The International Magazine, Volume 4, No. 5, December 1851Various
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The International Magazine, Volume 4, No. 5, December 1851
Various
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named Tomlin, to Siam, in the summer of 1828. This journey occupied
Gutzlaff for a period of upwards of three years. Besides laboring
diligently in his vocation as a Christian minister, he composed,
while residing at Bankok, a Siamese grammar, and, in conjunction with
Tomlin, translated the New Testament into the Siamese language. He next
proceeded to China, where, associating himself with Morrison, Medhurst,
and other European missionaries, he selected Macao for his principal
station. He established schools, distributed religious tracts among
the people, assisted in a new translation of the Bible into Chinese,
co-operated with Morrison in founding a society for the diffusion of
useful knowledge in China, published a Chinese Monthly Magazine, and
yet did not neglect, at Macao, and in various excursions made from
that place, the preaching of Christianity to the inhabitants. All this
went on without any hindrance, until Gutzlaff excited the suspicion
of the Chinese authorities of his labors being in some way connected
with the interested views of the English traders; and, in consequence,
an attempt made by him in May, 1835, to penetrate into the province
of Fokien, proved altogether unsuccessful. The printing of Chinese
books of a Christian character was now forbidden; the distribution of
such books was obliged to be suspended; and it became necessary to
remove the printing presses from Macao to Singapore. Thus restricted
in his missionary sphere, Gutzlaff felt himself the more at liberty to
accompany the British expedition against China, and to be exceedingly
serviceable to it by his intimate acquaintance with the language and
customs of the Chinese. He was also an active agent in bringing about
the treaty of peace, concluded between the contending parties in 1842.
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