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very limited uxtcnt. It is stated that the em- 



Olitime, y»h& say tllat it tvas ib% fexf^ted, from 



tlio force h(^ hiu\ with liim, lie would not have 

 wiiHVM'cd liiiiiself to 1)1' driven nway, Injt wotild 

 liave obliged the Chinese jiOMn'iiuitiut to accede 

 to any terms he chose to jjropose. 

 Tk^ fen^tlemmi I ham bdbr^ amMooed, tlie 



Rev. C. Giitzhit^l', i^t well acqua&lted with several 

 dialects of the Chinese laiif>'uage, which he 

 speaks with such fliieiiev, as to he, when dis- 

 guised, taken for a Cluiiese : lie studies man- 

 Mud, md eaiiiiamm la ^pr^Ml tite Oinsilaii 

 religion in a truly mmi&mity «pitit, so as to 

 conduce (which a pure religion necessarily must 

 do) to the happiness of the people : he also en- 

 deavours to eti'ect his benevolent purpose towards 

 &ei]Q» % di^^dbuiii;^ ia^ts i^ating to i|iii$c^« 

 enoes of ns^mms^) §0gmplx^f iS^o» uptitten in 

 tlie Chinese language ; endeavouring, by an 

 admiral )le religious feeling of benevolence, to 

 promote the welfare of the people by spreading 

 a purer rdigion thaw they posfefisa.^ at same 

 time cultivating tbi&ir mlnd^ in othi^ teaimb^ ^ 

 knowledge, enabling them to receive more vividly 

 the impressi(ms of the divine Spirit. Would that 

 all our missionaries followed the same plan ! how 

 inestimable, then, should I consider their cancel 



