 William Charles Milne was elected to fill his place.Bishop Boone never attended a meeting of the delegates after the first chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel was finished, and Dr. Bridgman never made a suggestion which his colleagues could accept; thus, when the version was finished he repudiated all responsibility for it, so that the translation was virtually the work of the English missionaries Medhurst, Stronach, and Milne.The committee, aided by several native scholars (principally the Chinese scholar Wang Tao), continued their work daily, from 10