AHeart4You - Cornerstone Curriculum

Robert Morrison
Begin by reading to your children…
For more than two hundred years, China had shut itself off from the rest of
the world. Foreigners were not welcome. The Great Wall of China served as a
man-made barrier on the North and the Pacific Ocean on the East. Only a few
Roman Catholic missionaries had managed to make it into this guarded land.
The First Protestant Missionary to China
Born: January 5, 1782 (England)
Died: August 1, 1834 (China)
Robert Morrison was the first Protestant Missionary to come to China.
He arrived in September of 1807 - about 200 years ago!
On the ship to China the captain asked Morrison, “Do you intend to change
this proud and stubborn nation?” He replied, “No, it is God who will change
her.” What was Mr. Morrison’s attitude about God and China?
Over a period of 12 years Morrison produced a Chinese translation of the
Bible. He also wrote a Chinese - English dictionary.
The following quotations are taken from the writings of Robert Morrison …
As a young boy:
“I have adopted a number of studies - botany and some other things. I do not
know but it would be better to study my Bible.… After family worship I sat
down to read a work upon astronomy but could not through weariness.”
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