. Ada Beeson Farmer : a missionary heroine of Kuang Si, South China . along this line. The native arts and crafts are well represented in Kuang-si, but, strange to say, most of the artisans are eitherHunanese or Cantonese—largely the former. While oftenconsidered a poor province, the trade returns at the Impe-rial Maritime Customs show that Kuangsi must not be reck-oned too low in the scale after all. A feature of Kuangsi which hinders its material prog-ress is the fact that it has been the theater of repeated re-bellions. The security of its mountain fastnesses make itan ideal retreat for the
. Ada Beeson Farmer : a missionary heroine of Kuang Si, South China . along this line. The native arts and crafts are well represented in Kuang-si, but, strange to say, most of the artisans are eitherHunanese or Cantonese—largely the former. While oftenconsidered a poor province, the trade returns at the Impe-rial Maritime Customs show that Kuangsi must not be reck-oned too low in the scale after all. A feature of Kuangsi which hinders its material prog-ress is the fact that it has been the theater of repeated re-bellions. The security of its mountain fastnesses make itan ideal retreat for the marauding bands who live by plun-der when other means fail. A people harassed by such con-ditions can not be expected to prosper like those underhappier circumstances. Kuangsi, while not in the van, is by no means in the rear,as regards the new reform which is affecting the whole ofthe Chinese Empire. She has felt the vibration of this newlife which is pulsating in old China, and is doing her shareto make a way for it. The new regime in educational, so- .-*,^?i. o <3 <: Ada Beeson Farmer 59 cial, military, and municipal regulations, which is manifesteverywhere in the province, shows how eagerly she is en-deavoring to keep pace with the new order of things. When we consider Kuangsi as a mission field, we find thatit is, as far as Protestant missions are concerned, compara-tively a new territory. Roman Catholic missions have beenestablished since 1850, and while, forty odd years ago, itin-erant visits were made by Protestant missionaries, and somework carried on by native Christians, and also, for a timea station established at Kweiping by the Presbyterian mis-sion, yet nothing like a permanent foothold was gained un-til 1896, when the Christian and Missionary Alliance mis-sionaries succeeded in occupying a house at Wucheo. Ifwe would see how God led to the establishment of the SouthChina mission of the Christian and Missionary Alliance itwill be necessary to go back a f
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