"No more fitting day surely than Easter Sunday could have been fixed upon for the dedication of the memorial which has now been placed on the walls of this Chapel. But. though neither Sir John nor Lady Jordan would wish me to interrupt For long the course of our Easter Service, I must ask you to bear with me-for a moment while T recall one or two facts about him. When 4 arrived in Peking in 18% Mr. Jordan (as he was then) had just been appointed to the substan-Live post of Chinese Secretary. Seven years later he left Peking for Corea. Ten years later again he' returned to Peking and for fourteen strenuous years he filled the post. of British Minister here. Five years after he retired, at the age of 73 he was called to his rest.
Devotion to Duty the outstanding feature of his character, through all the years during which I knew him, was hia) whole-hearted devotion 0 duty o in other words, to his work, He wa a man of few recreations with as far as I know, no favourite hobby. That was no doubt a definite limita. tion. But on the other hand it concentrated attention on the way in which he kept his work ever in the foreground and allowed nothing to interfere with it. That, I venture to say, is a lesson of which we need to be Feminded more and more. fas distractions multiply around us.
But no one could come in contact with him without learning it shall 1 rather say, without the opportunity of learning another and no less important lesson, Speaking for myself, have no hesitation in saying that he was one of the most self forgetful men I have ever knows own respects, his own rep tion ever seldom or never appeared to be in his mind at all. If at times seemed bent on getting his own way, it was never because it was his own way but because it was the best way: and that is a thing that some of us imagine to be true more it is true, When, as T verily believe in his case, it is true of any man, it is a mark of real greatness of character. It is right then that there should be in this terior has issued a general order Accounts there are three members) chapel, where for nearly forty years struct them to observe the Kuomin. to his subordinates in which he in-|Sf.._he American Presbyterian of his life he so. regularly, wor Mission remaining on the premises:) shipped, a lasting memorial." tang principles; to work for the welfare of the people; to work eonscientiously; to rise early; to be thrifty; to avoid bad habits' to take daily exercise; to uphold the good and suppress the bad; to suppress indecency; to suppress. corruption to do away with gambling: to wipe out superstitious beliefs; to wipe out Communists and bandits; ta throw open the gates of their yamen to the public; to reform municipal administration; to encourage Public hygiene; and to pay regular visits to places under their control. also three members of the Men-non ite Mission, Tsaochowfu, stopping with them, it being impossible for them to get away at present. It is certainly to be hoped that General Feng will soon investigate the whole affair and so avoid any further complications,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.