One eritle of the New Lite Mov ment has said, "The real question of the masses Is one of livelihood, and the New Life Movement has done nothing about it" 1 want to pass that "challenge on to you, that together, we might share its respon sibility, In the summer of 1933 1 received an invitation to join a discussion group at Kuling on the. subject of Christians and Communism. "At that time T found: Christians willing to discuss these problems of livelihood in @ rather "academic way, and I became convinced that somehow: we should be more practical in the application of our faith. The National Christign Council later ce-operated with the Government Ju: organizing eleven rural experiment centres in Kiangsi where" young-"men" ang women from Christian and..other colleges might take the lead in study-Ing and-trying to solve soe of the most presiing needs of: the. farmers,
fection-to; the-Generallssimo and self that the Church has united. with tu the rehabilitation of recovered Communist areas," We shape' this it merely. a. beginning. in thia'= great people.
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Perhaps one reason why: the Church thas been slow to engage. {his work of rural reconstruction account of the hardships involved, At such a time ay this we" should honestly face the act that wwe have hot accustomed ourselves. to endure Ing. ardness ai "good soldiers of Sesus Christ In this we are weak inthe words. of the Prophet, "We are at ease in Zion"
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