Excerpt from Acta Ridleiana: Easter, 1937
Many expressions of sorrow at the passing of Canon Simmons from people all over China are reproduced in this magazine. We quote from that of the Rev. Jack Christian of the English Methodist Mission, Tientsin, as being typical of the general tenor of these tributes.
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