Glasgow, May 27.
'May in Scotland, for the masses of Church-goers, is Assembly Month and while Edinburgh is the centre for these, all the cities are equally interested in the debates, discussions' and decisions of those august gatherings. Of course, the outstanding Assembly is that of the Church of Scot-Iand and while to some extent this year's was not to have the same colouring—because of the death of our late lamented and revered Sovereign, yet it Is questionable whether, or not there has ever been an As* sembly that for interest in the discussions and for the importance of the subjects to be debated will have surpassed this, Assembly just ter- 8 minating.
Tt has been one of the most wonderful and certainly, one of the! most successful. In" the first place Lord and Lady Kinnaird have been par excellence as the representatives! of His Majesty. The choice of Lord Kinnaird as the Lord High Commissioner wes one of the harpiest for both Lord and Lady Kinnaird are themselves keenly and deeply interested In all Church work and have! been for many years closely associated with it—indeed It can be stated with faeeuracy that all Church work has: their warm support.
Thus the Assembly—its debates and Its activities—as well as its influences jupon the religious life in Scotland, would have their fullest sympathy, and for this reason alone His Majesty's advisers could not have selected more judiciously.
Competent and Charming Executive Lady Kinnaitd is a most accom plished platform speaker—in this! respect she can give many points to her husband—but then that is always the case. With her beautiful smile, her radiant expression and her per= fectly charming addresses, she has obviously been most happy and with her husband has carried out almost 'a5 perfectly as possible, the multlfarious duties connected' with the! office of His Majesty's Lord High Commissioner at the Church of Seotland Assembly.
The Assembly itself has been Uke former ones. The speaking hi been of the same high order and there has been the usual wide range fof subjects discussed. Anxiety was expressed concerning the masses who do not go to church. The failure of the League of Nations to prevent the conquest of Ethiopia and what is to bbe the attitude of the Church to war, were subjects warmly debated.
But whole pages would be needed for anything like a full account this the 1996 Annual Assembly. The Free Church Assembly has, as usual, been meeting also and in a few days! the United Free Church of Scotland (the minority which would not go in with the majority at the time of] the Union) will have its Annual Assembly in Edinburgh.
The China Inland Mission has just concluded a series of large public meetings in Glasgow, Perth, Dundee, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. In all these cities ft was extraordinary to see the interest manifested, either in the Society or its activities or both.
A satisfactory report was presented at all the gatherings—the Mission's income for 1935 being the second Largest in its history, while the baptisms were reported as being nearly 8,000.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.