Protestant Chapel

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Protestant Chapel often was built for the benefit of Macau's small Protestant community. It is located next to the Old Protestant Cemetery, and recall the days when the British and Americans had a trading presence in Macau. The small stone chapel is also called Morrison Chapel, in honour of Robert Morrison, the missionary who translated the Bible into Chinese. The stained glass window of the chapel shows a picture of a Bible with the Chinese wores, "In the beginning was the Word". To serve Macau' s small Protestant minority this chapel is appropriately situated in the cemetery where 150 British and American graves recall the days of the foreign trading and naval presence in Macau. The small stone building is sometimes called the "Morrison Chapel" in honour of Robert Morrison, a missionary who translated the Bible into Chinese, and the stained glass window contains the art picture of an open Bible with Chinese characters for "In the beginning was the Word". On either side of the altar are plaques recalling James B. Endicott, an American trader who is buried in Hong Kong, and Henry Davies Margesson who drowned off Yokohama when returning home to England after 23 years in China.






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