And what have they got to put in the place of religion? Know what the trouble with those fellows is? They're destructive and not constructive!
But as I was saying, our church has a regular Wednesday Evening Supper, before prayer-meeting, and say, the ladies of the church certainly do serve one of the tastiest suppers you ever ate, and for only forty cents—Hamburg steak with Spanish sauce, or creamed chipped beef, or corn beef and cabbage, and sometimes ice cream for dessert, all A 1. And they usually have a speaker, and this evening I was speaking of, the speaker that spoke on China was a missionary, and he gave us the real low-down on China, and he told us it was fierce the way the Chinks were carrying on, and not respecting either their trade treaties—and what a damn' fool thing that was, because here they had a chance to get in contact with America and England and get civilized and give up worshiping idols— But he showed a real Christian spirit. He said that even though the Chinks had practically kicked him out, he believed they ought to be
