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Show Chihli NEEDS 87 Nrpoa of % (fihthU liatrirt of % •Nortlj (China iiission-OIipntain, Peking, ul'nng (£hou & $ao Sing iFu. 1913-1314 Tientsin. This station should have at least two men, one for city and one for country work. As Mr. Ewing is called elsewhere there is a peremtory demand for Another Preaching Missionary and Family. In Tientsin as elsewhere there are golden opportunities to influence the students in government schools. Much more English teaching is demanded in our schools than formerly. Would that the American Board daresay to us as the Lorddo:s : "Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it." The Ladies' dwelling house has never been replaced since 1900 and is now urgently needed. The whole environment of the Girls School is more hopeful than ever before. The neighborhod of Hsiku ('She-koo') into which we have moved, is increasingly friendly, The Mr. Li (Lee) in charge of the church which is thrown so largely on its own resources, is a man of admirable spirit, loving and tactful, who has won the hearts of all about him, a man of simple faith and of deep spiritual life. This year has seen the church women won to more sympathetic appreciation of church duties. They see how they may bear their end of this carrying-pole by praying more for the pastor, taking part in the prayer-meeting, and raising money for the general work. The Stanley Memorial Girls School has had at its head a very fine young Chinese woman, Miss Li, and is making character. The New China is going to wreck unless there are enough steadyhearted Christian women for ballast. When we are in doubt whether an old family steed should still be kept, we do not, in a weather crisis turn it out on a barren hillside to starve. We (perhaps fearfully) knock it on the head, and tenderly inter it, or else cheerfully provide for its keep to the end. The Girls Boarding-School in Tientsin Needs Steady, Hearty, Support. How can its dear young missionary head pour out |
