When one considers the climatic conditions, "the physical restrictions imposed upon him by residence Canton, the great difficulty he had in securing intellectual help "and cooperation, for Chinese scholars on ain of death were forbidden to teach the barbarian the sacred characters of China, one can only marvel at the tenacity of purpose and the amazing industry with which Morrison carried on his work during those sixteen years from 1807 to 1823 during which Lime he completed the translation of the Bible and compiled his dictionary. No other achievement in Chinest missionary history compared with this in importance nor in range of effect, Morrison realized more than anyone else by this time that the road to the Chinese heart lies through his head and that by means of education and the written word would the strongest Christian appeal be made, Mrs, Cecil Chesterton, after she returned from, her tour in the Far East where she Confirmed the prejudices with which she had started out from England, addressed an audience in London and said that Hongkong was place where a lot of second class People had a first class time. In, Feading the life of Robert Morrison oriels reminded of this statement if only by way of antithesis, for here was quite obviously a first class man, first class in every way—spiritually, morally and inteliectually—who had even less than a third class time in the modern sense of the word, What impresses one most, however, in perusing these pages of Marshall Broomball, is the robust common sense and his determination, within the Limits allowed, to pursue with sing-lenes of purpose the aim which he had in mind—namely, the Christianization of China through the seri rendered into Chinese. His courage, his concentration on his object to the exclusion of all else—family affection, physical health and personal comfort hhis awareness of the perils and hardships entailed by the journey: his acceptance as a matter of course of the opposition to his work he had to encounter from his own people; and the bitter antagonism he knew he must face from the Chinese authorities; all these things indicated a character of more than ordinary quality. It must be remembered that Morrison' hed no initial advantages. He had neither family, school nor college behind him. 'A missionary Society sent him out, but it is truer to say that he bore the Society's work on his back rather than that they bore him while he was in the Far East Effort Wins Recognition eve ort ade tom tree panes St din loch bad ater ara SRP ne tet Von No Don Gretne vale Gen Mtns tes wel linsabe Sutt wih ie og one sea spider a mace ancnn eta a Tne oth eeling ah eet en eh a soa Sprtome uch vision. for. there something in his tenacity of purpose, othe RR kao aay Sere ala Beiny many coe ut for toe emo eco:
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