History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . hed,and all their books and printing apparatus destroyed. Leang Afa, well MISSIONS TO SIAM AND SINGAPORE. 247 known as the author of Good Words to admonish the age, fled to Singa-pore ; some of his assistants were seized and punished, all of them dispers-ed; a quantity of metallic type, procured for the purpose of printing theScriptures in Chinese, were melted, and valuable blocks destroyed, to avoiddetection; and Mr. Bridgmans school of seven Chinese boys was brokenup. In an account of these troubles. L
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . hed,and all their books and printing apparatus destroyed. Leang Afa, well MISSIONS TO SIAM AND SINGAPORE. 247 known as the author of Good Words to admonish the age, fled to Singa-pore ; some of his assistants were seized and punished, all of them dispers-ed; a quantity of metallic type, procured for the purpose of printing theScriptures in Chinese, were melted, and valuable blocks destroyed, to avoiddetection; and Mr. Bridgmans school of seven Chinese boys was brokenup. In an account of these troubles. Leang Afa gave the names of twelveChinese, besides himself, who had been baptised, and whom he regarded astruly pious. Mr. Bridgman and John R. Morrison, in an account of thesame disturbances, gave the names of fourteen Chinese converts. Dr. Peter Parker sailed from New York in June to join this mission. Hearrived at Canton on the 26th of October. After consultation, it was thoughtbest that he should study the language for some time at Singapore, wherehe arrived on the 25th of Resuleiicti of Mr. Gutzlafi} at Baukok. South Eastekn Asia. Messrs. Eobinson and Johnson arrived at Ban-kok from Singapore in July. Mr. Jones, of the American Baptist mission,introduced them to the Prah-Klang, one of the chief officers of government,who received them with great apparent cordiality and respect. As the Chi-nese are immensely numerous at Bankok, Mr. Johnson devoted himself tothe study of that language, while Mr. Robinson directed his attention to theSiamese. The little company of converts left here by Mr. Abeel, had al-ready been formed into a church by Mr. Jones, and were now under thecare of Mr. Dean, of the Baptist mission.—Dr. Dan B. Bradley embarkedat Boston for Siam, on the 2nd of July. A permanent mission was established at Singapore, intended as a centralpoint for all the missions in South Eastern Asia and its adjacent is a British seaport, and is freque
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