History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . been ttiade along the coast of China, Mr. Stevensj DR. PARKER S DISPENSARY. ARRESTS THREATENED. 157 Mr. Gutzlaff and an English gentleman determined in May to test tlie prac-ticability of visiting the interior, by ascending the Min river, if possible, asfar as the famous Bohea Hills. In four days they ascended about 70 mileswith no very serious molestation ; but on the fifth, two parties of soldiersfired upon their boat from opposite sides of the river. Two of the crewwere slightly wounded. They then ret
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . been ttiade along the coast of China, Mr. Stevensj DR. PARKER S DISPENSARY. ARRESTS THREATENED. 157 Mr. Gutzlaff and an English gentleman determined in May to test tlie prac-ticability of visiting the interior, by ascending the Min river, if possible, asfar as the famous Bohea Hills. In four days they ascended about 70 mileswith no very serious molestation ; but on the fifth, two parties of soldiersfired upon their boat from opposite sides of the river. Two of the crewwere slightly wounded. They then returned, having distributed a considera-ble-number of books, and learned that missionaries would not be allowed tovisit the interior. In August, September and October, Mr. Stevens accom-panied Mr. Medhurst, of the London Missionary Society, in the Americanship Huron, which carried no opium, on a voyage along the coast as far asthe province of Shan-tung, where they distributed nearly 4000 volumes. Inthe great commercial city of Shang-hae, on the river Woo-sung-, thev soondistributed Dr. Parker, having returned from Singapore, opened a dispensary in No-vember, and had 300 patients within a month. Several successful attemptsto restore sight to the blind called forth extravagant expressions of gratitude, The voyages made this year, especially that up the Min, attracted the at-tention of the government. One of Mr. Gutzlaffs tracts, which was on Free Intercourse, on Gospel Principles, and which, with others, was for-warded to Pekin, may have been regarded as seditiptis. Proclamations wereissued for the arrest of traitorous natives who helped to make the books,and forbidding the English barbarians to indulge their own desires bysailing along the coast. It was found necessary to transfer the whole es-tablishment for Chinese printing to Singapore; and five Chinese workmensailed for that place on the 26th of December. SiAM. Dr. Bradley, with a press and Siamese type, arrived at Bank
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