Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
found his church fun OF attent,v-

From Pao-Ting-fu and Tung Chow
itinerating is done out into the sur
rounding country, as also from PEEK
ms. Reverting to the capital itself. a
wcrd should be spoken concerning the
weekly union service for English
speaking persons in the Congregation.
al church, which are quite well at
tended. These are conducted by vari
GUS missionaries, and managed. I be
ieVe, by Rev. Dr. w. S. Ament. the
dominant personality of the American
Eoard Mission here. There is a
weekly church of England service in
he British legation chapel. There are
also German and French churches.
The army and navy department of
the International Young Mems Chris
tan association maintains an associa-
ton for the legation guards, but the
6eneral impression seems to be that
1t rather misses the mark. l visited
i three times when the American
marines were off duty, but l never
saw soldier about the building.
A Much Criticised Compound.
All the mission compounds in Pek-
ing are imposing, but most impressive
IS that Of the Northern Methodist
Episcopal Mission, concededly the
finest in China. In addition to the
large buildings of the boys school
or Picking University" as it is
cailed-and of the girls school, there
are the residences of the missionaries
and the large church. The entire
grounds are said to be larger than
any Of the extensive legation grounds,
on which are housed not only minis
ters and attaches, but a detachment of
legation guards as well Their i'm
is heightened by the
ark-like arrangement of the attrac-
tive gray-stone homes of the mission
aries.
This is the most criticised mission
compound in China 1 have heard
business men, travelling
and other missionaries speak of it in
terms other than praise Most of
these critics, it is fair to add, do not
know that all except two of the mis-
sionary families living in these attrac-
tive homes have incomes independent
Of their salaries.
The compound was enlarged imme-
diately after the Boxer outbreak.
when the Chinese were in a state of
terror and poverty. The ground was
bought at what one Of the Methodist
characterized as good
Chinese prices; the charge fire.
luently made that the property was
looted" is unfounded. Nevertheless,
the opinion seems to prevail among
nany Chinese and foreigners that an
lnwise advantage was taken of De-
;uliar conditions and that the Method
st church will one day rue its great
bargain for the Chinese never for
get. The buildings were erected with
indemnity money.
A Methodist Scandal.
In connection with the securing of
he land for this compound occurs the
name ot the man whose personal
put through the transaction,
lie senior member of the Methodist
Mission. Concerning him | have heard
the charge that he has
served as the representative of
seeking mining and rail-
cad concessions at Picking, using his
influence as an eminent and honored
to secure privilege from
he government, for the companies en-
)loying him.
Sizing Up the Denominations.
Reverting to the splendid equipment
# the Methodist mission at Picking,
t has been noteworthy that every
where l have gone I have found the
Methodist stations possessing the best
'lants. Their work and their workers
re better cared for than those of any
'ther mission, so far as I have OBJ
erved. Other missionaries have re-
spoken in admiration and
raise OF this; personally, l think that
2e great personality stationed in a
{ty o. village is better than a fine
Institution, but most missionaries
ecm TO think otherwise 1t has also
zen pointed out to me that, while the
Iothodists have by no means fur
ished the proportion of great men
0 China that have come from the
anks of the Congregationalists the
and the British socie-
les, they have yet maintained a high
verage of general fitness and eff
iency. AS one Presbyterian mission
ry said to me: "Have you noticed
hat you almost never see a Method
st missionary of whom you would
ay, because of incompetence: He
hould go homer I do not recall one
UGH in all China" Nor do 1.
In contrast with the Methodists,
ne Presbyterians often under-man
nd under-cquip their missions. They
eem to be spread out too thin. Good
Management would seem to advise
ever stations and stronger. For in
lance, the Presbyterian hospital at
eking is closed, because it was made
ependent upon one man, and when |
e fell sick, the work stopped. SIM /!
arly, the Presbyterian seminary |
hich went into the union of North !
hina educational institutions must !
ave made the Presbyterian workers
lush for the inadequacy of their con-
-ibuticn to this great enterprise. One |
laa, ID. CourteEay Fl. Fem, who still |
ms praise for the display of the |
me qualities which earned him fame |
5 the miller of the Peking siege" is
caring two mems lead in trying to
axe up fer the shortcomings Of rs
eaomir alton in the matter of the |
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