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was one which no Christian could look upon with- 
out feelings of the deepest commiseration. 
In the course of my travels in China I often 
met with Christian missionaries, both Protestant 
and Roman Catholic, who have been labouring 
amongst the Chinese for many years. Until very 
lately the efforts of the Protestants had been chiefly 
confined to Macao and Canton. Since the war, 
however, they have had an opportunity of extend- 
ing their operations, and some are now settled at 
all the new ports which have been opened. for 
foreign trade, as well as on our Island of Hong- 
kong, which will now become their head-quarters. 
The medical missionaries also act in conjunction 
with the others, and are of great use in curing 
many of the diseases which prevail in the country, 
while, at the same time, the truths of the Christian 
faith are presented to the minds of their patients. 
Dr. Lockhart of the London Missionary Society, 
who has established himself in the town of Shang- 
hae, had his hospital daily crowded with patients, 
many of whom had come from very distant parts 
of the country. All were attended to in the most 
skilful and careful manner, “ without money and 
without price.” The Rev. Mr. Medhurst, who has 
laboured long and zealously as a Christian mis- 
sionary in the East, was also at Shanghae. This 
gentleman is well known as an eminent Chinese 
scholar, and, besides preaching to the people in 
their own tongue, he has a printing establishment 
with Chinese type continually at work, for the 
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