The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-27
Chinese Missionary Tells of His
Work.
UNIQUE SERVICES HELD
HOW GOSPEL is PREACHED IN
CHINA.
Interesting Description of the Labors
That Have Been Going On In
Promising Mission Field-Exten-
sive Accomplishments In San
Franchises Chinatown.

There was a unique service at the
First Congregational church last even
ing. The departure from the pre-
scribed forms of worship was due to
the presence of the Rev. Jee Gam.
Chinese missionary, representing the
California Chinese mission of the Am
erican Missionary society. and six
Chinese members of the local Congre-'
gational Chinese Christian Endeavor
society. Zip Foo of Salt Lake sang the
hymn Il Know That My Redeenler
Liveth,' in English. and enunciated his
words much more clearly than his eau
casian brethren are wont to do when
chanting anthems. The Chinese Sun
day school class, consisting of Kim
Foung, Wing Doom, Zip Foo, Jong
Ming, Wong Land and Wong Yen, eX-
hibited q wonderful command of Eng
lish language, and exceptional knowi-
edge of the music Of the Occident when
they sang in chorus LIES Railway to
Heaven
Rev. Gam Talks.
The Rev ice Gam of San Francisco
spoke for half an hour on the work
connected with the carrying on of mis-
sions among the Chinese in China and
America. He said: Il am taking a
trip through the east for the purpose
of interesting the Congregationalists
throughout the country in the work
that the American Missionary society
is prosecuting in the Chinese quarter
of San Francisco, and also to give the
public at large some idea of the good
work we. are doing in, the Flowery
Kingdom.
I'm 1879 was invited 10 attend the
meeting Of the American Missionary
association at Chicago ana TO explain
what were the conditions among my
peopleson the other side of the Pacific
ocean, and the best method to pursue in
order that they might be weaned to
Christianity. The outcome was that the
association sent a missionary from
Oakland in 1881, VINO labored among
the people in the four districts in the
southern portion of the Chinese empire,
from which most of the Chinese come
who have found home in this coun-
try. i
THE number of converts in southern
China 10 receive baptism last year was
$50, and this years proselyteS will be
much in excess of that In San Fran
cisco alone 10000 Chinese were reached
by means of the schools. mission
houses and homes for women and chill
dren in the past year, and in the past
three years we have made over 1,200 ]
conversions from paganism to Chris
tianity. The original Chinese Congre-
gational Missionary society started out
with the motto China for Christi we
sent a convert to Hongkong. and in
four years time he was able to reach
more han 10000 people.
BY dint of hard labor we raised !
about $4,000. which we converted into /
$4,000 Mexican money. and spent it in /
spreading light throughout the far east. !
We erected several buildings in Hong i
kong and -olher- cities established Ill
braries. reading rooms and dispense
ries. In addition we sought to cultivate !
a literary taste among the people by es- !
tablishing a circulating library and Of !
fering prizes ranging from $50 down !
wards for the best essay on different /
subjects.
Many Libraries Established.
I'VE have established these libraries
in ten of the seventy-two districts in
the province of Canton, China, and hope
to soon be able to reach the other six
ty-two. We are under the expense of
a training school for girls,
so that they might be fitted to prose
cute active missionary work in their
native land; the laws of the country
demand this. because all the churches
in China have partition about six feet
high extending through the middle of
it, which separates the men from the
women, il being considered improper
for man TO address a sermon to
women.
1T has been charged that the Chinese
become Christians solely from merce-
nary motives. l wish to disavow any
such intention on the part of my breth-
rem and state emphatically it is not 80.
II has been found that by proper train
ing the Chinese become able preachers
and the best of religious workers in
The missionary field. There is grand
work being done in the Salt Lake Chi
nese schools. and l am glad to see it.
because whatever you do for the Chi
lese here you do for the Chinese at ;
home. The influences radiate out and
reach thousands of miles away.
The Christian workers among the |
Chinese on the Pacific coast report vast
and in San Francisco we
lave become Possessed of a four-story
prick building that we use as headquar-
ers for all fhe Chinese missionary
work throughout the world. The build
ng is a little Christian colony by it
self, We are burdened by mortgage
If $1,000, which we wish to pay off so
hat We will not be handicapped by the
constant drain on our treasury by the
payments of semi-annual interest
Il have raised about $4,000 in the past
wo months; $500 Of this has been con-
Eibuted by Chinese. and 800 by the
chinese of Salt Lake AS soon as the
mortgage is raised We are going to
uuiD the building with a gymnasium.
;ut if anyone wishes to equip it for us
before saac tilae we will appreciate the I
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