This match was played on Saturday and resulted in an easy victory for our gallant defenders, who, winning the toss, went in first and scored 170 ayainst which' the Club only made 77. For the Volunteers, Private Burrows played a fine innings of 62, and Sergeant Anders also played well and hit hard for 47. The bowling of tie Club was by no means on the ' spot," and their batting was very inditivrent—perhaps the leather-hunting in the strong sun was the cause of this. The only two who succeeded in running up their score into double figures Gorrespondence, MISSIONARY WORK IN CHINA, To the Editor of the Deax Sm,—The question of the union of the various Christian Churches is of such interest to all, whether laity ur clergy, that Ltrust you will open your columns' to the discussion which is "needed before the object can be attained.
While the present missionary policy of founding and controlling native churches is maintained there can be little hope of such a union, Presbyterians, Buptists, Churchmen and Roman Catholics can never unite while they consider their religion bound up with their Church, but all might work together if they would' set to work to preach Christianity in place of their respective rules, and the ultimate advantage of that form which has most trath in it would be better served and sooner attained b; attending to the mixing truths on which all forms depend, rather than as at present by over the forms befure the foundiislaid. Atpresent, instead of spreading, each church is devoting itself to narrowing its enclosure, and in constant attention to the special doctrine and discipline of the flocks of which the missionaries have made themselves the pastors. They seem one and all to forget that their mission out here is to spread the message of the Gospel and that only.
Missions like the China Inland Mission, whose ministers wander about from place to place preaching the word and scattering the seed broadcast, do much ood, but much harm is done by. their breth teaching th that Christianity means joining their special society ami submitting themselves to their foreign discipline or this is the secret of the opposition Christianity meets. Once listened to, Christian truth must necessarily prevail, but an honest Chinaman is prevented by
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