Originally born from old Guangzhou's rescue in 1807, what became official in 1964?

BRY2K

Overseas Missionary Fellowship? (The China Inland Mission re-named Overseas Missionary Fellowship in 1964) Further waves of missionaries came to China in the Qing (or Manchu) dynasty (1644-1911) as a result of contact with foreign powers. Russian Orthodoxy was introduced in 1715 and Protestant churches began entering China in 1807. The pace of missionary activity stepped up considerably after the First Opium War in 1842. Christian missionaries and their schools, under the protection of the Western powers, went on to play a major role in the Westernisation of China in the 19th and 20th centuries. OMF International (formerly Overseas Missionary Fellowship and before that the China Inland Mission before 1964) is an interdenominational Protestant Christian missionary society, founded by English missionary Hudson Taylor on 25 June 1865. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Inland_Mission http://www.cjvlang.com/Dow/mission.html (Am I on the right track here?) May 14 08, 7:13 AM

SanGermain

Wow! My God, what a fascinating story of the OMF. I had never heard of them and their profound influence. But you're on the wrong track. next hint: Maryland. May 14 08, 11:18 AM

zbeckabee

This all works really well for me if we just ignore your use of the word "Guangzhou." This any closer??? There are many stories and legends about the origin of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever. The favored story involves the 1807 shipwreck of an English ship bound for Poole, England. The crew and two puppies survived the wreck: a brown male named Sailor and a black bitch dubbed Canton in honor of the rescuing ship. These two puppies were St. John's water dogs, no doubt bound for Lord Malmesbury's estates, which at this time was developing the prototype for the Labrador Retriever breed. The Chesapeake Bay Retriever was declared the official state dog in 1964. http://www.wildpromotie.nl/Jagerslatijn/chesapeake.htm http://www.marylandtheseventhstate.com/article1015.html May 14 08, 4:11 PM

Baloo55th

Guangzhou need not be ignored - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou - it's what we now have to call the city formerly known as Canton..... May 14 08, 4:44 PM

SanGermain

The Chesapeake Bay Retriever it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Retriever May 29 08, 11:23 AM