Excerpt from Christian Education in China: A Study Made by an Educational Commission Representing the Mission Boards and Societies Conducting Work in China The publication of the Report of the China Educational Commission marks, in one sense, the completion of an undertaking which was begun in 1917 (See Introduction). In a more vital sense, it marks the beginning of a new and very important development in the history of Christian education in China. From this time on, as a result of the studies of the Commission, the forces concerned with Christian education in China have before them a statement of principles which, in the judgment of careful and sympathetic students, should underlie all future progress and a forecast of opportunities and ideals which should arouse much latent energy. It will equally be the obligation of the several Boards and Societies responsible for the support and administration of Christian education in China to give careful heed to the matured conclusions of the experts who were set apart to make this study. The Report may either lie undisturbed in their archives, useful for the future historian of education in China, or it may become a directive factor in the educational system of China, influencing powerfully the intellectual life of the Chinese Church and of the Chinese people. It does not follow that the specific recommendations made by the Commission must necessarily be adopted. This remarkable study will accomplish its purpose if it leads the forces responsible for Christian education in China (that is, the Boards at home, missionaries on the field and the Chinese leaders) to lay hold of the principles which lie at the foundation of the permanent educational progress of the Chinese people and to go forward with the same spirit of unity which has dominated the work of the Commission to make an adequate educational Christian programme for China. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.