the China Inland Mission the perfection of the conventional Mephistopheles. Thad both. Tt must bye said that the mental attitude of Chinese of the interior towards foreigners was one of dislike, con tempt and fear."
Mr. Hudson Taylor had a stroke since borne. For it is an essential part of the C.1I. M. that it is wholly controlled in China, its special needs can only be met by men with firet-liliand knowledge of conditions, and the Home Board is quite ancillary to receive money and to test and send out recruits.
In respect of religion the C. I. Int.
inter-denominational, including members of all shades of religious conviction, and international, And these, Mr. Hoste was careful explain, are only held together by a common purpose; fois own authority rests on their loyalty; he has no authority a weak on big The Rule of Aristocracy Mr. Hoste was extremely teresting on the subject of the qualities which enable a man to rule and lead his fellows, and Nature is no respecter of persons when she endows him with those qualities. "I believe in an aristocracy," said Mr, Hoste. "Not for two minutes do T believe in democracy. But a man is [an aristocrat not because his erandfather was before him, but by his lown powers.'
He went on to speak of two men whom he had known in the mission, the one born in high places with every advantage, the other in lowly id with none. But there could be no question which of them was the one to bear rule. And Mr. Hoste added curious piece of information, that have been an artisan, to' have Joften to be some of the best prepar worked with one's hands," appears
tion to teach a man to understand and lead his fellows. So he would remove all artificial disabilities; he would have all men start from }serateh. The aristocracy will not. fail to appear. It is the method that another great religious organization, the Roman Catholic Church, has also followed, and there jean be no question of its success,
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