Duty of personal witness for truth, based on a living experience of it 53 Conclusion 54 PART II _THE CONTRIBUTION OF FRIENDS TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE CHURCH_ BY HENRY T. HODGKIN, M.A., M.B. Personal experience of co-operation with other denominations in west China and elsewhere 56 An ideal of Christian unity 57 The Society of Friends in relation thereto 58 That which the Society holds in common with others 62 The attitude in which the contribution can be made 63 Summary of some contributions Friends have already made. Need of first-hand experience—Religious toleration—Brotherhood of all races—High business standard—Practical philanthropy 66 Contribution of Friends to modern life. Direct personal intercourse with God—Modern drift to materialism—The greater danger in the child races—Proposed remedies—The positive message of Friends 69 The quiet heart. The rush of modern life—The sense of need felt at home and abroad—Worship as a united inspired act—A high ideal to be reached 76 The leadership of the Spirit. From autocracy to democracy—The nationalist spirit in the East—The Quaker meeting for discipline—A theocratic ideal 83 Idealism. The danger of opportunism—Solution of the race problem—Place of the idealist 89 Woman’s contribution. The Woman’s Movement to-day—The emancipation of women in the East—The failure of the Church to respond—The experience of Friends 95 A non-professional ministry. The labor-movement an aspiration—Difficulty of the organized Churches—Danger abroad—Freedom of the ministry 99 The spirit of tolerance. Modern scholarship and the Bible—Suggested solutions of the difficulty—A grave peril—Where Friends can help 104 How the message is to be delivered. A fresh conviction—A fuller consecration—Large sympathy with others—A corporate sense of mission—Apostles 109 PART I _THE ESSENTIALS OF QUAKERISM_ BY WILLIAM C. BRAITHWAITE =Introductory Words=