By Lady Hosie and C. G. AMMON
This discussion will centre around the varying claims of work at home and abroad. Do they conflict ? Lady Hosie, widow of Sir Alexander Hosie , British Consul-General in China, is the daughter of Professor W. E. Soothill , Professor of Chinese at Oxford University, and was born in China, where her parents were then missionaries. She has been President of the National Free Church Women's Council, and is the author of a number of well-known books, including ' Two Gentlemen of China' and ' Portrait of a Chinese Lady '. She will present the case for the missions from what she has seen both from the inside and outside of their work.
Mr. Ammon, who was Parliamentary
Secretary to the Admiralty in the last two Labour Governments, is a leading Methodist layman and a prominent figure in the Brotherhood Movement. He was for many years M.P. for North Camberwcll. He will speak from the standpoint of ' the man in the pew ' who, while not opposing foreign missions, inclines to the view that their supporters may so stress their claims that the home work and duties of the Church may be overlooked.