ndment: 'Love ye one another; Love thy enemy; Resist not evil'."
After showing the growing popularity of Christianity in China and the gradual removal of such difficulties as those which the pioneer missionary had to encounter, the speaker devoted much time to discussing what the missionaries have done and can do in that vast country. There are three lines of work which the Christian may accomplish: First, making converts; second, spreading the Christian ideas and ideals; and third, rendering practical service.
"There was a time when the missionaries were paid according to the number or converts they had made. But that is not what China wants, nor is it what the churches should emphasize in sending their missionaries.
"More important is the spreading of the essentials of Christianity, by which are meant, not the theological dogmas such as the doctrines of virgin birth, of original sin, of atonement, etc., but the truly Christian doctrine of love, of loving one's neighbor, of even loving one's enemy, of nonresistance, of forgiveness, of self-sacrifice and of service. The missionary should spread broadcast these Christian ideals, and present them to the native minds in whatever way he sees fit. He should not stress the increase of the roll of his church members, but rather leave these ideals to take root and bear fruit in the minds of the people.
"A third and still more important object of the missionary is to render practical service, under which we may enumerate education, social reform, and medical and surgical missions. Along these lines the Christian missionaries have accomplished a great deal, especially the medical missions which, to my mind, are the crowning glory and success of the missionary propaganda.
"The real value of the missionary lies in the fact that the foreign missionary, like a returned student from abroad, always carries with him a new point of view, a critical spirit, which is often lacking when a people have grown accustomed and indifferen
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