Or in the second place, consider the matter "of _self-propagation, This: is the first essential of Chris tianity. When you have made your lad-recognition of all that has Koen aakieved here, still the Church of Christ in China must judge itself austerely in tis regard. 1 pick out two.of the largest missionary bodies ins china. In-one of these bodle last year the average addition to the church was one for employed and teachers or preachers In the other of: them, it was one ion to the church to every four.
'Now-we must make every allowance, but there is something deficient' about the Aiffusive power of a body that doesn't carry more convincingly, more penetracingly, more visibly froittully that that.
Here are two things that can't got away from. They are the fundamental essential Tealities. These are the chief marks of vitality, but the danger to-day is that attention will be diverted from these: to some other issue, such as self-government and autonomy, and wowwll discuss whether these should be given to the Church, In my view this a false situation. No native Church ought ever to-have to ask anybody for these things and nobody else ought over to be in a position either to give them to a native Church or to withhold them. The Church should be a Church and take them.
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