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Show Off Lintsingcaou, via Tsfngtao, Qhiatm JUM? i5,1 SOT. ?P" You »ay taiatfc f*oa the heading of this* l e t t e r t&af w® are writing i r o a i new place, but we fearttB to assure $m th£t this Is aalf the ne* o f f i c i a l a p l i i i . - l of i l l OK'IM.*- MMl that a l e t t e r addreSsod e i t h e r aaj s i l l reach aa although, the new s p e l l i n g is preferable. By ra-j of eripU-nxtiori i t iaay be added, that the syllabi© Mchou" marks our a i t y as ona at- , the second rank,, tatai Scingtao is the ier&aa port of ill I a province, Saaataa'f. la have written many l e t t e r s , these last aoa...taa about the de-tells of our daily lives and now i t is tiae. to write about our work in general. After- two months of studying at the north, the fall found m t a t t l e d for the winter, three very inexperienced missionaries carrying upon our hearts a church of nearly six 'hundred and a parish of over three a l i l i b a e , living in over fifteen counties. 'There mm visit era at various tines during the year. Bev. G.W.Verity of the American Hothodist Mission at Tai; An Fu, made i t a point to be with us over Sunday. That he helped us i l l is shorn by the nuaber of tines different ones have referred to his sermons. Miss Grace Wyckoff and UIBU Lyons of ?***{ Ohuang were here at Chinese Hew Year time, examining the l i t t le g i r l s in their lessons arid helping in many ways with their advice* Tne ninth of March Eev . k J . l . Barton, D.D. of the American Board Deputa * tion and 'Rev. 0 J U S t a n l e y , J r . o f P'ang Ohuang were with us. Dr. barton's v i s i t was an i n s p i r a t i o n to us and as we write to his hereafter 11 d i l l be an e n t i r e l y different matter froa writing to the man whose broad sympathy and brotherly kindness we had not, personally known. While we have f e l t very keenly the loss of pastor 014a, a strong , faithful man wnoa God took to be with Himself, we have not been fitbout a native p a s t o r , t h e fang Chou church loaned us Pastor lung to help this y*er and he hakS p-f.itted so veil into the work here, taking Ihl.0 place among the helpers as a brother Jand as a.fellow worker* J3e-. , sides Pastor Sung, we have eleven native preachers, a boys' 'school fhevai erp a stUdont in the Theological Seminary, and seven chapel keepers. Every field has i t s problems and Lintsing is no exception. How shall the helpers ie kept on fire* for the saving of souls? How t h a i ! *e maintain i n t e r e s t in the^hearts of the inquirers who often cone from mixed motives? ' Shall helpers use the personal Method or . l i e idea method in s t r i v i n g , to reach people,? Then again, how ranch i-fea.ll the helpers fcs paid, uae what scale of wages? They get from three d o l l a r s to five dollars a month now with an addition for t r a v e l l i ng expenses. When the inquirers have become memfe&rs how s h a l l they be Uught in order, that they m$ grow in ths wisdom and knowledge of the Lord? How much tiae can the foreign,pastor afford to give to lawsuits - 3?8H when thi, case presented is one of persecution of a church member?" |
