Tae native Church at Foochow has Hong been known as at once the most persecuted and most flourishing charch in China, We have heard of great and startling "revivals" in Shantung, and wonderfal demonstrations, in which whole districts joined, in honour of the foreign "shepherds." Stories have reached us of persons travelling grent distances to enquire into the new doctrine, and of scores of neophytes pre-lenting themselves to the missionaries stationed in that province as candidates for baptism. Bat for persistent enthusiasm, and the patient eudcrance of often Gery persecution, we believe the charch at Foochow enjoys an honour. able pre-eminence, and great is the encouragement received by the foreign labourers in that field, Recently a very remarkable development of Cris. tian activity is said to have taken place, A number of native converts have of their own accord volunteered to go as Christian missionaries to Corea; a very wealthy old Fokien gentleman, himself a recent convert, as given generous support to the undertaking, and in a few days the little band of devoted men intend to start for their field of Inbour under the tutelage of the Rev. Mr. Wolfe. Our renders are no doubt aware that no special protection is afforded to British mission. aries by the Treaty between Groat Britain and Coren, nor, indeed, line any permission been given by the Corean Government for the preaching of Christian doctrine in the Peninsula, At the same time, we believe that there are alrendy a namber of Corean oon verts to Protestant Christianity, while the Catholic missionaries have been labouring in the country for many years, with a fair amount of success considering the grent difficulties they lave encountered, And there is core tainly no Treaty between Coren and China in which nese converts are prohibited from vi the former country for purposes of religions pro-paganism, The high estimation in which (he Chinese appear to be held in Coren will no doubt do something to pave the way for the missionaries from Fakion, and it is to be hoped that the apparently receptive nature of the Corean disposition will help to faci-\itate their work. As far as we know, this is the first instance of any Chinese Christians leaving their own country to preach Christianity among other nations. We k the fact is suffi. ciently interesting and unique to merit passing notice; for it shows that even the apathetic Chinaman can be aroused to unselfish euthusiazm under certain inuenoes, and gives good pro" mise of energy in missionary work on the part of the Chinese as a nation, {when they shall live been brought more extensively under the dominion of Christianity than is the ose at present, REVIEW, Krcougis Bdwcational Sevier, A)
Fir Reading Book, (2). Fleet Conversation Book, '8) Secout States, ete, ete, Mu. Kwoxe Ki-cure is well known as a most industrious compiler of educational works intended for the instruction of his countrymen in English and the literature, customs, and ethical systems of the west. He has already produced two very excellent dictionaries, and he uow sends us a parcel of well printed and neatly bound Volumes, the titles of which appear above. It is impossible to glance through these books, and note the wide range of subjects of which the author treats, without being
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