Assembly being held in Shanghai in AetanY Ro'eadond one in Canton Reda Phe tid has est met and ing Yt up of Ghia ie has been decided not to domes from il ove
notre Aeemilyy antu 1b, Paha ig" one Church of Christin China? How was it conceived? hab He hia, anew one Witlne? Hom other organisations, nate same "ihe National Chao ease amma oe Na answer the fae Coun he National Christian Council is a body. sup-goreed agai ty foe fond, Breaded by slong, can mutual help between various. Pro-about ce-operation and inj
mutaey Miions and Chinese chur hens, and its seetetariat, se Tt holds conferences and re=
Hee ge par ofthe, Protextant one Gite, "aut ey nota Shurch, auf never" wil" be. "Phe eames aM ne, China ly mane Erh es thiel of the Chinese SPatenen which have come into being Saereaee aS of mesions HTN Tome tinyed, Jearse "Chinese MeGek das roprecanistives from Wan ete sie St miters a Presbytery; these in turn send some ern premiers. to a Synod, and fond dolopates oran Anson the rancete osset che Guurahe Thus the Assembly corresponds to Church Sousteie'the Werbeand in thi case 100, Previous to the present church, there was an Assembly of various Presbyterian groups some years, ago, but the Church of Christ. China includes the churches which grow out of the work of some thirteen missions, Presbyterian, Congregational, Dutch. Reformed and Methodist among them. Thus {the Chueh of Christ in China isa united church and fx one of the attempts being made all over the world to-day to. break down the barriers of denominationalinm which divide the Body of Christ, 100 Delegates. Present 'The recent meeting of Assembly began on the evening of Friday, Getober 20, with a. communion ser" view conducted by. the retiring moderator, Dr. 'Cheng' Ching:
rowing this opening service there Was a Toll call, and. arrangements for the meetings were announced. Religious services were held ina large church, and, the "business Sessions. in a\ girls' school, Both these buildings are on the island of Kilangsu, the foreign settlement in Amoy. All arrangements for the entertainment of about one hundred Gelogates: were carried "out by the South "Fukien "Synod "with the greatest efficiency." One cannot peak too highly of the care bestow don the matter of entertaining eats, oth Chinese and foreign, fom all' over China. One only fears that less wealthy communities than Amoy may feel that they have to Keep up © standard which they can ill afford. "The total number of commissioners, apart. from guests, was about seventy. and these S, bout one quarter were missionaries. The foreigners took tle. part. the debates, though their contribution "was Welcomed when it Was made. The official language of the Assembly was the national
Kuan hus but always as kuo yl.
Never once referred to as eches in English "were translated into Chinese, and Important motions were rendered for the sake of mis-ug, in South" China. Chinese delegates from the coastal of language provinces was very high, and most were easily understood.
"The real business of the Assembly Dogan on October 21, when reports Bere, prgtanted by' the General Gouncily the secretariat and the 'Various' Synods of the Chueh, six: Veen in all One of the most signi8- fant features of the report of the General Council was the important lace given to the. mission of the thurelt in. relation "to. youth. A Fesumé was given of the various Youth movements in China and else-Where and the report was obviously Grawn up cly a person who under stands, whet present day. young folks in Ching are thinking abet and\ what they demand "of the Ghovch. The "conclusion was -en-_gourasing in that it pointed out that there is a great. opportunity now for the Church to win. the Tokyo, Nov, 8 young people of China, but it was 'The startling statements made by recognised that youth' presents a M. Molotov, Chairman of the Coun-challenge to the Church to, change ci_of Peoples' Commissars on the fand improve its methods. The great occasion of the 16th anniversary of demand is for sincerity, and for the Bolshevik revolution, on Novem-consistent life—surely "youth has 6, that the Soviet Union was "fully the right to make such a demand. prepared for the possibility of Will the Church "take ap the tu expected attack by Japan," challenge? that "the duty of the Red' Army A Challenging Note would be simple, namely the com. plete destruction of the enemy,"
On Sunday morning, October 22, have aroused the resentment of the Cheng" Ching-i preached ani Japanese, who take the Soviet att inspiring sermon to a great contude as an "unnecessary incitement gregation in. the Kulangsu church. of public sentiment of Japan." 'Avent one thousand people were While official circles are maintain-prevent, and these included, apart ing' silence regarding the matter, from. the commissioners to. As-some' are inclined to think that sembly, many of the leading citizen: fixed Japanese foreign policy. to-Amoy, Dr. Cheng gave a wards the Soviet is of utmost, im-Fesumé of events in China" durin, portance at the present juncture, the past three years, both in the and that, the nation should not life of the nation and' in the life of influenced only by persons who de-the Church, likening the experience the promotion of amicable ro of the Church to that of Israel in with the Soviet" Union.—the wilderness. He ended on a hopeful and challenging note, point Soviet Rearming out that after the period in the wilderness comes the opportunity to enter the Promised Land—unviet Russia is making vast mili Known, but fall of hope if w> tary preparations throughout the by follow' God's leading. whole of Russia, according to one The whole week from October 2 British traveller who has to 28 was taken up with the agenda pleted a Journey from the Ural fountains to Chita. prepared. by the efficient business Committee, A day was spent on] 'Train loads of military stores plang for' self support, then most could be seen all along route,
Various phases of the life of youth the next two days Was given forms for shipment. east wa three being loaded on open railway plat-
motor trucks, tractors and" tanks in the Church, from the of View of religious education, the could be seen on many platforms Christian home and other aspects {ind guns and airplanes on others. Some time was given to a considera.
'From the Baikal to Chita, large numbers of troops were seen and tion of the social service work of the' traveller also reported sighting the Ghureh in rural and city pro: construction. work under way. grammes. After considering a. re-Barracks not only at the large ort on the training of the ministry stations but also at the small sidings and various minor items, a day] en route, Was spent on the relations between He also noticed that several new Missions and the Chinese Church.
1es were being constructed south: This topic woe of great interest to [ward from the Siberian railway and the" Chinese © commissioners, was told that these were being built perhaps more to the missional lo'reach outer Mongolia, members present, During the pa: few years a very large part of the noticed numerous airplanes ivin Not far from Chit, this observer responsibility formerly borne by] the open fields which apparently Mission Councils has been handed! just arrived from central 'Res Church. 'The wangers not yet having been con: structed to Mouse them, He said gi was apparent that a large avia~ Varies in different areas, but there tion centre was being' constructed is no out that the experience of in that district similar to the one all concerned has been on the whole happy, and that the tendency in the hen travelling Soroseh by Soho United Press. mee: en travelling' through by rall—future will be to devolve more and more responsibility for the carrying. on of evangelistic, educational ani medical work on the courts of the Church. The problems connected
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