SEPTEMBER STUDY OF THE FIELD: PART I.
“Religions of China: Part 2.” August 26 to September 1. (Text-book, September Missionary Magazine.) 1. How universally is the worship of ancestors practiced in China? 2. What is the actual belief of the Chinese in regard to the spirits of their ancestors, and the sacrifices they offer them? 3. Can you see in this practice any similarity to the first great deception of Satan? 4. In what way is it responsible for the treatment of the girls in China? 5. Why do the Chinese insist upon having their dead bodies returned to their home land? 6. Tell something of the ancestral tablet and the manner in which its worship is conducted. 7. Relate briefly a description of one of these ceremonies as witnessed by Professor Howell in Honolulu. 8. Give, in your own words, a summary of the Chinese religious belief.