Confucianism as China’s State Religion
By Editor
The administrative council of China in January adopted Confucianism as the state religion. President Yuan Shih Kai, who urged the measure—indeed, who practically forced it through by his personal authority—assigned as a reason, that the morals of the nation have declined, and he hopes that the establishing of Confucianism as the state religion will check this degradation. It is suggested that this action on the part of China need not bring dismay to Christian missionaries, for the reason that its significance is in the main political. China is passing through many revolutions and upheavals, social, political, and religious, and what the future has in store must be largely a matter of conjecture. But regardless of all these disquieting conditions, it is encouraging to observe the success that our missionaries are having in that land, despite the contrary efforts of the powers of darkness.