Sketches from Formosa.

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at Ka-gi by the Rev. David Smith on gth November, 1879.
Mr. Smith also presided at his appointment to the Elder-
ship on I3th March, 1881, in which office our friend
remained till his death on nth February, 1904. Being
very active, a man of good sense, and willing to render
any Christian service he could, Mr. Ng was often asked
to serve on Committees of Presbytery, and on such
occasions he invariably acted in a conscientious and
conciliatory way. One of his sons is at present Tutor
in our Theological College ; another graduated in the
Government Medical College at Taihoku, and is now in
private practice, while a third became one of our valued
preachers at the close of his collegiate course in Tainan.
This latter brother was a capable and most earnest young
Christian, whose death a few years ago was greatly
lamented by all who knew him.
4. MR. No KA-TI. This worthy friend was baptized
by the late Dr. Talmage of Amoy, and was admitted to
Church membership at Takow in 1867, becoming soon
after an assistant in the Mission Hospital there. He was
ordained to the Eldership in 1878, and continued in that
office till his death at Tainan on nth June, 1911. His
long faithful service under Dr. Maxwell, Dr. Patrick
Manson, and Dr. Thomas Rennie, was the outstanding
feature of Mr. Ng's career. His confession of Christ and
efforts for the conversion of those around him were not
forgotten in the midst of his pressing Hospital duties,
and we believe that not a few regarded him as their
spiritual father in Christ. Although
he had little book-
knowledge of the healing art, he went into private practice
when the Hospital was closed owing to Takow having
ceased to be a centre for missionary residence ; but,
being good-natured, easy-going, and somewhat loquacious,
Mr. Ng's business did not yield him much of an income.
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