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who can lay claim to a more intimate acquaint- PRAI Caveca-Holy Communion & am, every Medical Missione in Ching, By W. ARTHUR❘ance with the Chinese language thar Sir Sunday.
TATCHELL, M.KOS, IRCP. London: Water Hillier, and this dictionary of over 700 ST PETER'S CHURON, Wout Point, Queen's Robert Cully,
pages is one that the student of Mandarin wilload. 12th Banday after Trinity, 14th August, 1910 Holy Communion, 7.30 am. Morning be eager to possess.
Prayer, 11 am. Preacher, Bov. A. P. Crofton MA, Venice, Aloook, Palme, Bobinean, Cooke Dean, Russel Toms and Pye; Beno listus, Baraby, yak, 217, 802, 414 and H.204. Evening Prayer, 6 80 p.m. Polite, Smart, Purcell, Felton and Woodward; Magnificat, C1 ridge, (12th morning); Nuno Dimiltis, Ayl-
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This book is pat on the market at a most oportune time, when the atteon of the world; is focussed on China; at a time when China Original Poems, Ballads and Tales in Vorse for And Dupu'e seems to be awaking to a realization of her social Reading and Rscitation. By ALFRED responsibilities, and the importance of occupying
MILES. London: Stanley Paul & Co. This is a collection of poems, ballada, songs, a prominent place in the concert of Powers, Although presumably written with the idea of and stories in verse, many of which have
The Church laune's "Dayspring" will call on not only justifying medio: missionary work in pravionaly appeared in print, but notwith- Chins in the past, but also to give reasonable standing that they are "the outcome of voort ships carrying white crews to bring friends ashore grounds for its continuation and extension in moments in working hours passed amid the the Services between 9.15 and 10.30 a.. and between 6.15 and 6 p.m.. (Kowloon Polica Pier the fature, especially in connection with the buriy burly of Loudon life," they reach a very 10.10 and 6: returning afterwards). The "Az- Wesleyan Methodist Church, the book has commendable standard of merit and entitle Mr.swering Ponnant" ie the Call flag. All the sittings are free and unappropriated. Visitors reloome- many attractions for those interested in the Miles to a creditable place among the minor poots Books, &o, provided. Sunday school 10 to 10.45 Chinese.
The appreciation by Mr. E. Hof Britain. The historical incidents which he p.m. Fraser, C.M.G., H.B.M.'s Consul. General at has selected are imbued with a romantic sat Hankow, which forms part of the introduction, ting, and the ballads have a fine ewing which testifies to the many and varied opportunities he must be very effective for purposes of recitation. has liad of witnessing the bonefits of medical The lines "To Mary Shakespeare," written for missionary work, and is more than safolent to Shakespeare's birthday, are deserving of a high outweigh the supercilious criticisms of any place in the hearts of all English-speaking who are inclined to allow prejudices to in people. He addresses her #nonce their opinions of everything connected with missionaries and their work. A special fosture of the book is the great desire shown by the author to reveal the Chinese as they really are, and to account for their earlier pre- judices against Western ideas of medical work, The difficulties which the pioneers had to overcome are readily understood after reading auch socounts as presented by the suther, who states in one pleon that all the patients were not satisfactory. Some were rather a source of anxiety. Eyewashes they would insist upon drinking, powders they swallowed with the paper coverings, which they imagined to be more offessions, A Chinaman is nothing if not argumentative, and his vocabulary iş varied and expressive. So when he receives a bottle con- taining tan ounces of módicine, one ounce of which he is to take three times a day, he fails to appreciate the misdom of such a protracted. method of treatment.
Why not take the bottleful at first and secure a rapid result.' And many lave taken the bottleful, but the result was not what they anticipated."
The craftiness, of the Asistio in seeking to obtain something for nothing and readily turning that something into a source of revenue was one of the great obstacles in the war of most missionary effort, especially after having Inlled the early projadiess of the Chinese, but this eventually prove a blessing, as the mis- sionarios and then e tagitimate arcuse for charging a fee to those who could afford to pay, thus providing a genres of income which kelpet to extend the work. Forty-eight pages are devoted to illustrations,
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Haplos Many Time
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Previous Day! On Data at
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at 4 p.
Barometer om! Temperature
29.50
29.78
29.84
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78
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