The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-07

The CHINESE
The Women's Board
Studies Asiatic =
Missions.

The Women's Board held its regular
monthly meeting at Central Union
church yesterday afternoon, which was
begun as usual by song and prayer.
The minutes of the last meeting were
then read and approved.
Mrs. Judd, the corresponding secre-
tary, gave her report. She read a letter
from Mrs. Wheeler, a missionary in
Turkey, thanking the Women's Board
for the substantial aid which they had
sent. 1t would be of much benefit to
the orphan children.
Letters had also been received from
Edith Wilcox, missionary now sta
toned at Yokohama, Mrs. McCully-
Higgins and Mrs. Hyde. All sent their
aloha.
The home corresponding secretary
said that the Women's Boards of Maui
and Hilo are following the same course
of study as this society and the papers
as read here are then sent on to Maui.
The treasurer then reported that there
was then $173 in the treasury, a dona-
ton of 500 having been made during
the month. The collection amounted to
1910, making the cash on hand amount
to $1921O.
Mrs. Andrews then offered a resolu-
ton that Miss Green be made Christ
mas present of two weeks vacation. 1t
was put to vote and carried unani-
mously.
The business of the meeting having
been completed, Mrs. Quick began the
articles of the course of study now be-
ing taken up by reading paper on the
beginnings of Christian work in China.
She said in substances:
The nestoriuses followers of a patri-
arch of Constantinop1e, began work in
China early in the sixth century and
were for time very successful but
prosecutions arose and their churches
went out of existence in the sixteenth
century.
The Roman Catholics entered upon
mission work about 1892, during the
reign of Kubla Khan but We're driven
out rs years later. About 1880 the Jes-
uits began work and were successful.
This success, however, brought about
their ruin as they interfered in poll
tics and they were cruelty prosecuted
and their churches destroyed. Because
of their scientific attachments many
of the priests were allowed to remain,
however, and they gradually began
working again and now are very influ-
entail, especially in the province of
Szechuen and about Peking.
Next came the paper prepared by
Mrs. w. ]. Forbes on the early Profess
tant Missions from 1907 to 1912. Among
other things she said:
Robert Morrison was the first Pro-
testant missionary to China where he
was sent by the London Missionary
Society in 1907. He made his head
quarters in Canton and soon learned
the language. He was appointed trans
lator for the East India Company and
carried on the missionary work be-
tween times. He wrote an Anglo-Chi-
nese grammar and dictionary, finish /
ing the former in 1912. He also trans
lated a part of the New Testament,
the whole being published in 1914.
In 1918 Rev. Robert Milne was sent
out to help. A school was started at
on the Malay Peninsula with |
the idea of educating Chinese who in
turn could carry the gospel more
readily.
In 1929 Rev. E. C. Bridgman and Rev.
David Abeel We're sent out by the
American Board. They We're the first
Americans to labor in this field. I
Mrs. McLeod's paper on the second !
period of the work of the American
Missions details the forward movement
endeavor after the open
ng up of the treaty ports. She said:
The missionaries on hand already
Knew the language and We're ready to
step at once into active usefulness
hospitals and free dispensaries broke
Town the prejudices against the for
ign devils. Schools also are of great
influence
The great Tai Ping rebellion was a
rave obstacle TO the work of the
Missionaries
Mrs. MeLeod's article then Went in
o an elaborate description of the work
one in the various cities.
Mrs. j. D. Marques brought this
base of the course of study to a close
y a paper on the methods used in J
Iission work.
A missionary who goes into the in c
erior finds it to his advantage to a. {
opt the dress of the people. He does g
OF have stated meeting places but adj I
resses the crowds in the streets where t
e can find them. Tracts and books g
re distrihutad as tn rniSSir1,n-. u-os