Chinese Christians having worship service in Nanking with Rev. w:John Maggee, American pastor, after peace has been restored to the city. All the photos were taken to report about Nanking after the Japanese occupation in 1937 and placed in the Japanese newspaper article entitled "Nanking Smiles". The article wrote, "Hearing their hymns, we have noticed, 'Oh, today's Sunday.'"
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Published on 1937-12-21, eight days after the Japanese occupation of Nanking
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{{PD-Japan}} Chinese Christian believers having a worship service in Nanking with Rev. John Maggie, American pastor, after peace returned to the city. Photo from the Asahi Shinbun newspaper published on Dec. 21, 1937, eight days after the Japanese occupa
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