Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-25
Y. M. c. A. CHINESE WORK
 DESCRIBED AT FIRST CHURCH
Rev. Robert Ciaek Tells of Growth of
 Missions Problems to be Met and Solved.

1 Rev. Robert Claek. secretary of the '. M, c. A. in Paouting-fi1. Nor+h Shlna, gave most interesting ad oress sunday morning at the Firs GoIisrssagloha! church. It was in 13o- | that the first missionary, Robert Moc-
 rison arrived in China He said tho nrst converts were among the pooY and ignorant, the only hearing fhf missionaries could get. A body of net. educated in mission schools slowly
 grew up. Among the leaders Of Chi
 na these men educated in mission school are found. The story was fold or one from these schools who had been called by the new ruler of cbins tWo months ago to be president of the newly organized senate, from hiS
 former place as general secretary Q, the I. M. c. A. in China
 The lherati who hold almost a1,
 the power are self satisfied despisine all who do not known Chinese eli quette. Among the officials and ed
 ucated. before the Boxer rising thf Christians were ignored as it was fel, that this movement though not bad
 could not in any way affect them oi thAr families After the uprisins there was a reaction: they were nro
 foundly impressed by the way th, Christians met death. They knew ali
 so the power of foreign soldiers. the,
 realized that the door could not De
 shut on Western civilization. So the;
 went to the missionaries to learr what was changing the lives of mer
 The missionaries found that the,
 had new problems to face in teach
 ing the educated class So they Du1 this work into the hands of the Y. N
 z. A. whom they called to their aid One branch of the Y. M. c. A. wort, ln China is to find and train secre. taries, another is the student volun. teer work for Christian ministers
 Most of the work among governmen' students is by the thirty city associi: tions. This work is similar to your, the sneaker said; religious. education al. athletic. Every one who com.
 into an association has an opportuni- ty to enter Bible class; we try aft CT tuS years to give the name of each to a certain church where he may be identified
 In Paouting-fu where your pastor was located, the American Board mis- sion is south. the Presbyterian mis- sion north, ill the city. These mis- sions unite for work in the city. Very little had been done for the educat- ed men of the city. After the revolu- tion the students had a great desire t ostudy the Bible. In 1913 a Y. NJ c. A. was organized from these Bible classes, of which I am secretary. We are working in an old Chinese inn. Here in the evening we teach 50 young men. We reach over one thousand men through the athletics. Through all our work we try to keep the spir- it of Christ, to realize that in every Chinese we may find him of whom Christ spoke when He said, I was hungry, I was sick and in prison. We need your help. money, most of all your prayers. If you actually hold us up in prayer. it is of infinite help on the foreign field.
 Later in the address to the Sunday school Mir. Clack said, the Y. NJ. .. A. in working among the literary class was working among those who had no idea of a god in any form. class without any religion and he asked the young people to pray for the children of thees people.