China and MethodismJennings and Graham, 1906 - 118 páginas |
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Página 27 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Página 27 - Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
Página 42 - Opium War ', with Great Britain took place in 1840-43 and resulted in the Treaty of Nanking by which Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo and Shanghai were opened to foreign trade and Hong Kong was ceded to Britain. The disastrous Taiping rebellion (1850-64) began as a religious movement owing to the persecution of Christianity by the Manchus, but it soon became a political rebellion when Hung, the leader, aimed at the overthrow of the Manchus. The rebellion involved twelve provinces...
Página 34 - It is now twelve years since I have heard any news from the West. I am become old and grayheaded, but it is rather through labors and tribulations than through age, for I am only fiftyeight years old. I have learned the Tartar language and literature, into which I have translated the whole New Testament and the Psalms of David, and have caused them to be transcribed with the utmost care. I write and read and preach openly and freely the testimony of the law of Christ.
Página 43 - ... to the death. The blood of the martyrs has proved the seed of the Church; and for one Christian there are ten, and for tens there are hundreds. The debased and cruel woman who now fills the throne of Madagascar, impelled by her own evil nature, or swayed by the evil influence of others, has tried long, but tried in...
Página 91 - China, the empire seemed to be, so far as the influence of foreign nations was concerned, a closed room without a breath of air from the outside world reaching us. I could not see that the Chinese were in the least conscious that any other nation upon the face of the globe existed.
Página 59 - How little Dr. Hart, when winning the Hupeh Chinaman, and Miss Howe, when putting her money and influence into the training of these Chinese girls, dreamed of the outreaching influence of that family in the second generation ! How little men and women at home whose sacrifices are supporting workers in this great empire to-day foresee the splendid results which coming generations will witness as the outcome of their heroism and self .sacrifice. The leading stations in the Central China Conference...
Página 91 - Upon the contrary, during the last five years, every door and window has been opened, and the breezes from all parts of the earth have been blowing through China. We may expect occasional thunder-storms, and possibly a typhoon may sweep us out of the empire ; but China will never again be closed to western influences.
Página 3 - A brief outline which will enable American Methodists to understand the problem which confronts them and to make preparation for a suitable participation in the centennial celebration of the founding of Protestant missions In ChiMM.
Página 80 - Bible-school for men, a high school for boys, a high school for girls and a Bible training-school for women.