The Methodist Mission has been holding its annual meetings and the yearly deputation of a Bishop of their Mission has arrived. Bishop Foster is accompanied by quite a large party, among others being the Rev. Dr. Leonard of New York as. his secretary and chaplain. 'The latter preached an interesting and forcible sermon "on the good old ways—plain, straight, suto, etc., at the usual Sunday evening service. On' the following Monday the monthly missionary meeting took place at the Me-thadist Mission when Dr. Leonard gave an {address which might be entitled, from the leading idea running through it, Christianity the greatest civilizing agency. He enforced his argument with many apt illustrations. He told of General Grant, while one day sitting and meditating on the top of an omnibus with the reversible seats, in New York city, and being asked why sat with his back to the horses, said he was "taking a democratic view' of things." Before leaving New York he impressed upon his hearers the importance of assisting Missions in Asia, for in no other way could they do so much to stamp out cholera which had its home in Asia, The aim and scope of Christianity was to embrace all mankind—the whole world. All other religions and political systems were local and national. 'The Christian character must grow up symmetrically, not faith, then hope, and afterwards love' and benevolence and all the other graces, but they must grow up and increase at the same time. A resolution was passed at the meeting expressing sympathy with Lady Alabaster on the death of her father, Dr. Macgowan, who had addressed the last Missionary Association Meeting and who had died at Shanghai shortly after his return from Peking. He did not go to the Great Wall as one correspondent. has written, the journey having been consid. ered too much for his strength. We shall soon have the meetings of the Oriental Society in full swing. In the Pall Mall Bulget of 10th August, there is a representation of a Chinese gambling ticket "inscribed with weird characters." This is no other than a page from the well-known "Thousand Charncter Classic,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.