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HONGKONG.
Missionary Work.
Where H. E. the Governor would like to be.
"Bishop Brent's description of his work in the
Philippine Islands reminds me of island further south
-the islands of the Western Pacific- the administration
of which I had for all too short a time, and where I
often wish I was back again" said H.E, the Governor, in
proposing a vote of thanks to Bishop Brent for his
address on missionary work in the Philippines at the
annual meeting of the Hongkong Church Missionary
Association yesterday.
"His remarks remind me
particularly of the Solomon Islands, where there are
thousands of men, fine men too, who are absolute
sovig-8, and would gladly cut off any man's head-
especially a white man's head-if he ventured beyond
the beach which is used as a sort of neutral zone
for trading purposes. If there are any missionaries
about who do not care for mission work in China, they
should transfer their efforts to some of those islands
in the Pacific, There is any amount of good work to
be done down there",
Hie Excellency said that
Bishop Brent should be a trifle more careful in his
travellings among the Sulu Islands, but he was an
absolutely fearless man, and he had no doubt that was
his best protection. They wished his success in his
work.
He was going back to the land of his adoption,
His Excellency added that he was sure every Englishman
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