Another Ancient Landmark in Shantung Road No More Wich the demolition of the old Union Church in Shantung Road another of Shanghai's historical landmarks disappears.
Many of our readers will remem ber the little church which was situated on a plot of ground to the south of the Shantung Road Hospital, between Canton and Foochow Roads. Known as Tien-an-ting (the Hall of Heavenly Peace), the church, which was built_about 60 years ago, was the old Union Church for foreigners. In its pulpit preached Dr. Muirhead and other, pioncer mission+ aries in this part of the country. The ground on which the old church was built was lent by the London Missionary Society, the owners of the land on which are erected the buildings of the Shantung Road Hospital. When: the foreign Union Church was moved to the present commodious quarters in Soochow Road, the old building was handed over to the Chinese members of the London Missionary Society, but both the old and the new buildings were known in Chinese as Tien-an-tang.
Tha Chinese branch off the Mission is now self-supporting and finds the accommodation at its disposal insufficient to meet its needs. Hence it was decided to pull down the old church and erect in its place a new building for an institutional church. Apart fhom the land which has been given to the Chinese church by the London Missionary Society the new building will cost nearly Tls.
50,000.
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