The Washington herald., 1912-08-18

and important part to play. and both her
opportunities and responsibilities are I'M
utterably great. How she is prepared to
face the situation is the problem to-day"
Mr.. Ch'eng considers that the following
points are 'of importance and should be
recognized by the Christian church. il
she is to master the situation and not to
fall behind:'
!. The evangelization of China demands
largely upon the men and women of the
soil. The Chinese can understand their
fellow-countrymen more thoroughly and
more easily than those who are OF
foreign nationality; and only by the u.s.
ing Of Chinese workers can we meet the
cost incidental to having the work eff
GENTLY done.
q The chief occupation of the missionary
in the future is to devote more and more
of his energy and time to training and
educating the Christian youth for the
ministry and similar works
3. The church work as far as possible
should be gradually placed in the hands
of Chinece pastors. The task Of the
missionary is the founding of the church
and not the raising of the structure.
T. The Church of China must be scien-
tihcally taught and trained for self-sup-
pert and self-government. Responsibility
and privilege go hand in hand, and can
not be separated. The training is by no
means an easy task, especially with those
who have been Christians for years. and
have not learned the art OF working
and giving. But whatever pains We take
now will be repaid with great profit IN
the days to come.
A P1en for Unity.
A strong plea is made for unity in the
Christian Church. There was and Is"
)says Mr.. Chens, mo necessity for intro
ducing church divisions to the East 80
The Christian Chinese can understand
little. the non-Christian not at all, why
the Christian Church should be thus d.
vided and holding each for its own its
particular form of worship. government,
and belief, while they all profess to be
members Of an essentially spiritual re-
ligion. and not Of mere outward forms
Let. the Christian body as a whole do its
utteemost to meet the present needs
while the opportunity is still available, as
the future Of the church depends largely
upon what is now done"
Mr.. Ch'eng thinks 1t would be a good
thing II all the missionaries were to con-
suit with one another. with the Christian
Chinese leaders. and with the various
home boards ''as to the advisability and
practicability of affording united help to
the Chinese Christian church, which
porting and self-governing." Also, the
name Of the Chinese church should be
known throughout the land as the Chi
nese Christian church." and the separate
parts distinguished from each other only
by the location which the church occupies,
as, ''the Chinese Christian church of
Pekin." East and West should mutu-
ally help each other. and with one &C.
cord work for the common cause.-the
kingdom OF Christ and the salvation of
men. There are many for whom the
Christian church can do much in China.
There are" he continues. "the active,
well-educated young people in China
who are holding the reins of political
and social affairs. Many of them are
returned students. There are the hu-
INFLATED Manchu mobiles. whose pride and
haughtiness have been cast down to the
dust. There are-by far the greater part
of the people-the ignorant, uneducated
class of the man in the street. These,
one and all, are waiting. unconsciously
perhaps. for help from the Christian
chyrch. The people of China view Chris
tianity from a new standpoint and with
a new consciousness. What is the church
going to do?"