MISSIONARIES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 



" For the preservation of peace between the colonists 

 and the natives, one missionary is worth more than a 

 whole battalion of soldiers." 



Sometime ago the British Consul at Mozambique de- 

 livered an address in Glasgow in which he, among other 

 things, said: 



" I must say that my ten years in Africa have con- 

 vinced me that mission work is one of the most powerful 

 and useful instruments we possess for the pacification of 

 the country and suppression of the slave trade." 



The great Chinese Statesman, the late Li Hung 

 Chang, when he visited this country in 1906, said: 



" The missionaries have not sought for pecuniary 

 gains at the hands of our people. They have not been 

 secret emissaries and diplomatic schemers. Their labors 

 have no political significance, and the last, not the least, if 

 I may be permitted to add, they have not interfered with, 

 or usurped, the rights of the territorial authorities." 



The lamented Marquis Ito, the greatest statesman 

 Japan ever had, was not ashamed to say : 



" Japan's progress and development are largely due to 

 the influence of missionaries, exerted in the right direc- 

 tions, when Japan was first studying the outer world." 



His Majesty Shulalongkorn, King of Siam, one of the 

 most enlightened and progressive monarchs of the East, 

 being a warm friend and supporter of missions in his 

 kingdom, admits: 



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