Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-27

wcrk of collaboration can never be
| ideal. The translation of the Bible of
| Protestant Germany was the work of
a Deutsche monk. and the translation
OF the English Bible was the work of
| English scholars. Not until we pro-
J duce scholars and a number of schol-
ars who drink deep at the springs of
| classical training and are also well
grounded in our own literature and
| language can we expect to have q
| Bible that we can claim to be our
own"
The christian Volunteer Army
| Nobody understands better than
/ these Chinese Christians, who stand
| in the detached position of observers,
the problems of the Church in China
| They sense the significance of the
| growth of the national spirit amons
the Chinese disciples and their occa-
sional impatience at foreign control.
| They caution their fellows at home
to go slowly. and yet they show SYM
| pathy with them. AS T. T. Lew says;
| The Chinese Christians are awak-
ened. They realize their responsible
ties. They are perhaps, in some cases,
oNer-self-consCious and over-anxious
| Sometimes they make blunders. some
| times they misunderstood the mission
aries or misrepresent themselves
| Trey may over-emphasize some petty
| points at the expense of the essentials
| IheY may make blunders and even at
| umes lack the sense of humor. But
these weaknesses should not be judged
too harshly. a workingman who is
making errors but steadily working is
! better than one who is sleepy and do
! ing nothing. If heresy is dangerous,
then indifference is fatal. The doc
/ trine of interest is just as vital to
| religious life as it is to the educational
wCrk."
The alertness of the Chinese Church
& Tod H.
| Volunteer Army" an organization of
| pastors effected at the time of the
framing of the constitution to fight for
suffrage for Christian ministers. When
the government appointed a bureau
OF national history to prepare the his
tory OF the Ching dynasty the pastors
saw an opportunity "of rendering a
valuable service to the Church They
| realized that the so-called church
cases during the last half-century
often involved the question of national
dignity. The unjust demands. the
shametul dealings some foreign gov
ernments had made with China under
the preteXt of protecting Christian
| missionaries. have both shattered the
respect for the so-called Christian gov
! ernments and caused unfortunate mis-
understanding toward Christianity. ON
preparing the history of the last
dynasty the view of the self-conscious
'nationalists' may be one-sided Preju-
dice is very likely to have a chance to
dominate. The Christian Church NAV
then be branded with a permanent
mark by the historians pen, which is
always mightier than the sword
Petitions were then made to the
bureau and suggestions and guidance
were offered to the appointed his
torians. They also sent the bureau
some Christian literature and re-
quested that a fair study from the
Christian point of view should be
made before giving the permanent
stroke OF the pen to any point regard
Ing the Christian Cchurch-her DO
sitior, aim and activities. The petition
was accepted"
Social Service by Chinese Christians
Young and weak though the Chinese
Church may be, her activities are TAX
ing many modern forms Thus, prison
preaching is carried on in many Chi
! nese cities. A social service club ex-
! lists in Peking which does work for
the linricksha men and for the poor
children.
Chinese students in this country
make the laundrymen a special field
of service. teaching them English and
Chris fanity. Several Columbia Uni
versity Chinese students teach Bible
classes OF their fellow-countrymen
Street preaching in Chinatown. San
francisco. is also done by students.
At the summer student conferences
OF the Young Mems Christian Assoc
| citation and Young Women Christian
Association the Chinese delegations are
notably active. All the girls who are
studying in America on the indemnify
fund were delegates to summer con-
ferences this year at Lake Geneva
Three Chinese were baptized.