CHINESE MISSIONS
(Australian Pres* Association)"
SYDNEY, September 16
In his address on, the Chinese missions at the Presbyterian Assembly, Mr F. T. Sung, (Chinese Consul-General), pointed out that secretarianism presented oae of' the biggest problems that the Christian faith in China had to Tace. AVasit to be wondered at that the Westerner was represented in the pictures there as carrying a rifle in one ■ hand aiid a Bible in the other? China was at present., undergoing a national revolution and the cry was for the full recognition of her right to rule her own people. The refusal on the part of missionary schools, to register with the Chinese Ministry of Education according to regulation,- was tantamount to a refusal to recognise the sovereignity of the National Government of Chi nil. The refusal to comply with the request that the three principles of the people—nationalism, democracy, and livelihood which were the inspiration of all modern thought in China to-day—should be taught in the mission schools, was a further indication of a lack of sympathy on the part ,of Christian Churches with . the new National movement in and of-, their-failure to adapt themselves to the trend of the times. .Moreover, there _was ,a withdra.waL _o£. la'igreat* number ,of the \ missionaries.; 'ftorii the interior \vhen Great Britain v declared her missionaries were no longer, under, .her . jurisdiction^.hut were under' the "protection of the Chinese Government.' This., withdrawal was considered ah. insult-' to' •' the ‘Chinese National sentiment.' REPLY TO CRITIC.
(Received this uay at 10.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, September 17.
Mr J. W. Dovey. a presbyterian who Was engaged in missionary administrative work in China for ten years, replied to criticism of missions in China made by Mr Sung. He denied Christians exploited the Chinese people for their own ends, and that the. missions were not in touch with the hew national sentiment in China. Jtegarding exploitation, he, said the. hoot was on the other foot. - '
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1930, Page 6
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