. The Chinese empire: a general & missionary survey ... were given, and when the Convention was signed theywere all in China, ready to take advantage of the unfore-seen though prayed for openings. Mr. Taylor himselfarrived just as the Convention was signed, and at onceinaugurated a series of wide and systematic itinerationswith the object of preparing the way for future and moresettled work. That the opportunity was rapidly seized isproved by the fact that before the year closed—and theConvention had only been signed in September—Shansi,Shensi, and Kansu had been entered, while during thefollo
. The Chinese empire: a general & missionary survey ... were given, and when the Convention was signed theywere all in China, ready to take advantage of the unfore-seen though prayed for openings. Mr. Taylor himselfarrived just as the Convention was signed, and at onceinaugurated a series of wide and systematic itinerationswith the object of preparing the way for future and moresettled work. That the opportunity was rapidly seized isproved by the fact that before the year closed—and theConvention had only been signed in September—Shansi,Shensi, and Kansu had been entered, while during thefollowing year Szechwan and Yunnan had been traversed,the capital of Kweichow occupied, and Kwangsi visited. During 1877 Mr. J. McCarthy accomplished his remark-able walk across China, an account of which was published ^ The Chefoo Convention was not ratified until 1885. Although theChinese fulfilled its stipulations, the British Government delayed itsratification for nine years, that it might exact more onerous conditionsconcerning the opium 1. Rkv. H. L. Rev. R. P. Lau, Rev. J. MCarthy. GROUP VI. 2. Dr. J. Cameron. 5. Rev. J. W. Stevenson. 8. Mr. James Meadows. 3. Dr. R. H. a. Rev. W. Mr. Adam Dor ward. For short Biographkal ovtlines, see j^ges 443-4. To face 2mge 27. INTRODUCTION 27 by the Geographical Society, and in the Report for1878 it was stated that the missionary journeys of twentypioneers had amounted to an aggregate of 30,000 a clearer illustration of Divine guidance be desiredthan this. The men had been prayed for before there wasany evidence of the way being opened. The way was,however, in an unexpected manner opened, and that justas the men ^ were ready to go forward. Both MCarthy and Cameron in their journeys crossedfrom China into Burmah, but were forbidden by the Britishauthorities to recross the frontier, and J. W. Stevenson andH. Soltau had to wait for four years before they obtainedper
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