Note 10 — Chapter XL · PERSECUTION AND MARTYRDOM—1801–1834.
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While off the island of Wen-san, according to Dallet, some of the native Christians, attracted by the legend in Chinese characters on the flag “The Religion of Jesus Christ,” came on board. “A Protestant minister saluted them with the words which are sacramental among the pagans, ‘May the spirits of the earth bless you!’ At these words the neophytes, seeing that they had been deceived, and that a snare had been laid for their good faith, retired in all haste without ever returning the salute, and made no further visits to the ships.” ↑