The Life And Opinions Of The Rev William Milne D D Missionary To China

Author : Robert Philip
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ISBN 13 : 9781331160229
Total Pages : 438 pages
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Download or read book The Life and Opinions of the Rev. William Milne, D. D., Missionary to China written by Robert Philip and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Opinions of the Rev. William Milne, D. D., Missionary to China: Intended as a Guide to Missionary Spirit; Illustrated by Biographical Annals of Asiatic Missions, From Primitive to Protestant Times; Intended as a Guide to Missionary Spirit Had the Author known of any one in England, accustomed to write for the press, who had even the half of his own knowledge of Dr. and Mrs. Milne, he would not have become their biographer, notwithstanding all his love to their memory, and all his zeal for China. His health forbade equally, the excitement of living over again the days of his youth, and the research necessary in order to illustrate the Opinions of Dr. Milne on the ancient Christianity of China. The last was the chief difficulty: for our Ecclesiastical History does not even furnish a dew to the history of the Syrian Church in Asia, although she eclipsed both the Greek and Roman in numbers and purity, during the middle ages. The fact is, the Syrian Church had no influence on the Reformation: for Melancthon failed to enlist her patriarch against the Pope, and Luther, to establish her orthodoxy; and thus our historians took no interest in her ancient faith or fame. This created a blot as well as a blank in our literature; and he must be no ordinary scholar who can remove either now. It is unnecessary for the Author to say, that he has not scholarship to be the annalist of this first and greatest Missionary Church in the world. He has done, however, in a small compass, all that he was capable of doing, - blended with the life of the second Protestant Missionary to China, graphic sketches of the Primitive and Nestorian Missions, which penetrated or skirted that mighty empire, "the Land of Sinim." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.