Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-09-25
Religious MISCELLANY.
From the China Mission Advocate,
ANNUAL LETTERING. 2.
MACAO, CHINA, Feb. II, 1899,

MACAO, CHINA, Feb. II, 1899.
70 Tie Friends Of China
In reviewing the mercies of the last
year we have sufficient reason for the
warmest gratitude TO wards our great ben
ellctor and merciful Savior. On the 9TH
er hand we humbly confess that we have
pot been faithful enough to the great trust
committed TO our care; and that we are
deficient in that heartfelt love towards the
Redeemer and the poor heather which is
he sOuce of every well-directed effort
and oil persevering zeal. We make this
statement in the sincerity Of our hearts,
and in the following detail of our labors
we most earnestly decline arrogating to
ourselves any praise, and disclaim against
pfe.emnence above others
Macao is said 10 number between TWEEN
and thirty thousand Chinese inhabit-
ants many of whom are strangers who
leslde here for the sake Of business, and
return at stated times TO their homes
There is much mercantile hustle among
lle natives; the principal Chinese streets
are constantly crowded, and the inhabit-
ants seemto be in a prosperous condition.
The great bulk are natives of this prov
nce from the adjacent districts, whilst
bout thousand Fokeen men employ
themselves either in agriculture and all
Sinds of drudgery, or in trade. The for
ner live in the environs of Macao be.
Laeen this and the barrier, beyond which
lorelgnerS are not permitted 10 pass, the
after at the entrance of the inner harbor.
There are a good number OF Roman
Catholics amongst the Canton men, and
near a whole village near the walls OF
Macao city is inhabited by them. The
remainder are sci of bigoted, heather,
aeeled against truth, perhaps more so
SOan those in other parts. The men oil
BUSINESS have generally shown little in
tlOatlon for hearing the gospel or read
loS our books, whilst others not so in
.nseIy lmmerged in worldly affairs have
,ecelVed them gratefully. and listened to
Juf dlscourses with patience upon the
ooc'rines of the gospel. We have also
s"eulGed amongst them works on sci
suve which in general were accepted
% Sa many expressions of gratitude, and
aoe IN some instances tended 10 remove
,divrelerate prejudices. The whole island
deang- Shan, on which Macao is stu
aNu' Is very ihickly inhabited. There
~ not only extensive villages wherever
W Soil is fertile, but here and there a,so
paces to whi:h we should not hesitate to
S"e The name ofcities. With the excep
w q a lew spots, these have never YET
C C,sn visited by the heralds of the gospel
Iou''derlng 1t our duty to convey TO all
~ natives 10 whom we could have access
knowledge ofthe truth in Jesus Christ
\; @f as our straitened means would per.
-" we commenced this year to dissem
r'e he precious doctrines of salvation
~ mese enterprises the Japanese fYay,
!" only been our faithful companions. bu
many instances the foremost. Will
b exception of one instance, when Mr.
l. was maltreated, we have been general
wei received, especially when the PEG
observed that we were TO present III
"a sS0As Tor nothing. Thus have we visit
,;,; more than forty large villages, som
cO"' and number of hamlets in III
A. Use Of the summer; and here as wei
VI the adjacent islands, and on boar
ps,, numerous us junks that have visited thi
bov oand the nearest harbors, ninetv,thre
6n aes OF books, each containing from t,v
um" u'ea and fifty to three hundred vol
b, Scriptures and tracts, have he's
lo Circulation. The farther fro,
aO the moie friendly the people, ar