. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. n that not to put in suchclaims only encourages the people in the dangerous ideathat they can destroy mission property with impunity; butin these enlightened days such an argument is no longersound, and the mission which follows the Christian principleof relying on its own good influence for immunity fromattack, and is prepared to suffer if necessary withoutretaliating with a claim, scores heavily in the eyes of theChinese and is not likely to lose in the long run by such apol
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. n that not to put in suchclaims only encourages the people in the dangerous ideathat they can destroy mission property with impunity; butin these enlightened days such an argument is no longersound, and the mission which follows the Christian principleof relying on its own good influence for immunity fromattack, and is prepared to suffer if necessary withoutretaliating with a claim, scores heavily in the eyes of theChinese and is not likely to lose in the long run by such apolicy. In times of civil disturbance, such as are nowadayseverywhere so common, the Chinese flock to the missions,especially the Catholics, to secure protection for themselvesand their goods and compensation for their losses. Thisincreases the popularity of the Churches for the moment,but it can scarcely be considered a healthy sign in thegrowth of a genuine native Christian Church. It wouldrather seem desirable that the missionaries and their convertsshould nowadays be entirely cut adrift from the support PLATE LI. THE CIRCUMAAIBULATION BY THE COAHNG BUDDHAAT A MONASTERY IN EASTERN INNER MONGOLIA
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