fianbhooh g o f Engli fib turcb Exp am aion E DITE D B Y T . H . D O D SO N , M . A . ’ P ri ci a l o S . P a u l s M i ssio a r Co lle e Bu r h a nd Ca n on o n p f n y g , g ; f L i nc o l n Ca thed r a l A N D R B U LL K-WE B E R A G . O C ST , M . o n a o E l a thed ra l H . C no n / y C \VITH A G ENERAL PREFACE BY THE B I S HO P O F S. A L BA N S iba nbhook s of E nglish QIburcl) E xpansion i t H D E d ed b T . D N y O SO , Pri n c ipa l o f ' S . Pa s M i s s i o n a r C o e e r a n d ul y ll g , Bu gh , Ca n o n f i n c R . o L o l n Ca th ed ra l ; a n d G . L L C K- B f U O E STE R M . A n o n Ho n . Ca o B W , . , l a E y C thed ra l . 1 . J A PA N . B M r EDWA R D B C KE y s . I R STETH . W 2 . E S N CA N A th TE R DA . By e R v A C A e . L . N O M K M . R N TU ER , , G en e ra l Sec reta ry o f th e Missio n a r y So c iety o f th e Chu rc h o f a n a da a n n r n C , d Ho . Ca n o n o f To o to Ca th ed ra l . HIN A . B th R v. N o m u s . L 3 C y e e F . , M i M . A o f th e rc o f E n la n d s . Chu h g s o n Pek n Ex a m n n a la n i , i g ; i i g Ch p i o h f N r n t te Bish o p o o th Chi a . I . h v . E U B te Re . A . 4 . A S TRA L A y V D M . A . s m etm e A rc DA I , , o i h a o n o f Br ba n d e c is e . SO UTH F . B th e t 5 . A RICA y Righ v A A Y ES Re . B s o A . H M O B i h p ILT N N , tm B o f N a ta l . D . D . so e e s o , m i i h p I N P RE P A RA TI ON B th e Rev . C . F . 6 . NO RTH IN DIA . y w f r k e N D RE W S M . A . Fe o o Pe o A , , ll mb Co e e Ca r i e a n d M e er o f th e ll g , mb dg , mb Ca m b ri dge M i ss i o n to D e lhi . P h o to b Ru ssell n y " [j . 67 So . TH E M O S R R A M A Z M H W . IT T E V . D . S U RE S , Arc b s o f o dn e Pr m a te o f A stra l a a n d Ta sm a n a . h i h p Sy y , i u i i Fr o n i s i e c e t p . m annhonk s of E ngli sh c ntcl) E xpans ion ’ finstralta B Y TH E E D V ID M A R V . A E . A , ’ So m eti m e A r e/za ea eo n of B r i sba n e ’ E x a m i n i ng C/I apla z n to fil e B i s /z ap of R oc h ester a n d Cbap/a i n of D el /wi c k Co llege WI TH I LL US TRA TI ON S A N D M A P W A . M BRA C LTD R O Y O . LO D O r t a tl tr x f W ea s e eetO o rd rc s . N N 34 G C S , Ci u , ’ O X FO RD : 1 06 S Ald a te s Street F r s t r n te d 1 08 i p i , 9 G EN ERAL P RE FACE T I was said , believe by the late Bishop O f Lightfoot , that the study history was the I best cordial fo r a dro o pi ng courage . can imagine no study more bracing and exhilarating than that of the m odern expansion O f the Church O f England beyond the seas during the past half O f century , and especially since the institution the Day O f I ntercession fo r F o reign M issions . I t is only when these matters are studied historically that this expansion comes out in its o m true proporti ns , and invites co parison with the progress O f the Church in any si m ilar period O f ’ ’ the wo rld s history since our L O R D S Ascension i nto heaven . But for this purpose there must be the accurate O f O f marshalling facts , the consideration the O f special circumstances each country , race and O f M ission , the facing problems , the biographies O f o O f great careers , even the bold f recast conquests yet to come . I t is to answer some O f o to these questi ns , and enable the general reader to gauge the progress O f Church of E ngland M issions , that Messrs . A . R . Mowbray CO O f and . have designed a series handbooks , 4 3m g ? vi G E N E RAL PRE FAC E o f which each volu m e will be a m onograph o n the work Of the Church in some particular country o r region by a competent writer Of o o Th e special l cal experience and kn wledge . whole series will be edited by two m en who have given themselves i n E ngland to the work o f o — o and study F reign Missions Can n Dodson , f ’ O S . Pri ncipal Paul s Missionary College, B urgh , - El and Canon B ullock Webster , Of y . I a ll commend the project with my heart . Th e I first volume , which have been able to i n study in proof, appears to me an excellent tro d u c ti o n to the whole series . I t is a welcome feature Of missionary work at home that we have now passed into the stage Of literature and study , and that the co m ity Of M issi o ns allows us to o learn fr m each other , however widely methods Th e O f may vary . series handbooks appears to me likely to interest a general public which has not been accusto med to read missionary I to magazines , and desire bespeak for it a fo r n o sympathetic interest , an d to predict it mean success in fo rming and quickening the public mind . E G R LB N D A A A . H A M S I G H , WO O D O D E S S E X F R G REEN , , N o vem ber 70, 7907. ED ITO RS ’ PREFAC E EW facts in modern history are more arrest ing o r instructive than the rapid extension Of the Church ’ s responsibilities and labours in the o colonial and missi nary fields ; yet , until recently , few facts perhaps have been less fa m iliar to those who have not deliberately given themselves to a study Of the subj ect . I t has therefore been felt that the time has O f m come when a series onographs , dealing with the expansion Of the Church Of E ngland beyond O f the seas , may be service towards fixing the popular attention upon that great cause , the growing interest in which con stitutes so thank ’ to - worthy a feature i n the Church s outlook day . Th e range Of this series is confined to the work E T in which the Church Of ngland is engaged . hat story is too full to allow Of any attempt to include the splendid devotion , and the successful labours , Of other Missions Of Christendom . But , for a fair understanding either Of the Christian advance generally or o f the relative position o f our o wn Vl l ’ viii E D I TO Rs PRE FAC E - work , a knowledge Of those M issions is essential ; and it is in the hope o f leading some O f its readers to such further comparative study that this series has been taken in hand . Th e E ditors have tried to keep i n view the [ fact that , while the wonderful achievements here recorded have been accomplished in large part O f o u r through the agency M issionary Societies , o yet these S cieties are , after all , only the hands and arms O f the Holy Church i n the execution O f her divine mission to the world .