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“...THE CHINA CHRISTIAN YEAR BOOK 1929 (Sixteenth issue of the China "Mission" Year Book) Issued under arrangement between the Christian Literature Society for China and the National Christian Council of China under the direction of the following Editorial Board appointed by the National Christian Council. Mr. E. E. Barnett Rev. Edwin Marx Rev. T. C. Brown Dr. J. L. Maxwell ' Rev. L. D. Cio Rev. F. R. Millican Miss M. Frame Mr. John Nipps Miss L. K. Haass Dr. Frank Rawlinson Dr. C. L. Hsia Rev. Stanley Smith Dr. Herman Liu Mr. H. C. Tsao Rev. E. C. LobenstineMiss K. Vaughn Dr. D. MacGillivray Rev. Z. K. Zia Editor Rev. Frank Rawlinson, D.D. Editor, Chinese Recorder. Shanghai i Christian Literature Society 1929. \...”
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“...vi XI. National Christian Council in 1928. T. C. Bau.............221 XII. The Promulgation of the Decrees of the First Plenary Council of the Catholic... Church in China. Pascal M. D'EIia, S. J............... .. 228 Part IV.. Missions and Missionaries. XIII'.' Missionaries in China. C. L. Boynton. 243 XIV. Church and Mission. E. C. Lobentsine. 250 Part V. Education and Students. XV. Christian Education in 1928. Earl Herbert Cressy...........268 XVI.. Education and Religion. D. Willard Lyon. .. ............279 XVII., Religious Education in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Wade Crawford Barclay..... .. .. ,. .. .. 289 XVIII. Youth and the Church. Y. T. Wu. .. 300 XIX-. Religious Education in Christian Middle Schools. Chester S. Miao.......308 Part VI. Social Life. XX. Labor Organizations in 1928. S. K. Sheldon Tso. ... .. ...... .. 317 XXI. -National Government and Narcotics. Bingham Dai.............328 XXII. Rural Reconstruction. Fu-liang Chang. 336 XXIII. National Child Welfare Association...”
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“...Literature. XXVIII. The Bible in China. G. W. Sheppard. 396 XXIX. Recent Books on China. Mrs. R. R. Service .. ...... ,. v. .. 406 XXX. Christian Literature Situation.. T. C. Chao. ............ .. 417 XXXI. Forty Years of the Christian Liter- ature Society. D. MacGillivray. .. .. 429 XXXII. The Printed Page. Miss M. Verne MeNeely. .. .. ........435 Part IX. Government Education. XXXIII. Government Education, 1928-1929. Sidney K. Wei. .. ........458 Part X. Appendices. I. Documents on "Church and Mission/' (see page 250) ...... .. .. 491 II. General Principles of Proposed Labor Union Law as Approved by Legis- lative Yuan, (see page 317) .... .. 513 III. Local Reports, on "Christian Medical Work in 1928. (see page 379) .. .. 516 IV. Bibliography. "Recent Books on China." Mrs.. R. R. Service, (see page 406) .. ...... .. .. 53S...”
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“...(North): President,1 Canton Union Theological College .... .. 16,3 Lobenstine, Rev. E.C., (1898) Regional Retreat Conferences, X. Church and Mission, XIV. Presbyterian Mission. Associate General - Secretary of the National Christian Council of China...... .. 212, 250 Lyon, D. Willard, M.A., D.D., (1895) Educa- tion and Religion, XVI. President, Association Secretarial School of China. Member of National Christian Council, China Christian Educational Association and China Sunday School Union ...... .. .. .. .. 279 MacGillivary, Rev. D., D.D., LL.D., (1888) Forty Years of the Christian Literature Society, XXXI. United Church of Canada. General Sec- retary, Christian Literature Society, Shanghai ............429 Marx, Rev. Edwin, A.B., B.D., (1918) Effects of Five Years Upon Chinese Church, (East Central China) IX. Secretary and Treasurer of China Mission. United Christian Missionary Society .. 159 Maxwell, James L., Christian Medical Work in 1928, XXVI: Eradicating Leprosy from. China, XXVII...”
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“...xiii T!aylor, J., B.A., D.D., (1903) Effects of Five , Years Upon Chinese Church (Szechwan), IX. West China Mission, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Mission Secretary. Instructor in English Lit- erature, West China Union University. Principal, Chengtu Baptist College .. 196 Ting, Miss Shu-ching, What Chinese Women are Doing, IV. General Secretary, National Committee, Y.W.C.A's. in China.......,107 Tso, S.K. Sheldon, LL.B., M.A., Ph.D., Labor Organizations in 1928, XX. Head of Welfare Section, Department of Labor, Ministry of Industry, Com- merce and Labor, National Govern- ment ..............317 Wang, Dr. Chengting T., B.A., LL.D., Political Progress in 1928? l. Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui. Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Government 14 Wei, Sydney K., A.B., Ph.D., Government Education, 1928-1929, XXXIII. Congregational. Dean of the College of Education and Director of the Univer- sity Experimental School, National Central University, Nanking. Member of Science Society of China...”
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“...the promulgation thereof, all the sub- stantive laws, codes of procedure, and appurtenant rules and orders which have been promulgated or are in effect, are continued in force temporarily; except where inconsistent with the aims and principles of the Kuomintang or where in conflict with the laws and orders of the National Government." Law Making In accordance with the instruction to the Ministry of Justice to hasten the work of law making, the Law Codification Commission was created. The Com- mission is composed of five members whose functions are to improve the old codes of law and prepare new ones for the country. Another organ attached to the Ministry of Justicethe Judicial Councilwas estab- lished by an order of the Government dated March 19, 1928. It is composed of the Minister and the Vice- Minister of Justice, the President of the Supreme Court, and six other members invited by the Minister...”
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“...opposed to foreign in- fringement upon China's sovereign rights. They urged the National Government to take appropriate measures to regain her lost rights so that China could have a free hand in dealing with international com- munications. Radio The usefulness of radio and aviation was fully revealed to the officers of the Nationalist Armies during the progress of their Northern Expedition. Accordingly, the Kuomintang Central Political Council has assigned to the National Reconstruction Com- mission the task of developing, in coordination with the Ministry of Communications, the radio industry. This work is now being done by the Bureau of Radio Communications of the said Commission. Aviation Recently the China National Aviation Corporation was inaugurated under the presidency of Mr. Sun Fo, Minister of Railways. On April 20, 1929, it signed a contract with the Aviation Exploration Co., an Ame- rican concern, under which the latter agrees to carry mails for the National Government on three...”
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“...FIVE-YEAR MOVEMENT 10c Movement has come to birth, which is sponsored mainly by Christians though not tied up to any particular Christian group. Fourth, there is a live Chinese Mission to Lepers, mainly sponsored by Christians, which is seeking to arouse Chinese sympathy with, and understanding and support of, work for this numerous and unfortunate class. Thus in extra-church efforts Christians are contributing to the life of China. Such efforts though they do little to build up church life as such are a proof that Christian- ity is taking its place as one of the rebuilding agencies in the emerging new China. Though Christianity still faces many unsolved difficulties in connection with its organizational and propagandic aspects it is nevertheless working its influence into modern China. Five Year Movement Christianity has, in short, passed from a defensive to an offensive attitude. This is the significance of the Five Year Movement which is the outstanding event of 1929, because it came...”
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“...38 popular opinion and economics Economic Conference=Spirit The Economic Conference was held in Shanghai from June 20 to June 30, 1928, and was attended by some one hundred of the nation's leading merchants, industrialists, economists, and financial experts. Though invited by the Government, these non-official representatives of the people were conscious of their mission and their power. In a way, the Conference was the manifestation of a growing movement to seek a voice in the financial administration of Nationalist China on the part of the Nation's economic middle classthat is, those who have suffered most from the mal-administration of the country and who have borne the brunt of the financial burden of the Northern Expedition. At any rate, the boldness with which these delegates criticized' the Government and the earnestness with which they deliberated on measures for the people's redress, were comparable only to the significance of the resolutions they adopted. These resolutions constituted...”
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“..."Commission for the Readjustment of Domestic and Foreign Debts." The purpose of the Commission is for "examining, verifying and determining the inadequately secured domestic and foreign debts and devising schemes for liquidation, consolidation and readjustment thereof." The Commission is composed of seven members: Presidents of Administrative Yuan and .Control Yuan and Ministers of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Railways, Communications, and Industry, Labor and Commerce. It shall have a Sub-com- mission of Technical Experts appointed by the Chairman of the Commission, consisting of officials whose duties are closely connected with the Commission and specialists in public finance; and it may appoint Chinese or foreign financial experts as Advisers or Counsellors. At the same time, the Government decided to set aside an annual sum of $5,000,000 from the increased Customs revenue for the liquidation of its inadequately secured loan obligations. On March 5 the Nanking Government was reported to...”
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“..." And it is interesting to note that the motto of the Nation- alist Movement is drawn from one of the finest por- tions in Confucian, in fact in all, literature. It sounds like the voice of one of the prophets, and shows the vision of a Tennyson. In view of the prominence given this passage and because of its intrinsic worth we venture to give it in full. It is found in the Li Yun P'ien of the Book of Rites (| jjig where a contrast is drawn between a society that rests on *( fjii&Sf Sold by Mission Book Co., Shanghai....”
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“...China. The latter phrase, "all under heaven will work for the common good," has been variously interpreted and greatly abused. Paul Linebarger in his "Sun Yat-sen and Chinese Republic" (p. 37) translates it as "All nations shall be the opposite of selfishness," or "Brot- herhood of all nations." The Communists and those who wished to confiscate any property that did not be- long to them were inclined to translate it, "The world *See Page 8 of Dr. R. Y. Lo's "The Social Philosophy of Confucius." Mission Book Co., Shanghai....”
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“...truths concerning God, sin, salvation, and the person and work of Christ. Mr. Chao is fearless in his approach and gives his critics and doubters in general ample opportunity to set forth their views. And then he brings in his own statements of the Christian philosophy and conviction. A further contribution to the exposition of Christian doctrine and one which shows broad study and some originality is given by Peter Peng of Peking in his * *See article in issue of June, 1928. f Available at Mission Book Co., Shanghai....”
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“...original contributions are constantly being made by the best Chinese Christian thinkers.f So we may say that the Christian Movement is fast becoming "of age" in its thought life. Buddhism and Christianity This study shows, I think, that the chief interest in organized religion centers around Buddhism and Christianity, What the final issue between these two will be, and to what extent either or both will succeed in the face of modern materialism and secularism remains to be seen. * Available at Mission Book Co., Shanghai. fTwo works suitable for text-books deserve special mention for the contribution they have made to this process of corre- lation. They are as follows; Philosophy of Religion, by N. Z. Zia, Association Press, Shanghai: j>|| fc 80, A £ Com- mercial Press, Shanghai. This is an adaptation in Chinese of Mr. Fun Yu Lan's English work on "A Comparative Study of Life Ideals."...”
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“...re-evaluate the work of the past and to make new adjustments and policies. For instance, the question of developing an indigenous church in China; the desire on the part of both missions and churches for devolution, as seen in the transfer of responsibility from foreign missions to the Chinese Church; the endeavor to discover, train and utilize Chinese Christian leadership to carry on the work of the Christian movement in this country these are positive gains for the Christian Movement. The mission is more and more realizing its temporary position in the field; the Church also begins to see its responsibility and is becoming bold enough to undertake it. Chinese Christian Thinking In the third place, these changes have almost forced many Christians to think for themselves, with a growing sense of their position in the Church. While organization and method are necessary to help in this great Christian fellowship consisting of nearly half a million members, many have realized that the essential...”
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“...for the spreading of the Christian pGospel. It will call, finally, upon the foreign missionaries to lend a helping hand in this great movement. The inter-church conference in South China was par- ticularly positive on this point. One of the findings says that they make a Macedonian appeal to the older churches of the West to come over and help the churches in China. The Christian forces in China, all put together, still find themselves inadequate, so they wish that there may be still more new mission- aries from the older churches who have heard the voice of God as well as the call from the field and are ready to come to China and work with Chinese Christians in this great program of doubling the Church membership within the next five years. A Forward March One feels, after noting the earnestness of the regional conferences, that the Christian Church is beginning to leave its trenches and is preparing for a forward march. Action along similar lines was also taken by the synodical conference...”
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“...162 RELIEF OF TENSION rural life; (3) anti-narcotics; (4) Christian literature; .'(5) the Christian home; (6) relation of church and mission; (7) international relations; (8) religious education; (9) retreats and evangelism; (10) indus- trial relations; and (11) the anti-Christian movement. Today most of these questions are still the most absorbing topics occupying the attention of Christian individuals and bodies. No significant new questions have been added. The following modifications in the above list may be noted: in (1) and (6) great'forward strides have been made in understanding what is involved, and what is generally desired and approved. There has come about a general commitment to the idea of the "indigenous" church, and to a type of cooperation between the churches and the missions that is church-centric rather than mission-centric. Relief of Tension The tension which existed four or five years ago over international relations, (7), has been consider- ably relieved since the...”
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“...Church. The last five years have given missions a new Church in which to work. That new Church has in this period, assumed its place of leadership in the Christian Movement. It has taken direct responsibility for evangelistic work. The extensive work started by the missions is now under the direct inspiration and con- trol of the Chinese Church. The last five years have seen the transfer of a number of mission schools and hospitals to the Church. Church Dominant The Church is thus rapidly taking the place of the mission as the dominant influence in the Christian Movement. Five years ago the mission was an administrative body:1 now it has become chiefly a. supporting organization of the Chinese Church. Meaning of Christianity The last five years have made the meaning of Christianity more clear to the Church and to the...”
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“...has helped to make such a distinction. The new independence of the Chinese Church and its new place of leadership in the Christian Movement have done much to disassociate Christianity from the imperialism of western nations. The way has thus been cleared for the religious message of Christianity, for a new understanding of the Christian way of life, for the spiritual influence of the Christian movement. Revaluation of Christian Methods The last five years have brought about a revalua- tion of mission methods. The work of the Com- munists in China has tended to throw suspicion upon all forms of propaganda. The old plan of convertings China through the employment of the greatest possible number of employed workers seems futile and un- christian. At any rate it failed and the Church is overloaded with paid leaders of meager qualifications.....”
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“...realization has come to some at least of the Christian leaders of the need of a more spiritual approach to the people; of the need of a message which would attract men because it meets their deep- est need' and appeals to their highest and best. Chinese Leadership Perhaps the most significant thing of all that the last five years have done for the work of missions in China is the providing it with Chinese leadership. At the beginning of the period, foreign missionaries dominated all forms of mission work. Now, a majority of superintendents in the Church, heads of institutions, executive secretaries and members of administrative boards are Chinese. It speaks well for both the new and the old leaders that this change has been made with little or no friction or disturbance to the work. The new leaders took responsibility at critical and difficult times. The way they guided the movement through such times gives rich promise of leadership in the years before us. New Place of Missionaries Missionaries...”