Disregard of international law and of treaty law in Europe, deeds of piracy and spoliation in Asia, one vast system of wrong and violence, have everywhere for years marked the dealings of the British government with the weaker races of the globe."[27] Other Englishmen, beside "Lin-Le" and Mr.Meadows, give the same testimony to the Christian character of this great movement in China.

Captain Fishbourne, describing his visit in H.M.S.Hermes to Nan-king, says: "It was obvious to the commonest observer that they were practically a different race." They had the Scriptures, many seemed to him to be practical Christians, serious and religious, believing in a special Providence, thinking that their trials were sent to purify them.

"They accuse us of magic," said one.

"The only magic we employ is prayer to God." The man who said this, says Captain Fishbourne, "was a little shrivelled-up person, but he uttered words of courageous confidence in God, and could utter the words of a hero.

He and others like him have impressed the minds of their followers with their own courage and morality." The English Bishop of Victoria has constantly given the same testimony.