Editing Sun Yat-sen (section)

== Religious views and Christian baptism ==
In the early 1880s, Sun Mei had sent his brother to ʻIolani School, which was under the supervision of the [[Church of Hawaii]] and directed by an [[Anglican]] prelate, [[Alfred Willis]], with the language of instruction being English. At the school, the young Sun first came in contact with Christianity.

Sun was later [[baptism|baptized]] in Hong Kong on 4 May 1884 by [[The Reverend|Rev.]] [[Charles Robert Hager]],<ref>"...At present there are some seven members in the interior belonging to our mission, and two here, one I baptized last Sabbath, a young man who is attending the Government Central School. We had a very pleasant communion service yesterday..." – Hager to Clark, 5 May 1884, ABC 16.3.8: South China v.4, no.17, p.3</ref><ref>"...We had a pleasant communion yesterday and received one Chinaman into the church..." – Hager to Pond, 5 May 1884, ABC 16.3.8: South China v.4, no.18, p.3 postscript</ref><ref>Rev. C. R. Hager, 'The First Citizen of the Chinese Republic', The Medical Missionary v.22 1913, p.184</ref> an American missionary of the [[Congregationalism in the United States|Congregational Church of the United States]] ([[American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions]]), to his brother's disdain. The minister would also develop a friendship with Sun.<ref>[[#Bergère|Bergère]]: 26</ref><ref name="Soong, 1997 p. 151–178">Soong, (1997) p. 151–178</ref> Sun attended To Tsai Church ({{lang|zh-hant|[[:zh:合一堂|道濟會堂]]}}), founded by the [[London Missionary Society]] in 1888,<ref name="Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum">{{citation|url=http://hk.drsunyatsen.museum/download/brochure_07_a.pdf |script-title=zh:孫中山先生史蹟徑 |trans-title=Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail |language=zh, en |author=中西區區議會 [Central & Western District Council] |work=Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum |location=Hong Kong, China |date=November 2006 |page=30 |access-date=15 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224001159/http://hk.drsunyatsen.museum/download/brochure_07_a.pdf |archive-date=24 February 2012 }}</ref> while he studied medicine in [[Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese]]. Sun pictured a revolution as similar to the salvation mission of the [[Christian church]]. His conversion to Christianity was related to his revolutionary ideals and push for advancement.<ref name="Soong, 1997 p. 151–178" />