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about one land. The first Atlantic cable 

 was laid easily within my memory; now 

 there are many on that ocean, and many 

 projected for the Pacific. All lands are 

 open to travel and business. 



But the movement of travel and com- 

 merce is less significant than that of 

 thought. The same books are read in all 

 lands. A Japanese who has never been 

 abroad will talk to you of Hegel and 

 Matthew Arnold, of Tennyson and Her- 

 bert Spencer, of Beecher and Brooks, as 

 if all were natives of Japan. Morning 

 papers in Tokyo and Shanghai have much 

 the same contents as those of London and 

 New York ; while great European and 

 American dailies have correspondents in 

 the East. Occidental scholars are study- 

 ing the religions and literature of the 

 Orient, as scholars in the East the religion 

 and literature of the Occident. 



These facts show that in spite of selfish 

 statesmanship the interests of one nation 

 /are the interests of all. We are in the 

 midst of what may be termed a world- 

 wide movement. The Church is affected 



. T>ylTIeTTeit^geist — which in this instance 



\ is the Holy Spirit. 



