Chinese Newspapers Proclaiming the Gospel

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 27, 1916

Chinese Newspapers Proclaiming the Gospel

In a recent issue of the Christian Endeavor World Paul Patton Faris tells of the manner in which the newspapers of China are opening their columns to the promulgation of the gospel. During six months of 1915 one hundred articles were sent to the Chinese press by the Press Department of the Reform Bureau which has been fighting against opium and other evils. A large percentage of these were gratefully received. Mr. Faris declares that “in China the editors are willing to go farther than publishers in this country. Even sermons will be printed if they are sent in with the time and place of delivery and the preacher’s name, being in newspaper style and not too long.”

He says that numerous editors have accepted distinctively Christian articles as, “Why Believe in Christ,” “God and the War,” “The Bible and Its Relationship to Heaven,” “Hints on Bible Study,” etc. He feels that a new and unparalleled opportunity is open to the Christian church in this great empire, and declares that “Christianity has in China today a power over the secular press greater than in America. The editors of Chinese papers realize that their readers long to know the truth regarding the strange religion which they have heard spoken of as ‘the Jesus doctrine.’” Mr. Faris believes that “there is a call from China for young American men and women who have aspirations for journalism, to serve Christ in China as missionaries.”