88 Kenneth S. Latourette, 



the Anglo-Chinese College in that place. 12 By 1828 he had 

 finished his translation of the Old and New Testaments 13 and had 

 made his first convert, Leang Afa. Rev. W. H. Medhurst and 

 Samuel Dyer had joined him, the former working in Batavia 14 

 and the latter at the Straits Settlements. 



From the very start Morrison was closely connected with the 

 United States. Because of the unfriendliness of the East India 

 Company he sailed from New York on an American ship, and 

 was given a letter of introduction by Madison, then Secretary 

 of State, to Carrington, the United States Consul at Canton. 15 

 On his arrival in China he lived for a year in the American hong 

 with the New York firm of Milner and Bull. 16 Frequent news 

 of Morrison and other workers among the Chinese appeared in 

 the American missionary publications 17 and American contribu 

 tions helped to publish the Serampore translation of the Bible. 18 

 In 1824 the American Tract Society called attention in its report 

 to Milne s need of tracts for distribution among the Chinese. 19 

 In 1820, Morrison was elected, &quot;by ballot to be corresponding 

 member&quot; of the American Board, 20 and in 1821 the American 

 Bible Society presented him with a Bible in admiration of his 

 services. 21 As time went on, Morrison and Milne became eager 

 to have the American churches join in the enterprise 22 and to 

 have either America or England send out a chaplain for the 

 seamen at Whampoa. 23 These views became known in the 

 United States and found a ready response. The Missionary 



12 Robert Philip, The Life and Opinions of the Rev. William Milne, D.D., 

 Missionary to China, Philadelphia, 1840. Williams, Mid. King., 2:318-322. 



13 The New Testament was completed in 1813 and the Old Testament in 

 1819. Philip, Life and Opinions of Milne. Foster, Christian Progress 

 in China, pp. 40-45. 



14 William Dean, The China Mission, New York, 1859, P- 85. 



15 Morrison, Memoir, 1 : 91, 129, 131. 



10 Ibid., p. 153. Williams, Mid. King., 2:318-322. 



&quot;Panoplist, 3:381, 421, N. S., 3^372; n:37, 5495 17:265; 19:158; 

 20 : 56 ; 21 : 56. 



18 Panoplist and Missny. Mag., N. S., 5 : 168. 



19 Proceedings of the first Ten Years of the American Tract Society, 

 Boston, 1824, p. 143. 



^Memoirs of Morrison, 2:83. 



21 Memoirs of Morrison, 2:116. 



*~ Philip, Life and Opinions of Milne, p. 128. 



23 Extract from Milne s Retrospect of the first ten years of the Protestant 



