has been most deplorable. The lives of the.ative Christians have been made almost not worth living by violent persecution. Robbery, murder, beating, house-burning are the order of the day, and one is left to wonder whether at the long last there will remain any Christians worth mentioning. The missionaries here have been WORKING THE cossvts to their level best in aid of peace and quietness. The Governor of the province, however, professes many things and evidently does something; to his credit be it said that missionaries in his domain have at least got off with their lives. Wo are now AWAITING DEVELOPMENTS, and are hoping that all this pang and Ixbour and sorrow will drive the nations of Christendom to take China thoroughly in hand and out of this chaos and darkness evolve order and light. "Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.
20th July.
JAPAN,
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