The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-02
GILL AS A MISSIONARY.
Famous Yale FoOt-Bal Tackle Steady 10
Start 10 China.
WILL BEGIN HIS WOFK II PEKlSG.
His Wife VIII 60 Along, and They VIII
BE Backed by the Central fresby-
terrain Church MADE Converts Even
in Vermont.

tackle and captain OF the Yale eleven
is COINS to Peking, China, as a MISSION
ary. taking with MIN his wife, Mary Mel
son GIL. who. like himself has the on
thusissr and fervor that IS needed Ia
making Christians out Of stubborn Mon
roiians. They are backed by The Contrai
Presbyterian church OF this city, Whicn
SAYS IN a circular That many nlSsiD -
enterprises are inadequate because 'io
men sent out are not kept sufficiently III
touch with those who send thcni. 49,.
The recent cruel murders Of Amercen
missionaries By the Chinese nave not
dampened the ardor OF the churches.
They take the ground that the "ss's-
sinatlcns prove more tnan any lutnS 20
could tina; China needs a numanl]uns N IL
fluonce. and that something shoGl1 uc
done for the souls OF the savage
wretches who butcher and torture Help-
less women. -,
IL might be thought that the selection
OF a hardy football player'who haa 'anSn
is life In his hands 50 many times III tH"
field had. some special significance IN
view of the dangers 10 which missionaries
are exposed i'm China. but this Is not the
fact. Mr.. Gin is type OF the mussuiar
Christian but he selected his Held OF ac-
tion before the recent massacres. In any
sort of scrimmage, however. physical OF
theological, he Is well prepared 10 hoiu
his own. vo,o o.
the class OF 50 and Went 70 the lheo-
logical Seminary. RE had time not only
on his studies but to row m three VIC
tories over Harvard. and played rs icl'
tackle IN several champion ioot-Dah CIV
lie is twenty-seven years old, five ice
seven and one-half inches high, ana Wheh
IN training weighs l15 pounds. ms hvins
is I'm orange, y. ). IN one OF .is -,
Football games he complained that man
ON the oppOsing team was playing 700
roughly. The umpire declhed 70 'o,, ~
the point well taken. GIN waited WI ,.nS
obnoxious player had Knocked a rth9i ~
of hts teeth out and then ne WtlhNu 70
he umpire and triumphanuy showed
Them exoiafuing. Now, wasn't tisu.
After that he put the teeth pach III n ,..s
mouth. where he kept them as Souvenirs
until the game was over. J., ,,,
When he left Yale he decided 10 90 SUNS
pioneer missionary work IN me mos, De
nighted region he could ma. lhNeSll5a-
ton showed him that there Were P'SSeos
I'm the extreme north or vermont ap ~,
as lavless and goddess as anywhere 'i9o'
After his marriage he and his wiie Sc
leofed a little settlement in the Maple
sugar state I'm which there had ho' p n,,
q religious service for generation. ~ ~.
inhabitants were proud OF the taci Una.
they got along without any reminder OF
a Mace where they understood there was
"A strong probability Of their ultimately
going. -, tors co,,-
e,dered male. namby-pamby creatures
with treble voices and mental ana pilNs
icai dvspepsia. Gin went among them
and his strength and heartiness were
revelation. He got an axe ana .b~grh
and nv and BY some OF the men WHO udu
re-, iooking on with amused indifference
found themselves helping nm. nen
when the church was completed 'n.s
went inside and listened TO muscular ser
fpoug
Crime and disorder had prevailed IN
mis- settlement until the church cdil..
Now. Mr.. Gin says, the natives, VINO r o.iS
needed a little urging 10 be sooa, VFoW"
The Sunday schools instead Of the sa-
'0 Thc Central Presbyterian church Is
helping not only 10 carry the gospei ih'0
China and Northern vermont, puS !
| has done something for benighted Ken
a. 4 Year ago the church placed a young
/ clergyman and his VIE IN the trhltv va
J Leslie county I'm that state, as mission
| a,tas There was grand field in that
/ locality. If ever there was one inc ohiy
/ Industries I'm the place that houflsheu
/ were those of the revolver seller ana the
! funeral director The celebrated Hen lot
/ sartin Creek passed through the terri
tory. which was also the headquar'erS
/ NJ the famous French-Eversole ieuu'
which had kept the COUNT poor Win
moreue and cOrOners' bills.
Within three months the toughest mar,
I'm the town publicly drank a glass; oi
water on the steps Of the town nan win
out being shot at. and since tnen ''ie
nopulace have been gradually converted
| Half Of them go TO church, many nave
signed the pledge and faro game no
| longer runs in the mayors office.
THE success OF mission work IN these
two fields has encouraged the church
in its work to convert the Chinese ,, also,
and the congregation intend TO man
/ tain their own missionaries. Atler MI
and Mrs. Gin are established at PeNns'
it is intended to send as many more
yvorkers as the church can AFFORD.
ON sunday at Il. NJ. at the chutcn,
No 90 west Fifty-seyenth street WIZ
occur the regular farewell service. rev
| Dr Arthur J. Brown, OF Portland oIe''
who has Just become secretary o. 'ne
BOARD of Foreign Missions, VIII denver
The charge 10 the congregation anu
nartine words viii be said by Rev. Johh
! Gulesnje and Rev. Wilton Merle smith
r'astor Of the church, to which the mis-