2 20 Four-in-Hand in Britain. 



The world-wide influence of this faith can never be 

 rightly estimated until one has visited the missions 

 throughout India, China, and Japan. The converts are 

 generally to the Catholic church. To-day on the coach 

 in speaking of this, I told an inquirer that in my opinion 

 one, if not the chief, obstacle to the success of missions 

 to the heathen, lies in the differences between the Chris- 

 tian sects, and I illustrated it by a story : 



One day in China I asked our guide Ah Cum, a gen- 

 tleman and a scholar, and a man of excellent mind, why 

 he did not embrace Christianity. His eyes twinkled 

 as he replied : " Where goee, eh ? Goee Bishopee ? 

 (pointing to the Cathedral). He say, allee rightee. Go 

 there ? (pointing to the English church). Bishop say 

 damme! Goee Hopper? (the American Presbyterian 

 Missionary). He sayee Bishop churchee no goodee — 

 hellee firee. What I do'ee ? eh ! " 



" Stay where you are, you rogue." Confound the 

 fellow ! I did not expect to be picked up in that man- 

 ner. 



Ah Cum was severely let alone after that upon the 

 .subject of his conversion. I have no hope of him until 

 we agree among ourselves exactly what we wish the 

 heathen to accept. It is in vain we preach one God 

 and five different religions ; there must be only one 

 true religion as well. Ah Cum's defence of the worship 

 of ancestors was clever. It ran thus: All religions 

 acknowledge the Creator of life as the true object of 



