The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-04


rev tho po, q A. Nichols Missionary Of the
AMERICAN Ial fist Missionary nlOnI
The name OF our pastor IS Tiara C'Rev 4"
or Teacher Iaynaung. man of about
r.l8le age medium hei ht finely develO 0 |
physically. mentally and morally. His edu-
r.t0n atier primary training In his own
,ffare school. has been gained entirely in tie
B..sein gau-hRren high school, with which
te church OF which he Is pastor IS still con-
re.fed That education includes "a good
V.rlug knowledge of English. which he
t.lks freely, and through which as medium
b. IS constantly growing IN biblical and hOm-
-.ral power lie IS a constant feeder on
surgeons sermons OF which lie has several
volumes. as well as on the best English COM
ne,iar.es aud other scriptural helps. In this
r..IinE aud study. he has all the enthusiasm
ofa healthy. acute mind and OF genuine
lose Tor hls work as preacher and pastor. lie
his. t1 an unusual degree. the Oriental imag-
nation. held ~ check 10y a scrupulOus Loyalty
~ the exact truth. Some OF lis serm rs are
roIe's of Scripture truth. unioded, illus
t-ate. and enforced. As far as the exterDals
ffIs nuluit minlsIatiOns are concerned ms
native force and nuency IN delivery are sup
rauentel by ease ana freedom IL gesture.
While he has had 40 regular systematic the
o0r.cal training, vet. having been most
CONSTANT and dihgent student and teacher Of
tie Bible itself his accurate and Just views
ofd0ctr.ne are % me. quite remarkable and
b most hopeful evidence of what a mind.
naturally active and discriminating, can
scleve in these lines. when fully IN love with
be truth As an interpl oter of the human
heart. regenerate and unregenerate. i have
listened 10 Tut few men who can equal him;
and can only eXpla D this by the TACT that he
ls. fine natural gifts enriched and Tipened
tyastrong aud true religious life.
He has held rght on from year TO year IN
the service o. the school and then, both of
q I...H Goo. fE.
De, where he might have taken positions
under government or other at many times
bis salary here However. he has not lost by
in the end as usual. IN all that goes 10
make p life rich and full. lie has steadily
grown 10 be one of the most influential and
IGNORED men IN the large Christian commu-
Ii.E ln bassein district his family have
grow uD under the heathiul and stimulat-
ing atmosphere OF the school here which Is
tie centre of intellectual lie Of the district. |
and now two of his sons are. accordingly,
taxing tie highest rank IN courses of study /
elsewhere He has had better and more num- /
er0ls facilities for intellectual growth than /
le VOL. u otherwise have done and has not |
been thrown ntOsome OF the almost absolute. |
lYerOoRelng temptations 10 sin that most Of |
our men who have become government |
officials have had 10 encounter.
Perhaps bis week work. including his du-
ties connected with the church and school, If |
taken into consideration by some of our home
brethren who think they are the only over
worked ones might be the means of making
Tiers seem lighter by comparison. For five
days in tie week he IS out at quarteT-past five
90 tle morning 70 work. as head of the car
peuferur branch in our industrial depart
uelt. and no one works harder than he dur
mg tle two hours allotted o. this part of the
DAY WORK Then from four 20 five hours
teaching during the day. and often the care
ei O. stud, hour IN the evening, constitutes
Dis regular work IN the school. He is also
ore { TIE editors OF cur weekly newspaper.
treasurer OF our Home and Foreign Mission
Society. one of the auditors who have to ex-
anime lu detail all the accounts of a large
lumber business. IN which some of the en-
lownent funds of the school are invested, As
we'll a, hls house being a iayOrite resort Of
many Of bis people who come to town on
business. ln al these relations the fact that
le ias undertaken thing Il. OF itself. suiii-
cent guaranty that II Will be thoroughly
done. Nothing but a vigorous constitution
aud tact 10 throwing OF work rapidly would
lie uai IT,
As an illustration OF the moral power Of
,-e man, the following fact may speak Dur
JUS i-e more than ten years that he has been
lA'iei of our town church he extended q
sanding invitation % all who would like an
ll.' iina. talk with him on the subject of per-
sylA religion, 70 call on him in his recitation
lO'M az the close OF morning service As
-'tN' .t~tN, tAtlo nave Deeu Dut very rev |
,i-es iu all these years that there have not
ueel some to respond 10 this invitation /
gay say, by the way. that the average stu
qsAi mere does not naturally have a personal |
o4s 10 felglous matters any more than at
I'.-e' put the TACT Is rather TO be explained
ny i-e tact and spirit of the pastor As a
O,lse uence. We have had but very few COM
,-lAi'n seasons during these years, which
~Ate not been preceded by baptism.
elch men as these can be raised I'D and
Sol influence be brought 20 bear on our
sueI institutions of learning in connection
a. '- oUl missions. many of the problems as
~ '''."-oh and eYangeliZatiOn which are
leip eNng our mission boards. will be nearer
'..-..'l. Without vigorous educational in
s~'ltDn tie Development Of such a chara ter
.-' nave been impossible. and, without
'o seAoo. now, in which he can multiply his
r- .eI into three or four hundred pulls
ioIining their own characters his hle
-'t We exercising only fraction of his
ta,GG.'-t el eciiyeness for good. Such men not
lS supplement- the work OF the missionary
e'. u. a work that the missionary himself
49, .' Vo however great may be his ability ,
". us devotion. If their iuter-relations ara
IT, .Aey should be. by working together ,
,. can niointy do a work many times
an, "a '-an either can do alone To know
on.v man as the fruit of missions as he ,
90 on '. o' known by working with him and
soire ing with him in the work is to in
ties ~ ~ I'm enough faitl IN the possibili-
tbe sam. ans % lead dozen men into
Same ~, "'fk # thev, too. could share in the
Ps.' a.a'g edge and experience. ,
'N burma, June, 1891.