Little were in no sense attacks on mission work but merely exposes of the difficulty of teaching Chri Sanity to Chinese—which certainly no missionary disputes. And the, fact that a freebooting Prussiar Government at Potsdam annexed Kiaochou because two German mis~ jon aries had been killed, is not the: fault of the missions. Our corres pondent says nothing of the number of missionaries who have been killed, maltreated and robbed and claim of any kind made on behalf, We are far from saying that all missionaries are perfect or that they are always the best men. for the work they have to do. Nor would any missionary make such claim. The root of the matter this: that in the main they believe something and, believing it intensely, they find in it something further which compels them to go out and endeavour to impart that belief tovothers.in order that, asthe missinaries are convinced, they may be benefited by it. Say what one may, that is a purely unselfish aim and in pursuit of it the missionaries expose themselves to sacrifice, discomfort and danger. It appears to us to be very poor work for a fellow-national to throw mud at them.
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