Shanghai, 6th April 1899.
Rr. Rev. axp Dear-Srr,—At the last monthly meeting of the Shanghai Missionary Association held at Dr. Parker's residence on Tuesday evening, April 4th, it was mored, seconded, and unanimously carried that a Committee be"appointed to present. the Association's congratulations and good wishes to the Church Missionary Society upon its coming Centenary.
We, the undersigned who were appointed on said Committee take great pleasure therefore in offering you, and through you, all the members of the Society you repre sent our sincere felicitations on the memo: table occasi din the work of the. spre 's kingdom thank God and rejoice with you that the Church Missionary Society has been raised up for the noble work it has accomplished.
Recently we have been exulting over the great victories that have attended the armies of the Anglo-Saxon Race. We are not belittling them when we say that we believe we have greater caus for joy over the conquests of the Cross of Christ in which your Society has had so barge a share.
With you we would at this time thankfully remember the noble army of martyrs who as members of the Church Missionary Society have spent their lives during the past hundred years in different parts of the world in the establishment of the Kingdom of the King of Peace, Our earnest prayer is that God will abundantly bless your Society, its representatives in the Home Land, its bishops and clergy and all who labour with them, and that, in the future as in the pastyit may continue a powerful factor in the work of the evangelization of the world.
We remain, dear Bishop, in the service of Christ, Very faithfully yours, (Signed) F. L. Haws Pom, A. P. Panker, On behalf of the Shanghai "Missionary Association. S. Movie, D.D., ishop in China.
Shanghai, h April, 1899, To the
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