md abandoned the Afier laboring at h ed, and the | risou was joined by
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the society in Demerara. As the work extended, addi- tional missionaries were sent out, and stations were ulti- mately established in George Town, Berbice, and various parts of the colony, much to the advantage of the poor negroes, who made rapid progress in religious knowledge. The mission was progressing delightfully, when it re- ceived a severe check by the general rising of the slaves. But after the emancipation in ls:;4, the London Mission- ary Society realized the henetit of the change in common with other kindred institutions, and their numerous sta- tions in Demerara, Berbice, tmd Jamaica have been fa- vored with a pleasing measure of ])rosperity under the more favorable circumstances of entire and unrestricted freedom.
" To the London Missionary Society must be awarded the honin- of organizin<r the first Protestant mission from England to China. Iiilhe year 1S07 the Rev. Robert Mor- rison was sent out, chiefly for the purpose of securing, if possible, a good translation of the Scriptures into the dif- licult langiiage of the Chinese emi)iie. In this he suc- ceeded beyond the expectations of the most sanguine friends of "the enterprise. He proved admirably adapted for the peculiar and untried sphere upon which he entered.
' " " ■ "■ at ion for some years, Dr. Mor-
missionaries, and the work of preaching and teaching was commenced in good earnest. The progress of the mfssion was slow at first, and it was not till the yearlsl4 that the first convert was bai)t:7.ed. Afterwards,"however, a ccmsiderable number of Chinese were brought to a saving knowledge of the truth, and gathered into the fidd of Christ, throiigh the united labors of the missionaries of this society.
" But the most interesting mission of the London Soci- ety was the one which was undertaken to the island of JladaL'ascar in ^'^l'* by the appointment of the Rev. _M^.ss^s. Jones and llevaii as tlie tirst missionaries. Re- turning for their families, whom they had left at the Mau- ritius until Ihey should learn the state of the country, these excellent brethren ))roceeded to Taniatave in the course of the fidlowing year, and coninicnced llieir work. Within seven weeks of their arrival five of this little band sickened and died, and Mr. Jones was left alone. He no- blv resolved to persevere in his solitary work as he best could, and having returned from the Mauritius, whither he was obliged to retire for a season for the recovery of his health, h'e was joined by other missionaries from Eng- land, and their united labors proved very successful. Dur- ing the first fifteen jears of this mission the entire Bible was translated into the Malagasy language, and printed at the mission press in the capital, and the missionaries frequently preached to a congregation of IdOO persons with the'most blessed n-nlis. Then came a dark and gloomy nii^lit of | • : ^ i,i:.'n. iliiriiiL' the bloody reign of a
of (Jod's preserving -oodn< the mission cause. To the i re'.'ion of the /ambe/.e, 1) wonderful missionary tiave missi4)n of the London Soc tempted. " British India was the next field of labor on which the
uel the ishnuh humlM : martyrdom ratlu i' ; 1 ising mission was l;;i continued for more t the order of divine \: in 186T, the way was of the Gospel in Madagasc
Dvidi pened
h of l!echuanaland,in the iviie'stone iierformed his lid tiiere also the ill-fated to the Makololo was at-
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i, :, a; . I . .1 , Ml .1 ail and Des \ i/.a_apal.ou. uio. h lies about 500
alriilla. and which was then nnoc-
(irietv's missioiniries. There they
ception, and soon succeeded in es-
1(1 in translatinu' jiorlions of ihe
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Was'iT'eatlv slreiejlheiied bv the conversion of a ce'.ebraled
Bralmiin, iianied Anaiideraver, an interesting account of - , , .
whiih was .'iven in the Ki-ainu'lintl M<i'i<iziii<\ In ]s(i'.1 Chrisliaiiitv amoni: the Jews ; but, bein-: orL-am
Mr. Cr.aii died, and his colleague, Mr. Des (irange-. only , moie calliolic .and -eneral basis, it nflords an aiq
survived him about twelve montlis. Thus w.is \hr sta- ; sj.heie of e\an':eli. al lahor in this deparlment ;.f
tioii left desolate for a time; but other zealous missioua- 1 ary work for r\oiicouformists of every name. Ihi
miles »oiith-w< cupied by any met with a coi
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:— onaiies were driven from ri. liveried natives suffered \ ( hrist, and Ihe once iiroin- ale. This state oflliinL's had liiarter of a century, when, in ice, by the death of Ihe queen e more for the preaching The mission was now re- ...mmeiiced, and it wda found that the native Christians had generally proved faithful, numerous accessimis also haviii'.,' been' made to their number. Several memorial churches were built to commemorate the death of the martyrs, and the work was extended to various parts of the island, with the prospect of still greater good in time to come.
"The report of the London Missionary Society for 1S71 stated : ' In China there are connected with the society 18 missionaries; in India, -I".*; in Madagascar,'-';!; in South Africa, S2; in the West Indies, i:! : and in Ihe .South Sea district. 27. The total e.\pendiluie (if ihe society, charge- able aL'ainst home inronie. diirini: Ihe nasi yearamounled t,) .i>T.:;'4 li'..-i '.hi. A.hliie/ I lie expcndiluie provided and ii,,!M.. I i.M ,1 X . . u ( ; 'j.s. 11,/., the entire outlay n-M ■..:■!.. - :!i. ■!'-:• .■:;.'.. -<(?.'