Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 1 The Story of the London Missionary Society Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 1 The Story of the London Missionary Society Quinta Press Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 2 Quinta Press, Meadow View, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, SY10 7RN The format of this volume is copyright © 2009 Quinta Press This version does not (yet) include the original illustrations Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 3 THE STORY OF THE L.M.S. OTAHEITE (FROM AN ENGRAVING IN COOK’S VOYAGES”). Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 4 4 the story of the london missionary society THE STORY OF THE L.M.S. BY C. SILVESTER HORNE, M.A. WITH AN APPENDIX BRINGING THE STORY UP TO THE YEAR 1904 NEW EDITION COMPLETING TWENTY-FIFTH THOUSAND ONE SHILLING NET. London LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY 16 NEW BRIDGE STREET, E.C Trade Agents:—Messrs. SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO. PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. 1908 Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 5 proof-reading draft 5 BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME; AND LONDON. Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 6 6 the story of the london missionary society CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. LAYING THE FOUNDATION 1 II. THE SOUTH SEAS 23 III. SOUTH AFRICA 56 IV. INDIA 89 V. CHINA 119 VI. BRITISH GUIANA 146 VII. MADAGASCAR 171 VIII. EXPANSION IN POLYNESIA 200 IX. SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA 232 X. PROGRESS IN INDIA 272 XI. FURTHER WORK IN CHINA 306 XII. DEVELOPMENTS IN MADAGASCAR 340 XIII. NORTH CHINA AND MONGOLIA 369 XIV. NEW GUINEA 394 XV. SUMMARY 413 APPENDIX. 436 Index 454 Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 7 proof-reading draft 7 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Otaheite (from an Engraving in Cook’s Voyages) Frontispiece Rev. Dr. Haweis. 3 Rev. John Eyre, M.A. 4 Rev. Matthew Wilks 5 Rev. Dr. Bogue 6 Baker’s Coffee House 7 Rev. John Love, D.D. 8 Rev. George Burder 9 Rev. Rowland Hill, M.A. 11 Joseph Hardcastle, Esq. 13 William Shrubsole, Esq. 15 The Missionary Ship Duff 20 Captain James Wilson, Commander of the Duff 24 A South Sea Harbour 28 Tahitian Marae, or Altar 33 Rev. Henry Nott 36 Rev. John Williams 41 Thc Brave Teacher, Papeiha 46 Polynesia (Map) 49 The Camden 53 Dr. Vanderkemp 60 Bushmen Hunting 63 Kaffres 67 South Africa (Map) 71 Dr. Moffat’s House and the Church at Kuruman 76 Robert Moffat 81 Mary Moffat 85 Gateway of a Hindu Temple 90 Ringeltaube 94 Brahmin Repeating Prayers 98 Brahmin Reading Sacred Books 100 Pilgrims on the Banks of the Ganges 105 South India (Map) 109 A South Indian Pastor 112 Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 8 8 the story of the london missionary society A Hindu Saint 111 Robert Morrison 123 A Street in Canton 128 China (Map) 133 James Gilmour 142 Rev. John Wray 149 West Indies (Map) 157 Smith Church and Mission House in Georgetown 164 Jamaica (Map) 168 Rev. James Howe 169 Madagascar (Map) 173 Radama I., King of Madagascar 178 Rafaralahy, a Provincial Governor 180 Antananarivo as it was (viewed from the South) 187 A Group of Hovas as they were in the Fifties 194 Dr. George Turner 206 The Schooner Olive Branch 214 The Barque John Williams 219 PAGE The Steamship John Williams 224 Matefele Church, Apia, Samoa. 227 Mission House, Rarotonga 228 Dr. Livingstone 233 In the Desert 238 Market place, Ujiji 244 Mrs. Livingstone’s Grave 228 Camping Out 253 Moffat Institution, Kuruman 257 Central Africa (Map) 262 Central African Drummers 265 In the Awemba Country 267 Central African Girl 270 North India (Map) 273 A Bengali Christian Woman 275 The Bhowanipore Institution 278 Rev. J. H. Budden 282 Rev. T. K. Chatterji 284 High Caste Girls’ School 233 Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 9 proof-reading draft 9 High School, Bangalore. 292 Rev. Benjamin Rice 295 Hindu Christian Girls 300 Village School, Travancore 303 Dr. Legge 310 The Bund, Shanghai 312 A Yang-tse Gorge 319 A Chinese Pastor 323 Street in Chao Yang 327 The Boxer Troubles 336 Rev. W. Ellis 342 First Chapel in Antananarivo. with Mission House adjoining 348 Ambatonakanga Memorial Church 355 A Village Church 359 Ambohimanga 363 Travelling in Madagascar 367 Dr. Lockhart 371 Gilmour Dressed for a Walking Tour. 375 Camels from Mongolia loaded with Coal 380 Chinese Temple 384 A North China Pastor 389 Gilmour’s Medicine Tent 392 South-east New Guinea Map 396 Ruatoka and his Wife 403 Port Moresby 409 Dr. Tidman. 414 Dr. Mullens 416 Rev. R. Wardlaw Thompson 424 Rev. A. N. Johnson, M.A. 425 Rev. George Cousins 428 L.M.S. Stations in Hunan 439 Chapel built by native Christians near Tientsin 441 Illustration from Sentebele Pilgrim’s Progress 444 A Village in the Gilbert Group 446 John Chalmers of New Guinea 448 Bronze Tablet at Port Moresby 449 Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 10 10 the story of the london missionary society ORIGINAL PREFACE HIS book makes no pretension to be a full and detailed history of Tthe London Missionary Society. A work, on a scale worthy of the subject, is in preparation, and may shortly be expected from the competent hands of the Rev. R. Lovett. It is the hope of the present writer that such an interest in the story he has tried to tell may be awakened by reading this volume, as will lead many to study Mr. Lovett’s history who otherwise might not have done so. To enumerate all the writers to whom the author has been indebted for information regarding the various fields of labour would be impossible. Not being able to name all, he adopts the safer policy of naming none. In the Summary, however, will be found a list of notable contributions to English literature in connection with the work of missionaries of the London Missionary Society. Having thus somewhat arbitrarily disposed of his “authorities,” the author indulges in the personal satisfaction of expressing his sense of the kind courtesy and assistance of the Society’s officers at the Mission House, and especially of the Rev. George Cousins, the Editorial Secretary. If he does not in so many words particularly name the compiler of the Index, it is because she desires to be in no way distinguished from himself. There is no dedication: if there were, it should be to all who are young enough to enjoy the perusal of a story which, however well known, can never altogether lose its freshness; and large-hearted enough to be in spirit the true descendants of those “fathers and founders” who dared to believe that there is motive in the simple love of God and man sufficient to inspire even the sublimest Christian sacrifice. In comparison with such motive, the mere desire to enlarge the circumference of any particular denomination seemed then, and seems still, poor and sordid. C. S. H. Kensington, 1894. Story of the LMS v1.qxp:Story of the LMS 14 01 2009 10:29 Page 11 proof-reading draft 11 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION HE issue of a second edition enables me to thank numerous Tcorrespondents for appreciative words and useful corrections. Many of the chapters have now had the benefit of careful revision by competent authorities and the result has been to add materially to the value and reliability of the narrative. The alterations in the text have been considerable, but the statements of fact affected are few. One important one, however, I should like thus publicly to draw attention to. Following Mr. Ellis’s report to the Directors, I wrote that the number of Malagasy Christians was multiplied during the time of persecution by twenty. It seems that Mr. Ellis’s figures are unreliable. He did not sufficiently estimate the number of Christians before the persecutions began, and he somewhat confounded those who were well-disposed towards Christianity with those who were professed and consistent Christians. It is sufficiently notable that, notwithstanding the severity of their sufferings, the number of Christians should have increased fourfold. One of my correspondents is afraid the impression will be conveyed that there was no visitation of the Zenanas until Mrs. Mullens and other ladies started the distinct and definite Zenana work. It ought to he said, therefore, that in connection with the girls’ schools in Bangalore and elsewhere a certain amount of Zenana-visiting was carried on, and this as early as the year 1840, or soon afterwards. Finally, I am sorry that no acknowledgment appeared in the first edition of the fact that the maps were taken from the manual of the Watchers’ Band, the Prayer Union of the L.M.S. Had I been able to include any detailed history of our home organisations, I should not have failed to refer to the extraordinary progress of the Watchers’ Band, which has done so much to cultivate a deeper and devouter interest in the work of our Society at home and abroad.