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WOMAN'S Work for Woman.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY
BY THE
WOMEN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETIES
OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
VOLUME XV.— 1 900.
PRESBYTERIAN BUILDING, i56 FIFTH AVENUE,
NEW YORK.
INDEX TO VOLUME XV.—
t 900.
Acknowledgment, An 166
Africa — List of Women Missionaries. ... 61
Single Men's Corps 61
Return to Efulen after Furlough 62
Little Bulu Flock 63
Situation in Africa Mission 63
American Real Estate in Africa 64
Bulu War in the Interior 65
Incidents of a Voyage to Africa 67
At Flat in BululancI 68
Trip to the Dwarfs 71
Letters from 7o, 105, 189
Notes on 1, 2, 60, 87, 144, 303
Anniversaries, Silver 355
Annual Meetings 166, 194
Another Year at Home and Abroad. ... 8
Anonymous Letter, Nice Sort of 109
Autumn Meetings, Some 355
Auxiliaries, Notes to 24, 53, 81, 110,
135, 169, 196, 227, 260, 299, 331, 356
Auxiliaries AND Societies, New. .27, 56,
84, 113, 138, 170, 199, 229, 302, 359
Book Notices 24, 53. 80, 226, 298
Children — How They Used to Give 22
China — List of Women Missionaries 31
Opening of Tooker Mem'l Hospital 14
A New Chinese Province to be Entered 31
Three Chining Trophies 32
Wb„t Is Needed at Lienchow ? 34
A New Year's Application 35
Central Mission Women Out Itinerating 36
History of Girls' School at Sam Kong . . 37
A Medical Chapter 37
An Example of Filial Piety at Hangchow 40
One Day Among Villages Near Nanking 40
Country Work in West Shantung 41
Some Girls' Day-schools, Canton 42
Ignorance of Colonels and Mandarins . . 44
A Lienchow Christian 182
In China — Verse 205
Our Friends in North China 205
Letter from Peking 209
Paotingfu Women — Fire Wheel Cart,
etc 209
The Situation at Wei Hien 211
Medical Progress in 15 Years at Canton 215
Our Circle in Peking 245
Peking Letters 348
Martyrs at Paotingfu and Their Letters 279
The Tribute of An Associate 284
The Wei Hien Story 286
Condition of Christians in Wei Hien
Field 290
Martyrs at Paotingfu 815
Martyrs at Paotingfu, Notes 265, 303
Siege of Peking — Letters from Eight
Missionaries 31 (>-327
Siege Notes 204, 231. 266, 303, 304
Peking after the Siege 346
Rescue from Chinanfu, Ichowfu an:l
Tungchow 348
Letters from 18, 45, 76, 106, 131, 189,
219, 220, 221, 258, 294
Notes from 2, 29, 30, 88, 116, 175, 203,
231, 232, 265, 266, 303, 304. 335. 336
China — Hainan: Women Missionaries.. 177
Memorial of Mrs. Gilman 9
Darkness and Light 178
Notes of a Country Trip 182
Signs of the Times 183
Letters from 76, 294, 352
Chinese in California — Two Homes 212
Dozen Questions for Missionary Meeting
52, 79, 109, 134, 194, 224, 257
Ecumenical Conference. .3-5, 89-91, 156-160
British Societies Taking Part 6, 7
British Woman's View 177
Editorial Notes (in part) :
Baptisms 59, 88, 203
Benevolence 87, 88, 115, 116, 265
Boxers 175, 176, 203, 232
Conger, Mr 175
Deaths 59, 143, 175, 265, 303, 304
Dolls 115
Ecumenical Conference 29, 59. 115,
143, 144, 176, 304
Famine. .1, 30, 87, 116, 175, 203, 204, 266, 336
Fire • 30, 88
Fry, Mrs 143
Gift from Woman's Work 148
Hart, Sir Robert 203
Lantern Slides .... 30
Medical 2, 30, 60, 116, 204
Music 116
INDEX TO VOLUME XV.
iii
Newspapers 115, 176, 232, 335
Paotingfu 175, 231, 265, 303, 335
Peking. . . , . ..175. 203, 231, 265, 303, 304, 335
Perkins. Mrs. S C 60
Piionograph in China 2
Plague 30
Post Offices, Cliina 2
Railways 29, 204
Revivals .175, 203
Scholarship 116
Self support 116
Siamese Legacy 60
Subscribers 87, 176, 204, 266
Witness bearing 2, 60, 232, 265, 266
Year Book 30, 88
Five Cent St A.MPS, About — 52
Foundations, Laying — Verse 109
Freight, About 297
Go Ye into All the World— Verse 297
Guatemala, Progress in 146
Heiress, An 195
Illustrations :
America, Mrs. S. C. Perkins, 61; Car-
negie Hall, 157; Africa. Mission House,
Benito, 64 ; Market at Benito, 65 ; Harbor,
Fernando Po, 68; Bulu Street, 70.
China, Mrs. Gilnian, 9 ; Mrs. Abbey Go-
ing to the Country, 41; Hand-bill, 31;
Ward, Lienchow, 34; Hospital, 35;
Shanghai House-boat, 36; Day-school,
Canton, 43; Pavilion, Kiungchow, 178;
NodoaTrio, 179; " Fifth Ave.," Kiung-
chow. 183; Graves of Jesuits, Hainan,
184; Peking Group, 205; Peking Mis-
sionaries. 206, 207, 208, 247; Chalfant
Home, Wei Hien, 210; Hospital, Wei
Hien, 211; Paotingfu Party, 211; Map,
Chi-ii and Shantung, 216, 217; Gate,
Wei Hien, 287 ; Paotingfu Missionaries,
280, 281, 283; Diagram Paotingfu
Premises, 279; Paotingfu Buildings,
285; Plan of Peking, 317; M. E. Church,
Peking, 321; Diagram British Legation,
Peking, 322; Missionary Refugees, 349.
Ecumenical Conference, Program, 5.
England, Widow Wallace's House, Ket-
tering, 156; Mrs. Bishop and Other
Delegates, 3, 4, 6, 7, 90, 91. India, Al-
lahabad, Morning Bath, 92; Hospital
(3), 93; Market and Well, 99,100; Potato
Women, 97; Dead Tiger, 101. Japan,
" Feet on the Mountains," 234; Japanese
Ladies, 235 ; Tea House, 239 ; Class at
Kanazawa, 242. Korea, Lady of Taiku,
306; Candidate, Taiku, 307; Mr. and
Mrs. Gilford, 308; R. R. Bridge, Seoul-
Chemulpo, 313. Mexico, Picturesque,
Even on Wash Day, 146; Well Cared-
for Child, 149. Persia, Nestorian Girl
with Testament, 270; At Recess, Uru-
mia, 271 ; Kurdish Women, 273 ; Nomad
Woman, 275; Moharrem Parade, 276.
Philippines, Map, 181 ; First Baptized
Baby, 187. Siam and Laos, Sharing a
Cigarette Light, 117; Laos Women
Fishing, 118; Siamese Stride, 120;
House boat, 121; Mission Home, La-
kawn, 123; Printing House, Chieng
Mai, 126; Buddhist Service, 127. South
America, Miss Chamberlain and Noemi,
Brazil, 10; Amazon Warrior, 151. Syria,
Sidon Girls at Work, 338 ; Class at Sidon,
339; Boys' Academy, Sidon, 344.
Important 330
India — Women Missionaries in 89
India Missions — Summary 92
A Doctor's Visit to Rani of a Native
State 92
Educational 94
A Convention at Morinda 96
Itinei'ating in Morinda District 96
Woodstock, Past and Present 98
First Christmas in an India Village .... 99
Kodoli, a Sub-Station 100-
Famine — The Village Settlement 101
A Field Not Overworked 102
A Mohammedan Zenana, Allahabad. ... 218
Letters from. . .16, 48, 74, 103, 104, 129,
161, 222, 251, 255, 295
Notes on 1, 30, 87, 88, 115, 116, 175,
176, 203, 204, 265, 266, 336
Japan — Women Missionaries in 233
Two Notable Funerals and a Legacy. . . 12
Missionary Tour in West Japan 233
Japanese Women in a Public Meeting. . 235
Four Texts Relating to tlie Far East . . . 236
Good by 236
The Difficult Enterprise of Getting Out
of Japan 237
In the Hokkaido, N. Japan 240
Eventful Close of the Fifteenth Year. . . 241
From Osaka — Music, Meetings, First
Impressions 243
The Jo.shi Gakuin, Tokyo, 1900 244
The Imperial Wedding 245.
Letters from 107, 191, 221, 251, 293
Notes on 30. 87, 175, 266
Japanese in California 212
Korea — Women Missionaries in 305
A Pauline Church 305
Two Women of Taiku 306
Double Loss to the Missionary Force. . . 307
The Women's Class at Pyeng Yang. . . 308
Itineration in Seoul Field 309
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INDEX TO VOLUME XV.
PAGE
Some Days and Events 310
A New Style of Courtship 311
Notes from a Seoul Diary 313
Korean Women's Country Class 313
A Hat Story 314
Letters from 46. 75, 105, 106, 132,
163, 164, 191, 221, 351
Notes on. . .59, 88, 116, 143, 203, 204, 304, 335
Mexico — Women Missionaries in 145
How They Celebrate Birthdays 145
A Religious Ceremony in City of Mexico 148
Seen on a Mexican Holj' Daj' 149
Roman Catholic Miracles Weakening. . . 152
Training Tlirough the Ear 153
Two Mexican Points of View 154
Saltillo Gilds Accounted for 154
Letters from 17, 73, 295
Notes on 144
Missionary Meeting, Ideal 224
Missionary Mothers Separated from
Children 124
Missionary Puzzle, A 226
Missionary Wives, Home Life of 187
Mission Studies for Young People... 20,
21, 49, 78, 108, 133, 165, 193, 223, 256, 296, 328
Moslem Women, Encouragement Among 128
New Lessons for 1901. Six 329, 354
New Lesson 1 354
Not I, But Christ— Verse 258
Perkins, Mrs. S. C, " One of the Found-
ers" 59, 61
Persia — Women Missionaries in 267
Honors to Medical Missions 14
How a Journey Began in One Key and
Ended in Another 214
A Doctor in Persian Villages 267
A Life Indomitable 270
Summer Retreat of Hamadan Station. . 270
Sample of a Missionary's Narrow Life. . 271
Daughters of Iran 272
Moharrem Procession, Urumia 275
Sick and Ye Visited Me 277
Letters from 16, 47, 292, 293, 352
Note on 266
Philippines — Women Missionaries in. . . . 177
Beginnings in Manila 179
Map Facts 181
The New Mission 186
Notes 144, 175
Presbyterial Societies, Items about. . . 258
Response, A (Juick 22
Restful Service 257
Siam and Laos — Women Missionaries in. . 117
Tour to Muang Nyow 11
In the Homes of Laos 117
Nakawn, a New Station 119
Reports from Schools, Bangkok 120
Siamese Coming of Age 122
Laos Mission Conditions 123
Medical Facts, 1899 125
Two Self-.supporting Presses 126
Buddhist Preaching Service 126
Chieng Hai Station — Historical Outline 127
Letters from 47, 162, 163, 192, 219, 254
Notes on 1, 60, 116. 204, 266, 304
Since Last Month. . . 24. 53. 80, 110, 135,
169, 196, 226, 260. 298, 330, 356
South America — Women Missionaries. . . 145
Brazil — Mem'l of Miss Chamberlain 10
Items from Brazil 150
Three Obstacles at Florianopolis 185
Letter from 252
Notes on 30, 144
Colombia — A Protestant Wedding 147
Two Visitors in Barranquilla 153
Letter from 74
Note on 204
Venezuela — Beginnings in 150
Earthquake 335
Spectacles for Near sighted Chris-
tians 134
Students' Campaign Studies 53
Suggestion Corner 23, 110, 195, 259, 297
Syria — Women Missionaries in 337
In Maronite Rishmaiya 337
Opening and Closing Days at Sidon. . . . 338
Influence of Girls in Sidon School 339
Wedding and Funeral at Jeileideh 340
First Christmas Tree at Deir el Komr. . 342
Two Weeks' Vacation 343
Two Schools for Boys 343
Tripoli School, Term Time 345
Letters from 18, 19, 130
Notes on 144, 335
Treasurers' Reports 27, 56, 84, 113,
138, 170, 199, 229, 262. 302, 333, 359
United Study of Missions 225
Voice of Christ, The — Verse 134
Woman's Word to Woman — Verse 22
Year Book, An Interleaved 79
Young Peoples Hour at Presbyterial
Meeting 50
WOMAN'S Work for Woman.
Vol. XV. NOVEMBER, 1900. No. U.
So_, it appears, the missionaries at
Paotingfu, hke Jesus, "suffered with-
out the gate," being made iii this par-
ticular of their dying conformable to
His death. It is of infinitely greater
moment that they had given all they
had, and all they were, to follow His
command and example and that He
accepted all they gave, not drop by drop
through years of perseverance but in
one rich cup of sacrifice.
Rev. Walter Lowrie has gone
with the military expedition to Pao-
tingfu, and whatever further facts can
be unearthed regarding his associates,
beyond what he has reported upon an-
other page, Mr. Lowrie is in a position
to learn as no other man could.
The relieving force at Peking
marched up to the walls in four col-
umns and took the four east gates, the
Russians and Japanese seizing the two
northerly, the Americans the third. It
was at this corner, marked " a " on the
diagram, p. 317, that the first flag was
flown, raised by one of the marines, a
Salvation Army man. Our troops had
to fight their way in along the wall, to
the west, while the British troops had
an easy entrance at the next gate on
the south ("b") and a quiet street,
which accounts for their reaching the
Legation first.
The wall held by American marines
was a section, GOO yards long, of the
wall marked " c " on page 317. It was
just back of the American Legation,
and the adjoining section was held by
German soldiers at the rear of the Ger-
man Legation. Under this wall was the
water gate, and because foreign guards
were on top of the wall, the relieving
column was able to march under. The
width of the wall is forty feet, and
through sewer slime, from ankle deep
to the knee, the men marched ; thence
into the canal inside the city ; thence,
scaling a ten-foot wall, they reached a
dry road leading to the Legation.
A WEEK of Prayer for China, Octo-
ber 28-November 4, was proposed in
the Conference representing eighteen
societies of the United States and Can-
ada, which convened in our Assembly
Room, Sept. 21, and a printed appeal
for its observance has been issued. It
is expected that pastors will preach
upon the situation and our duty in China,
and that, among other services, one
will take the form of a memorial to the
martyrs of 1900, foreign and native.
None will more tenderly share in this
united intercession than the women of
our societies; let them be bold, too, in
inciting others to prayer, in cases where
otherwise the week will not be honored.
A MEMORIAL service under the au-
spices of the Board of Foreign Missions
will be held in the Fifth Ave. Church,
New York, on the evening of Oct. 28.
While Miss Christensen was alone,
holding the station at Benito, Africa,
the afflictive tidings reached her of the
drowning of both her father. Captain
Christensen, and her brother. This
occasions a temporary return to her
home in Norway. She must not be
forgotten among the many sorrowing
hearts.
The death, on Sept. 8, of Mrs. Claude
R. Brodhead, better known to many of
us as Miss Lombard, recalls the years
of her happy and efficient usefulness as
editor of Children's Work for Chil-
dren. The marvellous courage with
which she had long borne great suffer-
ing never failed her to the end, nor her
bright Christian hope.
Right through the South Africa
war Mr. Oscar Roberts has been
watching for souls. He writes from
Johannesburg, Sept. 4 : " I have never
been lonesome in the fourteen months
304
EDITORIAL NOTES.
[Nov.,
on the veldt, but it is a joy to hear a
white man pray once more. Have not
had a letter from home since one dated
in March, but it is all right. When a
fellow cannot have his own way, he
can have a good time ha\ang Somebody
Else's way."
The medical members of Lienchow
station, Dr. Machle with his family and
Dr. Eleanor Chesnut, stuck to their
post, far in the interior as it is, until
the Chinese Christians came begging
them to leave. It was reported that
Hunanese bandits were coming down
upon them in force, and the Christians
said they could escape themselves to
caves in the mountains not far distant.
The missionaries reached Canton in
safety on Sept. 2.
The Methodist missionary, Rev. F.
D. Game well, whom the British Minis-
ter put in charge of the Legation forti-
fications at Peking, was an experienced
officer in the army during the civil war.
Prof. James (see p. 319) was an Eng-
hshman, one of the faculty of the Im-
perial University.
Five foreign children died during
the siege in Peking.
Some 3,900 cannon balls and shells
were fired upon the besieged Legation.
An American who went into Peking
with the troops tells us that they did
not know as they should find anything
to do except to bury the dead. This
throws light upon Dr. Leonard's re-
mark, "they looked so pleased to see
us alive."
As TO the present whereabouts of
Peking missionaries : Mr. Fenn had an
attack of fever and has come home with
his family; Dr. and Mrs. Inglis are on
their way to America; the others were
still in Peking when last heard from.
Mr. and Mrs. Killie, Dr. Leonard — who
was on night duty in the hospital dur-
ing the whole siege— Dr. Mackey and
Miss McKillican have announced their
purpose to winter there.
The walls of the church and of two-
story buildings on the west Presbyterian
compound (see diagram, p. 317), were
found standing, after the siege, and
building materials had not been carried
off as from the other compound.
It is understood that had the troops
delayed entering Peking a single day
an explosion would have occurred from
a mine which was discovered under the
British Legation.
The importance of the Peking intel-
ligence justifies, we think, the omission
of the Letter Department this month,
and even of valuable conununications
from Korea.
Spirited as well as solid is the brief
address to the Presbj-terian Church
which has been sent out by J. H.
Laughlin and seven other representa-
tives of her missions in China. " Every
inch of the late disaster must be re-
trieved," say these men. Their Address
and other timely literature. The Mis-
sionary Under Fire, The Iniquity of
Christian Missions in China (30,000
circulated already), may be obtained
from Chas W. Hand, Treasurer, 150
Fifth Ave., New York.
Two of the most valuable Korean
helpers died in Pyeng Yang m April.
One had been with Mr. Moffett from
the beginning. All Christian carpen-
ters and other workmen of the city laid
off work for the day to pay respect to
his memory, many walking eight miles
to the grave.
What names they have in Korea —
"Mrs. No" and "Mr. Oh."
One of the first things that Rev.
Henry M. Bruen did upon arriving at
Taiku, Koi'ea, was to turn in as car-
penter and help build Dr. Johnson's
dispensary.
Though with only temporary quar-
ters at command, Mrs. Eckels and Mrs.
Hamilton have joined their husbands
away down at Nakawn-see-tamarat, in
Siam. Up north, at Pitsanulok, Dr.
and Mrs. Toy have lived on a boat ever
since their house was burned. A new
one is going up.
Those intending to procure the Re-
port of the Ecumenical Conference
would do well to order at once, as the
first edition of 25,000 is nearly all
spoken for. The Report comes out in
December, and will be delivered for
$1.50, publisher's price, if ordered from
the Foreign Missions Library, 156 Fifth
Ave.. New York.
1900.]
305
Mrs. O. R. AviBOn,
Miss Susan A. Doty,
Dr. Eva H. Field,
Mrs. F. S. Miller,
Mrs. S. F. Moore,
Miss Sarah H. Nonrse,
Miss Esther Shields,
Miss Ellen Strong,
Our Missionaries in Korea^
AND POST OFFICE ADDRESSES.
Seoul.
Seoul. Mrs. H. G. Underwood, M.D.,
" Miss Katharine Wambold, "
" Dr. Georgiana E. Whiting, "
" Miss M. Louise Chase, Fusan.
" Mrs. Chas. Irvin, "
" Mrs. Cyril Ross, M.D., "
" Mrs. .1. E. Adams, "
" Mrs. W. O. Johnson, Taiku.
En route to join the Mission: Mrs. Geo. Leek and Miss Eliza M. Howell.
In this country : Mrs. W. L. Swallen, .Johnstown, Ohio; Mrs. C. C. Vinton, 955 Park Ave., New York,
In /Switzerland: Mrs. Jas. S. Gale, 4 Avenue Belle Roches, Lausanne.
Mrs. R. H. Sidebotham,
Mrs. W. M. Baird,
Miss Margaret Best,
Mrs. Wm. B. Hunt,
Mrs. Graham Lee,
Mrs. S. A. Moffett, M.D.,
Mrs. Alfred M. Sharrocks,
Mrs. J. Hunter Wells,
Taiku
Pyeng Yang.
A Paulir
The corner-stone of the new church
building in Pyeng Yang City was laid
June 25. That evening, just at the
close of the day's work, the church peo-
ple gathered on the brow of the hill to
witness what was, to tbem, the begin-
ning of building. Materials had been
secured, the ground prepared, stone
foundations laid, and now the people
assembled to ask God's blessing upon
the work of erection. It was an impres-
sive sight — nearly a thousand Korean
men and women lifting their voices in
hymns of praise which sounded out over
the city, then bowing their heads as
they joined in the prayer that even as
the stones were firmly laid in the foun-
dation of this building so might each
believer be built into the true Church,
which shall be as a light upon a hill in
the midst of this heathen city.
Since that day, building has contin-
ued as steadily as summer rains would
permit, and now (August), the frame
of one L stands ready for tiles on the
roof.
Yesterday something occurred which
illustrates well the feeling of the coun-
try groups toward the central church.
Thirty men walked in seven miles from
the So-oo-mool group to offer a day's
work on the building. Who the Ko-
rean was that suggested the idea in the
church out there, I do not know, but it
certainly met with enthusiasm for men,
women and children had to be restrained
from coming to work, and these thirty
men were chosen from among those who
offered their services. Their coming
in for the day so stimulated other work-
men that the hill became an unusually
busy hive, and who shall say but the
completion of the tile roof a few days
later, just before a heavy rain, was due
Church*
to this freewill offering of time and
labor ? The need of the laew building is
felt especially at communion seasons. It
will be a great joy to us and of un-
doubted benefit to the church when all
the communicants, men and women,
can be gathered at one time and place,
instead of in sections as before.
July 22, when communion service
was held in the men's church, twenty
received baptism, and Mr. Kim, who at
the same service was ordained the first
elder in this infant church, took his part
in the distribution of the emblems.
Last Sabbath, at the woman's church,
thirty-eight were baptized, and the ser-
vice was a very solemn one in spite of
the crowded building and the throngs
about the doors. Almost every face
and many a voice that afternoon said,
" This is a happy day."
Five weeks ago a request was made
that the catechumen Avomen should
gather for an hour of Bible study the
next morning. Eighty women respond-
ed, and the average attendance since
has been fifty-seven. One of the hap-
piest and most earnest women in the
class is totally blind, but she has mem-
orized the Ten Commandments, several
hymns and many Bible verses by hav-
ing them read to her, and, being a faith-
ful attendant and listener, she is almost
always ready with answers to questions.
One day when I proposed that some one
tell in her own words the teaching of
the previous lesson, others hesitated but
the little blind woman gave it clearly.
Then I asked that some one else tell the
same in her own way, but not one re-
sponded. This was too much for the
woman who is my helper in the dispen-
sary. She thought the class needed ad-
monition and she could not refrain.
306
TWO WOMEN OF TAIKU, KOREA.
[Nov.,
Not scolding, but in a manner intended
to show the women they were deficient,
she said : ' ' Now what kind of work is
this '? Many among you can read and
study, yet this bhnd woman, who wants
to study but cannot, is the only one to
tell what was taught last week. God
gave you your e3'es and some of you
have books, but if you do not use these
blessings, how shall He give you more ?"
We had good attention that day, and I
think some books will be more closely
read hereafter.
A few days ago Mrs. Shin came bring-
ing a handsome chased silver ornament
which her daughter wished to give for
the famine sufferers of India. Mr.
Moffett took it, saj'ing it would be easy
to sell for one of the missionaries want-
ed such an article for a collection, and
Mrs. Shin quietly remarked that her
daughter had been asked to sell and
had refused to part with her treasure,
but now her heart was touched for the
people who are starving, and she gave
it gladly.
The arrival of four Danish mission-
aries, refugees from Manchuria, has
greatly interested the people here. A
number of the church women came to
call on the pueen (lady), and she had
no difficulty in reading the language of
their faces. Tears stood in their eyes
as I told them she had been driven out,
her home entered and everjiihing stolen.
They are constant and earnest in their
prayers for the Chinese and the mis-
sionaries of China.
Alice Fish Moffett.
Two Women of Taiku^ Korea*
All Korean women smoke, and this
picture of the woman in dark glasses,
smoking a long pipe, gives a good idea
of the wife of a wealthy official. She
ARISTOCRATIC LADY OF TAIKU.
is a haughty woman, not interested in
Christianity, but she likes to make tlio
most of her friendship with the Ameri-
can ladies; so, one day, she sent for me
to come and take her picture. I was
very glad of a chance to photograph
that interior, for the chests are beauti-
ful, one mass of inlaid mother-of-pearl.
These constitute the onl}^ furniture of
the average Korean room, and thej'
range in value from the cheapest
wooden boxes up to magnificent heir-
looms such as this.
My lady was very anxious to have
me take a group of her family, as well
as of herself, and in preparation for it, a
chair was produced from no one knows
where — it looked like those used in a
photographer's studio — and an Ameri-
can clock. The lady seated herself on
the chair, and when the children had
been collected and dressed (in my pres-
ence) the clock Avas given to one of
them to hold. Unfortunatel}" this group
was not a photographic success. The
dark glasses may not look ver}- beauti-
ful, but they are fashionable and very
expensive, and are worn for these rea-
sons, not at all for use.
As this woman is typical of the class
to which she belongs — the wealthy, in-
different, self-satisfied — so the contrast-
ing picture of our amah represents the
class who have heard the gospel gladly.
She is the first icoman in Taiku to
become a catechumen, and at present
is the only one. She is a faithful ser-
vant and tender nurse. She has taught
herself to read and is a zealous worker for
1900.]
A DOUBLE LOSS IN KOREA.
307
Christ. The other clay she asked if she
might be absent for a half -day, saying
nothing of her reason, but after she
had gone her hus-
band i-emarked in-
cidentally that she
went to preach to
some of her friends,
and that on Sun-
day she would bring
them with her to
service.
One daj' some
women came saying
they wanted to learn
about the Jesus
doctrine. After
talking to them for
some time, I called
in the amah to tell
them the story of
Christ in better
Korean than I could
muster. She spoke
a few words and
then, to my aston-
ishment, said: "Let
us bow in prayer,"
and while they bent
their heads to the
Oriental fashion.
FIRST WOMAN
floor, in reverent
she offered prayer.
It was one that she had found in a tract,
as the prayer of a believer, and of her
own accord she had learned it by heart.
Christian women
in America with
centuries of Chris-
tian training behind
them, sometimes
find it difficult to
lead in prayer be-
fore others, so I
think our amah has
begun well her
Christian life.
Taiku is but a
pioneer station, and
we rejoice that in
this short time a
number of men
have confessed
Christ, and that
even one woman
has done so. A
class has been
formed among
other women who
say they believe.
This meets once a"
week, and the time
is spent in learning to read.
{3Irs.W. O.) Edith Parker Johnson.
CANDIDATE FOR BAPTISM
TAIKU.
AT
A Double Loss to the Missionary Force in Korea*
Brief notices of the death of a pair of mis-
sionaries— less than forty years of age, yet
among the seniors in service in Koi-ea — were
published several months ago. Numerous let-
ters have since been received bearing unquali-
fied testimony to the high esteem in which
Mr. and Mrs. Gifford were held in the Mission
and the loss which their removal is.
Mr. Gifford was an only child, and after the
death of his father, his mother, Mrs. Fulton
Gifford, broke up her pleasant home and went
to live with her children at Seoul. There she
remains for the present, helping in many
ways.
Rev. D. L. Gifford of Mendota, III.,
and Miss Mary Hayden from Missouri,
joined the Korea Mission in 1888. They
were married in 1890 and closed their
earthly labors only three weeks apart.
Mr. Gifford was taken while on a tour
in his district, sixty miles from any
foreigner, in the solitude of a Korean
hamlet and without medical attendance.
Mrs. Sharrocks says: Koreans
consider it contaminating to touch the
dead, but two of the Christians volun-
teered to help prepare the body for its
homeward journey. They made a can-
opy of white paper for the bier, and on
this placed flowers. As Mr. Mooi-e
and Dr. Sharrocks, with their sad bur-
den, passed from village to village, the
Christians met them and accompanied
them for a distance, some coming all
the way. They sang songs of Chris-
tian hope as they journeyed, and the
request they brought to Seoul we pass
on to you : ' ' Do send us some one.
Our shepherd is gone."
It was a stormy day when Mrs. Gif-
ford's casket was placed beside her hus-
band's, and the missionaries thought
they would not ask the Koreans to carry
the bier, as their clothing is poor protec-
tion against the rain, but they resented
the wish to thus be spared, and gladly
walked the five miles to the cemetery.
Dr. C. C. Vinton of Seoul, says:
308
THE WOMAN'S CLASS AT PYEXG YANG.
[Nov.,
The word which above all others will
be associated with the name D. L. Gif-
ford is — "faithful." He was scrupu-
lously careful. As treasurer of the
Mission, his accounts were accurately
and elegantly kept. He was faithful
in preaching the Gospel. With inex-
haustible pa-
tience he dealt
again and
again with in-
dividual souls.
He was faith-
ful to extreme
minuteness in
the execution
o f numerous
literary tasks.
M r . Gifford
was a man of
prayer. His
practice, when
itinerating ,
was to take a
daily after-
noon walk to
some secluded
spot and there
spend an hour
or so in pray-
ing over the
work and men in that locality. During
the last fortnight of his life he sent back
reports to Seoul of nearly a score bap-
tized and many more inquirers.
Mrs. Gifford excelled in mildness of
speech and consideration of others. Ko-
rean women loved her in an unusual
degree, and many were those whom she
had loved into an acceptance of Christ.
She had mastered the Korean language
as no other woman of foreign birth has.
The elementary geography prepared by
her is the only treatise, from a foreign
pen, which has been repubUshed in the
vernacular by the Education Depart-
ment. Many other hterary tasks were
KEV. DANIEL LYMAN GIFFORD.
MRS. MARY HAYDEN GIFFORD.
Pbomoted, April 10 and May 5, 1900.
among the most important and perma-
nent of her services to Korea.
Mr. James S. Gale says of his first
meeting Miss Hayden : I was struck by
the quiet of her manner, and this char-
acteristic always expressed Mrs. Gifford
to me afterward. No more successful
or indefati-
gable mission-
ary has labor-
ed in Korea ;
but the greater
part of her
work will not
be known. It
was done in
secret confer-
ence with her
Lord and He
told her to tell
no man. Mr.
Gifford's gift,
too, was to ad-
vertise others,
not himself.
Gifford had
the grace of
meekness
which made
him specially
beloved by
Koreans as well as foreigners. No cruel
speech was ever heard from him and no
selfish ambition was there in his soul.
Their friends and classmates at Am-
herst College and at Park College who
may read these lines, whose hearts and
prayers perhaps have followed Mr. and
Mrs. Gifford through the years, may
rejoice over comrades who have nobly
acquitted themselves and gone home to
their reward. The work carried on in
Yun-dong, Seoul, bears their stamp,
and through a large area of the most
aristocratic part of the country south of
the capital, their names will remain as
Livingstone's did in Africa.
The Woman^s Class at Pyeng Yang*
The class was held last April. There
were in attendance between fifty and
sixty from the country, besides over
thirty from the city. All except ten
read well. It is surprising how soon
they learn to read after their conver-
sion. With the indwelling of the Holy
Spirit comes an earnest desire to try to
read the gospel for themselves, and I
never saw such perseverance. Dear
old women who see with the greatest
difficulty pore over their books every
spare moment they have between work
hours. It is heavenly food to their
1900.]
ITINERATION IN SEOUL FIELD, KOREA.
309
hungrj' souls ! Four girls between ten
and fifteen came with their mothers
and grandmothers. They said they
came especially to learn to sing, and
Mr. Lee and Mrs. Moffett gave them
the chance. They were so happy, they
will not be apt to lose an opportunity of
coming again. They came on foot over
fifty miles.
One old woman from the country who
had told Miss Best she could not pray
but later came to her room and witla
head bowed, hands over her face, prayed
aloud, now repeated hymn after hj-mn
by heart. When asked how she learned
them, since she cannot see to read, she
said that every evening at home she and
her old husband sat down together. He
read and she repeated after him. She
knew almost every hymn in the book.
One woman (a trader), hearing there
was to be a class, exclaimed, "What is
this ? What is this they are all coming
to ? Do they set a day to repent of their
sins?" This very woman bought sev-
eral books, tied them in a handkerchief
and fastened them about her waist, say-
ing she meant to read and know for
herself.
The missionary women entertained
the members of the class one afternoon.
On that occasion a Korean v/oman arose
and with a bright face said, "We all
came to have our souls fed ; now you
are caring for our bodies also. We feel
that these classes are a great blessing
to the Koreans."
Three women of the class remained
over to study a short time with Miss
Best. They said they were going to do
with but two meals a day so they could
afford to remain awhile and study.
Margay^et A. Webb.
Itineration in Seoul Fields Korea*
[The first part of Dr. Wliiting's report was given in " Letters " in Feb. — Ed.1
The happiest trips of the year were
to Whang Hai Do. At Kerdimtari, six
new believers among the women were
pointed out. Seven months ago, at Tong
Mol, we found a crazy woman staying
at the church in order that Christians
might pray for her recovery. Led by
certain symptoms, quinine (not supposed
to be of any use for insanity) was admin-
istered, and in a few days she was well !
Through this, a young woman became
a believer.
At Oopun, as the Koreans expressed
it "they are coming in every day." A
dish seller, a woman filled with the
Spirit, has preached wherever she has
gone selling dishes, and not a few have
believed through her word. Among the
new believing women is a sorcerer, mak-
ing the second in this church.
At Paichun one woman said, " If only
I had known there was such a religion
as this in Seoul several years before, I
would have found out about it and not
been the ruined woman I am to-day."
One, sixty-five years old, told how she
had "lost all her seven children and
lost her husband. " She had had so much
sorrow she had " lost all her sense," and
because she was sorrowful she had come
into the church.
Mrs. Chiu had the privilege of de-
stroying the articles used in devil wor-
ship at a house in a village near Pai-
chun. .As we were leaving Paichun
one of the women, referring to the ig-
norance and need of the Christian wo-
men, said: "Your leaving us is as if a
mother should leave her nursing child."
At Hai Ju, a woman sixtj^-three years
old gave one of the clearest testimo-
nies I ever heard. To the question,
' ' Of what interest is Jesus to you ?"
she replied, " / was just dead and He
made me to live!'" After her conver-
sion, she stayed two weeks at the church
in order to learn more and then, hun-
grier still, walked fifty-seven miles, to
Sorai, in order to be taught.
At Taitan a year ago there were but
ttvo Christians, now about ticenty gath-
er for worship.
At Choclion the number of Christian
women has grown iromfive to ten. One
man, praying in Sunday service for mem-
bers of his family, was scarcely able to
continue his prayer for weeping.
At Chang Yang city, where a year
ago only tivo women believed, there are
now twenty.
At Eul Yul a Bible class was held. A
year ago there were only four or five be-
lievers here; now severity are reported
and from these have grown several new
310 SOME DAYS AND EVENTS OF CURRENT YEAR. [Nov.,
churches. The work of the Spirit here
is truly wonderful. Nowhere in -Korea
have I seen such spirituality, such con-
viction of and sorrow for sin, such de-
pendence upon prayer and longing for
greater knowledge and a holier life.
These Christians are begging for a mis-
sionary to come and live with them.
They gave the subject no rest while I
was there. They offered to provide a
house for any one who would come.
Pages would be insufficient to tell the in-
teresting testimonies. Even Sorai has
to take a second place with Eul Yul.
My heart goes out in praise to God for
all that He has done for these country
women and for allowing me the pre-
cious privilege of a share in the work.
Georgiana E. IVliiting.
Some Days and Events of the Current Year.
BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY.
This beautiful May* afternoon finds
me in the sunshine with my writing
materials, and often glancing up from
the paper to seethe country people, who
from many miles distant are wending
their way into the citj*. The women,
bundles balanced on their heads, lean-
ing on their long staves j the men go by
in their customary garb jof white with
their bundles suspended from the
shoulders; children in bright colored
clothing try to keep pace with their
elders. The reason for this unusual
tide of travel i^s that to-morrow, Sun-
day, is Buddha's birthday. Pyeng
Yang city is to be decorated with flags
and a great display will be made. The
governor taxed each house fifteen cash
to raise the money for a celebration.
As I look I am wondering how many
of these people will find their way to
the church doors and hear the truth
and believe.
At this point I had to stop and enter-
tain guests. Nine came to call. Six of
them were from Mr. Hunt's country
group. They came by boat, expecting
to spend Sunday here. I doubt not but
many of the Christians had a mixed
motive in coming so far to worship;
first, perhaps, to attend the church ser-
vice and, later, to get a peep at the great
heathen celebration. They are young
and weak yet.
The other three of my nine visitors
had been having tbeir usual Saturday
afternoon study with Mrs. Swallen.
At tbat time she explains the lesson to
such of the Korean women as are to
help her teach the next day.
THE lord's day.
Yesterday was a full day for the
* May 6, 1900.
workers here. Not only were the
churches crowded, but the spaces
around them were filled with sight-
seers. At the women's church in the
afternoon, the pine brush which is used
for firewood was spread on the ground
in front of the building, and those who
could not get inside sat out there. Thej'
could hear the singing, but not much of
the preaching I fear.
When Mrs. Lee Avent to her women's
Bible-study class in the morning, she
found the sarang just packed, the
front court packed and a crowd assem-
bled at the back door. As she entered
the door, she said she could not recog-
nize the face of any Christians. Upon
inquiring, she learned that they had all
given their places on the floor to the
strangers. Instead of going on with
the regular lesson in Acts, Mrs. Lee,
adapting herself to her audience, ap-
pointed four Korean women to preach
to the different groups of women, inside
and outside the church.
Owing to the overflow, Mrs. Wells
took her class of young women away to
her house and taught them there. By
such methods they succeeded in reach-
ing all the people.
COUNTRY WORK.
This people truly realize Christ's say-
ing that if they "come out and are
separate " they must suffer tribulation
and persecution. We have met cases
again and again in Mr. Hunt's coimtry
work. One woman I recall of perhaps
forty -five years and lame. She walked
twenty-three miles to be examined for
church membership. She was ignorant
but consecrated. She said she was an
outcast now, that her husband and
family had little use for her since she
believed. She was so grateful that we
I
1900.]
A NEW STYLE OF COURTSHIP.
311
went out to the country, and as a pres-
ent gave me five fresh eggs. Not
infrequently we have gifts of eggs,
often boiled and the shells removed,
also chestnuts and chickens.
Atone place, the people said, "We
cannot entertain the moksa and his
wife with food for they have their food
with them, neither do they ask us for
money, but we can reward them by
seeking for souls, and being faithful to
Christ whom they preach to us." This
was a little church where the people
had become lukewarm. Now they
seem to have caught the spirit of Christ
and are giving their time and strength
to the Lord. The husbands were just
as anxious that the wives should be able
to answer the questions as to answer
themselves. Imagine this, among a
people who have treated their wives as
if only necessary to cook for them.
At another village we had to wait
until they could take the belongings
out of a room, not larger than 8x7.
We barely had room to spread our bed,
and such filth as there was! It was
rather discouraging to think of spend-
ing Sabbath there, but we remembered
it was for the Lord. No women here
A New Style
Among the earnest, quiet men who
live at the foot of the Yellow Dragon
Mountain, Kaysunnie is most beloved.
He had become a Christian, had estab-
lished unbroken communication with
the Lord of all the earth, and had lived
already two years in His company. He
had a brown beard, easily noticeable in
a darkly bearded land, and his pitted
face was extremely homely. But he had
given over into the keeping of his Lord
his homely face, his thatched hut, his
fields at the foot of the Yellow Dragon,
his wife and his little baby girl. I called
on Kaysunnie frequently and was al-
ways handsomely entertained. A clean
mat was unrolled for me and I dined
on the best Korean rice, seaweed and
pickled cabbage. Kaysunnie would ask
me to pray with him, to pray that his
heart might all be given to God, and
that his home might be a Jesus home.
The winter class came and Kaysun-
nie was present. He had come twenty
could read. Mr. Hunt and his helper
worked hard teaching them all the time
we were there.
Thus our trips are varied. In some
places the work is in fine condition, at
other places somewhat at a standstill.
It helps one so much to be right out
with the women.
THE CHURCH GROWING.
The church in our field is growing.
At one place we were made happy by
the baptism of a wife, her mother,
grandmother, uncle and aunt. Her
husband was received to the church a
year or two before. Another case was
a man forty-nine years old. He had
been a successful wine merchant, but
he heard the truth and the business
was no longer consistent with what he
believed. He began farming on a small
scale. It was hard work with little re-
sults, at first, and he was determined to
honor the Lord's Day. He testified
that it had paid. This man's wife is
deaf and her eyes are nearly gone, so
that she cannot learn to read, but by
means of signs he was able to tell her
of Jesus and she is now a believer.
Bertha Finley Hunt.
of Courtship*
miles that morning to join in the open-
ing service ; but he had to go home af-
ter, for his wife and little baby girl
were sick of smallpox. Next morning
came the news, " Be it known to all the
brethren that the wife and child of Kay-
sunnie have gone home to heaven."
His brown beard and pitted face ap-
peared no more at the sessions. He was
home alone on his vacant, cheerless
kang, wondering how it was that the
old devil ma-ma (smallpox), which he
used to worship, could come with such
a high hand and rob a Jesus home. No
doubt his faith had been too weak and
poor. Through a long succession of
lonely days he prayed away his sorrows
and doubts, and came forth with tears
dried, saying, " The Lord has been so
good to me."
Usually Koreans marry in a week or
so after burying a wife when they are
as well off as Kaysunnie, but a year
passed round and the headman of the
313
A NEW STYLE OF COURTSHIP.
[Nov.,
village said to me once, ' ' Poor Kaysun-
nie, he has no wife." Once, when the
subject was raised, Kaysunnie said,
' ' God will give a wife when the time
comes."
On an unexpected day Kaysunnie
called at my study door with smiling
face. We passed our salutation of
peace and he said, ' ' I have some very
important news for the moksa (pastor)
that I have not told to anyone but the
Lord. I am going to he married."
"Indeed," said I, "to a Christian I
hope." "Of course! to no other than
Mr. Oh's daughter." This daughter,
called Pobay, or Treasure, was quite a
beautiful girl.
' ' I've carried on a correspondence
with Pobay," said Kaysunnie, "and I
want to ask the moksa if I have done
it in accordance with the laws of the
church. She has answered me, and we
are going to be married," and here he
unrolled a number of crumpled papers,
their complete correspondence. ' ' This
is the first note that I sent her," said
he. All that was on it was Mark x : 7 :
"For this cause shall a man leave his
father and mother and cleave unto his
wife." It had neither address nor sig-
nature.
' ' But how did Pobay know who it
was from ?" I asked. "Know? Why,
she knew from the man that brought
it." Pobay's answer was Matt, xxii :
3 and 7: "And he sent forth his ser-
vants to call them that were bidden to
the wedding, and they would not come.
But when the king heard thereof he
was wroth, and sent forth his armies
and destroyed those murderers and
burned up their city."
" Was not that a wonderful answer
for her to send ? " asked Kaysunnie. I
said, "Really it is wonderful. I don't
understand it at all. "No?" said he.
' ' It simply means that if I have the faith
to believe, I'll be present at a wedding."
Again Kaysunnie sent 1 Peter iii : 7.
" Likewise ye husbands dwell with
them according to knowledge, giving
honor to the wife as unto the weaker
vessel and as being heirs together of
the grace of life, that your prayers be
not hindered." Pobay at once answered,
John i : 8 : " He was not that light but
was sent to bear witness of that light."
Again Kaysunnie remarked that her
answer was "very deep." I said, " I
don't understand that either." "The
moksa does not understand it ? " he
asked with surprise. ' ' It means that our
letters are bearing witness even though
we have not yet decided." Still another
answer was Matt, ix: 1 : " And he en-
tered into a ship and passed over, and
came into his own city." " But truly,"
said I, "that is past my comprehen-
sion, too. What does it mean ?" " The
thought here is that we'll sail together
to our own city or heaven." On a
crumpled piece of paper the final an-
swer, which completed the correspond-
ence, was Matt, vii : 1, evidently written
by Pobay's own hand : " Judge not that
ye be not judged." I appealed to Kay-
sunnie for an interpretation, hoping
that he might make his prospects a ht-
tle clearer. " This also is very deep,"
was the answer, ' ' and shows Pobay to
be a wonderful girl. It means " Do
not say anything about our plighting
our troth to anybody as yet, or give
them a chance to judge."
Kaysunnie's dear face was so happy
and trustful that I had not the heart to
say, " I'm afraid you have built a cas-
tle in the air." He was evidently dis-
appointed that I should be so slow to see
the " deep " meaning of the notes. He
asked me if he might tell others with-
out breaking church rule. I said, " Cer-
tainly!" He then called on Yi in the out-
er room, and told him, but Yi laughed
and said, " Have you asked her father ?"
" No ! " " Well, you are mad, " was Yi's
reply. " She evidently has no idea what
you mean." Kaysunnie, much cast
down, went home to pray.
I went up to the capital and lived for
six months and, on my return, a note
came on the familiar crumpled paper :
" Please come to the Yellow Dragon
Mountain and marry Pobay Oh and
Kaysunnie Kim." Two weeks later,
before a concourse of wondering people,
I officiated at this wedding. Kaysun-
nie said, ' ' I'd like you to preach straight
to these town folk for I never had a
chance to draw such a crowd before.
Tell them about the marriage and the
good time that's coming in Jesus' king-
dom, and then could we not sing,
' ' Rejoice and be glad the Redeemer has
come ?"
Jas. S. Gale.
1900.]
313
Notes from a Seoul Diary^
October 27, 1899.— Had my first ride
on the railroad on the 21st. Went from
home in a jinrikisha, crossed the river
in a small boat, and the sands in a tram-
car over a tiny railroad, and reached the
station, where with Koreans, Chinese
and Japanese who crowded to the win-
dow for tickets, I got mine. By the
time I reached
Chemulpo m y
trip seemed
quite like the
U. S. A. The
distance is 25
miles.
April 5, 1900.
— One of Dr.
Field's grateful
patients sent
twenty strings
of eggs; and a
pair of nice
shoes for the
Korean helper
who had gone
several times to
the home to fill
the doctor's
orders.
Juhj 4, 1900.
— Here we are
in one of Buddha's temples, ready for
our summer house-keeping, report and
letter writing, resting and climbing, etc.
July 30. — A sea of clouds, or a glacier
of them, lies just below us and reaches
to our horizon. A wonderful efifect !
About 6.30 A. M.
Esther Shields.
FIRST TRAIN CROSSING BRIDGE OF THE SEOUL-CHEMULPO RAILWAY IN 1899.
Photograph kindly sent by Miss Nourse.
Korean Women^s Country Class*
On one of my trips to the north of
Pyeng Yang I visited five places, stay-
ing longest at Suk Chun, a hundred li
distant, where I held a class for Bible
study with women of this church and
neighboring churches.
The Korean woman will always tell
you that she is a very ignorant person
and cannot hope to know anything.
She is sincere, though sometimes not
so ignorant as her words would lead
one to think, and if she is a Christian,
she is usually eager to avail herself of
the opportunity to learn. One's heart
goes out to the Christian women in
country places. Comparatively few of
them can read. They know that they
are saved through faith in Jesus, and
that knowledge gladdens their lives.
For the temptations and perplexities of
every-day living, they need the help
of the Bible as much as we. No, more
than we, because so much Bible truth
has become a part of our lives.
Usually we are welcomed to a place by
the women coming to the house, bring-
ing their Testaments and hymnbooks,
prepared ' 'to study, " as they call it. The
first evening we were at Suk Chun one
of the old ladies said, " We are such ig-
norant women let us not study or read,
but only sing." Unable to read herself,
she thought there would not be much
enjoyment for her if we studied, but
she could make a noise which she called
singing. The other women did not
agree with her, and in the days that
followed I watched my old lady pretty
closely to see if there wasn't some spark
of enjojTnent for her as well as for the
others. At first, holding to the opinion
common among Koreans that if they
314
A HAT STORY.
[Nov.,
cannot read they cannot understand, cessity that was upon her of sta3'ing at
she sat by with rather a hopeless look home to do the sewing and make other
on her face. Then she began to dis- preparations for the wedding. Each
cover that she was really understanding time as she left she would say, "Now
something, and it was not long before I probably can't come the next time,
she was asking questions and express- because there is still so much work to
ing her opinion. do for the feast." But "next time"
Another woman had a daughter about usually saw her with the others. I think
to be married, and a wedding in Korea, she must have done her work at night,
while not quite so fine an affair as one at Six of the women who were at Suk Chun
home, seems to require almost as much from neighboring churches paid their
thought. This woman was torn by the board. When they do that one can't
conflicting desire to be at the church help thinking they are very much in
when we were studjang, and by the ne- earnest. Margaret Best.
A Hat Story.
Young Chung is one of the most ac-
tive of the Christians. He was former-
ly an idle, dissolute silversmith, with
large acquaintance among the worthless
young fellows in Taiku. He attended
services and professed to believe. One
day he came to Mr. Adams :
" When a man becomes a Christian,
he repents and makes restoration for
what evil he has done in the past, if
possible ? "
"Yes," said Mr. Adams, "that is
what the Bible teaches."
" Well, I am having great anxiety
about my hat," and then he told his
story. Six months before, with wild
companions, some of them the worse
for liquor, he was returning from a hol-
iday trip in the country. They came
to a large house where a wedding feast
was being celebrated. Bent on sport,
they went in and mingled with the
crowd of guests. A fine hat belonging
to the host was hanging on the porch
and they bantered each other to put it
on. Finally j'oung Chung did so and
strutted about the yard unobserved by
the owner, and when they left, in sheer
bravado, he wore the hat into the street.
Then he wished to return it, l)ut the
host was reported as searching for it,
and he was afraid. So, from then on
wore it as his own.
Now his hat is the most important
article of a Korean man's dress. It is
a tall cone, of woven horsehair, with a
brim wider than a cowboy's and so thin
you can see through it. A good hat is
expensive. This one probably cost ten
dollars, and, as the injury of theft of a
hat is one of the greatest insults one
can offer another, poor Chung, with an
awakened conscience, had a difficult
question before him. "I have worn
out and replaced the crown," said he,
" so it is second-hand and of no use to
the owner. I cannot possibly raise
enough money to pay for it. What
shall I do ? " He was not advised, but
told to think it over. A few days later
he returned, still downcast. "I am
willing to work as hard as possible, and
pay the owner of that hat in instal-
ments ; but suppose he sends me to the
magistrate to be beaten ? " This was
by no means unlikely, for men of the
middle and lower classes are frequently
seized and maltreated without trial, by
order of the wealthy nobility. How-
ever, he was not ad\nsed and went away
with the problem still before him. Mr.
Adams did not see him for a week, but
when he came his lightened face showed
he had made a decision. "I am going
to return the hat to-day, taking some
money, and promise the owner to pay
the remainder as soon as I can. I hope
you will pray while I am gone."
Chung came back joyful. The oa\ti-
er of the hat had proved a kindly old
man who looked upon his offense as a
youthful prank and forgave him at
once. He fixed the value of the hat at
a moderate figure, and consented to re-
ceive it in partial payments.
I think the affair about as severe a
test as a young fellow could be put to.
Chung is now my assistant in the dis-
pensary, and faithful in preaching to
the patients. W. 0. Johnson,
CHINA SUPPLEMENT.
The Martyrs at Paotingfu,
LATEST HEARD, BY WAY OF CHINESE CHRISTIANS.
Tientsin, August 28, 1900.
The Fans, father and oldest son, came
suddenly in two or three days ago after
roaming about the country in hiding.
They report that Mr. Simcox and Dr.
Taylor were not alarmed up to the day
of the attack upon them, nor were the
Fan family, the Boxers saying that they
would not injure Protestants. Mr. Sim-
cox had preached, June 24, upon the
theme. We are pilgrims and strangers
here. Chao, the chapel preacher, had
remarked on the appropriateness of his
words. Dr. and Mrs. Hodge had not
come into church that Sunday, the city
being somewhat disturbed. Dr. Tay-
lor opened his dispensary the following
week, until Thursday the 28th. On
that day the neighbors came in and in-
fluential men of the city urging Taylor
to give up his lease and abandon the
place, lest the Boxers in burning it
should burn the adjoining premises also.
Mr. Juan, the owner, was eager to save
his place from their hands and was
pacified only by Taylor's promise that
he would make good to Mr. Juan all
losses inflicted by the Boxers. On that
very day at evening the enemy seized
Pastor Meng Sr. and the chapel keeper
of the Congregational chapel and bore
them away bound to death. Mr. Fan,
still unaware of this imminent danger,
met a Congregational church member
on the street who asked him, "Why
don't you escape for your life?" He went
home, and, at the opening of the city
gates next morning, he and his second
son stole out leaving the mother, so frail
and gentle, alone to look after the prop-
erty! Fan says that he did not think
they would do violence to her.
After their return two weeks later,
they found that the mother had been
put to death with ten or more other
women and thrown into a large pit near
the north gate of the city, and that
the north suburb foreigners had been
seized and led to the corner of the city
wall, outside the city, in front of the
grave of one of the Boxers, where they
too were slain.
Some days before this, one of the
wealthy mea of the city had said in con-
versation, referring to Dr. Taylor, that
there was one foreigner who had saved
too many lives in Paotingfu to meet
such a death as that, but, when the
hour came he was either too powerless
or too indifferent to help him. More-
over, Taylor would not have accepted
any way of escape which did not in-
clude the whole company. Before he
died, Taylor is said to have reminded
them what heartless ingratitude it was
to treat the missionaries in this way.
I had long hoped that Dr. and Mrs.
Hodge were in Peking, but it became
gradually more probable that they had
visited Peking and returned to Pao-
tingfu and had been there nearly a
month when tlie attack took j)lace.
They visited the Inglis family the 2Gth
of May and stayed till the 29th. Dr.
and Mrs. Inglis pressed them to stay a
week, but they had promised Dr. Ta}'-
lor to return on Tuesday and had or-
dered a chair at the station, so they ful-
filled their engagement in returning,
and within three days the railway was
destroyed. No one can fathom the
mysteries of that Providence which
suffered them to return. But thej' have
not died in vain. God knows what in His
plan of mercy was to be brought about
by this cruel massacre, and some day
we shall see that even this was in love.
It would be foolhardy for me to visit
Paotmgfu now, but I hope to as soon
as it is safe to make the attempt.
Only fifty of our church members sur-
vive the massacre of Christians in Pe-
king. It is reported that all the women
in the place and in the city were killed.
August 30. — We hear that troops will
go from two directions to Paotingfu
and, probably, will deal severely with
the city.
Walter Lowrie.
Mrs. Lowrie says: The "ten wo-
men " must be my own dear friends.
I praise God that He has opened the por-
tals of Heaven to them. How glad I am
that God permitted me to tell these
dear women about Jesus !
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CHINA SUPPLEMENT.
[Nov.,
The Siege of Peking*
Extracts from letters by missionaries who were among the besieged.
Peking, British Legation,
August 15, 1900.
Before you receive this letter you wiU
have received the telegram sent to the
Board announcing our wonderful pres-
ervation. I do not know how to write.
Ever since June 8, the foreigners in
Peking have been practically impris-
oned. We were delivered yesterday by
the arrival of the relief army, about
21,000 men, from Tientsin.
On June 8, the missionaries took refuge
in the Methodist Mission compound,
and many Chinese Christians also. The
American Legation sent twenty soldiers
to guard the compound, and with that
handful of men, aided by missionaries
and Chinese, we were in a state of semi-
siege twelve days. During those days
the carnage and anarchy in the city
were indescribable — almost all foreign
property was totally destroyed. Our
two Presbyterian compounds were
burned to the ground. Everything lost
but the clothes we had with us.
On June 19, the Chinese government
sent word that all foreigners were to
leave the city within twenty-four hours,
for Tientsin under the escort of Chinese
soldiers, and our different ministers or-
dered us to go on the morning of the
following day. The assassination of
Baron von Ketteler, the German minis-
ter, by Chinese troops, occurring the
very morning that we were to leave,
the ministers began to comprehend the
situation, and ordered all foreigners to
the British Legation, the largest and
best for defense. A deserted com-
pound, the palace of a prince, was put
at the disposal of Chinese refugees, and
we all began a desperate fight for our
Uves. We came here eight weeks ago
to-day, and have been in jeopardy every
hour since. The Chinese Government
troops have fired shot and shell into this
place and that of the Chinese refugees
directly opposite, with such ferocity
that it seemed as if nothing could save
us. They tried to burn us out. O such
awful fires! They hoped to starve us
out, but though we have had coarse
and poor food, still we have had enough,
and so have the Chinese. The Lord
provided everything necessary. We
found a deserted grain shop containing
about 70,000 lbs. of wheat. We have
had plenty of water, and indeed have
been as miraculously preserved as the
Lord's people in the Old Testament rec-
ord. With the exception of the cross-
ing of the Red Sea and the Jordan, I
really think our deliverances are as re-
markable and as miraculous.
Our soldiers were a veritable Gide-
on's band. At the beginning we had
407 foreign marines, counting all na-
tionalities, and they had to defend not
only the British Legation but all the
other Legations, besides the palace
where the Chinese Christians were. Of
course the civilians, 100 or so, assisted,
but what could 500 men do against
8,000 ? Though the people moved out
of other Legations into the British, sol-
diers and civilians held the different
places with a few exceptions. The Aus-
trian Legation was burned to the groimd
and had to be abandoned. The Belgian
and Dutch were burned and abandoned.
About one-half of the French was taken
possession of by the Chinese, but they
were kept out of the other half. The Ital-
ian, Japanese, German, Spanish, Amer-
ican, Russian and British, though fright-
fully damaged, have never been occu-
pied by the Chinese.
I have written a tome, but do not
dare send by such uncertain mail. This
must go immediately. I feel as if I
had been brought back from the dead.
The Lord's mercies have been beyond
words to describe.
Grace Newton.
Peking, Methodist Compound,
June 15, 1900.
This is now the only missson com-
pound in the city which has not been
burned. Soldiers and rabble have fol-
lowed the Boxers and looted houses.
The streets have been fuU of foreign
goods. A fire has been burning most
of the day near the Chien Men (front
gate) of the city. Foreign medicine
shops were fired, and the breeze car-
1900.]
SIEGE LETTERS— DE. ELIZA LEONARD.
317
ried the fire. The Boxers claim that it
is holy fire they are using, and only
such property as they curse will burn.
I wish you could look down on this
formerly peaceable compound. All
woodwork of windows and doors in
the church have been covered with
masonry, save two, which are left as
entrances, and
corrugated iron
roofing doors
have been made
for these, and
are ready to be
pulled into
place. Barbed
wire fences
surround the
church. Beyond
these are deep
trenches, and
still beyond, en-
closing tAvo
houses on either
side of the
church, are
high brick
walls. The first
stand will be
made behind
these walls.
Chinese men,
women and
children,
preachers,
teachers, Bible
women, stu-
dents, are help-
ing in the work.
All brick walls
in the com-
pound have
been torn up to
build the walls
of defense .
Trees which
stood in the
way have been
cut down. The
court is in the
utmost confu-
sion.
The water we
have is very al-
kaline. We are
not prepared to
do washing.
Just sent boys
home with washing in time to have it
burned. I have not properly undressed
and slept for a week. Put on a long
Chinese garment at night over under-
clothing and petticoat, and stuff day
clothes into pillowcases. Women with
children are sleeping in the church
every night.
PLAN OF CITY OF PEKING, FROM A DRAWING OF PASTOR JEN. (KEY BELOW.)
Mission
Hill.
1. The Tartar City. 2. Chinese City. 3. Imperial City. 4. Purple or Forbidden City. 5. Place where Emperov
is Confined. G. Gates of the City. 7. American Board Mission. 8. Presbyterian Mission. 9. Methodist
10. Russian Mission. 11. Roman Catholic Cathedral. 12. London Mission. 13. Coal
14. Miss Douw's Mission. 15. Old Portuguese Church. IG. Temple of Heaven.
17. Temple to God of Agriculture. 18. Beggar's Bridge. 19. Legations of
Foreign Powers. 20. Great Drum Tower. 21. Bell Tower.
[Courtesy of The Missionary Ilcraid, Boston.]
It is over three miles from the Presbyterian to the Methodist Compound,
318
CHINA SUPPLEMENT.
[Nov.,
Chinese soldiers who were in charge
of our Presbyterian place fled at the ap-
proach of the Boxers. Brave men, in-
deed ! Some Christian families had
that day moved to our compounds.
They fled for their lives. Some hid
themselves in the dry lake bed near by.
One man and wife and three children
were practically in the hands of the
Boxers. A man whom Mr. Li knew,
and who had for some time listened to
the gospel, had a s^^ark of humanity
left and passed them as neighbors of
ours. The family arrived here next
morning, having spent a terrible night,
taunted by people along the way and
having constantly watched for and
avoided Boxers. They had the few
clothes they wore. About night another
family arrived, and the daughter of an
elder. She and her mother came north
a year ago, perfect heathen, and have
shown very little interest in the truth.
This girl, seventeen years old, fell into
the hands of the villains, and with her
small feet was made to travel a mile or
two in the broiling sun. When they ar-
rived at their camp she was questioned
as to Christians. When asked if she be-
lieved in Christ, she rephed, "Yes."
She was tied hand and foot to a post
and a sword laid at her neck, and
was ordered to disclose what she knew
about Christians. She told them there
was a man named Teng, but he had
moved she did not know where. Another
was named Ma, but they had already
killed him. All this time she begged for
her life. She was taken to a small room
and shown blood and knives, and told
this was where they killed Christians.
Finally, she burned incense and was re-
leased. I marvel that she ever confessed
Christ, not that she burned incense.
Late in the afternoon. Pastor Wang
came in. He had been separated from
his wife, daughter, son and daughter-
in-law about daylight that morning,
but had kept two young children with
him. He was almost wild with grief.
Later his son came in, and the two wept
together. They had searched and
searched, and it was very unsafe for
them to be out. They had passed a
number of dead bodies on the street,
but dared not do more than glance at
the clothing as they approached. They
were exhausted with fatigue and grief.
A search party was sent out for the
Wangs and Mas, but resulted in fail-
ure. They reported the streets in very
dangerous condition on that side of the
city — full of Boxers, rabble and dead
bodies. Mrs. Tien, my helper, has not
been heard from yet. She fled to the
home of a schoolmate, who had married
a heathen, and hoped to be protected
there. I fear she will be turned out.
The people simply do not dare to pro-
tect Christians. It means their own
property and lives. Rescue parties of
American, German, English, Russian
and Japanese marines have gone out
and rescued about 100 Christians, and
killed a good many Boxers. Boy Box-
ers have been caught killing children
and babies. One was caught in the act
of disemboweling a child. They are
simply and wholly possessed of the
devil.
June 18. — An elder and his family
got safely into the compound. They
had been wandering about and in hid-
ing since the night our place was
burned. A very quiet day. No news.
British Legation,
June 21.
The calm before the storm. The
Tsung-li Yamen gave foreigners 24
hours to quit Peking. Promised carts
and protection to Tientsin. At 1.20
A.M. (June 20) we were ordered to pre-
pare small trunks in readiness to
leave if our ministers so directed.
Grand rush to pack. All trunks in
church. One trunk here and an-
other in another corner. Great con-
fusion. While still packing, an order
came to take only hand luggage and
repair to gate, and march to American
Legation. The reason for this order
was that the German minister had been
killed on his way to the Tsung-li
Yamen. His interpreter, Mr. Cordes,
was wounded in the thigh, but suc-
ceeded in reaching our compound.
The minister had been escorted part
way by German guards, and was
to be protected by Chinese the rest of
the way. A German guard came for
Mr. Cordes and carried him to his Lega-
tion on a stretcher under a straw mat-
ting arch. We marched just behind
with guard of American marines and
armed missionaries. School-girls and
1900.1 SIEGE LETTERS— REV. C. H. FENK.
319
Chinese Christians followed. Perfect
order prevailed. Prof. James of the
Imperial University was instrumental
in securing the large grounds of a prince,
just east of the British Legation, for the
Chinese, a most fortunate measure for
Chinese and foreigners. The defense
of this place is largely in the hands of
Japanese. The Chinese are quite fond
of the Japs. Like to work for and be
with them.
Luncheon of crackers, sardines,
scrambled eggs and tea was served to
seventy missionaries by Mrs. Squires.
No sooner had we reached our Legation
than we were ordered on to the British,
as it was reported that an attack was
to be made that day at 4 p.m. So, pass-
ing through the Russian Legation, we
came to our place of refuge in the Brit-
ish. A number of the men, with Chi-
nese, went back to the Methodist com-
pound and found Chinese looting the
place. They secured a number of trunks
and boxes. A steamer trunk, a small
bundle and bag contain all my earthly
possessions. My bedding consisted of a
rug and a small sofa pillow. Mrs. Bai-
ley loaned Dr. Mackey and myself a
comforter and a pair of blankets.
The men took supplies from deserted
Chinese food and grain shops in our vi-
cinity. Foreign stores turned their
stocks over to the foreigners. Carts and
mules were seized on the street, and our
reverend missionaries were driving them
at full speed, laying up supplies of food
and fuel. In the evening we sat down
to a picnic supper in the chapel. Then
where were we all to sleep ? Some
gentlemen went out of doors, a few
ladies were given rooms, and the rest
of us, men, women and children, slept
in the church. We did not dare dis-
robe lest we should have to flee for our
lives. The night was warm, the babies
were cross, and the rest is better imag-
ined than told. That evening we w^ere
shocked by the news that Professor
James had been shot and captured by
the Chinese. No word has been heard
as to his ultimate fate.
Now there were 414 foreigners and
Chinese in refuge within the British
Legation lines.
August 15. — We were under tremen-
dous firing all Monday night (August
13). Shortly after midnight we heard
the distant roar of cannon and knew
our troops were engaging the Chinese
forces not far away. The roar grew
stronger and louder, till about 4 o'clock
when men on the small portion of wall
which we held could see the flash of
artillery. All city gates were closed, for
the last time perhaps, and barricaded.
Tuesda3% 14th, at 2 o'clock p. M., the
'British Indian troops came through the
water gate down the side of the canal
and into our compound. It was hearty
cheering they got as they came in, and
they did look so pleased to see us alive.
The troops had heard the heavy firing
on us in the night and made a des-
perate rush to get in. The British left
Tungchow, thirteen miles away, and
reached the southeast gate of the south-
ern city at II o'clock. This is the weak-
est gate. They had no trouble in get-
ting through and came right on in.
Americans were next in the compound.
They were first in the southern city.
The gate attacked by them was more
strongly defended and two companies
volunteered to scale the wall. Their
path then lay along the wall, which was
occupied by Chinese soldiers. They had
some twelve or more wounded. Then
came Russians, Japanese and French.
We have been under heavy fire for two
months to-day in this Legation ; have
lost some sixty odd, and many more
wounded. I have been perfectly well.
We are most thankful for our great
deliverance. Messenger starting.
Eliza E. Leonard.
British Legation,
Peking, China, July 25, 1900.
I shall not attempt to write in much
detail of the remarkable events of these
weeks, but my pen may run on if I am
not too often interrupted by the de-
mands of the flour mill. Yes, I have
turned miller, and am grinding out sev-
eral barrels of floiar and cracked wheat
every day.
How many of our messengers got to
Tientsin I know not, as but one of them
has returned to us, and he after many
perils. Therefore I do not know how
much you may have heard of our posi-
tion. . . . Boxer matters developed so
rapidly on the 7th and 8th of June that
it was decided to leave all our com-
pounds and unite in self-defense at the
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CHINA SUPPLEMENT.
[Nov.,
M. E. Mission. We left all our posses-
sions, save a few trunks and boxes, and
on the evening of our wedding anniver-
sary, June 8, we arose from the supper
to which we had invited the Inglises, to
go to that mission compound. There
we found almost all the other American
missionaries already gathered and ar-
ranging the rooms assigned to them.
Next day, I went back, encouraged our
Chinese as miich as possible and brought
Mr. Whiting away with me. Sunday I
went to both our compounds and attend-
ed service at our own. Monday Mr.
Whiting visited our church members.
Tuesday I went again and Wednesday
Mr. W. went for the last time. Mean-
while, at the M. E. Mission, every one
was building barricades, stretching barb
wire, digging ditches, fortifying and
provisioning the church. Its castellated
roof was well adapted for sharpshooters,
and we bricked up the windows, leav-
ing only "loop holes." The U. S. min-
ister sent us twenty marines out of his
fifty-three, and the British minister
loaned ten rifles, in view of our pro-
tecting London Mission converts. I got
one of the rifles, and we had drill every
evening for some days. The ladies
spent most of their time making coats
and trousers for the American marines,
who had only heavy clothing. A few
of the 500 Chinese refugees had pistols ;
others had spears made for them.
Wednesday morning, June 13, as I
returned from the U. S. Legation on my
bicycle, I met two young Boxers with
their bright red sashes and yellow tur-
bans walking rapidly toward the city
gate near by, one forward, the other
backward, brandishing their long knives
in front of an admiring following of
idle men and a number of Chinese sol-
diers. Strangely, they paid no atten-
tion to me, and as I had carelessly left
my revolver at home, I was glad of it.
A little later, two of them went along
Legation street with a crowd. The
German minister jumped into a ricksha,
pursued them, captured one and tied
him up in the Legation. During these
few days marines raided several tem-
ples and drove out Boxers, the warrant
being their threats in the city and mas-
sacres in the country.
Wednesday evening (13th), as we
came out after supper, some one cried
that the street chapel, not far away,
was burning. For a moment we were
in consternation, then women, children
and baggage were moved quicMy to the
big church, we men took places on
guard, while a few marines charged out
to the great street, dri%nng back the
crowd and killing a few Boxers.
Through that night from the church
roof, we watched all the chapels,
churches and foreign dwellings in the
city blaze up one by one, burn furiously
for hours and then die to a dull glow.
What did not go that night was burned
next day. We knew well what it
meant. . . . The next few days were
the most awful of my life. In came
parents without children, children with-
out parents, wives without husbands,
husbands without wives. Sometimes
they found the lost ones already come ;
but many, unable to bear the suspense,
went out again to brave the dangers
and look for their families, whether dead
or alivQ. Family after family, the
Tengs, the Mas, the Kus, the Yus and
others, we have heard no word of. On
that night of fires, several hundred Ro-
man Catholic refugees were burned to
death in their eastern church. When
an attack was made on the southern
Catholic church, about twenty-five ma-
rines, at great risk, went over there
(about a mile west), killed some tens of
Boxers, rescued 200 Catholics and re-
turned without a scratch.
On the 19th came news that foreign
ships having attacked Taku, the minis-
ters were ordered to leave Peking in
twenty-four hours. If we wished to
live, we must go too. But this meant
leaving all our Chinese to certain mas-
sacre and probably being ourselves mas-
sacred as soon as we had left the gates
of Peking and reached the open coun-
try. Next morning (20th) as we were
told that the ministers had demanded
several hundred carts for the journey,
we could simply gather together and
pray that the Lord would provide some
means by which we could protect our
Chinese and also escape the danger.
He answered most wonderfully. The
German interpreter was brought to our
compound seriously wounded. With
the German minister he had set out for
the Tsung-li Yamen, in\dted like the
other ministers to conmlt over their de-
1900.]
SIEGE LETTERS— REV. C. H. FENN.
321
parture from the city. Both were shot
by Chinese soldiers. This convinced
the ministers not only that a journey to
Tientsin would mean death, but there
would soon be an attack on our quar-
ters in Peking. It was therefore de-
cided that we should all move at once
to the British Legation. To our delight,
we were able to take the Chinese con-
to it by burning and tearing down all
buildings bordering on our north and
west sides.
The people of the Legations have
every reason to be thankful for saving
the himdreds of converts, for we never
could have created all oui- fortifications
without their labor. They have faced
shot and shell with courage, not a few
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, PEKING. Converted into a fort during the semi-siege.
verts with us, putting them with the
Roman Catholic refugees in the Su
Wang Tu, the residence of one of the
princes. After we had settled in the
Legation, Mr. Ament went back with
one Chinese to see "how the land lay,"
and saved his bicycle. On hearing this,
a large number of us, with, rifles and
spears, led 50 or 60 Chinese back,
making several trips and bringing away
most of the provisions and at least half
the trunks which we had left behind.
I saved our mattress. The Chinese did
not interfere with us. That night the
horrors of war began. By fair means
or foul, the Chinese were bound to mur-
der us. Not content with rifle and can-
non, they have tried to set fire to our
buildings. After several exciting ex-
periences, fighting a fire behind which
were hundreds of soldiers and Boxers
ready to shoot any man who showed
bis head to throw water, -we put a stop
of therh having lost their lives for the
general safety.
After the destruction of the customs,
postofiice and other places, there re-
mained within our borders several grain
shops and three foreign stores. These
have, thus far, furnished abundant food
for our almost 3,000 people, one shop
having just received thousands of bush-
els of new wheat from Honan. Had it
been two or three weeks earlier we
should have had none. In this shop
there were eleven Chinese mills for
grinding wheat. After carrying some
wheat to the Legation, lest we lose it
aU, we set the mills going, and day
after day, worked by mules, they ground
out graham flour and cmcked wheat.
Later on, as those quarters seemed dan-
gerous, we moved seven of the mills to
safe places. As a member of the Food
Supply Committee, I have had chief
charge of this work. I had a fine view
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CHINA SUPPLEMENT.
[Nov.,
from the mill of the portion of the city-
wall held from the beginning by our
American marines, with some help from
others. It has been the most exposed
position of all, and seven of the original
53 have been killed, nine others serious-
ly wounded. It was on that wall that
I received my own wound, a very slight
one, thanks to God's blessing on my
finished this work, however, before I
saw our marines stealing back to the
barricade. They were re-inforced by
Russians and British, and have not only
held the place ever since, but have en-
larged their holding five-fold.
Another of the most remarkable
Providences in connection with this
siege, is the never ending supply of ma-
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BRITISH LEGATION, PEKING, WHERE THE FOREIGNERS MADE THEIR LAST STAND.
The entire property covers seven acres.
heavy pith hat. A shell burst and
knocked down the top of the wall. I
think two bricks must have struck me,
one mashing a portion of my three-
quarter-inch pith hat to the thinness of
a postal card, the other cutting my head
shghtly. Mr. Reid and I and Mr. Nor-
ris (English) are the only missionaries
who have been hurt, and none of our
wounds were serious, though Reid's
laid him up for two weeks. In refer-
ring to the wall, I started to tell you of
one blue day, when I saw the American
barricade attacked with shell, one after
another bursting either in or against it.
The men could not stay, and they came
running down the vamp of the wall,
the Captain last. My heart went down,
down. Word was passed along by the
guards that it would soon be unsafe for
me to stay at the mill; so, unhitching
the animals, we took all the wheat we
had ground to the Legation. I had not
terial for sand-bags. These bags have
saved many a life on the tops of barri-
cades. There was very little to make
them of at first. We looted the shop of
a Chinese tailor and got two hand-power
sewing machines, and Miss Douw had
one with a treadle. The foreign stores
furnished considerable cloth. A large
number of small shops, dwellings, a
temple, etc., provided dozens of rolls
of cloth, silk, brocade, embroideries
(worth several dollars a j^ard, some
of them) ; the Legations offered cur-
tains, table linen, etc., so that da}' after
day our ladies have been able to turn
out hundreds and thousands of sand-
bags, which, filled with dirt, have made
the best possible barricades. Mr. Game-
well has slaved on the work of fortifica-
tion, and been one of the chief human
instruments in our defense. Messrs.
Hobart, Killie, Stelle, Gait, Verity and
Tewksbury have done most noble work.
1900.]
SIEGE LETTERS— DR. MAUD MAC KEY.
323
"We had nothing larger than the Italian
one-pounder, until one day, in overhaul-
ing a Chinese' junk shop, some of our
natives found a rusty cannon, dated
1864, of British origin. We mounted
and tried it. It sent a three-pound shot
through three brick walls. It has been
dubbed " Betsy." The Russians had
shells, but no gun, so ' ' Betsy " has fired
the shells. In lieu of anything better
she will take nails or scrap iron, and
carry terror among the Chinese.
Had we thought of being here for six
weeks, we should have given up in de-
spair, I think ; but God has wonderfully
cared for us. The one messenger who
has succeeded in making his way to
Tientsin and back brings us word that
33,000 troops are now certainly on the
way to our relief. Ten days ago a mes-
senger who tried to go to Tientsin had
been captured by the Chinese, beaten
almost to death, and taken to the " State
Department, " was given a message and
sent back to us. The State Department
was glad to hear the foreign ministers
were well, and sorry the Boxers had
treated them so badly ! They suggested
that all the ministers and their families
go, in small companies, unescorted, to
the State Department for protection!
The next day a copy of a telegram from
the Chinese minister in Washington was
sent, and the transmission of Minister
Conger's reply was promised. The next
day firing practically ceased. There also
came, in the name of the Emperor, a
large number of watermelons, squashes,
egg plants and cucumbers ! I am very
soiTy that the ministers accepted the
present. To have men try to kill you,
and then, while still keeping you be-
sieged, to send in watermelons and
squashes is about as ludicrous a per-
formance as I have heard of.
July 28. — And now our hearts go
down again, as a youngster who went
out as "a beggar boy bearing a message
to Tientsin comes back with about
half a dozen sentences from the British
Consul, dated July 22, and leading us to
think that no troops have yet left Tien-
tsin for our relief ! Well, in our patience
we shall still have to possess our souls.
We may have food enough to last
another month. We have had much
singing of late in the evenings, the na-
tional songs of all nations and others.
Some of the Russian songs have been
particularly applauded. Mrs. and Miss
Woodward of Chicago, guests of the
Congers, are leading spirits in the sing-
ing.
Another remarkable thing has been
the weather. It seems hardly possible,
save as a miracle, that the rains can
hold off much longer for our troops to
travel.
August 2. — Still the rains hold off;
but our relief does not come. We have
procured, with great difficulty, copies of
the official Peking Gazette. One of the
decrees says, that if Christian converts
repent and surrender they will be for-
given and spared, at least impl3'ing that
all who remain firm are to be destroyed.
Missionaries everywhere are to be driven
away to their own countries. . . . Milk is
gone, save a little for the babies ; butter
and sugar gone; white rice (a small re-
mainder) is kept for invalids and wound-
ed, and our usual bill of fare is horse
meat, musty rice and coarse brown
bread. We still have tea and coffee,
and for breakfast either corn meal or
cracked wheat. It is hard to find any-
thing for the babies. Fortunately we had
many horses and mules here; but they
are fast going. Of course we are all los-
ing in weight, some as much as thirty
pounds.
Courtenay H. Fenn.
Peking, Methodist Compound,
June 15.
Last night while we were in bed we
heard the most horrible noise I ever lis-
tened to — more like a pack of angry
wolves than anything I can think of.
It was the sound of thousands of voices
of the mob just on the other side of the
city wall.
June IG. — All the mission compounds
in the city, except this one, have been
burned. The last went this forenoon.
The American flag has been hoisted over
the church to-day, and looks prettier
and more like home than ever before.
A temple was cleared of Boxers to-day
by a party of English, American and
Japanese troops. They killed forty
Boxers — not one escaped. Over one
hundred were killed yesterday.
One of the most fearful features is
that young boys are taught to kill all
the children they can. Ten of them were
324
CHINA SUPPLEMENT.
[Nov.,
caught in the act to-day by the Enghsh
soldiers. Satan is certainly turned loose
here for a time, but God knows it all.
The preachers, teachers, students, wo-
men and children are carrying brick and
making trenches day and night. The
missionaries watch day and night. Dr.
Wherry has no time for anything else.
It is hard for such a loving old gentle-
man to begin being a soldier. His car-
tridge belt and bayonet look quite out
of place.
God is very good to us, and we feel
thankful that we are all well and have a
"peace that passeth understanding." No
one here has shown fear or nervousness.
While every one realizes the danger,
there is no one panic-stricken, whatever
happens. When the alarm comes (three
times already) to go to the church, every-
body picks up his few possessions and
walks in as quietly as though going to
meeting.
June 20. — We are in suspense wait-
ing for our troops. Boxers have the
road between the troops and us. A man
got a message through awhile ago by
carrying it in a basket of sticks and
chips, pretending to be a scavenger. This
compound is a sight. The church is a
fort. Windows are covered with wire
netting to defend against bricks thrown,
and holes are cut for the foreigners to
shoot from. Pointed stakes are driven
in the ground near the walls for the
enemy to drop on. It all seems so cruel.
We are all to go to the church at the
signal (three shots.) Everything is ar-
ranged. Stores are carried there and
kegs of boiled water. If we are be-
sieged in that church with 450 Chinese
a.nd over 70 foreigners, some of us know
just enough to make us prefer to be shot
down. We are trying very hard to keep
down disease. It keeps the doctors busy.
Maud A. Mackey.
Methodist Mission Compound,
Peking, Sunday, June 10.
It has been for two weeks an anxious
time. A week ago last Tuesday Miss
Newton sent the school-girls home;
the few having no homes were sent
to our country station out to the east.
We pray that the Christians there
may be strong enough not to recant.
Many have been forced into worship-
ing idols in other mission stations in
order to save their lives. Some have
died martyrs.
On June 6, we put our things away in
boxes and trunks, ready to leave Pe-
king on the first train that could put
through to Tientsin, that order coming
from Minister Conger. It was a difficult
matter, packing for living we didn't
know where — Peitaiho or Japan. No
train has gotten through since that
order was given. The evening of the 8th
all American missionaries came here.
The Tungcho people came in early that
morning. We are thankful for every
one of the missionaries now at home
in America. Every one here is bearing
up wonderfully. I wish I could tell
you how brave the Tungcho people are
about the loss of their homes and prop-
erty. Miss Andrews and Abbie Chapin
were so busy getting Chinese refugees
settled that they came away with noth-
ing but a bundle of clothes. Others
were able to bring trunks.
Ju7ie 15. — Our houses and churches
are all burned down. The large Metho-
dist church is our fortified place of ref-
uge. We have twenty marines protect-
ing the compound, which has not been
attacked, yet. The building burned near-
est to us was the chapel just at the
head of this street. But worse than any
burning of property is the persecuting
of Christians. It is heart-rending. Mrs.
T'ien and young Mrs. Li, her chil-
dren, their father and uncle, etc. It is
all too dreadful to be true. Yet it is true.
I do not feel as if I can write about it.
There are now on this place over six hun-
dred Chinese with us.
This morning a guard of missionaries
went out to the great street to protect
the cooks while they bought what pro-
visions they could get. We are prepar-
ing for a siege. This all means war.
There seems to be no Chinese Govern-
ment. Every one does as he chooses.
Our gentlemen stopped carts on the
great street to see what they were load-
ed with, looted property from foreign
homes or not. Several horsemen fled
at sight of the little foreign guard.
We only fear that soldiers will join in
with the Boxers to destroy us. Our
future is known only to our Father in
heaven.
The Psalms are very full of comfort
and very appropriate. We all find them
1900.]
LETTERS— MISS McCOY, 3nSS McKILLICAN.
325
so. Last night a mob of several thou-
sands was just outside the city wall;
this compound on one side the wall, the
mob on the other. Miss Newton read
the 59th Psalm to me this morning, be-
ginning at verse 6. Could anything ex-
press the affairs of last night more fit-
tingly ? Every one here realizes that
the Lord is our shield ; and we sing of
His strength. . . . Some feel strongly
that all women and children should go
to the American Legation. The people
from all the Legations are to go to the
British (on the principle of " united we
stand") if the probability is that they
cannot hold out alone.
Five of us ladies live in one room.
Miss McKillican, as a subject of the
Queen, is now at the British Legation.
On the 13th, our old Elder Ma's son
came to tell us that blood had been put
on the posts of their gates and, if they
did not leave, the Boxers would cer-
tainly destroy them. Wen Li, one of
our school-girls, was living at their
house, engaged to the youngest son.
Miss Newton sent for the young man to
tell him he ought to marry her right
away, so that she could claim his pro-
tection. That evening, Pastor Wang
performed the ceremony, which was
scarcely over when the Boxers came
upon them. Eveiy one fled. Families
have been separated and not able to
come together again after that night of
horrors. Dr. Ament ventured out one
daj' to see with his own eyes what had
been done to the American Board com-
pound. He came back, reporting it so
burned up that not enough wood was
left to make a toothpick. He had buried
some valuable coins and some one else
had buried 100 taels underground; even
that was gone. The yards seemed to
have been dug up for valuables. Piti-
ful stories we heard the next few days.
. . . The young teacher of the boys'
school found the dead body of his own
mother near the An-ting gate. It is
too hard to tell you. I can't do it.
British Legation,
Monday, June 25.
Things have been so exciting and
everybody has been so rushed with pre-
paring fortifications and food, and re-
packing clothes, there has not been a
minute to sit down quietly and read the
Bible even, not to mention writing let-
ters. A week ago to-day, things came
to such a pass that Capt. Hall ordered
us to take what we could carry in our
hands, and start for the American Le-
gation in double file. As the clocks
struck eleven we started in our long pro-
cession. German soldiers led the line. We
turned to the right down Legation street.
Missionaries, followed by Chinese Chris-
tians, about GOO, quietly, with no sign
of panic though we feared we might be
attacked. Dr. Dudgeon said that army
of saved Chinese Christians, their calm-
ness and orderly way of following direc-
tions as they were ushered into the Fu,
was a sight worth seeing. We went first
to the American Legation where Mrs.
Squires gave us a nice picnic lunch, then
we came over to the British Legation
and took up our abode in the pretty little
chapel of the Church of England. Sev-
enty people are li\nng in this small space.
We spread out some for the nights, some
of us sleeping in Lady MacDonald's ball-
room, billiard-room and smoking-room,
all on the floor of course.
August 15. — Relieved yesterday.
Thank the Lord! Oh, how glad we
were to see them! The troops ar-
rived at this Legation at about 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Sikhs
came running in first, fine black fel-
lows ; Americans and British followed.
We have lived on horse meat and
rice long enough. It is wonderful how
little sickness there has been. Little
Elizabeth Inglis died ; other babies look
like faded flowers. This Legation looks
like "the midway," all nations gathered.
One of a very grateful company,
Bessie McCoy.
British Legation, Peking,
August 17, 1900.
The troops reached us a few days ago
and we are beginning to. hear from the
outside world news that makes our
hearts ache, though it is only a confir-
mation of what we feared. One of the
San Ho church members has found big
way to us and tells of the massacre of
his father, mother and any members of
the family who professed to be Chris-
tians. He is from Wa-tzu, where I
spent the summer three years ago, and
where so many of our people five.
Every Christian has been cleared out of
326
CHINA SUPPLEMENT.
[Nov.,
all those villages. A few were in hid-
ing for a time, but the Boxers hunted
through the fields and it may be some
time before we can know how many
escaped.
I am in the hospital just now, and,
as a good many of the patients left to-
day, have a little leisure to begin a
short letter to send with the first party
that leaves Peking. It is truly wonder-
ful how we have been protected while
thousands of Chinese soldiers have been
pouring in shot and shell, digging mines
to blow us up, and making attempt after
attempt to set fire to the buildings in
this Legation. Some days every man,
woman and child that could do anything
was at work; some on duty as soldiers,
others tearing down buildings to prevent
fires from spreading, or forming fines
for passing water buckets. Those of us
on hospital duty went about among the
wounded and dying, the air thick with
ashes and smoke, and shells bursting all
about. The explosive bullets and rifle-
firing filled up the pauses between the
big guns, so that we had to shout in each
other's ears when we spoke. These wei'e
the times of hard attacks.
August 18. — A mail goes out to-night
and I must send this. We have heard
more news about our dear friends. Mrs.
Tien,* after hiding about the streets try-
ing to find some one who would take
her in, was killed. Some of the Tengs
may have escaped, but the whole family
are said to have been killed. Miss Mc-
Coy went with Dr. Wherry and a guai'd
to our compound, and talked with some
of the neighbors and found out all she
could. The whole place is in ruins, of
course. The city around here is in
ruins. In some places you cannot tell
where the streets have been. British
subjects have just got orders to have
baggage done up in eighty-pound pack-
ages by 8 o'clock to-night, and to go
with a convoy on Wednesday. I am
just in from the hospital and so tired, I
would rather take my chance than begin
packing the clothes I still have. I have
been very well and am only tired, as we
all are.
We may be able to stay in Peking —
we don't want to go away — or we may
stay in Tientsin for a while, and then
come back when things are settled and
*Mi88 McKillican's valued companion in country touring.
work can be done. We can make no
plans, only wait and trust for guidance,
one step at a time. We have been so
wonderfully protected and provided for
we ought to be able to keep on trusting.
Over three thousand have been fed and
had fuel for cooking, without any time
for preparation. Rice, wheat and coal
were found in shops near b}" where the
owners had fled and left everything,
and the Legation ponies furnished meat.
There were canned stores that with care
lasted and helped to make a variety.
The wheat was ground into flour and
cracked wheat. Mr. Fenn has been
miller. Thousands, yes, tens of thou-
sands of sand bags have been made out
of everything, from dainty hemstitched
pillow cases and fine damask table linen
to brocaded silks and satins. We have
bomb-proof caves near each house,
which we have been expecting to occupy,
night after night, for weeks. We have
gone about in the dark, in hospital and
every place, not daring to light a candle,
because any light furnished a target for
sharpshooters stationed in trees. A good
many were picked off by our sharp-
shooters in the daytime. We have been
a cheerful, bus}" community — have had
as many jokes and laughs as we could
have had under the best of circum-
stances.
This is hurriedly written and full of
mistakes. I haven't even kept a diary,
as most have. j^^^^^ McKillican.
Peking, June 9.
Just at dusk yesterday we gathered
together a few of our goods and pro-
visions, put them into a cart, and, leav-
ing everything else behind, fled for our
lives. Theodora and the baby getting
ineide the cart, I sat on the outside with
my revolver in hand. It was almost
10 o'clock P. M. when we arrived at the
M. E. comi^ound.
June 11. — Twenty of us have been
armed with rifles, and are drilling with
the United States marines. This makes
forty armed men all told. I have a
splendid little Mauser.
June 16. — Soldiers raided a temple,
killed thirty Boxers. Last night Dr.
Ingram, Messrs. Tewkesbury, Ewing
and I went over to the big city gate,
one and one-fourth miles away, and at
the point of our rifles locked it and took
1900.]
LETTERS— DR. AND MRS. JOHN INGLIS.
327
the key. This was to prevent the mob
coming in from the southern city. The
gate was guarded by 200 Manchu sol-
diers. They watched us in dumb as-
tonishment, but didn't fire a shot. It
is only by the most daring show of force
that we can hold our own against them.
June 17. — Three native Christians
volunteer to take a message to our
troops. If caught by the Chinese sol-
diers it means death.
June 29. — Little sleep last night. The
Chinese got the range on one of our
buildings to-day and riddled it. They
seldom get correct range; many shells
pass over us. There is a constant whiz
of bullets in the air. A British marine
was killed to-day by a spent bullet. A
laundry and bakery have been estab-
lished.
July 2. — One thousand taels offered
to any Chinese who would take a mes-
sage to Tientsin. Very little firing to-
day. A silence always means : ' ' Look
out." American marines find holding
the wall with such a small force almost
impossible. They gave up their posi-
tion to-day, but later retook it. We
cannot hold out if they give up the wall.
Dr. Lippett, American surgeon, badly
wounded in thigh. Dr. G. D. Lowry,
American missionary, takes his place.
July 3.— U. S. marines on the city
wall made a brave attack on the Chi-
nese barricade at 2.30 A. M. and cap-
tured it. Two Americans killed and
Captain Myers wounded. Seven Chi-
nese refugees killed and wounded while
building a bai-ricade on the incline lead-
ing up the wall. It is raining heavily.
The heat is intense. Native Christians
are being hunted like birds and put to
death by the sword. Terrible atrocities
practiced on them by Boxers and soldiers.
July 9. — No news of troops. Last
night one of the most dreadful since the
siege began.
July 10. — I have had my clothes off
but once in a month. We have picked
up ninety cannon balls inside the lega-
tion, and not one has killed a man.
Chinese messenger returns to-day with
no news of troops. People are begin-
ning to feel that no relief is near. An-
other cannon ball landed in Sir Claude
MacDonald's house. Quieter to-day;
what a relief ! Heat increases. Many
children sick.
August 14. — We can hear the for-
eign troops outside the city cannonad-
ing. Help has come at last.
August 18. — Three days I have spent
riding horseback over Peking. I rode
up to where my hospital stood. It was
a scene of complete destruction. Out
of eight buildings, all brick, I did
not see a dozen whole bricks left. It
was not only burned down, but the
foundation stones were carried off.
John M. Inglis.
August 14. — The last two nights we
had the hardest attacks we have expe-
rienced. Last night they began before
sunset and ceased with dawn. But be-
tween their volleys we heard the roll of
distant cannon and the rapid "click,"
" click " of a machine gun planted by
our relief force at the Tung-pien-men.
In all these eight weeks we have been
able to get but four messengers to Tien-
tsin and return. We are nearly at the
end of our meat, having now killed
eighty-four horses.
The heat and dampness for three days
has been most enervating. Our clothes
are saturated most of the time. The
fleas and mosquitos are dreadful and
the sand flies worse. Many are sick
with diarrhoea and a low fever. I have
been ill for two days, but will get up to
see the troops come in.
August 27. — My letter was inter-
rupted by the cry, " The troops have
come." I jumped up, dressed hurriedly
and ran out into Lady MacDonald's
front hall in time to greet the British
officers. The court outside was filling
with magnificent Sikhs, all turbaned
and joUy looking as could be. O what
cheering, huzzas and tears ! Old Gen.
Gazalee and the officers, browned and
sweating, all had trembling voices as
well as tearful eyes. The troops entered
the southern city, after sending a few
shells through the gate, and then, in-
stead of shelling their way into the
north city, they crept man after man
through the water gate.
Our danger was great, but God's om-
nipotent hand saved us. The stories we
hear of missionary friends, their suffer-
ings, in many cases their murder, make
us heart-sick. We cannot speak of Pa-
otingfu friends to each other.
TJieodora Inglis.
DEPARTMENT
MISSION STUDIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE— December, J 900.
BIBLE LESSON. — A Review : Extent and secret of St. Paul's missionarj- work. 1. Places
visited. 2. People reached. 3. St. Paul's physical qualities and social characteristics. 4. His
inner life. 5. His methods (Consult references in New Test. Studies in Missions, pp. 34-40, S. V. M., 15 cts.)
SYRIA. THE PRESS IN niSSIONS.
, ^ . , Syria is a stronghold
'"t^eUns^akaSleVurk." of Moslem bigotry
and military despot-
ism. There is a complete union of temporal
and spiritual power; the Sultan is prophet,
priest and king. The several sects of non-
Moslems have nominal religious liberty. They
are allowed to become Protestants without
opposition, yet Christians have no civil rights
that are respected ; their testimony has little
value in court. But the Moslem has no lib-
erty of conscience ; for him to change his faith
is treason ; he accepts Christianity only at his
imminent personal peril. Converts are se-
cretly put out of the way, officially banished,
or forcibly thrust into the army and treated
with cruelty and injustice. If it were not for
the great danger incurred, the increase of
Protestants would be a hundred-fold. Exor-
bitant taxes keep the people in abject poverty ;
any increase of property is liable to seizure by
the government. Petty tyrannies harass our
mission work. It took five years and a law-
suit to secui'e a property title at one station.
The government requires that of every book
issued by our press, a proof copy must first be
sent to the censor at Constantinople who
dallies with it from two months to two years,
changes the text for trivial or absurd reasons,
cuts it down or rejects it.
Consult: Historical Sketches; Miss'y Expansion, pp.
199-203; Modern Missions in the East, pp. 109-121.
"The Holy Land can be won in no other
The nodern way than as Thou, O Lord Christ, and Thy
- Crusade. apostles won it, by love, by prayer, by shed-
ding of tears and blood.'"— Martyr of 1315.
Centuries ago the cry of ' ' Deus vult " called
thousands to Palestine ; to day, the same cry,
" God wills it," inspires the church to a new
crusade. Their mission was to redeem an
empty sepulchre; ours is to give a Jiving
Saviour. Instead of brilliant martial array
we see a modest company of men and wo-
men, j'et these are more truly lion-hearted
than the Coeur de Lion, and worthier followers
of the Son of God who "went forth to war"
healing the sick, blessing little children,
teaching the people on hillside, on shore.
In place of Richard's battle-axe is used the
sword of the Spirit, and so ably is it wielded
that last year over 50,000 copies were issued
of the Bible, " the best selling book " in Syria.
The crusades extended over two centuries,
Protestant missions but seventy years. In
place of jealousy between rival forces, -yve
find the workers knit together in fellowship;
the English societies have assumed charge of
several of our schools, given up by the cut,
and an English doctor at his own charges is
carrying on the ministry of one of our absent
workers. Retrenchment, ordered in 1894, cut
close in Syria. Cherished work had to be aban-
doned, valued helpers dismissed ; the situation
was met with heroic self-sacrifice.
Consult: Foreign Missions after a Century, pp. 121-
127; Students' Miss'y Appeal, pp. 597-400; Historical
Sketches; December magazines; Ann. Report, '99-1900,
pp. 267-279.
The peculiar difficulties of
l'^^V.f^^i^''- this field, besides Turkish
despotism and retrench-
ment, arise from the condition of nominal
Christianity, the emigration of young men,
and the pushing enterprises of France and
Russia. Sects bearing the name of Christian-
ity have neither faith nor works to commend
them; many are sunk lower in corruption
than the Turks. Young men rebel against ex-
isting conditions and leave the country, for
they cannot prosper under this bitter despot-
ism. From the Beiriit church that had 519
members a few years ago, 260 have emi-
grated. Both French and Russians have po-
litical ambitions in Syria and are sparing no
expense to gain a foothold. They are estab-
lishing schools with lavish ex]>enditure, ask-
ing no fees for tuition, yet our recent mis-
sion reports declare there was never such a
demand for school and college work, with
commendable advance in payment for educa-
tion. New C.E. Societies have been formed,
zealous and interested ; our graduates are in
demand as teachers, and in their scattered
homes the traveling missionary is sure of a
welcome ; the school work has been earnest ;
the Syrian Christians are working for others;
the press in one year issued 38,000,000 pages;
the healing touch of the medical work has
been felt on the bodies and souls of thousands.
Consult: Ann. Rept., pp. 267-279; Concise History of
Missions, pp. 127-140; Woman's Work, Dec. "99.
Suggestions. — Book litriew: " Kamil, a Syrian
Christian ;" A Map Talk. Good News from each sta-
tion; Pictures of work in Syria; Paper. What retrench-
ment has meant in Syria"; Sesume. The Volunteer
Watchword (R. E. Speef, Students' Miss'y Appeal, pp.
201-216).
The Press in ilissions.
In our Presbyterian missions we have eight
presses, at Beirut, Bangkok, Urumia, Shang-
hai, Mexico City, Chieng Mai, Tungchow Col-
lege and Nodoa. In one year these issued
over 85,000.000 pages. Several are self-sup-
porting. In some cases, by co-operative ef-
fort, the work of other missionary societies
is done on our presses, thus economizing
money and labor. Besides the Bible, relig-
ious iiiewspapers, text books and Christian
literature are issued. The words of life are
widely scattered and often fruit is foimd in
distant places where the people have learned
of their Saviour from the printed page alone.
Consult : Woman's Work for Woman and Assembly
Herald of July, '97, for several illustrated articles of
great interest on this subject.
L. B. Allen.
Above furnished on separate sheets each month. Price 2 cts. per copy, 15 cts. a dozen.
Order from "Studies," care of Woman's Work, 156 Fifth Ave., New York.
1900.]
329
Six New Lessons for
For Missionary Societies^ Clubs and Home Study.
The "Scheme to Promote United
Study of Missions," presented at a meet-
ing on " Literature," held in connection
with the Ecumenical Con-
M'li^-rvH ference last April, was ex-
plamed m the August is-
sue of Woman's Work for Woman
(p. 225). The committee appointed on
"Study of Missions" having met in
Boston, Sept. 25, 26, is now ready to
offer a further announcement. The plan
originally presented became somewhat
modified in the hands of the committee,
and the features receiving special revis-
ion are as follows :
(a) Instead of a course of lessons for "seven
years," it was determined to attempt to cover
not more than two years, at present.
(6) Instead of "seven lessons" a year, it
was decided to offer six lessons, each capable
of expansion if desirable, so as to occupy two
months.
(c) Suggestions regarding the length of mis-
sionary meetings, or of time apportioned to
study, are dropped, leaving such matters to
the discretion and varied circumstances of
each society.
The committee is unanimous in its
aim and purpose to cherish the spirit of
union which pervaded the Ecumenical
Conference, and to furnish such ' ' Les-
sons " as suitably follow that great Con-
ference and are equally adapted to Chris-
tians of every name. It hopes that united
„. . ^ . action, all along the line
2i1,\e.;^pf^^^^^^^^ missionary
workers m many denom-
inations, will stimulate and facilitate the
putting forth of better Lessons on For-
eign Missions than any single Society
has ever published before. The proposal
to choose as the first topic, " Historical
Missions — from apostolic times to
end of the xviiith century, is ad-
hered to (with one important modifica-
tion). Lessons upon this topic are to
be ready for use in September, 1901,
thus allowing ample time for their prep-
aration and for extensive circulation of
the prepared Lessons, in advance, not
only in this country but in Canada and
Great Britain.
Meantime, between now and next
September, what shall the Societies
study ?
Many have their programme carefully
laid out for the next six or eight months.
Many others would be glad to modify
or enlarge the programme which they
have. The mass of societies either are
about to conclude their studies for the
current year in December, or they do no
specific studying at all. The committee
recognizing this mixed condition, and
that societies might not wish to be put
off a whole year, has anticipated the
want of the hour by providing Six New
Lessons which ivill he introductory
to those upon " Historical Missions."
As to the subject of these preliminary
lessons, there was no hesitation in the
mind of the committee. A natural sub-
ject for the first lesson of
the first vear of the xxth
Opening ^ , - ,■ i .
Century. Century, a timely topic sure
to attract enthusiasm, was
ready to our hand . Ch ristian Missions
of the xixth Century — this is the gen-
eral subject for the " Six Lessons." It
embraces all the retrospect which the
Ecumenical Conference commanded
and, in addition, the momentous mission-
ary events which mark this year 1900.
It will be noted that the arrangement of
countries follows logically the order of
time when missions were introduced
into those countries. It is not, however,
necessary that this order should
of**^ be maintained in studying. In
Topics. Presbyterian societies it is not
desirable. It is perfectly easy
to arrange lessons connected with coun-
tries so as to coincide with the order fol-
lowed in the monthly concert of the
Church at large. [See this order on
page 2, cover of this magazine.]
Lesson I. — The Awakening and Beginnings.
" II. — Missions of xixth Century m
India.
" III. — " " " Africa.
" IV.— " " " China.
" V. — " " " Japan.
" VI. — Opportunities and Coming Con-
flict OF THE XXTH CeNTURY.
These lessons will be printed month
by month in Woman's Work for
Woman, the first appearing in the De-
cember issue. It is ex-
Ready When ? pected that all ' ' Six Les-
sons " will be ready Jan-
uary 1, 1901, and, with reference helps.
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IMPORTANT—CALENDAR.
[Nov.,
will all be printed on one sheet, to be
sold at a very low rate. Societies should
order in quantity from their own bead-
quarters. Further information next
month.
It is expected that Societies in Can-
ada and Great Britain will be repre-
sented on the committee as correspond-
ing members. As created in connection
with the Ecumenical Conference on
Foreign Missions, April 24, 1900, the
present committee stands :
Miss Abbie B. Child, Chairman
(Congregational Societies).
Mrs. N. M. Waterbury (Baptist).
Mrs. a. T. Twing (Protestant Episcopal).
Mrs. J. T. Gr.\cey (Methodist Episcopal).
Miss Ellen C. Parsons (Presbyterian).
IMPORTANT.
We are startled to find that some are disposed to divert their foreign missionary gifts to
other purposes, on the supposition that the uprising in China has for the present diminished
our expenditures. It should be widely known that ju.st the reverse is true. All Missionary
salaries must be continued. The pay of Chinese helpers must be maintained, as they are desti-
tute and persecuted. Moreover, extraordinary expenses liave been incurred in the effort to
rescue missionaries, a single expedition involving the chartering of a steamer and other neces-
sary expenses which made the cost over §4,000, part of which our Board has to meet. The
traveling expenses of more than a hundred missionaries who were forced to hurriedly leave
their stations, the high prices which they were compelled to pay for rooms and supplies in the
overcrowded port cities, the personal needs of families suddenlj' turned out of doors, with only
the clothing they happened to be wearing at the time, the large amount of mission property
damaged or destroyed (§25,000 at a single station, with others yet to be heard from), all com-
bine to make new and enormous demands upon the Board.
For we believe that the Church wants us to stand by the missionaries in this emergency;
that if ever the beloved workers at the front needed our support they need it now. But how
can the Board meet these responsibilities unless the home churches support it ? This is a time
when all givers should not only maintain but greatly increase their gifts. If any one is sup-
porting a special object which has been affected by the trouble, let us have that money for
some of these other items. Unless the Church does this, our resoui'ces will be diminished at
the very time when our liabilities are being heavily increased, and a .staggering debt will be
accumulated. War always costs money, and missionary work in China is suffering all the
con.sequences of war. The American people ungrudgingly spend huge sums in their military
and naval operations. Shall not the Church of God in this emergency place a generous fund
at the Board's disposal, as Congress sustained the Administration at the outbreak of the Span-
ish War, and send it, too, unliampered by restrictive conditions ?
156 Fifth Ave., New York, Sept. 27, 1900. ARTHUR J. BROWN, Secretary.
The Year Book of Prayer for Foreign Missions is here again, fresh and helpful. Ordered
from headquarters of all Woman's Boards, after November 1. Price ten cents.
SINCE LAST MONTH.
Arrivals :
August 29. — At Vancouver, B. C, Rev. C. W. Swan and familj^ from Lienchow, China.
Address, Toronto, Ohio.
September 18. — At Victoria, B. C, Rev. E. L. Mattox and family from Hangchow, China.
Address, Pueblo, Colorado.
September 30. — At San Francisco, Rev. Courtenay H. Fenn and family from Peking.
Address, Pittston, Pa.
Octobers. — At New York, Rev. E. D. Martin and family from Lahore, India. Address,
Danville, Ky.
Departures :
September 15. — From San Francisco, Mrs. J. E. Adams returning to Taiku, Korea,
September 20. — From New York, Rev. AylmerB. Gould to join the Lodiana Mission, India.
Rev. and Mrs. Ray C. Smith to join the Furrukhabad Mission, India.
Dr. Margaret R. Norris, appointed to the Hospital, Allahabad, India.
October 2.— From San Francisco, Rev. and Mrs. F. S. Miller returning to Seoul, Korea.
October 6. — From New York, Rev. and Mrs. Paul Erdman, to join the Syria Mission.
October 10. — From Hamburg, Germany, R. M. Johnston, M.D., and Mrs. Johnston, to
join the Africa Mission.
October 11— From New York, Dr. Emma T. Miller, returning to Urumia, Persia.
Miss Bertha McConaughy, to join the West Persia Mission.
Deaths:
August 11.— Rev. Edson A. Lowe of Santiago, Chili, on the fourth day following a sur-
gical operation in hospital in the same city.
September 16.— At Minneapolis, Minn., on the homeward journey from China, Francis
Woolf, oldest child of Rev. Ciias. W. and Rhuy W. Swan, aged 5 years and 10
months.
1900.]
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TO THE /
[for AtDRESS OF EACH HEADQUARTERS AND
From Th iladelphia .
Send all letters to 501 Withcrspoon Builtline. Direc-
tors' meeting first Tuesday of the monrli and prayer-
meeting third Tuesday, each beginning al eleven
o'clock. Visitors welcome.
November. Prayer Union. — Medical ^lissions.
Mrs. W. C. Gault of Batangca, Africa, has
twice visited us during the summer and has
now joined the large' missionary community
at Wooster, O. , entering her only sou Harry,
a lad of eleven, at scliool there. She hopes
to regain health during her furlough and to
return, though alone, to her chosen work in
Africa.
Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Denman of the Laos
will have their headquarters in Philadelphia
after Nov. 1 and may be addressed, oOl With-
erspoon Building.
Miss Elizabeth P. Millikin of Tokyo,
Japan, will also be welcomed early in No-
vember by a host of friends here.
Rev. Edson A. Lowe of Santiago, Chili,
who was called to a higher service Aug. 11,
1900, was greatly beloved by all the young
people of Philadelphia Presbytery North, by
whom he was svij^ported. "All Protestant
Chili mourns for him," and at home there
are blessed memories of a devoted missionary
and a faithful correspondent.
For November : Fifteen Years in Korea,
the full history of that mission, may be had
for the postage ; Gii'ls and Women of Korea,
Home Life in Korea, Kim Long Sun (A Hero),
each 2 cts. ; Hintorical Sketch, 10 cts. ; Ques-
tion Book. 5 cts. ; Illustrated Programs for
Children, 6 cts. per set.
Year Book for 1901 will be ready Nov. 1.
Send ordei's promptly. Price ten cents.
From Chicago.
Meetings at Room 48, Le Moyne Block, 40 Randolph
Street, every Friday at 10 a.m. Visitors welcome.
Three points in the circular letter men-
tioned last month we emphasize now. First,
the China Relief Fund missionaries have lost
all their material possessions, native Chris-
tians have been murdered or fearfully muti-
lated, families broken up, their homes deso-
lated and looted; starvation is staring them
in the face. For this fund our Board calls
for a Self -Denial Week. Oct. 21-27. — Some lit-
erature, three or more leaflets, for use and in-
formation, furnished by us for ten cents.
As speakers are not able always to fisit
each society, it is proposed that when one is
to visit in a presbytery, tlie officers plan group
meetings, selecting several central points, in-
viting the members of tliree or four neighbor-
ing churches to meet in the central one at
date given. A number of such meetings in a
presbytery would be economy in time, strength
and money.
The number of churches which give notliing
to foreign missions, so far as appears from the
Assembly's Minutes and our Annual Report,
are as follows: Colorado 31, Illinois 57. In-
diana 69, Iowa 84. Michigan 53, Minnesota 94,
list of officers see third page of cover.]
Montana 13, Nebraska 65, North Dakota 42,
South Dakota 26, Utah 6, Wisconsin 65. These
figures do not sliow the whole truth. Many
of those reporting gifts to the Stated Clerk
have given to outside work or workers, and
not to the Presbyterian Board, either General
or Woman's. Looking through these, we find
many more which have not given through
Church, Woman's Societj-, C. E., Band or
S. School. Let the Synodical officers strive to
reduce the.se numbers. Urge two or more in
each or all of these churches to begin to pray
for the missionaries supported bj' their Synod,
giving their names and countries where labor-
ing. If this can be done it will not be long be-
fore others will join the circle, and gifts, too,
will come.
We regret that a contribution of S200 from
Bloomington Presbytery was reported last
month as $100.
Our twentieth century advance! Three
definite points for positive accomplishment:
1. Double our magazine subscription list ;
2. Double our present contributing member-
ship; 3. Raise our present average individual
gift of three cents per week to one of not less
than five cents per week per member. What
will you do about it '!
Slips can be had in quantity for distribution.
New leaflets are : Reivards of Liberality, 1
ct. each, 10 cts. per doz. ; The Club Wojnan
and Church Work, 1 ct. each, 10 cts. per doz.
W. P. B. M., Room 48, Le Moyne Block, Ran-
dolph St., Chicago, 111.
From New York.
Prayer-meeting at 156 Fifth Ave., cor. 20th St., the first
Wednesday of "each month, at 10.30 a.m Each other
Wednesday there is a half-hour meeting for pra.ver and
reading of missionary letters, c jmmencmg at same hour.
The first prayer meeting for the season
1900-1901 was held in the Assembly Room on
Wednesday, October 3. Mrs. Beers presided.
Touching reference was made to the suspense
and suffering of the beloved missionaries in
China. Allusion was also made to the deep
loss sustained by the Board ia the death of
Mrs. Riesch, the senior Foreign Secretary. A
letter to her from Miss M. K. Van Duzee,
which had recently arrived, was read, and fur-
nished marked proof of the tender and inti-
mate relations between Mrs. Riesch and the
ladies with whom she corresponded, and of
her constant thoughtfulness for them.
Miss Parsons will lead the prayer-meeting
on the first Wednesday of November. Sub-
ject— Korea.
A delightful " Welcome Rally " was held
in October for Rev. B. W. Labaree of Persia,
by the Presbyterian Endeavorers of Brooklyn
whom he represents on the foreign field.
A LETTER received from Rev. Chas. Petran
informs us that he has reached Mexico City,
Mexico, whei'e he will represent Syracuse
Presbytery for the Endeavorers.
In response to various inquiries we would
say tliat our orphanages and missionaries in
India are caring for famine orplians, there-
333
TO THE AUXILIARIES.
[Nov.,
fore contributions may be sent to the Pres-
byterial Treasurers in the regular way.
A LETTER dated Sept. 9 from Miss Lillian
Wells announces her arrival in Sapporo,
Japan. The station welcomed her warmly
at the same meeting which served as a fare-
well to Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Fierson, who have
removed to Kamikawa.
The noon prayer-meeting at headquarters
on Oct. 10 was resolved into a farewell meet-
ing for Dr. Emma Miller and Miss McCon-
aughy, who sailed on the 11th for West Per-
sia. Miss McConaughy was originally ap-
pointed to China.
Rev. E. D. Martin, missionary of the Ken-
tucky S.C.E., is at home on furlough from In-
dia.
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Cornwell of Chefoo
are now at Yorktown Heights, N. Y.
From St. Louis.
Meetings at 1516 Locust St., Room 21, the first and
third Tuesdays of each month. Leaflets and missionary
literature obtained by sending to above number. Vis-
itors and friends always cordially welcome.
By the time this reaches our Auxiliaries
every society will have been supplied with
the quarterly circular letter, which was sent
out from the Board in St. Louis. Have you
had it read at your regular monthly meeting ?
Perhaps there is some member of your society
who is temporarily a "shut-in" ; have you
passed it to her ? Or there may be some dear
sister who is unable, for some reason or other,
to get out to meetings ; see that she has a
chance to read it. The Secretaries of the
Board — all women with families, entirely un-
salaried, with many pressing home and church
duties — would gladly write personal letters to
every society if time and strength permitted,
and this is the nearest approach to such a let-
ter. So, will you try to see, through the veil of
words, the warm affection and deep interest
we have in you ? Dear Auxiliaries, at every
one of our meetings at 1516 Locust St. we
think of yovi and plan for you and pray for
you. Will you not pray for us, that wisdom
and strength and zeal may be ours, so that
this year's work may be a fitting crown for
the ' ' missionary century ? "
A PLEASANT letter from Mrs. C. M. Spin-
ning, now at Copiapo, Chili, relates little per-
sonal details concerning her every-day life
and sets forth the different phases of work in
the north and south of Chili. We regret to
notice that Mrs. Spinning's health is not yet
completely restored.
We received a long and interesting letter
from Dr. E. E. Fleming relating their flight
from Ichowfu and safe arrival at Tsingtau.
Such letters give a much better idea of the
true condition of the Chinese people than con-
flicting reports of the daily press.
Those who were privileged to meet Mrs.
Dager last summer, before she and Mr. Dager
went out to Africa, and who were charmed
with her simplicity, modesty and earnestness,
will be glad to hear tliat a letter has been re-
ceived from her at her station, Elat. She gives
a graphic description of tlieir journey through
the wilds of Africa and of a Bulu funeral cere-
mony which she witnessed at Efulen.
We note that on June 26 our Miss Jennie
Sherman was married to Rev. Robert Grier-
son of the Chinese Inland Mission. Miss Sher-
man was our representative in India, and we
all know how faithful and successful her work
was. We congratulate Mr. Grierson and those
in his charge, and wish his wife a long and
useful and happy wedded life !
A WORD from the Treasurer. One-half of
the fiscal year gone, and hardly one-tenth of
the money we hope to raise this year has ar-
rived at headquarters. Will you not try to send
in more than twice as much this quarter as
you have in the last two quarters ? The work
vixist go on, and if the money is not at hand
it must be borrowed. This means, of course,
paying of interest, a waste which might be
avoided if only you and you and you sent your
money in on time, instead of waiting till the
last month of the fiscal year. Will you not
lay this to your heart, dear delinquent one ?
What are the Secretaries of Literature do-
ing ? The summer is past, working days are
upon us, can you not use them in the interest
of the magazines ? Leaders will find our new
leaflets helpful.
Literature for November : Historical
Sketch of Missions in Korea, 10 cts. ; Questions
and Answers, 5 cts. ; Foreign Mission Fields,
1 ct. ; Oirls and Women of Korea, 2 cts. ; A
Forward Movement, 6 cts. ; Kim Yong Sung,
2 cts. ; Village Work in Korea, 1 ct. ; Home
Life, 2 cts.
New Leaflets : Leader's Leaflet, 5 cts.
each; Suggestions for Young People's Confer-
ence, 2 cts. ; The Club Woman and Church
Work, 1 ct. ; Rewards of Liberality, respon-
sive exercise, 10 cts. per doz., 50 cts. per 100.
Address, Woman's Board of the Southwest,
1516 Locust street, St. Louis.
Please do not send us orders for Home Mis-
sions literature ; we do not keep it in stock.
From San Francisco.
Public meeting at 920 Sacramento Street the first Mon-
day in each month at 10.30 A.M. and 1.15 p.m. All are
Invited. Executive Committee, third Monday.
Eight missionaries for Korea, one for the
Philippines, and one for Cambodia, a very in-
teresting company, sailed recently on the
Doric. Also Rev. and Mrs. F. S. Miller, return-
ing to Korea, on the Rio de Janeiro. Ten for
Korea ! The hearts of the handful of mission-
aries there will be made glad.
One of the missionaries of the Korea party
telegraphed that, owing to misinformation
from the railroad office in New York, she
would be an hour or more late. We rushed
to the steamship company. They had already
been notified and would hold the ship and ar-
range for transfer of baggage and tickets.
When we saw the great steamer waiting for
one woman, we said what a wonderful age
this is ! A few minutes after the missionary
arrived, a mail wagon from the Eastern train
also appeared, laden with letters to soldiers
and diplomats "in the far East, and we were
happy that, not only the lady but many pre-
1900.]
TREASURERS' REPORTS.
333
cious letters would go forward without delay.
Our Steamship Company and South Pacific
Railroad Company are proverbially kind to
missionaries.
This is a time for celebrating the fiftieth
anniversary in California. Among other stu-
dies, one of Woman's Organized Missionary
Work, is especially interesting, prepared by
Miss Ellen C. Parsons, for the Congress of
Missions in Chicago
Leaflets: S>Tia. Historical Sketch, 10 cts. ;
'Dr. Van Dyke, (New Series), 2 cts. ; Fareedie,
a Little Syrian Oirl, 1 ct. ; Flash Lights, 3
cts. ; Sketch, Mrs. Hoskins, free.
S.C.E. : Why Young People Should be Inter-
ested in Foreign 3Iissions, 1 ct., 10 cts. per
doz. ; Fishers of Boys, 2 cts. , 20 cts. per doz. ;
A Missionary Potato, 1 ct., 6 cts. per doz.;
Dollars for Self and Cents for Christ, 1 ct., 10
cts. per doz. ; A Cross Questioning of the Mis-
sionary Committee, 1 ct., 10 cts. per doz. ; How
Our Little Missionary Band Learned to Pray,
2 cts., 15 cts. per doz.; MargareVs Mite Box,
Sets., 30 cts. per doz.; Programmes for Jun-
ior C.E. and Bands (one for each month), 6
cts. per set; Take a Mite Box, 1 ct., 5 cts. per
doz. ; The Little Owl, 2 cts. , 20 cts. per doz.
From Portland, Oregon.
Meetings on the first and third Tuesdays of each
month at the First Presbyterian Church. Visitors wel-
come.
In a recent letter our dear President writes :
"That a great general interest has centered
around our missionaries in China is not strange,
and I sincerely hope that many a woman's
heart has become permanently warmed to the
work of missions."
Miss Julia Hatch of the Laos Mission is
spending her furlough in our midst. We hope to
hear at length about her work at an early date.
Mrs. McClure, of the Canadian Mission in
the Province of Honan. China, expects to spend
the winter in Portland. On the way to a port
of safety, the party of refugees she was with
was attacked by robbers, and several were
badly wounded ; but while the a.ssailants were
quarreling over the spoils, the missionaries
succeeded in escaping with their Kves.
Mrs. STOK^:, who was here at the time of
our last meeting, has been, until recently, a
worker in Peking and knows our own Dr.
Leonard there. We were not surprised to hear
her speak of the high esteem in which she is
held by her associates.
Receipts of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church from Sept, J, 1900.
[presbyteries in
Blairsville. — Armagh, Silver Off., 3; Beulah (Silver Off.,
5), 33; Braddock, Ist, 3.18; Cresson, Silver Off., 80 cts.;
Cross Roads, 8.75; Derry (Silver Off., 12), 34.10, S.C.E. Jr.,
2.50; Ebensburg, Silver Off., 5; Greensburg, 1st, Silver Off.,
8; Westm'r (Silver Off , 10.2.5), 17.25; Irwin, 5.20; .Johns-
town, Ist, 25, 8.C.E., Silver Off., 2; 1-Will-Try Bd. (*5),13.21 ;
Laurel Ave., S.C.E., 10; Manor, Silver Off., 5; New Alexan-
dria, Silver Off., 6; Parnassus, S.C.E., 15; Pine Run, S.C.E.,
10, §206.99
Chester. — Bryn Mawr, 50; Chester, 1st, 5; Downing-
town, 3. .33; Fagg s Manor, 17.50; Grace Memorial, 5: Ken-
nett Square. 5 50; Lansdowne, 19.50, Y.L.S., 2.,'50; Media,
S.C.E., 5; Middletown, 6.87; New London, 3.35; Oxford,
45; Wallingford, 7; Wayne, 25, S.C.E., 16; W. Chester,
Westm'r, 7.06, 223.61
Chillicothe. — Chillicothe, 1st, .37.50 ; 3d, 5.73; Concord,
4.45; Hillsboro, 18.75, Sycamore Val. Branch, 3.75; Mar-
shall, 2; North Fork, 4; Pisgah, 7; Salem, 10; Wash'n C.
H., 8.30; Wilkesville, 5; Wilmington, 6, 112.48
Clarion.— Tylersville, S.C.E., 1.00
East Florida.— Glenwood, S.C.E., 6.00
Huntingdon.— Kermoor, S.C.E., 10.00
Lackawanna.— LHster, S.C.E., 3.00
Lehigh. — Allentown, 7; Bethlehem, 10; Catasauqua,
Bridge St., 10: Easton, 1st, a5, S.C.E., 10; Brainerd Union,
43; College Hill, 10; Hazleton, 28.45, Wild Daisy Bd., 5.50,
S.C.E., 10; Pottsville, Ist, 15; Mauch Chunk, 7, S.C.E., 20,
210.95
Newton.— Branchville, S.C.E., 12.50
Northumberland.— Beech Creek, 8, S.C.E., 2.80; Ber-
wick, 7; Danville, Grove. 21.10; Mahoning, 24.80; Jersey
Shore, 34; Linden, 2; Milton, 20, Y.W.S., 14 ; Renovo,
Receipts of the Woman's Presbyterian Board of
Alton.— Alton, 7.61, C.E., 10; Carrollton, 10,25: Hills-
boro, 4.90, C.E., 8; Litchfield, 3, C.E., 3; Sparta, 10.;jO;
Trenton, C.E., 3; White Hall, 6.45, C.E., 3.10; Eockwood,
C E 2 50 §72 1 1
Boise.— Boise, 2.60, C.E., 5.25; Caldwell, 70 cts.; New
Plymouth, 85 cts., 9,40
Cairo.— DuQuoin, 7,00
Cedar Rapids.— Atkins, 3; Cedar Rapids, 1st, 83; 2d, 15;
Central Pk. Ch., 13.70; Center Junction, 2.45; Linn Grove,
8: Lvons. 5; Marion, 19; Mechanicsville, 6.80; Mt. Vernon,
49; Scotch Grove, 3.50; Vinton, 61.45; Wyoming, 8.05, 277.95
Central Dakota.— Brookings, 4.80; Huron, 15.85, Jr. C.
E., 1; Ouida, 2.50; Rose Hill, 2, 26.15
Chicago.— Avondale, Annie Montgomery Soc, 1; Evans-
ton, 1st, 52.2.5: Englewood, Ist, 25: Chicago, Fullerton Ave.
Ch., 20.90 ; 6th, C.E„ .50; Lake Forest, 123.62; Manteno,
31.50; Maywood, 5; Peotone, 6,85; Oak Park, 25; Ridge-
way Ave. Ch., l.,36; Dr. Marshall's mite box, 3.37; Anon.,
3.60, 349.45
Dakota. — Lake Traverse, .82
Petboit.— Detroit, Fort St. Ch., Miss Kate Todd, 2; Mrs.
SMALL CAPITALS.]
Y.L.B , 3: Williamsport, 1st, 130.72, Richard Armstrong Bd.
25; 3d Ch., 12, . 304.42
Parkersburg.— Buckhannon, 7.20; Fairmont Bd., 1.50:
Hughes' River, 10; Sistersville, 3.10, 21.80
Philadelphia.— Woodland Ch., A Friend, 50; An Indi-
vidual, *50, 100.00
Pittsburg and Alleg. Com.— Cannonsburg, Ist, S.C.E.,
8.61
Portsmouth.— Ironton, 6..55, S.C.E., 5; Jackson, 3; Man-
chester, 1.75; Mt. Leigh, 3; Portsmouth, 1st, ^.99; Red
Oak, 1; West Union, 1.25, 46..54
St. Clairsville.— Barnesville, 8.44; Bellaire, 2d, Syn.
Obj., 1; Cadiz, 172; Cambridge, 14, S.C.E., Silver Off., 2;
Concord, 20; Crabapple, 25.10, Gleaners, .35.42: Lore City,
0.25; Martin's Ferry, Silver Off., 8.15; Pleasant Valley, 10..50;
Powhatan, S.C.E., 3; Rock Hill (Syn. Obj., 1), 7; Woods-
field, 4.;30; Mrs. J. B. Smith, Silver Off., 1, .318.16
Shenango.— Centre, 6, S.C.E., 5; Clarksville, 50; Little
Beaver, 8; Mahoningtown, 15, S.C.E., 20, S.C.E. Jr., 5;
Neshannock, 10; Newcastle, 1st, Loring Taylor Bd., 10;
Central Ch., 3.50; Princeton, S.C.E., 5; Slippery Rock, 5,
148.50
Union —New Market, S.C.E., 4.69
Wooster.— West Salem, S.C.E., 4.00
Misckllaneous.— Pittsburg, Pa., Mrs. Marie Beale
Kramer, .50; Spray Beach, N. J., "Summer Soc," 5.50; In-
terest on Investment, 56.84, 163.34
Total for September, 1900, §1,855.57
Total since May 1, 1900, 18,772.70
Mrs. Julia M. Fishburn, Treast.,
Oct. 1, 1900. .501 Witherspoon BIdg., Philadelphia.
Missions of the Northwest to Sept. 20, 1900.
Wm. Warren, 5, 7.00
DuLUTH.— Duluth, 1st, 42.68; Glen Avon, 4,20; Lakeside,
Irvin Soc, 39.40, C.E., 6.:33; Two Harbors, 4.20; Pbyl. off.,
1.50, 98.31
Fargo.— Buffalo, C.E., 3.25
Flint.— Cass City, 8; Lapeer, 26.04, C.E., 4.12; Larlette,
2d, 4.36, 42.52
Freeport.— Argylc, Y.P.S., 5.03; Freeport, 2d, 7,80; He-
bron, C.E., 4.50; Rockford, 1st, 50; Westm'r Ch., 5.50:
Woodstock, 9, C.E., 2.5, i06.83
Grand Rapids.— Big Rapids, C.E., 1.75; Grand Rapids,
1st, 10, C.E., 3: Immanuel Ch., 1.50, C.E., 1.25; 3d, 5;
Westm'r Ch., 10, Y.W.S., 2.50, C.E., 8.75; Greenwood, C.E.,
10; Hesperia, 3.75; Ionia. 10.15, C.E., 4.43; Ludington, 1.99;
Montague, C.E,, 2„50, Jr. C.E., 2.15; Tustin, C.E., 2.50, 81.22
Great Falls.— Great Falls, 4.70; Kalispell, 2.80, 7..50
Indianapolis. — Bloomington, 7.88; Columbus, 16,60;
Franklin, 90; Hopewell, 7,48; Indianapolis, 1st, 91.10; 2d,
Mr. W. S, Hubbard. 237.50; 4lh, 11.45; 6th, 2; 7th, 20:
Mem'I Ch,, 8.15; Spencer, 6. 498.16
Iowa.— Price's Creek, C.E., 9,66
334
TREASURERS' REPORTS.
[Nov.,
Iowa City.— Davenport, 1st, Y.P.8., 10, C'.E., 2, Jr. C.E.,
3; 3d, C.E.,2; Tipton, C.E., 5; Washington, C.E., 10; West
Branch, C.E., 5; Wilton, 5, 42,00
Kalamazoo.— Buchanan, 3.37; Decatur, 1.75, C.E., 3.25;
Edwardsburg, C.E., 2.06; Kalamazoo, North Ch., 87 cts.;
Plainwell, 10; Richland, 4.32; Schoolcraft, 1.50; Three
Rivers, 4.90, 32.02
Kearney.— Buffalo Grove, C.E., 8; Central City, 7. C.E.,
7.50, Jr. C.E., 1.50; Cozad, 2; Fullerton, 2.10; Grand Island,
C.E.. 7.30; Gibbon, 4, C.E., 1; Kearney, 4, C.E., 7; Lexing-
ton, 4.68, C.E., 4; Litchfield, 1.75; North Platte, .5, C.E., (i..50,
Jr. C.E., 3..50; St. Paul, 1.60; Wood River, 7, 85.43
La Crosse. — New Amsterdam, 2.35
Lansing.— Brooklyn, 16.57, (;.E., 2.28, Miss DeLamatter,
6.25; Battle Creek, 20; Albion, 6.75; Concord, 3.65; Eck-
ford, C.E., 5; Homer, 6.30, C.E., 5; Jackson, 30, Miss Ber-
tha Bellows, 20; Lansing, 1st, 6.25, C.E., 20; Marshall, 6.75;
Parma, 3, C.E., 1, 1.58.80
Milwaukee.— Cambridge, 10; Milwaukee, Calvary Ch.,
12, C.E., 11.73; Immanuel Ch., 1.50; Ottawa, 3.35, C.E.,4.84;
Somers, 5.85, 197.77
New Albany.— Jeffersonville, C'.E., 15.00
Omaha.— Bancroft, 1.35; Bellevue, C E., 15; Colon, Mari-
etta Ch., 3.63; Craig, 13.22; Divide Center, 5; Fremont. 12,
C.E.,3.75; Lyons, 1.68, C.E., 8: Monroe, Jr. C.E.,1; Omaha,
Castellar St. Ch., 8.06, C.E., 4, Jr. C.E., 2; Clifton Hill Ch.,
1.94, C.E., 2.50; 1st German, 3.30; Lowe Ave. Ch., 8, C.E.,
8.7.5, Jr. C.E., 3; Knox Ch., 6,12; 1st, 16.20, C.E., 15; 3d, 8,
C.E., 1.50; Westm'r Ch.. 8.02, C.E., 6; Schuyler, 2.80; Silver
Creek. 1.60; South Omaha, 4.34; Tekamah, " 12.96, Jr. C.E.,
2.25; Wahoo, Bohemian Ch., C.E., 1.50; Waterloo, 2.66,
193.83
Petoskby.— Alanson, 1,50, C.E., 1.50; Boyne, 2, C.E.,
3.75; Cadillac, 5.13; East Jordan, C.E., 2.10; Harbor Springs,
7.53; Lake City, 1.75: Mackinaw, 1.35; Petoskey, 3..50, 30.01
Pueblo. — Alamosa, 5; Bowen, 1.78; Canon City, 15, C.E.,
8.35; Colorado Springs, 1st, 31.35; 3d, 6.25, C.E., 2.50; Crip-
ple Creek, 1.35, C.E., 4.15, Jr. C.E., 1; Florence, C.E., 7.50;
Hooper, 6; Hilltop, 4; Monte Vista, 5; Mt. View, Bd., 3.40;
Monument, 1.35; Pueblo, 1st, 10; Fountain Ch., .5, c:.E.,
1.50; Mesa Ch., 10; Westm'r Ch„ 3.75; Trinidad, 1st, 10,
C £., 3.15, 145.98
Rock River.— Albany, 2.85; Aledo, 8 50; Alexis, 1.80;
Center Cb., 8; Dixon, 5..50; Edgington, C.E., 17..50; Garden
Plain, 3; Gencseo, 5.86, C.E., 4; Morrison, 10, Y.L.S., 5;
Newton, Earnest Workers Bd., 14; Norwood, 2.50; Prince-
ton, 8.70; Rock Island, Broadway Ch., Ruth's Bd., 12, Busy
Bees, 10; Central Ch., 0; Sterling, Jr. C.E. , 15; Viola, 80
cts., 140.01
St. Paul.— St. Paul, Dayton Ave. Ch., Jr. C.E., 5; House
of Hope Ch., 16. .50; Central Ch., C.E., 55; Merriam Pk.,
Miss Carter, 11; Macalester, 4, Miss Hunt's CI., 5, 96..50
Schuyler.— Bushnell, 2.05; Brooklyn, C.E., 3.35; Chili,
C.E. ,5; Hamilton, Bethel Ch., 3..S5; Hergman, C.E., 25:
Macomb, C.E., .50; Monmouth, C.E., 20. 107.65
Sioux City.— Alta, 3.18, C.E., 2; Cleghom. 5; Cherokee,
10; Crawford, 2; Denison, 3; Ilawarden, 5.50; Inwood, 8,
C.E., 2..50; Ida Grove, .9; LeMars, 17.47; Leeds (Sioux Citji
4th), 1.4G; O'Leary, 4; Odebolt, 4 .30; Paullina, 13; Sioux
City, 2d, 3.25, C.E., 5; .3d, 4.40; Schaller, 4; StormLake, 36;
Sanborn, 8: Wall Lake, C.E., 1.2.5, 151.25
Whitewater.- Clarksburg, 5; College Comes. 5; Con-
nersville, 4; Greenburg, 60, C.E., 3.70; Knightstown, 5;
Lawrenceburg, 3.35; Liberty, 4.38, C.E., 5; Providence Ch.,
3: Rising Sun, 1.45; Rushville, 10; Shelbyville, 13.50, E.
Van Pelt Soc, 2.50, 133.78
Miscellaneous. — A Friend, 135; Uniontown, Md., Be-
quest of Margaret S. Ferguson, 487; For India Famine,
Sioux City, la., 3d, Jr. C.E., 3; Paullina, C.E. , 10; Peotone,
HI., 2; Austin, C.E., 5.75; Hyde Pk., 100; Chicago, Albert
K. Isham, 1.10; St. Paul, Dayton Ave. Ch., 1; Lakeside,
Minn., Irvin Soc, 5; Dnluth, Bethany Chapel, L.T.L., 3..50;
1st, 50 cts.; Jacksonville, III.. State St. Ch., 3; Manchester,
3; Virginia, 14; Denver, 1st Ave. Ch., C.E., 12: For China
Relief, Duluth, 1st, 3.40; Hinsdale, III., C.E., 2..50; Chicago,
Mrs. Albert Keep, 10; Mrs, Charlotte S. Kimball and
daughter, 10; Waterloo, Neb., 3.77, 805.52
Total for month, |.3,925.22
Total receipts since April 30, 16,792.42
Mrs. C. B. Farwell, Treas.,
Room 48, LeMoyne Block, 40 Randolph St.
Chicago, Sept. 20, 1900.
Receipts of the Women's Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church for Sept., 1900.
* Indicates summer offering for Medical Missions.
BiNGUAMTON.— Bainbridge, C'.E., 25; Binghamton, 1st,
87.50, *13.70; Floral Ave., 3.29, C.E., 10; North, 2..50; West,
25; Cortland, 5; Coventry, *2.70; Nichols, 3.46, Jr. C.E., 5;
Owego, *6.35; Smithville Flats, 11 ; Waverly, *14.50; Whit-
ney Point, 7, §319.90
Boston, Mass.— Antrim, N. H., 10; Boston, Ist, *36.50,
Y.L.S., 6; East Boston Ch., Y.L.S., 5, C.E., 6.3,5, Jr. C.E.,
3.75; Roxbury Ch., C.E., 35; St. Andrews, 10; Scotch, Y.L.
S., 7; Hyde Park, 6.74; Lowell, 2; Portland, Me., 5; Provi-
dence, R. I., 7.50; South Ryegate, Vt., 4; Woonsocket, R.
I., 3, 130.74
Brooklyn.— Stapleton, S. I., Ist, 21, *22; West Now
Brighton, S. I., Calvary, 5.54, C.E., 10, 58.54
Cayuga.— Auburn, Calvary, Y.W.S., 7.50; 1st, *63.75;
Westm'r, *4.05, C.E., 1; Aurora, *26.30; Five Corners, 3.33,
*45cts.; Port Byron, *4.03, 108.30
Chemung.- Big Flats, 13.50; Elmira, 1st, 37.05; North,
30, *5; Hector, 8; Mecklenburg, 15; Monterey, 5; Watkins,
31. .39, 123.94
Ebenezer, Ky.— Dayton, *4; Lexington, 3d, 50, C.E., 10;
Ludlow, 5; Mt. Sterling, *2.70, 71.70
Genesee.— Attica, 13.35; Batavia, 100, *15; Bergen, 25. .50,
*5; Bethany Union, 7, *2.30; Byron, *2.70: Castile, 12.50;
Corfu, 2.50, *5; East Pembroke, 2..50; North Bergen, 5.10,
*1.50; Perry, 10; Stone Church, .5, *3.05; Warsaw, 18, *20,
2,55.00
Geneva.- Canandaigua, *13.1.5, C.E., 10, Jr. C. E.. .5.13;
Geneva, 1st anit North, 10, *13.64; 1st. *3; North, Y.L.S.,
5; Naples, C.E. , 5; Ovid, 10, *13; Penn Yan, 70, *10; Phelps,
20, *n..50; Romulus, 4, *3.25; Seneca, 30; Seneca Falls,
1.5, *8.90, C.E., 10, Jr. C.E., 15; Shortsville, C.E., 15; Tru-
mansburg, 13, *6, Jr. C.E., 1.25; West Fayette, 2.50, *3.2.5,
333.56
Long Island. — Southampton, C.E., 13.38
Lyons.— East Palmyra, 15.30; Marion, *3.50; Palmyra,
Receipts of the Woman's Presbyterian Board of
ending Septe:
Austin.— El Paso, Ist, C.E. , 6; Houston, C.E. , 6.3.5, §13.25
Cimarron —Kuid, 3.60, C.E., 4.47; El Reno, 2.10; Pur-
cell, 4.7.5, C.E. , 2, 16.92
Emporia.— Geuda Springs, C.E., 3.40
Neosho.— Bartleft, 1..50, Bd., 1; Chanute, 1,30; Chetojja,
5; Gamett, 1.25; Moran. 2; Osawatomie, 1.30; Ottawa, 5;
Paola, 5; Parsons. 8; Pittsburg, 3; Richmond, 2.25; ^Va-
v(Tley, 4; Yatee f Center, 2. 42. .50
St. Louis —Kirkwood. 2 .50, Golden Links. 1,10; l{ock
Hill, 9.20; St. Louis, Caroiulelet, 5,1 ; Cote Brilliante, 2;
Ch, of Covenant, 2; Curby Mcm'l, 3.0.;, C,E,, 5; First (ier.,
25; Laf. Park, 22.60; North Ch., 5; Oak Hill, Bd., 3; 2d
7.75, C.E., 7; Presb'l Soc, 11.50, 45.05
Morris and Orange, N. J.— Morristown, South St., 156.25
New York. — New York, Brick, *5; Madison Sq., Mrs.
Delano, 1,000; Mt. Washington, 35; West End, C.B., 15,
1,045,00
North River. — Freedom Plains, 5; Marlborough, 5; Mil-
ton, C.E., 4.35; Newburgh, 1st, C.E., 10, Bethel Chapel, .50;
Poughkeepsie, 85..35; Rondout, 30; Smithfield, 7, 196.60
Rochester.— Avon, Central, C.E. , 5; East, 10, *3; Chili,
*3..50; Fowlerville, *6; Geneseo Village, 30, *20, Systematic
Givers, *5.50; Groveland, C.E., 3; Livonia, 5, *8; Mendon,
*5; Ogden, 3: Pittsford, 25, *6.:j0; Rochester, Central, Y.W.
S., *18.05; 3d, *4.10, Y.W.S., *1.35; Sparta, 2d, C.E., 5;
Sweden, 5, 170.80
Steuben.— Addison, 10; Almond, 5.50; Arkport. 6.35;
Avoca, 2, Jr. C.E., 4.35; Bath, 3, *3; Belmont, Jr. C.E., 50
cts.; Canisteo, Jr. C.E., 5; Cuba, 30, *5;"Hammondsport, 5;
Hornellsville, 10, *9; Howard, 7; Jasper, 5, 100.50
Syracuse.— Cazenovia, 50; East Svracuse, 1.20; Fayette-
ville, 14.94; Fulton, 35; Hannibal, 13.34; Skaneateles, 13.50;
Syracuse, Sast Genesee 10; 1st, C.E., 137.33; First Ward,
C.E., 5; Fourth, 17; Mem'l, Loyal Sons, 3, 290.31
Westchester. — Bedford, 5; Brewster, South East Cen-
tre, 8, *4; Bridgeport, Ct., 15: Carmel, 2.50, *6; Irvington.
Hope Chapel, C.E., 5; Mt, Kisco, *6; Mt. Vernon. 47.05;
New Rochelle, 1st, 25, *12.50 ; 2d, 18.75: Peekskill. 2d, Jr.
C.E,, 5; Pelham Manor, 10; Rye, 83, *7.50; Scarborough,
30; White Plains, *8, 388.30
Miscellaneous.— Mrs. J. P. Lloyd, *10; Manchester, Vt,.
Mrs. A. C. Reed, 10, 20,00
Total for month, $3,613 87
Total since April 1, 17,033".37
Miss Henrietta W, Hubbard, Treas.,
156 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Foreign Missions of the Southwest for the month
mber 24, 1900.
Ch., 43.43; Wash, and Coinp „ Y.L.S., '20; West Ch., 100;
B. W. M., 50; Mrs. Stelzle, 5, 302.99
Sequoyah.— Fort Gibson, Bd., 5; Muskogee, 2.40; Tulsa,
1.40; Vinita, 4. .50, 13..30,
Miscellaneous.- India Famine Relief, St. Louis, West
Ch., 3;. Two Children, 1; 2d Ch., native suff. China, 10, 14,;»,
Total for month,
Total to date.
Sept. 24, 1900.
S305.61
S,036.18:
Mrs. Wm. 1^?«o, Trean..
17.56 Missouri Ave., St. Louis, Mp.
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