Our Bocchow Correspondent writes, under date of March 17 Our Soochow commanity deeply mourns the loss of the Rev. David L. Anderson,.p., President of Soochow away yesterday, Thursday ning, March 16, at a little before six o'clock. Thus close the earthly Iaboors of one of the best known educators in Central China.
Dr. Anderson arrived in Chins io 1882. For a little more than one year he was stationed in Nansiang. In 1884 he wes transferred to Soochow, which was the scene of his life's work. The firet eleven years of his missionary life were spent almost wholly in evangelistic work and for almost ten years be was presiding elder of his district—the Soochow district. In 1894 be began his firet educational work. He established large school for boys in almost the exact contre of the city, This school grew in numbers to shoat " hundred and was one of the most successful" schools ever carried on in Soochow. It was in 1899 that he entered upon the crowning work of the establishment and development of the Soochow University, which was first opened in the buildings of the old Boffington College. Dr.
was on furlough in 1900, and at a great meeting of his church (the Episcopsl Church, South) in the city of New Orleans, be raised about @.$50,000 for the Soochow University. Since that time this fond has been increased to almost G.$100,000. In 1910 Dr. Anderson was sent to America by his mission to represent it in the General Conference of his Church. He made a deep impression upon the conference, just as he had always stirred all who ever beard him speak, especially an the ject that. was so near to his heart, Christian education of Chit Dr. Anderson's death is not only felt deeply by the missionary community of Soochow, and the Chinese
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