Chapter XX: The Mission in 1894

THE events sketched in the last two chapters have been more fully delineated by Miss Guinness in her interesting _Story of the China Inland Mission_, which continues its history to the present date. It is indeed a record of the goodness of GOD, every remembrance of which calls for gratitude and praise. We can only here briefly mention a few facts, referring our readers to Miss Guinness's work for all details.

After a voyage of many mercies the _Lammermuir_ party safely reached China, and during the first ten years stations and out-stations were opened in many cities and towns in four provinces which hitherto had been unreached by the Gospel. At home Mr. and Mrs. Berger continued their devoted service until March 19th, 1872, I having returned to England the year before. Shortly after this the London Council was formed, which has now for several years been assisted by an auxiliary Council of ladies. A Scotch Council was also formed in Glasgow a few years ago.

A visit to America in 1888 issued in the formation of the Council for North America, and a similar Council for Australasia was commenced in Melbourne two years later. In the field a China Council was organised in 1886, composed of senior missionaries who meet quarterly in Shanghai.

Closely associated with the C. I. M. are seven Committees--in England, Norway, Sweden (two), Finland, Germany, and the United States--which send out and support their own missionaries, who in China have the assistance of the educational and other advantages of the C. I. M., and who work under its direction.

The staff of the Mission, in May 1893, consisted of 552 missionaries (including wives and associates). There were also 326 native helpers (95 of whom were unpaid), working as pastors, evangelists, teachers, colporteurs, Bible-women, etc., in 14 different provinces.

Duly qualified candidates for missionary labour are accepted without restriction as to denomination, provided they are sound in the faith in all fundamental truths: these go out in dependence upon GOD for temporal supplies, with the clear understanding that the officers of the Mission do not guarantee any income whatever; and knowing that as they will not go into debt, they can only minister to them as the funds sent in from time to time will allow. But we praise GOD that during the past twenty-eight years such ministry has always been possible; our GOD _has_ supplied all our need, and has withheld no good thing.

All the expenses of the Mission at home and abroad are met by voluntary contributions, sent to the offices of the Mission without personal solicitation, by those who wish to aid in this effort to spread the knowledge of the Gospel throughout China. The income for the year 1892 was about £34,000 from all sources--Great Britain, the Continent of Europe, North America, Australasia, China, etc.

Some of the missionaries having private property have gone out at their own expense, and do not take anything from the Mission funds.

Stations have been opened in ten of the eleven provinces which were previously without Protestant missionaries; from one of these, however, we have had to retire. The eleventh province has been visited several times, and it is hoped that in it permanent work may soon be begun.

More than 200 stations and out-stations have been opened in fourteen of the eighteen provinces, in all of which stations either missionaries or native 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.

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.]

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
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=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
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=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
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=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
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=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
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=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
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=W. Si-ch'uan=, 1877 Kwan-hien 1889
CH'EN-TU 1881
KIA-TING 1888
_Area of whole Province, SUI-FU 1888
166,800 square miles._ LU-CHAU 1890
Hiao-shï 1899
CH'UNG-K'ING 1877
Ta-chien-lu 1897
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=E. Si-ch'uan=, 1886 Kwang-yuen 1889
_Sin-tien-tsï_ 1892
PAO-NING 1886
Ying-shan 1898
_Population of whole Province, Kü-hien 1898
67,712,897._ SHUN-K'ING 1896
Pa-chau 1887
SUI-TING 1899
Wan-hien 1888
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=Hu-peh=, 1874 _Lao-ho-k'eo_ 1887
_Area, 70,450 square miles._ _Han-kow_ 1889
_Population, 34,244,685._ I-CH'ANG 1895
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=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
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=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 ...
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=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
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=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
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=Hu-nan=, 1875 CH'ANG-TEH 1898
_Area, 74,320 square miles_. SHEN-CHAU 1898
_Population, 21,002,604._ Ch'a-ling 1898
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=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
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=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

FOOTNOTES:

[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_.

_Printed by_ R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED, _Edinburgh._

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Transcriber's Notes:

Page 109, "my" changed to "My" (My marriage had been)

Page 125, ending ) added. (Miss Bausum (afterwards Mrs. Barchett)); in)

Page 129, format of "God" was changed to "GOD" to match rest of usage. (goodness of GOD)

Possible nconsistencies in spelling of Chinese names were retained such as Bhâmo and Bhamô.