“To the visitor to China in the year 1926 one of the most interesting and thought-provoking features of the landscape was the physical evidence of the activities of Christian missionaries. If the traveller entered the country by Shanghai, on the outskirts of the city his steamer passed the substantial buildings of an institution which he was informed was Shanghai College, maintained by American Baptists.”
Page 1, A History of Christian Missions in China, Kenneth Scott Latourette, 1929
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Mar 02, 2012 @ 11:25:51
I have an old New Testament, 1946. written names inside the back cover some chinese writing and autographed by Peter H.H. Lee. and other names. this book is dated inside the cover March 12, 1949. Baptist Compound, West Bao Hsing Road, Shanghai China
Mar 03, 2012 @ 12:43:04
I thought ‘Baptist Compound’ was a somewhat sarcastic reference when I read it in a book. I guessed it was the area of the University of Shanghai; other books referred to the Baptists as north of the city and foreign concessions.
I see several Lees and Lis listed in books about U. S. but none at first sight that correspond to Peter or H. H. which is probably the initials of the romanization of the Chinese name.