CALVIN WILSON MATEER [Illustration: C. W. MATEER] CALVIN WILSON MATEER FORTY-FIVE YEARS A MISSIONARY IN SHANTUNG, CHINA A BIOGRAPHY BY DANIEL W. FISHER PHILADELPHIA THE WESTMINSTER PRESS 1911 COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION AND SABBATH SCHOOL WORK PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1911 CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 9 CHAPTER I THE OLD HOME 15 Birth—The Cumberland Valley—Parentage—Brothers and Sisters, Father, Mother, Grandfather—Removal to the “Hermitage”—Life on the Farm—In the Home—Stories of Childhood and Youth. CHAPTER II THE MAKING OF THE MAN 27 Native Endowments—Influence of the Old Home—A Country Schoolmaster—Hunterstown Academy—Teaching School—Dunlap’s Creek Academy—Profession of Religion—Jefferson College—Recollections of a Classmate—The Faculty—The Class of 1857—A Semi-Centennial Letter. CHAPTER III FINDING HIS LIFE WORK 40 Mother and Foreign Missions—Beaver Academy—Decision to be a Minister—Western Theological Seminary—The Faculty—Revival—Interest in Missions—Licentiate—Considering Duty as to Missions—Decision—Delaware, Ohio—Delay in Going—Ordination—Marriage—Going at Last. CHAPTER IV GONE TO THE FRONT 57 Bound to Shantung, China—The Voyage—Hardships and Trials on the Way—At Shanghai—Bound for Chefoo—Vessel on the Rocks—Wanderings on Shore—Deliverance and Arrival at Chefoo—By Shentza to Tengchow. CHAPTER V THE NEW HOME 70 The Mateer Dwelling—Tengchow as It Was—The Beginning of Missions There—The Kwan Yin Temple—Making a Stove and Coal-press—Left Alone in the Temple—Its Defects—Building a New House—Home Life. CHAPTER VI HIS INNER LIFE 88 Not a Dreamer—Tenderness of Heart—Regeneration—Religious Reserve—Record of Religious Experiences—Depression and Relief—Unreserved Consecration—Maturity of Religious Life—Loyalty to Convictions. CHAPTER VII