Wusih, Dee, 30, eventfully, ite the fact that Christmas passed quietly and un-
very inflammatory posters were put up and distributed by the anti-' Christian society, 'The—Chineso' Christians say that these posters could hardly be worse, and are. strongly reminiscent of Boxer days. Certainly those T have soon bear. out this view. But they do not seem to have made the slightest general impression. Some were. thrown into a Methodist Church during service, and some mailed the Chinese "clergyman of the American Church Mission. The latter made the charges contained in the posters the subject of an excellent sermon, in which he answered the charges in deta At the annual Christmas eve Baptismal service in the American Church Mission church, 32 candi were baptized. About an og number were baptized last Easter Eve, so that one would judge that this mission, at least, is not suffering from anti-Christian' propaganda.
St. Andrew's Hospital celebrated with a carol service in all of the wards on Christmas Eve, at which, time the Christmas Story was told simply and impressively by the hospital chaplain. On Christmas morning each patient received a Christmas parcel, and on Christmas afternoon the nurses gave a "Manger Scene" in the chapel, after wi all hospital workers from the superintendent down to the kitchen coolies received a gift.
Even those of us who have been a long time in China are subject to startling discoveries, one of which was made by the doctor in charge of St. Andrew's Hospital several days ago, when a patient was brought in suffering from a wound caused by the explosion of a small bomb, He said that he had recently been making a living bombing dogs, which he subsequently sold to native butchers. Fearing the worst, the doctor asked for further details, and was told that all Chinese hams are "cured" with a dog's ham at the bottom of the vat, and that this ham is kept beneath the others so long that -it becomes of a marvellously delicious
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