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“...THE CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK 1917 (EIGHTH 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 Lcwrie, D.D. Rev. G. F. Mosher Rev. Frank Rawlinson Rev. W. Hopfcyn Rees, D.D. Rt. Rev. l. H. Roots, D.D. Rev. Otto jScSMftze _ Rev. Arffrurl>i^Smith, P.D, /v ....."..... ' /&/ s editor E. C. Ix>benstftfe\ V' / , vAV!1^ y/cv Foreign Secretary, China ContinuattoQ i^otnqiittf^e ...'' SHANGHAI THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY FOR CHINA 19 17...”
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“...PREFACE THE aim of the China Mission Year Book is to give in brief compass, . and in readable form, as accurate, comprehensive and well-balanced a view as possible of the Christian movement in China during the past year. To do so is not easy. The difficulties of describing truth- fully, and with proper emphasis, religious activities as great and as varied as those reported in this volume, will be readily understood. This difficulty is due partly to the fact that in any religious movement the results of successful work often mature only after the lapse of years, and that many of the largest spiritual results are attained in out-of-the-way places in connection with the ordinary round of daily work. It is due also to the very magnitude of the Christian enterprise in China, and to the diversity of the workers. Moreover, it is never easy to secure a true perspective of current events in which those who describe them are taking part. It is, nevertheless, of the utmost importance to make the effort...”
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“...co-operation, the facts here presented could not have been secured. He also acknowledges his indebt- edness to the members of the office staff of the China Continuation Committee, to- the Rev. M. T. Stauffer and Miss M. Yerne McNeely for assistance in checking statistics, preparing tables and indexing the book, and especially to the Rev. C. L. Boynton, who this year as last, in addition to supplying the statistics and editing che Directory of Protestant Missions in China, has seen the China Mission Year Book through the press. E. C. Lobenstine. July 23rd, 1917....”
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“..........C. Y. Cheng 284 XXIX. Institutional Churches: Present Stage of Development.....................W. MacNaughtan 304 XXX. New Mission Stations and Forces... C. L. Boynton 307 XXXI. Findings and Recommendations from Mission Con- ferences and Deputation Reports............... i. Some Special Problems and Needs... W. Adams Brown 311 ii. Impressions of a Board Secretary............ R. E. Speer 314 iii. Missionary Surveys.................................The Editor 316 iv. Mission Administration....................... ...The Editor 321 v. Self-support.........................................The Editor 325 vi. Mission Anniversaries........................ M. T. Staufl'er 329 Centenary of the American Bible Society ....................................329 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Hauge Synod Mission 333 Seventieth Anniversary of the American Board Mission in Fukien ........................>......................................................335 PART IV. EVANGELISM XXXII. A Forward ...”
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“.... Henry Fowler 438 PART VII. CHRISTIAN LITERATURE XL VII. The Survey of Existing Christian Literature...... G. A. Clayton 445 XLVI1I. Magazines for Chinese Women......Mrs. T. C. Ohu 454 XLIX. Trend of Thought in China as Exhibited in the Latest Issues from the Press... John Darroch 459 PART VIII. OTHER INTERDENOMINATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS L. The China Continuation Committee .................. The Foreign Secretary 468 LI. Union and Co-operative Movements...... The Editor 47S LII. The Associated Mission Treasurers in China A. L. Greig 491 LIII. Secretarial Training of the Young Men's Chris- tian Associations of China...D. Willard Lyon 494 LIY. The Boys' Work of the Young Men's Christian Association of Shanghai............J. C. Clark 497 PART IX. MISCELLANEOUS LY. The Native Charities of Shanghai......Y. Y. Tsu 50? LVI. The Influence of Christianity and Western Civi- lization on the Women of the Upper Classes Mary Ninde Gamewell 520 LVII. Chinese Charities of Soochow......Wesley M. Smith 526...”
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“...represents the date of first arrival in China.) Rev. G. Andrew- (1881) Kansu. China Inland Mission, Lanchowfu. Julean Arnold, Esq* Economic and Commercial Conditions in China During the Year 1916. Commercial Attache, American Legation, Peking. L. R. O. Bevan, M.A., LL.B., Esq. Constitutional Development (April 1916-May 1917). Professor in the Customs College, Peking. Rev. F. W. Bible. (1909) Chekiang. American Presbyterian Mission, North, Hangchow. Rev. J. H. Blackstone. (1906) The Milton Stewart Evangelistic Funds. Methodist Episcopal Mission, North, Nanking. Joint Trustee with Rev. W. E. Blaekstone, D.D., of the Milton Stewart Evangelistic Funds. Rev. G. H. Bondfield, D.D. (1883) Mongolia. Agent, British and Foreign Bible Society, Shanghai. lion. Secretary, China Continuation Committee. Rev. Ernest F. Borst-Smith, F.R.G.S. (1906) Shensi. Baptist Missionary Society, Yenanfu. Rev. C. L Boynton. (1906) New Mission Stations and Forces, Statistics and Charts. Statistical Secretary,, China Continuation...”
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“... Rev* Courtenay H. Fenn, D.D. (1893) Chihli. American Presbyterian Mission, North, Peking. Principal, North China Union Bible Institute, Peking. . Henry Fowler, L.R.C.P. & S. (1899) A Survey of Leprosy in China. London Missionary Society, Siaokan, Hup. (In charge of Leper Hospital.) Member of the L. M. S. Advisor Council. Rev. R. R. Gailey, M.A. (1898) The Peking Social Reform As- sociation. The Government System of Simplified Chinese. General Secretary, Young Men's Christian Association, Peking. Rev. Frank D. Gamewell, L.L. D. (1881) Some Educational Developments of the Past Year. General Secretary, China Christian Educational Association, Shanghai. Mrs. Frank D. Gamewell. (1909) The Influence of Western Civilization on the Women of the Upper Classes. Chairman, National Committee, Young Women's Christian Associa- tion. Author of Shanghai, the Gate to China. Rev. W. H. Grant. (1892) IIonan. Canadian Presbyterian Mission, Weihwei, Ho. Roger S. Greene, Esq. The China Medical Board. Resident...”
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“...(1895) Aniiwei. Bishop, American Church Mission, Diocese of Auhwei, Anking. George Ch'fen Hsu, Esq. The Society for Religious Liberty. Yice-Minister in the Ministry of Justice, Peking. Member of the Chung Hwa Sheng Kung Hui (Church of England Mission). Chairman of the Society for Religious Liberty, Peking. Rev. R. A. Jaffray- (1894) Iywangsi. Christian and Missionary Alliance, Wucbow. Editor, The Bible Magazine. Rev. Frank A. Keller, M.D. (1897) The Hunan Colportage Work of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Superintendent, Hunan Colportage Work, Changsha, Hunan. Rev. O. L. Kflbom, M.A., M.D. (1891) Szechwan. Canadian Methodist Church Mission, Chengtu. Member West China Advisory Board. Rev. W. S. Lewis, D.D., L.L. D. (1909) Railways axd Missions in China. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in China, Shanghai. Rev. H. W. Luce, M.A. (1897) Shantung. American Presbyterian Mission, North, Tsinan. A. Lutley, Esq. (1887) Shansi. China Inland Mission, Chaoclieng. Rev. D. Willard Lyon, D.D...”
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“...Kiangsu. American Presbyterian Mission, South, Kiangyin. Rt. Rev. H. McC. E. Price, M.A. (1906) A Forward Evangelistic Movement. Bishop, Church Missionary Society, Diocese of Fukien, Foochow. Chairman, Special Committee of the China Continuation Com- mittee on a Forward Evangelistic Movement. Rev. P. F. Price, D.D. (1888) The Progress of Theological Education in China. American Presbyterian Mission, South. Nanking. Professor of Theology and Homiletics, Nanking School of Theology. Arthur Rugh, Esq. (1903) The Religious Condition of Students in Mission Schools. Student Secretary, National Committee, Young Men's Christian Association, Shanghai. Rev. A. H. Sharman. (1890) Evangelism in tile Wenchow District. United Methodist Church Mission, Wenchow, Chekiang. Rev. "Wesley M. Smith. (1910) Survey of Soochow Charities. Professor of Bible, Soochow University, Soochow. Rev. T. S. Soltau. (1914) Christian Work Among Koreans in Manchuria. American Presbyterian Mission, North, Syen Chun, Chosen. Rev...”
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“...CONTRIBUTORS xiii Rev. G. G. Warren. (1886) Hunan. Wesleyan Methodist Mission, Changsha. Chairman, Hunan Continua- tion Committee. R. B. Wear, M.A., Esq. (1913) Yunnan. Secretary, Young Men's Christian Association, Yiinnanfu. Rev. A. Weir. (1899) Manchuria. Presbyterian Church of Ireland Mission, Yiishuting, Kwanchengtze Wa Lien-teh, M. A., M.D., L.L.D., Esq. The Menace of Morphine. Director and Chief Medical Officer, North Manchuria Plague Prevention Service, Harbin, Manchuria. Medical Officer of the Foreign Office, Peking. President, China National Medical Association....”
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“...ERRATA Page 48, Year of opening Yunnan, 1881. Foot-note, Read China Mission Year Book, 1915, Chapter VIII. ,, 98, Chihli: Missionary societies at work, 25. ,, 110, Fukien: Total Chinese workers 3077. ,, 149, Kansu: Tota missionaries, 68. ,, 216, Shantung: missionaries societies at work in the province, 18. Total missionaries, 453. Total Chinese workers, 2,002. Communicant members, 32,129. ,, 258, Yunnan: Communicant members, 7,413....”
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“...This standard is superior to dogma, superior to creed or constitution; it is a life, and its perfection is measured in quality and charac- ter by its approach to the life that was revealed in the Man of Galilee. Tbe problem under consideration is, how shall the missionary co-operate with the divine mind in develop- ing this life among the Chinese people, and how shall easier means of communication among the people be made to serve him in this task. Ever bearing in mind that our success is and Mission measured in our ability to infuse the message Strategy into the life of the nation and that in so doing the missionary must decrease and the Chinese...”
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“...32 GENERAL. SITUATION Itf CHINA prophet increase, we find in the railway an agency suited to our task. Without the railway foreign mission stations must be numbered by the thousands, with the railway tlie work may be better done with thousands less. The presence of railways will lead thoughtful promoters of missions to consider with increasing care the location of foreign mis-r sion stations. The coming of railways will almost certainly change the location of strategic centres, and many foreign mission stations located without reference to this more rapid means of communication will need rtadjustment and in some instances removal to more strategic points. The opening up of new mission stations herfceforth should be undertaken only after the most careful investigation and exhaustive study. One of the dangers to be avoided is the assembling of too many missionaries in any given area. We are not here to build up foreign communities or to impose upon the native population our foreign modes...”
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“...RAILWAYS AND MISSIONS IN CHINA 33' 4. The China Continuation Committee, the China Medical Board, the China Medical Missionary Association, the China Christian Educational Association, and other kindred organizations that will certainly be brought into being, are almost limited in their service by railway efficiency in the nation. 5. While diminishing by thousands the number of foreign mission stations necessary to the adequate evangel- ization of the nation, easy communication among the differ- ent parts of the nation enhances greatly the opportunity of the foreign missionary to do his legitimate task and at the same time allows the Chinese the freedom necessary to "filling up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in the establishment of His Church in China. a 5...”
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“...CHAPTER VI THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN CHINA IN X9J5 The Editor In the Chinta Mission Year Book for 1915 appeared an article on The Distribution of Missionaries in China. It was an analysis of the Directory of Protestant Missionaries published in 1914, and gave certain information regarding, the growth of the missionary body, and its distribution by societies, by denominational affiliation and by provinces, for the year 1913. It led to many requests for similar inform mation regarding the other Christian forces in China; but it has not previously been possible to secure such information. Through the decision of the China Continua- Valueof12 Committee to undertake an annual Statistics gathering of statistics, and the appointment of the Rev. C. L. Boynton as Statistical Secretary, we are now able for the first time to furnish provincial statistics covering the Christian community as a whole. Missionary committees in a few provinces have, for some...”
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“...re^err^ng to the greatness of the is r c e Church's task in the mission field said :.. No-one could be where we have been and not be constrained to think that instead of being nearly accomplished, the task has been scarcely begun. It is the long, long work. No one can tell when it will be done. It is the magnitude and the endlessness of it that appall one and make it difficult to awaken and to keep at ruddy glow the evangelistic fervour." Few, if any, students of missions, will disagree with liim. The Church is just at the beginning of the evangel- ization of China. Much has already been accomplished, but the more one studies the work remaining to be done the more one is convinced that if the Church is ever to accom- plish her God-given task, it will be by harbouring to the utmost her resources and by careful and united planning. The leaders of the missionary movement must study with increasing care the location of every new mission station, of every school and hospital, and of every worker...”
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“...are Caution in no simiiar figures regarding the work in pre- interpretation . j i i j i i t vious years with which they can be compared are, of course, insufficient for any complete understanding of the stage of evangelization reached. The fact that a child is four feet in height does not reveal whether it is tall or short; you must know at least one additional fact, its age. The tables given herewith will be of most value to those who bring to their study the best knowledge of the history of mission work in China, and elsewhere. L Centres of Christian Work By this is meant centres in which Christian work is regularly carried on. The information is classified in two ways, first under stations and out-stations, which show in a general way the development of missions, and second, under 4< organized congregations'7 and "other places of regular worship,1' which reveal the degree of organization of the Church. These two groups cover somewhat the same ground, but regard the work from two different...”
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“...48 GENERAL. SITUATION Itf CHINA has been most marked in the provinces of Shansi, Honan, Hunan and Kwangtung. Shantung reports 18 out-stations to each mission station and 26 to each centre with resident missionaries, while Kansu, with 16 centres, reports 20 stations and only 18 out-stations. The total number of centres where regular Christian worship is carried on is given here at 7078, which is about 600 more than the total number of stations and out-stations. Year of Centres Centres oc- n^n;-** n#7,,,. opening to with re- citpied with- Mission Out- J ' Joreign sident in the pan stations stations Zd>nl\ v-m'hi resideme missies 10 years gallons itoisiup Manchuria. 1867 27 5 34 297 71 263 Chihli ............1861 33 7 53 312 237 61 Shantung .. 1860 37' 7 54 963 195 S99 Honan1884 50 18 60 269 90 156 Shansi............1876 48 13 53 180 127 80 Shensi............1876 2S 3 30 9S 113 11 Iviangsu____ 1S43 24 5 96 263 119 276 Chekiang.. 1864 29 2 47 555 397 427 Anhwei .... 1869 22 2 33 118 90 67...”
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“...GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY 49 suggested at the Centenary Conference. These groups are not entirely satisfactory, for both under China Inland Mission and "Other Societies/' members of several different denominations are of necessity grouped together. These two classes represent 1966 out of 5517 missionaries. The following table* shows which churches are represented by foreign workers in each province. Provinces Ana. Bapt. Cong. Luth. Mctlu Pres. C.I.M. Other Total f Manchuria..... 47 .. 108 .. 12 170 tChihli......... ... 29 4 104 69 48 16 118 388 tShantung...... ... 27 147 16 2 15 129 61 56 453 Honan ........ ... 14 19 119 14 70 65 19 320 Shansi........ 45 24 142 15 226 Shensi......... 31 81 5 117 fKiangsu....... ... 97 85 18 2 104 121 63 262 752 f Chekiang...... ... 77 47 34 61 84 14 317 Anhwei........ ... 24 12 7 21 42 39 145 Kiangsi........ 7 2 2 22 - 121 55 209 Hupeh........ , 68 42 112 64 15 13 38 352 Hunan........ . 19 48 55 82 68 55 327...”
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“...Tn studying the totals in each province, to reach any judgment as to their relative needs for more missionaries, these factors need to be kept in mind: the area and population of the province, the facilities for travel, the degree of develop- ment of the Christian community, and the extent of the educational work of the mission, especially in its higher branches, etc. Certain deductions should be made, as in the case of Kiangsu, in which over one hundred and twenty-five missionaries resident in Shanghai (includ- ing wives) are engaged in general work, with little or no direct responsibility for local work in the province. This province also has a large number of mission higher education- al institutions than any other. Some of these institutions are serving a broad constituency, and draw their students from a number of provinces. Even so, after all allowances have been made, one cannot but be impressed with the dispropor- tionately small missionary representation in some of the provinces...”