Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-02
IN APoS7OLIc LAYlHSsIoN4RY


! Nv JonS C.. KERR, of cANroS.
The large and important Island of
lIai-nan, on the southeast coast of
China, has been unoccupied by any but
I Roman Catholic missions, until now
/ that Mr. Jeremiassen has been led to
/ labor for the Lord in that field. II will
be well for our American readers to be
introduced to this brave noble-spirited
Dane, who enters the mission work with
all the ardor and selfdenial that
Schwartz, or the early Danish mission
aries in India ever had. Mr.. Tere-
miassen was on the sea for some years.
and left his ship in China, where he
entered the Customs Service, in which
he was distinguished amoLg all who
knew him for the integrity, courage and
purity of his life amidst the almost uni
versal corruption around him. He took
warm interest in the labors of our
missionaries, making them his friends,
and contributing literally in aid of
their work
This interest in the Mission work in
creased so that he made full conse-
Grafton of his life, money and talents to
aid in evangelizing the heathen
The last years of his connection with
the Customs Service were in the Island
of Formosa, and he was greatly es-
teemed and greatly beloved by the
Scotch missionaries with whom he as
sociated there Convinced that a
knowledge Of medicine would be of
great use to him in opening the way
among the natives he gladly accepted
on invitation from c to spend some
months in the hospital in Canton. He
remained here seven months, becoming
familiar with the practical work of the
healing art. He studied diligently and
with enthusiasm the principles of medi-
cine, and his mature mind, good com
mon sense and keen observation en-
abled him to learn much in a short
time. He still continues his studies
and will return to the hospital for an
other period of practical instruction.
To show something of the spirit and
methods of his work | subjoin the fol-
lowing extract from a journal which he
| sent to me
"The first place at which | stopped
was district city only about twenty
miles from Hollow. / was very kindly
received by the authorities, and when |
came to the next place found that the
magistrate had sent man before and
arranged very good house for me, so
that should have no trouble.
81 spent two days there, one being
the Sabbath. q made it rule on my
whole tour not to see patients on the
Sabbath, un.ess they were very urgent
cases, or people whom / had seen be
fore and desired to see again on that
day., SO / could rightly count only one
day here. | saw forty-nine patients on
that day and performed five operations.
AT first they are very slow in coming
forward, but they soon find out that
there is nothing to fear, and that you
have really come with no other object
than to do them good. l stopped at
several places before reaching the next
district city, and saw quite number of
people, always putting in word about
our Saviour. Lim-ko was the next dis
,rict city. The magistrate here was
even more friendly than the former one.
in the Ngai Chin department
cholera and smallpox were raging, but
the smallpox was just passing off, and
it seemed mostly to have been among
children. Numbers of children were
brought to me who had just got over it,
but were left bind, | expect for life. !
had only got halfway round the island
when most of my medicines were ex-
hausted, though only two months after
starting. "-Forugn Missionary .for No
RENTER, 1882,