MISSIONARIES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 



work that had been done, they would understand that no 

 more practical work, no more productive of fruit for civ- 

 ilization, could exist than the work being carried on by 

 the men and women who give their lives to preaching the 

 Gospel of Christ to mankind." 



Colonel Denby, for a number of years the United 

 States Minister to China, says: 



" I have made a study of mission work in China for 

 years. I took a man-of-war and visited almost every port 

 in the Empire. At each one of the places I visited and 

 inspected every mission station. They are all doing good 

 work; they merit all the support that philanthropy can 

 give them. I do not stint my commendation nor halt nor 

 stammer about work that ought to be done at home instead 

 of abroad. I make no comparisons. I unqualifiedly and in 

 the strongest language that tongue can utter give to these 

 men and women who are living and dying in China and in 

 the Far East my full and unadulterated commendation. 

 My doctrine is to tell, if I can, the simple truth about them, 

 and when that is known, the caviling, the depreciation, 

 and sneering which too often accompany comments on 

 missionary work will disappear, they will stand before 

 the world as they ought to stand, as benefactors of the 

 people among whom their lives are spent, and the fore- 

 runners of the commerce of the world." 



The Honorable John W. Foster, once Secretary of 

 State, and successively Minister to Mexico, Russia, and 

 Spain, who was asked by the Emperor of China to be 

 Counselor of his Empire in making a treaty with Japan, 

 says: 



" My observation is that the mass of people in China 

 do not object to missionaries . . . China stands in 



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