something like 45 years Mr. Isaac Mason worked in China engaged in missionary and literary work. He and his wife have been home for several years now, and friends of theirs interested wrote to them some time ago drawing their attention to an advertisement in the NCD. for a Chinese professor at the University of Oxford. Mr. Mason replies that 63 is rather old for a man to take up new post, especially since the retiring age of that Dost is 63!
Masons have bought a house at Worthing and are very happy there. Mr. Mason still keeps up a. certain amount of Chinese study and for his own pleasure reads daily of this remarkable language. He is at present engaged in writing a book on "Islam in China" and he tells us that there are many local interests_to which he gives considerable attention. He speaks at many meetings and goes to London occasionally for committees. Gardening also is a great interest to both himself and his wife, and altogether they find plenty of occupation Inthe homeland in' spite of their 40 years in China, and of the fact that they left here when they were no longer very young. They have been able to take up fresh interests and have become -really absorbed in the life in England.
In August a "Stricken China" hibition was held in London to help raise funds in ald of a medical unit, This was promoted by a branch of the League of Nations Union, and was under the patronage of Dr. Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Ambassador to London. Chinese views are well presented at home and apparent ly @ successful speaker in her cause was the Rev. G. K, Chang, chaplain to Trinity College, Foochow, who has been lecturing at several schools at magazine home. We read in one public school
"Mr. Chang described a few "of the troubles of the Chinese at the present time, and told us how the Christians in China, led by Madame" Chiang-Kal-shek, are helping to relieve suffering besides carrying out. their ordinary missionary work. He also told us of the various religions in China, the most widely spread being Confucianism. After the lecture he took evensong in the school chapel, was then entertained to tea by members of Form VI and Upper V to whom he showed photographs of his family, and explained the structure Chinese writing.
"We all fell that this was one of the most interesting lectures we have ever had.
So the Chinese situation is being well presented at home, and receiving full: publicity.
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