To the Editor of the "Noura-Cama Danny News." Sim,—Last year you were kind enough to insert a letter of mine which seems to hare given general satisfaction among my friends. At the close of this season. I feel inclined to send you another communication. And I do so with great pleasure to myself, for I can say, without the least fear of contradiction, that we have had a splendid season here this year. There has been hardly any growling heard here this season and very little fault-finding of any kind. So far as I am personally concerned, I have every reason to be more than satisfied with the praises that have boon lavished upon my poor self.
What a magnificent place this is."
Have you ever seen finer scenery in any part of China, or even as fine?" hot the weather lovely?" "The air is 0 pure, crisp, and life-giving." Those are only specimens of the glowing eulogiums to which my ears have been accustomed during the past three months. Were it not for my native modesty and deep-rooted humility I should have been suffering somewhat severely by this time from what you call a "swelled head." But am oid, and have passed through varied experiences in life, and this helps me to bear my honours with due gravity and philosophic calmness.
This year's season will be long remembered on varies accounts, And, ings with the Chinese people. Honesty is the best policy, and even in my country it pays in the end. [overheard a conversation between one of the members of the Extension Committee and an outsider, whom we will, for convenience sake, call Mr. A. "I understand," said Mr. A., "that you are going to try and get this extension in a certain way." "Yes, that is our intention," was the reply, Well," said Me. A., "I venture to predict that you will never succeed. here is a way of going about this matter, but it is not the way you have adopted." "Please tell us your way," said Mr. B., and we will see what can be done." Mr. 'A. did so, and he could not have hit on a better plan if he had been brought up the feet of the dragon all his life. Twas surprised to hear what ho said because he calls himself " Christian man, {fF not something more. But I was delighted to hoar Mr. B.'s reply. ' Well,"
Mr. B., " your way may suit you, but it does not suit me. Rather than obtain this extension in the way you suggest, I would let the extension perish. can do without the extension, but I cannot do without a conscience void of offence both towards God and towards man." I need not assure you, my dear Mr. Editor, that those words made a deep and lastin, impression upon my mind. And now congratulate the Extension Committee most heartily on their success. They have 132 lots, most of it fine lund, to dis-.d, pose of at present, "ud may take up 150 more at any time within the next 5 is East, and West is West, and never the first, it will be remembered on account: Perhaps Kipling might revise,
twain Il meet," after his Japanese exits convention, which seems to have been a great success. Conventions are poriene "As regards their success in colonisanew things tome, and I was somewhat tion, when their enterprise and the curious to see what sort of things they Donofite of their sway are seen so clearly are. Well, I must confess that this in the Loochoos, and the good results of year's convention has made a good imtheir more recent efforts in Formosa are pression on my mind. I Li observed, one cannot but be impressed Holden, the Keswick representative to with the belief that they will do t China this summer. He is quite young, deeds in helping the progress and Seve: only 34 years of ago; but he is a thorough-lopment of Corea. In this way, they ly educated man, and deeply in earnest. will show themselves to be a great He speaks well, and is utterly free from colonizing race, as well as assist in the cant or claptrap. Some among his hearers did not profess to adopt all hi mighty world fores which are at work for the reform and independence of theological views; but there was but one China and the renovation of Asis. Ad-opinion with to the earnestness of the man and the deeply spiritual vance Japan! Dai Nippon Banz.i character of his teachings. It is to be am, ete., '0. S. Laavenworts. hoped that the impressions made will not fade away in the midst of the toils Nanyang College, and trials of practical work down below.
'29th September.
Tt is easy to get excited up here, in the midst of these grand moun-
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