WEI-HSIEN

[s. 793] : A town in Shan-tung, China, situated about 150 miles S. W. of Teng-chau-fu, an important center, which will be a station on Population, the German road from Kiao-chau. 100,000. Station of the PN (1882), with (1903) 4 mi ionaries and their wives, 4 women mi ionaries, 88 native workers, 124 outstations, 20 places of worship, 48 day schools, 9 boarding schools, 1 dispensary, 1 hospital, and 3,000 pro The college from Teng-chaufes sed Christians. Some write the fu is to be removed to this place. name Wei Hien. WEI-H WEI A town in the province of Ho-nan, China, situated on the Wei River, about 50 miles Station of the PCC S. by W. of Chang-te-fu. (1903), with 3 mi ionaries, 1 place of worship, 1 This dispensary, and 37 profe ed Christians. town takes the place of Hsin-cheng in the list of This latter place is now the Society’s stations. an outstation of Wei-hwei.: Weipa, Wesley an Me<lio<li.st WEIPA A set lement on the W. coast of Cape: York I Stat, on of the Mi ion of Federated Churches of Australia and 2 mi ionaries, one them Tasmania, witli (1901) of with his wife, and 1 woman mi ionary. Station of the Moravian Mi ionary Society, with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 1 woman mi ionary, and 1 place of worship. Peninsula, Australia. WELSH CALVIN IS TIC METHODISTS, Foreign Mi ions of the: The Calvin is tic Methodists of Wales began to take an interest in mi ionary work at the time when the London Mi ionary Society was established. They contributed liberally to its funds, and several of the most useful mi ionaries of that Society had been trained in their churches. But the growing desire that the connection should have a mi ion of its own led ultimately to the organization of the Welsh Calvin is tic Methodist Foreign Mi ionary Society in Liver In 1834 the British Govpool in January, 1840. ernment completed a treaty with the chiefs of the Khasi Hill tribes in the extreme northeastern part of Hindu stan, and a military post was to be established at Cherrapunji, and a road made acro the Khasi Hills to the British territory in AVhen the Welsh For the Brahmaputra valley. eign Mi ions were planned in 1840 the attention of the directors was called to the Khasi Hills as a new and promising field. Accordingly, the plan seeming wise, the first mi ionary of the Society, the Rev. Thomas Jones, left for Cherrapunji in November, 1840. Mi ionaries were also sent out in 1842 and again in 1845; but at times, owing to various circumstances defection, illne , and death only one or two men were left to carry on the work, and the progre for some years was but small, if reckoned by the number of converts, which reached but fourteen in the first decade. In 1846 a new station was established at Jowai, the chief village in the Jaintia Hills, and in subsequent years the work was extended to various other parts of the hill country. In 1849 the Rev. W. Pryse commenced operations at Sylhet, in the plains of the Barak River region. Tho the work was carried on vigorously, and not without some degree of succe , circumstances occurred which made it advisable to limit the operations of the mi ion to the hill country, and until 1887 the large district around Sylhet was left unoccupied, when in that year the mi ion was again enabled to resume its work there. The mi ion field in India is divided into 15 districts: 10 in the hills, and 5 in the low country to the southward, which was transferred from Bengal to A am in 1879. Day schools, evangelistic work, publishing, and medical work are all features of the mi ion. An indication of the growth of the work is given by the fact that the districts have doubled since 1890. There are now (1902) 439 preaching stations, against 136; 331 Sunday schools and 16,161 scholars, against 140 schools and 7,294 scholars. There are now 5,616 communicants, while the total attendants at churches number There are 10 ordained mi ionaries in 16,659. the hills and 2 women mi ionaries, and in the plains, 5 ordained and 5 women mi ionaries. Recently work has been commenced in the Lushai Hills, in the extreme southwest of A am. Two mi ionaries are located here, but their enterprise is still in its infancy. There are 13 native ministers, and 48 preachers who have been admitted to the presbytery, some of them being pastors and others in charge of schools. There is — — 776 a theological institution at Cherra, and there are 401 day schools, with 8,241 scholars (2,809 girls), and a medical mi ion in the Jaintia Hill district. In 1842 the Society organized mi ion work among the Bretons in Western France, and still has a small mi ion work in Britt any. There are 3 stations, each with 1 mi ionary, 5 churches, 74 converts, and 71 adherents not admitted to membership. The influence of the work, however, extends far beyond the immediate Protestant community. There is also a woman’s branch of this Society, with headquarters at 20 Sherlock Street, Liverpool, which aids in the collection of funds, but does not carry on independent work. WEN-CHAU-F0: A town and treaty port in Che-kiang, China, situated about 160 miles S. S. E. of Hang-chou, China. Population (1901) 80,000. Station of the CIM (1867), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries and their wives, 4 women mi ionaries, 17 native workers, 22 places of worship, 1 day school, 1 boarding school, and 448 profe ed Christians. Also station of the UMFC (1877), with (1903) 5 mi ionaries, three of them with their wives; 156 native workers, 6 outstations, 6 day schools, 7 Sunday schools, 1 dispensary, 1 hospital, and 3,294 profe ed Christians, of whom 1,294 are communicants. Some write the name Wenchow. WEN-LI Name applied to the cla ical or book language of China, as distinguished from the colloquial. To write in the same natural way as one would talk is contrary to Chinese teaching and practise; and the cla ical book style so abounds in stilted, condensed, epigrammatic phrases, that a man who has not mastered the literary style is unable to understand the sense, even tho he may be able to recognize the characters or ideograms. A variation of the Wen-li is the Easy Wen-li, which is not so severely independent of the spoken dialect. WEN-SAN, or GEN-SAN: A town and seaport in Korea, situated on the E. coast, about 120 miles N. E.of Seoul. Station of the PCC (1893), with 2 mi ionaries and tlieir wives, 2 women mi ionaries, 1 native worker, 1 outstation, 1 place of worship, 2 day schools, 1 Sunday school, and 125 profe ed Christians, of whom 77 are communicants. Also station of the MES (1900), with 1 mi ionary and his wife, 2 women mi ionaries, 1 dispensary, and 205 profe ed Christians, of whom 55 are communicants. The station of the was transferred to the MES in: ME 1902. 794