AUGUST STUDY OF THE FIELD: PART II
(Text-book, Missionary Magazine.) 1. Give date of the first instance of religious worship recorded by Chinese historians. What was the nature of that worship? 2. How has the religious belief of the Chinese degenerated since that time? 3. Mention the three national religions. Briefly describe these religions. 4. How is the fact that the Chinaman may be an adherent of all three religions illustrated? 5. In what way is he likely to regard the God of the Christian, unless the effort of the gospel laborer is attended by the power of the Spirit? 6. What can you say of Confucius and the religion he originated? Give date of his work. 7. How was God regarded in the old books of China? 8. What are the rites prescribed by Confucianism? 9. Describe the Temple of Heaven. Tell something of the services conducted in it, and also of the sacredness with which it is held. 10. With what degree of reverence is the printed page regarded in China? Of what advantage may this be to the bearer of the Third Angel’s Message?