In 1880 Mr. Scott went home to England for a rest. At that time 8 new Diocese of North China was cut off from the jurisdiction of the Bishop in Ningpo, Dr. Russell, under [whom Mr. Scott had served, and Mr. Scott was consecrated a3 the first bishop of the new diocese. The new Diocese of North China in-ludod Chili, Shansi and Kansu, Manchuria, (added later), Shantung and Honan, which have since become separate Dioceses, and Shensi, which was cut off at the General' Synod of 1024 us a Missionary" District awaiting a new bishop, who is expected to be a Chinese. Thovigh the territory was large, the star and work were fora long time small, and never spread to the pro-Vines west of Chihit til the Chinese Church Mission was founded in Shensi in 1917, and the Tatungfu Hospital in North Shari in 1922, The Outbreak of 1909
The work of Bishop Scott's Dio-cone was not very large before 1900, and in that year it was all [broken up; three foreign clergy and many Chinese were killed, much property was destroyed in Peking and the country. Bishop) Scott refused to take—indemnities for the property destroyed. But since then the work in the country, and in the Peking school of the mission has been steadily growing.
But the true greatness of Bishop Scott's work as Bishop in North China was its quality rather than its quantity. He strove to meet hhis responsibilities to both China and the English speaking communities in his sphere. He early made plans for the development work for women and girls in Peking when it was not easy to reach the women's world. And the wisdom hho showed in planning the whole policy of the Church, both in mat-[ters of reunion, and with a view to the sotting up' of a true Chinese Church, can never be forgotten. It was fitting that he should—have Decome the first chairman of the House of Bishops when the Chung, Hua Sheng Kung Hui_ opened its first Geneval Synod at Shanghai in 1912, With the Ghinese a jubilee is usually observed after three score, not 50 years. When the Chinese presentation was made to the Bishop, it was stated that the Chinese hoped to see: him live another 10 years, that they might given thanks with him more fully for his continuance in the land through "a eyele.of Cathay."
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