With Mission 55 Years Miss Mary E. Andrews, away on. April 19 at Peo the residence of Miss "Abbie rich Chapin, who had been practiogs, jo daughter' to her for nearly cal, decades. Miss Andrews reached Hipe old age of 05 on Decont;'t fast, and for years had the distieg?
being the oldest living orissa ne ikely he clack signer, in all Chine. Arrvige Chhina'60 years ago, she saw 85 es4 very active service tuges American Board Mission.
Tis Andrews was Dorn in 190g what was then the village of Cat Jand, Ohio, now a mighty city, ie, mother wes a teacher of ability assed on to her two daughiets Usual gts in this feld, Hes tage twas 'a shoe merchant and, though Yeo successful, saw to it" tha children had & good education, nat 'Andrews was a schoolmate of Di'Rocketoller, who is her senior tone Year and has now won out Face' of longevity. Mrs, 'Rocketeer was another earl, schoolmate ant happens that President. trid iit James A, Garfield had been Dunit ihe same school. After her' gradu tion from the Central High Scho Cleveland In Miss Andrew faught for nine years inthe Milt Schools of that "city, retariny te another six year's teaching ducing mother's old. age.
Arrival in China At the age of sixteen, Mary deste give her life to Christ, at the sao tinge consecrating herself to the tt of making Him known In Missi Jands whenever the way should ope 'The opportunity came when she 28'to volunteer og one of the tst the single women to come to Neck China under the Women's Board o to! Missions, To Tungchow she was seat A in 38, where she arrived after a con Journey' of two months and nines fi 5 Here she found Mrs. Dvigt fag Chapin, working inher tower trying to brighten her barren cout. yard. In Mrs, Chapin's house, rented in the centre of Tungchow city, she found "the happiest of happy home! fam for fifteen years. Little Abbie ws firs then but two months old and cane to love her "Aunt Mary" as a second mother. It was a fitting turn of for {une that the love lavished upon te fal" child during those fifteen years by Ion the older woman with no children her own should have found opportu ity of ample repayment when Mis Had Chapin was able fo open her hoot and affectionately care for the ost MMM missionary during her declining yo mye Great changes did Miss Anion 00 during' this "long. career, S* min" found nota Chinese Christin of firn" Tungchow, but made her contriutin fey to tte network of churches which bs Spread over that eld. One tie School of ten boys. grew into MAM North China Union College al wt how, which in turn became part Jamon Yenching University, in 1970 Img started the frst leis! school, ite Wwere four" pupils and one tence fama Miss Andrews, But she gave ber! [me for these four and each become? IM", centre of new life
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