LATE SUN YAT SEN
J A PROFESSING CHRISTIAN. HIS LIFELONG BELIEF. (By Electric Telegraph.—-Copyright.) Received March 30, 10 a.m. PEKIN, March 29 ; The family of the late Dr. Sun Y'at Sen have disclosed that during his last hours lie stated that lie was dying in the lifelong belief of a Christian. It was disclosed at the funeral service that he was not what is called an orthodox Christian, but a professor of the Christian faith. A friend who delivered the funeral oration said that Dr. Sun Y'at Sen conceived Christ as a revolutionist and a leveller of all forms of inequality, and that professing Christian nations should seek to enslave China or oppress the masses of their own people ho considered no more remarkable, but also no more inherent in the teachings of Christ than that throughout history so-called Christians should slay each other in the name of Christ.—Reuter.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 101, 30 March 1925, Page 5
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