The Homiletic Review Volume 73 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...the people to the need of new efforts along social lines. Students and others are being encouraged to investigate social conditions and to enter upon social service. The social spirit is also permeating more and more the Christian colleges and giving a social vision to the students. The Chinese Commercial Press and the Christian Literature Society are issuing books to disseminate information regarding the social needs of China. The Women's Christian Temperance Union and the International Reform Bureau are fighting the spread of intemperance, the use of narcotics, and impurity in all forms. The Chinese Boy Scouts' Association of China dates from 1913. There are local Scout organizations in seven Chinese cities and these are all affiliated with the central organization which held Olympic games in Shanghai in May, 1915. Wealthy Chinese, both Christian and nonChristian, have interested themselves in supporting educational institutions. The movement for the abolition of the custom of foot-binding, which was started and led by Europeans, is now under Chinese direction. Perhaps most impressive of all the agencies is the Government itself in its remarkable attempt to blot out the entire opium traffic in China, abolish the cultivation of the poppy and suppress the use of the drug. India: This great peninsula is experiencing a social awakening. Here, too, the example has been set by the Christian forces which for generations have been relieving the victims of famine and plague, caring for orphans and widows, ministering to the physical needs of men and women, and through education and the transforming power of Christianity have been raising numbers of the deprest classes to a plane of intelligence, self-respect, and influence. As social agencies the Christian forces ...