Letter from Mattie to Edward, February 22, 1890
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Title
Letter from Mattie to Edward, February 22, 1890
Subject
Christianity in China; Scholarly journals; Schools; Conversion
Description
Mattie has been getting some sewing ready for a woman she hired out of pity because she has been having a hard time finding a job because she is Christian. Yesterday, Mattie spent most of the day transcribing an article for the Medical Journal that had been revised and annotated by Dr. Fulton. Last night a woman came and asked Mattie to take in a little boy. They do not have enough room so they took it to Henry's and he is now enrolled in a Christian school. She is thrilled about the boy becoming a Christian and contrasts him to other pupils that for different reasons abandoned the school.
Creator
Kerr, Martha Noyes
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #5
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1890-02-22
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eng (English)
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Feb 22nd 1890
My dear Edward
It is after 8 oclock and
I thought this morning I would
write some letters to day but
all its hours have gone and
pen has not touched paper.
Before breakfast spent the
time in getting some sewing
ready for a woman to whom
out of pity I have been giving
employment to the past week
She is a christian and this
has stood in the way of her
getting work. She has studied
in the school and we hope
she may eventually find
she can be of service to the
hospital patients. The teacher
of the hospital school has been
laid up the past week from
an accident and this woman
has been instructing the pupils.
We have Feb 22nd Reached
this point last night when a note
came over from Dr Fulton in
reference to an article Dr Niles
had sent down from the coun-
try for the Medical Journal. I
suppose it was hastily written
and she wished the two Drs to
revise it. Well it did not look
a very presentable document
after the revising was done and
Dr Fulton asked me to copy it
This took the remander of the
eve, and most of this forenoon.
Then last night just before
dark a woman came bringing
a box for me to take into the
hospital school He was a
bright pleasant looking little
chap but we have no way of
having boarders here. so the Dr
and myself immediately took a
boat and went over to Henry's
to see if he could be received
into his school. He said "oh yes"
so to day after the article in hand
was ready for the press the little
man and myself went up to [?Han
Li Fau?]. He had never been in
a boat before, everything he saw
on the river was new to him
and he was a wide awake boy
I tell you. To night he is a mem
ber of a Christian school. I could
not help praying that he might
become a clerestian and do
good work for the Master in the
years to come. His name is
[?A po?]. Now will you not at home
pray for him sometimes? We do
have disappointments as well as
encouragements. A pupil we have
been partially supporting for the
past two years has gone to his
home in Fat shan and word
reached us to day that he was
not coming back. He was such
a good scholar. We will hope
he has gained enough knowledge
to be saved. Another was
take out by his mother and set
to work. all unknown to us.
We did not find it out for some
time thereafter. A third was
detected in [--s--] stealing and a second
offence made it necessary for
him to leave the school. I do
hope this one will go on all right
The others have all heard the gos
pel and know how to worship the
one living and true God and
that is something. This afternoon
we had a service preparatory
to the commission to morrow.
An old woman who had heard
the doctrine in a day school
10 miles away applied for bap
tism and seemed to give ev-
idence that she was a christian
I think 4 rom the school
have been examined. None
from the hospital but there
is a woman here that had she
applied I think would have
been received. Yesterday in
one of the men's ward I met a
man who had been here 19 years
ago. when he heard the gospel &
became a christian. said there
was no other in the place where
[Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one]
here until we go Shanghai. The Dr is feeling better
but is not well. I hope this trip will do him some
good. Now
I must say
good night
I thought of
you when I
saw the ses-
sion together
to day. Hattie
came in a
moment after
meeting. To
morrow will
be a busy day.
Our sabbaths
are working
days. I often
think of home
sabbath after
noon [u]lovingly[/u] Mattie
1890 年 2 月 22 日，
我亲爱的爱德华 现在已经 8 点钟了，
我想今天早上我会写几封信，
但是所有的时间都过去了，
笔还没有碰过纸。
早餐前花时间为一位女士准备缝纫，
出于同情，
我过去一周一直在为她提供工作。
她是一名基督徒，
这阻碍了她的工作。
她曾在学校学习，
我们希望她最终会发现她可以为医院的病人服务。
医院学校的老师在过去一周因事故而被解雇，
这位女士一直在指导学生。
昨晚我们已经 2 月 22 日到达了这一点，
当时富尔顿医生发来了一张便条，
其中提到了奈尔斯医生从该国寄给《医学杂志》的一篇文章。
我想它是匆忙写的，
她希望两位医生修改它。
好吧，
在修改完成后，
它看起来不是一个非常像样的文件，
富尔顿博士让我复制它。
这花了前夜剩下的时间，
以及今天上午的大部分时间。
然后昨晚天黑前，
一个女人带来了一个盒子，
让我带进医院学校。
他是一个看起来很可爱的小家伙，
但我们这里没有寄宿生。
所以博士和我立即乘船到亨利家，
看看他是否能被学校录取。
他说“哦，
是的”，
所以今天手头的文章准备好出版后，
我和小个子就走到了韩立福面前。
他以前从来没有坐过船，
他在河上看到的一切对他来说都是新的，
我告诉你，
他是一个完全清醒的男孩。
今晚他是一所基督教学校的成员。
我忍不住祈祷他能成为一名牧师，
在未来的岁月里为师父做好事。
他叫阿宝。
现在你有时不在家为他祷告吗？我们确实有失望也有鼓励。
过去两年我们一直部分支持的一名学生去了他在肥山的家，
今天我们得知他不会回来了。
他是一个很好的学者。
我们希望他已经获得了足够的知识来得救。
另一个被他的母亲带走并开始工作。
我们都不知道。
此后一段时间我们没有发现它。
第三人被发现偷窃，
第二次犯罪使他不得不离开学校。
我真的希望这个会一切顺利。
其他人都听过福音，
知道如何敬拜那一位活生生的真神，
那是一回事。
今天下午，
我们为明天的委员会准备了服务。
一位在 10 英里外的走读学校听过教义的老妇人申请了洗礼，
并且似乎提供了她是基督徒的证据，
我想 4 rom 学校已经过检查。
没有来自医院，
但这里有一位女士，
如果她提出申请，
我认为会收到。
昨天在一个男科病房里，
我遇到了一个 19 年前来过这里的男人。
当他听到福音并成为基督徒时。
说在我们去上海之前[注：信在第一页横着结束]的地方没有其他地方。
医生感觉好多了，
但不是很好。
我希望这次旅行能给他带来一些好处。
现在我必须说晚安，
当我今天一起看到会议时，
我想起了你。
海蒂见面后不久就进来了。
明天将是忙碌的一天。
我们的安息日是工作日。
我经常想起中午后的家庭安息日
亲切地
马蒂
My dear Edward
It is after 8 oclock and
I thought this morning I would
write some letters to day but
all its hours have gone and
pen has not touched paper.
Before breakfast spent the
time in getting some sewing
ready for a woman to whom
out of pity I have been giving
employment to the past week
She is a christian and this
has stood in the way of her
getting work. She has studied
in the school and we hope
she may eventually find
she can be of service to the
hospital patients. The teacher
of the hospital school has been
laid up the past week from
an accident and this woman
has been instructing the pupils.
We have Feb 22nd Reached
this point last night when a note
came over from Dr Fulton in
reference to an article Dr Niles
had sent down from the coun-
try for the Medical Journal. I
suppose it was hastily written
and she wished the two Drs to
revise it. Well it did not look
a very presentable document
after the revising was done and
Dr Fulton asked me to copy it
This took the remander of the
eve, and most of this forenoon.
Then last night just before
dark a woman came bringing
a box for me to take into the
hospital school He was a
bright pleasant looking little
chap but we have no way of
having boarders here. so the Dr
and myself immediately took a
boat and went over to Henry's
to see if he could be received
into his school. He said "oh yes"
so to day after the article in hand
was ready for the press the little
man and myself went up to [?Han
Li Fau?]. He had never been in
a boat before, everything he saw
on the river was new to him
and he was a wide awake boy
I tell you. To night he is a mem
ber of a Christian school. I could
not help praying that he might
become a clerestian and do
good work for the Master in the
years to come. His name is
[?A po?]. Now will you not at home
pray for him sometimes? We do
have disappointments as well as
encouragements. A pupil we have
been partially supporting for the
past two years has gone to his
home in Fat shan and word
reached us to day that he was
not coming back. He was such
a good scholar. We will hope
he has gained enough knowledge
to be saved. Another was
take out by his mother and set
to work. all unknown to us.
We did not find it out for some
time thereafter. A third was
detected in [--s--] stealing and a second
offence made it necessary for
him to leave the school. I do
hope this one will go on all right
The others have all heard the gos
pel and know how to worship the
one living and true God and
that is something. This afternoon
we had a service preparatory
to the commission to morrow.
An old woman who had heard
the doctrine in a day school
10 miles away applied for bap
tism and seemed to give ev-
idence that she was a christian
I think 4 rom the school
have been examined. None
from the hospital but there
is a woman here that had she
applied I think would have
been received. Yesterday in
one of the men's ward I met a
man who had been here 19 years
ago. when he heard the gospel &
became a christian. said there
was no other in the place where
[Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one]
here until we go Shanghai. The Dr is feeling better
but is not well. I hope this trip will do him some
good. Now
I must say
good night
I thought of
you when I
saw the ses-
sion together
to day. Hattie
came in a
moment after
meeting. To
morrow will
be a busy day.
Our sabbaths
are working
days. I often
think of home
sabbath after
noon [u]lovingly[/u] Mattie
1890 年 2 月 22 日，
我亲爱的爱德华 现在已经 8 点钟了，
我想今天早上我会写几封信，
但是所有的时间都过去了，
笔还没有碰过纸。
早餐前花时间为一位女士准备缝纫，
出于同情，
我过去一周一直在为她提供工作。
她是一名基督徒，
这阻碍了她的工作。
她曾在学校学习，
我们希望她最终会发现她可以为医院的病人服务。
医院学校的老师在过去一周因事故而被解雇，
这位女士一直在指导学生。
昨晚我们已经 2 月 22 日到达了这一点，
当时富尔顿医生发来了一张便条，
其中提到了奈尔斯医生从该国寄给《医学杂志》的一篇文章。
我想它是匆忙写的，
她希望两位医生修改它。
好吧，
在修改完成后，
它看起来不是一个非常像样的文件，
富尔顿博士让我复制它。
这花了前夜剩下的时间，
以及今天上午的大部分时间。
然后昨晚天黑前，
一个女人带来了一个盒子，
让我带进医院学校。
他是一个看起来很可爱的小家伙，
但我们这里没有寄宿生。
所以博士和我立即乘船到亨利家，
看看他是否能被学校录取。
他说“哦，
是的”，
所以今天手头的文章准备好出版后，
我和小个子就走到了韩立福面前。
他以前从来没有坐过船，
他在河上看到的一切对他来说都是新的，
我告诉你，
他是一个完全清醒的男孩。
今晚他是一所基督教学校的成员。
我忍不住祈祷他能成为一名牧师，
在未来的岁月里为师父做好事。
他叫阿宝。
现在你有时不在家为他祷告吗？我们确实有失望也有鼓励。
过去两年我们一直部分支持的一名学生去了他在肥山的家，
今天我们得知他不会回来了。
他是一个很好的学者。
我们希望他已经获得了足够的知识来得救。
另一个被他的母亲带走并开始工作。
我们都不知道。
此后一段时间我们没有发现它。
第三人被发现偷窃，
第二次犯罪使他不得不离开学校。
我真的希望这个会一切顺利。
其他人都听过福音，
知道如何敬拜那一位活生生的真神，
那是一回事。
今天下午，
我们为明天的委员会准备了服务。
一位在 10 英里外的走读学校听过教义的老妇人申请了洗礼，
并且似乎提供了她是基督徒的证据，
我想 4 rom 学校已经过检查。
没有来自医院，
但这里有一位女士，
如果她提出申请，
我认为会收到。
昨天在一个男科病房里，
我遇到了一个 19 年前来过这里的男人。
当他听到福音并成为基督徒时。
说在我们去上海之前[注：信在第一页横着结束]的地方没有其他地方。
医生感觉好多了，
但不是很好。
我希望这次旅行能给他带来一些好处。
现在我必须说晚安，
当我今天一起看到会议时，
我想起了你。
海蒂见面后不久就进来了。
明天将是忙碌的一天。
我们的安息日是工作日。
我经常想起中午后的家庭安息日
亲切地
马蒂
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Kerr, Martha Noyes, “Letter from Mattie to Edward, February 22, 1890,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 16, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/561.