Letter from Henry to Bro Reid, April 10, 1873
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Letter from Henry to Bro Reid, April 10, 1873
Subject
Brothers (Religious); Travel; Aging parents; Christianity--China
Description
Henry writes to Brother Reid. They presumably went to seminary school together. J. M. Reid recently took a trip to Ohio and Henry talks about his aging father. Since he will go on leave in the next couple of years, he expects he will see his father again. Henry discusses the need to save souls in Canton. The missionaries have the infrastructure now, and there is some interest in Christianity, but not enough in his opinion.
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Noyes, Henry Varnum
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Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection
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Unpublished
Date
1873-04-10
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Canton April 10th 1873
Dear Bro Reid
I do not know
whether I have answered
your good letter of Jan 14th
or not but to be on the
safe side I am going to
write for it would be
a sad affair for me if
I should by my neglect
lose the letters that come
dropping in every now and
then from my old 4th
floor brother [u] J M Reid [/u]
Your letter told about
your visit to Ohio and
Guilford a visit which
I would have been glad
indeed to have made
with you. Yes I do
think that some of
the good Christians
there in Guilford
have not been very
grateful to my dear
father in his old age
They little appreciated
and I doubt much
if they appreciate yet
the sore pain they caused
him. I think from recent
letters that the people are
feeling more kindly now.
Father has seemed to have
a good many trials in
his life but I suppose
it will not be many
years until they will
all be over. When he
bade me good bye he
said, "I shall never see
you again in this world
but I trust we will meet
above." I begin to cherish
strong hopes of seeing him
again this side of the
river. I expect to apply
to the Board for permission
to come home at the
end of 3 years more
if my life is spared.
When I came away I
hardly expected ever to
return but I have come
to the firm conviction that
it is better for every
body concerned, now when
means of conveyance are
so rapid & easy for a
missionary to make a
visit home after 10 [--or 12--]
years of work. He needs
it physically generally,
and perhaps even more
does he need it mentally
and spiritually. And
then his time at home
ought not to be entirely
lost for he may hope
to be doing some good in
the way of interesting
the churches in his
field of labor.
And now before I
go farther I want to speak
for your interest in another
matter which I trust is near
my heart. I think for several
months there has been a
growing desire among the
body of missionaries in Canton
for an outpouring of the
Holy Spirit. It seems to
be the one thing we need.
We have the machinery,
methods of work, chapels,
schools, tract distribution
&c &c, a vast amount
of seed has been sown
but still souls are not
saved as we wish to
see them. As a result
of this feeling it was
agreed at our last Mission
Conference (it meets every two
months) that the next one
which will be held in
the evening of Wednesday
June 4th be devoted to
special prayer for the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
and a revival here in
Canton. Now I want to
ask an interest in your
prayers on that day as
well as at other times but
on that day specially for
an outpouring of the Spirit
in this great city of Canton
& I will be very glad
if the good people in your
community will all remember
us particularly on that
day and specially pray
that God would grant
us speedily the blessed
influences of the Spirit
in our work here.
My own work can-
tinues to be as formerly.
When I am at home I
study and preach daily
in a [--the--] street chapel about 1 1/2 [--two--]
miles from where I live
and then I make trips
into the country. I ex-
pect to start in the
morning for [u] San Ui [/u] a
large district city some
80 miles to the south
of Canton. It is said
to contain about 250 000
people. We have managed
to rent a small house there
in which we have a
school and a small
chapel. Though the be-
ginnings are small I
hope the latter end will
greatly increase
I must stop, as
I have got a lot of writing
to do yet before morning.
So good night and re-
member me kindly please
to your dear Rosetta.
May God bless you
abundantly with blessings
both temporal and spiritual
in Christ Jesus.
Very aff'y
Yours
H V Noyes
广州 1873 年 4 月 10 日
亲爱的里德弟兄
我不知道
我是否已经回答
你1月14日的好信
或不，但要在
安全的一面，我要去
写它会是
如果对我来说是一件悲伤的事
我应该因为我的疏忽
失去来信
现在和
然后从我的老 4th
楼哥J M Reid
你的信中提到
您访问俄亥俄州和
吉尔福德的一次访问
我会很高兴的
确实做了
与你。是的，我愿意
认为一些
好基督徒
在吉尔福德那里
不是很
感谢我亲爱的
年迈的父亲
他们很少欣赏
我很怀疑
如果他们还欣赏
他们造成的疼痛
他。我认为从最近
人们的信
现在感觉更亲切了。
父亲似乎有
很多试验
他的生活，但我想
不会很多
直到他们会
一切都结束了。当他
跟我说再见他
说：“我永远看不到
你又在这个世界上
但我相信我们会见面的
上面。”我开始珍惜
强烈希望见到他
又是这边
河。我希望申请
向董事会申请许可
回家
3年多结束
如果我能幸免于难。
当我离开时，我
几乎没想到
回来但我来了
坚信
对每个人都更好
身体有关，现在当
交通工具是
如此快速和容易
传教士做一个
10点后回家
多年的工作。他需要
它通常在物理上，
甚至更多
他在精神上需要吗
和精神上。和
然后他在家的时间
不应该完全
迷失了，因为他可能希望
做一些好事
有趣的方式
他的教堂
劳动领域。
现在在我之前
走得更远我想说话
为了你对另一个人的兴趣
我相信的事情就在附近
我的心。我想几个
几个月以来，
越来越多的人的愿望
广州传教士团体
倾泻而出
神圣的灵魂。似乎
成为我们需要的一件事。
我们有机器，
工作方法，教堂，
学校，地区分布
&c &c, 大量
的种子已经播下
但仍然没有灵魂
如我们所愿保存
看他们。因此
这种感觉是
在我们上次的任务中达成一致
会议（每两
月）下一个
将在
星期三晚上
6月4日致力于
特别祈祷
圣灵的浇灌
和这里的复兴
广州。现在我想
询问对您的兴趣
那天的祈祷
和其他时候一样，但是
那天特别为
圣灵的浇灌
在这个伟大的城市广州
&我会很高兴
如果你身边的好人
社区都会记得
我们特别关注
天，特别祈祷
上帝会赐予的
我们很快就被祝福了
圣灵的影响
在我们这里的工作中。
我自己的工作可以——
仍然和以前一样。
当我在家时，我
每天学习和讲道
在大约 1 1/2 的街头小教堂里
离我住的地方几英里
然后我去旅行
进入国内。我希望从
San Ui 的早晨
大区城市一些
向南 80 英里
广州。据说
包含大约 250 000
人们。我们已经管理
在那里租一间小房子
我们有一个
学校和一个小
教堂。虽然开始很小我
希望后期会
大大增加
我必须停下来，因为
我有很多写作
早上之前还要做。
晚安，请记住我
致你亲爱的罗塞塔。
愿上帝保佑你
充满祝福
属世的和属灵的
在基督耶稣里。
很深情
你的
高压诺耶斯
Dear Bro Reid
I do not know
whether I have answered
your good letter of Jan 14th
or not but to be on the
safe side I am going to
write for it would be
a sad affair for me if
I should by my neglect
lose the letters that come
dropping in every now and
then from my old 4th
floor brother [u] J M Reid [/u]
Your letter told about
your visit to Ohio and
Guilford a visit which
I would have been glad
indeed to have made
with you. Yes I do
think that some of
the good Christians
there in Guilford
have not been very
grateful to my dear
father in his old age
They little appreciated
and I doubt much
if they appreciate yet
the sore pain they caused
him. I think from recent
letters that the people are
feeling more kindly now.
Father has seemed to have
a good many trials in
his life but I suppose
it will not be many
years until they will
all be over. When he
bade me good bye he
said, "I shall never see
you again in this world
but I trust we will meet
above." I begin to cherish
strong hopes of seeing him
again this side of the
river. I expect to apply
to the Board for permission
to come home at the
end of 3 years more
if my life is spared.
When I came away I
hardly expected ever to
return but I have come
to the firm conviction that
it is better for every
body concerned, now when
means of conveyance are
so rapid & easy for a
missionary to make a
visit home after 10 [--or 12--]
years of work. He needs
it physically generally,
and perhaps even more
does he need it mentally
and spiritually. And
then his time at home
ought not to be entirely
lost for he may hope
to be doing some good in
the way of interesting
the churches in his
field of labor.
And now before I
go farther I want to speak
for your interest in another
matter which I trust is near
my heart. I think for several
months there has been a
growing desire among the
body of missionaries in Canton
for an outpouring of the
Holy Spirit. It seems to
be the one thing we need.
We have the machinery,
methods of work, chapels,
schools, tract distribution
&c &c, a vast amount
of seed has been sown
but still souls are not
saved as we wish to
see them. As a result
of this feeling it was
agreed at our last Mission
Conference (it meets every two
months) that the next one
which will be held in
the evening of Wednesday
June 4th be devoted to
special prayer for the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
and a revival here in
Canton. Now I want to
ask an interest in your
prayers on that day as
well as at other times but
on that day specially for
an outpouring of the Spirit
in this great city of Canton
& I will be very glad
if the good people in your
community will all remember
us particularly on that
day and specially pray
that God would grant
us speedily the blessed
influences of the Spirit
in our work here.
My own work can-
tinues to be as formerly.
When I am at home I
study and preach daily
in a [--the--] street chapel about 1 1/2 [--two--]
miles from where I live
and then I make trips
into the country. I ex-
pect to start in the
morning for [u] San Ui [/u] a
large district city some
80 miles to the south
of Canton. It is said
to contain about 250 000
people. We have managed
to rent a small house there
in which we have a
school and a small
chapel. Though the be-
ginnings are small I
hope the latter end will
greatly increase
I must stop, as
I have got a lot of writing
to do yet before morning.
So good night and re-
member me kindly please
to your dear Rosetta.
May God bless you
abundantly with blessings
both temporal and spiritual
in Christ Jesus.
Very aff'y
Yours
H V Noyes
广州 1873 年 4 月 10 日
亲爱的里德弟兄
我不知道
我是否已经回答
你1月14日的好信
或不，但要在
安全的一面，我要去
写它会是
如果对我来说是一件悲伤的事
我应该因为我的疏忽
失去来信
现在和
然后从我的老 4th
楼哥J M Reid
你的信中提到
您访问俄亥俄州和
吉尔福德的一次访问
我会很高兴的
确实做了
与你。是的，我愿意
认为一些
好基督徒
在吉尔福德那里
不是很
感谢我亲爱的
年迈的父亲
他们很少欣赏
我很怀疑
如果他们还欣赏
他们造成的疼痛
他。我认为从最近
人们的信
现在感觉更亲切了。
父亲似乎有
很多试验
他的生活，但我想
不会很多
直到他们会
一切都结束了。当他
跟我说再见他
说：“我永远看不到
你又在这个世界上
但我相信我们会见面的
上面。”我开始珍惜
强烈希望见到他
又是这边
河。我希望申请
向董事会申请许可
回家
3年多结束
如果我能幸免于难。
当我离开时，我
几乎没想到
回来但我来了
坚信
对每个人都更好
身体有关，现在当
交通工具是
如此快速和容易
传教士做一个
10点后回家
多年的工作。他需要
它通常在物理上，
甚至更多
他在精神上需要吗
和精神上。和
然后他在家的时间
不应该完全
迷失了，因为他可能希望
做一些好事
有趣的方式
他的教堂
劳动领域。
现在在我之前
走得更远我想说话
为了你对另一个人的兴趣
我相信的事情就在附近
我的心。我想几个
几个月以来，
越来越多的人的愿望
广州传教士团体
倾泻而出
神圣的灵魂。似乎
成为我们需要的一件事。
我们有机器，
工作方法，教堂，
学校，地区分布
&c &c, 大量
的种子已经播下
但仍然没有灵魂
如我们所愿保存
看他们。因此
这种感觉是
在我们上次的任务中达成一致
会议（每两
月）下一个
将在
星期三晚上
6月4日致力于
特别祈祷
圣灵的浇灌
和这里的复兴
广州。现在我想
询问对您的兴趣
那天的祈祷
和其他时候一样，但是
那天特别为
圣灵的浇灌
在这个伟大的城市广州
&我会很高兴
如果你身边的好人
社区都会记得
我们特别关注
天，特别祈祷
上帝会赐予的
我们很快就被祝福了
圣灵的影响
在我们这里的工作中。
我自己的工作可以——
仍然和以前一样。
当我在家时，我
每天学习和讲道
在大约 1 1/2 的街头小教堂里
离我住的地方几英里
然后我去旅行
进入国内。我希望从
San Ui 的早晨
大区城市一些
向南 80 英里
广州。据说
包含大约 250 000
人们。我们已经管理
在那里租一间小房子
我们有一个
学校和一个小
教堂。虽然开始很小我
希望后期会
大大增加
我必须停下来，因为
我有很多写作
早上之前还要做。
晚安，请记住我
致你亲爱的罗塞塔。
愿上帝保佑你
充满祝福
属世的和属灵的
在基督耶稣里。
很深情
你的
高压诺耶斯
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Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Bro Reid, April 10, 1873,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 23, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/635.