Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . res of Christian work in that Rev. S. L. Baldwin, , in a volume of missionary biographies,has portrayed the earnest life and abounding labors of Sia Sek Ong, theexemplar and advocate of native liberality in the Foochow Mission ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church. In concluding the sketch, Dr. Bald-win remarks of him: His work abides in the hearts and lives of thosewhom he brought to Christ, and in the influences he set in motion forthe awakening of a new life among his people. 5 Mrs. Bishop writest
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . res of Christian work in that Rev. S. L. Baldwin, , in a volume of missionary biographies,has portrayed the earnest life and abounding labors of Sia Sek Ong, theexemplar and advocate of native liberality in the Foochow Mission ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church. In concluding the sketch, Dr. Bald-win remarks of him: His work abides in the hearts and lives of thosewhom he brought to Christ, and in the influences he set in motion forthe awakening of a new life among his people. 5 Mrs. Bishop writesthat Joldan, the Tibetan postmaster in the British office at Leh, is aChristian of spotless reputation, whose humble spirit and consistentcharacter make him a living epistle in that dark 1 Ross, Old Wang, the First Chinese Evangelist in Manchuria. 2 Christie, Ten Years in Manchuria, pp. 28-30. 3 The Church at Home and Abroad, March, 1895, p. 212. 4 The Missionary Herald, April, 1897, p. 137. 5 The Picket Line of Missions, pp. 151-182. 6 Bishop, Among the Tibetans, p. (iroup of Ordained Pastors— Swatow District. < ambridge Students, Amoy. Three Amoy Pastors. Amoy Pastor, Wife and Child, A Page of Chinese Christians.(E. P. C. M. THE DAWN OF A SOCIOLOGICAL ERA IN MISSIONS 23 In Japan the record is similar. God-fearing, devout, and true-hearted Christians testify by their changed lives to that moral renewalwhich comes with intelligent loyalty to Christ. The story of AnsaiTakeichi, who has been called a Christian statesman of Japan, is toldin one of our recent Dr. De Forests account of a Japa-nese lieutenant who was engaged in the Formosan campaign, condensesinto a few sentences the striking record of what a Japanese Christiancan A life that comes nearer home to American readers is that ofSanjuro Ishimoto, late professor in the Meiji Gakuin, Tokyo, who diedat Princeton, New Jersey, November 2, 1895, where in connection withthe College and Theologica
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