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Methodist Free Church Mission,
'Wenchow, China, April, 1901.
The year 1900 will remain throughout all history as
The Black Year
of Christian missions in China. Within a few brief
weeks one hundred and thirty-four godly men and
gentle women of the Protestant faith, with their fifty-
two children, and many Roman Catholic priests and
nuns, were callously murdered with circumstances
of harrowing cruelty. It is not my purpose here
to enter into detail of their sufferings; that would be
heart-rending. One instance only will I give. Ic is
the account of a native Christian, an eye-witness of
one of these martyrdoms.
I, Yung Cheng, am a member of the Baptist
Church, and was baptised by Pastor Farthing eighteen
months ago. For some time previous to the massacre
I had been living on the Baptist Mission Societys
premises at T£ai-yueu-fu, having a sickness which was
being treated, and spending my time in study of the
Scriptures. When Dr. Edwards hospital was burnt
down I returned to nay home (June 28th). I returned |
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