The work is not our own; it is God's work; and we use not our own, words, but God's words, relying upon the promise, "My word shall not return to me void." We have faith to believe that China shall become a Christian nation, whose God is the Lord, and that the Chinese trained in our schools have an important work to do in bringing it to pass. With this faith we work and pray, and we believe that God's blessing is upon us. A Chinaman knows how to read the hearts of his countrymen as one not of them cannot learn to do. If he has a clear knowledge of Gospel truth, and is filled with the Spirit, he can go back to his native land ready for immediate service. A foreigner must spend years in learning a difficult language, and in studying the manners, customs and hearts of a puzzling people. The native knows his people; a very great advantage in his favor. Some of our number are now in China doing good work for the Master. Each year more and more will return; we wish them to be fully armed and equipped for effective service. The Gospel day has already dawned upon portions of that dark land. May it grow brighter and brighter till it reaches its full meridian, making every nook and corner luminous, and sending warmth and glow into every home and heart in that vast empire. * * * * * A CHINESE VIEW OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. SIR: A paper was presented to me yesterday for inspection, and I found it to be specially drawn up for subscription among my countrymen toward the Pedestal Fund of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty. Seeing that the heading is an appeal to American citizens, to their love of country and liberty, I feel that my countrymen and myself are honored in being thus appealed to as citizens in the cause of liberty. But the word liberty makes me think of the fact that this country is the land of liberty for men of all nations except the Chinese. I consider it as an insult to us Chinese to call on us to contribute toward building in this land a pedestal for a statue of Liberty. That statue represents Liberty holding a torch which lights the passage of those of all nations who come into this country. But are the Chinese allowed to come? As for the Chinese who are here, are they allowed to enjoy liberty as men of all other nationalities enjoy it? Are they allowed to go about everywhere free from the insults, abuse, assaults, wrongs and injuries from which men of other nationalities are free? If there be a Chinaman who came to this country when a lad, who has passed through an American institution of learning of the highest grade, who has so fallen in love with American manners and ideas that he desires to make his home in this land, and who, seeing that his countrymen demand one of their own number to be their legal adviser, representative, advocate and protector, desires to study law, can he be a lawyer? By the law of this nation, he, being a Chinaman, cannot become a citizen, and consequently cannot be a lawyer.