Last Sunday, no fewer than. four former missionaries in China. were occupying pulpits in city churches, Dr. Duncan Main, late of Hangchow, was the special speaker at St. George's Cross Tabernacle, Dry and Mrs. Main now are permanently. residing in Edinburgh, where he is in frequent demand as a speaker. The Rev. J. A. Slimmon, of Honan, living in Glasgow and at present it supporting the claims of the Hill Murray Institute for Blind at Peking. Mr. James Murray, of the National Bible Society of Scot-and, is today a director of the Society. While in China for nearly, twenty years, as an agent of the Society, he travelled' through: seventeen of the eighteen: provinces and interest in the country is a8 keen as ever. The Rev, Arthur Taylor, who in now the C. I, M. Scottish Secretary, has his headquarters in Glasgow, but his work for the Society takes him to all parts of the country. He is in great demand, not only a8 a preacher, but also as a speaker at various gatherings of religious nature and last night was the principal speaker at a large gathering in the Renficld Street U. F, Church (the City Temple of Glasgow) when presentations wore made to the Minister and his wife to mark the commemoration of his eight years public ministry in the church, At the meeting, a letter from the Lord Provost of Glasgow, to the Minister, the Rev. W, Erskine Blackburn, was read, save ing with what gratification the Lord Provost had learned of the news of the refusal of Mx. Black burn to accept a call to one of Novth: America's leading: churches, 1XG westward a host of very oniones and several eases Jaden with Japanese art treasure: M. Robert de Billy, French Amba sador to Japan for the past twa years, will bid wi revoir to Tokyo the end of April, His departure, however, may be definitive, as it probable that 4. de Billy will be transferred to another post during his stay in France, the "Japan Times" Jearng on excellent authori 2 has claimed another Kowloon victim in Mrs.
(Anne) Abraham, a resident 80° sears of age, who died at No. 8 Torres Building. She had been in good health until afewdays befores Much sympathy will be felt with her family; her three sons being Mr, Ezra Abraham and Mr, Reuben Abraham "(of Messrs, Tester Abraham, stock-brokers) and Joo Abraham; and her daughters being Nits. E, Sayer, who lives isi Hongkong, and Mes, W. G. Piteairn, whose husband ig on the Yangtze end who lives in England, There ara three grandchildren in Hongkong, and two at Home,
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