Truth Triumphant - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

Chapter 21
Adam and the Church in
China
The return from the captivity, which Cyrus
authorized almost immediately after the capture of
Babylon, is the starting point from which we may
trace a gradual enlightenment of the heathen world
by the dissemination of Jewish beliefs and
practices.[1]
The name of Adam singles out an unusual
leader whose history is connected with the Church
of the East in China. When he was director of the
Assyrian Church in China, a memorial in marble
was erected in that land in 781 to the praise of God
for the glorious success of the apostolic church.
From the time that it was excavated in 1625 it has
stood as one of the most celebrated monuments of
history. The events which led to its erection and the
story told by its inscription reveal the early
missionary endeavors which carried the gospel to
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