MISSION WORK IN CHINA

Chronicle (Levin), 21 October 1946, Page 2

MISSION WORK IN CHINA

MISS OGILVIE AT OTAKI At Chalmers Presbyterian Ghurch, Otaki, ' last week a long looked forward to event, the visit of Miss Francis Ogilvie, B.A., took place. Miss Ogilvie, a missionary of the New Zealand Presbyterian Church, was at the outbreak of war between China and Japan, engaged in the training of Chinese students for Christian evangelistic and other activities. She carried on with this work until Japan declared war on Britain- and the United States. She was then interned and suffered all the rigours'of internment under the Japanese for four and a-half years.' Miss Ogilvie, ih her address, spoke not only of the rigours of internment, but of the dire straits of the Chinese people, who suffered so tremendously from shortages of the very necessities of life, but who remained loyal, devoted and of unconquerable .spirit to the end. She drew attention to the grave famine menace which threatened China today, and those who were present to hear her story were impresSed that China was a nation and a people that were deserving of all the support and the sympathy that could be given. Miss Ogilvie was listened to with rapt attention by the audience. A hearty vote of thanks to her was proposed by Mrs. Thorpe (president of P.W.M.W.) and was carried by acclamation. Mention must be made of the fact that at the beginning of the meeting the Chalmer's Busy Bees, who exist to support- the mission schemes of the church as they are able, rendered a most acceptable and appropriate item. The meeting concluded with supper supplied by the ladies of the ffiurch. '