The sun., 1901-07-07
GILBERT REID GIVES IT up
aIs ODD HIsssoN IN CHINA AND yrs
SHIPWRECK.


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In the general confusion ana wreck oi
AFFAIRS In China. the Mission among the Higher
Glasses from which its many supporters IN
this country hoped much. has met snipwreck
too. and us founder ana lesser the hev.
Gilbert Reid. formerly OF oswsso, ~ t.
despairs OF its future' ror more than ten
years the Mission Among the nisner oissse'
mas oeen tns worx Oh "r' Heia mo. NO"
In his tenth annuai report No 10 ready 70 give
nup' no mas no osnni'e pians LOT 'ne iu'uro'
| AZ our hopes' pians' ana toii nave ehdeo in
iAnu'e' noe"yH .0 oNini'y suo"t.
Ihereare many VINO knoW ne ropes IN onins
snA' n,m, oo". snn. VI nnn" 30.
sionaries 'here tne "ev' u''oer' Ne'o' 'ne
mos. o,is y. su ,..,,,o ~ c",",
uaca IN 'ne eno,~ 70 o's".e ~e N'os.'a'
Inipmo. .u,o1 va. ~ hA ". p~,a
70 iehe's sne o.1 AZ ~ 80
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., 'u1 eno", W sn.n .,.,s 49,. =. ,...s
nimsen mas nsnAiy aoni'''ou s.as no 'ooS'A .-
pu, oe'o'. .n, s"o .o W. az
uouple mission V"pssuAs's' VIZ Wv un
oe'' "e'e "a. %
ideas Oh MS own vnion no "ss osiry,ns ino
pfseSo0 WIN 'e.'"'
years ago no ~en' ou' W |n'nA ass 'ssoy ser-
ian WORKER. ne .nousht. howcv". .ne
years went oy' thas the ihssiac'iops rom nis
wants and customs OF the Chinese people
and he withdrew from the supervision Of the
nnu.h,...,.a M "a - h.u.n 70 90 =, sior.
A large part Of his work had been with
the Cbinese ofDoial and literary classes He
81, ,h., =, rh,n. vs. % n. cIv,I,,sd a. must
be through these people and henoe he began
tho mission among the higher ,s GLASSES IN ,nns
Immediately aftsr tho close Of the war be-
tween Jspsn and China Mr.. Reid had then
..H .'rs.dv Y,a msas s" n. % soousan,.nc. Of NOR.
20 .,,.nd ,h,, aoouaIn,ancs and in about
eenu | ,s..n.a.s -, -, -,
his otric.al and noble friends to more than
,a,- hu,ar.d
'our hunofeu =,
the ,ncuentlal men in the chimes. Govern
80, 49,, ,,ar, v.,. pr,ro. Krno
% Princ. chins % r.riIi Hung chang Impsrisi
Tutors Weng Tung-ho and Chsi-nai, viceroys
w., u, 60 o., .L 81.
Liu hlm-yi ana ohans 'm-.uns anu lhe
great Ssnsnu MOBILES Suns s. LSn ana ook
,.-,a u.h.d.r,r. -. a. paLtn
0r "a h y,,.a ,hs rs,ns.. noh., reasa
aoouaintance he made Once he got them
..s,. ~, a. 80, n,o.c. =, ,h.m III. .r,s,.
tain I'd then by telling them-he speaks Chinese
...ilv and s,oousntlv-of the nroors.. mad.
~ c,r'.',,n go, ~. at. .ra .o,.nc..
py 'hris'an races IN the ar's ana soreness
He explained the steam engine. the wonders
Of .lectr,oItv and the thousand and ons ,h,ns,
y. Wv! alu W a.. N.,,. o,,.,,,..
that arc commohplsces IN western c,v'nla- , "a
d,scover,,s were made which led TO these
..
Inventions; now ratloha' 'neF were ahu SO
lutely free from the supernatural or devil
ishhess VI any A'nu u. u'n a''',A w.. W..
religion or make himself ridicuious IN their
eyes by trying 10 make them believe that Con-
iuoius' Ho"Au'eu VI oHo'
the East were mythical persons lie SIMPLY
| stated the facts Of Western civilization. let
,,,, 81. ,..r.,. vorL out A.. advan,a ves
| In their own minds.
Week by week he plodded on indefa q ga bly,,
| .a -. ~. "a r.h,r.d th.,. ,ilI
sooppeu sho'' "o'. so
| foreigner had succeeded in reaching, and he
| da,,,.ad ,I.n fo, n sohool .nong ths Chiness
$4,000 I..t,
higher classes 10 De eahea 'he ih'erha'iona
| Institute lts aims wore to be TO beneht
,Ao u,hola oo,,,,y hy inru.nc,nu for good
the whoie country ny ihnuenc'ns iOr soou
| the innuentlal cisssss' 10 promo'o InIoush
| those classes prea ter friendlness and har-