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Show of medical mission effort. The London Times in a recent leading article remarks "The Medical missionary, because of his faith and his compassion, chooses his sections of the one front where the line is the thinnest. But while he is a physician, he is no less an evangelist, and he is an evangelist all through his working day. His must be largely 'preaching without words' . . . He is not a theologian; he is an evangelist, a bringer of good news from Him who came that man might have life and have it more abundantly." There is, there could be, no greater task. Who is sufficient? One's reach must ever exceed his grasp. If there be any credit it is to those who are faithful at the home base. The Tehchow work in other than medical lines also prospers, though suffering not a little from the general depression caused by. armies passing and repassing. Miss Reed and Mr. Matthews are the foreigners now there, besides the medical staff. Most regions are endeavoring to suppress bandits as hard as are the cities of America,- with possibly as much success! The opportunity of the Century. As far as China's"relations with the United States and other nations is concerned, is not the need to Christianise all international relations? The world is sitting up and taking notice of the inconsistency and hypocrisy of much that it has been doing in the name of Christianity. It is shocked to have Hindus and Chinese and Africans say "We like your Jesus, and we want to follow him, but are fed up on your so-called Christianity." Unequal treaties and extra-territoriality are doomed. What would Christ do if He walked the roads of China today? indigenous Christianity. An indigenous Christianity is developing. May the present time bring forth a leader and reformer strong enoxigh to expound Christ in terms of the China of today and tomorrow. The principles of nationalism, democracy, and industrial balance are permeating all sections of the country. This spells progress, and is vastly more potent than the destructiveness of even successful warfare. No nation is Christian till it is all Christian, and the world is not Christian till the basic principles of Christ prevail universally. The inference for you and for me is clear. We would discover no new continent, no new river, but the aim is to make men and women new. This means, among other things, many a cup of medicated cold water, given in the spirit of brotherhood. As though written by our own hands, Cordially and hopefully yours, EMMA BOOSE TUCKER, M. D. FRANCIS F. TUCKER, M. D. 120 E. College St., Oberlin, Ohio. "A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich, A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong, Thou shalt he served thyself by every sense Of service that thou renderest". |