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CANTON

patience and perseverance of the missionaries have had their effect, and the well-known "heathen Chinee" is not such a heathen as in former years.

Christianity was introduced into China in the sixth century. The Jesuit fathers, Ruggiaro and Ricci, went to Asia in 1579 and 1581. A Protestant mission, led by Robert Morrison, landed at Canton September, 1807. According to the latest estimates the Roman Catholic Church has 1,363,697 converts, 59 bishops, 1,426