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(JAMES WEBSTER & WILLIAM CHALMERS BURNS) Days of Grace in Manchuria. A remarkable Story of Revival and Conversion, with a Brief Sketch of the Life and Labours of William C. Burns, of Kilsyth, Scotland. Pioneer Missionary to the Chinese, 1847-1868.Kilmarnock, Scotland, John Ritchie, Publisher of Christian Literature, (1908). 8-vo. Pp. 127 + 6 plates. Hard cover. The work starts with an introductory sketch of the life and ministry of William Chalmers Burns (born at Dun, Scotland in 1815 and died at Yingkou (Newchwang) in 1868). He went to China in 1847 via Hong Kong and preached a.o. in Shantou, Xiamen and Peking. He was the coordinator of the Overseas missions for the English Presbyterian Church. During his 20 years in China he was also imprisoned some time at Guangzhou. The main part of this work is devoted to the ministry of Jonathan Goforth in Manchuria. "Goforth of China" (1859 1936) was the first Canadian Presbyterian missionary to China. He went to China in 1888 and worked in the North Henan mission. During the Boxer Rebellion he was attacked and injured with a sword, but managed to escape. In 1907 he witnessed the "Korean Revival" and brought about the "Manchurian revival" in 1908, of which this work is an account. With a portrait of Burns as frontispiece and 6 photographs of Chinese situations (Chines Bible Women, Chinese soldiers during the Boxer Rising in Shan-Si, Travelling in China, Chinese colporteurs, A Chinese Court of Justice, A Christian Chinese Mother and her Children). We could not trace the author nor the date, but we assume that its author might be either James Webster or John Ross and a publication date somewhere 1908-10. Very good copy of a rare work. A thrilling account.
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