By as strange fate the evangelistic work of the missions in general has suffered far less than any other branch of the work. In many dis-{triets where medical and educational work has been brought to a com plete standstill the evangelistic work has continued without serious difficulty. Tt is not the purpose of these articles to draw moral conclusions or make spiritual deduetions from the incidents but one is! struck by the fact that the frenzy of the Chinese destroying agencies has hurt most that part of missionary work they would have mest willingly velained—the schools; ard the part to which they were more hostile or indifferent has largely escaped harm,
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