Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-14
Noted Missionary
To Be Speaker at
First Baptist Church

Inc First Baptist church feels Il
great privilege to announce that
the speaker at the Sunday evening
service at the church will be Rev.
Archibald G. Adams, who will give
his stereopticon lecture. Making
Friends through the Lens in West
China" The pictures which Rev.
Mr.. Adams will show were taken
by himself for he has made pho
Biography a hobby.
1t is seldom that the city has an
opportunity to hear one who has
viewed conditions in China at first
hand as recently as has Mr.. Adams.
He and his wife sailed from Shang-
hal in December, 1928, after pass
ing IL years as missionaries of the
American Baptist Foreign Missionary
Society in West China. During the
past year they have been in the
midst of fighting in Szechuan Prov
ince in the far western part of China.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Adams are the
children of missionaries and they
spent their childhood in the foreign
field. Mr.. Adams was born in China
where his parents were missionaries
for many years. His mother still
makes her home in China. Mrs.
Adams was born in Assam where
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Nj. c.
Mason, served as missionaries of the
Foreign Society for so years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams first sailed
for China as missionaries in 1914
and after a year of language study
at Marking made the 1000 mile
journey up the Yantze river to West
China, their field of service. Though
designated to pastoral work in Sui
fu, Mr.. Adams has not only the over
sight of the church, including the
institutional department and the 1o
out-stations, but also the care of
five schools for boys. The district
over which he was pastor in 1000
square miles in area and has popu-
lation of 2,OO0,O00. Robbers and
civil war made it difficult for Mr..
Adams to carry on his work in Sui
flu.
Upon their return from furlough
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams Were asked TO
go to the inland city of kiatlng
which is considered the strong hold
of Buddhism in West China. There
Mr.. Adams has been in charge OF
evangelistic work. He has found
gospel broadcasting by lantern slides
a most effective evangelistic agency
and his preaching has never failed
to draw capacity crowds. After each
lecture tracts have been distributed
and many people have fingered to
ask more about his gospel message
Mr.. Adams has given many Ian
tern talks before government school
audiences and has received many
requests from conservative MONIES
for his pictures to be shown. On
one occasion he walked 40 miles 10
grant one of these requests ana on
another a military camp officer asked
him to show his gospel pictures 70
600 troops in a big temple court
ward. This illuminated evangelism,
as Mr. Adams calls 1t has had lar
reaching results.
The section around Kiating mas
been comparatively free from polltl-
cal turmoil but during the last year
tbe city was three times captured
nv opposing military forces ana was
at one time under seige for ~ days:
Mr.. Adams brings lantern sldes OIL
this seige. oor
health Mr.. and Mrs. Adams were
tinally Obliged to leave West emma
in october, 1925, and they sailed
from Shanghai the following Decem-
her Mr.. Adams has an intimate
knowledge of China, it's people ana
its political conditions and those VINO
hear him will be sure or an enter
taining and instructive evening: