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Manawatu Herald, 9 October 1900, Page 2

The Christian Heaven Promised to Chinese Converts. ♦ In the first Christian newspaper published in China, a facsimile of which has been printed in the " Daily Express," there is an "Essay on Heaven " for the instruction of China. It is the missionary's idea of Paradise arranged to tempt the Mongolian; and, indeed, it is very much on a plane with that of the negro, with its " golden stairs " to be ascended in "dem golden slippers." After quoting Revelations, the Christian appeal to the heathen Chinee reads as follows: — "All the cities of the world are built of earth, or bricks, or stone, or wood. Has anyone ever heard of a city of silver and gold ? Has anyone ever seen a pagoda that was roofed with golden tiles ? Anyone who should see such a building would be surprised at its cost. But in the City of Heaven the houses themselves are not only made of gold, but even the roads are paved with it ; the houses are roofed with it ; the city is hill of it. Everything is of the most precious gold." Nevertheless, the chosen consent to linger on in this brick and mortar and wooden world ! And when they are hard-pressed with rebellions natives they don't call inJhe All'Powerfa], of whom they preach,