Evening star., 1940-10-26
Episcopal Church Now
Stronger in China,
Bishop Litte|| Reports
Every Member Convoss'
Members Are Told .
Chinese Will Win
Star Staff Photo.

Bishop S. Harrington Llttell,
calling the Chinese the British of
the East" last night predicted China
would win her war against Jap
anese aggression.
Speaking before a group of Epis-
copal clergymen, vestrymen. and
parish chairmen of the Every Mem
ber Canvass of Washington at the
Church of the Epiphany, Bishop
Littell gave detailed accounts of
conditions in China, Japan, India,
Hawaii and Korea, in presenting
the missionary program adopted by
the general convention of the
Episcopal Church held recently in
Kansas City.
The bishop threw new light on
the Japanese invasion of ancient
China by describing the great influx
of educated Christian Chinese into
remote and rarely visited sections
of China, resulting in wholesale
conversions and rapid propa agation
of education and Christianity.
Church Now Stronger
The church in China is stronger
told the churchmen. More bap-
tisms have taken place than ever
before The three years war in
China have left the church not
unscathed. but intact"
Americans must take over some
of the work formerly done by mis-
sionaries of the Church of England.
/ the bishop declared. He said 100000
had been appropriated at the
Kansas City convention to further
/ the work to British missionaries.
who have been seriously curtailed
by the current war.
One of the most amazing things
he saw in China. he told the
churchmen. was the 1.1O0-mile mi
grafton of the Central China COL
lege from the coast to Kun Ming.
on the Burmese frontier This COL
lege. he said. moved out ahead of
invading forces and. literally. with
books under their arms" the
teachers at the Episcopal college
made their way across China to a
new danger point on the Burma
Road, where classes are now being
held.
Chiang's Baptism is Cited.
Chang Kai-shek generalisSimo
of the Chinese Republic, was named
the foremost example of the work
missionaries are capable OF under
abnormal stress Chang. the bishop
said. was baptized a Christian after
he had become generalissimo. The
baptism of Sun Vat Sen. the Chinese
George Washington, who spent six
years in an Episcopal school. was
also credited to the work of trained
missionaries.
| Converted natives of pagan coun-
tries make better missionaries
among their own people than do
foreign missionaries, the bishop said.
He said when a native becomes the
| equal in training and education of
foreign missionary. he automat-
ically becomes superior to the
! foreigner
The bishop complimented DR.. HUI
Shih, Chinese Ambassador to the
United States, and other Chinese
writer's for the sperad of education
! among the lower classes. He said
Chinese newspapers did not stress
sensationaliSm as much as American
papers.
The program for missionaries, as
/ presented, called for continued and
increased efforts by Americans to
carry on the work in China, Japan,
India and Hawaii The meeting
was called by Bishop James E. Free
man of Washington The theme
of the program, the Hawaiian
Bishop said. was built around the
present and growing strength of the
church in the Near East. with en-
phasis placed on the need for main
tanning and increasing the position
| of the church.