The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-08
MISSIONARY SUPPLIES.


HIS sof Workers I'm Foreign Lands,
me ordinary wants of a missionary in
a foreign land are, of course, much like
those of other people; but he has also ex-
traordinary wants, growing, naturally
enough, out of the extraordinary cnarac-
ter of his work, says the New York Sun.
Any of these cannot be supplied where
he is, and others could be supplied there
only at higher prices, or with goods not
so desirable: and so most of his supplies
are sent to him from home, from the
headquarters of the Board of Foreign
Missions of the denomination he repre-
sents.
Considering that missionaries are
scattered over all parts of the world.
and that their wants are ordinary and
extraordinary, it will be easy to I'M
agine that the supplies purchased for
them cover a very wide range. 1t might
not seem as though a missionary would
have any need for portable FORCES, but
the Board of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church, the headquarters
of which are at No. 50 Fifth avenue. is
about to send out FORCES to it's mission
n Mbeso e4 Persia, where at It's station
nshed an industrial school
This school has hitherto confined it's
attention to woodworking; it is now
gong INTO iron, and It needs FORCES, an
wills n suitable tools, which are pur-
9nasea mere and sent out y the board.
e ane pu supnIiss 9nr m BY this board dni in
Corea. China. Siam. India, Persia. Syria,
Africa. Brazil. Chill, Colombia, Gaute-
m M a;t snd n, Msxi s, The missionary takes
sequently supplies are sent to him.
SADDLES are sent to the various fields
h0rGAhAnk ION 11 AVG in fnll0 win o. thofr
work. Saddles for medical ~miss'onarfes
are provided With sa~ddlebags for the
material are sent. and the same is true
of nearly all the manufactured goods
e pnFeh 70 send t the 5 b meft TSe fpsiabt in on the :
poor. saddle would. be as much as the
freight on a good one, and in many
RlaSss w whe aTe,c thf /; saddles nnf ,m ape Used It ;t
get them repaired, and quite impossible
to get renewals of WORKOUT parts. In
the past four or 1--WE years a number OF
clud.nr Japan and China where they
could be used to advantage in place of
horses.
Many buttons and considerable quaint
ties of c~alicoes are bought for the
African missions, as well as kettles, axes
and. knives. Some of. these things are
ton are. given to the native in payment
for work, Sewing machines are among
ths. supplies bought here to send to the
Missionaries. They are mostly of the
kind that are turned by hand, and are
nscd mainly in barter and in payment
for services.
are articles sent to many places. Shirts.
collars, and shoes are purchased here,
although not very much clothing is sent,
Many missionaries dress in native CO.'S
tune, and any wear clothes made from
native cloths, The hardware purchased
to supply the needs of one mission and
here are sent to a majority. of the mis-
eions. and the purchases here include
fish. -four. and sugar Stoves and kitchen
utensils are taken by almost every mis-
sinnarv going to a new field, and renew
ais are sent from here. TIE board sends
out some lumber for building hc,1ses.
very heavy wire natfing. somewhat s.mi-
Lar. to mosquito netting which is used
and vet keep out small wild arimsls
and type aud printing supplies of vari-
qns kinds are bought to send to those
missions that have pr,nt:ns presses.
the widest variety are bought here for
the board's missions in all narts.
Ccrnparatively few supplies are sent
TO Mexico. whore better means of con-
munica ton and comparativelv cheap
transportation make goods more gener-
ally ~atta.nable. on the spot.
plies are made only upon the requi-
s'tion of Q mission. So far as is pos
sihle missions anticipate their wants.
comnarative1y frequent and easy: with
some it is infreauent and difficult. To
the mission in the Laos country. in
Goods ara sent at oneo. so far as that
is possible. The goods are Ia nded in
BANGKOK and taken by ~ratiwe hnstmo-
I'M streams to their destination 200
miles or so to the northwest. Supplies
for the Laos country are now made un
IN this city. They are usually shipped
in .Tune.
The Presbyterian board buvs some
Goods in London and some In Hamburg.
the German goods being fo~ SHIPMENT
TO fts missions in German territory in
Africa. on these goods there Is soma
saving in duties. Thern ere distance
ard commercial reasons for the purchase
Of some goods ip Jordon; but the oreat
hulk IF its supplies for It's mi~ssinnaries
abroad tloa board buys in New York.
Newark Evening News.