The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-07-27
MULTITUDES HEAR THE GLAD
TDINGS IN RAGGED TENT
Visionary in China Tells of Great Work-Baptist Work
in 70 ChoW-Beseechlng Appeal Turned Down
Christian Teacher in Japanese Parliament
(By Southern Missionary News Bureau)

~ Ht "a .
Rooms from Rev. J. L. Hendry, Of
Huchow. China. Despite the fact that
his ittle Hook is wOrshipping in a
ragged tent. multitudes gather to hear
the glad tidings, and the work is max
ing striking progress. He says:
"rhe work is growing so rapidly we
cannot keep up with it. 1t is moving |
forward by leaps n bounds. 1t is
glorious to be in n thick of the fight.
God is wonderfully near in it all. He |
- making his face to shine upon his
peopIe. On the fine lot already pur-
chased by the members there, our old
ragged tent was pitched, and twice
a day great multitudes gathered to
hear the word of life"
Girls School In China.
The following report from the Fife
Sears Memorial School for girls, in
r3uetu. a great institution Of the
Southern Baptist Convention in China,
Is interesting:
The girls boarding school has an
enrolment of 109, ~ninety-one OF whom
are christians. There are two men
and two women teachers giving their
wholetime to the school, besides -four
pupil teachers giving half time. The
school now has the best teachers and
is doing the best work in it's history.
The unusually heavy rains and
floods melted down about a of the
dormitories: this and the passing and
occupation by the Japanese army made
Vt impossible to open school this fall.
This wear has brought more op-
Tortunities for personal work than any
two previous years. During the war
IN Shantung the school buildings and
dormItories were full of refugee
women and children. Daily classes
were held.
We formerly considered that eighty
pupils and teachers crowded the build
ing beyond all measures. but what
about one hundred and nine sleeping
eating and working in rooms that viii
not hold eighty comfortably Many
bright and promising girls have beer
turned AVA for lack of room. We
have only four recitation rooms TO
The teachers; the lady teachers la
always a to sleep with the girls.
This year a kindergarten Sunda.
school was started in the girls schoO
building for girls and boys from non
Christian homes. The attendance ha
been from eighty to one hundred an
ten. Through personal work an
teaching of these city children an,
visiting in their homes seed has bee
sown which we pray some day wi
bea much fruit. Surely God will lea
some of these tender hearts. o
through them. some of their father
or mothers, into His kingdom durin
the coming years"
Raptists i'm Pc Chow.
Mrs. Wade d. BoStick. a well-knOw
Southern Baptist missionary in Chin;
writes:
We recently had a red-letter da
A. 70 Chow. On that day u nic'
roumy church., made possible by tn
gifts Of our brethren and sisters
the Raleigh Tabernacle church. Va
dedicated. / venture to say that n
other centennial gift Of like amou
Will nil a greater need. We hay
been worshipping for ten years in
small house in u yard, which W;
long & ~outgrown. Our new hou'
Will comfortably seat five hundre
and by adding seats another two hui
dred can be seated.
w thought we were building
meet our needs for several yeal
However. we were very nue. gratif'
L. have the house filled and an owe
How several times, during our III
series Of meetings in it,"
Appeal Turned Down.
Fsong Yak is across the VIVA
river and difficult to work from Sun
kians. SO far we have visited it twi'
w haven't opened up work. 1t Is
thilNlng country town, with a gre
many scholars and these are unusu:
~ inclined to Christianity. A gro
81 zen or twelve sent a letter to Brot
tr Woo, our Chinese pastor at w
Huhgklang. more than a year ago. !
seeming him to open work in Tso
Yak.
+ IS pitiful to hear the appeal tn
scholarly gentlemen make and be I
atle 20 supply their need. In Sur
Wang there is a marked open-mindt
ness upon the part of all classes. 7
HIltary commander and the flu o
paiS exchange courtesies with US a
az, very friendly and windy dispos
Z IS no trouble to get a crowd
near the gospel. But with all t
"dSnl1cent opportunity we have o
"Sunall. old, rented dwelling on a bs
street, and a tiny shack on the m
street. We ought to have a gr