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The Missionary Advocate. [A complete run of the first five volumes, 60 numbers in total.] A pleasing collection of this informative monthly periodical, each issue collecting missionary news and discussion from around the world, either submitted directly to the editors or reprinted from other sources. The contents reflect the Western preoccupation with China, India, and other Asia countries as a source of millions of converts.Articles, some illustrated with engravings, cover the appointment of new missionaries, donations received by prominent patrons (for example, the King of Prussia), and news from the field. Contributors include Walter Henry Medhurst, whose news of the recruitment of a colporteur in Shanghai is covered on the front page of the May 1848 issue. Volume III (1847-8) carries a multi-part series on the religions of China, taken from the Foreign Missionary Chronicle.

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