We in west Chinn remember with seratitude that when he was invited by the Archbishop of Canterbury to take the C.MLS. diocese in enst China, with the Society's cordial approval, he refused. The move had various advantages to recom= mend it. It would have put him nearer England, and more in touch with his episcopal brethren ju China; besides making him. more fayallable in council: but ho took a pleasure in sticking to the harder Job and if anyone gave him money to spend on himself he. preferred to spend it on his work.
When the present last he was our guest The occasion was hi ing through last autumn after.the marriage of Bishop Mowll, and is valued memory. He seemed remarkably well, and bright, and there was no reason to fear" that we should so soon lose him. That afternoon he gave those of us who live Mienchow a talk out of the riveness of his experience. We were impressed with the wisdom and fatherly kindness of his words. His eye was bright force scarcely seemed though mellowed and subdued, however, always worked to the limit of his strength, and a serious fever roved too much for him especially after the strain of the past sum mer. No one can have felt keener disappointment at th: present attitude of China than himself; and the last letter I ever received from him, written about three weeks ago, contains an lom that he was entirely aware of the weak points in China's case. It is such men as he who are at the present juné~ ture 2 great asset to China, dlthough she may not admit it; for pple knowing "her case with, the intimacy of 40 years his sympathies entirely in the direction' of
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