The Spirit of missions . he Chinese against for-eigners, such as that at Nanchang twoyears ago, can be traced directly or indi-rectly to this policy of interference. ButChina has been finding herself duringthe last few years. One evidence of thisis an edict from Peking cancellingthe privileges granted to Roman prieststen years ago. The action is wise andright. It is something for which everywell-wisher of the Roman as well as thenon-Roman missions has been is bad for the extension and perma- The Progress of the Kingdom 665 at influence of Christian work wheny of its representatives c
The Spirit of missions . he Chinese against for-eigners, such as that at Nanchang twoyears ago, can be traced directly or indi-rectly to this policy of interference. ButChina has been finding herself duringthe last few years. One evidence of thisis an edict from Peking cancellingthe privileges granted to Roman prieststen years ago. The action is wise andright. It is something for which everywell-wisher of the Roman as well as thenon-Roman missions has been is bad for the extension and perma- The Progress of the Kingdom 665 at influence of Christian work wheny of its representatives complicate-nr spiritual responsibilities by the as-tnption of political authority. HINA is to have two new dioceses of the Anglican Communion. ley are to be known as Honan and Hunan. The for- Two More ^^^1 include the 1 ^ r rL.* ^ province of the sameshops for Lhma ^ ^ name, to the north the American District of Hankow,lis will be an entirely new field for3 Church, for our missionaries inmkow have never been able to reach. THE REV. W. C. WHITEBishop-elect of Honan >rth into the province, while the Eng->h missionaries in Chih-li and Shan-ng have never been able to make anective movement southward. That theDrk is undertaken now is due to thele missionary spirit of the Canadianlurch. Two years ago, when the con-rence of the Anglican Communionet in Shanghai, the bishops askedat the Church in Canada shouldidertake definite responsibility for work in China by erecting a newdiocese. Heretofore, although the Cana-dian Church has sent her representa-tives to the empire, they have been at-tached to one of the six English the Rev. W. C. White, who has servedfor some years at Foochow, the Cana-dian Church has found a worthy leaderfor this new enterprise. The financialdifficulties in the way have been met andconquered in unique fashion. The bish-ops of the Church in Canada announcedthat they would not consecrate untilsuitable provision for the support of anew bishop was ass
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