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82 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESCo-operation *and UnionUnion with other missions has developed toau encouraging extent, especially in theCanton and Amoy districts. Co-operationwith the Christian College at Canton, and with the UnionTheological College there, is an accomplished fact, and hasnot only tightened the bonds of fellowship, but also securedgreater efficiency of workers. In the Anioy district, wherethere has been for long union work in education, there is amovement in favour of oue united Church for all themissions, the London Missionary Society, the ReformedChurch and English Presbyterian Missions, which augurswell for the stability and progress of the future Church.The mission is a partner in the new Christian Universityin Peking. The China Medical Board has now assumed fullresponsibility for the Union Medical College and its affiliatedhospitals. These were originally the contribution of theLondon Missionary Society to the North China EducationalUnion scheme, though some of the societies not within theUnion were sharing in this branch. This College, in thewords of the commissioners sent out by the RockefellerFoundation "is more firmly established and better equippedthan any other missionary institution in the 1country. Nowthfit it is merged in mi international and interdenominabody, arrangements are being made for carrying onthe spiritual ;idiviti>s by n body representing the scveni!missions.One of the most flourishing institutions of its kind inChina is the Anglo-Chinese College in Tientsin. For manyyears it has had an Anglo-Chinese Church, which has beengreatly honoured as the birthplace of many souls. Thischurch has now united with the Chinese Church adjacent,and together they strive to conserve the results of past yearsamong all classes, and carry forward an aggressive effort inthe vicinity. It is surely a sign of the times when such anamalgamation is possible.From all parts of the field there are testimonies thatthe waves of blessing which swept over certain areas duringthe "Eddy Conventions" still beat strongly, with manyadditions to the churches and a renewed life in manyhearts.

KmployedCHAPTERLUTHERANVIIIGROUPEVANGELISCHE MISSIONSGESELLSCHAFT ZU BASEL(Basel Evangelical Missionary Society) (1847)Otto Schultze<>9,Stations with elates of occupation: AVam// //////: Chonghangkang(1888), Chonglok (1908), ChmigtPim (184), Hokshiha (188<>),Hongkong (1852), Hopinghsien (UKtf), Jloshoowan (1885), Hoy Im(1901), Kaying (188;;), Kuchuk (1879), Lilouir (1859), Linpingchow(1909), Lokong (1901), Longhen (1882), Moilini (1889), Nyenluvngli(18<)l>).Missionaries Chinese Staff;>1<>,Communicants7,4.-!7 (1914).September 24th, 1915 was the hundredth anniversaryof the establishment of the Basel Mission. The mission washorn amidst the roar of cannon during the first Napoleonicwar. Its centenary has fallen during the disasters of thepresent European War and has been celebrated silently withprayer, thanksgiving and self-humiliation.The most important events of the past year so far asthey concern the work of the Basel Mission in China are:First, changes in the personnel of the mission staj|\ andin its leadership,Second, the result of the visit and inspection of thefHdby the Rev. Heinrich Dipper, andThird, the situation created by the European war.Str We heartily deplore the death of the JateRev. Theodore Friedrieh Oehler, D.D., who,ffrom 1881 until his death, which occurred at Basel, June15, 1915, was not only the General Director of the BaselMission, but also the Inspector of the Mission s work inChina.His passing away means a great loss for the missionstaff as well as for the whole Basel Mission work in China.He visited and inspected the Chinese mission field during1888 and 1889, and from that time his heart belongedentirely to China. We lost not only the head Advisor and

82 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESCo-operation *and UnionUnion with other missions has developed toau encouraging extent, especially in theCanton and Amoy districts. Co-operationwith the Christian College at Canton, and with the UnionTheological College there, is an accomplished fact, and hasnot only tightened the bonds of fellowship, but also securedgreater efficiency of workers. In the Anioy district, wherethere has been for long union work in education, there is amovement in favour of oue united Church for all themissions, the London Missionary Society, the ReformedChurch and English Presbyterian Missions, which augurswell for the stability and progress of the future Church.The mission is a partner in the new Christian Universityin Peking. The China Medical Board has now assumed fullresponsibility for the Union Medical College and its affiliatedhospitals. These were originally the contribution of theLondon Missionary Society to the North China EducationalUnion scheme, though some of the societies not within theUnion were sharing in this branch. This College, in thewords of the commissioners sent out by the RockefellerFoundation "is more firmly established and better equippedthan any other missionary institution in the 1country. Nowthfit it is merged in mi international and interdenominabody, arrangements are being made for carrying onthe spiritual ;idiviti>s by n body representing the scveni!missions.One of the most flourishing institutions of its kind inChina is the Anglo-Chinese College in Tientsin. For manyyears it has had an Anglo-Chinese Church, which has beengreatly honoured as the birthplace of many souls. Thischurch has now united with the Chinese Church adjacent,and together they strive to conserve the results of past yearsamong all classes, and carry forward an aggressive effort inthe vicinity. It is surely a sign of the times when such anamalgamation is possible.From all parts of the field there are testimonies thatthe waves of blessing which swept over certain areas duringthe "Eddy Conventions" still beat strongly, with manyadditions to the churches and a renewed life in manyhearts.

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