The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-13
Lady from China Spoke at Bethel
Church

Something like twenty years ago
young man named Albert Miller of
Elvaston left his home, friends and
associates and weLt to China as
missionary. In about year he return
ed and was married to Miss McGaw
Of Elvaston and together they return.
ed to China. where they have since
continually resided with the excep.
ton Of few visits to friends and
home here at Elvaston Into their
home has been born family of Ave
boys, ranging in age from six to eigh-
teen. Two years ago the older two
being about sixteen and eighteen came
to America for their schooling, they
being at Wooster, Ohio, In college,
now. Only few weeks ago Mr. and
Mrs. Miller returned to Elvaston on a
two years leave Of absence from their
work to give their three youngest chill
dren all the advantages possible in
that length OF time in way of school
ing. They are making their home at
Elvaston where Mr.. Miller will busy
himself part of the time on farm
which he owns In the edge Of Elvas-
ton, anu he will also do mere or less
church work, both he and his wife
speaking at nearby churches repre-
senting the work in China at every
opportunity they have.
| Last Sunday morning was the time
set for the annual praise meeting OF
the Womans Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary society of Bethel church ami
the officers arranged to have Mrs.
Miller speak at that service which
was held at eleven o'clock. Mrs.
.,Iiller was quite we'll known here as
a girl and quite large audience OF
| her old friends and acquaintance
were anxious to hear her. She began
| by informing her audience that all
1 the work done by herself and hus'
band among the people Of China must
be done in the Chinese language and
that 1t really takes from twoi and
one-half to, four years to property fiji
stationed at Shuntefu, and it was sur
4 prising to learn that the territory
over which they had charge was equal
to four and half counties here, and
that in, that territory there were 600,
! 600 Chinese people. The band Of
American workers for that entire
population was something like fifteen
to seventeen workers, most of these
were at .Shentefu, where their church
was located then out from there
called country chapels where sons
Chinese worker would be stationed
He would work as effectively as b
could but the principal work OF thes
chapels was to act as a feeder for tn
! church at Shuntefu. The farthest 0
/ these chapeis was forty miles out. l
was the work Of Mr.. Miller to visi
: these regularly, the means of trave
is cart drawn by mule. In add
tion to having this church work il
charge, Mr.. Miller is also at the hea
of a boys school, having an enroll
ment Of ninety.
The work that has grown the la1
gest and fastest is the hospital. 1t 1
in charge of a DIR. Hamilton. Sh
stated that the hospital was their lal
gest building, and that few drug store
in our cities here carried the stoc
that it was necessary to carry there
Castor oil, sulphur and many othe
staple drugs were ordered in yer
!, large quantities, and to keep up
stock of supplies was difficult ma
ter as one had to order five month
in advance. Dr. Hamilton has fin
X-ray machine and at times it Is
: great Inconvenience to get repair
and parts for this that get out c
working order and it is necessar
:. for him to make parts and improve
ments to this without the formality c
going through the processes for pa
enting his improvements.
: Mrs. Miller stated that she spend