Letter from Henry to Clara, March 29, 1883

Letter from Henry to Clara, March 29, 1883

Travel; Baptism; Sabbath; Hakka (Chinese people)

Henry writes to Clara from San-Ui, they left Canton about two weeks ago. They were first in ChikHom where they held a Sabbath service, afterwards Henry went to Chung Lau and Kwong Hoi while Bella and the children stayed behind. In Kwong Hoi, there was one applicant for baptism who was recieved. Henry writes that Kwong Hoi was destroyed about 20 years ago by the Hakkas and is still in the process of rebuilding.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

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

Unpublished

1883-03-29

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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San-Ui
March 29th /83
Dear Clara --
We are here in
San-Ui again in the little
house built last year. We
make ourselves very comfortable
in the two little rooms and
enjoy it here . We hoped to
have received the American
Mail before this time. Yester-
day, a package appeared from
Canton and we supposed,
of course it contained the
home mail but on opening
it found only local letters
and some newspapers.
The newspapers (the China
mail) gave us the in-
formation that the American

mail is not expected in
Hongkong until to-morrow
so that we shall have to
wait some days for it yet.
We left Canton March 14th
and went first to ChikHom
reaching that place Saturday
afternoon . The members of
the church were nearly
all there for the communion
service on the Sabbath. One
man was received on
profession. He was from
near the village of Fu-Lo-Kong,
where a number who have
joined the church come from,
who have a meeting together
every Sabbath. With Mr
Jones' help, the salary for

three months was paid and
the expenses of the station up`
to June 1st. After the Sab-
bath, I went on to Chung-
Lau and Kwong Hoi. Bella
(and the children) remained
at Chik Hom until I came
back doing work among
the women. -- At Chung
Lau there were no additions
to the church. Five were
present at the communion,
which was more than
usual. They were not
however all Presbyterians.
At Kwong Hoi there was
one applicant for baptism
who was received. Including
him there were four present

at the communion service
Kwong Hoi is about 16 miles
from Chung Lau and on
the sea shore. It is a
broken down kind of city as
it was entirely destroyed
some 20 years ago by the
Hakkas who it is said
put to death some 20000
people. The city does not
number over half that, I should
think. What there is, has been
built since the destruction
of the city. They say some
new buildings are going up
every year and that in time
it will probably be as large
as formerly. I got back to
Chung-Lau on Wednesday
Evening. My paper is done + I will
stop. Love from Bella + the children
as well as from Your Aff Bro -Henry -



三义
3 月 29 日 /83
亲爱的克拉拉——
我们在这里
San-Ui再次在小
去年建的房子。我们
让自己很舒服
在两个小房间和
在这里享受它。我们希望
已收到美国
在此之前邮寄。昨天，一个包裹出现在
坎顿和我们认为，
当然它包含
家庭邮件，但在打开
它只找到本地字母
和一些报纸。
报纸（中国
邮件）给了我们信息
美国人的形成

邮件预计不会在
香港直到明天
这样我们就不得不
等几天吧。
我们于 3 月 14 日离开广州
并先去了植洪
星期六到达那个地方
下午 。的成员
教堂几乎
一切为了圣餐
在安息日服务。一
男子收到
职业。他是来自
靠近 Fu-Lo-Kong 村，
哪里有一个号码
加入教会来自，
谁一起开会
每个安息日。与先生
琼斯的帮助，薪水

三个月的工资和
站起来的费用`
至 6 月 1 日。安息日之后，我继续到Chung-
刘和邝海。贝拉
（和孩子们）仍然
在积坎直到我来
回来工作
女人。 ——在钟
刘没有添加
到教堂。五个是
出席圣餐，
这超过
通常。它们不是
但是所有的长老会。
在广海有
一位申请洗礼的人
谁收到了。包含
他有四个在场

在圣餐服务
广海约16英里
从钟楼起
海边。它是一个
把城市分解成
它被完全摧毁了
大约 20 年前，由
客家人谁说
处死约20000人
人们。城市没有
数量超过一半，我应该
思考。有什么，一直
自毁灭以来建造
城市的。他们说一些
新建筑正在兴起
每年，及时
它可能会一样大
和以前一样。我回到
星期三的钟楼
晚上。我的论文完成了，我会
停止。贝拉和孩子们的爱
以及来自你的兄弟 -Henry -

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