The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 04, April, 1889 — John Shaqi
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 04, April, 1889Various
Religion
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 04, April, 1889
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
The anniversary of the Congregational Chinese School at San Diego,
organized about six years ago, was held in the Congregational Church on
Sunday evening, February 10th. The church, capable of seating about five
hundred and fifty, was filled to its utmost capacity. There were about
thirty Chinese scholars present. The services were conducted by Rev. Dr.
Pond, who had come down from San Francisco for the purpose of visiting
the missions in Southern California. The pastor of the church, Rev. J.B.
Silcox, assisted in the opening services. The Chinese boys were
catechized by Dr. Pond, and showed by their answers that they were being
grounded in the fundamental truths of the Bible. Lum Goon Kee recited
the Twenty-third Psalm, and Chung Chong the Ten Commandments, and
another "The Apostles' Creed." The first and second commandments
received a new meaning to us as we heard them recited by one who until
recently bowed himself down to graven images of God and the devil in the
Joss house. They sang Christian hymns in Chinese and English. Charley
Nun gave an address in which he testified to the benefits in being "a
Jesus boy." Hom Gee had written and read the story of his conversion to
Jesus. It was interesting to listen as they told how they were led out
of darkness into light, and asked for the prayers of all good
Christians. The audience felt that human hearts are the same the world
over, and that the Holy Ghost had been given unto them, "even as unto
us." The address of Low Quong would convince the most skeptical of the
power of the gospel to purify the heart, illumine the mind and elevate
the life and character of the Chinamen as well as others. He spoke in
good English, and by his clear putting of the gospel truth, touched the
hearts of all. The service made many converts. It convinced the hearers
that the Chinaman was made in the image of God and is included in the
"every creature," to whom the gospel is to be preached.
There are about one thousand Christian Chinamen connected with the
Congregational Churches of California and Oregon. They contribute about
$2,500 for home mission work and have organized a foreign missionary
society, and with $1,400 as a starter, have sent two missionaries, one a
Chinaman, back to China to do work there.
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