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THE
HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ・・
8, -1938.
Personalities of Old Hongkong
The Rev. Charles
Gutzlaff
N early missionary to the ++++
A Fate cost and official in the 1
service of the Hongkong Gov- ernment was the Rev. Charles Gutzlaff. He was in many res- pects a most remarkable per- Honality and through his know- ledge of the Chinese language proved to be of inestimable value to the founders of this Colony.
BY
T. PAUL GREGORY
The Rev. Charks Gutzlaff won Hfund born in Pomeranin, a province of
H+*++++
seemed to preclude the possibility that any
them would attempt to take advantage of his kindliness. It was really a very long time before
was
being he found out that he "taken for a
and strangely ride," enough, the discovery of the fact, was of dawning not due to any sudden the true state of affairs upon him- self. It was brought about through his efforts to induce foreigners from abroad to join his evangelistle union. down in the port and not settle citles, but adopt Chinese costume. Prussia, in the year 1803. He was undoubtedly one of the sincerest and be prepared to live and die, it away from all foreign influence. was educated for the Lutheran men of his day, but was unfortunate need be, the interior of the coun- ministry, but at the age of 23, de ly singularly lacking in a knowledge Those missionaries who did come. cided to become a missionary to of Chinese human nature; for fun and there must have been a con- the Orient. The German Church as it may seems, the greater proporsiderable number, fell in with tion of the Chinese who thronged
went into with which he was connected was the government office to listen to le Gutzlaff's plans with the warmest where: apparently not interceried In carry, preaching, proceeded to take advan- enthusiasm. They readily we
and they were robbed ing on missionary activities in a tage of his credulity. They profess- the then unknown
persecuted rexion so far distant from the ed such an interest in the doctrines and driven from place to place. Fatherland, and declined to avail of Christianity that Gutzlaff's heart sinny of them returned to Hong-
uiz- was touched, and
and he proceeded to
kong, broken down in health, itself of his services, so young Guiz- laff proceeded to Holland. Here he select from among the most atten- dying here, were buried in the Prox
favourably received, and was
out to Juvn as theve, a large number to act as testant Cemetery at Happy Valle; evangelists. These he supplied with Their hardships and the fact that the Netherlands bags full of New Testaments and they were not as blind to the foults
few truels, and provided them besides Society. After
reudily exposed to their сусл the rears of missionary labour in the with funds for personal expenses in human character as was Gutzlaff Dutch procession, he was transferred and i autory of six dollars a month hollow mockery of the fraud that
the horde of leeches attached to to Slum, where he commenced work euch,
Eventually be had some 300 of "Chinese Union" were perpetrating mong the Hoklo emigrants from
these paid preachers in his employ upon poor, over-trusting Gutzlaff. Putkien.
and his expenditure for wages alone in fact, as soon as these Europeans amounted to over $2,000 monthly. had acquired but a smattering of the These Individuals, whom he was language, they realised how badly
was being taken in," Onion," came and pleased to refer to as his "Chinese he
went with the thoroughly aroused, told him of the ces. Gutzlaff, how- utinast regularity, starting from his real circumstances. to the mustery of the Fukien dialect office "with pouches full of Bibles,
so impilelt and childlike ever, was so
his faith tint the Chinese and after a year or so of consistent travelling money and directions for In
torrad trade exceptional pro- the route; and returning at the mala refused to believe that they were pro- "evangelists" were ali honest men, Unlike most Europeans who
Wh per time with well-written journala are apparently listed when they of travels they had never made, simply an army of mercenary crooks ive successie in learning how to sketches of sermons they had never and bypocrites. Of course, after a
peak a Chinese dialect, and then
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EXPERT LINGUIST
Gutzlaff, who was gifted with an especial faculty for acquising foreign languages, diligently applied himself
the
and
proceed to rest upon their wars for preached, and liats of converts they while, the fraud became so patently
or had never baptised."
the remainder of their stay in the For East, Gutzlaff went ahead at proeceded to master the written language as well. So prollcient did
A SWINDLE
was
obvious that he was obilged to ad- mit that he had been swindled. The of success noble vision
being thus dissipated,
Door Gutzlaff so rudely
poor In fact, it was a well-conducted lost all interest
ercut in life, und his work He becnie in his ability to reatt and swindle; for the money thi
the Government service became a write Chinese fluit he well burden to him. His failure preyed by them as a port of prodigy, and kets, and as for the Bibles and und
and his health mind, upon hin they commenced to accord him with tracts, these were sold back to the none too strong, he suffered a com- a respect which, considering the ten- printer, and the latter in turn resold plete
plete mental and physleal break- down. He lingered in this miserable eral attitude at that period of the theat to Gutzka15. Gutzlaff, how-dition for a month Chinese foreigners, must have ever, was too charitable and perhaps
too "soft" seen exceedingly gratifying.
a person to realise how then
then passed
August shabbily he was being treated. He 1851, at the comparatively early age The sudden death of his wife and apparently thought that all men hnd of 48. Posterity remembers him not only child through a tropical ills the same high ideals as himself, and only as an excellent civil servant, deprived him of desiņa to remain in as for the Chinese, the very fact that but also 115 one of the greatest Stan 20% [eza itinerant missionary he understood the language po well, visionaries of his day. among Chinese coolies, and he beg ted his Society to permit him to more con- Jabours in
Commence
rental field Chibe. The Nether- fands Missionary Society, however, send him, but
were unwilling to
baving inherited a
there
small
decided that he would go at his own expense. tle c- cordingly set out for. Fukien in Chinese Junk manned by a Hoklo enew, and upon his arrival at Amoy was cruelly disappointed by the
* uncompromising attitude of the man- carins, who, declaring him a danger
us "turbarian" refused to allow him permission to land, curtly in forming him that if he did so, he would be arrested liable to be beheaded.
forthwith
CHINA COAST WORK
away
OF
on
TRAVELLERS' TALES
50, and 3,
THE TOYO
GERTRUDE GELBINS
RESUME
Gilberte Belgard, called Frow from becauag of her irresponsible unlety, marries (corpes Bartor,
Loulan Bere young lawyer, her stater, han loved Georges wince childhood. After five years bega of murrayı, Georges Loulae to Ave with them bo and CARTA Froufrou's Whima caprices are ruining his career and the upbringing of their chid. Proufrou soon realizes that Ary alter hos usurped her placa in the affections and catcom of her husband and litrio s0th An dra Vellaire, New Orleans blade who has always loved Froufrou, returna to Louisiana from France. Freutros attempts to Tocapture Osorgen' love." Dia couraged, she runs away with Andre. In New York she do- velops a wracking cough. A year inter, lack of money furces them back to New Orleans. Georgen challenges Andre to a duel and Andre in scounded,
Copriate by Cor's, the.
Chapter Eleven
RETRIBUTION
In the wocka that followed Andre's death, Froufrou kept to her bed. It was good to lie there in in the dark quiet. Why who was viated daily by two núna and a doctor, how Pick secured the money on which they lived were questions that nometimes filtered through the dull void that enveloped her only to be lost in the jumbled details of those terrible days following the duel.
And then, one day, she opened her eyes and knew where she was and why. She was in the obscure rooming house to which she and Pick had fled. She had been very
"Loale!” cried Georges, "did it take a miracle to bring you back?"
il for a long Ume. The kindly nuns And aurned her back to health. Pick had worked the miracle of entlating a doctor's all.
paused a moment to steady herself on a pow.
A lender woman in mourning entered the church and advanced
to the altar. As she approached the shring her eyes felt on the neckin on of garnats placed there. She looked up eagerly. Those garnets! They wore Froufrou'si She turned quick- ly and peered about, her eyes fall- ing at last on Froufrou and Pick lo the shadows.
"Froufrou!" she cried, "Oh - darling
Froufrou half rose from her seat and seeing her lurched forward with a mob. "Loutro," she wept, "Darling Louise, Sainte Catherine has answered my prayer.”
That evening Louise called Georges Sartoria
on
A miracle has happened," she cried as ho greated her.
"Louisa!" he exclaimed, seizing hor hand in both of him, and try!nj to control the emotion in his voice, "Did it take a miracle to bring you back to us?”
did," sho "Yen it #olemnly. "Georges- the duel I've been searching searching for Froufrou. Today I found her. Our Froufrou -- so fi
--00"
Answered
Since
ever
"No one mentions your mister's. name in this house Louise," he in- terrupted coldly.
"But she's been depperately And she wants to see you."
"That means nothing to me," he said stonily.
She stared at him unbelievingly, "Then you can't be the Georgen Sartoria I've always known.“
He stared back at her. "Once I told you I was afraid of hating her only because she was selfish, shallow, foolish, If I folt azbamed then what do you suppose I feel now? Oh, no. She's out of my life forevor."
There was a long allence between
them.
Then I can say no more," Laules
said slowly, "Only as an act of take mercy at least let me Georgis to her,"
"No!"
"T'll bring him back tonight,” siin pleaded-in an hour in less."
"No!"
CMERCIALS are a notoriously slicking on a playing-card, the king light-hearted lot, and the tales of diamonds. But, when he returned which are exclunged in the com- an hour later, his case was missing, mercial room are usually well worth and in amused porter
explained, "My mute says, sir, that a man came recounting.
twas Friday, and a certain tra- along, took an ace of diamonds out it veller for dental appliances was just of his pocket, put it on top of your about to book un order. He com king and went off with your care.
there's always danger here," he But it is usually in the customer's meneed a hasty search through his pockets.
room that the traveller meets with and "What have you lost" asked his real discouragement.
cilent.
"My penell," returned the travel a ler. It should be in my pocket. Í The skipper of the junk, however, i know I had it on Monday."
This is typical of the commercial's eeing that there was no chance of
directed against himself.
"I'd like to show you my samples," traveller began.
"I'm not interested," said the pro- spective customer snappily.
his passenger disembarking, carriedale which is often good-humouredly the
him to an opium trader lying off the port. Here he was cordially wel-
somed by the captain, and finding
After a second and a third refusal, traveller usked desperately, "Would you mind if I looked at As was the
myself? with the two them
haven't had a was The case travellers wh
who met In the station chance of seeing them for a fort- waiting-room D very wel and night."
that he was thoroughly conversa windy day. They were just about with Chinese, he offered him the 190
ac-s uncomfortable as could be. There Gutzlaff
post of interpreter.
hats.
"What a day!" commented the And then he added the inevi- first.
traveller's query, "What's your
at his ownable
Another whally improbable tale
one night.
"Do let me know what has hap- pened," she urged.
cupted, and for several years, sailed was no fire in the room, and water concerns the commercial who came up and down the China coast. In was running off their overcoats and home to his wife in a state of panke the meantime, he commenced work on the translation of the Bible into Chinese, and, prepared expense a series of tracts which he *Ilstributed at every opportunity. It must be understood that he never approved of the opium traffic, and when war with China broke out in 1039, he joined the English expedit- tion as offelni interpreter; for he was one of the very few Europeans
A country railway station supplies peatedly urged him to ask for an in Chin, "who combined with an ex- the background for another travel- advance in salary. And this was cellent knowledge of the Chinese ler's tale. A commercial who was how he broke the news to his chief. written language, a thorough practi-leaving his case of samples at the "May I use your telephone, sir?
And at length he got it out. line."
"I've had most desperate luck to- "What's yours?"
"Fireplaces," zaid the other. day. And to-night the climax came. The boss called me into his office- "Fire extinguishers!" grinned the and gave me the business."
In different vein was the tole of the commercial whose wife had re-
first.
cal acquaintance with several dia- station was advised to affix a label. My wife told me to naic a rise, but feets." Throughout, the campaign, he but, as a search of his pockets pro- she forgot to say how much." served as third interpreter with the duced no label, he compromised by
Drillsh forces in the field, and upon the signing of the Treaty of Nanking
in 1842, he was appointed Super- intendent of the Island of Chusan
near Ningpo then occupied by the Bellish. Such a valuable man was not to be lost night of by the Home Government; and therefore in August 1943, he was rewarded with the situation of Chinese Secretary and Adviser In Chinese Affairs to the Government at Hongkong.
MISSIONARY WORK
As soon as he had settled down in the Colony, he commenced In addition to his usual ofcini tasks, an arduous round of missionary labours, According to contemporary accounts, to hold meetings was his habit
7 to 8, at which every morning from he spoke in the Fukien dialect to an audience of Chinese. Then after a Jinsty
breakfast in his office, he would expound the scriptures in Cantonese from 8.39 to 9.30 for the benefit of the local Chinese popula tion. Hic, moreover, made it his practice to continue his missionary Inbours after 'office hours, by either going out to outlying settlements or villages to preach, or else working at home on his translation of the Old Testament.
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Laler, outside in the court, the doctor warned Pick that Froufrou must have no excitement. He point ed to his heart. "After pneumonia,
said.
ut she's his mother, Georges!" The law is on my side, Louise,” ho said barshly, "She'll never sen Jick nodded, her eyes big as Georgie again," Mucern, and turned to bolt back up stairs and care for her Missy, Shehim for opened the door of their room to tind Froufrou out of bed and dress Ing in feverish haste,
Oh, lawdy!" she cried in dismay. "Miasy, whai foh you up?"
"We're going out" "Dal's plan foolish, Missy. Wo mint gono erridge to carry us no whisto
We'll walk, Pick." Froufrou hended her a newspaper and with was trembling hunds, pointed to the Personal Column. "Look read what I anys here"!
Then litten! She folded the paper hasily and read aloud: Thanks to kt. Michael the arch angel for favors granted to me" ahe paused, her eyes skipplag down the column. "Here it in Listen, Plek: Many, many thanks to Sainte Catherine for every favor granted." Bhe raised her fushed face. "We'll burn a candle to her again, to Bight-"
Aint got no money to go buy ing candies wid," Pick proteated. "We aint got no money at all."
"She won't care whether we burn candies or not," cried Froufrou. "But I'll leave my garnets for the poor, with my prayer."
Louise looked at him as if seelok "Poor the first time. Froufrou," she said at last. "How much she has to forgive us!"
To forgive us!" be exclaimed. "Yes" cried Louisa "Once you called her a toy wife woll - wasn't a pretty toy wife what you wanted? You say she was selfish, shallow. foollah But I know a woman who luved you who was neither selfish, nor shallow, and not often foolish: who bad all those seasthle proper virtues that you men associate with womanhood, But was that what you wanted? Oh no! You never oven looked at her except as a friend- as someone to persuade the toy- girl to have you as a husband!"
"Louloo" Georges, for the first time, realized her true feeling for ulm "Louise you mean -
"Yes," she inferrupted. "I was that woman."
"You, Louis?”
She laughed shortly, "You're sur prised. No wonder. You never even saw min for her."
He shook his head "Oh yes" be Bw you, aften, Bald slowly. "I Afterwards."
"After you became tired of your bargain and I became tired of my nacrifice," the auswered curtly, Pick knew Froufrou too well to "after I became, in all ways but try to stop her. As they slowly one, your wife. And Froufrou, poor made their way to the church, the Froufrou know herself for a play. Calthful slave thought back to that thing that no longer gave even night, so many, many years ago, pleasure. What could she do but go when they had both aligped out of away!"
the house to light a candle to Bainte "Nothing ever happened between Catherine Froufrou to pray for us to justify what she did, Louise abusband, and Pick to pray that -nothing-
the kinks would go out of her hair. "Nothing, Georgca?" Well, she mused, Froufrou had got- He gazed at her steadily. "Wa ten her husband -- and she'd met have both known a long time that Monsieur Andre, too, that very same you were the woman I should have night.
married." la rushing off to church was "But Froufrou saveil me from wrong for lay with a quick side that, thank heaven," she answered glance, she noted Froufrou's bright| evenly. checks and feverish eyes. The doo- "What?" tor had said ---
Her eyes flashed into hle. "Now *We're bare," breathed Froufrou that I've seen your cruelty toward and lead the way into the church. ons you've wronged in your heart She genuflected then made her way as much as abo's wronged you, I to the alter where she lay her gar- "tva izanka on my knees that I am nets on the rall. Then, dropping to not the wife of such a man? Do you her knees on the prayer bench in think for one minute I could have front of the abrins, she towed her told you I ever loved you if you head
hadn't killed that love, at fast" --- "I ask you to intervede with our forever?" She turned to thi doer. for me, deur "Goodbye, Georgen." In another Heavenly Father
she Bainte Catherine,"
prayed.; moment she wna Kont.
"He stood motionisas for a mo- That I may be forgiwn all my wins and live a long time. Give me ment, then suddenly ran after her. back the love of my dear sister, "Walt — " he cried. Dear Bainte Catherine and restore to me the love of my husband and precious child. Grant this miracle, Bainie Catherine, I beg and pray, and save my immortal soul, Amen.
She remained kneeling an instant, then arose, her face merene and calm. She slowly turned down the alate, Plok hovering over her. She
Wha looked back at him. “Wait, Zonias. Take Georgis to his mother,”
Loules has made her retribu- sjon for the unhappiness sha caused Froufrom. Will Georgan do the same? Don't miss to- Morrowʻz_00ncluding chapter.
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