The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-24
MORE MISSIONARIES.
Annual Report of the Foo
Chow Mission-Interest-
ing Statistics.

BOSTON, Aug. "a, 1895.-The American
Board of Foreign Missions hasfreceived
the annual report of the Foo Chow,
China, mission. This mission is the
nearest mission of the board to the
scene of the recent massacres, but has
not been disturbed. One of its character
istics is the length of service rendered
by the missionaries. Four of them are
in the United States at the present time
Rev. c. Baldwin, D. D., and wife, of
Bloomfield, n. j., went to Foo Chow in
1913, only one year after the establish
ment of the mission, and therefore have
served forty-seven years. Rev. Simeon
F. Woodlin and wife, of Green River,
N. Y, entered the service thirty-six years
years ago. Rev. Joseph F. Walker and
wife, of Princeton, Me-, have given
twenty years, the best part of their
lives, to the work of the mission. These
veterans have found that life in Chinese
boats and inns, in smoky lofts, preach
ing and singing to the crowds in chapel
house, inn and street. in conference with
the preachers, teachers and church mem
bers, settling disputes. internal and ex
ternal, work in a debilitating climate,
whiten the head and sap the life blood
early. Hence their appeal Is for labor
ers and successors.
There are women,s prayer meetings,
Sabbath Schools Christian Endeavor
in Foochow and Shao-wu and the coun-
try. villages, far and near When DR..
Baldwin went to China the number of
fortyone. Now there is fully $4,000.
vangelisticssWork is carried forward
with the aid of natives at chapeis,
schools, hospitals and Christian homes
as centres, throughout the cities and dis
trict.
FLOURISHING SCHOOLS.
eicyeAS
the two boarding and training institu-
tions, one theological institute. not, yet
fully established. one Woman's school;
and the common schools in cities and
villages. Through all sorts of obstacles.
quite unknown in Christian lands. these
schools seem to be advancing to an as
sured success. One fact may be men
toned pertaining to their earlier history.
that it was declared and credited among
the Chinese that girls were secured to
be transported to the west or to be man
ufactured into opium.
Young men and women are trained in
the hospitals for future work among
and prose. catechism. hymn books. a
child's paper Gn concert with the Meth
1d'st Episeopal Es m1issqn hay have been pub
lated into the .colloquial in union with
the other missions. Elementary treats
es in arithmetie' Ian11 geography and astTon
airy and manual of the Foo Chow dia-
lect (the last two works with the aid
d
missionl have been published. The field,
thus sketched covers large regions ip
the Foo Chow and Shae-wu districts.
and the population dependent on the
mission for the, gospel is roughly estima-
ted at one million or over. Tho natural
facilities for prosecuting work in certain
large sections are favorable.
The people like to build on plains and
in valleys, and are densely massed in
cities and villages with close connections
by waterways or stone-paved roads. This
renders them easy of access in large
NUMBER OF STATIONS.
The statistics of the Foe-Chow mis-
sion up to date are as follows:-Five
3 physicians, 16 female assistant mis-
natiSe native .'Is pastors, 2 native preachers, 20
native preachers, Is other helpers. 25
churches, s26 members. Sls of them
year; 8 theological schools, 10 pupils, 2
boys high schools, 76 pupils; one girls
boarding school, 7S pupils: one ne woman's $
schools. 672 pupils, 1O1 Of them girls;
1,ls9 Sunday School pupils; two hospi-
tails. seven dispensaries. 2S.S1S, patients
treated 214, ,662 papers printed; native
contributions, 81, ,3Se90 DR.. Baldwin re-
ports IS members received to the church
during the year, .od making kin a total M LYING g
ago two were received in confession of
faith and he total membership was but
tWenty-twQ,
the out-stations. and the nearest the
sea a population of 100000 gives un
lininited opportunity for evangelistic eff
fort. educational and medical work. Thir
ty years of pioneer labor in this immense
more such work which is sure TO be
better appreciated in the near future.
DR. Edward Bliss. NJ. D., of Newbury-
port, Mass. has found his time fully oc-
cupied with the study of the dialect and
medical work, and is proving a capable
and devoted missionary. The summary
Total number of cases ....... 5,26f
Visits to patients at houses $500. $50
Surgical cases ............,..... 80
Visits to villages ............ ....... "a
DR. Bliss is a graduate OF Vale Col
leee and has studied theology in Yale