The Church of the United States
The Independent says that the question before the civilized world to-day is whether the same conditions of Russian rule in the Russianized Chinese provinces shall control China herself; and then answers its own question thus: “The probability is that they will do so unless one of two things happens—the partition, or the Christianization, of China.” And then it further says: “The United States, England, and Germany have, through their governments, put themselves on record, and sincerely, against the former. Will they as clearly, through their churches, indorse and urge the latter?” “Through their churches”! The world knows of the Church of England, and even of the Church of Germany, but who in the world knows of the Church of the United States? Ah! but that is shaping, and is expected soon to be known. This church-federation idea is to accomplish that.