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FEED. B. SMITH- 



interested and surprised to lind an 

 almost entire absence of any allu- 

 sion, direct or indirect, to the fact of 

 existence after death. Th'^ ~. ^ -i~,-^^^ 

 has been kind enough to a~ 

 dress a convention, held under theu- 

 auspices, on the 'World's Peace.' in 

 Carnegie Hall. Xew York, on April 21. 

 T expect to ]e?.^■e ^.v the " Titanic ' on 

 April I I shall be back in 



London in May. ' 



This is not Mr. Fred. B. Smith's fi.rst 

 visit to Australia. He was here in 1904, 

 in which year we crossed the Pacihc to- 

 gether. He was easily the most popular 

 man on board. The life of the ship 

 speedih- seemed to centre round him. 

 At his first talk in the saloon on 

 Sunda}'. the usual slack attendance 

 on shipboard was only too evident, 

 but on following Sundays it was 

 impossible to accommodate those who 

 wanted to hear his outspoken words. It 

 was he who stopped gambling in the 

 smoking room, but was ere long beloved 

 by the ver^' men he reproved. A splen 

 did raconteur his hearers always felt 

 that here was a man whose every experi- 

 ence was turned to account to heir 

 others. A man's man is Fred B. Smith, 

 whose influence over men is quite ex- 

 traordinar}\ 



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.. ii^ed his agnosticism, and Cjc^ 

 ?:onarv work. Wlien nuxsin? : i 



lever cases he caught the disease, and 

 revered for weeks between life and 

 aeath- On his recover}* he came '•^~ ~: "■ 

 civilisation, and since then has e 



:ae of the world's most widelv known 

 and influential Christian workers. 



These are the two men now on a world 

 ■ :".r as a deputation from tlie Men 

 Religion Forward Movement in 

 America. They have already had mar- 

 vellous meetings in Hawaii, are now in 

 China, and reacli Brisbane early :n 

 April. They spend seven days 

 S}"dney. and six days in Melbonme, ui 

 both cities civic receptions await them. 

 Then they proceed to Soutji Africa, 

 and reached England in July. WTier- 

 ever these two men have gone they 

 have had wonderful receptions, and 

 Australian business men have now a 

 chance of showing that warmth of wel- 

 come thev know so well how to extend. 



RAYMOND ROBIXS 



