Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-02-09


and women and children to a saving
faith in Jesus Christ and to send them
out, in turn, to win others. God has
wonderfully blessed their work and
| given them precious fruit in saved
souls.
The men have made extensive trips
for the purpose of preaching the Cos
pei and of making a careful survey of
the promise and its needs. They di-
.yided the territory and went to the
north and south and west, even to the
border of Thibet. The women re-
manned in Yunnanfu and started the
first Christian school ever opened in
the capital Mrs. Ting had twenty or
more little boys and girls in kinder
garten, learning to sing songs and
offer little prayers, some OF them car
ried the Gospel message for the first
time into their homes. Miss Ii and
Miss Chen opened school for girls
and young women. About forty pu-
pills came, some from homes very
much opposed to Christianity and
never before touched. Daily they
were faithfully taught the Word of
God and within few months eleven
of them had become Christians. Some
Of these were working earnestly to
win members of their family to Jesus
Christ and one or two had already
succeeded in doing so. Eight of them,
as bright girls as have met anywhere
and want to give themselves to definite
Christian work. After school hours,
Miss Ii and Miss Chen spent two or
three hours in visiting in the homes
OF their pupils and their relatives
until they had entree to one hundred
and ten homes. Even in their visits
to the homes they were faithfully
preaching the Gospel A recent let
ter from them says that fourteen
more young women have entered the
school. A few months ago when the
girls in the school thought it was to
be closed they wrote to the Committee
in Shanghai pleading for its continu-
ance.
While in Yunnan it was my privil-
eye to hold two series of meetings
one for the Christian women from the
various missions and one for small
group of prepared on-Christians.
Twenty-0ne stood when the invitation
was given for them to accept Jesus
Christ as a personal Saviour. Four
teen OF them were from the School,,
eleven of whom had previously de-
cided to follow Christ but took this
occasion to make their open confess
sion.
Miss Davis, Miss Chen, Miss Ii and
I spent ten days at Lufenghsieu, a
city three days journey from Yunnanfu
where Mr.. Ting. Mr.. Sang and Mr..
Cheu had gone to see if it was good
place to open up the permanent work
of the Yunnan Missionary Movement.
We spent the morning in Bible study
prayer and discussion of the immedi-
ate and future needs and problems Of
The work. The afternoons were used
largely in visiting in the homes to
preach the Gospel And such homes!
[dolatry, sin, need! Each OF these
words is word picture to one who
mas actually seen. Lufenghsieu has
about six hundred families living
within the city wall and as many more
outside. 1t also has 1900 soldiers and
lot one Christian among them! And
10 one there preaching the Gospel. |:
70 the west, beyond Lufenghsieu sew
raj days journey, is the field which
Hiss sCornelia Morgan has been oc-
;upying for five years. 1t contains
seven good sized cities and many
villages together with the three larg-
st salt wells in the province near
which 100000 people live. Miss
Iorgan has church of twelve mem /
ers at Tsufung and one Of twenty
wo members at Yaochow and chap
at one other place. She has been
ring to meet the needs Of this large
cid with the help of three Chinese
yorkers and. at present has one other
Missionary associated with her. But
he task is too great. She travelled
six days journey over a robber in
asted mountainous road to consult
nth us all about turning over this
arge. splendid field to the Chinese
lone Missionary Society
1t seems to us while in Yunnan that
ODDS very evident approval was upon
MS missionary movement. He mad
bundantly blessed their evangelistic
,ork with definite and satisfying re-
Tits. He had so deepened the con-
lotion Of the need of Yunnan for the
ospei Of Jesus Christ that three out
/ the six who went out on the COM
lission had decided to give their
YES to work in Yunnan. He had
pened up one OF the most favorable
nd needy fields to them for perman-
ut work and in other ways He had
It His seal upon the work OF this .
ovement. So Miss Davis and ! cut
1r visit short in Yunnan to hasten
ack to Shanghai to report on all that
e had seen and heard.
Very shortly afterwards, DR.. G. <.
beng, Chairman of the Chinese Home
Visionary Movement, called the COM
ittee together and two and one-haif
lys were spent in prayer and discus
on over the future work. Definite
lvance steps were taken. Five stand
e committees were appointed, viz:
,,hlicatinn Promotion and Educa- / Z