China Mission Work and the Unfinished Task in 1900s China
A historical survey discusses the ongoing effort of Christian missions in China, noting 2,955 congregations and 177,724 Protestant members across 2,027 native church organizations. It highlights foreign missionary leadership, vast Moslem populations, and the Life of Judson’s Japanese translation amid broader reports on Bible distribution, educational work, and literary initiatives in Asia. The piece cites Yuan Shikai’s daughter at a mission school and reflects on missionary impact in Japan, Korea, Russia, and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson
China Inland Mission
China
Algeria
Scotland
Ireland
Morocco
Persia
Missionary Review of the World
Republic of China
Europe
Japan
BN. Warne
Edward Judson
Adoniram Judson
Christian Literary Society
Congregational Organ
Chriistan
Empire
Kioyshi Sato
Warftetor
Houg
Chinese banker in Peking backs gospel outreach after Boxer uprising
Bishop Bashford notes a Beijing banker who has long felt conviction of sin since the 1900 Boxer uprising. After openly confessing Christ during the revolution, he endowed a messenger for preaching the gospel until the millennium, an example of applied Christianity by a new convert.
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Pe-king
Bishop Bashford
Filipinos Say Opium Habit Drastically Reduced in Islands
Missionary Rev. A. I. Snyder reports from furlough that opium use among Filipinos has been checked and largely eradicated by laws. The remaining users are mostly Chinese drug fiends, with only five percent of former Filipino opium users still addicted since 1906's 40,000. Conditions have since improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. Snyder
Chinese laborer rescued and heals after 400 mile trek home
A Chinese laborer crashed from a horse four hundred miles from North China, walked to a village with no money and weeks of food, and crawled back home for four months. A Talanfu missionary and a Manila mission staffer recount the ordeal and note the man found mercy, received hospital care, and became a Christian.
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J. H. Korns
Talanfu Methodist Hospital
China
Talanfu
Cure Deafness by Constitutional Remedies Promoted
An advertisement claims deafness stems from a catarrh inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. It asserts a single cure via constitutional remedies and offers one hundred dollars for any incurable case, urging readers to try Ball's Catarrh Cure and related pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball
J. Chamemy & Co
Toledo
Druwatans
Hall
Nonpartisan rhetoric marks Tennessee supreme court race
The Nashville Tennessean reports Republican chairman James S. Beasley pushes a nonpartisan line for Judge Williams while East Tennessee Republicans favor Judge Burrow. Beasley’s circulars claim Williams is Hooper’s appointee and a vote for Williams supports the Hooper administration. Democratic leaders call the campaign a sham.
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Sam
Middle
West Tennessee
Supreme Court
East Tennessee
Judge Burrow
Beasley
Scott County
Nashville
James S. Beasley
Republican Executive Committee of
Tennessee
Williams
Hooper
L. D. Hill
Demcratic
State Committee
Judie Wil Mans
Republican Party
Williama
Constipation Warning and Local Social Notes
Constipation warns readers with claims of toxin absorption and promotes Dr King s New Life Pills. Social notes describe visits and guests in Johnson City with families Clarke Hunter Lewis Reynolds Shell McCorkle McCorkle Summers and Maher among others visiting and staying locally.
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Dr. King
M. BE. Clarke
Shirley
W. ©. Clemens
R. C. Hunter
Johnson City
Mollie Lewis
Will Reynolds
Bertha
Hannah
Cornelia Lewis
Bertha Shell
Ruth McCorkle
J. B. Shell
Carrie Summers
JohnsonCity
J. A. Maher
Judge Burrow Linked to Southern Railroad Role
Democratic state committee chair Jon. I. D. HI says Judge Burrow, the Democratic nominee for supreme judge, now serves the Southern railroad as assistant division counsel, mirroring Judge Williams’s prior service when appointed to the bench by Governor Hooper. Republicans use this to attack Burrow and his supporters.
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William
Crump-Cox- Howse
Tennessre
Judge Williams
Als
Flo
Vanderbilt
Supreme Judge
Tennessee
Free and Independent Judiciary
Chattanooga
Judge Burrow
Southern Railroad
Hooper
The
Banner
Senator Lea
Supreme Bench
Jon. I. D. HI
Democratic State Committee
Burrow
Williame
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Manila
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Yuan Shi Kai
Pekin
Southern Baptists
Texas
India
Burma
British Bible Society
England
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United States
Canada
America
California
Tunis
Tripoli
Egypt
Turkey
Asia
Persian
Java
Wiliams
jPot-metu
Republican Weekly
M. A. Ryder
Asm
Williams I
Willams
For
Calumet
Chicago
Pure Food Grocery Co
R. 1
Minn
E. L. McLeod
W. Brown
Swingle Bros
B. Worley
vans-Hill Co
Bee Hive
Carter County News
Derp
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, GA
Hoth Haye Held
Firestone
Firestone Builders
Firestones
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Won
Ohio
Coca-Cola
Kryptoks
Kryptok
Crouch
Main Street
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