To the Editor of the "NontH-CuiNa Danny News."
Sin—T ni an issue of one of to-day's papers an appeal for funds on behalf of 500 Russians who are stated to be faced with starvation, I wish to bring' under your notice the fact that not Russians alone but Britons, Americans, Scandinavians, ete, are also wondering how they are going to exist this winter.
Tam a Canadian myself, and company with several other perso: of different nationalities, have been obliged to sleep there fow nights the steam launches.
up alongside the Bund every night, Some time ago I appealed to the British Consul for assistance and was sent to the Hanbury Institute where I lived for a few days, Then 1 was informed that a passage had been booked for me on board the s. Empress of Russia and that was to return to Canada. On going aboard the vessel T discovered that 1 was expected to travel steerage in company with a crowd of Chinese and Indians; five of the Intter even sitting at the table with me in the mess room.
Not caving to travel in such company, I refused to sail on the vessel and left the ship, returning to the Hanbury Institute. The following day the manager of the Institute informed me that he had been given orders that T was to be turned out and not under any circumstances was I to be permitted to reside there, even if T had sufficient money to pay for the privilege.
Being thus rendered homeless and having no money at all, I spent a miserable few days until T decided to apply to the United Services Association for help, as T have servved in the Canadian Army during the War. This excellent Associ tion very kindly gave me a note to the manager of the Hanbury Institute, instructing him to provide me with one week's-board and lodge ing at their expense. The mani er, however, told me that I could not live in the Institute as my resid ing there had been forbidden. So Tam still homeless, with no prospect lof even obtaining' a decent night's: sleep in a comfortable bed.
Thus you see that not merely the Russians are to be pitied, but various other people as well who wre unable to obtain board and Jodging.
Tam, ete, An Ex-sun vice MAN. shanghai, Oct. 9, 1924.
"Fundamentalist and Modernist." had not intended, however, to take part in that correspondence, the letter was solely concerned with the Jcorrespondence on the question whether we have or have not a Bible of authority.
Mr. Bostick asked some exponent of modernist views to give the answer of modernist teaching to that question, and no one—professing himself to be a modernist replied.
But those correspondents who! did reply gave answers which are I think in principle practically the same as that which—genuine modernism would give.
Ido not} think I was wrong in describing them as very different from th answer which the Church of Christ has hitherto given on this important question.
Tt is something if that {fact alone is realized and admitted.
The simple truth is that a great [change—and one with far reaching consequences—is being introduced into Christian thinking and teaching on the subject of the Bible. A strong reaction against this change has set, throughout the Christian Church, By this reaction Bible Unions and Leagues have been thrown up every where. With multitudes reason itself forbids that the new views should be entertained; with still more perhaps it is merely a living' instinct; unthinking sheep they may' be, but' still "a stranger will they: not follow, for they know not the! voice of strangers, The issue is a practical one, for it really does make a great difference to a man's thinking and outlook; whether or not he regards the Bible ax having a character of its own which gives it the final word matters of faith and practice. And the difference continually, protrudes itself in the carrying} out of the missionary—commission. From this arises that} divisive force working now amongst missionaries of which we are all more or less sadly conscious. cannot here enter into arguments} for holding to the historic faith as regards the Bible, I would only say that those considerations which seem to the other side of gre weight, namely the inward witness of individuals and the general consensus "of the Church, are in favour wholly trusted for guidance.
Even it be the case that very few] teachers of our age in England take thi view, and that it is "not even heard on the platt of the World' Student Movement" what of that? Are we for these things to set aside the experience and consensus of ages?
Troly this requires a confidence in the sanity or our own age which is searcely wan nted in the! face of the chaos which prevails everywhere.
I do believe in "the Holy Spirit who spoke by the prophets". And I bel ye in the presence of the Holy} Si it to guide us into all trath. But I read in the Bible that the guidance of the Spirit to believers in early days was not the same thing as the lection by which He spoke through the prophets.
St. Paul said that all true Christians have the Spin and yet he asks, "Are all prophets?
And so, with this Bible principle to guide' me, if there are any prophets through whom, the Holy Spirit is speaking in our days, Yeason assures me that they will endorse the words of the former prophets.
If they donot; I know! that if a spirit speaks through them at all, and not simply the deceits of their own hearts, it is not the Spi of God.
And if I feet a spi ising up within m; if, questioning or rejecting the Scripture teaching, Tam sure that it is one of the thoughts of my own deceitful heart, or, if from outside, a suggestion from below, and not from above, not to be followed but to be decisively re-Jected in favour of Scripture, for to that always the last word is to bbe given.
Mr. Rowland in his last paragraph seems to distinguish between students of Scripture" and "bein Christ." Now it is certainly true that men may study the Scripture and not find their way to Christ, it was so in the Lord's day and it is so in our day.
But a believer in Christ must surely also be a student of Scripture, for has He not taught us, both by precept S.A good deal of my eri letter is taken up with the uses of the different parts of the Bible, Which is also the point of the interesting quotation from Richard Baxter. This is really a different question from that of the authority the Bible, and it would only confuse the issue to write of it in this letter. the Editor of the "Nonru-Cusna Dany News. apologize for the much space that Sm—t feel, rather bound te has been taken up in your columns by those who have quoted my question which T propounded in my letter of September 4, and especially since no one has seemed to went to answer that question in any very direct way, "That was whap 1 really wished, and' from some' one who Fecognizes himself as areal Modernist. I have no quarrel what-lever with "Sophia" as to her ela that "human characteristics "may appear in the book, but if it was *God-breathed" in all of them, then it is a Divinely given Book, Mr. Rowland's article is a very strange mixture and does not seem to me at all to answer the qui Twish he had explained his meaning a little as to the authority of "the! communion of saints." He does yhot say whether he considers this feature or source of authority" as on an equality with his "inspiration Scripture" oF not, but it seems! that he does 90 consider it, "But my! my! if this is an equal source of authority in what a sad condition we are as to guidance of our lives! 'See how the saints killed exch other the late war! Where is. any authority in" such communion' to help one.on into better things?
very freely "admit" the authority of "the Holy' Spirit, but. it is in that Book that Tan asking about that I know about 1 Holy Spirit, except as He comes to teach me and lead me as T study the Book which He is understood some of us to have inspired. the Book ix wrong in so much of what it tells us about our dear Master, why should it not be wrong {in telling us of the Spirit?
Of course I cannot for one litre moment admit the right of the Pope or anyone else' to interpret the meaning of this Book except as 1 cee their interpretation to be that of the Spirit. T cannot agree with this writer "Paul" nearly} fas readily and as heartily as 1 do with the' one who wrote so many Very strong helpful things. nearly 2000 years ago and wrote them out of his experience after he had cased to hate and persecute the name of Christ and "yielded himeelf - unreservedly: to that Spirit of whom Christ had said, speaking of Hi coming reign "'He shall take of the things of mine and show them unto you.
In the long list of advisory suggestions. to" us who bel "Up. country," he says, The men you contend against are enjoying, and have in the past enjoyed, just as full a measure of the blessings of God' Holy Spirit as you have. Take heed lest you be found to be fighting against God." How does he know 's0 much? 'I find inthe Book an order to "contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints", and when this advisory brother tells me that the man who rejects any and all atts of the Word, the very history of the birth and work and the object of His work for the world of Jesus Christ. ha the same right to expect the Holy, Spirit's blessings as do men and women who do shape their lives by the same in all things I can but dispute his claim to. such Christ himself told us His "Word should abide and T am thankful that has and will abide.
But I write again just to bey that some real Modernist will answer this simple question in a plain simple way that a plain simple man may see what he means. I shall greatly appreciate it if some one will do Tam, ete, G. P. Bostick Pochow Anhui, Oct. 8, 1924
's ports and comments by the Com a with considerable interest, the
missioner and the acting Commis Sioner of Public Health as well the extract from Health Commitee minutes, as published to-day in the Municipal" Gazette. I have "also perused carefully the Milk: Commige Son's Report of January last "There i no question in my mind that the view expressed by " memo ber of the Commission is correct in regard to. milky production practised in Shanghai, where native about has' to be utilized and. dee pended upon, "He says, "irrespective of the precautions taken inside the dairies, it is of the utmost portance that milk should be sterlized (or boiled) by the consumer after delivery," and suggests that the introduction of a higher and a lower grade licence may give the consumer a false sense of security, which would probably lead to this most essential precaution not being taken, The acting Health Officer this statement and adds milk will lessen the risk in case of a breakdown in the process of sterilization at home. I have kept house for over 30 years in Shanghai, and have our usual ups and downs of housekeeping, but we manage always to have out milk boiled before use, with the sult that my family has always been more or less in good health, According to the Milk Commission's report, to obtain grade "A" licence, that is to say pasteurized or sterilized milk, the milk has to be heated by pasteurization proc only; to be able to produce past eurized milk, expensive machinery, has to be installed, thereby increase ig the cost of production which naturally the consumer has to pay for, and the difference to-day is easily 25 to 30 per cent, more, and if the sense of security is not cer= tain, why should the consumer pay this' extra amount? By consumers rage person money is'no object so long as they think they get the best, Apropos of the above, the following excerpt from Farmers' Clean Milk Book," by Dr. Charles North, Director of Public Health, New York City (North) may be of interest:—
"Byery dairyman knows that suc~ cess in the production and handling of clean milk depends most of all fon the dairyman himself, and not on his buildings nor their equipment. Every dairyman knows that no matter how good a barn and milk house or their equipment may be, the milk produced on the pre~ mises can be damaged through the carelessness and unclean habits of the hired man, One _unelean strainer cloth can spoil the milk produced in a $25,000 dairy barr T have been in the business for nearly three years and cleanliness carried out under our own supervision is the order of the day, and the results have been increased customers almost every month, ind voluntary letters of appreciation from several. Our Municipal jeard bears the words "O.K," "Bx. cellent," from the day we started till to-day, therefore I do not intend to change my system, as I believe in producing milk at a reasonable price.
Tam, ete, 'SMALL DatnyMan,
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