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Personalitics of Old Hongkong
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 34 1938.
The Rev. Charles Gutzlaff
BY
N early missionary to the ++++++++++++++++÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷ seemned to preclude the possibility Far East and official in the t service of the Hongkong Gov. ernment was the Rov. Charles Gutzlaff. He was in many res pects a most remarkable per sonality and through his know- ledge of the, Chinese language proved to be of inestimable value to the founder of this Colony,
at it
T. PAUL GREGORY
that any of them would attempt to take advantage of his kindliness. It was really a very long time before He found out that he
was being taken for a ride," and strangely enough, the discovery of the fact, was not due to any sudden dawning of the true state of affairs upon him- selt. was brought about through his efforts to induce foreigners from
abroad to join his evangelistic union. settle down in the port
Chineso cities, but ador
adopt
costume.
The Rev. Charton Gutzlaff was born in Pomerania, a province of Prussia, in the year 1803. He was undoubtedly one of the sincerest and be prepared to live and die, if was educated for the Lutheran men of his day, but was unfortunate- Reed be, in the interior of the coun-
try ministry, but at the age of 23, de ly singularly lacking in a knowledge away from all foreign Influence. Those missionaries who did come. cided to become a miminary to of Chinese human nature; for strange and there must have been a con-
the greater proporsiderable seem, may the Orient. The German Church
number, fell in with tion of the Chinese who thronged Gutz with which he was connected was the government offer to listen to his enth
Gutzinf's plans with the wormest readily went into They apparently not interested in carry preaching, proceeded to take advan he ing on milenary activities in a tage of its credulity. They profess the unknown hinterland, where rogion so far distant from the ed such an interest in the doctrines and driven from they were robbed
anci
persecuted place to place. Fatherland, and declined to avail of Christianity that Gutzlaff's heart Many of them returned
to Hong- itself of his services, so young Gutr- was touched, and he proceeded to kong, broken down in health, and proceeded to Holland. Here he select from among the most atten- dying here, were buried in the Pro- was favourably received, and was tive, a large number to act
as testant metery at Happy Valley. rent out to Jayn as the evangellats. ultimately
These he supplied with Their
and the fact that the Netherlands bags full of New Testaments and they were not as blind to the faults of representative Missionary Society,
few irnets, and provided them besides in human character as was Gutzlaff ars of miratonary Inbour in the with funds for personal expenses readily exposed to their Cyca the Dutch prosession, he was transferred and a salary of six dollars a month hollow mockery of the fraud that to Siam, where he commenced work ench,
the harde of leeches attached to the among the Hoklo emigrants from Eventually he had come 364 of "Chiness Unlon" were perpetrating Fukten.
these paid preachers in his employ upon poor, over-trusting Gutzloft. and his expenditure for wages alone in fact, as soon as these Europeans unounted to over $2,000 monthly. hnd nequired but a smallering of the These Individuals, whom he was language, they realised how badly nnid
years
After
*
Gutzlaff, how-
EXPERT LINGUIST
Gutzlaff, who was gifted with an pecial faculty for acquiring foreign pleased to refer to as his "Chinese he was being "taken M,"
Union," came and went
ent with the languages, diligently applied himself on
his real circumstances. to the mastery of the Paklen dialect, utmost regularity, starting from he thoroughly aroused, told him of the and after a year or so of consistent flee "with pouches full of Bibles, ever, was so impliclt and childlike
ent travelling money and directions for in his faith that the effort, had made exceptional pre- the route; and returning at the pro- "evangelists"
Chinese were all honest men. gre. Unlike most Europeans who
cans who per time with well-written journals refused to believe that they were are apparently satisfied when they per
my of travels they had have succeeded in learning how to sketches of sermons they had never and hypocrites. Of course, after a never made, simply an army of mercenary crooks Chinere dinlect, and then reached, and lists of converts they while, the fraud became so patently speak proceed to rest
rest upon their oars for had never baptised."
the remainder of their stay in the Far East, Gutzlaff went ahead and proceeded to master the written language as well. So proficien! did
A SWINDLE
obvious that he was obliged to ad- mit that he had been swindled. The noble vision of success being thus In fact, it was a well-conducted lost all interest in life, and his work so rudely dissipated, poor Gutzlaff
100 "soft"
he become in his ability to read and swindle: for the money that was
in the Government serylee became a write Chinese that he was regarded pad then went into their own poc- burden to him. His fallure preyed by them as a sort of prodigy, and kets, arid as for the Bibles and upon his mind, and his health being 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 gyn- printer, and the latter in turn resold plete mental and eral stlitude at that period of the them 10 Gutzla Gutzlaff, how down. He fingered in this miserable physical break- Chinese to foreigners, must have ever, was too charitable and perhaps condition for a month or been exceedingly gratifying.
BO, and a person to realise how then passed away on August 3, The sudden death of his wife and apparently thought that all men had of 46,
shahblly he was being treated. He 1851, at the comparatively early age only child through a tropical lines the same high ideals as himself, and only as an excellent civil servant, Posterity remembers him not deprived him of desire to remain in us for the Chinese, the very fhet that but also as one Stam nst itinerant masionary he understood the langunge so well, visionaries of his day.
of the greatest among Chinese coolles, and he beg gest hin Society to permit him to commence Inbours in a more con-
were
nn
Kenial feld-China. The Nether lands Missionary Society, however,
unwilling to send hitn, butt legacy, deelden herited a anali i
that be
he would go
Gutzlaff,
there, at hi
was
own expense. He ac
man-
TRAVELLERS' TALES
man came
COMMERCIALS are a cordingly set out for Fukien in a light-hearted loi, and the tales of diamonds. But, when he returned notoriously sticking on a playing-card, the king Chinese Junk manned by A Hoklo
in the com- an hour later, his case was missing, his upon arrival at Amoy which are exchangeri Crew, and
mercial room are usually well worth and disappointed by the
an amused porter explained, ecounting.
"My mate says, sir, that uncomp attitude of the
It was Friday, and a certain tra- along. Look an ace of diamonds out sarins, who, decluring him
danger ↑ ous "barbarian" refused to allowveller for dental appliances was just of his pocket, put it on top of your him permission to land, curtly in about to book an order. He con- king-and went off with your case.” fonning him that if he did so, he menced a insty search through his But it in would be arrested forthwith and pockets.
room that they in the customer's traveller meets with fiable to be beheaded.
"What have you lost" asked his real discouragement. client.
"I'd like to show you my samples," "My penell," returned the travel- a traveller began. ter. I should be in my pocket. I know I had it on Monday."
CHINA COAST WORK
"I'm not interested," said the pro- The skipper of the junk, however,
spective customer snappily. seeing that there was no chance of
After a second and a third refusal, his passenger disembarking, carries tale which is often good-humouredly would you mind if
This is typical of the commercial's
the traveller asked desperately, him to an opium truder lylug off the directed against himself.
I looked 11t port, Here he was cordially wel-
AS WON lic
them myself? I with the two chance of seeing them for a fort-
haven't had comed by the captain, and finding travellers who met in the station that he was thoroughly conversant waiting-room
night." on a very wet and with Chinese, he offered him the windy day. They were just about 19031 of Interpreter. Gutzlaff acus
as uncomfortable as could be. There cepted, and for several
the
case
Another
a
veral years, sailed was no fre in the room, and water concerns the commercial who came wholly improbable fale up and down the China coast. In was running off their overenats and home to his wife in a state of panie
meantime, he commenced work hats. on the translation of the Bible inte
one night. "What day!" commented the Chinese, and prepared
at
"Do let me know what has hap- his own Erst. And then he added the inevi- pened," she urged. expense a series of tracts which he table traveller's query, "What's your <listributed
And at length he got it out. every opportunity.
line"
"I've had most desperate luck 10- "Fireplaces." sald the olher day. And to-night the climax come. The boss called me into his office- "Fire extinguishers!" grinned the and gave me the business,"
It must be understood that he never
approved of the oplum traffic; and "What's yours?"
when war with Chinn broke out in
1830, he joined the English expedi- first.
tion as official interpreter; for he
was one of the very few Europeans
In different vein was the tale of the commercial whose wife had re-
in China, "who combined with an ex- the background for another travel- advance in salary.
A country railway station supplies peatedly urged him to ask for an cellent knowledge of the Chincter's tale.
And this was written language, a thorough practi- leaving his case
A commercial who was how he broke the news to his chief. of samples at the "May I use your telephone, sir?
lecta."
cal acquaintance with severn! dip-station was advised to affix a label. My wife told me to ask a rise, but
Throughout the
the campaign.
he but, as a search of his pockets pro- she forgot to say how much."
served as third interpreter with the deced no label, he compromised by
British forces in the Bleid, and upon
the signing of the Treaty of Nanking
in 1842, lie was appointed Super- intendent of the Island of
Chusi
occupied by
near Ninpo then
the Dritish.
Such a valuable man was not to be lost sight of by the Home Government, and therefore in August 1043, he wan rewarded with the situation of Chinese Secretary and Adviser in Chinese Affairs to the Government at Hongkong.
MISSIONARY WORK
As soon as he had scilled down in the Colony, he commenced
121 addition to his usual official tasks, an arduous round of missionary inbours. According to contemporary accounts, it was his habit to hold
meetings every morning from 7 to 8, ht which lo spoke in the Fukien dinlect to an
audience of Chinese.
Then after a breakfast in his
ho
hasty bru
would
theres in
expound Cantonese from 8.30 to 9.30 for the benefit of the local Chinese
popula- tion. He, moreover, made it his practice to continue bis missionary hbours after office hours, by either going out to outlying sotilements or villages to preach, or else working ot home on his translation of the Old Testament.
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The great ideal of Gutzloff's fo to accomplish the Apectly ovangelization of China, and to this end, he devoted his prenching. He
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Gilberte Deipard, called Frou- frou because of her irresponsible palety, marries Georgea Bartoris, serious young lawyer. Loutre, her stater, has loved Georges since childhoud, After five peara of marriage, Jeorges bega Louie to live with them to cause Froufrou's whima and cuprices aro ruining his career and the upbringing of their child. Froufrou zoon realizes that her alster has usurped her place in the affections and esteem of her husband and littío zon. An dre Vallatre, New Oricans blade scho has always loved Froufres, returna to Louisiana from France. Froufrou attempte to recapture Georges love. Din- conraged, she runs away holth Andro. In New York she de- urlops a trucking cough. A your later, lack of money forces them back to Noio Origina.. Georgea challenges Andro to a duel and Andrea wounded,
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paused a moment to steady herself on A pow.
A slender woman in mourning entered the church and advancedt
to the altar. As she approached the shrine her eyes fall on the necklace of garnets placed zhore. She looked up eagerly. Those garnets! They wern Froufrou's! She turned quick ly and peered about, her eyes fall- lag at last on Froufron and Pick In the shadows,
"Froufrou!" she cried, "Oh --- darling
Froufrou half rose from her seat and seeing Der lurched forward with a sob. "Louise," he wept. "Darling Louise. Bainte Catherine dos answered my prayer."
That evening Loulee called on Georges Bartoris.
"A miracle has happened," sho cried an ho grenied her.
"Louise!" he exclaimed, seizing her hand in both of his, and trying to control the emotion in his volce. "Did it take a miracle to bring you back to us?"
"Yes I did," she Answored solemnly. "Georges-ever since to due! I've been searching nenrobing for Froufrou. Today I found her, Our Froufrou no li
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"No one mentions your sister's name in this house Louise," he in- terrupted coldly,
"But she's been desperately ill And he wants to son you,"
"That means nothing to me," be nald stoutty.
Then you can't be the Georgen She stared at him unbelievingly. Sartoria I've always known."
In the works that followed Andre's death, Froufrou kept to her bed. It was good to Ule there in In the dark gulet. Why she was visited daily by two nunn and a docter, how Pick secured the money on which they lived were questiona that sometimes filtered through the duit vold that enveloped her only toki you I was afraid of hating her to the lost in the jumbled details of-only because she was acífish, those terrible days following the shallow, foolish. If I felt abated | then -- what do you suppose I feni now? Oh, no, Sha's out of my life forover."
duel
And then, ons day, she opened her eyes and knew where she was and why. She was in the obscure rooming houre to which she and Pick hid fled. She had been very:
"Lonite!" cried Georges, "did it take a miracle to bring you backp
He ainted back at her, "Once I
There was a long allende between
them.
"Then I can say no more," Louisa
ill for a long time. The kindly nuns said slowly, "Only as an act of had nursed her back to health. Plek mercy -- at least lat me bad worked the miracle of enlisting | Goorgls to her."
a doctor's niú.
"Nol"
take
Lator, outside in the court, tha “I'll bring him back tonight," abe doctor warned Pick that Froufrou‡plended ---- ""In an hour -- in less-” must have no excitement. Ho poin!-:
ed to his heart. "After paoumania, there's always danger — here,” bo! said.
"Not"
"But sho's hir mother, Georges!" The law is on my side, Loulae," he said harshly, "She'll never doo Pick nodded, her eyes big as Georgio again.”
Louise looked at him as if seeing anycorn, and turned to balt back up stairs and care for her Missy. Shobim for the fire! time. opened the door of their room to Froufrou," she sold at Inst. "How find Froufrou out of bed and dream- much nhé hna to forgive us!"" ing in feverish haste.
Oh, lawdy!" she cried in diamay. "Mileny, what foh you up?"
"We're going out" “Pat's jilumi foolish, Minny. We sint go no kerridgn to carry ún no where-
the
"Poor
"To forgive us!" he exclaimed. "You" cried Louise "Once you called her a toy wife well — wasn't A pretty toy wife what you wanted? You say sho was selfish, shallow, foolish. But I know a woman who loved you who was neither selfish, We'll wall, Pick Froufrou nor shallow, and not often foolish: handed her a newspaper and with who had all those sensible proper enger, trembling hands, pointed to virtues that you men associate with Personal Column, ["Lank-womanhood, But was that what you rend what it gaya hore-"
wanted? Oh no! You never even "Then listen! She folded the looked at her except no a felend ---e
and paper hastily
rend aloud: as someone to persuade the toy "Thanks to St. Michael the arch- girl to have you no a husband!" angel for favors granted to me"~~ { "Louins!" Georgen, for the first she paused, her eyes skipping down time, realized her true feeling for the column. "Here it in — Listen, him "Louise --- you mon Plek: Many, many thanks to Salute Catherine for every favor granted."; She rained her flushed face. "We'll burn a candle lo, her again, Lo": night
|
"Yes," she inferrupted, "I WAK that woman."
"You, Louise?!!
►
He shook hin hend "Oh yes, he said slowly, "1 saw you, often. Afterwards."
She laughed shortly. "You're sur prised. No wonder, You never even "We aint got no money to go buy saw me for her." ing endien wid," Plek protested.) "We aint got no meney at all."
"She won't care whether we burn candles or not," erled FroufroE. "After you became tired of your "But I'll leave my garnets for the bargals and I became tired of my poor, with my prayer."
ancrifice," she answered curlly, Pick know Froufrou too well to "after I became, in all ways bút try to stop her. As they slowly one, your wife, And Froufrou, poor made their way to the church, the Froufrou knew herself for a play- faithful slave thought back to that thing that no longer gave oven night, so many, many years ago, plenäure, What could she do but go when they had both slippet out of sway?" the house to light a candle to Sainte "Nothing over happened between Catherine Froufrou to pray for us to justify what she did, Loulan a husband, and Pick to pray that the kinks would go out of her hair.
nothing- "Nothing, Georgen?"
Well, she mured, Froufrous land pole. Je gaze at her steadily. "We ten her husband — and she'd met | have both known a long time that Monsieur Andes, too, that very same you were the woman I should have night.
married"
This rushing off to church war "But Froufrou saved me from wrong for Miney; with a quick side; that, thank heaven,” she anewered glance, she noted Froufrou's bright evenly. check and feverish eyes. The doo for hind wald —
"What
Her eyes flashed into him. "Now "We're here," breathed Froufrou that I've seen your cruelty toward and lead the way into the church. ons you've wronged in your heart the genuflected then made her way as much ins she's wronged you, I to the altar where she lay her par- give thanke on my knees that I am nota on the rail. Then, dropping to not the wife of such a man! Do you her knees on the pmyer bench in think Cor one minute I could have front of the shrine, she bowed her told you I ever loved you if you licad
|hadn't killed that love, at last -- "I ask you to interceda with our] forever?" Bhe turned to the door. Heavenly Father for me, dear "Goodbye, Georgen." In another Rainte Catherino,
prayed, moment she was gone, abo "That I may be forgiven_nil "my Ho load motionless for a mo sina and lire a long time, Give me ment, then suddenly ran after bor, back the love of my dear sister;; "Walt —” he ɑriod. Dear Bainte Catherine and restore to me the love of rov husband and precious child, Grant this miracle, lininte Catherine, I beg and pray, and save my immortal soul Amen)
She remalsed kneeling an instant, thien arose, her face merane and calm. She slowly turned down the alale, Pick hovering over her, She
She looked back at him. "Wait, Louiso, Taka Georgia to his mother."
Louise hos modo her rotrebu tion for the unhappiness she caused Froufrou. Win Georgus do the samet Don't miss to morrow's concluding chapter.
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