retain many of their old-time customs, live on the high mountains, their women wear the tribal dress, and among themselves they speak the tribal lan guage, though the men, to a greater or less extent, can speak and understand Chinese. I had an opportunity to visit some tribespeople of this type south-west of Yunnanfu, in company with Miss Elizabeth Donnelly and Mr. H. A. C. Allen, oi the China Inland Mission. Mr. Allen superintends this work from his headquarters in the capital. We visited four centres, in three of which the people, without a copper of mission money, had built pretty, commodious chapels. On our arrival we found the chapels draped with Chinese flags, and the floors freshly covered with fragrant pine needles. Many of the villages were flat-roofed. It was seldom we saw a tile roof, as the labour, if not the impossibility, of carrying tiles to these mountain fastnesses made their cost prohibitory. The roads we were obliged to travel over were infested with robbers. The inhabitants of several villages would flock together for mutual protection, while all the able-bodied men, armed with Photo by\ [A. G. Nicholla. a motley collection of rude weapons, went forth to hunt the bandits. Women hid the family heirlooms, perhaps burying TWO LAKA CARTERS. them. Some were living on almost starvation rations, their crops having been destroyed and their Mores stolen. The wind among the tall pines, and catch glimpses of the star- Christians who came out on the road to meet us carried rifles studded sky. How far away we felt from the outside world ! to protect both themselves and us from a sudden attack. During Our last stopping-place, which was also the most distant, our last night at Hsinchai, which was the first tribal village Mr. Allen himself had never seen before. For three years it we visited, a rather exciting incident occurred. We were in the had been the centre of a rapidly growing work, started at the midst of a lively testimony meeting when word was brought to solicitation of the people by one of Mr. Allen’s evangelists. We us that torches were to be seen on a near-by mountain, coming were enthusiastically welcomed. For us the fatted pig and goat our way, and that voices could be heard singing our hymns. were killed and, in the public kitchen temporarily established It happened that in this village the head man was bitterly under some trees near the chapel, rice was kept steaming most opposed to Christianity, and on the occasion of Mr. Allen’s of the day and night. Miss Donnelly and I slept in the home of previous visit, a year or two before, had threatened to kill every the headman of the village, occupying a small room with thirteen Christian in the place. It was now suspected that this man had others, six women and seven children. At this place thirty- gathered a band of rowdies from his own and neighbouring vil seven men and an equal number of women were baptized, among lages, and was on his way to carry out his original threat, the them the headman and his family. The forenoon of the day company singing our hymns in derision. But our fears proved we left, the Chinese over-lord came from his home seven miles groundless, for we soon learned that the men were Christians away, to pay his respects to Mr. Allen and express his interest from villages two, three, and four days distant. They had heard in the Christian religion. His deceased brother, who preceded that Mr. Allen was in those parts, and had made the long, him in office, had been a merciless persecutor of the tribespeople. wearisome journey to beg him to visit their villages before going The missionaries in Y u n n a n that I was able to talk with, are home, which I am glad to report he did. After the interruption, agreed that of the total number of Christians in the two pro the testimony meeting was resumed, with songs of praise and vinces, K w e ic h o w and Y u n n a n , at least eighty per cent, are prayers of thanksgiving. It made a weird scene,—the chapel aborigines. Hundreds of Chinese families, they told me, have with its shadows only partly dispelled by the fitful gleam from been led to accept Christianity through the direct influence of two small smoky lamps hanging from the ceiling, and two the tribespeople, while very many who are already Christians rapidly diminishing candle tips on the unpainted pulpit; rows have, by the example of the tribesmen, been drawn into a deeper of dark men and women—the latter in striking tribal dress— religious experience. Aborigines by the hundreds are asking sitting facing each other, and, in the space between them, for baptism ; Chinese by units and tens. Yet, after all this is a generous sprinkling of tribes babies, their funny little head said, it is unquestionably true that the Christian leaders of the dresses awry, sleeping peacefully on a carpet of pine needles. future are destined to be the Chinese, and not the aborigines, Through the open door we could hear the sighing of the night- except among those of their own race. 46 China’s Millions. A p r i l , 1920. There is a large number of such person! The Day of Opportunity. in this district. The problem is how tc get these to decide for Ch r is t ! I5y Jo h n L . R o w e , K a n c h o w , K ia n g s i. Kanchow has now an installation oi H IL E we were away from the tapping of a wooden fish and the clang electric light. The inherent desire tc Station, the school work of cymbals. Close by in a heap on the make just a little more profit than ii was looked after by the ground were chairs, boxes, a foot-stove legitimate finds expression in the issue W young Christian teacher (it was cold weather), and other articles of more lamps than the dynamos car who, I am sorry to say, has now left i.s all made with coloured paper to burn supply, which results in poor lights. to help his brother-in-law in business. and send to the spirit world for the use What a wonderful dynamic there is in Our other teacher also left at the end of the dead. I stopped a moment and the words, “ I am the Light of the of the term, so we had to get two new passed a remark to a working man who World ” ! men, both of whom are heathen. One of was going my way. “ Yes,” he said, Trade still suffers from political un these is an old-time Confucianist, while “ This is devil worship, and ought not rest. The schools in the city have the other is a young man of more to be done. We ought to worship G o d .” lowered the standard of efficiency, con modern type. We have forty-eight boys “ How do you know? ” I asked. “ Oh, sequently the number of scholars has this term, and are continuing to lay the I know. I’ve heard a lot about your fallen tremendously. foundations on which we trust will be Jiistrs, that He can save us; and that built many a solid witness to the Trufh idolatry is false.” “ Where have you PRAYER ANSWERED. in the days fast approaching. heard about these things?” “ At youi W f l E had heard that a certain paper had The Day of Opportunity faces us like street chapel.” “ Have you ever been a good deal about the victorious an extended panorama. Our section c.f to our services at our large chapel?” life in it, and felt we would like to have it. it is at least 100 miles long by 150 miles “ No.” I invited him to come and hear No copy had so far reached our district. wide. This contains t h r e e w a i t e d more. He said that his confectionery Time passed and still a strange longing c i t i e s , about forty market towns, and business did not allow him time for this. I could not understand came over me villages dotted everywhere, all without In the little conversation I had witli that I should see that paper. At last the any Christian preachers or teachers. To him as we walked along, I found that be feeling was so strong that I prayed about meet this need there is a deplorable lack knew quite enough to enable him by it, and later on wrote to America for of workers. Mr. Bunting’s only worker faith to pass from death unto life. in the city (not including two colpor particulars of it. A few weeks more teurs) has just left to go into business. passed, and I had to prepare for special Two evangelists left some time ago to meetings for the women and children, join the Seventh Day Adventists with and again the thought began to haunt me the hope of getting more money. Both FOR ■■■■ about this paper. It was as a voice of these were disappointed, and one has PRAISE & PRAYER. ■ speaking to me and saying, “ If }rou had that paper now, it would be a help to returned to church fellowship, the other I PRAISE. is still grasping for the things of this j For spiritual victory in a backslidden you.” Being unable to put the thought world. All this exemplifies, not the 1 Miao village (page 40). aside, I put down my work and went That the spirit of self-support is so weakness of the Gospel, but the weak strongly emphasised among the Hwa straight to the L o r d about it. I told Miao and Lisu Christians in Yunnan Him that it would take another two ness of those who will not surrender (page 44). themselves to the Lordship of C h r i s t . For the Christianising influence of the months to obtain an answer to the letter Tribespeople over their Chinese neigh I had sent, even if it came then, but if How much joy do we shut ourselves off bours (page 45.) from because “ The cares of this world, For the beginning of the answer to prayer He wanted me to have it for preparation and the deceitfulness of riches, and the for more medical missionaries, as evi now, He must send it to me at once ; and denced in the sending to China of Dr. lust of other things entering in, choke and Mrs. Walker (page"41). He did send it. That very afternoon a the Word, and it becomcth unfruitful,JJ For the preservation of Miss Pemberton bundle of six copies of the paper reached and her school girls from brigands l'he Evangelistic Society that was (page 41). me. They had been sent off from Canada formed last year by the church here is For the recent encouraging fall in the weeks before, and two of the copies silver exchange. preparing to meet some of the need For the merciful deliverance of Messrs, contained the very notes which were to mentioned, but at present there is no Metcalf & Cowman out of the hands be of use to me then. Wasn’t that just of brigands (page 48). one to send forth into this district. We like our L o r d . Oh ! how He loves us, PRAYER. may have to look further afield for help. and delights to supply our need at the For the establishing of a Bible School in There are hundreds of people in this city Sapushan, and for a consecrated right time and in the right way. He saw and the whole of our “ parish ” who Chinese to be put in charge of it (page 43). that it would be good for me, His child, have heard enough of the Gospel to save For School Teachers for the Tribespeople, to have that gift, but He just let me want them if they could be induced to make a also for Doctors for them (page 44). it, so that I might go straight to Him and personal acceptance of C h r i s t as Re For the Evangelistic Society of the Church at Kanchow, that it may be greatly pros and ask for it, that He— shall I say it?— deemer. I will give you an actual case pered in the effort to reach with the might have the joy of answering and of what I mean. I was returning from Gospel the people of this district (page 46). supplying my request. the street chapel one night; at the end For the Annual Meetings; and for Mr. Since then this paper has been sent to of the road a table was placed in an open Hoste as he leaves to return to China via Canada (page 47). me regularly from America and has proved space in front of a temple, spread with That the Government’s compulsory educa most helpful. You may, perhaps, ask, the necessaries for worship of the devil; tion tax, and the problem of the regis tration of schools, may not seriously “ Does the L o r d , then, give you all you candles burned and incense smoked to handicap the work of the various | ask for ? ” Would an earthly parent give the accompaniment of prayers for the Mission Schools throughout the country j dead which were winged on their way to his child all he may ask for ? the unseen world by the monotonous Cut this out and keep it in your Bible. —A l ic e H u n t . A p r i l , 1920. China’s Millions. 47 Editorial Notes. H E A N N U A L M E E T I N G S .— The Mission hopes, hensive lest such recognition might entail a restriction God willing, to hold its Annual Meetings in of liberty in the teaching of the Christian religion. Xiondon on Tuesday, May nth. The chair In the first Conference, that is, the Conference of T will be taken, both afternoon and evening, Missionaries only, Mr. Lutley opened the subject by ex by Dr. Stuart Holden, the Home Director, and the plaining that the question was being forced to an issue closing addresses will be delivered by the Rev. J. Russell partly by the Chinese Church and partly by the attitude Howden, M.A., and Pastor D. J. Findlay, of Glasgow. of the authorities in some places. Miss Cable, who had Though it is at present a little too early to announce the spent much time collecting information from other full programme of these meetings, we may say that we missionaries, felt, as a result of her enquiries, that look forward to gatherings of exceptional interest, and registration entailed many serious disadvantages, and we trust that friends will be able to reserve this date, that, as a whole, the schools could not be conducted and to anticipate the meetings by much prayer. on satisfactory Christian lines if they were registered and took the Government examinations. In the dis Mr. D. Hoste.— On Friday, March 19th, Mr. Hoste cussion that followed, it was mentioned that in some ■once again set sail for China, travelling by the Canadian provinces recognition had been asked for and refused, Pacific steamship “ Melita ” across the Atlantic, with while, in other places Christian schools had been the purpose of spending some time in Canada and the registered. United States before crossing the Pacific for China. The following recommendations were made by the His stay of several months in England has in no small Missionaries’ Conference after a careful and prayerful measure strengthened and encouraged all connected discussion :— with the home administration, and we earnestly com “ Fearing that the registration of our Mission schools mend him to the prayers of G o d ’s people, that he may will hinder our liberty in the preaching of the Gospel, be greatly helped, both in North America and on his and the Christian influence we would desire to exercise arrival in China, where we know he is eagerly looked for. among our scholars, also that it would relegate the The responsibilities of a post such as Mr. Hoste teaching of Scripture to a secondary place in the occupies, it need hardly be said, are both constant and curriculum, we deprecate applying for Government exacting, so that in a special sense he needs the registration of our Christian schools until compelled sustaining power and wisdom of G o d . While we rejoice to do so.” to think that in China he will rejoin Mrs. Hoste, from “ In view of the possible compulsion of the Govern whom he has been separated for so long, we remember ment and the attitude of the Christian leaders in at the same time that he leaves behind all his three some districts, we consider it desirable, before taking sons in this country. Such separations aTe not forgotten any further steps, to obtain from the Commissioner by Him Who called men into His service, as the words of Education a written or printed statement setting of C h r i s t in the Gospels clearly state, and we earnestly forth the conditions for registration.” pray that G o d ’s own hundredfold may be granted to all “ We are further of opinion that the right to those in this w av affected. appoint the members of the staff, to maintain the full control of management and discipline, and full The Shansi Provincial Conference.—In the liberty to teach the Scriptures, should be regarded January issue of China’s M illions, a brief account of as essential conditions of Christian schools being the S h a n s i Provincial Conference, held at Hwochow registered, and in all cases where these conditions during last September, was published. More recently, cannot be secured, we advocate closing of the schools.” the official minutes of that Conference have come to hand, and as these deal with some matters of con The Joint Conference.—When this subject of siderable importance, we purpose referring in somewhat education came before the Joint Conference of Chinese fuller detail to one of these in particular. There were and foreign workers, there was an animated discussion, really two separate Conferences held on consecutive some of the Chinese leaders being strongly in favour of days, the first being for missionaries only, and the second registration. The Joint Conference, however, subse a joint gathering for the Chinese and foreign workers quently unanimously endorsed the following three together. The more important subjects dealt with conditions as essentials before there could be any were (x) educational problems, including Government agreement as to the registration of Church schools:— recognition of Christian Schools ; {2) Self-support, including the joint administration of Mission and (1) Appointment of teachers and other members Church Funds ; (3) the appointment of Church leaders, of the staff to be in our own hands. and (4) the new script. (2) Management and discipline to be entirely in the hands of the Principal. Educational P ro blem s.— One of the most difficult (3) Perfect freedom in the teaching of the Scrip and most urgent questions the Conference had to con tures. sider was connected with the attitude to be adopted When these conditions had been accepted, Pastor towards the Government recognition of Christian I/iu then proposed that the Church agree for the present schools. On the part of some of the Chinese leaders to wait until definite assurance had been received from there was a strong desire to have the Christian schools the Commissioner of Education to the effect that Church registered, and thus secure official recognition. On schools would not be interfered with on the three the other hand, the missionaries were somewhat appre essential points named. This proposal, we are glad to - 48 China’s Millions. April, 1920. say, was carried both by the Chinese and foreign repre and desire to call their attention to the following sentatives present. facts :— | Through the blessing of G o d there is now in this- Other Educational Difficulties. It will be seen province an exceptional opportunity for wide-spread, from the above that there are some serious problems presentation of the claims of the Gospel; this is before the Christian Church in China in connection with perhaps due in part to the enlightened action of the educational work. In addition to what has been men Governor, in discouraging idol worship, fighting tioned, there is now, we understand, a compulsory superstition, and introducing many useful reforms. educational tax in some provinces, at least, if not in all, We desire, first of all, to make an urgent appeal to and some of the Christians who have been supporting our friends in the homelands to unite in earnest prayer the Christian voluntary schools in their villages are for us missionaries, that we may be endued afresh feeling themselves unable both to pay this educational with power from on high, that we may understand tax and yet support their own local church schools. the times, and be able to enter into all the plans our Further, we have recently heard that the progressive L o r d and Master J e s u s C h r is t may have Tor us at Governor of the Province of S h a n s i has offered to many this strategic moment. of the Christian teachers in our schools a very substantial We are also feeling keenly the shortage of Spirit- increase of salary if they would leave us and serve in filled Chinese workers to cope with the present-need, Government schools. Many of the teachers have been con and, without losing sight of our own responsibility strained by this offer to accept the Governor’s proposal. to pray for, seek out, and train such, we earnestly While we cannot blame these men for accepting posts solicit the co-operation of G o d ’ s people at home to which promise them and their families much more of join at once with us in continued prayer that these material comfort than would have been attained in our workers may be given. Mission schools, the turning aside of such men from the In many places temples are being destroyed or more humble sphere of Christian service for Government turned into schools, and if this shaking of belief in appointments does introduce many a trying and the religions of the past be not met with a forceful perplexing problem to the workers on the field. Every presentation of Christian truth, we may later on be thing is being done by the Mission that can be done to faced with the situation best described in the words keep the Christian schools abreast of modern require of our L o r d : ‘ The last state of that man is worse ments, but it is not possible, and perhaps hot altogether than the first.’ ” desirable, that the same financial inducements should obtain in Christian schools as do in Government appoint The Swanwick Summer School.—We are thankful ments. We thank G o d for those men who have sacrificed to state that already three times as many persons have temporal advantage so as to continue with us, and we ask registered for the C.I.M. Swanwick Summer School prayer that both in our own -country, and also in the as had done so at the corresponding date last year. Mission field, there, may be men and women who will We would suggest that if there are any friends who be willing for C h r i s t ’ s sake to be poor in the things of specially* desire to be with us on that occasion -they this world that they may lay up treasure in Heaven. should register their names without delay, in order that It should perhaps be mentioned that the Mission’s accommodation may be reserved. The dates are from educational policy is, in the main, only to provide Monday, June 7th, to Saturday, June 12th. Full Christian education for the children of Christians, so particulars may be had from the Secretaiy of the that they shall not be compelled to attend heathen Conference, Mr. J. B. Martin, at the offices of the schools. In pursuance of this policy, the Mission Mission in London. has also encouraged the Christians themselves to do what they can to support such institutions. We are In the Hands of Brigands.—We have recently thankful to say that the Church in China has done received an intimation from the Foreign Office, stating well in this, but, as already mentioned, the Government’s that they have been informed, by a cable from His compulsory education tax bears heavily upon the Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires in Peking that two of our poor, and much wisdom is needed to" find a w ay missionaries, Messrs. Metcalf and Gowman, had been through the present perplexing conditions. captured and carried off by brigands in Y u n n a n . We are thankful to learn, however, that Mr. Metcalf has A Call from the Conference.—Though we cannot been rescued, and that Mr. Gowman managed to escape. enter further into the various problems discussed at the The military governor of the province has expressed his important gatherings referred to, we must not refrain sincere regrets for this untoward incident. from publishing part of a message sent home to the As there is a good deal of information in this issue Home Councils and supporters of the Mission by the concerning the work of these two missionaries, and of missionaries gathered on that occasion. This call in other workers among the tribes, this news will help part reads as follows :— to emphasize the difficulties and dangers accompanying “ liie missionaries attending the S h an si Provincial labour among these scattered peoples in the hills. With Conference at Hwochow unite in sending greetings our thanksgivings to G o d let us also pray for a con to the Councils and supporters in the home lands, tinuance of His preserving mercies. Selling All to Buy the Field, 7 d . Nct* By MARSHALL BROOMHALL, M.A. C ’ r$r\Vol. XLVI. No. 5. TWOPENCE. MAY, 1920. China’s Millions. | & * * % fl* X f I IfttHlZll J ENAVAH *J FM H TENGYUEH RIVER, JUST ABOVE THE FALLS. CHINA INLAND MISSION ANNUAL MEETINGS. THE KINGSWAY HALL, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. : TUESDAY, 11th MAY, 1920. ===== (See page 59) Morgan & Scott, Ltd., 12, Paternoster Buildings, 1*>ndon, E.C-4, or from any Bookseller; OR POST FREE 2S. 6d . PER ANNUM FROM THE CHINA INLAND MISSION, NEWINGTON GREEN, LONDON, N .l6 . CHINA INLAND MISSION. Telegrams—Lammermvir, Hiburv-London. NEWINGTON GREEN, LONDON', X.16. Telephone—1807, Dalston. Founder : The Late J. Hudson Taylor, m.r.c.s. General Director : D. 33. HosTE. Home Director ...... Rev. J. Stuart Holden, M.A., D.D. Secretary : F. Marcus Wood. Editorial Secretary : M arsh al Broomiiai.L, M.A. Treasurer : Albert A. Head. Deputation Secretary : T. Gear W illett. Secretary Men-Candidates’ and Young People’s Department : John B. Martin. Secretary Auxiliary Council for Scotland: G. Graham Brown, 121, Bath Street, Glasgow. Secretary Women-Candidates’ Department : Miss Edith Smith, 45, Aberdeen Park, Highbury, London, N.5. Accountant : W. S. Hayes. All donations should be addressed to the Secretary, C h i n a I n l a n d M i s s i o n , Newington Green, London, N.16. Money Orders (payable at G.P.O.) and Cheques, which should be crossed, payable to the C h i n a I n l a n d M i s s i o n . It is specially requested that on every occasion when money is se"t for the support of, or for the work of, any particular Missionary, or for any Mission object, such as the support of a Chinese Helper, a Biblewoman or a Scholar, the object in view be clearly stated. If, on the other hand, money be sent for a Missionary, as a persona! gift, or for any private purpose, this also should be clearly stated in order that it may be correctly acknowledged and forwarded. . Bankers : London County Westminster and Parr’s Bank, Limited, 21, Lombard Street, London, E.C.3. DONATIONS RECEIVED IN LONDON FOR GENERAL FUND DURING MARCH, 1920. Hurt. & S. :Kect. .e s. J. Kirt V. s. a ,Rcct. £ s. rf.iRect. £ ti.iRect. £ s. d.; Rect. rf.-Rect. & iReot. d -\ For Special & s d. 1st. 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The High Calling of God. “ II M A Y we venture to invite young men of educa- marked feature in his make-up. His right to preach | \ / | tion, when laying down the plan of their lives, was in the early days challenged, and this is how he 1 V A to take a glance at that of a missionary.” records his sense of a call to proclaim the Gospel. It Thus wrote Livingstone many years ago. is a statement many would do well to consider in the These words have been in our mind as we have read light of the needs of the heathen world :— the recently published life of William Booth.* Would “ How can anyone with spiritual eyesight talk of haviug that many young men to-day, when laying down the no call when there are such multitudes around them who never plan of their lives, could have this book placed in their heard a word about G o d and never intend to ? . . ■ Can a man keep right in his own soul who can see all that and yet hands and feel the inspiration of a life devoted to the stand waiting for a call to preach ? Would they wait so for service of Jesus Christ. How is it that when so many a call to help anyone to escape from u burning building or to thousands gladly volunteered their all for King and snatch a sinking child from a watery grave ? ” country, so few to-day come forward for the service of W h o le-H e a r t e d Consecration . the King of Kings. These two substantial volumes by Harold Begbie Perhaps that which impresses one most is the whole are not a history of the Salvation Army, but an intimate hearted way in which he and his wife consecrated revelation of the soul of the man who, under God, themselves to G o d ’s service and their willingness to risk founded that great movement. The reading of it has all in the doing of G od ’ s will. As Mr. Hudson Taylor impressed us afresh with the noble possibilities of a life once gave his last half-crown to a needy family, so we wholly surrendered to God ; and we are anxious, in the find William Booth giving his last sixpence to a poor limited space at our disposal, to emphasise some of the girl dying of consumption, and this at a time when his secrets of his success as a servant of God and man. future prospects were unusually dark. Some extracts from the “ Life ” must tell their own tale :— N o th in g S u p e r f ic ia l . “ As far as we could see no other deliverance was in sight, One of the marked characteristics of William Booth and yet, dark as the outlook was, the thought of going back was a deep sincerity. There was nothing superficial to some business engagement was not allowed or entertained about the man. From the beginning to the end he was by either one of us ; ‘ No retreat' was our motto, we must go out and out in all he did. The foundations of his forward.” “ Does the securing of our bread and cheese make that right religious life were deep and thorough. He who was to which would otherwise be wrong, when G o d has promised help so many others must first know himself the realities to feed and clothe us ? I think not, and I am willing to trust of the new birth. His conversion came about through Him and suffer if need be in order to do His will . . . I do not a definite act of restitution. This is how he records this see any honourable course but to . . . risk all, if trusting in the I/)R D for our bread in order to do what we believe to be experience His will ought to be called a risk.” “ I remember as it were but yesterday the spot in the corner “ But I have no hope that G o d will ever assure us that of the room under the chapel, the hour of resolution to end we shall lose nothing in seeking to do His will. I do not think the matter, the rising up and rushing forth, the finding of the this is G o d ’s plan.” young fellow I had chiefly wronged, the acknowledgment of m y sin, the return of the pencil case— the instant rolling away S o m e P r iv a t e Correspondence . from m y heart of the guilty burden, the peace that came in its place, and the going forth to serve my God and my genera Nothing better reveals the inner heart of William tion from that hour.1' Booth and his wife than the private correspondence Having put his hand to the plough, there was no which*" is published in these pages. It touches the going back, no faltering. On one occasion, rather than depths of their experience. Only a few pregnant sen violate his conscience b y engaging in business on Sunday, tences can be given. As the reader reads he feels that he preferred to be turned out into the street by his these sentences reveal not a little of the secret of their employer, and to be “ laughed at by everybody as a success and why G o d 's blessing attended tlieir sort of fool.” labours:— & / - S a n c t if ie d Co m m o n se n se. “ Never mind who frowns if G o d smiles.” # Though a man of strong emotions, he was never “ If you are satisfied of His will, irrespective of circum stances, let circumstances go.” governed by them, but kept his.eyes open to learn from “ Let us make up our minds to win souls whatever else facts the will of God. Sanctified commonsense was a we leave undone.” * “ William Booth, Founder o f the Salvation Army.” By “ I feel sometimes as though 1 could do or suffer anything Harold Begbie. Two vols., 42s., Macmillan & Co. to glorify Him Who has been so wondrously merciful to me.'* M a y , 1920. 52 China’s Millions. M a y , 1920. " Others may trim and oscillate between the broad and or you cannot, will not, succeed ; and your success will be narrow path, but for us there is but one straight, narrow, just according to the measure of your affection for your people shining path of perfect.de votedness, and, if we. walk not in it and for the perishing people around you. This love—this we are undone. I hope, my love,; you are determined to be passion for souls— is the mainspring of religious; activity, and altogether a man of G o d ; nothing else will secure your safety the principle which governs all real arid lasting work for or usefulness. G o d is not glorified so much by preaching or G o d . . , . Nothing short of love and a great deal of it will teaching or anything else as by holy living. . . . Nothing but make a good e vangelist. The secret of success is often enquired this, my dear William, will do for either you or me.” for ; here it is. It is not in natural gifts or human bearing or “ O watch—watch the emotions of your heart, criticise exceptional opportunities or earthly advantages, but in a heart your motives, analyse your desires and aims and keep your consumed with the flame of ardent, holy, heavenly love.” eye single ; get your heart filled afresh with the love of God “ Perhaps there is no such monstrosity in the universe as a and of souls, and aim only at the glory of G o d .” professed representative and resemblance of J e s u s Ch r is t “ Ambition, even to save souls, may not be sanctified ; but who goes about his business in a cold, emotionless spirit. ambition simply to glorify G o d , the soul sunk down, or, rather, Thereisagreatcry in some directions for more intellect in the risen up with one sublime idea of glorifying G o d , must be pulpit ; it seems to nie that there is a far greater need for more sanctified.” heart. . . . Love will prove an invincible conqueror, and will bring the people to your. feet. You can Jove your way through: T h e M a n ' s B ig H e a r t . every difficulty. Hold" on, then, even thoUglx the more you love the less you are beloved.” That William Booth was an able organiser and legislator everybody knows, but it may come as some H is Passion for Souls. what of a surprise to some to see how laTge a place true love toward the needy had in his heart. In the light of No one can read these books without being deeply his busy life this is apt to be overlooked, but it was impressed again and again with William Booth’s passion unquestionably one of his strong points. W hat follows for souls. To the end of his life this was as a fire which are a few quotations from an address given to his burned within his breast. Cold will the Christian be who officers:— can read these pages without catching something of his “ To successfully manage a station you must love it with a divine enthusiasm. His “ Orders and Regulations for love that never falters, never swerves, never dies. You must Field Officers ” deserve to be read b y all Christian have the same burning, unquenchable flame that jBSushad workers. The following brief quotation must suffice to show their nature :— ‘ ‘ We have been talking to men about their souls for onwards of forty years, and we have had some opportunities of observing others who have been similarly engaged. Of nothing has our experience made us more certain than the comparative uselessness of all soul-saving talk and effort which is not the outcome of a compassionate heart. . . . Love.is a wonderful conqueror—compassion is eloquence. Words without it, no matter - how clever or numerous, are only words. . . . The royal and only way for the field officer to make his soldiers love others is for him to love them. The living waters of love that flow through him to his soldiers will flow through them to others. Here is a stream—a life-giving stream— that neither men nor devils can dry up. This invincible method of securing victory is possible to every officer alike ; all cannot equally solo or speak eloquently or invent new plans, but all can love. Love is a gift which grows with its exercise.” T h e Z e a l o f t h e L o r d . As life advanced we see his will to serve constantly triumphing over increasing weakness. Even blindness would not stay him, for he had an inward vision of the possibilities of life. “ 0 1 did tremble again yesterday,” he wrote, “ on the point that haunts me day and night —how to be equal to the opportunity.” “ Souls, souls,” was the great cry of his heart. “ I do want to learn how to save souls. . . . 1 lack the tenderness that breaks the heart. . . . Heart work is what we seem to want everywhere.” As we lay these volumes down we long ourselves to drink more of the spirit which pervades their pages, and we long that something of this passion would take possession of the young men of to-day. W ith the fields of the world white unto harvest, thè dearth of men is one of the most distressing features of the situation. Speaking of our own experience as a Mission,, we note that of twenty-seven new workers (not counting Asso ciates) who joined our ranks last year only seven were men. Is there not a call for mòre prayer that the prize TENT WORK IN SHENSI. of G o d ’s high calling in this matter of service may become Miss A. Swanson, of Scandinavian Alliance Mission» and her band of a holy incentive to many a man to-dày ? . _ tent-workers, with tent in background. M a y , 1920. China’s Millions. 63 China for Christ. At the China-for-Christ Conference recently held in Shanghai, where more than a hundred missionaries and Chinese Christians gathered from all over China launched the China-for-Christ Movement, Dr. Cheng Ching-yi, Secretary o f the China Continuation Committee, struck the keynote in a great speech which should be read carefully by every Christian worker. The following are a few of the more striking sentences from the speech :— T was not until the priests had their how small is still the influence of the Chris it, and to do the will of G o d as C iu u s t feet dipped in the waters on the tian Church upon society and the nation ; did ? brink of the River Jordan that the and how few are definitely and con We cannot afford to lose time, or to be I waters opened and let them pass. stantly serving the L o r d and their absorbed in non essential things. Things It was an act of faith on the part of the fellow-men with a pure motive, an are moving rapidly, and they call for au Israelites when they obeyed the word unselfish aim and a sacrificial spirit. immediate movement on the part of all from the L o r d to attempt the humanly For all these shortcomings we bow our the Christian forces in China. speaking impossible thing. heads before the L o r d with true humility * * * As it was in the days of old, so it is and deep sorrow. Whatever form the movement may At the same time, wc cannot close to-day. The L o r d is calling out His people take, it should be a Chinese movement; to face a great crisis ; to expect a great our eyes to the fact that the Church is a movement that aims at the developing victory, and to attempt a great thing. facing to-day an unparalleled oppor of the Chinese Church. What the Church does will, in a great tunity such as it has never had before. In this the Chinese Christians must take measure, mark the depth of its faith in, Ceitainly not in the time of the opening the leading part. As we have said before, and fidelity to. A l m i g h t y G o d . of the ports’ for commercial intercourse the Christians in this country are ready * * * with foreign nations ; nor in the time of and willing to take a large share in the It is also a challenge to faith, only in a the formation of the Republic which has programme for saving China. Now is the larger measure, to-day for us who are so recently taken place. The Christian time to prove their sincerity, and I may called of God to take part in the great Church is facing a great crisis to-day, make bold to say, their capability. and it is our duty to take advantage of Divine task of leading men to C h r i s t , Foreign missions in China are the to move forward with heart and soul to this unusual opportunity, which, great scaffolding and the Church the permanent as it is, may be only a passing one. make C h r i s t supreme in the hearts of building itself. It is not a day too soon men when both the country and the * * * to begin to lay more emphasis on the hearts of the people are widely open to Whatever form this work may take, it stiengthening of the Church, so that in receive the glad tidings which the must certainly be a spiritual movement. all our policy and work it shall be Church- Christian messenger has to bring to them. Deep down in the hearts of men the centric rather than mission-centric. To neglect such a divine call is a sin, greatest need is a spiritual one. Many * * * and to shrink from such a great respon methods have been tried to satisfy that Dear friends, my heart is burning sibility is unpatriotic on the part of sub need, and have failed. The Christian within me as I speak. The thought of a jects of the Kingdom of God. Church is essentially a spiritual institu failure on our part to rise to the occasion Pardon me for putting it so bluntly. tion. Every activity of the Church should for a forward, immediate, nation-wide, I am convinced that this is a time of be the expression of its spiritual nature, spiritual movement makes me shudder. times ; this is the day of the L o r d ; and such alone can satisfy the deepest What a calamity it would be to the and the doors of opportunity are clearly need of the w orld to-day. cause of C h r i s t , remembering especially marked with the word “ PUSH ! ” Money and men, method and or the fact that if we do not take the fullest * * * ganization, important and necessary as advantage of the time other forces will. Dr. Eddy was right when he said, during they are, cannot accomplish this great Look wherever you like, such a definite his recent visit to China, “ that politically end. Nothing earthly and nothing step must be taken. Look at the com China: has never been so dark as it is superficial can meet the demand of the passionate L o r d on high ; look at the to-day, but spiritually never so bright.” hour. Even the present conference opposing forces below ; look at the needs In speaking of the Christian oppor cannot accomplish anything that is of of our fellow-men around us ; and look tunity in China, we are not unconscious real and permanent value if the spiritual at the personal obligation within us, and of the difficulties and drawbacks, and side of the question is neglected or there seems to be no way out of it. Wc even the dangers, that confront the infant minimised. are in it, all of us, and no backing out is Christian Church in this country; how The way of getting power is first by possible. Let us rise up to the call, and, G o d . largely the Church is still dependent getting the Spirit of This has been in the power of the L o r d o f H o s t s , upon foreign friends for financial support; cleaily shown in the lives of the apostles, attempt the impossible, and daring things, G o d how meagre is our Church leadership ; and of all the servants of in all the seeing, in the near future, C h r i s t fo r is what inadequate provision we have for subsequent ages. It true to-day. China and China for C h r i s t . training men and women for the work of How can we possibly accomplish this the ministry ; how pathetic it is that ¡at imnense task ? How can we dare to say least half of our Christians cannot have we are in a position to overcome the Departure for China. direct access to the Word of God, because tremendous difficvlties if we aie not our March 26th.—Miss H . M. Scorer, re of their inability to read ; how little we selves filled with the Spirit of G o d to see turning. Omitted from the list of sailings really know of the deep things of God ; to the need of the world as C h r i s t saw given in April “ C.M.” 54 China’s Militons. M a y , 1920 . A Special Evangelistic Campaign. B v F r e d e r i c k B i r d , C h u n g k i n g , S z e c h w a n . HROUGH the generous help of the Milton Stewart grant, quietly and listen to the old, old story, which has meant so we were able to plan and carry out a month’s special much to us, and which we know is the only hope for China. evangelistic campaign in our station, and having just As arranged, my wife and Biblewoman arrived after having T returned, we would like you to know of our doings, left the two children at home. It was not easy for the mother which, we trust, will stimulate prayer, as we are assured that to do so, as you may readily guess, especially as it meant a G o d alone can give the increase. You will also be enabled to month’s separation, and Berta not quite three years old. But praise G o d for His wonderful help and care over us all during the thought that the women would have a chance to hear the the time. Gospel compensated for the parting. Though ^Kaishi is an Our chief plan was to hold special meetings at three important ordinary market town, there are thirty-three opium dens doing centres, speaking at places en route as often as possible. The a thriving trade there openly. Band consisted of six men and one Biblewoman, m y. wife and We travelled a short stage to another market where market self. We were well supplied with attractive and useful tracts was being held, and got to work as soon as we arrived. A and Scriptures; also large gentleman came to see me, posters with important texts. / : - v . . , „ and we had a good, straight We took with us a small talk. As he was a particu organ as an extra attraction. larly intelligent man, he We had, too, a lantern for could not but give a mental meetings in the evenings, by : assent to all we told him ; means of which a running 1 but we look for more than a Gospel talk was kept up.for mere mental knowledge. more than an hour to good We gave out that we would crowds all through the month. have a lantern exhibition, After arranging for meet and, as usual, the fact was ings during our absence, I soon noised abroad, and we left with the men bn October had a good crowd of men, 25 th to spend a few days at and some women, too. These a busy centre, my wife and night gatherings were char Biblewoman to follow a few acterised by very quiet and days later. We passed attentive audiences, and we through a market in the feel sure that many heard afternoon, And that night plainly and must be led to robbers looted the place and think of the messages de killed the officer in charge livered by one or other of of the local militia. This the Preaching Band. It incident, showing, as it did, was very interesting to hear G o d 's leading and protection one and another preach of us, was typical of the from the texts thrown on whole month. It will give the screen, and curious the an insight into the state of way they turned an unusual the country when things like picture to advantage to this are allowed to take place bring in some spiritual ap within thirteen miles of plication. Chungking, with its thousands The next day we arrived at of drilled soldiers. Kikiang, one of the centres We stayed at Kaishi for for the special meetings. three days, and had times of On the way we passed preaching, tract distributing, scores of coolies carrying bookselling, and posting the loads, and horses burdened, whole market with large texts. and we were told that they We prayed as we posted each were carrying opium from Mr. and Mrs. Chen, Evangelist and Biblewoman, at Chengtu, text that G o d would bless K w e i c h o w . Szechwan, with their two sons and baby girl- This road is each individual message these the main thoroughfare. The contained. Later we met a loads were under military business man from America, who had passed through these escort, and we knew they were official goods. The military places, and in his talk he made some remark about the adver officers are doing a big business in opium, and having an escort tising of religion, and questioned the utility of it. We with them allows them to go through Customs’ barriers reminded him of the fact that G o d ’s Word is a living seed, and question, while ordinary people may not do so. This means the often falls into good ground and takes root, and men are saved. officials have practically a monopoly of this business. It is often This will be verified if we are faithful in prayer. the opium bnsiness which tempts the cupidity of evil men, who The local theatrical stagejOtade a good platform from which become robbers because so much can be made out of it. So many to show the lantern. It was. fine to see the crowd stand so are slaves to the drug that they must buy opium to relieve the M a y , 1920. China's Millions. es craving. Oh ! this opium; what a wasting, demoralising effect it has on the people. Smoking is very much on the increase. On our arrival at Klkiang we began having meetings with the Christians in the mornings, then on the streets in the afternoons. The posters were used to advantage, being pasted up in tea- shops and in prominent places throughout the city—silent witnesses to those who read. We were able to make effective use of the lantern to various classes—once to soldiers in barracks, once to the people in a temple,, and a few times to different groups in the chapel. * Great Crowds. After a busy week at Kikiang we moved on to Tongch’i, our next centre. We had a wedding to conduct there the first day. Our young native helper, Ch’en, was married to a fine young woman, and we trust that they both may be used to bring the Gospel into the homes, and in leading many to the Lord Jests. As usual, this is a very busy market, and while preaching and bookselling and tract distributing we were looking to the L o r d to bless the people, who are so steeped in sin and wickedness. Here, and in other places, while we were out on the street, my Photo by] [Jas. Hutson, wife and the Biblewoman were meeting the many women who came to see the foreigner. We had great crowds at the lantern BAMBOO SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN SZECHWAN. services in the evenings— one night at the Chamber of Com merce, once in the local high school, another in a big temple, twice in the chapel building, and again in the home of one of *riends ” think it somewhat infra dig for us to mix with the the local gentry, and his family and relatives had a good oppor common crowds in this way, and wonder why we do so ; why tunity to hear the Gospel. we don’t pay others to do it for us. They little know what joy It was interesting to me as an Australian that this gentleman we have, and how we relish the privilege of telling out the most had bought packets of eucalyptus seeds, and the young plants blessed story. were just showing above ground. It will not be long before we There is a reformatory school in Tongch’i, and one day I see scores of these trees all over the country. The Chinese, strolled in to have a look round and found about twenty boys, who do not know, think these trees are those from which quinine from ten to fifteen years of age, working half day and studying is obtained. They will soon find a use for the leaves for medicinal the remainder. They each took a tract, and seemed ready to purposes, as there are few things growing in China which are not listen. I asked if they would like me to come round and speak used either for eating or for medicine. We were invited to this to them, so went again in the afternoon. The head boy rang gentleman’s home for a meal, so my wife had a few openings for a bell and all assembled in a class room, and we had a good time talks on the Gospel with the women folk. This is not easy, for together. We talked for more than an hour. Those eager faces the women in these wealthy homes spend their time in nothing come before me now as I write. How they listened—as though else but small talk and gossip, and conversation that is anything they were listening to something they had been waiting for for but elevating. One needs to be ever on the alert to take advan years. When one looks into the faces of Chinese boys one tage of opportunities for talks, or to turn the conversation along wonders what they will become—great sources for evil, with its spiritual lines. At least one of the women seemed ready to attendant opium, wine, immorality, brigandage, etc., or great listen and to ask questions. influences for purity, holiness and righteousness. One revels The more one has to deal with the wealthy one is forcibly in the privilege and delight of opportunities like this. reminded of the L o r d 's own words, “ How hardly shall they Splendid Opportunities. that have riches inherit the kingdom of G o d ? ” The poor are We went forward to Longshengchang, where we had some constantly occupied with obtaining their daily food, while the good times. One man brought his wife and three daughters- rich seem occupied with eating and drinking, and planning to in-law to stay and learn as long as my wife remained on the prevent others cheating or robbing them, or how to make more market. The women simply flocked to see my wife, and money. They take little or no thought of spiritual things, on the whole the women's work is very hopeful here. Most except when sick, or in trouble, or longing to have sons born of those who came heard at least a little. Oh, if we could only into the family. Then they turn to the idols which are to be put on paper what we saw and how we felt during those days, appeased, or cajoled, or worshipped, in hope of a change in luck. what a story it would be ! We used the lantern here, and hun They have no thought of a G o d to be worshipped out of love. dreds of men and women, and the inevitable boys, heard the A God to be loved is foreign to the Chinese. The Chinese word Gospel. It seemed to us that the lantern removed a good deal for “ love ” is seldom seen ; while such words as “ happiness,” of prejudice, and made the people more friendly, helping them “ riches,” " longevity,” etc., are constantly staring one in the to know us a little better and disposing them to feel that we face. were there for their good. This is surely a gain. There is the We had some plain talks with various people at Tongch'i. nucleus of a good church here, but, as at most places, there is On market days, when people from over the border (K w e i c h o w ) need for constant help and supervision. One man here is very and from many miles round crowd on to the market, we put up a earnest, and although he cannot read, is keen to listen, and small booth and preached, sold books, and distributed tracts remembers a lot. till dark. Then we had the lantern. Hundreds of men are People are clamouring everywhere for us to open preaching thus reached with the Gospel, and many of them take tracts places, but how can we, being so poorly manned as we are ? with them to their homes, some very remote. Oh, for the great I overheard a remark one day when two Chinese were talking and speedy haryest for the glory of His Name. Our “ gentry together. One said there were 600,000 people in Kikiang 56 China’s Millions. M a y , 1920. district. Personally, I think the estimate is low ; still, taking it and as I looked at him more closely I called to him in surprise, at that, and adding to that number the section of Chungking “ How strange! Is that you? Why, we haven't met for which comes under our care, we easily have one million souls years.” He turned out to be an old enquirer who had been in our parish. Imagine one man and his wife, or even three lost sight of, and we had not met for seven or more years. He workers, trying to reach the inhabitants of a city like Glasgow, had been doing his best to get a better look at me, and it was for instance, or even Sydney or Melbourne. Ah, well, it always that movement that attracted my attention and led to recog seems hopeless to write about conditions in China ; so few seem nition. Well, he lived close by, and we took the ladies off to his to take them in. So few realize their personal responsibility ; home till the danger abated, and then I returned to the boat so many try to shift the responsibility to others. Still, we to await eventualities. My wife had a good crowd as audience thank G od for the faithful few who do enter into things, and who for a real Gospel talk in the home of this friend. How narrow do their share and more than their share. We are left to wonder had been our escape from the robbers by God’s goodjiand upon and marvel why young men and women do not rush to enter us ; and here was another token of His goodness. Why should the open doors. Do we ever th a n k G od sufficiently that He that man take it into his head to go to the river bank that deigns to accept the sacrifice we offer Him ? Do we realize morning to wash his garments ? And why at that particular that the privilege is ours when we present our bodies " a living spot ? Many would say it was luck, but we know better ; we sacrifice ” to Him ? It seems hopeless to describe the conditions know that Romans viii. 28 is still in the New Testament, and it and the need. We just pray th a t G od will thrust forth labourers, is still blessedly true in spite of the attacks of infidels within and and perhaps, after all, that is the scriptural way. without the Church. We were able to arrange to have some Our next move was homewards. We were anxious to reach meetings later in this man’s home, so we are looking forward to home before the following Sunday. Fogs in the early morning this special pleasure. We wonder if we had this experience prevented us starting as early as usual. It was very restful to that we might be enabled to meet people who would not sit on the boat and enjoy the quiet after a month of noise. The otherwise hear the Gospel. scenery is so grand all the way, going and coming. Over and over again I heard my wife exclaiming, “ Isn’t that beautiful,” Welcome Home. pointing to some part of the country. The oranges, for which We were delayed about two or three hours, and wondered the district is noted, were ready for picking, and the trees, which what we would do, so watched developments, as we saw two or are always so pretty, were particularly so with their golden three boats coming down stream. When they got to where the harvest. The end of the second day we were still fifty miles robbers were they were called in, but would not come, so the from home, but as we would soon be in the big Yangtsi, we knew robbers fired point blank into the boats about a dozen shots. we could easily get home in a day. That night a small official One boat was full of passengers. We have not heard if any came on board and wished to travel on our boat, but as it was people were wounded or not. When the robbers saw that the not convenient for the ladies we declined the honour. Pressure boats were warned not to travel, they soon thought it time to was brought to bear, saying that robbers were numerous not far retire. Later on we saw them assemble, then march off inland down river, and a body of soldiers was offered as escort ; but from the river. As they retreated over high ground we were we were reminded of Ezra aud his refusal of an escort, and felt able to count their number. There were about thirty, all armed that God would take us through. The soldiers are more danger with modern rifles. Needless to say, we were glad to see them than anything, as the robbers see them and commence firing move off. We went for the ladies and returned on board and towards those they are supposed to protect. got to Chungking at dark. You can imagine the reception we had from the two girlies on our arrival home,after being separated Guided Anight. for a mouth. We thank God for His care over them while we The next day showed the wisdom of our decision. After were away. Having their grandma close to them made all the passing through the supposed danger zone, we were feeling difference, thus enabling us to leave them for so long. Miis relieved that we had not met the robbers, when we were hailed Winks being here also helped much to keep the children happy by the captain of an up-going boat, who warned us to put and contented. in to shore, as the robbers were just below. That morning our We sold about three thousand Gospel portions, kindly supplied boat was delayed because of the heavy fog, and when the fog by the National Bible Society of Scotland. We distributed lifted we started off with about four other boats. Then, when tracts in abundance. Most of the towns we visited are orna we joined the big river, we met three or four more. There was mented with texts which will catch the eye for many days to a fair up-river wind blowing at the time, and this allowed the come, as we took pains to put them up with good paste. Those heavier boats to get on well ahead of us. Our boat was empty, in tea-shops will be there for a long time. It may interest you and was blown back as we came through the gorge. As we were to know that one of our party is a lineal descendant of Confucius, anxious to get home quickly this delay made me chafe, and the seventy-sixth generation. He is only a young man, and is very boatman cursed. When warned to put in to shore, we looked useful to us in our work. Another of the men has a coffin shop. ahead, and there, only a quarter of a mile down river, on the He is very earnest, and was always on the alert to witness. opposite side, were the seven or eight boats which had been our I remember both of these young men when they were only boys companions a short while before, being robbed. How we were living in the neighbourhood of our premises, when they came humbled when we saw the wonderful intervention of God in occasionally to hear the Gospel. blowing us back. We found, too, that the official of the night Literally thousands heard the Gospel during the campaign. before wished to bring a box of money on board our boat. Had We trust that you will continue to pray for all this seed-sowing. we allowed this we would have been a special target for the The whole district is at a receptive stage, and very much good robbers, because they have their spies everywhere. As we could be done now where it would take years to accomplish if were within easy rifle shot of the robbers I was afraid they would the present opportunity is allowed to pass unimproved. We fire and compel our captain to cross river. We .looked round are longing to get out again as soon as we can. for some place where ray wife and Biblewoman could hide, Let us pray for the work and look forward to the time when we for a time at least. The thought had barely passed my mind will rejoice together over a glorious harvest that will be to the when I noticed a man 011 shore who was looking closely at me, praise of Him who called us to this blessed and holy service-... M a y , 1920. China’s Millions. 57 banded soldiets, with a large quantity of preached in 127 villages, sold nearly 400 Here and There. goods, probably loot, tied up close to her Gospels, and gave away several thousand ROBBED BY BRIGANDS. boat, which was all closed up for the night, tracts." and titty took no notice of it. TENT MISSIONS. m r p have been INTERESTING PREACHING TOUR. A ST year Mr, C. Carwardine conducted grieved to /U V R . B- J. MANN, writing from I^an- tent missions in the Chengku dis hear that Mr. chow, in K a n s u , the provincial trict, S h e n s i . He was greatly encouraged a n d M rs. capital, says :— by the way in which the Church members Araolis Hay- “ I want to tell you of a very interesting have helped in these evangelistic cam man were held preaching tour. The Church took up the paigns. All the members of the Church up between idea enthusiastically, and contributed are very poor, and therefore were unable Chenyuan over 30,000 cash towards expenses. to contribute much in the way of money ; and Kwei- Several country Christians, besides hos but all the male members each gave at y a n g and pital students and helpers, joined the least one month of their time to the work. robbed of band, and all told we were a dozen strong As a result of this voluntary effort, Mr. some of the the whole time. In all, fourteen members Carwardine writes :— goods they and three enquirers helped in the special “ Since the beginning of the Chinese were taking effort. The road chosen was to the east, year, over 6,000 dark heathen homes have with them. going by the direct way to the town of been visited by messengers of the Gospel, A POLITICAL OFFENDER We do not Chinhsien, and returning down the Chin- and the people of fifteen country wards ______yet know the hsien valley, and then the Sian to L,anchow have had days of evangelistic services extent of the main road. The distance to Chinhsien conducted within a mile and a half of their loss sustained by them and the other work is about thirty miles, and as the going and dwellings, and now at the end of the first ers in the province for whom they were returning roads are only seven miles apart, year of our special evangelistic campaign probably taking back stores. Mr. Olesen, we were able to work the whole strip of we have the joy and satisfaction of know who reports the matter, says this is the country between. Preaching did not com ing that, in respect of at least one quarter first time missionaries in K w e ic h o w have mence until we were about thirteen miles of the population of Chengku, Ch r i s t 's been molested or robbed since he entered away, beyond the hills at the east end of command to preach the Gospel to every the province some fifteen years ago. He Lanchow valley. Dr. King accompanied creature has been carried out. During writes:— the party for the first three days, and I the year seventeen country wards of 196 “ We have been able to travel every for the last five. It was a time of real villages and hamlets have been sys where without an escort; but, alas ! that hard work, but most enjoyable and en tematically worked by house-to-house day seems to be passing, and no wonder ; couraging. The party divided into three colporteurs, who have left a simple Gospel for the officials are bent on making money bands every day, one party taking the tract at each of over 6,000 homes and out of opium, and every few days a large villages along the main road, while the circulated more than 5,000 Scripture company of soldiers leave this city for others branched out on either side. In portions (all sold) amongst them. Two Chungking with a hundred or more loads this way, nearly twenty villages were hundred and seventy-one individual per of the drug. Consequently, there are no reached daily. It was arduous work for sons of these districts have received a soldiers to go after the robbers.” those who took the side paths, as often packet of specially selected Christian Miss Churcher reports that when nearing deep ravines had to be crossed. One day literature, including New Testaments, Wanhsien, on her way back to Kwang- we climbed eight times to get to seven accompanied by a carefully ^written and yuan, her boat had a narrow escape from villages, and a few barley sugar drops addressed introductory letter. Gospel a visit by brigands. A boat full of dis were all we had to eat. We visited and posters have been pasted up in many [Robert Powell, CANAL SCENES IN CHEKIANG. 58 China’s Millions. M a y , 1920. conspicuous places by the roadsides, ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a A HARVEST FESTIVAL. h s « s: b"”"“""“"“ bhbss8 whilst, at fifteen centres, thousands of ■■■■■■«■ ■■■■■■■■ ✓IIVR. GLADSTONE PORTEOUS people have listened to the Gospel mes SSSSSS S U B J E C T S BSSSSS sends an interesting account of BBSS f o r BBSS sage within the walls of our tent. The the harvest festival gathering at Solowu tent has been in use altogether about six SB PRAISE & PRAYER. !| in Y u n n a n . The following is an extrac, mqnths, and has been well filled prac || PRAISE. [| from his letter :— tically every day of that time, and the ■■ For the inauguration of the China-for- ■■ “ Between 500 and 600 adults gathered preachers have met with sincere seekers ■■ Christ movement (page 53). ■■ for the Sunday meetings, which were a after truth at all of the fifteen centres. For the gracious deliverance from brigands ■■ aa of an itinerating missionary party in n time of blessing. We had the joy of One specially encouraging feature of this J2 Szechwan (page 56). ■■ baptizing 108 men and women, young and tent work has been the number of children 22 For the large number of baptisms in 59 ■ ■ 1919 (page 58). ■■ old. This makes the Nosu Church mem who have attended evening after evening ■■ For the enthusiastic evangelistic spirit ■■ bership to date 425, exclusive of those to learn Gospel hymns and Bible stories.” 22 of the Christians in Lanchow (page 57). £S 33 For encouragement in Tent Mission work. SB who have been called home during the MEDICAL WORK. 2“ (page 57). «3 last two years. This year, the harvest '7T'HE following is an extract from a 22 For the destraction of idols inWutingchow ■■ festival offerings for evangelistic work mb District (page 58). ■■ letter received from Mrs. Whitfield SB For the reinforcements to the work SB amounted to two tan seven teo, worth, Guinness, of Kaifeng, H o n a n :— ■■ (page 60). 23 at the present price of grain, about sixty “ We had one baptism here yesterday, S3 PRAYER. 33 dollars. Briefly, to describe the present ■■ ■■ January 26th, a dear lady who was con 22 For Dr. Cheng Ching-yi, Secretary of 23 state of the Nosu work, I might say that verted in the Hospital last year, and has ■■ China-for-Christ movement (page 60). ■■ at Solowu we have a small Mission house, ■2 That the tract distributing, bookselling, ■■ been an earnest enquirer and kind friend 33 and posting, during Mr. Bird's evange- 23 school, Bible school, and large chapel, for more than a year. She has suddenly ■■ listic tour, may be fruitful in blessing. ■■ besides dormitories for scholars, and ■■ (page 54). 2 b heard that her son-in-law has got some 23 For the boys in the Reformatory School 23 accommodation for teachers and evange office in Chowkiakow, and is leaving bb in Tongch’i (page 55.) bb list. There are in the out-stations about 22 That the missionaries may be divinely 22 for that place to-morrow to go on to Peking Bb protected when travelling (page 57). Ba fifteen chapels, built by the people, where in a short time. She was most anxious to SB For old Mrs. Ch’en in Kaihsien (page 58). 33 worship is regularly held. There is also confess the I ,o r d and enter the Church, ■* For a large ingathering of souls at bb a school of about twenty scholars at one and the Church gladly received her. We 83 Solowu in Yunnan (page 58). 33 of the out-stations. To assist us in the 33 For the Annual Meetings and Swanwick 33 had a beautiful day yesterday, with the 22 Conference (page 59). ■■ work we have two evangelists, two Scrip meeting out in the sunny courtyard as we 22 That the forces of evil which' menace 23 ture readers supported by the B. & F. bb the future welfare of China may bb commended her to G o d . She is of a good ■■ be arrested and held in check. !■ Bible Society, and two school teachers. family, her father and husband having bb (page 59). 33 We have Christians in fifty villages, large held high offices, mostly in Y u n n a n . and sm all; and there is a great unevan She and her daughter both came here to Cut this out and keep it in your BibU. gelized area to the north-west, besides break off opium. W e should be glad of many tens of villages on this side. And prayer for them as they go forth again a little. She is a woman with a past. there must be several thousands of families among the temptations of official life in She has come out of the depths, having within a seventeen miles radius of Solowu China. The Governor’s wife called again been an opium smoker, and keeper of a to whom we should like to preach the on Miss Soltau and Dr. McDonald, and house of ill-fame. For several years she Gospel while there is time and opportu gave a second donation of 200 dollars has lived a changed life, but I was afraid nity. We shall be grateful if you will to the Hospital, 400 dollars altogether. she was not quite free from opium. She remember us in prayer, that the coming This is very encouraging. We are con won the respect of the Christian women, year, G o d willing, may be fruitful in scious of blessing among the Christians. for they all spoke on her behalf. The ingathered souls.” Mercy drops are falling as one and day before she was baptized she said in IDOLS DESTROYED. another take a step forward in the service the class : ‘ My sins have been many and of G o d . How we long for the showers ! ” heavy, but the Saviour has taken them RITING from Taku, in the Wuting- m chow district, Mr. C. G. Cowman MRS. CH EN. awsy, and I have peace.’ She has never forgotten a few words spoken to her years says:— ✓ | 1\ R S . W UPPERFELD, on her return ago by Mrs. (now Lady) Beauchamp— “ One of our men is now giving all his to Kaihsien, Szeciiwan, writes: ‘ The mighty L o r d is able to save.’ “ It may interest you to hear a little time to the L,aka, while three more have Praise G o d , I do believe old Mrs. Ch’en been engaged in evangelistic work among about one of the seven women who were baptized 011 Christmas Day. I had my is a saved woman now.” the Nisu tribe, a month’s journey away From Pachow, in the same province, hands more than full during Christmas in the Szemas and Menglieh districts, week, Miss Lucas being out in the country. Miss M. J . Williams tells of the Christian where over 1,200 families, representing wife of an official who, when he left eight or nine tribes, have destroyed their We had special classes for the men and Pachow just before Christmas, gave women candidates for baptism. Four idols and begun the study of Christianity. twenty dollars as a thankoffering. Mr. teen were received and baptized after Thus we are keeping the missions ry fires Porter is purchasing tiacts with the morning service, and five hopeful women burning. But not all is bright and plain money for distribution among the city were received as enquirers. Amongst the sailing, for there is much of lukewarmness seven women baptized was old Mrs. soldiers. and lack of zeal in some former] y zealous BAPTISMS. villages. We need another Spirit-given Ch'en, now sixty-five years old. She has been coming to the women’s meetings *|OECENTLY 381 baptisms have been revival such as the Lord gave us two or for nearly sixteen years—ever since I reported, bringing the total for three years ago. Two baptisms among came to Kaihsien. She knows much of the year up to 6,443, being 381 in the Red E tribe are, we hope, the begin ning of a work amongst these people." the truth as it is in JE S U S , and can read excess of that for the previous year. M a y , 1920. China’s Millions Editorial Notes. H E A N N U A L M E E T I N G S .— May we remind our notes were handled and counted before being paid into friends of the Annual Meetings of the Mission the bank. We rejoice to know that there is One who still T which are, d .v., to be held in the Kingsway sits “ over against the treasury,” from Whom no secrets Hall, Iyondon, on Tuesday, May n th , at 3 and are hid, and Who is no man’s debtor. The gift has been 7 p.m. The programme this year promises to be one of given to Him. As we have no other means of communi special interest. If we may venture to emphasise one cating with the donor, save through these columns, we or two features, we would call attention to the fact desire, should these lines meet the donor’s eye, to send that among the speakers will be Miss Cable, from as our message of thanksgiving the words of Psalm xx, Hwochow, Sh an si, the author of “ The Fulfilment of verses 1-4. a Dream of Pastor Hsi,” Mr. Mason, of Kwangchow, We feel sure that it will not be misunderstood by H on an , where a great work of grace is in progress, anyone if we suggest that it is really desirable for all there being many thousands of enquirers, and Mr. G. parties that letters or parcels containing bank or cur Findlay Andrew, from Lanchow, who has made a special rency notes should be registered when sent through the study of Mohammedanism in North-West China. We post. It is not only safer, but it also removes the shall also have the presence of Bishop Cassels to repre possibility of suspicion falling upon any innocent person sent and speak on the diocese in Western China, while should there be delay or miscarriage. the Rev. Russell Howden and Pastor D. J. Findlay will give the closing addresses. The chair at each meeting F orces of E v il.— In calling attention to some of the will be taken by Dr. J. Stuart Holden, the Home movements which menace the future welfare of China, Director. we do not desire in any waj' to disquiet the minds of our While we look forward with glad anticipation to readers, but only to suggest subjects for prayer. That hearing the stories these friends have to tell us, shall the conflict between the forces of righteousness and evil we not definitely pray that these gatherings may in some will wax fiercer and fiercer we have been forewarned. special way bring glory to God and further the coming It is for the Christian, as he recognises the powers of of His Kingdom. This alone is the raison d’être of our darkness which are arrayed against him, to remember coming together. No tickets will be necessary for that greater is He that is with us than they that, be admission, but tickets for reserved seats can be obtained against us. for any coming from a distance, and for any who may The Military Peril.— We are informed by some find it necessary to sit near the platform. Opportunities who are in a position to judge that there are probably for personal fellowship will be afforded during the in one and a half million men at the present time under terval for tea between the meetings. Tea tickets can arms in China, involving an expenditure of from two to be obtained from the Offices of the Mission, price sixpence three hundred million dollars per annum to the nation, an each. impoverishing burden to a comparatively poor country. Civil strife has actually developed into a lucrative Sw a n wick .— We desire to call the attention of our industry with not a few of the military leaders, and there readers to the inset re this year’s Summer School at does not appear, humanly speaking, much prospect of Swanwick, which will be found in this issue of C h in a’s improvement. M illio n s , except in those copies which are for foreign The Student Movement, while not without its circulation. The number of friends who have already elements of promise, is also attended by many dangers. registered is far ahead of last year at a similar date, To quote the words of a well-known Chinese, “ Their and we are looking forward to a time of much help and loose discipline at school, their disobedience of teachers’ profit. May we ask that these meetings also be anti instructions, their defiance of superiors, their inclination cipated by much prayer. to run the school themselves, and the attempt of some adventurers to take advantage of the unusual situation and get a little selfish amusement for themselves, are A Unique Gift.—Among the many noteworthy things which should be shunned. But who is going gifts the Mission has received in its history, one that to tell them ? The Young Turks, who were responsible came to hand by the first post on the 1st April was in for the chaotic conditions in Turkey, originally were many ways unique. It was an unregistered parcel, students. Disturbers of peace in Cairo, Egypt, are, containing no fewer than nine hundred and eighty according to private information from that place, pound notes, mostly Scottish. All that there was to students. . . . Can the present Chinese students be led indicate the wishes of the generous donor was a slip of to act differently once they are conscious of their paper inside, on which was written in pencil, “ For the power ? ” These are the words of a Chinese scholar work of the China Inland Mission, Jehovah Jireh.” himself. It is not possible to describe the feelings with which The Menace of Bolshevism.—The Soviet Govern we gazed upon the simple cardboard box contained ment of Moscow has, according to the Times, re within the brown paper wrappings. The notes, old and nounced all treaties with China made by the late Tsar’s soiled, were mostly tied up in small parcels of twenty. Government. Extra-territoriality, the Russian tea W e have little doubt but that a story of real self-denial factories at Hankow and all other concessions are by the lies behind this unusual offering. Did we know the facts Soviet renounced and handed back to China, while the we should not improbably find it is someone’s alabaster services of the Russian Red Arm y are offered to deliver box dedicated to the L ord and His service. It was with China from all foreign oppression and ambition. not a little awe and many prayers for the donor that these Though this whole subject belongs to that political 60 China’s Millions. M a y , 1920. domain about which we prefer not to comment, it would New Publications.—There are two new publications be folly to neglect making such a subject a matter of of the Missipn to which we desire to call attention. earnest prayer. One is a small life sketch of Mr. Hudson Taylor, specially T h e O p iu m P e r i l .— Unquestionably a very serious written for young people. It is illustrated by pen and recrudescence of opium cultivation is taking place in ink sketches and attractively bound in cloth, , with a China to-day. Further, large quantities of morphia1 colour design on the cover. It is hoped that this will still find their way into China from this country, via have a wide and useful circulation among young people America and Japan, and Indian opium also indirectly and possibly among some others who find themselves reaches China from India. Sir Francis Aglen, Inspector- unable to read the larger life. The price, as will be found General of Chinese Maritime Customs, has recently in the advertisement on this page, is 2s. net, and the book stated that during 1919 twenty-one tons of opium and can be obtained through any bookseller, or direct from four hundredweights of morphia were seized by the the Mission. Customs, and this only represents an infinitesimal The other little book has been prepared to assist fraction of what he states is smuggled through. A intelligent prayer for China. It is entitled “ The regular system of motor boats is actually employed Stations of the China Inland Mission,” and gives in as for smuggling these drugs into China, the anti-opium few lines as possible a brief description of each station, regulations are evaded, and the policy of control to enable the reader to visualise the place and thus make stultified-. the station more than a mere name. This latter booklet According to the Times, “ No regulations will ever can only be obtained direct from the Offices of the keep either opium or morphia out of Mission. It is published at sixpence net, China so long as these commodities exist the actual cost of production ; postage is elsewhere in the world.” The only hope -^-rrr—"' — id. extra. ~ ■ •• for effective control lies in international action, and until a better international Reinforcements.— From time to time relationship exists it is not easy to see how during the past winter, as it has been this is to be brought about. possible to secure passages, a few new workers have gone forward to China. A China for Christ Movement.— Because these friends have not. sailed in Over against all these distressing evidences large parties we fear .little or no reference of evil, we rejoice to state that there has has been made to their departure beyond broken out among-the churches in China the mere mention of their names and. dates a movement known under the name of of sailing. That our readers may remem “ China for Christ.” Realising the serious ber thèse new workers in their prayers, U D /S O N ness of the times, Chinese Christians have we give below their names, and would T a y l o r been moved to attempt a great forward Nî WHO C take this opportunity of asking that special movement with a view to carrying the intercession be made that more men may Christian message to every village in offer. One of the distressing features of China within the. next five years. A the present time is the few men candi National Conference of Christian leaders dates who apparently are devoting their met in Shanghai last December, its watchword being lives to G o d ’ s work in the foreign field. The names are “ Christianity, thè Hope of China.” Dr. Cheng Ching-yi, as follows :—: an able and godly man, has been appointed as general H . J. C h a l k l e y , B.A. Miss N . W il s o n , B.Sc. secretary. Though several missionaries suggested that D. d e B R o b e r t s o n . „ A. W i l s o n . ’ this movement should be wholly Chinese, the Chinese R o b e r t N . W a l k e r , M.A., M.B. „ T w i d a l e . leaders themselves emphasised the need for co-operation Mrs. W a l k e r . „ G r e e n l e e s . on the part of the missionary body. Some extracts Miss M.‘ W a l l i s . ,, Dix. from Dr. Cheng’s address are printed on page 53. ,, D. W r i g i i t H a y . ,, H e i g h . TWO NEW PUBLICATIONS. Hudson Taylor: The Stations of the ------The Man W ho Dared. China Inland Mission. 2 / - Told for Young People. 2 / - 6d. A n A id to Intelligent Prayer. 6d. NET. NET. NET. NET. ------BY ------BEING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION MARSHALL BROOMHALL,/M.A. OF EACH STATION. 4 Vol. XLVI No. 6. TWOPENCE. June, 1920. (China’s MillionsH M LIB' ItRV i - JUN * ’ JKHOVAH-J iltKH ‘ FROM WE IS THY FRUIT FOUND.' FRUIT IN THE YEAR OF DROUGHT. Report of Annual Meetings. Morgan &, Scott, Ltd., 12, Paternoster Buildings, London, E .C .4 , or from any Bookseller; OR POST ER fe 2S. CD. PER ANNUM FROM THÈ CHINA INLAND MISSION, NEWINGTON GrEEN, LONDON, N.IÓ. CHINA INLAND MISSION. Telegrami—Lammermuik, Hibuhy-London. NEWINGTON GREEN, LONDON, N.16. Telephone—1807, Dalstov. Founder : The Late J. Hudson Tayi.or, mjr.c.s. General Director : D. E. H o s t e . LONDON COUNCIL. H^me Director ...... Rev. j; Stcakt HoldEn, M.A., D.D. W illiam Sharp, Moorlands, Reigate. C o l. S. D. CleevE,C.B.,R.E... is.Lansdowne Ra.,Wimbledon,S.W C. T. F is h e , 27, St. Andrews, Uxbridge, Mdx. H . M i l l n e r M o r r i s . Mapledean, Linkfield Lane, Redhill, Surrey. P . S. B a d E n o c h , Mildmav, Belmont Road, Reigate. E d w in A. Neatby, M.D., 82, Wimpole Street, W .i. W a l t e r B. S lo a n , F.R.G.S., Glenconner, Bromley, Kent. W illiam W ilson, M.B., C.M., F.R.A.S., 43, Fellows Rd., N.W.3 Arch. Orr -Ewikg, Oak Bank, South Road, Weston-super-Mare. P e r c y K. A l l e n , Culverden P a rk Road, Tunbridge Wells. REV. J. J. LtfCE, M.A., S t. Nicholas Vicarage, Gloucester. Coi.. C. W. R. St. JOHN, 48, Redcliffe Square, S.W. 10. L t.-Col. J. W in n , R.E., Whyteleafe, The Grange, Wimbledon. REv. R o l a n d A. S m ith , M.A., Hertingfordbury Park, Hertford. Secretary : F. Marcus W ood. Editorial Secretary: M arshall Broomiiall, M.A. Treasurer : Albert A. Head. Deputation Secretary : T. Gear W illett. Secretary Men-Candidates’ and Young People's Department: J o h n B. M a r t in . Secretary Auxiliary Council jor Scotland : G. Graham Brown, 121, Bath Street, Glasgow. Secretary Women-Candidates’ Department : Miss Edith Smith, 45, Aberdeen Park, Highbury; London, N.5. Accountant : W . S. H a y e s . All donations should be addressed to the Secretary, China Inland Mission, Newington Green, London, N.16. Money Orders (payable at G.P.O.) and Cheques, which should be crossed, payable to the China Inland Mission. It is specially requested that on every occasion when money is sent for the support of, or for the work of, any particular Missionary, or for any Mission object, sued as the support of a Chinese Helper, a Biblewoman or a Scholar, the object in view be ciearlv stated. If, on the other hand, money be sent for a Missionary as a persona* «ift( or for any private purpose, this also should be clearly stated in order that it may be correctly acknowledged and forwarded. Bankers : London County W estminster and Parr’s Bank, Limited, 21, Lombard Street, London, E.C.3. DONATIONS RECEIVED IN LONDON FOR GENERAL FUND DURING APRIL, 1920. Kcct s. ¿.¡Rect. £ s. ! 12th. 7445 0 5 0 7106 0 7 07171 1 5 0: 9 th. 7303 0 10 0 7376 0 10 0 7442 1 0 7511 3 0 017575 0 12 017284 5 0 0 7446 0 10 0 7107 1 0 0 7172 1 0 07237 37 10 07304 0 10 0 II 0 15 0 7443 15 10 38 12 37576 0 10 (117285 5 0 0|7447 0 7 0 7108 a 2 07174 1 15 4|7238 1 10 O'Anon. 1 0 0 7378 0 2 6 7444 12 12 7513 0 7 67577 4 4 97291 13 10 Oj 22nd. 3109 l 0 01 Anon 5 0 0 7239 0 5 07307 0 10 07379 0 10 0 7448 1 11 7514 15 0 0 7578 3 10 ()! 13th. 7462 0 0 0 7110 2 0 07177 I 0 0 7 241 0 10 0730«) 1 0 0|73S2 0 13 0 7449 2 2 07515 12 0 07579 1 4 0.729S 5 0 07469 40 0 0 7112 1 0 0:7178 3 3 0 7212 0 10 07312 12 10 0 17 th. ¡7450 0 5 07516 3 0 0 7581 8 3 617305 0 07471 11 1 7113 10 0 0 7179 0 8 0 7 243 8 0 0 7314 0 9 0I73S3 2 0 017451 0 11 07517 11 12 9 7582 7 0 U-7308 39 0 0 7472 20 0 0 7114 1 0 ( 7180 1 0 0 7 244 1 10 0 7315 10 0 017384 2 0 0:7452 15 0 07518 0 10 0 30th. 7310 3 8 Oj 23rd. 7115 0 3 017181 10 0 0 7 246 0 5 217316 10 0 0 7385 1 0 0 7453 0 5 07519 2 14 11 Anon. 17311 5 0 0 7476 7 10 0 7116 17 6 67182 0 8 0 7 247 0 10 07318 0 5 0 7386 2 0 07454 1 0 27 th. 17584 0 5 01 73137 3 0 07477 7 10 0 7117 1 0 07183 0 7 0|7249 1 0 07319 2 0 07387 1 0 0.7455 2 0 0 7521 0 10 0,7585 7317 0 3 4 7485 0 12 6 711S 0 4 07184 1 4 (¡7251 10 0 07320 1 0 0 7388 1 0 07450 0 10 07522 1 0 0Ì7586 0 0 7324 4 0 ■01 24th. 7119 5 0 0 7185 1 0 0 7252 1 9 3 7321 1 0 0 7389 1 0 0:7457 0 5 0 7523 2 0 0 7587 0 0 14 th. 7496 5 16 0 7120 3 0 07186 0 1 (»7253 22 16 11 7322 0 6 0 7390 0 10 0: 22nd. 7524 1 0 07588 0 0 7335 250 0 0 7497 8 19 0 7122 2 0 07187 2 10 0:7254 32 10 0 7323 5 0 07391 0 10 0 7458 10 0 0 7526 2 0 0 Anon. 0 1 6 7337 60 0 0 7498 5 10 0 7123 1 3 6 7188 0 6 2 7255 0 10 07325 0 10 0 7392 0 4 0 7459 0 10 0 7527 0 5 0 7591 7338 2 10 0 0 0 11 0 7499 6 11 0 7124 20 10 37189 11 Ö7258 5 5 07320 0 5 0 7393 1 0 0 7460 1 0 017528 0 5 07592 1 0 0 7341 7 0 0 26th. 7125 10 0 07190 1 0 0 7259 5 5 07327 0 5 0 7394 0 10 0 7461 0 15 017530 9 16 67593 140 19 5 7348 1 0 0J750Ö 1 7 « 7126 2 0 0 7191 0 7 U 72(H) 5 0 07328 ■2 IS 517395 1 0 0 if 59 « 9 7531 0 1 07597 5 10 0 7351 1 0 Ol 27 th. 7128 0 2 0 7 th. 7261 0 5 6732» 1 0 0 7396 ■ 0 7 6 § 115 0 0 7532 1 8 0 7354 5 0 017520 15 12 6 * 980 0 0 7193 0 10 0 7202 0 ■■• 07330 0 2 0 7398 5 0 0 7465 0 19 0 28th. «3,196 10 0 7355 0 10 0 7525 3 15 0 6th. 7194 1 0 0 7263 3 0 0 7331 1 0 0 7399 1 0 0 7466 0 8 0 7534 0 5 ** 15th. 17529 50 0 0 7130 1 0 0 7195 5 0 0 10th. 14 th 7400 1 0 0 0 2 0 7536 4 0 7358 4 10 017533 9 3 9 7131 2 10 0 7196 0 15 6 7265 10 10 19th. 7468 For Special 0 5 0 7537 ? o', 10 0 7360 5 0 0! 00 7132 07197 2 10 0 7267 0 10 ® 7332 7401 2 0 10 0 9 3 7470 1 7 6 1538 2 10 o Purposes. 16th. 7535 0 10 0 7133 0 10 0 71118 147 7 7 7268 1 0 7402 0 10 0 23rd. 7540 334 1 0 5 0 1st. 7374 6 0 07539 1 0 0 (1 7403 7134 1 8 0 7200 5 0 0 7269 5 0 336 0 10 10 0 07473 1 10 0 7541 0 15 0 7111 5 0 0 7375 2 10 0 7543 1 0 0 7135 1 0 0 7201 18 0 0 7270 0 10 i) !: 7405 2 5 07474 0 10 0 7542 1 0 0 7121 5 0 0 7380 0 10 0 7560 0 10 0 33!) 1 0 0 ;.7406 7136 16 5 07202 1 8 5 Anon 10 0 340 2 0 12 10 07475 1 11 0 7544 1 1 0 7127 4 10 0 7381 1 0 Ol 29th. 7137 0 15 0 7203 1 0 0 7272 1 5 7408 0 19 10 7478 0 2 6 7545 2 10 0: 6th. 17th. 17574 20 0 0 0 7204 0 10 1 0 7410 5 7479 7138 1 0 0 7273 1 1 0(. ioj.j1313 0 IS 6 0 oj 0 10 017546 0 10 017143 5 18 4 7397 10 0 07580 1 1 0 T.B. 0 10 07205 1 4 0 7274 0 10 7411 6 0 0 7480 0 10 0 7547 50 0 0714-1 0 10 0 19th. j 30th. 07206 0 2 7275 15 0 "7341 0 4 ,.¡7412 12 7481 7140 0 1C 6 «17345 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 0 7548 2 0 07157 5 0 0 7404 7 10 07589 8 15 9 7141 0 8 0:7207 1 10 0 7276 1 1 7413 2 0 0 7482 1 0 07519 0 7166 28 3 2 7407 ■? 10 0 7594 2 " 7340 0 7 6, 0 10 46 19 8 7142 0 10 6 7208 0 6 7277 12 12 7414 2 2 0 7483 0 10 6 7550 1 0 (I 7167 4 8 0 tt Ö 7 07595 13 6 10 0 0 7209 0 2 6 12th. 7347 0 10 Of.7415 0 10 Anon. I 7145 3 0 7349 2 . 2 0i. 0 0 6 8 7551 0 15 0 7173 20 th. 7596 6 12 9 7146 2 0 0 7211 2 0 0 727S 50 0 7416 1 0 0 7486 0 10 S Anon. 0 2 6 7176 1 5 07419 5 5 0i 0 0:7279 n 7350 0 10 oi: 7147 0 10 7213 65 0 10 0 9.7352 7417 0 7 0 7487 0 5 0 7553 5 0 0 7 th. 7421 i io o; £936 13 8 0 10 0 7215 117 12 617280 10 0 0 0 10 or 20 th. 7488 0 7148 1 0 0 !. 5 0 7551 0 7 67192 2 10 0 7425 6 0 0 7149 1 1 0 Sth. 7281 5 0 0 IOU.T 7418 0 5 0 7489 1 0 07555 0 5 0 7199 15 th. 8 0 0 7150 0 5 0 7216 2 0 07282 5 0 0 1 7420 2 2 0 24 th. 7556 0 1 0 0 7210 1 0 0 7151 1 0 0 7217 2 0 0 7283 5 0 0 7356 1 0 0 7422 5 0 0!7490 1 1 017557, K» 0 07212 6 0 6 t 0 5 0 721S 0 10 0 7286 1 0 0 7357 1 0 07423 0 12 0:7491 0 10 AOS.E.H. O T? -t: 0 10 0 7214 1 10 4 71.'3 1 \ s 7221 1 0 0 7287 0 10 0 7351) 50 0 07424 1 0 0 7492 1 0 0 7559 0 2 6 ! 8th. SUMMARY. 7154 13 12 4 7222 1 0 0 7288 2 2 07361 30 9 27426 1 0 0 7493 0 10 07561 7 13 67219 1 0 0 7155 5 5 0 7223 1 0 0,7289 0 2 67362 20 0 0 7427 0 3 0 7494 5 0 0:7562 617220 2 0 0 General ...£3,196 10 0 1 17 Special 7156 1 0 0 7225 4 17 6:7290 0 10 07363 0 10 0 ;74 28 0 7 0 7495 0 17 0 29th. 7224 0 15 0 ... 936 13 8 7158 12 10 0 7226 3 0 0 7202 1 0 017364 4 0 0'C.H. 25 0 0 7500 1 10 0 7563 .. 0 5 0 9th. 7159 30 0 0 7227 2 15 0 7293 0 2 (ì 7365 0 '2 6,7430 5 13 2 7501 0 9 0 7564 0 10 07240 3 0 oiTotal for April ••• 4.133 3 8 7160 0 10 0 7228 1 10 0:7294 4 12 0 7306 0 19 217432 0 2 0 7502 1 0 0 7565 3 0 0:7245 7 0 0 Broughtfonverd ...14,744 1 4 4- 1 0 0:7229 10 0 0 13th. 7367 0 19 2 . 21st. 26th. 7566 2 2 0:7248 0 10 0! -----— 7162 0 7 6-7230 25 0 07295 2 0 07368 17 3 9 7434 1 0 0 7503 10 0 07567 5 0 07250 2 0 Oj £18,877 5 0 7163 2 2 07231 0 5 0721:6 5 0 07360 2 0 0|7435 1 0 0 Anon. 20 0 0i7568 0 15 0Ì7256 10 10 01 .- . ■ - * “ Jehovah Jireh." f Two Friends. Till He Come.” § Legacy, ff “ Of Thine Own.” f Readers of “ The Christian." *» " Inasmuch.” ft “ Missionary Pie.’ C h in a s M il l io n s Fruit in the Year of Drought, BEING THE Short Report of the China Inland Mission, Presented at the Annual Meetings Held in the Kingsway Hall, London, on May 11th, 1920. “ Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah and whose hope Jehovah is. “ He shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out his roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit .”— Jeremiah xvii. 7, 8. N Palestine, west of the Jordan, there are no rivers, In reviewing the past year we feel, figuratively speak only a few perennial streams. In such a country ing, that we have been dwelling west of the Jordan, and I few things are more dreaded than drought. But not among the naturally well-watered fields of the in Palestine, east of the Jordan, there are at least east. But though material circumstances and outwatffl four rivers fed by numerous springs and tributaries. conditions have been adverse, there have been G od' s Here vineyards and orchards abound, and drought has streams in the desert. In a very special sense the largely lost its terrors. Yet we are told, by one of the Mission has proved the truth of the words, “ All m y. greatest authorities on the Holy I,and,* that Israel springs are in Thee.” The year of natural drought and planted east of the Jordan “ had no part in the greatness difficulty has therefore not been barren, but the most 1 of the nation, and the Kingdom and the Church of G od fruitful in the Mission's history. The dry land has become were built by western Palestine.” a place of springs, and the parched land a fruitful field. By the watercourses of Reuben, east of Jordan, were great resolves of heart—but they were all barren. As Th e Field. for Zebulun and Napthali, west of Jordan, they were a In common with all the nations, China has passed people that jeopardized their lives unto the death ; through a year full of perplexity. She still retains one their territory in later times becoming glorious as Galilee and a half million men under arms', and half her budget of the Gentiles. WTiich things are a parable as well as is for military purposes. Her politics have continued history. The fruitful lives are seldom the children of in the same chaotic condition as before ; the disastrous luxury and ease, but more often of stern and severe division between north and south has not been healed, discipline. but the same selfish intrigues have prevailed. Her own Galilee’s immense superiority in fruitfulness was not domestic Peace Conference at Shanghai unhappily proved because she enjoyed a greater rainfall—for “ during the as barren of results as, from her point of view, did the dry season showers are almost as unknown as in the rest Peace Conference at Versailles. Chinese dissatisfaction of Palestine ”—but because her abode was near to the with the European Conference resulted in her refusal hills of God, which in secret supplied her wells and to sign the Treaty of Peace, and has given rise to springs. “ The controlling feature of Galilee is her an unprecedented mass movement among her stu- ; relation to these great mountains. . . . At the foot of the dents, and an anti-Japanese boycott still vigorously hills there burst forth all through the summer not only sustained. such springs as we have in our own land, but large and Side by side with the rising spirit of resistance against copious fountains from three to twenty feet in breadth all foreign dictation, China has, nevertheless, allowed and one to three feet in depth— some with broad pools herself to become increasingly dependent upon foreign full of fish and some sending forth streams strong enough loans, mortgaging her own resources as security. But ] to work mills a few yards away. These fountain heads, probably the most disquieting symptom of all has been as they are called, are very characteristic features of the widespread recrudescence of poppy cultivation, • the Syrian summer; in the midst of the dust and rust of in many cases with official approval and sometimes in the rest of the land they surprise you with their wealth consequence of official commands. It is not too much of water.” Hence the truth and beauty of the words, to say that China is in this matter jeopardising all that “ I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as she had gained in one of the finest moral achievements the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.”______in the world’s/history. Y et beneath the barren and disappointing surface of * George Adam Smith’s “ Historical Geography of the Holy I,and.’' things there are not wanting many hopeful signs of J u n e , 1920. 64 China’s Millions. J u n e , 1920. life and future promise. In contrast with the schemes of throughout the country, so that its branches now reach the militarists, and in spite of perils from underpaid from the China Sea on the east to the borders of Tibet troops, the masses of the people are manifesting con on the west, and from the Mongolian plains on the north siderable stability of purpose; while the growth of down to the Burmese frontier on the south. The public opinion in a national, as opposed to a provincial little one has become a thousand. This is the L o r d 's sense, continues. Our great hope and expectation is doing—there is no other explanation. thatJKe, Who alone can bless a nation, will pour out His • During the past year alone there have been added Spirit upon China’s seed and His blessing upon their forty-eight new workers to the staff on the field ; of numerous offspring. And, thank G o d , there are not these twenty-seven are members of the Mission, and wanting signs that such an outpouring has begun. What twenty-one associates. Of the members, two were from a power for good jiiay not China's millions yet exert Great Britain, thirteen from North America, eleven upon the nations of the earth if they are blessed indeed! from Australasia, while one was accepted in China. Of the associates five were from Norway, nine from Sweden, God’s Husbandry. four from North America, while three were either More than fifty years ago the China Inland Mission, accepted or re-admitted on the field. as a tender plantj was planted by G o d in China. Miracu During the war the number of workers in China lously sustained and blessed b y Him, the Mission, was seriously decreased by death, retirement, and by like a banyan tree, has spread and cast forth its roots the dearth of reinforcements. Now, through the increase of the last two years, the total number of missionaries connected with the Mission surpasses by four the record of any previous year. The total stands at 1,081, of which number 765 are members and 316 associates. These workers are located at 243 central stations, with approxi mately 1,500 out-stations. Before the war there were 227 stations and 1,006 out-stations. For all the growth and extension these new figures represent we give G o d thanks. May every plant which the great Husbandman has planted in China bring forth fruit abundantly. Gathered Home. During the year 1919, eight honoured workers, six of whom were members' of the Mission and two associates, were removed from our ranks by death. In addition, sixteen members retired from the work on the grounds of health or family claims. Apart from Mr. J. N. Hayward, whose Home-call was recorded in last year’s report, the names of those who have been gathered Home from us a re :— Charles H. Judd, Sen. George W . Clarke. Mrs. W . F. H. Briscoe. Mrs. John Brock. Miss Isabel Cormack. Sven Carlsson. Mrs. P. Hole. These eight workers together represent an aggregate of two hundred years spent on behalf of China and the Gospel. We also mourn the loss by death of Mr. Carl Polnick, the devoted Home Director of the German-China Alliance associated with the C.I.M., and of Mrs. J. W. Stevenson, the aged widow of the late Deputy Director of the Mission in China. For all these, our beloved friends and fellow-workers who, as trees of righteous ness, have graced and blessed the needy fields of China, we give G o d thanks. J u n e , 1920. China’s Millions. 65 Though transplanted to a fairer clime, we pray that the seed of the Kingdom which they have scattered far and wide may continue to bear fruit unto eternal life. *Wbat £l exchanged Jor in China. God’s Supplies. 1915 1916 1917 1915 1919 For many years the financial needs of the Mission have been greatly helped by the cheap price of silver. A little gold has gone a long way. But the white metal ¿O l has become scarce and dear, and that silver stream has shown serious signs of drought. The diagram printed C k O k on the next page will be more eloquent than words. Whereas in 1915 £ 1 would purchase eight taels, towards C k C k the close of 1919 the same sum would barely buy three taels, and during the early months of 1920, £1 was ¿Z k C k C k C k for a time only equal to two taels and a small fraction. C k C k Such a situation has been a formidable challenge to C k ¿C k C k faith. If the L ord had not been on our side then should C ^ C k C à C k we in very deed have been swallowed up by these C k financial difficulties. It has, indeed, been a year of c ^ C k C k C à drought in the silver market; but as the silver supply has become more straitened, G o d has had mercy on His work and workers, and made the gold flow in more freely. G o d is not the G o d of the silver only, but also a tael o f Chinese ounce oj-siWrT of the gold; and although the income in sterling has not increased in exact proportion to the scarcity of silver, we This diagram is only approximate. During 1915 ¿ 1 do take courage from the fact that the gold income has equalled a little more than eight taels. At the close of increased substantially and that the work has not had 1919 and early in 1920 ¿ 1 equalled less than three taels. to be abandoned for lack of supplies. The annual average is given in the text. In the light of these facts let us look at the income as actually received in the various centres during the year 1919. The figures are as follows :— both the total income in gold and the average annual £ s. d. rate of exchange for the last six years :— Received in Great Britain 64,562 4 n Total Income. Average Rale ,, ,, U.S.A. and Canada 33,339 I II Year. £ s. d. 0/ Exchange.* ,, ,, Australasia 8,062 12 3 1914 •• 82,32615 5 .. 2/5 y t6 .. ,, China .. 16,071 4 4 1915 •• 87.879 4 2 •• 2/3 *^6 1916 •• 94,989 19 2 .. 2 / n j 122,035 3 5 1917 •• 115.172 5 3 -- 3/10^6 Received in China for Associate Missions . . 34,182 8 5 1918 .. 123,229 610 .. 4/8% 1919 .. 156,217 11 10 .. 5/4^6 Total . . £156,217 I I 10 If, at the beginning of the war, we had been told that the work could not continue another five years For the sake of comparison we give the equivalent without the Mission’s income being practically doubled, figures for the preceding year 1918, from which table we should have been almost tempted to say, “ If the it will be seen that there has been an increase in every L ord make windows in heaven might this thing be.” But G o d has done it. In the light of these facts we £ s. s. Received in Great Britain • 42,931 0 10 can only feel how sadly we do limit the Holy One of ,, U.S.A. and Canada • 31.133 18 6 Israel. G o d has been unto us a G o d of deliverances, „ ,, Australasia 5>854 5 9 and His mercies call for more faith on our part. We „ ,, China .. 15,016 11 9 are so tempted to tremble before every crisis, but He 94.935 16 10 does not fail. Should not our prayer be that we may Received in China for Associate Missions • 28,293 10 0 know our G o d and be strong and do exploits. But lest we should be charged with conveying a Total • ¿123,229 6 10 wrong impression, we would not refrain from acknow ledging that though the income in gold has so These figures show, thank G o d , an increase of wonderfully increased, the silver income realised in £27,099 6s. 7d. in the funds of the English speaking China has not been equal to previous years. The sections of the Mission, and an increase of £5,888 18s. 5d. larger figures printed above do not mean that the workers in the funds of the Associate Missions, making a total in the field have received more than in past times, even increase of £32,988 5s. in all. What shall we render unto to meet the increased cost of living. There has teen the L o r d for all these His benefits ? Let us take the hardship and the need for rigid economy, but the point cup of salvation, both for ourselves and for all who need we do desire to emphasise is that G o d has kept the work it, and call upon the name of the L o r d . S o striking alive in time of famine. Days of drought and straitness have G o d 's mercies been that we feel that the following are the lot of every soldier at one time or another, but table, recording what G o d has done for us financially * The exchange table gives the average rate for the whole during the last six years, must not be relegated to a year; in the early months of 1920 the price had risen as high at footnote or appendix. These figures will show at a glance one time as g s . 6d . , but has since fallen considerably. 66 China’s Millions. J u n e , 1920. if the campaign goes forward, if the positions are not THE GROWTH OF THE C.I.M. merely held but advance is made, the warrior feels he lias his reward. Or, to return to the figure of our title, if a tree lives and bears abundant fruit, it has answered the end of its existence. In nature, ^drought causes the tree or plant to strike its roots down deeper, and the trials of these years have, we trust, caused us to do the same. We have found, as the facts recorded testify, that G od has His own hidden and unexpected springs. ••Thou visitest the earth and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it. The river of God is full of water." The Joys of Harvest. The harvest is the husbandman’s reward. The fruit also is the tree’s justification, otherwise it only cumbers the igrpund. As we turn from the figures concerning finance to look upon the spiritual results of the year’s labour we can also do so with thanksgiving. I t is not without reason that we have chosen as the title of this year’s Report, “ Fruit in the Year of Drought,” for the year has been, thank God, the most fruitful in the Mission’s history. G od has increased our joy so that we rejoice before Him with the joy of harvest. It is good to look back sometimes and see how the tide of blessing rises. Thirty years ago the baptisms were less than five hundred per annum, twenty years ago SO OO 13.000 *36,000 76,000 they were about twelve hundred, ten years ago they ^/ear i»9o 1900 1910 1019 had never exceeded three thousand, whereas now, for the last two years, they have been over six thousand per annum, the actual figures being for 1918 6,079, ^ ‘‘ GOD GAVE THE INCREASE.” for 1919 approximately 6,500, the highest on record. The numbers above the dates are the total converts baptised from To illustrate more fully how the work is being blessed, the commencement up to that date. a diagram will be found on the back page of the cover showing the total number of persons baptised from the commencement at different periods of the Mission’s ceived from most centres. There are new and hopeful history. From 5,000 in 1890, 13,000 in 1900, 36,000 developments among the tribes, the firstfruits from the in 1910. it has grown to 76,000 in 1919, a goodly increase Chong-kia having been gathered in at Amshunfu, while for which we give G od praise. But while we rejoice in one worker in Y u n n a n speaks of another district where these records, we look forward in expectation of greater 1,200 families among the Nisu, another tribe, have fruitfulness in years to come. There are many signs destroyed -their idols and commenced the study of that in China the fields are white tinto harvest. W hat Christianity. more can we desire for that land, as well as for our own, Strenuous evangelistic work has been carried on than that men shall say, “ This land that was desolate throughout the whole field, sometimes with the use of is become like the garden of Eden.” tents for special missions. Two illustrations of this must suffice. From Lanchowfu a party of seventeen Summer and Winter. Chinese, accompanied by Dr. King and Mr. Mann, set Every year has its summer and winter. This has out for a preaching tour. The party divided into been so in China. Trial has been experienced in conse three bands, one band following the main road, the quence of certain Independent Church Movements, and by other two visiting the by-paths on either side. greater audacity on the part of brigands, several of our “ It was arduous work,” wrote Mr. Mann, “ for those who took workers having, at different times, fallen into their hands, the side paths, as often deep ravines had to be crossed. One day though they have mercifully suffered no more than we climbed eight times to get to seven villages, and a few barley sugar drops were all we had to eat. We visited and preached in temporary detention and, in some cases, the loss of goods. 127 villages, sold nearly 400 Gospels, and gave away several The recrudescence of poppy cultivation has already been thousand tracts.” mentioned. The need of more workers has been acutely In the Chengku district, in the neighbouring province, felt in many districts, and at least three hospitals have all the .male workers of the Church gave one month to been practically closed through lack of a sufi&cient number an evangelistic campaign, and during the year 196 of qualified men. How one medical missionary, absent villages and hamlets were systematically evangelised, on furlough, feels this the following words reveal :— over 6,000 homes being personally visited. “ It makes me sick at heart whenever I think of it. The In many cases the good will of the officials has been little hospital where I have worked these years, and where we generously manifested. In Lanchowfu the Governor and have seen so many tokens of. our F a t h e r ’ s blessing, is closed now ^inedicines packed away, windows nailed up—because there is other officials of the province contributed over-tw o no one to carry .it on." \ thousand taels towards the proposed Middle School, the But though the labourers are few there have not Governor sending his own son for a time to the Mission’s lacked seed time and harvest. Cheering news is re- Higher Elementary School. In Kaifeng the Governor’s June, 1920. China’s Millions. 67 wife on two occasions gave generous gifts to the women’s have been found to render the species more fruitful. hospital, while in other centres tokens of sympathy One illustration of this must suffice :— and appreciation from the people and the gentry have " In the common scurvy-grass, too—remarkable, yrith some been received. There are many tens of thousands of other plants, for taking its place among both the productions enquirers in the various stations of the Mission, and • of our Alpine heights and of our seashores—it will be found that, in proportion as its habitat proves ungenial, and its leaves and many remarkable openings exist for special missions stems become dwarfish and thin, its white cruciform flowers both to men and women. Practical steps are also being increase, till, in localities where it barely exists, as if on the edge taken by the Chinese Church in the matter of self-support, of extinction, we find the entire plant forming a dense bundle of and the use of the simplified script gives promise of much seed vessels, each charged to the full with seed." blessing to the Church. In Sh an si, the Hwochow And so G od ’s people have no need to fear, though Church aspires by the means of this new script to be the human nature will naturally shrink from trial. As first Church in the province without an illiterate member. with Israel in Egypt, so has it ever been with the Church B y last autumn as many as one hundred men and women of C h ris t, the more they were afflicted the more they had, at that station, received certificates of proficiency multiplied. It was for this reason that the Apostle Paul in this simplified system. The great problem confronting took pleasure in necessities. While we do not minimise the workers in every part of the field is not the want of the hardships and trials of the past year, we rejoice that open doors, but rather how to be equal to the opportunity. they have not been suffered in vain. One of the most difficult periods of the Mission’s history has been its From what has been written it will be abundantly most fruitful. For the future, therefore, we covet the evident that the work is progressing rapidly despite all fellowship and prayers of G o d ’s people that we may not difficulty. It is so easy to fear that because the times fear when heat cometh, nor be filled with anxiety in the are out of joint the work of G od will be delayed. I t is year of drought. Rather may it be our ambition that well, therefore, that we should remind ourselves that we may not cease from yielding fruit. G od reigns and makes even the stormy winds fulfil His “ Make our earthly souls a field, will. Joseph in the land of his affliction became a Which God delights to bless; fruitful bough with branches running over the wall. Let us in due season yield The fruitfulness of trial has been observed by the The fruits of righteousness ; scientist as well as by the Christian philosopher. Make us trees of paradise, Which more and more Thy praise may show, Hardships which have pressed upon the individual Deeper sink, and higher rise, plant and animal, even so as to threaten its vitality, And to perfection grow.” Editorial Notes. HE ANNUAL M EETINGS.—Elsewhere in this available should any friends who have not yet registered number will be found a brief resumé of this year’s wish to be with us. Full particulars can be had on T annual meetings, which were among the best, application to Mr. J. B. Martin, the secretary of this if not the best, we have yet known. As men Conference, but application should be made without tioned in that resumé we regret that delay to prevent disappointment. lack of space will not allow a ver The Need of Prayer.—There batim report of the addresses, but I YE ALSO HELPING BY was probably no speaker at the we hope either in these columns, or ! P R A Y E R . in booklet form, to publish four annual meetings who did not empha addresses representative of the work sise the great need of more prayer, I As torrents in summer in various provinces : Bishop Cassels’ not of occasional or casual inter Half dried in their channels address giving a survey of the Church cession, but of definite waiting upon Suddenly rise, tho’ the of England work of the C.I.M., Miss God. That our friends may be Sky is still cloudless, Cable's address treating of work in helped in this most important of For rain has been falling Sh an si, Mr. Mason telling of the great ministries we would again call atten Far off at their fountains ; work of grace in H onan, and Mr.^ tion to the little Handbook on the Andrew’s dealing with the interesting'” Stations of the Mission, which h&s So hearts that are fainting and serious Mohammedan problem just been published as an aid to in Grow full to o’erflowing, in China. W e also hope in some telligent supplication. It is some And they that behold it future issues to use as leading articles what in the form of a small gazetteer Marvel and know not the Rev. Russell Howden’s helpful giving details about each station, its That God at their fountains words on Psalm xx. and Pastor activities and needs. It can be had Far off has been raining. Findlay’s message on Isaiah’s vision. direct from the Offices of the Mission for sevenpence post free. Swanwick.—The annual meet This month, instead of summar ings this year, which both in attendance and in ising as usual various subjects for prayer and praise, we power reached a high-water mark, encourage us to print on this page a few lines which suggest how friends look forward to a time of special blessing at the at home may strengthen and refresh workers in the Swanwick Summer School and Conference which is distant mission field by their prayers. The reading of to be held from Monday, June 7th, to Saturday, the Report will call attention to many subjects both for June 12th. There are still a few single rooms thanksgiving and intercession. China’s Millions. J u n e , 1920. Another Anniversary. T u e s d a y , May 1 ith, 1920, wiiiiong gatherings to be held in June and all been and would be, but every trial should be remembered by all who were recent news from the field for several only be a prelude to a further triumph. present at the annual meetings of months. We therefore purpose to pre Miss Francesca French. • the Mission, held in the Kings- sent our readers with as vivid an im Miss Francesca French, who, with her way Hall, London. Would that all the pression of these meetings as two or sister, Miss Eva French, and Miss Cable, friends of the Mission had been present, three pages will allow, in the hope that, had laboured in Hwochow, gave in and that all the lonely workers in the in future issues, space may yet be found miniature a picture of that busy centre field could have shared the uplifting for one or two of the addresses in full. of industry associated with the life- influences of such gatherings. The day Nothing that we can say, however, can story of Pastor Hsi. Her words re itself had been preceded by several days take the place of the thrill and fusion of vealed afresh how an hour comes in the of waiting upon G o d at the Headquarters spirit which melt and mould a large growth of every work when the mission of the Mission in North London, and it assembly carried away by the enthusiasm ary must withdraw from the extensive was crowned by perfect weather, by of the spoken word. to devote himself or herself to intensive the largest audiences we have known work. The instinct of economy sooner for many years, by an unusually high Dr. Holden. or later compels the worker to adopt level in the speaking, but chiefly by the With Dr. Holden in the chair, the such a policy, that he may multiply consciousness of G o d ’s presence and afternoon meeting opened with the himself by the training of bands of blessing. hymn “ Summer suns are glowing over Chinese workers to undertake what he Instructive and gratifying as were land and sea,” followed by the reading or she cannot compass. To this end the the messages given, it was the realization of Scripture (Is. xli. 8-20) and prayer workers in the province of S h a n s i have that God was with us, that His Name bj’ Mr. Marcus Wood, and bj' a précis of adopted provincial institutes for the was being honoured, and that His Spirit the short report, which report is printed training of men and women evangelists was brooding over all, that filled every in full in these pages. In view of G o d 's and for the higher grades of boys’ and heart with humble adoration and praise. great mercies to the Mission, as outlined girls’ schools. In these establishments Certainly we have never felt more cause in the report, the feeling of all was students from no fewer than four pro for thanksgiving in regard to any meet voiced by Dr. Holden when he said that vinces have come, and over fifty former ings, nor more sure that the prayers only the note of thanksgiving and re students are now acting in the capacity which had prevented the occasion had joicing could characterize such an occa of teachers in the schools of various been answered. sion, for the year had brought to many a localities. Hwochow has become the cen It is with no small regret that we new discovery of God. There was no tre for women's work, as Hungtung has find ourselves unable to print a verbatim desire to glorify our faith but rather become the centre for men’s work on report. To do so would monopolise G o d ’s faithfulness, for not one word of this provincial scale. the whole of the next three or four all His promises had failed. We were After a highly interesting survey of issues of China's M illions in its present humbled and inspired by the conscious the thorough way in which these ac reduced state. It would also shut out ness that we could say, “ The best of all tivities are carried on, and the needs any adequate record of the Swanwick is, G o d is with us.” Trial there had of the many villages met, the audience heard with the deepest sympathy and appreciation how in recent days two women had been selected and sent forth, after a valedictory meeting, to go with their husbands as missionaries to labour in a distant part of the province. For them absence from home for a period of two years on such a mission was as difficult and trying as it was for many a worker to leave this home country for the foreign field. Bishop Cassels. From the North of China the audience were then taken to the far West by Eishop Cassels, who traced the history of the growth of the West China diocese. In the providence of G o d he had been the first clergyman of the Church of Eng land to join the C.I.M., and he related how, as other Church of England workers Photo by] [A/iss E. Grant. gathered round him, no fewer than seven from one parish, a certain field in Northern ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL, PAON1NG. S z e c h w a n was, at Mr. Hudson Taj lor's Largest Church in inland China, seating about 1,400 people. suggestion, set apart as a special sphere of service for Church of England workers Ju n e , i q z o . China’s Millions. 69 CITY OF LANCHOWFU, IN KANSU. This is the city where Mr. Andrew, with others, is stationed. It is the capital of the Kansu province, and has a population of 250,000. The city wall is one of the best in North China. The Borden Memorial Hospital is located here. The station has two schools, two organized churches, and special work among the Moslems. There are three large Mohammedan settlements in the suburbs. Subsequent to the coming of Mr. Hors- moving story was told of a great work of of the way the Chinese Christians had burgh’s party, owing to the inability grace in the city of Kwangchow. More .gathered together in times of trouble for of Bishop George Moule to visit so dis than twenty jTears ago Mr. Argento heard prayer. How, upon one occasion, they tant a part of the field—his episcopal the voice of G o d saying, “ I have much had met at two o’clock in the morning crook, as he said, being unable to reach people in this city.” Himself a student, in the shadow of the city gateway and i,800 miles west—the West China diocese he was attracted to the scholarly class liv prayed morning after morning for a was formed in 1895. ing in this centre, where, during 1900, he month that G o d would help them, We cannot follow in detail the story suffered almost to the point of martyr since they were threatened with eviction of the building of the cathedral, the dom ; in fact, the injuries he then received from their rented chapel premises. And founding of the theological institute, did result in his death a few years later. the prayer was heard, and in a way the ordination of both Chinese and It was a thrilling story Mr, Mason had altogether unexpected and marvellous, foreign workers, tie confirmation and to tell of how thousands have been drawn a site was secured in the very centre of baptism of several thousand converts, to the story of the Cross ; of how thirty- the town, half of the cost being given by but we would emphasise the Bishop's three village chapels have been opened, the owner himself. request for more prayer and push in the all, with two exceptions, by the Chinese As one listened to the story of prayer prosecution pf this work. Prayer was themselves; of ten thousand who are meetings held before daylight, when a the preparation of every worthy enter to-day under instruction for baptism. thousand people would gather together prise and the secret of every success, And the secret of success, he believed, to wait upon God, how one's heart and the door of opportunity was marked, was the outcome of emphasis having longed that we, too, might know such as Dr. Chf»ng Ching-yi recently said, been laid by Mr. Argento upon three things in this country. with the word •* Push.” The nation things—the study of the Scriptures; It was with high hopes for the future had known the importance of push in the belief that G o d hears prayer as much of such a work that one heard that of two war ; it was aware to-day of the im to-day as ever ; and that G o d ’s people thousand candidates for baptism who portance of push in commerce; and were still called not to forsake the had been examined during the last six the same energy and enterprise were assembling of themselves together. years, all but two testified that they had needed in the service of C h r is t . It was It was hard to keep the tears back as been brought to an interest in the Gos through Him we should push down our one heard the story of Ulder Wen’s pel and a knowledge of Christ through enemies. conversion, a man who Is now an elo the Chinese themselves. It was this Mr, Herbert J. Mason. quent witness for C h r i s t , more eloquent Mason said which was the hope ot China. From West China the gathering was as a preacher than any preacher Mr. Rev. Russell Howden. led in thought by Mr. Mason to the Mason said he had ever heard. And The afternoon gathering, with all its central province of Honan, where a it was humbling and stimulating to hear encouraging stories, was brought to a 70 China’s Millions. J u n e , 1920. helpful dose by the Rev. Russell How- achievements of the past were only a throughout the greater part of Asia, and den, who spoke from the words in the starting point for the future, they were of a new sect, the leader of^ which de twentieth Psalm on the Name of the not the goal. clared himself to be JESUS Christ re G o d of Jacob, reminding us that, in the turned to earth. The problems of such Scripture, names are definitions, not George F. Andrew. a work are b-y no means easy, but the appellations. He dwelt upon the signi The almost immeasurable needs of speaker emphasised the joy of facing ficance of the Name of G o d , a phrase China were emphasised by Mr. George such problems with Jesús Christ. three times used in this Psalm ; once as P. Andrew, as he told of his journey to the Miss Mildred Cable. a G o d of defence, " The L o r d hear far north-west, where, after eighty days of thee in the day of trouble ; the name of travelling west of Shanghai he still found The readers of “ The Fulfilment of a the G o d of Jacob defend thee " ; once that another hundred and forty days Dream of Pastor Hsi ” had antidpated as the G o d our humble defiance of the would be necessary to reach China s with interest listening to Miss Cable, adversary, " In sfche name of our G o d furthest western border; From this he the author of that book, and her address we will set up our banners " ; and'once passed to the unevangelised areas and exceeded all anticipations. Reminding as 6ur dependence, “ Some trust in classes, narrowing his subject down to us that if it had iiot been for the terrible chariots, and some in horses : but we the needs of the millions Of Mohamme catastrophes of the world war, the epoch- will make mention of the name of the dans, in China, especially in the north making revolutions in China would .have L o r d our G o d ." Speaking of the meal west. As one who has specially studied assumed their true proportions, she offering referred to in verse three, he this subject, he gave us with much in told the thrilling story of what Governor distinguished this from the burnt offer teresting detail the story of the origin Yen had accomplished in the province of ing, which typified a definite act of con of these peoples in China, of their Arab S h a n s i since the year 19 11. How the secration, by the offering of our life in and Persian connections, of those who curse of foot-binding had been combated, its daily routine, all day and every day. speak the Turki language and who were how he had published a volume entitled, as yet untouched by any missionary, “ What the people should know,” and In the two hours’ interval between the no missionary yet speaking their tongue, how he encouraged and fostered all that afternoon and evening meetings, the and of those who were of Mongol origin, was for the people’s good. It was some hour of five to seven, a happy and a descendants of the ancient Urgas. what appalling to be told that there were helpful opportunity was afforded for the Great as are the needs of the millions still three hundred and twenty-four friends from far and near gathering of Chinese, the importance of evangelising million illiterates in China and ninety- around the tea tables for social inter the Moslems was emphasised by reference five million untaught children. These course and refreshment. This has ever to their organised antagonism to the facts emphasised the colossal task which been a marked feature of our annual Gospel, illustrated by two very striking yet faces the missionary, but, rejoicing meetings, and many were refreshed and incidents which Mr. Andrew had himself in what the printed page could do, she encouraged by the renewal of old ac witnessed. There could have been few described in enthusiastic terms the hope quaintance and mutual words of encour persons who were not astonished to hear for China in the new Phonetic Script, by agement. of companies of Moslems extending means of which uneducated persons could seven miles in length, bowing , to the learn to read within one month. This EVENING MEETING. ground to welcome one whose name was Script, she declared, was a tremendous With the hall crowded to its utmost revered by the Moslem community weapon for good, but if we were not first capacity, some people in the field there were in fact being obliged many publishing houses to stand, the even and writers who would ing meeting opened turn it to a baneful with the hymn, “ Arm influence by the issue of the L o r d , awake, of atheistic literature. awake,’’followed by the Emphasising the es reading of Scripture sential place that the and prayer by Bishop evangelistic message Cassels, the passage must have, she told of from G o d ’s Word being Governor Yen’s interest Isaiah’s call as recorded in Theism ; how he had in the sixth chapter of established Halls of his prophecy. Meditation in the Tn his opening re province, where the marks as Chairman, people met for self- Dr. Holden briefly re improvement and self viewed the challenging salvation ; and how the situation in China, N o -G o d Society was speaking of that coun flourishing. What was try as being at the needed was mission cross-roads andremind- aries with a definite ing many of the young message. The Chinese people present that, in have their ethics, and view of China's needs, no teacher of mere BANNER PRESENTED TO MISS CABLE (who is seated in the centre of the their lives were a t the ««•ou») BY THE PUPILS OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL AT HWOCHOW. ethics need give his life cross-roads also. The in China. J u n e , 1920. China's Millions. 71 Few hearts cannot have been stirred, Herbert related in detail the triumphs of who, after some interesting reminisceuccs as, in quiet yet telling words, she appealed grace in the heart of this one man. Of of past days and of his early intimacy to those in the audience who could, to how he had faced the difficult problems with Mr. Hudson Taylor, concluded his consecrate their lives to G o d ’s service in of polygamy in his own home, of his message by a vivid picture and applica China. It was a service which demanded willingness to sacrifice wealth in order to tion of Isaiah’s vision. While many nothing less than life, that we must put keep the Sabbath, and of his personal others, doubtless, saw the temple and its life itself into the business, for J e s u s affection and offer of assistance when wild sacrifices, Isaiah had seen more, for he C h r i s t had never lowered His claims. rumours of the war reached Western had seen G o d . and the all-important In America sh* had met not a few who China. The audience smiled to hear of matter in these meetings was, Had we had said, with deep earnestness, “ Would the reports that London had been wiped seen G o d ? Had G o d spoken to us, and, to G o d I had gone as a missionary when out by Zeppelin raids and that even the if so, what was the response to be ? young, but now i t is too late.” In the Headquarters of the China Inland Mission “ What is this day going to be in your light of life’s swift-passing opportunities had been demolished, but, in spite of life ?” It was with a sense of fitness that she earnestly appealed for a glad and the humour of the situation, it afforded these great meetings, for they truly were immediate decision. a touching illustration of Christian love great, were brought to a close by the Walter Herbert. and devotion when this good Christian singing of the well-known words, “ How The last missionary to speak was Mr. man offered to open his home and place good is the G o d we adore,” the last Walter Herbert, who told the story of the his possessions at Mr. and Mrs. Herbert’s two lines of which, with their retrospect conversion of a man in West China with disposal. ive and prospective references, harmonise whom he had been brought into close Pastor D. J. Findlay. so well with the Mission’s mottoes of and intimate contact. In contrast to These heart-stirring meetings were " Ebenezer,” and '* Jehovah Jireh,” the previous speakers, who had spoken concluded by an old and warm friend '• We’ll praise Him for all that is past, more of widespread movements, Mr. of the Mission, Pastor D. J. Findlay, And trust Him for all that's to come.” Here and There. PHONETIC SCRIPT. opening of a new chapel in the Pingyang and has got the Ting family " very largely ✓ jl\ I S S OLIVE TRENCH, writing district, at which Mr. Yii Kueli Chen, under his influence.” In trying to analyse from Hotsin, S h a n si, says :— the leader of the Independent movement the movement, Mr. Gracie says, “ I am “ There are many opportunities to be in Shanghai, was present. An oppor led to believe that anti-foreign feeling is had now through the phonetic script. tunity was given to the leaders of these one prominent factor in it.” “ Another In all the villages of this district, the churches to confer with those of the factor, Mr. Gracie continues, " that may Governor has opened night schools for Independents, with the result that it was have contributed towards causing them teaching the Script and the Governor's agreed that a similar movement should be to take this step is our attitude concerning book, Ren Min Hsii chi, and as the inaugurated in the Funi district. On the lawsuits. In three or four cases, our ‘ teachers ’ mostly can’t teach the return of the delegates, the «natter was friends have pressed me to get the script, and do not know how to lecture discussed, without even the evangelist official to take up their affairs ; but ] on the book, they are glad sometimes to in charge of the work there knowing have always refused. I noticed two years avail themselves of the help of church anything about the proposal. Before ago, when we had our first trouble, that people, who can get very good themes for the Christmas gathering, however, which because I did not take the matter into the Gospel talks out of the Governor's book." is held in Yungkang, the evangelist Yamen, the attitude of some of the became aware of what had been done, and members towards us changed quite NEW CHAPEL OPENED. at once informed Mr. Gracie, who soon appreciably." R. C. H. STEVENS reports the after paid a visit to the district, but opening of a new chapel at evidently with little result. Mr. Gracie, OUTSTANDING DEVOTION. Fengsiang, S h e x s i. A three days’ Mission in a recent letter, sajrs : “ The most KITING from Kinghsien, in An- was held in connection with it, when pitiable thing about this unexpected w h e i, Mrs. Foucar says :— between one and two thousand specially movement is that they are all young “ Mr. Foucar has already written about printed invitations were distributed far Christians, without any experience, the our Conference, and of the six men and and wide. There were well over a thou oldest Christian being young Mr. Ting, women we had the joy of receiving into sand attendances at the meetings daily. who has been in the Church only six Church fellowship. One of these sis INDEPENDENT CHURCH MOVEMENT. * years, and the others, numbering about has already been taken from our midst to 9JI SITUATION has recently arisen in a hundred, have been church members be with the L o r d . Dear old Mrs. K ’ong— connection with the secession of the for five, four, three, two and one year she heard the Gospel for the first time Funi branch of the Yungkang Church, aespectively.and some only a few months." last September, and with her, hearing under the care of Mr. Gracie, which “ It becomes evident from this,” Mr. was believing; she accepted JEsus as occasions anxiety with regard to the Gracie says, “ that a large number only her Saviour that very day, and for those future, and constitutes a very definite follow their leaders, knowing nothing of. three and a half short months that she call to pray for those who have to deal what it means.” The chief leader, as knew her Saviour, she witnessed for Him with it. From letters recently received, far as the Funi City Church is concerned, wherever she went. The testimony it appeals that leaders not only from the Has very little spiritual experience, and of her husband and family is that ‘ she Funi, but also from the Songyang and “ is more concerned about making money talked of J e s u s night and day.’ L ik e Chuchow Churches, visited Wenchow to than serving the L o r d . ” He is, however, Lydia, the L o r d opened her heart; attend a Conference to be held at the “ a quick, energetic, forceful man,” we did so little, it was the Spirit of God 72 China’s Millions. J u x e , 3920. accomplishing a work in the old lady's are demons. It is, cf course, very easy man's a foreigner. What does China soul, making her ready to enter into her for demons to personate the dead, or to matter to him ? Al^ve all, why does he Saviour's.presence. Sunday by Sunday she tell facts about them, for have they not pray for China ? Foreigners do not walked more than seven miles to attend watched them in their lifetime, and do usually show much care for China. worship, arriving earlier than those who they not know even their secrets ? Why does he ? ” live in the city. One day she was knocked “ Had I time, I could tell you many Finally he went to the Mission Station clown by a loaded mule into a ditch of interesting things. We have recently to find out why the foreigner had prayed water ; but this did not daunt her, or been helping a young woman, who for for China, and he was told, and from that lessen her earnestness. We were so years has been tormented by demons, beginning he was led t@ C h r is t . New sure of Mrs. K'ong’s simple faith in J e s u s , to fight through to freedom. We thought he is in the Bible Qchool, in preparation and her sincerity in wanting to serve Him, at first it was only one in possession, but for preaching himself. that we decided not to keep her waiting when it began speaking through her, FIRST HEARERS. for baptism. How happy she was to attempting to deceive us into thinking ISS AMY WAKE, who spends the confess J ESUS, and to sit down with us it was the young woman herself speaking, most of her time with a Chinese to remember His death at; His table ! we demanded of it an answer to the ques Biblewoman evangelising the country We little dreamt that it would be her tion, ‘ Who are you ? ’ districts, during a recent stay at Shaho, first and last time Only three weeks “ It tried evasion, but held to it, one of the out-stations, visited seventeen after she was visiting at a relative’s replied, ‘ I am—I am—’ several times, and villages, and thirty-five women became home, was taken suddenly ill, and unable then changed it to ‘ We are—We are—’ interested in the Gospel as the result. to speak. She was carried home, and lay and finally, ‘ We are demc.ns.’ In some cases they had never heard the in a stupor for one day, and died the next “ Asked ‘ How many ? ’ evasion was news of salvation before. Our sister day, never recovering consciousness or again tried, but the L ord has given to His writes :— power of speech. We had all learnt servants authority over thc;.e imps cf “ I do not say these women are all in to love dear old Mrs. K ’ong, and her death wickedness, so they have to obey, and we earnest even in seeking the truth. 1 was a great blow to us. We had such got the answer • Five.’ find one has to go to them again and again hopes of her for the future in the work— “ The woman is now better. The Word before much impression is made, though but ('.tin’s thoughts are not our thoughts, of the Cross is very effectual in dealing there are exceptions to this rule.” and we must believe He makes 110 with them, every repetition of a text mistakes.” acting like a sword-thrust ; but the WIDE OPEN DOORS. SPIRITISM. texts must be used by one who knows R. J. O. GROHMAXN reports that 1SS A. HARRISON, Sisiang, experimentally the victory of Christ 011 at Tongtsiuan, in the Siang- Shensi, writes;— Calvary. Would that the people that siang district, H u n a n , the work is very “ One or two home papers that came think the}' are getting into communi promising. One cf the Christians has yesterday have quite serious articles cation with their lost ones could know given a piece of ground as a site for a in them about the possibility of communi the truth ! Surely most would shrink chapel. The other church members will cating with the dead. I wish I could in horror from having dealings with probably give material and labour for sound a note of warning to the foolish demons.” the building. May it be a place where people who are tempted to dabble in such A BOW DRAWN AT A VENTURE. G o d will be glorified ! matters. In China some of 11 s have learned IT Mr. Dreyer’s Bible School there Mr. H. Becker, writing from Yuanchow, a great deal about this sort of thing, and is a man who was converted in the same province, says : “ Doors are we know for fact that it is not their dead through Bourne. It was when he had now open everywhere. The Magistrate loved ones they get into communication just come out. He was preaching, and told me that we have in this - district with, but demons who personate them. the man stopped to listen. But either •280,000, and in the Kwangchow district “ If Christians who know the power of owing to Bourne’s faulty Chinese, or to 120,000 souls. So we have still very the cross of Christ would go and challenge the man’s dulness, or to both, he could not much to do to bring the Gospel to these the mediums, or rather the powers speak understand a word cf what was said. 4 00,000 Chinese, there being no other ing through the mediums, commanding Then Bourne prayed, and still the man missionaries among them.” them in the name of the L ord to declare could not make out what he was saving, Departures for China. themselves, they would be obliged to tell until at last he caught one sentence, and 28 the truth. Sueli is our experience here. only one, " O L o r d , bless China.” M av th .— via Canada, Miss Kva McCarthy. Ju n e 4th.— via Canada, Mrs. So challenged, they have to confess, Seeing that was all he heard, he remem Robt. Gillies (returning) Ju ly 10th.— via though much against their will, that they bered it, and began thinking, “ That Suez, Mr. Rolt. Gillies (returning). Hudson Taylor: The Dared. The Stations of the . . . . China Inland Mission. 2 / - Told for Young People. 2 / - 6 d . A n Aid to Intelligent Prayer. 3 d . NET. NET. NET. . NET. By MARSHALL BROOMHALL, M.A. Being a Brief Description of each Station. C.I.M. Summer School and Conference At Swanwick, June 7th to 12th, inclusive. (See page 67.) Voli, X L VI NO. 7. TWOPENCE. July, 1920. China’s Millions. j k . 'fit W j *3 ? Jp iiiuifit jthp v*N-jmiH PAoto 6y] [Frank Hitchcock, M .PS., Alfreton. THE C-I.M. SUMMER SCHOOL AND CONFERENCE AT SWANWICK. “THE GOD OF JACOB.” THE SWANWICK SUMMER SCHOOL ' M o rgan & S c o ir, L t d ., 12 , Pa ter n o ster Bu il d in g s , L ondon, E .C .4 , o r prom a n y B o o k se ia e r ; OR POST FREE 2S. OD. PER ANNUM FROM THE CHINA INLAND MISSION, NEWINGTON GrEEN, LONDON, N .l6 . CHINA INLAND MISSION. Telegrams—Lammermuix, Hibury-London. NEWINGTON GREEN, LONDON, N.16. Telephone—1807, Dalsioh Founder : T h e L a t e J. Hudson Taylor, m.r.c.s. General Director : D. E. H o s t e . LONDON COUNCIL. Home Director REV. J . 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B a n k a s : London County W estminster and Parr’s Bank, Limited, 21, Lombard Street, London, E.C.3. DONATIONS RECEIVED IN LONDON FOR GENERAL FUND DURING MAY, 1920. Rect. Ü s. “ The God of Jacob.” A d d r e s s a t A n n u a l M e e t i n g b y t h e R e v . J . R u s s e l l H o w d e n , B .D . I L L you please take your Bibles, and turn culties, its dangers and its menace. “ The L o r d hear ■with me to the twentieth Psalm: “ The thee in the day of trouble ; the name of the G o d of W Jacob defend thee.” L o r d hear thee in the day of trouble ; the With us, of course, names are mere appellations ; name of the G o d of Jacob defend thee.” but in old times it was not so : names were descriptions! There is no time for me to read through the Psalm ; When a man was called “ John Black,” it was because but if you will do so at your leisure you will discover that he had black hair, I suppose, and a dark complexion ; three times over the phrase “ the name of G o d ” occurs. but to-day the description has faded, and the name has “ The name of the G o d of Jacob ” in the first verse, ‘ ‘ the passed into a label. But it is worth while to remember name of our G o d ” in the fifth verse, and “ the name of that in the Bible the names of most people are rather the L o r d ” in the seventh verse. “ The name of the descriptive than appellative, and specially and promi G o d of Jacob defend thee ” : G o d ’ s name a Defence. nently is this so with all that concerns the name of G o d . “ In the name of our G o d we will set up our banners ” : “ The name of G o d is a strong tower,” not a mere G o d ’ s name a Defiance to all the forces of evil and of appellation. I have been into houses where I have darkness, whether in China or in Great Britain, or any seen, perhaps, G o d ’ s name hung up on the wall, where where else. “ Some trust in chariots, and some in there was very little of G o d ’s presence, as far as one horses : but we will remember the name of the L o r d could judge, in the life or in the character or in the con our G o d ” : G o d ’s name His people’s only and real duct of the inmates of the house. But in the Bible Dependence. the name of G o d is the description of G o d . I am afraid that there is no time for us to think about I think, for myself, that perhaps, of all the wonderful all three of these ; but I want to turn your thoughts for names of G o d throughout the Bible, this name of G o d a few minutes to the first: G o d ’s name a defence. here is about the most precious : “ The G o d of Jacob.” This Psalm has been a very precious one in all ages. It is wonderful that He should be called the G o d of a The man who first applied chloroform to the alleviation human being at all. He often calls Himself by the names of human suffering in 1847, Sir James Simpson, used to of His children. He is often revealed to us as the G o d of call this Psalm his mother’s psalm. Simpson's father Abraham. But I remember that Abraham was a prince and mother lived in Glasgow. They kept a little baker’s of faith, and my faith is weak and poor. He is called shop there, and they knew sometimes what it was, in the the G o d of Isaac. But Isaac was a man who knew baker’s shop, to have days of trouble, and one of the what consecration was in a way which few of us have recollections that that distinguished surgeon and ever known. Isaac, not as a boy, remember, as our word scientist took with him into later life was of these days “ lad ” a little tends to suggest to us, but as a man, in the of trouble when this Psalm was upon his mother’s lips, full strength of virility and power, deliberately and of and when he learned to kneel at his mother’s knee, and, set purpose allowed himself to be laid on that altar on with her, in the old Scottish metrical version (which is Moriah, and went down in intention and purpose even really an English version) repeat this petition to God unto death at G o d ’ s word and command. And I have for His help and for His blessing and strength. Simpson not served G o d like that. If G o d is the G o d of Abraham, was not a Christian then ; but most of us know, I sup and if G o d is the G o d of Isaac, that does not bring Him pose, how, in the days that followed, and, thank God, very near to my heart. G o d is the G o d of Hudson Tay when he was a man, with honours thick upon him for the lor. We are quite sure about that. And G o d is the wonderful work which he had done for humanity, his G o d of all these other beloved men and women who heart, too, found rest in the L ord J e su s Ch rist, and have laid down their lives for Him out in China. The right down to the very close of his life he was not ashamed records of the China Inland Mission are, for all time, to be identified with the work and witness of Him Whom marked red with martyr blood ; and G o d is the G o d of he had learned to call Master and L ord. And Simpson's the martyr. We bless His name for that. And He is the mother’s psalm should be our psalm, and not only our G o d of the prophet. But is He our G o d still to-day ? psalm as individuals, but our psalm as members of this Is He our G o d — we who feel ourselves to be just ordinary, beloved and honoured Mission, as we think to-day of plain, humdrum men and women ? Here comes in this these days of trouble, which are known to those of us title by which He lets Himself be known : “ The G o d who take time to read, whether in Ch ina' s Millio n s, of Jacob.” “ The name of the G o d of Jacob defend or in our daily papers, every scrap of news we can gather thee.” The G o d who came after Jacob ; W h o, if I concerningJ u i,y , 1920. China and its problems, its needs, its diffi i76 China’s Millions. JUIiY, 192O. may put it so, saved Jacob in spite of himself; Jacob, missionaries, we think* of heroes, and rightly so ; but the mean, the shifty and the dishonourable m an ; the t hing that more and more impresses me when I come Jacob, the man who flouted the laws of right and wrong ; to talk of those apostles of the Lamb (for “ apostle ” Jacob, the man who ran away from home because of his is Greek, and “ missionary ” is Latin, and they both own wrongdoing; Jacob, the sinner, “ willing to wound mean the same thing), who, for His name’s sake, go and yet afraid to strike ” ; Jacob, the very embodiment forth from our midst, is that, just as with ourselves, and epitome of all the characteristics that so often mark so with them the ordinary days are in the vast majority. out the lives of many of us in these days. Our own Extraordinary crises come seldom, but the humdrum meanness and our own littleness are embodied for all and the routine, trying enough in England sometimes, time in that man, and G o d comes to us at this China yet infinitely more trying in China, is that which they Inland Mission anniversary as the G o d of Jacob. “ The ordinarily have to meet and to encounter. A friend name of the G o d of Jacob defend thee.” Whatever of my own, one of your missionaries, serving under the troubles are, He is still the G o d of Jacob, and, Bishop Cassels, told us how he and a Chinese evangdist “ though wars should rise up against" our beloved lived together for six months (please to remember it— brethren and sisters out there, He would be still the two men together, never separated, never alone, to G o d of Jacob. Though difficulties should thicken gether uninterruptedly day after day, and night after round us, as they are doing, financial, material, spiritual night) in one room in a filthy Chinese inn, in order to and moral, He is still the G o d of who believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of G o d , and we want men and women who are prepared to put life into the business. Jesus Christ has never lowered His claims: His demands are the same, and, unless we are prepared to take up our cross and follow Him, it is of no use at all to come to the Mission Pield. It is life that is telling there. Never reckon converts or the expense of converts in terms of money. It is the life of the men and women that is telling, and it is going to cost life. It may not be to lay it down as did the martyrs in the time of the Boxers in 1900 ; but it will as surely cost you your life, as it cost them their lives. Not Easy, but Joyful. I said, do not come to China to teach the Chinese ethics, and do not come merely to educate the Chinese. Education is necessary, but do not make it your objective. It is not so very long ago that a young Chinese gentleman, fresh from one of the American Universities, was seen kneeling in a temple, in full evening dress, with an opera hat crushed under his arm, beseech ing the Goddess of Mercy to grant him a male child. This was an example of educating a man without changing his heart. We want men and women with a message. We want men and women who are prepared to give everything to Jesus Christ, men and women who will think it worth while putting into His service as much as, nay, much more than was put into the great European War. It will cost life. It will not be easy. It is not an easy pathway, but it is a joyful pathway : it is a pathway which none of us would exchange for any other ; but it is going to cost you life. I think that one of the saddest things that one experiences is the number of people who say to us as missionaries : “ Would to God that I were young enough to go ! If I had only thought of this before ; if I had only gone before ! But now it is too late.” Young men and women here to-night, do not let the high hour of your life go by. There is one moment, there is one hour, that will come in your life when Jesus Christ gives you the opportunity of doing the greatest thing that you can do. Photo by] [Dr. E. H. Edwards. If you let it go by it may not come again. The greatest thing you can do now is to be His servant wherever He may send you. THE CENTRAL TOWER IN THE CITY OF HWOCHOW, SHANSI. I can bear witness that it will be a life of joy, a life that brings a greater reward than He promised. He promised us a that G o d will bless foreign missions. I mean infinitely more than hundredfold : some of us say that we know what it is to have a that. I am told that during the great war in Europe, when there thousandfold. ■was a strategic point to be taken, the men first played upon that I have told you that idols are being destroyed. I have,told point with their long-range guns, and cleared away the barbed you of the great and unique opportunities created by the Great wire so that the soldiers in the trenches might rush in and take Renaissance of China. Having told you those things, my re the position. You must help us with the use of your long-range sponsibility is over, and I lay it upon you young men and women guns. You must help us by your gifts. Script propaganda to-night that you can never say you did not know the need of needs money for advertising purposes. The issue of Scriptures the time, and you can never say you did not hear of the oppor and tracts entail heavy expense on Bible and Tract Societies for tunity of going yourself. We need doctors. We need teachers. production, and on other societies for distribution. But, most of We need, above all, men and women who are going to recognise all, you must help us by sending more men and women. in every department of their work evangelism as the objective, Owing to the . fact that Mr. E . J . Cooper, the late Principal, and who are going to realise that whether it be to open a hospital, and architect, of the Provincial Boys’ School, having to leave it is to win men and women to C h r i s t ; whether it be to open a through overstrain, from which, happily, he is now recovering, school, it is for the strengthening of the Church and the training at the present moment our Superintendent in the province of of native missionaries ; and whether it be the more direct S h a n s i, in addition to his duties as such, is acting as head of evangelistic work, the aim is to be a well-equipped servant of the school, and is superintending the erection of the new JESUS C hrist. Bring your gifts to Him : bring Him the best building. This spells extravagance in life. you have. You will never regret it. Yes, the idols are going. It is the hour of twilight, the “ twilight of the gods ” ; but, Reinforcements Needed. just as in the revolution of day and night there are two twilights, Paced with such conditions we want men and women—and the one which precedes the night and the deeper darkness, and men and women with a message. Do not come to China to the one which heralds the corring of a new day, so it is in China, teach the Chinese ethics. They have an excellent ethical code. or so it will be. Whether that twilight is to be before the night, We want men and women who will come to live C h r is t , and to in which the last state is worse than the first, or whether it. is preach C h r is t , and C h r i s t Crucified. Wc want men and women to be the dawn of a new-day, depends on you and me. J u l y , 1920. China’s Millions. 79 “ A Qod of Deliverances.” A Story of Capture by, and Escape from, Brigands. E x t r a c t s f r o m t h e J o u r n a l o f Ca r l G . G o w m a n , Y u n n a n f u . “ If it had not been the Lord who was on our side when men rose up against us, then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us. . . . Blessed be the Lord who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are escaped.” — Psalm cxxiv. T IE above words have had up-to- appeared into their bundles. Clocks, was busy writing letters here und there date fulfilment in the remarkable watches, knives, forks, spoons, all went concerning the robbery. At service, series of deliverances brought to the same way. Great was their glee after a hymn, 110 attempt at preaching us since the extraordinary events when they discovered our silver. Some was made ; all knelt down on the mud of March 4th, just three weeks ago to of them had a taste for foreign jams, floor (many of them lay on their faces day. You may have received fragmen and seven or eight tins of that disappeared before Go») and Deacon Ch'i began to tary news of these happenings through in short order, as also oyer forty tins of pray. He had said 110 more than tw'G the Press, and now in this letter I plan condensed milk. Everything in the way sentences before be began to sob, and to give, for the glory of G o d , a more of baking powder, corn, starch, tapioca, soon the whole meeting was doing like detailed record thereof. arrowroot, etc., were dumped together in wise. Sobbing and praying—weeping and A large portion of the central section a pile in the middle of the floor. The praying—they poured out their hearts to of the province of Y u n n a n has, for the balance of the canned goods were ren God in prayer for the release of their past few months, been terrorized by a dered useless by their punching holes in teachers. Never was such a prayer large band of robbers, headed by an the top of each can. I could fill pages meeting at T'aku. That evening, after ex-Colonel of the Chinese Army, named with harrowing details, but I spare you. service, they were sitting lound dis Yang T ’ien Fuh. His daring reached a After about forty-five minutes, Mrs. cussing matters, and one " doubting climax when on J anuary 3rd he kidnapped, Gowman came running to me with the Thomas ” said, ” But really there is no three days from Yunnanfu, Dr. A. h. news that they were binding Metcalf, chance of their getting nway ; the robbers Shelton, a missionary working on the and in a few minutes my turn came. We will guard them night and day." But Tibetan border in S z e c h w a n . At first were bound so tightly that our hands were Yang instantly spoke up, " But when he demanded $50,000 as a ransom, but soon blue. They even made prepara Peter was in Prison (Acts xii) there were later he revealed his true purpose of tions to tie Metcalf up to a beam to men carefully guarding him, and the holding Dr. Shelton as a lever to be used torture him and compel him to reveal L ord found a way of escape, and I in his negotiations with Governor T'eng the hiding place of the guns which they am sure that He is able and will do so for for a pardon, and return to office of insisted we had hidden on the place. our pastors now'.” After a few minutes, himself and his lieutenants. Negotiations A fewr minutes after this, they divulged another doubter remarked, ” But even for his release repeatedly broke down, their purpose of taking us along with if they do get away, the wolves and other and Dr. Shelton suffered indescribably them. Metcalf, brave fellow, offered to wild animals are so bad this year that as he was led night and day over the go in my place if they required only one there is grave danger of their being mountains with the robber band. All of of us. But they insisted upon both of devoured on the mountains, with no one this will have been in the papers in much us, as well as Teacher Yen, and Mr. ever to know their end.” But Yang detail by now. Ho's son, and Colporteur Ma from promptly replied, “ But God was able to Suddenly, at 6 a.m., three weeks ago Yunnanfu. As the band left the village save Daniel right in the midst of the to-day (Thursday) we were startled by about 7.30 a.m., everyone of the forty- lions’ den, and He surely is able to save wild cries in the villi^e that robbers two robbers (their number was accurately our pastors from the wolves now.” were coming, and soon our compound was ascertained by numerous sorrowing Chris Thank God for such simple faith and for filled with a band of them ; before I tians hidden among the trees on the hill simple, prevailing prayer. was dressed, I looked down to the school side) as well as ten extra men they com * * * compound and could see them binding pelled to go with them, were loaded with Almost at that very hour, at Ts'ao- Teacher Yen. They called for me to the plunder from our compound. As we chiats’uen where we were, a robber come down, and their first greeting was, made our way up the hill, we wrere sad, came in holding Mr. Metcalf's musical “ We have been sent by the French not so much for ourselves and the wreck clock, and waking us up, asked to have Consul to protect you,” and then almost of our little home we were leaving, as it wound. This done, he went out. in the same breath, “ Have you a watch ?” for the poor I/isu sheep whom we were I found my sun helmet and remarked In another second my Radiolite was leaving behind, and we prayed that He to Mr. Metcalf that I thought I would go snatched away, and we were duly intro Who is the Great Shepherd of the down below and take a look around, duced to our guests. In about two sheep would tenderly care for them now having no idea at the time of making minutes they swarmed all through the that we, the undershepherds, were smitten an attempt to escape. As I sauntered house and the looting began. Nothing and taken from them in a body. out of the door past the two guards lying that met their fancy was spared, and for * * * by the fire, I thought they seemed strange over an hour they continued. Every And what of the little flock at T'aku ? ly still. Passing around to the front of thing in the nature of clothing, bedding, That evening, at dusk, Evangelist Yang the house, I gazed intently at them from quilts, table cloths, table covers dis beat the gong ior service. Mrs. Gowman around the corner, but there was no 8 0 China’s Millions. JVhY, 1920. stir on their part. (In fact, they were so in a crack in the hillside. They passed on prisoners to the evening meal, and for sound asleep that one of them burned and I climbed the hill. It would take a while they threatened all sorts of his coat tail in the fire ■without discovering pages to tell all the experiences of that things to Mr. Metcalf and the others. it until his jeering companions pointed awful night and its many narrow escapes. But their wrath wore off a bit after it out the next day.) Soon an unarmed At one place I went down an almost several hours of tramping the mountains, robber from an outpost guarding the perpendicular slope, tearing my way searching for me. Later, however, they road about twenty yards away passed through the bamboo thickets, and at took their spite out on one of our T ’aku by me in the semi-darkness without other times just letting myself go as I Christians, Iyi-kuang-e, whom they tied up recognising me or even accosting me. slipped down the mountain. When al to a beam and beat unmercifully, threat Filled with amazement at this wonderful most at the bottom, I heard the sounds ening to kill him in the morning if he were opportunity to escape, I still pondered— of the chase at the top of the hill, but it unable to produce me. When they left but if I am to make a break for liberty didn’t seem to them possible that I him he crawled under a big pile of rice and possibly spend the night on the could have gone down such a steep place, straw and hid himself. In the morning, mountains, I ought to have a walking and they turned back in another direc they started a search for him, and one of stick with me. Just at that moment tion. I made my way to the east, as I them stood right on his back as he lay at my foot struck on something, and, supposed, but at daylight received the the bottom of the pile of straw. He stooping down, I picked up a fine bamboo biggest surprise of my life when I dis never uttered a sound, and soon after the rod, about four feet in length. I took this covered that I had been going in a robbers left, he came out of his hiding as a sign of guidance from the I^ord, westerly direction, arid that I was in place and made his way back to T ’aku. and in another minute I slid down a plain sight of the great Yuanmow On Friday, after telephonic communi ten foot embankment below me and soon plain. The Lord had guided my foot cation with Yunnanfu, it was decided was hurrying away. About a quarter of steps in that wild night's flight to the best to send for Mrs. Gowman and Doris a mile down the stream I almost ran safest possible place. In a few hours I to come immediately under escort to into an outpost of robbers who were was down on the plain, and at 10 a.m. Yuanmow to join me. The official sitting by a fire above the road. I made walked into the magistrate’s yamen, would not hear of my going back for fear a wide detour and passed unnoticed. having been on the road fourteen and a I should fall into the robbers’ hands I must have been gone at least half an half hours. I think the I/ORX> literally again. A messenger was sent to T ’aku hour before my absence was discovered. fulfilled Isaiah xl. 31 in my physical about 12 noon with the news of my Then followed the pursuit, and I realized body that night. escape. This arrived just before the what the runaway slaves in " Uncle Tom’s * * * evening service began, and the Christians Cabin must have felt like. At one time, There was no small stir among rejoiced over the answer to prayer my pursuers passed about thirty yards the robbers after my escape was dis God had given them. Saturday was below me on the riverside path as I bid covered, when they came to call the an anxious day for me at Yuanmow, as Photo by] [Mr. Jensen. - A VIEW OF THE N.W. CORNER OF YUNNANFU CITY. SMALL WEST GATE VISIBLE. JULY, 1920. China’s Millions. 81 we feared the robbers might take revenge for my escape by returning to T ’aku. Mrs. Gowrnan, on her trip in to Yuan mow, had pointed out to her the house where Mr. Metcalf and the robbers had stayed the night before. It later develop ed that the robbers had left the place about 1 1 -a.m. Saturday morning, three hours before Mrs. Gowman and her party came along the road. Great was my relief when, just after dark, as I anxiously waited outside the city, the party arrived, headed by about forty soldiers. We had been parted two days and a half, but it seemed weeks—we had passed through so many exciting events in the mean time. * * * Mr Metcalf and Mr. Ma made an un successful attempt to escape, rising at Photo by] [ /, 0 . Fraser. daybreak and getting almost 100 yards away when they met robbers, who com GROUP OF YUNNAN ABORIGINES. pelled them to come back. When the soldiers came up and opened the attack, Mr Ma, in the ensuing confusion, met word of English I have heard for sixty- have charge of the work during our with better success. He slipped away six days.” As soon as we could get the absence, and they need your special unnoticed and stumbled into a small main outlines of the story of his release, prayer. We are trying to go ahead with pit between the opposing forces—" No the magistrate and myself rushed down three of the schools, the balance will have man’s land, if you please,” and there the street to the long-distance telephone, to await our return. Perhaps the L o r d he lay, with bullets flying back and forth and in a few minutes Wuting, Yunnanfu, is allowing these things to teach us that over his head within reach. and soon the whole world knew that Dr. the work is His, and to teach the native When the robbers retired up the hill, Shelton's captivity was at an end. Christians to rely more upon God and he eventually came out of his hiding-place The next morning at 8 o'clock saw all less on their pastors. We are sure that and wandered to a nearby village, where of us leaving Yuanmow, under heavy Romans viii. 28 will be true in the case of he was promptly arrested as a suspicious guard, on our way to Yunnanfu. From us and the work. What we need is character. They sent down to Yuanmow that time until we entered Yunnanfu, patience to await the L o r d 's time for about him, and upon my confirming his five days later, we were never without demonstrating that all things have story, he was released and joined us 100 to 200 soldiers as a guard. Thursday worked together for good. Monday, leaving only Mr. Metcalf in the morning, about an hour out on the road, hands of the robbers. we received the joyful news, brought by »s:::::::::::ss::s:::ss::s:::ss»sisiss Tuesday morning, I sent Mr. Yen and special messenger, that Mr. Metcalf had h Sh i u bsssssse several of the others who had come to made his escape Monday night at dark— aeaafie S U B JE C T S is ¡“ “ FOR us from T ’aku back to the station to the very hour of Dr. Shelton’s escape. look after the place, and I remarked to * * * PRAISE & PRAYER. my wife, “ Well, I guess we can get a Thus all of us are, for the present, LET US GIVE THANKS. bit of rest and quietness to-day at last.” unable to return to our work, and this For the blowing granted at the Summer :: We did—for about two hours. And condition is liable to continue until School and Conference at Swanvriek s: then—oh ! the most wonderful of sur Yang T'ien Fuh has been effectually (pace 82). For the gracious deliverance of God*« :: prises—most amazing of events. In dealt with. So friends, it is a time when servant« from the hands of brigands came Dr. Shelton. I was conversing we are in urgent need of prayer that the (page 79). si mm■■ For the remarkable fall in the price of with the Yuanmow magistrate in our L o r d may soon grant a condition of mm mm stiver (page 84). room, when Evangelists Yang and Pih, peace in this province that the work in mm um mm LET US PRAY. accompanied by five or six others from the country stations among the tribes- ■■ T'aku, came in with a large, full-bearded people may not be hindered. The whole For Govenor Yen, of Shansi (page 7 7). !: B man, with cowboy hat. At first thought, future of the tribes work is at stake. That the whole of the Newr Testament, and other Christian literature, may be rapidly 85 I wondered if it could be the French Until this matter is properly settled, transcrib'd into the phonetic script priest whom the robbers had boasted of country residence will be impossible. {pace 77). » That In increasing numbers doctor» u d » having captured, but Yang soon exclaimed Fray much for the Lisu Christians, that mm mm teachers may offer themselves for missionary service in China(paco 78). that it was really Dr. Shelton, released they may be kept during this time of « at last from his sixty-six days of cap trial and testing—that the L o r d will 8 That the lives of God’s servants may be ■■ preserved while travelling. tivity. Assisted by afl. of us, fra: he overrule the whole thing for His glory S That the visit to the East of Dr. Griffith Mmm could not possibly stand alone, we got anA the .purifying of His Church and the Thomas and Mr. C. G. TraffibuD may be mm .greatly blessed {page 84). him to our bed, and soon he was lying further propagation of the Gospel. We there comfortably. One of the first have appointed Teacher Yen, Evangelist SBS«:i»H!S8! things he said was, “ Well, this is the first Yang and the three T'aku deacons to Out thi* out and k4*t> ** ** BibU. 8 2 China’s Millions. j u i ,y , 19 2 0 . The Swanwick Summer School. E T the reader imagine three hundred Christian people, there was expounded with all the charm and fulness so char- all comfortably housed together in the midst of acteristic-of Dr. Holden's ministry, the theory or the teaching of beautiful Derbyshire country, under almost ideal Scripture on this all-important subject, and all the subsequent L conditions of summer weather, and all intent upon gatherings were but illustrations from the personal and practical the things touching the Kingdom of God, and lie will realize experience of those present. to some extent the setting of the C.I.M. Second Summer School Bishop Cassels, for instance, on two successive mornings, gave at Swanwick, an interesting sketch, from intimate personal knowledge, of the To live together under the same roof for the best part of a development of the ministry of the Word in the Western Phiim week, to dine together day by day at the same tables, to unbend Diocese, his story following the rise and progress, the extension in the freedom of personal intercourse, and to find common and the harvest, in that great field from the beginning up to the refreshment and health-giving relaxation in the games and present time. recreations of the afternoons, all contribute more than is at first Miss Francesca French and Miss Cable, in two- impressive realized to the main end for which the united meetings have been addresses, felt by many to be of great value and power, spoke organized. Formality yields to family feeling, the hearts of all out of the fulness of many years’ experience of the work of find opportunity for expansion and expression in private converse “ seeking the lost,” and of “ equipping Christ’s people for the if not in public utterance ; emotions are conserved by continuity, work of service.” and not dissipated by hasty departures or hurried arrivals. Upon another occasion Miss Eva French gave an informing, Three hundred as well as entertain people who are of ing, talk on the one heart and one difficulties and mind cannot live peculiarities of the together for a week Chinese language, without the ma with some special jority becoming one reference to the to another much new phonetic script, more than merely which promises members of a con great things for gregation. And this the development of is what many have a Bible - reading felt at Swanwick Church. She was this year. The followed by her sis meetings, both ter, Miss Francesca educational and French, with a inspirational in really moving ex character, have position of China’s \inited those who hymnology, illus were present in a trated by transla common desire to tions of some of see the Kingdom Pastor Hsi’s hymns, o f G o d more which she read in rapidly advanced an unusually sym in China and in pathetic and soul- the world generally . stirring way. Hus Everything seemed so natural, so simple, in the best sense of meeting, at which the hearer was at times moved almost to the word, and bound together by a common unity. Nothing tears by the pathos and searching significance of Pastor Hsi’s was forced or restrained. Prayer was given a larger place than themes, was relieved even to laughter, though not to levity, by had been the case the year before, and great liberty characterised the singing, by a small company of missionaries, of some of these times of intercession. Spontaneous supplications, led those hymns to Chinese tunes. by one and another from all parts of the building, followed Upon another occasion a number of the missionaries home on without break day after day during the first half-hour of the furlough illustrated actual work in a Chinese guest hall, and what morning’s first session. And on these occasions the - lonely was necessary in conforming to the somewhat burdensome workers in the distant stations of the mission field, who are etiquette of Chinese hospitality. These demonstrations of daily bearing the burden and heat of the day, were upheld before the life and work in China, by those to whom these things had for Throne of Grace in warm and loving sympathy. many years been part of their daily life, brought home to not a After family prayers, held before breakfast in all the un few, as no speaking or writing could liave done, the demands conventional and homelike freedom of the lounge, and after the made upon the grace and patience of the workers in the ministry time of the united intercession mentioned above, the first session of the Word, if that ministry was to be successfully discharged. of the Conference was devoted to a series of Bible readings, con And it was in full and becoming harmony with the theme of ducted by Dr. Stuart Holden. The theme chosen for these the ¡Bible readings that one meeting should be devoted to a readings was central to the whole Conference, being “ The Word number of short addresses by missionaries home from the field, of God and its Ministry.” Everything seemed to gather around who told how the Word of God was growing and multiplying and to harmonize with this subject. In these Bible readings in various parts of distant China. Tt was equally fitting that J u l y , 1920 . China’s Millions. another meeting should be reserved for farewell messages from some whose lives -were being set apart for this ministry, and Who hope (God willing) ere long to set sail for the foreign field. From this "brief and inadequate sketch, the reader will recognize the varied nature of the programme provided, and how the in structions and inspirations received from G od’s Word were confirmed and illus trated by glimpses into the daily life of the ' missionary. It was the relating of the teaching of Scripture to tne actual task of the worker. Though space will not permit of anything more than a mere outline of Dr. Holden’s addresses, the outline will to many suggest the line which was so helpfully developed, in considerable detail, morning by morning. In his opening address, recalling Bengel’s arresting phrase, “ My soul, apply thyself wholly to the Word, and apply the Word wholly to thy soul,” Dr. Holden gave a general conspectus of his subject. It was, as he phrased it, “ a walk about Zion and the marking pattern was to be found in Him Who has been called the Good of her bulwarks.” The landmarks of this walk were the claims, —the Great—and the Chief Shepherd of the sheep. It was also the contents, the characteristics, and the conditions of G o d ’s to be found in the Apostle Paul, who had so wonderfully repro Word. It claimed to be the Word of G o d ; its contents were duced the Saviour's pastoral spirit. It was in this department of the eternal things, in the light of which all temporalities of service, perhaps more than in the pulpit, that the worker must be judged ; its characteristic was that it arrests, would experience the power of Satan. Speaking of some arraigns, and arouses man, then converts, convicts, and vital issues, Dr. Holden emphasised the importance of entire consecrates him ; while its conditions were that it demanded confidence in the issues at stake, in the possession of a high regard obedience. for the human soul, to see ever the soul’s potential greatness, and, to use the phrase of ttte Friends, “ to minister to the con Priesthood of Believers. ditions ” ; to love, a thing which could never be imitated; and From the character of the message, the subject passed on the to manifest sympathy and tenderness, which were only love next morning to the character of the messenger, and this was broken up into tiny fragments. Commenting upon C h r i s t ’s considered under the priestly aspect of the ministry. Having love for the individual, as revealed from the beginning to the called attention to the priesthood of all believers, the speaker end of His ministry, Dr. Holden closed by an appeal to get back opened up the study of this subject as revealed in the Old Testa to C h r i s t . ment. There was first the initiation into the priesthood, as United Communion Service. detailed in Exodus xxix. and Leviticus viii., where the priest This School and Conference, so varied in its programme, and was cleansed, claimed, and consecrated by blood and oil. The yet so united in its central theme, was fittingly concluded by a priestly characteristics demanded by G o d were typified by united communion service, when the many friends present, those laws which ordained that he should eat of the things representing all sections of the Christian Church, gathered whereby he was cleansed and sanctified ; that wine, a type of together around the L o r d ’s Table. It was on this solemn fieshlv energy, was forbidden him ; by strict injunctions con occasion that the new workers, shortly to sail for China, were cerning his attitude towards marriage and death ; by his ex welcomed with the right hand of fellowship into the ranks and clusion from worldly inheritance, and his confinement to the ministry of the Mission. precincts of the sanctuary. The priest was free for one thing That these days of retreat will be fruitful in blessing both at only. home and abroad there are not wanting signs. Several offers On Thursday the Ministry of the Word was considered under of service have already been received. Some we know have been its prophetic aspect, emphasis being again laid upon the pre provoked to a serious consideration of their responsibility; while paration of the prophet, as revealed in the preparation of such other lives, which according to their own testimony can never Old Testament prophets as Moses, Elijah, Lsaiah, and Hosea, again be the same, have been profoundly moved and not a little or John the Baptist of the New Testament. The prophet was enriched. called to live in two worlds, the world of G o d ’s ideals and of life s That we be not robbed of the blessings received during this actual events. . The facts of life must be confronted with the retreat at Swanwick, it is not unnecessary to recall Bunyan’s facts of G o d , and the things which G o d had joined must never reminder that “ some sleep, when they should keep awake ; be put asunder ; such, for instance, as repentance and faith; and some forget, when they should remember; and this is the confession and forsaking ; believing and confessing ; life and very cause why often at the resting-places some pilgrims in godliness; grace and glory. The prophet must keep in holy some things come off losers. Pilgrims should watch, and re union the -things which G o d had joined. member what they have already received under their greatest The final address of this series on Friday-was devoted to the enjoyments ; but for want of doing so, oftentimes their rejoicing pastoral aspect of the ministry. Here the under-shepherd's ends in tears and their sunshine in a cloud.” B. 84 China’s Millions. J u l y , rgao. Editorial Notes. A WINTER SCHOOL AT SWANWICK.— An Anglo-Chinese Friendship Bureau.— Our The C.I.M. Summer School at Swanwick this readers will be glad to know that the Anglo-Chinese year taxed to the uttermost the accom Friendship Bureau, organized in 19 13, but suspended modation of “ The Hayes,” and yet all the during the war, has been restarted. Its object is to schools and colleges of the country were still keeping promote International friendship between the nations, term. With a view to making it possible for the young and especially to befriend Chinese students in this men and women in our various centres of learning, country. The Secretary of this Bureau will be glad to whether as teachers or students, to be present at a hear from any persons who will be willing to receive similar school, it has been decided (G o d willing) to hold Chinese students into their homes, either fqr occasional a C.I.M. Winter School and Conference early next year gatherings, or for Sunday, or for week-end hospitality, during the winter vacation. The date will probably etc. He is also anxious to be in touch with any who be the first full week in January, but further particulars would be willing to act as professional advisers to Chinese will be announced shortly. students desiring guidance in regard to education in many of the various professions. Space forbids further reference to this subject, but fuller particulars can be Publications.— We are glad to announce the obtained from the Secretary of the Bureau, 86, Avenue publication of new editions of “ Pastor Hsi, One of Chambers, Vernon Place, London, W .C.i. China’s Scholars,” and “ Pastor Hsi, One of China’s Christians.” The first volume— “ Pastor Hsi, One of Visitors to China.— We should like to ask special China’s Scholars” — has for some time been out of prayer for Dr. Griffith Thomas and Mr. C. G, Trumbull, print, and we have had not a few requests for copies. the Editor of the American Sunday School Times, These two books are now reissued, bound in paper who are visiting China, Japan, and Korea this summer. covers, at 2s. net each. In a few weeks we hope to have Their purpose is (d.v.) to hold conferences at the various on sale a combined volume ; that is, the two volumes summer resorts. They will, therefore, value inter in one, bound in cloth. The selling price of this will be cession that their ministry may be richly blessed. announced shortly. It has also been necessary to reprint both “ Hudson The Price of Silver.— We would also suggest, Taylor in Early Years ” and “ Hudson Taylor and the as a topic for thanksgiving, the recent remarkable fall China Inland Mission,” and these new impressions will in the price of silver. In 1915 the tael cost 2s. 4d. In be on the market by the time this paper is in the bands the early days of this present year, 1920, it had reached of our readers. These are simply reprints of the to the appalling figure of 8s. 2d. ; while in February previous editions. A limited supply of these two books it reached the record value of 9s. 6d. Since February has been printed 011 thin paper, and these will be the price has been steadily falling, and at the moment bound together in one combined volume, which in of writing it stands at 4s. 6d., which is still nearly double bulk will be equal to one of the ordinary volumes. what it was five years ago, but half what it was four “ Hudson Tajior in Early Years ” will still sell at months ago. Though the price is still high as compared 7s. 6 d .; “ Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission ” with pre-war conditions, we unfeignedly thank G o d at 9s. net ; the two volumes iu one will be published for the immense relief the fall during the last few at 15s. net. months means to the Mission. Heirs Together Hudson Taylor : The Stations of the Of the Grace of Life. The Man Who Dared. China Inland Mission BENJAMIN BROOMHALL, AMELIA HUDSON BROOMHALL. By their Son Told for Young People. An Aid to Intelligent Prayer. (MARSHALL BROOMHALL, M.A.) Eight Illustrations. By Being a Brief Description MARSHALL BROOMHALL, M.A. of each Station. 3/6 Net. Cheap Edition, 1/6 Net. 2 / - Net. 6d. Net. Z*- Selling A ll to Buy the Field, «■ c“ kM„5ion. T a Net. Net. By MARSHALL BROOMHALL, M.A. Vol. XLVI. No. 8. TWOPENCE. A u g u st, 1920. China’s Millions |& ** $ In H f HINUIR JEHOVAH-JIBKH P hoto by] CHINESE SAWING LOGS OF WOOD IN LUMBER YARD. iFrgdk. Brown. “ HEBE AM I, SEND ME.” THE MOHAMMEDAN PROBLEM IN CHINA. Morgan & Scott, Ltd., 12, Paternoster Buildings, London, E .C .4 , or prom any Bookseu,ek; OR POST FREE 2S. 6d . PER'ANNUM FROM THE CHINA INLAND MISSION, NEWINGTON G r EEN, LONDON, N .l6 . CHINA INLAND MISSION. Telegrams—Lammermuih, H ibury-London. NEWINGTON GREEN, LONDON, N 161 Telephone— 1807, Dalstoh. Founder : The Late J. Hudson Taylor, m.r.c.s. General Director : D. E. HosTE. LONDON COUNCIL Ho me Director ...... REV* J. Stuart Holden, M.A., D.D. W i l l i a m S h a r p , Moorlands, Reigate. COL. S. D. ClEEVE,C.B.,R.E., i 5,Lansdowne Rd.,Wimbledon,S.W . C. T. F ishE, 27, St. Andrews, Uxbridge, Mdx. H. M i ll n E R M o r r is , Mapledean, Linkfield Lane, RecLhill, Surrey. P. S. B a d E n o c h , Mildmav, Belmont Road, Reigate. E d w i n A. N e a t b y , M.D., 8 2, Wimpole Street, W .i. W alter B. Sloan, F.R.G.S., Glenconner, Bromley, Kent. W illiam W ilson, M.B., C.M., F.R.A.S., 43, Fellows Rd.,N .W .3. A r c h . Orr-Ew inG, Oak Bank, South Road, Weston-super-Mare. PERCY K. A l l e n , Culverden Park Road, Tunbridge Wells. REV. J. J. Luce, M.A., St. Nicholas Vicarage, Gloucester. Col. C. W . R. St. J o h n , 48, Redcliffe Square, S.W .10 . LT.-Col. J. Winn, R.E., Whyteleafe, The Grange, Wimbledon. REv. R o l a n d A. S m ith , M.A., Hertingfordbury Park, Hertford. Secretary : F. Marcus Wood. Editorial Secretary: M arshall Broomhall, M.A. Treasurer : Albert A. Head. Deputation Secretary : T. Gear WlLLETT. Secretary Men-Candidates’ and Young People’s Department : John B. Martin. Secretary Auxiliary Council for Scotland: G. Graham Brown, 12 1, Bath Street, Glasgow. Secretary Women-Candidates’ Department : Miss Edith Smith, 45, Aberdeen Park, Highbury, London, N.5. Accountant : W. S. Hayes. All donations should be addressed to the Secretary, China Inland Mission, Newington Green, London, N .16. Money Orders (payable at G.P.O.) and Cheques, which should be crossed, payable to the China Inland Mission. It U specially requested that on every occasion when money is sent for the support of, or lor the work of, any particular Missionary, or lor any Mission object, such as the support of a Chinese Helper, a Biblewoman or a Scholar, the object in view be clearly stated. If, on the other hand, money be sent for a Missionary, as a personal gift, or for any private purpose, this also should be clearly stated in order that it may be correctly acknowledged and forwarded. Bankers: London County Westminster and Parr’s Bank, Limited, 21, Lombard Street, London, E.C.3. DONATIONS RECEIVED IN LONDON FOR GENERAL FUND DURING JUNE, 1920. Root. £ s. d. R «t. £ s. rf.IRcct. s. d, Rect. £ s. d. Rect. £ s. d. Rect. £ s. d. Rect. £ s. d. Rect. ■ £ s. d. Rect. £ s. d.¡Rect. £ s." d. 1st. 8167 0 4 0 8223 0 01 20 0 0 16th. 22nd. O.O. 1 0 0 8528 2 10 0 8211 30 0 11 8367 50 0 0 8104 0 10 6 8168 3 0 Oj 11th. 8351 5 0 o;8415 0 7 6 8473 5 0 0 8529 0 10 0 8th. 8373 150 0 0. 8105 0 10 0 8169 3 3 0 8224 15 0 0 8286 0 15 6 8352 1 2 9,8416 5 0 0 8474 25 0 0 8532 0 5 0 8225 2 0 0 18th. 8106 2 2 0 8170 2 0 0 8226 0 5 0| If 1 0 0 8353 2 0 0 8417 5 0 0 8475 1 12 0 tt 1 0 0 8236 2 10 0:8380 20 0 0 8107 0 10 0 8171 2 2 0 8227 5 0 0 8288 1 1 0 8354 10 0 0 8418 3 0 0 8476 5 8 0 8534 1 15 6'8247 2 0 0¡8384 4 10 0 8109 1 0 0 8172 0 10 0 8228 5 0 0 8289 2 0 0 8355 1 0 0 8419 20 0 0 25th. 8535 5 7 8i8251 4 11 6 8385 7 0 0 8111 1 7 0i 8173 5 5 0,8229 3 10 7 8290 9 2 6 &356 1 0 0 8420 0 10 0 8477 5 ' 0 0 30th. 9th. 19th. 8112 0 15 0 8174 30 0 0 8230 0 10 0 8291 20 0 0 8357 0 10 6 8421 2 0 0 8478 5 0 0 8536 0 13 0 8258 8 0 0 8387 10 0 0 8113 0 10 6 8175 6 (t 8 8231 2 9 4 8292 3 0 0 8358 2 17 0 8422 2 2 0 8479 0 10 0 8537 13 10 0 8262 1 0 0 8388 2 0 0 8115 4 4 0 8177 1 0 8232 0 10 0 8293 0 10 0 8359 0 7 0 tt 2 2 0 8480 42 10 0 8539 0 7 6 8267 6 0 0 8396 8 7 0 8118 5 3 3 8178 0 2 0 8233 1 0 0 9294 1 0 0 8361 1 0 0 8424 1 0 0 8481 1 10 0 8540 5 0 0 8268 6 0 0 21st. 8119 0 8 0 4th. ¡8234 10 0 0 ¡8295 1 12 0 8362 1 0 0 8426 0 12 6 % 200 0 0 8541 1 0 0 10th. 84Ö1 4 12 8 8120 0 5 0 Anon. 10 Q, 0 8235 2 0 0 8296 1 0 0 8364 1 9 3 Anon. 0 2 6 8485 497 12 0 8542 2 0 0 8271 1 0 0 8405 100 0 0 8121 Ü 10 0 8181 12 0 0 8287 3 5 0,9298 0 15 0 17th. 8428 0 5 0 26th, 8543 1 0 0 8284 1 0 0 8412 0 15 0 8122 4 15 0 8182 0 0 ¡8238 0 10 0 8299 5 0 0 8365 1 0 0 8429 2 6 0 8486 1 ’ 0 0 8544 1 10 0 8285 1 10 0!8414 0 10 0 8133 1 0 0 8184 0 5 0 Ant i). 0 11 0 12th. ** 30 11 0 8430 1 12 3 8487 0 7 6 8545 0 8 6 11th. 22nd. 8124 3 3 0S185 7 14 6 8240 0 16 5 8300 3 0 0 8369 1 12 0 23rd 8488 0 10 0 8547 0 8 6 8297 3 14 6 8425 1 0 0 8127 110 018186 0 9 0 8241 2 0 018301 1 0 0 8370 5 0 0 8431 1 0 0 8489 2 9 6 8548 1 3 0 12th. 23rd. 8128 0 18 0 Anon. 0 5 0 8242 0 1 6 8302 5 0 0 8371 7 10 0 8433 1 1 0 8490 4 11 0 8549 5 5 0 8303 5 0 o!8432 1 0 0 8129 0 10 018188 5 0 0 8243 0 4 0 14th. 8372 0 10 0 8434 0 8 3 8491 0 12 6 8550 2 3 3 14th. 18437 0 10 0 8130 1 0 0(8180 0 10 6| t 21 9 9 8304 0 7 6 8374 0 9 6 8435 75 0 0 8492 1 0 0 8551 10 0 0 8317 1 0 0:8450 3 0 0 8131 1 1 0:8190 5 5 0 8245 4 10 0 8305 0 15 0 18th 8436 1 0 0 28 th. 8552 5 0 0 15th. 24 th. 8132 1 0 0 8191 2 0 0 8246 2 10 0 100 0 0 8375 0 2 6 8438 4 0 0 8493 2 5 0 8553 1 10 0 8319 1 0 0 8467 • 2 0 0 8133 3 0 0 8192 1 2 6 ¡8248 0 16 6'8307 1 0 0 8376 1 0 0 8439 10 0 0 8494 1 0 0 8554 0 10 0 8321 30 0 0 8469 0 5 3 8134 0 10 018193 0 7 6 § 70 0 0 8308 2 10 0 8377 1 0 0 8440 5 0 0 8495 2 0 0 8555 1 0 0 8322 5 0 0 25 th. 8135 1 0 0 8194 1 0 0 8250 6 0 0 8309 50 0 0 8378 1000 0 7 8441 1 0 0 8496 2 8 0 8556 3 3 • 0 8325 2 0 0 8482 3 0 0 2nd. 8195 0 11 5:8252 2 10 0 8310 0 15 4 8379 5 0 0 8442 0 16 0 8497 2 0 0 Anon 400 0 0 8483 2 0 0 8196 0Ì8253 5 0 0 8311 2 0 0 8381 125 0 0 8443 2 0 0 8498 10 0 0 J3Ï T9.Ì 3 8328 1 11 6 28 th.' 8337 0 12 6 0 10 ’ 6 8138 3 0 0 8197 0 2 8254 20 0 0 8312 0 10 0 8382 2 0 0 8444 2 12 0 8499 2 2 0 8331 3 0 0 8500 9 0 ó *- 5th. 9th. 8313 1 1 0 8383 0 7 6 8445 1 0 0 8501 5 2 6 8333 1 0 0 29 th. 0 0 8512 10 10 0 8140 0.. 0 .,8198 10 0 0 8255 1 10 0 8314 0 10 0 19th. 8446 2 0 0 8502 0 7 6 For Special 8336 2 10 0 8141 0 0 8200 2 0 0 8256 1 0 0 8315 1 1 0 8386 5 0 0 8447 3 3 0 8503 2 0 0 8337 0 1 0 8522 0 10 0 8142 5 0 8201 5 0 0 8257 2 0 0 8316 5 0 0 S389 2 0 0 t 30 2 4 8504 1 0 0 purposes. 8340 3 0 3 8523 38 11 6 8143 0 0:8202 0 15 0 8259 4 0 0 15th. 8390 2 16 0 8449 1 17 6 8505 1 10 0 let 8343 2 10 0 8530 5 0 0 151« 16 th. 10 0 8146 0 0 8203 0 5 6 8260 1 4 0 n in o 8391 0 10 0 8451 0 5 0 8506 1 0 0 0 0 8531 1 8318 8108 l i 8350 20 0 0 30th. 8147 5 0 0 12 6 8261 5 0 0 2 o o 8392 3 8 9 8452 1 0 0 8507 5 0 0 8110 i 0 0 Anon. 0 0 8205 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 o 8393 0 2 9 8453 1 10 0 8508 5 0 0 8360 2 10 0 8538 1 10 0 8114 4 4 0 0 8546 2 10 0 8149 1 0 0 1 10 0 8264 10 0 0 8324 1 o o 8394 4 4 0 8454 5 5 0 29th. 8116 1 0 0 8363 0 4 8150 0 7 6 8207 1 10 0 8265 0 15 0 5 8395 0 10 0 8455 2 0 0 17ttu 0 0 8509 25 0 0 8117 7 5 0 £1,144- 17 1 8151 0 10 0 1 1 0 8266 10 0 0 0 5 0 21st. 8456 2 2 o 8510 0 15 6 8125 86 17 0 8366 10 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 10th. 8330 0 10 0 8397 1 0 Ö 8457 30 0 o 8511 10 10 0 8126 1 0 0 & 2 0 0 8210 0 7 6 8269 1 0 0 1 0 0 8398 10 0 0 8458 0 10 0 8513 3 3 0 8136 1 0 0 8156 0 10 0 8212 0 8270 2 10 0 1 0 0 8399 1 0 0 8459 6 0 0 8514 0 10 0 2nd. SUMMARY 8157 1 8 0 8213 01 8272 0 10 0 1 0 0 8400 0 3 0 8460 1 2 £ 8515 0 10 0 8144 3 0 0 3rd 7 th. 8273 200 0 0 0 10 0 8402 1 10 0 8461 0 4 6 8516 10 0 0 8145 0 10 0 General ...£3,721 3 6 8462 3 0 8158 2 0 0 8214 0 15 10 8274 2 0 0 10 10 0 8403 0 10 0 0 8517 1 0 0 8152 12 0 0 Special 1,144 17 1 8159 3 3 0 8215 1 0 0 8275 25 0 0 2 0 0 8404 2 0 0 8463 0 o 10 8518 0 18 0 8154 2 0 0 2 Anon 5 0 2 2 3rd. 8160 1 5 0 8216 2 0 0 8276 0 10 0, 0 0 8406 2 4 1 o 8519 0 Total for June ¿1,866 0 G.B. 5 0 0 8217 20 0 0 8277 1 0 0 8344 0 7 0 8407 6 0 o 8465 20 0 o 8520 32 10 0 8176 1 1 0 ... 7 8162 3 0 0 8218 0 5 0 8278 0 5 0 8345 1 0 0 8408 0 18 6 24th. 8521 0 5 9 4th. Brought forward ...22,168 16 9 8163 10 0 0 8219 2 0, 0 8279 0 10 0 8346 1 1 0 8409 1 0 0 S466 5 0 0 8524 1 0 0 8179 2 15 0 8164 25 0 0 t 47 8 9 8280 34 7 6 8347 75 0 0 8410 0 15 0 2 10 0 8525 0 10 0 8183 6 0 0 £27.034 17 4 8165 5 0 0 0 12 0 8281 1 1 0 8348 0 5 08411 5 0 o 8470 0 19 10 8526 2 3 8 5th. 8166 0 10 0 0 10 0 1 7 618349 4 18 818413 0 10 0j 8471 1 0 0*8527 0 10 0 8199 5 0 0 * A Thankoffering. t Readers of “ The Christian." } Legacy. § Sympathy. || In Memory of Fanny Woodman, ü R.O.S. ** Readets of “ The Life of Faith." tt In Memoriam. it Of His Own. The following articles sent for sale are also acknotvledged with prateful ihanfa. (983) 10/2720^-1 gold pendant set with opals. j (989) 6 /4 /20—1 large-gold bracelet (991) 4/5/20—2 gold chains. (984) 14 /2 /20—1 claw brooch, with gold and topaz i „ „ —3 pairs gold studs. » » —1 gold locket. mountings. ,, ,, — 2 gold and turquoise brooches. » „ —1 gold brooch with garnets. (985) 20 /2/20—1 gold watch chain. „ „ —1 hair bracelet with turquoise snake ,i » —3 gold rings. (086) 2/3/20—1 silver soup ladle ] ■ ■ head.* » » —1 Sold seal and small trinket. „ jr. 1 silver gravy spoon. I „ „ —1 gold and turquoise ring. ,, ,, ■—3 strings garnets. ‘ (987) 3/3/20—1 gold chain and pendant. I „ „ —1 silver chain, pencil and trinkets. (992) 8/5/20—1 silk shawl. (988) 27 /3 /20—1 Silver spoon. ! (990) 15 /4 /20—3 silver serviette lings. (993) 12/5/20—1 silver tankard. „ „ —1 silver card case. (994) 14 /6/20—1 £5 gold piece in case. C h in a ’s M il l io n s. “ Here Am I, Send Me.” A d d r ess a t A n n u a l Me e t in g b y P astor D. J . F in d l a y . W ANT to carry you for a minute to that wonderful showed him his sin. It shone through him, and picture about which Bishop Cassels read to us showed him his sinfulness, so that he cried out from 1at the beginning of the meeting. I wonder a broken heart, “ Woe is me, for I am undone. I am whether you can see it. There is a young fellow, a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a twenty-five years of age or thereby, and he is wending people of unclean lips.” his way along some of the narrow streets in the lower How do you know ? His reason is- quite ready, part of Jerusalem until he comes to a long stairway, “ Because I have seen the Lord of Hosts.” And when and he climbs it step by step until he is out on the level any human soul has that vision there is always a similar of the temple court at the top. As he passes through result. We do not know our sinfulness until the search the gate into the temple court first he hears some ing light of the Throne of God shines through and thing. It is just three o'clock in the afternoon and through. But, thank God, when that revelation comes— he hears a blast on the silver trumpet, and as he gets and the deeper it is the more awe-inspiring it is, the more within sight of the door of the temple he sees a company overwhelming it is the better for what is to follow— of priests sitting round the brazen altar. They have when that vision comes, right alongside of the throne is got a little lamb, and they have stuck a knife into its the altar, and for what the throne reveals the altar throat, and have caught the blood in a basin. Then supplies the need. The altar provides the remedy they have laid that little lamb on the fire on the altar. for what the throne makes manifest. So immediately That is what he saw. There was a lot more, but that is one of those seraphim picks up a pair of the altar tongs what he saw. There may have been hundreds or and with them grips a bit of the altar fuel, dripping thousands of people there—I do not know—and they with the blood of the sacrificial lamb, and brings it to all may have seen it too. But he saw something that this young man’s lips, and touches them, and the word none of the rest of them saw, so far as we know. He of God comes to him, “ Your sin is covered ; your ini saw God. quity is cleansed. This has touched your lips ; it has I have been wondering while sitting here to-day, gone.” afternoon and evening, how many of us, how many of This was the crisis of that young fellow’s being. It you dear young folk, especially, will go from this meet may not have been the day of his conversion. I think ing able to say that you have seen God to-day. that it was. It was a day of conversions, certainly, I went into a building in Glasgow forty-six years and it was a day of crisis, it was a day of revelation, it was a two months ago, and I saw God that night. The vision day of confession, it was a day of putting away. Then that I then saw has grown bigger and bigger in my immediately followed the full consecration of heart heart and life through all the years, and it is bigger and life to the service of the Blessed One ; for, when the to-night than ever it was before. I have been wondering question came, “ Who will go for us ; whom shall we and praying, and I am sure many, many others have send, who will go for us, the Father and the Son and the been wondering and praying more or less on the same Holy Spirit, one God, who shall go for us ?” this con lines to-day, how many there are of the young men victed, converted, forgiven, cleansed soul at once and the young women here who, in all the coming responded, “ Here am I, send me.” days, and weeks, and months, and years of their lives That was a splendid word which M ss Cable spoke to will look back on this Tuesday afternoon and evening us a few minutes ago. I say it with the utmost charity and say—perhaps some on their return from China, and love, but I have met in China missionaries who or from some other mission-field— “ It was on that do not know J e su s Ch r ist. I have met in China Tuesday of the China Inland Mission Meeting so many missionaries who are not converted, and who do not years ago that I saw God, and the vision has changed know the meaning of the word conversion, who have no my whole life.” testimony to regeneration. They have gone out on What did it do for this young man ? First of all it the lines which Miss Cable pleaded with you not to go A u g u st , 1920. 88 China’s Millions. A u g u s t , 1920. out on. They have gone out merely as missionary at His call to go anywhere where He shall send you. instructors and teachers. That has been their sole It is my privilege to be in touch with missionaries in aim, and they know nothing of a message of life and every part of the world. The greatest part of a large salvation for the Chinese. If that is the sort of thing correspondence is with missionaries. I do not know you would like to do, in G o d ’s Name stay at home. a single missionary, not one true missionary man or It is of no use going to China unless you believe the woman, who regrets the consecration of his or her life Bible from beginning to end. If you have no use for to Jesus Christ in the mission-field. I liked a thing the first eleven chapters in Genesis, China has no use Mr. Herbert said in my hearing the other day. He for you. If there are bits in the Bible you do not believe, said, “ The China Inland Mission has got no skeleton keep your heresy at home. Do not take it to China. in its cupboard.” I sometimes hear, even on missionary China is dying for men and women who believe the whole councils, the accusation that China Inland missionaries Bible from beginning to end, and who believe the whole are starving. I know more of them than the accusers (iospel of utter ruin by the Fall, and full and complete and I never met one. I never met a man or a woman redemption by the blood of the Cross, and regeneration yet out of the many hundreds one has known in the by the Holy Ghost, nothing less than that ; nothing China Inland Mission who would be anything else less than that is of any use at home, and nothing less than a China Inland missionary, not one as far as I than that is of any use in China. It is because so many know who would have spoken of himself in any other of our churches are getting another Gospel, which is not capacity. One Indian missionary spoke of his son another, that they are languishing and dying, and emp who, he said, he had dedicated to the L ord to be a tying to-day. Where the old Gospel is preached, the missionary, and he had drivelled down to being an people rally and gather and come and keep coming. ambassador. Any other calling under heaven is cer Where this grand old message is told out in the power tainly not above that, for no other calling is to be com of the outpoured Holy Spirit either at home or abroad, pared with that of preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ the uplifted C h r is t is always drawing men to Himself. where He is not known and where it is not preached. I would like to close right here. My dear young Will you take this quietly and- alone into the L o r d 's brothers and my dear young sisters, you who are eligible presence and will you ask Him, “ Lord, what wilt by your years and you who are eligible by your spiritual thou have me to do ?” and whatsoever He saith to you, expe rience, offer yourselves to Jesus Christ. Be ready do it. a In Everything—With Thanks.” The following extracts are taken from letters written by workers in the field to the Treasurer’s Department in Shanghai, when acknowledging moneys received. Though not intended for publication, we feel sure the reading of these testimonies will help to strengthen faith, and these words of thanksgiving will, we trust, be to the glory of Him who has so wonderfully answered prayer in regard to funds. It may perhaps be mentioned that normally remittances are sent out from Shanghai quarterly, but, during the time of straitness, consequent on high exchange, interim remittances have occasionally been despatched to relieve pressure. Some of these letters refer to the regular quarterly remittances, and some to the interim ones. " Enclosed please find my receipt for interim remittance to “ We wonder, with the high exchange, how’ you are able to hand. It came to us this time as a very distinct answer to prayer, send us so much. The L ord our Father always makes what for we were face to face with a distinct shortage. By these things comes enough, and often it is amply sufficient, or He supplies men live, and, personally, I feel that these times of shortage in other ways.” put a ‘ vim ’ into life that times of abundance fail to do. I read * * * the other day that man is at his best when battling against the “ The sum is small this time, but we praise G o d that He counts stream, and one cannot but feel in one’s inmost soul that it is us worthy to suffer this test of faith. May we be the better for so, though the flesh does not always say ‘ Yes.' ” it, and praise G o d , we have not really been called upon to endure hardness for Him in any physical sense that is worthy of * * * mention." “ Truly our I,o k d is the faithful G o d , and I am beginning to * * * prove, as Mr. Hudson Taylor said, ‘ what a sweet thing it is to “ I do not mind the shortage for myself, but was most grateful live from hand to mouth when it is from G o d ’s hand to our to find a sum to help with our native helpers, who are so much mouth.’ ” needed these days when foreign workers are so few.” * * * * * * “ The extra remittances you have sent out make me feel very “ We, with others, much value your note of faith and courage grateful, but very unworthy of all the L o r d ’s goodness. It is accompanying the latest remittance voucher. It is our desire impossible, of course, for G o d to deny Himself, and to forsake that our degree of thankfulness for Go d ’s provision may not be His children out here, but we are none the less glad and grateful regulated by the amount of dollars that appear on the voucher. when w e receive such tokens of His love and remembrance.” If we have His blessing with whatever He sends, and we receive August, 1920. China’s Millions. 89 it with thankfulness, He can make the flour in the barrel and the Himself is our treasure house, and one longs more and more to oil in the cruse last until He opens His gracious hand in other live and move and have our being wholly in Him. We do need ways.” the spiritual gifts which are of supreme importance.” * * * * * * “ I should like to add my testimony to that of many others, “ The word in Deut. iv. 7 : ‘ Who hath G o d so nigh unto them, which, doubtless, you are receiving these days. The L ord does as the L o r d our G o d is in all things that we call upon llim for,' provide for all needs. Deficiencies have always been made up in comes to mind as one receives this interim remittance. May we some way, either by extra gifts from friends at home or other each one give Him increased joy." tokens of the Father's care.” * * * * * * " Thank you for your note with remittance, which is nio.st “ Thank you for the interim remittance just sent out, and also acceptable at this time, and brought forth loving thanks to C>on- for your good letter enclosed. Praise God, we do indeed trust more so, one cannot but note in one’s own heart, than when there to no uncertain supply. It is abundantly true that the resources was a greater plenty.” of God are not affected by the rates of exchange.” * * * * * * We deeply realise the preciousness at this time of trust in " This token of the loving kindness of our Father came at a C h r i s t . G o d truly is rich unto all that call upon Him. There time when I was specially praying for money to meet a need, never is a possibility of failure with Him.” and it fills my heart with praise. Oh, to be worthy of Him who * * * never fails.” * * * " The L o r d knows our needs, and if lie docs not supply them far ahead He always provides at the right moment, and we can “ Praise G o d , we know that He will not fail us in any way, and surely go on in freedom from care. It is good to be able to rest if He causes us to know straitness it is that we may be led into in our Father’s love.” fuller spiritual blessing, and this is what we need most of all. + * * What a wonderful work the L o r d accomplished through Peter “ It is worth while being brought to the point of feeling need, and John, though they said, ‘ Silver and gold have I none.’ ” that we may be led more truly to look to Him, and prove again * * * and again how wonderfully He does supply. I want to add my “ I have been realising recently in a new way that the L o r d word of praise and thanks to Him.” has still got ravens on active service.” * * * * * * “ I think it is a very special help that Mr. Hudson Taylor's “ Praise the L o r d for His goodness—no want to those that Life should come out at this time. As one reads of the difficulties trust in Him. It is good to see that the L o r d has resources close of the pioneers and of the wonder-working of our G o d , on so at hand, while our eyes are perhaps stretched across the ocean.” many occasions, it is a great stimulant to faith and an incentive * * * to believe that He will provide all that is needed.” “ Once again G o d has shown us that He may bring us into * * * a strait place, but He will never fail us.” * * * “ I have no fear about the L o r d not providing the need for each one of us. His servants. He is always faithful and He “ Now is the time to prove our faith for the needed supply, knoweth. In the summer I had asked Him to supply my needs and to pray not only for ourselves, but for the many other bo that I might not have to overdraw, and He provided beyond societies also adversely affected. The same L ord is rich unto what I asked for contingencies I had not foreseen, and now this all.” * * * last transmission remittance covers everything, new passport and all, and leaves a margin for His work. It is blessed to get His “ God tests our faith that we may test His faithfulness. This love tokens.” is just another opportunity for us all to test His faithfulness. * * * He will do something, for He cannot fail.” * * * “ I cannot return the voucher without again sending a brief “ Although the remittances for the last year or so have been line to acknowledge with heartfelt gratitude this further smaller than usual I can truly say that all my needs have been remittance. It is good to realise our dependence on the I^okd supplied, and when one feared that the amount would not be and to prove His faithfulness.” * * * enough to carry one through the quarter an extra remittance has come in so that I have suffered no lack.” “ Certainly the L o r d means to teach every one of us to lean * * * more and more on Him and trust Him more fully. So far the “ Both my wife and I are glad that we came to China under a little has always been enough.” * * * Mission which taught us to look to Him and not to the financial department of a Mission.” “ Once again G o d has sent the supply of our needs, and * * * although the remittance is somewhat smaller, it is such a joy to “ Wedo rejoice in G o d ’s faithfulness. He has been showing know that no good thing will He withhold from them that walk us recently how independent He is of the ordinary channels, uprightly.” * * * by sending us full supply through extraordinary channels. Praise His holy name.” " This has indeed been very welcome, and 1 am sure 1 have * * * rejoiced far more for the help it must have proved to some “ It did indeed come to me as a special gift from the L o r d . parents and others who were specially needy than I have for We have so many local compensations that we are not permitted myself. M iss said when the last remittance came to feel in any way straitened. Our garden has never been so that she was sure the L o r d would send another as she had not productive as this year. Eggs and chickens have come in as enough to cover inevitable expenses, and she proved to be presents in abundance, also several presents of wheat. G o d correct.” 90 China's Millions. August, 1920. A Visit to Kweiki, in Kiangsi. E x t r a c t s f r o m a L e t t e r f r o m M r s . H o w a r d T a y l o r t o h e r N e p h e w , Gr a t t a n G u in n e s s K u m m . T e n M i l e s b e l o w I y a n g , in the face of a blizzard !), I met a young draped between big hanging lanterns. Scotch woman who had come to China I was all eagerness to see again the well- February nth, 1920. among the Hundred, a few months before remembered face and form of the young TR AN G E to say, we are out my own arrival. For thirty years we Scotch missionary. again on the water, this time had not met again until last week. There she was, standing among her stayed by a blizzard, ten miles, Miss Marchbank knew that we were people to welcome us—the tall figure, S below the station to which we coming to Kweiki, which has been her spare and somewhat stooping, the brown are travelling. It is ten days since I began station since 1890, and out of love to dear hair shining silvery white. Taking me this letter, and wonderful days they father (Mr. Hudson Taylor) and to honour by the hand, she led us at once into the have been for us. We were prospered in his name arranged for us a royal welcome. chapel, where all the crowd gathered round getting to Anren, our first station on this We were met some way down the river and the venerable Pastor led in prayer. Kwangsin River, early on Sunday, in time by several of her household, and at the It was most precious and heart-moving. for all the services—at which uncle spoke landing-place outside one of the city “ This is your Chinese welcome/' she most helpfully. You would be surprised gates by the dear old Pastor (over 8b) and whispered, and then she led us back to hear his beautiful Chinese ! Then on a crowd of Church members—teachers and among attractive-looking buildings on Monday we went on to Kweiki, where boys from the school, and Christians all hands to the rooms we were to occupy. we spent the next Sunday— a visit long old and young. Two magnificent sedan Never had we seen such, beautiful, to be remembered. How can I tell you chairs were waiting on the bank, each well-ordered mission premises — all in about it ? If only you could see it all for with four bearers—one chair belonging absolutely simple, Chinese style. The yourself ! to the Church, used for weddings and on extensive compound was just a maze in In one of your letters last summer you state occasions, and the other a similar every direction ! The spacious chapel, spoke of " the growth of China toward chair borrowed from the Mandarin ! with windows all round, seemed the C h r is t , ” and said, “ do tell me about it Each had four bearers. centre of the block—but in front and when you write again. Your prayers and Seated in great glory, we were then behind, and to either side, lay buildings your work fulfilled in Him must be escorted through the city by the Christians for every purpose that took us days to one of the most glorious experiences of — a contingent of school boys going on explore. There were the Prayer Meeting your life.” Indeed, indeed, it is so— in front, blowing bugles and banging Halls for men and women, used for though we are seeing more of the fulfil gongs, all the way to the Mission House ! smaller meetings, the Guest Halls, Pastor's ment of the prayers and work of others They were the School Band, in grey mili home and admirable servants’ quarters. than our own. As a Mission, however, tary uniforms, and thoroughly entered There was the extensive Boys’ School we are all one. into the spirit of it all. with rooms for fifty to sixty boarders, Thirty years ago, when I first visited Arrived at the great gates, we were the Girls’ School with rooms for forty to this beautiful district, coming down the carried in through the first courtyard and fifty, both with their new large chapels river which we are now going up (or trying set down in front of a beautiful building for daily worship. There was the Kinder to—this is the second day of lying-to from which two great Chinese flags were garten department—and we found on the WOMEN’S CLASS AT NANCHANG IN KIANGSI- A u g u s t , 1920 . China’s Millions. 91 Church books a “ Cradle Roll,'’ recording the births of all the little ones in Christian homes. There was the Women’s Bible School in its own little courtyard. There were drill sheds for boys and for girls, and a large playing field for football, etc. There were admirable kitchens for each department, granaries and store houses for fuel, etc., wash-houses and drying yards, pig-styes in out-of-the-way corners, strips of land here and there between buildings, beautifully laid out in beds for growing vegetables, and every provision for economical housekeeping. There was the valuable well with its abundant supply of clear, clean, cool water; the dwelling-house for foreign workers, just in the same style as all the rest; and, last, but not least, the Old Folks’ Home, with its touching group of happy, peace ful, aged pilgrims, all Church members, seven of whom are over eighty years of age. Twenty to thirty can be accommo dated in that truly Christian shelter for “ the Nourishment of Old Age,” each inmate having a little room all to them selves, and knowing that provision is Photo fC. H. Judd. made for them in the “ coffin-room ” close at hand, and the beautiful Church burying- ground outside the city. A CHINESE HUNTER. His shield is covered in front with bracken and brush wood, and has a slit to look through and hole “ No one wants to get rid of you here,” to put gun through- The basket arrangement at back of shield contains eggs and pheasant tail their beloved benefactor often says to feathers- These, with a fowl seen in cage affair for carrying it. act as baits to pheasants- The fowl is let out and is trained to "clu ck .” The hunter has also an artificial pheasant call-whistle- Attached to them. “ You can die in peace ; and if back of shield on right side is a long rope of smoking flax with which to light his " blunderbuss-" you have not your own coffin, one is all ready for you.” What such assurances mean to the poor and friendless, over and to her interest as well as mine we thirteen centres, now, there are chapels seventy years of age, only one who knows found that the sum was no less than and groups of Christians meeting regularly Oliina can realize. $22,516. Of this the Mission supplied for worship. The Church consists at But where did the money come from $2,039. All the rest came to Miss March - present of about 700 members, but 1,353 for all this, we asked in amazement after bank and her fellow-workers in direct have been baptised from the commence taking in the extensive premises so answer to prayer. They had learned, ment. It was beautiful to hear about beautifully arranged that one can go from as she told me, to go with their financial many of these dear Christians, and how end to end, in pouring rain or burning needs straight to Headquarters. Bight the light had spread from heart to heart. sun, under cover of the broad eaves and thousand more had come to them in the I must not weary you with more details, verandahs. same way for premises in the out-stations but the moving of China toward C h r is t “ It all came in answer to prayer,” was and other purposes. consists in just such stories. A quiet the reply ; ‘‘ a good deal from the Chinese, But, best of all, the Church books re life, here and there, buried as a corn of some from the Mission, and the rest from vealed a long, long record of baptisms in wheat—and then, a springing harvest. many unexpected sources. It is wonder town and country. All round the dis Think of the outcome of this woman’s ful when you deal with the I F r o m M r . S t a r k ’s M o s t R e c e n t S h a n g h a i L e t t e r . ISTU RBED conditions are reported from several of through. In a letter received from Mr. Squire, written from our centres. No further news has been received Ichang on the 31st March, he mentions that some members of the concerning the fighting between Tsinchow and Long- American, Baptist Missionary Union were stopped by robbers, D chow, in K a n s u and S h e n s i respectively, to which I who fired at their boat, killing one of their boatmen. The referred in a previous letter; but Mr. Hagqvist, writing from robbers came on board, and, opening their boxes, took off almost Sianfu on the 7th inst., says the political situation in the latter all their stuff. As the robbers were climbing up the bank, some province is very serious. There has been fighting between junks of soldiers came in sight, and fired on these men, who brigands and soldiers, many being killed on both sides. The dropped their loot and fled, whereupon the soldiers gathered it relation between the Tuchun and Hsii Lan-chow, the commander up, and carried it off to their own boats, and distributed it of the Fengtien troops, is very strained, and it is the general amongst themselves. Dr. Humphreys, the leader of the party, opinion that there will soon be fighting between them, which however, went to the yamen, and succeeded in recovering a will have grave results, as both sides are said to be well prepared. good deal of the stolen property. At Fengsiang, fighting between rebel soldiers and Government In a further letter, received from Mr. Squire yesterday, he troops had already begun on the 3rd May. Mr. C. H. Stevens reports the arrival of some missionaries of the Canadian Methcdist writes:— Mission at the C.I.M. landing stage in Ichang, at 9.30 p.m., with " The people are being treated scandalously by marauding eight steamer trunks. As soon as two trunks had been landed, soldiers; not only have their grain and fodder been largely several soldiers appeared and demanded that the boxes be commandeered, but the soldiers visit the villages in bodies, loot opened for inspection, saying they had to see whether there was ing, extorting and torturing to such an extent that many of these any contraband. The owners protested that they were mis poor folks dare not spend the night at home. If things continue sionaries, and had no contraband, but thè soldiers still insisted thus, I am afraid many will soon be in a desperate state for food, that the boxes should be opened. They were asked to wait raiment, and money.” while the keys were fetched from the C.I.M. house, but this From Pachow, in Eastern S z e c h w a n , Mr. Porter reports that they refused to do. They then held a short consultation, and at the beginning of March the surrounding country was in a some of them went off, soon re-appearing with reinforcements, state of unrest. Brigandage was prevalent, and fighting had armed with clubs, which they used in battering the boxes to taken place. The Red Lamp Society had been causing trouble, pieces. Mr. Fawcett Olson, of the C.I.M., attempted to make his and many of the people had suffered at their hands. Mr. Porter way to the Mission House, but was very roughly seized by the writes:— soldiers, one of whom struck him on the back. Another drew a “ The military leader here is the brigand chief Chen Chi-ho, knife, and threatened him if any resistance were offered, whilst the troubler of the Kwangan district a few years ago. He has yet another stood on guard, brandishing a club, daring him to a great many soldiers under him. We have had no rain now for try to go for help. As the lids of the boxes gave way, the some months, and the crops are suffering. There is scarcely soldiers excitedly gathered around, and Mr. Olson took advantage enough rice for the people, and the price of food is almost pro of the opportunity of slipping into the darkness, and reaching the hibitive. The people are fearing a bad harvest, so with brigand Mission House. He gave the alarm, and with Mr. Squire en age, military oppression, and opium, the prospects are bad all deavoured to go to the Consulate ; but, on reaching the gate, around for everybody.” found a cordon of soldiers drawn up, preventing their exit. On the Upper Yangtsi the conditions are very bad. Mr. Hock- However, these soon retired, and the two missionaries went and man experienced considerable difficulty on his way back to notified the Consul, who promptly went off to the military camp, Western S z e c h w a n . He joined a party of missionaries of another and after a little delay received an escort of a dozen soldiers, Mission, and their boat was attacked, and had to fight its way who proceeded with him to the landing stage. Meanwhile, the soldiers had departed, carrying off two big steamer trunks. The next morning one of the trunks was found a little way BOATS AT along the bank, smashed beyond repair, and completely empty. ANCHOR. Alongside of it was a soldier’s identification tag, and two soldiers’ lmts. Mr. Squire writes:— “ A xeign of terror now exists in Ichang. Dozens of >■. Idiers roam about the foreshore every evening, robbing unlucky people, who seek to embark or disembark, until the people axe scared to go near the shore after dusk. Surely it is time the Government withdrew soldiers, who are a menace, not only to the native, but also to the foreign community." Jo y .— What is “ the joy of the L o r d ” ? Is it L ■ W ' joy that there is such a LORD? For we cannot realize His existencé without joy. Or is it joy that He is our LORD ? For possession is a fruitful source of joy. Or, again, is it joy that H e has imparted to us, and shed abroad in our" hearts by His Spirit ? Or, lastly, is it His own joy which is our strength ? We feel no doubt that, while all these sources of joy are ours, it is to the last of them that this passage specifically refers.— J. HUDSON Tayw>R. A u g u s t , 1920. China’s Millions. 93 Here and There. and get them to join the class. He came BIBLE SCHOOL WORK. along to our opening class in the city, /J |\R . DARLINGTON conducted a POLITICAL CONDITIONS. and we had our chapel crowded. He was * Bible School in Wanhsien early in all the better pleased that the class J anuary, when four colporteurs and eight flT Yingshan, in Szechwan, Miss included Gospel teaching, and took quite CulverweU informs us, the men from the districts of Suiting, Liang- an interest in it all. My own class was shan, Kweifu and Wanhsien itself were political conditions are appalling. She much too large to begin with, while w r it e s :— present. The twelve students, besides towards the end, during the New Year attending lectures daily, engaged in “ We have no chi si, but are under a street processions, it dwindled down very military official, who treats citizens as evangelistic work in the streets, and in the much. A considerable number, however, various preaching places in the afternoons. though they were an unruly set of soldiers. learned to read and write, and a good Creditors and debtors having a rather Mr. Darlington is now conducting special number of Script Gospels were sold. I missions in some of the Eastern SzBCHWAN noisy settlement of accounts are hauled have since been around examining the up by his underlings. Debtor is given 500 stations, and Miss A. R. Allen is conduct village classes, and have found that many blows, and creditor 1,000, and both are ing meetings for women. Mr. J. R. Hay- imprisoned, one for debt, the other for man visits the different centres in advance, ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssk daring to ask payment. A wrong arrest sssss conducting prayer meetings in preparation was made, and though the man’s inno SUBJECTS for the missions. Surely there should be cence was proved beyond dispute, Hwang ■ ■ ■ ■ FOR much blessing as the result. Tsan-meng said : “ Oh ! you live where || PRAISE & PRAYER. ss■■ STUDENT EVANGELISTS. brigands abound, and doubtless are in SS PRAISE. jCl FU RTH ER cheering evangelistic touch with them.” He was given 500 ■■ ■■ ■■ For answers to prayer in connection with ■■ ^ effort is reported from Yiincheng, in strokes and imprisoned. This kind of ■■ ■■ financial supplies (page 88). the south of S h a n s i. Mr. Wester, of the thing goes on daily, and why do the *■ For ths progress o f the work in Kwailti ■■ Swedish Mission in China, reports that ■5 (page 90). ■■ people bear it ? Because the unprincipled ■■ some members of the local church, and ¡2 For encouragement in colportage work in ■■ tyrants are the underlings of Yen ■■ Hunan (page 93). the Young Men's Christian Association in Shihling, who beheads people by the ■■ For the cheering evangelistic effort re- 22 ported from Yuncheng (page 93). the city and in the schools met together score, without trial, as he did here last si PRAYER. to discuss the question of holding a summer. The people are in a pitiful mission. They formed a kind of Salvation condition.” ■■ That the disturbances in China may ■■ speedily cease, and order be restored Army, and issued striking advertisements ■■ (page 92). COLPORTAGE WORK. ■■ That in the disturbed areas the lives of and suitable handbills. These men were ¡* God’s servants, Chinese and foreign, ss joined by forty students from Theological ■ 1 may be preserved. ■■ 7 T\R. F. A. K E L L E R , who recently ss Seminary and Normal Schools, and from paid us a visit in order to attend ■■ That much blessing may result from tent ■■ ■■ work and Bible School work (page 93). BB the Middle and Primary Schools. On the a conference of Bible School leaders, gave mm That all work among Mohammedans in 2S Sunday afternoon, they marched in us a most encouraging account of the ■■ China may be greatly prospered (page ■■ SS 94). SS procession through the more important work of his colporteur-evangelists in ■■ That the school* for ths teaching of the SS streets in the city, distributing tracts and H u n a n . He has six bands of men 22 phonetic script in Shansi, and elsewhere, 22 ■■ may not only grow in numbers, but ■■ handbills of invitation to the Gospel Hall engaged in evangelistic effort. Between 22 usefulness (pace 93}. ■* to the great crowd of bystanders all along October, 1918, and July, 1919, these SS That the International Conference of SS ■■ missionary leaders in Geneva may .under ■■ the route, and preached at some places bands visited 158,185 homes, disposing ■ 1 God, lead to great issues (page 96 .. SS wide enough to hold gatherings of listeners. of 29,565 Old and New Testaments ■■ That a new tide of life may flow SS This is the first effort of this kind in the and Gospels, 39,665 selected portions of SS through all existing missionary societies SS SS (page 96). SS city, and we trust that it will result in Holy Scriptures, 85,308 synopses of the ■S That all who mourn may be comforted ■■ spiritual fruit. Gospel, and in addition to this, they dis SS (page 96). 2S tributed 306,970 folded and sheet tracts. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■SS WOMEN READERS. Dr. Keller gave a number of instances of Cut this out and k—t> it in your BibU. j £ R 0 M Wenchow, in C h e k ia n g , Miss conversion, and told of the awakening of F. Eynon writes as follows:— interest in the Gospel in many districts are able both to read and write the script “ We arrived back from the country previously untouched. well. The close of the year saw the work three days ago, after the Bible School at prospering in many villages. Some of Zie-lu-yie. We have enjoyed the time up A SPECIAL OPENING. those, where tent missions have been there. The Bible School was small, there /H VR. A. B. LEW IS reports a special held, are decidedly encouraging. With being only twenty-six names on the 4 opening of another kind in G o d ’s blessing and protection, we ought register. Still, compared with the women S h a n s i. Writing from Hotsin, on March to see considerable increase.” church members, which is less than 15th, he says :— twenty, thirteen of whom were present, “ We organised a number of schools TENT WORK. this was not a bad attendance, as you for teaching the National Phonetic Script. / I l \ R. BROCK writes from Chowlda- know the people are poor, and the district Our official was very glad to do anything * kow on February 28th :— is scattered. One thing there, which was he could to help us along this line, as he “ We have had good audiences and an encouragement to os, was the earnest is keen to have the Script taught all over plenty of voluntary preachers in our tent desire of the women to learn to put the the hsien. As soon as he heard we were on the river front this week. One man Mandarin character Testament into going to have classes, he sent at once for interested last year, and now very keen, colloquial. Hitherto they have not a list of the places where we intended gave testimony to-day. He led a party realised the importance of it. When one holding them, and sent an order to the to T’aohaoling last year. Now he is thinks of the obstacles, poverty, lack village elders to round up the young men seeking to lead them to G o d .” of help, and the ¿difference between the 94 China’s Millions. A u g u s t , 1920, written and spoken language, it is a cause had been influenced. It is impossible to was a great joy to us, and the girls rejoiced for praise that these women are willing over-estimate the importance of family with one another as they saw their com to learn to read, as it means hard work worship, not only as a means of grace to panions yield themselves to the Holy to them.” the individual convert, but also as a Spirit’s influence.” testimony for GOD. THE FAMILY ALTAR. SCRIPTURE STUDY. R. D ICKIE sends an interesting EDUCATIONAL WORK. R. K. EKBLAD recently conducted report of a conference, recently held T T H E R E are many indications that a series of evangelistic meetings at at Kinhwa, also in C h e k ia n g . Amongst G o d is honouring the position Kweihwating, in S h a n s i. These were other subjects considered was that of we have taken up in the matter of teaching well attended, some days the chapel being “ Worship in each home and the import the Holy Scriptures in our schools. We filled to its utmost capacity. A number ance of leading the whole household to require a minimum of five hours a week of the leading men of the city were C h r i s t .” Many of those present deter in every case, and refuse to make any present, and some of them seemed in mined, as the result, to have regular family financial grants-in-aid where this rule earnest in seeking to learn what the worship. A few bore testimony to the is not observed. Miss F. I. Fowle, writing Bible teaches. Mr. Ekblad says :— effect that they had received blessing of the Girls’ School at Suiting, in Eastern “ I have been invited to meet with those since they had set up the family altar. S z e c h w a n , says :— interested and their friends once a week One mentioned that his grandmother, " G o d gave us much encouragement at to read the Scriptures to them, whilst the a vegetarian, had been converted, and the close of last year's work. All the evangelist has a similar invitation from a that his wife and even his children thirty boarders received blessing. This branch of the Merchants’ Association.” The Mohammedan Problem in China. A d d r e s s a t A n n u a l M e e t in g b y G e o r g e F i n d l a y A n d r e w , O.B.E., o f L a n c h o w f u , K a n s u . T O-NIGHT it is my privilege to bring to your notice the Then, again, further east, bordering on their neighbourhood, problem of the unevangelized parts of China. I can there is something Jike a similar number who speak nothing but only touch upon one phase of it. The whole problem is a peculiar Mongolian dialect, and who are, in all probability, too vast for any single mind to comprehend, or for actual descendants of the ancient Uigurs. any one person to deal with dogmatically. I have been asked to These three million Moslems in K a n s u are causing the growing say a few words about the Mohammedan problem now facing the church of C h r i s t in that province to be faced with the problem Christian Church, especially in the north-west of China. As of their evangelization. Last week, down at the Missionary Mr. Broomhall has told you in his book, “ Islam in China," Exhibition in Cambridge, a lady asked a very intelligent question these people are now to be met with throughout the whole of to the effect: “ If there are so many Chinese who are as yet the Empire, in every one of the eighteen provinces. But they unevangelized and unreached by the Gospel, why not con are particularly numerous in the north-west province of K a k s u . centrate all energy and effort upon those, and leave these few Out of the sum total of, say, fifteen millions who inhabit the millions, which, in comparison, are but a very insignificant various provinces of China, three millions are to be found in that number, to some future date ? ” My friends, apart from the one province, which has a total population of ten millions. fact that we would not if we could, we could not if we would. The question naturally arises, Who are these people, and from As the Christian Church grows the devil will exercise his activities whence come they ? Most persons—and I think that many in the organized antagonism of these people, who are directly travellers in China fall into the error—imagine that they are opposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They hold so much in but those Chinese who at some time or other have become common with us, and yet are so different. They hold the five proselytized to the faith of Islam. I would ask you to dispossess books of Moses, the Psalms of David, and a form of the Four your minds of that idea. The Moslems in China at the present Gospels, and they abstain, as we do, from idol worship, and many time are of as true foreign origin as we ourselves. This fact was heathen practices; they are expecting, as we are, the return of appreciated by the Chinese Government when, at the institution our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Wlio, to them, will return of the Republic, they composed the national flag. They then only as a prophet, and who is expected by them to set up His granted the colour white to represent the Moslem population of kingdom here on earth and reign as the Prince whose advent China. In the province of K a k s u they look upon themselves as shall usher in the reign of peace and righteousness. So you see distinct races from the Chinese. Time will not permit me here to that there is much in common between us. They desire to asso go into the details ; but I will ask you to accept what I say as a ciate themselves with us in the Gospel we preach, until it comes fact. The K a n s u Moslems we can trace to three distinct sources : to the statement of the divinity of Jesus Christ, which is First of all, there are those of Arab and Persian origin, with the bedrock of the Gospel that we proclaim. When we come whom Mr. Broomhall dealt largely in his book, who, at various to this truth, then they are at the North Pole and we are at the times in the past centuries, probably more especially during the South, and their antagonism manifests itself. Tang dynasty, from 600 a .d . onwards, found their way into Take two incidents. I would mention the fact that within China, and are now settled in that province, and in other parts of recent years, probably corresponding to the spread of the Gospel China, in no inconsiderable number. Secondly, we have a most and to the growth of the Christian Church, two sayings have peculiar and interesting race, settled away on the Tibetan become widely propagated among them. The first is “ Un border from a point probably due south of Siningfu, of half a divided Islamism,” a call to effort among themselves to prevent million Moslems who speak nothing at the present day but the any outside influence making itself felt either upon them or Turki language, which is an ancient form of the modem Turkish— among them. The second one is “ Myriad religions mil all half a million untouched by the Gospel, for the simple reason revert to one,” referring directly to the time when Jesus Christ, that there is no missionary conversant with their language. their prophet, shall return to earth. A u g u s t , 19 20 . China’s Millions* 95 In this connection I am reminded 01 a very interesting inter with the old sect, and in order that further trouble might be view that I held some few years ago. 'Visiting in the local averted the Chinese officials found it necessary to put him under jail in Lanchowfu, there 1 was introduced by a Moslem whose lock and key. So, probably, at the present time there he remains. liberty at that time was restricted within the jail, to a very In conversation with that man, in an interview that lasted interesting character, a man who was the nephew of a founder of something like two hours, I was struck with the fact of how •a new sect among the Moslems. This man, after the death of his absolutely he was under the belief that Gob—he used the uncie, suddenly appeared in Lanchowfu, and proclaimed himself Persian term H u d d h a —had invested him with His nature, as JBSUS Christ returned to earth. As such he got quite a large and sent him here to the earth to fulfil the mission, according to gathering. This new force, or sect eventually led to bloodshed Moslem beliefs, of the returned JESUS. Secondly, last May, on my way to the out- station, I was held up in a narrow pass not very far from the city while a long procession passed by. In this procession the central figure was a very old gentleman sitting in a sedan chair. The whole of the seven or eight miles of high road leading from the point I had reached, to the d ty gate, was lined by Moslems, some of whom had travelled for quite a long distance, three, four, or even ten days, to welcome this man, who, to them; was revered as a good man. As that chair approached, those lines of waiting people pros« trated themselves in the dust before him. This man eventually found his way to the city, and during the period between June and Septem ber last, he was raised by followers of Islam, members of his own sect, from the seventh degree of Mohammedan believership right up to the fourth, and proclaimed as a holy man. That man’s influence extends from the Eastern border of Russia right up west of Kashgar, down through China to Y u n n a n , in all some two hun dred odd days’ journey, and I doubt whether you could travel many days on that long route without meeting some devotees or followers of bis sect. I have given as briefly as 1 can some of the main facts and incidents which will enable you to appreciate intelligently some difficulties in con nection with this problem which, so far, are practically untouched. Through the influence and the sainted memory of Mr. Borden, who desired, as so many of you will remember, to devote him self to this work, but was called Home before ever he reached the field, there are now in the province two missionaries (two men whose whole time will be devoted to this work) and a doctor (who will be able to give about half his time)—three among three millions. I do not urge this phase of the problem out of all proportion to the whole, and I do not want to unduly emphasize i t ; but I just state it as being part of that great problem with which we are face to face at the present time on the mission field. But oh! the joy of facing these problems with Jesus Christ in the certainty of final triumph 1 That is the thing that makes it worth while, is it not ? So, dear friends, I would ask your prayers on behalf of those who are labouring in that pro vince to reach this very peculiar and difficult people with the Gospel of jEgus Christ. We realise G o d 's great fulness, do we not; and we have a knowledge of man's need. The question is, How in this case is man's need to be met by God's great fulness ? I would venture to assert P. W S. O’Neill and Lieut.-Col. Oye. Photos-by] that it is only through consecrated channels of de voted service; devoted service in prayer, devoted FAKUMEN (MANCHURIA) MOSQUE WITH MINARET AND GROUP OF MOSLEMS. service in gifts; and above all devotedservicem life. 96 China’s Millions. A u g u s t , 19 20 . Editorial Notes. . i DAY OF GREAT THINGS.—The days through in an altogether new measure, both organisation and / \ which we are passing are big with great issues. money may be made subordinate to and a natural ex X I On all hands momentous decisions are being pression of an overflowing life. The Conference has reached, which will be for the good or iU of the realised its deep need of a new apprehension of the Church and world. International questions, affecting fundamental Christian verities and the gift from G o d -* all the nations, are under discussion by our politicians, of a fuller life.” and ecclesiastical leaders have gathered from the ends With our whole hearts we desire to call the attention of the earth to confer cin world-wide of our readers to the sentences quoted problems. Limits of space oiriy allow above. The realisation of these needs us to make the briefest reference to two can only come if there is a willingness important gatherings which directly on the part of all to pay the price of affect the missionary cause. blessing, for “ he who shuns suffering For the first tame f or many years a will never win victory.” We are not small international conference of mis concerned with what may appear big in sionary leaders has met at Geneva. the eyes of the world, but only with Those present were representatives what is great in the sight of the I^ord. ffom the" Churches of Great Britain, All else is chaff which the winds of United States of America, South Af rica, time will blow away. France; Holland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Switzer In Memoriam.—We deeply regret land/ and Germany. It is a great to report the recent Home-call of three thing to know that a beginning has workers, Mrs. R. H. Mathews, Miss1 been made after the recent devastating E. L. Giles, and Mrs. W. Richardson. war in the reinstatement of inter The first two mentioned^were workers national fellowship in C h r is t ’s service. who went out from Australasia, Mrs. In this respect the Conference at Mathews in 1902, and Miss Giles in Geneva is an epoch-marking event. Photo òy] IR. T. B ait, Bristol. 1905. Owing to failure of health Mrs. The war has. given rise to extremely Mathews was compelled a year or two critical and complicated problems, the THE LATE MRS. W. RICHARDSON. ago to retire from the field, and she solution of which is only possible by a has now, after much weakness, been full supply of divine grace and wisdom. called to her reward. Deep sympathy This Conference, though small, will, we trust, under God is felt for Mr. Mathews and his three children in lead to great issues. China. The other gathering to which we would refer is the Miss Giles, who had for the greater part of her term Annual Conference of Missionary Societies in Great of service in China laboured in the province of S h a nsi, fitttain; at Swanwick. The dominant desire of this recently contracted typhus fever, which has proved Conference w as to know what should be the response fatal. Her bright and winsome personality will be of the British Missionary Societies to the present call much missed by all who knew her. of God, with special reference to the Churches at home. Mrs. W . Richardson first sailed for China as Miss In North America there has been launched a great Britton in 1887, and has during the greater part Inter-Church World Movement, with elaborate and of her more than thirty years' service lived and extensive organisations. It was felt at Swanwick that laboured in the province _of Ch e k ia n g . Although the response to the world’s need must in this country for some time her health has been uncertain and take another line: After prayer and much helpful her return to China doubtful, she recently returned conversation, a resolution was adopted which we should to the field, being desirous of giving her last likeiki reproduce in full if space pernoitted. The follow days to the land of her adoption. We regret to ing, however, is the central thought:—■/ state that within less than five months of her “ The need which they [the members of the Con arrival in China, her service for Ch r ist in that ference] feel is not of any new organisation on an country has been suddenly terminated by an extended scale, but of a new tide of life flowing through attack of syncope, and our heartfelt sympathy the organisations which already exist. And while goes out to Mr. Richardson in his deep sorrow and making use of existing channels they desire to learn how, bereavement. NEW IMPRESSIONS. Hudson T&ylor: Heirs Together Life of J. Hudson Taylor The Man Who Dared. Of the Grace of Life. * ' • - . BY . . . BENJAMIN BROOMHALL. Dr. & Mrs. HOWARD TAYLOR. AMELIA HUDSON BROOMHALL. Told for Young People. ILLUSTRA TED. ay their Son By 1st Vol. - - 7/6 Net. MARSHALL BROOM HALi^ M A (MARSHALL BROOMHALL, M.A.) 2nd Vol. - - 9/- Net. Eight Illustrations. • Postageextral 21- Net. 3 /6 Net. Cheap Edition, 1/6 Net. V ol. XLVI No. 9. TWOPENCE. SEPTEMBER, 1920. China’s Millions. Y MiSSi g »« « « I LIBRARY tH 25 AUTUMN VALEDICTORY MEETING THE KINGSWAY HALL, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. I S f — THURSDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER, 1920. — " 1 iMMe 107. Morgan & Scott, Ltd., 12, Paternoster Buildings, London, B.C.4, or prom a n y Bookseller; OR POST FREE 2S. 6D. PER ANNUM FROM THE CHINA INLAND MISSION, NEWINGTON 0 REEN, LONDON, N .l6 . CHINA INLAND MISSION. Telegrams—Lammermuir, Hibury-London. NEWINGTON GREEN, LONDON, N.lfc. Telephone— 3060 Dalston (2 lines) Founder : T h e L a t e J . 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Anon. 2 0 0Ì8699 0 10 0 8774 % 2 0 8845 0 5 0 8915 2 2 ■ 0 8985' 0 10: 0 9050 0 2 Í5 ‘ 0 0 General ... 3,442 11 4 8618 30 0 0 S 85 7 8 8776- 9 19' 118846 2 0 0 8916 0 2 0 26th. 30th. :M.J.C. 15 • 0 0 Special 946 16 6 8619 10 0 08701 1 0 08778 0 10 0 8847 10 0 01 20th. 8986 2 15 0:9051 10, 0 8620 100 0 0 8703 4 6 6i lOth. 8818 0 10 Q 8917 ó 0: 0 898f -“r 1 0 019054 0 ' 2' I h Í c o V) Total for July ... 4,389 8 1 .8621 16 15 08704 1 10 0¡8779 0 10 0Ì8849 2 14 7 8918 0 18 0 8988 0 10 0 9055 0 6 O A.CC.' 5 0 o Brought forward ...27,034 17 4 .8622 2 2 0Ì8705 0 5 0,8780 o 0 0: 8850 1 1 018919 4 5 10 8989 5 0 0Í9056 4 0 O'I.M.C. 5 0 o; £31,424 5 5 * Legacy. . f Readers of “ The Christian Herald.” t Malacbi i.i. 10. § Readers of “ The Christian.” || A Friend. * Till He Come.” C h in a’s M illio n s. “ Would Ye also go Away ? ” B y J o h n S o u t h e y , H o m e D i r e c t o r o f t h e C .I.M . i n A u s t r a l a s i a . T was a day of some little trial to the Twelve when there is the perplexity of apparently unanswered prayer. the L o r d said to them, “ Would ye also go away ? ” It is necessary to say “ apparently,” for no prayer I (John vi. 67-69). He had been teaching some of in the name of the Lo rd Jesu s is ever really unanswered, the deep things of G o d , and these teachings though often it is answered in a different way to our had weeded out many who for a while had attached expectations. But the L o rd 's answers to prayers themselves to Him. The novelty of His methods are infinitely perfect, and eternity will show that often and the marvels of His miracles had given Him a while we were asking for a stone that looked like bread, temporary popularity, and many flocked to Him He was giving us bread that to our shortsightedness with untouched hearts. But while yearning over looked like a stone. Moses was a mighty man of God, them with infinite tenderness, it was not His way to whose prayers had often turned away wrath from attract and hold the crowds by adjusting His teaching Israel, yet when he asked for himself that he might to their thoughts. A Teacher sent from G o d , He go over and see the Goodly Land, the reply was, “ Speak spake the words of G o d , and not even to keep multi no more to Me of this matter.” Elijah, another mighty tudes in the place of nominal discipleship would He man of prayer, requested for himself that he might defer to their prejudices and unbelief. Yet His heart die. The reply was, “ Arise and eat,” and when the was infinitely tender, and it must have cost Him deep L o rd ’s time came he did not die, but was taken up sorrow to see them turning away because of His words. by a whirlwind into heaven. But possibly the real Some teachers sacrifice love to truth, and are hard answer to the requests of those two men of God was and relentless ; others sacrifice truth to love or what when the privilege was given them of appearing with looks like love, and are sentimental, emotional, feeble. the Lo rd on the Mount of Transfiguration, and speaking The Perfect Servant did neither. With Him there with Him of the decease that He should accomplish was a matchless blend of tenderness and truth, and the at Jerusalem. The prayer of Paul, another great tones of infinite pity can be detected in His most solemn intercessor, that the thorn in the flesh might be re warnings. Grace and Truth came by J e s u s C h r i s t . moved, was refused as asked, but answered in a far Hence we can almost hear the quiver of sadness when, higher, better way— “ My grace is sufficient for thee ; turning to the Twelve, He said, “ Would ye also go for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” But away ? ” Peter knew very little in those days, but fully recognizing all this, the fact remains that often he knew enough to make him say with fervour, “ L o r d , God’s people are sore pained by apparently unanswered to whom shall we go ? Thou hast the words of eternal prayers, and by seeing things go contrary to their life. And we have believed and know that Thou art dearest, and, as it may seem, their holiest and most the Holy One of G o d .” It is not at all likely that heavenly desires. Who can count the disappointed Peter understood at that time the deep sayings of the longings of many praying hearts during the recent L o r d recorded in the chapter, but his eyes had been appalling war ? And it may be that some have been opened in part to the hidden glory of the L o r d J e s u s , tempted to regard prayer as useless, and to think that and His words had in part mastered him. He felt God does not hear. If ever such thoughts come sweep that he had the words of eternal life. If then he turned ing through the heart, and there are principalities from Him, to whom should he go ? Back to the lawyers and powers of darkness, as well as foolish men and and the scribes ? N ay ! From his childhood he had women, always ready to suggest them, let us hear the heard them and they had left but an aching void. L o rd saying, “ Will you also go away ? Many are Wisely he would not give up the little that he had turning aside to fables, many are turning away from learned of Him, because there were some things he Me. Will you also go away ? ” Thank God if we can could not yet understand. reply, “ Lord, to whom shall we go ? Thou hast the Do not the followers of the L o r d still stand face to words of eternal life.” Yes, if we turn away from Him, face with sore perplexities ? To mention no others, to whom shall we go ? Shall we turn to Mohammed S e p t e m b e r , 19 2 0 . loo China’s Millions. September, 1920. and the Koran ? To Confucius and the Analects ? for who can have a true sense of eternal realities without To philosophers, ancient or modern ? Can they help deep sorrow over those who prefer the Far Country to us ? Can they say, “ Come unto me and I will give the Father’s House. Though Paul suffered many things you rest ? ” Let those to whom they have given comfort at the hands of the Jews, he constantly thought of in sorrow, strength in temptation, hope in darkness, them with “ Great sorrow and unceasing pain in my arise and testify. What have they to say about forgive heart,” and that fellowship with the sufferings of his ness of sins, about triumph in death, about resurrection, L o rd will bring him a reward in that day that not all and eternal life and glory ? Knowing nothing, they the wealth of the world could buy, for thank God that can tell us nothing. But if we have tasted only once though weeping may endure for the night, joy cometh that the L o r d is gracious, if we have only once been in the morning. The last tear will have been shed comforted by Him, if we have but once seen Him dying when the child of God leaves this present world to for us on the cross, let us ever remember it...... be with C h rist, for there will be no tears in the eternal Tears Wiped Away. glory. Twice it is written in the Book of the Revelation, Tears are the Divinely given relief for overcharged “ And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.” hearts, and never does the L o r d forbid them unless To-day, He lets them flow, apparently taking no notice they are tears of rebellion and thwarted self-will. Jesu s of the prayers breathed into our hearts by the Holy wept, and He who wept over Jerusalem, and at the Spirit, but in that day for which we wait He Himself grave of Lazarus, forbids not the tear to His loved ones will wipe away every tear from the eyes of His redeemed. in the day of their grief. Paul was essentially a strong There will be no disappointments there. Everything man, but many were the tears that he shed between will be swallowed up in the perfect understanding the Damascus road and the place of martydom in of His wisdom, love, and power, in admiration of His ancient Rome. Yet the tears of the Master and the equity, righteousness, and justice, and in adoring tears of the servant were much more over the way wonder- at the matchless grace that led us by ways wardness of others than over their own personal troubles. that we knew not to the heavenly inheritance through The L o r d still seeks hearts that will beat in sympathy the alone merits of the L o rd and Saviour Jesu s Christ, with His own, and such hearts will still have wet eyes, to whom be honour and glory for ever. “My Qod Shall Supply all Your Need.” E x t r a c t f r o m a L e t t e r f r o m M r s . H o w a r d T a y l o r t o h e r N e p h e w , G r a t t a n G u in n e s s K u m m . N the China Inland Mission, as you know, we never appeal in hundreds ! A droning hum filled the air ; and when she could ' for funds, publicly or privately, and do not even take see in the dim light, Mrs. Tull found that the bees were massed collections. These war years have brought a good deal over a big, deep comb, that almost filled the space between I of testing as to supplies, not because gifts have fallen off two shelves. in the home countries—for, thank G o d , they have largely in When it dawned upon her, she could have danced for joy ! creased—but because silver is so dear in China and that three For was it not the L o r d ’s own tender, loving way of providing hundred dollars gold buys less than one hundred did five years for the Christmas holidays ? She had not said much about it ; ago. All our need has been supplied, however, often in perhaps she had not prayed much about i t ; but her mother's wonderful and beautiful ways. As one sweet instance of heart had keenly felt the disappointment of not being able to our Heavenly Father’s loving care and faithfulness, let me tell give the children all she felt they needed. They would have to you the story of the honey we are enjoying to-night. go without jam that year— so the L o r d had supplied honey, One of the mothers in our Mission was thinking somewhat sending the bees to put it on the very shelves of the store-room sorrowfully, a year or more ago, about her girls coming home in sight of the empty jam-pots ! from school for the Christmas holidays. Her store cupboard was And it is first-rate honey, I can assure you, the best we have sadly empty ; her jam-pots needed re-filling, and sugar was so ever tasted ! So abundant has been the supply that the big dear that she had to let the fruit season go by without making jar-full of that Christmas (about five pounds) has grown to her usual supply. What should she give the children in the six or eight times the quantity. The bees have swarmed and holidays? Jam, delicious home-made jam, had always been swarmed again, though the original hive still occupies the store such a stand-by ! But this year there would be none. And then, room, sharing it in most friendly fashion with the grateful what do you think the L o r d did ? housekeeper. But in the disused greenhouse are other hives, Suijimer was over, and Mrs. Tull, who had been keeping house and passing visitors like ourselves come in for a share of the for a number of fellow-workers up in a hill resort, came home to abundant honey. Kiu-kiang, one of our business centres on the Yangtsi. She was going to her store-room when the old servant who had been Medical Work.— As one indication of how missionary work in charge called her back. is affected by present-day conditions, we note in Dr. Judd’s “ You had better be very careful,” he said, “ how you go in brief report of the work at Jaochow, that "Owing to the there, for the place is full of bees !” present exchange, ¿ 5, which formerly supported a bed for a Bees ? What could they be doing inside a busy housekeeper’s year, will now only support it for three months.” Though the store-room ? Never connecting their presence with her empty exchange has somewhat improved since Dr. Judd’s report was jam-pots, Mrs. Tull opened the door slowly and peeped in. Sure written, the increased cost of everything in China does not enough, a swarm had taken possession, finding their way in show any signs of improving any more than at home, so that through the little window, left partly open, and there they were, the statement is still substantially correct. S e p t e m b e r , 1920. China’s Millions. 101 The Spiritual Harvest at Kwangchow. A d d r e s s a t C.I.M. Annual M e e t in g b y H . J. M a so n , K w a n g c h o w , H o n a n . BOUT twenty-three years ago a the result of severe wounds which befell They were the characters, " Yea Sw *'— young missionary of the China him in the Boxer trouble, he ultimately the Chinese word for JESUS, Looking Inland Mission was itinerating succumbed, and has gone to receive his up his dictionary, a dictionary made by A in the south-eastern corner reward at his Master's hands. one of the greatest Emperors who ever of H o n a n , amongst those market towns Mr. Argento impressed upon the ruled over the Chinese Empire, he found and villages. In the course of his journey Chinese Christians in Kwangchow three that “ JESUS " was “ the Saviour of the he came to the City of Kwangchow, or important points. First, the imperative world.” So great was the joy of the old the City of Light. Not only was he need of constant study of the Scriptures; man at this discovery, that he determined, attracted to the people of that city, but secondly, that G o d was one who heard if there was a Saviour of the world, he they seemed attracted to him in more and answered prayer; and, thirdly, that would find Him out. He had heard that ways than one. Some enjoyed his they were not to forsake the assembling of Mr. Argento was preaching a1x>ut JESUS, message ; others took great delight in themselves together. and he said that he would go and see him. making fun of him and holding him up to But, as is so often the case in China, the ridicule, and defaming his name and the Scripture Study. enemy of souls, Satan, who seeks to hinder name of his precious Saviour. But that First, the study of the Scriptures. I people from getting to the light, hindered only made him the more earnest and remember on one occasion hearing a story this dear old gentleman, for when he came determined that these people should have told by the elder of our Church, a dear to the Gospel Hall seeking to see the the Gospel of J e s u s Ch r is t . H e seemed old gentleman and saint of Go d , one to missionary, for some reason or other to hear a voice within him which said, whom it is my delight, whenever I have the doorkeeper told him that Mr. “ I have much people in this city.” the opportunity, to listen as he expounds Argento was not at home. The door Mir. Argento—for such was the name the Scriptures. There are, I know, keeper did not want to have the trouble of the young missionary—was attracted many eloquent preachers in England ; of telling Mr. Argento that there was to the city by one consideration, perhaps, I have not heard them all, although I have a gentleman wishing to see him, and more than others, namely, that it con heard some ; but I venture to say there so he said that Mr. Argento was not at tained a large percentage of well-educated are none more eloquent than Elder Wen— home. So Mr. Wen went back to his men. He himself was a man of no mean the elder of the Church of which I have home, to return again the next day, but literary attainments, and was a doctor of the honour to be pastor. once more was told that Mr. Argento was languages. I have heard him tell the story many a not at home. The next time he came he His manner of life in that city has been time how that one day, in his shop in the said, " I will stay here until he comes to the. Church there, and is to me, and to city, he picked up a small piece of paper. back.” He found that that was the best others to-day, an inspiration. He was a Being a Confucianist, he did not like to way of getting to see Mr. Argento. Thank man of tireless activity, and unquenchable tread upon it, so he picked it up. Looking G o d , that man felt that he must be saved, zeaL In the midst of danger he thought at it—he was an intelligent and earnest that if J e s u s was the Saviour of the world,» nothing of himself, but only of those few scholar—he found upon it two characters, as the dictionary said that He was, he people whom God had made him the means for which he could give no explanation. would see the man who knew about Him. of leading to J e s u s C h r is t . Many of He had heard the sound of the characters, Mr. Argento, on seeing the old gentleman, you here this afternoon know that, -as but he did not know what they meant. who was at that time an opium wreck, m tig to him that beautiful hymn in Chinese:— “ What can wash away my sins ? Nothing but the blood of JK8U9.” The old gentleman had never heard singing in his life before, except the singing in the Chinese theatres. Mr. Argento had a beautiful voice, clear as a bell, and his Chinese was so fluent and expressive that his voice was almost like a Ohitipra voice. The old gentleman heard him sing this hymn, “ What can wash away my sins ? ” and he has told me many a time since that he felt so overcome by the Spirit of Go d , that the tears rolled down his face, and he said that there httA then he understood perfectly the way of salvation, by the Spirit's enlightenment of his soul. Thank Go d , we have had in China, many timds, instantaneous con versions. From that time until this day that old gentleman has been a pillar in the Church in Kwangchow. His name is TWO ELDERS IN THE CHURCH AT KWANGCHOW. revered, not only in the Church and in Elder Luen (left) and the old Elder to whom Mr. Mason refers—Elder Wen (right). the city, but throughout the whole countryside* * 102 China’s Millions. S e p t e m b e r , 1920. has been visiting in the better «lass only half the amount needed. The heathen homes of the city, to say she has owner of the property had a son away in found in the house a Bible, and that the Shanghai, who had come under the gentlemen of the house were often reading influence of the Gospel of G o d . He it to the women of the house. Through wrote to his father and said, " TOE you are out our ¿ity there are numbers of people, thinking of selling the property there, and V not only the Christians, but also the the China Inland Mission Church would heathen, who have the word "of G o d , and like to have-it, sell it to them for half the who are reading that word. value.” Thus they secured the property, and to-day we have there not only our A Prayer-Hearing God. own dwelling-house, but recently we have Then Mr. Argento taught the people that been enabled to erect a large Church, G o d is a G o d who hears prayer. As they seating 1,200 people, and more recently read the Scriptures they find in them in the Church itself has put up a beautiful numerable instances of answered prayer bèll tower, I call it a beautiful tower and they do not look on that book—as because it is in Chinese architecture, and some people in this country do, perhaps— has those beautiful curves in it which as so many thousands of years old, and make it look attractive to the Chinese. therefore out of date. To the Chinese Prom that belfry every day there sounds 2,000 years does not seem a very long time a bell calling the people to worship G o d . ago. They say, “ It is only two thou Ofttimes I have heard the Chinese sand years ago, and if G o d heard the brothers and sisters say, “ There is Mr. prayers of His people then, and in answer Argento calling the people to worship to their cry sent them deliverance in the G od ” ; so that “ he, being dead, yet time of danger and the time of disease, speaketh.” then He will do so to-day ” ; for they Then we have had in our city, and in read in the Bible that JESUS CHRIST is the immediate neighbourhood, a great the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. deal of demoniacal possession. I spèsi: THE BELL TOWER REFERRED TO BY So there are in the Chinese Church in of this subject with a little diffidence, MR. MASON. that district numerous instances of an Erected'in Memory of Mr. Argento by the because, before going to that city, I had Members of tie Church in Kwangchow. swers to prayer. May I give one or two ? never seen that sort of thing, and I am Seven years ago, just before my wife and afraid I did not believe much in it. I went to Kwangchow, the Church was Of course, it is in the Scriptures. We Speaking of the study of the Scriptures, living in rented premises. The members read distinctly there that the casting out I would like to say this. Unless every received notice on one occasion to evacuate of demons was done in our L o r d ’s day Chinese Christian carries his hymn hook the premises immediately. They did not by our L o r d and by His disciples ; but and Ms Bible on his back, lie is not thought know what to do. They gave themselves much of as a Christian. “ Where is your to prayer. Their prayer meetings were Bible? " is the first question that they held at a peculiar time of the day. They ape asked. It was my great joy, one of wanted to have perfect quiet, they said, the greatest joys of my life, when I first and so they decided upon two o’clock in went to this district, as I sought to visit the morning as the hour for prayer, and, my thirty-three village churches—to as the Church was rather surrounded by find in a|l these little market towns other houses, they decided to go right numbers of farmers with little bundles away into the city gateway, which is on their backs. As soon as they-saw me walled over and is thus a large tunnel. they said, “ Yes, Pastor, here is my hymn There numbers of them met on their book and here is my Bible ; may -we have bended knees, many of them I believe a service ? ” on their faces before G o d , morning after I feel that whatever is good in the morning, for about a month. They did Church of G o d in our district to-day not know Where to get their money from. is due very largely to the determination of They had no missionary at the time in the Mr. Argento to-impress upon the Chinese place, and, if they had had, they probably Christians the absolute necessity of could not have got any money from him. rteading the word of G o d . It makes them However, they kept calling to Go d , “ O want to learn to read. If a man sees in G o d , give us a place in which we may the Church a hundred people with their worship Thee.” Go d wonderfully heard Bibles and twenty people without, it their prayer, and to-day we have our makes him feel a little bit uncomfortable Gospel Hall and Church built right in if he cannot read, and so he instantly wants the centre of the city, in the very best to begin to learn how to read. During position, where we can catch people Photo 6y] U- W . Tomkinson. the past six years we have sold many coming and going in all directions. hundredsof Bibles and thousands of New How did they get this place ? It was A FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN WOMAN IN Testaments in our district. It is not offered to them for 2,000 taels, but YENCHENG, HONAN. an uncommon thing lor my wife to they had not the money. They had Keeping the crows off the strawberry patch. come back in the afternoon, when she about 1,000 taels available, but that was September, 1920. China’s Millions. 103 I had never seen it done in this day. But why not in this day ? In our own city we have constantly seen cases of demon-possessed persons healed instantly in answer to the prayer of faith of the Chinese Christians. I have also seen many sick persons healed. I remem ber one morning I had been preaching in the central Church. At the close of my address, I saw sitting at the back, on the ground, a paralytic man who had been attending for a year or two. He was all huddled up— as paralytics are in the Bast, crawling on hands and knees with those little forms which they hold. Suddenly he rose up and stood as straight as possible. He was a man of perhaps five feet eight or nine inches. When I sent down to ask him how it was, he said that he believed that JESU S C h r is t was able to heal him. To this day that man Y.M.C.A. CLASS HELD IN THE C.I.M. PREMISES AT KAIFENG IN HONAN. is walking about the streets of the city, The Conductor of the Class, Mr, Smith, of the Y.M.C.A., is in the centre of the group, erect and steady, just as straight as I am, in answer to believing prayer, the prayer of faith. There are several other cases in most of the Churches two deacons. their relatives, urging them to come to of which I could tell you this afternoon, They are self-supporting. They may be J e s u s , then there is hope that very soon if I had time to do so. farmers or they may be tradespeople. the Gospel will win its way into myriads Meeting for Worship. They themselves lead the services, and of hearts, and China be won for CHRIST. The third point which Mr. Argento in many other ways help the Church, impressed upon the Christians, and visit the sick, and attend to all things that Departures lor China. which I want to emphasize, is that of not an ordinary evangelist will attend to. J u l y 1 4 t h .— C. H. and Mrs. Judd and tiro children, via Canada (returning). forsaking the assembling of themselves That is my hope for that district. I hope August *jth.—Miss J. P. Brook and Miss together. Our people love to gather greatly to foster that sort of work. Mr. A. A. Davis (returning); Miss E. D. together to worship Go d . We have a Spurgeon called such men the Right Todman (new worker). August 21st.— 35 very large gathering annually in November Honourable Gentlemen of the Pulpit. Miss . Dives (returning); Miss R. Poynor (new worker). September qth.—Miss A. and another in the early spring, when we I quite agree with him. They give a Baxter (returning); Miss B. Dutton and have, perhaps, 1,500 or 1,600 Christians great deal of their time. Often for two Miss G, M. Fox (new workers). or three weeks they are unable to give any gathered together, sometimes for a week, jjjjaaaaKKKKKKKKKaffljjKj or eight or nine days. If we arrange attention to their own work, but employ for a three days’ Convention only, they other men to do it. I think of them as the [m ir SUBJECTS ihii! seem terribly hurt. “ Only three days, Bight Honourable Gentlemen of the ■■■■ FOR Pastor ? Why, last year we had eight.” Pulpit. g PRAISE & PRAYS. They come in from the country, and During the past six years we have been Si LET US GIVE THANKS in these days we have times of wait privileged to baptize a little over 1,000 For the spiritual harvest at Kwangchow, in ing upon G o d . Bach day is begun persons there, and we have now a com sa Honan (page 101). with a prayer meeting at dawn. A t municant roll of about 1,400 members in For the Mimint which followed Mias Gregg's min'slry among the women at that prayer meeting we have at least full communion. At a communion service, Pehchen (pace 1 04 ). 1,000 persons present. We all pray to held just before we left for home, we ■■ For the success of ths evangelistic missions ■■ in Eastern Szechwan (page 105). G od, sometimes in a volume of prayer, had over 680 persons partaking of the M ■■ For the encouraging progress of the Gospel but sometimes singly, just as the Spirit sacred emblems, and sitting just as ■■ in China doting the last ten years leads us. Then, during the day, we quietly and reverently as you would in (page 1 07 ). gather together for meetings such as you this part of the world. It was a great H LET US PRAY have in England. After those meetings joy to me to see all those dear souls. For the work at the thirty-three village One thing that I want to add also is s: out-stations round about Kwangchow, are over, my wife and I generally go into Honan (pare 1 0 3 ). the country, and at almost every impor this: during the past six years I have For all Chinese converts recently baptized tant centre we have very similar gather examined for baptism, I suppose, nearly (page 105). two thousand persons, and only on two For the Independent Church Movement ings, where the country folk come (page 105). together and meet for worship and prayer occasions, when asking them how they For the work of the Swedish Mission in and testimony and Bible study. Of first were led to J e s u s , have they said, China (page 1 0 5 ). For Mr. Chang, of Taochen. that he may course, it is impossible to visit every “ It was through something you said, continue to grow ingraoe (page 1 06). place. We now have thirty-three little Pastor.” The people there have been For the Autumn Valedictory Meeting to he j held (D.V.) in the Kingsway Haul on village stations. Of those thirty-three led to J e s u s Ch r is t through the efforts Sept. 23rd (page 107) centres only two have been helped in any of the Chinese themselves. That is the For all Chinese pastors, evangelists, Bible* way by the funds of the Mission. We hope of China. If we can get the Chinese » women and other workers. For all Chinese in foreign countries. have not a large staff of paid helpers - to go from house to house as the people 85 r butinthose thirty-three centres we have are doing it to-day, telling the Gospel to ■as:SSSSSSSSnSuS! 1 0 4 China’s Millions. September, 1920- Miss Gregg’s Mission to Chinese Women. h e following letter from Miss Kelsey, of the Baptist hall was filled with eager and expectant listeners. Miss Gregg T Missionary Society at Pehchen, in S h a n t u n g Province, is a vivid personality, with a charm of voice and manner all her is a warm tribute to the value of Miss Jessie Gregg’s own. The intense fervour of her addresses and her dramatic special evangelistic ministry amongst the women of illustrations hold her hearers spell-bound. She clothes her Bible Pehchen and district. Miss Kelsey writes:— stories in Chinese dress, and, as we listened to her version of the " We have had a gracious season of blessing at Pehchen with ‘ Prodigal, Son,' there was not a woman amongst us whose the visit of Miss Gregg, She came to us on April 23rd, to conduct heart did not thrill, as we saw in imagination the white-haired an Evangelistic Mission among our women. The campaign father leading the broken-down returned wanderer through the was divided into two sections, four days being given to women familiar courtyards of the old, ancestral home to the trembling, from villages north of the Yellow River, and four days to the outstretched arms of his aged mother. To hear Miss Gregg women from the south, with an interval of a rest day between. has been a revelation to some of us of how to talk to Chinese The meetings were held here at our central station, Christians women. Miss Gregg has the gift of song and believes in singing from all over the district being invited to bring their uncon selected Scripture passages as choruses. These passages, printed verted friends and relatives to .stay with them on the Mission on coloured paper, were distributed, one to each woman. The Compound. About two hundred and forty women in all re whole audience was first asked to repeat the words, and then to sponded to the invitations sent out, and each day our preaching sing them. Such is Miss Gregg’s power over her audience that not one woman refused at any rate to try to sing. The response was enthusiastic, and, thanks to the patient efforts of Mrs. Burt, who coached the women beforehand, and also led at the organ, the singing was really fine. Before the slips of paper had been folded up and put away the Christians present had been made to tell where the texts were found. Following the singing came the reading of a passage of Scripture, a prayer, and then the address. The power of Miss Gregg’s addresses lay in their simplicity and directness. Her themes were the old . familiar ones—the True G o d , the Father’s love, sin, the Saviour, the peril of neglecting salvation. Illustrations drawn from the ordinary every-day life of a Chinese woman, every detail of which seems known to Miss Gregg, drove home the lessons she wished to enforce. Spontaneous remarks from the women themselves during the talks showed how they were taking in the message. How they enjoyed the quotations of homely and familiar proverbs ! How they laughed at some quaint saying ! How intense was the silence when she dwelt on the deadly peril of refusing so great a salvation. ‘‘ A t the close of the campaign ninety-four women had publicly^ confessed their desire to trust in J e s u s as their Saviour, but results cannot be gauged by statistics. Not only were heathen women brought to C h r is t but lukewarm Christians were aroused, backsliders restored, and halting inquirers led to decision. The true extent of the harvest will only be known on that Great Day when the angel reapers gather the golden sheaves into the gamer of the L o r d ." Miss Gregg, who has recently returned home for a much- needed furlough, adds the following note :— “ Through the kindness of some of my fellow-missionaries, I am able to take my furlough, and I may have the pleasure of seeing some of you in the homelands. I have much to encourage me as I look back over the years in which I have been doing this special work in Evangelistic Meetings for women. I have now visited nine of the Provinces, travelled 16,138 English miles, held 126 different missions, and 4,000 women and girls have passed through the inquiry room. Hundreds of thousands of Scripture choruses have been freely distributed at these meetings. To Him, and Him alone, be all the glory. On my return from furlough, I am hoping to visit other Provinces. I would like to have souls from every Province to lay at His feet. 4 Y e also helping together by prayer.' ” MISS J. GREGG (on left). MISS C. F. TIPPET (on right); “ Most of the grand truths of G o d have to be learned by Both these workers have been engaged in special evangelistic ministry among the women of China. trouble ; they must be burded into us by the hot iron of afflic tion. otherwise we shall not truly receive them. ’ —SPURGEON. , S e p t e m b e r , 19 2 0 . China's Millions. 105 Here and There. LIGHT AND SHADOW. RITING from Antung, in K ian gstj, on April 26th, Mr. McCulloch says:— “ On the 17th we had baptisms, when five men and five women were baptized. These were examined last year. We hope to receive twenty or thirty more in the autumn. One of the men baptized is the direct result of last year's special evange listic effort. He did not hear the preach ing, but his little son was given some tracts, and took them to his father, who was convinced of the truth. He has been a great gambler, and there is always the danger that he will fall into this vice again, unless very watchful. He has the making of a leader in him, if he goes on steadily. Will you remember him in prayer ? “ We have been much grieved by the failure of one of our Christians, who has yielded to some pressure from relatives, and has given his son, who died recently, Photo by] [A. Moore. an absolutely heathen burial, with all Preaching the Gospel on the South Street of the oity of Kanehowfu, in North-West the false things connected therewith. China. The preacher is a Chinese. Note the two listeners on the roof. Note also Then we have just heard of a woman who the barricading on roof, to keep out thieves. has turned from being a church member to become a medium for the evil spirits. nized position in this plan, but will not third only twelve turned up, but it was a Surely we see the power of evil working be a necessary part of it, so that we may very wet and dismal night. About a in our midst, as well as the power of drop out any time without vitally im dozen of these men had been coming G o d .” pairing the effective organization of the very regularly to the Preaching Shop, INDEPENDENT CHURCH MOVEMENT. church.” about which I wrote you before, and the ^2 N June Ch i n a ’s M il l io n s reference A SPECIAL M ISSION. mission seemed to give them the oppor was made to the Independent Move tunity for decision. On two afternoons T T H E R E has been much encourage- ment in the district of Yungkang. We we had special meetings for the gentry, ^ ment in connection with Mr. Dar are glad to say that a letter received and it was fine to see the County Magis lington’s Evangelistic Missions at some from Mr. Gracie shows that the Chris trate and leading gentry, together with of the Eastern S z e c h w a n stations. Mr. tians, who are dissatisfied with the methods high military and civil officials, in the G. T. Denham, writing from Liangshan being employed, are manifesting a desire church listening to the Gospel. Some on March 31st, says:— to return to the Church in connection showed genuine interest and two or “ You will rejoice to hear of blessing with the Mission. Indeed, those at three have been coming since. Two of we have had here lately. From Febru several small out-stations, formerly them who gave in their names have both ary 28th to March 7th, inclusive, the attached to Funi, have already done so. sent two sons to our school.” Rev. T. DarBngton, of Wanhsien, held a CHURCH ORDER. mission for the unconverted. The first A SPRING CONFERENCE. H E following extract from a letter two days were days of preparation with R, H . T. FORD sends an interesting received from Mr. Blom, referring the Christians. Miss Allen, also of report of a spring conference at to the development of Church order in Wanhsien, came for the women's work, Taikang, H o n a n , at which sixteen con the districts of S h a n s i and H o n a n , and a band of young men, trained by verts were baptized. He writes :— occupied by the Swedish Mission in Mr. Darlington, rendered valuable help. " Our spring gathering has been an China, is of interest. He writes:— Humanly speaking, many things were exceptionally good one. Over a hundred " One of the most important things in against us, and the devil did his best to women and children from the country progress among our churches just now hinder and oppose, but G o d was with us had to be given sleeping accommodation. is a movement, started by the Mission, and gave victory. A real spirit of Many of these were ‘ first-comers,' being for organic union between all the churches interest and enquiry was manifested, brought by relatives and . fiends. in our communion. In spite of a set of and one hundred and fifty men and about Evangelist Chao was kindly released by church rules, kept in common for a twelve women either promised to join a the Chowkiakow church, and proved a number of years, the churches have been Bible Class or made decision for Ch r is ?. most interesting speaker, holding thé practically isolated from each other; This is indeed something to praise G o d attention of the crowded chapel and but now we hope to get them into close for. Since the mission I have had three courtyard for more than an hour each contact and co-operation by means of classes with these men. At the first, morning and evening. Every available church councils, presbyteries, etc. The between forty and fifty came, and about form on the premises had to be requisi Mission will, most likely, have a recog the same at the second class. At the tioned for several of the meetings. 106 China’s Millions. S e p t e m b e r , 1920. “ After the Conference proper, Evan from the ‘ JESUS Hall ’ spoke to us. I he and his wife attended. He alsc gelist Chao was a Bleed to stay over two asked for an opportunity to address the stayed on the compound a few nights days for special meetings fox outsiders. crowd, and to my astonishment, was and while here word came that his Notices were posted in the city, and in asked to wait until the theatre was buffalo was lost; but he decided to staj vitations were sent to all the public finished, which i did. I was then invited until the meetings were over, and when hi officials, and to the schools and shops, on the stone platform, where a table and had done that, word came that the buffalc with the result that we had four crowded three chairs had been placed. I was was found. It had really been stoler meetings. The Mandarin (Hsien-chang) asked to take the central chair, and was by someone. During my stay, it was e came one evening, and at one of the supported on either side by., the priest real joy to hear the testimony of all tht morning meetings the Government schools and the headman, in their grand robes. family, as well as of outsiders, to the attended: i& uniform. The visit of Evfn- Then the headman asked an audience, decided change there baa been in him Chao has certainly stirred this as this Kiehsiu citizen had ‘ heavenly since his return from Mr. Mathews little city. Last night it waa words ' to tell them, and would all listen meetings. He has given up wine and difficult to get the men to leave at tea attentively, for surely such words were smoking, which used to cost him $36 ofcjpcfe, after they had been, listening to as seeds, and. if they did not listen, it a year, and all the household, including M$. Chao for about two hours. God. would be like sowing seeds by the way the three, workmen, keep the L o r d 's grant that the Christians in the city side, which the birds would come and Day, and he has a service with them. may be ready to follow up this stirring devour. I listened to this introduction Every night he is busy teaching his wife effort with steady, plodding endeavour with amazement, for here was this and sons to read and write, and also to get the interested and awakened ones heathen man, up in the hills, really telling teaches his, daughters-in-law. When I realty saved i” the parable of ‘ The Sower.' I then began went, I took Script literature with me A THEATRE INCIDENT. to speak to the crowd of about six and he was very much taken with it. hundred people, who listened quietly and Before I left, he was teaching his wife T ^ H E following incident, quoted from attentively, and afterwards I had many and sons. He hopes in three years' time ^ a letter from Miss L. E-. Smith, individual talks and feel that not a few to prepare a chapel for services, for, he of Kiehsiu, Shansi, was told by Evan says, by then he will be free of debt, gelist Ktieh, on his return from a twenty were influenced." and, am his household will be able to read, days’ trip in the Ch*ing-txen district, GROWTH IN GRACE. and he also hopes that they all will have accompanied by a Mr. Chang. He said:— T i F T E R a visit of a week's duration truly turned to the Lord. He is most “ When entering a fair-sized town, we in the home of Mr. Chang, of faithful in eshorting them and praying found theatricals being held and crowds Taochen, Miss E . L. Wiesner, of Shucheng, for them, and X have never been in a of people present. We sought oppor in A n h w e i , writes of his growth in grace bestteac ordered Chinese home. He is tunities; for talks with people on the as follows— firm but kind and truly knows how to outskirts of the crowd, but ere long the “ Since my retom from furlough I rule his own house well. He seeks the headman of the village and the chief had not seen anythin«; 'of him until Mr. L o r d ’s help definitely to, enable him to priest came, and hearing that we were Mathews’ last meetings, most of which do it, so that His Name will, be glorified." AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR. *toEPO R TIN G two baptisms at Nan- ® yoh out-station, in H u n a n , Mr. H. H. F. Witte says “ The case of the woman may be of some interest to you. She is eighty-four years of age, and has been a vegetarian for about fifty years. All this time she has placed a bowl of rice before the idols and chanted her prayers every morning. Two years ago now,, when placing the bowl of rice there, she hurt her leg in such a w ay as to be unable to move. Her son, a member of our church at Nan- yoh, seized this opportunity to explain to hjs aged mother that this was God’s punishment, and urged her to give up idols and let him pray for her that Go d might heal her. * Moreover,’ he argued, * this accident shows plainly that the idols cannot help you, if after fifty years oi service they are unable to protect you in the very act of worship.’ He prayed, and the old woman became better. There upon, she had the idols removed and Photo M [ft. Pow ell. began .praying to JESUS, every night and REEDS FOR FUEL. morning, such prayers as her son taught The rawfe Aim «town e*Dj?e8sly fpr fuel. They ape loaded on double boats, her. She certainly is one called in the and thus brought to the cities. eleventh hour. ‘' S e p t e m b e r , 1920 . China’s Millions. 107 Editorial Notes. h e a u t u m n valedictory m e e t i n g . anaemia manifested themselves, and, after a period of — The autumn Farewell Meeting has been prolonged weakness, borne with much patience and arranged to be held in the Kingsway Hall on Christian fortitude, she quietly passed into the presence T Thursday, September 23rd. The chair will, of the Lord she loved during the early sunshine of the d .v ., be taken by Dr. J . Stuart Holden, and the meeting Lord’s Day of Rest, Sunday, August 8th. A few days will commence at 7 p.m. Dr. F. B. Meyer has kindly later her “ earthly tabernacle! ” was laid to rest in God’s promised to give the closing address. We shall be glad Acre in the heart of Epping Forest, a restful and beau if friends will kindly note this date, and we shall value tiful spot adjoining the Parish Church where she loved the presence of those who are able to attend, and the to worship. prayers of those unavoidably absent. Further par Our hearts go out in loving sympathy to Mr. Wood ticulars will appear in the Press nearer the date. and his only daughter, Mrs. Stanley Polhill, who is, we are glad to say, making her home with him at the M rs . M arcu s W ood.— It is with a sense of intimate present time. We pray that there may be begotten grief that we record that our friend and colleague, Mr. within them both, and in the hearts of all who mourn, Marcus Wood, has suffered the greatest bereavement in a fuller and larger sense than before, a living hope that a man can suffer, through the Home-call of the of that glorious resurrection when we shall all be re one who has, for more than thirty-five years, been his united in the presence of C h rist. partner in life. Though feeble health has more recently •compelled Mrs. Wood to relinquish some of the more Ten Years’ Progress,—It is a strange fact, that active forms of Christian ______while the Christian worker service, her earlier years is frequently impressed were full of labouis which A COMPARISON with a feeling that progress •directly affected not a few is slow and disappointing, members of the Mission, BETWEEN 1920 REPORT AND 1910. a comparison of present and in her years of com conditions with the past parative retirement she has 1910. 1920. Stations 211 242 frequently reveals the fact been a quiet, yet potent that greater progress has Out-Stations 838 1,585 inspiration to her husband been made than at first 1,045 and friends. Chapels 1,803 appeared. The difference Mrs. Wood, as Miss Lydia Missionaries ... 933 1,081 which exists between our •Cox Williams, first sailed Communicants in actual attainments and our Fellowship 23,095 52,390 for China in January, 1883, ideals probably accounts was married in 1885, and Baptized last Year ... 2,902 6,531 for that feeling of dis with her husband passed Baptized from Com appointment. The urge mencement 33,705 77,078 through the serious riot forward is so frequently in Chungking, Szech w an , Organized Churches... 611 1,103 checked by difficulty $nd in 1886, a painful and. Chinese Church Con trial that there is the anxious experience cour tributions ... £1,941 2 4 £14,221 0 5 temptation to think that ageously born, as her ac Schools 259 544 little is really being accom count published in C h in a’s Pupils ... 5,184 11,928 plished. The little done M illio n s at the time re looks so smallincomparison veals. with the vast undone. It is The three years which followed (1887-1889) were well, therefore, sometimes to glance backwards and among the most fruitful of her ministry, for in the Men's see what progress has really been made. To enable Training Home at Anking she laid herself out to mother our readers to do this we print on this page a few the more than eighty young men who, during that busy statistics taken from the recently published Report period of the Mission's rapid expansion, found in with the corresponding figures for ten years ago. A', Anking their first home in a strange country. “ What comparison of these figures will afford much ground a great mother she was at Anking ! ” writes one of for encouragement and thanksgiving. that number. “ How well I remember her tender care and kindly thought for us. The memory of those days Th e O pium C urse.— Evil dies hard and it looks as is sweet. We were thirty-five wild boys to be looked though the friends oi the anti-opium cause are in for after and mothered, and how graciously and lovingly another fight with the India Office. We have recently she did it.” ' written in the columns of the" CKristidn 'ij£ some -detail In 1890 .Mr. and Mrs. Wooji returned -to England,;/ on the £urse: oi morphia, and purpose here.1 limiting* our having the ^reat sorrow on the; voyage iheir remarks to opium cultivation. only son at sea. During the earlier years at horge, in/the The Indian Government is still using, or permitting reception of candidates at Inglesby House, Mrs. Wood to be used, two hundred thousand acres of the'/best exercised, though bn % somewhat? smaller scale, thesame land in India for the cultivation of opium. In 1913, service as at Anking. In this ministry, and, later, as 144,56 1 acres were undei cultivation, so that the area a member of the Ladies’ Council, she continued to labour has increased in recent years by nearly fifty per cent. for China, until failing health made a relaxation essential. Of the raw opium produced, in all 25,000 chests, 8,000 More recently the serious symptoms of . pernicious chests are consumed in India, the remainder being los China’s Millions. S e p t e m b e r , 1920. exported to other countries. In 1913-14, Japan re find their entry into China, although the Indo-China ceived 799 chests, last year 1,936. There has been opium trade has legally ceased. We have been told an even greater increase in the quantity imported on the highest authority, the authority of Sir Francis into In4o-Cbina. 3*hese th i^s are not as they should Aglen, Inspector General of Customs in China, that ' be*. ' •> •• -■ :• , Jt is practically impossible, owing to China’s extensive In reply to a letter sent by the Edinburgh Anti- coastline and her contiguity .to other nations, to prevent Opium Committee to the India Office recently, Mr. the smuggling of the drug. Now, it is essential that we Mpntagu, the Secretary of State for India, directed should remember that the final responsibility of govern one of his officials to state that :— ment irç these matters rests with the people. We, (1). The Government o f India “ do not consider therefore, earnestly suggest to our readers to consider it advisable to limit the export of opium from India the facts mentioned above, and then to communicate to the amount required solely for medicinal purposes. with their members of parliament on this subject, and, . . . It does not stigmatise the use of opium for such where possible, send some resolution to the Prime Min purposes (other than purely medicinal purposes) as ister and Secretary of State for India. The following an ‘ abuse/ and it places the responsibility for reg is £ resolution which was submitted to the Lambeth ulating the import of the drug, and the derivatives, Conference on Ju ly 5th, and we suggest it to those Upon the importing country.” who are able to secure the co-operation of others : .The letter then proceeds to state “ That in view of. the world th at:’— / wide suffering and demoralisa- (2) The Dangerous Drugs BiÜ - / V l tion caused by the misuse of does not apply to India.. 4 \ opium and kindred drugs, this Now, briefly,, -what do these meeting expresses its hearty astonishing admissions mean ? Counsel s Cbccr agreement with the terms of thé They mean :-r Hague International Opium Con- (1) . That poison may be manu- ventioh, and respectfully urges . factored and sold by the. Indian upon the British GSVernment the ‘ Government without their accept application of the principles and ing responsibility as to the con recommendations contained îh thé sequences, Convention for. the regulation of . - (z\ That the Indian Govern- opium tin India, so that there may t ^jnent does ;not regard the; use. of be (a) ' a réduction of the acreagè ^ppjbim.for other thpn medicinal t of poppy cultivation to the strict purposes as an abuse, or, in other limits of medical requirements,^ words, as baneful. i (b) a speedy discontinuance 01 • j (3) That the responsibility in the auction sales in Calcutta ; and regard to poisons is to refet with (c) the termination of all outstand thpse who, buy or receive thein, ing agreements for the supply of . even when they are , smuggled opium, other than for medical pur I;,,;into their midst against their poses. ;- will, and no responsibility rests It further urges that pressure -.upon %ose who .produce and sell : Should be brought to bear Upon Turkey, 'Persia, and Arabia, so (4). Ttat a bitl, the Dangerous Drugs Bill, which that in those countries the output of the drug may is thought essential for Great-Britain,- does not apply be .4»duced..-on--si.milar.-lines.” ' to .India, though the Hague Convention declares “ T 3[ie articles of the present Convention, if ratified .. Livingstone College.—We have pleasure in an by His Britannic 'Majesty’s .Government, Shall apply nouncing, as requested, that it has been decided" .to ex to the Governments of British India, Ceylon, the tend the instruction given at Livingstone College to r .Struts Settlements» ÜËongkong, ^nd Wei-hai-wei in women missionary students. At present the College . every respect in the -spmç way as they shall apply is unable to provide residence for women students, but to the United Kingdom and ïreland,” . they will be received as non residents on the same terms If the Dangerous Drugs Bill is not to apply to India, and conditions as die men, and will, as far as possible, and if India Is to be free to export opium to other coun have equal facilities. Further particulars can be tries, there is no doubt but that large quantities will obtained direct from Livingstone College, Leyton, E.HX ORDER EARLY. COUNSEL & CHEER CALENDAR for 1921. Calendar is artistically printed in coiourt, gives a. page .for 1 / I S K L . , W K month. andconttins, on each page, several Choice Mayings of Religious Le&ders, ■ / R K l ^ i / o fN et. aIw & Top«« lot- tVayer, and » Scripture To**. A ™ m . T h * pobiishtd price is i/6 P * copj, frm the.Offices of the Nimon. Voi*. XLVI. No. 10. TWOPENCE. O c t o b e r , 1920. China’s Millions. DAY MISSIONS _ I LIBRARY ■ 4sfc'T 25 1920 SAMPANfc.^ A SCENE IN SHANGHAI. ENLARGEMENT : A CHALLENGE FOR THE TIMES. TflBEE BIBTflDAY LETTEBS. M o r g a n & Scott, Ltd., j^2, PÀWRNOsraR Buildings, I^ondon, K.C.4, or from any Bookseller; OR POST FREE 2S. 6d . PER ANNUM FSTÓM:T fiE CHINA INLAND MISSION, NEWINGTON G r BEN, LONDON, N .l6 . CHINA INLAND MISSION. Trlegnnu— Laumkrmci*, Hibury-Lokdon. NEWINGTON GREEN, LONDON, N.16. Telephone— 3060 Dalstom (2>lines) • Founder : The Late J. Hudson Taylor, m.r.c.s. Generäl Director : D . 8 . H o s t s . All donations should be addressed to the Secretary, China Intend Mission, Newington Green, Xondon, N.16. Money Orders payable at G.P.O.) and Cheques, which should be crossed, payable to the China Inland Mission. It to specially «quitted that on every occasion whenmooey is sent forthe*upport of, or lor »the'Work of, any particular Missionary, or for any Mission object, sod ms the support of a ChiDrse Helper, a Bifclewoman or a Scholar, :the objectin view be clearly stated. If, on the other hand, money be sent for a Missionary, as a peisona) gift, or for any private purpose, this also should be clearly stated in order that it may be, correctly acknowledged and forwarded. Bankers t I DONATIONS RECEIVED IN LONDON FOR GENERAL FUND DURING AUGUST, 1930. Rect. £ s. Rect; £ s. d.iRect. £ s. d. Rect. £ s. d. Rect. £ s. d .Rect £ s. d. Rect. « s. Rect. £ s. d. Rect. £ s. Rect £ t. d. 3rd. 9137 0 10 6,9188 1 1 0 9241 1 0 0 18th. 150 0 “09399 6 0 Anon. 0 2 6 9208 0 15 21st «078 2 10 Anon. 0 7 49189 1 10 0 9242 0 5 0 9294 010 0 9350 0 10 OfaiOO 9456 2 2 0 11th. 19330 7 0 0 9079 1 1 0 9141 5 5 09190 0 5 0 8243 2 0 0 9297 4 0 0 9352 5 0 0 9401 IS Anon. 0 10 0 9216 4 0 23rd. 9080 0 10 0 6th. 9191 1 1 09244 0 10 09300 010 0 9353 1 0 0 9402 0 2 9458 1 0 0 9217 2 0 0tó335 1 10 0 M.W. 1 0 10 0 9142 25 0 09192 0 16 0 9245 25 0 0 5 19 0 9354 0 10 09493 0 4 9459 2 0 0 12th. 9338 8 0 4: 9082 1 0 09143 1 0 0 9193 0 10 0 9246 7 0 0 9304 11 0 09355 1 0 09404 5 0 O'9460 1 15 0 9224 2 0 9340 400 « 0 »084 5 0 0 9145 2 12 0 9195 5 5 5 0 9305 150 0 0 25th. 19406 1 0 0 9 0 9344 17 10 0 9085 1 0 0 9146 0 15 6 9196 37 10 5 0 9306 0 9356 4 18 10,9407 0 5 0 £2,494 18 2 13th. 24th. 9086 0 5 0 9147 3 0 9198 0 0 9250 5 0 9357 5 5 09408 10 0 0 Anon. 1 0 9351 6 0 0 9087 0 10 0 9148 0 12 6 9200 2 2 9251 50 0 9309 10 ,9358 0 10 0,9409 0 5 0 14th. 26th. 9088 0 17 9 9149 0 13 7 I.F. 0 14th. 19th. 9359 1 0 0 30 th. For Special 1 1 9374 5 0 0 9089 2 10 09150 2 0 0 9202 0 8 0 0 Anon. 0 0 0 5 0 9410 0 10 Purposes. 5 0 9379 14 5 0 9090 0 10 0 9151 0 4 0 9203 0 2 2 0 9311 2 1 0 18 69412 2 0 1 0 27th. 7 th. A.S.D. 0 5 3rd. 16th. Anon. 20 0 0 9093 0 2 61 9205 0 9254 1 1 6 2j'9312 0 2 6 3 3 09414 9094 1 0 0 9152 0 9206 0 t 84 9 6 9313 5 a n<9363 0 4 0 9415 0 10 9083 4 2 0 9276 0 5 7 10 6 9095 1 0 0 9153 4 9207 7 9256 10 0 0,9314 1 0 0 9384 1 15 10,9416 0 10 9091 0 12 6 9277 5 0 [9390 17 5 5 9096 10 0 0 9154 1 9209 5 9257 0 10 0 9315 0 2 6 9365 1 3 6,9417 18 0 9092 0 10 0 17 th. 28th. 9098 1 0 0,9165 41 9210 0 15 0 9258 0 10 0 9316 0 5 0 9366 1 0 0 9419 2 0 9097 20 0 0 2 10 6 2 6 9099 1 0 0 9156 0 lllb . 9260 0 2 0 9317 10 0 0 9367 150 0 09420 5 0 9106 0 9 6 0 10 9405 5 0 0 9100 0 12 6,9157 0 9201 1 1 . 5 0 019421 6 0 9108 1 0 0 9291 2 10 30th. 0 10 0S320 0 10 0 9109 4 14 0 18th. * 9411 100 0 0 9101 0 5 0,9159 0 10 92G2 010 6 Î 0 2 0 9321 0 10 09369 0 10 0,9423 1 0 9102 15 0 0 9160 20 0 9203 1 5 0 9264 1 10 0 9322 1 17 « 9370 3 09424 0 10 9110 26 14 4 5 0 9413 7 10 0 9103 0 10 0,9161 0 3 9204 1 00 9265 0 1 7 17 19371 10 0 9426 5 0 9112 1 0 0 9295 2 0 9418 1 7 6 9104 « 10 0!Anon. 0 10 9205 0 10 0 20 th. 9372 5 0 01 31st. 9113 5 0 0 9296 20 0 9422 50 0 0 9105 1 2 6 9163 1 5 5 0 0 16th. 9323 0 10 0 26th. 9427 1 0 9115 1 17 0 2 0 9425 4 0 0 9107 1 9 0 9164 0 9 0.___ 0 2 6 9267 1 0 09324 2 2 0 45 0 09428 5 0 4th. 5 0 31st. 9111 0 16 0 9165 0 10 0 9220 0 10 0 0 0 9325 0 10 0 9375 010 6,9429 0 12 9119 3 10 0 9301 0 10 9433 1 0 0 9114 0 10 0 9166 1 10 0 9221 1 1 0 0, 9 5 0 9376 14 0 Ol If 3 0 9126 10 0 0 9303 3 0 943? 1 11 6 9116 2 0 0 9167 0 10 6 3 0 0 9270 0 4 .09327 0 09377~ . . 0 2 69431 10 0 9127 50 0 0 9307 14 0 9442 3 0 0 9117 3 4 0,9168 1 15 0 12th, 9271 3 0 0 7 6|9378 6 0 0,9432 20 0 5th. 19th. 19450 5 0 0 4th. 9169 1 0 0. Anon.. 2 10 09272 0 18 -61 21st 9380 2 0 09434 4 0 9129 1 1 0 5 5 9452 1 5 0 9118 3 0 0,9170 0 2 6 9225 2 10 09273 0 1 g9331 0 2 6 9381 0 15 250 0 9138 0 15 0 19309 2 0 9274 20th. 9120 0 10 0 9th. 9226 0 5 0 1 4 ||9332 10 0 09382 0 5 9139 1 14 0 £1,035 15 10 9121 1 0 09173 10 0 Anon. 2 0 0 9275 0 10 6 0333 25 0 0 27 th. 6th. 0 10 9122 1 1 09174 9 17 6 9228 0 2 6 9278 0 9 o r ^ 23 rd. 9383 1 6 79439 15 0 9144 8 0 0 9123 0 5 09175 1 0 0 9230 4 10 0 9279 2 2 O 9334 2 0 0 9384 1 0 09440 7 th. SUMMARY. 9124 0 10 0|9176 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 10 0 § 20 0 0 9385 0 12 6,9441 *9158 5 2 6 9125 0 6 09177 0 10 0 10 5 3 17th. 9337 0 10 0 20 0 0,9443 0 15 9171 3 15 0 General ...... £2,494 18 2 9th. 9178 50 0 0 1 10 0 9281 1 10 0 9339 100 0 09387 4 0 9.9444 2 2 9th. Special ...... 1,035 15 10 9128 2 0 09179 0 10 0 9234 2 0 0 9282 2 12 09341 30 0 0 9391 1 0 0 9445 19172 2 0 0 9130 13 10 09180 2 15 11 13th. 1 0 0 9342 400 0 09392 0 5 0,9446 0 9181 1 10 0 Total for August 3,530 14 0 9131 0 10 09183 10 0 0 9235 3 0 0 9284 0 10 0 9343 1 0 0 09447 9182 10 10 0 Brought forward ...31,424 5 6 9132 1 0 0 10th. 9236 19 12 0 9285 1 0 0 24 th. 28 th. 9448 10th. O.A.P. 2 ,0 09184 5 5 9237 0 5 019286 2 0 0 9345 1 0 1 0 09449 9194 50 0 0 £34,95419 6 9134 5 0 0 9185 5 0 0 10 09287 2 0 09346 2 2 1 1 0 9451 9197 25 0 0 9135 1 10 0 R.JiR. 5 0 1 0 09290 12 10 0 9347 0 0 2 2 09453 12 12 09199 9 0 0 9136 20 0 0 9187 50 0 0 9240 1 0 019292 1 0 0 9348 0 0*9397 1 0 09454 2 0 09204 2 5 0 Thankäffering. t Readers of “ The Christian:” 4 A Friend. §Mal. iii.10. || Legacy. f Readers of “ The Record." A Vision of N o M an’s Land. Translated from the Chinese A TRUE INCIDENT IN THE LATE WAR. BY ! / ■ FRANCESCA FRENCH. I/- 1 / - BY 1 / - NET SENIOR SUBALTERN. E r. Attractively bound in Attractively bound in Coloured Wrapper. Khaki and Gold. These devotional songs THE SONGS Dr. J. Stuart Holden in a and hymns which have foreword. writes:— *' Nothing been blessed to many PASTOR H51 I have read, of all the war thousands in China will, we believe, in this English literature, has touched me more than this simple and translation, have a mess frank account of a young age of help and inspiration officer’scourageous endeavour to many at home. All who to rescue a wounded man have read Pastor Hsi’s . . . Would that we all might life should secure a copy learn what this story teaches: of these songs, which re that the Love of Christ is not veal *the man's inner life a cushion to minister to His as few things could do. We people'sease, but a constraint anticipate a wide and use to nerve them to save others.” ful mission for this Jbook. C h in a s M illio n s Enlargement: A Challenge for the Times. “ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua saying, ‘ Why hast thou given me bat one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto ? ’ “ And Joshua said unto them, ‘ If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim.”—Joshua xvii. 14, 25. T H E R E is considerable evidence to prove that thee up to the forest and cut down for thyself ” —he points the sons of Joseph manifested, at times, out the only path of true enlargement, the path which some of those undesirable characteristics un would give them not only what the)- sought, but at the happily found in the spoilt sons of ureal men. same time, what was of even greater moment, a virility They had seen their father holding a position of almost and manliness of character worthy of the enlarged unparalleled honour among a great people, and had, sphere they desired. doubtless, shared, in part, his glory. There is nothing to show that They had observed the way in which Joshua ever gave them new territ < >ry. their father had been a saviour to OEOPLE talk of difficulties! Rather does it appear that he roused his brethren, and how their uncles them to enter into and possess what had been compelled to acknowledge * Who is without them ? hitherto they had only nominally Joseph’s pre-eminence. It is, there ; Whatever these difficulties inherited. “ Thou art a great people fore, hardly to be wondered at that ! may be, gentlemen, 1 have and hast great power,” said Joshua, a feeling of superiority should have ! never allowed myself to think “ thou shalt not have one lot only, been engendered in them and their ! that we ought to run away from but the hill country shall be thine ; children. Were the)r not the off for, though it is a forest, thou shalt ! them, but to fight them with spring of him who had saved all the cut it down,” and ” Thou shalt tribes of Israel, as well as the great ! courage, faith, and persever drive out the Canaanites, though nation of Egypt ? Were they not ance, and to conquer them some they have chariots of iron and though the heirs of a great past ? Two out ! day. . . . The spirit of mis- they be strong.” standing illustrations of this arrogant ; sions is the spirit of conquest. It was to the conquest of these and haughty temper are seen in the Forward ! forward ! The Gospel difficulties that, the sons of Joseph attitude of the men of Ephraim 1 had evidently not intended to ad towards Gideon and Jephthah. (See entered Europe by a prison. dress themselves. They had either Judges viii. and xii.) —François Coillard. weakly yielded to the belief that It is possible that something of these things were beyond them, or this spirit of pride, and its accom by reason of a spirit of slothiulness panying discontent, lay behind their complaint to they shirked the necessary struggle. Enlargement apart Joshua. Though we know that half the tribe of from trial and discipline to men of such a spirit would Manasseh had received extensive territory east of have been purchased at the loss of self-respect, and by Jordan, and that their portion west of Jordan was con the surrender of all that constitutes true greatness. siderable, the sons of Joseph were evidently dissatisfied. Joshua’s soldierly reply, though somewhat stern and Judging by the census figures published in the Book of severe, was probably the means of their salvation, for Numbers, Ephraim and Manasseh, together, did not they were provoked to rise and put the Canaanites to far exceed the tribe of Judah alone, so they had small task woik ; for, as we read elsewhere, their adversaries ground for their plaint on the score of population. Was became their servants, and those who impoverished it that they hoped that Joshua, who was also of Ephraim, them enriched them, as all trials and adversities will do would give them preferential treatment ? If so, they if faced in the strength of G od . were justly disillusioned. In the hearts of most men there is a natural desire for In the last analysis the complaint of Joseph's sons enlargement, and it is right that this should be so. appears to have arisen from their desire for an easy But the nature of that enlargement and the spirit which path. Their real grievance was that they only half prompts the desire are of critical importance. Is it possessed their possessions, and rather than seek en an ambition which has self-aggrandisement for its largement by the arduous task of subduing the forests end ? or is it a zeal for the glory of God and the good and overcoming their formidable foes, they sought of man ? The complaint of Joseph’s sons, and Joshua’s expansion by begging for a new gift. reply, are both a caution and a challenge to all who Joshua does not dispute their need of more room, seek greater things. There is a natural temptation to but by his challenge— “ If thou be a gieat people, get desire the path of ease, to seek extension where there is O cto ber, 1920. 112 China’s Millions. Oc t o b e r , 1920. no resistance, and to leave behind the unsubdued coun enlarge my border,” became the burden of the Mission’s try and unconquered enemies, so long as a larger place supplication. And God gave His servants, as He can be possessed. Not so is Go d 's way. The forests did to Jabez, that which they requested. New diffi must be cut down, and the sturdy foe with their chariots culties and unfamiliar perils confront the work to-day, of iron must be subdued. but though the battle may assume a different com This old-time incident has come home to us as one plexion, it is the same spiritual conflict. The real full of important lessons for the Mission to-day. There forces arrayed against us, and the Go d Who is with us, is little doubt that if the work is to continue, and to are unchanged. It is still the “ good fight of fa ith ” prosper, we need enlargement also. It is not enough which overcomes the world, and we believe that that we have had a wondeiful past, as the sons of Joseph “ Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is that had. We are now up against new conditions and shall tread down o u t adversaries.” unprecedented difficulties, and Joshua’s words come We have no doubt that those who read these lines home as a challenge to us to “ Get up into the forests will, in the main, agree with what has been written. and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Periz- But we are sincerely anxious for much more than mere zites and of the Rephaim.” assent. A s has been truly said, “ W e shall not take the On all hands Go d ’s work is confronted with the ground to which we are entitled while it is only a thought Canaanites and their chariots of iron. There are mighty and not a spirit that incites us.” and unseen forces of evil swaying men and nations to We are desirous that our readers should be gripped day in a w ay hitherto unknown to this generation. with the same conviction which holds us, and as those Not only is our own country threatened with disastrous who are in the midst of the conflict, we appeal for the and disruptive upheavals, but the Mission fields of the reinforcement of prayer. The forces of evil are united world, China included, are distraught with unrest and and set in great array against us to-day, and at a time violence to an extent which imperil the work of evange when the battle is being pushed to the gate we crave lisation. To these things must be added the fact that the fellowship of Go d ’s people in believing intercession, few Christian men are volunteering for service in the so that enlargement may come by an increase of spiritual foreign field, and that grave financial problems are power, and by victory over every adversary. We ask challenging faith and fortitude. the reader definitely to set apart a few minutes daily, We have written in fuller detail of these perplexities or at least occasionally, that he or she, with us, may below. W hat we desire to say here is that if these seek and obtain the promise, “ The hill country shall be perils are to be overcome, more will be necessary than thine ; for though it is a forest thou shalt cut it down,” a pious wish. W e must face the facts, and come to and “ Thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they close grips with them, making them the burden of our have chariots of iron and though they be strong.” prayers. W e must be prepared in Go d ’s name to “ In fellowship, alone, grapple in real earnest with our spiiitual adversaries, To G o d with faith draw near, and we must learn to think more courageously of Go d Approach His courts, besiege His throne if we are not to be daunted. However menacing the With all the powers of prayer. outlook may appear, and however much the difficulties “ From strength to strength go on, may seem to dominate the situation, we must see G o d , Wrestle, and fight, and pray, high and lifted up, enthroned over all the water-floods. Tread all the powers of darkness down, In the early days of the Mission’s history, the prayer And win the well-fought day.” of Jabez, “ Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed and Subjects for Prayer. “ The hill country shall be thine, for though it is a forest thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine : for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron and though they be strong.”—Joshua xvii. 18. 1. rT'*HOUGH it may appear obvious, it is not unnecessary country appears to be going from bad to worse. In not a few I to place first the great need of enlargement of heart districts mission work is seriously hampered, and in some areas, toward God. Difficulties are not faced by small- notably among the Hill Tribes in Y u n n a n , it is partially sus hearted people or by the fearful. There is, therefore, a need pended. to-day for that courage which springs from cahn confidence 3 . There is need to pray that the L o r d of the harvest may in G o d , and this will not be obtained apart from waiting thrust forth men to-day. Apart from Associate workers, the upon Him. “ The people that know their God shall be strong Mission was only reinforced by seven men last 3Tear as against and do exploits.” To this end it is necessary to give heed to twenty women, and this is typical of the last few years. The the Psalmist's exhortation, “ Wait on the L o r d , be strong, and war, doubtless, in part accounts for this, but now that the war let thine heart take courage ; yea, wait thou upon the L o r d .” is over there is still a dearth of men, and this is one of those 2. The political condition of the world obviously calls fordefinite things in the path of enlargement which must be faced prayer, for the work of evangelisation depends not a little upon by prayer. With this may be coupled the need for medical peace and order. At home, as all know, the very foundations men, there being at this time two or three hospitals of the of society are threatened. Statesmanship alone is utterly Mission without a single qualified doctor. inadequate, for the problems at heart are spiritual. 4. The past history of the Mission affords abundant evidence In China, brigandage and civil strife increasingly imperil life that God will supply the temporal needs of His work if He be and well-being. For nine years this has continued, and the enquired of concerning this thing. To illustrate the situation O c t o b e r , 1920. China’s Millions. 113 which confronts us, and to assist definite petitions, -we may Churches, that the Chinese Christians may manifest a willingness mention that passages to China, which "before the war cost, to accept larger responsibilities, both in the evangelisation oi according to missionary rates, ¿32 5s., now cost £79 4s., and this their own countrymen and in the bearing of financial burdens, is but one item of missionary expenditure. The cost of living There are many other subjects for prayer and praise which has risen in the field as at home, and the average price of silver could well be recorded here, but it seems best to concentrate our this year has been more than twenty per cent, in advance of petitions on these five vital topics. last year. Remembering how graciously G o d has helped us in While we have no thought of forming any new Prayer Circle, times past, l^t us seek for enlargement in this matter with it would be a great encouragement and help to us to kuow the thanksgivings, as well as with specific supplications. In a day names of those who will definitely unite with us in praying for when unbelief is rampant, and destructive criticism increasingly these things, We shall, therefore, welcome a postcard from all bold, we desire all the more to be permitted to bear our witness such friends, that we may know those who, though unable to to the faithfulness of Go d and the trustworthiness of His Word. unite with us in person, are joining us in spirit. Should there 5. As a strong and self-supporting Chinese Church is one of be any who are not already members of the Mission’s Prayer the main objectives of missionary enterprise, shall we not pray Union, and would like information concerning it, this will that gifted and godly leaders mav be raised up among the Chinese gladly be sent upon application. “ In Perils of Robbers.” A p e r s o n a l l e t t e r f r o m ; M is s R . J . P e m b e r t o n , a t Ch ie n f u h a i , S z e c h w a n . “ Peter therefore was kept in prison, but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for hint.” E have had another visit from the brigands, and • would not release the Pastor unless we succeeded in getting W I feel I must write and tell you about it, and the two .of their men out of the hands of the soldiers, who bad wonderful answer to prayer we have had in con captured them at a place 13 miles from here, and that if they were nection with it, so that you will be able to join not released in two days the Pastor would be shot. I told toith us in much thanksgiving. them it was impossible for us to do what they asked, and begged On May 31st, a little after dawn, my sister and I were awakened . again for Pastor Yang’s release,but they told me not to interfere, by hearing brigands rushing past 6ur house. We immediately and some of them suggested taking me along with them. I could got out of bed and saw a humber of these evil men running see it was no use talking to them any more, and they moved with their rifles on their shoulders towards the market. We had off and I went back home. heard rumours that they were not far off, but were not prepared My sister and Miss Palmer were getting anxious about me, for this visit. I dressed quickly and brought the children as I had not been able to tell them that 1 was going on to the over to our house, and hid some erf the bigger girls in the attic, market—there was no time. We called the whole household and then I went to see our Evangelist to find out what was happening as many Christians as we could get together for special prayer. on the market. As I was speaking to him a young man called Our verse to be repeated that day was, “ The L o r d shall reign to me to go to the market quickly as the brigands had., taken for ever, even thy G o d , O Zion, unto all generations. Praise captive our Chinese Pastor, also his two sons—had already ye the L o r d ” (Psa. cxlvi. xo). We humbly besought the L o r d bound them and were going off with them. I knew I must go to have mercy on the Pastor, and also to look upon the needs quickly if I was to be of any service to them, so calling a of the little flock here, and release him and bring him back soon. Christian woman who was standing by to come with me, I We found that they had also taken captive the Pastor's went down the market to the Pastor’s bouse, praying as I went nephew, and several others, amongst them four Christians. for guidance and help. The Evangelist wanted to come with We arranged to give the day to prayer, as we felt very strongly me but I would not allow him, as he had previously suffered that only the L o r d could deliver and help in this case. We had badly at the hands of the brigands. On reaching the Pastor's another meeting about 11.30 a.m., and quite a number of house I found five or six armed brigands standing outside. Christians gathered together. Evangelist Wang led the I asked them to tell me where the Pastor was as I wanted to meeting, and I felt the right note was struck when he began see him. They answered me very roughly and rudely that by saying, “ We had great need to get low down before the he was in his house. I knew this was not true, so I asked them L o r d , and confess and put away that which was displeasing again to tell me where he was. They told me it was none to Him, and then our prayers would not be hindered.” We of my business where the Pastor was. I felt I must see the head had a time of real prayer. man and ask for the Pastor's release, so I passed them by and The text that day on our Calendar was, “ He that believelh went in the direction that I felt sure they had taken. The shall not make haste.” The Pastor's text the day before five or six brigands followed me. They would not allow the (Sunday) was, “ If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in woman to come with me, so I went alone,—yet not alone, you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you ” and prayed much as I went. When I came to the bridge (John xv. 7). The same day in the afternoon he preached I could see the brigands with the’r train of captives, and seeing from Isa. xxxi., showing that it was useless to trust in Egypt one brigand on horseback, and thinking he must be the for help. These texts encouraged us to pray, and to trust in the chief, I shouted to him to wait a little while as I had some L o r d to show forth His mighty power. thing to say to him. He was anything but polite and told Just as we finished our meeting the Pastor's second son, who me to hurry up. When I caught up with him I begged is the Evangelist at an out-station 10 miles from here, arrived. for Pastor Yang to be released, reminding them I had done We consulted with him about writing to the brigand chief, all in my power for their men when wounded, and had taken and also decided to write to the Pastor to tell him we were nothing for medicine or my services, but did all I could to save giving ourselves to prayer, and were trusting in G o d ’s almighty life, . They spoke more politely to me then, but said they power to deliver him out of the hands of these evil men. We China’s Millions. O c t o b e r , 1920 . also setxt hitd iLis Bible. Poor xbdn, he %às taken ofi withotit to preach the Gospel again. He could oaly give k» Hie iai the beifig allowed to df&s properly, and without hat or umbrella. Gospel. They first asked for a vefy large »am, 40,000 oz. of The brigands had camped atone of their old camping grounds, ' silver ; then they came down to 300 dollars, and everitueHy only 10 miles from here, so the messenger returned to us the same to 50 dollars for board during the two days and one night the day. The brigand chief did not answer our letter, only sent Pastor and his sons were with them. Finally they said they the message that their two men must be released from the could not take even this from the Pastor, but they would take soldiers before they would let the Pastor free. They knew, it for his nephew (whom they had treated most cruelly and almost and we knew, that these two brigands had already been shot, killed) and would set him free too. This they d^d. They also and they were only saying this to make us hurry up and get returned the Pastor’s surplice. One of the head brigands had the money together for the Pastor’s ransom. stolen it and left the house dressed in it. The Pastor wrote very humbly, saying that he had been After they reached their camping ground that never-to-be- given over into the hands forgotten Monday morn of these evil then by G o d ing they taunted the because he had offended Pastor* saying* “ Now is G o d by word and deed, your opportunity to call and had great need to upon your JESU S to save confess his faults to you.” “ That is just what G o d and man, and asked I am going to do,” re for much prayer. We plied the Pastor, “ and if had another meeting for I had not grieved JESUS prayer and realized the He would not have given presence of G o d , me over to your hands.” That night I could not He then took the oppor sleep, but it was a good tunity of preaehing Jesus opportunity to pray. to them, and he had a Again we had special large congregation. He prayer in the morning. felt God had sent him About dinriet time we into their midst for this sent anothér letter to the purpose, and he must brigands and the Pastor, begin at once arid make and also a present of the most of his oppor cakes and rice to the tunity, Please pray for brigands, saying that as' the seed sown, also for the thé Pastor and his two tracts given to these 60ns were their guests, brigands. we Would like to send a On Wednesday morn small present to them. ing thé Pastor came up In the afternoon we heard to see Us, and We were they were returning to indeed glad to see him * this market again. Oh once more. He broke hearing this news we re down and wept. When moved the children with he was able to Control their beds and bedding his voice he said G o d ovèr to our house and had tb punish him in this put the big girls up in the way because he had not attie again. Later we glorified Him. Thank •Ééârd that the Pastor's G o d the ; brigands did two sons were free. The Photo by] HR. L. McIntyre, not ill-treat him,. Other youngest came to see us S poor captives sftffered ANELABORATE GRAVESTONE SZECHWAN 4nd to tell us all about very much. Two were iheir experiences. It was beheaded, others were indeed a terrible story to listen to. Before he had finished strung up and beaten, and in other ways treated very cruelly. telling us all he had to tell, the whole company of the brigands Some of the awful things they did are unmentionable. were oh the market again, ànd ÏHey actually escorted the Pastor [The Pastor’s house was looted,, alw the house o f his brother, to his own home and left him there, and then went their way the Rev. T. S. Yang, now in charge o f the Ohtfhsien Chur eh,] to another market some 13 miles distant. We could see them On Wednesday we had a special thanksgiving meeting. going up the hill behind bur house. We heard they arrived i t We feel that G o d has taught us a fresh lesson in prayer, and we j*&o-kuan-chang at and did frightful things there. do want to learn to pray. Please may I ask far very much They told the Pastor that they had greatly honoured him prayer for Pastor Yang, that he may be filled with humility and by escorting him home. The only thing, they said, they had the love of C h r is t . He is a very capable man, and knows it. not done was to let off crackers in honour of his return. Pray that G o d may have all His own way in this man’s heart ' G o d had indeed done wonders, and had answered our prayers and life. He has been a great help and blessing to me and is exceeding abundantly above all that we asked or thought. truly loved by the members of his flock. There is much ne£d Of course they wanted money for the ransom of the Pastor and for revival. G o d has done great things for Us whereof we are bis sons. The Pastor told them it was impossible for him to glad, but we want to see still great» things 90 th a t Go^JUay give money. He said if he gave money he wotdd never be able be glorified. Thanking you a-H for all your help by praypff. O c to b e r j rgrso. C h i f l l !* 5 M i l l i O f l S i 115 Three Birthday Letters. Extracted from a personal menage from Dr. Frank A . Keller, of Changsha, Hunan, to bit Mends In the Homelands. M*S. Keller, sen., whose photo appears on the next page, rather than hinder her son from fulfilling his ministry in China, accompanied him thither, although 80 years of age at the time. The letters are addressed to her. R E E years have passed since we weary, and desperate, as they had not guu-boats that were in port. On the left home for China. What a rush had food or rest for three days and nights. second occasion some forty or fifty it was to pack up and get away Conditions looked very serious. The American women and children were on on such short notice, and the American donsul phoned and asked me three large house-boats which were rush has continued right up to the present to meet a committee of the Chinese anchored alongside the American gun moment. Board of Trade and help in making plans boat. The American sailors did all in We had just nicely arrived in Changsha for housing and feeding these defeated their power to make their guests safe, ' when Mrs. Keller was prostrated with troops, so as to avoid, if possible, a general comfortable and happy. The house typhoid fever. Mother, of course, could pillaging of the city. Other missionaries boats were heavily armoured with great hot speak Chinese, so all the details of co-operated, and by lite in the afternoon sheets of steel, and the boats were quickly the home had to be looked after by me we had the 3,000 temporarily housed and wired by the sailors and well lighted by as well as those of the a current from the gun newly re-organized and boat dynamo. J ust think rapidly growing work. of Mother, past eighty- Our freight came along two, hearing the guns some time after we and camion, and even reached Changsha, but worse the yells that she I was able to unpack could not understand, only those boxes con going through all this taining articles abso tumult and strain. It lutely essential for daily was truly wonderful how use, the rest of the boxes G o d sustained her. had to wait for some weeks piled up in out; Buying Property. little front hall. Mrs. In the midst of all Keller was in her bed the work instructions and did not see them; came from home to pur I was too busy to notice chase a site and begin them; but I have often the work of a Bible thought since how awful School in Changsha. they must have looked You will never know to dear Mother, accus what it means to pur tomed to everything so chase land and get your clean and neat and or deeds recorded and offic derly at home. How ially sealed in inland bravely and patiently Photo by] [Dr. Keller. China until you have she endured it all. A come and tried it. It serious and prolonged “ IN THE ACTIVE SERVICE OF THE GOSPEL.” baffles description. Oh relapse followed the This group of men is one of several bands, under the direction of Dr. Keller, of the the hours, yes, whole C.I.M., engaged in house-to-house evangelistic work in H unan. They live on house regular course of the boats— the. photograph is taken inside one o f these—where they spend part of each day days, spent in intense, in the study of the Scriptures, the remainder of their time being employed in visiting typhoid« but in time the homes of the people where they leave some Scripture portion. and often seemingly G o d graciously granted fruitless effort. Every a good recovery, and possible and impossible after a summer in the mountains Mrs. fed, but we had to work on until long past difficulty is raised by the officials and Keller was able to take on a large and midnight before we completed the work other interested persons, and all have important part of the work. of housing and feeding other thousands to be met and overcome* by patient, who came along later. By the end of prayerful, and prolonged effort. In the Civil War. the week we were caring for some 7,000 meantime there is the regular daily work Just when we felt that we were nicely soldiers. to be done. Praise G o d for victory ! settled and ready for work, the civil One night all the leading stores and A fine site has been secured, the deeds war began. Changsha was filled with banks were looted by retreating troops, are recorded and sealed with the Govern soldiers, first of the North, then of the and the city was in great terror and ment seal, and a good wall has been South, as one side or the other gained excitement. On two occasions all ladies built around the site. We are at work temporary advantage. Early one morn and children of the foreign community on much - needed residences for Mr, ing Mr. Hsiao, who Eves near the railroad, were called out to steamers or house-boats Hsiao and ourselves, and hope to begin phoned me that about 3,000 Northern by the American Consul, and placed under work on the recitation hall and stu soldiers were coming up the track hungry, the protection of the American and British dents’ dormitories soon. The cali for 116 China's Millions. O c t o b e r , 1920. dwellings was most urgent. Mr. Hsiao Barnsley, England, these and many others of advanced age, and each year on' is living in a house all propped up have kept up the support of their workers Mother's birthday all the evangelists with poles to keep it from falling, and by gifts and prayers with absolute faith in our Bands have sent their cards and we have been driven out of our rented fulness and promptness during these congratulations. This year the letters house by that pest of the tropics, white years of special testing without one word which accompanied the cards from two ants. They had eaten away floors and of the Bands were particularly interesting timbers, had gotten into some of our and touching. '* boxes and completely destroyed the The First Letter. contents, and were getting into our books The men of Band No. x wrote and other things. They make short “ We send our most respectful , greetings work of anything they get at, so we were to the venerable Mrs. Keller. Each compelled to remove all our effects from year, on the 28th of the 4th month,“the the house, carefully examining each honoured anniversary of your birth, we article lest some white ants should be remember you. As we know that you concealed in it. We have stored our have come from a land abounding in things in some rooms secured in a neigh things both beautiful and useful, we will bouring building, and Mother and Mrs. not attempt to send you any material Keller are spending the summer at gifts, but we desire to send you the Kikungshan, one of the mountain resorts record of the past year's work that we to which the missionaries go to escape may rejoice together. Through the work the intense heat of- July and August. done during the second half of last year The landlord is tearing out all the wood Toe Photo by ) [Dr. D avidson. (really three months, October—December) work of thè' house and has promised to the following additions have been made have it ready for occupancy on September MRS. KELLER, Sen. to the church this year:—At the village 1st. This has been another experience of Hwang-gia-ting twenty-three, at Gin- in " Roughing, it " for Mother Keller. fcheng fourteen, , and at Siao-hsi-dzi •We hope that the house wiljlbe ready for of acknowledgement in most of the cases. eighteen, a total of fifty-five. All these us to occupy during the fall and winter Thank you over and over again, and said in their testimony at the baptismal until our own house is completed. may God bless you more and more and s e r v i c e ‘ Had not the Los Angeles The Growth of the Work. give you the very fulness of joy in this Evangelistic Bands come to us.how could During these three yeats our Evan ministry of faith. Now 1 want to tell we have known of J e s u s ? ’ However, you of gelistic Bands have increased from two we realize that if you had not been willing Three Birthday Letters, to six, so that now we have over eighty , to come to China Dr. Keller could not have the story of which will give you some evangelists out on the field proclaiming come, had he not come we would not the glorious Gospel. This rapid growth inspiring facts about the work to which have been sent out to these distant places has involved the most constant and you have been so faithful.. to preach the Gospel, these people would strenuous attention to the local details of On the 28th of April, 1-919, Mother not have heard the invitation and so preparation and supervision. Publica celebrated her eighty-third birthday, would not have believed in JESUS. tions must be ready right on time ; they which was also her third birthday in Therefore this great blessing from G o d must be shipped to distant points at just China. As the birthday came on Monday, is because you, honoured madam, have Mrs. Keller gave a birthday reception for the right season when small rivers are come to China, and so we make this navigable I correspondence with the Mother on the previous Saturday after- report to you and offer it as our birthday missionaries in whose fields the men are . noon so as not to interfere with our Bible gift. On -behalf of those just mentioned working, and with the workers themselves School work. It was a beautiful day. we desire to thank you, we pray also that is often very urgent and must be attended Eighty-three guests, mostly missionaries, God may bless you and give you peace.” to at once. Lectures must be carefully together with our Chinese helpers, were prepared and ready every day for the invited, and it was a very happy occasion. The Second Letter. thirty-eight bright, expectant men. All One dear friend sent Mother a three- The men of another Band wrote:— these things 'simply must be done and layer cake, beautifully decorated, and “ We respectfully ask Mrs. Keller, sen., done at once, and it is often far into the with three candles on top to represent the to read our letter and we hope that it night before the day's work is finished, three birthdays in China. The same will bring you much joy. This is your therefore, working short-handed as we friend sent a two-layer cake with two third birthday in China. We all rejoice have been doing, something has to be candles the year before, and a one-layer exceedingly, and from this great distance omitted, and that thing has by necessity cake with one candle on Mother’s first send you our greetings. One thing we been correspondence with our dear friends anniversary in China. On that occasion cannot lose sight of. You, aged madam, at home. I cannot tell you what a grief the «American Consul also gave a special seeing the Chinese in darkness, have not this has been to us, nor can I tell you dinner in her honour. This year Dr. feared distance, but you have manifested how deeply we appreciate your faithful Davidson, of the Yale Mission, kindly a zeal like that of Hannah in giving her loyalty to God and His work and to us brought his camera along to the reception son to the service of G o d , and while yon during these years of silence. A Christian and took a photo of Mother as she sat cannot go out in person and take an Endeavour Society of a City Mission in out in the garden by the rose bushes active part in the work of G o d , it can be Albany, a group of friends in Baltimore, which are her special care and delight. truly said of you as of Deborah that * You Bible classes in I«os Angeles, individual The picture on this page is from this aTe a mother in Israel.’ B y your earnest friends in Germantown, Toronto and photo. prayers, offered in singleness of heart elsewhere, one aged saint in Norwich, The Chinese make very much of and soul, you help the church. So we Conn., a Wesleyan Reform Union in birthdays, especially in the case of those at this distance, helped by you, have O c t o b e r , 1920. China’s Millions. 117 worked during the past year in seven named Wu. Mr. Wu had accepted when they heard how the aged Mrs. different fields. In these places over C h r is t but Mrs. Wu opposed him bitterly. Keller had come out to China, said three hundred persons have manifested Touched by the testimony at this meeting ‘ This aged person has shown such love a deep interest in the Gospel, and we she went straight home, made up with for us, let us take heed that we do not think that at least fifty of these are her husband and decided to join him in regard it lightly.' They at once com true believers. We send this report as the service of Ch r is t , so together they pleted the organization of a prayer circle a birthday greeting and we hope that removed from their home all idols and to meet regularly for the study of God’s believers will increase year by year as everything connected with idolatry and Word and for prayer.” your age advances.” brought them to us. 2. An elderly man As you read these three letters you The Third Letter. named Bih believed the Gospel but he will see the precious work God is doing On the- evening of Mother’s birthday too was opposed by his wife who was an through our evangelists in hitherto the members of Band No. i held a special enthusiastic idolater. One day she unevangelizcd parts of China. You will meeting for testimony and prayer, and wanted to go to the temple to worship see also how God can use the silent a few days later the last of the “ Three idols but he would not permit her to testimony of a single life even in advanced Birthday Letters ” came to hand giving do so; then S. bitter quarrel began which years and in a far-away land where the an account of the meeting and its results. continued to the time of the special language is neither spoken nor under I will translate it as literally as possible :— meeting. Two days later we went to their stood. May this little story of the “ Our work here at Liu-gia-chiao is full home ; the wife renounced her Buddhistic “ Three Birthday Letters " lead each one of joy as we see the enthusiasm and vows and the entire family of ten persons of us to such absolute consecration to sincerity of the enquirers, but to-day all accepted JESUS Ch r is t as their Saviour. God that He will be able to do mighty are specially happy over the blessed 3. The landlord of the inn where we things through us for His glory. results of a prayer meeting held 011 the are stopping was so moved at this A missionary wrote me recently :— birthday of Mrs. Keller, sen. At this meeting that he offered a room on the “ After your men have worked a district meeting we told the story of her life and second floor of his inn to be used as a the character of that district is com then had a time of prayer seeking G o d ’ s permanent prayer meeting room. All pletely changed. Where we could not blessing upon her. I now want to tell the employees at this inn, as well as the get a hearing before the people now you of four of the direct results of this landlord, have confessed their faith in welcome us most cordially and listen to meeting. 1. At Liu-gia-chiao is a family Ch r is t . ■ 4. The enquirers as a whole. us eagerly.” Tsong Chang, Adviser Mr. So Ting Clicung Here and There. Cantonese, Christian, invited General (1Quoted from “ Our Shanghai Letter.” ) Chang to call at Mission house yesterday. This telegram also by .special favour POLITICAL CONDITIONS. June 29th, Mr. R. W. Porteous says:— gratis. General Chang is giving $2,000 URING the last few weeks hostilities “ About 20,000 soldiers are now re towards supply of anti-cholera medicine. have been raging in various parts ported to be stationed in this city and Missionaries and Christians well.” From of this land, and for a short time com suburbs, with more arriving and expected other districts also we are receiving re munication with the north was impossible. to-day. All round our compound the ports of cholera being prevalent. Latterly, however, on account of the houses are chock-full, and the homes of the SEVERE FIGHTING. success of General Wu Peh Pu and the Christians are being commandeered, much •/THROUGHOUT Western S z e c h w a n consequent overthrow of the Anfuh to the discomfort and sufferings of the ^ severe fighting has also taken party, railway communication has again owners, more especially those with fruit place, and at the present moment it been restored. We have been receiving gardens. The local Board of Trade at seems as if the Yunnanese General, reports from various districts throughout Kiuhsiu (an out-station) commandeered Tang Chi Yao, would drive General the north, many of which speak of the our chapel there, threatening to burst it Hsiong, the leader of the Szcchwancsc, very disturbed conditions caused largely open if refused admission. Over fifty from Chengtu. by brigands and disbanded soldiers. soldiers were given permission by the Latest reports from Y u n n a n are to the Mr. M. L- Griffith, writing on July above-mentioned Board of Trade to use effect that very definite steps are being 21st, describes the conditions around Mission premises, in spite of the protests taken to deal with the brigand chief Shunteh in the following words :— of our voluntary helper, Sir. Hsia. They Yang l ’ien Fuh, and as a consequence “ All cereals are, of course, very dear gambled in the Church, and the Chris battles between soldiers and the robbers and very scarce. There are bands of tians were refused admission when they are constantly being reported. We trust refugees roaming the country asking for assembled for the Sunday services. that the time will soon come when the food, and there are bands of armed robbers Several inns, temples and ancestral halls way may open up for our fellow-mission - plundering at will. Cholera broke out were available, and could have provided aries to return to their various centres about ten days ago, and is very fatal and ample accommodation for the troops and carry on the work amongst the tribes. spreading.” which were thrust into our chapel.” In spite of the disturbed conditions TROUBLE WITH SOLDIERS. CHOLERA. throughout so many of the provinces it INCE the defeat of Chang Chin seems that wherever the northern is with thanksgiving we can report that S Yao, Hunan has been much more J soldiers have gone cholera has our fellow-workers are being protected peaceful, the northern soldiers having, followed, and recently a telegram was and opportunities are being given them however, been driven into the adjoining received from Mr. R. W. Porteous, Yuan for very definite service amongst the provinces, and creating difficulties chow, as follows :— “ Request prayer, soldiers as well as the refugees, who, in wherever fhey have gone. serious outbreak of cholera in city here, many districts, are taking shelter in our In a letter from Yuanchow, written on some five hundred deaths, General Chang Mission compounds. 118 China’s Millions. Ge*P06ER, 1920. BIBLE SCHOOL WORK. households. Of the eleven baptized four to pray while His servant was giving the R. GRAINGER, in a report which were married couples, and in one case message, and as one t h o u g h t o f the m a ss was received here recently, says 1—7 the son was baptized with his parents/’ -of people without C h r i 6T, precious so u ls for whom He died, passing x>n day by day " We have held twenty-two evening DECISION DAY. into eternity— eternity where ? — one meetings in our Bible School for the people 7 T H E following extract from a letter wept. How can they hear without a of our neighbourhood. 3*rom ten to received frpm Hwailu, Ch i h l i , will preacher ? ,f Pray ye, therefore.” The thirty men and women, all outsiders, be read with interest, and at the same come in to these meetings. These meet women used to tell us that they would ings are quieter and probably more come every day if there was someone to effective than ordinary street chapel teach them. After one of these evening meetings. From April '30th to, June Gospel services, we were together in our 13th a series of evangelistic meetings room, feeling somewhat tired, and Miss were held at thè chapel. Mr. Hutson Pemberton had found it specially hard to had a number of evangelists up from the speak, and, perhaps, felt a little dis out-stations to help. I had these men couraged, but God had answered prayer. to Bible School each day from nine till We heard voices outside |he door. It one. Seven men attended this class. was pitch dark, but some outside women We studied 1 Cor., r and 2 Tim., and, and .children had found their way round Titus. At the Mission Chapel I have to our room, and when we opened the taken occasional services and have given door they told us that they had come to help in the Sunday School. I also con buy books. They had attended the tinue to take the mid-week service. meetings each night and drunk in the At the latter we are still studying the Gospel message, and now ardently longed “ Pilgrim’s' Progress’’ with profit. My to hear more. Surely these were some Saturday forenoon class with the Y.M.C.A. of the “ prepared ones.” The night secretaries continued till June 5th, after before we left the Christian women .were which school examinations commenced, loath to leave us, and we did not g e t and our classes have closed till the to bed until the early hours of the moan autumn.” ing. We sat around a fire, talking and singing hymns—we were very tired but OPEN-AIR MEETINGS. Photo by] [A. Mildred Cable. so happy. The next morning they were R. DRAFFXN, in reporting a number round again early to bid us farewell. of baptisms, gives an account of a A LITTLE CHINESE GIRL, In mourning for her mother. 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S 6 19 7 9835 0;9566 2 0 0 SUMMARY. 1 2 ’ 0 it 7 ¡9670 5 1 6 ! : < 950? 1 0 0 9th. 9610 5 0 019672 5 0 0 ‘9731 5 ,0 0: 28th. 9837 0 11th. £ s. d. 9506 2 0 0 9556 315 0 0 9612 1 0 019673 190 0 0 9732 ö 0 019788 1 0 0 9838 0 9579 40 0 0; General ..3,467 18 11 6th. 9557 1 0 0 9613 100 0 0 20th. '9733 5 0 019789 1 0 019839 0 10 0 9583 0 5 0 j Special...... 771 6 7 9510 41 2 0 9558 0 10 0 9614 100 0 0.9674 10 0 0 ¡9734 1 :LO 0 ¡9790 1 0 019840 16 5 0 9586 3 0 0; 9511 24 0 0 !9559 10 0 0 9615 5 0 0 9675 1 0 0 9735 5 5 0 ¡9792 5 0 0Ì9841 1 1 0 9590 0 10 0| Total for September 4,239 5 6 9512 0 5 oj 9561 1 6 0 9616 0 10 0 9676 1 :11 6 ¡9736 2 0 0,9793 10 0 0 9842 40 0 0,9592 0 2 6! Brought forward 34,954 19 5 9513 0 12 0 !t 1 0 0 9617 0 10 0 9677 3 1 019738 2 0 0 ;9794 20 0 0:9844 019597 12 10 01 ------9514 0 10 0 19563 1 12 6 9618 5 0 0 9678 0 7 919739 i 0 0 ¡9795 15 0 0,9845 0j 13th. £39,194 4 11 9515 1 0 0 19564 0 10 0 '9620 1 0 0 9679 0 5 0 9740 5 0 0 9796 1 10 0 9846 0>9599 12 10 01 = = = = = •*.3‘ Welhvisher.” • t Readers of “ The Christian.” J Thank-offering. . § Legacy. Two.Sisters. Readers of “ Ours 1 The following Articles sent for sale are also acknon’lcdged with grateful thanks. (995) 15,9,20—1 gold chain and trinkets. (997 ) 27/9 /20—1 silver watch. „ , . 2 gold brooches. „ „ 10 old silver thimbles. (996) 24,9 /20—1 gold ring with stones set in platinum „ ,, 4 brooches. „ ., 1 gold curb bracelet , 9 silver coins. C h in a s M illio n s “ Also the Lord.” Address at the Valedictory Meeting by the Rev. J. Stuart Holden, 3,1 .A., D.D., Home Director. E A R Christian friends,'— In welcoming yon which, like a weakened heartbeat in a human body, here to-night and thanking you for your affects ever}- member of that body in its purposes and D continued interest in the work of the China activities. That is the outlook. Those arc the dif Inland Mission which I know your presence ficult circumstances in which this meeting is convened, denotes, I have to say to you that possibly never in and, my friends, if we were walking by sight and not the history of this GoD-blessed work was a public by faith ordinary common prudence would compel meeting convened in circumstances of such difficulty a halt to reconsider our position or, it might be, to as those in which we meet to-night. Whether we look reconsider the whole direction of our purposes, or at upon the field of China in its unrested, disturbed con any rate to reconsider the pace at which we are en dition, or upon the life of the Christian churches at home, deavouring to follow the L o r d . which is the base of all our missionary operations, And it is just here where the difficulties are greatest there is nothing but what causes anxiety, dispeace, and most clamant that faith is reinforced by memory and perplexity. and we call to mind the years of the right hand of the China, as most of us know, is in a most disturbed and Most High ; for again and again in the history of the chaotic condition ; politically bankrupt, economically Mission, with which most of you are already closely almost bankrupt, a prey to civil war and brigandage acquainted, a time of intense difficulty and trial and and famine, the internal conditions of the land making test has been a time when G od has signally delivered the circumstances in which our missionaries must His people and glorified His name ; and again and again labour more difficult, probably, than at any time since in the days of Mr. Hudson Taylor, the darkness was the Gospel was first sent there, the Country itself falling so intense that, as the navigators say, the steering a prey to the cupidity of Western nations, and now- could only be by “ dead reckoning ” ; t here was 110 having, liJce a giant awakening from sleep, thrown light and there were no stars. And in the fourth watch off in a measure the shackles of opium, being enslaved of the night, in answer to that feeble man’s dauntless again through the cupidity of other nations in the faith in G o d , J e s u s came walking upon the waves. morphine and cocaine habit— that is China, a dark, The whole history of this Mission is of supernatural black, unrelieved picture. interventions in the hour of acutest need. The evangel Here at home the difficulties are no less. Again and which the Mission dares to declare has been distilled again in recent years we have had to say to you in meet from its owrn experience and can be phrased thusly : ings that the high rate of exchange makes the contin “ Our G o d is a G od of deliverance, Who daily loadeth uance of missionary wrork a very great perplexity us with benefits.” and it is this great and unchanging and problem. It is higher to-day than we remember. fact which enables us to-night to invite you, and U. Let me illustrate to you what I mean. In the five years endeavour ourselves also, to face the circumstances preceding the war, indeed, including the first two which I have in a very brief and altogether imperfect years of the war, one English pound transmitted to way, sought to describe to you, with faith in Him and China purchased about eleven Chinese dollars. For with a peace of heart which knows that His intervention the first half of this year, 1920, one pound sent out to is not delayed beyond the moment when His presence China purchases the eqtiivalent of 3 & dollars, and though and power put forth can be of the greatest value to God in His great mercy blessed tins Mission last year the cause of His kingdom and to His people’s knowledge with a record income, as you know, of over ¿156,000, of Himself. yet, with this greatly increased rate of exchange, even In the prayer which has just been offered in our name, such a large sum was not equivalent to supporting we have asked that we might see “ also the L o r d ." our dear missionaries on the field at pre-war rates, We remember that when Isaiah saw the vacant throne, that is taking no account whatever of the great rise when he saw that his earthly patron had gone and that in prices which affects China just as it affects the home the arm of flesh was no longer available, he saw “ also land. That is a circumstance about which we feel the L o r d .” Anybody'- can see difficulties ; anybody we must take you into confidence, for you are our can see an empty throne ; anybody can see impover partners in this great enterprise, and this matter con ished resources ; but faith alone and a pure heart can cerns you just as it concerns every member of the Mission. see “ also the L o r d ,” and the whole outlook is trans I need not enlarge upon the spiritual state of the formed and transfigured. churches at home. That is expressed in a paucity We are here to-night to help each other to see “ also of reinforcements, especially of men, in a poverty of the L o r d ,” and those of us upon whom rests the burden prayer, and in an insufficiency of consecration, all of and privilege of some measure of oversight and direction November, 1920. China s Millions. N o v e m b e r , 1920. of this work have been endeavouring to see “ also the ago standing on the Leas at Folkestone, on one of L ord ’ in these days. For myself, realising that His the brightest and most sunny days I ever remember, nature and character are our ultimate securities and and looking across the Channel, endeavouring to see nothing less, three facts have emerged to reinforce something definite in the very dim outline of the coast faith and to help us look forward and go forward, not of France, and I was just aware that there was land merely with equanimity, but with an inspiring assurance over there, and that was all. The following day was that the G od of old days is the G od of to-day. a damp, raw, cold day. The air was surcharged with Three Facts. moisture and I walked on the Leas again, and I saw The three facts are these: First, that circumstances France as plainly as though it had only been 500 5>-ards do not shape themselves at haphazard, still less are away. It was when the air was heavy, when the storm, they entirely and only the creation of the adversary. indeed, was ready to break, that the land, which was They are before us as a challenge at the permissive far off, became clear and distinct to unaided vision ; will of G od. and so it is in the tests of life to every one of us. We I speal< to you about • the condition in China. are seeing “ also the L o r d ” through a mist of tears, I speak to you about the rate of exchange. I as we could never see Him in a blaze of sunlight. speak to you about all the difficulty which confronts And, last of all, I have been learning in these days us. Let 11s never forget that these things are already for myself that closed doors, or doors that seem to be known of G od and have a definite and ordered place closed, are never final— never. Peter is in prison, in His purposes for this work. He is the God of cir and the door is closed, and that seems to be the end cumstance and character. Whether it be personal of i t ; but God intervenes and every door is flung character or the character of a Mission like this, is open for the deliverance of His servant. Look at the simply our reaction to the challenge of our circumstances ; map and recall the closed doors in every province in and therefore we look up to Him, Who has brought us China, and they are flung widely open as faith courage to this present hour, in confidence that He will bring ously marched up to them. And J e s u s says, when us through. the door of heaven seems to be closed, “ Knock, and it The second fact is this : That the tests of life are shall be opened to you.” never arbitrarily imposed upon us by G od merely My friends, it is with these thoughts of God, it is for His pleasure. That would be to outrage every with these conceptions of His power, it is with these worthy conception of the Divine nature ; but every divine and unalterable facts, that we dare to meet 3rou test is educative, every test is designed to teach us to-night, in this day of difficulty and perplexity, with something more of His blest ways, to teach us to find optimism, with hope bright and undimmed. All is our way into the sanctuary and to lay hold of the re well ; the L o r d reigneth, only come ye and let us walk sources which are always available. in the light of the L o r d , in the light of this God revealed Again, the history of this work, and of every true to us in Jesus Christ, for in His light we shall see work of God, is that hours of test have been the prelude light, and He shall bring us forth until our very darkness to unspeakable triumph. I recollect some years is as the noonday. An Interview with Miss Jessie Gregg. OW long is it, Miss Greg", since you first went to villages and have a special mission. You have the gift of an China ? ” evangelist.’ “ Just twenty-five years.” “ I was scarcely conscious of this gift, but for three years “ And when did you commence 3rour special we prayed about it, and at the end of the third year she wrote missions to women ? ” to me to say that the new church in Hwoehow was just built “ Nine years ago." and they wanted to inaugurate it by a mission for women. “ May I ask how you were led to this special form of service ? ” This was in 1910. Well, that is a very personal question. It is a secret of “ When I was last at home 011 furlough, which was in the my own heart. It was really a vision of Ch r is t that woke me year 1912, Miss Soltau and I were praying very definitely about up and a baptism of love to souls that He gave me. I had these missions to women. On one occasion I definitely asked, come in my missionary work to desperation point, and said, ‘ O, L o r d , give me souls from every province in China.' I shall ‘ I am not. going on like this. If I don’t see souls coming to never forget the way in which Miss Soltau responded, ‘ Amen, the L o r d I shall write to Mr. Iioste, pack up and go home.’ L o r d , ’ and when we rose from our knees she said to me, ‘ It is Then the L o r d gave me that verse,4 One shall chase a thousand.’ a thing that must be done now.’ Up to that time I had hc.d I said ‘ L o r d , do You really mean that You are going to give missions in the two provinces of S h a n s i and H o n a >~. me a thousand souls in China ? ’ and He answered, 1 Yes, I am.’ “ Upon another occasion Miss Murray and I were holding “ When I went about my ordinary itinerary work in the meetings in Glasgow, and at one of the drawing-ioom meetings cities in my own district (the Hwailu district) I said, ‘ Are any I was telling of the two missions I hed conducted in the two of my thousand here ? ’ On one occasion, after nursing a provinces mentioned, and I asked for their prayers that 1 might missionary in Sh a n s i, I asked for permission to spend some know if I should continue this work. A certain gentleman time at the various stations in this province to see the work. who was present came to me afterwards and said, ‘ Yes, you At Hwoehow Miss Cable asked me to take evening prayers in must continue these missions and I will pay all the expenses.' the school, which I did, and some twenty or thirty of the girls During the same visit to Scotland a lady who was deeply decided for Ch r is t that evening. It was then that Miss Cable interested in China said to me, ‘ I will give you ¿50 towards ¿aid to me, ‘ I am so sorry we cannot get the women in from the the expenses of a new worker for Hwailu so you may be free N o v e m b e r , 1920. China’s Millions. 125 WOMEN’S MISSION AT TSINGCHOWFU, B M.S. STATION IN SHANTUNG. for this special .ministry.’ I subsequently saw Mr. Hoste and I cannot easily speak of, and that is the personal touch told him what I felt, when he promised me his sympathy and with the missionaries themselves. This work naturally brings prayers. The first province after my furlough in which I com me into vital contact with the workers, and one is permitted menced these missions was my own province of Ch i h l i , missions to see the work as it really is. being held in Peking, Paotingfu, Hwailu and Shuntehfu. Subse “ Has your work brought you into direct touch with the quently invitations came from S h a n s i and H o n a n , and later ' China Continuation Committee ? ” from other provinces.” “ Yes, I am one of their Corresponding Secretaries. They also “ In how many provinces in all have you held these women’s invited me to exhort and help the ‘ Home Missionary Society ’ in meetings ? ” Y u n n a n , but this I did not feel free to accept, as the course I “ In nine. In Ch i h l i , S h a n s i, S h e n s i, H o n a n , K'Vn s u , pursue gives me greater liberty. I send them reports every A n h w e i , H u n a n , H u p e h and Sh a n t u n g , and have travelled time I write one, and these are sometimes published in the more than sixteen thousand English miles.” Chinese Recorder. “ How were you led to visit these provinces ? Did you " What are the means employed to prepare for these missions?” receive invitations ? ” “ Usually the workers and the local Christian women have “ Yes. Before I go to a province I must be invited with the prayer meetings for some three or four months beforehand. full consent of all the missionaries there. For instance, I The Chinese women also engage extensively in house-to-house hope ere long to visit K i a n g s i . In regard to this work Miss visitation, distributing invitations to the gatherings.” Duncan first wrote to me, when I replied, ‘ I cannot come just “ Do you find that the Christian women enter heartily into in response to your invitation. You might write round to all this preparatory work ? the stations and to the superintendent.’ The result has been “ Yes, decidedly so.” that I have received a hearty invitation from all the Mission “ And are these missions used of God to develop leadersliip centres. The p rog ra m m e is arranged by the local workers, among the women ? ” and they provide either native or foreign escort from one place “ Certainly, and so much so that many of the missionaries, to another.” not only of our Mission but of other Societies, have said to me, “ Then in each province someone organises the work for you ?” ‘ Really, if we never had had the mission the preparatory work “ Yes, the local workers do all the organising and then send would have been worth it. It has just brought the women out. me the programme when arrangements are complete, and I We have been surprised at the way they have worked.’ ” follow their instructions. Where it is possible I suggest that “ And has it left a sense of responsibility with these women if there are other Missions in the city besides our own, the workers workers ? ” should find out if they would like to join and hold a united “ Undoubtedly. In many cases the names of enquirers have mission. Sometimes my work is entirely in connection with been taken and the women have been made responsible for other societies. For instance, during this Last spring I have shepherding these souls.” not visited C.I.M. stations. Mr. Hoste gave me liberty to work " How far have you been able to keep in touch with the thus, though I naturally give preference to our own Mission.” missions held ? ” 41 Have you found that other Missions have welcomed yon ? ” “ It has not been possible to keep in touch with the Chinese “ Yes, most heartily, and I can truly say it is one of my women themselves, but from the missionaries I receive reports greatest joys to be allowed to get into such close touch with as to how the work progresses. I am thankful to say that a other workers. Only the other day I had a very kind number of converts have been baptised and joined the Church. letter from the Baptist Missionary Society in S h a n t u n g I have been led to feel that the most important thiug is the thanking me for my work. Another letter I much value following-up work.” was from the native Church of the American Presbyterian " Have you experienced in your missions any manifestations Mission in Tsinan. There is one side of my work which at all parallel to those seen in Mr. Goforth’s missions ? " 126 China’s Millions. N o v e m b e r , 1920 . “ I cannot say that I have. I have seen woinen in great and yet I arrived In each place to within half a day of mv distress of soul and a few even in agony of soul; "but I have not. appointment. From my own station to my farthest point in seen those waves of conviction sweeping over the audience. K a n s u I was travelling just seven months. I have never been ■I hardly see how in my kind of work -this could be, as I am delayed by wind or storm.” dealing mainly with unbelievers, while Mr. Goforth's missions “ Have you ever encountered any personal perils and diffi- are with the Christians." culties on the road ? ” “ Have you seen many instances of people brought under " Yes, once especially. I w a s travelling with Miss Villadsen. cpnviction of sin who have apparently ifeard the Gospel for the She was escorting me from Sanshui to Sinanfu when we walked ■first time ? ” ' ' straight into a village in the hands fif brigands. We were “ Yes, a goodly number. Only recently, when coming from obliged to stop to get our noonday meal, and the brigands my station to the coast, I met a Chinese lady in Peking whom soon surrounded us. I assure you I used all the vocabulary I did hot recognise. When visiting a. Kindergarten School she I possessed. I had a Christian*muleteer, and in my mule-pack came and spoke to me. I said, ‘ I do not know who you are;’ he had placed 200 taels of silver.- I felt sure that the brigands when she replied, ‘ I was at one of your missions at Paotingfu. would feel over my luggage to see if there was anything there. I was a patient in the Hospital and the nurses told us that Praying that the I, o s d would keep their eyes off my baggage I those who were able should attend the meetings. I went, asked the L ord what I should do. A voice seemed to say, hoping to get healing for my body and you wer? speaking that ‘ Take your hair down.’ As I slowly took all my hairpins and afternoon.':; Being somewhat doubtfiu I a&ftd her what I was side-combsout and let the brigands examine them a spell seemed speaking about. ‘ Oh/ she said, ‘ you had to come over the men and they came a piece of rope on the platform and you hearer to me and farther away from my were binding a person to show how Satari luggage. When I saw that my men had binds us in sin, and I felt that war. a finished their rice I began to do my hair picture of myself. You then showed us again. This device had kept them away how Ch r is t could untie the rope to set us from the luggage all the time. When free. That afternoon I was loosed from ready I told my man to put the pack back my sins.’ This woman subsequently on to the mule, and then, giving the joined a Bible Class, graduated, and is brigands a gracious bow, we proceeded now a matron of one of the Kindergarten out of the village. Schools in Peking.” “ When we got to our next stopping- r “ Do you find these demonstrations of place the people were surprised that we truth helpful ? " had come through the village in the hands “ Most decidedly so. That is the only of the brigands. One man had been held way to get hold of the outside women, up there from whom they demanded 4,000 by using as many Chinese illustrations as taels of silver and a quantity of opium. one can, but I never use a picture. I find Of course the man could not pay it, I have no use for pictures.” whereupon the brigands literally set him “ Have you had any Chinese woman on fire, having poured kerosene oil over as a companion to you throughout your him. He subsequently died from the work? ” snock and the bums. Miss Villadsen, who “ No, I have just used the local workers. had escorted me to Sinanfu, stayed for I have often wished for some such com the mission and then went back to her panion, but Mrs. Hoste once said to me, MISS VILLADSEN. station of Sanshui. The very men, we Martyred 1918. ‘ I feel God will never let you have any believe, from whose hands we had escaped, one.’ This keeps you; more dependent visited her city and looted it, and when on Him I can see now how the absence of . such develops the she came out on to the verandah they fired at her and killed her. gifts of the local church.” This was early in 1918.” “ I believe, you have a map showing your journeys.” ...... “ Have you found a difference in holding missions in the “ Yes, this is it, and you will see I have marked on it only older stations of the Mission as compared with the newer the places visited, and have shown by arrows the route taken.” centres?” (See map on cover of this issue.) “ Decidedly. One finds a great difference. In the newer " You, have, I , presume, employed .practically every means centres it is necessary to be much more elementary, and in some of travel available in China.” ~ , ' places I have had to put the people in the seats myself, jumping “ Yes, I have, except a camel, and I should have used a camel off the platform, doing my own reading, singing, as well as if I had gone to Ningsia, K a n s u . I.have travelled by carts, preaching. In the older stations there is much more help and train, launch, steamer, houseboat, six different kinds of sedan better organisation. At Hwochow, for instance, I did nothing chairs, by horseback, litter, pack mule, wheelbarrow. donkey, but give my addresses. It was arranged there for one woman and of course by walking.” V i’ to control three benches and the women ushers to be in the “ And have you always been able to keep your engagements chapel beforehand ready to receive the people.” m,spite of the difficulties of Chinese travel ? ” “ How do you manage about the babies, for most of the , “ Yes, and that is a -truly wonderful thing. I have never women must of necessity bring their little ones ? ” moved a date. In fact, I have usually arrived too early. I have “ .1 a m still s tr o n g ly of the opinion that no babies and children often been met at the door of the Compound with, ‘ Dear Miss under ten years of age, except school girls with their teachers, Gregg, we are so glad to see you, but we did not expect you quite should be admitted to the meetings. It is simply hopeless if so early.’ ‘ I am sorry, but I can wait.’ ‘ Oh. no ! come in.’ they are. On this point all the missionaries do not agree with Before I left Hwailu for my missions in distant K a n s u and me at the beginning, and it isn’t always easy to forbid it, but I SHENSI there was a full year’s programme arranged for me, am quite sure that at the end they have appreciated the decision N o v e m b e r , 1920. China’s Millions. 127 and seen the value of it. For this reason many volunteers and Scripture verses such as the Children's Caravan Choruses. helpers are needed to look after the children, as it is necessary Tunes are put to these Scripture verses, which I have written on to have a large creche. At Fengsiangfu, in S hE k s i , Mr. Stevens calico. We also have hymn sheets, which are distributed every went so far as to have a feeding bottle ready. One -woman day, and which the women are requested to bring back for use amply threw her baby at him and said he must look after it.” during the meetings. These are numbered and sometimes “ I suppose the numbers attending these missions vary printed on different coloured paper. We try to teach the women considerably.” one Scripture verse a day and we hammer that in.” “ Y e s ; the largest number has been 800, and the smallest “ Do you think the new script is going to be a help ? ” not less than 50. Generally speaking I should say they average “ Certainly it ought to be ; but so far I have not put up the between three to four hundred women. The handling of these new script on my board. I do not see any reason, however, meetings depends very largely upon the spirit present.” why we should not do so. In the following-up work they have “ Have you had missions where you have felt strong spiritual begun to use the new script in some places and put the women opposition ? ” into script classes.” “ Sometimes I have. In a mission this spring I almost lost “ When you visited the province of H u n a n did you find the heart. We had about 600 women present, but they were just women there of a different type ? ” like blocks. I could not get them to do anything, and I think “ Yes, they were much more intelligent. About half of the that is about the hardest mission I have ever held. I laboured women in the congregation could read, and that was very as much as ever I have done, but we did not get through. In different from what I had been accustomed to.” the whole mission we had only about six women who decided for “ Is it not a fact that during the war, when you visited H u n a n , Ch r is t .” you were escorted by a German lady missionary ? ” " Have you ever had any opposition in these meetings from “ Yes, by Mrs. Wohlleber, one of the finest missionaries I demon possessed persons ? ” have ever met. And I think that fact was of the greatest “ No, I have not seen such in my missions. We have blessing to the Chinese. They said, ‘ Why, here is a German frequently had a number of sick people who have come to be and an English lady coming together. ’ It was a great testimony jjrayed for. In S h e n s i this seems to be quite the common to the power of the Gospel, and I believe resulted in marked practice, especially among the Swedes.” blessing. In all vital matters we were one. I did thank God “ How do you feel about praying for the sick ? ” that Mrs. Wohlleber was able to come with me. In all the stations “ For some people I can pray, others I cannot. Once I had of the Liebenzell Mission that we visited in H u n a n nearly all an opportunity of casting out an evil spirit, but I did feel led the Biblewomen had been trained by Mrs. Wohlleber, and it to pray. I may have been wrong, lack of faith. Generally was such a joy to see these women whom she had trained at speaking I can pray for the sick, and I did so at the meetings in Changsha at work. S h e n s i . I felt quite free to do that. It is a matter, however, " During the war, when but little money was being received, upon which one needs leading at the time.” she wrote and asked what was to be done with all these Bible “ Have yo,u ever been specially impressed with unoccupied women. It was then that Dr. Keller undertook to finance territory ? ” that work but left her in charge. Dr. Keller has been wanting “ Yes, especially in the province of K a n s u . That is the for some time to develop women’s work along the same lines as province laid on my heart. Just fancy travelling for nine days the work he has for men evangelists, and this was the beginning on end and seeing no witness for Ch r is t , not even passing a of it. These women have been engaged in house-to-house Mission Chapel, not even a Roman Catholic mission station. visitation, and helping in every way work among the women. I am praying the LORD to send workers to K a n s u , for I consider it one of the most needy provinces in China.” " How about the language ? Have you experienced any difficulty in making yourself understood ? " “ No, I really have not.” “ But is it not the case that the women are the least intelligent and more depend ent upon local patois than the men ? ” “ Yes, and I regard it as a remarkable fact that the dialect of Hwailu, to which I am accustomed, seems to be under stood wherever I have been. Of cour.se they know that I am a northerner, but they understand what I say and get saved. God blesses in spite even of this difficulty.” " How about the singing ? There must be many hymn-books used in different parts of China. Have you any special hymns ? ” '* At first I found that in every place I Wisited they had different hymn-books knd different tunes to the h y m ns, and % was perplexed as to what should be HELPERS AT WOMEN'S MISSION AT TSINCHOW, KANSU done abfrut the singing. We now use China’s Millions. N o v e m b e r , 1920. were^a band of men and women set apart to do similar work I believe we should gather in many more souls. Under present conditions much time is expended in travelling. A worker in the west could conduct missions in the west of China better than a northerner could, but such workers would need to" be specially called— you cannot make an evangelist.” Is it true that for the present you are forbidden to engage in public speak ing ? " “ Yes ; I have seen a specialist and he tells me I have overstrained my vocal chords and that I must give my voice absolute rest." “ Then you hope to continue this form of service ? ” “ Certainly, and G o d willing, I purpose visiting the provinces of K i a n g s i and C h e k ia n g next. When my thousand MISS QREGG. MRS. MASON. MISS TIPPETT. souls, for which I had asked, had passed through the enquiry room, I said to the L o r d , ‘ What shall I do now ? ’ He told It is Dr. Keller’s purpose to do something eventually of a still me, ‘ Finish the verse,’ which as you will remember is, ‘ and two -wider nature.” shall put ten thousand to flight.’ Up to the present 4,035 women What is your method for bringing the women to a decision ? have given in their names, so I am still praying for the fulfilment Do you use an enquiry room ? ” of His Word to me. I have had missions in nine provinces, “ Each mission lasts for four days, and there are two meetings but you will remember I have asked for souls from every province. a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. To get I shall therefore value prayer for the restoration of my voice outside women in eight times is about as much as can be expected. that I may finish my work with joy, and ‘ To G o d be the thanks From experience I have found it best not to leave the ingathering who in C h r is t ever heads our triumphal procession and by our to the last day, because sometimes they do not understand hands waves in every place that sweet incense the knowledge of what one is at, and it gives the Christian women a chance to H im .’ ” explain, knowing that there will be a further opportunity on IDOLS DEMOLISHED. the morrow. Usually, therefore, I let down my net for a draught of fishes on the third day, which I call my resurrection day. XT\R. ANDERSON, writing from Taichowfu, in C h e k ia n g , When I have spoken I just ask if any of those present want to * \ says:— " I have returned from a visit to the country. Four students, three preachers and two colporteurs accom follow the L o r d J estjs C h r is t or want to talk with us, would they stand. Then one of the Biblewomen or I myself pray for panied me. Some family idols were given up, an idol shrine them. Then we ask those who have stood in the meeting to and its idol demolished, etc. Many heard the Gospel for the first time. I visited an old robber chief who is living in great come to a room which we have prepared, and generally I go style, and is known as the king of Linghai. I gave him Gospels with the local workers—two or three Biblewomen, as the ease and tracts, and toid him of G o d and eternity. We have now may be—and we put the plan of salvation to them as plainly as possible. If any do not understand we invite them to return started a band of sixteen workers to visit each home in our again to-morrow.1 We take the names and addresses of those city, and not merely to leave a tract, but to hold a service. The whom we really feel have taken this step out of darkness into aim is the old one, to preach the Gospel to every creature.” light, and hand these to the local workers after the meeting. “ Though this is my usual method, it is not invariable. On one occasion on the first day I invited any interested persons to come into thè enquiry room, and one woman came who made a real decision, and as events showed that was the only day she could have attended. During the last half-year we have made some alterations in our meetings. Instead of dismissing the people between the meetings we only have a break for cn hour or so ; we do not let them under these circumstances go home/’ “ Do you find these missions exhausting ? ” “ Yes, I do. I leave my life on every platform I go on. You cannot lose your life and keep it. But it isn’t much good if it isn’t life.” “ Then do you find the travelling refreshing or otherwise ? ” “ I.find the travelling refreshing and that it is good to be alone. The great strain is upon one's voice." “ Isthere any special pointto which you would like to refer ? ” “ No, except tò ask for special prayer. This work could be OFF TO THE MEETING. better done if there were more people engaged in it. If there N o vem b er, i q s o . China’s Millions. 129 asked her. Yes, she was, but that was Anointed to Preach Good Tidings. not all the truth. She, with others, had The China Inland Mission Valedictory. come home from the spiritual battle with scars and wounds. A feeble con I T H a goodly company of Mr. Weller made a real point when he flict might call forth a feeble resistance, W some sixteen hundred people asked his hearers that, if they could not but where there was a fight for life the gathered in the ELingsway remember the full name of the station, opposition would be severe, and was it Hall, London, the China they would pray for it by its initials, not said of G o d ’s chosen vessels, as of St. Inland Mission opened its autumn “ S.K.T.,” an abbreviation frequently Paul, that they were to be shown how valedictory meeting on Thursday, Sep employed by the missionaries in the field great things they must suffer for His tember 23rd, with the challeng Name’s sake ? ing song of triumph, Miss Cable had but recently “ For My sake and the Gospel’s, visited the battlefields of go France, and she had heard of And tell Redemption's story.” what had been done by the It was good and befitting that Red Cross during the war. Was at the outset this call from the the Church at home doing its Lord of Glory should ring in Red Cross duties, she asked ? all ears, for the world outlook Were those present doing what is dark and unpromising, and they could to send the wounded the calamity of a national strike soldiers of the Cross back to hangs as an ugly menace over the field fit for further servicc ? the horizon. But, as the hymn That the iron had entered into proclaims, the speaker’s soul was clear, L‘ As nearer draws the day and this made her words as of doom, sharp goads. While still the battle Following these two addresses rages. The heavenly Dayspring, f came the Roll Call of those through the gloom, present who were shortly to Breaks on the night of sail. There were in all some ages.” sixty or seventy persons return It was in this spirit of con ing to the field during the fidence and calm the meeting autumn and winter, and of this opened and proceeded, while number some twenty or thirty the comforting words of Psalm were present and responded to lxvii, read by Colonel Winn, their names with a brief message lifted all hearts up to Him who of a sentence or two. This was is the Source of all good and a distinctly impressive feature the Confidence of all the ends of the meeting, not a few of of the earth. After prayer, led those brief battle cries going by Mr. Marshall Broomhall, home to the hearts of the audi Dr. Holden, as Chairman, ence. There were veterans there addressed the gathering. who, after nearly forty years of Following his encouraging service, spoke of the joy of going and suggestive introduction back once more, of being :— (his address is printed on “ Happy, if with my latest page 123), two missionaries G. Vinden. R E. Thompson. G. Jackson. breath F. Houghton, B.A. from the field spoke as repre I may butgasp His Name; Preach Him to all, and sentatives of those who were, NEW WORKERS SAILING THIS AUTUMN. ere long, to return to their cry in death, ■ Behold, behold the Lamb r" service abroad. Mr. 15. Weller, in a simple, straightforward statement, themselves. We trust and believe that Others leaving behind beloved children told the story of the station Shae-ki- in this abbreviated form this station moved those who knew the facts when tien (now spelt Shekichen) in H o n a n . will not be forgotten but definitely prayed they quoted CHRIST’S words, “ He that When opened thirty-four years ago there for. -v loveth father or mother more than Me was no question of boundary, for it was How great was the need for prayer is not worthy of Me ; he that loveth the only station in the west of the pro the meeting speedily realised when Miss son or daughter more than Me is not vince, and the speaker related how other Mildred Cable, with an intensity of worthy of Me.” Among those who cities had been occupied and how the feeling which came from her very soul, responded was one lady doctor and a district had been narrowed down, but depicted in graphic fashion the powers of nurse, who, representing the medical the station still was responsible for more heathenism. With words which were side, briefly told of hospitals closed and than a million souls. For the first five stern even to severity she spoke of the work suspended through lack of qualified years not a single convert had gladdened responsibility resting upon the Church men and women. the hearts of the early pioneers, but, thank at heme to support the soldiers of the When all these brethren and sisters had G o d , there was now a membership of Cross in the field. “ Was she looking spoken Mr. Sydney Collett led the com from six to seven hundred persons. forward to going back?” people had pany present in a valedictory prayer, com- 130 China’s Millions. N o v e m b e r , 1920 . mending all those whose Miss E. D Todman. Miss R. Poynor- Miss G. Jackson. Miss D. Ballard. faces were once more set China-ward to the care and guidance of the great Captain of our Salvation. This was followed by the singing of the hymn— " The tender light of home behind, Dark heathen gloom be fore.” and then three new re cruits, Miss Grace J ackson, Rev. F. Houghton, and Mr. G. Vinden, gave brief testimonies, as representa tives of other new workers, as to the way in which God had called and led them into this new service. After these new volunteers had been commended to the L o r d in prayer by the Rev. B. W. Isaac, Dr. F. B. Meyer gave the closing message to the meeting. Reading the greater part of the third chapter of Zechariah, Dr. Meyer called special attention to Miss B. Dutton. Miss E. McCarthy. Miss G, M. Fox. the placing of the mitré upon the head of Joshua NEW WORKERS WHO HAVE SAILED, OR ARE SAILING THIS AUTUMN. the high priest. Satan had been rebuked, and Joshua the high priest had had his filthy reconsecration when, by faith, the anoint Courtyard.” We wish the whole had been clothes removed and bad been clad ing of the Holy Spirit was again received reproduced in this country. in rich apparel, but be still lacked some for priestly service. thing essential for his ministry. It was And so closed another great valedictory " The Ch i n a S t o r y B o o k ” and “ The here the prophet Zechariah intervened gathering and another step forward was I n d i a n St o r y B o o k .” 5s. net each. and p ayed, “ And I said, Let them set a taken towards the coming of that king Published by the Carey Press. fair mitre upon bis head.” The applica dom which shall know no end. Will tbe There are few better tests of a book for tion of this passage related to the place reader who was iiot present also bow young people than to see how the young that intercession had for those engaged his or ber bead, and seek with us that people themselves regard the volume. in the Christian ministry. The workers fresh anointing which we all need for Both these books have well stood that present had been cleansed and sanctified, fresh service in these difficult but tremen test. They are full of informing matter, but they still needed afresh the anointing dous days. presented in a style acceptable to the oil for service. young. In the solemn closing moment of the meeting, while all was bushed and still, Book Notices. Dr. Meyer called upon the outgoing Departures for China. “ T h e L o v e L e t t e r s o f a Ch in e s e missionaries to bow their heads while October xgth.—Mr. G. Vinden, Mr. G. L a d y .” B y Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper. tbe audience prayed with him, “ O L o r d , Jackson and Mr. R. 1$. Thompson (via 5s. net. Published by T . N. Foulis. put the anointing oil upon their heads,” Suez). October 30th.— Mr. and Mrs. Joyce and' then the congregation was urged to This is a charming work of fiction by (via Suez). November 3rd.— Rev. and Mrs. seek for itself what it bad just asked for one who previously was the wife of the EL. Macleod (vmU.S.A.). November 10th.— others. As G o d ’s aged and revered American Consul-General in Shanghai. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. servant read while all beads were bowed The Chinese atmosphere has been wonder E. J . Cooper and Rev. F. Houghton Zechariabiii. 7, “ Thus saith the L o r d of fully caught, and the work is in every way (via France and Suez). November 13th.— Hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, a work of art. In spite of the preface, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Herbert via Suez). and if thou wilt keep my charge, then which is apt to suggest that the book is November 20th.— Rev. and Mrs. H. H. thou, shalt also judge my house, and fact, the whole is really fiction. No one Taylor (via North America). November shált also keep my courts, and I will can read these letters without feeling -24th.—Miss E . C. Bailey and Miss J . B. give thee a place of access among these their charm. This is only part of a Pearse (via France and Suez). December that stand by,” it was, undoubtedly, larger work published in America, under 15th.—Mr. R. F. Harris (»to U.S.A. and to many present a hallowed moment of the title of “ My Lady of the Chinese Canada). ,-7. N o vem ber, 1920. China’s Millions. 131 Enlargement. “ The hill country shall be thine, for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanite, though they have chariots of iron and though they be strong.” —J o s h u a x v ii. 18 . N response to the article under this heading which in the consideration of these cases will be specially appeared in last month's issue of “ China's valued. There is hardly any more difficult and yet I Millions,” an encouraging number of postcards more inportant work before the Council of the Mission and letters have been received from friends than this. . throughout the country, who are uniting with us in 4. Re finances. There has been an encouraging definite prayer for spiritual advance. fall in the exchange, last monthly cheque being for As we cannot write separately to all those who have warded to China at what was the lowest figure for communicated with us, we purpose under this heading several months. There is still need for prayer, that to record for the next month or two at least, any answers in these days of national difficulty, gifts may not be to our prayers, or other developments, which will help withheld through lack of faith, either on our part or our united intercessions. the part of the givers. The total sum received in 1. Enlargement of heart towards God. Prior to Great Britain at the end of September, was £39,194 our autumn Valedictory’- Meeting in London, on Sep 4s. nd., as compared with £45,796 is. 8d. received tember 23rd, two days were devoted at the Mission during the corresponding nine months of last year. Headquarters in London to waiting upon God. These 5. L et us still continue to pray for the raising up days were times of blessing and spiritual liberty, and of gifted and godly Chinese leaders. the public Valedictory Meeting which followed was In an article published more than twenty years one of the most helpful we remember. Though numbers ago by Mrs. Josephine Butler, calling for prayer for are not everything, it was by far the best attended the nations, she wrote as follows : “ One on whom a Valedictory for many years. W e have other signs spark of the Holy Fire of the spiritual priesthood has of enlargement of heart. fallen, and who realises his littleness in venturing to 2. The political situation, both at home and in embrace the ends of the earth in his intercessions, China, still urgently calls for prayer. Though we write often experiences a feeling of isolation ; a feeling which, at a time when the nation has been plunged into the however, does not answer to the fact. It is certain perils and sufferings of a great strike, the very extremity that the same Spirit is visiting in the same manner of our need challenges us to wax strong in faith. Though at the same time other hearts ; there is a secret quick we may have the answer of death within ourselves, ening fire running along through the whole line of let us hope in G od who raiseth the dead. sentinel souls, to whom the word has come, ‘ Pray for 3. There has been distinct encouragement in offers the nations.’ Who amongst u s/’ she writes, “ will of service from men, there having been in the last accept to be enrolled among G o d ’ s sentinels to watch two months, half as many applications as there were over all the nations, peoples, tongues and kindreds in the preceding twelve months. Prayer for guidance of the earth, who are His redeemed ? ” Editorial Notes. HE SITUATION IN CHINA.—The situation Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor.—We have reason to in China is one that calls for much prayer. believe that, provided the condition of the country T Hostility between the rival factions still permits travelling, Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor will continues, while brigandage is apparently on by this time be on their way to the far north-western the increase, -though this evil has been rife enough provinces of K a n su and Sh en si. They are hoping, already. Added to these national distresses telegraphic God willing, to hold conferences at Sinanfu and Lanchow, news tells of an appalling famine in parts of north-east and visit a number of the distant and isolated stations. China, affecting, according to varying estimates, from They will, we feel sure, much value the prayers of G od’s twenty -to forty millions. If these reports be true people that they may be preserved by the way, and there is little doubt but that a monumental tragedy be made a great help and cheer to the workers in these will be suffered in China during this winter, and at a lonely outposts. Their presence in the many stations time when Europe can do comparatively little to help. already visited has been deeply appreciated, and we seek The disheartening feature of the situation is that the for them increased blessing in this ministry. “ We are rival military governors in the north are demanding an both well,” writes Mrs. Howard Taylor, “ and the L o r d increase of something like one hundred thousand men wonderfully helps us in the rough travelling. Oh, if I to their private armies, though millions are starving for couid only write more for publication about all one lack of food* It is also said that there have been bumper sees, but constant travelling and meetings do take it harvests in the regions adjacent to the famine area, but out of one a good deal.” that the movement of troops and military material, Friends will be interested to know that Mrs. Howard which is quite unnecessary, is retarding the trans Taylor has sent home the manuscript of a little book portation of the surplus supplies of grain. Such state entitled, “ Pearl’s Secret,” which will, we trust, be on the ments only emphasize the necessity of crying to God market in good time for the Christmas sales. So far for help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man. as we can judge at the moment, it will probably be l->2 China’s Millions. N o vem ber, 1920. published at 2s. 6d. net. We hope to make further The China Conference.—Although little reference reference to this next month. has been made to it in the Press, even in the China press, arrangements are on foot for a National Christian Conference to be held in Shanghai in May of next year. Publications.— One of the encouraging features in It is now thirteen years since the Centenary Conference these trying days is the steady demand for good literature. was held, and events have in recent years taken place During the first nine months of this year alone we have which have profoundly influenced the Christian move sold not less than four thousand copies of either Volume ment in China. It is expected that there will be ap I. or Volume II. of Mr. Hudson Taylor's “ Life,” while proximately one thousand delegates present, half of the the five hundred copies of the two volumes in one, pub representation being Chinese, and the other half repre lished in the early summer at 15s., have practically all sentatives of the missionary body. W ithout entering been disposed of. We could say much more along this into further detail we commend these important line, but we mention this heartening fact, for such it is, gatherings to the prayers of our readers. The issues of for the sake of our readers. Letters are constantly such a Conference cannot but be of a far-reaching and being received and testimonies personally given of momentous nature. ______blessing received through the reading of these and other books. “ In Unknow n C h in a.” — We desire very warmly to In view of the approaching Christmas season we call commend a recently published book, entitled “ In attention to the Mission's publications, some of which Unknown China," written by the late Samuel Pollard, of are advertised in this issue. We would especially make the United Methodist Mission. It is not known to reference to the C.I.M. Calendar for 1921. Last yeiar everybody that there is a considerable tract of country the demand exceeded the supply by about a thousand, in the heart of China, in which a Highland race still and that no friends may be disappointed we recommend lives, independent of the Chinese Government. It is early application, as this will not be reprinted when the at the risk of life that any foreigner attempts to pene supplies are exhausted. trate this little-known country, but that the late Mr. Samuel Pollard did, and this book of 324 pages gives the romantic stor}r of his residence among these wild Swanwick.—May we call special attention to the and independent Highlanders. Samuel Pollard was one inset to be found in this number giving particulars of the of those who sailed for China among the Hundred, C.I.M. Winter School to be held at Swanwick from as an associate of the C.I.M. He was a man of unusual January 3rd to 8th next. Though the programme has gift and able to carry through what few men could. It been arranged largely with a view to the student class, is not often to-day missionary books can take the reader this House Party is by no means limited to such." The into unknown territory. It is published by Messrs. subjects dealt with will, we believe, he helpful to all. 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Money Orders (payable at G.P.O.) and Cheques, which should be crossed, payable to the C h in a I n l a n d M is s io n . It is specially requested that on «very occasion when money is sent for the support of, or for the work of, any particular Missionary, or for any Mission object, such as the support of a Chinese Helper, a Biblewoman or a 8cholar, the object in view be clearly stated. If, on the other hand, money be sent for a Missionary, as a personal gift, or for any private purpose, this also should be clearly stated in order that it may be correctly acknowledged and forwarded. B a n k e r s : London County W estminster and Parr’s Bank, Limited, 21, Lombard Street, London, E.C.3. * DONATIONS RECEIVED IN LONDON FOR GENERAL FUND DURING OCTOBER. 1920. Rect. . £ s. d Rect. & s. d. Rect. £ s. d Rect. £ s. d Rcct. £ s. d. Rect. £ d. Rect. £ s. 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Special ... 1,366 8 11 9929 0 10 0 0 10 0 §§ 0 10 0 177 25 0 0 257 0 5 0 26 th. 417 1 9996 2 0 0 9930 1 1 0 2 0 0 91 0 10 6 178 42 10 0 258 1 0 0 339 5 0 418 0 10 9997 1 5 0 1 Total for October ...£5,468 15 4 9932 5 5 0 0 0 93 1 10 0 18th. 260 1 0 0 340 10 0 30th. 0 10 0 9933 0 10 0 0 5 0 96 0 10 0 181 1 6 s 261 0 10 0 341 5 0 420 5 6 Brought forward ...39,194 4 11 9th. 97 182 3 • ** 5 342 422 4 0 9th. 9935 0 10 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 97 14 18 9936 0 2 6 10 0 0 98 0 7 0 t 818 19 2 264 5 0 0 343 2 0 423 10 0 1 1 0 £44,663 0 3 * Tenth, Cardiff, t Legacy } W.F.E. § Readers of the “ Christian.” || Till He Come. Ü A Well-Wisher. ** Matt. xxi. 16. tt W.E.B i t Readers of “ Life of Faith.” §§ Malachi iii. 10, Il ü M.W.D. f 1[ The Lord’s Tenth. *** A Thankoftering. t ft Readers of the “ Christian Herald.” t tt Two Friends. §§§ Readers of “ Sunday at Home." |UHI A.E.B.W. C h in a’s M illio n s. A Life at its Highest and Best.* B y Dr . George W . T r u et t . H E first question of life is not how to make fairly worshipped Hercules. Then the day came when a living, but how to make a life. Making men thought that brain was the supreme greatness, T a living is a mere incident, making a life is and in that day the poets and philosophers were fairly our supreme earthly vocation. The highest deified. Certainly there is to be no disparagement at and best contribution that you will ever offer the world all of brawn or brain, but J Esus came telling us that the is to offer it the right kind of life. One Savonarola great man is the man who chooses to be the servant of turned the tides in Florence ; one Aristides the Just all. lifted Athens higher and upward. Ten righteous men Only by service can we vindicate our faith. “ Why would have saved Sodom. The people of Constantinople call ye Me ‘ Lord, Lo rd ' and do not the things which I said of John Chrysostom, the Golden Mouthed, “ It were say ? ” Faith is more than a dogma. Faith is a better for the sun to cease his shining than for John passion. Faith lives, faith achieves, faith arrives, faith Chrysostom to cease his preaching.” is valuable in proportion as it arrives in service. “ Faith In the making of a life at its highest and best, there without works is dead, being alone.” Great believers are certain principles that must be regarded. They have always been great doers. It is true in every realm. are illustrated in an old life of great meaning whose Witness Moses and Paul and Wesley and Spurgeon and brief biography is given for us in the word of God. Livingstone and Moody and a host which no man can I quote i t : “ David served his own generation by the number. will of God.” Could you have a nobler motto to All power, whether intellectual, social, financial, write on the fly-leaf of your Bibles than that ? “ David whatever the form, is under inexorable bonds to serve, served his own generation by the will of God.” “ I and if that principle be forgotten, life is perverted and will serve mine own generation by the m il of God.” misused and its high meaning destroyed. I am a Three principles are indicated in that brief biography debtor with my life. What shall I do with this debt ? by which a life may be carried to its highest and best. How shall I pay it ? I may do one of three things You may see them very plainly. Here they are : with my life. David served— David served his own generation— David First, I may spend it as a miser. The educated man served his own generation by the will of God. Those may be a miser, as really as the man clutching his gold three principles enter into the making of a life at its by day and sleeping with it by night. Or a man may highest and best. spend his life as a spendthrift. First, the true business of life is service. “ David The true conception of life is that we are trustees served.” Service is the test of life and its true interpre and all of the powers of life are given from God for the tation. It is the Great Master’s test. “ By their high service and betterment of humanity. It is not fruits ye shall know them.” The divine emphasis to a enough for a man to be clever, to be eloquent, to be remarkable degree is put upon deeds. The one ideal scholarly, to be winsome, to be masterful, to what life that the world has seen has the portrait thereof end are all these gifts ? To this end was I born and drawn in these five brief words, “ He went about doing for this cause came I into the world that I might serve good.” We are to be imitators of Him, walking in humanity. The business of life is service. His steps. The sphere of service is indicated for us in this simple The best apologetic for Christianity in the world is motto : “ David served his own generation.” Mark the right kind of a Christian, and conversely, the worst well the words “ his own generation.” We have been apologetic against Christianity is the wrong kind of a hearing words like those in this convention through Christian. these days, “ this generation.” Some men sigh over When Je su s would teach the high meaning of true what they have lost in the past, and others dream over greatness He brushes aside the preconceived notions what they are going to do in some shadowy or indistinct men had of greatness. Once men thought that brawn future, and they allow the living present, the only was the supreme greatness, and then it was that they time they have, to go swiftly by unimproved, and life’s deepest privileges and duties are ignored and lost. “ David served his own generation.” What is your * Condensed from an address given at the Eighth International sphere ? Begin in that college circle where you now are. Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign M issions, Des Moines, Iowa, December 31st, 1919, to January A little group in every college can. change the whole 4th, 1920. institution. Decem ber, 1920. 136 China’s Millions. Decem ber, 1920. That motto “ In this generation ” that has rung will of God. “ He always wins who sides with God ; again and again in our ears through these mighty days to him no cause is lost.” “ The will of God ” ■—that is surely a challenging motto for us all. The one balm motive will stand all the tests. in Gilead is C h rist. The one door of hope in the Moses, how could you endure your identification with valley of Achor is Christ. The one supreme and suffi that race that mocks and laughs and forgets ? “ He cient physician to heal the hurt of a bruised sinning endured as seeing Him who is invisible.” world is the C hrist. And you and I to-day in our own Paul, how could you endure persecutions and imprison generation are to do our uttermost to make His will ments and scourgings and denials and treason at the known, to be witnesses of His message to the sons of hands of professed friends ? How could you ? “ The men, to earth’s remotest bounds. Listen to His terms : love of- C h rist constraineth me.” The will of God “ All the world,” “ Every creature.” wras the law of his life. That will, my fellow-students, I wonder if there are not thousands of men and women will meet all the stress and strain in the big battle of life. within the sound of my voicc who ought in the months You will let me this morning ask you the pointed or years just ahead to begin the investment of their question, “ Is it definitely settled with you that the lives in the dark corners of the earth throughout all the will of God shall by your definite choice be accepted world ! as the law over your wrhole life ? Has that been settled ? In the making of a life at its highest and best, there As I look over this vast assemblage of students I find is another principle that must have earnest consideration myself wondering how much each life here now means at our hands, and that is life’s motive. David served and how much each life here could mean for humanity, his own generation “ by the will of God.” if such life were placed absolutely at God’s disposal. That keen-minded woman George Eliot said, “ What What if C h rist were here, in person, and we saw Him makes life dreary is the want of motive.” Her saying as He came dowrn the aisle and stood looking upon us points a great truth, but it may be amended, “ What out of those eyes, smiling and loving, into our every makes life dreary is the lack of the highest motives.” face, and asked this question, “ May I guide your life Men go their ways grovelling and muck raking because and wield it according to Mine own will ? ’ ’ What they are swayed by sordid and paltry motives. And would our answer be ? He is here, and He does ask life here and there and everywhere is often mean and that very question, and has asked it as these challenging lived on the lowest plane because the highest and days have gone on here and as the}7 have unfolded worthiest motives do not reign. Motive is absolute!}' before us high and heavenly visions. What is our vital in your life if it is to be the highest and best life. answer to His question ? Motive will oxygenize everything in your life, every It is a crime any time, my fellow-students, to be a day, and every deed, wherever you go, and to the last pesky and disloyal and ungenerous and mean little moment of your earthly pilgrimage. man. It is tenfold a crime to be a little man in such One of three motives dominates life. I begin with spacious and responsible days as these. As C h rist the lowest, where all begin, the motive of egoism. to-day stands before us with His supreme appeal and History will not let us forget that the self-centred asks us to link our little life with Him, and to be His nation goes on the rocks, no matter how strong and fellow-workers, letting Him speak through us, voicing compact and efficient and powerful. The self-centred His will for the betterment of humanity, here and there, nation is doomed. All the ages attest that solemn and around the world, what is our response to a call fact. The self-centred organization is doomed. C h rist’s like that ? masterpiece on the earth is His Church, and yet when that Turn back to that great war again whose epic stories local congregation forgets her high position, and is will be thrilling us while life shall last, and thrilling our false to her trust, He will take the candlestick from it. children’s children long after we are gone and have The self-centred organization of any kind is marked been forgotten. Turn back to the great war. One for doom. The self-centred family is doomed. Selfish day I came near the battle lines and the Commanding ness is the negation of God. Selfishness is the suicide Officer told me of the death of a bonny college lad. of all real greatness. Two brothers of them had gone out from our fair country Then there is another motive much higher, the here, faithful friends of C h rist were they, and just altruistic motive. Out of that motive come many before the Commanding Officer gave them word to go great things, such as our liberties and our patriotism, to the trenches and to the death grapple, these bonny and many of our institutions. And yet that motive is lads, twins inseparable as were David and Jonathan, not adequate for the stress and strain, the battle and looked into each other’s faces, grasped each other’s burden, the duty and difficulty attendant upon human hands, pledged to each other that they would play life. That motive is not adequate. It will not meet the man for mother and country and home and God. life’s deepest tests. Moses may separate himself from And then they went as per the command of the officer the prerogatives of a throne and dedicate his life to in charge. In a dozen minutes one of them had received lift up his own nation and they will speak contemptuously the awful wound that carried him down to death in of him when he turns his back upon them. " As for another dozen minutes. How could the unwounded this fellow Moses, we wot not what has become of him.” leave his dying brother ? He bent over him and That altruistic motive, strong as it is, is not sufficiently sought to hold him back from death, so the Commanding strong for the battle of human life. What motive is Officer told me, and the dying boy, as the life blood sufficient ? hurried to the end, simply smiled and said, “ Oh no, Here it is : David served his own generation “ by the brother. Kiss me once and then leave me. Keep will of God.” That motive lasts. That bears all the going. Do your whole duty, and if you live to see strain and stress that may come in human life— the mother tell her that I did mine.” D e c e m b e r , 1920. China’s Millions. 137 In Memoriam. Alfred Bland. the China Council. This is surely a distinguished record for one party and much for which to praise God. Y the sudden Home-eall of Mr, Alfred Bland on August We thank God for the long and fruitful ministry granted to 29th, the Mission has lost a valued worker who has our brother Bland, and our heartfelt sympathy goes out to hia B enjoyed a full and strenuous career of nearly thirty- widow in her sore bereavement as well as to all other members three years of missionary service. As one of the of his family. Hundred, Mr. Bland sailed for China in November, 1887. In his early years he proved himself a brave and faithful pioneer in Miss F. R. Sauze. the far north-west, facing no little hardship and toil in order The Mission has also sustained the loss of another worker by that he might preach the Gospel and open up work in the pro the sudden death of Miss Florence Rebecca Sauzfi. Miss Sauz6 vinces of K a n s u and S h e n s i. As one of a little bard who first arrived in China in November, 1890, just thirty years ago, laboured strenuously in the Sian plain his labours have become and laboured until her first furlough in 1899 in the province of historic. Subsequently he was for some years assistant superin K a n s u . During the remaining years of her ministry her sphere tendent to Mr. Easton, relieving the latter of the oversight of was in the province of A n h w e i . Though she loved and earnestly the Scandinavian Alliance Mission workers who greatly appre desired the salvation of the Chinese among whom she dwelt, ciated the counsel which his experience enabled him to give. her labours have been much hindered by physical infirmities Later on he and Mrs. Bland took for many years, and it was in the charge of the Men’s Training Home hope that residence at Chefoo might at Anking. Having been trained for do something to restore her health the teaching profession, he knew how that she had proceeded to that seaside to impart knowledge and was thus resort. The end, however, came sud able in this sphere to make a valuable denly and unexpectedly, by heart contribution to the efficiency of failure, when bathing at Chefoo on those who came under his instruction. the morning of July 26th. Though Two years ago he was appointed medical aid was speedily rendered language examiner for the Mission in life was found to be extinct. For eight provinces of China and in part Miss Sauz6 we rejoice, for the Home- of a ninth, to which responsibilities eall has brought her relief from pro were later added two more provinces longed physical weakness, and it is and part of a third, these duties of some comfort to us to know that alone being no light burden. It may she has no surviving members of her also be added that on many occa family to mourn her sudden removal sions, after the closing of the session at the Training Home, he rendered EAGERNESS EXTRAORDINARY. valuable assistance in Shanghai, he The following incident from the being at one time for more than a journal of Miss C. F. Tippet, written year Accountant in the Business from Fukow, in H o n a n , will be read Department. with interest— As a member of the China Council It is not often people come in he was able, from his wide and varied “ over the garden wail ” to a Bible experiences, to make valuable con School, but our next-door neighbour tributions to the consideration of not did, and not one wall but three. She a few subjects. The present course of is alone in her courtyard and finds study in the Chinese language, for instance, owes much to him, it difficult to fasten the door from the outside, so she while the examination papers based upon that course were largely does it from the inside and climbs three walls to get to the fruit of his labours. In the autumn of 1919 he was loaned our courtyard. Some time ago I was holding a mission by the Mission to the Central China Tract Society to act as here and we had an awning put up as the chapel could Secretary during the furlough of the Rev. George A. Clayton, not hold all who came, and in the middle of my discourse and only a few hours before the operation which it had been I beheld a woman doing her best to get over the garden hoped would save his life, he gave directions for the printing of wall. She has continued arriving by that rather difficult road, nearly a quarter-of-a-million tracts and booklets for Dr. Keller's and is now a most promising enquirer, her husband, a well-to- autumn campaign. do man, first becoming interested, and now all idols have been The close of our brother’s days of service upon earth has removed. Early on New Year's Day her husband roused her drawn our attention to the interesting fact that of the nine up to sing the Doxology. She did not know it and could only young men who sailed together on November 3rd, 1887, as remember “ all blessings flow," but they began the year with members of the Hundred, of which Mr. Bland was one, five others G o d instead of the idolatry they have been practising all their still survive and are in full work in China after more than thirty- lives, and I am sure there was joy in heaven over that household. three years of service. Of the other three one died a martyr’s It was a most interesting sight to see the women learning, some death in 1900, one was killed in France during the recent war struggling through a catechism, going over and over one while engaged in Y.M.C.A. work, while the third died many years sentence till you wondered if it would ever penetrate the dull ago in the City of Lanchow, North-West China. It is a signifi brain ; but the patient plod was often rewarded, and in the end cant fact also that four out of this party of nine, namely, Messrs. we did get it in. Some were learning texts, others Mark’s Bland, Lutley, A. R. Saunders and Vale, became members of Gospel, and all arranged in little groups with a teacher to help. 138 China’s Millions. D e c e m b e r , 1920. hear of people attending seances and A Call to Conflict. practising spirit writing. Beware how A d d r e s s b y M is s A . M . C a b i ,e , Sh a n s i, a h V a l e d i c t o r y m e e t i n g . you tamper with these instruments of hell. I have seen a young woman in China under “ The . Son of God goes forth to war, possession. I have seen her leading a Who follows in His train ? ” group of men, a snake skin thrown around H E day has long gone by when a opportunity for every ribald joke. The her body, a three-pronged fork in her hand, missionary valedictory meeting hour of death is the occasion for everyone and with her hair all loose. I have talked was a . subject of cynical to be in terror of the devil. How can I to that woman when she was not under T criticism for the secular press. describe to you a heathen funeral, a possession, arid she was normal, pleasant It is no w regarded as a normal proceeding, heathen deathbed, “ without God, with and quiet, but after some years of such so normal in fact that it is beneath the out hope in the world.” The funeral practices she will bear the evidence of notice of our London dailies. We are hot when we have those horrible musicians having sealed her compact with hell. at all concerned to-night with the opinion with their cymbals and their flutes, and She belongs to the lord of hell. Beware of the than in the street, but we are tre we listen, to that insolent rise and fall of how you trifle with these spirits of mendously concerned with the . Christian a mocking minor lilt, and we feel that hell evil. By such means hell’s forces are Church and the attitude which the has once more triumphed-—can you strengthened. Christian Church here is talcing towards imagine the effect upon one’s spirit ? But we are in China for constructive the campaign in which we are engaged. work, and in contrast to these things we I have a very few minutes in which to see joy at the birth of a little girl speak to you, and I want to help you at in Christian homes, the child wanted home, many of you who cannot go to and icared for, brought up a Christian and China, to realise something of heathendom a worker for the L o r d J ESUS Ch r i s t . We that you may see how you can help us in see Christian marriages, young men and this great campaign. women true helpmeets, loving one another, We are here to-night, a band of workers, caring for one another, and caring for the some of us facing the battle for the second things of G o d , and we see Christian death or third time, and we know full well that beds. I saw one of my dearest Chinese to which we are going. Others are leaving friends pass over, and within an hour of for the first time, and we are all going to her death she was praying that G o d meet the enemy on his own ground. Have would give me strength to face the work you any idea how perpetually the forces without her, that He would provide me of evil are strengthened and how the with a new helper, that I might not feel triumphs of heathendom are constantly the loss too keenly, and then she lay down flaunted before our very eyes ? I awake upon her pillow and her spirit entered every morning in my home in China to the into fulness of joy. sound of the tolling of Buddhist bells from These are the things that make it worth the temple next door, and know it to be while and that sound a note of hope in the symbolic to the people who hear, of the darkest days, giving us assurance of fact that the King of Hades is being lulled victory. to sleep by the vibration of the bells, so I want to talk very frankly to you to that tormented relatives are for a brief Photo &j>] [3ftss Cable. night. In the physical realm I believe space suffering less from his evil devices. people think they have discovered a new When the hot days of summer come WOMAN RIDING DONKEY. method of attack in gassing. The arch and the nervous tension of those dry Ordinary method of travelling for women enemy of our souls has known how to climates is upon us, at the city gate we in mountainous districts in North China. release poisonous gases for a very long meet processions of ragged men who have time. ¿ 1 this warfare more have perished borrowed long cotton gowns to cover their in the wood than have perished by the tatters, carrying a hideous, grinning idol Then the burning of paper money, the sword. Can you imagine how deadening covered with withered willow branches, in burning of the paper servants, the paper these things are to us ? Can you imagine the hope that the god whom they worship chairs, the paper bouses, the passport for how we may get used to them ? We nlay may have mercy upon them and send the soul into the next world, in hope that think them very deplorable, and still get min it may escape from some of the terrors to used to them. You have to help us. Do Our first sign of an eclipse of the moon which it has gone. It is so awful, so not leave us an unsupported legion at the is the ringing of the temple gongs to drive devilish 1 ■ And that is what we have to Front. aw;ay the dog who devours her; Of the face, that is what we are going to again, Do you think that in the spiritual war horrors inflicted upon innocent children and we know it. These horrors, these fare which, believe me, is as real as any by their parents, in ignorance, believing triumphs of hell, are being constantly warfare you have known in Europe, we that sickness is of the devil; I have not reinforced and flaunted before our very escape wounds ? A" man comes from time to tell you to-night. Birth, marriage, eyes. France minus a leg or an arm, and you death—all these things in heathendom ate ^ when we come to Europe we hear all see it. We come back from the Front attended with horror. At birth a little so much of the Light of Asia, the beauties and we have scars and we have wounds, girl is not wanted. The corpse of a baby of the religions of title East* and are urged and sometimes the hard thing is to think is flung out for the wolves to devour, that to leave these people alone. Why inter- how we are going to face it again with our it may have a better chance in reincar- fete? I have even seen instruments used scars. So often people say to us, " Are nation. The wedding day: of a girl is the for automatic handwriting over here. I you looking fotward to returning to D e c e m b e r , 1920. China’s Millions. 139 China: missionaries always d o ? " We us as a witness that we have fought His answer “ Yes." It is perfectly tnte that battles. we are longing,to go back, but it is not We want you to help us, especially to the wholetruth. I believe all missionaries help the new workers that are going, and have those hours in which they say," How send them forth with a song. Let them can I, so utterly unworthy, go back to face feel you are behind them. Follow them such a battle ? How can I face such up with your prayers and interest. You exacting conditions again ? ” are going to sing a hymn presently, and it And now here is a word for some who says that there is “ a wealth of love and cannot go. Are you doing spiritual Red prayer behind.'' Is it going to be true ? Cross work ? During the war everyone Is it really going to follow them every day did something, and many who could not and every month and every year ? I fight did Red Cross work. Have you ever lately visited the battlefields in France, done anything for a missionary on fur and I want to be a better soldier of J e s u s lough to send him back spiritually fit ? Ch r is t for having done it. I heard there Christian men and women, this is work that in time of war it is of pre-eminent you can and ought to be doing. Some of importance to keep one open road from you are doing it, and hearts and arms are the base to the front. I am afraid the stronger for your help. We have to sing missionary highway is blocked some the L o r d 's song in a strange land, and it where, or there would not be so many is a great help and inspiration to us to feel lonely out-stations as there are. Young that the Church at home is really caring. men and women, what are you doing ? The missionaries that belong to your When Shackleton lectured the other day Photo by] [Aft«* Cable. Church, when they come home what sort he told us he had five thousand applicants A YOUNG HWOCHOW WOMAN, of reception are you giving them ? I saw to go to the South Pole, from which he had WEAVING. a_ thing that touched me the other day. I to choose twenty-five. Suppose that our saw a father and mother leave their boy Mission had a record of one hundred and girl behind and go back to China. I young men offering this year, how we your prayer-life into it. By gifts ? Yes, saw the good-bye at Waterloo Station. I should talk about it ! I am asking for some of us ought to be giving a great deal saw the father and mother taking the last the same devotion to J e s u s Ch r is t as you more than we are giving. By goiug ? I desperate kiss of those children. There give to other things. The responsibility am quite certain that in this congregation are a great many ways of helping mission of heathendom is yours, and I have told to-night there are some men and women aries' children. I need not suggest them, you to-night in a few words what to whom J e s u s Ch r is t is saying, " Corae, for they will occur to you. We want you heathendom is. You cannot escape the follow Me ; ” but they are shrinking and all to be helping us in this spiritual responsibility. You are one of those to holding back, and in the day when He Red Cross work. It is a call to every whom J e s u s C h r is t said, “ Go into the will say to some, “ Well done, good and one of you. We are scarred, all of us, whole world and preach the Gospel to faithful servant, enter into the joy of thy and we are taking our scars along with every creature.” We want men and women L o r d , ” such must stand on one side, who will count not their lives dear unto having missed the joy down here and the themselves. We do not want men whose joy up there. motto is “ Safety first.” We do not want When I think of the band of my own soldiers who respond to the kind of poster Chinese girls already passed over, serving I see about to-day : “ Would you like to the King in His Presence, could I have see the world ? Then join the Royal Air any better incense to offer Him than Force.” We want men to whom it will be such lives rescued from heathendom ? In said, “ I will show him what great things all this see that you have your full Share. he must suffer for My sake.” It will be Such joys are only given to those who are suffering. It will be a test. Of course a willing to take their box of precious feeble conflict will provoke a feeble ointment and break it at His feet, count resistance, but it behoves the messenger ing nothing too dear for the L o r d Who of J e s u s Ch r is t to prepare for the fight loved them and died for them. of his life when he goes into the enemy’s country, for there our conflict is not .with The heart that never can forget, the mere flesh and blood, but with the love that never can fail, must seek the despotisms, the empires, the forces, that wandering sheep until the lost one has control and govern this dark world, the been found: “ My Father worketh hither spiritual hosts of evil arrayed against us to, and I work."— J . H u d s o n T a y « » . in the heavenly places. This is a real thing and not just an allegory: it is a real Departures lor China. thing. P hoto by3 Lifts» Cable- Some here know what it is to face those November 26th.—Miss A. Smirnoff and actual forces of evil. Many of you face Miss Tonnessen (via Sue«). SIZING THE ¿LQTH. them by prayer. You truly say that December 15/A.—R. F. Harris, B.A, One of the processes of Cloth-making in we all ask you to pray for us. Yes, we do, (via U.S.A. and Canada). North China. The woman is a typical heathen January 8th.—H. Parker and H. S. who has refused the Gospel Message. and now take up some thing, take up some one, take up some place, and really put Cliff (via Suez). 140 China’s Millions. December, 1920. The Call to Medical Advance. UR Divine Master J Esus Ch r is t , before He left this What then are the facts in the spring of 1920 ? In ten great, earth., commissioned His disciples to make more provinces in which the Mission has no less than 211 stations O disciples and to make them out of every nation and 600 foreign workers, it has only nine hospitals, and to man under heaven. It should be for this purpose and these but eleven doctors actively engaged in hospital work. no other that Christian missionaries leave home and friends to Eleven ' doctors are not enough to adequately staff nine liye and labour in a foreign land. But while the purpose is hospitals ; the existing hospitals in many cases are not as well single, the means of its achievement are many and varied. equipped as they should be for really efficient work; and nine in the first missionary era one means largely used to convince hospitals in 2 it stations is a totally inadequate proportion men and women of the truth of the Apostles' message was the when one realises the vast area involved. miraculous healing which often accompanied their preaching. Prayer is requested for six more medical men or women. But this first period of evangelistic activity passed as churches The writer hopes to see sixty doctors and at least as many became established and gradually lost the 'missionary spirit nurses staffing the huge area worked by the C.I.M. in these ten through love of earthly power and self-centredness. Those provinces. Our G o d is a great G o d , and He will do it if we days of apathy to the world's need of the world's Saviour have pray and work for this special end. DotTGiAS M. G ib s o n . also gone by and the modern missionary era has witnessed the penetration of the Gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth. This great achievement has been made possible very largely Efficiency. by the divinely appointed discoveries of modern science without which railways, steamships, the wonders of present-day surgery, E quote the following from another article by Dr. Douglas the rapidity of modern printing and so on would be still non M. Gibson published in Medical Missions existent.» " The effectiveness of the hospital can be annulled by various During this period one of the most potent forces for the factors. One of these is second-rate Christians as staff, men or opening of new fields to the Gospel and the opening of hearts women who shirk their work, and preach out of necessity to receive its message has been, and still is, the Missionary rather than out of love for souls. Another hindrance to the Hospital. The reason for this is not hard to find. For a force of the Message is second-rate professional work. JESTJS Missionary Hospital provides an absolutely unique evangelistic did all things well. Had Paul made leaky tents, had Zacchseus opportunity. failed to put his business straight, had Carey made paper- Tn the first place, it draws men and women from widely soled boots, had Gordon been a lax disciplinarian, what would scattered, may be but seldom visited districts, within sound of have been the result ? . . . It is to avoid this stigma and the Truth, yea, and within sight of it also. Further, in many danger of second-rate professional work that we crave fresh'air cases it keeps them there for days, weeks or even months. In in our wards, clean floors, proper equipment and adequate the province of H o n a n there are 107 counties, and during the building accommodation. These things, when we get them, will year 1919 there were resident in the Kaifeng Hospital patients not hinder the evangelistic effectiveness of our work, but help from no less than 87 of these counties as well as a considerable ’ it just ais the professional efficiency of Paul, of Carey, of number from five neighbouring provinces. Again, of the Gordon, yea of the Master Workman Himself, sealed their remaining twenty counties, fifteen were represented during the message with the stamp of reality.” year on the out-patient records, leaving but five non-, represented. When one reflects that the square area of H o n a n is over 9,000 square miles greater than that of England and Wales, and that many of these patients come several days’ journey to be seen, it is apparent that the value of the hospital as a disseminating agency for the Truth is not- to be ignored. Numbers of these in-patients reach hospital with no knowledge of God or only the haziest of notions concerning Him ; but few go away without an understanding of the magnificent salvation offered freely to all in J e s u s Ch r i s t . There should be none who leave without this knowledge, and it is the plan and aim of this hospital that there should be none. Again, the missionary hospital remembers, as did the Ch r is t so constantly, that the soul of a man is within his body. It therefore starts by presenting the Gospel to his body in healing service, and finds in so doing a ready route into his heart. Patients frequently remark on the real concern shown them as individuals by members of the hospital staff. This continual contact with the practical fruit of Christianity has an effect that preaching alone can hardly obtain. This being so, should not the China Inland Mission, GROUP OF STUDENT ASSISTANTS AT KAIFENG HOSPITAL. which stands for evangelism, the winning of heathen Front row (centre) : Mr. Wang, Assistant to Mr. J. H. Taylor, and Dr. Kao C h r ist, (smiling) a n o ld student, n o w working in K a n s u , not far from the Tibetan border. and Moslem Chinese to faith in the Living have The Hospital Pathological. Assistant stands smiling on the right of the picture. a strong and efficient medical corps ? Surely it should. D e c e m b e r , 1920. China’s Millions. 141 To the Fellow-Missionary Passengers, of a night passed in a chapel in wintry Here and There. Empress of Japan, conditions. Our missionary lay in toler FIDELITY TO TRUTH. able comfort, but two of the company, Vancouver, B.C. Chang the colporteur and an old man who m t jR I T I N G from Tsinchow, K a > s u , Ladies and Gentlemen, cooks and works about the chapel, who Mr. L. R. Rist says:— We, the Chinese passengers aboard the were poorly covered, kept, up talk in their “ Two things have happened this year Empress of Japan, have the greatest own broad style through the night as they which rejoice our hearts. An old man, pleasure in being able to meet you on this lay shivering, with a temperature out named Ho, who has only been a believer trip, as well as in being able to hear the side below zero. To do it justice, Mr. about two years, had been in the habit of many lectures and speeches. We appre Findlay renders their cheery talk In braid receiving a special amount of money from ciate very highly your noble purpose and Scots. a son once a year when the latter came your valuable services which you have Chang: “ Hoo are ye daein', auld home. This year, when the son heard that rendered to the poor people at home. We brither ? Y e’re no cauld, are ye ? "■ his father was a Christian, he said he should deem it a great honour if you would Liu : “ Och ! man, I ’m brawly, nae a would not give this money unless the kindly accept a small sum of 200 dollars father renounced Christianity. Although bit cauld ! I hae a lowe richt here, and the old man is poor and needs this money, there’s nae fear o' it gaein’ oot. I'm jest yet he said he would not deny his faith. graund.” The son, therefore, left home without Chang: “ And, man, what does a bit giving his father any money. cauld maitter to you and me, onywey ? *' Another old church member in Hsi-ho, We can easily thole that. We deserve far named Liu, almost blind, was about to go waur, and it's guid for us to ‘ eat a little bitterness ' (Chinese idiom) noo and then, to be with the L o r d . He called his third son, who is not a Christian, and said to jest to mind us what awfu' sinners we hae him, * I am about to die and you will not been.” see me any more in this life. If you want Liu : “ Y e’re richt there, brither, and to see me again, trust in JESUS as your for the maitter o’ that, there's an awfu' lot o' what we regaird as hard and bitter that S a v io u r and then we shall meet in heaven/ He then raised himself up and is sent by the L o r d for oor betterment and put on his grave-dothes, and said, ‘ O, oor everlastin' joy. Man, isn't it a graund L o r d , receive me,' after which he lay thing tae belang tae the Keengdom 0' down and died. The passing away of this G o d ! ” Chang : “ It is that. Did ye notice hoo old man has shown again that Go d saves souls and keeps them to the end. These uplifted the Meenister was the nicht to see two men, believing in J e s u s when they sae mony fowk present, and wasn't it a were old, very much encourages us to joyfu' thing to receive anither fower into preach the Gospel to all, both old and the Kirk ? " young.” Mr. Findlay adds: “ The two old chaps were up long before dawn to make break A PERSISTENT SEEKER. Photo by] {]. Thompson, fast for the rest of us, and stoutly main A. B. LEW IS, of Hotsin, S h a n s i, tained that they had spent a comfortable A Coffin for a Buddhist Priest; an night. Might that not pass as “ In the district north of the Fen river earthenware jar. The corpse Is placed Christianity ? ” I baptised a man who has been a seeker In a sitting posture, and packed round with ilme. The whole has afterwards after the truth for over twenty years. He a stone tomb built round it. OUR COVER ILLUSTRATION. first sought it in Buddhism, then he thought he got nearer to it in Roman N the month of October, 1919, the Catholicism, but was never fully satisfied. gold which we have collected among us 3 first organised sports for boys and Finally he came in touch with some of our for the Blind Institute under the charge girls of Government schools were held in the city of Hwochow, Sh a n s i. men and obtained a copy of ' Selected of Mr. Woem, S h a n s i, as a token of our Portions of Scripture.' He has since gratitude for the noble ;work you have A stand was erected for the Mandarin searched the Scriptures earnestly and accomplished in our country. We trust and his guests, and another for the ladies come out fearlessly as a follower of the that by your, energetic work the Light and of his household, who kindly invited the missionaries and the staff of teachers L o r d J e s u s C h r is t . At our testimony Truth will be extended throughout the meeting hegave a most interesting account length and breadth of the Republic before from the mission schools, all of whom were royally entertained. Races and of his spiritual wanderings. He is one of long. Wishing you every success in your competitions were arranged and prizes that class of men, all too few, whose life noble work, we remain, Ladies and Gentle- given. All the Government schools of seems to have been a pilgrimage in search men, Yours faithfully, the district attended, each bringing a of salvation. We do praise the L o r d Cm Z a n g W a n g , that at last He has led him to Himself." flag which, with the gaily coloured stands, For -Chinese Passengers. booths and decorations, delighted all A STRIKING TESTIMONY. MANCHURIA: CHINESE HUMOUR. who attended. The whole proceedings were splendidly ■ '/T HU following letter from a number of T i f f l ^ ctl^ ^ 3ie ^°^ow“ lg from the United ^ cultured Chinese youths was Free.Church of Scotland Record :— organised, and is one more proof of the addressed to several of our missionaries, In a home letter {7th December), Rev. capacity and energy with which some of fellow-passengers with these young men J . W. Findlay, M.A., who had been visiting the officials are seeking to stimulate on the Empress of Japan :— the out-stations, describes the experiences interest in Government educational work. 142 China's Millions. Decem ber, 1920. Enlargement. “ The hill country shall be thine, for though it is a forest thou shalt cut it down. The goings out thereof shall be thine, for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites though they have chariots of iron and though they be strong.'’—Josh. xvii. 18. IN C E last month’s issue we have been encouraged in that province, and there also appears more hope of by a further number of post cards and letters from an understanding between the north and the south and friends at home and abroad assuring us of their of more friendly relations between Japan and China. S fellowship in prayer. As promised, we desire It is, of course, not possible to speak dogmatically or in briefly to report on the five special topics named :— detail, but the situation still calls for unceasing prayer. (1) Enlargement of heart towards God. This is (3) Prayer is being answered in regard to the offers still our first requisite. The recently published life of of men for service in China. Since last month’s issue Samuel Pollard has the following passage :— of China’s Millions went to press, twro men have been Tuesday, the ninth day, was spent in fasting and accepted by the Mission, while offers from five others was followed by a night of prayer. I shall never have been received. forget it. Our room was filled with glory and I had (4) Re finances. Last month we reported that the a manifestation such as I had never realised before. . . income in Great Britain up to the end of September I had the promise at that meeting that we are going had been £6,602 less than during the same period of to have thousands of souls. Mind, I believe that 1919, the Mission’s record year. We are thankful to from the bottom of my heart. Some folks may say state that October has shown an improvement of £2,129 “ He’s a fool,”—let them, we’ll have our thousands ; on the October of the previous year, the total up to the “ He’s gone mad,” — so may it be, but we’ll have our end of October being £4,473 less than at the same period thousands ; “ He’s young and enthusiastic,”—yes, last year, instead of £6,602 as recorded last month. For glory be to God, I am, and w ell have our thousands. this improvement we thank God. We are also thankful That was in September, 1888. Those who know the to learn that in North America the income to the date story of the work among the tribes in south-west China of writing was in advance of last year, will know that he did get his thousands, but some fifteen (5) Let us still continue to pray for the raising up years were to elapse before this great ingathering began. of Chinese leaders. Without suggesting that the answer to our prayers may “ O God, inspire many, hearts at this time to make be so long delayed, let us continue to expect great things room for Thy Risen Christ. Room, abundant room, from God. has been made for Thy enemy, the enemy of man. He (2) Re the political situation, we have to thank God has entered into all our earthly life, into our national for the settlement at home of the coal strike, while in life, into the life of the nations everywhere. He essays China there have been some distinctly encouraging to rule. . . . Lord of all power and might, let room developments. The success of the Northern party in now be made for Thee.”— (From an article written S ze ch w a n gives promise of the cessation of hostilities twenty years ago.) Editorial Notes. W A N W IC K .— This will he almost our last Conditions in China.—We wish it were possible opportunity of calling attention to the House in the few lines at our disposal, to convey to our readers Party and Winter School at Swanwick, which an adequate idea of the situation in China. The battle S will, D.v., be held from January 3rd to 8th presses on every hand and conditions call urgently for next. The programme is now practically completed, more fortitude and faith in GoD. Letters from China and promises, with God’ s blessing, to be one of great tell of sickness, which in some cases is severe, of famine profit. The Bible lectures by the Rev. J. Russell affecting tens of millions of people, of unrest and Howden should be invaluable to many in these days of oppression by brigands and disorderly troops, wrhich intellectual uncertainty and unrest. The titles chosen at times make life to many almost unendurable. are as follows :— “ The sufferings and wrongs of the people,” writes (1) Genesis in the light of geology. one experienced worker, “ would fill volumes.” Of a (2) Man in the light of psychology. large capital cit3- another writes: “ The inhabitants (3) The Fall in the light of biology. are alarmed even to being hysterical.” Another letter (4) Faith in the light of experience. says : “ Nearly every day brigands go past leading ten We believe it is not too much to say that there are and fifteen captives, often tied together and generally many whose lives might have been fundamentally women. They prod them with knives when they are altered had they, in the formative years of life and, too tired to walk.” thought, come under the influence of such instruction. In addition to all these horrors, cholera has broken We therefore hope that many more may yet; enrol for out in many of the provinces. In Chengtu it is reported this Winter School. During the last six weeks fifty that one thousand persons were dying daily, and of new names have been registered, but there is still ample Shuntehfu, in Ch ih u , we hear “ Cholera has carried off accommodation. Fuller particulars can be had on between two and three thousand in the city. The application to Mr. J. B. Martin, the Conference wailing for the dead is truly awful. I could not bear it, Secretary. and became quite ill myself.” D e c e m b e r , 1920 . China's Millions. 143 And yet in the midst of all these trying conditions the our hearts are moved, as they surely should be, by the work continues. What this means to those labouring physical distress of millions, let us not forget the even in the field it is not easy for friends at home to realise. more serious famine of the hearing of the Word of God. Is it to be wondered at that at times some feel pressed Though this is not so obvious to the natural man, nor almost beyond measure ? But we dare not lose heart. perhaps so appealing to our natural sympathies, is this “ Having received this ministry we faint not.” But not because our spiritual appreciation is less keen than we do earnestly ask for the prayers of G o d ’ s people it should be ? When C h r is t had compassion upon the that those who are bearing the burden and heat of the multitudes and fed the hungry, He was, as His wordjs day may be made equal to their task. reveal, even more deeply concerned that tlie people should receive the Bread of Life which came down from The Famine.—At a time when the papers at home heaven. Is not the present an opportunity of mani are full of appeals for the suffering millions of Europe, festing the reality of the Christian message in all its •the mind is almost staggered by the call which now comes love and compassion ? from China. There can be no doubt but that a calamity of the first magnitude has befallen that great country, The Chef00 Schools.— We are once more thankful and the cables from China state : “ None see how it can to report the continued success of the schools in the be materially alleviated.” According to the pub annual Oxford local examinations. Of the twenty- lished reports, a population of from forty to sixty nine pupils (twenty-one boys and eight girls) who sat last million people are affected by the failure of the crops. August, all have passed but two bo3rs. Of the success That is to say, a population approximate^ equal to ful candidates six were in the senior division and twenty- that of Great Britain and Ireland. Half of this number one in the junior, while eleven obtained honours and •are seriously affected, and it is feared that one quarter four distinctions. m ay die. Adequately to meet the crisis and tide these Summarizing the results from the time when th,e people over until the spring crops are ripe, it is estimated Oxford examinations were first held at Chefoo, we find that no less a sum than fifty millions pounds will be that 524 scholars (360 boys and 164 girls) have sat, and necessary. of these all have passed with the exception of eleven It is stated that whole regions have become like a boys and four girls. That there should be only fifteen desert without a blade of grass or sign of living green. failures out of 524 candidates is surely a noteworthy Even the crows and jackdaws have forsaken the most record. We offer our sincere congratulations to teachers seriously affected areas. Famine prices are beginning and pupils alike. to prevail even in districts where the crops have been good, in consequence of the influx of refugees, for the A Special Mission.—We note that Dr. J. Goforth is people are trekking by their thousands. In some to hold a special mission at the C.I.M. Station at districts it threatens the break-up, temporarily at least, Chowkiakow from November 26th to December 5th ■of all normal church life, while the Chinese Christians next. W e would ask special prayer for this occasion. in other places have been compelled to close their schools We need hardly remind our readers of the times of through inability to provide for their children. It is blessing which have in times past accompanied Dr. reported that some forty thousand Chinese Christians Goforth’s ministry, and we are sure he v\iU value the are among the sufferers. prayerful support of Christian friends at home that While our hearts go out in sympathy to the famine- these seasons of refreshing may continue. stricken people, let us also remember that there will be Not only are such seasons of refreshing a means hundreds of missionaries, many Christian converts, and whereby the Kingdom of God is extended ; they are, Government officials, who, in famine relief work, will we believe, the only way by which destructive teaching be in imminent danger from famine fever and those will be successfully overcome. W7e have little or no other physical and mental distresses inseparable from faith in the good to be gained by controversy ; this such a calamity. The situation is one that calls for generally only hardens each party in his position. Dia .unceasing prayer and boundless sympathy. lectic may be a good shield, but it is a poor sword. We are thankful to learn that the Chinese Govern There is, however, no gainsaying the real work of ment has established a relief fund, that one or two G od’ s spirit. foreign Governments have agreed to a 10 per cent, sur-tax for famine purposes on all goods imported into P ublication s.— We desire specially to call attention China for one year, that a public relief fund has been to the new little book entitled, “ Pearl’s Secret,” by opened in London by the Hongkong and Shanghai Mrs. Howard Taylor, which will be ready just about the Bank, while all missionary societies will gladly receive time that this paper is in the hands of our readers. It and forward gifts for this special purpose. The time is is published at 2s. 6d. net, and will make an acceptable one when the missionaries themselves will, as already and helpful Christmas gift, especially for young people. suggested, be taxed and strained to the utmost, so that We would also suggest that any of our readers who what is needed is not the diverting of donations from one desire copies of the C.I.M. Calendar should order them source to another, but rather, where possible, the opening without delay. Already more than half of the edition of new sources of supply for this special emergency. has been sold and the Christmas rush has not yet begun. Many will recall the fact that Pastor Hsi was one This Calendar cannot be reprinted. who was brought to C h r is t at a time when famine relief work was bring undertaken. 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