The gravest criticism that the Chinese people have made agai Christianity is that it is a foreign) religion, that it is propagated 07 People who are the emissaries of Powerful and aggressive foreign governments, that missionaries under the protection "of "treatee|ebout Which were extorted from. China after military defeat, and that the Chinese Christians are unpatriotic and disloyal' to their race, No doubt there is some degree of truth in parts of this criticism. It would appear that the danger, however, is that now there should be a swing to the opposite extreme, that with the intense wave of patriotism that is sweeping over the country, the Church may become too nationalistic and lose its catholic spirit; that many] of the Christians, joining foreign agitation, may gain a reputation for patriotism by acting li manner wholly opposed to the spirit of Christ, seen him occasionally in ates yeans I have noticed the signs of strenuous work and of cares. He has lived -a devoted life in North China, and still continues in the good work.
The Late Biabep Cassel those early days I.first met the Rev, W. W. Cassels at Chungking, passing through on his, first for-ough. He was not then Bishop. Later years found us as "nelghin northwest Seebuan, broad-minded, amd ready to co-Sart pie a Soto ere eae life, involving much travel, and often shirked. During the Boxer rising We all had to leave Ssechuan, Bishop Cassels was one of the first fated Ger iver steamer Sui Ai wrecked and dis-
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