When Dr. and Mrs. Evan Morgan leave Shanghai in the Empress of Asia on June 2 to travel home via Canada to England, they will have completed 100 years of service in China between them. "Behind them lies a wealth of experience, enriched with friendships and memories that fall' to the lot of fow foreigners. in the Far East, Ahead will lie the joy of attending an event that made Dr. "Morgan's eyes sparkle with anticipation when he spoke of it to representative of the "North-China Herald." His birthplace, Liange-Itho, Wales, prominent in the religious history of the country, will be cele brating "the bicentenary of the stablishment of Calvinistic Method. Istism in Wales on the spot where was founded.
En route to that celebration, Dr and Mrs. Morgan will visit one of their sons, 9 man who, to quote his father, "is most interesting, for he has applied the principles set forth, the Gospels to his own Ife." Briefly, Dr. Morgan diverged from his reminiscences long enough to express interest in meetfag this son who Mterally forsook everything, including a hospital which medical men assur ed him held. his only hope for life, to preach as a result of his experiences Inthe Great War. Two other sons have seen long years of service with the Government in India, and ight they slipped from under my head, and Thad a rude awakening. when T put them on and found one leg half burned off." he laughed.
in. 1886, Miss Weedon arrived in China, having been escorted out by Dr. 'Timothy Richard. She met Dr. Morgan in Shanghai where they were married by Dean Hodges in the Cathedral. With the mention of Dr. Richard, Dr. Morgan's mind) Yeaped over' the years that have passed since that "man of ideas," as Dr. Morgan named him, was attacked og a visionary, and laughed at for his offer of a prize to any Chinese who could invent a fying machine.
"He wasn't ridiculous, though be! was a prophet, who with David Hill, Gid splendid famine work, and whose Ideas are to-day being applied."
Friends of old Regime Perhaps it was the mention of those invitations that drew Dr.
Morgan's attention to the old regime: and its Ideals. There were many fine qualities in the old system, he said, adding that, through Dr. Richard, he had been privileged to meet many great scholars and officials of the lime. He visited them in their districts while he was engaged in evangelical work, and recalled that they had rendered him invaluable ai during the Boxer year.
"With great risk (o themselves, these non-Christian scholars refused to deny friendship when danger threatened because of it. Tuan Fang, for instance, who had received friendship from Mr. Moir Duncan, amply repaid it with his Kindness' to foreigners when the trouble came." In fact it was through his aid, Dr. Morgan revealed, that he was able fo wire through to Shanghai reports fon the frightful tragedies that overtook many, using Celtic to convey the messages, and relying upon persons, in Shanghai to translate them.
Before 1 go further, I want you to testify for me, to the kindness of those non-Christians who never lowered their ideals in the face of dangfers that were imminent from Peking emissaries. Some even rallied t9 assist when Christian principles were attacked, though they were never Christians, I remember that Dr. Chuo The Rev. Evan Morgan fare nearly ready for retirement. This evidently reminded Dr, Morgan of his own years, for he chuckled at the thought of his sons' retirement. who died recently, once came to our tid when the principle of the Virgin Birth of Christ was attacked by Chinese. He quoted the instance of 2 famous ancestor of the Chou Dynasty, Hou Chi, now recognized as the God of Agriculture. He re. minded the Chinese objectors that Chinese annals record that Hou Chi was born, through divine intercession, ofa virgin in the manner that the Christians ascribe to Christ's birth. After that, the objectors were silent."
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