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Title A name given to the resource Correspondence from Henry Varnum Noyes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Noyes, Henry Varnum Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1911 Description An account of the resource These are letters from Henry Varnum Noyes. Many of the letters were written during his time as a missionary in China, and focus on the well-being of his children and his attempts at evangelizing. Subject The topic of the resource Children; Preaching; Clergy; Tracts; Villages; Missionaries; Presbyterian Church; Christianity; Baptism; Converts; Christian converts; Proselytizing Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Canton Sept 20th 1872 My dear Bro Reid Your good letter of July 23d came into my possession two days ago and received a faithful perusal. I read with much sincere sympathy the news of the death of your dear boy. "When the Lord loveth he chasteneth" and so afflictions to God's children came to be the pledges of a faithful Father's love. We too have been sorely af- flicted in our mission here, have been suddenly bereft of a fellow laborer who gave promise of much usefulness. He is not for God has taken him and this very day his stricken widow with her only remaining child will say to us good bye as she leaves for her long journey to [--he--] her home and her friends. The Lord bless her and comfort her. I presume you will have received by the papers the intelligence of Bro McChesney's death as I sent some account of it to the "Presbyterian" & had also sent some account of it in a letter to Dr Ellinwood. He was shot by robbers at a village when we had anchored for the night, some twenty miles from Canton. I was sitting beside him when he was shot and the bullet passed I suppose within less than a foot of my head. I thought that night a good many times of the passage "one shall be taken and the other left." He was a very strong robust man and we had been accustomed to think of him as one who would be [--lell--] likely to labor here many years, but "His thoughts are not as our thoughts not His ways as our ways for as the heavens are high above the Earth so are His thoughts above our thoughts and His ways above our ways. How I wish I could have seen you when you visited Ohio and talked over the days of "Auld Lang Syne" not forgetting to quote "[u] [?Conybeare?] [/u] [u] & [?Nowson?] [/u]" whenever they seemed to be needed as authority. By the way I got by this last mail a fine pamphlet containing the speeches (or at least two of them) made at the Alumni meeting of Mr Theo Leming Mr Park wrote to me that our good brother McCurdy had a written account of the doings of our class prepared for the class meeting. I should like to have heard it. I thought, just possibly, perhaps he might send me a copy [--but--] as Paw Park said they asked him to write to me but as I have not yet heard anything from him. I presume now I shall not. It must have been an occasion of much interest. Well my brother, KaTa [u] politics [/u], I shaul have to vote for president, and so that responsibility troubles me not at all. However were I at home I could say to you that, how- ever persistent was my former obstinacy in spite of all your moving entreaties [u] now [/u] we are at agreement. I could endorse your dictum and say with a considerable degree of fervor "[u] I [/u] [u] can't [/u] [u] go [/u] [u] Horace [/u], [u] that's [/u] [u] flat [/u]." I would rather see this country "[u] Grant [/u]" him the privilege of staying at home (a very poor home indeed). You refer to our old "[u] spiders [/u]" [--salets--] "[u] in [/u] [u] the [/u] [u] poisonous [/u] [u] Yankee [/u] [u] dialect [/u]" how could you say that? Have you forgotten the [u] baked [/u] [u] beans [/u]? and are there no other refreshing re- membrances of Yankee notions that might have softened your heart? But as to my "skillet" (in the Central Ohio vernacular) I keep no note of it except its loss. I didn't bring it to China. I left it at home. I hope it has done somebody some good and is so doing still. There are savory remembrances connected with it. 广州 1872 年 9 月 20 日 我亲爱的里德弟兄 两天前我收到了你 7 月 23 日的好信， 并得到了忠实的阅读。 我怀着真诚的同情读到你亲爱的孩子去世的消息。 “主爱他管教”， 因此上帝儿女所受的苦难成为信实的父爱的保证。 我们在这里的使命也受到了极大的折磨， 突然失去了一位许诺有很大用处的同工。 他不是因为上帝带走了他， 而就在这一天， 他那受灾的寡妇带着她唯一剩下的孩子将向我们道别， 因为她将启程前往她的家乡和她的朋友们。 主祝福她， 安慰她。 我想你会从报纸上收到关于麦克切斯尼兄弟死亡的情报， 因为我已经把它的一些叙述寄给了“长老会”， 并且还在一封给埃林伍德医生的信中发送了一些叙述。 当我们在离广州约二十英里的地方停泊过夜时， 他在一个村庄被强盗射杀。 当他被枪杀时， 我正坐在他旁边， 我想子弹在我头部不到一英尺的地方穿过。 那天晚上， 我想了好多次“一个被带走， 另一个被留下”的段落。 他是一个非常强壮的人， 我们习惯于认为他可能会在这里工作很多年， 但是“他的思想不像我们的思想， 他的道路不像我们的道路， 因为天高在上地球也是如此， 他的思想高于我们的思想， 他的方式高于我们的方式。 我多么希望我能在你访问俄亥俄州时见到你， 谈论“Auld Lang Syne”的日子， 不要忘记引用“Conybeare & Nowson”似乎需要作为权威。 顺便说一句， 我通过最后一封邮件收到了一本精美的小册子， 其中包含在 Theo Leming 先生的校友会上发表的演讲（或至少其中两篇）， 朴先生给我写信说， 我们的好兄弟 McCurdy为班会准备的关于我们班活动的书面记录。 我很想听听它。 我想， 也许， 也许他会寄给我一份， 因为 Paw Park 说他们让他写信给我， 但当我还没有收到他的任何消息。 我想我现在不会了。 它一定是一直是一个非常有趣的场合。 好吧， 我的兄弟， 卡塔政治， 我将不得不投票选举总统， 所以这种责任根本不会困扰我。 不管我在家里， 我都可以对你说， 我以前的固执是多么顽固， 尽管你提出了许多动人的恳求， 现在我们达成了一致。 我可以赞同你的格言， 并以相当程度的热情说“我不能去霍勒斯， 那是平淡无奇的。 ”我宁愿看到这个国家“授予”他留在家里的特权（确实是一个非常贫穷的家）。 你用“有毒的洋基方言”指的是我们的老“蜘蛛”， 你怎么能这么说？你忘了烤豆子了吗？还有没有其他令人耳目一新的关于洋基概念的记忆可能会软化你的心？但至于我的“煎锅”（俄亥俄州中部的方言）， 除了它的丢失， 我没有注意到它。 我没有把它带到中国。 我把它留在家里了。 我希望它对某些人有好处， 而且现在仍然如此。 有与之相关的美味回忆。 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Section of Unsigned letter to Reid Subject The topic of the resource Death; Robbery; Voting Description An account of the resource This letter, most likely written by Henry, remarks on the death of Reid's son and provides condolences to the father. It goes on to mention a robbery that took place outside of Canton where McChesney was fatally shot. The responsibility of voting is remarked on. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, <a href="https://www.wooster.edu/academics/libraries/collections/collections/historical/noyes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noyes Collection</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unpublished Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872-09-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng (English) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context noyes_c_cor_632 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Noyes, Henry Varnum children Christianity death guns missionaries murder violence