Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 30 Apr 1926, p. 25

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April 30, ]926 WI.LMETTE LIFE 25 MISSIONARIES BATJ1E Iferent it seems this time, however! ANTI-WEST MOVEMENT l The two older boys·, Chester a~d . (Continued from page 24) many Chinese tht.:rc: were in America. r tolrl them that wr. con);idered them as guests and tried tCl prottct and lwlp them: that we did not think of running t· · Harold. aged fifteen and twelve, are m Shanghai fifteen hundred miles away and ~I ir~am. t.JOw twelv~ years old. is at the Canadta~l Boardmg school for children of \\ esterners, across the \'ang.:-t thr('t hours journeY from · it witl home. C~nditions arc such that not be wtse to have her come home more than once in two \Yeeks·. Paul Dayton. aged scYcn. is ,,·ith us and is pro\'ing a great joy. ~frs. Rape will teach him in addition to her class in · 1 1 \\' e rea t'1ze tl1a t m · t IH.: I11g 1 sc 1 100. many \\'ays this is going to be the hard- - - - - ··- --- cl. ' all Chinese out of tiH· l'nitcd States just hcrausc sonH' of them did \HOn~ once in a\\'lnle. 1 explained that \\'e missionarir~ sympathized \\'ith them in their legitimate nspirations and that we \\'Crt here tn help ti1c111 in a 11 ,· wa,· that we conlcl. and that they ought t~ disting·ui!'--11 l>et\vecn go(ld and })arl \\rc~tt·rner~. I talked for quite a\\'hile in this strain a11rl the proplt wne \'Cr\' 111 u c h pIe a~· c' c1. Si 11 r c t hen T h a\' e h a~ 1 nn trouble along that rnacl. J am sati -;fied that there would hr \'en· little anti-foreign freling if the prop!~· re;dh· understood things as they are. and if \Vrstern nations would shm\· a willingnt:~s tu deal justly with th<·nt. You can alwaY:-. count on the reasonahlenrss oi t iw Chinese when t hrY tmdrr-.tand a situation. . Anti-Christian Movement Tht: anti-Christian agitation has been mo~t ~t·\'ere during the Ja.;t yrar. This again i:- due to misu1Hkrstanding and thr litt:ratttrr put out hy thr mm·rment ~hm,·s clearlY that theY have no conception as to the meaning of Christianit~·. \Vhile in some places the per-..rcutifln is s<·,·cre I helie\'e that on the whole it will result in good rather than harm. It is puhli:-hing Christianity l'\·en·\\'herr and thousands of the a\'m~· ed ('!Willies of the Church arc r<·ading the Bible in order to fiml i1rgtH'Illtllt~ again~t Chri:-tianit~· . est term of service that we have ever I WINS ESSAY CONTEST Margaret Walker, a senior student at had, hut we are glad that \Ve are here and believe that what is needed is more New Trier_ high school, has won the of the Christ, more of Christlike living. award of $20 given by the American "'e are happy, too,. in the thought that Chemica· :~o<.:1e ty ior tile p·-:ze essay the Church at home is wholeheartedly contest in this state. Her essay wilt also he entered in the national com1 1. d d k 1 'f >('lm us an now t lat 1 we do our petttton for () four-year university · t '11 grant u~ su~cess m · scholarships, the award of which will II>cs t tl1e Ch ns the work of bu!ldmg up H1s Kmgdom he announced in June. I here in \Vest China. · Yours most sincere ly, The Evanston Hospital Board of ! Chester Bertram Rape. Wilmette met Monday for a morning : of sewing with Mrs. Thomas A. Cope' Supported b_v the local parish. land at the Orrington hotel and lunchGraduate of N. U. eon at the Evanston hospital. :Vl. 1 Final Days of Sale!! Drop Prices \\'c kno\\' that the reading oi tht· Bible ran tJnh· rv~ult in g<·od . Thl'n again. th(' ant.i-Chri-..tian lll(l\'('lllt·nt t.... cau . . ing tni.;-.i o narie-, ancl.l'lni-;tian worker . . and memhrr:-; ni the Church to C<·thi<ler , -;L· ril·tt~ly tlwi~ JllvthiH~" ni dning rhurrlt I "Clrk and thl'll' n\\·n hH"- II· -..t·c· \\'ht·rc- 1 in thev have bern wrong and to recti f~- I thrir ~;! s takes. o;1 Chri . . tma:- cJa,· the anti - l'lni~ti;tn lt· rn ·.. ,,.l'l'l' ("-lll'<:i;tll y ;trt in·. Thn· · ~atlll'n·cl in fron t rti (lur and <~thc.:r · l'1111rcht·" in l'htttlgkitH! harrangm·cl a gain-.t tlw cllllrrh. di-..triJ,utcd <tnti - I ~ 'hr i-.t ia n litnatml' and ridirukd the I ~·hri~tiath . In :-pitt· oi all thi~ nnr , Chinr~e Cl1ristian~ filll'd the _rh.nrch j t\\·ict· that day and \\'l'rv n11t atratcl to let it h\' · kno\\·n IIJ>L'Ilingly that they : \H' l'(' . Cht'i-,tian-.. . It i:- nl;trn·loth how , ln~·al. thl'y have hn·n \It c.hl:i:-.tian I PI'J!lC'tplts and ';· b;~t t h(',. a 1'(' \\'lllmg- tc· I -.uffl'r for the ( hnst. f ha\'l' again htTtl appointl'cJ ~llpt'r intl'lldtllt of School:- ior the lower half o i t h t· r lH 1 f n e nn· and P r inc i p a I u f t h r Chungking I figh ~chool. \\'c arr liYing in th ~· ~<ll.lll' house which wt ha\'e ocr.npicd since February. 1911. lim\' <Iii1 20%to50%on Oriental Rugs The spectacular price cutting during our Great Anniversary Sale on our superb stock of rare Oriental Rugs has stvept the the North Shore \Vords cannot clr..,cribe these wonderful values~ nor explain their tnarYclou~ beauty, because every rug is r>erson ally se lectecl for its in eli vidual n1eri t. . Buy at thia great Sale for your future as w~ll as present needs. NOTE-Just a few of many· wonderful Bargains offered. Royal Saruks $17:i.OO Ht·due~~l to Lilihan Dozars 1!\Ui!l.OO Jtedu~t·cl to · \ ' t·ry ro~ilky high nus·, ~olor $119.00 nn«l attrnc- $89.00 ht·nutlful desi~ns. 1.1::\.uriuu._ c·nloring of · Rose nncl llhlt'. · Filw"'t· 1 i n· tlt>MiJ~,· ru;. wt·nn~ .\ n·rnge size :'ix3.8. ··omhinntion nnd :\ ·n·rugt.> tdze 6x5. Ih·!.!. ular 1 ·rke Sale Price ·a. B. WARD Formerly Ward & Buchholz h - II 38.00 $ 23.00 :\natolian, 12.4x9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 450.00 289.00 Finest Chinese, 12x9 . . . . . . . . . . . 385.00 295.00 Lilihan, 13x9 . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475.00 325.00 India Suruk, 20.4x10 ........... 1550.00 1150.00 Persian Scrapie, 14x10 . . . . . . . . . 450.00 269.60 Royal Saruk, 13.4x9 . . . . . . . . . . . ()50.00 695.00 Lilihan~, 4x2.8 ................ $ I'UIIERAL DIRECTOR You can recommend us when the occasion demands professional attention for friends, relatives and acquaintances. At Fountain Square Evanston PHOME UNIVERSITY 600 Lady A.rsistant A m.bulmtce S ervicc

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