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“...CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK 1916...”
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“...THE CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK 1916 (SEVENTH ANNUAL ISSUE) Edited By THE CHINA CONTINUATION COMMITTEE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AN EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Rev, D, MacGillivray, D.D., Chairman. Rev. C. Y. Cheng Rev. F. D. Gamewell, Ph.D., LL.D. D. E. Hoste, Esq. Rev. E. C. Lobenstine Rev. J. Walter Lowrie, D.D. Rev. G. F. Mosher Rev. Frank Rawlinson Rev. W. Hopkyn Rees, D.D. Rt. Rev. L. H, Roots, D.D. Rev. Otto Schultze Rev. Arthur H. Smith, D.D. EDITOR E. C. LOBENSTINE Foreign Secretary, China Continuation Committee SHANGHAI THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY FOR CHINA 1916...”
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“...THE YEAR BOOK IS SOLD In Great Britain by The Religions Tract Society, 4 Bouverie St., London, E. C. In the United States by Missionary Education Movement, 156 Fifth Ave., New York City...”
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“...1910, of editions of the China Mission Year Book. That Society freely offered its services for this purpose at a time when there was no other organ in existence to bring out such a book. Since one of the main functions of the China Continuation Committee is to study the development of the Christian Move- ment in China, the Christian Literature Society, in January of this year, requested it to assume full editorial responsibility for the series in the future, and the Committee agreed to do so. The Christian Literature Society continues to act as the publisher and in the event of the China Continuation Committee ceasing at any future date to edit the book, all right in the serieswill revert to the publisher. The responsibility for the general character of the book rests with the Editor and with the Editorial Committee. The Execu- tive of the China Continuation Committee passed the following minute regarding the Book: When articles in this Year Book are the expression of the policy or views...”
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“...present work of the Roman Catholic Church in China are referred to a book which has recently been published in French by the Imprimerie des Lazaristes in Peking. The title of the book is Le Christi anisine de Chine et du Japon and is the first of a series of Roman Catholic Church Year Books to be published in China. Several changes have been made in this volume, the most noticeable of these is the omission of the Directories. They had grown in recent years to occupy a large part of the book, adding greatly to its cost and preventing many from purchasing it. The Directories have been prepared by the China Continuation Com- mittee under the supervision of Rev. C.L. Boynton, and will appear simultaneously with this Year Book in a separate volume. They have been brought up to date and a number of important changes have been made which should add to their usefulness. The book is also sold at the Christian Literature Society Book Depot. *A limited number of copies of the Proceedings are still available...”
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“...of the work and healthfulness of its growth. No Church or Society is likely to understand how its own work is developing, nor to adopt and follow, during a period of years, a wise and consistent policy, with- out a careful study of the numerical growth of its several depart- ments. The figures given at the back of the book have been kindly furnished by the missions in China. If studied along with the histories of these societies the statistics and charts will raise many questions, the correct answers to which are of the utmost importance to the progress of the Kingdom of God in China. The Editor desires to express his thanks to all those who have assisted in making this book possible. The response to requests to supply articles was so cordial and general as to make it evident that the value of such a yearly review of the work is being re- cognized by an increasingly large number of people. His special thanks are due to the writers of the articles which appear in Part I., Rev. A. II. Smith...”
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“...Shanghai, President Shanghai Missionary Association. Rev* J. Walter Lowrie, D.D. (1883). Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Chairman of the China Council of the American Presbyterian Mis- sion, North. Rev* Donald MacGilllvray, M.A., D.D* (1888). Effect of the War on Missions in China; Publications of the Literature and Tract SOCIETIFS WHICH HAVE SOLD BEST DURING THE YEAR. Editorial Secretary, Christian Literature Society for China; Editor China Mission Year. Book, 1910-1915. Rev. W. MacNaughtan (1S87). Development of Evangelistic work in Manchuria. Missionary of United Free Church of Scotland. Rev. J. D. MacRae, M.A., B.D. (1909). Presbyterian Church of Canada. Missionary, Presbyterian Church of Canada, in Honan. Rev. Harry S* Martin* Missionary Work in PekingA Survey. Missionary of American Board Mission in Peking. Rev. R* M. Mateer, B*A*, D.D* (1881). Shantung City Evangelism. Missionary of American Presbj terian Mission, North, Weihsieu, Sung...”
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“...frequently find-it hard to visualize the former status. The editor of the Year Book wishes a brief presentation of the altered conditions (other than political) of the past two decades or more, in China, especially from the point of view of a missionary. It is in response to this request that the following article has been prepared. £ nzr. First, then, we are struck by the great sionaryBody increase in the size or the missionary body. At the Missionary Conference of 1890 the statistics of the preceding year showed that in all there were 1,296 missionaries. In 1913 the number had grown to 5,565, or 4.3 times as many as before. During the past three years the increase appears to have been steady. It is said that a visitor to Shanghai once inquired of a resident whether there were any missionaries there. The reply was given with deep feeling: The suburbs are simply infested with them. In the 1915 Year Book it was shown that there are six cities in China with more than one hundred mission-...”
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“...8 GENERAL REVIEW OF THE YEAR sums for Young Mens Christian Association buildings, for various public enterprises, and for the support of church work. Mr. Yung Tao* (not a baptized member of any church) is an example of this class. It was he who many months ago bought more than live thousand copies of the New Testament to give to his friends, a folded letter of his own accompanying each copy, explaining his views of the importance of the study of this book. The social service idea, especially as expounded from the Christian standpoint, has entered deep into the inner consciousness of very many educated Chinese, and will inevitably more and more produce fruits after its kind. It is precisely this conception, carried into execution, which will one day completely revolutionize the social and not less the political life of China, and it is a conception for which China is wholly indebted to Christianity. The new Chinese education has provided an immense potential outlet for every form of activity...”
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“...CHAPTER II EFFECT OF THE WAR ON MISSIONS IN CHINA D. MacGilflvray The Year Book of 1915 contained no papeY on this sub- ject, as it was thought to be too early to make it advisable, but the editor in the preface briefly recorded some facts and im- pressions. This paper will form an amplification and corroboration of the forecast. The European war has now been running its disastrous course for almost two years. Its material effects are increasingly evident. li Only the long years will show the far-reaching ramifications of its baleful influence and the full measure of its legacy of woe. Waste of money and material, serious as it is, is infinitely out- weighed by the destruction of the best young life of the churches. Inevitable gaps for a generation will mark all kinds of services requiring recruits. The spiritual and psychological effects of the war cannot fail to be enormous, both in Western countries and in countries where Western people are at work. Historians of the next generation...”
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“...in Before giving details it is well to recall the X9X5 state of the missions and Chinese churches as revealed in the China Mission Year Book of 1915. The volume of work in all departments seemed to have suffered no diminution. The Bible Societies reported a great increase in circulation. The Eddy Campaign in twelve great cities was successfully carried out after the war broke out, and also the Fukien Province-Wide Campaign. The Honan campaign on a smaller scale was carried through in October, 1915. The China Continuation Committee has held two annual meetings since the war began and its work has gone on as usual. In fact a Statistical and a National Evangelistic Secretary have been added to the staff. The great campaign in the United States for property and equipment of the schools and colleges of China, foreshadowed by Bishop Bashford in the Year Book of 1914, p. 39, has of course been postponed. But more time is thus given to the study of co-ordination and efficiency. The Rockefeller...”
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“...contributions in- creased and an annual u Leper-asylum-Sunday offering has been, made in all the churches for the first time with fairly good results. A short report of the work done in the asylum, sent to all the pastors and catechists, enabled them to illustrate their sermons and to arouse the congregations to earnest prayer on behalf of the poor lepers. The evangelistic wrork in the medical Evangelistic mission, introduced as a new policy in Work some other missions during the year 1914 (Year Book 1915, p. 300), has been the policy of our Mission for many years. As another characteristic feature I may perhaps mention, as stated by Mr. Bailey, Superintendent of the Mission to Lepers, that the Tungkun asylum is the only one which asks forentrance fees from the lepers. Between...”
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“...place in our declared policy. The recent decision to open the doors more widely for admission of non- Christian pupils and to formulate a definite policy with regard to country day schools indicate the present attitude toward these questions. The Chinese Church has twenty-eight congregations organized with elders and deacons. Three congregations have their own pastors and are entirely self-supporting, being subject to the control of a Chinese presbytery. The policy outlined (Ci-iina Mission Year Book, 1914, p. 365) has met with a cordial reception and sixteen evangelists have been called. Thus the first steps have been taken toward a larger measure of financial responsibility and self-support in the Chinese church. New Departures 1. Efforts to reach Educated Classes. Following on many months of preparation, an evangelistic campaign was undertaken during the autumn. Officials and gentry...”
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“...Yangtze River and the old bed of the Yrellow River. The Mid-China Mission has eight stations ; five in cities occupied also by other missions and three in centres where it alone occupies the field. The North Kiangsu Mission occupies seven centres, six of which it occupies alone. The Southern Presbyterian Church, largely through the Mid-China Mission, is working conjointly with other missions in several union institutions or enterprises. In order to accede to the request of the editor of the Year Book for information regarding the work of the two Missions, I sent out a series of questions, seeking fresh information along several lines suggested by him. Twenty- seven replies have been received and the following is a digest of these replies. Chinese Staff A There have been thirty-eiglit in all added to the Chinese staff of workers during the year. A few places report no increase in native staff and two report retrenchment. Thirty-two new out-stations or preaching places have been opened. Of...”
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“...different pieces of work because of being under-staffed. Entering only those centres where mission work is already well developed, we have not had to wait for openings, as do other agencies wdiich have entered newer fields. On the contrary, we have never been able to avail ourselves of more than a small portion of opportunities already open to us. Therefore it is with much praise and thanksgiving that we report the addition of twelve foreign secretaries since we last wrote a report for the Year Book. With the exception of two, who v/ere sent out for special office work, all are at language study. Of the above number, one was sent to us from Australia by the Australasian Associations and one by the Swedish Young Womens Christian Associations. Our working force therefore now consists of twenty-four foreign and nine Chinese secretaries, representing in all five countries. St d t W fc There are nowr fifty-five student branches u en of with a membership of 3,175. These represent schools of seventeen...”
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“...CHAPTER XIII EVANGELISM IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS The purpose of the Year Book is to record experience, not to advocate theories. The purpose of the articles that follow in this chapter is to exhibit some of the plans that are being used in different parts of China to bring the gospel to a district for which a mission has accepted respon- sibility. These articles are not full and adequate descrip- tions of the evangelistic work that is being done in these various districts, but they give glimpses of how some of the work is actually undertaken. The articles do not include all the plans that are successfully employed in evangelistic work in China to-day, but they are written by men in widely separated provinces, and they describe a sufficient variety of plans to be suggestive to workers in all parts of the country. I. THE PLAN OF THE MISSION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW ZEALAND, IN KWANGTUNG George H. MacNeur The Field The PPu^a^on is estimated at 800,000, all in villages and market...”
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“...country not yet covered by the gospel. Another problem soon confronted us. The twenty groups had as many deacons and elders,, but they were, for the most part, untrained men. We sought to enable them to rise a bit above their fellow-members. We have a four-year term diaconate and eldership. At our biennial election each deacon-elect was required to pledge himself to spend at least three days at the central station in Bible study to master the Westminister Shorter Catechism, and the Presbyterian Book of Church Government and Discipline. The local congregation reasoned that if a man was unwilling to pre- pare himself for the office, he was not worthy of the office, and would therefore proceed to elect some one else in his stead. Our next slogan was: Find men first, then places. An erroneous idea had grown up in the minds of our Chinese friends, that it was impossible to meet for worship in any place other than a formally opened chapel; opened in most cases at mission expense. We sought...”
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“...Tsangchow In October a preachers conference is held. Last year the programme included the discussion and practical demonstration of Sunday school methods, and in connection with the forward evangelistic movement in both country fields, many of the problems encountered by the preaching bands were dealt with in an illuminating way. Much valuable information was gained from the experiences of many keen evangelists. A series of lectures on missionary methods, based upon Boland Allens stimulating book, aroused much interest, and caused many to think seriously on the vital question of self-support. Some addresses on Livingstone and Hudson Taylor brought the need for personal consecration vividly before those in attendance, as did also several periods devoted to the maintenance of a preachers spiritual life. Tsaoshfh The sentences are quoted from the annual report of this station. il A point that is vital to the exercise of a ministry that will evoke the...”
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“... This at least can be said, that there are now a number of leaders in each centre, alert and keen, ready for the first call to advance. IL REPORT OF THE FOOCHOW EVANGELISTIC COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR J9I5 Bible Class The rePor^ covering the first half of the Attendance year included the statistics of Bible class attendance, which showed on a rough estimate that a little over three hundred and twenty men have been attending classes during the spring term. Classes in the Six Hundred Character Book have been held in six different sections of the city with a total enrollment of about one hundred and fifty students. These classes were led by...”
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“...learn in a school would be one which contributes largely to all three. The more educational it is in its processes, the more value will it have as a part of the curriculum. In the degree to which it has social value, will it benefit the com- munity; and it will be profitable financially in accordance with its economic merits. Candy-making may be profitable on the economic side, but its educational value is very slight *Eor list of orphanages with kinds of work done in each see China Mission Year Book 1910, pp. 385,387....”