The Earliest Church and China The Recorder calls attention t6 the work of the famous Japanese Evangelist. Mr. Kagawa. He has a threefold message," spiritual, ethical and social, New life through God, new morality through God and a new society through God, The Recorder" expresses a wish that Mr, Kagawa would come to Chine and give a stimulus to the "Five jovement" which aims at ing the present number of Christians in five years. But the influence of the anti-Japanese propaganda seems hardly to have waned enough to make it possible. for a Japanese preacher to do good work in China yet. If it were not 0, Mr. Kagawa's visit might be of immense help to the Chinese church, The Rev. Hans Koch, an Archdeacon in a Lutheran church Copenhagen, visited China some time ago and now contributes an article on the analogy between the Christian Church of the second and third centuries and the Chinese Church as it exists to day. He finds much correspondence—between these bodies. The dogmas of the church were not settled in those early days and there was considerable friction between, say, churches in Africa and churches in Europe. Now Chinese Christians are critically examining some of the doctrines brought by mission: aries from overseas and questioning some and rejecting others. Dr. Koch does not see much to" be alarmed about in this unrest. A dead acceptance of whatever the Western church believes would not be a sign of vigorous life in the church in China. If the Chinese christians have the root of the matter in them they will work out their own salvation under the guid-Jance of that good Spirit that led them into the truth.
Dr. John Ferguson recalls the founding of the University of Nanking of which he was first President, forty years ago. He delivered an address on this subject fat the inauguration of its first Chinese President, Dr. Chen, on June 24th, Dr. Ferguson doos not bewail the passing of the good old He, hails the coming in the better new ones and gave a heartening message to the students the new er
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