The Spirit of missions . mans view. The desire was con-stantly expressed that the vote should notbe taken until more views had been ex-pressed, especially by the Chinese, This,with the interpreting involved, length-ened the conference by two or threedays, but its educative value and its con-tribution to harmony were inestimable. For supreme love of facts and sacrificeof opinion and theory, for courtesy andfor open-mindedness the Anglican Con-ference at Shanghai deserves a highrank. Of the spirit of the conference I havein a way already spoken, but let me adda word. We look upon the Spirit ofCh
The Spirit of missions . mans view. The desire was con-stantly expressed that the vote should notbe taken until more views had been ex-pressed, especially by the Chinese, This,with the interpreting involved, length-ened the conference by two or threedays, but its educative value and its con-tribution to harmony were inestimable. For supreme love of facts and sacrificeof opinion and theory, for courtesy andfor open-mindedness the Anglican Con-ference at Shanghai deserves a highrank. Of the spirit of the conference I havein a way already spoken, but let me adda word. We look upon the Spirit ofChrist as it concerns ourselves, usuallyas an ideal, a disembodied thing, to bestriven after but perhaps never realizedor seen. Certainly the whole Spirit ofChrist is never seen in any man. Butthe Power of Our Lord to make His owncharacter a real thing on earth in thepersons of His people was vividly provenin this conference. The courtesy, humil-ity, forgetfulness of self and love oftruth of the Son of Man was embodied in. A BREATH OP FRESH AIR BETWEENSESSIONS From left to right: Bishop Roots, Hankow; theReverend Mr. Norris; Bishop Molony,Chekiang this conference; not as He embodied it,but certainly so really that the resem-blance was striking and ought to be re-ported as a testimony to Him. The real-ity of the indwelling of Christ tends tobecome an unbelieved thing even in theChristian Church. When one sees theproof of it the light ought not to be hid-den under a bushel. Lastly, one or two incidental points:The conference made one vacillatestrangely between a sense of the great-ness and the littleness of what the Angli-can Communion is doing in China. Onecannot take time to state, perhaps onecould not formulate, all the reasons forthis, but both the feelings were vividand founded, I think, on truth. We aredoing a great work, laying foundationsfor a great house; we are covering Chinawith our dioceses. The aim is good andon a small map our progress looksmarvellous. But when one ex
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