El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
The WORLD INTERESTED IN CHINA
Millions of Dollars Are Annually Sent Into the Chinese
Empire by Mission Societies Episcopal Church
Creates a New Bishops Big City
Churches Plan Social Service

Christian people, Catholic and Prot
estants, in Europe and America, are
keenly interested in the developments
now going on IN China. The orders, a
dozen Of them at least, and the great
Propaganda Of the Faith in the Catholic
church. and practically all Protestant
societies, have missionaries in China,
and are sending thousands Of dollars
into that country annually. There is
not a province which has not in it at
least q few foreign missionaries. and
very few societies in the whole world,
doing foreign work, that are not repre-
scented there. The exceptions if there
are any are some small ones in South
Africa, which limit their work TO AZ
RIGA, and one or two in Australia,
which do work in the South Sea islands.
F'ifty-six societies have medical mis-
slonaries in China, and fOrty-twO in
Guiding principal ones in England, Ger
many, Canada and the United States,
are engaged in educational work. Re
Gently there has been talk of the fOun-
dalton in Pekin Of a great Christian
university that shall form part OF an
oriental chain, the other three to be at
calcutta Tokyo and Manila. COOpera-
ton in medical educa tiOnal and in
general between The Protestant sOCie-
ties.
Money going into China from Chris
tian countries amounts to millions each
year. For example, egationalists
Of the United States send there $50 900
through regular boards, and 100000
more in special gifts. Baptists send
nearly as much, while MethOdists send
100000 year. The end of fifty years
CT effort there was celebrated by all
societies at great Shanghai confer
ence last year, when an estimate OF az
least S50,000,0O0 Of foreign missionary
money was made as the amount sent in
since Cllr1st1a work began there. This
was the Protestant figure alone. The
Catholic contributions are unknown, but
they have been large.
While the number Of Chinese Chris
tlanS IS small as yet compared with the
vast native population, III is declared
that the influence of the Christian pop
ulauOn, because of better education, IS
out of all proportion TO their numbers.
In some provinces Christian day schools
supported by private gifts sent from
the United States. These are laying
the foundation Of a public school syE-
TEN. For the most part. and By agree
ment, European missionary societies
have the fields in southern China, while
American and Canadian societies have
those Of the northern part This eX-
plains why American news is so much
more largely that OF Picking and Shang-
hal, than Of Canton and Hong Kong.
Christian people, those in China and
those out Of it, have long looked for
the events that now seem imminent
They believe their work is expressing
itself in this form. They have not
sought the downfall Of the Mauchu dy-
nasty, but they have worked and prayed
for the upIift of the people The only
unexpected thing about ii all is the fact
that it has come 90 years sooner than
anything Of them dared hope it might
At the moment. throughout Christian
America and all the rest Of the Chris
tan world, almost every schedule Of
meetings, agreed upon in advance. has
been dropped and prayers are being
made for the success of a newer and
better China with as little blOOdshed
as possible. The millions of missionary
money now going to China is likely to
be doubled or trebled If events seem
to prove the need.