The following letters appearing in "Zion's Herald" speak for themselves, The first is by Miss Anna Louise Strong and is as follows:— an inter-denominational hostel whicn and mental strayings of an Oriental city, to hold fast to two ideas. "First: that you are still the same." the same as you were in the little towns and countryside of the home-and. Still the same, whatever the new conditions about you. Through-thronged by scores of missionary ies from up-country awaiting the turn of events which may send them home either inland or to America, heard the stirring sound of military band passing my window] and remembered that special ser-'Viees for the troops were announced in most of the churches. So I went: forth to look at the churches of Shanghai, Before the day was over I had seen five of them, the Union Church," Trinity Cathedral, St. Joseph's, and the North China Baptist Mission, and Orthodox Russian Church over in the native city.
In them one could read the story of Shanghai and the reactions of various souls, The Union Church 'The Union Church attended by' English and Americans, is unde-nomination ally Protestant. Its vice is vaguely Episcopalian not aggressively 0. Its pastor} mounts into a moderately high pal pit, He wears no robes but has a. Collar that fastens behind. Before him was a room two-thirds filled with clean looking American boys in blue-and-white suits. reminiscent eof the sea, Informal suits they! wore; some had their blouses pulled down firmly over the hips, others had wrinkled them jauntily about} the' waist with a little twist which exposed the lines of firmly knit Timbs beneath. They were the pick: of our boys, of a distinctly higher type than the average one met passing through the street. They were the boys who had turned to church this Sunday morning to r2- mind them of Home and family training and all the stern morality of their Protestant faith. In. fact 1 called this church "The Church of Moral Effort." But there was Jittle thrill in it. The audience was not Inrge: moral effort attracts the few though fit, here as at home, The singing was poor. The pastor spoke on God the Father; he began with a long analytical discussion of what Jesus meant when He said "Father" really such a complicated word, I wondered, needing so much theoretical analysis, with a firstly, secondly, thirdly? But, intellectual analysis and moral effort are the common tools of our united Protestant religion. An emotional appeal. would raise difficulties; our various, sects appeal differently to the eniotions when they appeal to all. The days were reminded of home, of an allewatching Father; so much the: pastor did to keep them in the nar-Tow path between the manifold temptations of Shanghai, change was ill the same," still infinitely English under what-was what God de-So! must, the "Occidental elf against the lure of the senses and the still more subtle. allure 6f new philosophies of the East The Old Tradi Secondly, he bade then remember that the British Empire was stil the same, He had to hedge a little—I felt sorry for him. He ad~ Jitted minor surface changes and many dangers. Only by straining a bit could he apply the word!
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us," and T knew what those at home fail the old thought of British labour. burst of they were tying responsibility the most glorious empire, which T believe God founded and which Ged calls to a job in the world.'
He alluded to the "words of that great soldier: you must either rule the people or the people will rule you." He applied this first to sin' and next to "weaker nations," and. evaded a little by dropping the word "rule" at this point. "You must cither "lead" the weaker nations up to your standard, or they will drag you down to theirs. You Jeannot be neutral. You cannot [stand aloof and say: What they do docan't concern me.'" Thus built up the moral basis for any intervention, closing with the Reimpressed me anew.
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Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.