Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan - June 1895) . lations were estab-lished with the local authorities, and for threeyears the work went steadily forward. Thispeace was broken by the riot in the summerof 1893, but although prejudice in certainquarters was unquestionably deepened bythat unfortunate occurrence, yet the vigorouspunishment meted out to the ringleaders andthe proclamations issued by the officials estab-lished our legal status upon a firmer founda-tion than ever before, and now we hear ofcrowded Sunday chapels, a marked increasein the number of friendly callers, and adaily attendan
Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan - June 1895) . lations were estab-lished with the local authorities, and for threeyears the work went steadily forward. Thispeace was broken by the riot in the summerof 1893, but although prejudice in certainquarters was unquestionably deepened bythat unfortunate occurrence, yet the vigorouspunishment meted out to the ringleaders andthe proclamations issued by the officials estab-lished our legal status upon a firmer founda-tion than ever before, and now we hear ofcrowded Sunday chapels, a marked increasein the number of friendly callers, and adaily attendance at the dispensary of as manyas forty-five patients. Favorable reportscome from some of the country stations, oneof which, now numbering twenty members,has applied for organization as a has the case been different at ChiningChow. That important city from which, ayear previous, Dr. Hunter and family andMr. Lane had been driven by a mob, wasnevertheless occupied by Mr. Laughlin and 1805.] AN OUTSIDE SURVEY OP THE SflANtUNG MISSION. 137. HOUSE BOAT. Mr. Lane in 1892 after successful negotia-tions conducted by Mr. Reid. Tact andpatience have given the missionaries therea solid footing. Reinforcements have arrived,the medical work is developing, and inter-esting journeys have been made into newterritory adjacent to the city. Recent news from that station is to theeffect that, during the three months precedingthe date of the intelligence, sixteen personshad been received into the church, eight morewere then on probation and there were thirtyenquirers. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. What effect the present war will have uponour work in Shantung, and in China at large,depends upon the broader question as to itseffect upon the future of the Chinese Empire,as such. Speculations upon this topic arelegitimate but hazardous. Owing to the lack of rapid intercommuni-cation and the resulting ignorance and selfish-ness of Chinese communities, danger toforeign residents is for the present, a
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