The Archive · 1929

NON, SPECIAL service 7

Commenting on the Church Convention which is being held at Kuling and on Canon Streeter, who is a visiting speaker at the conference, a British missionary writing from Kuling made the following reman "The attendances at the meetings of the Kuling convention have been remarkably good. The Kuling community is hard to please. if the visiting speaker says some good things, there are those who comment on what he did say. This year the visitor is Canon Streeter who is credited with almost abysmal learning, and represents the flower of "Oxford scholarship. Many books have appeared in recent years under his editorship setting forth the Christian faith in terms of the thought fand science of our time, and he himself has written books like 'Reality' that have had a grey vou, on account of the frankness ity with which the newer weries by science are ce-related with religion, "But whereas Cambridge famous for sums and sausages," the missionary continues, "Oxford is famous for a manner and a mai malady. Alas, Canon Streeter [some of the Oxford hesitancy and manner, and, moreover, had the mis-of ing the necessity for hard thinking tag a Yond of lent of "siding is fond of plenty of gravy with its meat," the mission worker' hoerves, "and revels in something Tike whet tan Deen caled "London, Brighton and South Costt Religion"

ited Press. party was in a very pitiable con-ition till helped by Pere Ouverard at Tseku on the Mekong. From this point the party had a dreadful tri across country to Fort Hertz.

From Tachienlu on to Batang the party travels.under the Tibettn escort of a well-known border warrior named Drale Goncho and his father-in-law, Aden. For a given sum the Tibetan. escort provides so many rifles and all the Eraveller is' asked to do isto is and sit tight, @xvovsr 17, 11929,

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