The Portland daily press., 1895-09-18
$685., s7e. rs $685., 43S. 63

Totals, $685., S76 rs $685., 430. 63
These figures show an increase in regu-
lar donations of $38. 1872. 81, a decrease in
special donations of S14 1928. IA, an increase
for the debt of $l4, 62S. IA, an increase for
the debt of SO, 800. SO, a decrease in legacies
of $333, 1888. 35, net loss CT S436. IL. The
expenditures for the last year were
81, 600. IS less than receipts, which, subtrac-
ted from the debt Aug 81, 1894, $116,-
237. IS, leaves the debt Aug. 81, 1896, $114,-
632. 80. The special efforts made to avoid
an increase of debt have been successful.
The board and it's constituency have been
awaiting with spe cial concern the reports
from the various stations of the North
China mission to note the effect of the
war between Chinas and Japan upon
that mission. These reports have been
received, and are gratifying. The war
has been more help than hindrance to Lin
Ching station Though thousands of
troops passed through the oity on their way
north, no injury was done to eth er
missionaries or property.
Upward of $50, 900 soldiers passed with
in few miles of Pang-Chuang station
Many of these took the road by the mis-
sion compound, and some officers and
privates visited the hospital. All showed
by their behavior that they fully under
stood that the foreigners were under the
protection of the imperial government.
1u6 uuScUbl6u SUthuO VI ullo SOQhuly hOPO
away many patients from the hospital.
There are now 40 villages in which live
church members and those on probation.
During the past 10 years there has been
developed in Shantung under the leader
ship of DR.. Nevius what. has been called the
"Shantung idea'' in the use of mission
funds. In the carrying out of this idea
boarding and day schools are maintained
only where there is a Christian constit-
uency. which is called upon more and
more each year for their support. In the
Pang .Chuang station the boarding. and
village schools are largely supported by
the Chinese themselves. In the former the
boys paid for Al per cent of their food dur
ing the past year, in the latter one-third
or more of the teachers salary. Three
cases of persecution have been happily
settled. In one instance a Christian
brother was called upon to take JoyfuIiy
the spelling of his goods, rather than
risk the uncertain outcome OF lawsuit.
In another an over-zealous church MEM
Der was severely beaten, but the matter
was finally settled by a feast, the ordl-
nary Chinese guild pro quo, alternating
the pangs within as compensation for
the pains without In the third case the
hostility of heather villagers and the
duplicity of the official have prevented
rightful settlement, but outwardly all is
peace and time can be trusted to finally
herent was called before the Enhsine off
cial to testify about deed. He said:
81 am follower Of Jesus, and you may
know that the followers of Jesus always
speak the truth" The official said GOOD,
good" and gave the verdict in accord
ance with his testimony.
Baby brothers and the grinding power
ty of Chinese life keep many young girls
from studying as much as they gladly
would AS some heather neighbor shows
that she is taking the first steps toward
the light several Christian woman join
in exclaiming. fShe is our fruit; we
have long wanted to bear fruit y Fifteen
visited regularly, and five others occasion
ally.
The Chinese New Year is always time
of temptation to the native Christians and
their families. The days which follow
are spent in gambling or worse, and
emphatically illustrate the old proverb
about Satan and "idle hands"
The war seriously crippled the efforts
for women in Picking, and made caution
the watchword of the day. The war also
kept many women at home who would
gladly have &C ma up to Peking to study
in station class. There are seven day
schools connected with the station. OF
these, four are in the country. and 10
have suffered from lack of oversight
giving them. In the schoo S of the city
the attendance has Increased. The Bridg-
man girls school has suffered as never
before from events which could not be
foreseen or prevented. The chief hin
drance was the war. Most OF the girls live
at distance from PeKing, hence had
that city been besieged, as was expected,
they would have been in a most unfortu-
nate condition, and the future of the
school would have been greatly injured.
Acting under advice from the U. S. lega-
ton, the school was not opened as usual.
Soon after the opening OF hostilities. 1t
was apparent that the war was affecting
the work in Tientsin. The audiences IN
the street chapel fell off. some of the boys
in the school left, and the question
whether to close the girls boarding school
was seriously debated. Up to the close OF
the mission year Tientsin was one of the
storm centers, owing to the arrival ana
departure of troops, and the apprehension
that it might be the point OF at ATTACK icto py
fered with the work for women as with
other departments of eyangelistic effort.
Tours could not be made at distance
from the city, while the added labors in
the schoolroom prevented as much outside
visiting as in the previous year
The war affected but slightly the preach
ing of the gospel in Kalgan, save to in
crease attention to the truths presented.
Officials of high rank called upon the
missionaries, prompted, doubtless, by the
desire to thus notify the populace that
the Americans were under the special
protection of the authorities. The gen.
eral state of uncertainty felt everywhere
was present, but did not interrupt the
work.
Kalgan as a field of labor has proved
like the mountains near it, difficult of
cultivation, and in this respect resemb-
ling many other large cities of the empire.
The most noteworthy event of the year
in Kalgan was the revival of an anti