The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-22

Enthusss Grace, Union and 81 Paul
NJ. L. Churches for w. v. NJ 3.

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Thirty-nine new members, s240 In
cash, and twenty-three subscribers to
the monthly journal, were the offer
ings OF Grace on Sunday forenoon to
the Womon's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. These were increased at the
Union afternoon and st. Paul evening
meetings. st. Pauls congregation
gave Just as many new subscribers as
Grace. %, with generous cash con-
tributlon and number OF new mem
bers. Miss Clara Cushmun has an OK
cellent New England family name and
is native of Vermont.
She was converted while very young.
She received her education in the pub
lie schools and from the Methodist
Episcopal Seminary of Iilton, n. H.
She at first sought satisfaction TO her
desire to benefit humanity in the work
of school teaching, but was called Ia
1878 by the n. Il. Church to the For
eign Mission field in China, being now
on her return visit TO her native coun-
try. where she engages in public speak
ing to forward the work OF the w. +.
M. y. Cheerful and bouyant as she is,
hearer of her experience cannot fail
to discern that she Is great and noble
sacrafice to tho welfare Of humanity,
and is Infinitely more precious than
gold to the people Of the Chinese En-
plre.
Her brother, Lewis Cushman, who
was formerly reporter OR the Boston
Globe, where he did some of the most
telling special work, is now manager
of Russell Harrison's famous Helena
journal, and met her on Monday
morning to journey north together.
Her lecture at Grace NJ. Il. Church
was on the missionary schools and
hospitals, which are doing SO great a
work in China, coupled with person
al experience and observation of the
Chinese that is exceedingly entertain
ing, sympathetic and pathetic.
In Union, her address was to the
children OF the mission bands. Some
Christmas cards American children
had sent to China enabled them to
gather 81 Chinese children into Sun
day school at once. From this source,
and with the aid of contributed dolls
and especially the money, they were
enabled to establish and recruit day
schools. A little Chinese girl who
had been converted in this way was
taken sick unto death, and while dy.
ing put her arms around her doll and
sang Il love Jesus"
The Chinese who become converted,
stop smoking opium, comprising
feet, and worshlpping idols. They
also stop killing female infants and
committing suicide, which generally
occurs among the women, sas their lot
In heathendom is the moro wretched.
They also stop calling the missionaries
foreign deviis.' One investigation
at one time disclosed 100 dead Infants
In Pekin. A large class OF the poor
girls at from to II years of age hear
their feet called boats and arc SO
ashamed that they bandage them.
which appears q more fearful torture
than that of the rich class, when 1t IL
done in infancy.
The missionary industrial schools,
where the Chinese women are employ
ed In sewing at a liberal pay of cents
per hour, are great holp.
The lecturer had great many speci-
mems to exhibit of implements of Chi
nese life. Among them was pipe in
which Chinese woman had smoked
opium for 70 years. until at the age Of
63 she was converted and cured Of the
habit In 10 days. Total abstinence,
with tones prescribed by the physi-
clans, effects the cure.
FIom dying Chinese woman dress
ed Tor the grave and lying on her bed
OF brick in her mud hut SKIP feet Miss
Cushman brought this message to the
women OF America:
Tell them 10 keep on working, and
when l sec jesus l Will tell Him what
they did for me, and will toll Him that
they are still at work for other women
like me-"
Miss Cushman told the story OF the
life of poor Chinese woman from her
iNfh To has rfF1a Il
and the story of the slaughter of the
girl babies brought the fears to her
eyesi brought the tone and Quaver of
real grief to her voice, as she told of
the poverty which compelled parents
to consign their girl children
the dead carts and TO the pits
dug for them outside the city walls
and where they became food for the
dogs. She told of the rescue of 700 of
these children in one year by tho Cath
olic missionaries of Pekin.