The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-27

Todd, who is well known in this sec
ton, and who went as Il missionary to
China last December
Macao, China, Feb. - 1904
l;clovcd Friends "llclpcrs together
by prayer fr u.s. Cor. ILL.,
Greeting.
We have been in China tn weeks
today, and a. wc recount the many
blessings our hearts wish that you,
who have so often carried IL to the
Throne, might unite with Us IN
thank Sgivinss for the gracious an
swers He has given your petitions.
He so directly manifested Ills will
in moving hearts to provide the funds
for our coming, and gave us such rest
and peace, that we knew we were
moving at His command when We
turned our faces to the land Of Sinim.
We little thought, however, that lie
would so soon thrust us into active
service, on the contrary we seemed TO
face lonely months over the language,
with Mrs. Todd quietly going in and
out amongst the homes of the women,
and then opening work after year or
two when we had mastered the Ian
guage sufficiently to speak in it. But
God planned otherwise! We came to
Macao because re could here become
more easily climatized, and at the
same time have good facilities for
language study. But God purposed
something more when He directed our
steps to this beautiful seaside resort.
He thought Of Macao's seventy i've
thousand souls! For number of rea-
sons other missionaries had passed
Macao by, and with the exception Of
q small native Church, composed
largely Of Christians who had moved
in from surrounding places, there was
no work being done. When we saw
the wonderful opportunities and ap-
parently ripe conditions for aggressive
work, it began to dawn on us that
God had not only cent us to China but
had stationed US at Macao, and that
He had thrust our party at once into
large open door. And as We have
followed on, many times we had to
exclaim, "Surely God works in won
drous way"
On our arrival we spent the night
at hotel, and early the next morn
ing began looking for house, which
we easily secured, though many said
it would be difficult. The very first
one that we looked at proved just
suited to our needs; large enough for
chapel, native workers and mis-
sion home combined, and in close
proximity to the Chinese quarter.
We were really ''in camp" for sew
eral days, the furniture which we
brought from San Francisco being de,
layed in Hong Kong, but we were
glad enough to have pallets of steam
err blankets and beds of reclining
steamer chairs since We had home in
China.
AS we opened our trunks they re-
minded US Of Noah's Ark There
were carpenters tools, hardware,
sheet.iron stoves, orockery, groceries,
musical instruments. kodak supplies
and household goods! And it did seem
that the ends of the earth had met
together on our dining table; bu.!er
from Australia, milk from Switzel
land, nuts from California, syrup
from London, and rice and tea from
China.
We were forcibly reminded, wher
we received our Chinese names, how
completely opposite is everything
Chinese 20 all that we have been &C.
customed to at home. Yes, 80 fal
as the Chinaman is concerned, you
you'd never be known by your for
eign name, and if in no more you must
be Chinese in name. We write the
sir-name last and the given name first,
and instead Of ''Mr. Smith" they say
"Smith Mr." AS in the Bible, names
have a meaning, and they are chosen
with beautiful thought in vicw.
They gave Miss Winn one meaning,
"gentle love-" Mrs. Todd's stands
for combination, forest, lily and
precious stone," and mine signifies
generous heart"
One of the first problems of the
new missionary is the language, and
at first it seemed as if this strange
tongue could best be described as
Babylon confusion "But it's bark
is worse than its bite" and now after
!. two months of study it docs not seem
so dreadful. We have been fortunate
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