MISTAKES OF MISSIONS
HARM IN CHINA A PATRONISING ATTITUDE By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright HONOLULU, Tuesday. The delegates to the conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations oday held a searching discussion on the subject of missions in the Orient. This resulted from a declaration by Mr. T. Koo, the noted Y.M.C.A. worker of China, that too many missionaries maintained a patronising attitude toward the Chinese. Mr. Koo said the principal objections of the Chinese to missionaries were: (1) That mission work was mixed with foreign interests. (2) That Chinese Communists were anti-Christian and against all religions. (3) That Chinese Nationalists held that the missionaries promulgated a form of superstition and oppression. (4) Many Chinese said the missionaries did not practice what they preached. Mr. Koo said the missionaries must adopt an attitude of searching for the truth instead of assuming they already possessed all the truth. Professor Francisco Beniti. dean of the College of Education at the University in the Philippines, said Christianity could not hold the younger Filipinos unless it identified itself with Filipino ideals and aspirations.— Sun.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 108, 28 July 1927, Page 1
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