Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10


II China, or any part of the celestial
empire, should again rise against the
hated foreigner" the first to feel the
effects of the outbreak would be the
missionary. DR.. George e. Morrison,
that veteran observer of Chinese af-
fairs, has just completed a tour Of the
treaty ports, and In his summing up
Of the anti-foreign sentiment II Is plain
to be seen that, despite various reas-
surng statements he is not fully sat
ished the danger of turbulence is so
far removed as others less acquainted
with Chinese ways would have the
world at large believe. As has been
pointed out by dssector of DR. Nor
risons statement, II Is not reassuring,
for one thing, to be told that "the po-
stlon of foreigners I'm China Is no more
insecure than 1t has been for fifty
years."
According to the latest available sta
tistics, China has 27S5 Protestant and
914 Roman Catholic missionaries now
laboring through its length and
breadth. I'm every province and depen-
dency. These figures are exclusive of
the children of Protestant missionaries,
many of whom actively engage In the
work at an early age, and of the vari-
GUS communities Of the four orders of
brothers and thirteen orders of sisters,
auxiliaries of the priests. The Catholics
support 1856 schools. 299 charities and
reckon their converts at three-quarters
of q million.
OF the Protestant missionaries,
thirty-three American societies main
tain 1895. This is just few less than
one-sixteenth of the worlds total num-
ber of Protestant foreign missionaries.
All of the societies, except two, that
are set down as American have their
homes in this country. Including Brit
ish, continental and international socie-
ties. sixt y-eight are engaged in Chinese
work. Thus II is clear that the major
part of the burden of Protestant mis-
sion work in the empire devolves upon
the shoulders of our missionary bands.
China, of all the MISSIONARY lands
beyond the geographical sphere of the
United states. is the only one in which
our missionaries assume the bigger
part of the burden. Thus, we have
more societies by two active in India
than in China. and our combined mis-
sionary plant there Is much larger than
the one i'm China and the work 1t does
greater. Nevertheless, the thirty-four
British societies in Hindustan maintain
several hundred more missionaries,
several score more schools. hospitals
and dispensaries, and attend to the re-
ligious and physical wants of several
hundred thousand more people. Nine
ty- three organizations, all told, are in
India.
In China over one-half of the pa
TENTS treated at the various missionary
hospitals and dispensaries place them
selves in the hands of skilled American
men and women. Nearly 100000 pa
tents are cared for annually. One
half of the 10000 Chinese children ana
young men and women in the day
schools and higher institutions of
earning-colleges, university ana
theological seminary-are instructed
by American teachers. Only 5000 less
than one-half of the $4,000 native
communicates owe allegi-
ance to American churches and chapels.
Our missionaries look after about
100000 more people a year than the
-wenty-two British societies. Our
physicians number 1877. the British SO, |
our hospitals and dispensaries, 81, the
British IA less We maintain 1908
schools of various kinds. the British |
759. Our missionaries, including the
British force. They reside in 264 diff
ferent places, known as mission sta
ions Attached to these stations are
,24 out stations in direct charge of
native workers and under constant |
of the missionaries. The
native workers number nearly 5000.
Besides the $4,000 odd communicates |
If our churches and chapels, about 30, |
zoe Chinese technically known as ad- |
1erents. to distinguish them from COM
also come daily under the
influence of our little missionary army. |
There is one American missionary to
every 375,000 of China proper's vast
population and 1856 square miles Of it's
vast area. For the Chinese empire the |
igureS are one missionary to every 400,- |
300 inhabitants and 4150 square miles
If territory. In such a comparison the |
,ntire empire should be considered, |
since the missionaries are in two of the |
and all of the empire is |
held TO be a proper missionary field. ]