Only sections relevant to the account of re-baptisms is included below.
# Letter
Diocese of Fukien
Bishop's Office
Foochow.
S. China
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August 14. 1923
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Dear Mr. Hayward,
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First let me welcome you to Group 1. I hope that we are going to have you long enough to get on to familiar terms, our secretaries have been so frequently changed lately that we have hardly got to know any of them. I hope you will not find us very difficult people in China if we are please blame it on the climate...
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No. 15. This letter was not signed I suppose it came from you. Yes we have had some trouble with cases of re-baptism. I think all that can be said about the matter is included in the "Review of the Year" which has been sent to you by Miss Jackson. The Mission at Pagoda Anchorage consists of three ladies one of them is our former fellow-CMS-Missionary Miss Barber. They have a few Chinese with them, and are working very hard to preach their principles and doctrines among the Christians. They have always been a source of trouble to us but they have become very much more aggressive lately. We gladly admit that there is much that looks like real Spiritual revival in the present movement and while we regret what is wrong in it we would not try to check the zeal and ardour of the young men and women who are most affected by it. I should add that there are of course many who have been touched and blessed by this revival movement who have held firm against the pressure to be re-baptized. I do not know if there is anything more to be said about it, if you want any details please ask questions and I will do my best to answer them.
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With kind regards
Very Sincerely yours,
John Hind Bp
# Note
In the Precis letter book, the letter responded to in no. 15 is [[Related Letters - 1923.07.05 Hind to Manley]].