The Archive · 1940

Pro-Japanese Official Shot in Hankow

Hankow, Dee. 6

Barely two hours before the expected arrival here from Nanking by air of General Nobuyuki Abe, special envoy to the Nanking regime, on tour of inspection," Mr. Lisle Dau-tse, political the Hupeh provineia} govern ment, was shot five times by five Chinese gunmen in the French Concession at nine this: morning.

Mr, Hsieh, who is 58 years of aye, was immediately rushed {to hospital, where his condition fs said to be serious.

Sermon by Bishop sen Followi the processional and the munion " service, the cone sermon was preached by AL gates to the Concession were closed after the shooting, and the French authorities have begun a very strict house house search—Reuter.

"These two did not care for their lives, but only' for the name fof, the Lord" Jesus Christ™ 1526). Beginning with a brief mary of the history of the diocese tinder Bishop Huntington, when the Foundations of the work—e tig, educational, and medical—laid ju the 1800% were carried on to greater fulhtment, Bishop Tsen passed on to 8 picture of the early church, beset with dangers within and without—dissension within and opposition and Persecution without—and to the two missionaries Paul and Barnabus, and all the other Apostles and carly Christiane, who, because they did not cure for their "own Individual lives, were able to see the church increase Cally In its corporate i which came the vesting of the bishop and. the ceremonial of the laying. on of hands. After the con= see ration of Bishop" Craighill Bishop Roberts, Bishops Scott and wticipating. Bishop Chen was by. Bishop Scott, the neluding the newly-Craighill, joining laying hands upon his head, The Communion. Service, eetebrat ed by Bishop Scott, assisted by Eushop Roberts, closed the impressive ceremony, and the ty new Bishops went out to meet the joyful and hearty congratulations of their peo ple.

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