The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-21
FOREIGN MISSIONS IN CHINA.
The Presbyterian and the Catholic Missions
in Canton and Picking.

The Presbyterian and the Catholic Missions
in Canton and Picking.
New York Herald. .- 81
The Presbyterian Church of America has three
eenters of mission work in China-namely, Can
ton, NingpO, and Shautung and Picking. Con
nected with these number of out-stations
or submissions which are occupied as the men
and means at the eenters Will admit. The Can
ton mission was established by DR.. Nevin in
ts45, and until 1881 the Doctor has labored in
that field; but age and infirmities compelled him
to withdraw. There are now in the mission of
Americans the Rev. Messrs. Andrew P. Happier,
D. D.; Henry " Noyes. B. C. Henry, and We'll
lington White, and their wives; John D. Kerr.
NJ D., and wife; Rev. A. A. Fulton, Miss Hattie
Eoyes and her sister Miss Matte, Miss Mary NJ
Happier, and her sister, Miss Alyerda, together
with seventeen native helpers, twenty-three
4eachers and seven Bible women. In 1880 the
Rev Messrs. Fulton and White with Mrs. White,
were sent out. In the First PresbyterOn Church
of Canton there are 262 mem bers, in the Second
Church "a members. There are seven other
cha pel6 in the city With good congregations but
small membership,
The outstatiOns of Can ton mission are San Hi
80 miles southwest of the city. first opened in
1872 by the Rev. Mr. Noyes Kong Nun, "a
miles s0uthwest Of Canton, opened in 1880 by
the same missionary; Chic HON, 125 miles
southwest of Canton, opened in 1877, also by
Mr.. Noyes: Chung Low. 145 miles southwest of
Canton, opened by the same missionary amid
very violent opposition, in which the mission
attacked and threatened with death by mob.
No Fun. another Out-station, 155 miles south
west of Canton, was also opened in 1880 by Mr..
NoyeB; Chuk Lin, thirty miles north of Canton,
opened in 1878 by the Rev. B. c. Henry,
who in 1880 was able to purchase a chapel for
the little society Leen Chow. 3Q0imiles north
west of Canton, was also opened in 1 $50 by Mr.
about 5o,ooo innaSitan tsi' and f IS the he
center of a fertile and pOpulous
plain. Lin Pc, seventy miles ca t of Canton,
0p ned in 1880 by Mr.. Henry, has 10000 inhab-
itants, and is surrounded by populOus district.
The people are favorably disposed toward Chris
ton, formerly the seat of German mission. but
for some time abandoned, WAS opened as a Pres
byterian mission station by Mr.. Henry in 1880.
1t is sixty miles east of Canton. How Hung is
thirty five miles southwest of Canton. 1t was
opened as a mission by Mr.. Henry in 1879, but
owing to the bitter opposition of the heather
little has been done there. Sha HO Is station
only three miles from Canton, under the care of
Dr. Happier.
The Catholic Society for the Propagation of
the Faith has thlrty-two vicariares apostolic in
China. One of the bishops from Kung Tong
was here on visit two weeks ago, but has
eince returned to his diocese. The ca
thedral mentioned in the dispatches is
French building, located in the
southwest corner of the city, on the site of the
GoVernor-general's residence, which was de-
strOyed In 1856 in the bombardment Of the city.
After lying in ruins for four years the French
government in 1860 erected the present cathe-
dral of gray stone with a seating capacity of
about l,5OO. large number of heather tenn
Piles and two pagodas stood all around it. Core
spondenee between China, France and the Amer
lean hierarchy has been interrupted for more
than a year, SO shat reports from the foreign
missions are very irregularly received here But
as this cathedral was rather a French govern
mental enterprise than regular mission build
ing less than usual was known about IL by sew
eral Catholic clergy appealed for inforna ton.
fhe city of Canton itself, with its 800, 900 in
habitants, is divided into the old and the new
town, and the cathedral is located in the latter,