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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 16, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 49.

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UPPER BURMAH.

REV. F. P. SUTHERLAND, a missionary of Upper Burmah, arrived in San Francisco last week. He is one of six missionaries who went to India about five years ago, and after traveling quite extensively in Asia, settled in and about Saigang. To a reporter of the Examiner he made the following statement:—
"We found a gentle race of natives; not the savages that have been described in fiction. They are apt pupils and take readily to the Christian religion. We were received with all kindness by the government, and every facility was offered us to spread the light. Of course we had great prejudices to overcome among the people with whom we mingled, but I am happy to say that the gospel is being rapidly accepted as the only true religion in our field. We have now a flourishing church in Saigang. It consists of over three hundred members and is on the increase. I am going to make a short tour of this country and will then return to my labors in Upper Burmah."