ABSTRACT
IN bringing these chapters to a close, some reference to the recent Christian insurrection in China cannot be omitted. When that remarkable movement commenced twenty-four years ago, the Western world was astonished to hear that Christianity was the adopted creed of a powerful rebel party .that was "raging war jn China against the reigning Tartar dynasty. Credible accounts were received, of the most interesting kind, of the existence of a body of mountaineers and others in the hilly districts near Canton, who met for prayer to H the Heavenly Father" in the name of Jesus, read Christian books, and made strenuous exertions to propagate their opinions. Attacked by persecution, they met in lonely places, but ufterwards took up arms to defend themselves.
