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Aduarte recounts the progress Of the work under taken byfthe Dominicans for the Chinese in Manila. For many years the missionaries live at Binondoc, the village to which the Christian Chinese go to live when they receive the new faith; but they conclude that it would be better for all concerned to build a convent and church within the Parian. In 1617 they begin to erect these buildings, and priests of the order take up their residence therein, in the midst Of that great market and its crowd of traders and artisans. Their labors are crowned with notable and prompt success not only in securing the baptism of the sick and dying, but in the instruction Of those who are in health, who carry the gospel into their own country, Wherein the missionaries hope to effect a great con version some day. The church first erected is a poor and unsubstantial affair; but afterward a large and very handsome church is built in the Chinese fash ion, Of wood shaped and fitted without any nails. When the Parian is burned in 1628, the church is saved by placing an image Of the Virgin 1n front of the approaching flames. 173761, the timbers begin to decay, and another building is erected, with stone pillars; its walls are covered with paintings, which serve greatly for the instruction of the heathen. Dur ing fifteen years, the number of baptisms in this church amounts to The Dominicans win the great respect and affection of the Chinese, who sel dom die without having received baptism.
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Aduarte recounts the progress Of the work under taken byfthe Dominicans for the Chinese in Manila. For many years the missionaries live at Binondoc, the village to which the Christian Chinese go to live when they receive the new faith; but they conclude that it would be better for all concerned to build a convent and church within the Parian. In 1617 they begin to erect these buildings, and priests of the order take up their residence therein, in the midst Of that great market and its crowd of traders and artisans. Their labors are crowned with notable and prompt success not only in securing the baptism of the sick and dying, but in the instruction Of those who are in health, who carry the gospel into their own country, Wherein the missionaries hope to effect a great con version some day. The church first erected is a poor and unsubstantial affair; but afterward a large and very handsome church is built in the Chinese fash ion, Of wood shaped and fitted without any nails. When the Parian is burned in 1628, the church is saved by placing an image Of the Virgin 1n front of the approaching flames. 173761, the timbers begin to decay, and another building is erected, with stone pillars; its walls are covered with paintings, which serve greatly for the instruction of the heathen. Dur ing fifteen years, the number of baptisms in this church amounts to The Dominicans win the great respect and affection of the Chinese, who sel dom die without having received baptism.
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