Nor only in his choice of subjects but in the manner of their treatment does Dr. Mott, of ian Student fame, succeed ug a reverberant chord. Were it otherwise he would have failed to attain the position in which he stands to-day in the councils of that worldwide Christian society whose deliberations have just been attracting so much attention in China, for no matter the calibre of the thinker, failure on his part to attract the attention of hearers and readers would be fatal to his influence. Dr. Mott has this week spoken in Shanghai on a subject which has called for very serious thought ever since the close of the war—the menace to the world through the failure of civilization because of the manner ju which it has' been moulded during past decades, and he has pointed the way to a better condition of things through the wholehearted adoption.of Christian ideals in the remodelling of our institutions and manner of going about things. His lecture opens a wide field for discussion, and Dr. Mott having dealt in his admirable manner with that one phase there is room for others to consider further aspects. We see Genoa struggling with the problem of the economic rehabilitation of Europe, and we have seen Washington achieve apparently a measure of success in naval disarmament. In the case of the former distrust is rampant, while it is only too obvious that ill-balanced minds in different parts of the world are endeayouring to discount the work of Washington by the propagation of national animosities. Here are deplorable factors working ever towards the world's ruin, but there are others in operation, hardly so
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