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aries went to Persia, refused fellowship to 

 the men who had opened it to Christianity, 



and by their action said thai those who had 

 learned about Christ from Dissenters were 

 as much in need of missionaries as it' they 

 had never heard of Him. Thus the Per- 

 sians were taught a religion of strife. Such 

 assumption would make one's blood boil 

 were it not at once pitiful and laughable. 

 There was little of the spirit of Christ in 

 the councils of that society when its action 

 made that controversy possible. 



In many of the cities in unchristian 

 lands where there is an English-speaking 

 population union churches have been 

 formed, as in Honolulu, Yokohama, Tokyo, 

 and Kobe. In all cities that I know, except 

 Honolulu, there are barely people enough 

 to make one small congregation, and in 

 Honolulu only enough for one fair-sized 

 congregation. Public services can be main- 

 tained only by concerted action and mutual 

 concession. But what are the facts ? In 

 Honolulu, first the Episcopal Church intro- 

 duced the wedge of division; then the 

 Methodists drove it a little deeper; and 

 now certain Baptists are trying to in- 

 duce the only persons whom they recog- 



