Tsae A-Ko
Tsae A-Ko (蔡阿高) was the first known Chinese Protestant Christian.[1] He was baptized by Robert Morrison (the first Protestant missionary to China) at Macau about 1814. Morrison acknowledged the imperfection of this man's knowledge, but he relied on the words, " If thou believest with all thy heart ! " and then he administered the rite. From Morrison's diary the following was noted: " At a spring of water, issuing from the foot of a lofty hill, by the sea-side, away from human observation, I baptised him in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. . . May he be the first fruits of a great harvest." Amid such affecting circumstances the native Chinese Church began.
References
- Horne, C. Sylvester (1904). The Story of the L.M.S. London: London Missionary Society.
- Harrison, Brian (1979). Waiting For China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 962-209-011-7.
- Wylie, Alexander (1867). Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese. Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press.
Notes
- ↑ Horne (1904), chapter 5
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