The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-08-03
BELIEVES NE WCHINA
WILL HAVE SHORT LIFE
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the determination and sacrifice this
young American girl displays In dedl-
eating her life TO missionary WORK III
lChbia. ior after seven years In emma
she has but a furlough OF one year al
home. at the expiration of which she
expects TO return to her post as prin-
cipal OF the Chinese girls boarding
school in the village OF Pang Ma
/ Chwa1g. in the province OF Shan
lTung Miss Lyons has that serenity
% manner and poise which make TOT
success in her chosen calling.
Miss Lyons is the granddaughter or
the lAte Rev. Lorenzo Lyons. who was
a missionary 10 Hawaii In 1882 Inc
Rev. MT. Lyons had wonderful sue
cess IN Hawaii because he wrote
HYMNS In the native language ana
adopted their mannerisms and ways
OF talAing. His hymn books are stlii
used IN Hawaii. II is a coincidence
that Miss Lyons does considerable
singihs in connection with her work
larloag the Chinese girls, always lead
ling the class Miss Lyons Is also the
Igranddaughter OF DR.. Zachariah EDDY,
4 former ly pastor OF the First Congre-
gationai church In Detroit. She is
1.-THE representative OF the Womens as
ISOLATION OF the First Congregations
Ichurch. although sent 10 China ana
IconduCting her work under the
auspices OF the American Board OF
Foreign Missions.
Miss Lyons is spending her fur
Tough with her mother. Mrs. Albert
r.. Lyons. She was five weeks In
journey ing home from her missionary
post. crossing Siberia Ell route.
SPEAKING of her missionary expert
encec, she said;
The missionary station where
was located was the center oil dis-
trict about 100 miles in diameter, IN
Guiding 100000 people or more.
There is a hospital, having three
American physicians, and trained
nurse: boys school, wnere the boys
are prepared for higher Chinese eau
cation. and the girls boarding school,
the eyangelstic work consisting OF
station classes. There are nine Amer
leans. all engaged in the missionary
work in this district Considering the
great poulation the results We ac-
complish are satisfactory. even
though there is only about one Chris
tianized family TO village In our DIS
trict
In the boarding school there are
about 80 girls In their teens, ana
most OF our studies are purely chi
nese. The Chinese girls show ever
so much more progress In their
studies than do the Chinese boys
Both the girls and the boys display
remarkable memories. and, conse-
uuently, il is comparatively easy 10
teach them history and English, but
Il is impossible almost TO get them
10 use reasoning faculties They ma
4 very hard TO learn mathematics on
| that account
In the northern provinces the chi
nese children have GOOD voices ana IL
is very easy 10 teach them 10 sing,
but in the south II seems. they can
not sing at all. A great deal OF our
missionary work in reaching the chi
nese families is done in the schools,
the training OF the children inhdenc-
ing their elders TO an extent. Where
| Chinese families have felt the influ-
ence of American teaching and CIVIL
| ization they seem 10 become OF an
entirely different age and race. Bear
in mind that the second and third
generations of these families will
show decided results, and the influ-
ence OF the missionary station Will go
down through these generations and
increase. The men Of the race seem
10 be agnostics, while the women are
suspicious and superstitious. When
really converted, my experience has
been, that they remain converted, but
where they enter our schools or mis-
sion for Interior purposes and pretend
conversion. that, of course, is dit
ferent matter.
The hospital and dispensary were
established as another means OF
reaching the Chinese families. There
were about a hundred patients In the
hospital when | left the station but
the friends and families OF the patti
ents do not repose entire confidence
and faith in the American practltion-
ers, so one person comes along with
each patient. the hospital housing
| 200 persons The friend stays with
his patient to see that no Ill is done
| him. Ii is a remarkable fact that
! the Chinese as New Years day APP
proaches, every patient gets well and
goes home, because no one would re-
main away from home during that
festive occasion Several of the
patients are only beggars. while not
few OF them come to the hospital
and feign illness just to escape the
pursuit OF their creditors"
THE revolution did not strike in
the vicinity of our village continued
| Miss Lyons. There is an arsenal in
the city of Tehchow, Is miles dis
! tant, and We were In dread that the
reyolutionists would attempt to seize
| the arsenal, but this did not occur.
During the looting which followed
! the revolution, the officials went out
with money and gave II to the looters
TO save the city from attack. Our
station also escaped the great plague
which swept over China.
| Coolies working in Manchuria and
returning. brought the plague into
! China. and had II not been for Sc
we're snow storm the plague might
have continued on indefinitely. IL Is
significant. as showing the enllghten'
ment OF China at this time. that
since that plague one OF the most eff