p. 585 | Roman Catholic Missions in China

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 23, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 37.

Roman Catholic Missions in China

The Catholic Mirror says that the missions of that church "in South Shantung, China, under the direction of German missionaries, are making great progress. In 1881, when these priests took charge, there were 150 adult Christians; now the number has increased to 2,160. During the past year there were 526 baptisms; the catechumens—those who are being prepared for baptism—number 5,424." It is not strange that the Chinese take kindly to Romanism since its mummeries are not unlike their own, and the papal saint worship sufficiently resembles the Chinamen's worship of his ancestors to be easily substituted for it.