To the Editor ét the "NorrieCunwa Dany Raws"
Sin—Is there any large city in the world where it is more dificult to meet incoming passengers steamers? People "must be met, expecially when they arrive Shanghai for the first time, absolutely no consideration is given at the Customs Jetty to those meeting their friends.
Several days ago when wailing for the tender to arrive, T counted. ten large Lueks "and. valis belonging to hotels "and. transportation companies parked around the door of the cus-Toms house leaving scarcely any oom for any one else, The steamship-offices give the time of the val of tenders as accurately. as they but there are often delays and we wait. sometimes an hour or more before the tender pears. Then once Inside the customs house it 1s often another matter of hours before: baggage can be assembled and passed bythe inspectors. - We-dare not leave for we do not know what minute our: friends may finally emerge.
Tt iw probably impossible to issue! more passes although T have. often seen most worthy people standing upside the customs house door who could be trusted with passes, but be: that as it "may, could we "not be given shelter and seats? stand together" will not succeed. We know what true Christianity and true Christians stand for. Happily, we are to-day, like Father Abraham and Lot of old, live and part in peace, but come together as brethren when we fare in need of one another's aid, Cherishing our individual beliefs, practising our individual rites and ceremonies, contending that, though divided in' creed, we are united in deed. "How good and how pleasant iis for brethren to dwell together in amity," was the vision of the ancient Hebrew poet. Jews and Christians wha tolerate each other have lived to this motto, and have never failed one another. They have removed the partition walls, realizing that instead their Jewish neighbours being monstrous as they have been depicted, they are remarkably alike. Dr. Mueller will egregiously fail in his attempt to rally Christendom against the Jews." He must be commiserated for living in this advoncea age. His: mediaeval will stand as a great obstacle in his sotanish mission to throne Jesus and enttirone pagan sin. His dispensation of hate, his bigotry and narrow-mindedness will isolate him and Germany from the civilized world. Jews are not unmindful of the great trust which every true Christian carries "with him," and feet that leaders ike Mueller and his ilk, will not succeed in dimming the beauty of Christian ities by preaching a new testament of hate and terror. have stood in the pouring until T'was ankle deep in water for Shanghai, Sept. 21,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.