Letter from Harriet to Father, February 5, 1883

Letter from Harriet to Father, February 5, 1883

Christian missions; Schools; Boarding schools; Girls' schools; Sabbath schools; Buildings; Diplomatic and consular service; France--Foreign relations--China; Mobs; Presbyterian Church

In this letter, Hattie copies the annual mission report for her father, which includes Harriet's, as well as Miss Butler's work. She writes about the Training school for women, Girls' Boarding School, Girls' day schools, Boy schools, and Bible readers. The report includes the number of students and some students' achievements. For example, memorizing and understanding the New and Old Testament, or students becoming qualified to be teachers. The Tam San Kai day school closed, but the mission still owns the building. The school at Hunan has been the most prosperous. Some disturbances occurred. They faced opposition from locals living near the school in Lo Tik Hong but the Consul helped the mission to keep the building. Some scholars were afraid of going to school during the day so many of them studied at night. Some teachers have been mobbed and frightened away. The pastor's salary increased and the church became self-sufficient. There are rumors that the French are going to attack Canton in March. They are going to close the school in Macao today.

Noyes, Harriet Newell

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

Unpublished

1883-02-05

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Macao China
Feb 5th 1883
My dear Father -
I have just been writing
out our annual Report for the Mission
and I am sure you would like to
see it so I will copy it for you.
The report includes both Miss Butlers
work and mine as we have our work
together "We have had under our
charge during the past year the
Training School for Women the Girls'
Boarding School ten Girls' day schools
three Boys' schools and twelve Bible
Readers The Boarding School
and Training School were carried
on satisfactorily until the usual
time for the summer vacation
There were in all 112 scholars
enrolled 80 girls and 32 women
During the year a class of eight
girls finished committing to
memory the whole of the New Testament

They have also studied and explained
it very carefully as well as parts of the
Old Testament. Three of the women
in the Training School are now
qualified to become teachers, another
has commenced work as a Bible
Reader and one more will soon
be ready for this work. Five scholars
from these schools have been received
into the Second Pres Church
during the past year one girl
and four woman. On account
of the excited state of the people
at the time when the schools would
otherwise have been opened. it
was thought best to prolong the
vacation until matters should
become more settled and during
the past few months only a very
few scholars have been in
attendance. We expect to
open the schools after China
New Year. The day school at

Tam San Kai was opened at the
commencement of the year with
very fair prospects. There were
soon twenty-seven scholars and
the promise of more But at the time
of the excitement in August nearly
all the scholars left, many of them
were taken away to the country and
the school was broken up. We have
kept the building however and the
prospect for next year is promising
The school at Hunan has been
more prosperous through the year
than any other of our day schools.
There have been thirty-five scholars
enrolled. For a few weeks it was
not visited and on one occasion
there was some disturbance, but it
did not result in any serious trouble,
and very few of the scholars were
frightened away. With the exception
of two or three weeks there have been
between twenty and thirty scholars

attendance during the year.
At Po Wa Fong there were twenty eight
scholars but this school was also
broken up and the owner of the
school-room refused to allow us to
occupy it longer. The school
at Second Street unfortunately as it
seemed was moved to another locality
Lo Tik Hong just before the disturbances
commenced. From the first there
was most decided and bitter opposition
made by some of the people living near.
This continued until finally a mob
drove the teacher and her family
away from the building. With the
aid of the Consul we still hoped to
be able to retain the house until more
peaceful times but were finally
obliged to give it up, and no other
has as yet been secured. There
were only seventeen scholars enrolled.
The school at Hok In Li was
also small. The owner of this

school-room became frightened
and refused to allow us to retain
it longer. The teacher with her
Mother who is one of our Bible Readers
went down to Macao and have
opened a school there. It was so
near the end of the year that there
are only seventeen scholars as yet
but the prospect for next year is
good. The girls' school at the
village of Yun Ha Leen has had
thirty five scholars enrolled.
It was suspended for a month
or two during the excitement last
Autumn but the scholars have all
returned. At the village of Kum Lay
a small school of nine scholars
has been taught by the Bible
Reader there. One of the women
from this school came out
last May to apply for admission
to the church, and was received
She is the fifth one who has

been received from that village
since this Bible Woman began
her work there not long since
Another village school at Po Shau
has had thirty-one For a time they
were afraid to come to the school in
the day time and many of them
gathered together in the evening
for study. The school at Lin Po
had a good number of scholars and
prospered for a time and then
opposition was excited and the
teacher was driven away.
Another house was secured and
some scholars returned but the school
was again broken up by the sudden
death of the teacher a short time
since and it will not be opened
again until after the New Year.
An unsuccessful attempt was
made to open a school at Nam Kong
A few scholars were gathered and
studied for a time and then

became frightened, and left
the school. In the Boys' school
at Kuk Fan there have been enrolled
twenty-six The attendance was
good until the past few months.
At the time of the disturbances
many of the scholars left and
have never returned. At Yum Ha Leen
there have been twelve scholars
in the boys' school but their studies
have been much interrupted.
All were present at the close however.
A school for boys has been opened
in Macao and there are nineteen
scholars this year and the prospect
of a much larger number
after New Years. Of the twelve
Bible Readers five have been working
in the country, one is now in Macao
and the other six in Canton
Three of these have visiting in
the Hospital more or less during the
year Six women from the

hospital have been received into the
Second church during the past year.
Twenty three in all have been
received by this church [illegible] the
last year. The pastor's salary
has been raised by the church
members and as this is the first
church that has become self
supporting we feel that it indicates
progress The pastor Rev Koran Loi
seems very earnest and faithful
and the sabbath services have
been well attended. There
have been from 100 to 150
connected with the Sabbath School.
Our work in all the different
branches has been much interrupted
during the past few months but we
hope that after New Year it will
go on again much as usual.
There are rumors that the French
are coming to attack Canton in March
but such an event now seems very improbable.

[Note: Letter concludes vertically on page one]
We are going
to close out
school here
in Macao
today.
With much
love for all
from
Your aff
daughter
[u]Harriet.[/u]

中国澳门
1883年2月5日
我亲爱的父亲，
我刚刚在为传教组织写年度报告，
我相信你会想看的，
所以我复制给你。
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因为我们一直在一起工作，
报告包括Butler 小姐和我的工作：
“今年我们有一所女子职业学校、
一所女子寄宿学校、
一所女子十日制学校、
三所男子日间学校和十二个圣经班。
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寄宿学校和职业学校都非常成功。
总共招收了 112 名学生，
80 名女孩和 32 名女性，
其中有八个女孩背诵了整个新约
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她们非常仔细地研究并解释了旧约和新约
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职业学校中的三名女性有资格成为教师，
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一个人开始从事圣经阅读工作，
另一个人几乎有资格成为一名圣经阅读者。
这些学校的五名学生，
四名妇女和一名女孩，
成为第二长老会的成员。
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最近因为中法战争，
排外情绪高涨，
所以我们认为最好停课放长暑假，
所以现在我们只有几个学生。
我们计划在春节后重新开放学校。
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今年我们开办了一所新学校，
名叫Tam San Kai，
起初，就进来了27个学生
它有很好的前景，
但是中法战争一开始，
几乎所有的学生都离开了，
许多人去了乡下，
学校也被解散了。
我们保留了校舍，
希望明年重新开学。
/
湖南的学校是我们所有走读学校中最繁荣的。
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有35名学生注册。
那里曾经有过骚动，
但不是很严重，
只有几个学生离开。
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除了一两个星期，
全年都有二十到三十名学生入学。

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在 Po Wa Fong
那所学校有二十八名学生，
但我们解散了，
因为房东不肯再把这栋楼租给我们了。
不幸的是，
就在骚乱开始之前，
第二街的学校搬到了Lo Tik Hong，
那是骚乱的核心，
住在那里的人非常反对外国人和外国学校，
一群人聚集并迫使老师和她的家人逃离学校。
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在领事馆的帮助下，
我们希望保留这栋建筑并在更和平的时间重新开放学校，
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但最终，
我们不得不放弃校舍，
一直没能找到新的。
Hok In Li的学校也很小，
因为房东吓坏了，

所以拒绝继续把这栋楼租给我们。
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那个老师的母亲是个圣经阅读者，
学校关闭后，
她们去澳门开办了一所学校。
因为临近学年末，
那所学校只有17名学生，
但明年的前景很好。
/
Yun Ha Leen村的女子学校有35名学生，
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那所学校在事件期间停课一个月，
但现在学生都回来了。
/
有一位圣经读者在 Kum Lay 村教一所小学校，
那所学校有九名学生。
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那所学校的一名妇女成为了教会的成员，
她是那个村子里第五个申请教会的人。
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Po Shau 的一所乡村学校有 31 名学生，
有一段时间他们在晚上聚集，
因为他们害怕白天见面。
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起初，
Lin Po的学校很成功，
但后来麻烦开始了，
老师被赶走了。
/
然后我们又租了一间校舍，
学生们回来了，
但后来老师突然去世后解散了，
学校要过春节后才能重新开学。
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我们试图在 Nam Kong 开一所学校，
但没有成功。
一些学生在那里学习了一段时间，
但后来他们害怕了，

离开了学校。
Kuk Fan 的男孩学校有 26 名学生，
直到几个月前，
出勤率都很好。
一些学生在骚乱中离开，
再也没有回来。
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Yum Ha Leen 男校有 12 名学生，
但他们的学习被中断了。
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我们在澳门开设了一所男校，
目前有19名学生，
明年应该会有更多的学生。
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有十二位圣经读者， 
五人在农村工作，
一人在澳门工作，
六人在广州工作。
三位圣经读者在医院工作。
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六名在医院工作的女性成为了教会成员。
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第二长老教会总共有二十三名新成员。
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牧师的工资由教会成员提高，
是第一个自给自足的教会。
我们认为这表明进展良好。
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Koran Loi牧师
他非常认真和忠诚，
他的安息日礼拜很受欢迎。
有100-150人上过主日学。
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过去几个月我们的工作受到了很多干扰，
但我们希望春节后一切都会顺便。”
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有传言说法国将在三月入侵广东，
但这似乎不太可能。
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【纵向书写】
我们今天将关闭澳门的学校。
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非常多的爱，
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您亲爱的女儿，
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Harriet

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