Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . tation, operation with some native friends, for permission to form a street-cleaning corporation.^ Under thehead of Practical Questions, the Rev. F. Ohlinger discusses thepossibility of sanitary changes in the architecture of Chinese dwellings,and proposes that special missionary literature shall be put forth witha view to securing some beneficial reforms.* During the recent visita-tion of the plague at Amoy, the native Christians of the city cleansedtheir own homes, and seized the opportunity to do missionary w
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . tation, operation with some native friends, for permission to form a street-cleaning corporation.^ Under thehead of Practical Questions, the Rev. F. Ohlinger discusses thepossibility of sanitary changes in the architecture of Chinese dwellings,and proposes that special missionary literature shall be put forth witha view to securing some beneficial reforms.* During the recent visita-tion of the plague at Amoy, the native Christians of the city cleansedtheir own homes, and seized the opportunity to do missionary work inbehalf of more wholesome living. They prepared leaflets for dis-tribution, in which Christian truth and timely information suited to theemergency were mingled, and put them into the hands of the of the panic-stricken people were led to turn from superstitious 1 The Monthly Messenger, October, 1894, p. 233. 2 The Church Missionary Intelligencer, August, 1894, p. 754. 3 The Missionary Herald, December, 1897, p. 514.* The Chinese Recorder, August, 1898, p. 2 o ^: THE SOCIAL RESULTS OF MISSIONS 467 and idolatrous devices to needed precautions, and some, let us hope,to an intelligent trust in In Korea, at least in the capital, a great change has been notedwithin a year or two. Mr. MLeavy Brown, the English Commis-sioner of Customs, seconded by the Governor of the City, Ye ChaYun, who once studied the municipal administration of Washington,has effected a radical metamorphosis in the sanitation of Seoul.^ Anew thing in the capital—a garbage company. Now for solid work! says The Korean Repository of August, 1896. If not missionary workin its official form, this must be considered as an independent lay effortfor the public good. The Rev. David S. Spencer, of Nagoya, Japan,writes concerning that country: The improvements in pubhc sanita-tion are cause for great rejoicing. All this is modern, and may becovered by a period reaching back only seventeen year
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