1911 A Visit from the Imperial Censor. will prove universal blessing. Let us, then, share our inheritance and experience with her. To the present belong a brilliant hope, a colossal opportunity. Ours is to realize it and make grateful a long posterity." The following list of books and articles may be of use to any who care to make a further study on the China of today. HELPS ON CHINA. The Uplift of China, Rev. Arthur H. Smith. 237 Review of Fifty Years of North China Mission, Rev. Arthur H. Smith. "The Awakening of China," by William Ayer McKinney, The World Today, Sept., '09. "China in Transformation," by Archibald Colquhoun, Fortnightly Review, Sept., '09. "Why China Sleeps," by Lieut. Lyman Cotten, U. S. A., The Arena, Aug., '09. "New Education in China," by Paul S. Reinsch, Atlantic Monthly, Apr., '09 Also articles by Prof. Chamberlain and Prof. Burton of the University of Chicago in Independent in various numbers during 1910 and all numbers of Missionary Review of the World for 1911. AN A Visit from the Imperial Censor. N occasion of rare interest occurred during the first term of Foochow College. Gong Chung Ling, one of the imperial censors, en route to his home in the southern part of Fukien Province, passed through Foochow, and accepted an invitation to speak to the students of the College. All were lined up at the main entrance of the campus to welcome him, and in their trim, white suits and new straw hats, made an appearance worthy even such a distinguished guest. The censor had dared memorialize the throne in regard to a subject that had brought him into disfavor at the capital, but which had served to increase his popularity amongst the peo-. ple. Such gentle dignity as this venerable official possessed is rare, even in China, and his kindly, yet thoughtful face showed that he had long been accustomed to bear heavy responsibility, while the deep furrows across his brow bore witness that it had not been easy. After tea had been served at the home of President Peet, the censor was accompanied by the gentlemen of the station to Peace Street Church, where he addressed the assembled students. A brief summary of his address, as prepared by Mr. Nga Geng Guong of the senior class of Foochow College, is given below: "Today I am very glad to accept the kind invitation of Mr. Peet to come here to address this meeting. I also have respect for you students sitting here, because of your simple dress, which manifests your frugal way of living. "It is really a valuable regulation that forbids the students of this college to smoke or drink. In regard to this, Christianity is better than Confucianism, because the followers of Confucius do not believe that alcohol and tobacco are bad. "As I am a man of no ability and little learning, and not a single thing that I have done is worthy to be approved, how can I deserve the designation of the president of your college, 'An example for all the people'? "The friendship between America. and China has been drawn closer and closer. So far as I know, not only the President of the United States and the high officials wish to help China, but also the common people, because most of the churches, schools and hospitals. are founded by American missionaries. I believe that the object of their coming here is to preach the Gospel, and so rectify the hearts of the people, and not to make money, as foreign merchants do. "I will now express to Mr. Peet the feeling of thankfulness with which I appreciate his taking charge of the education of these youths of our nation. The Chinese name of Foochow College is 'Scientific College.' Surely the students have good opportunity to study sciences. This will be of great advantage to China. China has become so poor because a great part of the things that the Chinese eat, wear and use are bought from foreign merchants. The reason is, that up to the present time the study of the sciences has not been considered valuable. So the people have not tried to find out new methods of manufacturing. Therefore foreign goods are much better than Chinese goods, and the Chinese are undoubtedly more fond of the one than the other. You students study sciences in this college, and therefore your inventive power will be greatly developed, and when you graduate you can benefit both the merchants and laborers of our country to a great extent. "I hope you students here study your lessons with all your might. I also hope that Mr. Peet will stimulate you to even greater effort, so that in the future most of them that do great service to the fatherland will have come from Foochow College." PARRAL, MEXICO, March, 17, 1911. MY DEAR MISS WINGATE:-We are having another vacation week, not on account of the revolution as in November, but because of sickness among the children. There is much diphtheria, scarlet fever and small-pox; so much that the authorities ordered the public schools closed, and we thought best to close, too. If we had not done so, we should have received an order to do so. Many of our children were sick or taken out because of fear of contagion. We hope to begin again Monday. The town is being cleaned up as never before for some time, but with all these precautions, there is much danger. People have been ordered to put out flags where there is one of these diseases in the house, but it is not done. Children run in and out of houses where there is a corpse waiting to be buried. A few days ago I met a woman carrying a child covered with smallpox sores, followed by seven dogs. She sat down on the plaza to soothe the child and these dogs were on top and around as close as they could get to the child. I thought how much distress and sickness these dogs could take to people. Our school is going to have a hard time to pay expenses this year and will not be able to do it, but we hope to make up the deficiency next year. Business has been so dull that parents could not pay tuition and took children out, both here and in Chihuahua. People have been afraid to have their children on the street going from and coming to school because of the rumors which were always afloat, that tomorrow at such an hour the town would be taken, etc. We hope that the worst is Receipts from July 10 to Aug. 10, 1911. Receipts for month........$ 5,903.31 Previously acknowledged.... 51,812.74 Total since Oct., 1910....$57.716.05 Golden Jubilee Fund...... $ 757-75 Previously acknowledged..... 3,801.04 Total since Oct., 1910.....$4.558.79 A LETTER TO YOU. Dear Women of our Auxiliary Societies: We, the members of the Executive Committee and Board officers, have done all in our power to bring the condition of our treasury before the women of our Auxiliaries, in such a way as to show them that our receipts from year to year are not sufficient to meet the demands of the work as it stands without making any advance. Every month a statement of the condition of the treasury has been made and the fact reiterated that we need 25 per cent. more money than we have been receiving for the past three or four years to meet these demands. A strong appeal each month has been made in the Treasurer's note in MISSION STUDIES. With a few exceptions, there has been no response in the required added contributions. We come to you to ask you to advise us what steps should be taken to obtain the needed money before the end of our fiscal year. Eight months have passed. The amount needed for our actual running expenses this year is $125,000.00, and our receipts for the two-thirds of the year past are only $57,716.05, or 46 per cent. of the entire amount needed. Will every woman who reads this letter send us a suggestion as to what should be done to inspire the women of our Auxiliaries to feel their personal 259 responsibility for the raising of this money and making the needed 25 per cent. advance in each Auxiliary. Kindly respond at once, so that all of your helpful suggestions may be acted upon and steps taken to raise the money. Will not each one see that her Auxiliary has its apportionment met. Faithfully yours, MRS. S. E. HURLBUT. How They Give Thanks in The following letter, together with twelve dollars, has come to us from one of the school girls in Shao-wu, China, with the request that the money be applied toward the support of some girl in one of the mission schools in India and the letter forwarded to the Indian girl. Thus does the gospel of Christ make all the world akin.-ED. IN TU, May 1, 1911. DEAR CHRISTIAN SISTER: What is your name? Do you safely now? Which at class are you? What books were you studied? How old are you now? How many mates have you at your school? At Shao-wu Girls' School we your sisters always pray to God for you. That when you have wisdom and kindness you can help save women from sin and make the light and salt. And we hope you are diligent to study your lessons. Now comes from Shao-wu of China some dollars. We wish you receive them and make bread's wages. We also hope you to write some letters to us. It will make us very happy. With love from us all, Shao-wu Girls' Boarding School. Your stupid sister, BEAUTIFUL CLOUD TRIN. The Annual Meeting of the W. B. M. I., 1911. THE HE Annual Meeting of the Board is one month nearer than in our last notice. It will be held in Plymouth Church, Denver, Colorado, October 24th, 25th and 26th. The meeting promises to be one of large interest. Important matters will be presented and discussed, such as The National Federation, the Apportionment Plan, and the relation of our Board to these movements. The time has come when the work of each Board must be looked at as a part of the great world movement of Missions and each be fitted into its niche. There is, too, a strong program in preparation. It is the missionaries who are the dynamic. Many missionaries will be there-Miss Charlotte B. De For est, Kobe, Japan; Miss Johanna L. Graf, Mardin, Turkey; Miss Flora K. Heebner and Mrs. Mary Williams Hemingway, Taiku, China; Mrs. C. A. Nelson, Canton, China; Miss Emily R. Bissell, Ahmednagar, India; Miss Jessie E. Payne, Peking, China, at home on her first furlough. New missionaries will be there-Miss Edna Deahl, under appointment for Foochow; Miss S. Josephine Davis, Canton, China; possibly Miss Edith Douglass, bound for Samokov, Bulgaria, and Miss Estelle L. Coe for Kobe, Japan. A special banquet will be given for Young People, and a more than usually enthusiastic gathering is expected. State officers and delegates from the churches are urged to plan early for this meeting. The Women's Societies are asked to remember it in their prayers. All communications should be sent to Mrs. Lester McLean, 1147 Elizabeth St., Denver, Colorado, Chairman of the Entertainment Committee. Summer Conference. The seventh session of the Summer School of Home and Foreign Missions was held at Winona Lake, Indiana, June 21-29. The usual morning and afternoon lectures were given, upon the textbooks for the coming year. Miss Florence A. Fensham of the Congregational Training School, Chicago, gave an inspiring course of lectures upon "Old Testament Heroes" and their significance for twentieth century people. An illustrated lecture of great interest was that given by Rev. Johnston Myers upon his recent trip through Africa. Rev. Joseph K. Greene, D. D., of Constantinople, gave a most instructive address upon "The New Turkish Empire." Foreign Mission fields had valuable representation by a score or more of missionaries on furlough, who were present, and gave of their experiences. A new feature of the school was conferences upon Young People's work, and a luncheon to one hundred guests, under the successful direction of Mrs. E. M. Bowman. The display of literature was abundant, and the amount of sales showed the increasing desire for information. among our workers. |