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labourers are resident. Over 6000 converts have been baptized from the commencement, some 4000 of whom are now living and in fellowship.
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.

or

702 Witherspoon Buildings, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

or to

The Secretary,
China Inland Mission,
267 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia.

MAP OF CHINA
Shewing {
1. All Protestant Mission Stations in China up to June 1866, when the C.I.M. was founded (they numbered fifteen) These are underlined in black.
2. The Stations of the China Inland Mission which (with the exception of Ning-Po & Fung-hwa) have been opened since June 1866. These are printed in red.
China

Native woodcut of a landscape STATIONS OF THE CHINA INLAND MISSION 1900
(BEFORE THE BOXER OUTBREAK)

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.

Provinces.[4] Stations.[5] Work
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


Elder Liu and wife, Kwei-k'i




Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.
FOOTNOTES:

[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.

CIM Emblem
Transcriber's Notes:

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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