Glances at China is a profusely illustrated overview of China and its people, clearly written with Christian missionary activity there in mind. My thanks to to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of this book to scan. This title is in the public domain.
Chapter 1: Peeps into China
China’s chief port, the city of Shanghai, consisting of the Chinese city proper, with a population of nearly 400,000, and the English and French ‘ concessions ‘ with 5000 foreigners and about 500,000 Chinese-Shanghai within the wall and Shanghai without the wall-has various kinds of Christian and missionary work. Different denominations of different countries here vie with each other, in the spirit of union, trying not only to break the rush of heathenism, but the brazen vices of the foreigners, many of whom ‘tarry but for a night.’ Of all this work, two samples may be given-one, at the time of visiting it, being the largest Sunday school in China, and the other the largest Mission Press in the world. [Continue reading]
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