The action of Uke Provincial authorities bless due to orders in the new month, or tion, the fear that the of the effects of the Hfetisi. and its resolve to prop Buch are shaken. to all. for such in-sun grade, and it hoped that fort will be made la secure these od In the first pi The public funds, which support these in-classes without distinct Tt follows as ai) matter of course that all classes without distinction of creed should benefits, but as ors Christians are forced to contr from which they are excluded. second place, these enters are injudicious. "Just now, when the part of wisdom would be to' minimise relig differences, we find the Government. a contnating them, and in a way peculiarly offensive to its Christian subjects. Ax rule, the latter are more intent on education than ang other class in the Empir for whatever else may be said of th they undoubtedly belong to the class who have had their eyes opened, and to deprive them of one of the things which they Most cherish cannot but stir up hostility. One of the wis "There is a wav to the Empire it lies in the the po. hearts, princes do not set their wills on bon Jonce, all their days will be spent in sorrow and disgrace, and they will be involved in death and ruin." Comment is nce sary; the orders referred to being both unjust and injudicious, to promulgate the is but to lay up trouble for the future. The Christian population of China is spidly increasing, and that it will re rent indefinitely under such a dep nis not to he expected. The wise ing for the Throne to do, and that which, in the lenz ran will most preserve its own dignity, ix to make such chip optional. with all non-conformists. Int. like another ancient capital. Peking is invariably blind these things which belong to its peace.
As to the motificati com to be only two possi cither as above. make sich worship tional with all non-confer common ground in wh ing the Sage. While merit of bs the mor" conciliatory, we doubt wh will prove feasihl". It should be noted in pasting. that t!1s/ worship is an exeresence which Toc: ne! hatane-te Confuc prover. The Int-for is a system of ethics with special ref-rence to the Tmperial rule ax connected with the welfare of the people. Eli tionally. we have no conten and there is not d te put in the Sage: our contention is sr: religions features which have been teiste.t on it, and which these rules free qnany. who are nearer the Confuci im st ard than a goodly proportion of thos" who worship at his temples are. Since ths yrorship makes a religion out of Coniacischools is that ne re tin them, consistent!
ud that this worship, to say the least be made optional.
Some may wonder why in raving the Rules and Regulations of the Sie school, Dr. Hayes did not take to the: i subje ase exempting Chri Wo n students. new t Gla, Init to no purpose, as wotai Y. T'ang, then having the mat-for in charge, felt convinced that such a clause would lead the Throne to veto the whole project, and in this he was probabi corset. Int the timed was thought that Christian Students could attend, much Ike they are at present. allowed to take the B. A. dezrec: namely, simply absent themselves from these rit and the pro: mise was accordingly made that. thei ts should not be interfered with. Por-haps it is inst as well though that matters have taken the present turn, for the question will not rest now until' some time or other it reaches a solution. When that is once Christians neod not: feel that in absenting themselves from such rites, whether in the xo called Provincial Colleges, or in connection with talking their degrees, that they are doing anything illegal or anything which may bring trouble on the well-disposed officials who connive at their absence.
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