The ruins of the Catholic Church, first destroyed at the time of the Tiemtsin Masacre in 1870, rebuilt not long before the Boxer outbreak and again destroyed, are now being rebuilt for the second time. It is. rather remarkable that on neither occasion was the tower seriously injured, though most of the Vforms a were pulled down almost, to: Walls save the front, of which the tower
the ground. Other buildings are also being erected in the ground adjoining, which were obtained from the Chinese at the settlement following the Tientsin massacre. This was the original site of the Catholic Mission in Tientsin, or rather in its north-easters suburb, and across the river from the city, and it'now looks as if the place was to be occupied again for permanent, work.
Who Country Quiet.
In the surrounding country quiet' appears to prevail. We have heard of one village not a great way from Tientsin where some trouble was, made jin connection with outing a chapel, but. nothing serious came from it. It is a village in which a, large number of literati. reside, and has always been opposed to having any Christian work opened there. Possibly it is an outcropping lof a feeling which come think exists very generally though keeping itself in the background more than ever before, viz., that the foreigner is not loved any more than formerly. Perhaps not; and why should Ihe be? It does not appear that a. great deal has been done to win Chinese affection, or
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