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90 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESinterest in plans for the co-ordinated development of theMission, lie was much pleased with the spirit of sacrificemanifest in different centres.In one of our stations (Namyung) a short time ago anold sombre pawn shop was changed into a handsome church.There remains no longer anything to remind one of theformer gloomy building. So shall the Mission transformChinese who are opposed to Christ into children of God ofwhom it can be said "oldthings have passed away, behold,all things have become new."DANSKE MISSIONSSELSKAB(DANISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY) (1896)S. A. EllcrbcfcStations with dates of occupation : Manchuria: Antung (1902)iDaitvn (1^10), lumghwangchong (1899), Harbin (1912), Hwaijen(1909), Kwantion (1900), Moukclen (1912), Peking (1913), PortArthur (lS9ti), Siuyeii (]S98), Suilnvafu (191J), Tjiknshau (189(5)-(1915).Missionaries 47, Employed Chinese Stall 109, Communicants 7<>4When the lirst Danish missionaries arrivedn Ma-iu linria. some twenty years ago thePresbyterian missions (Scotch and Irishhad been already long in the field. The newcomers receiveda hearty welcome and the greater part of the Liaotungpeninsula was handed over to the Danish Mission. Lateron, when an extension was rendered possible, NorthManchuria was agreed upon as the field in which thisshould take place. The rapidly growing city of Harbin andthe western half of the province of Heilungkiang will in thefuture be worked by the Danish Mission.The work of the Mission has steadily increased; theforeign staff now numbers forty-seven (as against fortyfourlast year) the;Chinese staff numbers one hundred andnine.The Mission is essentially an evangelisticagency and relies on the preaching of ChristWorkianity as the chief means of propagating thegospel. In the hope of reaching out further among the

LUTHERAN GROUP 91people, and also of gathering in some fruit of these manyyears of seed-sowing, an evangelistic campaign was plannedtwo years ago. The whole of the field was divided up intofive areas to be covered one by one in the course of five years.In each area three or four centres are chosen, and for aperiod of three months the best evangelistic forces of theMission, Chinese and foreign, are gathered together in thesecentres in turn, to unite with the local churches in a greatcommon effort."This campaign, or "crusadeas we call it, has beenthe feature of the past year and the many encouragingresults have more than justified the effort, and greatlystimulated the local Christians as well as those who camefrom other places to do the work. I think it came as asurprise to most of the Chinese Christians when they sawhow general and how fair a hearing Christianity gets fromall classes of society if only these are appealed to in asuitable way.Though both are regarded as indispensableueithcr of tliese forms of vvork has been ver ystrongly developed. Some, interesting attemptsto give education to boys and girls (as well as to adults)without laying the burden of support on others are beingmade. Gardening is relied upon in the case of boys, needlework, etc., in the case of girls. The development of theseexperiments will be worth following.Higher education is in principle considered as a unionundertaking, and the Danish Mission is represented on theteaching staffs of the two Colleges (Arts and Medical) inthe provincial capital, Moukden.~ The conference of Danish missionaries hasChurch accepted the term, "The Christian Churchof China," and the principle of oneness asthe ultimate goal at which we are aiming. The generaltendency does not go in the direction of emphasizing thespecial doctrines of the Lutheran Church; at the same timewe believe that as the spiritual life developed in the Churchof our homeland differs in several respects from thatdeveloped in the Protestant churches of Scotland andIreland, so will a Lutheran mission working in close

90 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESinterest in plans for the co-ordinated development of theMission, lie was much pleased with the spirit of sacrificemanifest in different centres.In one of our stations (Namyung) a short time ago anold sombre pawn shop was changed into a handsome church.There remains no longer anything to remind one of theformer gloomy building. So shall the Mission transformChinese who are opposed to Christ into children of God ofwhom it can be said "oldthings have passed away, behold,all things have become new."DANSKE MISSIONSSELSKAB(DANISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY) (1896)S. A. EllcrbcfcStations with dates of occupation : Manchuria: Antung (1902)iDaitvn (1^10), lumghwangchong (1899), Harbin (1912), Hwaijen(1909), Kwantion (1900), Moukclen (1912), Peking (1913), PortArthur (lS9ti), Siuyeii (]S98), Suilnvafu (191J), Tjiknshau (189(5)-(1915).Missionaries 47, Employed Chinese Stall 109, Communicants 7<>4When the lirst Danish missionaries arrivedn Ma-iu linria. some twenty years ago thePresbyterian missions (Scotch and Irishhad been already long in the field. The newcomers receiveda hearty welcome and the greater part of the Liaotungpeninsula was handed over to the Danish Mission. Lateron, when an extension was rendered possible, NorthManchuria was agreed upon as the field in which thisshould take place. The rapidly growing city of Harbin andthe western half of the province of Heilungkiang will in thefuture be worked by the Danish Mission.The work of the Mission has steadily increased; theforeign staff now numbers forty-seven (as against fortyfourlast year) the;Chinese staff numbers one hundred andnine.The Mission is essentially an evangelisticagency and relies on the preaching of ChristWorkianity as the chief means of propagating thegospel. In the hope of reaching out further among the

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