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“...THE CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK BEING "The Christian Movement in China" 1910 EDITED BY D. MacGILLIVRAY, FOR THE C. L. S. SHAMII1A1: CHRISTIAN uteratlire society fom cwma 1010...”
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“...have moved rapidly in China. Much progress has been made in many directions in Church and State, but nothing in continuation of this volume has appeared since 1907. In this respect the Cooperating Christian Missions of Japan have far out- stripped us. This year sees the eighth annual issue of their "Christian Movement in Japan," an invaluable digest of the missionary work there. The stimulating example thus set up was not lost, and finally precipitated action along the line of the present Year Book. Dr. A. H. Smith, in the Chinese Recorder, had voiced the general feeling when he loudly called for a Chinese Annual. In the absence of any body corresponding to the Cooperating Missions in Japan, the Christian Literature Society, which happily possessed the necessary machin-...”
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“...4 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. ery, undertook to begin a series of Year Books for China, and the present editor was requested to inaugurate the work. The thought had occurred to many minds, but the difficulty was in the execution. Japan might be manageable, but China was a vaster field. The pros- pectus frankly admitted that it might be found impos- sible to do for China what had been so well done for Japan. The imperfections of a first attempt naturally appear in the book, but we are glad to say that some 300 advance orders, given in simple faith, showed that people want such a book. We are particularly thankful to the forty or fifty able writers who have furnished the signed articles. Back of these again are the workers who gladly assisted them in their investigations. The time has come when questionnaires 011 serious subjects will receive serious attention and not lazily be thrown into the limbus of forgotten duties. The Year Book, as will be seen at a glance, totally differs from anything...”
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“...8 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. CHAPTER VIII.INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-SUP- PORT : North China............J. Wherry, 189-195 South China......... J,Speicher. 195-199 Central China.........W. C. Longden. 199-205 West China ......... A. E. Claxton. 205-206 East Central China...... F. Garrett. 206-209 CHAPTER IX.MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK. Cecil J. Davenport. 210-215 CHAPTER X.MEDICAL EDUCATION : North China......... T. Cochrane. 216-221 Central China.........W. H. jefferys. 221-225 South China............P. J. Todd. 225-228 MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR WOMEN : North China ... Miss Eliza E. Leonard. 228-229 Canton.........Miss Mary H. Fulton. 229-232 MEDICAL RESEARCH WORK. H. S. Houghton. 232-234 CHAPTER XI.THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION : North China............C. H. Fenn. 235-239 Central China......... J. C. Garritt. 239-246 South China......... H. W. Oldham. 247-253 CHAPTER XII.THE BIBLE STUDY MOVEMENT. A. E. Cory. 254-260 CHAPTER XIII.I. Sunday School ...W. H. Lacy. 261-263 vII. Christian Endeavor. Mr. and Mrs....”
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“...Vlll china mission year book. CHAPTER XXVIII.CHINESE ABROAD. G. F. Mosher. 419-424 CHAPTER XXIX.THE GREEK CHURCH. O. Figourovsky. 425-426 CHAPTER XXX.STATISTICS OF ROMAN CATHO- LIC WORK IN CHINA ............427-431 APPENDICES* I. IMPORTANT EVENTS ............Pages i-vi II. OBITUARIES........................vii-xvi III. NEW BOOKS ON CHINA............xvii-xxii IV. ARTICLES ON CHINA ............xxiii-xxvi V. ADDENDA TO "A CENTURY OF MISSIONS" ........................xxvii-xxx VI. CHURCH OFFICIALS ..................xxxi-xxxiii VII. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY ............xxxiv VIII. CENTENARY CONFERENCE COM- MITTEE'S FINAL REPORT............xxxv-xxxvii IX. LIST OF NEW STATIONS.........xxxviii-xxxix X. HALLEY'S COMET........................xl-liii DIRECTORY OF MISSIONARIES. STATISTICAL TABLE....”
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“...2 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. If any "Old China hand" had been told before- hand that the Emperor and the Empress-Dowager would die within twenty-four hours of each other, yet that the succession would be quietly arranged with no sug- gestion of outward discontent, he would have smiled a knowing smile and would have outlined a much more probable line of events, but he would have been quite astray. It is no novelty in China to have long minorities in the palace, and the past hundred years has had fully its share. Yet in this instance the selection both of a new Emperor and a Regent seemed so clearly the best possible that after it became obvious that there was to be no uprising or popular clamory we seemed indeed to be entering upon a lagoon of peace, such as China had not known for more than a century. A year and a half of the rule of the Prince Regent, however, made it ob- vious that far too much had been expected from his good intentions, and that his qualifications for the diffi- cult...”
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“...14 CHINA MISSION YeAJR BOOK. have been the step was one of far-reaching importance, certainly for China and perhaps for the world. It is evident that but a microscopic fraction of the people of China have any idea at all what is connoted by the word 4' constitution now so incessantly on the lips of talkers and the pens of writers, but they look forward to its introduction as the opening of a golden era, instead of an embarkation on the storm-tossed sea of liberty/' By what processes are these innumerable millions to learn the meaning of that mighty and mystic term, to distinguish between liberty and license, to be schooled in that self-restraint which involves cooperation, the subordination of the present to the future, and especially that of the individual to the community? The provin- cial assemblies which met on the 14th of last October constituted the initial step in this great experiment which is of interest and of more or less importance to all China's contemporaries. Those who had...”
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“...6 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. looked for. Then may perhaps occur the fulfillment of a prophecy of one of the Taotais who accompanied H. E. Tuan Fang around the world five years since: "No nation ever yet got its liberties without shedding much blood, and China will be no exception." In the meantime popular pressure everywhere curtails and eventually extinguishes all foreign 4 4 concessions'' which can be got hold of. By this kind of combined pressure the Peking Syndicate was bought off from Shansi, and the capable official who engineered the negotiations was the most popular man of the day, and is now the efficient governor of that province. The relinquishment for a fair consideration of the claim of Sir Lister Kaye in Anhui probably marks the terminal moraine of all enterprises of this sort. The general unrest throughout China during the past year has been greatly stimulated by the widespread report (from some unknown source) that China is again oii the point of being "carved up like a melon...”
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“...8 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. own with no prospect of an infringement. The aggre- gate loss thus suffered unintelligently and helplessly by a longsuffering people is quite beyond calculation. In the meantime rumors abound, have abounded, and probably will abound as to the new and uniform coin which is about to be minted. It is to be a single coin on a tael basis. It is two coins both on a dollar basis. China is to have a gold basis. And all one knows is that one knows nothing, and things are as they ever have been, and apparently ever are to be. H. E. T'ang Shao-i was sent on an important mission all round the globe, where he dispersed the proper number of Imperial gifts, and was everywhere received with almost royal honors. When Yuan was deposed, Yang halted to be reappointed, and resumed his triumphant course. He was reported to have had many important interviews, he was an expert on currency and other reforms. He returned to China, and except for an initial crop of rumors that has been...”
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“...20 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. economic effects are as yet but dimly discernible as relates to the country as a whole, not having been as yet studied intelligently. It is reported in Russian journals that the Trans-Siberian line which was to have been the means for the subjugation by Russia of Man- churia, is maintained at vast expense by ^ that empire with the result that perhaps half a million of Chinese are annually poured into the Hei-lung-chiang province, the total emigration being said to be already between three and four millions. Extensive parts of China are greatly overpopulated, notably the ancient province of Shantung, whose people might advantageously be transplanted to the great regions now opened up beyond the Great Wall. A constant stream of trekking of this sort is indeed kept up, but it should be assisted by the provincial and the general governments, and should be conducted reg- ularly and permanently. For this the high officials tell us no funds are forthcoming (though...”
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“...12 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. Far East, mar^ of which had maintained an attitude of invincible skepticism as to the real intentions of China. She has proved readj' to sacrifice between one hundred and one hundred and fifty million taels of revenue, which is the highest proof of her intentions. That the poppy plant is no longer grown in several of the provinces which most largely produced it, seems to be matter of trust- worthy testimony. That many opium-smokers have been induced to leave off smoking, and that some have died in the attempt, is also well known. The drug has enormously increased in price, and it can no longer be afforded by the poor. Great quantities of morphia have found their way into China, a substitute much worse than the original. Against this it is difficult effectively to guard. None of these facts, nor all of them combined, prove that China has given up opium, or that she will do so. That is a matter which of necessity must require at least another decade or two after...”
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“...14 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. from all restraint at an age and under conditions requir- ing very different treatment. The Shansi Provincial College, under the care of Dr. Timothy Richard, stands in a class by itself, but at the impending expiration of the ten-year period 110 one can predict under what influences it may fall. Except- ional likewise is the Tientsin University, founded by Dr. Tenney, which has a large foreign staff. The Provincial College at Paotingfu has been for more than a year and a half under the presidency of Mr. Fei Ch'i-hao, a Christian graduate of Oberlin and of Yale. Dr. Fergu- son, of Shanghai, has well pointed out one of the fatal weaknesses of government institutions in China in their divided control. '' Every school is in the hands of four sets of managers : the Board of Education, which may include the central board and a local board, the directors of the special school, the faculty, and the students. The latter by playing off against one or both of the other...”
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“...26 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. repair, although an imperial funeral has an ameliorating effect. The opening of the Peking Waterworks is an obvious and an important improvement. No reform in China comes so near to the interests and so appeals to the sympathies of foreigners as that of the postal department. In 1906, 113 million articles were handled, which increased to 168 millions in 1907, to 252 millions in 1908, and to 306 millions in J909 ; while the parcels rose from 1,363,000 in 1906, to 3,280,000 in 1909. China is now fairly well covered with offices and agencies, but the old expensive and useless courier service still holds on, and China is not yet ready to join the Postal Union, II. It will probably be more clearly recognized in future years than it now is that the Centennial Confer- ence marked the close of one stage of Protestant missions in China and the definite opening of another, of which the keynotes are efficiency and cooperation. These high ideals cannot be suddenly achieved...”
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“...28 CHINA MISSION YeAJR BOOK. seems to be far in advance of anything elsewhere to be found, and distant Szch'uan literally leads the empire. Western scholars and philanthropists have canvassed many schemes offering help to China in educational and other lines, but as yet most of them being in the chrys- alis stage and not having yet done either good or evil, are scarcely subjects for more than an expression of sympathetic interest. The Laymen's Missionary Movement in the U. S. and Canada has for the first time aroused large num- bers of business men in the various branches of the church to a sense of responsibility for work both at home and abroad. The surprising financial results have at times been accompanied and followed by wonderful spiritual awak- ening. The great bequests of Mr. Kennedy have set a new pace for Christian liberality and statesmanship. As yet the increase in the number of new workers is wholly out of proportion to the actual and promised expansion of resources, but this...”
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“...20 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. Each of the three Bible Societies reports unprec- edented sales. The American Bible Societly has re- cently been the recipient of large .gifts ensuring impor- tant expansion. Revision of the former translations of the Old Testament into the classical and the mandarin languages has made deliberate but steady progress. An excellent concordance of the revised Mandarin version has enriched the library for Bible study. In the matter of unifying Christian periodical literature the advice of the conference has been by no means followed, but the circulation of the most important journals has been materially increased. The Tract Societies, aided by the indispensable grants from home lands, have been dili- gently at work, and the combined product is larger and probably better than ever before, leaving no doubt large room for improvement. The Christian Literature So- ciety has occupied new quarters much needed and long awaited. Its publications have perhaps done more to...”
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“...'GENERAL, SURVEY. 21 far as appears, made no difference in the status of the work of that organization. Many Western evangelists, some of great distinction, have visited China within the past three years, to the manifest advantage of all who heard them. The number of tourists who skim through China, only spending time enough to write an illustrated magazine article, or a book or two on the country and its people, was never so formidable. A few of them take away increased knowledge and some leave behind them valued help in varied forms of Christian work. The expansion of the Y. M. C. A. since the confer- ence has been phenomenal. It rapidly outgrows all its appliances, and is wonderfully successful in eliciting sympathetic aid from sources never before available for Christian purposes. The work under its auspices for students in Japan is one of the finest and most fruitful examples of what Dr. Young J. Allen was wont to term "organic work for China." The names of those con- nected with missions...”
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“...22 china mission year book. and of his many successors were celebrated in 1907 ; many others, because they are unknown, will never be celebrated at all. The opening and the awakening of China are not unreasonably thought by some to be the most important world events since Columbus discovered America. In contributing to these great results no agencies have been so potent as those which have accom- panied the introduction of Christianity, but as yet its real influence has only begun. Largest and most fruitful of the many tasks before the Christian church of the twentieth century is to be the uplift and the regeneration of China. Arthur H. Smith....”
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“...24 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. then very fresh before her, to go forward. Hence many decrees and some changes. A broad survey of these decrees and changes shows that they fall into three classes : (a) those relating to administrative reform ; (b) those relating to constitu- tional changes ; (c) those relating to moral and intellec- tual progress and to special issues. The two former it is difficult to keep separate, as they naturally act and react on each other very closely. The beginning of change in these directions dates from shortly after the return of the Mission of Five, when an Imperial decree was issued commanding the high officials in Peking to "prepare for a constitutional Government,"* and order- ing Duke Tsai Tse and others to compile administrative reforms ; Prince Ching and others being appointed to supervise the two undertakings. This decree was fol- lowed in November, 1906, by another, which effected considerable changes, though leaving some Government departments untouched...”
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“...28 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. ler-General of the Board of Education and the younger man becoming President of the Waiwu Pu. Their pres- ence in Peking certainly hurried 011 reform, for 011 the 16th the Government Council discussed Yuan Shih-k'ai's memorial of the 27th July, and on the 18th issued a report in the shape of a memorial, covering five points : the centralization of Government in Peking, the creation of a Legislative Council, the extension of local self- government, the provision-of universal education, and the abolition of the distinction between Manchus and Chinese. The Throne considered this memorial, and two days later issued an Imperial decree establishing the Legislative Council as the basis of parliamentary Government, Prince Pu Lun and Sun Chia-nai being appointed presidents with responsibility for drafting detailed regulations. A week later an Imperial Decree laid upon the Bannermen the burden brought upon man by man's first disobedience that in the sweat of their brows...”
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“...30 CHINA MISSION YEAJR BOOK. The most striking thing about the decree was the ingenuity shown in devising complications in the method of selection of members and in avoiding the admission of representative elements. Under the terms of the decree all Princes of the Blood over thirty years of age are to be members of the Council; ten members are to be selected from amongst the other Princes by the Grand Council ; the Comptroller of the Household is to make selectionsnumber not statedfrom amongst the connexions of the Imperial Household of the fourth rank and under, who are to ballot for five of their number ; the Board of Rites is to make a selection from amongst officials of the fourth rank and under, and these are to elect one hundred of their number, a certain number of the gentry having property to the value of Tls. 100,000 are to be nominated by the Board of the Interior, and they are to select ten of their number ; and the Provin- cial Councils are to nominate a tenth of their members...”