Mission Notes

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 20, 1913

The following picture of an aged Chinese colporteur in the province of Shensi, comes from the Rev. G. F. Easton, of the China Inland Mission, Hanchung: “Though Chang is seventy-two years of age, he often tramps two hundred miles in a month, carrying his load of books himself, and calling at every place, however small, to sell and explain the Gospel. A few days ago when he was about to start out, I went to see him off. I found him in his room, committing himself and his work to the Lord. I caught some sentences: ‘Prepare men’s hearts to receive the word. Help me to give my testimony. Don’t let conceited men argue with me. Don’t let the books get wet. Show me how I am to get over the swollen rivers. Don’t let the dogs bite me. Take care of my wife.’ . . . When he had finished, I said, ‘It is very wet; you had better wait a day.’ ‘No,’ he said, ‘on wet days I can often sell books in the inn to weather-bound people,’ and off he went. Thus the work is being done with care and prayer, and it is not without definite encouragement.”

The Mission Board has news of the arrival and location of the following missionaries in various fields: Chas. C. Belgrave and wife, in India, located at the Garhwal station, north India, Brother Belgrave having made his journey by way of British Guiana, his old home; K. H. Wood and wife, in China, entering the language school in Nanking; and J. E. Brown and family, in Brazil, located in the city of Sao Paulo.

We learn that Brother L. A. Butler sailed from Australia, December 3, for Fiji, where he goes to assist in the school work at Buresala.