Letter from Harriet to Dear Ones at Home, November 3, 1904

Letter from Harriet to Dear Ones at Home, November 3, 1904

Missionaries; Christian education of girls; Missions, Medical; Music--Religious aspects--Presbyterians

Harriet writes home that she is attempting to get more rest and has been very low energy. She sends a message to Nill Dodge that they use the Anthem books he sent regularly. There are nine new missionaries, the Medical School opened, and Harriet's school is quite full, so the mission is going very well.

Noyes, Harriet Newell

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #4

Unpublished

1904-11-03

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Canton China
Nov 3rd 1904
Dear Ones at Home,
I suppose the
Two are again holding the
fort on Mission Hill.
Sarah back at her work in
Jacksonville and Martha "out
on the ocean sailing." I
only commenced this last
evening when Shek appeared
and insisted that I must
go to bed. She has taken
me in hand to see that
I go to bed at nine-o-clock.
As I know that she is in
the right about the matter
I am [u] usually [/u] very obedient.
Dr Graves called a day
or two since. He brought
out nine new missionaries
There is to be a reception for

them tomorrow and I
expect I must go if no
excuse can be found for
not doing so. I have not
the faintest desire to go
anywhere. Day before
yesterday Dr Swan's new
Medical College was
opened there was a
grand display of flags &c
and a lot of high officials
were in attendance. The
school girls a class were
invited to sing. We were
to sing two pieces, but the
programme was interfered
with by the photographer
so we only sang one,
the first one in the
Anthem Book [?Nill?] Dodge

gave me. "I will sing
of the mercies of the
Lord forever." I wish
you would tell him
something that we have
made the greatest use
of that book, and it always
brings him to mind,
his name is written in
it. I hope we can get
up a concert sometime
this winter, have wished
to do so for years. Did
I write to you about the
Chinese girls we were
expecting to come to
school? Well they
did not come. I forgot to
write that they were

coming from San Francisco.
One of them the one
who sang before the
Gen Assembly at Los Angeles
has gone to Oberlin.
We have however a pupil
from [u] Boston [/u], a Chinese
woman who was there
several years. The school
is so full it does not
seem that we can take
in another one but there
are constant applications
Here comes Shek for
the letter so must close we
expect the home mail
brought by "Siberia" (steamer)
this morning, hope I will
have some letters
With love Hattie.

中国广东
1904年11月3日
我亲爱的家人，
我猜现在家里只有你们两个，
Sarah 在 Jacksonville 工作
Martha 在一艘航行的船上。
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我昨天开始写这封信，
但后来 Shek 来了，
让我9点上床睡觉，
她总是牵着我的手，
因为我知道她是对的，
所以我通常会服从并上床睡觉。
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Graves 医生一两天前来看我，
他带来了九名新传教士，
明天会有新传教士的招待会，
如果我想不出借口，

我就必须参加。
我不想去任何地方。
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前天，
Swan 医生的新医学院开学了，
有一个盛大的开幕式，
挂满了大旗，
很多官员参加。
学校的女孩们被邀请唱歌，
本来应该唱两首的，
但是因为摄影师的干扰，
我们只唱了一首。
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我们唱的歌是
Dodge 先生给我的书中的第一首歌，
《我要永远唱主的慈悲》。
我希望你能告诉他我们很好地利用了这本书，
每次使用它时，
我都会想起他。
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我希望我们能在今年冬天准备一场音乐会，
我已经想了很多年了。
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我有没有跟你说过打算上学的中国女孩？
实际上，
她们没有来。
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她们来自旧金山。
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为洛杉矶会议唱歌的女孩
她决定去欧柏林学院。
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我们将有一个新学生，
一个来自波士顿的中国女人，
她在那里呆了几年。
学校人满为患，
似乎我们不能再招收更多学生，
但我们不断收到申请。
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Shek 要来让我睡觉，
所以我要结束这封信。
我预计明天早上会收到更多来自 Siberia 轮船的来信。
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爱你们，Hattie

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