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Title: Fifty years in China : being an account of the history and conditions in China and of the missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States there from 1867 to the present day
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Woodbridge, Samuel Isett
Subjects: Presbyterian Church in the U.S Missions
Publisher: Richmond : Presbyterian Committee of Publication
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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ovinces along the Yangtse River, among whom werethose of our own Church, were saved by the changeof one Chinese word. The Edict of extermination usedthe words mih yang, which mean exterminate theforeigners. One of the viceroys who had recognizedthe worth of missionaries and other foreigners daredto disregard the command of the vicious Dowager.To prevent the murder of the unsuspecting foreign-ers he changed the word mih to liu/ or to pro-tect, and thus saved the lives of our missionaries andtheir families. Was it some kind act on the part of a missionarydoctor, or a good deed of a Christian nurse or teacher,that inspired this Viceroy to defy the vengeance ofhis mistress in Peking, in order to protect her enemies?No one can tell, but the missionaries in the provinceof Kiangsu escaped, and the vengeance of the Empressnever fell on the man who in peril of his own life,securely guarded the hundreds of foreigners, men,women, and children, who had always enjoyed peacewithin his jurisdiction.
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(i) Government School for Boys, Hwaianfu; (2) Happinessand Glory Mission School for Girls, Hwaianfu; (3) Pri-mary Mission School for Boys, Hsuchoufu. CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION lOI Dowagers Return to Peking.—Crestfallen andbeaten, the wretched Dowager came back to her capi-tal to find that all had changed. The men who hadabetted her were punished, and certain radical reformswere being forced on the government. Large indem-nities were demanded by the foreign governments. Apart of the Boxer Indemnity paid to the UnitedStates is being used to educate Chinese youth in theschools and colleges in the United States. This acton the part of our government has secured the ever-lasting good will of the Chinese people. Reforms Too Late.—The tragic death of the Em-press Dowager and of the unfortunate Emperor fol-lowed in quick succession. No one ever knew the truestory of the end. A little boy Emperor ascended theDragon Throne, but the court had lost its prestigesince the foreign troops entered

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