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38 CHRISTIAN LITERATUREreaders. After much debate and discussion with aChristian preacher on religious differences the well-knownAhn.ng [faj $f (abbot) of a leading Mohammedan mosque inPeking invited the preacher and the officers of theevangelistic band to attend the celebration of Mohammed sbirthday. This is a somewhat unusual mark of friendliness.In Ibingchow a chief Buddhist rSudonists priest.i i ji i r- AIbecame so interested in the work ot theYoung Men s Christian Association there, that he made adonation of twenty dollars to the work of this Association.In Manchuria, a Buddhist priest passed himself off asthe representative of the Rev. Yii Kuo-chen (fft jil %() of theShanghai Independent Church, and said that he was sent byMr. Yii to work among his fellow priests.In a certain Buddhist magazine Christianity wasindirectly attacked in the form of a comparison to showwherein Buddhism is superior to Christianity. This attackwas directed more particularly against the religious viewsand practices of Roman Catholics than those of Protestants.An able reply appeared somewhat later in another periodical.VIIL The Flood in CantonThe flood in Canton afforded the Christian Church anexcellent opportunity for doing Christ-like acts of charity.The churches, colleges, hospitals. Young Men s ChristianAssociation, the Mutual Improvement Society and otherbodies all took an active part in relieving the suffering ones-The Tung Hua (j|{ ^|) hospital is reported to have collected$542.200. The workers were divided in some twentygroups, and each group had distributed a great quantity ofrice to the sufferers (from 8,000 to 25,000 Chinese pounds).Similar work was done in the province of Honan and otherplaces.IX, The Ministry of Education and Christian SchoolsThe seven rules that have been adopted bythc Ministvy of Education in Peking regard-MfSion Schools m g the recognition of Christian primaryschools have been criticized and opposed by