Their achievements, recorded
in detail by Abbe Huc and others, fill some of the
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brightest pages in the history of missions. I shall not enlarge
on them in this place, as my present task is to draw attention
to the work of Protestant missions.
A CENTURY OF PROTESTANT MISSIONS.
It is not too much to claim for these last that for a century past
they have been active intermediaries, especially between the
English-speaking nations and the Far East. On one hand, they have
supplied such information in regard to China as was indispensable
for commercial and national intercourse, while on the other they
have brought the growing science of the Western world to bear on
the mind of China. Not only did Dr. Morrison, who led the way in
1807, give the Chinese the first translation of our Holy Scriptures;
he was the very first to compile a Chinese dictionary in the English
language.
THE PIONEER OF AMERICAN MISSIONS
It was not until 1838 that America sent her pioneer missionary
in the person of Dr. Bridgman. Besides cooeperating with others in
the revision of Morrison's Bible, or, more properly, in making a
new version, Bridgman won immortality by originating and conducting
the _Chinese Repository_, a monthly magazine which became a
thesaurus of information in regard to the Chinese Empire.
THE PRESS--A MISSIONARY FRANKLIN
The American Board showed their enlightened policy by establishing
a printing-press at Canton, and
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