The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-14

The Editor, Berea Citizen,
Berea, Ky.
Dear Sir:
Sometime ago l happened to be in
shanghi, and in the office of the Me-
thodist Publishing House / met Miss
Ida Brooks, who some years ago was
a stenographer of Pres. Frost at Be-
rea College. was a student there
during the winter of 1901-02, and in
talking over Berea college days with
Miss Brooks she asked If i wrote TO
any one there and suggested that !
write an open letter to you as she
thot that a number of my friends
there would be glad to know what
have been doing since l left Berea.
That is my excuse for writing to you
today.
have always looked back on my
few months in Berea with great pleas
ure and with all that l have taken in
the way of college work in other
schools have regretted that / did
not get degree from Berea College.
However, that is something that can't
be remedied now unless they have
some plan by which could do the
work in my absence, and there was
no such provision made for post grad
uate work there in my day.
When | left Berea went to Morgan
town, w. Va, and entered the State
University there. 1 studied library
science and got position as an assist
ant in the library to help pay my ex-
penses. / studied hard, took as many
extra courses as they would permit,
did double work at the summer school
one summer and was able to graduate
with an A. b. with the class of 1908.
The next fall went to the Presbyter-
ian Theological Seminary at Auburn,
N. Y. and began regular theological
course. Again l did cataloguing and
other library work to help pay my
way and during my third and last
year / was elected the student man
ager of the book store, a position
which paid me well and helped me in
accommodating a good theological lib
rary, as we'll as to pay my expenses.
/ spent a part of several summer
vacations at Chautauqua, n. Y, and
on the day of my arrival there one
summer / met my fate in the person
OF missionary's daughter from India
Miss Elsie Morrison was born in India
OF missionary parents, and both of
her parents were also born there OF
missionary parents. The Morrison
family have given a total of several
hundreds of years of missionary ser
vice in India. So the young lady
was missionary of the third genera
ton. And having the missionary
spirit it was not a difficult matter
to persuade her to come to China in
stead of India. We were married
shortly after her fathers death in
1905, a year earlier than we had ex-
pected because the death of her father
had left her alone.
During my Seminary course took
enough extra studies to give me the
additional year of work required for
the degree of Bachelor of Divinity.
My special study was along the line
of Church History and Comparative
religions. On my graduation from the
Seminary in 1906 l accepted appoint
ment as a missionary in Central China
under the Foreign Christian Mission
airy Society. We have been various
ly located temporarily while studying
the language but this year were
permanently located at the large river
port of Wuhu. 1t Is very important
commercial centre and a good place
for missionary work. We have three
schools, one church and one chapel
here in the city besides quite an ex-
lcublNt COunti1 W.T. n. hdNp Nhdi sc
of the most of the school work and
share the responsibility for all the
rest of the work with my colleague,
Mr. Paul.
l shall be glad to write to any one
interested more in detail of the work
here, or of mission work in general,
or of any phase of missionary work
with which l am acquainted. am
supported by a large church in Buff
falo, N. Y so am not looking for
money from any one else altho there
are always places where we need
money in the work and have not
enough appropriated by the board But
I shall be glad If can interest any
one in the mission cause, no matter
to what Missionary Society they may
contribute their gifts.
l should be glad IL you can have
sent to me the catalogue or any lit