The eloquent appeal made on Sunday at the Cathedral by the Rev, B. Harthan, the Chaplain to the [Missions to Seaman, for active public interest in the Mission's affairs will, it is to be hoped, be heeded. The help that can be given by personal attendance to assist in the entertain ments at the Mission, by gifts of books of a readable and modern type and by subscriptions will be readily appreciated, Mr. Harthan. vividly pictured "the dependence of the sailor in port on the - amenit obtainable for mitigation of the Jnostalgia and loneliness attaching to: his calling, Shanghai knows well what the community owes to the for the Miss fire. It has been devised to take ithe form of a War Memorial. Even, though conditions are difficult, it: Jwould seem desirable that this modest effort to liquidate some. of the debt owed to those who kept the seas open in the Great War should soon be brought on to the plane of accomplishment: Meanwhile wt 171 way, Mr, Harthan will be glad to receive' those books. Perhaps note will be made of that fact.
The Hangchow Road
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