Letter from Hattie to Mattie

Letter from Hattie to Mattie

Women missionaries; Baptism; Finance; Schoolboys

Harriet informs Martha of the last Sabbath and how the eleven people were received, one of which was Lucy Leaman's "protege." This girl has been in the school and her mother recently joined as well. The mother also is employed and helps wash the floors. Harriet hopes there will be a new chapel soon. Dr. Williams is sending $1500 to help rebuild and enlarge the chapel. She says that Miss Butler might help at the boy's school and Miss Archibald has arrived in Shanghai. Mrs. Capp has died but Harriet says she died happily and will be very missed.

Noyes, Harriet Newell

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #2

Unpublished

no date

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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My dear Mattie -
I must tell you
about our Communion last
Sabbath. There were eleven
received five of whom were
from the school and the
rest from the Hospital.
I do not know as you
will know the ones from the
school that is all of them.
One you will remember
Lucy Leaman's protege
"Yan Oi" She has been wishing
to apply for several times
but I dissuaded her until
this time and now she really
does seem so changed that
I hope it was right to receive
her Another one was [u]her
Mother[/u] who came out from
the country some months
since and has been in

the school some time. She
seems really in earnest If
they do both do well I shall
be so very glad I have felt
no little anxiety on their account.
The Mother is now employed in
the school to wash the floors
and keep it in order. Two
other little girls [?APeng?] and
[?Amin?] sisters were received.
Their father is a Christian
perhaps you will remember
when they first came to
school they got wet in the
rain and their Mother
took off their "shams" and
dried them by your fire.
The other woman from the
school is named [?Shinyee?] I
do not think you know
her. We had a very
crowded house but succeeded
in getting seats for all.
I hope we shall have a

new chapel soon Dr Williams
has sent $ 1500.00 which he
wished to be devoted to building
a ward in the Hosp'l in
memory of Mr Preston. Dr
Kerr wrote and asked him
if he would be willing to have
it spent in rebuilding and
enlarging the chapel and
has has replied that he will
be glad to have it so spent.
I have what I think is a
splendid plan for it if
the rest will think so - as I
hope they will. To-day we
are exercised over some
arrangement to take a few
boarding scholars into the
boys school. Four of the
women in the school and
two of the medical students
have boys that must be
looked after. Miss
Butler taught a school

of sixty boys in Newark
and she would like to
take charge of this. She
would make a good helper in
any branch of the work, but as
she has always had a liking
for medicine it is perhaps best
for her to turn her attention
in that direction. I always
like to have people "have their
[u]rather[/u]" if possible I hope
she will not study too hard.
Mrs Perkins writes to me that
they are looking for another
one to send out with you. I
hope they will find one as
good as Miss Butler and
Miss Archibald. We have
just received a letter from
the latter sent back from
Shanghai. I suppose by this
time she has reached
[?Tung?] Chow and is perhaps
ere this Mrs Mateer. Mr
Mateer will have a very
nice wife --

[Note: Letter concludes vertically on page one]
You will
perhaps
have heard
of the death
of Mrs Capp.
She died
very happily
but will
be much
missed
by all.
Mr Mills
is on his way
home. We hear
he is coming
this way so
perhaps we
shall see him
here in Canton
Yours lovingly
Hattie

我亲爱的Mattie
我必须告诉你我们最近的安息日圣餐，
一共有11个人，
来自学校5个，
来自医院6个。
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你比我更了解学校里的人，
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你记得Lucy Leaman的门徒 Yan Oi，
她多次想申请领圣餐，
直到现在，
我才能够劝阻她，
但现在她似乎真的改变了，
我希望我允许她参加圣餐的决定是正确的。
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另一个参加圣餐的人是Yan Oi来自农村的母亲，
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她几个月前从农村来，
一直在学校工作，

她看起来很认真。
如果他们都成功，
我会很高兴。
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Yan Oi母亲的工作是打扫学校地板以保持秩序。
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两个小女孩 A Peng 和 A Min 也参加了，
她们的父亲是基督徒，
也许你还记得他，
当女孩们第一次来学校时，
父亲、母亲、和两个小女孩都被淋湿了，
他们在我们的火边烘干自己的衣服。
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另一个女人的名字是 Shinyee，
我想你不认识她。
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教堂里挤满了人，
但每个人还是找到了座位。
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我希望我们很快就会有一个新的教堂，

Williams 医生说他送了1500来建一个新的病房来纪念Preston 先生。
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Kerr 医生写信给他，
问他是否愿意花钱重建和扩大小教堂，
他说他愿意，
所以现在我们必须花钱。
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我有一个很好的计划，
我希望其他人同意。
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今天我们正在计划谁可以照顾男孩寄宿学校。
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四名妇女和两名医学生照顾男孩，
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Butler 小姐在纽瓦克教了一所有 60 名男生的学校，
并想掌管这所学校。

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她在任何类型的传教工作中都会非常有用，
她一直对医学很感兴趣，
所以也许她应该专注于那个。
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我喜欢人们追求自己的兴趣，
希望她不要太努力学习。
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她说传教组织正在寻找另一个人与你一起派遣，
我希望能找到一个跟Butler小姐或者Archibald小姐一样好的人。
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我们刚收到一封Archibald小姐从上海寄来的信。
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现在她应该已经到了东州
和Mateer太太一起度过一个晚上。
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也许她已经结婚并成为了Mateer太太。
Mateer先生会有一个非常好的妻子
/

你听说过Capp太太死了吗？
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她幸福地死去，
但我们会非常想念她。
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Mills 先生在回家的路上。
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我们听说他会通过，
所以也许我们会在广州见到他。
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你亲爱的，
Hattie

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