Missions and the church . SURVEY OF CHINA 77 more than life, and I will never deny him. Whenmerciful unconsciousness came he was left for dead,but a friend took him secretly and nursed hiswounds till he recovered, and today he bears aboutin his happy body the marks of the Lord the martyrs there were many who witnesseda good confession, and went willing to the death. Al-together 135 Protestant missionaries and fifty-threechildren, thirty-five Roman Catholic fathers andnine sisters, in addition to a large number of Chi-nese Christians, variously estimated at from 10,-000 to 40,000, w
Missions and the church . SURVEY OF CHINA 77 more than life, and I will never deny him. Whenmerciful unconsciousness came he was left for dead,but a friend took him secretly and nursed hiswounds till he recovered, and today he bears aboutin his happy body the marks of the Lord the martyrs there were many who witnesseda good confession, and went willing to the death. Al-together 135 Protestant missionaries and fifty-threechildren, thirty-five Roman Catholic fathers andnine sisters, in addition to a large number of Chi-nese Christians, variously estimated at from 10,-000 to 40,000, were victims in this dreadful persecu-tion. The Blood of the Martyrs. Instead of this whole-sale massacre putting an end to mission work andthe Christian religion, it really just got it Chinese saw what the Christians stood for,saw them die and could not understand. The na-tive church got its baptism of blood. The mission-aries stood for the highest ideal, for the greatestgood of the greatest number. They proved
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