Letter, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) A missionary from Fungwha gives an encouraging account of progress, after initial setbacks, and of making converts by preaching in temples. 2) The ignorance of Chinese custom shown by Swedish missionaries in Wuchang brings savage punishment of Chinese Christians by the local mandarin, a...

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Date(s) of creation: August 27, 1893
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Summary: Subjects: 1) A missionary from Fungwha gives an encouraging account of progress, after initial setbacks, and of making converts by preaching in temples. 2) The ignorance of Chinese custom shown by Swedish missionaries in Wuchang brings savage punishment of Chinese Christians by the local mandarin, and hints of what was to come.
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Language: English
Copies: Transcript available in J. D. Owen, J. Gullick & S. McClure (eds.), 'Married to a Missionary: Constance Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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