Missions and missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church . A Chinese PART V. MISSIONS TO CHINA AND THE CHINESE, Behold^ these shall come from far : and, lo, these from the north and fromike west: and these ftom the land of Sinim.—Isa, xlix I2, /^^HINA is a colossal empire, whose area comprisesone tenth of the habitable globe, and whose popu-lation numbers over four hundred millions. Chinaproper is about one half the size of all Europe. Howto give the Gospel to the millions of this vast empirehas ever been no insignificant part of the stupendousproblem of evangelizing the wor
Missions and missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church . A Chinese PART V. MISSIONS TO CHINA AND THE CHINESE, Behold^ these shall come from far : and, lo, these from the north and fromike west: and these ftom the land of Sinim.—Isa, xlix I2, /^^HINA is a colossal empire, whose area comprisesone tenth of the habitable globe, and whose popu-lation numbers over four hundred millions. Chinaproper is about one half the size of all Europe. Howto give the Gospel to the millions of this vast empirehas ever been no insignificant part of the stupendousproblem of evangelizing the world. When the presentcentury opened with its revival of the missionary spirit,impassable barriers to the entrance of Christianity intoChina seemed to exist in the laws which for centurieshad prohibited foreigners from landing upon thoseshores, except at a single point, and there only for pur-poses of trade. But this mysterious land was a jewelof priceless value, and was earnestly coveted by faithfulhearts to deck the crown of the worlds before Christian missionaries w
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