THE CHINESE AND CHRISTIANITY.
An educated Christian Chinaman notes what he considers have been the obstacles in the way of the Gospel in China, and cites the following mistakes which have aborted the attempts to Christianize China. These are manifold, wearying to the Christian, and exasperating to the Chinese. I. Assaults and robberies by so-called Christian nations. 2. The diplomacy and demands of European nations. 3. Trade iniquities, such as adulterations, falsification, forgery, false invoices, and bogus insurance, against which the Chinese merchants and government have frequently but vainly protested. 4. The sending out of comparatively uncultured missionaries to a race with whom culture is the chief fact in life. 5. The employment of missionaries, books, etc., using a corruption of Chinese that occasions ridicule and conveys few or no ideas. 6. The underpayment of missionaries in a land where a man's salary is universally considered the measure of his value. 7. The fanaticism and intolerance displayed by some of the sects of Christianity toward the others. 8. The ambition of the Roman and Greek Catholic Churches to acquire land for ecclesiastical purposes in a country where each particle of territory must be utilized to maintain life. 9. The immoral tone of the social conversation, and the profanity and drunkenness of many of the Anglo-Saxon race who visit China or live in China for business purposes. 10. The harsh treatment of the Chinese, especially in the United States.—Gospel in All Lands.