China : its spiritual need and claims : with brief notices of missionary effort, past and present / by J. Hudson Taylor.

  • Taylor, James Hudson, 1832-1905.
Date:
1868
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Credit: China : its spiritual need and claims : with brief notices of missionary effort, past and present / by J. Hudson Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. In preparing for the Press a Third Edition of this pamphlet, it may be well to premise, with reference to the statistical portion of it, that, having been pre- pared to represent matters as they were in March 1865, so far as the writer possessed information, the statements made therein as to population, number of Missionaries, and of native converts, require now some modification. Generally speaking, the number of male Protestant Missionaries and of native con- verts may be estimated, for 1868, the former at about one-third, and the latter at about one-fourth more than they were at the earlier mentioned date. On the other hand, the writer would now estimate the population of China Proper, inclusive of the Miao-ts, at 395 millions, instead of 400 millions, exclusive of those aboriginal tribes. This arises from the terrible loss of life consequent on the rebellion. The quiet which now prevails in the regions most desolated by the rebels, has enabled fuller and more authentic information to be obtained than was then