The Report Of The American Presbyterian Mission In Canton China 1888 Classic Reprint

Author : Hunter Corbett
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331350125
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book A Record of American Presbyterian Mission Work written by Hunter Corbett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Record of American Presbyterian Mission Work: In Shantung Province, China, 1861-1913 In May of 1861 the Rev. Samuel R. Gayley and wife, after four years spent in Shanghai, removed to Tengchowfu city on the East coast of the Shantung province, to open a Mission station. They were accompanied by the Rev. J. A. Danforth and wife, who had spent upwards of a year in study at Ningpo. Both families were suffering in consequence of the trying climate in their southern homes. At that time the Rev. J. B. Hartwell and wife of the Southern Baptist Mission of the United States were the only other missionaries living at Tengchow. They had removed from Shanghai in April of the same year. Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell gave the Presbyterian missionaries a cordial welcome and entertained them at their home until suitable arrangements could be made for the newcomers accommodation in the old Kwan Yin Temple. The Rev. John L. Nevius and Mrs. Nevius joined the Mission at Tengchow in June, 1861. From the time of their arrival in China, March, 14, 1854, they had worked at Ningpo, at Hangchow and in Japan. Because of ill health Mrs. Nevius had been compelled at one time to leave for New York for expert medical treatment; she went and returned on sailing vessels, around the Cape of Good Hope. During her fifty-seven years in China Mrs. Nevius suffered as few servants of God have been called to suffer. In September, within less than five months after arriving at Tengchow, Mrs. Danforth was summoned to her reward. Mr. Danforth, with health already impaired, in a few months became so shattered in both mind and body that a trip to the United States was deemed imperative. The Mission was obliged to employ a man to travel with him on a sailing vessel around the Cape of Good Hope, the only travel route between America and China fifty years ago. 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.