The reading desk above the statues pivots on a richly carved cap and is surmounted by a delicately carved and pierced cresting. This is supported at the sides by light buttresses terminating in foliated finials, The whole design ix beautiful and chaste. The lectern has been executed by Messrs. Harry Hems & Sons, sculptors, of Exeter, england. Upon the lectern will be placed s plate inscribed with the names of all the donors hose subscriptions made possible its purchase.
The Old Testament with the Apocrypha and the New Testament will be placed upon the revolving standard. The Bibles are bound in black leather with gold letters.
Inside the cover of each is a gold and black plate bearing the inscription: "To the Glory of God, and in Memory of Robert and Sarah Fanny Ferguson, Shanghai, 1870. 1895, This Book, presented by their' daughter and only surviving son.
February 1930."
Tt has not yet been decided what is to be done with the old lectern with the carved eagle, It will most probably either be used for the children's services or be transferred to the Bubbling Well chapel. intention to create a Board to strengthen the foundation of the impenalists? commercial invasion of China." The creation of this Board ix an indication of how the Council Took' down on the Chinese people, how they hold the Chinese Government in contempt, and how they encroach on China's sovereignty. The people should therefore, oppose the Fcheme and prevent it' from being carried out.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.