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Editorial - - - - -Christians and the Social Order Eva Spicer Paoning Booming - - T. E. LloydTributes to Rev. Joseph Beech B.A., D.D. - -

A Farewell Address by Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek - -

The W.C.U.U. and Dr Beech - Lincoln Dsang Dr Beech Chancellor of W.C.XJ-XJ. H. D. Robertson Statesman Educationalist Christian

Gentleman - - - - - Dryden L. PhelpsDr. Beech’s Contribution to Dental

Education - - Ashley W. LindsayWhat Dr Beech has done for

Medical Education - - L C. LilbornDr Beeeh and the College of Arts H.D. Robertson Dr Beechand the College of Science Daniel S. Dye Dr Beech and the Woman’s College Mary E. Streeter

Preaching Christ at the Cross-Roads A. S. Kerry The Back Door - TibetanFood for Thought - - - - - - - -University Book Club Accession List - Book Review - - -

Edward Wilson of the Antarctic Margaret Moor Suifu Notes - L. B. JensenImportant Correction - - - - - - -Wedding - - - . . .Kiating Notes . . . Beulah BassettJesus Study Seminar - Earl WillmottObituary Dr. E. Bretthauer - AnnaM. Salquist

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in 1936Rev. Lincoln Dsang B .D P h . D . is the President o f West Cbina

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EditorialOne November day about fifteen years ago my wife and

1 sat by the Sea of Galilee. We had driven up from Jerusalem stopping constantly to fill our eyes and hearts with the scenes -of the Holy Land. We had sat by Jacob’ s well where Jesus talked to the Samaritan woman on the Water of life, and gave to mankind the charter of universal worship— worship in spirit and in truth. We had driven on through Samaria across the plain of Esdraelon with its twenty battlefields from Barak’ s day to Allenby’s; we had climbed the 1500 ft up to Nazareth, nestling in a cup among the hills,-Nazareth ■our Lord’s home, so quiet and yet so close to the great world. How close it was you can realize when you elimb the hill behind Nazareth from where you can see 30 miles in all directions; - to the south a map of Old Testament history, {Carmel, Megiddo, Jezreel, Shunem. Gilboa. Bethshan, ihe Jordan, Gilead,— what scenes these names recall) ; while on the north ran in our Lord’s day the highway between Ptolemais and the Decapolis, ‘ ‘along which legions marched and princes swept with their retinues, and all sorts of travel­lers from all countries went to and fro” . And then we had driven on through Cana down towards the lake, till suddenly it burst upon our eyes 1000 ft below,-a sheet of exquisite blue in -the radiant sunshine, reminding one of the saying of the old 'Rabbis ’ ‘Jehovah hath created seven seas, but the sea of Geunesaret is his delight” . Dropping quickly down the winding road we came at the foot of the cliffs to Tiberias (680 ft below sea level), once the home of Herod and the political capital of Galilee. (Jesus knew what heat was; they have had it 114° in the shade in Tiberias.) After a brief stay there we drove on to Capernaum, where a great synagogue., (said by some to be the one built by the Roman centurion), had been brought to light by recent excavation. Here we stayed till sunset, and then drove back to Tabghah. That night from the verandah of the hospice we gazed for a long

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time over the lake, with the moon flooding the whole scene with its mystic light. The next morning we were up to see the sunrise, and then sat drinking in the beauty around us. W h read at intervals passages from the Gospels dealing with •our Lord’s work on and around the lake, till we seemed to see Him walking those shores, healing the sick, preaching to the multitude, calling His disciples.

How different it was in our Lord’ s day. Then the lake was surrounded by an almost continuous ring of buildings. Nine cities nestled by its waters, each with some 15.000 inhabitants. Now only Tiberias remains, and a small village or two. Tiberias then was a gay festive, half-pagan town, bright with the uniforms of soldiers and officials and the train of the court, with its fast society, its painted ■courtesans and the gay, wicked holiday life of a fashionable Roman watering place” . Now it is but a poor, rather fever- stricken place with some 7000 people- Then stately temples and palaees, Roman baths and barracks, theatres and Jewish synagogues could be seen round the lake. Today these are no more. Then there were fleets of ships plying their trade for its fish were a delicacy exported far and wide, being much in request for feasts in Rome. But today hardly a sail can be seen on the lake. That morning we took a boat out, but we were almost the only boat to be seen. How different too the countryside looked then with its wealth of vegetation. Josephus describes in glowing colours its variety of plant life, “ in those days of the pride of the land” says Dr. George Adam Smith, “ what a plunge through nature it must have been, when one came down from oaks through olives and sycamores and walnuts to palms that had their roots washed by the lake” . Josephus describes it as ‘ the Ambition of Nature’ , ‘a happy contention of the seasons’ , as if each seas­on laid claim to this country. But today H is like “ a Scot­tish loch stripped of its trees and woods” . , Yes, -it is a very differ-ent place in many ways from the Galilee our Lord knew, but there is one thing that hasn’t changed,-man and his needs, man and his possibilities. As we passed along the shore we saw some fishermen hauling their net to land. They did not look very prepossessing,-not the sort of people to turn the world upside down. But then doubtless Andrew nnd Peter did not look very prepossessing to the Pharisees and scribes, the merchants and Roman soldiers of Capernaum. They looked in scorn on Christ’ s disciples, - a handful of publicans and sinners. How absurd it must have seemed to them to Bee the fanatic carpenter of Nazareth walking along the shore calling a few fishermen and tax-gatherers to help him setup his dream kingdom of God1 Was there ever such a weak and unpromising beginning! Aud yet it was these whom the world despised that turned it upside down. “ The

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foolishness of God is wiser than m e n /’ It is one of the ■wonders of history the power and influence wielded by those twelve men. The more we study the early history of the church, the more remarkable does the achievement seem. Surely this is one of the great encouragements for our work, for the power that transformed the fishermen of Galilee into the Apostles of the church is just the same today. The Lord’s arm is not shortened that it cannot save. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and for ever. We all know this, but is it not well that we remind ourselves at times of it, especial­ly when we look back over the past decade, and feel discour­aged over the lack of progress in many places in West China. It is true that there has been in many churches little or no increase in church membership, that comparatively few in­dividuals have been so transformed as to arrest the attention of their friends and neighbours, that few young men have been coming forward to offer themselves for the work of the ministry, that in many places the church has made little impact on society around. These things we cannot but see, and they are a rebuke and a challenge to us, but not a cause for discouragement, for the battle is the Lord’s. The all- essential thing for ourselves and our Chinese colleagues is that we have the right attitude, the willingness to follow our Master whole-heartedly, unreservedly. They left all and followed Him.’

The Roman world into which the Apostles went out bears a certain resemblance to China today. It was a world where the old religions were losing ground. Greek philosophy had undermined men’ s faith in the gods of Olympus. The cultured world had turned from Jupiter and Apollo to Zeno and Plato; while the multitude sought satisfaction in the my­stery religions, in the cults of Isis and Serapis, or the festivals of Cybele the mother of the gods. So today in China is it not true that the old religions are losing ground, despite the revival of Buddhism in certain places. As then in the Roman world the temples of Jupiter and Apollo still stood, though the faith was gone which worshipped them in simplicity, so today the Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist temples stand, but large numbers are no longer used for religious purposes, but have been turned into schools or barracks or Government offices, while at many others the worshippers are but few. These religions as has been often said of recent years are suffering from the impact of new forces, scientific agnosticism, materialistic determinism, and new political and moral theories. As into that aucient world that had been torn for decades by wars and civil strife,— that world with its empty heaven and cL p undertone of longing for it knew not what, was born the Christ, so to this land in this its hour of unparalleled suffering,— this

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land with its d'oubtff and questionings, its ideals and strong aspirations, may He come who alone can fully satisfy the longings of the human heart, He who brings life,-life to the full.

To this end we are in China today,' that in this hour of war and suffering men may find the Son of Man, that in the hospital and refugee camp and even in the barracks men may meet with Jesus, thats«©n the university campus, in the school on the crowded city streets, in the quiet country-side, Christ mav be made known\ Oh! that in the life of those who call H im Lord He might be seen again. Here is our part. “ The principle of God’s dealing with men is Incarnation.” We are to be His Body, His hands, His feet, His lips. What a privilegef What a responsibility 1

Mid rise fields and mid bamboo groves,Where run the crowded city streets,

There walks again the Son of Man Inearnate in the lives of men..

0 Saviour Christ, whom many feel To be far off, unknown, unreal,.

Blurred with the mists of centuries^Live Thou through me, that men may see,

Thy face as clear as those who walked Of old by Galilee..

THE SUPREMACY OF RELIGIONIt is indeed no small testimony to the supremacy of re­

ligion that when ‘the captains arid the kings depart’ , it is the prophet and the saint who alone possess survival-value. The inhabitants of Babylon or of Memphis would have found it hard to believe that out of their imperial pomp the only living relics would be the utterances of an obscure tribe upon their frontiers ; that Nebuchadnezzars’s name would be lost to all save expert archaeologists but for its mention in the Hebrew scriptures; that Jeremiah . . . . . would Hve eternally whea fortresses and hanging gardens were unidentifiable dust..

C. E. Raven Christianity and the Crisis p. 157

THODGHT AND LABOURIt is only by labour that thought can be made happy, and

only by thought that labour can be made happy, and the two cannot be separated with impunity.

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Christians and the Social Order.*In approaching this very broad topic, we can think of it

in two ways. First of all we can think of the whole social, political, and economic order, with all their different in­stitutions, such as various governments, banks, factories, political parties etc. When we look at it from that point of view, the social order seems very large and impressive, and what an individual, or even a small group of individuals can do seems very little.

But we can think of it in another way, and that is more personally, not in the large, but as something which we meet every day, not something of which we stand outside - as it were - and criticise, but something of which we ourselves are an integral part. We hear a good deal these days about the class struggle - of what class are we members? One thing is at least clear, students in China are a privileged class, ex­empted from the necessity of having to fight, treated with special consideration and given government aid. We are also all members of the consumer class. Every day we enter into relations with others, not as individuals, but as members of a class. We are not outside the social order, we are part of it. And to be quite frank most of us here (and most of us reading this paper) belong to that part of society which on tire whole gets more out of the social order than we put into it.

If we are to get anywhere in our thinking about the Eocial order, we have to look at it both ways - objectively as a whole, subjectively as it effects us, and we effect it.

As Christians one of our first duties is to try and find out what Jesus thought about these things in hia day, in order to help us find out what we should think about it in our day. What does Jesus have to say about it? What action does he suggest?.

In the first place it seems to me perfectly clear that Jesus condemned, both explicitly and implicitly the principles upon which the social order of his day was in the main based,, and on which unfortunately it is still largely based. Nobody who reads his teaching with open-eyes can doubt that he mistrusted the love of money as a guiding motive - “ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth” ; that he condemned the love of power - “ Ye know that the rulers of the Gentilea lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. Not so shall it be among you, but whosoever would be great among you shall be your servant, and who­soever would be first among you shall be your servant” ; and

*One of the addresses given at the Winter Student Conference at Ts’ong I-ch’iao: this will explain the semi-eolloquial style; the article having been written up hurriedly from notes used then.

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that he had little use for those who even while they were making a great show of religious practices, were exploiting the poor and helpless for their own profit - “ Beware of the- scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and to have salutations in the market-places, and chief seats in the syna­gogues, and chief places at feasts: they which devour widows7- houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.” His attitude at the time of the temptation, and throughout his life showed clearly that he could not put his faith in an order based on coersfon and military strength, and it was an essential part of his concep­tion of the Kingdom to break down the barriers which are based on race, class and sex. In all these ways Jesus of Nazareth stands as the eternal opponent of those would build the social order on these principles. I f we seek to justify an order that is based to any great extent on these things, we are surely committing the sin against the Holy Ghost, and calling darkness light.

In the second place he appealed'to all men, rich and poor alike to put themselves right in relation on these mat­ters. “ Repent ye, for the Kingdom of God is at hand. “ He- called on them to live here and now on the basis of those principles which he had revealed to then* as the true way of life, the opposite of those principles upon which human society ha3 in the main been based, and yet as He belie ved- and as the world is bent on proving him right to-day-the only practical ones-“ Seek ye first his kingdom and his righteous­ness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”

Jesus did attack the leaders of his day, in incisive search­ing phrases he laid bare- their sins and hypocrisy. But he never suggested for a moment that a motive for following him was to take their places. His followers, even the inner circle of the twelve, hankered after those same places, witness their quarrel as to whom should be greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. But for Jesus you could not be a member of his Kingdom, unless you had rooted out the de­sires for such things from their dominating place ia your life.

It is here, I think, that there lies one of the most funda--' mental differences between Christianity and Communism. In their attack on- many features of the present social system they have much in common, but when i>t eomes to- their diagnosis of the evil they separate. For the Gommianist the source of evil is in the social system, change- the system and you have solved the problem^ For Christianity, whatever terms you vise, the deepest source of evil is in man himself, his deep-rooted egotistical' demands and desires- Jesus realised fully the effect of the system on men, that is clear in his realisation of the extreme difficulty with which a rich man could enter

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the Kingdom. At the same time he did not believe either that a rich man might not become a good one (even though he had to become poor in the process) or that a poor man was necessarily good. He knew better than that: he chose his disciples from among the poor and humble, and they, once they had realised his full greatness, wanted power and position.

It is true that as long as you are a small minority party, as the communists are in many places to-day, the members ■are mainly in earnest, and are more concerned with the re­form of the system they are attacking, than with their own power and position,- tkey are kept pure, as the early Church was by hardships and dangers. But once they have achieved the initial reform, and have got power, they, like the Church before them, show the same desires as other men for power and position, if not as yet wealth and comfort.

But if Jesus put his first emphasis upon the repentance of the individual, if he did not lead a frontal attack on the main eyils of the social system of his day; If his main method of Teform was to ask men to live here and now accord­ing to the principles of love, what real message has he to-day in any reform of the social system? Is not the almost in­evitable outcome of his method exactly what it has been already in many cases, and which we feel is not sufficient. For I suppose that many people would say that there have been two main outcomes of Christian effort in social matters, the monastic life, which is a real effort to live according to the principles of the Kingdom, but which is apart from the main stream of the world’ s existence, or a life of personal holiness which has again left the world much as it was be­fore. Is not the social impotence of Christianity just because Jesus did put so much emphasis upon the individual and not the social approach?

Personally I find this difficulty a real one, but it seems to me that there is the beginning of an answer if we remember two things in connection with Jesus’ teaching.

In the first place the renunciation of our own personal desires for place, power, wealth etc included for Jesus a re­nunciation of these things for our groups too-for our families, for our class, for our nation. Personally I believe that the greatest'renunciation which Jesus made was to refuse to lend his strength and force of leadership to winning freedom and power for his nation then and there. It is certainly true to­day that there are many men who would face all manner of suffering and bodily evil for themselves, who would not endure it for their family. And the same is true in relation to a man and his nation and class. It is because we have not realised how d&ep-rooted a thing renunciation is, that we have made it purely personal at times; and so we have the

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spectacle of good men lending themselves to bad systems. From that point of view the monastic life of the Middle Ages was more thorough-going than the personal holiness of some modern Christians.

But when we have renounced, or tried to renounce all the many selfish and semi-selfish desires which motivate our actions, at any rate when we have become aware of the selfish nature of many of the social desires that operate through us, when we realise that we cannot fling ourselves whole-heartedly into many of the good but incomplete causes which claim our allegiance, what then? Are we not in a vacuum? Is not the monastic life the only possible one?,

I think the answer here is to be found in remembering, and trying to understand the full implications of the simple fact that Jesus was a Jew. He was the heir of the Hebrew prophets, men who believed and knew that God wa3 at work in history. They were no Greeks or Indians to think of God as some changeless perfect being, concealed rather than re­vealed in the events of history. They did not believe that when we had cleansed ourselves of selfish motives-whether group or individual-that there was no activity left save that of contemplation. No, when men have purified themselves, when they are no longer blinded by their own desii-es and the desires of their group, then they can begin to see the purposes of God, then they will begin to understand more truly what is the next step to be taken to bring nearer the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Equality and Fellowship. That next step may involve the joining of some definite party, whose program seems to be a necessary stage in the doing of God’ s will on earth. But for the Christian no party and no program is the final loyalty, that belongs to God and the ultimate goal. At the same time it is unlikely that any Christian who has a vivid sense of the reality of God’ s purpose for this world will feel that he can afford to ignore jjolitical and social .questions, or that it is a matter of religious indif­ference to which party he belongs. It must surely be true that at any given moment one party or another must be nearer the intention of God then others. Of course, honest mistakes are possible though not so likely, I think, where we have subjected our group as well as our individual desires to the scrutiny of God.

In practice, of course, these two things go on simultane­ously. We do not first of all renounce our desires and then act, we are renouncing, purifying, and criticising all the time; We are also acting, trying to see God's will and do it all the time. And we know we are never absolutely right, because we can never completely root out the ego; our understanding of the will of God is always relative and partial, but in so far as we understand it, it is binding upon us.

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In practical life this means that we must always start with ourselves and not others. Our first concern is not with the sins of landlords and profiteers, but with the sins of teachers and students. To attack the sins of capitalists is much easier than not to mind whether someone else, who does no more work, gets five dollars more or not. It is, of course, true, that we cannot, if we have any financial re­sponsibilities be indifferent to the amount of our salary, but if we are trying to be Christian we can try to think in terms of need and not of position. But how hard it is not to feel inferior if you are paid less, and superior if you are paid more, yet surely it is perfectly clear that Christ would have none of that spirit; and it is that spirit writ large which creates so many of the world problems to-day. The Kingdom of this world as well as the Kingdom of God is within us. The problem is a personal one.

And yet we must always look at things in the large as well, otherwise we may see pome of our own failings, and miss the sins of our group. We must attack the problem at both ends, as I believe Jesus did, but always beginning with ourselves. For in the last resort our effective insight and action in regard to social problems will depend on how far we have insight into and have taken action on our own problems.

If even a small group of Christians can live and work on this principle God can yet save the world through us.

E v a S p ic e k

R.E. LEE AND A YOUNG SOPHOMOREA young sophomore was once summoned to the president’s

office and gently admonished that only patience and industry ■vrould prevent the failure that would inevitably come to him though college and through life. “ But, General, you fiald” , remarked the sophomore with the inconceivable ineptitude of sophomores.

“ I hope that you may be more fortunate than 1’’ wai the tranquil answer.

Literature can add nothing to that.Gamaliel Bradford “ Leetke American” n, 266

THE W ILL OF GODThe will of God will be fulfilled. Its execution does not

depend upon our endeavour. But oh I tha difference for each of us, if we behold ity if we enter into it, if in our poor meas­ure we make it our own, if we offer ourselves without reserve for its service.

Bp. B.E. Westeott

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Paoning Boomingr.Paoning (now known as Langchung) in the days o f the

Manchus was an important centre in Szechwan,, and it was to this place that many officials would come on their retire­ment from office. It is a town of wide streets and large houses, famous for its vinegar and steamed bread. It was here that missionaries came very soon after work began for Christ in Szechwan. A large work was built up and continues to this day.

But the sad thing was that Paoning’ s popularity gradu­ally declined, and after the Communist disturbances in 1932-34, it became very much a backwater, socially and pol­itically.

Now once again the tide seems to have tnrned, and for this Paoning has to thank the Japanese invaders. As in many another town in this province, refugees have been arriv­ing steadily and making their presence felt by contribut­ing to social, educational and religious life. Paoning is “ on the Map” again I

Attention has been turned by the authorities to the cul­tivation of silkworms and the mulberry trees whose leaves are used to rear the larvae. For this purpose a fine new build­ing has been erected and the work of planting new, young trees has already begun.

The Secretary of the New Life Movement, Mr. Thomas Tung, is here seeking to put into force the ideals of the Move­ment. For this purpose he seeks the co-operation of the local Government and the Church.

But still more from the point of view of Church work is Paoning booming. To begin with, during last year the Hospital run by the C.I.M. had nearly double as many pa­tients as in the previous year. This demand for medical at­tention continues to grow, in spite of the increased prices for medicine and treatment which have been necessitated by the increased cost of living, drugs etc. The Staff has been deplet­ed by Dr. Gray’ s departure for Lanchow (Kansu) to act as Superintendent of the C.I.M. Hospital there; but two young doctors who arrived in the Province last year aad are now engaged in language study also render valuable help. Nurses are hard to obtain, but a lady from Haichow in Kiangsu, forced to flee to the West by the Invasion, is- giving splendid service. The Hospital is not a large one, accommodating fifty patients, but it is always as full as is possible consonant with efficiency. Numbers have to be limited in the Outpa­tient department since more people come along than can be seen at one time; and great care has to be exercised in ad- miting patients for treatment. More really need treatment, and are willing for it,, than can be accepted. There are defi­

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nite spiritual results in this work, not a few finding Christ as theix Saviour during their stay in Hospital.

In the second place, the arrival of the Fourth National Middle School has brought additional opportunities and res­ponsibilities. Special arrangements have been made for the treatment of the scholars, many of whom suffer from skin »nd eye diseases, partly due to the sufferings they endured on their travels on foot from the East. There are a few Chris­tians among them, including the English Master, and through his instrumentality, opportunities for English Bible Study Classes have been made. These have been most popul­ar and well attended and there is a desire, not only for a know­ledge of English, but for a knowledge of the Message which has resulted in so much benefit to China since the outbreak of hostilties with Japan. Some of the keener students attend a special Class for further study into the Life of Christ, and testimonies have been given by the students to the reality of the Christian experience. On the Day of the Spring Fest­ival. the foreigners organized a Concert to which the Eng­lish Students were invited. They themselves took part, in addition to the items played by the Missionaries, and the evening ended with a straight Gospel talk, illustrated by lan­tern slides. One of the foreign Community is now teaching English at the School, and the opportunities for touching these lads from all over China continues to increase.

Among the refugees, arriving in Paoning have been some Christians. Some have passed on to other places, but one or two have remained and are accommodated in Church prem­ises. Not all are members of the same denomination as our­selves, but all are ‘ One in Christ Jesus’ . A large party of refugees from Anhwei were helped by the Church, and also -given the useful work to do of preparing trenches and dug-outs in preparation for airraids. Some of them were also treated in the Hospital; but the party has now gone elsewhere.

The attendancos at the Sunday Services of the Church are increasing and the opportunities for evangelism likewise. The existing Christian School is steadily improving, both numerically and as regards its standards of teaching general­ly. A new school, organized by a leading Christian, is short­ly to be opened for specialised training in view of the pre­sent emergency in China. It is expected that the sons of Christians from various places in the district will attend and benefit by the education offered-

Finally, a Short Term Bible School is now in full swing here, the leader being Arehdeacon Wang. Foreigners and Chinese (notably Bishop K u) assist in the teaching which includes Bible Study, Hygiene, Homiletics, Gymnastics, Devotional talks and practical work of various kinds. This 1b the first Bible School to be held here for a long time, <and

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we hope it presages a regular series of sucb Schools, which serve by equpping town and country Christians to face the pro­blems of building a New China on the standards of Jesus Christ# If the increased opportunities now present in Paon­ing can be effectively turned to the f urtherance of the Gospel, Paoning may indeed be said to be ‘ booming’ .

T. E. L l o y d .

FAITH

I bet rny life on Beauty, Truth,And Love, not abstract but incarnate Truth,Not Beauty’ s passing shadow but its Self.Its very self made flesh, Love realised.I bet my life on Christ - Christ Crucified,Behold your G od!'M y soul cries out. He hangs. Serenely patient in His agony,And turns the soul of darkness into light.I look upon that body, writhing, pierced And torn with nails, and see the battlefields Of time, the mangled dead, the gaping wounds,The sweating, dazed survivors straggling back.The widows worn and haggard, still dry-eyed. Because their weight of sorrow will not lift And let them weep; I see the ravished maid,The honest mother in her shame; I see All history pass by and through it all Still shines that face, the Christ Face, like a star Which pierces drifting clouds, and tells the Truth. They pass, but it remains and shines untouched,A pledge of that great hour which surely comes When storm winds sob to silence, fury spent To silver silence, and the moon sails calm And stately through the soundless seas of Peace.So through the clouds of Calvary - there shines His face, and I believe that Evil dies,And Good lives on, lives, on, and conquers all - A llW ar must end in Peace. These clouds are lies. They cannot last. The blue sky is the Truth:For God is Love. Such is my faith, and such My reasons for it, and I find them strong Enough. And you? You want to argue? Well.I can’ t. It is a choice. I choose the Christ.

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Rev. Joseph Beechf B.A., D.D.Chancellor Of West China Union University, Chengtu

Awarded The Fourth Class Jade Medal By *The Chinese National Government

In the last issue of the News a brief reference was made to the honour conferred on Dr Beech by the Central Govern­ment in recognition of his services to education in China. In this issue it is possible to give further details and include a number of tributeB to hiB work from his colleagues. In addition to the ‘ first-class citation’ mentioned in the March issue, there has been conferred on Dr Beech by the National Government the Fourth Class jade medal, a distinction only given to two other Americans, viz. Prof. John Dewey and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler Dr. Beech has also been pre­sented with many “ scrolls” written by prominent members of the Government, including among others Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek himself, President Lin Sen, and Dr. Chen Li-fu the Minister of Education.

During his last days in Chengtu Dr. Beech was the guest of honour at a number of farewell gatherings. On March 13th a farewell dinner wa6 given by Marshal Den Hsi-hou;and Marshal Chow Tao-kang, at which an address was presented to Dr. Beech, which read in part as follows:

“‘ Many times you have travelled to and fro between our lands in your arduous duties of promoting Christian education in China. . . Conditions in the Orient as well as in the Occident. . . cannot but affect the political life of all peo­ples. . . It is a time of tension, of deep feeling, high resolve and strong purpose;a time when unable to interpret the past or forecast the future we turn to find new strength in friend­ship. This is true in both our personal and group relations, for under the influence of a mutual understanding and a common idealism we instinctively draw together to protect and preserve those values which we accept as the highest form of culture and civilization. These we believe to be expressed in freedom for the individual man, freedom in thought, free­dom in religion, political freedom and international freedom. The ideals of democracy and freedom taught by the great leaders of thought in your land and ours. . . and threatened at the present time so malevolently by the forces of cupidity and autocracy, should ever find their finest elucidation and strongest advocacy in the halls of learning. . . We take this opportunity to express again our deep appreciation of the untiring service you have rendered to China, and to wish you the greatest success in the continuance of your labours. We wish to assure you of our deep regard and our continued in­terest in your personal welfare, and request you to bear to

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your people the warmest greetings of good-will and fellowship from the Chinese people.............

On Monday March 19th the faculty and students of the West China Union University gave a farewell reception at which after listening to the different speeches in his honour, Dr Beech in thanking everyone for the "very kind references’ made to himself, humourously remarked that he had been to many funerals in his^time, but it was the first time he had attended his own! On Wednesday the 21st he was the guest of honour at a special banquet and entertainment given by Gen. Ho Kuo-kuang and other high official's of the Pro­vincial Government. The Vice-Minister of Education in the Central Government also came up specially from Chungking, and presented to Dr Beech “ scrolls” written in his honour by President Lin Sen and Dr Chen Li-fu. All the speeches during the evening emphasised the great contribution Dr Beech had made to West China during the forty years of his residence in Szechwan, especially in the foundation and building up of the West China Union University, with which he bus been connected for thirty years. All the speakers also expressed the hope that he would yet be able to visit China again, and felt that though he was well past threescore years and ten, his activity gave promise of the hope becoming a reality. Dr Beech in his reply emphasised his debt to his many colleagues Chinese and foreign, who had so loyally co­operated with him in this enterprise, and so enabled the university to reach the position that it occupied today. He liked to feel that the honours that had come to him were honours to the institution rather than to an individual.

On Thursday night the faculty of the college of Me­dicine and Dentistry of the W.C.U U. also gave a compli­mentary dinner to Dr Beech as a token of their appreciation of all his services, especially in making possible the building of the new university hospital, now in process of erection. The speakers of the evening emphasised the wide vision and statesmanship of Dr Beech, which had enabled him to see far into the future and plan for the university that was to be, and which he has now seen become a reality.

In the articles that follow, his colleagues have paid tribute to the sterling character of Dr. Beech’s life, his words of wise counsel and calm judgment, his ever-welcome presence and charming personality, and the many aspects of his contribu­tion to the building up of the university. He was and is a man of wide interests, who in all he undertook gave of his best. Nihil tetigit quod non ornavit.RELIGION

Religion is not a thing by which man dies, but by which he lives. James Black

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A Farewell Address ToDr Joseph Beech

Penned By Generalissimo Chit mg Kai Sheh

Ever since China opened her doors, scholars of western countries with the love of Jesus Christ in their hearts have come thousands of miles to spread the Gospel and open schools. Their religious zeal and their earnest spirit is worthy of all praise. In my judgment one of the greatest of these enter­prises is the West China Union University. The man wlio.se patient perseverance and energy has made possible the real- zation of this great project is Dr Joseph Beech, President-emer­itus of that university. Early in the year 1904 he succeeded in uniting the representatives of the different missions in a scheme involving patient planning and determined effort, for the establishment of a university in West China within six years. The university came into existence, and Dr Beech was elected president three years later. The creative effort of a pioneer, like Dr Beech is an example to the citizens of this country. The funds he has raised amount to the enormous sum of $1,000,000gold. Thus he has been able to build numerousn fine large buildings on the campus, with splendid and adeauate equipment. The Medical and Dental College of the West China Union University is famed the world over. And theun- iversityi tseltf has become one of the greatest centres of learning ■with outstanding scholars and professors whom Dr. Beech has engaged in China and abroad,. Dr Beech is indeed worthy of the highest admiration. His whole life has been given for the education of the youth of this country. He now quietly re­tires to his own country, without any idea of partaking of the fruit of his labours. As a humble token of the gratitude of this country, the Chinese Government has issued a Special Order, giving him a ’ First Class Citation,’ and conferring on him the Jade|Medal. The great personality and fine epir it of Dr Beech will be immortal along with the enterprise which he has created here in this country. And he will be remem­bered for ever by Chinese scholars and students. “ Educating the coming generation” , said Mencius, “ is the supreme joy of life” . Dr Beech has enjoyed this kind of pleasure. On the eve o f his departure for the United States of America, I par­ticularly desire to offer him these few words in grateful re­membrance, and wish him a good voyage.

Signed by th*> Great Seal of CHIANG KAI SHEKon March loth in the 29th year of the Republic of

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The West China Union University,Thirty Years of Development and Dr Beech

The West China Union University was started by the united effort of the churches in Szechwan in the spring of 1910 in the reign of Hsuan T’ ung the last of the emperors of the Manchu dynasty. At that time the new learning was just beginning in Szechwan. The church work was still in its pioneer stage, and the gap between Chinese and foreigners was quite marked, and there were many difficulties in the way; and yet they were able to produce this great example of co-operation. We cannot but give the credit for this to the vision and foresight of a small group of missionaries. But for the raising of the necessary funds to make this vision a reality, and transform a waste into a university, which today is one of the most important centres of learning in the southwest, the chief credit must be given to Dr Beech. And so when learnt that Dr Beech was soon leaving us to re­turn to America, the Central Government and the Pro­vincial Government in view of his unstinted self-.sacrifieing services to education and his remarkable achievements, decided as an expression of their great respect for him to given to Dr Beech a ‘special citation’ , setting out his thirty ye'vi* of service to China, in order that the general public mignt be aware of the facts.1. The founding of the University.

Before the founding of the university the churches in Szechwan had already formed a united organisation called the Advisory Council. This Council five years before the university was begun (i.e. in 1905) had already decided that the churches ought to unite in forming a Christian university. The place chosen was Chengtu, because Chengtu was the centre of the government and of tiie cultural life of Sze­chwan. (From the time of the Han dynasty when Wen started education in Szechwan and diffused learning and culture in the south-west, down to the present day, Chengtu has been an important centre of higher education.) When this resolution had been passed by the Council, a committee was formed to prepare a scheme and, Dr Beech was one of the members of that committee. In the autumn of that year the Advisory Council formed two committees, one the Com­mittee on Primary and Middle School Education, and the other the Governing Committee of the University. The former was later changed into the West China Christian Educational Union, and the latter subsequently became the West China Union University Senate, which was responsible for the direction and running of the University. The loca­tion bought for the university was 2 li from the city, the

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disused site of an old garden. Bounded on the north by the river Hsi, and on the south by Nan Tai Si, it is a pleasant spot, with beautiful surroundings. At first only 100 mow (Chinese acres) were bought, but now the university covers 2000 wow. rl’he churches co-operating in the university when it was first started were the Canadian Methodist Mission (now the United Church of Canada Mission). the American Methodist Episcopal Mission, the American Baptisi Mission, and the Friends Foreign Mission Association (now the Friends’ Service Council of Great Britain and Ir land). The Church Missionary Society (of England) joined the enterprise in 1918: while in 1925 the Women’ s Foreign missionary Society Boards of the American Baptist Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church. U.S.A., and the United Church of Canada joined in the work.2. The Constitution of the University

In the university each church is responsible for its own dormitory, which it can run as seems best, subject to the direction and approval of the governing bodjT of the univer­sity. In the original set-up of the University the Sennte, composed of representatives of the churches and of the faculty, was the supreme legislative authority. Every thing had to be approved by this body, which then handed matters over to the President or a committee to carry out, in some respects very like the western parliamentary system. Outside China there was the Board of Governors composed of representatives of the university and the co-operating churches in England and America, which was responsible for the property of the university, the solicitation of funds, and for fixing important lines of policy. The President was appointed by this body. Dr Beech was elected president in 1913 and took office the following, year. From the founding of the university till 1925 it was earned on in accordance with thescheme outlined above. During the years 1925 to 1927 the first changes were made in the constitution of the university. From that time on more than half the members of the Senate had to be Chinese, and a Chinese Vice-President was appointed. In Sept. 1927 the University applied to the Provincial Ministry of Education for registration with the Provincial Government, and in the summer of 1933 the university was registered with the Ministry of Education in Nanking. Following registra­tion the Senate was changed into a Board of Directors with power to elect the president, and the administration and orga­nization followed the terms of the constitution ; the Board of Governors was changed to the Board of Founders, whose re­sponsibility was to be the raising of funds, and the co-ordina­tion of the effort of the co-operating churches. The use of the funds, the extension of the university, and its constitution

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were to be the eoneern of the Board of Founders and the Board of Directors acting together for the d-evelopmenfe and; improvement of the university.

3. Ihe Departments of the UniversityAccording to the original constitution the university

offered a three years preparatory course and a three years regular course. In the latter courses were offered Arts, Science, and Education. The university started with only11 students and 11 faculty members. Following the revolu­tion in 1911 the university suspended courses for one year in order to make complete reorganization possible, in 19)3 courses were added in Medicine, and the following year in religion and dentistry, making a total in all of 6 depart­ments, each with a professor at its head. After registration these were changed to the College of Arts, the College of Science, and the College of Medieine and Dentistry. In the autumn of 1924 arrangements were completed for the admis­sion of women students bringing to fruition what the univer­sity had long advocated, viz. the higher education of women. In order to enable students the more easily to continue their studies abroad, the university was the same year registered with the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York, and was recognised as the eentre of higher edu­cation in the south-we&t of China.. Today the faculty numbers about 200. and the student body 561 r of whom about one third are women.4. The Buildings of the University

Externally all the buildings are built in Chinese style. The plan of the whole campus was drawn by the London architect Fred Rowntree, who came to China in 1912, and visited both north and south. After coming to Szechwan he measured the whole site, and after careful consideration decided on the present arrangement, a new departure in the lay-out of Chinese universities, and a symbol of the union of Chinese and western architecture. Today there are in all 20 university buildings (classrooms ete) and dormitories, and 50 faculty residences; while in addition there are the Admin­istration Building, The Museum,, the Cloek Tower, and the Middle School Chapel. All the latter large scale buildings are the result of funds collected by. or given as a result of interest created by Dr. Beech. There are also in course of ereetion the University Hospital and the Chemistry Building, which also owe their inspiration to him, and more faculty residences.5. The Finance of the University

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ships and the running expenses of the different dormitories contributed by the co-operating churches, the Board of Governors each year made a grant of between $50,000 and $60,000 it being left to the president to raise the funds to cover any deficit. The year Dr. Beech came to the Univer­sity Fu Chin-yi the military Governor of Szechwan, and Ch’en Tin-cbieh tbe Head of the Civil Government each gave $3000, while Yuan Shih-Lai then President of China gave 44000 all in response to Dr. Beech’s solicitation. From then on Dr. Beech has collected funds each year, and has in all raised over $400,000 gold. The budget for the university ten years ago was about $400,000 today it is over $1.000,000. Further the university is now receiving grants from both t he Central and the Provincial Government, and also from the British Boxer Indemnity Fund, The China Foundatian as well as help from private individuals, so its finances are steadily growing, and its work is able to be enlarged.

Looking back then at the thirty years of the university’s history, we see that it started from a small group of mission­aries, but grew as a result largely of the determined efforts of Dr. Beech; it developed slowly in various directions; its reputation increased, and greater confidence in it was felt daily; and so it has received help from Chinese and foreign­ers, until it has grown like a spring flower, from seed to shoot, from shoot to leaf, from leaf to bud, from bud to opening blossom, until it has reached its present glory. Al­though the progress of education is limitless, and much remains to be done in building up existing work, Dr. Beech has laid an imperishable foundation, and left an example for us all which will not be forgotten.

L in c o l n T sa n g

THE EES 0 RRECTIONIf the story of His resurrection is historically true, it

muse be the central event of the entire developement; if untrue, ■we can build on it nothing better than aesthetic fancies. If it is true, we can hardly do less than worship him as Sou of God; if false, we can not do more than admire Him as a man like other men. true or false is a fair issue ; the one hopelessly uutenable position is that of. Keim and others, that such a fact is spiritually none the worse for being historically false. This may seem a tempting half and half position between belief and unbelief j but in fact it gives up the advantages of either with­out securing the advantages of the other, and it is further essen­tially immoral. Religious worship of one we believe to be divine may be deplorably mistaken j but no aesthetic worship of one we do not suppose in any proper sense divine cannot be other than in the highest degree untruthful and demoralising.

R.M. Gwatkin The Knowledge o f God fol,2 p.J/&

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Dr. Joseph Beech.Chancellor of the West China Union University

Dr. Joseph Beech was the first President and remains the only Chancellor of the W e s t China Union University. He was one of the small group of men who first dreamed of this institution, to be established for ‘ the advancement of the Kingdom of God by means of higher education in West China under Christian auspices” . These men had to consider very seriously the matter of the form which the University was to take, for those interested came from different countries, and in the result which sought to interpret the best in several national conceptions, Dr. Beech’ s capacity for solving dif­ficult problems was recognised by all his associates.

Since his recent return, Dr. Beech doubtless has often recalled the days when he and his friends walked along the “ k’an k’ans” of the rice fields just outside the walls of Cheng­tu and tried to visualise through the eye of their imagination the buildings and the playing fields of the future University, Tod<iy his mind is filled with plans for the modern university hospital now building, the most ambitious of all his planning, not only in its conception, but also in the exercise of faith to make it possible. Thirty years ago he had to be content with “ temporary” structures, whose supplanting by buildings wor­thy of the University he had in mind depended to a large ex­tent on his own ability to persuade others of the greatness of the enterprise, despite its small beginning?. And he may well regard with pride the buildings designed by ihe sympathetic London ai’chitect and set down in spacious surroundings ac­cording to a plan determined from the beginning and made possible by the generosity and faith of men and women who had responded to his own enthusiasm and compelling convic­tion.

Perhaps too, he has been thinking of the “ good old days” of the Senate debates when all University matters were sub­jected to the keen criticism of men who held their own opin­ions strongly, but who were united in their common purpose to advance the interests of the University they were creating. There was time in those days to consider long and thoroughly all matters affecting the Missions participating in the Uni­versity and the policies to be adopted, whether these involv­ed the opening of a new department or of a college, or were concerned with such difficult matters as the estab­lishment of a Woman' s College, or recognition by the Na­tional Government. As President, Dr. Beech thought through these problems to a conclusion which he always stated with moving conviction, but at the same time he never failed to respect the views of his associates who held different opin­

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ions. In the unanimity with which matters were fina lly settled, his qaiet and persuasive powers were usually a de­ciding factor. In these memories the natnes of Canwright, Davidson, Hodgkin, Taylor, Kilborn, Stuart, Carscallen Yost, Morse and many others will have a place.

Ten years passed before the University was .sufficiently well staffed and organised to secure recognition abroad, but in 1922 as a result of careful preparation of the facts con­cerning the University by Dr. Beech, it was recognised as a regularly established institution of higher learning in West China by the University of the State pf New York. When the change in political conditions made it necessary to s^ek registration with the National Government of China, the wise counsel of Dr. Beech was at the service of the University and through his personal friendship with men in high positions in the Government he was able to help greatly in smoothing the way to recognition. Less is known of this side of the contribution of Dr. Beech to the development of the Univer­sity, but it is none the less of real significance.

From the beginning the success or failure of the attempt to secure unity between the Missions in West China and the Boards in the home countries has depended on the spirit of the men concerned, and their willingness to forget differences if the interests of the University could thus be advanced. Ab President, Dr. Beech fitted into this design in his relations with the University staff and the representatives of the participl ating Mieeions, and all through the years he has faithfully put before the Board of Governors the interests of the Uni­versity in such a manner as to provide the desired inspiration and challenge.

There are many reasons why Dr. Beech may well feel that the years have brought him satisfaction, and one wonders if he may not feel particularly happy over the manner in which he has kept the respect and affection of the young men whom he has known first as students and then as members of the staff and administration of the University. As he leaves Chengtu he will carry with him the clear assurance that his ideals, his convictions and his hopes for the usefulness of the University in these parts are continued in the ambitions of the hundreds of graduates and thousands of students who have come under the influence of his life and character.

H. D. Robertson

THE LAW OF LOVEFor thou must share, if thou wouldst keep

That good thing from above,Ceasing to share, you cease to have.

Such is the law of Love.Archbh. Trench

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Joseph BeechStatesman - Educationalist - Christian Gentleman

To have wrought with a single life and in one lifetime what Joseph Beech has wrought seems a miracle. And this miracle of a certain life lived amongst us appears the more strange when we realize that out of utter simplicity have come the distinguished achievements of the years.

Dr. Beech is one of those rare statesmen who has handled deftly the imponderables of human groups and rugged per­sonalities. By the alchemy of unconquerable imagination, he transmuted a vision of a university into a campus of broad fields and spacious buildings, where hoys and girls and teach­ers of many churches and nations found themselves in the fellowship of discovery together. Under the amazing quiet counsel of this man, Missions and Churches> Chinese and for­eigners, varied faculties and colleagiate departments surprised themselves in the act of vigourous, creative cooperation. Diffi­culties of war, transportation, creeds, finances, which would have stunned the average college president left this pioneer and seer undisturbed. Obstacles whetted his resources. His eyes have never left his goal.

Joseph Beech brought to the task of higher education in China a versatility of qualities bewildering. At one period of his life he erected the University Library:and tbe Biology Building, and at the same time presided over the University Senate, negotiated with the Chinese gentry, conducted all correspondence with the Board of Governors abroad, installed electricity, and was engaged in countless other imperative pro­jects. During furloughs in America he was able to convince hardheaded business men that to give to missionary education was the supreme task of their lives. His dazzling yet realistic vision made Mammon serve God.

A Christian gentleman is one whose purposes are the pur­poses of God, and whose manners and methods are a marriage of intelligence and love. A husband, a father, a friend, are the facets of a personality characterized by contagious humour, appealing wisdom, and moving devotion. He has been more, much more, than even an architect of buildings and of youth ; he has been through the years, and remains living amongs vs, a Christian gentleman, loving and beloved. Honoured are all who honour him," blessed are all who have known him.

D r y d e n L in s l e y P h e l p s

PROGRESSAnyone satisfied with the progress he is making is old.

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Doctor Beech’S Contribution To Dental Education

History will assign the beginnings of modern dental education in China to the West China Union University. Dental education was started at the West China Union Uni­versity because Dr. Beech was broadminded enough to be convinced that the dental personnel of the Canadian Metho­dist Mission’ s City Dental Hospital could initiate an ac ceptable university grade dental teaching program. During the twenty-three years in which dental education has been- active here in this institution Dr. Beech has always given it his encouragement and his advice.

In the provision of a suitabite medical and dental teach­ing centre, Dr. Beech has worked with energy, wisdom and success. He has always planned that dentistry shall be worthily housed and shall form an integral part of the University Hospital plant. When the hospital opens for the reception of patients and for clinical teaching, a specially de­signed dental out-patient department will function in full relationship with all the divisions of the other healing and restorative services. This will be made possible by the erec­tion of a dental unit so conveniently located that it may serve the needs of out-patients and may admit such dental patients as require hospitalization directly into the adjacent wards.

At each step of dental educational progress - the change from a Department of Dentistry in the medical faculty to a full-fledged College of Dentistry in the University - the union of the two Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry into the College of Medicine and Dentistry - Dr. Beech was both sympathetic and helpful.

During the years of small budgets, dentistry was fairly treated and shared in the special grunts which Dr. Beech wms able to raise in times of great urgency. Frequently his one- man effort filled our very depleted treasury witli the necessary funds.

We particularly thank Dr. Beech for his many years of gracious and valued support in the dental field of education. We ask for him many years of continued active service in the much-needed role of promoter for medical and dental education projects of the West China Union University in the United States of America, Canada and England. We rejoice with all our confreres in the honor which has come to him. Chancellor Beech richly deserves the Government’ s recognition for his pioneer work in establishing university education for the people of Western China.

Ashley W. Lindsay.

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What Dr. Beech has Done for Medical Education.

Dr. Beech has made a very great and outstanding con­tribution towards medical education through the College of Medicine and Dentistry of the West China Union University. Until the present war this was the only modern medical college in western China, and medicine and the West China Union University have been intimately connected in the minds of the people for the last twenty-five years. Dr. Beech has always taken an active interest in the work of this college, and has shown his interest by constant attendance at faculty meetings, by helping in the solution of college problems, and by raising money for the erection and equipment of many of its necessary buildings. The Atherton Building for Biology and Preventive Medicine was one of the first contributions to medical education through buildings secured by Dr. Beech’s efforts, and the very fine university hospital, now under construction, will be the crowning achievement. The money for the hospital was largely obtained through the work of Dr. Beech, some from foundations and some from private bene­factors. The plans were drawn by a firm of famous American architects under the personal guidance of Dr. Beech. He himself brought out many tons of new equipment for the hospital when he returned to China in 1939, and personally escorted most of it himself from Hongkong to Ghungking. Since his arrival in Chengtu he has spent many hours daily in walking over the grounds, in climbing over scaffoldings, and in watching and guiding the construction of the new plant. Not a detail has been too small to escape his observa­tion. This hospital will mean much increased efficiency in the education of medical students in West China, and with­out the work and constant efforts of Dr. Beech it would not have come into existence at this time. The whole of this part of the country must ever acknowledge its indebtedness to the man who has done so much to lay well the foundations of what will be one of China’s greatest teaching hospitals.

L. C. K il b o k n

THE GOSPELThough the Gospel is capable of doctrinal exposition,

hough it is eminently fertile in moral resute, yet its substance is neither a dogmatic system, nor aD ethical code, but a Person and a Life.

Bp. J. B. Lightfoot

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College of Arts.Several of the departments of the College of Arts have

benefited greatly by the personal interest taken in them by Dr. Beech. Of these special mention should be made of the Departments of Chinese, Education, and the Social Sciences.

Largely through the influence of Dr. Beech the Univer­sity shares in funds under the control of the Harvard-Yen- ching Institute, which have made possible a well-staffed Chinese Department and a Chinese Cultural Studies Research Institute, as well as important additions to the University Library and the building of a Museum of Archaeology, Art and Ethnology.

Dr. Beech has consistently supported the plans of the Department of Education and was chiefly responsible for the gift of funds fo ' foe erection of the Education Building and of the Goucher School, which is used as a practice/school by the Department.

The Social Sciences have always appealed to Dr. Beech as a practical demonstration of the connection between the work of the University and the practical life of the people, and he has encouraged the strengthening of this department because he believed that at the University there was an op- portnnity for that character development so necessary in the man or woman whose career lies in the realm of political and social service. H. D. R o b e r t s o n *.

“ Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the Sin of the world” .

What does it mean ? The lamb stands for two things, two and no more. It is the symbol of Innocence, and it is the symbol of Suffering. These two factors in human experience - Innocence and Suffering - are united in the symbolism of the lamb; and they are united in the eternal scheme of things. For the dark tragedy of human guilt passes through two stages. There is the preliminary stage; the stage in which the guilt of the Guilty is the torture of the Innocent - the father heart­broken at his daughter’s shame; the mother weeping over the excesses of her dissolute boy. And there is the subsequent stage, the stage in which the innocence of the Innocent is the torture of the Guilty - Legree tortured by the lock of his mo­ther’s hair; Dombey racked in the day of his ruin by the fact that ‘every loving blossom he had withered in his innocent daughter’s heart was snowing down in ashes on him’ . The first of these principles - the torture of the Innocent by the guilt of the Guilty - led to Redemption. The second of these principles - the torture of the Guilty by the innocence of the Innocent - leads to reptntance.

F. W. Borhatn A Bunch o f Everlasting9. pp. 51-2

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Dr. Beech and the College of ScienceJoseph Beech during his West China Union University

career has had both a teaching and an administrative rela­tion to the College of Science. In the early years of the institution he taught Geology. As an administrator he ha9 aided and abetted the building up of the physical plant of the College. He has encouraged the coordination of depart­ments of the college and the building up of a balanced faculty. He desired and worked that the Departments might serve in their own right, give students a well-rounded education, and prepare students for such professional courses as Medicine, Dentistry, Education and the Ministry. He saw the College of Science as a unit, but he also saw it as an essential part of the larger whole,— the university. Herein President Joseph Beech disclosed his ability as a university administrator.

Daniel Sheets Dye, March 4, 1940.

CHRIST IS RISENThe late Dr. Dale was writing an Easter sermon, and when

half way through, the thought of the risen Lord broke in upon him as it had never done before. “ Christ is alive” , I said to mvself; “ alive !” and the I paused : “ alive 1” and then I paused again; “ alive! Can that really be true? living as really as I mvself am?” I got up and walked about repeating, “ Christ is living 1 Christ is living!” At first it ,seemed strange and hardly true, but at last it came upon me as a burst of sudden glory; yes Christ is living. It was to me a new discoverv. I thought that all along I had believed it ; but not until that moment did I feel sure about it. I then said, “ My people shall know i t ; I shall preach about it again and again until they believe it as I do now” . For months afterwards and in every sermon the Living Christ was his theme; and there and then began the custom of singing in Carr’s Lane on every Sunday morning an Easter hymn. When first I attended service thereI was surprised to hear on a November morning the hymn given out “ Christ is risen : Hallelujah f” I mentioned it to Dr. Dale afterwards and he said: “ I want my people to get hold of the glorious fact that Christ is alive, and to rejoice over i t : and Sunday you know is the day on which Christ left the dead” .

Sir James Marchant Anthology o f Jesus p. 210

FEAR AND COURAGEKeep your fears te yourself, bat share your courage with

others. R . L. Stevenson

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Dr. BeechAND THE

W o m a n ’ s C o l l e g e

W e s t C h i n a U n io n U n iv e r s it y

It is with great pleasure that the Woman’s College-of the West China Union University expresses its appreciation to Dr. Beech for his unfailing interest in and concern for higher education of women in West China. From the time of the first discussions of the possibility of founding a college for women in Chengtu until the present time, Dr. Beech has been one of the staunchest friends of the College. He not only approved in a general way, of the establishment of the College but he gave unstintingly of time and advice to the project. The fact that the Woman’ s College has been from its inception an integral part of the University is due, in great part to the wisdom and vision of Dr. Beech. While many persons were looking askance upon the whole venture of Ijigher education for women in Szechuan, Dr. Beech unhesitatingly went a further step and advocated co-educa­tion ! As one reads the minutes of the Promotion Committee of the College one realizes afresh what a great share Dr. Beech had in interpreting the needs of our group to the Uni­versity Senate, to the Board of Governors, and to possible donors.

One of the prized possessions of the College is a picture of Dr. Beech standing at the door of the Administration Building welcoming each of the eight students who comprised our first class. That personal interest in each student and faculty member is characteristic of Dr. Beech’s whole con­nection with the College.

We are deeply grateful to Dr. Beech and are most bappy to add our felicitations upon his receipt of the signal honour to be bestowed upon him by the Chinese Government.

M a r y E. S t r e e t e r

Dean of Women

LEARNING AND WISDOMThough we may be learned by the help of another’ s

knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.— Montaigne

INFORMATIONLindberg flew to Hankow on the English fly-carrier

Hermes.—-from areeent exam paper

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Preaching Christ at the Cross Roads.A. S. K e r r y .

Dr. DeisBman has pointed out that places connected with the Apostle Paul are, almost without exception, to be found noted on even the smallest map, and that a number*of them are now on railway lines and steamship routes. “ The cap­italist and Paul,’ ’ says Dr. Deissman, “ have eyes to recognise the real lines of communication, the real centres to which men will inevitably gravitate.” Tarsus, Jerusalem, Dam­ascus, lconium (Konieh), Ephesus, Laodicea, Colosse, Heir- apolis. Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, Corinth, Rome.

Nineteen hundred years ago, Paul turned from Athens, the university city of the Roman world, the chief centre of art and, philosophy, to go on to Corinth. This city was the capital of the Roman province, “ the centre of government and commerce, situated on the central route between Rome and the East’ S but at the same time noted throughout the Graeco-Roman world for gross vice. * The city was synony­mous with sexual vice throughout the Graeco-Roman world, cp. the verb korinthiazesthai. ‘ (Raven. Jesus and the Gospel of Love, p. 285.) Only one thing could save Corinth, as only one thing, could save Rome: I determined to know nothing among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” On the main thoroughfares of the Roman world, Paul preached the Gospel and founded Christian churches.

Chengtu, itself on a main throughfare in West China, •connected in olden days with Peking by forty-eight horse- stages, is now by plane within four hours of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province; two hours from Sian, the capital of Shensi; not much more from Lanchow (Kaolan) the capital of Kansu, and only one hour from Chungking, the present seat of the Chinese Government. Thu? it is directly connected with Kansu and Ninghsia on the North, and Hanoi and Hong-Kong to the South. Boats, aeroplanes, motor-cars, rickshas, horses and camels bring visitors and commerce to this ancient and modern metropolis.

What an arena for Evangelism 1In October 1937 premises for a Preaching Hall were

secured in the north section of the city at the busy cross roads, only three minutes from the North Gate. Save for those unavoidable exceptions, the Hall is open on six consecutive evenings of every week. With a seating capacity of 220, numbers visiting the Hall vary from 100 to over 300 during an evening. Some stay only twenty minutes, some won’ t go after two hours preaching! Fifty thousand people hear the Gospel of Salvation through a Crucified and Risen Saviour, during the year. Scores have been spoken to personally after the meetings, shown the Way of Salvation from the Word of

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God and prayed within the prayer room. Many we never see again, but who knows what The Day will declare?.

Take a look at any evening’ s congregation. Who are there? Or, rather, who are not! Shopkeepers who have shut up shop lor the night, school boys in their teens, two or three Buddhist priests sitting at the back, a sprinkling of soldiers, some school teachers, police from the near-by station, clerks from Government offices, ricksha coolies, and mer­chants from all parts of the province.

There are some twenty million extra-provincial refugees in Szechwan, thousands of these have come to Chengtu, and of these, hundreds have been amongst our visitors. Many who come had no idea earlier in the evening that they would be sitting listening to the Gospel a little later. Invited in by one of us at the door, they have come in out of curiosity and stayed under conviction, as they have heard, many for the first time, the Gospel of Redeeming Love. Night after night the Gospel is preached - nothing else and nothing less.C h r is t is P r e a c h e d . . ................ ” to some a savour of lifeunto life............”Let us take a few cases from our ‘ ‘ case-book.’ ’

(1 ) , Mr. A. the tailor. The first night I spoke to him his own name gave a good opportunity for it has the same sound (Uin Seng) as eternal life.” “ Have you received eteanal life?” . . . . and so on, until after a few nights we prayed with him and led him to Christ. What do his neigh­bours say?.” Mr. A. is a changed man.” and, there must be something in that Gospel.” What does he say?. “ This is the first year I have not been very ill in the winter, and the first year that I have not carried heavy debts.”

(2 ) . Mrs. B. A woman from Kirin province. As a child she lived near to a Gospel Hall and often ran in and out but never accepted the Lord. Driven from her home by war, with her husband away somewhere at the “ front” and her son Btill in Kirin, she was walking by the Hall one even­ing in the summer, and heard the bright singing. Immedi­ately childhood memories were revived, she came in and within a week of getting in touch with us was brightly con­verted at Miss Christensen’s meetings at Chengtu.

(3 } . Mr. and Mrs. C. He is a secretary in the air force and comes from Hupeh. His wife is from Honan. She had often heard the Gospel at a Gospel Hall at Ichang in 1937, but although she persuaded her husband to go along with her occasionally, he was not then at all interested. They are among the first-fruits added to our city church from the Hall work.

(4 ) . In 1938 a young man joined up with us who came- from Wenchow in Chekiang. He was not a Christian, but came from a Christian home aad his mother is a Bible womao.

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He was a stranger in Chengtu, having came up> with the Army Signal Corps. Coming to the Hall every night kept a hold on him, keeping him from evil companionships, and, at a Summer Retreat at Fang Cheng Gai, he was saved. Thereafter he continued coming just to aet as doorkeeper and to give away tracts. He has since been transferred but we have pleasant memories of him.

(5 ). Mrs. E. A Chengtu woman bursting with person­ality, with a ready and noisy tongue and originally a bad temper. Two years ago when three Chinese sisters from Nanking were holding a Mission at the Hall, Mrs. E ’b little daughter, who, like many other children had made herself at home there, told her mother of the special meetings. Sa Mrs. E. came taking a seat at the back but soon moving ta the front where she could see and hear all that was going on. From that time she came regularly until she was really con­verted. This led to her sister, with whom she had had a quarrel of three years standing, coming along too. One afternoon she knelt in prayer and received the Saviour.

(6 ) Mrs. F. is a widow with three .children- She earns her living by sheer bard work and can barely make ends meet. Her brave witness at the time of the death of her little girl recently was a joy to know about. Recently ten days Bible Classes for women were held here and another church member paid Mrs. F ’ s food expenses ($1.50) At the end of the classes, when she found that her board had been paid for her, she said that she had prepared the $1.50 already but would now use it to buy a Bible and Hymn Book.

(7 ) . A very recent case is that of a young man who has graduated from one of the down river Universities which has moved to Szechwan. It is only last night that he was at the Hall. Some of us spoke to him after the meeting and found he could speak fluent English, so most of the conversa­tion was carried 011 in English. We soon knew that he was a “ seeker” . He said he read the Bible but had never prayed, because he was not a Christian! I said, ‘ ‘ if you never pray you will never become a Christian, a Christianas very first breath is offered in prayer, don’ t wait to become a Christian before you pray; pray, and become a Christian*-hut you must begin at the beginning,” (I was at the same time taking him from place to place in the New Testament). He said,’ 7 that’ s what I want to do.” So we went to a quiet room upstairs and four of us knelt in prayer. Mr G said, “ may I pray in Chinese?..” He did so, but it was his very first effort. I therefore suggested that he follow me in a few simple sentences asking Christ for forgiveness and a New Heart, as I said these sentences he said, “ Yes; thats what I wanted to say.” When we stood together a few minutes later I believe he had eome ta know the peace and

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-*oy that another young man knew many centuries earlier when the same Saviour said to him, “ Son, thy sins be for­given thee.’ ’

(8 ) . Mr. H a clerk in the Municipal Government. He is the other side of the picture. He too, was passing the Hall one night “ fed up” , and at a loose end, trying to fight against temptation. The bright light and singing from in­side attracted him, someone at the door invited him in and for weeks he has been with us, but. . . somehow he doesn’ t get through. He has a sorry tale to tell and has gone a long way down in sin. His companions pester the life out of him urging him to join them each evening fora spree, but he slips out of a back door and walks around the streets till the Hall is open. We have prayed with him, led him to the Word, lent him helpful books, but so far he seems to get only part way. Who will pray hijn through?

Then with a rush the intolerable craving Shivers throughout me like a trumpet call.Gol to save these: to perish for their saving,Die for their life, be offered for them all.

*‘ I , i f I be lifted up from the earth, w ill draw a ll men unto Me” .

The Cross ia the symbol of C h rist’s throne from which He reigns, t i l l th« last enemy shall be subdued, with a sovereignty new, anduniversal, and present, and d ivine............

The sovereignty of C h rist from the Cross is a new sovereignty. It has destroyed forever the formnla of m aterial tyranny that might is right. It has put to shame tbe self-assertion of false heroism. It has surrounded with imperishable dignity the completeness of sacrifice. It has made clear to the pure in heart that the prerogative of author­ity is wider service.........

Y et more the sovereignty of C h rist is a divine sovereignty. It answers to the very nature of God. God is love, and in love He reve­als Him self as K ing. C h rist upon the Cross establishes H is own words in a w a y beyond the im agination of man: “ He that hath se6n Me hath seen that Father”. The sovereignty of C h rist is in other words the victory of love, a victory won once and for all hy the Son of Man and appropriated slow ly by men as the years go on. But meanw hile there rises before us all, more prevailing than we know, the image of the suffering Son of God, the ideal to which we turn, and by which we are insensibly fashioned. Knowledge requires love for its perfect work, even as love requires knowledge. Mere dogma is powerless to Btir the heart; but when it is-seen in a Person the soul feels its influence. De­votion flows from the jo y fnl sense of dependence on a liv in g Lord, "w e love Him because He first loved us” .

Bp. B.F. Westcott- The Victory of the Cross p. 97,99•

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The Back DoorBy Tibetan.

Marcion and his wife and family were once staying with us on their way home to the States. One Monday an American lady and her children came to the Back Door and we introduced her to Marcion and his wife. Marcion: ‘ Did you have nice services yesterday?7 ‘ Oh. Yesterday was our washing day.’ The look on Marcion’ s face expressed a desire for illumination: yesterday, Sunday, was our washing day. Marcion had gone through High School, College, and University and had majored in one or two subjects; but here was something the college curriculum had failed to men­tion ; and something that he had never heard of even when he received his N. A. degree. Yesterday was our washing day: sharp, sweet, terse; but it left a deep impression.

Yesterday, Suuday, this lady’s washing day, Marcion had spoken at both the Chinese and Tibetan services, so he immediately began a mental process of reconcilation: I spent yesterday preaching the gospel and you spent yesterday washing clothes. You come from America and so do I : you are a missionary and so am I. Could Marcion possibly have made a mistake and mis-numbered the days of the week? Washing day, Sunday. Why not?

Marcion may forget, and probably has forgotten much of the Latin and Greek he learned in college and university, but he wont forget why this lady washed her clothes on Sunday. This young college graduate learned very forcibly that Presbyterianianism is not the only system followed by great and famous men. He discovered that on a round earth there were more things than Baptisiinal Regeneration: and even an American University is not all it is cracked up to be.

The sons of a famous president of the United States were staying with us on the Tibetan border; and one day this American lady came to the Back Door. The two sons of this famous president were deeply religious men: one was reading the Pilgrim’s Progress in Spanish and the other was reading it in Portuguese. Col. Roosevelt was too polite and too discreet and had shot too many wild animals to worry much about any particular washing day. When he arrived in Dardzendo it looked as if washing day was quite taboo. Lions in Africa; tigers in India; Pandas in China seemed much more important to him than washing clothes on Sunday.

However the question of Sunday washing had some interest for this wild game hunter and he was quite prepared to read through the pages of his Bible to see what it had to

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eayr Very slowly be went through the pages of the N. T. and satisfied himself on one point, namely. The letter kill- eth, but the Spirit giveth life. From this standpoint he assured himself tbat God would continue to love him no matter what day he washed his elothes-and if he didn’ t wash hisclothes.

The Tibetan border was in the grip of a terrible blizzard. Snow fell heavily for a number of days. We sat by our cosy fire in the dining room and wondered how the big game hunters were faring out in the howling snow storm. A strong, powerful figure passed the window. It was Kermit Roosevelt and he had his rifle slung over his shoulder. The Back Door was thrown open and we welcomed this cold but kindly traveller to eit by the warm fire. A cup of warm tea and Kermit Roosevelt was soon himself again. Ap parently the snow storm was too heavy on the surrounding mountains to permit of wild game hunting; so Kermit returned day No. I ; and Supdam Cutting returned day No. 1; the Colonel came back day No. 2; and Suydam Cutting returned day No. 3, according to arrangement.

During the years we have tried to make the Back Door as hospitable as possible and this haR somehow attracted all kinds of visitors, Dardzendo being 9000 feet above sea level is subject to all kinds of weather. It was the month of July and usually a sunny month but that July was cold and stormy and snowy A scientific party from Chengtu was out on the surrounding mountains making an attempt to measure the famoue Gong-ga. Day Dye was up above and Reggie Morse was down below. But the weather was terrible. Dan Dye eat in a yak hair tent for some ten days surrounded by enow waiting for the Gong-ga to show her smiling face.

On the way home we sent a mason jar of strawberry jam and a fresh batch of scones to meet the scientific party. Next day the scientists arrived outside the Back Door and the happy, grateful look on their faces told us we had made no mistake. They assured us the strawberry jam and the fresh baked scones had saved their Jives. So we realised afresh that a cup of cold water given in the name of Jesus will not fail in its reward. But the gratitide of these snow­bound travellers on reaching the Back Door after consuming a mason jar of strawberry jam and a batch of fresh baked scones was all the reward we look for. Dan Dye is one of the most kindly and appreciative men in West China and a smile from Dan was worth many mason jars of strawberry jam.

Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.Last year three young Chinese students connected with

the Lutheran Church in China came up to the border and one day they came to the Back Door. It was their summer

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vacation from the Academy in Watihsien so febe three young fellows decided to spend their holiday in a gospel preaching tour on the Tibetan fromtier. They carried a supply of good gospel tracts with them and very soon we discovered th ^ were sowing the border town with tbe Seed of the Kingdom.

They attended the services and gave good help in the preaching both in the chapel and at the Back I>oor. The Back Door was their rendezvous and here they gathered day by day reading their New Testaments and preaching to the people who came about.

One day two young ladies, one a Chinese and the other a Tibetan, came to the Back Door. They were frequent visitors and used to sit there in the sunshine. But one day they came when the three Lutheran students were there. As the whole five seemed to be devout Christians we saw no reason why they should not drivjk a little tea together and' enjoy a little fruit and cakes. The three Chinese students were from north China and spoke with a decided northern brogue. Hannah came from Ichang, was an Episcopalian trained in the Church of Scotland school. Mary was a Batang girl with a Chinese father and a Tibetanmother. Of course there was nothing wrong whatever in all this.

We sat in the dining room and the dining room window looked out on this pleasant little company at the Back Door. Hannah always carried a complete Bible with her; while the three Lutherans had their N.-Ts. The only language Mary seemed to understand was English: she could talk a little ir> both Chinese and Tibetan but could read or write neither of these languages. The Scotch ladies in Ichang had given Mary a good grounding in English with a particular emphasis peculiar to those living noith of the Tweed.

Hannah had very firmly accepted three things, namely, Faith Healing, the Gift of Tongues, and the Spirit of Pro­phecy. In Ichang she had apparently a very weak heart and by faith and prayer God had gracionsly given her a strong one. She also claimed the power to prophesy- k‘Now it came to pass that Martin Luther bequeathed to his followers the spirit of phlegmatieism.17

We could see from our dining room window that these- three Lutherans were listening to something they had aever heard before. They had their N. Ts in their hands and they were turning over the pages to see if these things were eo. Some kind of discussion seemed to be centering round Acts 2 and 4. Mary had been taught and very firmly believed that the sine qua non of the whole Word of God was this simple text. Acts 2 and 4; But she could only express her­self clearly in English and iia n©> other language. However

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ibis did not Tceep her from believing intensely in Acte 2 and 4.

Finally both Hannah and Mary quoted a text which no concordance we possessed in the house enabled us to find; but both felt assured it was somewhere in the Bible. The young Lutherans, naturally, held by the Four Gospels and wanted to know if there was any record in the N. T. that Christ ever spoke in tongues. This was rather hard on the young ladies and they felt themselves in somewhat deep water. It wafi not an absolutely logical course to take but the young students felt that the young ladies were tying them down to Pauline teaching; and it looked as if the young men were prepared to accept the Pentecostal Message if it could be shown to them very definitely and clearly that Jesus in His preaching and teaching spoke in tongues.

The young students had been very 'carefully and strictly taught in their seminary in W anhsien so were not prepared to accept lightly an interpretation which they could neither understand nor appreciate. And they were not ignorant of Mk. 16 and 17.

A magnificient fellow came one day to the Back Door. He was a famous Chinese athlete and had travelled with a Chinese football team in Australia, New Zealand, England. Scotland and other countries. He is now a famous engineer and engaged by the Central Government in constructing Chinese highways. He is a graduate from an American tech­nical school; and by religion is a Presbyterian.

One day he .came to the Baek Door and asked if we had time to read the N. T. with him. My wife agreed to read with him from 8 till 9 four mornings in the week. He explained that he did not know very much about Christianity as the school in Texas had demanded his baptism otherwise be could -not graduate. This of course may have been purely apoeryphal; but he started in with the Book of John. He is still a young man and has a lot of pep and a Chapter each morning was slow going.

He made rather a discovery when he learned that Jesus did -not write the N. T. but was prepared to swear that his teachers had taught him that Jesue wrote the 0 . T. He proved a most interested anfd intelligent student but being frequently called by the generalissmo to Chungking he finally bad to give up his studies in the Gospel of John. He is still a frequent visitor to the Back Door and when he comes he brings a breeze of fresh air with him. But he sometimes comes at 7- a. m. However.

DISCOURAGEMENTDiscouragement is but disenchanted egoism,—Mazzim

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Food For Thought

THE SUFFERING GODFather, if He, the Christ, were Thy Revealer,

Truly the First Begotten of the Lord,Then must Thou be a Suff’ rer and a Healer,

Pierced to the heart by the sorrow of the swordThen must it mean,not only that Thy sorrow

Smote Thee that once upon the lonely tree,But that today, tonight, and on the morrow,

Still it will come, 0 Gallant God, to Thee.Swift to its birth in spite of human scorning

Hastens the day, the storm-clouds roll apart;Rings o ’er the earth the message of the morning,

Still on the Cross the Saviour bares hia heart.Passionately fierce the voice of God is pleading,

Pleading with men to arm them for the fight-;See how those hands,majestically bleeding,

Call us to rout the armies of the night.Not to the work of sordid Selfish saving

Of onr own souls to dwell with Him on high,But of the soldier’ s splendid selfless braving

Eager to fight for righteousness and die.Peace does not mean the end of all our striving,

Joy does not mean the drying of our tears;Peace is the power that comes to souls arriving

Up to the light where God Himself appears.Joy is the wine that God is ever pouring

Into the hearts of those who strive with Him,Lightening their eyes to vision and adoring,

Strengthening their arms to warfare glad and grim.So would I live and not in idle resting,

Stupid as swirve that wallow in the mire;Fain would I fight, and be for ever breasting

Danger and death forever under fire.Bread of Thy Body give me for my fighting,

Give m« to drink Thy Sacred Blood for wine,"While there are wrongs that need me for the righting,

While there is warfare splendid ahd divine.Give me for light the sunshine of Thy sorrow,

Give m« for shelter, the shadow of Thy Cross;Give me to share the glory of Thy morrow,

Gone from my heart the bitterness of Loss.

Studderd Kennedy

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University Book Club Accession ListFrom February 15th. to Mar 15th.

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Key to Cl aerification

Arts>Biography, Drama, Education, Essays, Letters> Mystery, Orient, Philosophy, Political, Psychology, Religion, Science,Sociology, Travel, Verse.Author TitleLewis, E. The Faith we Declare RelHosie, Lady, Brave New China TSaeki, P. Y . The Nestorian Documents and

Relies in China.Ori

Graeme, B. Body Unknown MBell, J. Death on the Bottough Council MGolding, L. Mr. Emmanuel FMason, A. E. W. Knonigsmark FGeijerstam, G. Northern Summer FMacintosh, D. C. Social Religion RelChristie, A. Death on the Nile MManrier, D. D. Rebecca FHolman, C. T . The Religion of a Healthy Mind RelAngus, S. Essential Christianity RelFearn, A. W. My days of Strength BioBaillie, J. And the Life Everlasting Re

>7 ) r The Interpretation of Religion ReS e c r e t a r y .

L o t t ie E. S m a l l

ISMS DEFINED 1 t!Our Montana Cowboy defined the isms as followsSocialism: If you own two cowsr you give one to your neigh­

bour.Communism.* You give both cows to the government, and the

government gives you back some of the milk.Fascism: You keep the cows, but give the milk to the govern­

ment, which sells it back to you.Naziisml The government shoots you and takes both cows.New Dealism: You shoot one cow, milk the other and then pour

the milk down the sink.Capitalisvi: You sell one cow aud buy a bull.

sent in by Mrs Qarseallen

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Book ReviewEdward Wilson Of the Antarctic. By George Seaver.‘ If this book succeeds in showing what kind of a man

Bill was, it will give you courage; and that is what the world has wanted since he died and never perhaps so much as now; you will read here the story of a man who, however appalling the conditions, and whatever the dangers, in the face of starvationr and more then once of inevitable death, just went on doing his job ’ .

Everybody at some time or other ha3 read some account of Captain Scott’ s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1912, and 1 think that there can be very few who read of it who do not feel that amongst those men who gave their lives on that expedition Edward Wilson stood out from amongst the rest. The leader of the venture himself wrote of him in these words, ‘ Words must always fail me when I talk of Bill Wilson. I believe he really is the finest character I ever met. . .the closer one gets to him the more there is to admire. Every quality is so solid and dependable. . .Whatever the matter one knows that Hill will be sound, shrewdly practical, intensely loyal, and quite unselfish. . . I think he is the most popular member of the party, and that is saying much.*

In George Seaver’ s book we can see what it was that made Edward Wilson the life and soul of the party on both of Captain Scott’s expeditions. From his earliest years he was a person who had no thought for himself. In his home relationships, amongst his school and college friends, later amongst his associates in the various hospitals in which he worked, he was always known as one who could be relied upon in any emergency that might arise; one who was always ready to give of his time and sympathy; one who might always be expected to join in any enjoyment that was plan­ned

His love of art and nature were evident at a very eaily age and the book is illustrated by some of the most delightful of his sketches and paintings, some of fclje most pleasing being one or two pencil sketches that he did before he left England on the first trip to the South Pole. He was a tremendous admirer of St, Francis of Assisi, and his sketch of the saint who loved animals so much is one of the best in the book. He was a real follower of that saint, and through­out the book the reader is continually learning more about birds and flowers than he knew before.

Edward Wilson was one of the bravest men the world has ever known. At the age of twenty-six be was found to be suffering from tuberculosis and it seemed then that the end of all his ambitions had come, and yet the letters that

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be wrote from abroad, where he had been sent in the hope of effecting a recovery, are just full of joy and hope. Through­out .the hardships of that last trip to the Pole he suffered more perhaps than soma of the others because he felt the sufferings of others so deeply,

One of the loveliest things about hi? life was the perfect relationship that there was between him and his wife, who was Miss Oriana Souper. They were married in 1901, just, before he set off on the first trip to the Pole, and they really had very little time together, and yet the letters that he sent, home show that the relationship between them was some­thing very out-of-the-ordinary.

The secret of the triumphant life that Edward Wilson lived is, I think, contained in the letters that he wrote just before his death, letters that are full of hope and joy, in spite of the fact that they were all facing certain death. “ 1 have no fear of death. . . . Don’ t be unhappy, all is for best. We are playing a good part in a great scheme arranged by God Himself, and all is well. . . . 1 leave this life in absolute faith, .and happy belief that if God wishes you to wait long without me it will be to some good purpose. All is for the best to those that love God, and oh, my Ory, we have both loved Him with all our lives.’

M a r g a r e t M o o r

No cause is forlorn with Christ at its head. We look up and behold the morning. Christ is out on the highways of the world’s needs. No ingenuitv of wickedness, or indifference or scorn of men can stop his unceasing march of redemption. We resolve anew to evade no peril and to seek no discharge from thetasks, but take our appointed way with Him until the gospel has been given in its uniqueness and redeeming power to all men. - Bp. Arthur J. Moore

THE BIBLE AND RECENT HISTORYThe movement of recent history has pressed us back upon

the Bible in unexpected ways. For what is challenged today is not one or another particular doctrine, but that whole outlook upon life -which is characteristic of the Bible as a whole; and we are becoming more vividly conscious of the fact that this Biblical outlook is the source of those elements in our tradi­tional view of life which we are cherishing the more because they are threatened.

The Arehbishop of York in liTke Gospel to this Generation”

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University NotesBoth staff and students of the University rejoice that

the National Government of China has decided to confer a special honour upon Chancellor Joseph Beech, and to award him the Fourth Class Jade Medal with red and blue borders. All are glad that it has been possible for Dr. Beech to visit the University during the past six months, aud that on his return to the United States he will be able to represent the interests of the University to the Board of Governors and to other friends.

On Monday, March 18th, a gathering is being held in the Assembly Hall of the Administration Building, when the staff and student body will have an opportunity to express their deeprsense of gratitude for all that Dr. Beech has been able to accomplish for the University during his long years of service in China; on March 20th the Provincial Government is holding a Reception in his honour, and on Thursday a Com­plimentary Dinner, sponsored by the College of Medicine and Dentistry, will afford the last opportunity for the Chengtu community to greet Dr. Beech in person and to ex­press to him publicly its appreciation of his untiring service for the University, for on Good Friday morning he plans to leave by aeroplane for Chungking. There he will spend a week or ten days before continuing his journey to Hongkong and the States. While in Chungking he will attend the an­nual meeting of the Board of Directors of the University, to be held on March 29th and' 30th.

The University records with pleasure the fact that the greater part of the money used for the purchase and renovation of the Tuberculosis Sanitorium and for the building of the residence for the Superintendent was a gift from tiie Church Missionary Society, and expresses its sincere appreciation of this generous action.

The Five Universities Choral Society, in conjunction with the Religious Life Committee, is arranging special Easter Music with dramatic interludes, on the evenings of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 22nd, 23rd and 24th.

On Thursday and Friday, March 28th and 29th, they are to give Benefit Concerts in the Shu I Theatre "in order to raise funds to help rebuild the Dental wing which was par­tially destroyed in the fire of February 19th. It is estimated that it will cost at least NC$30,000 to rebuild. To -replace the equipment and supplies which were burnt will require upwards of NC$30,000 and US$21,000.

Enrolment for the Spring Term is almost as large as that for the Fall Term 1939, namely approximately 550.

The best wishes of all go with Dr. Ovidia Hansing who is now on her way home on furlough; with Mrs. Peterson and with Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Brown who will be leaving

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Bhortly. They will be warmly welcomed on their return next year.

Friends were very happy to welcomeDr. Henry L. Hough­ton of the Peking Union Medical College who visited Cheng­tu recently and addressed the Chinese Medical Association at its annual meeting. Another, noted guest who is expected shortly is Dr. J. Leighton Stuart President of Yenching. We are also very glad to welcome back Mr. Lo Chung-shu who has just returned after taking his B. Litt. at Oxford.

Marjorie Robertson

CORRECTIONOwing to a typographical error an unfortunate mis­

take was made in last month's issue in the account of the visit to Chungking of the Five Universities’ Choral Soc­iety. In the account it was stated that Choir had raised $1400.00. the figure should have been $14,000.

MARRIAGEThe marriage is announced of Kathleen, oldest daughter

of Dr and Mrs C.R. Carscallen, to Dr Howard Cowland of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, March the second, 1940, at Ontario Ladies College, Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Dr. and Mrs Cow- land’s prssent address is London Arms, Apartment 411, 151 Metcalfe St., Ottawa, Canada.

Kiating NotesDuring the past five weeks our small city has seen quite

ajmimber of visitors. On Feb. 1st Mrs. Tompkins came through from Chengtu. Miss Downer accompanied her and spent a few days in Kiating, then they went by small boat to Suifu. On the 7th Misses Peterson and Turner, and Mr. Pur- chae arrived from Chengtu by bus. The day after Chinese New Year Miss Peterson left by native boat for Suifu, Mr. Pur­chase went on to Chu-Ken-T’an, but Miss Turner stayed on for a visit as the guest of the - Bacon family. Later in the month Miss Downer and Mr. F. Smith came by plane from Su-ifu. Miss Turner joined them in the bus trip to Chengtu on the 19th.

We were very happy to see Mrs. Hockin on her return from her short furlough. There has been much feasting to welcome Mrs. Hockin and to honor Dr. and Mrs. Hayward who will soon be leaving on their first furlough.

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On the 22nd, Wing-Commander Aitken of the R. A. F . arrived by plane from Chungking. He was welcomed by officials of the city and district and by Mr.Hsu of the Cheng­tu Aviation office. He seemed to be the guest of the Chinese government but also enjoyed the hospitality of the Brininstool and Bacon homes.

The Women’ s World Day of Prayer was observed on the 29tb. A fine audience of women from the three churches gathered together for the union service held in the C. I. M. compound. Mrs. Paul Kwei was Chairman for the afternoon. There was a generous collection . We followed the Chinese program as printed in booklet form by the Canadian Mission Press.

During the week of Feb. 20-27, several hundred re­fugees from Honan were quartered in our city. They were on their way to government land allotted to them in Yunnan. A group of 20 who are Christians came to the Baptist church on the two Sundays they were in town. They were living in that end of the city. For oyer a year they have been on their way, walking and resting. We were glad to have fellowship with them and a generous gift of money, obtained from several sources, was presented to them the day before they left Kiating.

The union service in English held twice a month on Sunday afternoons is well attended. Mr. Purchase gave a good message the Sunday that he was in Kiating and it is hoped that Mr. Bell,who will be coming soon, will speak to this interesting group of worshippers.

Beulah Bassett. March 11th, 1940

Jesus Study SeminarBASIS— This seminar is based on the conviction that

Jesus has made a supremely important contribution to human life; that the original records about Jesus adequately disclose the elements of his supremacy and the sources of his achieving power; that from a study of Jesus one may discover the secret of an abundant and abiding life.

AIM -- The seminars aim to uncover the religious thinking of Jesus himself; to understand Jesus’ teaching and the source of his life; to see the bearing of Jesus’ teaching on our personal and community life; to learn how to help each other in applying the discoveries made to our practical living.

ATTITUDE— The attitude which the seminars seek to adopt is that of a fellowship eager to know, understand, and help each other to relinquish, as far as possible, all preconcep­tions and to come to the study wihout initial theories as to the nature or source of the records about Jesus and without

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assumptions us to the person oT Jesus; to study without fear as to what may be discovered to be true, to study with the determination to conform the life unreservedly to the truth as it becomes known.

METHOD— The method in that of serious and disciplined group discussion of the original records of Jesus’ life. There will be no lectures and no outside reading will be required. No previous knowledge of the Bible or o‘f Jewish or Christian history is necessary. The belief is that in the records them­selves there is sufficient material for a thorough understanding of Jesus and of his teaching, and that the most effective method of coming to that understanding is by the process of group thinking.

The group is confronted with questions which seek to get beneath the surface of the narrative or teaching. Each member puts all he has into the common stock—sharing, co­operating, with an attitude of open searching. All possible opinions, on the basis of the evidence, are encouraged. There is no attempt to come to a group conclusion, and 110 dogma­tism or coercion is put upon the individual in drawing hie own conclusions— only the compulsion which the truth puts upon any honest seeker.

Time andPiace— Three seminars will be held this summer open to both men and women: A students’ group at Omei from July 6th to 29th for university students; a graduate ’group atOmei from August 1st to 22nd open to teachers and officers of universities and middle schools and other workers with youth; a mixed'group of students and graduates at Beh- ludin from July £th to 29th. Mr. Earl Willmott will be the leader at Omei, and Mr. Ch-eo Yuin-wen, assisted by Mr. Olin Stockwell, will lead the Behludin group.

The members will be expected to be present at the open­ing meeting and stay through to the end, and to attend the regular group discussion every morning for three and a half hours. (The language used will be Chinese.)

The afternoons will be free for reereation and reading. In the evenings the group itself will organize talks and dis­cussions on personal and social problems or on methods of religious education among students— as well as games and fun-

Each member will pay $10 toward the board. For those who find the cost of travel too mueh for them, there is a scholarship fund from which a limited number may secure some assistance.

Please pass this information on to anyone whom you think would receivefrom and contribute to such an experience. Write for aa announcement in Chinese, or for any other in­formation to: Earl Willmott, West China Union University., Chengtu,

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Emilie Bretthauer, M.D.From her busy life of loving service for China’s women

and children, Dr. Bretthauer, at Suifn on the 11th of Feb­ruary, 1940, peacefully passed on into the richer life beyond.

Dr, Bretthauer came to China in 1906 and was for several years connected with the Baptist medical work at Hanyang, Hupeh Province. When the Central China Baptist Mission work was given over to another Society, the need of establish­ing a hospital for women and children in Suifu claimed her fall and loyal effort and she entered upon this ministry in early 1917. She had before this made an exploratory visit to Suifu, such thoroughness in making plans being characteristic of her.

Only those who saw the first, rented property used by her at Suifu can appreciate the difficulties of those first years and the genius which made possible so much work in the little available space in that Chiness inn on a crowded main street. Day and night calls soon came and ever met a ready and cheerful response. Never was the little doctor too weary to be off at a moment’ s notice to help some one in need of her ministry.

When, after the years of effort to buy and'build, the present attractive hospital plant was ready for use, it was indeed a happy day for the hospital Btaff and not least for Dr. Bretthauer whose thought and work had had so large a share In the accomplishment. She had won for herself and the hospital ahigh regard in city and district and this grew throughout the years until the weary worker, having just reach­ed the retiring age, quietly and with only two days of being laid aside, went to her well earned re9t. God was good to his weary servant in thus sparing her long continued illness and in letting her pass on in die midst of her friends. Could -she have chosen, she would doubtless have had it so.

Her body lies in a beautifrul spot on a Suifu hillside where in years past some other of the missionary community have been laid. It was a fitting tribute that among those in the funeral procession should be the children of the Her­man Liu Memorial Orphanage and that all the waj they should sing the hymns she loved so well.

Dr. Bretthauer stood very high in her profession and had ever sought to increase her knowledge and skill. A large part of one furlough was spent in special studies in Vienna. She had unusual ability in choosing and training workers and there are many ivho will remember her for the way she gave of herself and her skill to their developement. The martyred Dr. Herman Liu, President of the University o f Shanghai, called her “ Mother Bretthauer” for it was she who saw in the little iad in the Hanyang days great possibili­ties and who gave him his opportunity for the training for which he and those he served were ever grateful.

Dr? Bretthauer still lives for such influence cannot die. Her works do indeed follow her. A n n a M. S a l q u is t

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