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THE MISSION IN 1902
The year 1894, in which the first edition of A Retrospect appeared, was marked by the erection of large and commodious premises for the work of the Mission, and early in the following year the houses in Pyrland Road, which had so long formed the home of the Mission in England, were vacated, and Newington Green, London, N., became the address of the Mission offices and home.
From that date until the Boxer outbreak of 1900 the Mission made steady progress, the development of the work in China being accompanied by corresponding developments in the home departments of the Mission in England, America, and Australasia.
In January 1900, before the Boxer outbreak, there were in connection with the Mission, 811 missionaries, including wives and associates; 171 stations; 223 out-stations; 387 chapels; 581 paid native helpers; 193 unpaid native helpers; 8557 communicants in fellowship, 12,964 having been baptized from the commencement. There were 266 organised churches; 788 boarding scholars; 1382 day scholars; 6 hospitals; 18 dispensaries; and 46 opium refuges.
During the terrible year of 1900, when no fewer than 135 missionaries and 53 missionaries' children and many thousands of Chinese Christians were cruelly murdered, the China Inland Mission lost 58 missionaries and 21 children. The records of these unparalleled times of suffering have been told in Martyred Missionaries of the China Inland Mission and in Last Letters, both of which books will be found advertised at the end of this volume. Apart from loss of life, there was an immense amount of Mission property destroyed, and the missionaries were compelled to retire from their stations in most parts of China.
The doors closed by this outbreak have all been reopened in the goodness of God. In those districts which suffered most from the massacres the work has largely been one of reorganisation; but throughout China generally there has been a spirit of awakening and a time of enlarged opportunity; which is a loud call for more men and women to volunteer to step into the gaps and fill the places of those who have fallen.
Among recent developments we would specially mention the opening of a new home centre at Philadelphia, U.S.A. The total income of the Mission for 1901 was £53,633 = $257,712, and the total received in England alone, for 1902, was £51,446 = $246,912. The total membership of the Mission in June 1902 was 761.
Current information about the progress of the work in China may be obtained from China's Millions, the organ of the Mission. It is published monthly, and may be ordered through any bookseller from Messrs. Morgan and Scott, 12 Paternoster Buildings, E.C., for 1s. per year, or direct by post from the offices of the Mission, Newington Green, London, N., for 1s. 6d. per annum.
The Australasian edition of China's Millions may be ordered at the same price from M. L. Hutchinson, Little Collins Street, or from the Mission Offices, 267 Collins Street, Melbourne. The North American edition will be sent post free from the Mission Offices, 507 Church Street, Toronto, for 50 cents per annum.
Prayer meetings on behalf of the work in China are held at the principal home centres of the Mission, as follows: Every Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock, at Newington Green, London. Every Friday evening at 8 o'clock, at 507 Church Street, Toronto. Every Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, in the Office, 267 Collins Street, Melbourne. A hearty invitation to attend any one of these meetings is given to any one residing in or visiting any of these cities.
Donations to the Mission, applications from candidates, orders for literature, requests for deputation speakers, and other correspondence should be forwarded to
The Secretary,
China Inland Mission,
Newington Green, London, N.
The Home Director,
China Inland Mission,
507 Church Street, Toronto, Canada.
702 Witherspoon Buildings, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
The Secretary,
China Inland Mission,
267 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia.
The best guide to the stations of the Mission is the new China Inland Mission Map (size 44 × 38 in., mounted on linen, coloured, varnished, and hung on rollers), price 8s. net, carriage and packing extra. Mounted to fold, 8s. net, post free.
Begun. Kan-suh, 1876 Liang-chau 1888 Si-ning 1885 LAN-CHAU 1885 Ts'in-chau 1878 Area,[6] 125,450 square miles. Fu K'iang 1899 Population, 9,285,377. P'ing-liang 1895 King-chau 1895 Ts'ing-ning 1897 Chen-yuen 1897 Tong-chi 1899 Shen-si, 1876. Lung-chau 1893 Feng-tsiang 1888 Mei-hien 1893 K'ien-chau 1894 Area, 67,400 square miles. Chau-chih 1893 Population, 8,432,193. Sang-kia-chuang 1894 Hing-p'ing 1893 SI-GAN 1893 Ying-kia-wei 1893 Chen-kia-hu 1897 Lan-t'ien 1895 K'ien-yang 1897 Ch'ang-wu 1897 San-shui 1897 T'ung-chau 1891 Han-ch'eng 1897 Han-chung 1879 Ch'eng-ku 1887 Si-hsiang 1896 Yang-hien 1896 Hing-an 1898 Shan-si, 1876 Ta-t'ung 1886 Hwen-yuen 1898 Soh-p'ing 1895 Tsö-yuin 1895 Ying-chau 1897 Hiao-i 1887 Kiai-hiu 1891 Sih-chau 1885 Ta-ning 1885 Kih-chau 1891 Ho-tsin 1893 Ping-yao 1888 Area, 56,268 square miles. Hoh-chau 1886 Population, 12,211,453. Hung-t'ung 1886 Yoh-yang 1896 P'ing-yang 1879 K'üh-wu 1885 I-shï 1891 Yüin-ch'eng 1888 Mei-ti-kiai 1895 Hiai-chau 1895 Lu-ch'eng 1889 Ü-wu 1896 Lu-gan 1889 Kiang-chau 1898 Chih-li, 1887 T'ien-tsin 1888 Area, 58,949 square miles. PAO-T'ING 1891 Population, 17,937,000. Hwuy-luh 1887 Shun-teh 1888 Shan-tung, 1879 Chefoo 1879 " Sanatorium 1880 " Boys' School 1880 Area, 53,762 square miles. " Girls' " 1884 Population, 36,247,835. " Preparatory School 1895 T'ung-shin 1889 Ning-hai 1886 Ho-nan, 1875 Siang-ch'eng 1891 Chau-kia-k'eo 1884 Ho-nan ... Ho-peh ... Ho-si ... Area, 66,913 square miles. Ch'en-chau 1895 Population, 22,115,827. T'ai-k'ang 1895 She-k'i-tien 1886 Kwang-chau 1899 Hin-an 1899 King-tsï-kuan 1896 W. Si-ch'uan, 1877 Kwan-hien 1889 CH'EN-TU 1881 Kia-ting 1888 Area of whole Province, 166,800 square miles. Sui-fu 1888 Lu-chau 1890 Hiao-shï 1899 Ch'ung-k'ing 1877 Ta-chien-lu 1897 E. Si-ch'uan, 1886 Kwang-yuen 1889 Sin-tien-tsï 1892 Pao-ning 1886 Ying-shan 1898 Population of whole Province, 67,712,897. Kü-hien 1898 Shun-k'ing 1896 Pa-chau 1887 Sui-ting 1899 Wan-hien 1888 Hu-peh, 1874 Lao-ho-k'eo 1887 Area, 70,450 square miles. Han-kow 1889 Population, 34,244,685. I-ch'ang 1895 Gan-hwuy, 1869 T'ai-ho 1892 Ving-chau 1897 Ch'eng-yang-kwan 1887 K'u-ch'eng 1887 Fuh-hing-tsih (Lai-gan) 1898 Luh-gan 1890 GAN-K'ING 1869 Area, 48,461 square miles. Training Home ... Population, 20,596,288. Wu-hu 1893 Kien-p'ing 1894 Ning-kwoh 1874 Kwang-teh 1890 Ch'i-chau 1889 Kien-teh 1892 Hwuy-chau 1884 Kiang-su, 1854 Gan-tung 1891 Ts'ing-kiang-pu 1869 Kao-yiu 1888 Yang-chau 1868 Training Home ... Chin-kiang 1888 Area, 44,500 square miles. Shanghai 1854 Population, 20,905,171. Financial Department ... Business Department ... Home ... Hospital ... Evangelistic Work ... Literary Work ... Yun-nan, 1877 Bhâmo (Upper Burmah) 1875 Area, 107,969 square miles. Ta-li 1881 Population, 11,721,576. YUN-NAN 1882 K'üh-ts'ing 1889 Kwei-chau, 1877 Kwei-yang 1877 Gan-shun 1888 Area, 64,554 square miles. Tuh-shan 1893 Population, 7,669,181. Hing-i 1891 (Work among Aborigines) ... P'ang-hai 1897 Hu-nan, 1875 Ch'ang-teh 1898 Area, 74,320 square miles. Shen-chau 1898 Population, 21,002,604. Ch'a-ling 1898 Kiang-si, 1869 Kiu-kiang 1889 Ku-ling Sanatorium 1898 Ta-ku-t'ang 1873 Nan-k'ang 1887 Gan-ren 1889 Rao-chau 1898 Peh-kan 1893 Kwei-k'i 1878 Shang-ts'ing 1893 Hü-wan 1899 Ih-yang 1890 Area, 72,176 square miles. Ho-k'eo 1878 Population, 24,534,118. Yang-k'eo 1890 Kwang-feng 1889 Yuh-shan 1877 Chang-shu 1895 Kui-gan 1891 Feng-kang 1891 Kan-chau 1899 Sin-feng 1899 Lin-kiang 1898 NAN-CH'ANG 1898 Uen-chau (Itinerating) ... Yung-sin 1899 Cheh-kiang, 1857 HANG-CHAU 1866 Shao-hing 1866 Sin-ch'ang 1870 Kiu-chau 1872 Ch'ang-shan 1878 Lan-k'i 1894 Area, 39,150 square miles. Kin-hwa 1875 Population, 11,588,692. Yung-k'ang 1882 Tseh-k'i 1897 Ch'u-chau 1875 Lung-ch'uen 1894 Uin-ho 1895 Song-yang 1896 Siao-mei 1896 Tsin-yun 1898 Ning-p'o 1857 Fung-hwa 1866 Ning-hai 1868 T'ien-t'ai 1898 T'ai-chau 1867 Ling-he District ... Hwang-yen 1896 T'ai-p'ing 1898 Wun-chau 1867 Bing-yae 1874
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[1] Since the above was written Mr. George Pearse has died.
[2] For words and music see the end of this chapter.
[3] Isaiah lv. 8, 9.
[4] Arranged in three lines from west to east, for easy reference to Map. The dates in this column in many cases are of itinerations begun.
[5] Capitals of Provinces in capital letters; of Prefectures in small capitals; and of Counties in romans; Market Towns in italics.
[6] Areas and populations are from The Statesman's Year Book.
Certain images are linked to larger versions to aid in closer views of faces or Chinese characters. The first of these linked images is the Lammuir Party. The remaining linked images are found on pages 35, 97, 104, 110, and 136, as well as the map.
Inconsistencies in spelling of Chinese names were retained such as Bhâmo and Bhamô.
Corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.
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