Show MISSIONARY IN NEW CHINA who have been In tho orient a number of at years declare that the many man missionary societies have lost their prestige with the Chinese and from now on will be unable to make headway unless they adopt a policy more in har har- harmony I mony with Uh oriental thought This point of view Yie Is supported by byE E. E H. H Hume who for 20 years has been beena bee a medical missionary In China and president of Yale China China at He finds a new philosophy philosophy phy necessary based on the fol fol- following following lowing fundamentals 1 We must have ha a new Inter Interpretation of Christianity and of its founder Clearly neither western nor eastern peoples are likely to be interested much longer in Christian dogma or even in medical and edu edu- educational educational work merely The orient Is asking today for fora a frank statement about and an honest Interpretation of the person the teaching and the spirit of or Jesus The oriental will himself be able Increasingly to establish and con con- conduct conduct conduct duct the schools he needs and to administer the hospitals hosp he be needs From the west he is sure to desire something deeper 2 We must seek a new un un- understanding understanding of the spiritual values In oriental religions They too are engaged in a quest They too are attempting to find rind a way of life me Theirs Is an honest search for eter eternal eternal nal truth The founder of the Christian religion must have had this in his consciousness when he said I I came not to destroy but to fulfill 3 We must secure as representatives representatives representatives of Christianity in the orient men who have ha accepted the new conception of at Christianity who are willing to seek a new under understanding standing of or the oriental religions rell lons and who seek to bring these two into harmony They must approach the orient as humble students of religion and must remain students all their lives lI H 4 4 There must be messengers from the orient who bring a are re religious l lous message to the west They must not only give gi us an under under- understanding understanding standing of religion as the oriental sees it It but must be men who will wm enlarge and enrich our conceptions of Christianity |