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t Hall Sunday evening meetings open
;Henry George, Jr., speaking . on "V.
is Accomplish~d." The second mee;_
y Alex'ander Irvine ··on "The Church
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FOURTH . SEASON-1910-l I

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La wren~;.- -Presidc~t
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of Atlanta, Miss Margaret
olt of London, J. W. Bengough of
ick Adams of New York, Mrs. Ellen
' James A. Francis, D. D., Professo
hicago, Bishop Charles C. Williams
George B. Lund ·. of · Schenectady a:
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Hall mee,ings are ,upported from l
Social Utjion by the late Daniel Sh;
I Companion" and were organized to
ed in Mr. Ford's will, for · gatherin
) dispel the increasing antagonism
' employed. For the first season ti'.
~gs; last season there were twenty.
iey - that when
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enthusia~tically to urge the work'o
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EVERY SUNDAY EVENING
AT 7.30 P. M.
November 6-Dn. ARTHUR H. SMITH of North China will be the
speaker, and his topic, '' 1Yhen East lvleets 1'Vest." Dr. Smith, though
he has passed nearly forty years of his life in China, is of New England
birth,
His father was a minister in Connecticut and the boy was
educ~te<l at Beloit College, £~om which he graduated in 1870. Two
years later he went to China under the
American Board of Foreign Missions an<l
si11ce then he has been located at several
stations in North China. Dr. Smith was
in the siege of Pekin during . the Boxer
Rebellion of 1900 and has many thrilling
stories to tell of th~t moving experience.
Few Americans or Europeans have so
wide and intimate a knowledge of China
he and we are indeed fortunate to
secute him for a Ford Hall evening.
Known all over the world as uniquely
qualified to interpret the East to the
\Vest, Dr. Smith is also famous for his scintillating wit and for a rapid- ·
fire oratory compact of accurate information, shrewd comment and
: brilliant illustration. His books on . China and its people are delightful
reading whether one cares about" missionary" en~erprises .or not. Yo~
they enable one-as do his talks-to share intimately in the varied life
of an elusive but curiously interesting foreign race.

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Cycle of Cathay.''-Dr. W. A. C. Martin.
Forces in Old China.''-Dr. Arthur J. Brown.
"The Evolution of A New China.''-Brewster.
"A Typical Mission in China."-Goothill.
11 The Educational Conquest of the Far Ea~t.''-Rvbert E. Lewis. ·
11 China and Her People.''-Chatles Denby.
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"Chinese Characteristics" (1890).-Dr. Arthur H. Smith.
4'Vlllagc Life in China" (1899).-Dr. Arthur H. Smith.
"China and America Toclay '' ( 1907) .-Dr. Arthur H. Smith.
"The Story of the American Board."-William E. Strong.

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the people. were glad to fill out the
ved to give the committee in chari
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residential distribution of Ford Hall
. references (if any), and their oc,
~tie more than lO ·· per cent were tl
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le . eetings each W<,ek from places
,::e-10 to 25 miles · from Boston; 2!
iton suburbs; while of the rest, al
re · found to live in : the immedial
in other parts of the city proper.
er cent of those who filled out th e
themselves without interest in ·an
on. About • 12 'per cent were Je v
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six per cent C::atholics, five per
ent Episcopalians, and about the i
e nalists and Methodists.
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~tings reach just the people Mr. F,
f ~urched worl<in~:,folk-i~ made cl
pation. · About 40 per · cent are ti
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lent are clerks and salespeople; 1
and 15 per cent students.

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