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$0.00 Per annum $5.00, The Editor after commenting in the February number of "The Chinese Recorder" on "the Westward Trek" goes on to stress the need of relaxation and a sense of humour. especially in missionary He work says:
This power of relaxation and a sense or humour have been ch teristic of many vat men. Lincoln is the, dassie example.
Fortunately, these traits are not entirely lost in our times. Mr. Mcintosh, so wel known to Recorder readers, is a fine example of moral earnestness Combined with sparkling good humour. Wholesome witticisms flowed, (and, I pin sure, still flow) from his fertile mind like r [rom a perpetual in tain. Twice has the writer to catch himself up twinkle in his mark, "But this mot to joke remembers, how on another occasion the W. Sheppard, so well known portrayed this same sparkle of humour, Someone had given credit to "the Lord" ior a favourable turn for which another by way of semi protest "begged to rive credit not to the Lord, but to the House Comit was at this point that Mr id, with a twinkle in his eve, the Very strange agencies at "Well, ord doe use times to e Ty out his purpose Miss Eva D. Spicer writes on The Answer of Christian Faith to the Present Crisis, and "The Problem of Clothing Refugees in Shanghai is dealt with by Mrs, W. S. New—a pleasant little touch in her article i the description of how the Clothing Committee endeavour to brighten up the clothes donated in order to cheer the refugees a little, an effort in which the American Women's Club have helped with time and patience in making gay covers for cotton padded quilts. Education in Shanghai Refugee Camps dealt with by Mr. H. S. Redfern, Mr. Redfern has done yeoman service in this direction and expresses his admiration for the fortitude and cheerfulness displayed by the refugees in the midst of the most pitiable and tragic conditions. Miss Miriam E. Null also writes on the same subject and is delighted with the effort of one young Chinese manager of a camp who begged her to do all she could to furnish his camp with washcloths, soap and spittoons:
....He took me out to the kitchen where everything seemed very well managed, but the faces and hands of the workers were dirty. We don't but the attention have clean faces. had Some wash-cap we could all Wounded Soldiers Find God is by Mrs, Aimee B. Millican, while War Losses in Rural Areas in North China are analysed by an anonymous writer. There is an interesting translation by Dr. George W. Hinman of the inscription on the earliest Christian monument in China, which runs into five pages and is translated so as to preserve the original metrical form, The issue also includes an appreciation of the late Dr. Frank W. Bible and accounts of war experiences of missionaries on various fronts.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.