The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-24
foreigners were men who had formerly

foreigners were men who had formerly
been in the army.
There were nc Boxers around US
as We were aware, said DIR. Worth,
but the agitation was very strong and
spreading, and when We were told by
the native Christians that the antifor-
eigners We're making threats to burn
our mission and kill US. we knew 1t
was time to 60. The native Christians
begged US to go more for our AXE
than for themselves. as the agitation
was directed against them as much as
IL was against missionaries n for
eigners generally. The Chinese have
a great many secret societies, and their
idea 70 Christianity is that 1t is a So
ciety to which all foreigners belong.
They also class natives who belong TO
tbs So-called society along with the
foreigners and their prejudice against
and hatred for these is intense. The out
break in him is caused by the hatred
Of the Chinese for foreigners, L they
have been wrought UP by the agitation
to exterminate foreigners and all who
opt the Christian religion They
desire even to kill ALL natives in order
TO stamp out the seeds sown by for
eigners and to destroy the Christian
customs which are being engrafted
slowly upon the people. l do not know
whether the better class OF Chinese
are in the movement TO extermina.e
foreignrs. but the lower classes are
ready for any opportunity 10 butcher
foreigners. The only reason that they
have tolerated foreigners IN their
midst is because their government I'M
der its treaty obligations with the
powers permits foreigners 10 enter the
country and is bound 10 protect them
or suffer tn consequences"
Kiangyen is $50 miles above Shanghai
q nd DIR Worth SaI-S UnAn he left there
were only three foreign families in the
place. 4 number OF German miners
near there also left at the same time,
as they a also been warned. The
Rev. Lacy Little. of Arson county, had
been at Kiangyen, but he a come
home on a vacation before DR.. Worth
left.
DR.. Worth and his family sailed from
Shanghai on the British steamer Coptic
on the 25th of June bound for Goko-
hama, Japan. After getting TO Yoko-
hama they spent three weeks in traV-
cling over h mountain regions OF ia
pan. They returned to Yokohama and
where they arrived August 18th. They
left San Francisco August 18th, and
here they are in the midst of friends.
When DR.. and Mrs. Worth left here
five years ago they We're given a fare
we'll reception at Abbie C~hadbourn
memorial hall. There was a large at
tendance of friends and it will me re-
membered that the Rev. DR.. Hoge and
the Rev. DR.. strange spoke on that
occasion. While DR.. Worth and his
family are happy TO get back their
homecoming is also tinged with sad
ness as his father. lamented Mr.. David
G. Worth, and his brother. Mr.. James
S. Worth, hav passed away.
DR.. Worth and his family would
have remained in China n braved
the dangers but he said it was no use,
as they could do no work. all mission
aries from the interior having been
driven out. At Kiangyen he conducted
a d~ispensary and his intention was to
develop it into a~hospital. He prepared
himself especially for the work in
China, having graduated at the Uni
versity of Narth Carolina, and after
wards took a course in medicine at the
University of Virginia. He thinks the
trouble in China will be of long dura-
ton.