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“...himself
first and foremost a missionary. He did
all that he could do by the spoken word
in China ; but there was another way into
the heart of the Chinese, and this way he
took. For his memorial he left a
Dictionary and a Bible in Chinese, but a
great Chinese has said of him that thd
Revolution in China began on the day
on which Morrison landed at Canton.
Strange explosive forces were being pre-
pared when Morrison on the little strip]
of land outside the city of Canton plodded |
at his Chinese. He was only 52 when hej
died; the Canton of 1834 was little!
changed from the city to which he had!
come 27 years before ; the “ barbarians ” I
were still only tolerated outside the gate; I
but Morrison had done more than he I
knew for China. The Dictionary and the
Translation of the Bible have long been
absorbed and superseded by other works ;
but in them he led the way, and the
Christian Church in China will give him
the honour which is due to the pioneer.
EARLY STUDIES
Morrison, who was of Scottish...”
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