The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-01-18

HUI Cooh up inc IeIrdiu, ruSneQ tne
chair, opened 1t, and then fell back
foiled, for, as the leader said: Its
not foreigner; It's only DR.. Park"
1t Is rather something unusual to
have whole warship or two in love
with you. when you already possess
husband. But that is the unique
experience of Mrs. G. A. Nelson, of
the American board mission, Canton,
and Mrs. w. H. Eoyd, of the Presby-
terrain mission. In case of trouble.
the United States government keeps
warship up at Canton, which is hard
lines for officers and men. These two
young matrons open their homes
weekly to officers and men, and both
are the bellies that their gifts and
graces entitle them to be. Incidental
ly, the lonely American has a jolly
time, and is kept from the power of
the lure of the east. The government
has given medals for less worthy
work than that which is done by
these two ladies. Mrs. Nelson, by the
way. conducts girls school which is
so superfine that WI Ting Fang, after
inspecting it, promptly asked to be
permitted to send his daughter to it.
Canada probably knows little of one
of her noblest daughters, Miss Annie
H. Gowans, Of the Presbyterian mis-
sion, Pao Ting Flu, who went through
the Boxer troubles heroically, and
who is still, pndaunted in spirit.
spending her life beautifully for a
people whom, she clearly realizes.
may demand her life any day. Miss
Gowans' labors under the delusion as
to the sentiment of the Chinese, or to
the possibilities which the future
holds, but serenely, sweetly, sunnily.
she moves ministeringly among the
Chinese. gazing at life all unafraid,
through clear gray eyes that have
seen deeply into great things of exist
ence.
Two associates and friends of Miss
McGowans are Miss Grace Newton, of
the Presbyterian board, and Miss Lu-
ella Miner, of the American board.
Both are survivors of the Picking
siege, the latter having written q book
upon that great experience. Both are
engaged in female education, with re.
suits tina. would rank them in the
class of the foremost women educa.
tors in America.
The fame of Rev. DR.. w. A. P. Mar.
| tin, China's oldest missionary, is
known wherever men read thoroughly
about China. He was long head of the
Imperial university; he is author OF
standard works in Chinese and upon
China in English. His magazine con
tributions have been legion. Withal
at Sc years of age, he is as fresh and
zealful and busy as ever. and still
looked up to for the last word upon
obscure Chinese subjects.
Another veteran, type OF New
England at its best, is President d. q
Sheffield, of the North China Unior
college, Tung Chow. To tell OF hi:
literary labors, ranging from his uni
versal history through long list o.
publications to his present work O
Bible translation, would be to out
line great life work for any man
Yet, these have been mere phase o
his educational and direct missionar!
effort. At once dry Yankee and
cultured gentleman and good compan
ion, DR.. Sheffield is worth travelling
long way to know. In the same groul
with him must be classed the famous
Timothy Richards, of the Christian
Literature society, an overfiowinl
Welshman; Drs. Wberry and Matter
of the Presbyterian board; DR.. Sim
mons, of the Southern Baptist board
| The romantic story of Bishop ScheI
eschewsky, the famous Chimes
scholar who died few months ago Il
Toxic, demands page. and not
paragraph. When l saw him recently
although paralyzed and scarcely abb
to speak intelligibly, he was workin
on a complete set of references TO
his Chinese Bible. He was IA year
old, when he died in the chair wher
he sat for the rs years of his paraly
sis; during which time he had tran:
lated the whole Bible into easy Wenl
or Mandarin, which is the written Lar
guage of three-fourths of all the pei
pie in China. His Old Testamen
Mandarin is issued by both the Bibl
societies. For seven years he worke
eight hours a day, seven days in tn
week, on the translation and revisio
of this classical version. He called
his "two-fngered Bible" because b
had laboriously written 1t on a typ
, writer with only two fingers on b
, paralyzed hands that he could use
all. Not alone for his splendid ba
} tie against affection was Bishop Sche