will know more than the children when they return home from the
government boarding-schools; men who have been prepared by years of
religious training in mission schools to stand firmly against heathen
practices and to teach their people wisdom and righteousness in the
humble out-station.

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THE PRESENT CRISIS IN CHINA FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A CHRISTIAN
CHINESE.

REV. JEE GAM, CAL.

Ever since the Boxer outbreak, I have been repeatedly asked by
friends far and near to express my opinion of the matter. I have kept
silent for a long time, but still the requests come, and I feel
constrained to endeavor to set forth some of the facts which caused
the uprising and which resulted in the massacre of so many
missionaries and other foreigners, and thousands of Chinese
Christians. Those who have survived the massacre are destitute and
homeless. Our hearts ache with sorrow for the occurrence of these
outrages. We know of no words that are adequate to express our horror
at them. Every instigator of these cruel wrongs should be severely
punished in proportion to the enormity of his crimes and by this
means make them a lasting warning to the people.

As to most of the poor, ignorant people who perpetrated the crimes,
they are more sinned against than sinning. They are ignorant. They
have been deceived by the lies of men who knew they were lying, and
who thus sent them into the work of the mob and into battle with the
Westerners, to be--thousands of them--slaughtered and tortured, while
the real criminals stayed in the rear. To the relatives and friends
of those missionaries and other foreigners, together with the many
Christians who were massacred, we extend our heartfelt sympathy, and
we cannot but rejoice to say that all these martyrs are happy with
their Lord in Heaven to-day. We also rejoice to know that the blood
of the martyrs will become the seed of the Church.

The Christian Chinese in San Francisco, and many in other cities of
the United States, have held meetings every Tuesday evening, from
9:30 to 10:30 o'clock, to pray for China. Moreover, they have given
many liberal contributions to relieve the suffering Christians in
North China.

The cause of the trouble: The Chinese claimed that they had many good
reasons for this uprising. It has often been charged by many
non-Christian people in California that the missionaries were to
blame for the present outbreak. I think this