Bishop Molony returned to Ningpo for a little change last Friday. We regret to hear that the Bishop has to undergo another operation shortly. For this purpose he will be returning to Shanghai in a week or so's time. We hope that the further operation will completely cure his malady and that be will s%00n be able to return to the work of his diocese.
The Rev. A. J.'3. Steam has now taken up residence at St. Andrew's Chaplaincy, Broadway. that, at any rate, is absolutely true. The difficulty dace really begin to some extent farther back than is often supposed. The parson was himself a layman for at least twenty-three years of his life. He lives now surrounded on all sides by laymen. His efficiency depends at sll points on their support. There are few places where the need of lay support and assistance is 30 marked as in Shanghai, and the clergy may will be grateful for the able and willing service of such laymen as are represented in the various selves with the maintenance of the church fabric and church finance.
A correspondent writing lately from France confirms the impres sion received from other quarters of the deep ignorance of Christianity prevailing among our population a6 represented by the men at the Front. He appeals for a short statement of the Christian
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