Whilst the meeting was taking: farewell of the Rev, W. Eddon and Miss Tainer, who are expecting to return Home on furlough this spring, a most touching incident occurred. The Shantung Christians presented to Miss Turner a sometimes bestowed upon departing magistrates as a_ signal token of popular affection, The rendering of such a gift to Miss Turner, was a high honour, to which very few foreign "women have attained, and a most loving recognition of her 25 yearn of devotion and unselfish ger-
'Another' most significant and touching incident was the announce-by Mrs. Vu of a generous gift to the girls schoo} attached to the Tientsin City Church, of which she is honour-ary Principal. Mrs, Vu is the daughter of the'late Rev. Chang Chih-shan, who was a much-revered pastor of the Tientsin Church, His widow recently died, leaving to the daughter the old man's savings. Mrs. Vu, however, declared not to receive this money, but to give it to the school as an endowment fund in memory of her father. She communicated this decision to the meet ing in a charming and modest Li speech. She said that she made this itt, feeling that it would please het father, who was in Heaven, to see his savings being used for promoting the Christian education of girls, object which was always very near to his heart. The amount of the legacy was not yet definitely known, but she undertook to make it up to $1,000 if it was under that amount.
The meetings closed on an opti tie note, it being decided that conditions were suiiciently improved to permit of the return of the ladies to Shantung, though it was considered thut it would not be advisable to re-open the Chu-chia Girls School until the autumn,
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