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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 12, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 24.

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Looting

Looting.—One missionary, the Rev. Gilbert Reid, with admirable candor and little or no repentance, writes to the North China Herald, “I confess I looted, and in good company.” For a time he was deciding or pointing out “those whose places should be looted, and those not;” and in this work he tells us: “Now and then I branched out to loot from those who were our enemies, and I only regret I didn’t have more time to loot from such despicable wretches, instead of leaving so much to others.” Mr. Reid thus closes: “It has also grieved me that so many really good people think my loot is good enough for them to want. The friends of looters are beyond my calculation.” We can well believe from Mr. Reid’s letter that he “forgot the tenth commandment.” All this may to some seem smart and cute, but did it win souls to Christ? Was it a part of Mr. Reid’s mission?