Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-21
MADE APPEAL FOR
 MISSIONS IN CHINA
Rev. E. B. Caldwell Spoke at Trinity
 Methodist Church.

A stirring appeal in the interests o1 the millions of heathen Chinese was made on Tuesday evening before 3 good sized gathering. at Trinity Meth odist Episcopal church by Rev. E. B Caldwell D. D., field secretary of the Methodist Episcopal foreign mission ary society. The meeting was called to order by Rev. F. w. Coleman, pastor of the church, and after the devotional exercises Rev. MT. Coleman introduced Dr. Caldwell. 5e
 Dr. CaldwelI's talk. was in nature of a report of the things going on in the foreign mission field.
 So that those present could under stand more thoroughly the conditions under which the missionaries labor ID that country Dr. Caldwell brought vivid : ly before his audience China as he saw it and told of many of, the horrible GUS toms of the Chinese, who continue their barbaric acts from generation to generation simply because their an- cestors did the same things.
 Dr. Caldwell said a person going to China for the first time would think he was in a different world: The land is different, the birds are different, the people are different. Dr. Caldwell des- cribed the native dress of the Chin lese and said that when he first went there he was almost unable to tell whether he was looking at a. man or 3 woman. They have no thermometers and they measure the cold by the number of coats they wear, that is, two coats cold, three coats cold, etc. pr. Caldwell was in China when it was "ten coats" cold. In extremely cold weather the Chinese wear fire baskets. one suspended in front of them and another hung in back of them. He spoke of the food summing up this matter by saying Eff it tastes good, eat it and ask no questions for there are lots of things about it and its preparation you wouldn't want to know"
 Walked 500 Miles.
 Tn the part of China where Dr. Cald- well has been working there are no railroads. no automobiles no trolley cars, in fact there are no modern means of transportation. When the people travel they go in boats if pos sible. or walk. Just before Dr. Cald- we'll left China he completed a ,50e mile walk, making anywhere from ten to 35 miles a day. When travelling in style the natives are carried in sedan chairs. In some parts of the country the people travel in wheel barrows- This barrow consists of a small wheel with a. shelf extending on either side. When two people travel matters are arranged easily enough as one sits on one shelf and the other sits on the other shelf. When there is one person they sometimes balance the barrow by placing a hog or other freight on the other; shelf and if freight Is lacking they place a big rock on the shelf.
 One Chinese woman was so anxious to hear the gospel that, being unable to walk because of bound feet she rode 200 miles in this fashion to the nearest missionary's headquarters.
 The Chinese know of no gods who love them: all their gods hate them and when this woman read in her owr language of a God who loves his peo= pie she was eager to hear more of the foreign religion. This woman was converted and led many others te Christ through her efforts.
 tBarbaric Customs. ! In northern China said Dr. Caldwell