Word: feng
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Feng was excommunicated at a meeting in the Tientsin Y. M. C. A. The charges were not religious but political, as it was alleged that for driving Li Yuan Hung from the Presidency, Feng had received...
...General Feng (pronounced Fung) is no longer the " Christian General " to Chinese Christians...
From another source comes a despatch stating that General Feng Yu-Hsiang, known as the "Christian General," is about to exterminate the bandits with the legendary " one fell swoop." In the face of official reports from Peking there is probably not a word of truth in this contention. The Washington Post, in an editorial, humorously sums up the character of the Christian hymn-singing army: " An American officer reported that he had heard Chinese soldiers on the march singing to the tune of Onward, Christian Soldiers, but the words meant something different. They sang the Doxology at meals...
...Feng: A cable from Peking reports the conversion to Christianity of the last 4,000 in the division of the Chinese army commanded by General Feng, the " Cromwell of China." His men wear armbands containing the stern military ideals of their Methodist leader and go into battle singing hymns...