The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-08
THE MAssACRED MISSIONARIES.
Their Work Described I'm n Report
Written by One of Them.

Written by One of Them.
The city Of Ku-Cheng. in which the mas
sacre of the English missionaries took place
on Wednesday. July 81. is three days jour
ney northwest Of Foo-Chow, the chief city,
the capital. and the chief port of the large
province of Fuh-Kien. which is equal in
area to England without Wales. Four of
the English ladies who were killed were
members of the Church of England Zenna-
ma Society. They were Miss Elsie Mar
shall, Miss Annie Gordon, Miss Bessie
Newcombe. and Miss Flora Stewart. Miss
Newcombe was one of four devoted sisters
who are now laboring in China in connec-
ton with the society. The Rev. r. II.
Stewart, who was slain with his wife and
five children, was the head OF the Church
Missionary Society's mission. He returned
to China with his family about eighteen
months ago. He sent a report of the Zena-
ma missionaries work. which 1t may be
of interest to publish at the present time,
especially as he mentions the labors Of
some of the ladies who were among the
victims Of the Chinese mob. 1t runs thus:
I'm Ku-Cheng, Miss Nisbet is in charge of
the Founding Institution for little baby
girls cast off by their parents. The numbers
have increased till we had to give notice
ludt iO hioAc CouHd NC tdhcn IL. u
Miss Nisbet's time is given to mothering
these little things. There are in all about
thirty, some of them boarded out Miss
Nisbet has also a large district allotted to
dotte6 here and there with a few little
bands of Christians. The women sorely
need care and teaching, but they can get
very little.
Another institution here is the Girls
Boarding School. in charge of Miss Weller.
This, too. has so increased that. though
tho G0hnO1 noC nnIoroc1 onnafdornh1 IL Last
year, and in spite of a new rule that each
must pay a fixed portion of the expenses.
and must also unbind her feet. every bed
and IL they fulfill the hopes of their teach
ers they will do much toward eievating and
Cnr,stianizins the country; .u. :.
the expense of one Irish clergyman. and Is
being. supported entirely by individual
friends; and the Girls School was. erected
and Is supported in a similar manner. chief
ly through the exertions of Miss Bessie
Newcombe, whose return we are joyfully
s snyshirnS from rnt the n society.s sn funds draws
'Ele three other ladies who regard Ku-
Cheng as their headquarters are Miss Cor
don, Miss Marshall and Miss Stewart. Miss
Stewart is stu working for her examina-
ton: when she has got through them her
sphere Of labor will be in the country, in
the western section of the district. Miss
Gordon's station. where she spends the
greater part Of the year, is Dong-Gio, the
chief center of the P.ng-Nang district.
a Ano kiCdt SlIlC W. dS We SnOulu say
in England, county, has no other lady
worker. and | need not say that. however
hard she may try. she can do little more
that one station Of Dong-Gio eighty or
ninety women usually attend the Sunday
service. We have 10 thank the Rev. II. b.
Mccartney, OF Melbourne. for this valuable
missionary. Miss Elsie Marshalrs work is
also in the country; she only returns now
and then to Ku-Che1g. as headquarters;
covers more than 300 square miles. She has
several centers in this region, where she
f, h1p c aTr q lew weeks or Two months at a
ting from house to house. Our plan Is for
your missionaries to travel In pairs. accom-
servant, and to put up at chapels where a
married catechist is stationed. Just now
Miss Marshall Is at a place called Sek-ci-
Du, with Miss Saunders, of the Australian
Association. who Is stationed in Ku-Cheng
while learning the language.
A letter has come to-day from Miss Mar
they find in Sek-ci-Du. This is remarkable
because. although we have been for years
endeavoring to rouse an interest there.
posed retiring from the station altogether.
Thank God for the ladies whom YOU send
US; wherever they go God gives His bless
ering trust in a living Savior by their side;
such trust He does not disappoint.
tIhe otner liked station In Ku-Cheng dis
and Miss Tolley are located. the latter
still learning the language. while at the
work. | took the Bishop here in his re-
cent confirmation tour, and he seemed
specially impressed by the good work he
saw: The chief feature in Miss C~odrington's
work Is her station class; this is a new
departure in our mission, and she is the
nrst to try II. The idea is to gather a
class OF women from the neighboring VIII
lagos and keep them for three months at a
time in her house, and, assisted by a we'll
instructed Bible woman. to teach them
0aV by dav the fundamental ++- -
Christianity and the chief incidents of the
Bible. and then send them back to their
their people. 1t was thought by many
that three months teaching would be OF
little use. but experience has shown just
the reverse. L examined her class. The
answers were utterly different from those
OF the ordinary untaught women. They
mad learned not only a number of facts,
surprise to find how thoroughly they under
stood the TRUTH, and how intelligently they
were able to answer. Besides this station
surrounding villages, within a radius of
six or eight miles, sometimes travelling
even further and holding small classes in
so hopeless a station that we had actually
withdrawn our catechist. has now a con-
and the interest is steadily increasing.
There is also a little girls school,. taught
daily by Miss Tolley, and the children an
swered me well at their examinations.
Ten miles still further east. across the
mountains, lies the large town of Sang
Yong and here Miss Maud Newcombe
and Miss Burroughs have been working
for a year. Station classes have been held
at Sa-Yong. a girls school established.
and villages visited. and visible and won
derful success has followed. The work is
really done In their little room upstairs.
where these two devoted ladies spend much
Newcombe's furlough is due and she has
cot been very well. IL was thought she
~usht 70 take a rest; the Christians, hear
ing this, have drawn up petitions, one OF
which they laid before the Bishop, begging
that she might stay with them another
year and I rather think she will yield. I
trust IL may not be at the EXPENSE of her
health So far removed from European in
tercourse some would suppose the lot of
Miss Burroughs and Miss Newcombe would
be a sad one. but. like the other ladies,
they firmly maintain that never even I'm
the dear homeland had they such happy
work. 'Gc-and %. I am with you always
can alone make this fact applicable.
at only remains to speak of the far
Northwest. where Nang-Wa is the center
mission for your ladies. 1t is four davs'
Journey over high mountains from Ku-
Cheng. / visited them at the beginning OF
the year and found there Miss Johnson,
Miss Bessie Newcombe. Miss Rodd. Miss
Dryer and Miss Fleming: they have also
among them a Miss Sinclair. who has
come from England Independently. and Is
making herself useful In various ways.
These ladies are living as nearly like the