ABMU GUTU’S

[s. 300] : A settlement in Rhodesia, Central situated about 175 miles E. N. E. of Bulawayo. Station of the Berlin Mi ionary Society (1892), with (1903) 3 mi ionaries, 1 mi ionary’s wife, 1 native worker, 13 outstations, 12 preaching places, and 150 profe ing Christians. Africa, GUTZLAFF, Karl Fried rich August: Born at Pyritz, in Pomerania, July 8, 1803. He early showed great zeal in study, and expre ed a 282 strong desire to be a mi ionary, but, his parents being too poor to educate him, he was apprenticed to a saddler at Stettin. At the age of eighteen he made known his wishes for a mi ionary life in a sonnet which he addre ed to the King of Pru ia, which led to his being admitted to the Padagogium at Halle, and afterward to the mi ion institute of Janicke in Berlin. On leaving the school he visited England, and meeting Dr. Morrison, the Chinese mi ionary and scholar, his mind turned strongly to China as his ultimate field of labor. In 1826, under the auspices of the Netherlands Mi ionary Society, he sailed for Batavia, where, by close study and intercourse with Chinese residents, he made great proficiency in the Chinese language. In 1828 he severed his connection with the Netherlands Society, and resolved to go on his own account to China. Between 1831 and 1834 he made three voyages along the coast of China, Siam, Korea, and the Lu-chu islands. In these he went at first in the disguise of a Chinaman, afterward as an interpreter, surgeon, and chaplain on the British ship “Lord Amherst.” On the death of Dr. Morrison, in 1834, he was appointed interpreter and secretary to the British amba ador, and finally superintendent of trade, which office he held till his death. During the opium war and the negotiation of the treaty of peace at Nanking, May 29, 1842, he rendered valuable service to the British by his knowledge of the language and customs of the people. His medical skill and great learning won the respect and confidence of the people. An attempt made by him and others, in 1844, to spread Christianity by means of native agents proved premature and unsucce ful. But his indefatigable personal efforts for the cause of religion and Christian civilization in China deserve to be held He in grateful remembrance by the Church. made a translation of the New Testament into Siamese, and was a ociated with Medhurst in He translating the Bible into Chinese (Wenli). also, aided by shipwrecked Japanese sailors, Japanese in translated the Gospel of John into In 1849 he visited England, Germany, 1838. and other countries in Europe, and by his addre es gave a new impulse to mi ionary effort in China. He returned to China in 1851, and died at Victoria, Hong kong, August 9 of the same year. ch044.xhtml g 300