Letter from Henry to Mary, August 11, 1882

Letter from Henry to Mary, August 11, 1882

Teachers; Visitors, Foreign; Chapel; Budget; Young adults in missionary work; Children of missionaries; Health

Henry is glad that Mary likes teaching and compares her experience to his. Mr. White and Dr. Thomson have not been able to rent a house in Lin Chau because the magistrate does not allow foreigners to rent houses either to live or have a chapel. Henry is happy to hear that a lot of the seminary students would like to be foreign missionaries, so he hopes that the Board has enough funds for them. He concludes by writing about his sons and their health.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3

Unpublished

1882-08-11

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Canton Aug 11th 1882
Dear Mary -
The little girl that used
to go to school and study - then
grew up and made pan-cakes -
and has now developed into a
full grown school-teacher. I am
glad you like teaching. Sarah
says that you do and I suppose
she knows. I was glad to get
a letter from her by the last mail.
I did not like teaching when
I began. There are those at home
who will tell you that. But
then I did not have a horse
and carriage to ride home
every night. That might
have made some difference
I am very glad you do like
it and hope you will
always have the good fortune
to have pleasant schools when
you teach, for the teaching itself

is pleasant I always thought.
I suppose you are all at
home during the summer
months and are having I doubt
not a nice time. Sarah spoke
of having rides with the horses.
I am glad Edward has such
a good team. I should like
to see the horse that was
a little colt when I was at home
Since writing the above
I have been to meeting +
returned. Next Sabbath is
Dr Happer's communion and
he always has a meeting
for the school children on
Friday. This is the meeting
that I have just attended
Mr White gave them a talk.
I rather think it was his
first public address. He got
along very well. I think he

will be understood. He and
Dr Thomson have not suc-
ceeded in getting a place at
Lin-Chau so I expect we
shall have them in Canton
for awhile yet. The magistrate
in Lin Chau will not let
any one rent a house for
a chapel or a place for a
missionary to live. We have
a small chapel already.
Mr Fulton has been there
[--th--] ever since the 1st of April
living in a boat. He expects
to return Canton before long.
I am glad to learn from
the papers that there are so
many of the Seminary Students
of last year who wish to
go as foreign missionaries.
I hope the Board will have

the funds to send them. Dr
Ellinwood writes that the con-
tributions from the [u]churches[/u]
last year was less than it
has been any year since
the re-union. The Amount
was made out by private
contributions and legacies.
I was sorry to
hear that Mattie was not
feeling better but I hope before
this time she will be much
improved. The children are
both well and their parents in
usual health. I have seen some-
times little articles with such a
heading as this "Learn to say [u]No[/u]"
I think if you heard little
Richard Varnum sometimes you
would think he had already learned
the lesson. He says [u]No[/u] occasionally
with a good deal of Emphasis. He is a
very good little boy however. Now I must
close Much love from all Your aff Bro
-Henry -



广州 1882 年 8 月 11 日
亲爱的玛丽 -
那个用过的小女孩
去学校学习——然后
长大做煎饼-
并且现在已经发展成为
成年教师。我是
很高兴你喜欢教学。莎拉
说你这样做，我想
她知道。我很高兴得到
最后一封她寄来的信。
我不喜欢教书的时候
我开始。家里有这些
谁会告诉你。但
然后我没有马
和马车回家
每晚。那可能
有所作为
我很高兴你喜欢
它并希望你会
总是有好运
有愉快的学校，当
你教，为教本身

是愉快的，我一直认为。
我想你们都在
夏天回家
几个月，我怀疑
不是一个美好的时光。莎拉发言
骑马。
我很高兴爱德华有这样的
一个好的团队。我应该喜欢
去看那匹马
当我在家的时候，一只小马驹
自从写了上面
我去过会议和
回来。下一个安息日是
哈珀博士的圣餐和
他总是开会
上学的孩子
星期五。这是会议
我刚刚参加的
怀特先生给他们讲了讲。
我宁愿认为是他的
第一个公共地址。他有
相处得很好。我认为他

会被理解的。他和
汤姆森博士没有成功在
Lin-Chau 所以我希望我们
应该让他们在广州
有一段时间了。裁判官
在林洲不会让
任何人租房子
一个小教堂或一个地方
传教士生活。我们有
一个小教堂已经。
富尔顿先生去过那里
自4月1日起
住在一条船上。他预计
不久返回广州。
我很高兴学习
有这样的文件
许多神学院的学生
去年谁希望
去外国传教士。
希望董事会有

发送他们的资金。博士
埃林伍德写道，来自教会的贡献
去年比它少
从那以后的任何一年
团圆。数量
由私人制作
贡献和遗产。
我很抱歉
听说玛蒂不是
感觉好多了，但我希望以前
这次她会很
改善。孩子们是
和他们的父母都在
平时的健康。我见过一些——
时代很少有这样的文章
标题为“学会说不”
我想如果你听得很少
理查德瓦纳姆有时你
会认为他已经学会了
课程。他偶尔说不
有很多重点。他是一个
然而非常好的小男孩。现在我必须
关闭 你兄弟的爱
-亨利-

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