Peeps into China . ewhat contrary to respectable customs inChina; and at the end of the route dismissed withoutregret him who at the first had appeared before me insuch fine colours, and who had more than once sosurprisingly considered my needs. The question is : Is this man a Christian, and stillhonest, or a Christian temporarily dishonest, or nota Christian, and dishonest ? Like a great many inChristian lands, he must be regarded as favourably aspossible until the exact facts and intentions arelearned. Shall his religion flourish at the expense ofhis brains, or his brains at the expense of h
Peeps into China . ewhat contrary to respectable customs inChina; and at the end of the route dismissed withoutregret him who at the first had appeared before me insuch fine colours, and who had more than once sosurprisingly considered my needs. The question is : Is this man a Christian, and stillhonest, or a Christian temporarily dishonest, or nota Christian, and dishonest ? Like a great many inChristian lands, he must be regarded as favourably aspossible until the exact facts and intentions arelearned. Shall his religion flourish at the expense ofhis brains, or his brains at the expense of his religion ?Was he merely anxious to make both the foreigner andhimself popular through liberality, or did he consideronly his own interests ? Was he intentionally good, 58 Peeps into China but naturally negligent ? Did an amiable dispositionspoil precision in matters of business ? Was the manhonest according to the code he knew, while dishonestaccording to the Christian code, which he knew onlyin part ? In
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