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Woman's  Work 


PUBLISHED  MONTHLY 

I!Y  THE 

WOMEN'S    FOREIGN    MISSIONARY  SOCIETIES 
OF    THE    PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 


VOLUME    XXII.— 1907 


PRESBYTERIAN     BUILDING,     156    FIFTH  AVENUE 

NEW  YORK 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME  XXII.— 1907. 


I'ACiE 

A  DiETJ— Verse   19 

All  the  Days — Verse   91 

Afuica — Women  Missioniiries   51 

Single  Men's  Corps   51 

New  Era  at  Lolodorf   51 

One  of  the  Mpongwe  Redeemed   54 

Furlough  News  from  Elat,  Kamerun   54 

The  Dorothy— 'Note   55 

Schools  in  Kamerun   55 

Benevolence— A  Note   56 

Bulu  School-girls  at  Efulen   56 

Batanga  Church— Note   57 

Fruits  of  Baraka  School   57 

Tribute  from  French  Mission  on  the  Ogowe   58 

A  West  African  Village   58 

Medical  Facts  from  Reports  of  1906    59 

General  Notes  on  Africa   59 

Letters  from  15,62,  213 

Notes  on  1,49,50,174,246,  270 

Annual  Meetings,  Women's  Boards  139,  142,  164,  166 

Bands,  New   23 

Books,  New  18,  65,  211,  216 

Book  Reviews: 

Our  Moslem  Sisters   179 

Coillai  d  of  the  Zambesi   180 

Romance  of  Missionary  Heroism   181 

Islam  and  Christianity  in  India  and  tlie  Far  East..  181 

Boys'  Congress  of  Missions   183 

Boxes,  How  ApritEciATKi)   61 

China— Women  Missionaries   27 

China  Awake   6 

Advance  Education  for  Chinese  Girls  13,  50 

The  Chinese  Minister's  Opinion    27 

Mary  11.  Perkins  Memorial  at  Canton   29 

Revival  at  Nanking  and  Ningpo   31 

Signs  of  the  Times  at  I'aolingfu   32 

Outline  of  Eiglit  Missions  in  Cliina   32 

Life  with  and  for  Idiowfu  Women   38 

Peking,  After  Nineteen  Years   34 

Shuntefu  Women   34 

Woman's  Work  in  Wei-lisien  Fiehl   35 

Douw  Hospital  for  Women,  Peking   36 

At  Ningpo,  Through  Eyes  of  a  New-comer   36 

I-hsien,  New  Shantung  Station    37 

Dawn  on  the  Hills  of  T'Ang— Verse   38 

Wei-lisien  Conference,  Again   38 

Out  of  Full  Lives   39 

Memorial  to  Licn-chon  Martyrs   175 

Furtlier  from  I-hsien   182 

Centenary  Conference   183 

Centenary  Side-lights   183 

Letters  from  40,  41,  63,  138,  162,  188,  189,  210,  237 

Notes  on.l,  26, 49,  50,  73,  97,  98, 135, 126, 150, 222,  246,  269 

China— Hainan— Women  Missionaries   151 

Single  Men's  Corps   151 

An  Isolated  Garrison  of  Hainan  Mission   151 

Advantages  of  tlie  Mission  Hospital  on  Hainan  . . .  153 

Education  of  Ilainanose  Girls   156 

Outing  at  Kachek  and  Nodoa  Chapter   158 

>Jotes  on  49,  150 

Chinkse  Mission,  Cal.    Letter   163 

Changes  in  the  Missionary  Foucb  19,  43,  05,  93, 

116,143,167,191,216,240,363,  287 
Chbistian  Missions  and  Social  Pbooress  . .  .91,  135, 

164,  214,  231,  360,  370,  283 

Christus  Redemptob  Lbssons  18,  43,  64 

Conferences: 

Centenary  1,  98,  173,  174,  183 

Missionaries  Under  Appointment   149 


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Students.  Silver  Bay   191 

World's  Student  Federation  199 

Dolls  for  India,  Those  174,  187,  261 

Duff  Hymn,  The  64,  115 

Editorial  Notes  (in  part): 

Advance  in  Education  for  Girls.  .50,  73,  74.  98,  136,  322 

Aldersay.  Miss  173,  174 

Banner,  The   2 

Brides  73,  126 

Church,  Added  to  the  1,  149,  197,  245 

Churches,  Built  35,  26.  126,  149,  150,  174,  269 

Churches  Organized  1,  74,  269 

Colleges  in  Missions   1 

Cumberland  Comrades   174 

Deaths  25, 49,  50,  97,  125.  245,  269 

Ellis,  the  Journalist  ,   25 

Famine  150,  173 

Fires  26,  49 

Gifts  2,  25,  26,  49,  126,  149,  246,  269 

Hayes,  Dr.  Wm.  M  26,  125 

Honor  Conferred  on  Miss  West   150 

Industrial   246 

Maps  173,  174,  245 

Medical  2,  26,  73,  74,  97,  98,  126 

Missionary  Magazines   73 

Moslem  Converts  2,  50 

Moslem  Fanaticism  2,  150,  174 

Native  Church,  Deaths  in  74,  222,  246 

Native  Men  Ordained  74,  245 

Personal  Mention  25,  26,  49,  50,  73,  74,  97,  125, 

126,  149,  150,  173,  174,  221,  245,  269,  270 

Picture  Cards   2 

Population  of  British  Empire   50 

Revival  97,  98,  126 

School  Functions  2,49,50,  73 

Special  Objects   49 

Spelling   26 

Shah,  The   26 

Union   1 

\\'oman's  Work  2,  97 

Eddy,  Wm.  K.,  Homeooing  op   3 

Far  East  at  Dawn  op  1907,  The   6 

Fi.ti  Mission,  A  Hero  of   207 

Gloria  Curisti  91.  125,  164,  214,  238,  2C0,  283 

Guatemala — Women  Missionari  s   127 

Some  Guatemala  Believers   129 

Note   222 

IIeadquarters,  Notes  prom  20,  43,  66,  93,  116, 

143,  107,  192,  217,  241,  263,  287 

Hopeless  Mother  Love— Verse   216 

Hymn  to  Jesus  Christ   3 

Illustrations: 

Africa  :  New  Buildincs  at  Lolodorf,  p.  52:  Banana 
Leaves,  53;  Ngumba  Village,  59;  Mrs.  F.  Ramseyer 
and  Ashanti  School.  60.  Brazil:  When  Father 
Comes  Home,  127;  Citizen  of  Cachoeira,  128;  Mar- 
ket Day,  Paraguassu,  135.  China  :  Union  College, 
Shantung,  6;  Union  Tlieol.  College,  Peking,  7; 
Mary  H.  Perkins  Memorial,  Canton.  29;  Lecture 
Hall  of  Medical  College,  30;  One  Household  at 
Icliowfu,  33;  Shuntefu  Woman,  34:  Across  Shan- 
tung Fields,  37;  Evangelist  of  Lok-Iah,  151;  Map  of 
Hainan,  152;  New  Hospital  Plant,  Eachek,  153;  Mc- 
Cormick  Chapel,  Kachek,  154;  Kiungchow  School- 
girls, 156;  Lien-chou  T.ablet,  175;  Dr.  Chesnut's 
Last  Patient,  176;  Map  of  Central  China,  IfH,  185. 
Colombia  :  Homes  of  Medellin,  132.  India  :  Pal- 
ace, Gwalior,  76;  Mary  Wanamaker  School,  Alla- 
habad, 79;  High-class  Moslem  Women  near  La- 
hore, 82;  Village  Hindu  Women,  83;  Washing 
Away  Sins  in  the  Ganges,  84.  Japan :  Mrs.  Kaji 
Yajima,  10;  Japanese  Church,  California,  178:  Map 
of  Japan,  198;  Port  Arthur.  201;  Church  at  Kami- 
bun,  204;  The  Dosbisba,  207.  Korea;  Map  of 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME  XXtl. 


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FAOE 

Korea,  248;  Bridge  near  Pyeng  Yang,  250;  De- 
serted Palace,  353;  A  Throne  Out  of  Commission, 
254.  Mexico:  A  Graduate  and  Her  School,  131; 
Touring,  131.  Pe?«ia  .•  Furor  for  Education,  Car- 
toon, 8;  Map  of  Persia,  324.  Siam  and  Laos: 
Siamese  Commissioners  and  Guests,  Chieng  Rai, 
lOO;  Mountain  People  on  the  Road,  101;  Church  in 
Bangkok,  103;  Carrying  Baby  to  Annual  Meeting, 
108;  Siamese  Private  School,  Korat,  109;  Laos 
Grandmother,  110.  Syria  :  Map  of  Syria,  frontis- 
piece; Orphanage,  Sidon,  372;  Uamath  and  Water- 
wheel,  374;  Our  Carriage,  276;  Mahardeh  Girls,  277. 

India— Women  Missionaries   75 

Will  India  Follow  Japan  ?   7 

The  Orphanage,  Kodoli,  W.  India   11 

An  Invitation  to  You   75 

Schools  for  Indian  Girls— Reports  of  1906   78 

Six  Little  Brides   80 

Sara  Seward  Hospital,  Allahabad   81 

North  India  School  of  Medicine,  Lodiana   81 

Woman's  Work  for  Indian  Women   82 

Unoccupied  Fields  in  Agra  and  Oudh   85 

Dedication  of  Schoolhouse  in  Ratnagiri  District . .  86 

Bef  jre  and  After  Mission  Meeting   87 

A  Ruler  of  Sixty  Millions  Gives  His  Opinion   88 

Letters  from  15,  89,  113,  161,  187,  212,  283 

Notes  on  2,  26,  49,  73,  74,  97,  .126,  150,  174,  222,  246 

Japan — Women  Missionaries   199 

An  Honored  Visitor  from  Japan   9 

Japanese  Mission  on  Pacific  Coast   177 

Bulletin  from  Japan   197 

Conference  of  Student  Federation   199 

Garden  Party  at  Port  Arthur   201 

Joy  of  Answered  Prayer   203 

New  Church  at  Kamibun   204 

The  Tie  that  Binds   205 

Entrance  of  the  Word   209 

Letters  from  41,  62,  90,  810,  246,  858 

Notes  on  36,  98,  136,  150,  197,  245,  246 

Johnson,  Mbs.  Herrick   283 

Korea — Women  Missionaries   347 

Ancient  Grave  at  Tang-Hu— Verse   247 

Growing  Work  in  Fusan  Field   247 

Commencement  Season  at  Pyeng  Yang   249 

Educational  Stirring  in  Pyeng  Yang  Province   249 

Two  Phases  at  Chai  Ryong   250 

Is  It  an  Echo  Koreanized  ?   251 

Women's  Classes,  Syen  Chun   251 

Korean  Women  at  Chong  Ju   852 

One  Class  at  Pyeng  Yang   252 

Royal  Wedding  at  Seoul   253 

Growth  at  Taiku   255 

Building  at  Taiku   255 

Experiences  of  a  Young  Missionary   255 

Count  Ito  Quoted   256 

Syen  Chun  Magistrate   256 

Letters  from  89,  114,  161,  162,  211,  257,  258,  259,  281 

Notes  on  2,  25,  50,  73,  97,  98,  245,  246,  269 

Mexico — Women  Missionaries   127 

A  New  Law  in  Mexico   9 

Graduation  of  Theological  Students   130 

Five  Congregations   130 

Trip  in  Guerrero  State   160 

Mexico  Slides   191 

Letters  from  137,  859 

Notes  on   125 

Missionaries  Taken  Houe  in  1906   3 

Over  Sea  and  Land  116,  239 

Persia — Women  Missionaries   333 

In  a  Persian  Town   11 

Two  Specimens  from  Resht  School   13 

West  Persia  in  Revolution   323 

What  the  Kurd  Said— Verse   385 

Reminiscences  of  Twenty-five  Years  in  Hamadan.  226 

Moslem  Lady's  Letter  to  the  Newspaper   229 


PAGE 

Tour  of  Eighty  Days   230 

Hamadan  Events  of  the  Year   232 

Fiske  Seminary  Note   333 

Four  Months  in  Kermanshah,  1907    234 

The  Way  an  Evangelist  Preaches   280 

Letters  from  335,  836 

Notes  on  2,  85,  50,  150,  173,  174,  821,  332,  270 

Philippinb  Islands — Women  Missionaries   151 

Resume  of  Presbyterian  Mission   155 

After-Furlough  Duties   155 

Educational  Branch   157 

Letters  from  IGO,  188 

Notes  on  1,  2,  149,  269 

Precaution,  A   239 

Siam  and  Laos— Women  Missionaries   99 

Only  Siamese  Woman's  Club   99 

Annual  Meeting  of  Laos  Mission   100 

Mission  Press  Notes   99,  lOl 

Five  Years'  Progress  at  Chieng  Rai   102 

Bazaar  Chapels   108 

Laos  Schools   104 

Buddhist  Festival   105 

Medical  Chapter   106 

Consequences  of  a  Handicap   107 

Harriet  House  School,  Bangkok   108 

A  Nan  Grandmother   HQ 

Sphere  of  One  Missionary  Wife   110 

Laos  Woman's  Adopted  Daughter   Ill 

Letters  from  17,  42,  112,  187,  213,  237,  281 

Notes  on  1,  98,  126,  173,  270 

Societies,  New  95,  169,  194 

Song,  A  Gospel  191,  240 

South  America — Women  Missionaries   127 

The.Missionary  in  Central  Brazil   137 

Annual  Carnival  in  Colombia   132 

From  Quebec^to  Valparaiso  in  Fifty-seven  Days  . .  133 

St.  John  of  the  Paraguassti,  Brazil   135 

The  Pocahontas  of  Brazil   136 

Notes  on  Buenos  Ayres  and  Rio  Janeiro   136 

New  and  Important  from  Brazil   182 

Letters  from  Venezuela,  Colombia,  Chili..  .16,  137,  138 

Notes  on  Brazil  85,869.     Colombia  126,  870 

Notes  on  Chili  lag,  846 

Story  op  Georoe's  Silver  Dollar   284 

Suggestions  65,  116,  190,  839 

Sumatra  Missions,  Note   115 

Summer  Schools  91, 164,  815,  838 

Synodical  Meetings   286 

Syria— Women  Missionaries   871 

Homegoing  of  Rev.  Wm.  K.  Eddy,  The   3 

An  Eventful  Month  at  Zahleh   177 

Ramapo  Hall  and  Meeting  of  Presbyt'y,  near  Sidon,  271 

Girls'  School,  Beirflt   273 

Visitor's  Notes  on  Hamath  and  Tripoli   274 

Communion  in  a  Lebanon  Village   275 

Palestine  Preface  and  Story  of  Robbers   875 

A  Teachers' Observations   278 

Seen  in  Egypt   278 

Moslem  Wedding  in  Beirut   279 

Letters  from  17,  113,  281 

Notes  on  25,  125,  174.  270 

Thy  Kingdom  Come— Verse   151 

Twilight  Time,  At— Verse   260 

Treasurers'  Reports  23,  46,  69,  95,  119,  144,  169, 

195,  219,  244,  267,  291 

United  Study  op  Missions  ; 

Lessons  18,  43,  64,  214,  338,  260,  283 

Text-books  Announced   91 

United  Study  in  a  Suburban  Town   115 

How  to  Use  Gloria  Chrisli   238 

Warning,  A   239 

"  Whereas  Thou  Hast  Prayed  "—Verse   284 


WOMAN'S  WORK 


Vol.  XXII.  FEBRUARY,  1907.  No.  2. 


Last  month  ten  names  were  presented 
of  missionaries  who  departed  this  Hfe  in 
1906  and  it  seemed  a  large  harvest  for 
death  to  reap  in  one  year,  but  three  more 
names  must  now  be  added  to  that  hst. 
Seoul  Station,  Korea,  is  weakened  by  the 
loss  of  Rev.  S.  F.  Moore,  and  his  wife 
and  children  peculiarly  deserve  tender 
sympathy  from  the  Church  at  home. 

Four  daysapart,  during  thefirst  week 
in  December,  two  missionaries  were  ten- 
derly laid  in  their  last  resting  place  in 
the  same  California  city.  Miss  Scott 
grew  up  in  the  State  and  had  friends  at 
San  Jose.  She  left  a  remunerative  posi- 
tion and  established  reputation  when  she 
went  to  Brazil  in  1891.  Her  fine  dignity 
of  manner  and  fluent  Portuguese,  her 
standardsof  order,  womanlinessand  con- 
secration have  left  their  mark  on  San 
Paulo  School.  A  j'ear  ago,  she  came 
home  to  die.  Miss  Bissell  was  a  stranger 
in  San  Jose,  but  she  found  mothers  and 
sisters  and  brothers  who  appreciated  her 
amiability  and  gentle  patience.  They 
supplied  nursing  and  comforts,  they  sang 
"Asleep  in  Jesus"  beside  her  casket, 
two  missionary  societies  covered  it  with 
flowers,  and  Rev.  T.  A.  Mifls  conducted 
a  S3'mpatheti(',  funeral  service.  Miss  Bis- 
sell was  a  sufferer  from  the  climate  dui'- 
ing  her  entire  short  term  in  Siam. 

A  GENEROUslayman,readinghis  wife's 
Woman's  Work  last  month,  so  much 
appreciated  Mrs.  Woods'  article  that  he 
celebrated  New  Year's  Day  by  sending 
a  thousand  dollars  to  the  Board  of  For- 
eign Missions  for  girls'  schools  around 
Canton. 

A  CLASSMATE  of  Wm.  K.  Eddy,  see- 
ing the  beautiful  account  of  his  death 
written  by  Dr.  Jessup,  sent  his  check 
for  fiftj"  copies  of  January  Woman's 
Work  which  he  wished  to  distribute  him- 
self amongthemenof  Princeton,  "1875." 

Doubly  bereaved  is  Mrs.  Wm.  K.  Ed- 
dy by  the  death  of  her  honored  father, 
Rev.  Henrj*  A.  Nelson,  D.D.,  which  has 


closely  followed  that  of  her  husband.  She 

and  her  sons  are  spending  the  winter  in 
her  brother's  family  at  Tripoli  and  it  is, 
just  at  this  time,  especiallj'  sad  that  the 
physician  orders  Dr.  Wni.  S.  Nelson  to 
Eg3'pt  for  his  health.  Tripoli,  Syria, 
is  the  sufiicient  and  proper  address  for 
all  letters  to  this  mission  station. 

Traveling  across  Korea,  Mrs.  Isa- 
bella Bird  Bishop  once  addressed  a  letter 
to  Dr.  EUinwood  urging  reasons  why  the 
Mission  ought  at  thattimeto  bestrength- 
ened — and  it  was  done.  Dr.  Arthur 
Brown  is  now  the  recipient  of  an  even 
stronger  letter  from  Wm.  T.  Ellis,  a 
journalist  of  high  standing,  who  under 
date  of  Nov.  11, 1906,  warns  the  friends 
of  missions  of  the  exigency  of  the  pres- 
ent, and  passing,  moment  in  Korea.  He 
says : 

"The  whole  country  is  fruit  ripe  for  the 
picking.  Leaders  are  openly  declaring  that  in 
Christianity  alone  is  to  be  found  political  and 
social  salvation  for  the  nation.  In  their  ex- 
tremity the  Koreans  are  ready  to  turn  to  the 
living  God.  It  may  not  be  so  two  years  hence. 
If  the  Christian  Church  has  any  conception  of 
strategy,  any  appreciation  of  an  opportunity 
and  any  sense  of  relative  values,  she  will  act- 
nob  next  year,  but  now!  Within  six  months 
there  should  be  one  hundred  new  missionaries 
scattered  over  Korea,  and  let  them  be  men  and 
women  of  the  roj'al  breed  now  on  the  field." 

Godgrant  that  this  influential  voicefrom 
Korea  may  be  heard  throughout  the 
Church.  Missionaries  Moffett,  Gale  and 
Barrett  are  now  on  furlough,  and  either 
of  them  is  able  to  fully  state  the  facts 
\\  hich  prompt  Mr.  Ellis'  words. 

The  death  of  the  Shah  and  the  acces- 
sion of  'Mohammed  Ali  Mirza  to  the 
throneof  Persiaisan  event  long  expected 
and  one  to  which  no  friend  of  missions 
can  be  indifferent.  The  new  Shah  is 
thirty-four  yearsoldand  his  title,  "Shah- 
in-Shah  "  or  King  of  Kings,  has  come 
down  through  a  thousand  years. 

Anoteworthy  house  of  worship  was 
lately  dedicated  by  the  American  Board 
Mission  in  Bombay.  Presidency.  It  is  at 
Ahmednagar,  and  for  a  church  whose 


26  EDITORIAL  NOTES. 


membership  is  nearly  one  thousand.  The 
cost  of  building  and  land  in  a  central  lo- 
cation, $25,000,  was  defrayed  outside  of 
the  Board ;  the  seating  capacity  is  1 , 200 ; 
on  the  front  exterior  wall  hangs  a  notice 
in  Marathi  and  English :  "  This  is  God's 
house.  Every  one  is  invited  to  come  in 
and  worship."  But  what  stamps  this 
new  church  as  remarkable  is  its  striking 
Indian  architecture;  fiat  roof,  dome, 
arches,  are  pure  Indian.  In  the  days  of 
our  ignorance  we  used  to  build  churches 
in  Asia  which  looked  as  if  they  came  out 
of  an  American  village,  but  we  have  been 
learning  to  accommodate  architecture  to 
the  eyes  of  people  to  whom  we  wish 
the  hovise  of  prayer  should  look  friendly. 

A  LETTER  just  received  from  Ratna- 
giri,  W.  India,  reports  the  revival  work 
of  last  year  "  deepened  and  broadened." 
«  MissMinorwrites :  "Ourchurchhascome 
out  into  a  larger  place ;  rubbish  has  been 
cleared  away  and  God  is  establishing 
His  people.  Sin  committed  now  cannot 
remain  hid." 

Graham  Cottage,  a  dormitory  of  the 
Joshi  Gakuin,  Tokyo,  was  burned  to 
the  ground  Dec.  10;  cause  unknown. 
The  new  building  which  is  nearing  com- 
pletion was  not  injured. 

Four  years  ago.  Dr.  Wm  M.  Hayes 
resigned  his  position  in  the  provincial 
college,  at  Tsinanfu,  because  worship  of 
Confucius  was  required  of  Christian  stu- 
dents. The  world  is  now  informed  that 
an  imperial  edict  published  at  Peking, 
Dec.  31,  raises  Confucius  to  the  same 
rank  as  Heaven  and  the  Earth,  which 
are  worshiped  by  the  Emperor  alone. 
Therefore,  neither  Christian  nor  other 
students  nor  anybody  else  need  kowtow 
before  the  tablet  of  the  Sage.  In  fact 
it  is  of  no  use;  Confucius  is  now  too 
high  up!  Is  not  Chinese  inventiveness 
sublime  ? 

Rev.  T.  N.  Thompson,  of  Chining- 
chow,  writes:  "Yuan  Shih  K'ai  says 
that  he  will  guarantee  to  get  Chihli 
Province  ready  for  popular  elections  in 
ten  years ;  86,000  pupils  in  that  province 
are  now  in  free  schools." 

Reporting  for  Paotingfu,  Rev.  J. 
Walter  Lowrie  says  that  last  year  was 
"marked  by  one  of  the  direst  manifes- 
tations of  the  power  of  sin,  breaking  out 
at  one  time  in  almost  every  department 
of  the  work,  that  men  of  twenty  years' 


[Feb., 

experience  had  ever  seen ;"  but  through 
the  failures  of  some,  "the  consciences 
of  all  were  aroused." 

A  CHANGE  in  orthography  is  required 
by  German  Post  Office  usage  in  Shan- 
tung; "  Chinanfu  "  no  longer,  but  Tsi- 
nanfu from  this  date  forward. 

A  FLOCK  of  "  *'s  "  in  the  missionaries 
list  indicates  the  adoption  of  a  station 
bj'  an  individual  church,  as  Hwai  Yuen 
group  by  Central  Church,  and  Shuntefu 
by  Fifth  Avenue  Church,  New  York. 
A  new  group  of  stars  appears,  and  is  ac- 
counted for,  this  month. 

The  little  American  colony  at  Hwai 
Yuen  must  be  overflowing  with  joy,  for 
Rev.  James  and  Dr.  Samuel  Cochran 
have  welcomed  their  mother  and  sister 
as  visitors  for  the  winter.  Few  travel- 
ers penetrate  sofar  inland  as  Hwai  Yuen, 
one  hundred  miles  northwest  from  Nan- 
king, and  still  fewer  know  so  well  how 
to  estimate  what  they  see. 

Shuntefu  Station:  Occupied  1904, 
the  late  Dr.  Whiting  leader;  1905,  sec- 
ond mission  residence  and  women's  dis- 
pensary built;  1906,  chapel,  men's  hos- 
pital and  ladies'  hou«e  erected,  all  three 
buildings  the  generous  gift  of  Mrs.  Hugh 
O'Neill  and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Chas.  F, 
Darlington.  After  thirteen  years' experi- 
ence at  Paotingfu,  Rev.  J.  Albert  Miller 
is  transferred  to  the  young  station,  and 
this  removes  Mrs.  Miller  from  her  wise 
gospel  work  in  Hodge  Memorial  Hospi- 
tal, and  also  "the  life  of  our  compound," 
the  four  Miller  boys. 

For  Hodge  Memorial  Hospital,  Pao- 
tingfu, Dr.  Maud  Mackey  reports : 

Clinic  attendance   7,982 

In-patients  (20  to  80  all  the  time)  . . .  244 

Seen  in  their  homes   82 

Surgical  operations  (chiefly  by  Dr. 

Chas.  Lewis)   46 

Operations  by  Dr.  Lewis  in  Taylor 

Hospital  325  in  ten  months 

Patients  at  Ichowfu  Woman's  Hos- 
pital fell  off  about  two-thirds,  in  the  ab- 
sence of  Dr.  Fleming. 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  BOYS  in  the  Christian  Col- 
lege, Canton,  have  started  an  educa- 
tional work  in  surrounding  villages, 
through  Sunday  afternoon  visitation. 
Results :  A  desire  created  among  ^dllage 
teachers  to  improve  their  methods;  en 
student  volunteers  instructing  themj 
a  fund  to  buy  supplies. 


1907.] 


27 


Our  Missionaries  in  China 

EXCLUSIVE  OF  HAINAN— AND  POST  OFFICE  ADDRESSES. 
Tengchow  via  Cfiefoo,  Hunan  ria  Hankow,  Hwai  Yuen  via  Nanking,  Shuntefu  via  Peking. 
Always  safe  to  write:  Amej-ican  Pi-esbyterian  Mission. 


Mrs.  J.  J.  Bosks,  M.D.,  Canton. 

Miss  E.  M.  Butler, 

Miss  Elizabeth  A.  Churchill, 

Miss  Lucy  Durliani, 

Mrs.Rees  F  Edwards  (Lien-cliou)," 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Fi.-her  (Shek  Lung),  •' 

Mrs.  A.  A.  Fulton,  " 

Dr.  Mary  H  Fulton, 

Mrs.  John  G.  Kerr,  " 

Miss  Harriet  Lewis,  " 

Dr.  Isabella  L.  Mack, 

Dr.  Mary  \V.  Niles,  " 

Miss  Harriet  Noyis,  " 

Mrs.  H.  V.  Noyes,  " 

Miss  E.  G.  Patterson  (Lien-chou),  " 

Miss  Nellie  L.  Read,  " 

Miss  Margaret  Strathie,  " 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Swan,  " 

Mrs.G.W.  Marshall  (Yeung  Kong)," 

Miss  Vella  M.  Wilco.v,     "  " 

Miss  Emma  Kolfrat,  Siangtan,  Hunan. 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Lingle, 

Mrs.  Gilbert  Lovell, 

Mrs.  E.  D.  Vanderburgh,  " 

Miss  Mary  G.  Veniible.     "  " 

Mrs.  David  E.  Crabb,  Hengchow,  " 

Mrs.  Geo.  L.  Gelwicks,  " 

Mrs.  \Vm.  E.  Robertson,  "  " 

Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Derr,  C'henchow,  " 

Mrs.  U'm.  T.  Locke, 

Mrs.  Tlios.  W.  Mitchell,  " 

Miss  Edith  C.  Dickie,  Ningpo. 

Miss  Margaret  B.  Duncan, 

Miss  Annie  R.  Jlorton, 

Miss  Manuella  D.  Morton,  " 

Miss  L.  M.  Rollestone, 

Mrs.J.  E.  Shoeniaker,Yu-Yiao, ria  " 

Mrs.  Harrison  K.  Wright,  " 

MisB  Mary  E.  C'osdal,  Shanghai. 

Mrs.  Geo.  F.  Fitch, 

Mrs.  J.  M.  W.  Farnham, 

Miss  Elfrida  Lindholra,  " 


*Mrs.  Gilbert  Mcintosh, 
Miss  Mary  A.  Posey, 
Miss  Kniina  Silver. 
Mrs.  Frank  W.  Bible, 
Mrs.  Clarence  D.  Herriott, 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Judson, 
Mrs.  M.  E.  Lyon, 
Miss  Lois  D.  Lyon, 
Mrs.  E.  L.  Mattox, 
Miss  .Juniata  Rickctts, 
Dr.  Frances  F.  Cattell, 
Mrs.  O.  C.  Crawford, 
Dr.  Mary  E.  Fitch, 
Mrs.  J.  N.  Hayes, 
Miss  Mary  Lattimore, 
Miss  Ellen  E.  Dresser, 
Mrs.  W.  J.  Drummond, 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Garritt, 
Miss  Jane  A.  Hyde, 
Mrs.  John  R.  Jones, 
Mrs.  ('has.  Leaman, 
Miss  Mary  A.  Leaman, 
Miss  Grace  M  Lucas, 
*Mrs.  Jas.  H.  Cochran, 
*Mrs.  Samuel  Cochran, 
*Miss  Rose  Lobenstine, 
*Miss  Alice  Carter, 
Mrs.  A.  M.  Cunningham, 
Mrs.  Courtenay  H.  Fenn, 
Mrs.  Erving  L.  Johnson, 
Dr.  Eliza  E.  Leonard, 
Miss  Bessie  C.  McCoy, 
Miss  Janet  McKillican, 
Mrs.  J.  L.  Whiting, 
Miss  Annie  II.  (Jowans, 
Mrs.  Charles  Lewis, 
Dr.  Elizabeth  F.  Lewis, 
Mrs.  Amelia  P.  Lowrie, 
Dr.  Maud  A.  Mackey, 
Mrs.  Wm.  A.  Mather, 
Miss  Grace  Newton, 


Shuntefu. 


Shanghai.    *.Mrs.  GuyW.  Hamilton, 
"         *Mrs.  Kdwin  Hawley, 
*Miss  1-Jmnia  Hicks, 
*Dr.  Liiuise  11.  Keator, 
*Mrs.  J.  A.  Miller, 
Mrs.  J.  P.  Irwin, 
Mrs.  W.  F.  Seymour, 
Miss  Mary  A.  Snodgrass, 
Mrs.  Calvin  Wight, 
Mrs.  Wm.  C.  Booth, 
Miss  H.  G.  Corbett, 
Mrs.  Geo.  Cornwell, 
Mrs.  W.  O.  Elterich, 
*Mrs.  Chas.  R.  Mills, 
Mrs.  J.  L.  Nevius, 
Mrs.  L.  J.  Davies, 
Mrs.  Chas.  E.  Scott, 
Miss  Louise  Vaughan, 
Miss  Emma  H.  Boehne, 
Mrs.  W.  B.  Hamilton, 
Miss  Mabel  B.  Mennie, 
Dr.  Caroline  .S.  Merwin, 
Mrs.  Jas.  B.  Neal, 
Mrs.  Watson  M.  Hayes, 
Mrs.  Paul  Bergen, 
Dr.  Margaret  II.  Bvnon, 
Mrs.  Frank  H  Chalfant, 
Mrs.  M.  M.  Crossette, 
"         Miss  Margareta  Franz, 
"        Miss  Charlotte  E.  Hawes, 
"        Mrs.  Robt.  Mateer,  M.D., 
"         Mrs.  C.  W.  Mateer, 
Mrs.  Chas.  K.  Roys, 
"        Dr.  Emma  E.  Fleming, 
Paotingfu.   Mrs.  Frederick  Fonts, 
Mrs.  Paul  P.  Faris, 
"         *Miss  Margaret  Faris,  " 
"         *Mrs.  Wm.  Clement  Isett,  " 
"        *  Mrs.  Carroll  H.  Y'erkes,  " 
"        Mrs.  Chas.  Lyon,  Tsiningchow, 
'■        Mrs.  Henry  G.  Romig, 

*Mrs.  Wallace  S.  Faris,  I-hsien 


Hangchow. 


Soochow. 


Nanking 


Hwai-yuen. 


Peking 


Tengchow. 


Chefoo. 


Tsingtau. 


Tsinanfu. 


Chingchowfu. 
Wei-hsien. 


Ichowfu. 


In  Ih-K  rouiitn/  :  Mrs.  Andrew  Beattie,  Santa  Clara,  Cal.;  Dr.  Mary  Bnrnham,  5  Hidalgo  St.,  Monterey,  Mexico:  Dr. 
Effie  B.  Cooper,  Goshen.  Ind  :  Mrs.  Hunter  Corbett,  Wooster,  C:  Mrs.  W.  H.  Uobson,  Washington,  D.  C;  *Mrs.  C.  W. 
Douglass.  15:1  College  Ave.,  Topeka,  Kans.:  Mrs  J.  Ashley  Fitch.  Bedford,  Iowa.  R.  D.  4;  Airs.  R.  F.  Fitch,  Tyrone,  Pa  ; 
Mrs.'C.  F.  Johnson,  Douglas,  Wyomin-.-;  Mrs.  C.  A  Killie,  174  West  96tli  .St.,  New  York;  *Mra.  A.  R.  Kepler,  e65  Lans- 
do«ne  Ave.,  Phila.,  Pa.:  *Mrs.  E.  C.  Lobenstine.  245Cent.  Park  W.,  New  York:  Mrs.  H.  W.  Luce,  Scranton,  Pa.:  Mrs. 
J.  A.  Silsby,  Maryville.  Tenn.:  Mrs.  T.  N.  Thompson,  Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y.;  Mrs.  Alex.  Waite,  M.D.,  Reynoldsville, 
Pa.;  *Mrs.  Jas.  Waite,  Heynoldsville.  Pa  ;  Mrs.  Mason  Wells,  Northeast,  Pa.;  *Mrs.  John  Wherry,  Claremont,  C.al.; 
Miss  Antoinette  Moomau,  515  East  2d  St..  Santa  Ana,  Cal. 

In  :  Mrs  John  E.Williams  of  Nanking.at  Tokyo  for  the  winter.  *Not  in  formal  connection  w  ith  Women's  Boiirds. 

For  information  concerning  other  Societies  working  in  this  field  consult  Dr.  Dennis'  Centennial  Hurveij  and  Beach's 
Atlas  of  Protestant  Missions. 

The  Chinese  Minister's  Opinion. 


Of  all  recent  momentous  changes  in 
China,  none  is  more  radical  than  the 
new  education  for  girls.  Until  within 
three  years,  not  a  school  for  them  ex- 
isted at  public  expense.  To-day  there  is 
a  surprising  number  in  Chihli  Province, 
all  the  provinces  are  following  the  exam- 
ple and,  to  each,  one  so-called  "  Normal 
School"  has  been  decreed.  From  now  on, 
the  Chinese  girl  is  bound  to  be  educated. 

With  evidence  of  this  tremendous  fact 
flowing  in  upon  us  from  all  sides,  the 
friends  of  China  are  asking  how  they  can 
give  a  push  to  this  noble  movement.  The 
question  is  raised  in  America,  whether 
our  Women's  Colleges  should  not  endow 
scholarshipsfor  Chinese  girls  and  Welles- 
ley  College  has  led  off  by  founding  three 
scholarships.  Those  who  are  always  con- 


tributing most  to  the  welfareof  China  are 
likely  to  consider  this  scheme  thought- 
fully, before  thej'  commit  themselves  to 
its  support.  For  whoever  of  us  has  lived 
in  Oriental  countries  and  taught  and 
loved  Oriental  girls,  and  those  also  who, 
through  channels  of  missionary  infor- 
mation, are  in  touch  with  them,  have 
learned  to  be  cautious  about  suddenly 
transporting  a  daughter  of  the  Orient  to 
the  environment  of  the  West.  A  prema- 
ture transference  has  often  spoiled  Ori- 
ental young  men  and,  in  the  case  of 
young  Avomen,  the  danger  is  as  many 
times  greater  as  their  home  conditions 
are  more  limited  and  secluded.  There 
is  a  record  of  unhappy  experiments  in 
the  past.  The  Japanese  Government 
sent  several  girls  to  America  for  train- 


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THE  CHINESE  MINISTER'S  OPINION. 


[Feb., 


ing,  but  only  the  youngest  one  turned 
out  a  success,  fulfilling  her  contract  and 
developing  into  a  useful  woman.  The 
Siamese  Government  sent  four  girls  to 
be  educated  in  England,  but  the  polish 
which  they  acquired  only  the  more 
swiftly  dragged  three  of  the  four  down 
to  a  life  of  degradation.  As  to  the  de- 
sirableness of  bringing  Chinese  girls  to 
America,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  be  able  to 
present  the  opinion  of  a  man  so  distin- 
guished and  liberal  minded  as  the  pres- 
ent Minister  from  China  to  the  United 
States  of  America. 

Sir  Chentung  Liang  studied  in  this 
country  in  his  boyhood,  as  both  his  use 
of  English  and  his  manner  with  Amer- 
icans would  indicate.  He  impresses  those 
who  meet  him  as  a  man  of  honest  pur- 
pose, simple,  affable,  and  unexpectedly 
democratic  in  his  ways.  I  propose  to 
share  with  the  constituency  of  Woman's 
Work  what  I  heard  Sir  Liang  say, 
upon  our  subject,  one  day  last  summer. 

As  the  little  refreshment  tables  were 
surrounded  at  a  select  reception  in  a 
Massachusetts  town,  Sir  Liang  kindly 
rose  and,  for  the  benefit  of  the  company 
present,  answered  this,  among  other 
questions :  "  Do  you  approve  of  girls  be- 
ing sent  herefrom  China  for  education  ?" 

Sir  Liang  began  by  reporting  a  con- 
versation he  had  several  years  ago  with 
the  Empress-Dowager.  She  did  not  like 
the  suggestion  of  girls  being  educated. 
"  The  old  education  was:  to  write  one's 
name,*  needlework,  raising  silkworms 
and  weaving  silk."  These  things  she 
considered  enough  for  a  girl  to  know. 
The  Minister  told  us  that  he  had  thought 
the  occasion  was  a  chance  which  he 
"ought  not  to  miss  "  of  dropping  a  word 
in  behalf  of  modern  ideas,  so  with  true 
Chinese  diplomacy  he  rephed  to  the 
Empress:  "  Thousands  of  us  have  been 
fortunate  in  having  the  influence  of  a 
woman  of  such  education  as  yourself !  " 
She  smiled,  for  "there  was  no  answer- 
ing that."  Sir  Liang  expressed  himself 
as  favoring  nothing  beyond  a  few  of 
those  "who  have  studied  at  home  (in 
China)  for  several  years  "  coming  here 
to  "finish  off."  "//  all  girls  were  well 
balanced ;  if  they  would  learn  only  the 
best  things  in  America;  if  after  they 
returned  home  they  would  be  always 
patient  and  always  realize  that  society 

*  Omitted  by  the  masses. 


and  a  nation  cannot  move  as  quickly  as 
one  family  or  one  person  can  move  " — 
it  might  do  to  bring  them  here.  But 
their  homes  and  society  around  them 
being  as  they  are,  "Chinese  girls  are  not 
ready  for  introduction  to  the  American 
woman's  life."  The  liberty  open  to  girls 
here  would  make  them  "discontented 
and  unhappy "  when  they  returned 
home.  "Why,"  said  Sir  Liang,  "after 
I  have  been  away  from  China  for  a  good 
while,  it  takes  me  six  months  to  settle 
down." 

On  another  occasion,  having  a  private 
opportunity,  I  asked  Sir  Liang  who 
would  teach  the  public  schools  for  girls 
in  China.  "  Men  trained  in  Japan,"  he 
answered,  "  and  many  girls  taught  in 
mission  schools  are  able  to  teach."  Be- 
fore parting,  I  pressed  the  inquiry 
whether  girls  trained  in  American  mis- 
sion schools,  "  especially  those  promoted 
to  be  teachers  and  selected  b}- their  teach- 
ers," might  be  suitable  candidates  for 
scholarships  in  America.  To  this  he  as- 
sented, with  the  remark  that  such  wo- 
men might  be  "old  enough  and  have 
acquired  sufficient  character"  to  warrant 
their  coming.  Sir  Liang  is  a  Cantonese. 
I  much  admired  the  sensible  and  con- 
servative view  taken  by  a  truly  pro- 
gressive Chinese  gentleman. 

We  may  conclude,  I  think,  that  while 
a  few  scholarships  here  and  there — like 
those  at  Wellesley — are  a  good  thing, 
the  best  way  on  the  whole  to  help  Chi- 
nese girls  is  to  help  them  in  China.  The 
best  method  is  to  strengthen  one  ad- 
vanced school  in  each  mission,  as  the 
Union  College  at  Peking  and  the  Anglo- 
Chinese  school  at  Ningpo.  Last  mouth, 
Mrs.  Andrew  H.  Woods  of  Canton 
showed  us  plainlj'  the  need  of  a  modern 
training-school  for  teachers  in  that  sec- 
tion. Four  Chinese  girls  of  marked  abil- 
ity and  character  are  now  taking  the 
course  in  Canton  Christian  College. 
Forty  such  students  Avould  be  a  fine  out- 
look for  coming  demands  in  Canton  field. 
A  modern  training-school  for  them,  in 
Canton,  would  be  a  noble  enterprise. 
Why  not  have  it  ?  Scores  of  rich  private 
schools  in  America  might  help  to  create 
it.  The  University  of  Pennsylvania  is 
developing  a  medical  college  and  has 
two  men  on  the  ground.  Would  it  not 
be  delightful,  and  natural,  for  Bryn 
Mawr,  Mrs.  Woods'  own  College,  to  line 


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29 


up  beside  the  University  and  found  a 
high-grade  school  for  training  teachers  ? 
These  new  public  schools  for  girls  will 
never  be  on  a  safe  basis  so  long  as 
the  teachers  are  Chinese  men  "with 
slimmest  ideas  of  Western  education  " 
or  non-Christian   Japanese    men,  as 


they  are  in  parts  of  the  Empire.  On 
the  one  hand,  teachers  untrained  in 
modern  methods  will  not  be  acceptable; 
on  the  other,  sweet  and  rich  results 
in  womanly  character  will  never  be 
reached  until  women  teachers  are  forth- 
coming. 


MAKY  H.  PERKINS  MEMORIAL,  CANTON,  CHINA. 
The  Bouth  end  of  David  Gregg  HoBpital  lor  Women  is  seen  on  our  right. 

The  Mary  H*  Perkins  Memorial  at  Canton^ 

Erected  to  the  memory  of  one  of  the  Founders  of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society, 
Philadelphia,  by  Julia  Mather  Turner,  fourteen  years  president  of  the  Society. 

Six  years  ago,  a  section  of  the  western  suburb  of  Canton  began  to  be  reclaimed  from  Chinese 
filth  and  heathenism,  and  now  "Lafayette  Compound"  blossoms  as  the  rose.  A  church, 
hospital,  medical  college  for  women  and  lecture  hall  have  been  followed  by  the  Memorial 
Buildmg,  the  culmination  of  the  group,  at  a  cost  of  about  $10,000.  It  stands  on  the  old  site 
of  an  unsanitary  military  camp,  was  designed  by  English  architects,  built  of  brick,  on  three 
sides  of  a  square,  and  "  looks  as  if  it  might  stand  forever."  The  building  is  three  stories 
high,  divided  into  three  sections:  south  end,  the  children's  sunny  wards  with  playroom  on 
ground  floor;  training  school  for  nurses  in  the  center;  north  section,  maternity  wards.  The 
Memorial  was  opened  to  the  public,  Jan.  10,  1906,  in  connection  with  College  Commence- 
ment.   Diplomas  were  given  to  three  graduates  in  medicine  and  one  nurse. 

Dr.  Mary  H.  Fulton,  assisted  by  Dr.  Isabella  L.  Mack,  a  corps  of  teachers  and  hospital  staff, 
is  in  charge  of  the  medical  plant.  Miss  Margaret  Strathie  is  instructor  in  the  training  school. 
— Editor. 


At  the  opening  of  the  Memorial  Build- 
ing, Theodore  Cuyler  Church  was  filled 
with  a  fine  audience  and  the  Viceroy 
sent  a  representative  who  kindly  made 
a  speech  which  seemed  to  please  every 
one.  All  the  time  the  Mary  H.  Perkins 
Memorial  Building  was  going  up,  we 
spoke  of  it  always  as  "  Solomon's  Tem- 
ple."   In  the  course  of  its  erection  no 


accident  occurred  and  there  was  no  de- 
lay. The  lack  of  noise  was  simply  as- 
tonishing. The  speed  of  the  builders 
and  the  quiet  were  a  wonder  to  those 
of  us  who,  for  the  past  five  years  of 
church  and  hospital  erecting,  were  ac- 
customed to  a  never-ceasing  flow  of  in- 
decent talk  and  loud,  rough  Chinese 
voices. 


30        THE  MARY  H.  PERKINS  MEMORIAL  AT  CANTON.  [Feb., 


The  building  would  adorn  any  mod- 
ern city  in  any  country.  It  is  the  finest 
thus  far  in  Canton.  On  the  ground 
floor  in  the  center  are  three  connecting 
rooms,  and  on  the  wall  at  one  end  of  this 
suite,  there  hangs  a  large  photograph  of 
the  friend  of  Mrs.  Perkins  who  has  per- 
petuated her  memory  by  the  gift  of  this 
entire  building  and  grounds.  At  the 
opposite  extreme  end,  hangs  Mrs.  Per- 
kins' picture.  Hundreds  of  foreigners 
and  Chinese  have  looked  upon  them. 


LECTURE  HALL   OF   HAOKETT    MEDICAL   COLLEGE,   FOR  WOMEN, 

CANTON. 

Five  out  of  twenty  applicants  were  admitted  to  the  college  last  year.   A  section 
of  Theodore  Cuyler  Church  appears  on  the  right.    This  Hall,  Memorial 
Building  and  Hospital  grounds  are  lighted  by  electricity,  through 
the  kindness  of  a  traveler,  a  Boston  lady. 

Best  of  all,  this  gift  was  made  at  the 
very  best  time  to  make  it.  It  did  much 
to  lessen  here  the  bitter  boycott  feeling 
towards  America. 

The  floors,  except  the  ground  floor, 
are  of  wood.  All  the  doors  are  glass  and 
open  out  upon  a  verandah.  There  are 
two  principal  exits  by  flights  of  stairs. 
In  case  of  necessity,  every  patient  in  any 
room  can  instantly  step  out  on  a  veran- 
dah, on  any  side  of  the  building.  I  have 
a  horror  of  fire  in  this  great  metropolis. 
There  is  now  a  company  formed  for  sup- 
plying the  city  with  mountain  water 
and,  fortunately  for  us,  ours  is  almost 
the  first  place  to  be  supplied  as  we  are 
in  the  western  suburb,  nearest  themoun- 
tain  springs.   It  will  probably  be  a  year 


before  the  company  even  begins,  but  it 
is  something  to  be  thankful  for  that  such 
a  supply  is  contemplated.  At  present 
all  our  water  must  be  carried  up  and 
down  stairs  in  large  wooden  pails.  Noth- 
ing worries  me  so  much  as  the  immense 
gambling  sheds,  only  a  few  feet  from 
our  wall.  We  have  all  petitioned  that 
they  be  removed  and  are  always  assured 
that  "very  soon  they  will  be  taken 
away."  But  it  is  now  over  a  year  since 
this  promise  was  first  given,  and  this 
week  an  additional  shed 
is  going  up  right  in  front 
of  our  college.  Should  a 
fire  break  out  in  these 
gambling  places,  I  fear 
we  would  be  doomed.  I 
mention  this  place  that 
your  prayers  may  unite 
with  ours. 

After  College  Com- 
mencement, I  tried  to  get 
the  grounds  in  order  and 
the  servants'  quarters 
built.    The  latter  were 
put  up  at  an  expense  of 
several  hundred  dollars. 
I  wanted  all  the  money 
sent,  to  go  into  the  actual 
building  itself.   It  is  try- 
ing, when  we  build  in 
this  country,  to  have  to 
use  so  much  money  for 
long,  high  brick  walls 
and   the  necessary 
kitchen,  bathrooms  and 
sleeping  places  for  ser- 
vants.   I  hope  to  per- 
suade the  Chinese  to  give 
us  money  for  a  house  for  my  good 
working  people.  The  grounds  are  now, 
for  the  first  time,  beginning  to  appear 
less  like  a  field  of  mud.    A  good  gate- 
keeper spends  all  his  spare  time  in  get- 
ting the  walks  laid  down  and  things 
ready  to  plant.    When  all  is  done  it  will 
be  beautiful.    I  am  sure  that  Mrs.  Per- 
kins, as  she  looks  now  upon  this  gift 
to  this  people,  is  not  ashamed  of  the  spot 
that  honors  her  memory. 

The  Memorial  stands  a  number  of 
yards  from  the  original  Hospital  build- 
ing, and  we  all  saw  the  need  of  a  bridge 
between  the  two.  But  we  had  not  a  dol- 
lar wherewith  to  provide  it.  We  made 
it  a  subject  of  prayer.  I  had  asked  an 
architect  what  it  would  cost  and  he  had 


1907.] 


REVIVAL  AT  NANKING  AND  NINGPO. 


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said  sixty-five  dollars.  A  few  days  after- 
ward, a  man  froni  Hong  Kong  brought 
up  a  patient.  He  was  admiring  the  build- 
ings and  casually  remarked  that  we 
ought  to  have  a  walk  between  the  two. 
I  told  him  we  were  hoping  to  have  one 
sometime,  and  also  what  it  would  cost. 
On  leaving,  the  man  requested  to  be  al- 
lowed to  send  a  check  for  the  bridge. 
Before  it  arrived,  the  architect  found 
his  price  would  be  increased  by  fifteen 
or  twenty  dollars,  owing  to  an  advance 
in  the  cost  of  bricks.  When  the  check 
came  it  was  for  eighty-five  dollars.  The 
bridge  is  now  finished  and  makes  the 


different  hospital  buildings  seem  more 
like  one  whole.  The  site  of  our  com- 
pound is  fine,  as  we  get  good  country  air. 

Strange  to  say,  the  first  maternity  case 
in  this  new  Hospital  building  for  the 
Chinese  was  a  pretty,  young  American 
woman,  a  stranger  in  the  East  who 
begged  to  be  taken  in.  The  two  first 
children  born  here,  both  being  boys,  the 
Chinese  think  was  great  "good  luck." 
So  now  we  have  a  proper  place  for  ma- 
ternity cases,  for  little  children,  for 
nurses,  and  we  will  try  to  stand  for  the 
lighthouse  motto :  "To  savehfe  and  give 
fight."  Ilary  H.  Fulton. 


Revival  at  Nanking  and  Ningpo* 


"  The  Lord  has  done  great  things  for 
us  whereof  we  are  glad."  In  all  the 
years  of  my  Christian  life  I  have  never 
had  such  an  experience. 

April  28,  Dr.  Li  came  to  Nanking  at 
the  invitation  of  the  five  missions  here, 
to  hold  a  series  of  meetings  for  deepen- 
ing the  Christian  lifeof  church  members. 
About  five  hundred  gathered  twice  a  day 
to  hear  him.  His  addresses  were  all 
Christ-centered,  with  nothing  sensa- 
tional and  no  attempt  at  oratory.  There 
was  deep  interest  and  the  best  of  atten- 
tion. On  Saturday  night,  at  the  close 
of  the  first  week,  there  was  a  slight 
breaking  down  of  Chinese  reserve,  es- 
pecially among  the  women,  but  on  Sun- 
day came  the  surrender.  When  the 
meeting  was  thrown  open,  a  wave  of 
prayer  swept  over  the  whole  audience. 

Two  meetings  were  given  to  witness 
bearing,  and  yet  many  had  not  oppor- 
tunity to  tell  what  God  had  done  for 
them.  Girls  from  the  Boarding- School 
stood  up  and  testified  before  a  crowded 
house — something  never  heard  of  before. 
Dr.  Li  changed  his  plans  and  remained 
another  week  to  help  establish  young 
converts  in  their  faith.  The  great  ma- 
jority of  the  audience  at  large,  as  well 
as  the  converts,  were  pupils  of  Mission 
Boarding- Schools,  of  the  College  and 
University.  Dr.  Li  is  a  young  man  of 
Christian  parents,  a  graduate  of  the 
Anglo-Chinese  College  in  Shanghai  and 
Government  Medical  Collegeat  Tientsin. 

The  work  is  still  going  on,  especially 
among  students.  We  expect  to  see  still 
more  wonderful  manifestations  of  God's 
power  and  grace.   W.  J.  Drummond. 


Just  a  few  lines  to  tell  you  something 
of  our  blessing  here  in  Ningpo.  The 
Lord  has  indeed  been  good  to  us.  Praise 
His  Holy  Name !  It  is  wonderful  to  see 
the  change  the  Spirit  has  worked  in  many 
lives,  especially  in  quickening  into  new- 
ness of  life  so  many  who  were  indifferent 
and  self-satisfied.  Dr.  Li's  theme  was, 
' '  The  indwelling  of  Christ  and  the  Spirit 
in  the  heart.  Christ  becominga  personal 
Saviour  to  each  one,  and  the  power  of 
the  Christ  in  us  to  keep  us  from  sin." 

At  the  last  two  meetings,  our  church 
— the  largest  in  the  city,  holding  800  or 
more — was  packed.  I  was  not  prepared 
for  what  I  saw  and  heard  that  day! 
After  a  hymn.  Dr.  Li  arose  to  ask  for 
testimonies,  but  he  had  hardly  opened 
his  mouth  to  speak  when  my  girls  arose, 
almost  simultaneousl}',  and  one  after 
another  told  what  the  Lord's  grace  was 
working  in  her  heart.  I  had  not  taken 
the  little  tots  to  church  as  I  knew  the 
house  would  be  full  but  every  one  I  took 
gave  a  bright  testimony.  And  best  of 
all,  they  are  showing  their  sincerity  in 
their  lives.  They  have  a  six  o'clockmorn- 
ing  watch,  and  some  of  the  big  girls 
gather  the  little  ones,  about  fifteen  min- 
utes before  breakfast,  for  Scripture  read- 
ing and  prayer.  Then  they  keep  the  hour 
after  five  every  evening  for  another  pri- 
vate time  of  heart-searching  and  prayer. 
The  only  two  of  the  larger  girls,  who 
were  not  professing  Christians,  were  re- 
ceived to  the  church  Nov.  18.  There  are 
forty-four  boarders  and  four  day  pupils 
in  my  school — the  vernacular,  formerly 
under  Miss  Annie  Morton. 

Ten  Academy  boys  applied  forbaptisna 


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SIGNS  OF  THE  TIMES— ICHOWFU  WOMEN.  [Feb., 


last  Sunday,  two  of  whom  were  the  only 
remaining  heathen  boys  in  the  graduat- 
ing class.  Mr.  Wright  reports  a  great 
change  in  the  spiritual  atmosphere  of  the 
school.  Our  pastors,  helpers,  lay-helpers 
and  their  wives  were  all  in  the  meetings 
and  received  great  blessings.  I  did  not 
tell  you  that  when  Dr.  Li  called  for 


prayer  near  the  close  of  the  last  meeting, 
after  one  audible  prayer,  a  spirit  of 
prayer  broke  out  all  over  the  house 
and  there  would  be  sometimes  a  dozen 
praying  at  once  in  a  low  tone.  We 
shall  be  seeing  results  of  these  meetings 
for  years  to  come. 

Margaret  Duncan. 


Signs  of  the  Times  at  Paotingfu^ 


There  is,  we  think,  a  spirit  of  inquiry 
beginning  to  show  itself  in  this  city. 
Paotingfu  is  becoming  an  educational 
center.  Some  four  thousand  students 
are  in  schools  (called  colleges) — the  Nor- 
mal, Agricultural,  Military,  Anglo- 
Chinese,  and  smaller  schools  where 
English  is  taught  by  Chinese  teachers. 

It  is  a  question  up  for  discussion  in 
China  now.  What  is  the  best  religion 
for  the  Empire  ?  Is  it  Confucianism,  or 
Buddhism,  or  Mohammedanism,  Ro- 
man Catholicism,  the  Greek  Church  or 
the  Protestant  ?  On  Monday,  ten  young 
men  from  the  Normal  College  called  to 
inquire  more  definitely  about  Christian- 
ity.   Their  teacher  was  of  the  opinion 


that,  since  Christianity  advocates  uni- 
versal love,  it  bids  fair  to  become  the 
universal  religion.  A  few  days  later,  a 
young  man  came  who  heard  the  Sunday 
sermon  on  "  The  Judgment  "  and  said 
he  had  not  been  able  to  study  since,  but 
spent  his  time  reading  the  Bible  which 
he  had  just  bought.  Again  he  came  for 
conversation — also  another  young  officer 
from  one  of  the  camps.  All  of  them  are 
educated  men,  thoughtful  and  reverent. 

Much  to  be  desired  is  the  proclama- 
tion of  religious  liberty,  giving  those  who 
become  Christians  the  privilege  of  hold- 
ing office  under  government,  from  which 
they  are  now  largely  debarred. 

Amelia  P.  Lowrie. 


Outline  of  the  Eight  Missions  in  China. — (1)  Canton  1844.  stations  4  First  mission- 
ary on  tlie  soil,  Walter  M.  Lowrie,  at  Macao,  1842.  First  permanent  station  Canton  City ;  the 
founder,  A.  P.  Happer,  lived  there  fifty  years.  (3)  Central  China  1844,  stations  4;  Ningpo 
occupied  by  D.  Bethune  McCartee,  M.D.,  lived  there  29  years  and  removed  to  Japan,  and 
Richard  Q.  Way,  served  15  years  and  returned  to  U.  S.  First  convert  in  China  baptized  and 
first  church  founded,  at  Ningpo.  (3)  Nanking  1905,  stations  2.  Nanking  opened  1876  by  Albert 
Whiting  who  died  of  famine  fever  1878,  and  Chas.  Leaman,  still  in  Nanking.  (4)  East  Shan- 
tung 1861,  stations  3;  Tengchow  opened  by  Gay  ley  and  Danforth.  (5)  North  China  1863,  sta- 
tions 3;  Peking  ojyened  by  W.  A.  P.  Martin.  (6) "West  Shantung  1873,  stations  5;  Tsinanfu 
opened  by  J.  S.  Mcllvaine.  (7)  Hainan  1885,  stations  3;  Nodoa  occupied  by  C.  C.  Jeremiassen, 
F.  P.  Gilman,  H.  M.  McCandliss,  M.D.  (8)  Hunan  1900,  stations  3;  Siangtan  occupied  by  W. 
H.  Lingle.    [Dr.  Hepburn  went  to  Amoy  in  1843,  and,  soon  after,  that  station  was  abandoned  ] 

Life  With  and  For  Ichowfu  Women, 


I  wish  I  might  tell  of  large  ingather- 
ings into  the  Church  at  Ichowfu  and  of 
a  multitude  inquiring  the  Way  of  Life — 
but  I  cannot.  There  is  interest  in  re- 
ligion, but  for  the  showers  we  still  wait 
and  plead. 

Our  working  force  was  diminished  last 
year,  owing  to  illness  and  furloughs. 
Only  twoordained  missionaries  remained 
to  cover  this  big  field,  and  I  was  the  only 
woman  left  who  had  sufficient  command 
of  the  language  to  attempt  much.  The 
Christian  Chinese  women,  however, 
worked  nobly.  All  the  year  they  took 
turns  talking  with  patients  and  others 
at  the  dispensary,  and  they  wiUingly 
gave  their  time  to  assist  in  teaching  a 


class  of  thirty  to  forty  country  women, 
which  was  held  on  the  mission  compound 
in  the  fall.  Besides  regular  Bible  wo- 
men, there  were  always  two  or  three 
others  on  hand  to  help  their  countr}'  sis- 
ters study  their  catechism  and  Bible  les- 
sons. At  the  close  of  the  session  I  gave 
a  little  reception  to  the  class,  Mrs. 
Yerkes,  Mrs.  Fonts  and  Mrs.  Paul  Paris 
assisting.  The  newcomers  were  much 
amused  by  the  rapidity  with  which 
American  cake  and  cookies  disappeared 
and  the  quantity  of  tea  consumed.  It  is 
always  a  delight  to  me  to  pour  tea  for  a 
crowd  of  Chinese  women,  they  so  enjoy 
it.  A  number  from  this  countrj-  class  have 
since  united  with  the  church ;  one  wo- 


1907.]  LIFE  WITH  AXD  FOR  ICHOWFU  WOMEN. 


33 


man,  who  I  thought  had  learned  noth- 
ing, on  her  return  home  spoke  so  often 
of  what  she  had  seen  and  heard,  that 
her  husband  laughingly  said  she  had 
become  a  "preacher."  So  one  cannot 
always  tell  whether  soil  is  fruitful  or  not. 
It  is  our  business  to  sow  by  all  waters. 

The  Sabbath  is  always  a  full  day  for 
missionaries.  I  often  had  morning  Sab- 
bath-school in  English  for  my  own 
children  and  Archie  Chalfant.  Direct- 
ly after  morning  service,  an  interesting 
class  of  Chinese  women  came  from  the 
uuheated  chapel  to  my  warm  rooms  for 
their Biblelesson.  p. 
I  can  shut  my 
eyes  now  and  see 
that  crowd  of 
anywhere  from 
twenty  to  forty 
women,  march- 
ing intoour  court, 
talking,  laugh- 
ing and  hurrying 
along,  glad  to 
warm  their  cold 
feet  by  the  fire. 
Their  numbers  so 
overflowed  tit 
Chinese  New 
Year  that  I  had 
to  open  all  the 
rooms  on  the 
lower  floor  of  our 
house  in  order  to 
seat  the  women. 
On  benches  or 
chairs,  on  the 
floor  and  on  the 
stairs,  we  man- 
aged to  squeeze 

them  all  in.  With  assistance  of  the  Bi- 
ble women,  my  two  daughters  and  Mrs. 
Faris,  we  succeeded  in  having  all  hear 
something  of  the  gospel  and  get  a  cup 
of  tea,  a  cooky  and  a  picture  card.  After 
they  were  gone,  the  house  had  to  be  swept 
and  aired  before  we  could  eat  dinner. 

Last  year  we  divided  the  Sabbath 
afternoon  service ;  only  women  came  to 
the  chapel.  I  always  attended  this  ser- 
vice, but  did  not  alwayslead  as  the  Chris- 
tians were  -willing  to  take  their  turns.  I 
remember  one  specially  pleasant  after- 
noon, shortly  after  the  arrival  of  our 
Ichowfu  recruits.  I  wanted  women  of 
the  congregation  to  meet  them,  so  the 
strangers  sat  up  in  front  where  they 


could  be  seen.  With  the  assistance  of 
the  young  ladies'  choir,  we  had  an  en- 
joyable praise  service.  This  choir  used 
to  meet  at  our  house  for  practice  and 
learning  new  hymns,  Ruth  being  organ- 
ist. Both  she  and  Margaret  were  very 
fond  of  their  Chinese  girl  friends,  who 
were  all  from  Christian  homes. 

One  day  an  invitation  was  sent  to  a 
number  of  these  young  ladies,  to  a  lunch- 
eon to  be  eaten  in  American  fashion, 
and  we  old  folks  were  banished  lest  our 
presence  embarrass  the  young  guests. 
Ordinarily,  the  Ichowfu  woman  wears 


ONE  ELASTIC  MISSIONARY  HOUSEHOLD  AT  ICHOWFU. 

(Begiunin!;  at  the  Ipft)  JJacl'  roir ,-  C.  F.  Johnson,  host ;  Paul  Faris.  \V.  R.  Cunningham,  (».  A. 
Armstrong.  Middle  vow :  Mrs.  Johnson,  hostess  and  caterer  ;  five  at  her  table  one  day  last 
year,  fourteen  for  six  weeks;  the  Johnson  dausjhters  on  either  side  of  W.  P.  Chalfant, 
Mrs.  Faris  on  the  right.  Front  ron' :  Hosnier  Johnson,  Bergen,  Cecil,  Archie  and  Allan 
Chalfant,  all  four  now  at  school  in  Chefoo. 

bloomers  but,  in  honor  of  this  occasion, 
the  Chinese  girls  all  wore  skirts,  which 
most  of  them  owned  and  the  rest  had 
borrowed.  After  soup  had  been  served, 
the  guests  became  so  embarrassed  by  the 
fact  that  they  must  use  a  spoon,  knife 
and  fork,  instead  of  chopsticks,  that  they 
sat  dumb  and  awkward  until  the  host- 
esses, alarmed  lest  their  jolly  party 
should  be  a  failure,  begged  them  to  talk. 
In  the  company  was  a  bride  of  only  a 
few  weeks;  in  fact  the  luncheon  had 
been  given  in  her  honor.  One  young 
lady  spoke  up  and  said :  "  Now  that  we 
have  a  married  woman  in  our  circle,  it 
is  her  duty  to  lead  the  conversation  (and 
turning  to  her)  Mrs.   ,  say  some- 


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PEKING— SHUNTEFU  WOMEN. 


[Feb., 


thing."  That  broke  the  ice,  for 
Chinese  girls  like  to  tease  a  bride,  and 
with  much  fun  they  carried  through 
their  American  feast.  I  stole  back  and 
peeked  and  can  assure  you  they  made 
a  charming  picture  as  they  sat  about 
the  table. 

I  hated  to  leave  my  work  in  China 


and  come  home,  and  our  children  dis- 
liked to  leave  almost  as  much.  The  Chi- 
nese lamented  their  coming  and  I  was 
glad  when  the  parting  •  vas  over.  *  Duty 
to  our  children  seemed  to  demand  m}- 
being  with  them  in  America  for  a  time. 

Agnes  E.  Johnson. 

*  Dr.  Johnson  stayed  behind  at  his  post. — Editor. 


PEKING,  AFTER  AN  ABSENCE  OF  NINETEEN  YEARS. 

There  are  not  many  Chinese  here  that  I  knew,  for  the  martyr  year  took  many  who  would 
have  remembered  me.  It  is  strange  to  go  to  the  old  compound  and  see  nothing  to  remind  me 
of  the  place  but  the  ruined  church  tower.  Of  the  changes  which  make  me  feel  like  Rip  Van 
Winkle,  I  may  jot  down  a  few  in  telegraphic  style: 

Arriving  by  express  train  from  Tientsin  in  about  as  many  hours  as  we  were  formerly  days 
on  a  house-boat;  Peking  lighted  by  street  lamps;  jinrikishas  universally  used ;  daily  mail  and 
a  mail-box  on  the  street;  the  principal  streets  paved  (we  live  on  one  unpaved,  where  sights, 
sounds  and  beggars  are  enough  as  they  used  to  be  to  carry  one  back  of  Boxer  year,  the  time 
from  which  new  things  date) ;  the  telephone  used,  not  in  our  mission  but  extensively  in  the 
foreign  district  and  in  wealthy  Chinese  homes,  where  the  ladies  have  a  separate  receiver  and 
gossip  over  the  wires  to  their  hearts'  content.  I  might  mention  that  Wanamaker's  is  not  the 
only  store  that  furnishes  giaphophones  to  entertain  customers,  for  in  a  Chinese  shop  I  found 
one  giving  forth  selections  from  a  theatre,  and  ladies  sitting  around  enjoying  it.    Ellen  Ward. 


Shuntefu  Women^ 


I  WILL  NOT  LET  YOU  PASS. 


As  Shuntefu  is 
a  new  station, 
some  little 
touches  which 
show  the  life  and 
character  of  the 
women  may  be 
of  interest.  Wo- 
men of  the  neigh- 
boring villages 
call  themselves 
' '  farmers  "  and 
work  in  the 
fields,  despite 
their  crippled 
feet :  this  is  the 
excuse  they  give 
for  their  stupid- 
ity when  they  attempt  to  learn  a  few 
characters,  but  they  are  not  stupid, 
although  they  are  ignorant.  In  our 
first  few  weeks  here  nearly  a  thousand 
women  came  on  bound  feet  to  see  the 
foreign  house,  which  like  a  magnet  drew 
them  from  miles  around,  and  they  all 
pronounced  it ' '  good  "  with  an  emphatic 
intonation  peculiar  to  Shuntefu.  One 
woman,  after  silently  looking  about  the 
room  and  satisfying  her  curiosity,  re- 
marked as  if  to  herself,  "All  this  comes 
from  worshiping  the  true  God."  I  did 
not  deny  it. 

Shuntefu  women  seem  very  religious 
in  their  own  waj^,  often  going  to  tem- 
ples to  burn  incense  and  to  ko-tow ; 


they  pass  our  house  in  large  numbers 
on  certain  days,  and  many  stop  to  see 
us.  They  always  assent  when  we  tell 
them  it  is  wrong  to  worship  the  work  of 
men's  hands,  but  only  one  went  so  far 
as  to  say  she  would  not  use  incense 
which  she  had  already  bought.  Another, 
with  an  eye  to  economj-,  said,  "  It  would 
not  cost  so  much  to  worship  the  heavenly 
Lord,  we  would  not  have  to  buy  in- 
cense. "  Another,  in  a  company  of  wo- 
men who  came  from  a  distance,  was 
more  deeply  impressed.  When  some  re- 
marked that  it  was  time  to  be  on  their 
way  home,  she  replied :  "  I  do  not  want 
to  go,  I  want  to  hear  more ;  this  goes  to 
my  heart."  She  afterwards  said,  "  I 
have  burned  incense  everywhere  and  I 
had  no  blessing."  I  have  met  onh^  one 
who  said  she  did  not  believe  in  idols  and 
did  not  worship  anything.  In  everj- 
home  we  have  found  the  kitchen  god, 
and  on  a  second  visit  to  one  house  we 
found  the  texts  of  Scripture  which  we 
had  given  out  on  Sunday,  "Jesus  Christ 
came  into  the  world  to  save  sinners  " 
and  "  He  is  thy  Lord,  worship  thou 
Him,"  pasted  up  beside  the  idol. 

The  women  are  very  ready  to  invite 
VIS  into  their  houses,  which  usually  con- 
sist of  one  dark  room  with  paper  win- 
dows and  sometimes  a  few  inches  of 
glass  for  a  peep-hole.  Once  as  we  were 
passing  through  a  village,  a  woman 
stepped  out  in  front  of  us  and,  spread- 


1907.] 


WOMAN'S  WORK  IN  WEI  HSIEN  FIELD. 


35 


ing  out  her  arms,  said,  "I  will  not  let 
you  pass — you  must  stop  this  time!  " 
We  could  not  stop  as  we  were  on  our 
way  to  the  railway  station,  but  having 
a  little  camera  in  hand  I  took  a  snapshot 
without  her  knowledge,  so  she  stands 
as  a  representative  of  the  cordiality  of 
Shuntefu.  At  another  time  we  were 
pulled  in  opposite  directions  by  wo- 
men, each  wishing  us  to  go  to  her  house 
first. 

Notwithstanding  the  narrowness  of 
their  lives,  they  are  usually  cheerful  and 
light-hearted.  Some  appear  to  know 
nothing  and  carefor  nothing  but  to  work, 
eat,  and  sleep.  One  of  this  class  seemed 
greatly  surprised  to  learn  that  the  coun- 
try she  lived  in  was  called  China  (Chung 
Kuo).  "  Do  I  Hve  in  China  ?  "  she  asked. 
"  Yes,"  I  said,  "  what  country  did  you 
think  you  lived  in  ?  "  "I  don't  know," 
she  replied,  "  I  never  thought  anything 
about  it  and  no  one  ever  told  me."  Yet 
she  was  neither  stupid  nor  unable  to 
think,  as  she  proved  afterwards.  Some 

Woman^s  Work  in  Wei 

October  24,  I  arrived  at  Wei  Hsien 
from  Tengchow  having  been  reap- 
pointed at  Mission  Meeting  to  my  for- 
mer place  of  work,  from  which  I  was 
driven  during  the  riots  of  1900.  Oct.  28, 
I  began  itinerating  and  had  a  delightful 
welcome  in  all  the  villages  which  were 
my  former  camping  ground.  It  was 
cheering  to  find  most  of  the  women  had 
been  faithful,  and  some  who  had  learned 
their  first  prayer  from  me,  before  the 
burning  of  our  station,  are  now  doing 
faithful  work  as  Bible  women.  One 
especiall}",  Kao,  I  wish  to  mention.  She 
had  married  a  Christian  man  and  he 
was  so  anxious  to  have  her  become  a 
Christian,  that  in  1898  he  forced  her  to 
go  to  my  class  at  Chang  T'uan,  20  li 
distant  from  her  village.  She  cried  all 
the  way  and  when  people  passing  by 
asked  what  was  the  matter,  she  replied : 
"I  don't  want  to  be  a  devil.  My  hus- 
band is  one,  but  I  am  not  and  I  don't 
want  to  learn  the  devil's  doctrine."  She 
is  now  one  of  our  rnost  consecrated,  zeal- 
ous Bible  women  and  has  brought  many 
to  the  Lord. 

Up  to  January  29,  I  visited  fifty-six 
villages  holding  services  in  the  home  of 


of  a  higher  class  have  spent  afternoons 
with  us  with  their  babies  and  servants. 
Two  had  unbound  their  feet  before  we 
met  them  and  are  learning  to  read.  In 
general  they  seem  not  unlike  their  less 
favored  sisters  who  till  the  soil,  but  they 
have  been  aroused  to  the  opportunities 
and  privileges  of  life. 

As  to  prospects  in  Shuntefu,  there  is 
no  question  about  doors — they  are  on 
every  side ;  but  when  a  woman  has  cor- 
dially received  us  into  her  home,  even 
when  she  saj'S  she  believes  in  the  true 
God,  she  is  still  a  long  way  from  a 
changed  life.  Ignorance  and  supersti- 
tion are  not  so  quickly  transformed  into 
enlightened  Christianity. 

Those  who  are  working  in  Shuntefu 
need  much  prayer,  that  they  may  have 
the  spirit  of  Him  who  despised  not  even 
the  Samaritan  woman  but  in  His  eager- 
ness to  open  her  mind  and  heart,  forgot 
hunger  and  fatigue  and  said,  "  My  meat 
is  to  do  the  will  of  Him  that  sent  me." 

Lucy  J.  Whiting. 

Hsien  Field — Report,  ms  ^os. 

every  Christian,  in  many  heathen  homes, 
in  chapels,  and  in  the  streets.  Thirty- 
two  families  destroyed  their  kitchen  gods. 
All  but  two  of  these  have  faithfully  wor- 
shiped the  true  God  and  have  not  again 
pasted  up  the  idolatrous  symbol.  At 
the  end  of  January,  I  began  teaching 
classes  for  Bible  study  and  continued 
until  wheat  harvest ;  in  all  holding  four 
very  interesting  country  classes.  These, 
with  one  exception,  were  no  expense  to 
the  church.  Altogether,  I  spent  about 
one  hundred  and  seventy-six  days  in  the 
country. 

I  want  to  testify  to  the  grand  results 
of  our  women's  conference  held  in  April. 
As  I  went  about  itinerating  afterwards, 
I  found  a  wonderful  stirring  up  in  those 
villages  which  sent  delegates.  Women 
who  promised  to  unbind  their  feet,  with 
few  exceptions,  were  true  to  their  prom- 
ise. In  one  village,  the  elder  told  me 
that  when  their  two  delegates  returned 
from  the  conference,  they  stood  out  in 
the  street  and,  using  the  texts,  told  all 
they  could  remember  upon  each  subject 
discussed,  while  all  who  could  crowded 
around  and  listened  with  interest. 

Charlotte  E.  Hawes. 


Twenty-one  thousand  patients  at  Ichowf  u,  last  year, — 130  Christian  lepers  near  Canton. 


36  [Feb,, 

Report  of  Douw  Hospital  for  Women,  Peking,  1906* 

Dr.  Eliza  E.  Leonard  in  charge. 

Attendance  at  daily  clinic  has  been  The  Union  Training  School  for  Nurses 
fair,  and  respectful  attention  has  been  was  opened  October  25, 1905,  at  the  Lon- 
given  tothepreaching.  Many tractshave  don  Mission,  and  up  to  Chinese  New- 
been  sold  to  people  as  they  come  and  go,  Year  I  gave  two  lectures  a  week  in  anat- 
and  a  number  of  copies  of  the  Scriptures  omy  and  physiology,  and  thereafter  one. 
have  g(>ne  into  homes.  We  have  had  some  nine  young  women 

Mrs.  Ma  and  Mrs.  Lien  have  donevery  in  training,  and  on  the  whole  they  havo 
faithful  work  in  giving  the  gospel  to  the  done  satisfactory  work.  I  sometimes 
women,  and  have  been  able  to  follow  up  wish  that  every  one  of  our  school-girls 
some  of  them  in  their  homes.  Their  own  might  have  a  year  of  such  training.  It 
spiritual  life  has  been  quickened  this  would  render  them  much  more  efficient 
year.  They  have  been  full  of  their  mes-  wives  and  mothers,  and  be  of  especial 
sage.  Mrs.  Lien  has  been  very  helpful  use  to  those  in  country  stations, 
with  opium  patients,  praying  with  them  During  our  last  financial  year  the 
and  for  them  in  their  deepest  distress,  maintenance  of  Douw  Hospital  cost 
with  "  many  and  very  manifest  answers  $554.63  (gold),  the  foreign  phj'sician's 
to  praj'er  "  she  says.  Last  year  I  could  salary  $500 — a  total  of  $1,054.63.  Ofthis 
not  persuade  her  to  take  a  vacation,  but  amount  $262.75  was  raised  on  the  field, 
one  of  the  opium  patients  invited  her  to  leaving  a  balance  of  $791.88  to  the  Home 
visit  in  her  home  this  summer,  so  that  I  Church.  In  other  words,  we  reckon  that 
succeeded  in  getting  her  off  for  eight  it  cost  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Amer- 
days.  I  think  the  prospect  of  a  new  ica  ten  cents  for  each  day  that  an  in- 
opening  for  preaching  the  gospel  was  the  patient  remained  with  us,  twenty  cents 
real  drawing  card.  Sbe  reports  that  the  for  every  out-call,  and  a  trifle  less  than 
patient  has  not  burned  incense  since  four  cents  a  visit  for  all  dispensary  pa- 
leaving  the  Ho.spital,  and  her  sister-in-  tients.  Do  you  begrudge  it  ?  Do  not 
law  also  decided  to  give  it  up.  She  said,  these  figures  commend  themselves  to  the 
"They  are  all  false,  these  idols,  and  I  men  and  women  who  are  making  be- 
will  not  burn  any  more  incense."  She  quests  to  Hospitals  and  charitable  work? 
came  into  the  city  and  spent  a  few  daj's  I  am  deeply  grateful  for  the  "^'ear's 
with  us.  I  trust  we  may  see  a  good  work  experiences  and  privileges,  and  trust 
done  in  this  home,  and  that  it  may  give  that  the  service  may  be  accepted  by  God, 
us  an  entrance  into  others  in  Ching  Ho.  the  mistakes  forgiven,  and  new  strength 

Out-calls  have  taken  us  into  homes  of  be  granted  for  a  new  j^ear's  work, 

the  rich  and  poor,  the  lofty  and  lowly.  Hospital  Statistics. 

The  sincerest  and  deepest  expression  of  t„  ^„<-;„„f„  ^'"^o?'^'  ^^"L"^" 

...    ,    ,1    ,            -.^        1           •     ,1  Inpatients   94  64 

gratitude  that  we  witnessed  was  in  the  Out-calls   164  241 

humblest  home  that  we  visited.  Dispensary  visits   7,357  7,500 

Shuntefu  Dispensary:  Dr.  Louise  H.  Keator  treated  1,340  patients  in  six  months.  "I 
would  say  the  average  number  of  times  of  telling  a  patient  how  to  take  the  medicine  is  four." 

AT  NINGPO,  THROUGH  A  NEW-COMER'S  EYES. 

Isn't  heathendom  awful  ?  In  Soochow  we  rode  in  chairs  for  an  hour,  from  the  station  of 
the  new  railroad  to  the  Tooker  Hospital,  and  the  sights  along  the  way  made  me  almost  ill;  I 
felt  I  could  not  stand  it  another  minute.  Some  of  the  old  superstitions  in  Ningpo  seem  incred- 
ible in  this  age.  As  I  was  coming  along  the  streets  of  the  citj',  one  day,  with  the  smallest 
si  hool-girls  I'eturning  from  a  meeting,  we  met  a  rather  intelligent  looking  man  and  woman, 
the  toriner  carrying  umbrella,  lantern  and  torch  in  his  hands,  the  latter  a  gong,  du?t  pan  and 
native  broom.  A  child  of  theirs  was  ill;  they  had  been  told  one  of  its  spirits  had  left  it  and 
they  were  out  looking  for  the  spirit,  with  gong  to  call  its  attention,  lantern  to  find  it,  broom 
and  dust  pan  to  sweep  it  up  and  carry  it  home !  As  I  looked  away  from  this  pathetic  sight 
of  mother  and  father,  with  anxious  faces  in  search  of  what  they  believed  to  be  true,  into  the 
bright,  happy  faces  of  the  girls,  coming  from  hearing  of  Him  who  is  able  to  free  from  terrible 
bondage  of  super.>titiou  ;ind  tear,  I  praised  God  for  the  mission  schools.  China  is  far  worse 
than  I  thought  it  would  be.  an  1  what  tlie  missionaries  have  wrought  seems  much  more  won- 
derful. But  a  perfect  stampede  <  f  useful  workers  ought  to  move  upon  this  people  from  home, 
and  an  avalanche  of  money  be  sent  ou'  to  enable  them  to  take  this  Empire  for  Christ  just  now. 

Edith  C.  Dickie. 


I-hsien^  the  New  Shantung  Station* 


[Pronounced  E-shen ;  so  also  I 
For  years,  West  Shantung  Mission  lias  pur- 
posed to  increase  the  number  of  its  stations 
as  soon  as  possible.  The  first  opportunity  came 
through  the  offer  of  East  Liberty  Churcli, 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  "to  sustain  a  station  in  new 
territory  "  and,  for  three  years  past,  a  commit- 
tee, Rev.  Wm.  P.  Chalfant  chairman,  has  had 
the  matter  in  charge.  At  Annual  Meeting  in 
i904,  the  Mission  decided  that,  of  three  loca- 
tions which  had  been  under  consideration, 
I-hsien  was  its  choice.  Investigation  of  the 
field  has  proceeded  with  thoroughness  and 
deliberation,  and  from  time  to  time  the  Boa.rd 
at  home  has  been  informed  of  results.  I-hsien 
was  reported : 

"Located  on  high  ground,  with  good  drain 
age.  No  danger  of  inundation.  Fairly  good 
shops.  A  stream  flows  by  the  west  gate  whicli 
comes  from  springs  only  ten  li  away.  Pef>ple 
friendly  and  well  behaved.  Twenty  miles  from 
T'ai-er-chwang,  below  which  point  the  Grand 
CanaJ  is  always  open  to  navigation,  giving 
cheap  and  convenient  connection  with  Shang 
hai." — Letter  by  J.  H.  Lmighlin,  Chiningchow, 
Dec,  1903. 

"Never  has  been  worked 
by  any  Protestant  mission, 
excepting  desultory  preach- 
ing by  members  of  Ichowfu 
Station.  It  is  certain  there 
will  be  a  lail  way  line  through 
I  hsit-n  county;  whether  it 
will  pass  through  the  city  is 
an  open  question.    Excellent  ^ 


(E)  River;  Ichowfu,  E-chow  foo. 

trips  to  I  hsien  in  company  with  other  mem- 
bers of  this  station.  A  small  place  lias  been 
rented  and  a  Christian  Chinese  lives  there  and 
preaches." 

January,  1907,  finds  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Wallace 
S.  Faris  and  Wm.  R.  Cunningham,  M.D.,  hold- 
ing I  hsien,  while  their  five  appointed  associ- 
ates still  remain  at  hospitable  Ichowfu,  until 
house  room  is  provided  for  them. — Editor. 

First  Annual  Report  of  Station, 
1906. 

Situation — Prescott  tells  us  of  the 
amazement  of  Hernando  Cortez  as  from 
a  neighboring  mountain-top  he  gazed  on 
the  City  of  Mexico  and  the  adjacent 
country.  The  beauty  of  tiie  scene  en- 
thralled him.  In  like  manner,  he  who 
surveys  the  city  of  I- hsien  from  surround- 
ing mountain  heights  cannot  btit  remark 
on  the  beauty  of  its  situation.  Take  your 


coal  within  ten  miles  is  ex  |^ 
tensively  sold  throughout  a 
wide  region,  and  the  prin 
cipal  road  from  the  mints 
leads  through  the  city.  1> 
ninety  miles  from  Cluniiiy-  '  N  ii 

chow.  From  there,  Dr.  John-  Kpv.  w,  s.  I'aris  on  i 
son  and  I  had  an  interesting  shei(za-t\\e:  punci 
trip  to  I  hsien  and  thence  to  electricity. 
Ichowfu  (sixty-five  miles)  all  the  way  by 
cart,  over  an  almost  perfectly  level  road  whicli 
was  a  surprise  to  us  both.  General  direction 
of  the  road  is  southeast  from  Chining.  Fifty 
miles  from  there,  we  passed  through  Teng- 
hsien,  an  attractive  town  as  Chinese  cities  go; 
it  lies  in  a  fertile  plain,  a  nice  little  river  flow- 
ing near,  to  the  south.  Roman  Catholics  have 
a  well-built  place  inside  the  city  walls.  Chining 
Station  has  work  in  this  county  and  Teng- 
hsien  will  probably  be  the  dividing  line  be- 
tween that  and  the  new  station.  I  hsien  is  a 
small  county  seat.  As  to  its  healthfulness 
there  can  be  no  doubt;  the  nearest  hills  are 
within  a  half-hour's  walk  from  the  north  and 
west  gates.  We  have  thought  it  not  unwise 
to  appoint  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Wallace  S.  Faris  to 
the  leadership  of  the  new  station." — Letter 
from  Dr.  J.  B.  Neal,  Chinanfu,  Oct.,  1904. 

il/r.s.  C.  H  Yerkes  wrote  from  Ichowfu,  Nov. 
24,  1905:  "  We  are  here  only  temporarily  ;  just 
when  we  will  go  to  the  new  station  is  uncer- 
tain. So  far  no  land  has  been  procured,  though 
■every  effort  has  been  made  It  takes  patience 
to  accomplish  anything  like  opening  a  new 
station.  The  chief  part  of  our  time  is  given 
to  language  study.  Mr.  Yerkes  has  made  two 


ey.    Christian  l.fl|jcr  witli  iniiljrella.  (im.U  hfsi.le  tlie 
ike  atlUir  on  its  side  is  liis  liat — llie  conductor  nianaffes  tlie 
Ptiotograpli  Isindly  loaned  by  Mrs.  T.  N.  Tlionipsoii. 

stand  on  Coal  Mountain  and  you  get  an 
excellent  bird's-eye  view  of  the  city,  as 
it  lies  four-square  in  a  setting  of  eternal 
hills.  Close  inspection,  however,  some- 
what dispels  the  first  illusion,  for  I-hsien 
is  nothing  more  nor  less  than  a  Chinese 
city.  In  it  are  some  good  brick  business 
houses,  but  the  majority  of  buildings 
are  of  mud  with  roofs  of  straw.  The  city 
is  distinguished  by  an  unusually  large 
number  of  memorial  arches,  and  by  the 
aloofness  of  many  of  its  inhabitants.  For 
the  most  part,  these  people  would  be 
happier  if  the  foreigner  remained  away. 
Some  of  the  finest  buildings  of  I-hsien 
district  are  outside  the  city.  There  are 
"  a  number  of  rich  farmers  in  the  region, 
and  as  a  rule  they  occupy  strong,  castle- 
like structures  whose  fortress-like  ap- 
pearance reminds  one  that  thieves  and 
highwaymen  abound,  and  the  rich  are 
safest  when  behind  strong  walls. 


38 


''DAWN  ON  THE  HILLS  OF  TANG. 


[Feb., 


Our  only  foreign  neighbor  is  a  German  ferred  in  due  form  to  the  new  station. 
Catholic  priest,  who  has  been  living  in  The  work  of  which  I-hsien  thus  takes 
I-hsien  for  some  time.  The  nearest  Prot-  oversight  dates  back  less  than  five  years, 
estant  work  is  a  station  of  the  Southern  and  is  largely  the  development  of  an  in- 
Presbyterian  Mission  at  Hsiichowf  u,  terest  in  Christianity  which  followed  an 
in  Kiangsu  province.  Ichowfu  is  our  operation  performed  by  Dr.  Chas.  F. 
nearest  Shantung  neighbor.  Johnson  in  Ichowfu  Hospital.*  This 

Some  difficulty  was  experienced  when  work  is  now  in  a  very  flovirishing  condi- 

the  committee  in  charge  attempted  to  tion.    Moreover,  it  bears  the  hall-marks 

purchase  property.    Finally,  three  and  of  solidity  and  promise.  Dr.  Cunningham 

one-third  American  acres  in  the  south  plans  to  open  a  dispensary  as  soon  as 

suburb  of  the  city  were  offered,  and  the  temporary  quarters  can  be  fitted  up. 

purchase  was  immediately  concluded.  Prospects — Business  is  developing, 

The  plan  is  to  erect  residences,  etc.,  on  and  there  is  a  general  air  of  prosperity, 

this  plot  as  soon  as  possible.    Workmen  We  are  promised  a  railroad  to  connect 

are  at  the  present  moment  (Sept.  1,  1906)  the  coal  mines  with  the  Grand  Canal  at 

getting  out  stone  for  foundations  of  the  T'ai-er-chwang.    This'  will  bring  added 

wall  that  must  be  built  about  the  prop-  business.  The  prospects  from  a  spiritual 

erty  before  houses  can  be  constructed,  point  of  view  are  perhaps  even  better. 

Chinese  buildings  have  been  rented  and  Among  the  nearly  2,000,000  people  of 

are  now  being  furnished  with  board  I-hsienfieldthere  will  in  time  be  a  mighty 

floors,  glass  windows,  foreign  doors  and  harvest  of  souls    Already  the  first  fruits 

chimneys.  are  manifest. 

Work — Little  work  has  been  attempt-  Statistical  Report  for  year  ending  Aug.  31, 1906. 

ed  in  the  city  itself.    There  has  been    Station  opened   1905 

some  preaching  in  the  markets  and  a  J^P^^JKrof  S.;;: ! !  ^ 

few  books  have  been  sold.    Ihere  is  a    size  of  field  Parts  of  five  counties 

very  promising  work  in  the  country.     Number  of  mis^ionaIies   8 

In  May  Rev.  H.  G.  Romig,  representa-     Chinese  helpers   10 

tive  of  Chiningchow  Station,  met  Revs.     Out-stations.   o 

iTcT      -n,  iP    1.       n  txt  n        o   m    •       Baptized  during  year   17 

Wra.  P.  Chaltant  and  Wallace  b.    aris    Total  church  membership   70 

of  Ichowfu  in  Kwan  K'iao,  thirty  miles  Wallace  S.  Faris. 

northwest  of  I-hsien,  and  the  seventy  *  Dr.  Caroline  Merwin  writes  that  the  patient  was  a 

Christians  of  that  region  were  trans-  J^u-'-e'^JKr""  """^ ''"'"'^ 

"DAWN  ON  THE  HILLS  OF  T'ANG." 

Look!  the  East  with  morning  brightens,  On  to  glorious  victory; 

And  the  hill  tops  catch  the  gleams;  And  He  wills  that  all  His  children 

Dawn  at  last !  the  dawn  is  breaking  Partners  in  His  glory  be. 

Oer  Tangs  mountains,  vales  and  streams.  ^^^^^        ^^^^      r^,^^^^       mountains ! 

Lying  in  ancestral  bondage  Break  the  clouds  that  linger  o'er, 

Long  by  fast-closed  doors  shut  in.  Till  the  sun  of  God  s  great  mercy 

Sinim  wakes  at  last  from  slumber,  Floods  that  land  forevermore. 

Bursting  fetters  forged  by  sin.  fasten  on,  Oh !  glorious  morning, 

Buried  long  in  heathen  darkness,  Dawn  of  Dawns  and  Day  of  Days 

Now  the  glorious  Light  appears  When  Creation's  myriad  voices 

And  hearts  of  men  are  being  lifted  Utter  forth  His  glorious  praise. 

Into  laughter,  out  of  tears.  y^^^^^      j^^^^  ^-^j^  -^y  blessing, 

Speed  the  Dawn  upon  the  mountains!  'Neath  His  loving  smile  shall  lie, 

Let  us  open  wide  the  door  Free  from  storms,  His  peace  possessing, 

And  enter  in  and  take  the  kingdom;  While  the  golden  years  go  by. 

'Tis  the  Master  goes  before.  ^      ^         • ,                        -3/.  L.  Reid. 

Lake  Forest,  III. 

Speed  the  Dawn  1    Our  God  is  marching  ~*  a  terra  for  China,  not  in  common  use.— Editor. 

Last  August,  we  printed  Mrs.  Bergen's  charming  story  of  the  Conference 
for  Chinese  women.  Five  months  after  that  stirring  event,  Mrs.  Roys  writes: 
"Even  yet  all  things  else  seem  pale  compared  to  that  Conference."  She  says, — 
"On  the  day  Conference  opened"  with  three  hundred  delegates,  "a  Chinese 
professor  in  Shantung  College  prayed  at  chapel  service:  'It  is  of  the  Lord's 
grace  that  all  these  worthless  creatures  have  been  gathered  together  in  this  place,' 


1907.] 


BITS  OF  EXPERIENCE. 


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and  only  the  foreign  professors  present  seemed  to  think  it  strange. "  Mrs.  Roys  adds : 
.  .  .  An  interesting  outcome  must  be  recorded.  In  a  certain  large  village,  there  is  one 
earnest,  influential  Christian  man  whose  wife,  however,  has  for  twenty  years  laid  low  the 
Bible  women  and  pastors  who  have  gone  there  with  the  purpose  of  starting  a  church.  It  was 
with  surprise  and  something  of  fear  she  was  discovered  in  the  Conference,  but  she  went  home 
a  Christian.  .  .  .  The  closing  Sunday  happened,  to  be  the  day  for  all  heathen  women  to  go 
to  a  temple  near  by  to  pray  for  the  wheat  harvest.  Literally  thousands  of  women  passed  the 
compound  gate  on  this  errand.  The  Conference  delegates  gathered  small  groups  of  these 
pilgrims,  taught  them  a  hymn  or  two,  explained  the  Jesus  Way  and  prayed  with  them.  The 
regular  afternoon  service  had  to  be  postponed  because  of  this  unforeseen  event." 

Bits  of  Experience  Out  of  Their  Full  Lives* 


Canton. — As  you  know,  there  has  been  a 
complete  revolution  in  China  with  regard  to 
education,  especially  of  women  and  girls,  and 
the  door  is  now  open  for  any  amount  of  effort 
along  this  line.  We  wish  above  everything 
that  True  Light  Seminary  shall  continue  in 
the  future  as  in  the  past  to  be  first  of  all  an 
evangelistic  agency,  but  there  is  room  for  ad- 
vancement and  progress  in  every  direction. 
Many  Chinese  are  willing  to  pay  for  additional 
advantages.  We  have  always  felt  that  our 
mission  is  to  give  the  gospel  and  that  mission 
funds  should  be  spent  for  this,  though  we  have 
tried  to  give  a  fair  education  on  other  lines  as 
well.  We  have  long  wished  for  a  Normal  Class 
and  now  the  demands  seem  imperative,  for 
from  every  side  come  urgent  appeals  for 
trained  teachers.  It  may  soon  be  wise  to  open 
a  department  for  those  who  have  taken  the 
Seminary  course  and  wish  to  continue  their 
studies,  perhaps  taking  up  Englitih  and  the 
higher  education ;  if  so,  more  missionaries  will 
be  needed  as  we  already  have  our  hands  full. 

Harriet  Noyes. 

SiANGTAN. — I  have  here  a  young  son  of  one 
of  our  Chinese  friends  of  excellent  family,  try- 
ing to  reform  him.  He  has  learned  tailoring 
but,  not  having  a  position,  got  into  gambling 
and  being  bad  generally.  I  teach  him  foreign 
sewing  to  keep  him  busy,  and  he  is  studying 
the  gospel.  His  uncle  has  such  faith  in  us  that 
he  says,  "  He  came  into  your  gate  bad,  but  he 
will  go  out  good."  God  grant  he  may  do  so. 
We  have  also  the  son  of  an  evangelist  who 
died.  We  are  putting  him  in  school.  If  he  is 
anything  like  his  father,  there  is  much  to  hope 
for  from  him.  Jean  R.  Lingle. 

SoocHOW,  Tooker  Hospital. — They  come  and 
go,  an  endless  procession  of  sick  and  suffering, 
of  sinned  against  and  sinning,  ignorant,  super- 
stitious, timid,  bold  and  unfeeling,  often  the 
painted  lady  and  her  slaves;  and  for  them  all 
Christ  died,  and  they  are  all  my  sisters.  That 
is  where  it  hurts  so.  I  cannot  make  them  all 
understand  that  there  is  a  remedy  for  every 
one  of  them.  One  woman  said,  "I  am  too 
dirty,  too  poor,  to  believe  your  religion." 

Mary  Lattiniore. 

Hangchow. — This  week  we  were  happy  to 
attend  a  meeting  in  a  home  where  the  wife 
has  been  coming  to  services  for  a  year.  They 
had  a  false  paper  money  shop,  and  the  hus- 
band was  always  in  that.  One  of  their  little 
boys  became  very  ill  with  scarlet  fever  and 
they  were  in  distress.  They  came  to  the  pas- 
tor to  pray  for  this  boy,  and  we  all  prayed. 
The  husband  was  anxious  to  have  heathen 
ceremonies,  but  the  mother  sp.w  the  Christian 
doctor  and  said  they  would  pray.    The  father 


said  that  if  the  Lord  heard  our  prayer  and  the 
boy  got  well,  he  would  shut  up  his  false-money 
shop.  The  Lord  healed  the  child,  the  man  sold 
his  shop  and  had  this  meeting  in  their  house, 
to  openly  show  the  neighbors  that  they  were 
done  with  idols  and  would  worship  the  true 
God,  after  this. 

{Mrs.  E.  L. )    Emma  K.  Mattox. 

NiNGPO. — The  coming  of  Miss  Yi,  the  Chi- 
nese evangelist,  in  April,  was  a  gi-eat  blessing. 
While  special  meetings  were  held  in  other 
schools,  our  girls  of  the  Anglo-Chinese  School 
showed  no  interest.  After  prayerfully  consid- 
ering the  matter,  I  concluded  to  invite  her  to 
us,  to  talk  to  the  heathen  only.  A  vital  relig- 
ious interest  was  awakened,  ending  in  com- 
plete conversion  and  confession  of  the  two 
oldest  girls.  One  has  joined  the  church  and 
is  living  a  beautiful  Christian  life.  Our  Chi- 
nese pastor  preferred  that  the  other  should 
join  the  Methodist  Church  at  her  own  home 
in  the  country.  The  example  of  these  two 
girls,  who  were  bitter  enemies  but  after  con- 
version became  friends,  changed  the  atmos- 
phere of  our  school.  At  their  own  suggestion, 
they  took  turns  each  morning  before  break- 
fast in  gathering  the  girls  together  for  a  few 
words  of  prayer.  Two  day  pupils  from  Confu- 
cian families  asked  to  join  the  class  in  Bible 
study.  One,  a  married  lady,  has  ceased  to 
place  daily  tea  before  the  kitchen  god. 

Manuella  D.  Morton. 

TsiNANFU. — The  poverty  of  the  people  is  ap- 
palling. Let  me  give  an  instance.  A  young 
couple  arrived  yesterday  with  a  two  months 
baby  girl  which  they  planned  to  give  away, 
and  the  mother  wants  a  place  as  nurse.  By 
relieving  the  family  of  these  two,  the  father 
and  two  older  children  (boys,  needless  to  say) 
will  be  able  to  live.  They  took  the  baby  to 
several  childless  couples  but  everybody  had 
an  excuse  for  not  adopting  her,  and  it  has 
been  settled  by  Dr.  Neal  promising  them  some 
money  each  month  if  they  will  care  for  the 
little  one  themselves.  The  custom  of  getting 
rid  of  girl  babies  is  so  prevalent  that  we  must 
make  the  effort  to  stop  it  whenever  we  can. 

Caroline  S.  Merwin 

Tengchow. — I  spent  thirty  days  in  the  coun- 
try visiting  twenty-three  different  villages. 
A  year  ago  I  came  back  with  a  number  of 
kitchen  gods  ;  on  my  recent  trip  I  was  given 
an  idol.  It  was  taken  from  the  wall  by  its 
owner  who  knows  it  is  of  no  use,  but  will  she 
worship  Christ  instead  ?  Everywhere  we 
found  people  willing  to  believe  the  idols  are 
false,  but  will  they  believe  in  the  true  God  ? 
How  important  the  present  time  ! 

Jean  E.  Wight. 


Letters  froav  missionaries 


CHINA. 

THE  REVIVAL  NOTE. 

HJiss  GowANS  wrote  from  Paotingfu,  Nov. 
14: 

We  are  rejoicing  in  a  visit  from  Mrs  Arthur 
Smith,  wife  of  the  Dr.  Smith  who  has  written 
so  much  on  China.  They  are  both  wonderfully 
gifted  people  and  greatly  used  of  God.  Their 
only  child,  a  brilliant  young  man  of  twenty- 
five,  nearly  ready  to  come  back  to  China,  was 
suddenly  drowned  this  summer,  when  trying 
to  rescue  a  drowning  woman.  The  triumph 
of  the  parents  over  the  greatest  loss  that  could 
come  to  them  on  earth  is  wonderful. 

NOT  A  MURMUR;  NOT  ONCE  HAS  EITHER 

of  them  asked  "why."  Mrs.  Smith  firmly  be- 
lieves this  was  allowed  that  they  might  be  a 
greater  blessing  to  China,  and  her  one  desire 
is  to  help  every  one — men,  women  and  chil- 
dren. She  has  been  our  guest  ten  days  and 
worked  with  the  school-girls  one  by  one.  She 
says  their  hearts  are  very  responsive.  Yester- 
day women  and  girls  had  a  meeting  separate 
from  the  men,  and  prayers  broke  out  in  per- 
haps ten  jDlaces  at  once.  Last  week  Mrs. 
Smith  led  our  Chinese  ladies'  meeting  for  me, 
and  I  did  feel  it  a  great  privilege  to  have  her 
meet  these  needy  souls.  My  two  most  earnest 
ladies  have  been  chosen  to  open  a  girls'  school  in 

THE  ORPHANAGE,  A  HEATHEN  INSTITUTION 

where  one  hundred  children  are  provided  for. 
I  believe  both  are  asking  our  Lord  and  Master 
to  help.  It  seems  to  me  very  beautiful  that 
of  all  the  officials'  wives  in  the  city,  two 
should  be  chosen  who  are  favorably  inclined 
towards  Christianity.  These  meetings  are  held 
three  times  a  month.  As  Paotingfu  is  the  pro 
vincial  capital,  we  have  more  officials  here 
waiting  for  promotion  than  perhaps  anywhere 
outside  of  Peking.  They  get  their  position 
and  go  on.  Last  year  I  lost  from  our  little  cir- 
cle four  or  five  families;  this  year,  quite  as 
many.  It  is  surely  seed  sowing.  Here  they 
are  at  liberty  to  go  out  publicly,  if  so  inclined, 
while  in  another  city  it  is  not  good  taste  for 
ladies  of  an  official  family  to  go  outside  the 
gate. 

Mv  heart  has  been  drawn  out  to  an  old  lady 
we  met  on  our  itinerating  trip  last  month.  As 
Dr.  Elizabeth  Lewis  and  I  were  taking  a  walk 
through  the  town,  some  nice-looking  people 
invited  us  to  their  home  to  see  a  blind  lady. 
Poor  old  soul !  she  told  us  she  was  the  oldest 
of  three  wives  and  had  four  daughters- in  law, 
all  living  in  the  same  establishment,  and  that 
she  had  to  keep 


IN  A  PASSION  ALL  DAY  LONG 

to  hold  things  straight.  Her  blindness  was 
the  result  of  uncontrolled  fits  of  temper,  she 
told  us.  When  I  showed  her  a  better  way,  her 
face  became  very  wistful  and  .she  tried  to 
learn  the  publican's  prayer  and  a  petition  that 
God  wou.'d  give  her  His  Holy  Spirit  to  help 
her  to  understand  the  Truth.  She  had  taken 
to  opium  in  her  misery.  A  good-looking  son 
of  twenty-six  or  seven  (also  a  victim)  brought 
a  pen  and  sheet  of  paper  and  asked  me  to  write 
the  prayer  out,  saying  he  would  teach  it  to  his 
mother.  This  is  one  little  glimpse  of  a  rich 
heathen  family  without  God  and  without  hope. 

Mrs.  W.  T.  Locke  wrote  from  Chenchow, 
Hunan,  last  summer: 

Leaving  Siangtan  where  we  lived  about  two 
years,  we  reached  Chenchow  in  January,  1906, 
after  a  three  weeks'  journey  by  water  through 
a  beautiful  district.  It  was  not  until  the  mid- 
dle of  March  that  I  again  saw  the  inside  of 
my  desk,  having  parted  with  it  in  October. 
We  are  very  happy  in  our  new  home,  in  a 
large,  rambling,  Chinese  house.  At  the  head 
of  the  court,  where  the 

former  OCCUPANTS  OFFERED  INCENSE, 

the  present  occupants  have  hung  the  Beati- 
tudes. Chenchow,  while  smaller  by  far  than 
Siangtan,  is  a  more  important  city  as  it  is  a 
governing  center.  Examinations  for  scholars 
were  annually  held  until  this  year,  and  we  are 
in  a  student  center.  Yesterday  three  ladies 
called  upon  me  from  the  family  of  the  official 
controlling  the  literati.  They  were  women  of 
intelligence.    Hunan  women  are. 

The  chapel  here  is  so  small  as  to  imperfectly 
accommodate  the  men  who  attend  Sunday  ser- 
vices, so  Mrs.  Mitchell  and  I  decided  to  have 
a  woman's  church  on  another  day.  We  began 
during  the  rainy  season  and,  in  spite  of  the 
weather,  we  sometimes  have  over  one  hundred 
and  always  as  many  as  we  can  well  manage. 
I  have  a  Bible  class  in  my  home  for  a  few  wo- 
men who  I  think  are  earnestly  inquiring  for 
the  truth.  You  have  heard  how  Chinese  wo- 
men come  in  crowds  to  see  a  new  foreigner. 
In  order  to  save  my  time,  I  set  aside  a 

"  DAY  AT  home"  ONCE  A  WEEK. 

Visitors  on  other  days  are  received  in  the 
outer  great  hall  by  women  who  assist  me ;  tea 
is  poured  for  them,  a  portion  of  Scripture  is 
given  and,  unless  I  happen  to  be  free  for  a 
moment  or  they  have  come  from  a  distance, 
they  are  invited  to  meet  me  on  my  "  da}-  at 
home."    That  day,  my  time  and  that  of  my 


1907.] 


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two  women  is  entirely  given  to  them.  We 
serve  tea  and  small  cakes  and  they  see  all  they 
want  to  see.  We  talk  "doctrine"  only  in  a 
conversational  way ;  they  are  urged  to  come  to 
the  next  woman's  meeting  and  perhaps  receive 
a  tract.    Of  all 

"AT  homes"  in  AMERICA 

I  have  found  none  so  exhausting  as  these  nor 
any,  the  remembrance  of  which  was  more  sat- 
isfying ;  for  over  there,  one  has  sometimes  felt 
that  guests  were  as  worn  out  as  one's  self,  but 
not  so  with  these  Chinese  guests.  The  faces 
of  even  the  poorest  and  most  dejected  light  up 
with  sheer  pleasure  as  they  thank  you.  We 
try  to  receive  women  who  come  in  torn  gar- 
ments with  the  same  ceremony  as  those  who 
come  in  silk.  This  spirit  is  new  to  both  classes 
and  I  feel  it  will  help  to  interpret  to  them  the 
gospel. 

Chenchow  field,  though  last  opened,  is  the 
largest  in  Hunan  as  regards  Christian  constit- 
uency, because  Canton  Mission  transferred  to 
our  care  all  the  churclies  in  southern  Hunan, 
formerly  cared  for  by  Lien-chou.  Blr.  Locke 
and  Mr.  Mitchell  have  just  returned  from  a 
three  weeks'  itinerating  trip.  While  away 
they  visited  Lien-chou.  There  were  no  for- 
eigners there.  The  sight  of  the  ruins  was  sick- 
ening. Some  one  had  written  on  the  black- 
ened walls  of  the  chapel,  "  On  that  day  they 
were  like  wolves." 

Mrs.  Chas.  Leaman  reported  herself  again 
at  Nanking,  Oct.  31,  1906: 

As  we  entered  our  gate  we  found  school- 
girls lined  up  on  each  side  the  walk.  It  was 
too  much  for  me,  I  had  to.  cry  from  very  joy 
and  thankfulness.  God  has  been  very  good ; 
not  one  thing  has  failed  of  all  His  precious 
promises.  Over  the  door  were  draped  a  Chinese 
flag  and  the  Stars  and  Stripes.  The  house  was 

AS  CLEAN  AS  A  NEW  PIN, 

our  furniture  all  placed  in  order  by  loving 
hands,  the  rooms  full  of  flowers  and  dinner 
on  the  table.  The  girls  wanted  us  to  go  at 
once  to  the  school.  There  again  were  flags, 
beautiful  plants  in  every  window  and  over  the 
platform  "Welcome  Home"  in  evergreens. 
The  girls  sang  a  welcome  and  the  matron 
prayed,  thanking  God  for  our  safe  return. 

We  found  many  changes  ineducational  lines. 
The  Chinese  are  opening  schools,  among  them 
one  for  girls  is  opened  by  the  Governor-Gen- 
eral. Some  of  the  wealthy  girls  that  we  had 
last  year  went  to  this  school.  One  of  our  first 
graduates  is  teaching  in  one  of  their  schools, 
getting  $20  gold  a  month,  while  we  pay  only 
|3  and  §4.    Three  of  our  graduates  are  in  mis- 


sion employ  though  they  could  get  §30  outside. 
They  say,  "No,  we  will  help  our  church  and 
stay  where  we  can  preach  Christ." 

JAPAN. 

Miss  Alice  M.  Monk  wrote  from  Sapporo: 
If  you  want  to  see  Sapporo  at  its  best  come 
in  September  or  October.  These  months  are 
delightful  with  bracing  air,  blue  skies  and  the 
abundant  foliage  turning  brighter  night  by 
night. 

Our  school  buildings  are  a  seven-room  cot- 
tage and  one  large  dormitory  and  recitation 
hall  combined.  The  remaining  campus  is  per- 
haps fifty  or  sixty  feet  square.  The  assembly 
room,  with  a  seating  capacity  of  300,  and  six 
classrooms  furnished  with  rough  desks,  and 
seating  twenty  to  forty  pupils  each,  occupy 
the  south  wing.  In  the  center  and  north  wing 
are  sewing  and  etiquette  rooms,  three  small 
"  studies"  for  the  use  of  Miss  Ward,  the  older 
girls  and  two  men  teachers;  a  small  Japanese 
reception-room;  dining-room  and  kitchen; 
twenty-four  rooms  occupied  by  six  resident 
Japanese  teachers  and  fifty  boarding  pupils; 
and  my  own  bedroom  and  stud}^  Is  "  the  last 
the  best  ? "  Certainly  they  are  pleasant  rooms, 
getting  much  sunshine  and  having  a  good 
view  out  to  the  mountains.  As  the  building 
is  only  three  years  old,  everything  looks  fresh 
and  clean.  Last  spring  we  were  much  con- 
cerned that  six  of  our  then  Senior  class  were 
not  Christians,  and  much  prayer  was  offered 
on  their  behalf  both  by  teachers  and  fellow- 
students.  Our  joy  was  great  when,  at  a  little 
farewell  meeting  on  Commencement  Day 

THEY  ALL  CONFESSED  CHRIST. 

Our  present  Senior  class  of  twenty-two  girls 
also  contains  many  non-Christians.  Will  you 
not  join  in  prayer  with  us  for  their  conversion 
before  graduation  ? 

Recently  tent  meetings  were  held  here  in 
connection  with  an  exhibit  held  for  twenty 
days  at  South  Park.  It  was  a  union  effort, 
by  the  six  churches,  pastors  and  missionaries. 
In  the  morning  the  tent  was  in  use  as  a  read- 
ing-room and  some  one  was  always  present, 
ready  for  any  opportunity  to  talk  about  Chris- 
tianity. Preaching  services  were  held  every 
afternoon  from  two  to  five;  it  was  a  surprise 
to  us  how  many  people  came  and  with  what 
attention  and  respect  they  listened.  The  police 
insisted  upon  detailing  a  man  to  the  tent,  but 
he  was  never  needed.  The  tent  was  favorably 
located  and  ccmspicuously  labeled.  A  tall  red 
signboard  in  front  bore  the  invitation,  "  Come 
and  See."  A  leaflet,  with  the  same  message, 
had  been  printed  and  10,000  copies  were  dia- 


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[Feb. 


tributed,  besides  several  thousand  copies  of 
hymn-leaflets  and  hundreds  of  other  tracts. 
By  careful  estimate, 

4,500  PERSONS  ATTENDED 

half  an  afternoon  each,  thus  hearing  two  ser- 
mons, and  6,500  persons,  (not  including  the 
workers),  stopped  to  listen  ten  minutes  or 
longer.  During  the  same  time  three  prominent 
Tokyo  pastors  addressed  eight  union  meetings 
for  Christians  and  one  for  non-Christians. 

PRAY  FOR  us. 

Remember,  whenever  a  powerful  tempta- 
tion assails  you,  that  very  likely  somewhere  a 
missionary  is  battling  with  that  same  tempta- 
tion, under  conditions  which  give  it  added 
power.  As  you  pray  for  strength  for  yourself, 
pray  for  that  ' '  some  one  "  else  who  is  strug- 
gling as  you  are.  And  pray  for  our  churches 
— the  pastors,  evangelists,  Bible  women  and 
members.  More  and  more  I  realize  that  no  one 
reared  in  a  Christian  land  can  fully  under- 
stand the  temptations  and  difficulties  of  con- 
verts from  other  faiths,  and  more  and  more 
highly  do  I  value  the  faith  and  the  life  of 
some  who,  in  the  midst  of  a  naughty  world, 
keep  themselves  unspotted. 

From  a  mother  in  Japan :  ' '  You  may  imagine 
there  was  not  much  celebration  on  theGlorious 
Fourth.  Papaaway  and  Mamma  in  bed,  and  our 
two  the  only  American  children  in  the  place. 
When  Huldah  burned  her  hand,  while  helping 
in  the  kitchen,  she  said  through  her  tears, 
'  Mamma,  now  it  seems  like  the  4th  of  July.'" 
LAOS. 

Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Crooks  wrote  from  Chieno 
Rai  in  November: 

A  class  of  women  meet  with  me  for  a  read- 
ing lesson  daily.  Intended  at  first  for  those  on 
our  compound  who  could  not  read,  that  little 
circle  soon  opened  up  to  include  some  neigh- 
bors and  then  opened  again  to  women  in  the 
hospital  who  were  well  enough  to  study.  We 
are  a  happy  company  as  we  gather  each  morn- 
ing on  our  cool  verandah. 

THE  star  pupil 

is  dear  Auntie  Green  who  has  been  a  Chris- 
tian for  two  years  only,  but  has  all  the  faith 
of  one  of  long  standing.  A  year  ago,  in  the 
midst  of  a  journey,  her  son  was  taken  with  a 
high  fever.  She  had  no  medicine,  so  she  knelt 
down  and  prayed,  telling  the  Lord  that  the 
child  would  die  if  He  did  not  help.  God  did 
help  and  the  next  day  the  boy  was  able  to 
travel.  Since  she  has  been  with  us,  the  family 
has  saved  enough  to  buy  a  little  rice  field  and 
they  will  leave  us  for  it,  and  I  am  anxious 
to  give  her  a  good  training,  as  she  will  go  to 
9,  village  where  there  are  no  Christians.  I 


have  been  teaching  her  to  sew  as  well  as  read. 
But  Auntie  Green,  whose  bright  eyes 

CAN  EVEN  LOOK  INTO  ONE'S  HEART 

and  see  a  motive  there, — these  same  bright 
eyes  grow  amazingly  dull  when  the  hour  for 
sewing  comes.  One  day  when  a  buttonhole 
had  to  be  worked  over  for  the  third  time,  1 
said,  ' '  Auntie  Green,  vvhat  have  you  done  with 
your  glasses?"  "Now,  Mother  Nourisher," 
she  said,  "  don't  you  remember  the  little  black 
box  you  told  me  to  put  them  aw-ay  in  ?  "  "  Yes, 
I  remember."  "Well,  I  put  them  away  just 
as  you  said,  and  I  have  never  taken  them  out 
since,"  looking  at  me  reproachfully.  You  have 
no  idea  how  much  these  out-village  wamen 
have  to  learn.  The  first  lesson  is  to  wear  a 
jacket,  and  no  one  ever  takes  kindly  to  such 
a  useless  piece  of  clothing.  Auntie  Green 
gravely  assured  me  she  would  die  if  she  must 
wear  her  jacket  all  day,  but  she  is  quite  con- 
verted to  it  now.  One  rainy  Sunday  morning, 
I  was  rather  shocked  to  see  her  rise  up  and 
change  hers  before  the  audience.  No  one  else 
was  shocked  at  all  and  she  sat  down  looking 
the  nice,  decent  woman  she  is. 

But  to  return  to  the  class.  The  latest  one  to 
whom  th«  circle  opened  up  is  a  young  woman 
whose  husband  left  her  and  therefore  caused 
her  to  be  despised.  Last  Sunday  she  stood  up 
in  church  and  said  she 

WOULD  NEVER  AGAIN  WORSHIP  SPIRITS. 

Her  uncle  was  very  angry  when  he  heard  of 
it  and  said  he  would  cut  her  ofl^  from  the  fam- 
ily spirits,  and  then  what  would  she  do  ?  She 
replied :  "  I  do  not  want  your  old  spirits  going 
along  with  me  anyway.  I  am  going  to  trust 
in  God  and  never  again  in  spirits."  Her  faith 
is  being  tried.  Then  there  is  Sister  Pearl,  who 
is  ready  to  say  she  is  on  the  Lord's  side,  but 
— and  there  are  many  just  the  same  —her  hus- 
band will  not  come.  She  studies  every  minute 
she  has,  and  learns  wonderfully  fast.  There 
is  one  woman  whose  face  is  as 

BEAUTIFUL  AS  A  MADONNA'S. 

It  has  been  made  so  by  patiently  bearing  her 
heavy  cross.  For  years  she  was  the  only  Chris- 
tian in  her  village  and  all  that  time  bore  the 
ridicule  of  her  neigbors,  which  is  truly  a  cross. 
To  add  to  this,  her  husband  left  the  church 
shortly  after  they  were  married  and  has  only 
in  the  last  month  come  back  again.  But  she 
says  if  all  forsake  the  Lord  she  will  never 
cease  to  love  Him.  She  is  now  in  the  hospital 
and  that  is  how  she  happens  to  be  in  our  class. 

Many  others  come,  but  I  cannot  tell  of  each 
one.  I  do  enjoy  teaching  them  and  especially 
the  little  chats  we  have  after  class,  when  I 
learn  something  of  how  these  women  feel. 


HOME  DEPARTMENT 

UNITED  STUDY  OF  MISSIONS,  1907, 

CHRISTUS  REDEMPTOR:    A  Study  of  the  Island  World. 

Chapter  V.— New  Zealand,  New  Guinea,  Malaysia. 
Draw  an  outliue  map  locating  the  Islands  of  this  group.   Note  "  Questions  and  Topics,"  p.  214. 


III.  Malaysia. 

1.  Characteristics  of  the  People. 

2.  Religions. 

(a)  Compare  the  native  religion 

with  other  primitive  faiths 
as  found  in  India,  Africa. 

(b)  Investigate  the  growth  of  im- 

ported religions  in  Malaysia. 

3.  The  Dutch  Policy  of  Evangelization. 

4.  (a)  Would  the  present  opening  in 

Malaysia  justify  any  great  enlarge- 
ment of  mission  forces?  (6)  To 
what  part  of  the  field  could  recruits 
be  sent  to  best  advantage  ?  Why  ? 

IV.  Topics  for  Private  Study. 

1.  The  Life  of  Samuel  Marsden. 

2.  James  Chalmers. 

3.  Kam  and  the    hulpprediker'st  " 
(Mrs.  Dwight  E.)      Dorothea  Lewis  Potter. 

Oakland,  Cal. 


I.  Make  a  Comparative  Study  of  New  Zea- 
land and  New  Guinea. 

1    Size  and  Climate. 

2.  Resources. 

3.  History. 

4.  Aborigines. 

5.  Treatment  received  from  Christian 

Nations. 

6.  Present  conditions  of  Mission  Work. 
II.  Topics  for  Research  and  Discussion. 

1.  Causes  for  the  difference  between 

conditions  in  New  Zealand  and  New 
Guinea.    Climate?  Race? 

2.  Political   Control   and  Commercial 

Evils  in  New  Zealand  and  New 
Guinea. 

3.  The  Maoris  :    Music— Folk  Loi-e— 

Present  Development,  political  and 
religious. 

CHANGES  IN  THE  MISSIONARY  FORCE. 

Arrivals: 

December  23,  1906. — At  New  York,  Miss  Ella  Kuhl.  from  Southern  Brazil.  Address, 
76  West  46th  St.,  New  York. 

At  New  York,  Miss  Alice  Mitchell,  from  Woodstock  School,  Landour,  India.  Ad- 
dre-s,  416  West  118th  St.,  New  York. 
Departures  : 

Dec.  12. — From  New  York,  Miss  Mathilde  C.  Rebentisch,  to  join  the  Village  Settlement, 
W.  India  Mission. 

Dec.  31. — From  New  York,  Rev.  F.  D.  P  Hickman,  returning  to  Africa. 

Deaths: 

Dec.  — . — At  San  Jose,  Cal  ,  Miss  Edna  I.  Bissell  of  Bangkok,  Slam.    Funeral  Dec.  3. 
Dec.  — . — At  San  Jose,  Cal.,  Mi!>s  Margaret  K.  Scott,  for  fourteen  years  leading  teacher 

in  the  school  for  girls  at  San  Paulo,  Brazil.    Funeral  Dec.  7. 
Dec.  22. — At  Seoul,  Korea,  Rev.  S.  F.  Moore.    Appointed  missionary  in  1892. 

NOTES  FROM 

The  following  helps  are  permanent  and  may 
be  obtained  from  all  Women's  Boards : 
On  all  the  Missions: — 

Historical  Sketch   10  cts. 

Question  Book   5  cts. 

Schools  and  Colleges.  ea.ch,  2  cts. ;  set,  15  cts. 

Hospital  Woi'k  each,  1  ct. ;  set,  10  cts. 

Home  Life   2  cts.  ' 

Illustrated  Programmes  per  doz.  Sets. 

Hero  Series   2  cts. 

The  Year  Book  of  Prayer,  1907   10  cts. 

A  Visit  to  the  TFe.s^  Africa  Mission. ...  10  cts. 
Mission  Study  Series: — 

No.  6.  Christ  us  Redemptor,  Island  World, 
Each,  postpaid,  cloth,  50  cts. ;  paper,  30  cts. 
For  Children  :— 

A  Cruise  in  the  Island  World   20  cts. 

Great  Voyages  and  What  Came  of  Them, 
cloth,  35  cts. ;  paper,  25  cts. ;  postage  extra. 

Fro  m  Ph  ila  delph  ia . 

Send  all  letters  to  501  Witherspoon  Building.  Direc- 
tors' meetinf!  first  Tuesday  of  month  at  10. .SO  o'clock. 
Prayer-meeting  tlie  third  Tuesday  at  11  o'clock.  Vis- 
itors welcome  at  both  meetings. 

Prayer-meeting,  Feb.   19.    Topics  :  Our 


HEADQUARTERS. 

Treasury  and  China.  Another  opportunity  to 
continue  together  the  intercession  begun  so 
earnestly  in  the  meetings  of  the  Week  of 
Prayer,  when  the  missionaries  took  us  with 
them  to  their  fields  of  labor;  when  requests, 
many  and  definite,  were  brought,  and  petition, 
intercession  and  praise  arose  to  the  Father 
with  one  accord.  It  was  the  right  beginning 
for  a  glorious,  new  missionary  year.  Did  jce 
all  so  begin  ? 

A  special  cause  for  thanksgiving  is  the  re- 
stored health  of  our  beloved  president,  Mrs. 
Thorpe,  after  a  long,  silencing,  depressing  at- 
tack of  bronchitis. 

At  the  suggestion  of  one  who  wished  to 
honor  the  memory  of  her  friend  by  making  a 
gift  to  this  Society,  we  have  had  engraved  a 
certificate  which,  we  doubt  not,  will  be  asked 
for  again  and  again  by  others  moved  by  the 
same  desire.  It  reads  thus:  "hi  Memoriam. 
The  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  gratefully  acknowl- 
edges the  gift  of  $  from  ,  in  loving 

memory   of   ."    Dated,  Philadelphia, 


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NOTES  FROM  HEADQUARTERS.  [Feb., 


 ,  and  signed  by  our  president  and  secre- 
tary. The  amount  maybe  large  or  small,  the 
exact  use  to  be  made  of  it  specified  or  not,  but 
it  would  be  a  true  memorial,  linking  the 
names  of  the  friends  with  that  of  this  Society 
and  the  progress  of  foreign  missions.  Our 
Annual  Report  will  contain  a  list  of  such 
names  and  gifts. 

A  SIGNIFICANT  sign  of  these  times  is  the  oc- 
casional departure  of  a  daughter  from  our 
homes  to  the  mission  fields  to  look  over  the 
ground  before  deciding  to  offer  herself  as  a 
missionary.  Such  a  traveler  is  now  leaving 
for  the  Far  East  to  see  for  herself,  return 
home,  and  go  back  "  if  the  way  be  clear." 

Dr.  Hoskins  of  Beirut,  Syria,  gave  his  finely 
illustrated  lecture  on  "  Petra  and  the  Land 
of  Moab"  in  Witherspoon  Hall,  Dec.  11,  great- 
ly to  the  pleasure  and  profit  of  Bible  students, 
archaeologists,  geographers  and  the  general 
public.  The  unusual  theme  attracted  an  un- 
usual audience,  and  the  "benefit"  to  Over 
Sea  and  Land  was  also  most  welcome. 

A  word  about  that  same  magazine.  Are  our 
literature  secretaries,  band  li-aders,  mothers 
and  sisters  entering  heartily  into  the  "  Rain- 
bow Scheme  "  of  Over- Sea  and  Land  f  If  not, 
send  to  503  Witherspoon  Building  for  the 
bright  little  slips  and  plant  them  in  new  soil. 
Simie  of  our  best  missi'maries  have  grown  up 
from  the  very  little  children  who  started  with 
this  magazine. 

A  NEW  pamphlet.  The  Language,  Literature, 
Religions  and  Evolution  of  China,  by  Ira  M. 
Condit,  D  D.,  is  a  storehouse  of  information 
for  China  meetings  Price,  15  cts.  Current 
statistics  for  the  foreign  missionary  work  of 
our  Churcli  are  presented  in  striking  form  on 
the  large  wall  Poateis  just  issued.  Price,  5  cts. 
Our  Catalogue  of  Publications  for  1907  will  be 
ready  early  in  the  year. 

From  Chicago. 

Meetinfcs  at  Room  48,  Le  Moyne  Block,  40  E.  Ran- 
dolph Street,  every  Friday  at  10  a.  m.  Visitors  welcome. 

The  resignation  of  our  president,  Mrs  H. 
H.  Forsyth,  came  quite  unexpectedly  a  few 
weeks  ago  and  by  the  order  of  her  physicians. 
Her  many  friends,  both  throughout  the  North- 
west and  over  the  whole  missionary  world, 
will  read  this  announcement  not  only  with 
most  sincere  regret  but  with  deep  sympathy. 
We  have  hoped  that  her  health  might  be  fully 
restored  and  that  she  would  continue  for  many 
years  that  devoted,  efficient,  self  denying  • 
service  which  it  has  always  been  her  pleasure 
to  render  to  the  cause  so  near  her  heart.  Few 
of  us  realize  how  completely  our  pre.sident 
subordinated  all  other  interests  of  her  life  in 
order  to  give  her  whole  self,  how  truly  she 
was  able  to  say,  "  Tins  one  thing  I  do!  "  Her 
physicians  h;ive  counseled  complete  freedom 
from  all  these  responsibilities.  We  resign  our- 
selves with  exceeding  sorrow  to  the  inevita- 
ble, knowing  full  well  that  we  shall  have  great 
difficulty  in  finding  one  who  can  and  will  give 
in  the  same  generous  and  whole  souled  way 
of  her  thought,  time  and  means  to  our  beloved 
work.  Already  we  miss  her  presence  more 
than  words  can  tell  Her  loving  greetings  and 
counsel  to  our  missionaries  as  she  presented 


them  before  us  and  bespoke  for  them  our  love 
and  sympathy  and  prayers  will  long  remain  a 
picture  in  our  memories  and  be  an  inspiration 
to  better  and  fuller  service. 

On  the  very  same  day  came  the  notice  from 
our  Office  and  Field  Secretary,  Mrs.  D.  B. 
Wells,  that  we  must  also  lose  her  valuable 
services.  For  over  seven  years  she  has  gone 
in  and  out  among  our  societies,  lending  a  hand 
here,  giving  counsel  there,  building  up  the 
weak  places  and  encouraging  and  helping  all 
with  her  own  cheerful  courage  and  clear  un- 
derstanding of  their  needs  and  of  our  work. 
With  her  keen  insight  and  quick  sense  of  the 
adaptability  of  persons  to  places,  she  has  been 
a  mountain  of  strength  to  our  presbyterial 
and  synodical  societies.  Hosts  of  friends  here 
and  in  our  auxiliaries  will  regret  the  loss.  Not 
less  efficient  and  valuable  have  her  services 
been  in  our  office  at  headquarters,  where  as 
Office  Secretary  she  brought  with  her  method, 
promptness,  courtesy,  accuracy  and  "up-to- 
date  "  progressive  mtthods  of  work. 

Another  most  serious  loss  came  to  our  Board 
in  the  death  of  Mrs.  O.  J.  Shannon,  Secretary 
for  Missionary  Candidates.  In  comparatively 
few  years  she  has  made  for  herself  a  large 
place  in  our  hearts  and  in  the  foreign  missions 
work.  She  was  one  of  those  rarelj'  beautiful 
Christian  characters  who  combine  great  ex- 
ecutive ability  with  a  gentle,  sweet  womanli- 
ness, genuine  and  simple,  always  filled  with  a 
Christlike  humility,  and  yet  always  steadfast 
and  having  the  "courage  of  her  convictions." 
She  peacefully  "fell  on  sleep"  in  the  early 
morning,  when  all  thought  she  was  well  on 
the  way  to  recovery  from  a  serious  illness. 
Those  missionaries  who  have  gone  to  their 
fields  within  the  past  four  or  five  years  will, 
with  us,  grieve  for  her  loss. 

The  Year  Book  of  Prayer  for  1907,  price  10 
cts.,  is  truly  a  necessity  for  every  Presby- 
terian, for  each  household  to  use  daily  in  fam- 
ily worship.  Let  the  children  thus  become  fa- 
miliar with  names,  stations  and  work  of  all 
the  missionaries.  On  pages  72,  73,  see  the  pro- 
nouncing list. 

From  New  York. 

Prayer-meetins;  at  I5G  Fifth  Ave.,  cor.  20th  St.,the  first 
Wednesday  of  each  month,  at  10.3(1  A.  M.  Each  other 
Wednesday  there  is  a  half-hour  meeting  for  prayer  and 
reading  of  missionary  letters.commeneing  atsanie  hour. 

The  Thirty  seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Women's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  will  be  held  on  Wednes- 
day and  Thursday,  April  24,  25,  in  Lexington, 
Ky.  The  Chairman  of  the  Hospitality  Com- 
mittee is  Miss  Sue  B.  Scott,  325  North  Broad- 
way, Lexington,  and  the  Chairman  of  the 
Credential  Committee,  Mrs.  Chas.  O.  Kimball, 
110  E  29ih  St.,  New  York.  Early  notice  has 
been  given  of  this  meeting,  in  order  that  as 
many  as  p  ssible  make  their  plans  to  attend 
what  it  is  hoped  will  be  one  of  the  best  the 
Board  has  been  privileged  to  hold. 

At  one  of  the  half-hour  meetings  during 
the  past  month  we  had  the  privilege  of  meet- 
ing our  new  missionary,  Mrs  Wm.  D.  Noyes, 
who  sailed  with  her  husband  for  China  Jan. 
24.  Mrs.  Noyes  was  Miss  Stevenson  of  Auburn, 


1907.]  NOTES  FROM  HEADQUARTERS. 


45 


and  has  had  opportunities  to  get  well  ac- 
quainted with  the  home  side  of  foreign  mis- 
sions. Mr.  Noyes  is  the  son  of  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Henry  V.  Noyes  of  Canton,  and  joined  the 
mission  three  years  ago. 

There  was  dedicated  in  Teheran,  Persia, 
October  11,  the  Woman's  Pavilion  of  the  hos- 
pital, funds  for  which  were  given  by  a  Persian 
Princess.  Dr.  Wishard  concluded  his  remarks 
as  follows:  "When  the  building  was  assured, 
it  was  suggested  that  a  memorial  window 
should  be  put  in  for  one  that  we  all  sincerely 
loved,  one  who  last  year  laid  down  the  bur- 
den of  missionary  life  and  entered  into  the 
eternal  rest.  Those  of  us  who  knew  her  need 
no  tablet  or  memorial  to  keep  her  in  remem- 
brance. But  in  the  years  to  come  it  will  be 
well  that  the  story  be  told  of  the  life  and  work 
for  Persian  women  of  this  charming  and  godly 
representative  of  our  American  Church.  So 
funds  were  provided,  largely  by  her  sisters, 
for  the  erection  of  a  suitable  memorial.  When 
I  consulted  the  Princess  who  gave  the  money 
for  the  building  she  readily  consented,  say- 
ing, '  If  it  is  for  one  of  the  ladies  of  tlie  Mis- 
sion, I  shall  be  pleased.'  So,  in  the  name  of 
one  who  spared  not  her  own  life  but  freely 
gave  all  that  she  had  to  the  women  of  Persia, 
Miss  Charlotte  G.  Montgomery,  I  unveil  this 
beautiful  memorial  window." 

For  those  studying  Christus  Redemptor  we 
have  prepared  a  packet  of  leaflets  on  the  Island 
World,  the  best  publications  of  our  own  and 
other  Boards;  price  30  cts. 

On  China:  China  in  Outline  and  Women  of 
China,  10  cts.  ;  Ling  Te's  Letter,  3  cts. :  Only  a 
Woman's  Life,  Robert  Morrison,  John  L.  Ne- 
vius,  each  2  cts. ;  Footbinding  in  China,  An- 
cestor Worship,  each  1  ct. 

Recent  Publications:  Prayers  Fitted  for 
Use  in  31issionary  Meetings,  5  cts. ;  ^4  Litany 
of  Praise  and  Prayer — Programme  for  Praise 
Meeting,  3  cts.,  15 cts.  per  dozen;  Ruts,  2  cts. 

From  Northern  New  York. 

The  time  for  closing  the  Treasurer's  books 
is  only  two  months  off.  In  view  of  this  fact, 
the  officers  of  all  auxiliaries  should  exam- 
ine the  condition  of  their  own  treasury  and 
make  sure,  now,  tliat  all  pledges  will  be  met 
not  only,  but  that  there  will  be  a  surplus  to 
forward  to  the  General  Treasurer.  The  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions  has  asked  for  an  increase 
of  contributions  from  the  Women's  Societies, 
as  well  as  from  the  churches.  Let  us  respond 
to  this  call  generously. 

It  is  earnestly  desired  that  there  should  be 
a  systematic  effort  made  in  each  Society  to 
extend  the  circulation  of  our  magazines.  If 
our  work  is  to  be  carried  on  intelligently,  we 
must  have  information  of  the  work  and  its 
needs,  and  Woman's  Work  brings  us,  each 
month,  this  information  in  a  most  attractive 
form. 

We  are  constantly  being  reminded  that  we 
should  be  training  the  younger  generation  to 
take  the  place  of  those  who  are  dropping  out 
of  the  ranks.  We  should  see  to  it  that  the  chil 
dren  are  informed  on  the  subject  of  missions, 
and  should  aim  to  have  one  copy,  at  least,  of 


Over  Sea  and  Land  in  each  family.  Copies  of 
both  these  magazines  can  be  obtained  of  Miss 
C.  A.  Bush,  31  Second  St.,  Troy,  N.  Y.  All 
helps  needed  for  Mission  Study  classes  can  also 
be  had  of  Miss  Bush. 

If  you  have  not  had  a  Mission  Study  Class 
in  your  society  or  church  this  winter,  send  for 
bociks  and  helps  and  form  one  now. 

Once  more  we  urge  the  use  of  the  Year 
Book  of  Prayer  by  every  Christian  woman. 
The  price,  10  cts.  per  copy,  brings  it  within 
the  reach  of  all.  Those  who,  for  various  rea- 
sons, cannot  attend  the  monthly  missionary 
meetings  can  keep  in  close  touch  with  the 
work  by  daily  use  of  this  prayer  calendar.  All 
orders  will  be  promptly  filled  by  writing  to 
31  Second  St.,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

From  San  Francisco. 

Legal  headquarters,  Calvary  Church,  cor.  Fillimore 
and  Jackson  Sts. 

Our  foreign  corresponding  secretary.  Miss 
Latham,  went  abroad  for  one  year,  and  Mrs. 
Goodwin  served  as  substitute.  Miss  Latham 
is  at  home  now  and  has  resumed  her  work. 
Mrs.  Goodwin  says:  "  One  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful and  touching  gifts  toward  the  rebuilding 
of  the  Chinese  Home  has  come  from  Christian 
Chinese  women  of  Canton,  under  care  of  our 
missionary,  Miss  Churchill.  Although  offer- 
ings had  been  previously  sent  for  the  suffering 
Chinese  in  San  Francisco,  yet  when  Miss 
Churchill  put  the  matter  before  these  women, 
from  their  meagre  store  they  brought  forth  so 
liberally  that  seventy  five  pieces  of  silk  em 
broideries  were  sent  us  from  which  we  expect 
to  realize  $100  at  least." 

Mrs.  Goodwin  also  writes  to  our  treasurer: 
"I  inclose  an  order  for  $30  (gold)  which  has 
just  come  from  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Sliarrocks  of 
Syen  Chun,  Korea,  for  the  "In  His  Name" 
room  in  our  new  building.  This  gift  is  sent  in 
the  name  of  their  three  girlies."  It  made  nie 
cry  when  I  saw  this  order.  It  is  a  wonderful 
girt  to  come  from  them,  as  they  have  already 
given  largely  for  the  new  Syen  Chun  church : 
and  in  addition  to  this,  they  have  advanced 
the  money  for  the  earrings  and  jewels  offered 
by  the  Korean  women,  and  are  to  bring  them 
home  to  dispose  of  for  the  church  there." 

All  Year  Books  and  heavy  packages  sent  by 
freight  or  express  should  be  sent  from  head- 
quarters to  Mrs.  E.  G.  Denniston,  treasurer, 
3454  Twenty-first  St.,  San  Francisco. 

Dr.  Condit's  new  booklet.  Language,  Lit- 
erature and  Evolution  of  China,  may  be  ob- 
tained by  writing  to  Miss  Belle  Garrette,  2503 
Central  Ave.,  Alameda;  68  pages,  price  15  cts. 
Mrs.  Condit  writes  that  the  money  receiv^d 
from  the  sale  will  be  used  for  purchase  of  Chi- 
nese Bibles.  All  their  Bibles  and  Cliristian  lit- 
erature were  destroyed  by  earthquake  and  fire. 
Send  to  Miss  Garrette  for  Year  Book  and  all 
literature. 

A  foreword  in  Dr.  Condit's  booklet  sug- 
gests that  Mission  Study  classes  might  wish 
to  have  in  a  nutshell  these  facts  about  China. 
Th^y  might  be  taken  in  connection  with  Rex 
Christus. 


46 


TREASURERS'  REPORTS. 


[Feb., 


Executive  Committee  lield  December  meet- 
ing in  the  temporary  "Mission  Home,"  477 
Eleventh  St.,  lOlh  Ave.,  East  Oakland,  The 
house,  through  the  energies  of  Miss  Cameron 
and  Miss  Ferree,  assisted  by  Mrs.  L.  A.  Kelley, 
is  quite  comfortable.  A  barn  on  the  premises 
has  been  renovated,  a  carpet  spread  on  the 
floor,  desks  put  in  and  a  stove.  The  school  will 
reopen  after  the  holidays.  Miss  Pratt  teacher. 

At  the  noon  hour  of  Executive  Meeting,  Dr. 
Lapsley  McAfee,  pastor  of  First  Church,  Berke- 
ley, dropped  in  just  as  our  new  piano  came,  so 
it  was  at  once  utilized;  the  household  came 
together,  and  all  sang  the  Doxology,  after 
which  Dr.  McAfee  otfered  a  tender  dedicatory 
prayer.  We  hope  that  this  Home,  the  third 
removal,  will  be  permanent  till  the  new  build- 
ing is  erected. 

Occidental  school  will  reopen  after  holi- 
days in  the  new  Chinese  quarter  in  Oakland. 

From  Portland,  Oregon. 

Meetings  on  tlie  first  and  third  Tuesdays  of  each 
month  at  the  First  Presbyterian  Cliurch.  Visitors  wel- 
come. 

October  number  of  Woman's  Work  re- 
ferred to  the  Caroline  A.  Ladd  Hospital  at 
Pyeng  Yang  as  having  cost  10,000  yen,  or  five 
thousand  dollars.  This  was  the  original  gift, 
but  building  in  Korea  is  something  like  build- 
ing in  America,  and  Dr.  Hunter  Wells  found 
that  an  additional  two  thousand  dollars  would 
be  needed  to  complete  the  hospital.  When 
Mrs  Ladd  learned  this  fact,  she  gladly  con- 
tributed the  remainder,  making  a  seven  thou- 
sand dollars  investment  for  the  benefit  of  our 
Korean  neighbors. 


The  Treasurer's  books  clo.se  March  25,  1907, 
and  it  is  imposs.ble  to  receive  money  later,  as 
remittances  must  go  East  promptly  in  order 
to  be  included  in  the  Annual  Reports  of  our 
Boards.  Will  not  our  auxiliaries  bear  this  in 
mind  and  simplify  the  work  of  the  Treasurer 
by  a  rea  Jy  response  ? 

A  HOPEFUL  sign  of  the  year's  record  is  the 
interest  manifested  in  missions  by  the  Indian 
young  people.  In  Walla  Walla  Presbytery, 
Christian  Endeavor  Societies  of  Indian 
churches, — Kamiah  First,  Kamiah  Second, 
Lapwai,  North  Fork  and  Stites, — are  dividing 
their  offerings  between  home  and  foreign  mis- 
sions. It  is  said  that  in  the  native  churches 
prayer- meetings  are  conducted  with  a  dig- 
nity and  decorum  that  would  do  credit  to 
the  best  organized  Endeavor  Society  in  the 
Northwest.  Christian  young  people  of  our 
Board  may  rejoice,  indeed,  for,  as  a  pioneer 
missionary  once  said,  "Whoever  lifts  Amer- 
ica closer  to  the  heart  of  Christ  is  lifting  China 
and  India  and  Africa  and  the  islands  of  the 
sea  nearer  to  God.  He  is  pressing  the  crusade 
of  a  world's  emancipation." 

The  first  news  that  our  new  missionary.  Miss 
Van  Vranken  (who  sailed  for  Korea  last  Sep- 
tember), will  receive  from  home  will  be  that 
of  the  death  of  her  sister,  after  a  brief  illness. 
Think  of  the  longing  to  comfort  and  receive 
comfort  frum  the  son  owing  parents,  and  the 
natural  homt sickness  and  loneliness,  when 
the  sad  tidings  arrive.  Shall  we  not  pray 
more  for  our  dear  missionaries,  who  sacrifice 
so  much,  gladly  and  bravely,  it  is  true,  but 
sacrifice  still  ?  They  are  bearing  the  cross  and 
they  shall  wear  the  ciown. 


Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  for  December,  1906. 

[PRESBTTEUIES  IN  SMALL  CAPITALS.]    *  Thank  Offering. 


Baltimore.— Baltimore,  1st.  12.5;  2d,  6..50;  Aisquith  St., 
16:  Brown  Mem'l,  25U,  Mrs.  E.  P.  S.  Jones  Aux.,  90;  Cen- 
tral, 11,  Seek  and  Save  Bd.,  De  Witt  Benhnm  Bd.,  .3: 
Covenant,  5,  Home  Dept ,  6,  C.E.  Jr  ,  5:  Lafayette  Sq  ,  29; 
Roland  Park,  10;  Sparrows  Point,  2:  Chestnut  Grove,  2,  C. 
E.,  5;  Havre  de  Grace,  C.E.,  1.45;  Relay,  3;  Taneytown.  19, 

S618.95 

Blairsville,— Benlah,  14,  C.E.,  20;  Blairsville,  3.05; 
Braddock,  1st,  V.L.  Circle,  30;  Calvary,  19,  C.E.  Jr.,  3.50; 
Cresson,  7.72;  Derrv.  15;  Greensburg,  1st,  50;  Woman's 
Assn.,  100;  Irwin,  9.43;  Jolinstown,  Laurel  Ave.,  19.50; 
Lifronier,  6..50;  Manor,  2:  New  Alexandria,  10:  Parnassus, 
13.85;  Poke  Run,  7.50,  Silver  Links,  8.45;  Turtle  Creek,  9; 
Wilmerding,  4;  Windber,  5,  357.50 

BiTTLEii,— Allegheny,  3;  Butler,  1st,  Y.W.  Aux.,  G.75; 
Clintonville,  14;  Concord,  5:  Crestview,  C.E..  4;  Grove 
City,  88;  Middlesex,  10;  Muddy  Creek,  30;  North  Butler, 
10;  North  Washington,  12;  Plain  Grove,  12;  Plains.  5.85; 
Portersville,  6;  Scrub  Grass,  10,  C.E.,  10;  Slippery  Rock, 
10:  Unionville,  6;  Westminster,  C,K  ,  10;  West  Sunburv. 
10.50,  C.E.,  10,  Busy  Bee  Bd.,  10;  Zelienople,  10,  293,10 

Cleveland.— Ashtabula.  11,05;  Cleveland,  1st,  216:  2d, 
103.95;  Beckwith,  76  45;  Bolton,  .38,90;  Calvary,  781.15;  Case, 
54,72,  C.E. ,20;  Euclid  Ave.,  0  50.  C.E.,  10;  Madison  Ave.,  4; 
North,  65;  Willson,  10;  Woodland  Ave.,  75,  C.E.,  50:  E. 
Cleveland,  1st.  45;  Glenville,  C.E.,  10;  Northfield,  5;  Ritt- 
man,  2;  Bal.  Syn.  Entertain.  Committee,  7,10;  A  Lady.  25, 

1,616.82 

Erie.— Erie,  Park,  Sanford  Mem'l,  C.E.,  2,50 

French  Broad.- AUanstand,  Y.P,  Soc,  50  cts.;  Burns- 
ville,  8,65,  Betliaven.  8,  Pensacola,  5,  Banks  Creek,  2; 
Couper  Mem'l.  5.45,  Walnut  Run,  2.50,  Y.P.S  ,  3  11 :  Jupi- 
ter, 4.  Willing  Workers,  1,25;  Laura  Sunderland  Sch.,  2,  C. 
E.,  20.35;  Mark  Lance  Mem  l,  3;  Oakland  Heights,  Ash- 
ville,  \i.  Farm  Sch,,  3.50,  Riceville,  2,50,  84,81 

Grafton.— Buckhannon,  13  20;  Clarksburg,  1.35,  C.E. 
Jr..  3,19;  Fairmont,  Little  Missionaries,  1.67:  French  Creek, 
2:  Grafton,  5  90:  Jacksonburg,  30,  C.E.,  5;  Mannington.  10; 
Morgan  town,  9.80,  82.11 

KiN<iSTON.— Chattanooga,  2d.  87.40.  Y,L  B,,  2,85,  C.E.  Jr., 
LOS;  New  Decatur,  5;  Harriman,8;  Iluntsville,  1  35;  K'ngs- 


ton.  3,  108,65 
Kittannino.— Currie's  Run,  C.E.,  20;  Elder  s  Ridge, 
7,65;  Harmony,  23:  Indiana,  l:30.:K.  C.E..  11.75:  Kittanning, 
200;  Leechbnrg,  70:  Marion  Center.  4.'0:  Mechanicsburg. 
5,55.  Andende  Bd,,  4,45;  Saltsburg,  30,  Legacy  Mrs.  Mary 
C.  Moore,  25,  C.E.  Jr  ,  6,  538.45 
Northumberland —Beech  Creek,  5:  Berwick,  7;  Dan- 
ville, Grove,  18,  C.E  .  5;  Mahonim;,  18,33:  Lewisburs,  Y. 
W.,  35.  Willing  Workers,  7:  Lock  l5aven.  -36,  Y.W.,  110,  L. 
L.B.,  16:  Milton,  14.  Y.W.,  15;  Montgomery.  Y.P.  Bd.,1.10; 
Muncv.  7;  Renovo,  6;  Watsontown,  21;  Williamsport.  1st, 
18,61  :"3d,  42.06;  Covenant,  100,  Y.L,,  50;  Mrs.  J.C.  P.,  5,  A 
Friend.  5,  54i  10 

Pittsburg  and  Alleg.  Com. — Legacy,  Mrs.  Anna  N. 
Davison,  '  2.8,50,00 

Shenango  — Harlansburg,  10:  Lee,<burg,  8;  Neshannock, 
22,41;  New  Castle,  1st,  16.,50.  Helena  Bd,,  10;  Central.  9; 
Slippery  Rock.  6,.50:  Westfield,  C.E.,  50,  132,41 
Union,— Fort  Sanders,  2  50;  Hebron.  2;  Hopewell,  6,25; 
Knoxville.  2d,  71.41;  4th,  41, .'iS:  ,'^th.  2;  Mt,  Zion.  5  50;  New 
Market,  2.:37,  C.E..  3,50,  C.E  Jr..  .3,50;  New  Providence, 
18,50;  Rockford.  1  25:  St.  Paul,  3:  Shannondale,  18,75.  Band, 
50  cts  :  South  Knoxville,  12;  Spring  Place,  2.75;  Westmin- 
ster. 2.50,  "  199  89 
Washington  City. — Riverdale,  Md.,  C.E.,  5,00 
Wellsboro.— Coudersport.  3.  Wilson,  2.  5.00 
Wheeling.— Fairview.  :i.65:  Forks  of  Wheelins.  .30,  Bes- 
sie Shaw  Bd.,  20;  Wellsburg,  1st.  10.50,  Glad  Tidings  Bd., 
15;  Wheeling,  1st,  77.50,  Cherith  Bd.,  20,  Sunshine  and 
Syrian,  20,    '  196,65 
Miscellaneous.— Int.,  162.50;  Legacy  Mrs.  A.  P.  Mitch- 
ell, 100;  A  Lady,  Titnsville,  Pa.,  25;  A  Lady,  Nashville, 
Tenn,.  6,25;  Nashville,  Tenn,,  Russell  St.,  Aux.,  6.25:  A 
Lady,  Phila  ,  1,50;  A  Boy,  Reading,  Pa.,  1,  302.50 


Total  for  December,  1906,  S".936.44 
Total  since  May  1, 1906,  48,;J29.40 
(Miss)  Sarah  W.  Cattell.  Tieas.. 
501  Witherspoon  Building,  Philadelphia. 
Rebuilding  Fund,  Occidental  Home,  $11,245,34 


1907.] 


TREASURERS'  REPORTS. 


47 


Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Presbyterian  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Northwest  for  the  Month  Ending 

December  20,  J  906. 


Aberdeen.— Aberdeen,  28,  C.E.,  6,  Jr.  C.E.,  10;  Britton, 
4;  Castlewood,  5,  C.E.,  5;  Eureka.  10;  Evarts,  50  cts.,  C.E. 
6;  Groton,  32,  C.E.,  15;  Langford,  1;  Pierpont,  4,  C.E.,  6: 
Sisseton.  4.45;  Uniontown,  2;  Watertown,  3,  $141.95 

Bloomington. — Champaign,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chas.  A.  Gunn, 

12..=)0 

Box  Butte.— Alliance,  6.80;  Ku^hville,  3;  Scott's  Bluff, 
3,  Jr.  C.E.,  1.85;  Valentine,  C.E..  2.50,  Jr.  C.E.,  2,        19  15 

Butte —Anaconda,  12;  Butte,  32.25,  C.E.,  25;  Deer 
Lodge,  7.:35;  Missoula,  14.40,  91.00 

Cairo.— Mt.  Carmel,  C.E.,  3.30 

Central  Dakota.— Brookings,  C.E.,  25;  Hitchcock,  C. 
E.,  5.22,  Jr.  C.E.,  3;  Huron,  11.50,  C  E.,  6,  Jr.  C.E.,  2; 
Miller,  3,  C.E.,  3;  Wessington,  10.50;  Woonsocket,  L.A.S., 
12,  81.22 

Chicaoo. — Arlington  Heights,  3;  Chicago,  Bethany,  3; 
Brighton  Pk.,  Jr.  C.E.,  1;  Buena  Mem'l,  13;  Calvary,  8; 
Ch."  of  Covenant,  8;  1st,  26;  2d,  328.95:  :3d,  200;  4th,  54,C.E., 
79;  Bequest  of  Mrs.  H.  F.  Waite,  2d  installment,  200  ;  6th, 
Earnest  Workers,  10;  7th,  1;  8th,  10;  Edgewater,  14;  Em- 
erald Ave.,  25;  Englewood,  1st,  14,  C.E.,  12.50;  41stSt.,  15, 
Jr.  C.E.,  G;  Garfield  Blvd.,  7.50,  Jr.  C.E.,  7;  Hyde  Pk.,  63; 
Lake  View,  2i;  Millard  Ave.,  4;  Ravenswood,  29;  South 
Pk.,  7;  Woodlawn  Pk.,  177.20;  Deerfleld,  2;  Evanston,  2d, 
22,  Mrs.  Charles  Stelzel,  25;  Highland  Pk.,  21.45; -loliet, 
Central,  52.75;  1st,  45;  Lake  Forest,  Steady  Streams,  5.29; 
Manteno,  Bd..  1.50;  Maywood,  3;  Morgan  Pk  ,  13;  North 
Chic.ico,  3:  Oak  Pk.,  1st,  57;  2d,  15;  River  Forest,  35;  River- 
side, 10;  Waukegan,  29,  C.E.,  5;  Wilmington,  Mrs.  A.  J. 
White,  10;  Income  from  Real  Estate,  1,040,  2,743.14 

Chippewa. -Phillips,  C.E.,  1.00 

CoitNiNO. -  Bedford,  7.72;  Creston,  11.64;  Emerson,  1.94; 
Hamluirg,  4.85;  Lenox,  5.82;  Nodaway,  8  55;  Red  Oak,  10.67; 
Sharpsburg,  6.20;  Sidney,  1613;  Villisca,  6.17,  79.69 

Des  Moines —Colfax,  C.E. ,  6.00 

Detroit.— Ann  Arbor,  54.74;  Detroit,  Bethany,  C.E.,  10; 
Ch.  of  Covenant,  10;  1st,  195,  Richardson  Soc,  110;  Forest 
Ave.,  25,  W.  League,  12  98;  Fort  St.,  W.L.,  18  75;  Imman- 
uel,  .30,  C.E.,  15;  Jefferson  Ave.,  137.50,  C.E.,  17;  Mem'l,  12, 
y.W.S  ,  17,  Y.P.L.,  3.10;  2d  Ave.,  15,  Y  P.U  ,  8;  St.  An- 
drews, C.E.,  6;  Trumbull  Ave.,  18.52,  C.E.,  7.25;  Westm'r, 
E.S.G.A  ,  6,25,  Y.P.A.,  6.25;  E.  Nankin,  10,  C.E.,  2.50; 
Highland  Pk.,  C.E..  5;  Holly,  2;  Howell,  29.10;  Milford, 
32M,  C.E.,  5,  The  Builders,  2.60;  Mt.  Clemens,  4.50;  North- 
ville,  30;  Poutiac,  Y'.W.S.,  26.50;  Saline,  C.E.,  2.80;  Ypsi- 
lanti.  65,  952.58 

Dubuque.— Coggon,  7.46,  C.E.,  3.20;  Dubuque,  Westm'r, 
17,  Westm'r  Guild,  19,  C.E.,  2.45;  Farley,  C.E.,  50  cts.; 
Huzleton,  3;  Hopkinton,  7.71;  Lenox  College,  26.C0;  Inde- 
pendence. 17.19;  Jesup,  2.85,  C.E.,  l.,50:  Lansing,  1.70;  Man- 
chester, 6.2;3,  C.E.,  50  cts.,  Jr.  C.E.,  25  cts.;  Maynard.  C.E., 
2;  Oelwein.  6,  C.E.,  29.50;  Rowley, 4*5;  Volga,  2.90,  C.E.,  2; 
Unity,  3;  Winthrop,  Pine  Creek,  16.09;  West  Union,  4.75, 

188.13 

Duluth  — Carlton,  5;  Duluth,  1st,  10;  2d,  6.53;  Glen  Avon, 
33.18;  Lakeside,  11.01,  C.E.,  11.65;  Mora,  1.80;  Sandstone, 
3;  Two  Harbors,  9.13,  91.30 
Frkeport. — Marengo,  A  Lady,  10  00 

Grand  Rapids.— Evart,  6;   (irand  Haven,  12.50,  C.E., 
1.75;  Grand  Rapids,  1st,  15;  Immanuel,  4,  C.E.,  2;  3d,  5; 
M'estm'r,  3.3,  C.E.,  10,  Y.W.S.,  2.50;  Hesperia,  5;  loni.a,  6; 
Ludington,  C.E.,  4  50;  Montague,  2;  Spring  Lake,  1,  110.25 
Great  Falls.— Great  Falls,  4;  Kalispell,  7;  Lewistown, 
6.75,  17.75 
Gunnison.— Grand  Junction,  37.00 
Iowa  City.— West  Liberty,  C.E.,  10.00 
Kalamazoo. —Benton  Harbor,  6;  Cassopolis,  C.E.,  5; 
Decatur,  6;  Edwardsburg,  12;  Kalamazoo,  1st,  12;  North, 
3.18;  Niles,  7,  C.E.,  10,  Jr.  C.E.,  5;  Paw  Paw,  8;  Pluinwell, 
C.E.,  5;  Richland,  20;  Schoolcraft,  1.45;  Three  Rivers,  8, 

108.63 

Kearnet.— Broken  Bow,  19,  C.E.,  8;  Central  City,  26, 


C.E.,  5;  Fullerton,  18.70,  C.E.,  i 
4.75,  C.E,,  3;  Grand  Island,  C.E.. 
ington,  4,  C.E..  4;  North  Platte,  8 
C.E.,  3;  St.  Edwards,  14,  C.E.,  8; 
River,  6, 


,  Jr.  C.E.,  1.40;  Gibbon, 
4;  Kearney,  15.10;  Lex- 
Ord,  C.E.,  3;  Shelton,  4, 
Wilson  Mem'l,  2;  Wood 
168.95 


Lansino. — Battle  Creek,  10,  Bequest  of  Mrs.  Eliza  Ann 
Tomlinson,  475;  Brooklyn,  13;  Holt,  C.E.,  5;  Homer,  10; 
Jackson.  24;  Lansing,  1st,  30;  Franklin  Ave  ,  7.50;  Mason, 
23;  Marshall,  12;  Morrice,  4;  Stockbridge,  2.50,  616.00 
LoGANSPORT. — Michigan  City,  4;  Valparaiso,  C.E.,  3.50, 

7.50 

Mankato.— Blue  Earth,  10;  Delhi,  25;  Lake  Crystal,  2, 
C.E.,  5;  Luverne,  8.79;  Mankato,  25,  C.E.,  12.50;  Marshall, 
5;  Pipestone,  10;  Rushmore,  15;  St.  James,  5;  Worthing- 
ton,  Bethlehem  Stars,  1,  124.29 

Milwaukee. — Horicon,  10;  Manitowoc,  6;  Milwaukee, 
Bertan,  Jr.  C.E.,  1;  Bethany,  C.E.,  4;  Calvary,  31  45;  Grace, 
5.62;  Immanuel,  40,  Circle,  25,  Workers,  25;  Westm'r,  5; 
Ottawa,  2;  Racine,  45,  Y'.L.S.,  3.35;  Waukesha,  5,  208.42 

Nebraska  City.— Adams,  4.14;  Auburn,  5.95;  Alexan- 
dria, 6;  Beatrice,  40;  Blue  Spring,  4;  Chester,  4;  Fairbury, 
5.20;  Falls  City,  1;  Gresham,  1.08;  Lincoln,  1st,  22;  4th 
(Westm'r),  9.20,  Jr.  C.E.,  2;  Nebraska  City,  3.30;  Pawnee, 
8;  Palmyra,  2.60;  Tecumsch,  2;  Utica,  4,78,  125.25 

Niobrara.— Coleridge,  C.E.,  5;  Laurel,  C.E.,  1.50;  Pen- 
der, C.E.,  2.63;  Ponca,  C.E.,  10;  Wakefield,  C.E.,  10  50,  29.63 

Omaha.— Anderson's  Grove,  C.E.,  2.40;  Bellevue,  6.10; 
Cedar  Bluffs,  5;  Colon,  8;  Craig,  10;  Creston,  1;  Florence, 
2.11;  Fremont,  2;  Lyons,  2.50,  C.E. ,  2.50;  Mariett.a,  6.80; 
Monroe,  7.40;  Omaha,  Castellar  St..  6;  Clifton  Hills,  1.76,  C. 
E.,  5;  1st,  58  82,  C.E.,  11,  Indiv.  Givers,  25;  Knox,  .33.82; 
Lowe  Ave,,  21  60,  C.E.,  7.50;  2d,  9.54;  3d,  2;  Westm'r,  23.42, 
Y'.W.S.,  1.90;  Osceola.  8.80;  Schuyler,  7.20;  South  Omaha, 
10;  Tekamah,  7.60;  Waterloo,  3.40,  300.17 

Ottawa.— Aurora,  C  E.,  10.00 

Pembina.— Hannah,  C.E.,  7.50 

Peoria.— Elmira,  Jr.  C.E.,  3.17 

Pueblo  —Alamosa,  3.50;  Cafion  City,  25,  C.E.,  10;  Col- 
orado Springs,  1st,  C.E.,  22.50;  2d,  10;  Cripple  Creek,  7; 
Goldfield,  2..50;  Las  Animas,  2  50;  La  Junta,  3.75;  Monte 
Vista,  18;  Pueblo,  1st,  10,  Helpers.  2:  Mesa,  13.25;  Westm'r, 
3.50;  Rocky  Ford,  12.2.5,  C.E.,  5;  Trinidad,  20.25,  171.00 

Saginaw.- Bay  City,  Westm'r,  25;  Saginaw,  Grace,  Bd., 
4.85,  29.85 

St.  Paul.— St.  Paul,  Dayton  Ave  ,  20.75;  East,  8.40;  H.  of 
Hope,  50;  Merriam  Pk.,  10.75;  Macalester,  14.80;  Stillwater, 
4.75;  White  Bear,  Busy  Bees,  5,  114.45 

Schuyler.— Appanoose.  ;i5;  Brooklyn,  C.E. ,  7.41 ;  Camp 
Point,  C.E.,  5;  Carthage,  C.E..  50;  Chili,  C.E.,  5;  Fargo,  C. 
E.,  15;  Kirkwood,  C.E.,  25;  Monmouth,  C.E.,  ;»;  Perry,  5; 
Prairie  City,  3.50;  Quincy,  3,  C.E.,  15;  Rushville,  18,  C.E., 
17,  233.91 

Sioux  City.— Inwood,  2.00 

Whitewater.— Aurora,  6.63;  Connersville,  7  50;  College 
Corner,  15  30,  C.E. ,  2,70,  Jr.  C.E.,  4.65;  Clarksburg,  4.15; 
Greensburg,  35,  C.E.,  1;  Harmony,  2.,n0,  Bd.,  9;  Kin{;ston, 
11,  C.E.,  2;  Knightstown,4.:35.  C.E.,  2:  Liberty,  8,  Bd.;  .3.40; 
Mt.  Carmel,  5.25,  C.E.,  2;  New  Castle,  16;  Providence.  20, 
Bd.,  4.45;  Richmond,  1st,  30.95;  Rushville,  10;  Shelbyville, 
12.50,  E.  Van  l^elt  S.'C,  4,50,  224.83 

Winnebago.- Appleton,  .30,  C.E.,  5,  Y.L.S.,  10;  Fond  du 
Lac,  4;  Marinette,  5;  Marshfield,  11  50;  Neenah,45,  C.E. ,25; 
Oconto,  25;  Omro,  1.60,  C.E.,  5;  Oshkosh,  30;  Stevens  Point, 
5,  202.10 

Miscellaneous.— Oxford,  Western  College,  Union  Soc, 
100;  Michigan  C.E.  Union,  12.30;  Ingleside  M.  E.  Ch.,  2, 

114  30 


Total  receipts  for  month,  $7,.397.91 
Total  receipts  since  April  20,  44,435.03 
Mrs.  Thomas  E.  D.  Bradley,  Treas., 
Room  48,  40  E.  Randolph  St.,  Chicago. 


Receipts  of  the  Women's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  for  December,  1906. 

♦Indicates  Praise  Offering. 


Binghamton.— Binghamton.  1st,  87.50;  North,  10;  Conk- 
lin,  C.E.,5;  Cortland,  25,  Christmas  OB'.,  47.84;  Marathon, 
5;  Nineveh,  C.E.,  lu;  Waverly,  1st,  21,  §211.34 

Boston.— Antrim,  N.  H.,  C.E..  10;  Boston,  1st,  52,  Y.L. 
Cir.,  20,  Paul  Hershey  Bd.,  15,  C.E.,  25;  St.  Andrews,  5, 
C.E.,  25;  Scotch.  16;  East  Boston,  *8.54;  Ro.\bury,  22,  C.E., 
50;  Brookline,  20,  C.E.,  20;  Hyde  Park,  3;  Lawrence,  Ger- 
man, C.E.,  6;  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  9;  Lowell,  27;  Newbury- 
port,  11;  Newporr,  R.  I., 7.50;  Portland,  Me.,  5;  Providence, 
is.  I.,  1st,  C.E.,  6.25;  Quincy,  9;  South  Ryegate,  Vt.,  C.E., 
10.  :m  29 

Brooklyn.— Brooklyn,  Bethany,  11.66;  Bushwick  Ave., 
German.  C.E..  10;  Durvea.  27.as,  C.E.,  4;  Central,  75;  Greene 
Ave..  Y.L  Circle,  18.58;  Mem'l,  42.17;  Ross  St.,  7,  C.E..  50; 
Prospect  Heights,  5.98;  Woodhaven,  L.  I.,  10,  261  67 

Cayuga.- Auburn,  Calvary,  5.81;  Central,  85;  Aurora, 


25;  Meridian,  18;  Port  Byron,  10,  83.81 

Genesee —Attica.  22.95;  Batavia.  71;  Byron,  1;  Castile, 
4  95;  Ean  Bethany,  4;  Perry,  35;  Warsaw,  14,  *18,  Y.W.S., 
6.43;  Wyoming,  4,  181.33 

Geneva.— Canandaigna,  .30;  Geneva,  1st,  6.25;  North, 
6.25,  *:33,  gpeciai,  *50,  Y.L.S.,  12.50,  *9;  Penn  Yan,  *19,  Jr. 
C.E.,  2;  Phelps,  10;  Shortsville,  5;  Trumansburg,  *23.50; 
Waterloo,  6.25,  212.75 

Long  Island.— Amagansett,  19.10;  Bridgehampton,  11.50; 
Cutchogue,  15,  Bd.,  5;  East  Hampton,  C.E.,  5;  Fraiiklin- 
ville,  C.E.,  5;  Port  Jefferson,  C.E.,  6.86;  Setauket,  10.  Busy 
Bees,  9;  Shelter  Island,  32.75;  Southampton,  36,  C.E.,  4; 
South  Haven,  C.E.,  1;  Westhampton,  59.15,  219.:36 

Lyons. — Clyde,  15;  Junius,  C.E.,  3;  Lyons,  26  05;  New- 
ark, :j3.22;  Palmyra,  2,  C.E.,  10;  Wolcott,  2(1,88.  110.15 

Morris  and  Orange,  N.  J.— Morristown,  South  St,,  156.25 


48 


TREASURERS'  REPORTS. 


[Feb., 


Nassatt.— Astoria,  *7;  Babylon,  *5.25:  Elmhurst,  15; 
Freepoi't,  *10:  (ilen  Cove,  35.  King's  D;uigliters,  10;  (ilen- 
wood.  ('.E.,4;  tireeiilawn,  C.ii..  3;  Hiiiitiiifrtoii,  1st,  25; 
Islip,  6.25;  Jamaica,  10,  *a(i(n,  24  cts.,  Uo  Uood  Bel..  7.30; 
Springfield,  5.25;  (irotip  Meeting,  4.4T.  147.76 

New  York  —New  York,  Bedford  Pk.,  12.45,  Bd.,  3.50; 
Brick,  225,  Mrs.  (ieo.  Woolsey,  100;  Central,  1B0.83,  *83.65, 
C.E.,  150;  Ch.  of  tlie  Covenant,  Bal)cock  Cir.,  10,  Bovs' 
Loyiilty  Bd.,  6;  Ch.of  tlie  I'uritans,  25;  Faitli.  Inter.  C.E., 
5;  1st,  105.80;  4tli,  250,  C.E.,  250;  Mizpali  Chapel,  12.50; 
North,  O.E.,  170;  St.  Nicholas,  25;  Scotcli,  25;  University 
PI.,  225;  West,  108;  West  End,  41  10,  C.E.,  100;  Woodstock, 
C.E.,  19;  Olivet,  40;  Stapleton,  S.  I.,  I.  D.  H.  Soc,  50, 

2,202.83 

North  River. — Amenia,  C.E.,  5;  Cold  Spring,  4.71;  Fre- 
doni  Plains,  10;  Highland,  5;  Little  Britain,  14.50;  Marl- 
boro, 14;  NewlMirgli,  1st,  C.E.,  25;  Union,  46;  Pleasant 
Plains,  10.20;  Pouglikeepsie,  75;  Salisbury  Mills,  Bethle- 
hem, 13,  '  222  41 

Otsego.— Hobart,  C.E.,  5;  Unadilla,  C.E.,  5,  10.00 

KocHBSTBR.— Avon,  East,  10;  t  hili,  3;  (Jates,  C.E.,  2; 
Mendon,  5;  Ogden,  33.50;  Rochester,  Brick,  45;  Central,  Y. 
W.S.,  25;  3d,  10,  133.50 

St.  Lawrence.— Adams,  5;  Brasher  Falls,  C.E.,  5;  Can- 
ton, 8  50;  Hammond,  Estate  of  Miss  Agnes  Rodger,  33.34, 
(.'.E.,  5;  Potsdam,  18.75;  Waddington,  1st,  5;  Wanakena,  (!. 
E.,  5;  Watertown,  1st,  Juniors,  5,  90.59 

Steuben. — Addison,  Y'.W.S.,  2;  Andover,  1.25;  Arkport, 
8,  ('.!':.,  11;  Avoca,  1.50,  C.E.,  10;  Bath,  C.E.,  25;  Camp- 
bell, 5;  Canisteo,  C.E.,  18.75;  Cohocton,  5,  Jr.  C.E.,  2; 
Corning,  10,  Y.W.S.,  23;  Cuba,  24;  Uammondsport,  King's 


Daughters,  5;  Flornell.  1st,  52;  Jasper,  3;  Prattsburgh,  8, 
King's  Daughters,  5,  No  Name  Cir.,  5,  259.50 

Syracuse  — Canastota,  37.81;  East  Syracuse,  10.57;  Mar- 
cellus,  19.25;  Syracuse,  East  Uenesee,  27;  Park,  38,  What- 
soever Bd..  0,  138  03 

UTiCA.-Boonville,  *15;  Camden,  *18.25;  Clinton,  *28; 
Holland  Patent,  *25;  Ilion,  *22.20;  Knoxboro,  *6.20;  Little 
Falls,  *.30. 10;  New  Hartford,  *20.55;  New  Y'ork  Mills,  *6, 
Cheerful  Givers,  *2.40;  Oneida,  *30;  Oriskanv,  *17.35; 
Rome,  *25;  Utica,  Bethany.  *;«.03;  1st,  *61.27,  Y.L.S.,  *7; 
Sayre  Mem'l,  *U8.85;  Westm'r,  *60.30;  Fisher  Soc,  *12; 
Vernon  Centre,  *5;  Verona,  *42.50;  Waterville,  *ll.f)2; 
Whitesboro,  *10,  557.62 

Westchester.— Bedford,  C.E.,  20;  Bridgeport,  Ct.,  Hope 
Bd.,  3;  Harrison,  2.50,  C.E.,5;  Mahopac  Falls,  3:  Mt.  Kisco, 
9.50;  Mt.  Vernon.  15;  New  Roclielle,  1st.  15;  North  Ave., 
Bd.,  6;  Ossining,  29.43;  Peekskill,  1st,  Y'.W.S.,  10;  1st  and 
2d,  55:  2d,  C.E:,  1",  Jr.  C.E.,5:  I'elham  Manor,  12.50;  Pleas- 
antville,  1;  Rye.  118;  White  I'lains,  15;  Yonkers,  1st,  25: 
Immanuel,  5:  Westm'r,  17.50,  382  43 

Miscellaneous. — Collection  at  Prayer-meeting,  27.50; 
Miss  E.  F.  Boughton,  5;  Miss  Ilarriet  Judd,  25;  Mrs.  James 
Pardee,  3;  Interest  on  Bond,  20;  Interest  on  Wheeler  Fund, 
102  47;  Interest  on  Riescli  Fund,  50,  232.97 

Legact.— Estate  Elizabeth  S.  Grabil,  476.25 


$6,673.44 


Total, 

Returned  to  Mr.  Dwight  H.  Day,  $26.00. 
Total  since  April  1,  1906,  $50,211.14 
Henrietta  W.  Hubbard,  Treas., 
156  Fifth  Ave.,  New  Y'ork  City. 


Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the  Southwest  for  the  Month 

Ending  December  24,  J906. 


Austin.— El  Paso,  2.50;  Galveston,  2.50;  Houston,  1..50; 
Mason,  3;  Menardville,  1.50;  San  Antonio,  3.70;  Taylor,  5, 

$19.70 

Canadian.— Cement,  S;  Chickasha,  12;  Lawton,  *2,  16.00 
Cimarron.— Watonga,  11.00 
HKiiiLANU.— Atchison,  8;  Bailevville,  3.65;  Bern,  19.75, 
C.E..  8.75;  Blue  Hapids,  3;  Effingham,  5.10;  Hiawatha,  7  65; 
Holton.  25. Oj;  Horton,  3.30;  Irving,  C.E.,  6.50;  Parallel, 
l.TM;  Vermillion,  10.30;  Washington,  3.50,  106.05 
Kansas  City.— Butler,   16;   Ceiiterview,   1.25;  Clinton, 
7.95;  (ireenwood,  C.E.,  1.50;   Independence.  12;  Kansas 
City,  1st,  20,  C.E.,  10;  2d,  8K;  3d,2ii;  4th,  2.50;  Benton  Blvd  , 
2.5'l;  Linwood,  7.75;  Nevada,  2.50;  Osceola,  6;  Kaymore, 
3.25,  C.E.,  2.32,  Jr.  C.K.,  2  02;  Rich  Hill,  2.50:  Sedalia, 
Broadway,  22.50,  C.E.,  12;  Central,  10;  Sharon,  2.55;  Vista, 
2.47,  257.56 
Neosho.— Bartlett,  2;  Cherryvale,  8;  Coflfeyville.  3:  Che- 
topa,  3  .50;   Clianute,  C.E.,  14;   (iarnett,  C.E.,  2.50;  Hum- 
boldt, 14.92;  lola,  10,  C.E.,  1.S5:  Independence,  30.70;  La 
Harpe,  2.75;  Lalilte  County  Convention.  2;  Moran,  C.E.,  5; 
McCune,  C.E.,  5;  Neoduslia,  .5.62;  Osawatomie,  16;  Parsons, 
25;  Paola.  15;  Riclimond,  C.E.,  12.50;  Waverly,  ai;  Yates 
Centre,  4.50,  336.99 
St.  Louis. — .''t.  Louis,  Carondelet,  11  55;  Clifton  Heights, 
3.50;  Cote  Brillante,  14.75,  C.E. ,  6.21;  Covenant,  5;  Curby, 


C.E.,6;  1st  Ch.,  125,  Y.L.G.,  18.75,  Girls' Club,  2;  1st  Ger- 
man.  10,  C.E.,  4.50;  Forest  Park  Univ.,  Y.L  S.,  48;  Grace, 
5;  Eden  Chapel,  C.E,  85  cts.;  Kingsland  Mem'l,  3;  La- 
fayette Park,  8,  Y'.L.S.,  15,  C.E.,  10,  Intermediate  C.E., 
1.25;  Markham  Mem'l,  5.  Monday  Nisht  Club,  13,  C.E., 
12.50;  North,  10.  C.E.,  1.25;  2d  Ch.,  150  22,  C.E..  12.50;  2d 
German,  3;  Tyler  Place,  .36,  C.E.,  4;  Victor  St.,  Miss.  C.E., 
1.20;  Wash,  and  Comp.,  258.60,  C.E.,  125;  West  Ch.,  100.  Y. 
L  S  ,  50;  Winnebago,  15,  C.E.,  3;  De  Soto,  10  55;  Ferguson, 
4;  Jennings,  C.E.,"  1.. 50;  Kirkwood,  16.  Y'.L.S..  30;  Rock 
Hill,  1.75;  Sulphur  Springs,  5,  Miss.  Bd.,  4;  St.  Charles, 
2.50,  t;.E..  2.75,  Busy  Bee  Band,  1;  Washington,  C.E..  2; 
Webster  Groves,  10;  Windsor  Harbor,  5  50;  A  Friend,  14.74, 

1.239.95 

Sequoyah. — Ft.  Gibson,  5,  Boys'  Band,  2.50;  Muskogee, 
4.3  ,50.  Y.L.S.,  7;  Tahlequah,  8.i8;  Tulsa,  4;  Vinita,  6.61; 
Wetuiiika,  2,  78.79 

Miscellaneous. —  Ycfn-  Bookn.  42;  Interest  on  Bond, 
36.50;  From  a  Friend,  18;  Advertisements  in  Unarttrly.  8. 

»     -  104.50 


Total  for  month, 
Total  to  date, 


$2,171.14 
8.033.07 
Mus.  Wm.  Burg,  Treaa., 
1756  Missouri  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Occidental  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  to  December  25,  1906. 


Benicia.— Fort  Bragg,  9;  Ilealdsburg,  8;  Mendocino,  10, 
C.E.,  10;  Napa,  5;  Westminster,  C  E.,  12.50,  per  Mr.  Kreft, 
30;  Petaliima,  5,  C.E.,  12.50;  San  Anselmo,  25,  Y'.P.  Soc,  3; 
San  Rafael,  50,  Baby  Bd  ,  2;  Santa  Rosa,  42,  C.E.,  30,  Jr. 
C.E.,  35;  St.  Helena,  3,  Jr.  C.E.,  1,  $293.00 

Los  Angeles.— Alhambra,  13;  Azusa,  5,  C.E.,  9;  Covina, 
12  30;  El  Ca,ion.  2.16.S,  C.E  ,  4.75;  El  Monte,  C.E.,  4;  Fuller- 
ton,  2;  (ileiidale,  13.20:  Hollywood,  11;  Inglewood,  6;  La 
Jolla  3;  Long  Beach,  3.5,  C.E.,  10,  Bd.,  2  50;  Los  Angeles, 
1st,  C.E.,  10;  2d,  50;  3d,  2.30,  per  Mrs.  Ryder.  1,  C.Fl,  15; 
Bitthanv,  7;  Bethesda,  38;  Boyle  lleiglits,  25  30,  C.E  ,  10; 
Central,  12;  Grandview,  .56,  C.E.,  12.50;  Highland  Park, 
102,  per  Mrs.  M.  D.  Howard,  10,  C.E.,  11.56;  Immanuel, 
l,24-i.85,  C.E.,  131.0.5,  Int.  C.E. ,  12..50,  Y  L.M.  Soc,  16;  Knox, 
C.E..  4;  Redeemer,  5,  C.E.,  5,  Jr.  C.E..  5:  South  Park,  5, 
C.E.,  2.75;  Spanish,  3.50,  Bd.,  5;  Moneta,  5;  Monrovia,  30, 
C.E,,  7,  National  City, 4:  Orange,  17.50;  I'acific  Beacli,  1.25; 
Pasadena,  1st,  103.60;  South  Pasadena.  Calvary,  2..50,  C.E., 
3:  Pomona,  2;  San  Diego,  2.50,  Y'.L.M.  Soc,  10;  Santa  Ana, 
22,  C.E.,  6;  Tropico,  5;  Tustin,  11.05;  Westminster,  3,  C.E., 
3,  2,193.83 

Oakland  —Alameda,  20,  C.E.,  4.25;  Berkeley,  1st.  .35,  C. 
E.,  25;  Danville,  7..50-  Fruitvale,  3,  Babv  Bd.,  1;  (Jolden 
Gate,  2.50.  C.E..  3,8il;  Ilay wards,  20;  Mills  Colleire,  Tolman 
Bd.,  35;  Oakland,  1st,  52,  K.D.,  12.50;  Brooklyn,  96.85,  C.E., 
12.60,  K.D.,  n.lO;  Centennial,  11,  C  E.,  6.10;  Emmanuel, 
6.25;  Union  St.  Sub.  Co.,  62..50,  Aux  ,  50,C.E.,  15,  Baby  Bd., 
4;  Pleasanton,  5;  San  Leandro,  3.50;  South  Berkeley,  13; 
Valona,  10,  528.45 

UlVERsiDK  -  f'olton,  10,  C.E. ,5;  Ontario,  3..50,  C.E.,  2  50; 
Redlands,  36.6.5,  C  E.,  15,  Int.  C  E.,  13.76,  Jr.  C.  E.,  2  .50; 
Riverside.  Arlingion,  II. .50;  Calvary,  25,  C.E, ,  10.42:  San 
Bernardino,  35,  C.E.,  10;  Unland,  2.50,  C.E.,  10,  193.33 


Sacramento.— Carson  City,  10.  C.E..  6.25;  Chico,  15.50, 
C.E. ,  6  25:  Colusa,  2.50,  C.E. ,  3.50;  Corning,  3.15;  Davis- 
ville,  C.E.,  3;  lone.  1:  Placerville.  C.E..  3;  Red  Bluff,  •.!6.65, 
C.E.,  11.85;  Redding,  6.25,  C.E.,  1.50;  Sacramento.  Fremont 
Park.  10,  C.E.,  5.  Jr.  C.E.,  1;  Westminster,  10,  C.E.,  5.  Jr. 
C.E.,40cts  ;  Vacaville.  10.60,  142.40 

San  Francisco.— San  Francisco,  1st,  225,  C.E.,  17.50, 
Baby  Bd.,  1;  Calvary,  50:  Howard,  11.2i;  Lebanon,  4:  Miz- 
pali, 4;  Mem'l,  4,  Hope  Bd.,  2:  Olivet.  i9;  St.  John's,  15.47; 
Trinity,  25,  C.E.,  0.  Baby  Bd.,  1;  Westminster,  20,  C.E., 
4.50,  409.72 

San  Jose.— Boulder  Creek.  C.E  ,  1.50;  Lake  Side,  C.E., 
7.5'i;  [.OS  Gatos,  10;  Menlo  Park,  4;  Monterey,  C.E. ,  4.25; 
Pall)  Alto,  7.50,  C.E.,  2..50;  San  Jo^e,  1st,  54.10,  Int.  C.E., 
2  ,50,  Baby  Bd.,  1;  2d,  47,  C.E.,  6,  Int.  C.E.,  3.80,  Baby  Bd., 
3;  San  Luis  Obispo,  8:  San  Martin,  5:  Santa  Clara,  31,  C.E., 
5;  Skvland,  2i)0;  Watsonville.  C  E.,  12.50,  Jr.  C.E.,  ,5,  2,'3.65 

Santa  Barbara.— Ballard,  2  40;  Carpinteria,  8.  Baby  Bd., 
1;  Montecito,  9;  Nordhoff,  19.75;  Santa  Barbara,  41.50,  Jr. 
C.E.,  5,  Y'.W.  M.  rrd  A.  Soc,  17  50.  Babv  Bd.,  1;  Santa 
Maria,  10:  Santa  Paula.  5.  C.E..  4.50:  Ventura,  7.  131.65 

Stockton. -Dinuba.  1.7.5,  C.E.,  3.20;  Fowler.  6.75,  C.E., 
15,  Culbertson  Bd.,  20;  Fre-no,  76  0.5,  C.E..  10;  Madera, 
10.50;  Merced,  8:  Modesto,  22.87,  Jr.  C.E.,  3.93;  Stockton, 
30:  Woodbridgc,  4.50.  212.55 

Miscellaneous.— Mrs.  Tracy  McGregor,  Detroit,  Mich  , 
75;  Miss  Harriet  Sherman,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  25,  1(X)  00 


$4.428..58 
12,609.59 


Tot.al  for  three  months. 
Total  since  March  25.  1906, 

Mrs.  E.  G.  Denniston,  Trfas., 
3451  Twenty-first  St.,  San  Francisco  Cal