social advancement of China. Before completing his missionary work, Happer taught classes at the college in Canton. Although Happer left China with his wife for the last time in 1891, his impact would forever remain and lead to the rapid growth and development of missionary work opening China to the west. Legacy While residing in the United States, Happer was able to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the work of the Foreign Missions as an evangelist by the Presbytery. He had also been ordained as an evangelist in the Presbyterian Church in Monongahela City. On Saturday, October 27, 1894, in his own home in Wooster, Ohio, Happer died at seventy-six years and seven days old. Over the years, the Christian Canton College has undergone various name and location changes. In 1952 the college was incorporated into Chung Shan University (now Sun Yat-sen University). As a result of the communist occupation by the Japanese in Canton, some of the Canton Christian College faculty fled to Hong Kong and developed the Lingnan School offering diploma programs in liberal arts, commerce, and social science. Registered as an Approved Post-Secondary College, the university changed its name to Lingnan College at the end of 1978. The college received full recognition as a university by the Hong Kong's government in 1998. On July 30, 1999, the institution's name was changed to Lingnan University, becoming the sole public liberal arts university in Hong Kong. At the time, Lingnan University was declared the leading Christian institution for higher education in South China. Happer's legacy contributed to the history of the two continuing universities in mainland China and in Hong Kong. Happer laid the foundation for future missionary work in South China to flourish. His legacyis known for igniting the missionary and English language educational movement in China and the youth that he described as “certainly full of promise for the future.”. While his accomplishments are significant and lasting, he himself admitted that it was not an easy journey saying, “My missionary life was in a new and most difficult field.”. Within a journal article written by Happer in 1872, was his hope for the future of China, the Chinese youth, and the spread of the Christian Gospel message. He discussed introducing new programs that would allow some Chinese youth to study in the United States for a period of time in the hopes that they