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Show Lintsifi^cuow, via T s m ^ t a o, Cnina, F^^r, 1,1908 . Lear Frienus; I t seeu£) a most f i t t i n g time just now to go oyer tne l a s t . e a r ?5 *ork and next .year's nopes v i t a ,you. To some of .you t n i s l e t t e r will be a r e p e t i t i o n or a summary of wnat jou aave neara ana to otnea)® new, I | i t i s n ' t oi Liuca i n t e r e s t to vou, just send i t m to a mutual friena *aq. ma;y enjo.y i t . If i t i s , Keep i t ana use i t to i n t e r e s t o t n e r s. January oi l a s t year found us in our work n e r e , wnicn c o n s i s t ed l i r s t of s t u a y i n ^ , ana tnen of iooxin^ a f t e r tne n e p e r s , tne two da^ fccnools nere, a buaaiag k e a i c a l worK, ana minor a u t i e a . Tne - i n t er passed too ^ t t U i l j for us to be lonesome ana in tne ©*«*** m *ere witn i r i e n d s . Tnen, too, during tne ^ear we nad a. number of ^uests* ?i?e or t n r e e m i s s i o n a r i e s ana as maaj t r a v e l l e r s stopped « i t n us for a §*0 ncurs or orer nif c n t . ,iarca brou-at Sec, b a r t o n oi tne American Board Deputation ana M*| Drou0nt 2x, Gfene of Plymouth cnurch, S e a t t l e , a p r i v a t e "Deputation". He came just in time to rescue us f;om tne Siou^a of Desponu" in wnicn »i haa been piun^ea bo d i s c u s s i o n s as to vnether L i n t s i n ^ was to be given up or merged or reopeaed. Tner© i s no need to t e l l jou about the uar* uays of April but » tner to mention our growing hope tnat tne vorii nere is to be r e i n i c r c e a, Summer brou6 a t r e s t ana stuay at Pan^cnvang, except for six wee<e spent ne^re in s t a t i o n c l a s s *$M and a t r i p to tne c a p i t a l oi tne province to a t t e n d tne Saantunb F e a e r a t i c n Conference* After tne o r u i n a t i o n of tne new p a s t o r at Pan^cawang we | 11 came bacK nere for our semi-annual meeting of tne caurca members* It was our c i v i l e * © • rr o to nave h r s , Artnur H. Smitu of Pa&fccnvang, hr„ Wiluer I na Deacon Li of Tungcnow ana Mr, AUen ana Pastor den^ 01 Paotin^fu a t t n is m e e t i n g i en one a* a part in tne program ana maae i t a time long to be reiuembereu b3 us a l l . Just a f t e r tney naa £cne hiss Heebner of Snansi was with us for a, few aa^/s ana „e a l l l e f t L i n t s i n ^ to6 e t n er on October f i f t e e n t h , sne stopping at Par^cnwar^ ana tne r e s t gf us going on to T i e n t s i n to meet ll§.$ S l i i s 9 s i s t e r .label »no comes cut to , j o i n tne mission, if, E l l i s took t h i s time to nave typnoid fever so tnat i t was fioveaber twenty- s i x t a wnen we r e t u r a e a to L i a t s i n g, l e a v i n g Miss jSilis in T i e n t s i n , iir, E l l i s recovered r a p i a i y a n a went a t - a i f i accounts ana got them reaay ior tne December s e t t l e m e n t , Dr. Tailmon and Mrs. E l l i s u a e i tour oi f i f t e e n aajs among tne o u t s t a t i o ns to tne e a s t and south - aaa t h i s closes tne movements of tne „ear. As to wnat was accomplishea in tnis -ear 01 seeasowing oni^ tne Lora of tne Harvest Knows. Here in L i n t s i n g were tne t„o sma.ll * ; flciiooia e n r o l l i n g eighteen p u p i l s . An attempt w^s maae to 0m tne h e l p e r s something new ana i n t e r e s t i n g in a s t a t i o n c l a s s neijl for a month in tneuummer. Dr. Artnur In Smith was .vita tnem for tne last week giving tnem new views of tne woriu in general ana tne granu ^art tne caurch- plajffi in i t in p a r t i c u l a r * Anotner s t a t i o n c l a s s „as neia i o r leading caurca members* At other times Pastor Kun6 aas nela s t a t i o n c l a s s e s at several of tae o u t s t a t i o n s , Seventy flaye stuuiea in the c l a s s e s ior «e£u But e4 o n l j four of our seventeen o u t s t a t i o ns |
