Arnold Foster
Published: 2015-07-12
Total Pages: 276
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Excerpt from Christian Progress in China: Gleanings From the Writings and Speeches of Many Workers The purpose and character of this book may be easily explained. I have been several times asked by persons interested in Missions, whether I could recommend any book containing plenty of narrative, relating to Missionary Work and Native Christian Life in China. This request suggested to me the idea of compiling from recent volumes of Missionary Reports and Magazines a number of gleanings which would answer the purpose. The following pages contain very little original matter. I have been obliged to add, here and there, a few lines by way of connecting paragraphs together, or for the purpose of explaining particular customs or incidents; but it has been my desire, as far as possible, to let the persons from whom I quote speak for themselves. In making quotations, however, I have not hesitated to deal somewhat freely with my authorities; e.g., omitting sentences occasionally, without calling special attention to the fact that I have done so, or correcting some grammatical and other errors which had crept into papers that must have been hastily written, or into speeches which appear to have been incorrectly reported. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.