Surprised—Rather
MISSION WORK ASSAILED
Chinese Consul’s Snub
MEETING EXPECTED PRETTY SPEECH
EXPECTING a neat and complimentary address upon the good work done', the members of the General Assembly of tlie Presbyterian Church in Australia were surprised yesterday when the Consul-General for China attacked bitterly tlie work of missions in China. The anti-Christian movement there, he said, was due to tlie presence of tlie missionaries.
Reed. 10.50 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. The Consul-General for China, Mr. T. Sung, in an address to a Foreign Mission demonstration held in conjunction with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, severely criticised the missions in China. It was expected he would speak on Ihe good results of missionary work, but he delivered an attack on Christian missions in China
He declared the anti-Christian movement there was due 'to the presentation by missionaries of the Christian religion. Because of its apparent inconsistency between theory and practice, Christianity in China, lie said, was in the balance.. | “Cannot the Churches here sav«f i their faith before it is too late?” he j asked.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1078, 16 September 1930, Page 9
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