Extract From An Open Letter

"… But instead of Christ you have given us (China) Marx. Instead of the church you have helped to establish the commune. Instead of love and unity, you are spreading hate and division. Instead of the government of God you are propagating the dictatorship of men.

It is a staggering phenomenon that from this nation of 2½ million, a man can go forth to affect the destiny of 500 million. It proves what any nation, any man can do who has a plan, a passion and a purpose. Such a nation, such a man can change the world.

Yet New Zealand is a Christian country. And you have not only failed to share the Christian faith with us in China, you have even brought back to your own country another gospel—the gospel of Marx according to Mao. Yours is the plan, the passion and the purpose of the Communists."

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