New-York tribune., 1901-12-01
BRAVE AMERICAN WOMEN.
THEY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE
MISSION FIELD FEARLESSLY.

MISSION FIELD FEARLESSL1.
The recent contradictory runors about the fate
Of Miss Ellen NJ Stone, the American missionary
who captured last September by outlaws In
Bulgaria. calls attention anew TO other brave
American women who have taken their lives in
their hands order to preach the Gospel In for
eign lands American women missionaries showed
world how resoluteIy they could die FOR great
cause as far back 1851. when four OF them laid
down their lives at one time and at one place in
India.
They were Mrs Sarah c. Mcmillan, Mrs. John E.
Freeman Mrs d c. Campbell and Mrs. A o.
Johnson. They had been stationed by the Presoy-
terian Board of Foreign Missions at buttenguTh,
India with their husbands when the Sepoy re-
befon broke out Knowing tull well that the mis-
sion had been marked pillage, these eight mis-
sonarfes and two children of Mrs CampoeH
started in boat down the Ganges River as iast
desperate chance OF reaching a safe haven Just
before they started they home. and the last
letters of Mrs Johnson and Of Mrs. Freeman have
been preserved. They breathe the spirit OF daunt-
less herosm and devotion
SHE WAS READY TO DIE.
This is an extract from Mrs Freeman's letter;
Our little church and ourselves will be the first
attached, but we are in Gods hands ana & we =, NV ,
shelter but under the covert Of His wings, and
bodies to be slain; and if does We know that He
has wise reason for it sometimes, tlLdiH AZ - o i,
our lives. if so His will be done. Should be
called lay down life do not gTieve. i gear
sisters that | came here, for most 1oyful!y Will
die for Him who laid down His life for me-
No trepidation no lack of faith no shirkng the
load about that: and the letter Of Mrs johnson
is equally inspiring She said;
Although we may be called upon to part with
life for Christ and His cause. may we not giorify
Him by our death than by our hteE we look
Ig5ifn are eur seasons Of prayer together imPlor
ing the and protection Of that God who alone
can save US
ALL SHOT TO DEATH.
Their worst fears realized. for. when their
boat reached Bthnoor. they were all taken prison
ers by Mana Sahib and next morning. men ana
women alike not even sp2ring the chl!oreh' ti'es
were all shot death on the parade grounu AT
| Cawnnore while husbands and wives were ciasped
| ,n ono anothers arms There hardly be any
doubt that they their fate with gentle dignity
It Is interesting to note how many martyr mis-
| sionaries come from NewJersey. Mrs. McMi4ah
had been Paterson girl. Miss Pierson. Her hus-
| hand the Rev. Robert c. Mcmillan came from
| PHILADELPHIA Mrs. Freeman was also raised IN
New-Jersey and her husband. the Rev John r.
! Freeman was graduate OF Princeton IheoIos'Ca
| Seminary The Rev. y. c. Campbell was born III
| Pennsylvania and hts wife. who was only twenty
| savan wears old when shot. came from
| Ohio The Rev A o. johnson and his wife were
| both from Ohio.
TWO BURNED TO DEATH.
Two young American women missionaries "e!e
burned to death in the recent Boxer reoei'ion III
Mrs CourtIand Van Rensselaer, Hodge with thelr
| husbands and three children of Mrs. Smcox' and
with another American missionary Ut. t'eolee
Yardley Taylor. they occupied the fao Ing
| Mission on June 80, 1890, when great Hloo VI
| roxers broke into the compound Inc ihissioi-
! ,as ga,berad in the house Of Mr. Simcox. and
the men prepared TO defend the women anu chil-
dren to the last. The defence was brlel' h""e'e''
for the Boxers the house on hre IN iiie nofe'
probably. of driving the women out and into tner
| a-1di0 themselves
| little band of Americans remained In the burning
| house and were consumed with It.
Less tragic In its results but terrible indeed was
| the long suspense which the women missionaries
,vere forced TO undergo in the months siege
fan into the hands of the brutal BokeISs. roI5
while keeping up their strength as pest tntS Ce. sS
on gcant fare of rice and grain, varied py 'he ie
| of horses and mules
| BEATEN WITH RODS.
| Another American woman who had violent eH-
| nerenre in the mission field was Miss Anna Mel
| ton She had been sent by the Presbyterian boaio
| of Foreign Missions Daree, nomina!iy ohlis-
| tfan village near Amada, in Western Persia, oi
suffocatingly night she had caused her tent u
| be set up upon the housetop- As she was sleep
| ing she was suddenly awakened by sho"ei Va
| crual blows inflicted by armed win stout
| rods In the darkness she could not recognize ler
| assailants but her screams scared thern AVA p
| fore she became unconscious Recovery rom
| the terrible bruises she had received tooA itis
| time but 1t took much longer time 10 pii"s Hei
cowardy assailants TO Jusuce, tho local authori-
ties practically refused act Daiee Tas clearly clearly
in Turkish territory however, and the bepti
of State at Washington brought sich prts5uae . b
hear on the Sublime Porte that after MANY
| finally arrested, coilNlcteu 80
| nunshed for this GaStardy assault upon oiie -
woman: but whether the right rascaIs WEI u9't
or not is matter of some doubt Such liIily us.
gufsed official encouragement TO violence asai,2s
missionaries OF course. bore fruit In Ihe sai.;s
| year the Rev. E. w ST. Pierre, statlWone ~ 15 "a
oroomah robbed in the open s strIet rotbes m being
| stripped off him. and he was Obliged 10 inaAe ii'S
| way home in his underclothes only.
| DROWNED BY PIRATES.
| The Presbyterian board has lost by violence more
| mon than women missionaries. One OF the ear
uast was the Rev Walter NJ Lowrie OF Butter
| Penn a graduate of Princeton, who was sent to
| China While travelling UP a wide river his boat
| Was suddenly boarded by Chinese pirates. VINO
| threw the missionary overheard. MI LoWrle
| could swim but encountered with his clothes' ne
| dared not strike for the distant snore' SO ne
| made for the boat; but Just he was ABOUT TO
| grasp it the pirates thrust him back Tormentlns
| him thus they hugely enjoyed watching tite ms
sforary's efforts, growing feeoler anu Ieeo.Si
| Again and again they allowed him 70 cdCch ,He
boat but each time they thrust him on ana unoer
| When his strength at last utterly eAhd dusted
they watched him sink for the last time ana only
| regretted that he had not lasted longer
| THEIR DEATHS CAME SUDDENLY
| The Rev DR.. Levi Janver, of Pells Grove. n
| 7 was killed on March a. 1854, at the close or
| meeting which ne had been holding at Lodiana.
| India by a fanatic Akaii Sikh. who suddenly at
! tackled him with club and gave him oiow on
| the head which in a hours resulted fatally
| The Rev Isidor Loewenthal was IN 1864 walking
| in his garden By night. In India. when a outlet
came out OF the dark. hit him on the toreheao ana