The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-11-27
COMES HOME AGAIN
Kate |. Schaeffer Returns to Her
Home in Somers After Eight Years
in China as a Missionary.
CHURCH's GREAT WORK THERE.
Miss Schaeffer Saw Much of the Great
Boxer Uprising But She Managed
to Escape Without Injury.


sionary Of the Presbyterian church IN
China, has returned to her home IN
Somers and will remain for a long
visit with her friends in Wisconsin
and America before returning to carry
on her life work among the Chinese.
Miss Schaeffer is in excellent health
and brings back with her wonderful
reports of the progress of the mission
work among the Chinese, both in the
cities and in the provinces.
It was eight years ago this fall that
Miss Schaeffer was sent to the island
of Hai-Nan to make an effort to estab-
lish church. She went as a repre-
sentative of the Presbyterian churches
il Milwaukee and Somers and these
churches have been largely RESPONSE
bic for the continuation Of the work of
the Kenosha missionary in the far
East.
| During her long stay in China Miss
Schaeffer has won place second to no
missionary ever sent out by the States
aud her work for the advancement Of
tie church and the Christian religion
has resulted in many strong societies
Of Christians being formed.
The eight years have been years of
great excitement and during the time
China has been torn asunder by re-
Iligious zealots. Many of the mission
workers were slain and the escape of
Miss Schaeffer was an almost miracu-
@E onsS
outbreak Miss Schaeffer was in Hal
Nan, where she had worked for nearly
five years. She was counse1ed to hurry
from the country but she refused to
accept the protection offered her by
the British consul in the island and
stated that she refused to leave the
Christians she had taught to the fury
of their country people.
In this manner she was left behind
when many of the other missionaries
left the provinces, and, although often
in danger, she was never mo1ested.
At times the "Boxer' warriors stoned
the house in which she was living and
for many nights Miss Schaeffer slept
on her revolver with a black gown
ready for flight with her people should
it be necessary, but even the Boxers"
felt the spell of her Christian power
and refrained from doing her bodily
jury.
When it was found necessary for the
people of Hai-Nan to give up the fight
to preserve the mission Miss Schaeffer,
accompanied by her followers, left the
island and after long and weary
march, in which they were constantly
in imn1inen danger from the attacks
of the Triad" they sought safety
at Nodoa.
Notwithstanding this fact all along the
way Miss Schaeffer determined to con-
tinue her religious work and when the
party reached Nodoa all the books
which had been taken from the mis-
sion house had been sold and several
small societies for Christian work had
been started.
With the close of the "Boxer'' trou-
bles Miss Schaeffer hurried back to
! Hai-Nan and began the work of re-
building the little church which she
had abandoned and now the church is
regarded as one of the strongest in this
part of China. Of those times of dan
ger and self sacrifice Miss Schaeffer
has little to say of her own work, but
she speaks with feeling of the noble
men and women who lost their lives
in seeking the advancement of new
Christian civilization.
For the last few months before 1eav-
ling for her native land Miss Schaeffer
spent her time in travelling from one
mission to another learning of the
work that was being done and she
states that the Christian missionary
is the greatest agent in the advance
ment of the plans of civilization in
China. While working under the
Presbyterian Board of Missions Miss
Schaeffer speaks of the great work that
is being done by all the churches.
During her last trip she travelled more
than thousand miles and much of
the trip was made on foot as there was
: no road possible for the use of a pony
: or vehicle.
Notwithstanding the great fight that
Christianity has had in China during
the past decade Miss Schaeffer saws
that the missionaries are in no way
discouraged aod all through the trou-
blesome times the work of the church
has been carried forward without fear
of interruption. The fights against
the religion has only strengthened it
! in the eyes of the people and In short
i time Miss Schaeffer has high hopes
+ that the better elements of the Chinese
people will be added to The great host
of Christian nations of the world.
Miss Schaeffer is wholly consecrated
to her work in China and her stay at
her old home will be only "a compare
lively short one.
She is deeply interested in Hai-Nan
and as soon as she has made a
visit with her friends here she will re-
turn to her chosen people and country
; and continue the work for the ad-
vancement of the Masters Kingdom,
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