New-York tribune., 1900-06-19
NEW MISSIONARIES FOR CHINA.
PRAYERS TO-DAY FOR THOSE IN FIELD OF
PBRIL-SBCRETARIES HOPEFUL

PBRIL-SBCRETARIES HOPEFUL
| 1t is the offices of the foreign mission boards
in this city that the public anxiety about the
safety of Americans in China seeks relief Most
of the secretaries have before this sat nearly help
less. they say, through crises in heather lands.
and they have all learned take the view with
the most hope in IT. When communications with
their foreign workers have been off they tell
one another and the unending stream of worry
! ing visitors that missionaries, even in times of
massacres have always been wonderfully fortunate
! in escaping personal injury.
DR.. c. C. Creegan, district secretary and gen.
eral agent of the American Board Of Foreign Mis-
sions of the Congregational body, spoke yester-
| day of his belief in the safety of the mission
aries, though the dispatches brought the darkest
Of news, and hope Of direct communication had
gone He said:
! Cable messages say that our missionary college
at Tungcho was burned and that seventy five
native Christians were killed But none of our
missionaries seem to have been hurt; Remember
the time of the massaCres in Asiatic Turkey? Two
hundred thousand Armenians were put to death
then, and yet not single missionary Of the many
are eager for news There is little We wouldn t
safe have been teiephoning the Presbyterion ms
and the Methodists in the hope that some message
II the Government can't communicate with its
DO In these on bey seem t6 @ to be- Ta
OF terror and there is nothing left for us but hope
KaIgan and Pang-chuang. we have not heard from
for many days, and we are exceedingly anxious
Professor Isaac Headland. of Peking University,
said yesterday about foreigners and their property
| in that city:
There are not over two hundred or possibly three
hundred, foreigners living in Peking: OF these
some sixty or seventy are Americans divided about
as follows; Ten in the legation, nineteen Method
a15 i9n in h nfteeH FresoytePans
stand is only estimate, and does not include the
all compounds are open to foreigners in general
For instance, the Methodist compound which is
| a in a of SbeI-
ters British citizens Foreign property in the city
reaches considerable value. The Catholics have
especially large financial interests there. One of
their three cathedrals must be worth $4,000 while
they have a hospital L and disPensary. nunnery
plant. etc. The Methodists have chapel and church
property worth $4,000 at least, 5000 hospital
printing press. The Congregationalsts have about
an an acre and ,s half three three houses girls school
terians own five houses and have two schools one
girls With ABOUT fo pp TheT aso 6aS nave to
womens hospital and dispensary.
The Board Of Foreign Missions Of the Presby-
yesterday in the assembly room OF the Presbyterian
Building. No. 156 Fifth-ave., is about TO send out
a large number OF missionaries. Those who are to
go to China and their missions
Canton-NIss Arminda W. Elliott and the Rev
Central Chlna-The Rev: Oliver c. Crawford and
Miss e Tarena scott mis- Mss MargarSt Jones Miss
Hunan-The Rev George l. Gelwicks and Miss
Peking-Dr. T. j. n. Gatren and Mrs. Gatren
and Miss Eliza NJ Howell
shantung East-The Rev, Frederick w Jackson
jr.. and Mrs. Jackson.
shantung, West-The Rev, George Leck Miss
Frances p. Oakley, the Rev William s. McCullagh
Mrs. Ida ]. F. Wight and DR.. Charles H. Lyon.
The following are to go to Corea: The Rev.
Charles F. Bernhese the Rev. c. f. Sharp the
Rev. Arthur G. WELDON and Miss Velma l.. Shook
All the Protestant churches have been invited 10
unite in service Of special prayer for the i'm
peried missionaries in China at noon tomorrow
in the Presbyterian Building. No. 1856 FIfth-ave.
This meeting is part of a simultaneous movement
in London, Boston and other cities which viii hold
like services at the same hour. Brief statements
will be made by the secretaries of the various
boards The meeting will be in charge OF the Rev.
Dr. Arthur J. Brown.