Excerpt from The Conquest of the Cross in China Mr. Speicher, the author of this book, has requested me to prepare for it a word Of introduction. He has also suggested that a glance at the progress Of missions in China through its first century might be serviceable to the readers Of missionary literature. With both the re quest and the suggestion I comply with the greatest pleasure, partly out Of appreciation Of himself personally, with whom I was at one time associated in mission work in the field which he occupies in South China, and partly as a tribute to the zeal, the energy and the discriminating tact which he has shown from the beginning. The missionary century in China begins with 1807, for in that year Dr. Morrison, the pioneer Of them all, landed at Canton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.