56 TO CHANGE CHINA waterways,and faced a series of crises stemming from anti-Western outrages. In 1837,shortly after arriving in China,Parker had criticized the failures and shortcomings of his Jesuit predecessors:"Had pure Christianity been first introduced we have reason to believe the gospel of the dear Redeemer had been enjoyed not only in Japan but 激子激 extensively in China and throughout the Oriental world.But now an incalculable amount of prejudice and of downright enmity to the cross must be overcome before the people of the East will listen to the WARD and GORDON: message of the ambassador of heaven."It was a harsh judgment, Glorious Days of Looting and a badly oversimplified one.Like the Jesuits,Parker had to learn the hard way that in China even the most precisely calculated means did not necessarily lead to the desired ends.He,who had labored so long at medicine and language in order to make China"free through the Lord of Glory,"ended up enslaved by his own skills and incon- Not every Western adviser in China had a religious spur.There tinently angered by those he had meant to love. were also men who simply had a love of travel and excitement in their bones,adventurers who roamed the world to take what it would give.Such a man was Frederick Townsend Ward,born near the docks in Salem,Massachusetts,on November 29,1831. It was not an environment to encourage the contemplative life. "The wharves in Salem in those days,"a contemporary recalled, "were lined with ship chandlers'and sail-makers'shops,warehouses, and counting rooms,the sailmakers sitting cross-legged like Turks, sewing the sails with thimbles fastened into the middle of their palm, while the odor of tar and canvas pervaded the premises.The old wharf and sail lofts that fronted the street were favorite resorts of my childhood days and I was never so happy as when allowed to wander about on the old wharf fascinated in watching the loading and un- loading of ships that had rounded the point and come lumbering into port."1 As a child Ward was mischievous,and as an adolescent,restless. He tried unsuccessfully to get into the military academy at West Point,and then to run away from home to fight in the Mexican War. When he was only fifteen,his father gave up trying to restrain him56 TO cHANGE CHINA waterways,and faced a series of crises stemming fr。 m anti¨Western outrages。 In 1837,shordy after arriving in Chipa,Parker had criticizod the failures and shortcomings of h、 Jesuit predecessors: “Had Pure Christianity been srst introduced ⒒9e have reason to behoVe the g∝Pd ofthe dear Redeemer had been e哟 oye-not only in JaPan but extensively in China and thr0ughout the Orien1al world,But now ah incalculable amount of Prejudice and of doll`nright enn1ity to the cross must be overcome before the peoPle of the East Ⅵ冫Ⅱl hsten to ohe 擗 镣 蒯 挣 擀 瓒 擒 热 腽 垠 吲 rF梦揽 ;°气黯 鞯 :∶ 刂::::珊 :1{::哏i⒉∶孓古\辟 tinently angered by those he had【 neaη t to loVe, )诺甘首3)拼甘首 、VARD四彳J GORDON∶ GⅠor讠 o箔 D‘I9vs ofLo0艹J彳g 混 贳 y砦 s找 盆 抒 品 岁 挠 Tt昱甘 努 1菇‰ RT their bones,adventurers u,ho roamed the Ⅵ⒎°rld to take、 vhat it、 vould give, Such a man 、vas Frede“ ck Townsend Ward, born near the docks in saleΠ l,Iˇ Iassachusetts,on November29,1831. It 、vas not an enVironment to encourage the contemPlative life, “The wharves in salem in those days,” a contemporary recalled, “wqre hned with ship chandlers’ an￠ sail~makers’ shops,warehouses, and coun“ng rooms, the saⅡ”akers sitting crossˉ legged hke Turks, ;;It气忿黠扌气广:I:l骂 嚣:l暴1器扌泔:嵬豇蕊:∴ 氟:a拙 wharf and sail lofts that fronted the street were fa氵 orite resorts of my chⅡ dhood days and I was never so haPpy as、 vhen a1lowed to wa,der 嬲I罗 /f弼1滥圭袈鞯1f:黥勹∵詈Jl;⒉品ll龛硎i戋 毖Jξ:滞百I刂:丨 :∷∶;蹴lΙl扌⒉%1y∷ 茫搬￡:w罗 When he、 vas only sfteen,his father gave uP trying to restrain him