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includes letters from
Honk Kong by:-
John Cleland - rebuilding of Bazaar Chapel; extension of work to mainland; removal of Dr Benjamin Hobson to Canton [Guangzhou]
Dr Henri Hirschberg - wish to extend medical work to mainland; hospital report; tract distribution
Thomas Gilfillan
William Young
Battinson Kay - general evangelistic work; his withdrawal from Union Chapel pastorate; village work
James Legge - District Committee resolutions; death of his child; baptism of 4 converts; refusal of Union Chapel to accept Battinson Kay; printing press needed; work of Miss Aldersey
Dr James Hyslop
Religious Tract Society, London - extract of letter, and missonaries' reply
Rules and Regulations of the Chinese Union for promulgating the Gospel
declaration of Leung Chiin of Kioong Sung province re his Christian faith
further 15 letters [in folder 1A] from James Legge, John Cleland, William Macy, Charles Gutzlaff Correspondence and criticism of the work amongst Chinese carried on by Mr Gutzlaff (Independent Missionary) and of an association called the Chinese Christian Union
Various, Homerton (London) etc - opinions as to proper Chinese word for translating 'God'
letters from Canton [Guangzhou]:-
Dr Benjamin Hobson - details of LMS work and people in Canton; move to Kam Li-Fau Canton; journal extracts re Afa [Leangafa, Leang A Fa, Leung A-Fa]; various premises
John Cleland - anti-foreign attitude at Canton, future uncertain
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