CHINA AND THE CHURCHES.
THE REQUEST FOR PRAYER
By Telegraph.—Press Association —Copyright. (Received April 26, 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 25. Tho Rev F. B. Meyer has received a cablegram from the Federal Council of Churches in America- stating thatall are-responding to China's appeal. Archdeacon Moule, who was for fifty years in China, describes the appeal as an electrifying event. Lord William Gascoyne Cecil says that two honourable motives are impelling China. Tho first was a patriotism that feared to risk disruption and humiliation from foreign domination, and deserved the 'worlds recognition of China as a nation. The second was respect for Western religion. This was China's appreciation of tho value of Western thought and the anti-opium crusade was also significant. The English bishops invite tho Intercessions of the clergy.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10753, 26 April 1913, Page 6
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