To the Editor of the jonah-CHRIA Dany News" deeply grateful for the ilfumi Sime—Many of sour readers were correspondence of Jonathan Blunt in your columns, exposing the Modernist character of the National Christian Council. The actions of the secretaries of the N. C. C. in connexion with the May 30 affair proved that Jonathen Blunt was not at all mistaken in his charges against the N. C. C.
Some of us are hoping that something from the pen of this gifted and discerning writer may soon reach Shanghai, giving. information regarding the situation as he found it upon his arrival in the homeland, especially regarding the close connexion between Bolshevi om in politics and Modernism in Religion.
'To one who observes closely, the tle Modernist. influence of' the N. C. Cy with its tendency toward the Bolshevistic spirit, "is very evident in missionary circles. Read-ex of the Chinese Recorder have surely noticed the distinctly ie flavour of articles in the one on "The Peasant in Russia" by Harry Ward, praising up Sovietism and admitting at the same time that he aim of the Soviet zealots is to "make every peasant in Russia an atheist within fifty years." reported that the Modernist editor of the "Recorder," Dr. Rawlinson, when speaking while on'furlough on the subject of Unequal Treaties, used Janguage very similar to th Bolshevik inspired talk of the str agitators, and his latest editorial convey the same ideas.
'A recent number of the Journal of the China Sunday School Union edited by Mr. Tewksbury, who although a leader of the Bible Union" of China was an active participant, in the Spring meeting the N.C. C contains an article made up' mostly' of quotations from such Modernists as Fosdick and Ward.
One of the most striking ovidences of the power of the N.C. C. Modernist group over such "an organization of supposedly Fund-mentalist missionaries as the Bible Union of China is the holding up cof the letter which was prepared to) ye gent to the churches in the heme-lands, giving a simple statement of facts' regarding the inroads of Moderniem on the mission eld.
Many months ago it was voted that such a letter should be prepared and a committee spent much time in carefully wording the state-anent, but when it was presented in the Executive Committee meeting several compromising members ccf the Bible Union, who are either, members of the N.C. C. or are under the influence of the N. C. objected strongly to the sending of such information to supporters of missions at Home by the Bible Union, and the matter was therefore again referred to a committee, and the indications are that the letter will probably never be sent, On a prominent page of one of the Bulletins of the N.C. C., printed in the centre of the' page, with a Loder around it, appeared a request to all members of the China Inland Mission that, contributions: for the work of the N. C. C. be not through the Treasurer's department of the C. I. M., but Girect to the N. C. C., the inference being that considerable sums of money were being contributed by. members of the China Inland Misyon, which we understand is certain.
not the case, a certain official of the C. I. M. having stated recently that he was sure 900 out of 1000 members of the mission would desire to have nothing to do with the N.C. C., and that practically no money was being given to
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