Morning Calm v.21 no.123(1910 Jan.)

Redistribution of the Mission Staff.

As will be seen from the Bishop's letter on the subject, the arrival of Frank Weston and George Hewlett in Corea, has made a rearrangement of the work necessary. The former has gone to the island of Kanghwa, which has always been a strong centre of the Church life of the Mission. Additional help for Mr. Hillary and Mr. Wilson has long been needed, and another priest is asked for in order that work, which has been calling out to be done for some time past, may be developed at Paik Chön. Mr. Hewlett joins Mr. Gurney at Chin-Chun, where also help has been badly needed. Mrs. Hillary's work among the women will be carried on by Miss Lilling-stone, who, we hope, will shortly be joined by Miss Bourn, who was recently in California.

Bishop Corfe.

All his friends will welcome Bishop Corfe again on his return from Manchuria. He had been requested by Bishop Scott of North China and the Archbishop of Canterbury to ascertain and report on the numbers of English-speaking Church people in Southern Manchuria, and the opportunities for ministering to them. He has completed his task and has returned to England in order to obtain the services of two priests who will undertake together work, for one year or longer, in Mukden and other places situated on the railways of the Diocese of North China.

St. Nicholas’ Day.

The Annual Day of Intercessions for the work of the Mission was observed by many. The Meetings and Services at St. Peter's: Kilburn, were well attended. An appeal for Prayer and Alms was sent to every Incumbent in the Dioceses of London and St. Albans and a large number in the Truro Diocese. The response was small, not we believe from any lack of sympathy, but because so many parishes have already pledged themselves to support other Missions, However, the effort was not wasted, since some new parishes have given both Prayers and Alms.  

New Workers.

It is with great thankfulness that we record several offers of service. First, and most important, is the offer of the Rev. F. R. Standfast of High Wycombe. During the year he is to be married and will go out about December next with his wife. Then Miss Emily France (who has been trained at St. Deny's College, Warminster) sails January 22. In September Miss Elizabeth Borrowman (now at the Home of the Epiphany, Truro) will go out for work among the Japanese ; and by this time, in all probability, Miss Bourn has joined Miss Lillingston from California. May others soon be found to take up the work waiting to be done!

A. P. W.

A communication from the Vice-President of the Association of Prayer and Work will be found in another column announcing the resignation of Miss Seccombe and the appointment of Miss Falwasser as Secretary. Miss Seccombe has no intention of allowing her interest in the Mission to cool, and will, at intervals, help the Organising Secretary: such help will be invaluable. Miss Falwasser is no stranger to the members of the Association, and is sure to bring an inspiring zeal and enthusiasm into its life. She will, of course, relinquish her work for the Chil-dren's Branch. We hope to make an announcement as to her success-sor in the April issue. Miss Falwasser is a cousin of Bishop Corfe.

Finance.

The prospective additions to the Mission Staff are at once a source of thankfulness and anxiety. It means an increased expenditure, and that involves one of two things: either an increased number of supporters, or greater sacrifices on the part of old subscribers. Upon this the Bishop has written at length in another place, where he states that the estimated amount to be found by the Special Corean Fund, which is so largely dependent upon the Association of Prayer and Work, ￡900. But this estimate is arrived at without his realising the more recent additions to the staff. The sum required will be nearer ￡1400, though it may be more. It is hardly possible, for the moment, to say what help we may be given from S.P.G., S.P.C.K., and other sources. There can be no doubt that 1910 must be a year of most earnest prayer by every member of the Association, as well as a year of self-sacrificing work by all. One thing it is well to bear in mind before indulging in the satisfaction of meeting special appeals: the estimates must first be met or guaranteed. Nothing else matters until this is done. The Organising Secretary will gladly give information as to what departments of the work, allowed for by the estimates, lend themselves to special efforts.

The late Mrs. Hillary's Appeal.

The response to this has, as we hoped and expected, been prompt. An anonymous donation of ￡10 has been received. The Kent County Association are making themselves responsible for another teacher, guaranteed for three years, and we understand that other County Associations are equally anxious to help in this way. Other smaller sums received make it possible for the Bishop to have at least three native teachers for the Girls' School in Kanghwa at once.

Our Portraits.

The portrait of the late Stephen Cartwright will be valued by his many friends both in England and Canada. It must be a real consolation to those who mourn his loss, that the love and esteem shown by his Japanese flock is no less than that of his European friends and the members of the Mission Staff. In him Canada gave of her best. Perhaps his work may yet be carried on by a Priest from the Dominion. Our readers will value no less the reproduction of a photograph of the late Mrs. Hillary, which was kindly sent by her brother. Rev. G. E. Robinson, of Glasgow. ________________________________________ That MORNING CALM should be delayed in its production this quarter is due to two causes. The late arrival of matter from contributors, and the fact that, under the new estimate, the printing will, for the future, be done out of London, at Messrs. Spottis-woodes' country works. The Editor therefore asks that all communications may reach him not later than the 5th day of the month preceding the month of issue, at 5 Amen Court, St. Paul's, E.C. ________________________________________

The Bishop's Letters.Ⅰ.

CHONG DONG, SEOUL, COREA. MY DEAR FRIENDS,-- Owing to causes with which you are acquainted, there have been changes in the disposal of the staff of the Mission which you ought to know about. I think the easiest way will be for me to tell you all about it in a letter.

Seoul.-- The only changes have been in connection with Mr. Cartwright's death. Through the kindness of Bishop Cecil of South Tokyo, we have had no long period without a foreign priest to take charge of the work. First of all he sent us over the Rev. Henry Walton and his wife from Yokohama, who were with us all during the hot weather; and both European and Japanese were very grateful to them for all their kindness and for the work they did for us while they were in Seoul, and in visiting Chemulpo and Fusan. When they returned to their own work we wondered whether Bishop Cecil would be able to help us further, and great thanks are due to him from us all for weakening his own staff and sending the Rev. A. L. Sharpe to take Mr. Walton's place. The latter had only just come back from furlough, and was beginning to settle into his work again at Shizuoka when he was called away from that to take up the temporary charge of the work here. You will realise that this was a great act of self-sacrifice, for though the Work in Corea is very interesting, and we Corean residents always say it is a much better country to live in than Japan, we do not find that everybody agrees with us; and even if it were true, to give up the work which is one's own, and take up temporarily that which is not, however interesting it may be, is an act for which we who benefit by it cannot show ourselves suffici-ently grateful. Chemulpo.-- Great changes have taken place here. Dr. and Mrs. Laws have gone, Miss Lillingston is going, while Dr. and Mrs. Weir have returned and Miss Rice is coming. I need not say how much I have appreciated Dr. Laws's goodness in tak-ing up the work at Chemulpo for the last year, and so keeping everything going during Dr. Weir's absence on furlough. The life in a treaty port is not congenial to everybody. and Dr. Laws dearly loves the country where the people are more unsophisticated and life Generally is simpler, but he gave up his own wishes and did as I asked without a murmur; and now he has got his desire and has gone to Join Mr. Gurney. Mrs. Laws, who has found her first year in Corea rather trying to her health, is much better, and writes to say that she is very pleased with everything at Chin-Chun. I am sure she will get a warm welcome from the women there, though it will be some time before she is able to talk to them as freely as she would wish, as she has been hindered at Chemulpo in the learning of the language. However, there she will get on apace, for she will not have many foreigners to converse with, the nearest neighbour living some twenty miles away. Miss Lillingston, too, is one who prefers the country life and work, and now she will also get her wish, and be able to devote herself to the more purely evangelistic work, as she is going to Kanghwa--I cannot say to take Mrs. Hillary's place in the women's work, but so far as is in her power to help the Coreans, to give them that encouragement and “back-ing” which at the present time a foreigner alone seems to be able to give. Since she first came out Miss Lillingston has been filling posts left vacant for a time by others going on furlough. I am glad to think that she is now going to take up work of her own. which I hope may be permanent, and I know that the work she has done has not been in vain, nor has her time been wasted, though the visible results may not have been great. As to those who are returning I need not say much. You know, for many of you have seen them at home and heard them speak, how hard they have been working during their so-called holiday. I personally feel very grateful to Dr. Weir especially. for all that he has done to make good what I left undone when I came out last year. They are well, they are glad to be back, and we are glad to have them back, and I think I need say no more. Miss Rice, while I write, is on the last stage of her journey from Japan to Chemulpo, and we shall give her a warm welcome when she arrives next week. She and Miss Pooley will go down to live in the church compound below the hospital, if present plans are carried out. This will give more room for the Weirs in the house, which is at present too crowded for comfort, though they and the two ladies have borne with it for some years. Kanghwa.-- I have already referred to Miss Lillingston's de-parture for the Island as soon as Miss Rice returns, but it has been necessary to find a companion for her, for she could not live alone. There is no one in the country we could send at present, but a Miss Dixon from Japan has kindly offered to come over for a time till we can get some one from home to take her place. This last seemed to be something of a difficulty, but now a lady has offered herself to S.P.G., and I am hoping she will come at the beginning of the new year. The ladies will live in the Sisters' old house, and Mr. Wilson will move out to make room for them. Mr. Weston has arrived, and the three priests will have their head-quarters in the upper house in which the Hillarys used to live alone when they were in the city. For the next three months Mr. Wilson will not be there, as he is going to live at Paik-Chön on the mainland to give the people there a regular course of teaching, which has been, up to the present, impossible. All that they have had so far has been what instruction Kim Mark could give them and the help that one of the priests could give when he went over to celebrate from time to time for the small body of Christians living there. At Souwon there are no changes to tell of. Mr. Bridle and Mr.

(The Bishop to Miss Bourn, at present in California, who will in all probability go to Corea.--ED. M.C.)   Cooper and the Sisters are all still in residence, and I hope they may long stay there, but at Chinchun there has been need of much work on the compound to make ready for Dr. Laws's arrival, and now the number of Europeans on the station has risen from one to three, and before Christmas we hope that Mr. George Hewlett will be there too. Dr. Laws will find plenty to do in a widespread district where the population is almost entirely agricultural, mostly poor, and cut off by the range of hills we have to cross on the way to Chinchun from the more advanced parts like Seoul, where medical attendance can more easily be obtained. The nearest neighbours are at the Chiksan gold mines on the way to the railway and a station of the American Presbyterians at Chong-ju to the south, where a hospital has recently been opened; but both these are some twenty miles away over rough roads, while Mr. Gurney's work lies mostly to the north, and it will be from that side that the patients will chiefly come, and in that direction there is no doctor available nearer than Seoul.

In the Intercessions you will find mention of these changes, and I hope that this quarter you will not forget those who have moved to take up new work, and especially the new-comers, that they may be happy in their work and receive God's blessing upon it. The changes will, we hope, be completed by Christmas.

I am yours sincerely, ARTHUR B. TURNER, Bishop.

II.

CHONG DONG, SEOUL, COREA. MY DEAR FRIENDS, --

The matter of finance has been occupying my mind a great deal during the last few weeks, and I wish to tell you some-thing of the condition of things, so that you may enter into our difficulties and help us out of them so far you can, and at any rate pray that the work may not be hindered by lack of funds to carry on all that we are doing already, and to take up some portion of the work that is waiting to be done. First, as regards the main fund on which we rely--the Block Grant from S.P.G. The Society realises that we want more help and ought to have it. They have only a certain amount to go round all the Missions that they are responsible for, and if it had not been for the rents of certain property we possess in Seoul, from which they have for the last three years taken ￡500, they would have had to curtail our grant from £1500 to £1000. As it is we can reckon on the same amount from that source for the support of the Priests of the Mission, but as the Staff grows larger there is less and less of this available for other expenditure, e.g., the Catechists' salaries and printing work, &c., which we were formerly allowed to assist from this fund. So much is this the case that so far as I can see there will be no money to spare for anything this year when we have made the necessary payments for the Clergy, now that Mr. Weston has arrived, and Mr. Hewlett is on his way. This means that the expenses which we have up to now met from this source will have to be dependent on the Special Funds raised by our friends, which pass through the hands of S.P.G., but for the raising of which they are in no way responsible.

The source from which we have in the past received help from home, apart from the money given directly to the Hospital Naval Fund, the St. Peter's Foreign Mission Association and the Orphan-age Fund, has been the Association for Work and Prayer which has been the mainstay of the General Fund. The object of this Asso-ciation from the first has not been to raise money but to pray and work for the Mission here in Corea, while by no means forgetting the claims of the other work that the S.P.G. is doing elsewhere or that of the other Missionary Societies in the Church. But naturally where people's hearts are really touched, their pockets are opened too, and we have during past years received money from the Association which has been of the greatest use to us. The amount received annually has varied from £700 to £400 or less, and I am sorry to say that the smaller amount represents the sum of money subscribed by the members and friends during the last two or three years. That is, as our needs have been gradually growing greater our receipts have been growing smaller.

Two questions arise in this connection. What is the reason ? What can be done?

When we ask what is the reason, several answers may be suggested, none of which probably cover the whole ground or give the true reason why the individual members now give less than they did formerly. Let us consider them for what they are worth and ask ourselves whether they are true or not, whether they apply to us or not. In the first years of the life of any association, there is a good deal of enthusiasm which has a tendency to evaporate as years go on. As our conditions of life alter and we make new friends and move to new places, our old interests fade and new ones take their place. Personal affection for those working rather than for the work itself is the cause for many to join such an association as ours, and when others take their place the interest goes rather with the person than remains centred on the work. The officials of the Association are not always free from blame, as on them and their power of stirring enthusiasm and interest depends so much of the success of any such work; and in this matter I fear I must confess that I have to acknowledge myself guilty, in as much as I have failed to keep in personal touch as I ought to have done with the local secretaries and members of the Association. There are probably other reasons, too, which account for the falling off in membership and in the amount of help which we have received in the last year or two, but those I have mentioned will account for a great deal.

What can be done? We all want to ask ourselves whether we have been true to our promises when we joined the Association. Do we pray as we ought? Do we work as we might? Is there nothing more that we could do to help on the Association and so the work of the Church in Corea? Let us think for ourselves and of ourselves, not of others as to this. Let us all try to be more real and true in our efforts. The strength of the Association is not in its President or its officials, though these must do their part, but in the members. If they fail, no amount of effort on the part of the officials will make good their failure. I know that this matter is as much a cause of anxiety to Mr. Childs Clarke and the officials of the Association at home as it is to me, and I think that the solution of the difficulty lies more with the members than with us. I would ask you to do all you can yourselves, all of you who are members, to learn more of what is being done, to teach others that they may become as interested as you are, and above all to pray for the work and for the workers, who are your representatives in this corner of the Church of Christ. One other question you will wish me to answer, as to the financial side: What do you want? Well, we have gone into the question of the money needed for next year, and find that in addition to money that we can count on from S.P.G., H.N.F., S.P.M.A. &c., we want £900. That is a large sum of money and it may be that we shall be able to get along with less; that is, we may be able to raise here in Corea from Coreans more than we have counted on in the past, and we may be able so to curtail the work that we shall not actually spend all that we have put down in the budget for the year, and there will, I hope, be some balance from last year's subscriptions; but while I hope that the first expectation will be fulfilled, I shall be sorry if for merely financial reasons we have to cut down work, and certainly it is not good for us to live on balances. Even if we can meet immediate needs from this source, there are the years that are to come to be considered, and balances will not last forever. But is there any reason why the amount we received in past years from our friends should not be raised again? If you can give us £700 again this year and as much or more in future years, we can assure you we will be as economical as possible in the use of what you entrust to us for the work of God. This letter is already long enough, but I must add one word. I hate begging, and I am a bad beggar. I have only tried to put before you what are our plain needs. We want much more, but I merely say what we must have if the work we are doing is to be carried on. If we are to develop the work as we could, we want more men, more women, more money. But I spare you. Then too I would ask you not to misunderstand me. I do not wish the

[A careful reckoning, based upon the estimates sent home, seems to show that this ￡900 will have to be increased by ￡490.—E.D. M.C.)   members of the Association of Prayer and Work for one moment to forget the order of the above words. The object of my pre-decessor in starting the Association was to bind together a body of men and women who would help us, first by prayer and only as they were moved by God with work or money. I do not wish to alter the basis of the Association one whit, but I do wish to ask them to consider whether the failure in other ways may not be at least in part due to their neglect of the first rule of the Society that they have joined of their own free will.

I am yours sincerely, ARTHUR B. TURNER, Bishop.

Association of Prayer and Work for Corea.

THE Bishop has with great regret received the resignation of Miss G. M. Seccombe as Secretary General of A.P.W. Miss Soccombe has for some time felt unable to give the necessary time to the work of the Association, owing to the many other calls upon her time. The will to continue is not wanting, but the opportunity for doing justice to the work has become increasingly difficult. It is with great reluctance that she relinquishes the important post which she has held since 1905, and she hopes to find many ways in which she will be able to prove that her interest in the Association is unabated. She will, I am sure, receive the sympathy of all her fellow workers at being compelled to ask to be relieved of her onerous duties. The post of Secretary General has been offered to, and accepted by, Miss Maud Falwasser, who will enter on her duties with the New Year. The Association is fortunate in having secured the services of one who is already so intimately connected with the work from the position of Secretary of the Children's Branch, which she has filled so ably since 1902. She is already well known to most of the Secretaries and will come as no stranger to the work. It is hardly necessary for us to bespeak a warm welcome for her from all the members of the Association, who are asked to show their appreciation of her self-sacrifice in undertaking this work at the Bishop's request by making full use of her services. Her address is “Ashurst." Ranelagh Road, Winchester, where all communications concerning the Association should be addressed after January 1, 1910. ARTHUR G. DEEDES, Vice-President, A.P.W.C. ________________________________________ It has been decided, now that we issue our own Intercession Leaflet quarterly, to discontinue sending the Quarterly Intercession Paper to all our members. The same number of our own Leaflets will be sent to Secretaries by Miss Merriman as usual, and it will be a great help if those who already send a subscription for the Leaflet to her will kindly continue to do so. Miss Merriman would also be glad to know of any alteration in the number of Leaflets required by Secretaries, as it is a waste of printing and postage if more are sent than are really wanted. New Branches of A.P.W.C. are being started at East Grinstead with Miss Rice as Local Secretary; and the City Branch, whose Secretary is not yet decided upon, though Mr. W. N. G. Phipps, 72 St. Paul's Churchyard, E.C., has consented to act as Assistant Secretary. Miss Dora Adams is leaving Swindon on her marriage; we are sorry to lose her as Local Secretary and very grateful for the work she has done. Her sister hopes shortly to start a branch at Appledore, Miss Toomer has kindly consented to take the Swindon Branch. The Devon County Secretary writes that Mrs. Prendergast, Sidbury Vicarage, Sidmouth, has kindly consented to be a Local Secretary and has gathered together a good band of workers. A drawing-room meeting through the kindness of Mrs. Chambers-Hodgetts was held at Rowancroft, Exeter, on Saturday, October 16, and was well attended by members of the A.P.W. and friends of the Mission. The chair was taken by the Rev. W. Gibbs and an instructive address was given by the Rev. S. J. Childs Clarke, and Mrs. Cooper, mother of the Rev. A. C. Cooper, kindly responded to an invitation to give a few details of her son's work in Corea, which proved most interesting. After tea a meeting for children was held, Mr. Childs Clarke encouraging the old and new members in their work, in which he was ably helped by Mrs. Cooper. The collections at both meetings amounted to ￡5 12s, 3d. All contributors will be glad to hear that the bicycle for the Rev. G. Bridle was, by the kindness of Lieutenant Chambers, R.N. despatched to Corea in the Niobe on November 3. GERTRUDE M. SECCOMBE.

Children's Branch.

MY DEAR CHILDREN,-- In my last letter I was able to give you news of the Corean Orphans, but as I have not heard anything about them lately I am going to-day to talk about yourselves and of what you are doing and are going to do for the Corean people. I have been very pleased to get letters from some of you, it is so very nice to know that you enjoy my letters, and to hear what work you are doing for Corea, and I hope, perhaps later on, you may be able to write again. Your letter, Margaretta, with those nice presents for the orphans, was a great surprise. I am going to tell you something that I am sure will make you all rather sorry, and that is that I have not had so much money sent me for the Children's Fund in 1909 as in other years. Why is this, I wonder? Will you think it over and see whether it is that we are not remembering the second word on our card of member ship—Work--and then let us all ask God to help us to do more for Him, and I believe we shall find that if we pray about it our Children's Fund will grow larger instead of smaller. Those of you who have lately sent money will see your names at the end of this letter. At Great Berkhamsted, at Thoresway, and at Thorganby, the orphans have many little friends, and these first gifts from some of you at Wood Newton and Apethorpe and from others at Wilmington are very welcome. I hope those who have given their pennies for the first time are also praying every day for the Church in Corea, and that I shall soon be able to add your names to our list of members, with those of many little friends at Battersea who I know have been hearing a good deal about corea this winter. This time we have nine new members, and I hope that the five of you at Thorganby and four in Exeter will read this letter, for I am thinking very much of you as I write, and am feeling so glad that you too are praying for Corea every day. With my best wishes to you all for a very happy New Year I am your affectionate friend, MAUD I. FALWASSER. Ashurst, Winchester: December, 1909. NEW MEMBERS E -Detey Hood, HM Hood, Twyn Kinderly Hilary Kingsford Thorsby-B W , W , Mary Clayton, Eva Clayton, Emest Gisby. C 'FundChe Wood Newton and Apathops, 16. M . Gero Teramat Harty and Hea Gent, d. Me ired Co r n in the White day School, T ayi any , 16.1 J Jolina M.; Gabriele Gode, i Gistys Tu .. Thornby Splay School, Total, ________________________________________

Hospital Naval Fund.

The Seventy-eighth Meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the Royal United Service Institution, at 3 P.M. on Wednes-day, October 13, 1909. Present: Captain J. H. Corfe and J. R. Clark, Esq., C.B. There being no quorum no business was transacted. The Easter Meeting, 1910, will be held on the second Wednesday of the Quarter as usual. C. E. BAXTER. Hon. Sec., Ex. Com. H.N.F. CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED DURING QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30. Lady Adland, Captain H. B. , 56.1 Rey, J. C. Cast , Captain ki, Rev. J. L EI Nos. Los : Counter Pe . To J. H. CORFE, Hon. Treasurer.  

St. Peter's Community foreign Mission Association for Corea.

THERE was certainly no lack of curios this year for the Corean Stall at St. Peter's Bazaar, which was crowded on both days, and realised the welcome sum of ￡110. Although this is largely owing to the efforts of those ladies who presided over the stall, it must not be forgotten that apart from the curios, very large and acceptable contributions were sent by members of both Associations from all parts of England, which must have involved much trouble and hard work all through the year on the part of the various working-parties and individuals who sent parcels, a list of whom is given. With this large sum and the increased efforts and kindness of the members, who are always ready to respond to any appeal, the receipts at the time of going to print are within ￡15 of the sum required by Bishop Turner, and it is hoped that by the time this issue appears the whole ￡350 will have been remitted to S.P.G. for women's work in Corea. A new Branch has been formed at Reading with Miss Gordon Austin as Secretary, and Mrs. Nicoll has kindly undertaken to succeed Miss Tufnell, who is obliged to give up the Secretaryship of St. Leonard's Branch, which she has carried on since she left Fregerring, The Day of Thanksgiving and Intercession for Missions was held at St. Peter's Home on December 7, and very well attended. As in former years, continual Intercession was offered up from 9 A.M to 9 P.M. The Vicar of St. Mark's, Hamilton Terrace, the Rev. J. A. V. Magee, gave a deeply spiritual and helpful address at the 12 noon Service of Intercession, and also most kindly came to the meeting, at which the other speakers were:-- The Sub-Warden of the Community of St. Peter, who read a short report of finance and the year's work. The Organising Secretary of the Mission, who forcibly brought home to the crowded attendance the existing condition of the various departments of the Mission, its needs and possibilities. Miss Medd of U.M.C.A., who spoke of the similarity in difficulties and encouragements in Mission work amongst women, equally in Africa or Corea. In the unavoidable absence of the Commissaries, the chair was taken by Rev. Emest Field, Chaplain of St. Peter's Memorial Home, Woking. There was a very large gathering of friends from all parts, both A.P.W. and S.P.F.M.A. The notes will be sent to all members of the Association. The offerings throughout the day amounted to fit, as against £8 16s. 9d. in 1908.   It is hoped that a similar day will be held at St. Peter's Grange, St. Leonard's on Sea on Friday, January 14, 1910, when the Organising Secretary has promised to be present. Curios will be exhibited and all friends of Corea in that locality are cordially invited. SISTER HELEN CONSTANCE, General Secretary, S.P.E.M.A. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER RECEIPTS. Sao J. Trolleys Miss Watc h Shetty , Davis 2. Jan. 2. Mi , 31. Dus, Weston, Mes DL Jon Miss G1 Nis S V Sven .: M Ravn Bedste Fitter, at Champ to . M KT 15. V Cell, 10 M ini Wibe I stay. Sin Sos. 6. Ay Lav 2. Manns P . M W , atd.; Evelyn Clicks, St. Total. Cist Brand S a lon Delund Tranch, T. 60: Cheddar Hench per te Lucy . Woking Branch, Te a m Salorili , 18 .6.; Cards and Boss Les 1.114 Total 4 Open -For Madalina por Miss L. Trollope. 66. So Jennaper Niss R Esi for Mary per The Br o thers Total, (ib St. Lule Bench, St . special for a Wo Miss Becht s : special for Timan, Miss No . N and. 5. Totu, 14. Telecione math, 103 The following contributions to the Couas Stall at the St. Peter's r ackwedend, with Va , Musayes, M eru, Kina M w St Asia, try it this Gal d al, Mr. Guild, Miss Guy Smith, slaba Hyde, tha Mh. Webb RIL VIL VVF , Miss Fract, Mr Siret Morte Street, the White, ou Ni Alice Go Bette , Str. , V. Cowvl Me, Chas Cowell et family. Ne Bull, Miss Ge V Haswell is Hal, Miss Daily Hi, Ictas, Sodas, Nr. Sad, M pper, Ms Norris D o nr. Potter Won Partitures et St Mic Alek ________________________________________

Local Notes.

SEOUL.--For some time, this quarter, the city work has been suspended on account of the epidemic of cholera, but as, owing to colder weather and the energetic efforts of the Japanese in the suppression of the disease, it is now practically stamped out, it is once more possible to resume work. The cholera claimed many victims, some of them being relations of our Christians, but there were no losses among our own people. The Orphanage.-- The twin baby girls who were brought in when only a few hours old have both died, in spite of all the care and attention paid them. Lucia, who went to Sou Won for her health, has returned fat and well. Benita is in the Severance Hospital, where she has undergone an operation on her knee. She is just able to get about on crutches now, and will, in time, be able to walk again. CHEMULPO.--A Corean woman and a girl were confirmed on August 14, and a Corean baby baptised on October 17. A Japanese woman also received the rites of Baptism and Confirmation on September 8. The Bishop was here on St. Michael and All Angels Day (the Church is dedicated to the Angels), and on the Eve Festal Evensong. in Corean, was sung, and we had a Corean Celebration of the Holy Communion on the day itself at 7 A.M. The staff of Coreans employed in the hospital has from the first been the source of considerable difficulty. Older men are too slow in picking up the sort of work that is required of them and younger men are open to tremendous temptation in a town so full of moral evil as Chemulpo. We have had to send away many men, and since Dr. Laws took charge a complete change of personnel has been made. He had with him a man who was with him for years in kangwa, but he has taken him with him to Chin-chun and we feared that when Dr. Weir arrived he would find no one at all to help him in the dispensary and the wards. At the last moment a man who has been in Mission employ for many years, whose home is in Chemulpo and knows all the difficulties of life there, and has passed through the fire himself, and who suits the requirements of age and intelligence, came forward as a candidate for the post of head attendant or ‘Boy.' Dr. Laws engaged him at once, but he only had a few days' work with him before Dr. Weir's return. Another man will be required and one of our Christians will pro-bably be appointed. Then a great hindrance to the evangelistic work in the hospital has been the fact that we could, with all our efforts, find no one to act as Catechist. There was no fit man among the Christians, and we could not spare a man from any of the other stations from the small number of Catechists we have. One of Mr. Hillary's assistants at Onsoutong, who has for a long time been doing good voluntary work, has now offered to go to Chemulpo and help us. He is a farmer but has had bad luck lately. and wishes to leave his farm to his son and his teaching to another man, and says he will be glad to work at Chemulpo for the small salary that we can give him. His name is Sob Mattai (Matthew). aged about forty, and his wife Hilda will come with him and help too. You will see in the intercessions a mention of these two men, and prayer is earnestly asked for them and for the other man to be engaged. The return of Dr. and Mrs. Weir has been a great event, and the Corean Christians and Catechumens took the opportunity of showing their affection for and gratitude to them by according them a most hearty reception. The Hospital and compound were decorated profusely with flags and lanterns, and the first sign of welcome appeared before Dr. and Mrs. Weir actually arrived, for as the train neared the station a blaze of light on the hill where the hospital stands drew their attention to their home made gay in joyful welcome. The men were on the platform to greet them, and outside the station the women were drawn up in a row on one side of the road, and the boys on the opposite side, each carrying a lantern. After Dr. and Mrs. Weir had greeted them, they all formed in procession, and accompanied them to the hospital, where Dr. Weir made them a short speech before they dispersed. Dr. and Mrs. Laws left two days later for Chin-Chun. A number of friends went with them to the station to wish them happiness in their future life and work, and they have the thanks of all those here whom they have helped in the past year. The next arrival will be Miss Rice, whom we are hoping to welcome in a few days' time. KANGWA.--The loss of Mrs. Hillary has filled all the Christians’ hearts with sorrow. Many touching expressions of sympathy have come from all parts of the Island. Though the sense of present loss sorrow is very prevalent, yet, through it all, one is thankful to see that the teaching of the joy of the Resurrection and the Life beyond the grave is bearing fruit, and is a very real comfort to all those who mourn the great temporary loss they have sustained. It is splendid, too, to see the determination among the Christians to carry on Mrs. Hillary's work as well as they can. Dur. ing this month (October) most of the villages have been visited by unpaid \women workers who of their own free will, came forward and offered to do this work. In the Taouni district the Christians have proposed a scheme for providing funds for a woman teacher from the N.W. of the Island. They propose making a great effort at the Harvest Thanksgiving, and with the money given them, buying some rice-land which will be given to the maintenance of the teacher. Whether this scheme will prove a success or not remains to be seen, but it is an effort towards solving the difficult problem of the maintenance of native teachers by the Coreans themselves The Christians wish to put some memorial of Mrs. Hillary in Onsoutong Church, and have already collected a certain amount of money. They hope to put the work in hand very soon. On September 22 a chapel was opened at a village called Sōm-yongkol in the magistracy of Tongchin, on the mainland, to the east of Kangwha. In five villages in Tongchin mission work is progressing but this is the first chapel to be built in that district. Sou Won.--There is not much to record this quarter as, during the rainy season, it is impossible to reach many of the out-lying centres, while the beat makes prolonged effort impossible. The schools re-open early in September, and in both the Boys' and Girls' Schools the number of scholars exceeds forty. Several girls have been sent up from Chin-Chun by the Rev. W. N. Gurney, as boarders in the Girls' School. A finely engineered road has been made, running east from Sou Won, which, when completed, will reach as far as Choung-ju. This may open out our work on that side. Already, in a large village called Sangkol, about twenty miles along this road, sixty persons have asked to be instructed in the Faith, and are, at present, very earnest. They are using a large tiled house as a place to meet in. Our prayers are much needed that they may be led to persevere, for only too often, in the past, these large in-gatherings have, in the end, led to almost nothing. For example, in one city in this district, there were, at one time, one hundred enquirers-to-day there is not a single one! The completion of the screen in the church, together with the gifts of altar frontals, and chairs for the Bishop and Priests, have added greatly to the beauty and dignity of the church. Mr. Walton, during his temporary charge of the Japanese work in Corea, once or twice visited two Japanese Christians living in Sou Won.

CHIN-CHUN.--This station was formally occupied in November 1907. In November 1909. medical work was begun by Dr. A F. Laws. Mrs. Laws, who accompanies her husband, hopes to help eventually with the women, and, perhaps, in female education. She needs prayers for good health and ability to learn the language. The Priest in charge, Wilfrid Gurney, sees visions of sub-division, and removal to a more distant part of this large district, when George Hewlett (due at Christmas) shall have been made Priest, learnt some Corean, and acquired the necessary local experience. A few more Priests would be very welcome in these parts! There are already fifteen little chapels to be served, besides innumerable villages to be visited.

JAPANESE WORK.-- A fortnight's residence in Corea seems rather a short period in which to qualify oneself for writing notes on the Japanese work here, and one can only give one's first impressions. The first of these is that which has struck everyone who has worked, or is working, here, viz. that now the Japanese occupation of this land has advanced so far, one Priest is totally inadequate to do the work that should be done. The number of Japanese to be seen here makes it, at times, most difficult to believe that one has left Japan. They seem to be everywhere, and for the work amongst them, one Catechist at Fusan (twelve hours by train distant from Seoul), one Mission-woman and two lady Missionaries at Seoul, with one Priest in charge of all, have to be sufficient. It is not so much that the work is too hard for one man, as that, not being able to be in more than one place at one time, it can't be done! Nominally there are three centres here, Seoul, Fusan, and Chemulpo, but there are Christians all over the country, and if these are to be visited, then it means one, two, or three weeks' absence from head-quarters. It seems to me the work could not go on at all but for the help one gets from a few of the Christians and from some of the “foreigners," notably at Chemulpo, who, seeing the great need, are doing all they can to assist. Of the importance of the work it is no good writing. I myself have seen it written about so often, that any one who reads this will be as much aware of it as I am myself, but it's sad to think of the work which can not be done, because there are not enough men here to do it. A. L. S. In Chemulpo the work among women could be undertaken if only we had a trained native worker. The Japanese woman, Kurose san (Benita), who was lately baptised and confirmed, is most anxious to help, and would be quite capable of doing so, with some training. It would cost ￡12 a year to send her to the Training School in Tokyo: and she ought to be there two years. Where is the necessary money to come from? Is there no one who will assist us? As Mr. Sharp says, it is useless to talk about the great importance of the work, but to those of us who see the needs of those around us it is a real grief and disappointment that we are not gifted with that "golden-tongued" eloquence which might induce people to help in this work. In Chemulpo there are hundreds of Japanese women. Of these women we could now get in touch with, perhaps, a dozen, and this would lead to others coming. But we want a trained Japanese Bible-woman, and we want one now! The cost of her maintenance would be about £30 a year. It does not seem much when one considers what it represents—the gain of souls ! It might be possible to borrow a Bible-woman from Japan, while Kurose san is training for the post. This would mean ￡12 a year for Training School fees for Kurose san, and £30 a year for the temporary Bible-woman. At present we are in touch with about fourteen or fifteen men here, and a good number of children come to the Sunday School, twelve very regularly, and a good many more, from time to time. Some visiting among the Japanese women can be managed, but very little teaching until a fully qualified Bible-woman is stationed here. ________________________________________

Prince Ito's Death.

A GREAT man has passed away. A great statesman, perhaps the greatest of his day; a great leader, the maker of modern Japan; a great patriot, that is, the word that best describes him. Patriotism has produced many great men, but few greater than he whose death we deplore. It is a loss Japan can hardly bear, it is a loss Corea will feel deeply, and it is of that we here think mostly, as it affects us most closely. For though his direct connection with Corea had closed some months ago, we felt that while he had so large a voice in the affairs of his country, it was certain that the policy he had laid down would be carried out. No doubt that here too, as in all his life's work, the main motive was Patriotism. His policy was an answer to the question, not, What is best for Corea? but, What is best for Japan ? 'That, too, was doubtless the idea of all the Japanese, but he with his statesman's eye and world-wide experience saw, what those of less knowledge of the world and other nations, men of narrower outlook, missed, namely that what was best for Corea and the Coreans, was best too for Japan and the Japanese in the long run. And we, knowing what was in his mind, trusted him as we would have trusted few others to carry through the work of settling the difficulties of the Corean question. His policy was one of conciliation, not of compulsion; of justice, not of spoliation. It was not entirely successful, but that was due to difficulties which he could not altogether overcome and for which he had not perhaps fully allowed, the natural distrust of the Coreans, the incompetence of his instruments, the incapacity of many of the Japanese to see the greatness and wisdom of his plans. None the less did we honour and trust him, and we can only hope that now he is gone the authorities will carry out, loyally and whole-heartedly, the policy he laid down, for in justice and conciliation, especially the former, lies the only hope of Japan's ultimate success in the arduous task she has taken on herself. And we may expect that our hopes will be fulfilled, for the Japanese believe that he still knows what is being done in the world of men, still looks for the success of his country, still interests himself in what lay near his heart here. So we trust that they will try to carry out the plans of their great patriot that they may still please him and give him the honour which is his due in the spirit world to which he has passed. (Since writing the above we have been re-joiced to see a public statement by Count Katsura that the policy of Japan is to be the policy of Prince Ito.) ________________________________________

A Corean bill City.

ABOUT sixty li (twenty miles) to the south of Chin-Chun is a city set on an hill, whose situation somewhat resembles that of the famous Kwang-ju, known as the "Nam Han," or "Southern Fortress," of Seoul. These mountain strongholds were built for two purposes ; first, as cities of refuge in perilous times; second, as store cities, provid-ing against wars and famines. I believe there are a good many such in the country, though I only know definitely of seven or eight. This place of which I now write more particularly is known locally by the simple name of San Song-li, "Hill City." It is only a few miles from the important walled town of Chong-ju, which lies in the open plain below. San Song is great (in respect of area) and walled up to Heaven. The fine old battlemented walls stand up against the sky-line for many a league around--naturally, being what and where it is, it "cannot be hid." Until recent years, say fifteen or sixteen, rice and other food-stuffs were stored here in vast quantities by the Government. Two or three years ago, the Japanese dismantled the four gates and overthrew portions of the wall. They have found it expedient, I think, to make such breaks in the defences of all the walled cities of the country. It is a grief of eye, but "military necessity" is a constantly recurring phrase which covers a good deal that is unpleasant for Coreans. It was a drag of more than two hours up the mountains to the gates of this fastness, and it took us about an hour to climb down the other side next morning. The old walls encompass an area whose circumference is about four miles. Forest and rice fields and vegetable plots take up most of the space. The thirty or forty houses which constitute the "city" proper are situated in a cleft--a hollow--an eyrie—a plateau in a bowl or basin (which rather reminds one of a tea party) of the hills, the ground rising steeply to the walls all round, whence a far prospect may be viewed in each direction. One range of the mountains quite eighty miles to the south could be clearly seen. From Chong-ju City, in the plain, people say it is twenty li up and ten li down--which just describes the distance nicely. The ascent is so steep, almost precipitous in parts, that I think the elevation must approach 2000 feet. About a hundred years ago, there was a rebellion, and this city was a stronghold of the disaffected, now, on five or six of the rocks near the summit, is cut in great characters an imperial warning to obey the king and his officers and preserve the peace of the country. Down these tremendous slopes Corean hunters are said to tobogan furiously in the winter in pursuit of mountain deer, which they overtake in the slippery snow and slay with the hunting spear. If I had to take my choice of a part in this hunting. I should prefer the chances of the quarry to the perils of the sportsman. On reaching the rich valleys below, waving with ripening rice and other goodly grains, we each enjoyed a handful of hot beans we gathered (picked and stole, to be quite honest in word, if not in deed) from a field, and roasted in their pods over a fire of dry grass by the roadside. Howeit, this beanly pilfering is generally permitted to travellers at harvest time by kindly Corean custom. There are as yet no Christians in this mountain fortress. The house we stayed at is a prettily situated Buddhist women's monastery. Only two nuns were in residence (one of them, aged seventy. had adopted the profession since becoming a widow at the age of nineteen), three or four others were out collecting alms (in kind, mostly), as the endowment is small, consisting of a few fields of beans, turnips, peppers, &c., and a small non (i.e. rice field). The springs in the city are famous, and Corean visitors go there in the summer for coolness and quiet, and to enjoy the scenery and the waters which are said to possess medicinal properties. WILFRID N. GURNEY. ________________________________________

The Spirit of Missions.

OBJECTIONS TO MISSIONS.---The following letter appeared in a recent number of the Church Missionary Review :-- DEAR MR. EDITOR.--One still sometimes hears the old objection to Missions raised by people at home, that they have friends or relatives in India who lived there for years, and who know for a fact that Missions are not worthy of support, as they are doing no good at all. To such the following questions may prove useful :-- 1. How do you account for the fact that our Committees at home are largely composed of retired Indian officers and civilians who, after spending their best years in that country, where they have seen for themselves the work of the C.M.S., gladly give what they can of the remaining years of their lives to helping forward the work of the Society at home? 2. How do you account for the fact that many of our Missions were founded at the instigation and by the liberality of men holding high Government appointments ? 3. How do you account for the fact that several thousands of pounds are annually contributed by English residents in India, to assist in carrying on the various branches of the Society's work? 4. How do you account for the fact that British officers, civilians, and merchants, after the ordinary work of the long, hot, Indian day. once a month spend many of the evening hours in deliberation with the C.M.S. Secretary and missionary members of the local Com-mittee, carefully discussing the numerous points that have to be settled concerning the details of the Society's work?   These are men who by their training and long experience are fitted to weigh and decide on matters that are brought before them. Among those whom it was our privilege personally thus to know during our term of service in India, I recall five or six who have received the honour of knighthood, besides two others who, as Senior Members of Council, occupied the highest civil position next to the Governor in their respective presidencies, proving that they were no mere visionary enthusiasts in the missionary cause, but men who had in their different spheres rendered distinguished service. These facts speak for themselves, and are not known as they deserve to be, even by the warm supporters of Missions at home. X. Y. Z. ________________________________________ VOCATION.-- "A man who has honestly faced the question of foreign service, and then, not by his own preference but by God's plan, been kept at home, will see the home work in a new light. He may go back to the same place, the same people as before; the change will not be in his circumstances but in himself. The value of one soul, whether English or African, will have risen beyond measure. The parish, or district, or Sunday school class will appear as part of the mission-field, and souls will be sought as great spoil. Sympathies expanded to embrace the world will ensure a wider and deeper view of every local problem. Prayer drawn out and exercised for those distant will lay firmer hold on faith for those near at hand. Knowledge of the Conquest of the Cross in heathen lands will stir expectation of like victories at home. Missionary illustrations will give living interest to sermons and lessons, putting fresh points on well-known truths. "The streets and alleys of our great cities, and the smaller towns and villages throughout our land, cry out for the ardent proclamation of the Gospel in the power of the Holy Ghost. If a man's place is here, in God's name let him spend himself out in seeking precious souls, remembering that the evangelisation of Great Britain is part of the evangelization of the world." ________________________________________ TEMPLE CHILDREN.-- “You know one of the great scandals connected with Hinduism is the system of marrying children to the gods in the temples, which is a euphemism for dedicating children to a life of shame. Although the evil is admitted by many Hindus, there is no public opinion sufficiently strong amongst Hindus to put a stop to the practice. When, a short time ago, the Government were petitioned on the subject of introducing legislation to deal with the matter, the reply was that to do so would be to legislate in advance of public opinion, which amongst Hindus tolerated the practice. It was reserved for a Hindu State to get the credit of legislating on the matter, and last year the Rajah of Mysore put forth an Act forbidding the dedicating of children. "The Bombay Government has now taken a further step. The Governor has issued a memorandum, in which he points out that no further legislation is required; that the practice is illegal according to existing law; and he quoted a case in which a con-viction had been obtained, and ends by ordering all Government officials to enforce the law and to endeavour to stamp out the practice. One would doubt how far this action will be really effective, as in all probability every obstacle will be put in the way of enforcing the law, and attempts will be made to evade it. "It is, however, a great thing that this, which is probably the worst abuse connected with Hinduism, should at last be dealt with. It very likely will take years for much to be done, because it is a most deep-seated evil that is struck at. One regards the whole thing as an indirect result of Christian Missions: nothing is more remarkable than the gradual leavening of India with moral ideas, which can only come from Christianity."--(Rev. H. S. Nicholson, S.S.J.E.) ________________________________________ AND THAT WE MUST THROUGH MUCH TRIBULATION ENTER IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.--"A Manchu Bannerman, named Yao, belonged to one of the secret sects which abound in every part of China, and for years he had been seeking for the Truth. During the Boxer troubles of 1900 he was so impressed by the patience and fortitude of the Christians under persecution that, when Mission work began to be re-established, he was led to make inquiries concerning the faith of these convents. In a long experience of nearly twenty years I can truthfully say that I have never met a man who prepared for his baptism more carefully or with greater earnestness. Then came the keenest trial of his life. An only son--who had been baptized soon after the father-- sickened and died, and his death was attributed by the heathen mother to the evil influence of the ‘foreign devil.’ Many weeks of domestic unhappiness follower but the opposition of the wife was gradually withdrawn, and at last she gave in her name as a 'Hearer.' Week by week, you will find him kneeling to receive the 'Bread of Life,' and again on weekday mornings, long before the church bell rings for Daily Mattins, he may be found kneeling quietly in church engaged in prayer and meditation."--(Rev. H. J. Benham-Brcorn.) ________________________________________ WHEN A STRONGER THAN HE SHALL COME UPON HIM.--" A great change is coming over Islam. There is a tendency to agnosticism in a growing number in Egypt and Turkey; a feeling of deep unrest and dissatisfaction, attempting to find its answer in the formation of new creeds, ascetic dervish rites, a strong feeling of resentment because of the growing supremacy of Christian rule everywhere;

a deeper yearning after a Mahdi, which in many places is giving way to an earnest expectation for the coming of Christ. All these things denote that Islam is not the unassailable united power it once was.”—(W. R. S. Miller.) ________________________________________ A HARVEST THANKSGIVING IN SOUTH INDIA.--The Bishop of Tinnevelly gives the following account of a harvest festival at which he was present :-- “The harvest festival services, at which the Rev. E. S. Carr preached, were attended by great crowds; over 2000 people came in from the surrounding villages Huts and pandals (booths) were erected for their accommodation, and a bazaar opened where all necessary articles of food could be purchased. The whole scene was, to my mind, typical of primitive times, everything so simple and natural--the various congregations marching in headed by banners and devices, to the accompaniment of lyrics sung by the children, all animated by the one desire to take their part in the celebration; and then, what a sight the festival service!--the crowd outside equal to the crowd inside--and each man, woman, and child making a personal offering in fruit, money or both; a score of men bearing up the aisle sacks of rice on their brawny shoulders, to be presented before God; the singing of lyrics through out the time of offering, first on the men's side of the church, then on the women's; the whole service lasting between two and three hours in the hottest part of the day, but kept up with unflagging interest--all seemed to me the ideal of simple, hearty, individual and congregational worship, and I wish some of the captious critics of Missions could have been present and witnessed the scene. I think their doubts would have been quickly dispelled."—(C.M.S. Gazette, August, 1909.) ________________________________________ BAPTISMAL GRACE.--The Rev. W.E.S. Holland wrote recently from Allahabad;--"On Sunday last we had a most impressive baptismal service. A Brahman getting good artisan's pay, who has been led into Christianity by the example of our Christian servants, was baptised by immersion. He is a very earnest devout man, his face is aglow with spiritual fervour and delight. He remembers and has treasured up all that he was taught in the Mission-school years ago. ‘Thou shalt find it after many days.’ I forgot, till half through the service, that he had not removed the heathen charm tied round his neck, and sent him a message that this must go. He removed it then and there. His lovely lock of hair was cut off in the vestry. In the middle of the baptismal service we formed a procession out of Church to a shallow tank near the well in the Church compound. In this I dipped him; and after changing his clothes he rejoined us at the Church door, grouped round which we had been singing a hymn. There we gave him the   right hand of fellowship and received him into the flock of Christ's Church"--(C. M. S. Gazette, August. 1909.) ________________________________________ THE NEEDS OF NORTH QUEENSLAND.--" It must be borne in mind that though the land is rich--very rich--the people are not rich. As soon as they become rich they return to England or to the Southern States of Australia. The wealth of North Queensland is largely spent in England. The mines and the big cattle and sheep stations are largely owned in England. Almost every secular enterprise is set on foot by British, home-born men and British capital. "Christian enterprise is subject to the same conditions, it must be started by Home-born and Home-trained men and supported by Home-given subsidies, at least at first. Later, when the country becomes more thickly and permanently populated, the Church will be entirely self- supporting and will render in its turn help to needier regions."--(Canon Walter Williams.)