Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-02-04
Origin Of the China Rebellion.

The Rev. Mr.. Tyson Yates, an Amer.
icun Baptist missionary at Shanghae,
has sent home the following account of
what he believes 10 be the true origin of
tho present movement in China. We
copy from the Independent:
a. snANonAE, 22d Sept. 1853.
There are at present stopping in our
missiun, two lads, whose identity is not
known, except to our mission. One, a
boy of fifteen, is the son of the "South.
cru King" the other, lad Of eighteen
or twenty, who was on last Sabbath re.
ceived into our church by baptism, is the
nephew aud adopted son of the South.
c,n King" Zone Of the four great lead
ers oflhe rebellion in China.) From
these young men, (,he elder Of whom is
well acquainted with all the circumstan.
ces that led to the first hostile demon
s,rations.) we have been able to get cor.
rect information touching the origin Of
the rebellion. ta4 s,rrta
! From these young mon we learn that
'riung-suche, atpresent known,as TAI.
ping. Wong, "having embraedthe chris
Lttian. religion, Destroyed every Of
Iidolatry about his house and school.room
| (ror he was teacher of a high schonl,)
and gave much attention to publishing
the Gospel. Disciples to the new doc
triue multiplied rapidly. Soon this in'
noyu,ion upon the ancient customs at.
,racted the attention Of the authorities Of
Quang.See, (for it was in this interior
province. far removed from foreign in.
| huence, that this new thing started.)
The authorities in question attempted
to crush this new religion by prosecu-
ton, but this only attracted attention to
1t. Finding that the new sect was daily
aud rapidly increasing, they, (the civil
md military authorities, beheaded two
of the disciples, thinking that this rigid
measure would suppress this disordery
body. But so far from having this effect,
they (,he Christians, who had increased
by this time to quite considerable mum.
ber,) took up arms in defence of their
religion, aud called upon God to aid and
defend them.
The imperialistsSin an engagement,
with them, were routed with great loss.
The Christian army increased rapidly,
till they might be able to Withstand any
fnrce that might be brought against them.
The Christian army was now fairly COM
mittcd. They well knew that they must
be delivered from the bondage of the
imperial yoke, both civil and religious.
or death was certain. They formed
the design ofsubverting the government,
with the intention Of establishing in its
s,ead liberal and Christian govern
ment.
They issued tracts and circulars, in
which they attacked the abuses aud cor
runtions of the civil authorities and The
religious teachers, Sc. They destroyed
idols, and circulated portions of the
Scriptures and religious tracts. and prea'
ched to the people purer religion
All this, strange 10 say, secured them
the favor of the people, and their thou
sand was soon multi piled. Thus Hung
Su Chuen commenced about three years
ago. Since then ho has tough: many
hattles. .a.
In every place he exposes the corrup-
ticns of the mandarins and priests, de-
s,roys idols, circulutes the scriptures
and religious tracts, (manyof which Vi .,,s'' are
his own productions, in which, of course
there are many errors, aud breaches
the gospel. His main army is now be-
fore Pekin. Considering oil the cir'
cnmstances Of the present rebellion III
China, viewed either in u civil or reli.
cious point of view, it is without per.
aSlIel in tho history of the world"