Under the title "Redeeming the Time, the China Inland Mission issues its report for 1936—a year of great significance in the Mission's history, giving as the report says abundant scope to "redeem the time" for "the days were evil indeed." The release of Mr. Rudolf Bosshardt at Easter time was an event of more than ordinary importance for it marked a definite change in the policy of the Communists, whose abandonment of their bitter antagonism to missionaries appeared to have been partly dictated by a lively sense of the grossness of the error which permitted such tragedies as the murders of John and Betty Stam to shock the world. Mr. Bosshardt's experiences have been recorded in "The Restraining Hand," a book which is having a wide circulation. Indeed his release and that of his comrade Mr. Arnolis in the preceding November give a real meaning ta ihe "Triumph of John and Betty Stam," the title of the book which tells of those young martyrs' life and Suffering. Rudolf Bosshardt's ordeal in captivity was nobly borne; it carried him over 6000 miles as a prisoner in Red hands. The experience gave him a "fresh vision," he says, "of the great need for evangelization," He was impressed by the thoroughness of the Communist propaganda machine, The comment implicitly shows how eager are the people of China in their dire straits to have guidance and leadership. The revelation should encourage the Government in persevere ing with the genuine activities of the Peoples Economic Reconstruction Programme.
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