- Aground off coast of China, 63
- Algebras, 164
- Anglo-Chinese college, 216, 218
- Anniversary of graduation, 39
- Apparatus, 209, 211, 244
- Apprehensions as to China, 308, 313
- Arithmetic, 162
- Baller, Rev. Mr., 182, 258, 333
- Baptism, infant, tract, 160
- Beaver Academy, 43, 239
- Bergen, Paul D., 225, 229, 325
- Birth, 15
- Birthday, seventieth, 273, 295
- Books in preparation, 160, 166
- Boyish traits, 17, 25, 237
- “Boxer” uprising, 264, 284, 286
- Brown, Arthur J., 9, 12, 336
- Brown, Julia A., 53
- Brown, Margaret, 54, 123, 143, 153, 168
- Business capability, 154
- Canal, Grand, 169
- Candidate for ministry, 42, 44, 48
- Capp, Mrs., 54, 123, 143, 144, 153, 168, 276
- Caring for converts and churches, 123, 126, 174, 178, 183, 192, 193, 194, 201
- Catechism, 161
- Chalfant, W. P., 325
- Chapel at Tengchow, 110
- Characteristics, personal, 25, 28, 45, 82, 83, 90, 91, 101, 148, 170, 171, 236, 320, 324, 330, 332, 333, 335, 336
- Characters written, Chinese, 165, 253
- Chefoo, 67, 203, 264, 265, 273, 281, 299, 300, 320, 326
- China, appointed to, 57
- China as a mission field, 70, 317
- China, the “new,” 150, 286, 305, 311, 317
- Chinese characteristics, 308, 312
- Chinese language, 105, 108, 165, 252, 269
- Chinese Presbyterian church, 199, 200, 204, 205
- Chow Yuen, 123, 184
- Christianity in China, 173, 310, 313
- Classmates, 37, 38
- Coal press, 75
- Coffin, making a, 242
- College student, 34, 93
- Conference, first missionary, 252, 255
- Conference, second missionary, 252
- Conference, third missionary, 266, 267, 272
- Controversies, 151, 170, 197, 203, 290
- Conversion, 92
- Converts, early, 123, 142, 143, 176, 177, 192
- Corbett, Hunter, 59, 62, 67, 76, 102, 116, 119, 144, 176, 239, 300, 327, 328
- Country school, 29
- Cumberland valley, 15
- Curriculum of Tengchow school, 136, 138, 144
- Dangers, 63, 121, 122, 124, 280, 281, 283, 284
- Death, 324
- Delaware, Ohio, 52, 58
- Delay after appointment, 51, 54, 99
- Discipline, church, 142, 175, 200
- Discipline, school, 140, 141
- Diven, grandfather, 20
- Doctorate of Divinity, 293
- Doctorate of Laws, 293
- Duffield, James, 30
- Dunlaps creek academy, 32
- Dwelling houses, 80, 228
- Education and missions, 129, 159, 312, 315
- Education, the “new,” in China, 244
- Electrical machinery, 214, 248
- Elterich, W. O., 328
- Employment for converts, 246, 334
- English Baptist mission, 225, 335
- English in school and college, 203, 216, 218, 230, 292
- Entertainments, 245, 250
- Experimentation, scientific, 213
- Faber hospital, 322
- Famines, 287
- Farm life, 22
- Father, 16, 18
- Field, Cyrus W., 213
- Fitch, G. F., 157, 163, 170
- Funeral services, 325, 326
- Furloughs, 145, 298, 299, 300
- General Assembly, 206, 303
- Generosity, 171, 172, 287
- Geometry, 163
- Goodrich, Chauncey, 91, 165, 166, 258, 259, 266, 271, 272, 319, 320, 322, 323, 331
- Graduates of college, 144, 145, 149, 233, 295, 323, 326
- Grier, Margaret, 82
- Hamilton, W. B., 332
- Happer, Andrew P., 216
- Haven, Ada, 299
- Hayes, Watson M., 147, 164, 179, 210, 214, 225, 240, 322, 323, 329
- Hays, Isaac N., 93
- Hebrew at Chautauqua, 299
- “Hermitage,” the, 22, 238, 304
- Home life, 23, 41, 79, 82
- Honors and distinctions, 38, 293
- House-building, 76, 78, 228
- Hunterstown academy, 31
- Hymn book and hymns, 161
- Illness, last, 321
- Inns, Chinese, 68, 116
- Invitations declined, 43, 52, 218, 294
- Irwin, J. P., 328
- Itinerations, 112, 116, 119, 123, 124, 125, 127, 184, 186, 329
- Japanese bombardment of Tengchow, 284
- Jefferson College, 33, 238
- Kiao-chow, 195, 286
- Kirkwood, Mrs. Jennie, 17, 23, 40
- Korean expedition, 297
- Kwan Yin temple, 73, 129, 135, 210
- Language, learning the, 105, 108, 109
- Licentiate, a, 49
- Licentiates, Chinese, 201
- Locomotives and Baldwin Works, 239, 243
- Lwan, Pastor, 327
- Maker, a, of “new” China, 309
- Mandarin Dictionary, 165, 166
- Mandarin Elementary Lemons, 170, 300
- Mandarin Lessons, 167, 169, 172
- Mandarin version, 252, 255, 256, 259, 263, 264, 265, 267, 268, 271, 319, 321, 322, 331
- Manufacturing, 240
- Marriage, 53, 299
- Martin, W. A. P., 167, 249, 306
- Mateer, Ada Haven, 82, 170, 241, 248, 250, 266, 299, 303, 319, 321, 322, 324, 333
- Mateer, Horace N., 17
- Mateer, Jennie W., 17, 23, 40
- Mateer, John L., 17, 156, 278
- Mateer, Julia A., 53, 62, 78, 108, 114, 123, 126, 129, 134, 137, 147, 169, 170, 192, 194, 276, 280, 298, 299
- Mateer, Lillian, 17, 146, 147
- Mateer, Robert M., 17, 146, 323, 324, 326
- Mateer, William D., 17, 240
- Mechanical ability, 155, 236
- Medical work, 86, 298
- Mercer, S. B., 32
- “Methods of Missions,” 151, 196, 292
- Miao, 123, 184
- Miller, J. R., 44
- Mills, Rev., 72, 114, 126, 167, 174, 179, 194, 199, 243, 276, 291, 298
- Ministry, a Chinese, 161, 200, 314
- “Mission,” the, 196
- Missionary, a foreign, 40, 42, 49, 51, 54, 57
- Missionary qualifications, 316
- Moderator of Synod, 203
- Mother, 16, 20, 40, 50, 299, 304
- Museum, 245
- Nanking, 169, 294
- Nevius, J. L., 71, 145, 151, 196, 256, 259
- New Testament revision, 258, 260, 264, 266
- Ningpo, 203
- Observatory, 209, 214
- Old Testament revision, 272, 273, 319, 322
- Ordination, 53
- Parentage, 16, 18
- Pastorate, 179, 180, 192
- Pecuniary affairs, 171, 172
- Peking, 264, 278, 285, 294
- Periodicals and contributions, 150
- Persecutions, 187, 195
- Policy of college, 230
- Preacher, as a, 91, 102, 181
- Preaching in Chinese, 109, 204
- Premises of school and college, 129, 135, 147, 209, 210, 229
- Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 335
- Presbytery of Shantung, 199, 200
- Presidency of college, 179, 214, 229, 231
- Press, the mission, 152, 155, 157, 278
- Profession of religion, 33
- Provincial college, 215, 247, 309
- Publications, 150, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 169, 170
- Pupils, 129, 132, 134, 135, 137, 138, 146
- “Rebels,” Tai-Ping, 71, 280
- Religious life, 33, 89, 93, 101, 104
- Removal to Wei Hsien, 226
- Revisers, Mandarin version, 256, 258, 264, 272
- Sabbath School letters, 133
- School-Book Commission, 159
- Science Hall, 228, 229
- Science teaching, 212
- Shanghai, 62, 152, 202, 252, 278, 282, 285
- Shantung, province, 71, 111, 284, 289
- Shantung college, 128, 207, 220, 253, 303
- Shantung Christian University, 222, 234
- “Shen,” 151, 170, 291
- Siberian trip, 243, 300, 302
- Social life, 82, 193
- Southern Baptist mission, 70, 220
- Stated supply, 178, 179
- Stereotyping, 155
- Stove, making a, 75
- Student visitors, 108, 245
- Students converted, 142, 143, 149
- Superintending the mission press, 152, 153
- Surgery, 86
- Synod of China, 152, 201
- Tai An, 124
- Tengchow, 68, 70, 84, 108, 208, 215, 264, 280, 281, 304
- Tengchow church, 72, 174, 177, 192
- Tengchow school, 129, 132, 135, 138, 140, 146, 149, 153, 277
- Tengchow station, 71, 73, 81, 223
- Terms, ecclesiastical, 204
- Terms, technical and scientific, 159, 160
- Theological student, a, 46, 96
- Theology, teaching, 212
- Tientsin massacre, the, 281
- Tours and travels, 68, 112, 114, 116, 119, 123, 124, 125, 126, 169, 171, 192, 193, 296, 298, 299, 300, 322
- Translating and its lessons, 269, 271
- Travel, modes of, 68, 112
- Tributes, 327-338
- Tsinan, 125, 226, 234, 289
- Tsingchow, 119, 120, 125, 226, 229
- Tsingtao, 233, 322, 325
- Tsou Li Wen, 259, 260
- Type-making, 155
- Union in Shantung Christian University, 226
- Union of Presbyterians in China, 204, 205
- Voyage, first, 58, 99
- Walker, Mrs. Lillian, 17, 18, 146, 147
- Wang Yuen Teh, 259, 327
- War, Chino-Japanese, 284
- Wedding journey, 303
- Wei Hsien, 119, 226, 228, 285, 295, 330
- Wei Hsien, at, 228, 243, 248, 250, 295
- Welcome at Tengchow, 145
- Wells, Mrs. Margaret G., 82
- Wells, Mason, 82, 285, 326
- West Shantung mission, 325, 334
- Western Theological Seminary, 43, 46
- Wilson, Samuel, 33
- Workshop, 240, 241
- Yangtse, the, 169, 171, 253
- Yuan Shih K’ai, 215, 284
Calvin Wilson Mateer, forty-five years a missionary in Shantung, China
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About This Book
An intimate biography traces a Presbyterian missionary's life from rural upbringing and theological training through a difficult voyage and settlement in Shantung, China, describing domestic routines, language study, itinerant evangelism, and the founding and development of a long-running Chinese-medium school. It chronicles administrative and literary labors, including creation of textbooks, a Mandarin dictionary, and supervision of a mission press, as well as involvement in Bible translation and pastoral care of local congregations. Interwoven are reflections on personal faith, character, health, and family life, and the narrative follows his gradual retirement and ongoing scholarly activity.