宣教學者梅鑑霧第八章休假-新加坡-福爾摩莎
CHAPTER VIII FURLOUGH - SINGAPORE - FORMOSA 1900 - 1906
One of the first visits Campbell paid after his homecoming was to Hill Street, and the first Sunday found him preaching in his old Mission. He had kept them so well supplied with news from Formosa that they were, perhaps, the best informedaudiencehe ever had. Mr. Lim I Sin, Mr. Brown-Horse-Wood, Mr. Righteousness and Mr. Flourishing Yellow, Old Chin the ex-scavenger, Promise, Spring, Aunt Lake and Mr. Universe, along with countless others, were known to them and their exploits of the greatest interest.
梅牧師退休歸鄉後進行的首次訪問之一是去希爾街（Hill Street），第一個星期日他以過去的宣教經驗為本呈現在他的講道中。他對他們之間所發生的事記憶猶新，這些過去關於他們一切的記憶，提供了所有關於台灣的信息，以至於他們可能是他所見過的最有見識的聽眾。關於林燕臣先生，林赤馬先生，阿義先生和黃繁華先生，老清先生，阿諾仔，春仔，阿湖姨和阿宇先生以及其他無數其他人，他們都很熟悉，也顯示出對他們所發生的事，感到極大的興趣。
It was good to be home again, good to find his mother well and still in the old home at Benvue, with Mary and Rob ertandGeorge; good,oh! howgoodit was to feel the snellairblowing from the hills, and best of all to be free from fever and experience again a little of the old strength and vigour.
再次回到故鄉是多棒的事，很高興他的母親仍然和瑪麗，羅伯特和喬治一起留在本維的老房子裡。哦，真好！感覺到山丘上吹來的撲鼻空氣真是太好了，最重要的是擺脫了發燒的困擾，並且再次經驗了一些以前的力量和活力。
His friends clamouredforvisits, and weekends were spent with them, preaching in their churches and talking, as of yore into the early hours of the morning. James Weatherhead, David Paterson, Sanderson of Killearn, HunteofKippen, Robert Stewart, James Barr, not to mention his cousins John Balfour and Kenneth Moody Stuart, all pressed him to come and tell of his work. There were visits to pay to the LandsboroughsatKilmarnock, the Sandemansin Edinburgh, the Govans at （18** 251 ）Bridge of Allen, the Drummonds at Stirlingandmany another home. He was off up to Aberdeen to William Mackintosh Mackay to preach for him, and a letter saying, “I hear you have a missionary map, which is said to be an education in itself, please bring it with you,” came from Mr. Clow, who was also up in the Granite City.
他的朋友們大聲嚷嚷要來拜訪他，週末與他們共度時光，和以往一樣直到隔天清晨才在他們的教堂裡講道和交談著。詹姆斯·韋瑟黑德，大衛·帕特森，基林恩·桑德森，基彭·亨特，羅伯特·斯圖爾特，詹姆斯·巴爾，更不用說他的堂兄約翰·巴爾弗爾和肯尼思·穆迪·斯圖爾特，全都要他談談論他的宣教工作。參觀了基爾馬諾克（Kilmarnock）的蘭茲伯勒（Landsborough），愛丁堡（Edinburgh）的桑德曼人（Sandemans），艾倫橋（Allen Bridge）的戈萬（Govans），斯特林（Stirling）的德拉蒙德（Drummonds）以及許多其他住所。他從阿伯丁（Aberdeen）到威廉·麥金托什·麥凱（William Mackintosh Mackay）為他講道，並且信上提到說：「我聽說您有一張宣教地圖，據說這個地圖本身就有教育的效果，請你隨身攜帶。」 Clow先生如此請求，他也曾在Granite City工作。
This map became well known and was in great demand. It measured some six or seven feet in length and was de signedto show the growth of the work in Mid-Formosa. It was made out of black linen with white behind, while flaps of the black were cut to act as shutters where churches had been established. After describing the place and the history of the first converts, by means of fine thread concealed behind, the shutters were lowered and a circle of light shone out of the darkness. It became a matter of some moment to his au diencesasto where the next bright patch would appear!
該地圖廣為人知，而且大家都想要知道它的內容。它的長度約為六到七英尺，並已標記註明在福爾摩沙中部工作的發展。它是用黑色的亞麻布製成的，後面是白色的（白色的圖樣），而黑色的浮貼被切成像是教堂的裝置窗形的樣子。在描述了第一次歸依者的所在和歷史之後，借助隱藏在後面的細線綁著，當浮貼紙放下時，一絲光明從黑暗中射出。對於下一個亮點將出現在哪裡，這對於他的聽眾來說已經變成了重要的時刻！
But once this map causes offence. “We'll haenae theatricals here,"thunderedan outraged beadle of a Free Church congregation; so it had to be folded up and left in the obscurity of the vestry.
但是有一次這張地圖引起了大家的暴動行為。「我們打算在這裡呈現戲劇，」自由教會數以百計的會眾情緒失控的表示：「所以它必須被折疊起來，放在教堂的不起眼的地方。。」
As a missionary speaker Moody was always acceptable. Hard-headed businessmen liked his honest presentation of facts, even when they differed from what he or his audience had expected; and not seldom they were moved by his ardent spirit. His appeal for workers was never on humanitarian grounds, however strongly he may have felt that appeal（; 252 153 ）but always for the honourand for the sake of Jesus Christ. They showed their interest in the work by sending subscriptions. As a speaker to children he was often dramatic, quite disregarding the adult element in the gatherings. A Professor's wife recalls the impression made upon a Sunday School when he walked along the top of some forms to illustratehownarrow were the paths which wound their way among the rice fields, with “pea-soup” as he called it, on eitherside.
作為宣教師的演講者，梅牧師的態度總是和譪可親的。頭腦精明的商人喜歡他誠實地陳述事實，即使他所陳述的事實與他或她的聽眾所期望的不同。然而他們很少不被他的熱心打動。他對宣教師的呼籲從來都不是出於人道主義的理由，而他表達強烈地的呼籲，始終是為了耶穌基督的榮耀。他們通過發送消息信件來傳達對這項事工的興趣。當作為面對兒童的演講者時，他常很戲劇化的表達，而完全省略了傳達給成人的需要的元素。一位教授的妻子回憶起她在主日學教學時深刻的印象，當時他以某方形式走在最上方時，用以說明當時在稻田中蜿蜒的道路有多狹窄，他稱其為「豌豆湯」。
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