Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . de the me-dium of hterary production through the stimulating agency of mis-sions. They have introduced the art of writing, and provided readingprimers, elementary grammars, educational text-books, philologicaltreatises, and various grades of dictionaries, as intellectual tools topeoples who have thus been ushered into a new literary It is 1 See The Hymnody of Foreign Missions, by the Rev. James H. Ross, inThe Bibliotheca Sacra, April, 1894. 2 Commissioner Sir H. H. Johnston, in a recent report, has refer
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . de the me-dium of hterary production through the stimulating agency of mis-sions. They have introduced the art of writing, and provided readingprimers, elementary grammars, educational text-books, philologicaltreatises, and various grades of dictionaries, as intellectual tools topeoples who have thus been ushered into a new literary It is 1 See The Hymnody of Foreign Missions, by the Rev. James H. Ross, inThe Bibliotheca Sacra, April, 1894. 2 Commissioner Sir H. H. Johnston, in a recent report, has referred to theliterary services of missionaries in the British Central Africa Protectorate as fol-lows : High praise must be given to the missionaries of British Central Africa forthe extent and value of their linguistic studies. The Universities Mission hasprinted several works dealing with the form of Chinyanja which is spoken on theeast coast of Nyassa. In the Church of Scotland Mission the Rev. AlexanderHetherwick has published a handbook of the Yao language, and the Rev. D. - 6 m -^ so H c U THE DAWN OF A SOCIOLOGICAL ERA IN MISSIONS 37 safe to say that an era of national literature has been in many instancesinaugurated by missions, and in cases where such a hterature alreadyexisted it has been profoundly stimulated and guided into enlarged andfructifying channels. The morning drum-beat of the British Army issaid to accompany the sunrise; but even in more literal harmony withfact, may it not be said that the throb of the mission presses—signalof a transcendent dawn—pulsates round the world with the music oftheir unceasing activity? In Central Africa, as long ago as 1878, aprinting-press was established at Blantyre, in connection with theChurch of Scotland Mission. The importance of all this intellectualawakening cannot be exaggerated. The advantage of having the new Scott has compiled a IVfananja dictionary, which is a veritable mine of informationas to native habits a
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