Many of the older residents of Shanghai, and many in Mission circles throughout China, will Tear with regret of the death very suddenly, at Worthing, England, Marek 28 at the age of 69, of Mr. Isaac Mason, a prominent worker in this country for many years under the Friends' Service Council.
Born in Leeds, Mr. Mason, as a young man of 22' came out to China a missionary under the Friends' Society in 1892, and was engaged in pioneer work in Szechuen, beng first Stationed at Chungking and later at Suining and Tangchwan. Rapidly acquiring the Chinese language, Mr. Mason became an ardent student of Chinese literature, and was soon noted for his work as a translator, his many small booklets being of considerable service to his ce-workers in the Btission field. He will also be
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