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CANTON



West on Central Promenade, Place of Foreign Legations Shappat Po Street, Where European Shops Are Found, Canton

patience and perseverance of the missionaries have had their effect, and the well-known "heathen Chinee" is not such a heathen as in former years.

Christianity was introduced into China in the sixth century. The Jesuit fathers, Ruggiaro and Ricci, went to Asia in 1579 and 1581. A Protestant mission, led by Robert Morrison, landed at Canton September, 1807. According to the latest estimates the Roman Catholic Church has 1,363,697 converts, 59 bishops, 1,426

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