Manchuria Opened

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C.

FromReview and Herald, Harvest Ingathering Number

No sooner had missionaries B. Peterson and O. J. Grundset and their wives settled into the language-school work at Shanghai, preliminary to going on to Manchuria, than the Lord gave them a helper and teacher of the Manchu dialect fresh from Manchuria. This man had become acquainted with the Sabbath and advent truths through the brethren of our Russian church in Harbin, Russian Manchuria. Accepting heartily the faith of the soon-coming Saviour, he made his way to Shanghai to enter our Mandarin training school, to prepare himself for evangelistic work.

And now a word comes from C. L. Butterfield, of Korea, illustrating the kindly rivalry among the missions in opening work in new territory:— “Without waiting for the China Mission to occupy Manchurian territory, we have now sent our first worker into that field. He is working only for Koreans, however, many of whom have gone over from this country. Some time ago some of our members moved to Manchuria. A little later Brother W. R. Smith, of Wonsan, visited them. It was then decided to begin work there at once.”