Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . ey are the leaders in all charitable work,gi^^ng largely themselves, and personally disbursing the funds with which they areentrusted; that they do make converts, and such converts are mentally benefited byconversion. . Missionaries are the pioneers of trade and commerce. Civiliza-tion, learning, and instruction, breed new wants which commerce supplies. Look atthe electric telegraph, now in every province in China but one. Look at the steam-ships which ply along the coast from Hong Kong to Newchwang, and on the
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . ey are the leaders in all charitable work,gi^^ng largely themselves, and personally disbursing the funds with which they areentrusted; that they do make converts, and such converts are mentally benefited byconversion. . Missionaries are the pioneers of trade and commerce. Civiliza-tion, learning, and instruction, breed new wants which commerce supplies. Look atthe electric telegraph, now in every province in China but one. Look at the steam-ships which ply along the coast from Hong Kong to Newchwang, and on the Yang-tse up to Ichang. Look at the cities which have sprung up, like Shanghai, Tientsin,Hankow—handsome foreign cities, object-lessons to the Chinese. Look at the rail-road now being built from the Yellow Sea to the Amur, of which about two hundredmiles are completed. Will any one say that the fifteen hundred Protestant mission-aries in China, and perhaps more of Catholics, have not contributed to these re-sults? — Quoted in The Missioiiary Herald, August, 1895, p. Dr. A. W. Douthwaite, a lady nurse, and students, on veranda of hospital, at Chefoo. A successful operation—the patient before and after. Insignia of the Order of the Double Dragon, conferred on Dr. Douthwaite by the Emperor. A Representative Missionary Physician in China. ^C. I. M.) THE DAWN OF A SOCIOLOGICAL ERA IN MISSIONS 93 sionary outrages in China, refers to missionaries and their work withuniform courtesy and appreciation.^ In comparing India at the beginning of the century with the Indiaof to-day, writes the Hon. John W. Foster, a great improvement isto be noted in the moral and social conditions. The prohibition ofhuman sacrifice and of torture in the religious rites, of the burning ofwidows, of the killing of female children, and the efforts at reform inthe practice of child marriage, are all direct results of the exposureand condemnation by the missionaries. The establishment of schoolsand col
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