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Show FIFTY YEARS IN CHINA In June, 1883, Emily S. Hartwell graduated from Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Mass., returning in September as a teacher. Upon hearing" of the death of her mother she resigned, and on acceptance by the American Board, but supported by the Woman's Board of Missons of the East that had cared for Mrs. Hartwell, she sailed for China, arriving at Foochow, the city of her birth, on January 11th, 1884. The changes from the Sedan Chair of that day to the automobile and airplane of today, show the great advance in outward life. There has also been advance in applying the Christian message to the people and the fifty years divide themselves into three periods. First Period-1884 to 1904 In writing of her work in China, she says, "The purpose of my life has been to help Chinese save China." Besides the care of her father's home, she taught in Foochow College and had charge of the Bible Women. But soon malaria crept into her system and she was returned on furlough the summer of 1887. When her sister, Mrs. E. A. Tupper, and family moved to Minnesota, she accompanied them. She was chosen the first Field Secretary of the Congregational Women of |