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It Is seldom that a man's active career in the Far East exceeds 35 years. A few remain to celebrate The 40th anniversary of their arrival fon these shores and it is rarer still to hear of anyone commemorating a jubilee of life and work in China. But there passed away on October 9 Tientsin a. venerable missionary, who within a few months would have completed 70 years since the day of his landing in Shanghai on January 10, 1867, An old faded letter, now the possession of the family, gives a faetnating account of the tve months' voyage upper "Silver Eagle" from London vid' the Cape. The accommodation was primitive, the food decidedly lacking {fn variety and they were once for 90 days without a sight of land.
"Therras Bryson and a young rsicsionary couple, who had travelled ott with him, disembarked at Woosung fon that chilly winter's day with tone to welcome them but they appear to have been quite undaunted by. the initial diMtculties of finding their way to Shanghai, A. sedan chair was engaged for the lady but the two men decided to foot the intorvening miles and it is not surprising to learn that they were Ltterly spent when, after dark, the party reached the hospitable home of Dr. William Muirhead. A week Tater young Bryson was being welcomed at Hankow by another notable, representative of the London Mission~ ary Society, Dr, Grifith John, with whom he Was to be associated for nearly 20 years, ast 100 years, He knew most of them personally, many. of them in-{timately—Willlam "Lockhart, James Legge, John Chalmers, Joseph Ed-king, William Muirhead, Grimth John, [Jonathan Lees, Arnold' Foster. James Glimoar and 3. K Mackensio of his owa Mission with Hudson. Taylor, David Hill James Willamson, Jobs
ud Timothy" 'Richard' among a: host Nevius, Calvin Mates Seba Innocent of other stalwarts, far too numerous fo mention. Had been as gifed with his pon a he was eloquent of Speech we might have had many des light character sketches of those slants, but In hia old age the veteran ould never be persuaded to commit tis vast "stores" of recollections to writing.
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