The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-23
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ttans and missions Of that church from
Belgium. France. Spain and Germany.
According TO a geography of China
just Issued by the Jesuits, the Catholic
Church now reckons its following at
100000 believers who have been hap-
tized. 1t has fortytwo bishops. 100
priests, and has about 5000 chapels. OF
Its priests 1900 are foreigners
The Work of the protestnnts.
AS to the Protestants. their foreign
| staff now numbers about $500, OF
| whom less than $500 are men and
almost 1000 are women. or the lat
/ ter 1000 are married and 9S4 single
Tho Protestants have moro than 5000
| mission stations scattered over the
empire. and they claim altogether about
2b6,00o of a Christian community.
| They began their work only little
| more than 100 years ago. and at first
made way but slowly. AS far back as
| seventy years since they had only six
communicates. In 1858 they had no
more than $50 and in 1866 only 1000.
Ten years later their converts had In
creased to 10000, and in the next de-
cade that number had doubled. At
present there are between 1000 and
5000 native Protestant congre cations,
and their baptized Chinese number
about $780, 900. The missionaries claim
that this increase is gratifying, and
say that If they advance during the
next generation In the same ratio as
In the past, they will at the end OF
that time have over 25,00nn00 commit
nicants and a Christian immunity of
over 00,0O00O0. This is ole-fourth OF
the whole Chinese nation / give these
figures from missionary authorities and
those Of Protestant Christianity. The
Roman Catholics could make a much
better showing.
School Work Among the Missions.
The great education movement which
Is now going on In China was started
by the missionaries and is largely car
ried on by them. Many of them are
teaching in the Chinese government
schools. and most Of the textbooks are
of their composition. The first Chi
nese- English dictionary was made by
tho first Protestant missionary to
China This was Rev. Robert Morri-
son, who arrived here in 1907.
In connection with DR.. Milne. he
also made the first Chinese Bible. 1t
was Mr.. Wylie, OF the London Mission.
who prepared the first Chinese school
books in mathematics. and later text
books on other subjects. including
geology. were written by Muirhead.
Edkns and Williamson. The chief
authorities on international law and
political economy now In use In the
governm ent academies and colleges
weer prepared by DR.. w A. p. Martin,
and Biographies and other books by
DR.. C. =. Tenney. the Chinese secrc-
tary Of our legation at Poking.
The printing press was brought into
China by the missionaries. DR.. S.
Wells Williams used the first metallic
types at Canton, and the first power
press was brought to Shanghai by the
Presbyterian board
To-day the Presbyterian Press al
Shanghai is perhaps the largest pub.
fishing house in Asia. 1t Is pouring
forth Bibles, books, tracts and maya,
zines at the rate of 10000, 900 page:
per annum. and is distributing then
all over China In addition there i.
the Mission Press of the American
Methodists. which is pap erlng tn,
country with Christian literature O
| one kind and another.
| Both OF these establishments ar,
publishing school books,
AS to Bibles, they are distributed b,
the American Bible Society. which frs
came here about seventy-fve year:
ago 1t now sends out about 10000
volumes per year. and altogether 1t.
circulation has run high into the mil
lions.
Great Educational Work.
But / started to speak about mis-
sion schools, They arc to be foun.
everywhere, There are boys school
and girls schools. and kindergarten
tor both sexes. There arc prmar,
| SCHOOLS, Intermediate schools and hlg
schools az we'll as colleges OF art.
medicine and theology The Catho
ilcs nave university at shangh.
and college and Industrial scho,
az secawei, five miles from Shanghai
Win nifty other schools near by, hay
ing an attendance altogether OF s,7s
pupils. They are doing some eGuce
uonal work in. other cities. but as ia
as J can learn they are by far su,