One of the most notable facts in the campaign for the establishment of a Scottish Presbyterian Church here is the distinct demand for it shown by young men just out from Home, On the whole this is not surprising. They have been accustomed to one particular form of worship frou childhood, and anything else is foreign to them. It is accordingly not difficult to draw the conclusion from this that a certain amount of the non-church-going habits—of Shanghai arise from the circumstance that the personal predilections of many have been left unsatisfied, that there has been a considerable break in their habits, and once that break has occurred it is difficult to restore these habits, particularly in the modified form which local conditions make necessary. Up to the present, therefore, the campaign to which we refer has been productive of good in making public certain important factors, and they are of such weight that the promoters of the Presbyterian Church should be impelled to go forward with more vigour and iiore insistence on their objective than ever. As has been pointed out before, promise of support in influential quarters has been forthcoming, and we should imagine that the financial side of the project will prove rather simpler than at first appears when largo sums are mentioned. Peking has shown the correct, spirit of financial courage in a similar matter in approaching a scheme for the Union Church there amounting to over Tls. 100,000. If this sum_ offers little trouble to a place like Peking, it is quite evident that it would be easily within the scope of the particular section of the local coni-munity which is especially interested in the present church scheme.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.