Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-14
THECASEOFDR.
CHEN HUANG-
CHANG AND
ITS LESSON
III BISHOP W. A. GAMBLER.

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vitality related and more than at any
previous period in the history of the
United States American colleges and
universities are affecting for good or
evil the spread OF Christianity in other
lands
More than sixty thousand foreign
students are now attending educational
institutions. in America, and most Of
them are from Latin-American and
Oriental countries. The war in Europe
has closed most universities on the con-
tinent and seriously crippled those
which IT has not closed. Hence the
turning Of so many thousands of stu
dents to the educational institutions Of
the United States.
At the close Of the war not less. but
more. foreign students will come this
way.
II all our colleges and universities
were permeated by profoundly Chris
tian influences, many thousands OF these
foreign students would return to their
own lands to become strong forces for
the evangelization of the nations 10
which they belong. Through their So
cisl connections and family ties. they
would exert a Christianizing influence
upon their people far more effective
than that Of foreign missionaries.
But unfortunately the wealthiest uni
versities in our country are not Chris
tian In their influence: they are thor
oughly secular. and. like Gallo. they
care for none of these things" BY
consequence students returning from
them TO other lands carry no Christian
force with them On the contrary. in
very many cases they carry back with
them positively unchristian influences.
A case in point. exemplifying the
truth OF these statements is that of DR..
Chen Huang-chang. the man who re-
stored Confucianism 10 China, after IL
had fallen down and by its fall had
opened the way for the more rapid
spread of Christianity among the Chi
nese people.
In an article published in the "Har-
ward Theological Review under the
caption OF "Confucianism and the New
China" the case is stated as follows.
Lest il may be thought that the
movement for the restoration of
Confucianism is merely a political :
one. originating with those in au-
thority and engineered by. them for
their own selfish purpose. IL is i'm
portAnt TO emphasize the fact that
AlE hE0A1E UAAA1A VI int N-AAEE u
Chen HuanE- chang. a graduate of
the University OF California and a
Doctor Of Philosophy OF Columbia
university. a man who has never
held Office either under the empire
or the republic. Among all who
were shocked by the abandonment
Of Confuciian affairs. no one was
more earnest than he i'm efforts to
restore the religion to its Old-time
status. He gathered about him a
few men of like mind and organ
lied the Confucian association.
Being a native of the province of
Chekisng. he endea vored FIRST to in
terest the officials and gentry of
that region. Later he spent much
time in Peking. where his high
standing as a graduate OF an Ameri-
can university gave him consider
able influence among the progress
sive young men who came TO the
front during the revolution. The
sympathy OF many in high official
position was enlisted. but the move
ment itself was entirely non-offt-
ciaI. BY the end of 1912 DR.. Cn'en
had enrolled in the association men
of every province in the republic.
Branch societies were established in
he provincial capitals and in most
other important cities. In 1913 the
publication was begun OF a month
" MAGAZINE. called The Confucian
Association Monthly. a very Credit
able review of $50 pages.
The scarcely concealed sympathy or
the writer of this article in the Har-
ward Theological Review with the pro-
confucian efforts Of DR.. Chen reflects
the aptitude of many of the secUiarizel
American universities In these inSti-
tutions Christianity is held as one OF
many religions. all Of which may he
equally false or equally true II Is not
strange that a Chinese student pear
ing academic degrees from two sucn IN
stitutions. returned to his country and
rsve himself most Zealously 10 the res
toration Of Confucianism ann 10 oppo-
sition to Christianity. Ills AiIl stand
ing as a graduate OF an Anne lean UNI
versity gave him considerable intu-
ence" says the writer of the arJlcie
,uoted- and the statement is unques-
tionably true. Thus the work OF many
missionaries in China is hindered'
not defeated, by the unchristian learn
ing imported by two secularlzed UNI
1ersfties in the United States.
How different is the case or Baron
Vim Of Korea. He was educated IN
CHRISTIAN institutions. spending sew
sraI wears at Emory college, oxford
Ca and going forth with the class OF
ISss. He is perhaps the most intluen-
tfal man in Korea. and one or the most