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from a considerable and influential por tion of the missionary body substitut ing the Social Gospel for the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ, and a blood less Gospel and a Gospel shorn of its supernatural elements and its super natural power, for the Gospel of aton ing blood and Holy Ghost fire and Di vine supernatural power that this dner- rant Word of God proclaims, and sub stituting salvation by education in hu man science and philosophy for salva tion by regeneration by the power of the Holy Ghost. I do not think that matters are near ly as bad as some have inferred from some careless sweeping statements that have been made. I believe that the great bulk of the missionaries in the various evangelistic churches are sound in the faith, but some denominations, supposed to be evangelical, and two particularly, are sending out a great many young men and women unsettled in their religious opinions and careless in their living, indulging in dancing, card-playing and the like, and that, too, with the outside world, and many of these callow young men and maidens are very self-sufficient and treat the older missionaries, who have made the sacrifices and at great cost to them selves laid the foundations in China, very cavalierly, and these self-sufficient young folks oftentimes seek to give the older missionaries to understand that they are not up to date, and they must stand aside for these infant prodigies, or downy chicks, who have just been hatched in the theological incubators of Chicago University, Union Seminary, and elsewhere. The Union Universities, and theologi cal schools, are a great menace to the future of the Church in China. As these Universities have no creedal basis, it is impossible for one denomination, however orthodox, to restrain some other denomination from sending out men thoroughly unsound. In one in-
parts of China in advocacy of free love. He is a brilliant man in many ways, but a grossly immoral man, according to Christian standards of ethics. He had a great following in Pekin, espe cially among the student classes, and a great influence against Christianity and Christian ethics, and his most en thusiastic supporters were the re turned students from America. Pro fessor Dewey and his lawful wife travel ed from city to city with this man Russel and his paramour, and attend ed receptions where Russel and this woman attended and were introduced along with this disgusting couple. I greatly regret to say that some mis sionaries and some missionary institu tions invited Prof. Dewey and Bertrand Russel to speak or to receptions. A leading missionary in Changsha invited Russel to be entertained at his home, while he was there lecturing. This missionary did not know, at the time that he extended the invitation, about his illicit relations with the woman who travelled with him, but he did know Russel’s opposition to the Gospel, and the philosophy he taught, but even after Bertrand Russel had frankly a- vowed the real character of his rela tions to this woman who accompanied him to Changsha, a missionary College entertained Russel and his paramour at a reception, along with Professor and Mrs. Dewey, and hobnobbed with the disgusting pair and introduced them to the best society in Changsha. This il lustrates the extent to which the craze, for toleration has gone in some mission ary circles in China. They now toler ate not only damnable heresies but the vilest adulteries, and other gross im morality. To come back from our digression to the returned students from American Universities. Many of them constitute a distinct menace to the moral and spiritual welfare oif China. (4) But China’s greatest peril is
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