The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21
In Some Provinces of China.
Where They Were Formerly
in Peril of Being Killed.


driven out by angry mobs.
Many Converts.
One Of the Y. NJ. g. "A. secretaries.
a prominent Princeton man, says there
is no warrant for the impression that
great numbers Of converts have been;
made by the recent campaign ;con-
Quoted by Sherwood Eddy, nor that 1t
was the. plan of the Y. NJ. g. A. to at
tempt sweeping conversions, yet with
the assistance OF the Protestant mis-,
sionaries, few. hundred Chinese Of
the student and official classes have.
become Christians and several thou-:
sands have begun study OF the Bible
The student and official classes have,
been the last to. seriously consider,
Christianity for. the reason that they
were more thoroughly grounded7 in
CONFEDERATION and with rare e5cep-
tiens the missions we're able to APP
peal through their chapel and street
preaching only to- the lower classes
= "The revolution, with man Chris
tian men among the leaders, - says
the secretary, ,set Its seal OF disap-
prevail ON hostility to Christianity.
The Y. NJ. e. 4. ranked among Its
members most OF the returned stu-
dents from America and some of those
from Europe of whom the pres ant
government is making use in its eff
forts to modernize and reform emma
Not all OF these returned students are
Christian {; indeed; the majority are
not, But they have found in the Y.
NJ. G. A. buildings places where they
could gather in an atmosphere sinh
lar to that which they have learned to
respect and like in foreign countries:
So the Y. NJ. c., A. had a nucleus OF
friends to help obtain the privileges
which they required. /
ITO take this city as an example,
We applied to the authorities for per-
mission to erect a tpong. or tent-like
mat shed capable OF seating four
Thousand people in. the open space in
front of the Forbidden tssty,n that
being one of the most convenient and
central positions. The reply came
that as certain new. walls were heing
constructed the pong had better pc
erected Just inside the front gate:.of
the city. IS
Gates Now Open,
"This permission imme diatcly gave
distinction to the meeting for the
gates Of the Manchu palace enclo-
sure are seldom even now, open to
the public. In other cities the cam,
paign was similarly favored by the
authorities, important temples some
times being turned over TO the organ
ization for the time being.
The necessary organization was
completed by obtaining from each pro-
.testant mission the assistance Of one
Chinese worker This representative
committee was placed under the lead
ership- Of two executive secretaries
one Chinese and one American. Bible
classes were arranged at the differ
,erit missions throughout the city, and
men were enlisted who were capable
OF teaching these classes and who
understood the manners and suscepti-
.bilities of the Students,
Great care WAS put upon special
courses OF Bible study prepared es.
ipeciallyyto meet the need of the keen
and critical minds of the Chinese coli
ilege students. IN; eP king alens DUR
ing November there was an ayerage
weekly attendance on the newly or
.ganized Bible study classes of over
five hundred students, Old and young =
Eddy's campaign which extended to
many Of the principal cities Of China
was completed this month, In a let
ter to friends in PelSing, he writes of
lChangsha, the capital city of the in-
tef;ior province or Human .ssAs wetleft
the steamer and entered the great
gates Of the ancient walled city We;
saw posters announcing the evangels
istic meetings on the very notice
boards where q few years ago hung
posters TO kill@ the ! foreign devils
who had come to make medicine out 81
the eyes OF their kidnapped children.
Here fourteen, or even four years
ago. We Would have been driven put
by angry MODS. w
Big Attendance. 3
4 II shall never forget the sceaes on
the second day. After hard hitting
on the bribery, graft, aud dishohesty
1of tho officials and merchants, and
immortality Of the students as the
lcsuee OF China s present weakness, we
had expecte falling of In the at
tend lance. Nearly half an hour be-
tore the time Of the lecture, however
tbs doors had 70 be closed. We found
neerlx three th6,is aud students
ErfVWde "a In the hall and iye hundred
were 81 ii Gu sid Il. III c,
leetiax II dyes ed ~ one o. the tni1-