Amoy, Feb. 11.
The church work of the English Presbyterian Mission and of the Reformed Church of. America in South Fukien has for many years been united under one Presbyterian Synod, while that of the London Missionary Society has had its own Provincial Church Council. For some years the advisability of uniting these two bodies to form one United Chinese Church for South Fukien has been realized, and a committee of representatives from each side has been working to effect this.
The points of agreement in faith and practice being many and great, it has now been agreed that the differences in Church government are capable, of being re-adjusted and harmonized; and at the beginning of the present year both church bodies held their meetings simultaneously, and a united meeting was also held, at which, after an address in which the principles of Union, its advantages and necessity, were set forth, the Moderator of the Synod and the Chairman of the Provincial Church Council as representing these two bodies, shook hands to signalize the accomplishment of the union, the delegates on both sides rising up and bowing to each other in acknowledgement of this.
The Rev. A. W. Norton, of Foochow, attended on behalf of the North Fukien Missions to express
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