HUDSON TAYLOR The man who believed God by Marshall Broomhall

A VISION SEEN THROUGH TEARS 103
missionary had a parish equal to eight of our principal
English cities, there would still be 185 millions of people
for whom no provision had been made. And further,
this deplorable fact emerges in the study, viz. that the
total number of Protestant missionaries in China had
actually fallen off from II5 in 186o, to 90 or 91 in March,
1865. Yet he adds, "since the last Treaty with China,
more Romish missionaries and sisters of charity have
gone thither than the whole staff of Protestant missionaries".
And grievous as these facts were, he proceeded
to show that the state of the rest of the empire was even
more distressing.
It is the cumulative effect of the facts solemnly
arrayed that impresses the reader, but space will not
permit us to do more than summarize his statements.
Of the eleven inland, and totally unoccupied provinces,
the following is the briefest precis:
Kansu, 1 larger than France and Spain together, had no
missionary.
Szechwan, nearly as large as Sweden, had no missionary.
Yunnan, as large as Prussia, had no missionary.
Shensi, equal in extent to Holland, Saxony, Bavaria, and
Wurtemberg, had no missionary.
Shansi, nearly as large as England and Wales, had no
missionary.
Honan, as large as the Austrian States, had no missionary.
Anhwei, a little smaller than England, had no missionary.
Kiangsi, twice the size of Portugal, had no missionary.
Hunan, nearly one-third larger than Austria~ had no
missionary.
Kweichow, larger than Belgium, Saxo~y, Hanover, and
Bavaria, had no missionary.
Kwangsi, nearly equal in extent to .England and Wales,
had no missionary.
1 This province then included most of Sinkiang.