To the Editor of the anth-Cnisa Day News.
The missionaries at. work have hitherto preached la the ject, as that is the speech of the vast majority of the people who throng its streets. "They have, however, not been oblivious ut the fact that Shanghai i reservoir into which flow waters from all arts of the Empire." Hence vast num-pers frum the mandarin-speaking provinces ave constantly flowing into Shanghai, and me provision should be made for reaching them through their mother tongue. A certain amount of mandarin-preaching has always been carried on, but the rapid
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