relating. to the use of temples for school Purposes, and announcing the revised course of study tobe pursued by aspirants for degrees, have been severally posted. These edicts seem to interest the people not a little, judging from the enquiries made about' them, and the increased demand for books on' " Western learning."
not contemplated that all joss houses be converted into halls of science but only such as have no sacrificial worship—memorial temples and the like. The native church members are especially elated over this new regime, and one of them had spread the word that all loyal sons of Han must henceforth study Christian books and keep the Sabbath! "An uniderting at the yamen had stuffed our zealous frien:
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