Section of Letter from Henry

Section of Letter from Henry

Steamboats; Missionaries; Viceroys; Consuls; Presbyterian Church; Letters

Henry updates the recipient on the status of the missions in China. For example, a new girls' schoolhouse is being built for the Baptist Mission. Henry also discusses the purchasing of land, and the various forces involved (Chinese Viceroy, British Consul, Danish Consul). Kuan Loy and Li Tsing of the Third Presbyterian Church arranged prayer meetings after Henry told Ui Sik Kau about meetings at the First and Second Churches. Dr. Kerr is the lead missionary in Canton. Henry concludes by thanking Clara, Mary, and Emily for their letters.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

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

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see Mr Wilson along by the last
mail, but he did not put in an
appearance. I presume he will
be along by the steamer which
reaches Hongkong Nov 17th. Sophia
Preston I presume will also be
along by that steamer. I wonder
how it will seem to her to be back
in her fathers house without the
father and the Mother there.
I hope she will enjoy it out
here and be a useful mission-
ary- The girls school House
of the Baptist mission is going
up. I suppose the walls must
be up by this time and may
be the roof- on. I do not know
how many it is to accomodate
My school is not quite so large
as before vacation. Barely 40 in
attendance generally 36 to 38. They drop
off a little towards the end of the year.
The whole Enrollment during the year is around 69
I have such nice teachers now if

only they were both going to
stay but I suppose To-[illegible]
will go to Dr Happer when he
comes. I think he would be in
a more useful place where
he is. I am a good deal of
the [--m--] opinion that it will be
better for the Mission School to
have a separate locality from
the College. Dr Ellinwood suggests
that it may be well to have
the Mission premises and
the College in one compound-
But unfortunately neither the
mission premises nor the College
premises are bought yet, and
there is no telling how soon
they will be with this Viceroy
here. He is evidently well
sustained, and he must be
an able man. From a Chinese
point of view no doubt he
is very patriotic and just the

thing to head off these foreigners-
The good brethren in Hainan do
not have much prospect of
having their deed sealed. I had
a letter from Mr Gilman this morning
in which he said that the officials
had sent back what was paid
for the land to the British Consul
at Hoihow and asked him to
hand it back to Mr Jeremiassen
He declined to do this and sent
it back. They say now they will
send it to the Danish Consul
at Canton.
We had a very good mission
ary meeting at the 2d Church
last Sunday the first one in
Nov to pray for missions. All
three of the Presbyterian Churches
meet together and we had quite
a full meeting and a very
good one. I told Ui Sik Kau
about it and he and Kuan Loy

and Li Tsing who preaches at
the 3d Church made all the
arrangements. It seems very
nice that the Chinese are getting
along so that they are able to
do so much for themselves.
I hope they will keep improving
more and more-
The [illegible] expect to
leave for Australia about the
middle of the next month, and
the next departure will very
likely be "the writer". Dr Kerr is
now the senior missionary in
Canton, and I have been here
longest amont the [u]Ministers[/u].
Don't it seem like getting old? I am
glad that Father got through the
summer as well as he did and
hope he will have a good winter-
I am in debt to Clara, Mary + Em no
doubt for letters -- but you must
"[?man-han?]" them and "[?to-tse?]" them
+ "Ko [?Ring?]" them + "[?in?] Koi" them and
make it all right some way--
Much love to all from Your Affly
-Henry-



最后见到威尔逊先生
邮件，但他没有放入
外貌。我想他会
待在蒸笼旁
11月17日到达香港。索菲亚
我想普雷斯顿也会是
沿着那艘汽船。我想知道
在她看来怎么会回来
在她父亲的家里，没有
父亲和母亲在那里。
我希望她会喜欢它
在这里做一个有用的传教士- The Girls School House
浸信会的使命正在进行
向上。我想墙壁必须
到这个时候起床，可能
成为屋顶上的人。我不知道
容纳多少
我的学校不是很大
和假期前一样。不到 40 英寸
出席人数一般为 36 至 38。他们下降
接近年底的时候略有下降。
全年招生69人左右
我现在有这么好的老师，如果

只有他们俩都去
留下，但我想要-[无法辨认]
他会去看哈珀医生
来了。我想他会在
一个更有用的地方
他是。我很喜欢
认为它将是
对教会学校更好
有一个单独的地方
高校。艾林伍德医生建议
最好有
特派团房地和
大学在一个复合 -
但不幸的是
任务场所或学院
房屋已购买，并且
不知道多久
他们将与这位总督在一起
这里。他显然很好
持续，他必须
一个能干的人。来自一个中国人
毫无疑问他的观点
非常爱国，只是

阻止这些外国人的事情-
海南的好兄弟们
没有太大的前景
有他们的契约密封。我有
吉尔曼先生今天早上的来信
他在其中说，官员
已退回已付款
将土地交给英国领事
在 Hoihow 并要求他
把它还给耶雷米亚森先生
他拒绝这样做并发送
回来了。他们说现在他们会
寄给丹麦领事
在广州。
我们在 2d 教堂举行了一次非常好的宣教会议
上周日的第一个
十一月为宣教祷告。全部
三个长老会教堂
一起见面，我们有很多
一个完整的会议和一个非常
好一个。我告诉了Ui Sik Kau
关于它和他和Kuan Loy

和讲道的李青
3d 教堂创造了所有
安排。看起来很
很高兴中国人得到了
以便他们能够
为自己做这么多。
我希望他们会不断改进
越来越多-
[无法辨认] 期望
前往澳大利亚约
下个月中旬，和
下次出发会很
可能是“作家”。克尔博士是
现在是高级传教士
广州，我来过
最长的部长。
是不是好像变老了？我是
很高兴父亲度过了难关
夏天和他一样
希望他过一个愉快的冬天-
我欠克拉拉、玛丽和艾姆的债
毫无疑问是字母——但你必须
“man-han”他们和“to-tse”他们
和“Ko Ring”他们和在 Koi”他们和
以某种方式让一切都好起来——
你对所有人的爱
-亨利-

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