News has been received in Shanghai of the death in Formosa of the Rev, Thomas Barclay, of the English Presbyterian Mission, one of the veteran and best-known missionaries in the East. He was in his. 66th Dr. Barclay was a native of Glasgow and went to Glasgow University, where he was a very brilliant stude He graduated there and later had the degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred upon him by the same unive—sity. "He arrived in China.on November 20, 1874, and since' that date has been connected with the English Presbyterian Mission Formosa, His greatest achievement was a complete translation of the Bible into the Amoy vernacular. The work, however, suffered a setback, for, just when the printing presses were realy to start printing, practically all the plates were destroyed by fire in the Sino-Japanese trouble. of 1982. Fortunately, Dr. Barclay had @uplicate manuscript, but the whole fof the Old Testament had to be reset in type and the proofs re-read, which necessitated much extra work. The New Testament portion, the printing plates of which were not Gestroyed, was ready before the Old. The whole work occupied a number _|of years of ceaseless work.
Dr. Barclay was very highly esteemed amongst the whole mis~ sionary community, particularly those im South China. The brilliance of his work is borne out by the fact that for one year he held the highest office of his Church, that of Modera-for in England.
Dr, Barclay was married, but his: wife died In Shanghai several years ago. "He is not survived by any children,
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