n those days. And perhaps that
accounts for their taking no notice of the actions of various portions
of the Allied soldiery. Wholesale robbery, cruelty, and the raping of
women were going on all round; a regular orgy of rapine surged through
the captured city. Yet not one solitary voice of protest was heard.

It would be gratifying to think that, amidst all these exponents of
the doctrine of the Sermon on the Mount, there was one who called for
mercy on the conquered, or asked that even common humanity should be
shown them, or even reminded the generals of their own rules of war
and fair fighting, or who raised his voice for justice, even if he did
not in compassion. What an opportunity lost, which would not have been
thrown away on the Chinese, of showing in practice what they had been
preaching--"Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
pray for them that despitefully use you." If, instead of selling
images of Buddha, they had used their influence to preserve his
temples from desecration and defilement, or offered sanctuary to his
priests, it is certain that they would have more materially furthered
the cause they have in hand.

It would be wrong to say that not one solitary voice was raised. 'Tis
true it was not raised by any missionary. But there is a rough-looking
soldier with a strong face that looks as if it had been hewn out of a
block of red sandstone with a blunt hatchet--General Chaffee, of the
United States Army. He would be called in England a "ranker." He, not
content, as Sir Alfred Gaselee was, with keeping his own men from
disgracing their country's flag, wrote a letter of remonstrance to
Count Waldersee, and received a snub in return for an action which,
nevertheless, redounds immensely to his credit.

Christianity in China has received a staggering blow, from which it
will not recover during the lives of the present generation. Its
progress, so far as any one can see, in the immediate future is at an
end. It is even questionable whether it will not be wiped out
altogether in Northern China. The terrible assaults by Boxers will
largely decrease the number of converts. The temporal advantages that
formerly ensued from its profession are now more than counterbalanced
by the hatred and persecution that Christianity entails. The worst
blow it has received has been through the conduct of the Allied
soldiery during the late invasion. These men have crucified it in
China as truly as the so