Letter from Henry to Mattie, June 13, 1884

Letter from Henry to Mattie, June 13, 1884

Birthdays; Sermons; Christian literature, Chinese; Pneumonia; Asthma; Missionaries, Medical

Henry writes to Martha on his conference paper which he had been working on during her birthday. Members of the conference expressed that they wanted to have it published; Henry thinks he will look it over and send it to a few places locally and back home. Dr. Happer is very ill having illnesses connected to asthma and pneumonia; he is one of the last of Henry's mission who is still in China. More missionaries are expected to be coming in the fall.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

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

Unpublished

1884-06-13

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Canton June 13th 1884
Dear Mattie
Although your birth
day has passed, and Sarah's
also, since I wrote last yet
I did not get a letter written
on either day. I was not alto-
gether oblivious to the fact, but
was crowded with business just
at that time. I was just commencing
a paper for the Conference, on
your birth day, which I think was
Saturday and had to get the paper
for the following Wednesday, to be
followed by a sermon on the next
Sabbath. I got a letter form father,
[--day--] last Tuesday, written on my
birth day. When the mail came
[--in--], I did not get any letter from
home, when the papers and other
letter came. But when we were
at tea, this letter from Father came
in which was ,of course a very
agreeable surprise. I was glad
to hear from this letter that you

are feeling so much better. A note
[illegible] to Dr Happer, from Dr Ellinwood,
states that the Henry's were expected
in a few days. Mrs Happer got
a letter, from her brother, which
stated that they had heard of the
Henry's arrival at home --
Well I got my Conference
paper finished . It was on
the subjEct "The Chinese in Christian
lands viewed from a Christian
standpoint" . A number of the
members of Conference [?took?] so
kind a view of it that they ex-
pressed a wish that it should be
published. Possibly I may write
it over and send it somewhere
for publication - rather think I will
- hardly know whether to the
Chinese Recorder or some of the
home publications. It is too
long for any ordinary newspaper to
want to print it -- Well that is
enough of this. The Conference was
at Dr Graves' and passed off
very pleasantly.

We have heard news of the
[?Darmon?], party, as far north as Peking.
I suppose it will not be so very
long now before they will be starting
back .. Dr Happer has been very
unwell, for more than a month. [--I--]
He has several troubles in Asthma
+ bronchities connected with it, and
latterly neuralgia also - and the
last report was that he had pneumonia.
He is now confined to his room.
Sometimes he has to sit up, a good
part of the night, because his Asthma
gives him so much trouble about
breathing. The doctors do not, so far
as I know, speak unfavorably of
the case. Dr Thomson and Dr Wales
are both [--waiting on hi--] treating him.
Dr Thomson has his hands full,
I suppose, at the Hospital . He
has not the physical strength to
go through with what Dr Kerr has.
I think he has plenty of patients
and I believe is getting along
well .-- If Dr Happer should have
to leave for a change [--It--] he would
be the last of our mission who was

here when I came. It makes ^my [illegible]
to feel like quite an old missionary
If Dr H- should go away, Dr Graves
would be the only one left, in the
whole Canton circle of missionaries,
who were here when I came. Dr
Chalmers and Mr Faber of course are
older but they are both in Hong Kong now.
The Baptist Mission are expecting a
new missionary out this fall.
Well I must draw this
epistle to a close, as I am going
to write a few lines to Sarah also.
We are all about as usual --
feeling the hot weather which is now
coming on some. Quite likely we
may go to Macao for a month
after awhile. The sea air and
change would be refreshing to us
all -
With much love from us all
to all the home circle
Your aff Bro
-- Henry --



广州 1884 年 6 月 13 日
亲爱的玛蒂
虽然你的出生
一天过去了，莎拉的
还有，因为我上次写的
我没有收到一封信
在任何一天。我并没有完全忘记这个事实，但是
只是挤满了生意
当时。我刚开始
会议的一份文件，关于
你的生日，我认为是
星期六，不得不去拿报纸
在接下来的星期三，将
然后是下一个布道
安息日。我收到一封父亲的信，
上周二，写在我的
生日。邮件来的时候，
我没有收到任何来信
回家，当文件和其他
信来了。但是当我们
下午茶时，父亲的这封信来了
其中，当然是一个非常
令人愉快的惊喜。我很高兴
从这封信中得知你

感觉好多了。一张纸条
[难以辨认] Ellinwood 医生致 Happer 医生，
指出亨利的预期
在几天内。哈珀夫人得到了
一封来自她哥哥的信
表示他们听说过
亨利到家——
好吧，我得到了我的会议
纸完。它在
主题“基督教中的中国人
基督徒眼中的土地
立场”。一些
会议成员如此接受
对它的看法，他们表示希望它应该是
发表。也许我可以写
把它寄到某个地方
出版——我想我会
- 几乎不知道是否
中文录音机或一些
家刊物。这也是
渴望任何一份普通的报纸
想打印它——好吧
够了。会议是
在格雷夫斯医生家，然后就过去了
非常愉快。

我们听说了
达蒙，党，北至北京。
我想它不会那么非常
早在他们开始之前
背部。哈珀医生一直很
身体不适，一个多月了。
他有几个哮喘病
和与之相关的支气管炎，和
后来神经痛也 - 和
最后的报告是他得了肺炎。
他现在被限制在自己的房间里。
有时他不得不坐起来，这很好
晚上的一部分，因为他的哮喘
给他带来了很多麻烦
呼吸。到目前为止，医生还没有
据我所知，说不好
案子。汤姆森博士和威尔士博士
都在治疗他。
汤姆森博士忙得不可开交，
我想，在医院。他
没有体力去
完成克尔博士的工作。
我觉得他有很多病人
我相信相处融洽
好吧.-如果哈珀医生应该有
离开去换个地方，他会
成为我们使命的最后一个

我来的时候在这里。这让我的[难以辨认]
感觉自己像个老传教士
如果 H- 博士离开，格雷夫斯博士
将是唯一剩下的，在
整个广州传教士圈子，
我来的时候谁在这里。医生
查默斯和费伯先生当然是
年纪大了，但他们现在都在香港。
浸信会期待着一个
今年秋天新的传教士出来了。
好吧，我必须画这个
正如我要去的时候，书信即将结束
也给莎拉写几行。
我们都像往常一样——
感受现在的炎热天气
来一些。很可能我们
可能去澳门一个月
过了一会儿。海洋空气和
改变会让我们耳目一新
全部 -
带着我们所有人的爱
到所有的家庭圈子
你的兄弟
——亨利——

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