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Show Of Mission Work In China by the Presbyterian Pres-byterian Church. Tha lecture on China by Kev. O. II. Hamilton t tint PinsbyterMii chapel Monday evening nth acted a full ilOUMtl. The lecture, opennd with some r-mai r-mai ks on the huh aud importuned of China, in the world. Mini the necessity of Christianizing China for tint waft), ty of other nation. Chiiiit ha about Olio fourth of tlio population of tint world and in rapidly becoming elli cient in modern method of war. About seventy five lautnin slidea were projected upou the ereeti, illustrating illus-trating amply the crowded condition of China ; customs of the people, their method of travel, aucieut Mild modem mod-em ; eveuta of the n-ct-nt revolution ; the variouit religion that have pre vailed aud the work of the churches for the redemption ( f China. When a pictuie 0 one of the common com-mon homea wan thrown ou tlier-cr-eu and HUeutiou wan call. -il to tho fact that iu the Inmn) irrgtil be found not only people but pii, rhicki-u and agricultural ipmlemeut", th-ro was amoDishinent. The speaker .iid tlie Ch inese character representing houif; ia a picture of a tent over a pig. One of the pictures was that of n blind leper, who had one foot amputated, ampu-tated, fc nlave k'irl who wa the m-ans of bringing about f irty pvple to believe be-lieve in Cii:it. the lectur.-r declaietl. Among the pictures were phown many of the lnupitBlH aupportod by th I'resbv terian church, aud which, the speaker held, are doing much to relieve diH'.p-ns and win the natives to the western religion. Thre was also a picture of the fine quarters of what ia said to be the greatest minion prpss ia the world, at Shacgh', which tho speaker declared de-clared ia doing so much to provide healthy religious literature for the Chinese. |