Letter from Henry to Mother, August 6, 1882

Letter from Henry to Mother, August 6, 1882

Birthdays; Travel; Missionaries; Preaching; New church members

Henry writes to his mother to wish her a happy birthday. He says that he will be preaching at the missionary meeting in the evening. The letter continues on August 11 with Henry describing some of the missionaries and their plans to stay in Hong Kong for the next three weeks. Lastly, he discusses the chapel at Sz-Pai-Lan and the new members who were just recieved.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

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

Unpublished

1882-08-06

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Canton Aug 6th 1882
My dear Mother
To day is a
quiet but quite hot
Sunday. I have not
forgotten that it is your
birth-day. I am just
through my Chinese
work for the day and
am going to just begin
a letter to send you
my [u]good, best wishes[/u].
It is so happens that it
is my turn to preach
at the missionary meeting
this evening. My text is
"Tarry in Jerusalem until

ye be Endued with power
from on high." Now I
will drop my pen for
to-day and finish to-
morrow which will in
reality be as near the
actual time of your
birth day as to day. I
hope you will have a
pleasant and useful
year. I would be very
glad indeed if I could
see you this quiet
Sabbath afternoon.
Aug 11th Here is it 5 days after
writing and the above and I will fin-
ish my letter as it must go
down to Hong Kong this afternoon.

This reminds me that we are
all expecting to go down to Hong Kong
about 3 weeks from now to stay
three weeks. The Pastor of Union
Church Mr Colville has gone
to Japan for nine weeks and
has arranged to have Mr Masters
Mr Henry and I fill his pul-
pit while he is away. This
gives us three weeks each. Mr
Masters has been there three
weeks and comes back to-day.
Mr Henry + family went down last night
and we go in three weeks. Mr
Colville has provided a furnished
house so that we can all
take our families for a little
[?charge?]. As soon as we
come back we will start
for the country stations. Ex-
pect to be gone in all some
six weeks spending a
month at San-Ui. After

we get back I expect we shall
go up the West River with
the Simmons for a trip + that
will take us to near the End
of the year. We have just
heard from the Board about
the Estimates for next year.
They are not able to furnish
funds for a chapel at Sz-Pai-Lan
and so we must wait
awhile longer. During the month
of July [--at--] 6 new members
were received to the church
at Sz-Pai Lan and four
at the country stations that I
have charge making ten in
all during the month.
The hot weather is over
for this time and this morning
it is nice and cold with a
dElightful breeze. ---
An American Mail came
yesterday morning by an irregular str. I
got papers but not letters .The regular
[Note: Continues sideways]
mail is expected next Wednesday. Bella sends love and
the children would like to [?send?] some as well as

[Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one]
Your Aff Son
- Henry -



广州 1882 年 8 月 6 日
我亲爱的妈妈
今天是一个
安静但很热
星期日。我没有
忘了这是你的
生日。我只是
通过我的中文
工作一天和
我要开始了
一封寄给你的信
我的好，最良好的祝愿。
碰巧它
轮到我讲道了吗
在传教士会议上
这个晚上。我的文字是
“在耶路撒冷逗留直到

你们被赋予权力
从高处。”现在我
会放下我的笔
今天并完成到-
明天将在
现实近在咫尺
你的实际时间
生日当天。我
希望你会有一个
愉快和有用
年。我会很
如果我能，我真的很高兴
看到你这么安静
安息日下午。
8 月 11 日 这是 5 天后
写作和以上，我会完成我的信，因为它必须去
下午去香港。

这让我想起我们是
都希望下到香港
从现在起约 3 周可停留
3周。工会牧师
教堂科尔维尔先生走了
去日本九周，
已安排让马斯特斯先生
亨利先生和我在他不在的时候填补了他的讲坛。这个
每人给我们三个星期。先生
大师曾去过三
几个星期，今天回来。
亨利先生和家人昨晚倒下了
我们三周后去。先生
科尔维尔提供了一个带家具的
房子，这样我们都可以
带上我们的家人
收费。一旦我们
回来我们将开始
为国家电台。期待在所有一些中消失
六周花费
月在三义。后

我们回来我希望我们会
一起上西河
西蒙斯去旅行
将带我们到尽头附近
年。我们刚刚
从董事会听说
明年的预估。
他们无法提供
Sz-Pai-Lan 小教堂的资金
所以我们必须等待
再长一段时间。当月
7 月，6 名新成员
被接到教堂
在 Sz-Pai Lan 和四
在我去过的乡村电台
有收费打十
整个月。
炎热的天气过去了
这次和今天早上
它又好又冷
令人愉快的微风。 ---
一封美国邮件来了
昨天早上通过一条不规则的海峡。我
有文件但没有信件。常规的
[注：继续横向]
预计下周三邮寄。贝拉发送爱和
孩子们想送一些以及

[注：信在第一页横向结束]
你的儿子
- 亨利 -

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