Peeps into China . CHAPTER XXXIV. CHRISTIANITY THE GREAT NEED OF N the contact of foreigners with China,certain distinct views are held concerningthe best method for securing the develop-ment of the nation. One class of personsadvocates, first and last, mere material prosperity, asindicated by commerce, railroads, mining, naval andmilitary equipments and training, and alterations inthe management of the government. Another classpleads for education, scientific and secular. A thirdclass, as represented by the Eoman Catholic Missions,aims always for the supremacy of the visible Church,wh
Peeps into China . CHAPTER XXXIV. CHRISTIANITY THE GREAT NEED OF N the contact of foreigners with China,certain distinct views are held concerningthe best method for securing the develop-ment of the nation. One class of personsadvocates, first and last, mere material prosperity, asindicated by commerce, railroads, mining, naval andmilitary equipments and training, and alterations inthe management of the government. Another classpleads for education, scientific and secular. A thirdclass, as represented by the Eoman Catholic Missions,aims always for the supremacy of the visible Church,whose head is none other than the pope. To thesethree classes there is need of a fourth, which shall beconvinced that the need and opportunity in China to-day is for Christianity,—and this we believe to bepure Protestantism. Material advancement—civilisation—may come, asit must come, by the mere force of circumstances ; andyet the Chinese may be none the more pure, honestor kind, true or magnanimous. Material prosperity issubordinate, and being so, let it never us
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