Kampar Chinese Methodist Church, Malaysia: Source Documents

See http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/meth/kamparcmc.pdf.

Donated by the Rev. Sam Men Biew.

Guo Feng's Daily Office and Pastor's Handbook

Guo Feng's compilation and translation of liturgical material represents a singular attempt by a present-day ordained Protestant pastor in Shanghai in connecting his Christian life with the liturgical traditions of the universal church. Guo Feng makes use of surviving liturgical books in China and prayer books (mainly Anglican) from outside of China in compiling two works: the Daily Office (meiri songdao [lit. Daily Praise and Prayer]); and the Pastor's Handbook (shizhu liangyou [lit. A Good Friend for Those serving the Lord]. In so doing, Guo in fact inherits the tasks in prayer-book translation that first begun in the early nineteenth century. He stands immediately in continuity with the work of Bishop Shen Yifan that came to a halt in the time of drastic changes from the 1950s to the end of the 1970s. Guo's translation of key phrases in the liturgy are important in shaping theological concepts in the present-day Chinese Church.

I am grateful to the Rev. Guo Feng for making these two significant works available to the wider church.

Daily Office: pdf; rtf format
Pastor's Handbook: pdf; rtf format

See also my translation of the Morning Prayer sections from Celebrating Common Prayer (- mncp) pdf ; rtf.

Huang Yangying, trans. Jitan Qian [=Before the Altar], with Foreword by Basil Roberts, Bishop of Singapore, 1938

See Jitan Qian.

This short devotional manual Before the Altar, written by Robert Wilson, was translated into Chinese by Rev. Huang Yangying in 1938 at Christ Church, Malacca. Bishop Basil Robert commendation of this work in his Foreword was revealing of the ethos and priorities in the Diocese of Singapore in the time shortly before the Pacific War. First, the handbook is meant to be part of the wider effort in translating "standard works of theology and devotion in the languages of the 'younger Churches'. Second, the handbook offers "the right approach to [the] solemn and precious mysteries" for Christian people.

See also Huang's history of Anglican work in Fujian, China, Yinshui Siyuan.

The Anglo-Chinese School Magazine, 1904

The Anglo-Chinese School Magazine, Volume V, No. 13, a "Special Illustrated Number" that "closes up the three school paper" of the Anglo-Chinese Schools at Singapore, Penang, and Ipoh. See http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/acs1904.pdf.

(Donated by the Rev. Sam Men Biew, Chinese Annual Conference, Methodist Church in Malaysia.)

Chinese Theological Review Author Index

The Chinese Theological Review, published from 1985, is an indispensable source in understanding the Protestant churches in China in the post 1979 era. The articles reflect the theological engagements taking place within the ecclesiastical structures in the Chinese churches. We owe Janice Wickeri and her team for making key articles and news of the Chinese churches available in English.

The Indexes to the articles are recomplied here for easier access.
See the Author Index: http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/china/ctr/ctr-a.htm and Table of Contents by year/volume number: http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/china/ctr/ctr-y.htm