Minutes of the Seventeenth Session of the North China Annual Conference of the

~ethodist Episcopal Church

Held in Peking, September

the Thirtieth to October the

Fourth, Nineteen hundred and Nine

Methodist Publishing House

Shanghai, China. 1909

I. II.

III. IV V.

VI. VII.

VIII. IX. X.

XI. XII.

XIII. XIV­XV.

XVI. XVII.

XVIII. XIX.

XX.

XI.

CONTENTS.

Mission Directory W.F.M.S. Directory Con ference Directory Conference Appointments W.F. M.S. Appointments Ann ual Meetings In Memoriam Former Members of the Mission Conference Officers Conference Committee Conference Boards Anniversary Program Disciplinary Questions Conference Journal Resolutions Courses of Study for Missionaries Language Examiners SumJuary of the Vear's Work Distric~ Superintendents Reports ;-

I . Lan-chou 2, North Peking 3. Shall-hai-kuan 4. South Peking 5. T'ai-an-fu 6. Tientsin 7. Tsun-h ua-chou 8. Yen-chou-fu

Report of Missionary in Charge, Lan-chou and Shan-hai-kuan Districts

Union Chinese Church in Tokyo

PAGH.

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CONTENTS.

XXII. Medical Reports-I. Ch tang-Ii 82 2. Peking 83

3· T'ai-an-fn 88 XXIII. Educational Reports:-

1. Peking Unive'~sity 9 2

2. High Schools 95 a. Peking Uri'ive'rsity, Prep'aratory

School 95 'b. T'ai-'an-fu High Schoo1 95

3· Intermediate Schools 96 a. Lan'-cbotl 96 b. Peking 97 c. Shall-hai-ktian 97

d. T'ai-an-fn 98

c. Tientsin lor

f Tsun-hua-chou 101

4· Day SchoO-Is 102

XXIV Woman'S Conferen'ce Report 104 XXV Conference 'Board of Stewards) 'Report 110

XXVI. Conference Treasurer's Report. lIO

XXVII. Statistical Report o{the Annttal Conference 113

:X:XVIII. Statistical Repo~t of the Woman's COll~

ference 133

Entered I the

Mission r

'907 1883

1902 1902 ]870

1907 1904

1908

1881 1909 '904 '90S 1903

1890 I

1882

1886

'903

1894

1903 1907 1894

]867

1908

1873

1902

]882 1905 I884 1890

I.-MISsION DIRECTORY

~AME Post Office :\(ldn's:-

BALDWIN, JESSE H.,M. D. T' ai-a II-fll. BROWN, REV. FREDERICK Tientsin BROWN, MRS. FREDERICK 55 St. George's Rd. Harrogate, DAVIS, REV. GEORGE L. Portsmouth, O. (Yorks., Eng.) DAVIS, MRS. GEORGE L. Portsmouth, O. DA VIS, REY. GEORGE R. Tientsill DAVI.~. MRS. GEORGE R. Tient!-oi11 DAVIS; REV. WALTER W. Peking ENSIGN, CHARLES F., l\l.D. T'ai-Rn-fll ENSIGN, MRS. CHARLES F. 1"ai-all-f\l FELT, REV. CARL A. Peking FELT, MRS. CARL A. Peking GAMEWELL,REV. FRANK D. Peking GAMEWELL, MRS. FRANK D. Peking GIBB, REV. J .MCGREGOR, JR., Peking GIBB, MRS. J.MCGREGOR, JR., Peking HANSON, REV. PERRY O. T'ai-&n-fu HANSON. MRS. PERRY O. T'ai-an-fn HEADLAND, REV. ISAAC T. ISO-5th. Ave. New York City HEADLAND, MRS. ISAAC T., ISO-5th. A,·e. I\ew York Cit)·

M.D. HOBART. REV. WILLIAM T. I Peking HOBART, MRS. WILLIAM T. Peking HOPKINS, NEHE:MIAH S.,::\I.D. Boston, Mass. HOPKINS, MRS. NEHEMIAH S.I Roston, Mass. KEELER, JOSEPH L., M.D. I Ch'ang-Ji KEELl!R, ~IRs. JOSEPH L. Ch'ang-li KING, REV. HARRY E. Ann Arbor, Mich KING, MRS. HARRY E. Ann Arbor, Mich. KRAUSE, OLIVER J. Tientsin KRAUSE, MRS. OLIVER J. Tientsin LoWRY, GEORGE D., M.D. Peking LOWRY, :MRS. GEORGE D. Peking LOWRY, REV. HIRAM H. Peking LOWRY, :MRS. HIRA:vr H. Peking MULLOWNEY, JORK J., MD., Peking MULLOWNEY, MRS. JOHN J. Peking PYKE, REV. JAMES H. Ch'ang·li PYKE, MRS. JAMES H. Greencastle, Indiana S'l'. JOHN, REV. BURTON Madison, N.J. ST. JOHN, MRS. BURTON Madison, X.J. TAFT, REV. MARCUS L. ISO-5th. AYe. Kew York Cit" TAFT, MRS. MARCUS L. ISO-5th. Ave. New York Cit)· TERRELL, MISS ALICE Montclair, N.J. VERITY, REV, GEORGE 'V. T'ai-an-fu VERITY, MRS. GEORGE 'V. T'ai·an-fu

Entered I the

Mission I 19°7 1908 1878 1907 1896 1885 1892

1908 1883 1906 1904 1908

I 900 1900 1907 1891

1908 1887 1904 1889 1892

IL-W. F. M. S. DIRECTORY

NAME

BAUGH, V EVELYN B. BODDY, ESTlE T. CUSHMAN, CLARA M. DYER, CLARA P. GILMAN, GERTRUDE GLOSS, ANNA D., M.D. GLOVER, ELLA E.

, JAQUET, MYRA A. JEWELL, CHARI.OTTE M. KNOX, EMMA M. KOONS, SUE L. MANDERSON, MELLISSA M.,

M.O. .MARTIN, EMMA B., M.D, MA RTIN, EUZABETH E. POWELL, ALICE M. STEVENSON, M. IDA, M.D. STRYKER, MINNIE, M.D. TERRY, EDNA G., M.D. \\-'HEELER, MAUD L. 'WILSON, FRANCES O. YOUNG, EFFIE G.

Post Office Address

Peking T'ai-an-fn Tientsin Ch'ang-li Springfield, Vt. Peking Ch'ang-Ii Ch'ang-Ii Peking Peking Philadelphia, Pa. Peking

T'ai-an-fu Otterbein, Indiana Peking Tientsin Tientsin T'ai-an-fu Geneva, Neb. Tientsin T'ai-au-fu

Entered Travelling

Connec­tion

1886

IB9s 1905 1895 1895 1902

1895 190 3 1867 I901

1881

1905 IB90 1881 IB9s 1903 1903 1894 190 5 1892

1895 1905 1905 1895 1867 1872

1903 1893 I 882 1883 1905 1887 1905 1891

1<)05 1905 1903 1905 1395

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m.-CONFERENCE DIRECTORY

MEMBERS

ELDERS

NA1UC

BROWN, FREDERICK CHANG PAl LIN CHANG Tzu SHENG Ca'RN HENG Tk CH'EN WEI P'ING CH'EN Yo SHAN CHIN CH'ENG DAVIS, GEORGE L. DAVIS, GRORGE R. FELT, CARL A. GAMEWRLL, FRANK D. HANSON, PERRY O. HEADLAND, ISAAC T. HOBART, WILLIAM T. HOPKINS, NKHEMIAH S. KAO Fu CH'ING KAO HSIU SHAN KING, HARRY E. Kuo YING LI SHAO WEN LIU CHI LUN Lru FANG Lru KUANG Ca'ING LIU MA K'E LOWRY, HIRAM H. PYKE, JAMES H. ST. JOHN, BURTON SUN CHIU KAO TAFT, MARCUS L. TE JUI TSENG Kuo CHIH VERITY, GEORGE W. WANG CHIH P'ING WANG CH'ING YON WANG I HENG \V ANG T'IEN HSIANG \VU CH'I 'VU HSI K'AO YANG CH'UN HE

Post Office Address

Tientsin P'ing-an-ch'eng-tzu Ch'ien-an-hsien PekiD~ Tientsln Tsun-l1 us-chou Yang-liu-ch'ing Portsmouth, 0 Tientsin Peking Peking T'ai-an-fu ISO-5th. Ave. New York City Peking Boston, Mass. Chiu-pai-hu P'ing-an-ch 'eng-tzu Ann Arbor, Mich. T'ai-an-fu Wang-chia-k'ou ~ing-yang-hsien Peking Ch'ang-li Tokyo, Japan Peking Ch'ang-li .:VIadisoll, N.J. Han-ts'ull ISO-5th. Ave. New York City Shan-hai-kuan Tientsin T'ai-an-fu Peking Lan-chou Lao-t'ing Tsun-h ua-chou Ch'ien-wei Chi-ning-chou Nan-p'i

r885 1905 1905 1906 1905 1906

DEACONS

~I~UJ~!:G Tsu \rdyear. °l-:~~t'~~he 1"

WANG CHAO K'E Tung-p'ing-chou WANG EN CHAO" ;"::1 P'o-cheng WANG HE NAN An-ke-chuang '\~ANG To I" Pen-ch'eng

I

PROBATIONERS

Admitted I on Trial NAME Post Office Address

______ 1_

ELDER

I GI1IB, JOHN MCGREGOR, JR,

1908 1909 1909 1908 1908 1908 1909 1906 1909 1906 1906

L'NORDAINED

DAVIS, W. \\T. (3rd. year) KAO FENG SHAN (1St. year) LI CH JUAN HSUN (1St. year) LI WEI YUNG (2nd. year) Lm CHING CH'ING (2nd. year) Lm YUEH (2nd. year) Lm SHAO T' ANG (1st. year) SUN HENG K'UEI (3rd. year) WANG CH' ANG T' AI ( 1st. year) WEN JUNG T' AI (2nd. year) YANG CHING CH'UN(3rd.year\

Peking

Peking Lan-chou T'ai-an-fu Shan-hai-knan Fu-ning-bsien Shan-hai-kuan Yu-t'ien Yang-ke-chuang Fei-ch'eng T'ai-an-fu Li-t'an

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IV.-CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS

LAN-CHOU DISTRICT

Missionary . District Superintendent A n-ke-chuatlJ[ CII' £e1l-all-hsicll ClICtt-tzu-chen Chim-ch'eug-Jdllg (hiu-pai-hu E-m -chuattg Hili-ii Hu-ke-chuang Latt-chou Lao-t'ing L ien-pci-tie1l Pai-tao-tzu Pe11-cll' en;; Sha-Izt-i .. T' ang -cilia-he Ycn-ke-clwang .. Lan-chou Intermediate

Pri1/cipal SellOot,

J. H. PVKE (1'. o. Ch'Bllg-li) WANG CH'lNG YVN (Lan-chou) 'YANG HE NAN CHANG Tzu SHENG Supplied by LIU \YEN YUAN Supplied by TI YUNG HSING KAO Fu Cll'ING Supplied by KUNG CHING CHAI Supplied by PAl KUEI FEN Supplied by LIU TS(TN SHENl; KAO Fl<:NG SHAN ""ANG I HENG Supplied by He FENC CH't'N To be Supplied WANG To Supplied by ,rANG I"IANG Supplied by LlU CHlH Kuo Suppliecl by Cn'ANf; Fu Le)';G

} KAO Fj.:r-;G SHAN

NORTH PEKING DISTRICT

Missionary District Superintendent Cll'allg-p'i1lg-chou and Sha-1tC FClll{ .tling a11d Ta-kao-cr Huai-Iai and Sha-ch'cllg Ku-pei-kou Niu-Iang-shan llfi-yun-hsiell . Peki1lg, Asbur)1 Clmrcll

Assistant Pastor Shill-ksia al1d T1mg -ke-clluauJ.: J'allg.ke.clmang Yell-ch'illg-ckou

Pekillg 11ledical Work

\Y. T. HOBART 1.1'. O. Peking) CH'.EN BENG TE (Peking) W.\\". DAvIsalldonesupply, YANC I To be Supplied Supplied hy CH'EN YEN T'J Supplied by CHANG Yv CH'ENG Supplied by Hi-: CHi~l\' HEN(~ To be Suppliecl LIU FANG \~ANG CHIH P'Il'IiG Supplied by WANG 1"1£1 FENG Supplietl by SUN HENG K'UEI SHIH PING HE

(G. D. N. LOWRY, :'.1. D., Physician ! in Charge .~ J. J. MULJ.OWNKY, M.D. I Stuuent of Language IN. S. HOPKINS, M. D, Asbury Q.C. l In the Pnited States .

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Peking University

Superintendent of Educationolthe

(H. H. LOWR V, President, Asbury

I Q. C.

H. E. KING. Vice President, Asbury I Q. C. In the United States

I 1. T. HEADLAND, Professor, Asbury Q. C. (In the United States)

I MISS ALICE TERRELL, Professor, In the United States

I MRS. H. E. KING, Professor, In the i United States

I JOHN MCGREGOR GIBB, JR. Profes­

sor, Hua-shih Q. C.

I W. W. DAVIS, Professor, Ch'ang­p'ing-chou Q. C.

I WANGCHIH P'ING, Acting Professor,

Asbury Q. C. G. D. N. LoWRY, Professor in Union

l. Medical College

jJlethodist Episcopal Church in F. D. GAMEWELL, Asbury Q. C. Chi1la ..

. Wudent ~t Language CARL A. FELT, Asbury Q. C.

SHAN-HAI-KUAN DISTRICT

Missionary J. H. PvKE (P. O. Ch'ang-li) District Superintendent TE JUI (Shan-hai-kuan) Ch'ang-li-hsien LlU KUANG CH'ING C.7ziang-kt-chtlang Supplied by CHOU AN Ch'ien-so Supplied by K'ANG YUNG KUEI Ch'len-uei. Wu CH'I

·Chu-ts'ao-ying CHANG TSUNG HSI Fu-ning-hsien Lm CHING CH'ING Hai-yang Supplied by HAN YIN T'UNG Ke-po Supplied by LI YUNG Li1z-shou-J,illg Supplied by Hsti CHAO CHING 51tan-hai-kuan LI WEI YUNG 5nih-men-chai LlU YUEH ~~7zih-ke-chuatlg Supplied by CH'IN LIEN ('HIA T'ai-yinl{ ... Supplied by WANG PAO TSUNG Shan-ha'l-kua1l bltermediate i

School, Principal . r CH'TN Ts' AI CHANG lIIedical Wm-k and Ch'ang-li t J- L. KEELER, M.D.

Hospital f

SOUTH PEKING DISTRICT

District Superintendent Hml-ts'un Huang-ts'm, Ku-an Li-hsien lViu-t'o Pa-clwll, Peking:

Hua-shih

W. T. HOBART, (P. O. Peking) SUN CHIU KAO Supplied by YEN CH' AO CHUNG Supplied by LIU TE HSIN To be Supplied Hou TIEN Supplied by LIU CH'ENG MEl

To be Sn pplied

Chu-shih-k' ou Shlm-chih-men . Confermce Evangelists

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Supplied by CHAO Tzu HENG WEI WEN CHUNG J. H. PYKE AND W. T. HOBART

T' AI-AN-FU DISTRICT

. . t S . t d t j GEORGE \\. VliRITY (P. O. T'ai-Dlstrlc upenn en en ~ an-fu) An-chia-chuang Kuo YING Fei-ch'enlJ \VANG CH'ANG T'AI Tung-a. Supplied by VANG P'EI HUA Tung-p'ing-chou .. WANG CHAO K'E T"ai-att-}u and East City Cit-cuit WEN JUNG T'AI T'ai-an-ft~ West City Circuit LI CH'UAN Hsb, Rible Training School .. WEN JUNG T' Al T'az'-atl:fu Intermediate and High} P 0 H

School, Principal . . ANSON Assistant Principal. . LI CH'UAN HSVN

Medical Work and T' ai-an:fu 1 ~ Hospital J c. F. ENSIGN', M. D.

TIENTSIN DISTRICT

District Superintendent Chiao-M Circuit Ch'itlg-hsien Hsu-chia-wo Li-t'an Nan-p'i .-'lleng:fallg Taz'-ch'eng .. .

F. BROWN (P. O. Tientsin) Supplied by LIANG SHIH Ts' A I Supplied by LI CHIA YEN To be Supplied YANG CHING CH'UN VANG CH'UN HE

Timtsin: Wesley Church and North

Supplied by LIU CHIN SHAN Supplied by \VANG PAO T'ANG

Boulevard West City.

Watlf[-chia-k'o14 Yang-liu-ch'ittg. . Tientsin Intel mediate School,

J>rincipal . . Tokyo Chinese Union Church Treasurer and Business Agent Itt the U.s. onfurlough

CH'EN 'VEl P'ING F BROWN AND TSENG Kuo CHIH LI SHAO WEN

. CHIN CH'ENG

} CH'EN WEI P'ING

LIU MA K'E, \VESLEY Q. C. O. J. KRAUSE (P. O. Tientsin)

{BURTON ST. JOHN, WltSLEY Q. C" G. L. DAVIS, WESJ.EY Q. C.

TSVN-HUA-CHOU DISTRICT

District Superintendent Feng-jm HSIn-chi Lao-chua1lg-tzu Supplied by Liattg-tzu-hC Litl-nan-ts'ang Lo-chia .yu. . . . Ma-shen-ch'iao & Chi-chou Pieh-shan . Ping-an-ch'e1lIJ-tzu Po-ch'ctzg Sa-ht-ch'iao

G. R. DAVIS (P. O. Tientsin) CH'EN Yv SHAN Supplied by Fu HAl YAO JUNG SHENG YANG KUANG TE Tu WEN Yv CHI K'E SHENG HE CH'ENG LUNG LI K'UN KAO HSIU SHAN WANG EN CHAO To be Supplied

8-

.~all-t'ullg-J'illg Supplied by Hsv Fu LIN Sha-liu-he LIU KUANG Tsu T'teh-ch'ang .. . Supplied by KAO HSIEN Mo Tmzg-J'ii . Supplied by. MA CHUN T' AI Tsu1l-hua-dlOu \V ANG T'IEN HSIANG Wo-li-ku . .. Supplied by CHANG 'VAN SHAN Ya-hung-ch'iao StlPPlit'd by Hsu SHING PIING Yii-t'ie11. ... LIU SHAO T'ANG Tsu1l-hua-chou 11Itermediate .)(hoo/.

p, indpa! WANG T'rEN HSIANG

YEN-CHOU-FU DISTRICT 1\1 issionsn-District Superintendent iVmg-J'allg-hsiell Chi-ning -chou eh' ii -fu-hsiell Tsoit-hs;Ctl ,,,'upplied bJ' JVell-Sllallg-hsiell Yen-cllOu:fu Hu-sllU-k'oll Ts'ao-cllia-ts'ull K'ai-he !{uall-ch kall/{ SZlI-sh1li. . Jfcdiml Work

P. O. HANSON (P. O. T'ai-an.fu) LIU CHI LUN (Ning-yang-hsien) Supplied by Lr HSIAO LUN Wu HSI K'AO Supplied by MA Yu LIN YANG HSVEH SHrH Ll HSUEH HSIN Lru CHI YUNG Hsu KUANG LIN To be Supplied Supplied by V\"ANG CHUNG HE To be Supplied Supplied by CHAO YUNG liSI J. H. BALDWIN', M. D.

(P. O. T'ai-an-yu. )

v.-w. F. M. S. APPOINTMENTS

LAN-CHOU DISTRICT EZIallgdistic IVork Day ,(jdlOols: lit Charg'{'

L'NSUPPLIED CI.ARA P. DYER

NORTH AND S UTH PEKiNG DISTRICTS 11[m)' Puder Gamewell al1d LucJ'

A. Alderman ]lfe11lorial C01Jl-

billed SdlOols: Prilldpal CHARLOTTE M. JEWELL !llstruriors j V EVELYN B. BAUGH

1 EMMA M. KNOX Da), .'dwols: [1/ Charg-e. . EMMA M. KNOX 5teeper Da1'is 111t moria! Hospital: Hospital Ph)'sirial1s alld Teachers il1 Tfoma,,'s Cllioll JVedical GJllege ANNA D. GLOSS, M.D.

M. MELISSA MANDERSON, M.D . • <:,'uperilltt'1ldt'1lt oj I-lospita/ , AUCE M. POWELl •. Instructors ;11 tilt' Ul1ioJlTrai1Jillg ,'-,clzoo! lor .\'urses . {ALICE M. pow, ELL

ANNA D. qLoss, M.D . . ~t1tdel/ts OjtIJl' Lallguage, Third ) 'mt"

.'iCCOlld rear

.' ,. EMMA M. KNOX , ALlcR M. Pow ELL

V. EVELYN B. BAUGH 'M,MELISSA MAKDERSON, M.D.

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SHAN-HAI-K.UAN DISTRICT

Catherine E. TiIOmps011 ftfemm ial Training School

Principal hlstrudor . . Evallgelistic Wm-k

ELLA E. GLOVER MRS. ELM A A. KEm,ER

{ EI.LA E. GLOVER !\IRS. ELM A A. KEELER

Industrial TVm-k a11d Cit)! a11d COW1-try Da)! Schools,. CLARA P DYER

lVoman's Hospital, ill Chm-ge. MRS. EI,MA A. KERI,rm StudentsoftheLallguage:Thi,-dYt'm-CLARA P. DVER First Year MYRA A. J.~QL'E'f

T' AI-A NFU DISTRICT

1I1aria Browll Da'lJis Boarding School Principal EFFIE G. YOC~(; instructor . . ESTlE T. BODDY Woman's Tra£?ling School EDNA G. TERRY Cit), EZ1angelistic Wm·k. . MRS. RUTH E. HANSO!" EZ'O'llgeiistic Wm-k and Ci(v a11d

Cou!!lry Day Schools. MRS. FRANCES E. VERITY Priscilla Be1mett Hospital:Ph)!sicia11 EMMA E. MARTIN, M.D. lIfedical Assista'flt . MRS. MYRTLE C. ENSJG~ Stlldmt of the La11guage: Second

Year ESTlE T. BODDY

TIENTSIN DISTRICT

Keen Sclwol: Principal Instructor . . Evange/zstic TVork

CLARA 1\1. CUSHMAN FRANCES O. "·JI.SON

{FRANCES O. WIT.SON MRS. MARIA B. DAVIS

Day Schools: 111 Charge.. . FRANCES O. WILSON lsa~l.,ella Fisher Hospital: P),siciatlS {M. IDA STEVENSON, M. n.

MINr-;rE STRVKER, M.D . . Student of the Lallguage:Second Year :'IIINNIE STRYKER, M. D.

TSUN-HUA-CHOU DISTRICT

Evangelistic 1Fork and Day School 111 Charge MRS. MARIA B. DA \'JS

YEN-CHOU-FU DISTRICT

Evallf(elistic Work and Da)1 Schools lit Chm-ge MRS. FRANCES W. VER IT\'

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VI.-ANNUAL MEETINGS

NORTH CHINA MISSION

TIME I PLACE I Organizeli.:Sept. - 1869\ Peking

I ! Aug. 28, 1872\, " 2 :Sept. I, 1873 3 IAug.3 I , 18741

PRESIDENT

CALVIN KINGSLEy L. N. WHEELER WILLIAM H. HARRIS H. H. LOWRY

4 jsept. 8, 1875i 5 ,,7, ]876 , G. 'k. DA~IS 6 Oct. 30, 1877 ISAAC W. WILEY 7 Sept. 9, 1878 It H. H. LOWRY 8 I, 1879 " 9 " 20, 1880 ""

10 ., 29, 1881 ., THOMAS BOWMAN II 7, 1882 H. H. LOWRY

SECRETARY

I IH. H. LOWRY

iL. 'w. PILCHER I" , W. F. WALKER J. H. PYKE L. W. PILCHER J. H. PYKE L. W. PILCHER O. W. WILLITs L. W. PILCHER

12 ,,4, 1883 " STEPHEN M. MERRILL" " 13 Oct. I, 1884 " ISAAC W. WILEY J. H. PYKE 14 Sept. 10, 1885 Tientsin H. H. LOWRY MARCUS L. TAFT 15 Oct. 7, 1886 Peking G. R. DAVIS 16 Sept. 26, 1887 HENRY W. WARREN " " 17 Oct. 10, 1888 " CHARLES H. FOWLER W. T. HOBART 18 "IS, 1889 " EDWARD G. ANDREWS 19 June 10, 1890 " H. H. LOWRY 20 May 13, 1891 " DANIEL A. GOODSELL" " 21 Apr. 27. 1892 " H. H. LoWRY L. W. PILCHRR 22 Sept.30, 1892 W. F. MALLALIEU " " 23 .. 28, 1893 " RANDOLPH S. FOSTER MARCUS L. TAFT

SESSION I

I :2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 II 12 13 14 IS 16 17

NORTH CHINA CONFERENCE

TIME I PLACE I PRUSIDENT SECRETARY

Sept.29, 1893 Peking RANDOLPH S. FOSTER MARCUS L. TAFT Oct. I, 1894 " WILLIAM X. NINDE I. T. HEADLAND Sept. 20. 1895 'fientsin JOHN M. WALDEN " "

., 2T. 1896 Peking ISAAC W. JOYCE " "

., 15, 1897" "" .,., Oct. 5. 1898 " EARL CRANSTON " " May 28, 1899. Tientsin" "

" 31, 1900 Peking JAMES H. PYKE June21, 1901 Tientsin DAVID H. MOORE

" 19. 1902 Peking " " " 10, ]903 "

May II, 1904 " H. H:'LowR~' " 26, I 90S "

J~FRED.H~ YNER I. T. HEADLAND

tI " "

" Oct. 3, 1906 " Sept. 18, 1907 "

J. W. BASHFORD HENRY SPEI.LMEYER J. W. BASHPORD rl-bRTON St. JOHN

Oct. 7. 1908 " Sept. 30, 14)09 " W~SON S'.' LEWIS

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VII.-IN MEMORIAM

.. Not dead, but Bone before. H

I ARRIVAL DATE OF CONFERENCE NAME I IN CHINA DEATH AGE RELATION

I OR CAI.LING

LEANDER \V. PILCHER 1870 Nov. 24, 1893 45 Effective. LA CLEDE BARROW 1892 July 24, 1894 31

Phy~iciatJ. J. F. SCO'fT 1892 May 28, 1896 -J. FRED. HAYNER 1893 Oct. I, 1901 35 Effective.

Entered Conference

CHEN T A-VUNG 1883 June 22, 19oo 60 Effective. 'VANG eH'ENG-PI 1891 June 24. 1900 52

" CHOU HSUEH-SHHN 1895 July 30, 19oo 36

I

Prob~tioner L1 TE-JEN 1897 June - 1900 32 LIU CHI-HSIN 1898 June 24, 1900 37

Eff~~tive. KUNG TE-LIN 1895 Apr. 10, 1902 -YANG CH"AO 1902 May 16,1903 -

Proh~tioner CHEN CHAO-CHE 1903 Aug. 24. 1905 42 CHIN LUNG-CHANG 1895 Jan. 13, 1907 Effective.

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Vill.- FORMER MEMBERS

OF THE

NORTH CHINA MisSION

ENTERED ARRIV- CONNEC-THE EDIN NAME TION

:YIISSION CHINA SEVERED

1892 BARROW, REV. LACLEDE 1894 1892 BARROW, MARY L. (MRS. LACLEDE) 1894 1886 CREWS, GEORGE B .. M. D. 1889 1886 1883 CREWS, KAl'HERINE V. (MRS. GEORGE B.) 1889 1887 1883 CURTISS, 'WILLIAM H., M.D. 1899 1887 CURTISS, FLORENCE D. (MRS. \VILLIAM) 1894 1895 CURTISS, LULU M. (MRS. \VILLIAM H.) 1899 1884 DENNY, L.D., M.D. 1885 1884 DENNY, ANNA R. (MRS. L.D.) 1885 1882 1872 GAMEWELL, MARY P. (MRS. FRANK D.) I gOO 1887 GREER, MISS VESTA O. J8go 1873 HARRIS, REY. SYLVANUS D. 1875 1873 HARRIS, Tn.LIE K (MRS. SYLYANUS D.) 1875 1893 HAYNER, REV. JAMES F. 19o1 1893 HA YNER, MABEL S. (MRS. JAMES F.) 1901 1890 Hl!ADLAND,ANNA ECKERT(MRS.lsAACT.) I8go 1890 JONE.S, THOMAS R., M.D. 1891 18go JONES, STELLA B. (MRS. THOMAS R.) ]89 t 1892 KEPLER. REV. C. O. 1893 1892 KEPLER, MARY I, (MRS. C.O.) 1893 1885 LAMBUTH, ""ALTER, M.D. 1886 1885 LAMBUTH, MINNIE T. (MRS. WALTER) 1886 1897 ]883 LONGDEN. REV. WILBUR C. 1899 1894 LOWRY, EDWARD K. 1895 1897 LOWRY,KATHERINEM.(MRs.EnWARDK.) 189B 1889 OSBORNE, D.E., M.D. 1890 1889 OSBORNE, ISABEL 0, (MRS. D.E.) 1890 ::-870 PILCHER, REV. LEANDER \V. 1893 1876 PILCHER, MARY H. (MRS. LEANDER W.) 1893 1892 SCOTT, JULIAN F., M.D. ISg6 IS95 1888 SCOTT, LILLIAN H. (MRS. JULIAN F.) 18g6 1882 TAFT, EMILY L. (MRS. MARCUS L.) 1899 1873 WALKER, REV. 'VILBUR F. 190tl 1873 WALKER, MARY F. (MRS. WILBUR F.) Igo8 1869 1866 WHEELER, REV. LUCIUS N. 1873 1869 1866 WHEELER, MARY E. (MRS. LUCIUS N.) 1873 1880 \VILLETS, REV. OSCAR W. '-8go 1880 WILLETS, CAROLINE T. (MRS. OSCAR 'Y.) 1890

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IX.-CONFERENCE OFFICERS

President English Secretar)1 Chinese Secreta1]' Statistical Secreta1)' Treasurer Interpreter

\VILSON S.LEWIS.D.D .. LL.D. CARL A. FELT

Ln,FANG CH'EN \VEl P'ING

FRli:DERlCK BROWN

\\" T. HOBART

X.-CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

STANDING

ForeIgn J.lIissions .... .F. D. GAMEWELL. CHE1" \VEl P'I!'(; Ho'me }..fissions and Church j W. T. HOEART. G. \V. VERITY, G. R.

Extension " ... ~ DAVIS, TE .lUI, ClI 'EN HENG Tt Edu,cativn . H. H. LOWRY, WANG CHIH P'ING Self Support . P O. HANSON, LIU SHAO \\TEN Sunday Schools... . .... F. BROWN. SUN CHIU KAO

Sunday School Unio1l

Tract Society . ....

ICARL A. FELT. \VANG I HENG. C. \\T. ! VERITY \ Ln: KUA.:\G Cn'ING. TSENG Kuo ) CHIH, G. R. DAVIS, J. H. PYKE

Official Correspondent. . H. H. LOWRY Books for Conference}

Course of Study ... JOHN MCGREGOR GIBB, .In. Resolutions... ... .P. O. HANSON, LIU KUANG CII'ING .Toint Sessi01lS. \V. T. HOBART

Report for the Chinese I TSENG Kvo CHIH Papers ...... .. j

Conference Relations. . . \V T. HOBART, G. W VERITY. TE JUI

SPECIAL

Fraternal Delegates to thd W T H T I F United Methodists . I . . OBAR, .. IU ANG

Fraternal Delegates to the 1 C 'E" VVE P' 'G .I H PYKE Amerian Board }'1ission( II N I IN, . .

Substitutes in Conferencdw T. HOBART C vurse of Study .... f

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XL-CONFERENCE BOARDS

STEWARDS

F BROWN, G. W. VERITY, TE JUI, WANG CH'ING YUN.

Entrance :­First Year:­Second Year:­Third Year:­Fourth Year:-

EXAMINERS

\V. T. HOBART,

F D. GAMEWELL, F. BROWN,

H. H. LOWRY,

]. H. PYKE,

LI SAHO WEN. CH'EN HEN TE. SUN CHIt; KAO.

CH 'EN WEI P'ING.

\YANG CH'ING YVl\.

TRIERS OF APPEALS

H. H. LOWRY, G. R. DAVIS, J. H. PYKE, TE JUl, CH'EN HENG TE.

Xll.-ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM.-l910 Sunday, 9 :30 a.m. Sunday, 11 :00 a.m.

First Day, 4 :30 p.m.

Second Day, 4 :30 p.m.

Third Day, 4 :30 p.m.

Fourth Day, 4 :30 p.m.

Closing Day,

LDve Feast Sermon

M issicmar)'

\'\". T. HOBART THE BISHOP

iF. D. GAMEWELL lCH'EN VlEI P'ING

S elf-support and j P. O. HANSON Preacher'S Aid tLI SHAO 'VEN

F.d1tcatiolf {H. H. LOWRY l\VANG CHIH P'ING

\G. 'V. VERITY Sunday Schools lSUN CHIU KAO

C om 1wunio11 THE BISHOP

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XIll.-DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS

I.-Is this Annual C01iferetlCC Itlcorp01-ated According to the Require­ments of the Discipline .' It is not, because we are in a country which does not require it.

2.-1V1zo have beett Received by Tra11sfer, andfl'om what Corifel'e1lCes! None.

}.- Who have beetl Readmitted.'! None.

,;.- Who have bee'1l Received on Credentials, and from what CltlU'ches! None.

5.- Who ha'l)e bcell Received 011 Trial.' (a) In .Studies of First Year.

KAO FENG SHAN, Lru SHAO T'ANO, LI CH'UAN HSVN, \VANG

CH'ANG T'AI

(b) in Studies of Tlrird rear. None.

6.- JVho llave been Contillued 011 Tl iall (a) In Studies of First rear.

None.

(b) 1n Studies of Second Yea1-. LI 'VEl YUNG, Lru CHING CH'UNG, Lru YUEH, WEN JUNG

T'AI.

(c) In Studies of Tilird Year. SUN HENG KUEI, YANG CHING Ca'UN, \,' \V DAVIS.

(d) 111 Studies of Fou1111 Year. Kone.

7·- Who have beetz Disc01ztillued.'! None.

S.- Who have bee'lt Admitted into FulllJfembership.'? ( a) Elected a11d Ordaitzed Deaco1lS this year.

LIU KUANG Tsu, WANG Ho NAN, WANG To, WANG EN CHAO

WANG CHAO K'B.

(b) Elected and Ordained Deacons previousl)l. None.

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9.- What ftfembers are in Studies of Third Year.'P

(a) Admitted into Full ilfembership this )'ear. LUI K-UA~G Ts.u, WANGHo NAN. WANG To, W.ANG E!'i CHAO,

WANG CHAO R'E.

(b) Admitted into F14ll ftfembership previous/;'. None.

Io.-What lJlembers are in Studies of F01wtll Year? Hou TIEN.

I I.- What lYfembers have Completed the Confermcc Course of Study /

( a) Eleded and Ordained Elders this )'ear. KAO Fu CH'ING, KAO HSIN SHAN, Wu CH'I, JOHN "MCGREGOR

GIBB JR., \\Tu HSI K'AO.

(b) Eleded and Ordained Elders previously. PERRV O. HANSON.

12.- U/hat others have been Elected alld Ordaitled Deac01ls? ( a) As Local Preachers.

None.

(b) Under lIfissi01lary Rule. None.

(t) Under Seminar)' Rule. None.

13.- What othel shave bec1t E lcded and Ordained Elders.~

(a) As Local Deacolls. ~one.

(b) Under lIfisslOllmy Rule. None.

(c) Under Seminary Rule. None.

I4.- Was the C/zaracter of each Preacher examined .'i1

Yes, as his name was called in open Conference.

I5.-U/ho have been Tra1zsferred, arId 10 what Confe1'ences? None.

I6.- WltO have Died .11

None.

I7.- Who have bem Located at their OWtl Request? None.

I8.-Who have been Located? None.

I9. - Who have Withdraw1l.' CEIAI TE JUNG.

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20.-1Vho have beetl permitted to withdraw IIl/der Charges or (omplaillts.'!' None.

21,- Who have been Expelled.f None.

22,- What other personal Notation should be madt' .If None.

2J.- "i17ho are tlte Super1l1t1JlermJ' Prearhers .'P

CHANG PUI Ln;.

24.- WJzo are the Superan1tuated Prt:achers.t None.

25.-1[/720 m'e tlte T1'1·ers of Appeals i H. H. LOWRY, GEORGE R. DAVIS, J. H. PYRE, TE JUl, CH'EN

HING TE.

26.- Wilat is tile Statistical Report for this J'ear? See Statistical Report.

27.- What is tIle Aggregate of the Bene 1IOlellt Collediolls ordered by tli,' General COl1ference, as reported by tlte Cimference Treasurer?

$ 1040 (Mexican). Approximately I- 520 (Gold). Sellt to Kew York.

28.- T-Vhat are the Claims on the ConferCllce rund.'i' See Conference Stewards Report.

29.- J-i/hat lzas been Rereiz/ed all these Claims, and how has it bccll Applied?

See Conference Stewards Report.

JO.- Wllat is the A mount of the Five Per Cmt of l.ollectio1lS for tIle COll­ferellce Claimallts' Conl1ectional Fzt1ld paid by the 'Treasurer to the Board of C01iference Claimants f!

This Collection was 110t taken.

31.- Wllere are the Preachers Stationed P See List of Appointments.

J2.- Where shall tIle l\Text Conference be held .p

Peking.

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XIV. CONFERENCE JOURNAL

First Day

Thursday, September 30th. 1909.

ASSEMBLY :-The Seventeenth Session of the North China Annual Conference convened in the Asbury Methodist Episco­pal Church at 9 o'clock A. M.

OPENING DEVOTIONS :-The devotional exercises were con­ducted by the president~ Bishop \Vilson S. Lewis, D.D., LL.D. After the Hymn" Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!" was sung, H. H. Lowry led in prayer. Following the Bishop's address \V. T. Hobart offered prayer.

ORGANIZATION :-Carl A. Felt was elected English Secre­tary and Liu Fang was re-elected Chinese Secretary; they were authorized to nominate their assistants. They nominated \Valter "T Davis and \Vu Hsi K'ao respectively.

The other officers were re-elected as follows :-Statistical Secretm,), . Ch'en \Vei P'ing Treasurer . F. Brown hzterj;reter W. T. Hobart

BAR OF THE CONFERENCE :-Upon motion of \V. T. Hobart the bar of the Conference was fixed at the tenth row in the two blocks of seats adjoining the center aisle.

On motion of H. H. Lowry the Medical members of the Mission present, George D. Lowry, Joseph L. Keeler, Charles F. Ensign, Jesse H. Baldwin, and J. J. Mullowney also O. J. Krause, Business Agent, were invited to sit with the Conference.

BOARD OF CONFERENCE EXAMINERS :-F. Brown moved that the following substitutions be made in the Board of Conference Examiners in the Committee for the First Year, F. D. Gamewell for H. E. King; in the Committee for the Fourth Year, J. H. Pyke for M. L. Taft.

The Board as amended stands as follows :-

Entrance:- W. T. Hobart, First Year:- F. D. Gamewell, Second Year:­Tlzird Year:­Fourth Year,'-

F. Brown, H. H. Lowry, J. H. Pyke.

Li Sbao \Ven. Ch'en Heng Te. Sun Chiu Kao. Ch'en Wei P'ing. Wang Ch'ing Yiin.

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CO~FERE~CE BOARD OF STEWARDS :-011 motion of F. Brown the name of G. \Y Verity was substituted for that of "\1. L. Taft on the Board of Stewards.

INTRODUCTIONS :-The Reverend l. \\'ilbur Chapman, Mr. Charles Alexander, and Mr. Curtis E. Whittlesey were intro­duced to the Conference.

CONSECRATWX SERYICE :-l\lessrs. Chapman and Alexander, Evangelists who are leading in a union revival campaign ill the City had been invited to conduct a Consecration Service. Dr. Chapman spoke upon the subject "Why Some Ministers Fail," after which Mr. Alexander sang a searching song entitled" Pray Through." The alter service was conducted by Bishop Lewis.

ROLL CALL :-Except G. L. Davis. 1. T Headland, X. S. Hopkins, H. E. King. Liu l\Ia K'e, B. St. John, ~l. L. Taft. Chai Te lung, and Wen lung T'ai all the membe r8 responded to their names.

COMMITTEE ON NO;'.lI!'ATIONS:-A Committee to nominate the Standing COlllmittee was ordered on motion of F Brown. J. H. Pyke and Te Jui were appointed. The Committee on Conference Relations vvas also referred to this committee for nominatio11.

DAILY SESSIONs:-Announcement was made by Bishop L('\\'is that the work of the Conference must be completed by 1\lon­day evening. Prayer and promptness will make possible the completing of the work. Conference will open promptly at 8 o'clock A. 1\1., the first half hour being gi\'ell to devotional ex­ercises.

THE THIRTEE~TH QrES1'lON :-"\Vas the character of each preacher examined?" ,vas taken up. Tlle name of 1\1. L. Taft was called and his character passed.

The name of '.Yang Ching Vun ,vas called and his character passed. He read his report in Chinese.

BOOK CONCERN' DI'nDE~Ds:-The Bishop announced that the Book Concern Dividends due the North China Conference amount to $470 U. S. Gold. It was moved by H. H. Lowry that the Secretary receive the draft for the same, and sign alld hand to the Treasurer of the Conference.

GENERAL CO~FERE~CE EXPENSES:-Bishop Lewis announced that the amount to be apportioned to each Conference for the defraying of the 1912 General Conference ExpensE's is equal to

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one-and one-fourth (1-14 %) of the amount received by the preachers in salary and house rent. The importance of this matter was urged by the Bishop because all deficits in this fund must be paid out of the Book Concern Dividends. This means a cut in our allowance for Conference Claimants.

THIRTEENTH QUESTION RESUMED:-Ch'en Heng Te Jui, Lin Chi Lun, F Brown and G. W. Verity, District Superintendents were called and their characters passed. They presented their reports in Chinese for their respective Districts, viz., North Pek­ing, Shan-hai-kuan, Yen-chou-fu, Tientsin, and T'ai-an-fu.

Standing Committees as nominated by the Committee ap­pointed for the purpose were elected after the substitution of the name of P. O. Hanson for that of H. H. Lowry on the Resolu­tions Committee.

Foreign Missions: F D. Gamewell, Ch'en Wei P'ing. Home l\1issions and Church Extension: W. T. Hobart,

G. \" Verity, G. R. Davis, Te Jui, Ch'en Heng Te. Education: H. H. Lowry, \Vang Chih P'ing. Self Support: P. O. Hanson, Lin Shao 'Ven. Sunday Schools: F. BrowIl, Sun Chiu Kao. Sunday School enion : Carl A. Felt, vVang I Heng,

G. \\' Verity. Tract Society: Liu Kuang Ch'ing, Tseng Kuo Chih, G. R.

Davis, .T. H. Pyke. Official Correspondent: H. H. Lowry. Books for Conference Course of Study: JolIn McGregor

Gibb, Jr, Editing and Printing the Minutes: Carl A. Felt, Liu Fang,

Ch'en Hellg Te, John McGregor Gibb. Jr. Resolutions: p. O. Hanson, Liu KuaIJgCh'ing. Joint Sessions: \V T. Hobart. Report for Chinese Papers: Tseng Kuo Chih. COlUmittee on Conference Relations: \V. T. Hobart, G. ,V.

Verity, Te Jui.

INTROD(,CTION :-F. D. Gamewell was introduced to the Conference after nine years absence in America. All joined in singing" Blest be the Tie that Binds our Hearts in Christian Love"

ADJOURNMENT:-On motion of \V. T. Hobart the Conference adjourned. The benediction was pronounced by F. D. Gamewel1.

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Second Day

Friday, October 1st.

OPENING A~D DEVOTIO~S :-Conference assembled at 8 o'clock A.M. The devotional exercises consisted of the sing-ing of the hymn, "Come Ye that Love the Lord" prayer by Ch 'en Heng Te, and an address by Bishop Lewis. The Bishop spoke on the' 'Companionship of God" taking as a text, Luke xix: 10.

FIXAL ROI.L CALL :-On calling the roll, the responses were the same as yesterday. On the Bishop's suggestion this was made the final roll call.

JOURNAL :-The Journal of the Conference for the first day was read in English and Chinese. After corrections it was adopted.

INTRODUCTIONS :-G. \Y. Verity and :'1rs. Verity. rdl11'l1ed fT-om America, and J. H. Baldwin, M.D., returned from work in the Foochow Conference were introduced. ::'Ill'S. \\'i1son S. Lewis, 1\1rs. F. D. Gamewell, and }'liss 1\1yra A. Jaqud were introduced for the first time.

REYISION OF SPELLING:-It was moved by G. R. Davis that a committee consisting of \V T. Hobart, l' O. Hanson, and Te lui be appointed to revise the system of romanizing the names of Chinese preachers and places.

REPORTS RESU:\fED, E\'.'\SGELISTIC REPORTS :-The report of M. L. Taft, :Missionary on the Lan-chou and Shan-hai-kuan Districts was presented in English.

The report of J. H. Pyke, Conference Evangelist, was pre­sented in English.

The report of \V T. Hobart, District Superintendent for th(:' South Peking District, was presented in English.

Following these reports Bishop Lewis spoke feelingly of the opportunity in China at the pre!:;ent time, especially along the lines of City Evangelization of which our Chu Shib K'ou Chapel is the "best example I have seen in China."

The Bishop requested H. H. Lowry to lead in prayer for the evangelization of Peking.

THE THIRTEENTH QUESTION WAS RES"CMED :-It was moved by H. H. Lowry that each preacher as called, if he be in charge of a Church, report the number of probationers received and the amount raised for missions on the charge during the year.

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The following were called and their characters passed. They reported for their respective charges the number of Proba­tioners and the offering for Missions.

Chang Pai Lin Lin Fang Chang Tzu Sheng Liu Kuang Ch'ing Ch'eb Wei P'ing Sun Chiu Kao Ch'en Yii Shan Tseng Kuo Chih Chin Ch'eng Wang I Heng Kuo Ying \Vang Tien Hsiang Li Shao \Vea Yang Ch'un He

The following were called and their characters passed. Being in charge of work other than the regular pastorate they have otherwise reported.

G. L. Davis C. A. Felt F. D. Gamewell P. O. Hanson I. T. Headland 1V. T. Hobart

N. S. Hopkins H. E. King Liu Ma K'e H. H. Lowry J. H. Pvke B. St. John

\Vang Chih P'ing

EVANGELISTIC REPORTS REsrMED :-F. Brown, District Su­perintendent of the Tientsin District presented his report in English.

W T. Hobart, District Superintendent of the South Peking District presented his report ill Chinese.

G. R. Davis, District Superintendent of the Tsun-hua-chou District presented his report in Chinese.

SUMMARY OF THE YEAR'S \VORK:-Upon motion the Secretary was 'instructed to prepare a Summary of the Year's Work and insert the same in the Journal.

It was moved by Liu Kuang Ch'ing that the Chinese Secretary be instructed to translate this Summary into Chinese and insert the same in the Chinese Min utes.

Upon motion of Liu Fang, Liu Kuang Ch'ing was requested by the Conference to translate the Summary into Chinese. Motion was carried as amended.

EDUCATIONAL REPOR'fS :-P. O. Hanson, Principal of the T'ai-an-fn High and Intermediate Schools presented his report

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in English ; he also presented his report of the Day Schools in English.

The report of Kao Feng Shan, Principal of the Lan-chou Intermediate School presented his report in Chinese.

The report of Chin T'sai Chang, Principal of the Shan-hai­kuan School was presented in English and Chinese.

The report of Wang T'ien Hsiang, Principal of the Tsun­hua-chou Intermediate School was presented in Chinese.

NOTICE CONCERNING DAY SCHOOLs:-The Bishop gave notice that he would call for statistics regarding Day Schools on the various Districts. The information desired is of two classes: First, the present status, the number of schools and their location also the number of pupils in each. Second, what new schools might be opened and where, also how much money would be required to open and maintain such schools.

ADJOURNMENT :-The notices were given and the Conference adjourned. The doxology was sung and G. 'V. Verity pronounc­ed the benediction.

Third Day.

Saturday, October 2nd.

OPENING :-The Conference convened at 9 o'clock. After the singing of " Take the Name of Jesus with You" and brief remarks by the Bishop. Liu Ma K'e led in prayer.

BUSINESS SESSION:-The final roll-call having been ordered. the arrival of Liu Ma K'e is thus rt!corded.

INTRODUC1'IO~:-Liu Ma K'e, pastor ofthe Chinese Students Church was introduced.

JOURNAL :-The Journal was read in English and in Chinese; after corrections it was adopted.

REPORTS RESl1MED, MEDICAL REPORTS :-Dr. G. D. Lowry presented his report of the Peking Medical \Vork in English.

Dr. C. F. Ensign presented his report of the T'ai-an-fu Medical Work in English.

Dr. J. L. Keeler presented his report of the Ch'ang-li Medi­cal Work in English and Chinese.

DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS TAKEN up:-The First Question, "Who have been received by transfer and from what Con­ference?" None.

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THn SECOND QUESTION:-"Who have been readmitted?" None.

THE THIRD QUESTIO~:-" Who have been received on credentials and from what Churches?" None.

THE FIFTH QUESTION:-"Who have been continued 011 trial?"

(a) In studies of the First Year? John McGregor Gibb, Jr. was represented by W T. Hobart. On motion he was elected to Elder's Orders under the missionary rule and left in the studies of the First Year.

W. W. Davis was represented by Ch'en Heng Te. On motion he was continued in the studies of the First Year. At his own request election to Deacon's Orders was deferred till another time.

(b) In studies of the Second Year? Liu Ching Ch'ing, Li 'Vei Yung, and Liu Yueh were represented by Te Jui who moved that in each case they be continued on trial and adYClnc­ed to the studies of the Second Year.

\Ven Jung T'ai was represented by G. W Verity on whoSt motion he \vas contin ued on trial and left in the studies of the Second Year. Upon motion of H. H. Lowr~', G. W. Verity and Liu Chi Lun were constituted a committee to examine \Ven Jung T'ai in the studies of the Second Year, he being prepared but unable to attend the Conference Session.

(c) In studies of the Third Year? Sun Heng K'uei was represented by Ch'en Heng Te, who mm'ed that he be continued on trial and advanced to the studies of the Third Year. The motion "'as carried.

On motion of G. R. Davis, Wang En Chao was advanced to the studies of the Third Year, elected to Deacon's Orders and to membership in the Conference.

F. Brown moved that Yang Ching Ch'un be continued on trial and advanced to the studies of the Third Year. Carried.

\Vang He Nan and 'Yang To were represented by 'Wang Ch'ing Yun who moved that in each case he be continued in the studies of the Third Year, elected to Deacon's Orders and to membership in the Conference. Carried.

(d) In the studies of the Fourth Year? Liu Kuang Tzu and 'Wang Chao K'e were represented by G. R. Davis and G. ,,'. Verity respectively. Upon motion each was advanced to the

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studies of the Fourth Year, elected to Deacon's Orders and to membership in the Conference.

THE TENTH QUESTlm~:-uWhat number have completed the Conference Course of Study?" P.O. Hanson was represented by G. \V Verity. It was moved by W. T. Hobart that in lieu of his previous training and his successful finishing of the Course for Missionaries in Kuan Hua, that his Conference Course of Study be considered completed.

\Vu Hsi K'ao was represented by Liu Chi Lun. Upon motion he was passed ill his studies of the Fonrth Year and elected to Elder's Orders.

PROGRAM FOR SUNDAy:-Upon motion of \V T. Hobart the Program for Sunday was fixed as follows .

9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.:M. 2:30 P 1\1.

. Love Feast. . . Morning Worship, Sermon by the Bishop.

Ordination Service, First of Deacons.

ADJOURNED:-On motion of \V T Hobart Conference ad­journed to meet at 2:00 P. M. After the singing of the doxology Te Jui pronounced the benediction.

Third Day

AFTERNOON SESSION.

CONVENED:-The Conference convened pursuant to ad­journment, at 2 P M. Ch'eu Heng Te led in prayer, after which business was resumed.

THE TENTH Q"CESTION RESUMED:-Wu C'hi was represent­ed by Te Jui, on whose motion he was passed in the studies of the Fourth Year and elected to Elder's Orders.

Kao Fu Ch'ing was represented by Wang Ch'ing Vuu, on whose motion he was passed in the studies of the Fourth Year and elected to Elder's Orders.

Kao Hsu Shan was represented by \V T. Hobart, on whose motion he was passed in the studies of the Fourth Year and elected to Elder's Orders.

Upon motion of \V. T. Hobart, Hon Tien was continued on trial under "Question Ten."

THE FOURTH QUESTION:-"\Vho have been received on trial ?"

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(a) In studies of the First Year? On motion of Wang Ch'ing Yiin, Kao Feng Shan was received on trial in the Con­ference and placed in studies of the First Year.

On motion of G. R. Davis, Liu Shao T'ang was received on trial in the Conference and placed in studies of the First Year.

Li Ch'uan Hsiin and Wang Ch'ang T'ai were received in the Conference on trial in the studies of the First Year, on motion of G. 'N. Verity.

THE FOURTEENTH QUESTION:-"\Vbo have been transferred and to what Conference?" None.

THE FIFTEENTH QUESTION;-"Who have died?" None.

THE SIXTEENTH QUESTION:-"'Who have been located at their own request?" None.

THE SEVENTEENTH QUESTION:-"\Vho have been located?" None.

THE EIGHTEENTH QUESTION:-"Who have withdrawn?" Chai Te Jung was represented by F Brown. At his own re­quest he was allowed to withdraw. His parchments were filed with the Secretary.

THE NrxETEENTH QUESTION:-"Who have been permitted to withdraw under charges or complaints ?" None.

THE TWENTIETH QUES1'ION:-"Who been expelled?" NOlle.

THE TWENTy-FIRST QUESTION:-"What other personal notation should be made?" None.

THE TWENTy-SECOND QUESTION:-"Who are the Super­numerary Preachers?" Chang Pai Lin was granted a super­numerary relation with Quarterly Conference relation at Liang­tzu-he on motion of J. H. Pyke.

THE TWENTy-THIRD QUESTION:-"Who are the Super­annuated Preachers?" None.

THE TWENTy-FOURTH QUESTION:-"\Vho are the Triers of Appeals?" H. H. Lowry, G. R. Davis. J. H. Pyke, Te Jui, and Ch'en Heng Te.

CANDIDATES FOR ADl\USSION:-The following candidates \Vang To, vVang Chao K'e, Wang En Chao, Wang He Nan, and Liu Kuang Tzu were called forward and examined as per the disciplinary requirement. Bishop Lewis addressed them upon

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their solemn obligations to the Conference, closing with a prayer of consecration.

ADJOURNMENT:-Upon motion of H. H. Lowry, it was decided that ''''hen we adjourn that Wi:! adjourn to meet at ~

o'clock on :Monday morning. After the announcements, the doxology was sung. J. H. Pyke pronounced the benediction.

Fourth Day

Sunday, October 3rd.

LOVE FEAST:-At 9:30 o'clock the Conference assembled for the Conference Love Feast. It was led by H. H. Lowry.

SERMoN:-The Conference Sermon was preached by the Bishop at 11:00 o'clock from the Text, John 1 :4.

ORDINATION SER\OICE:-At 2:30 o'clock the Bishop conducted the ordination exercises in which five men were ordained Deacons and five men ordained Elders. The Certificate of Ordination was signed by the Bishop and filed with the Secretary.

BENEDICTION :-The Bishop pronounced the benediction.

THIS Is To CERTIFY

That on the third of October A. D. 1909, I ordained under the election of the North China Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the following as Deacons :-

Liu Kuang Tzu, \Vang Ho ~al1, "\Yang To, Wang En

Chao, and \Vang Chao K'e.

And assisted by Elders, the following as Elders :-

Kao Hsin Shan, Kao Fu Ch'ing, Wu Ch'i, John McGregor Gibb, Jr., and \Vu Hsi K'ao.

Presiding Bishop,

Peking, China.

Oct. 7th, 1909.

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Fifth Day

Monday, October 4th.

DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES:-At 8 o'clock Conference assembled, The hymn" He Leadeth Me " was sung. Ch'en Wei P'ing read the Scripture Lesson and led in prayer, after which Bishop Lewis spoke from the Text, " If any man will do my will he shall know of the doctrine".

BrsI~ESS RESUMED :-The English Journal for the third day. two sessions, and for the fourth day was read and approved.

CONFERENCE COURSE OF STUDY FOR FOREIGNERS :-Vpon motion of ''''7. T. Hobart it was ordered that, in view of the action taken last year but not recorded in the Minutes, to the effect that foreigners, having had training which more than covers the work taken up in the regular course of study for travelling preachers. be advanced in their studies according to their progress in thE: Course of Study for Missionaries in Ruan Hua.

\Yhen the latter Course shall have been satisfactorily com· pleted it shall be accepted in lieu of the regular Conference Course of Study for travelling preachers.

J. McG. Gibb, Jr., according to this ruling, having completed his course in Kuan Hua is released from further study of tbe course for travelling preachers.

\V. W. Davis is accordingly advanced to the studies of the Third Year.

CHIN:ESE JOURNAL:-The Chinese Journal for the third day, two sessions and the fourth day was read and approved.

REPORTS RESUl\IED:-Women's Foreign Missionary Society:­The Report of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society was read in English and Chinese by Mrs. Vv" T. Hobart. Upon motion of J. H. Pyke this report was received and ordered published in the Conference Minutes.

The Report of the Peking University was presented by the President, H. H. Lowry in English.

The Report of the Peking Medical Work was presented in English by Dr. G. D. Lowry.

THE TwENTy-FIFTH QUESTION: -What is the Statistical Report for the year?" Upon motion of W T. Hobart the Statisti· cal Secretary's report was received and placed on file.

(See Statistical Report)

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ADDITION:-on motion of Liu Fang the name of J. MeG. Gibb, Jr. was added to the committee having charge of the printing of the Chinese Journal.

THE TWENTy-SIXTH QUESTION:-" \Vhat is the aggregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by the General Conference, as reported by the Conference Treasurer?" Before reading his report, F. Brown, the Treasurer, made the statement that this was the first year that there had 110t been an increase in the ?lJissionary offering, which sum is the aggregate of our benevolent collections. The reason for this slight decrease was not that less money had been given, for the gifts have been 1ar£"er by some several hundreds of dollars. The reason is that this money has not been given through the regular chaune1s so as to be counted in the statistics.

Therefore, said the Treasurer, " It becomes my sad duty to report a decrease of $113 (Mexic:1n) for the year."

COLLECTION:-At this juncture 011 motio11 of H. H. Lowry it was decided to take up a collection to coyer the deficiency.

In less time than it takes to write it, $150 was raised among the members of the Conference. The amount was at once in­corporated in the Treasurer's Report, to the reading of \ .. ,hich the Conference was then willing to listen. l~pon 111otion of \\'. T. Hobart it was read by Districts giving only the totals.

The Treasurer then reported, stating that the total amount reported for the year to be $2081, $37 aboye the repc,rt of last year.

F. Brown moved the customary 111otion that one half bE: turned over to the Conference Hume Missionary Society. to be used withi11 the borders of our own Conferellce. Carried.

The amount to be sent to the Board of Foreign 1\lissio11s at New York was announced as $1040. (Mexican). approximately 5520. (Gold).

THE TWENTY SEVENTH QUESTION :-" \Vhat are the claims on the Conference Fund?" See the Conference Stewards Report.

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH QUESTlON.-" 'What has been received on these Claims, and how has it been applied?" See the Con­ference Stewards Report.

EXPLANATlON:-In order that all 11light clearly understand the proper procedure in the case of benefeciaries of the Con­ference Claimants Fund, the Bishop made a brief statement

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stating that all claims must be made annually. In every cast the claim should come up to the Annual Conference Board of St(-wards through the Quarterly Conference of the Church of which the beneficiary is a member.

SUMMARY OF DrsCIPLINE:-Upon motion of Ch'en Heng Te. Te Jui and Liu Fang were appointed a committee to prepare a Summary of the Discipline in Chinese as touching the Twenty­five Articles of Religion and the Ritual.

PREPARATION OF BLANKs:-Upon motion of Ch'en Heng Tt it was ordered that \V T. Hobart and J. MeG. Gibb, Jr. be appointed a committee to prepare blanks for Exhorter's and Local Preacher'~ License. Liu Kuang Ch'ing moved by way of amendment that this Committee also be instructed to prepare blanks for Church Letters and that the name of Ch'en Heng Te be added to the cOlllmittee. The motion was carried as amended.

REVISIO~ OF SPELLING :-On motion of Ch'en Heng Te the committee on tht: Revision of Spelling was given power to act.

THE THIRTIETH QUESTION :-' '\Vhere shall the next Con­ference be held?" On motion of Tseng Kuo Chih, Peking was chosen as the place for holding the Conference of 1910.

REPORTS RESUMED :--The Tientsin Intermediate School :­The Report of the Tientsin Intermed.iate School was read by the Principal, Ch'en wei P'ing in Chinese and in English.

T' AI-AN-FU MEDICAL REPORT :-The Report of the T'ai-an-iu Mt:dical work was read in Chinese by the Chinese Secretary.

DAY SCHOOL ST:\TISTICS :-Bishop Lewis made request tlIa t the District Superintendents hand him in writing the data de­sired concerning the Day Schools.

TOKYO CHINESE CHURCH:-Upon motion of Ch'en Wei P'ing, Lin Ma K'e was requested to present the report of his work in Tokyo at the afternoon session.

ADJOURNMENT :-Upon motion of H. H. Lowry the Con­ference adjourned to meet at 4 :00 this P M. After the doxology. F. D. Gamewell pronounced the benediction.

MONDA Y AFTERNOON SESSION

CLOSING SESSION CONVENED :-·-The Conference convened for its closing session at 4:00 P.M. After singing the Hymn, " I Need Thee, Precious Jesus," G. \Y. Verity led in prayer.

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BUSINESS RESUMED :-The Journal for the Fifth DelY, Fore-1I00n Session, was read in English and in Chinese. .After corrections it was approved.

TOKYO CHI~ESE CHuRCH :-Liu l\la K'e made a verball'eport of the work among the Chinese Students in Tokyo.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLeTIONS :-The Resolu­tions as drawn up by the Committee were read in English and Chinese and adopted by the Conference.

THE PRINTED MINuTES :-On motion of Liu Fang' it was ordered that 300 copies of the Chinese and 500 copies of the English Minutes be printed.

AeTHoRlzED ::\11Xl:TES :-It was moved by H. H. Lowry that the English Minutes be the authorized minutes of the Conference.

THE LORD'S Sn'PER :-The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered under the direction of the Bishop and H. H. Lowry, all of the District Superintendents assisting.

AD]OURNl\JE~T :-On motion it \,,'as ordered that after the reading of the appointments and the usua1 closing' sen ices the Conference stand adjourned.

FrNAI"E :-The Bishop made a convincing address on the "Genius of the Polity of the Methodist Episcopal Church," Showing how strength accrues to each di"ision of the church because of the strength in all the other divisions in the 'Vorld­wide Methodist Episcopal Church.

THE TWENTY-XI~.rTH QUESTION :-' '\Vhere are the preachers stationed?" was asked. The appointments as made by Bishop Lewis were read in Chinese by the Intupreter, \V T. Hobart.

FINAL ADJOuRN:\IE~T :-Bishop Lewis pronounced t11(· ben­ediction and adjourned the SeYellteenth Annual Session of the Xorth China Conference.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTXESS :-This is to certify that the above is a correct copy of the authorized minutes of the North China Conference held in Peking, China, September 30 to October 4, 1909.

~J,~. President,

Secretar.y.

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XV~-RESOLUTIONS

The closing hour of another Conference has arrived. ,\Ye have had a week on the Mountain top and it has been good for us to be here.

RELATING TO BISHOP LEWIS :-It has been a great pleasure to welcome Bishop Lewis and his estimable wife to North China. A great thinker, a sympathetic counselor, a wise leader, a man of God, we believe he has been providentially sent to help us at this critical time. His remarkable grasp of the great problems of missionary work in China assures us that he is to be a mighty factor in bringing Christ's kingdom to this great land. His administrations before and during this Conference have delight. ed us all. May the Lord give Bishop Lewis many joyful years of ~ervice in China.

RELATING TO DR. F. D. GAMEWELL :-"re rejoice that the Board of Foreign Missions has finally permitted Dr. Frank D, Game\yell to return to his work in this country. He and his talented \yife are powerful reinforcements for the cause of 1\1iss· ions in China.

REI,ATING TO DR. M. L. TAFT :-It is \"ith great regret that we learn of the departure of Dr. and l\1rs. ),1. L. Taft to the homeland. \Ve loved them as co-laborers and we know they were doing magl1ificent work in their chosen field. \Ve pray God's blessing upon them wherever they may be. Their place here will be hard to fill.

REL:\TING TO LI SHAO 'VEN :-'Ye extend our sympathy to Li Shao Wen in his ben:avement and pray that he may have the consolation of the Father abiding \\'ith him.

RELATING TO THE CH:\PMAN-ALEXA~DER MEETINGS :-It is with honest hearts that we say we are grateful to Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, l\fr. Alexander, and the lllem bers of their party who accompanied them to Peking for their ministry among us. The messages, both to Chinese and foreigners alike, have been strong and from hearts which evidently care about the coming of God's Kingdom to the \Vorld more fully.

Companio:pship ·with the members of the party has been delightful and always helPful. We gladly follow them with our

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prayers, asking for a like blessing cOlIstcmtly ~~I~aliJ\ \11t:ir -~,,-.,¥ .... ~"

ministrations.

RELATING TO 01jR l"RIENDS AND THEIR GIFTS :-We wish to thank the many friends in China and America \\'ho~e ~pecial

gifts have made possible the extel1sion of our work along many lines.

RELATING TO OUR HOSTS :-\Ye are 1110St grateful to our in­C'omparable hosts for their generous hospitality. This word of thanks expresses but feebly the feelillgs that arise in our lJearts as we recall what has been done for us dUl in).!, these clays, This happy week in these homes will remain a delightful mell1-\)ry throughout the year.

Respectfully submitted,

PERRY O. HA~SON. LIL' KUANG CH'n',(i.

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XVI.-CQURSE OF STUDY FOR MISSIONARIES.

FOR EXA:<.IIX A'fIOX :­

.Gqspel of John.

First Year.

Mateer's Mandarin Lessons-50 Lessons,-or Baller's Primer Recognize Characters in Mateer's 50 Lessons, or Baller's

Primer. \Vrite COO Characters from artin's Shuang CII'ien Tzu. Sacred Edict, First Ch apter ,Fi rst Fonr Sections. ::\' ames of the Eighteen Provinces and their Capitals ill

Character. Courses of the Yangtzu and Yellow Rivers and the Grand

Canal. Bounds of China Proper and of each of the Eighteen

Provinces. Christy's Chinese Etiquette.

FOR READI~G :-

Holcombe's The Real Chinaman. l\farti n's Cycle of Cathay.

Second Year.

FOR Ex A;\l IN A'l'ION :-

Gospels of :Matthew and Luke and Acts of the Apostles. Mateel-'s Mandarin Lessons-51st to lOOth Lessons. Pilgrim's Progress-Part I. Evidences of Christianity (Mandarin )-Part I. \Vrite 500 additional Characters from :t\lartin's Shuang Ch'ien

Tzu. Sacred Edict, Second Chapter. Fu Cities of three Provinces in Character. Titles of Chief Civil and l\lilitary Officers of Chihli Province.

Fiftu:l1 inutes Conversation.

FOR READING :-

Legge's Prologomena to the Confucian Analects. Giles' China and the Chi nese.

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Third Year.

FOR ExAMINATION ;-

Mark, and Romans to Revelation. Mateer's :Malldarin Lessons-10lst to 200th Lessons. Sacred Edict (Mandarin) Complete. Christian Evidences-Part n. Pilg-rim's Progress-Part II. \Vrite 500 additional Characters from Martin'S Shuang

Ch'ien Tzu. \Vrite John xvii. Shall~ LUll \'u. Review First and Second Year's \Vork.

FOR READIXG :-

Legge's Prologomena to . encius. Faber's Mind of Mencius The Editorials in H ua Mei Chiao Pao.

XVII.-LANGUAGE EXAMINERS.

First Year :-Mrs. C. M. Jewell, F. Brown, Chien Wei-p'ing.

Second Year :-H. H. Lowry, J. H. Pyke, Wang Chih-p'ing.

Third Year ·_'Y. T. Hobart, :!\. S. Hopkins, Liu Fang.

XVII. -SUMMARY OF THE YEAR'S WORK.

OUR CO~FERENCE.-When a member of our Church hears of the North China Conference he probably thinks of 'a limited area and of a limited number of people within that area to which the ethodist Episcopal Ohurch ministers. This conception is true and not true. If an area similar to that covered by Conferences at home is thought of, the conception is wrong for the North China Conference, in theory. includes an area about equal to that of the United States east. of the ississipp i River.

Again the rules of comity agreed upon by the various Missions working in this territory have resulted in practically no dup1ication of plants for carrying forward the work of the King­dom except in the large centers where people are so many and opportunity so great that there's room for several Missiolls working out from various centers. This condition we have in Peking where two other American Churches, the Presbyterian and Congregational, also two English bodies, the Congregation­al London Missionary Society and the Church of England, a.re working harmoniously with onr own Church. Therefore instead of over churched towns, such as we often have at home, the \'arious Mission Boards are responsible for certain districts.

Our own Church has assumed the responsibility for a large area and is now actually at work in a territory larger than Kew York and Pennsylvania combined, with a popUlation probably. of more than fifteen millions of people. There is no other Church to enter and help us. If we do not reach the people they must remain unreached.

THE \VORKING FORcE.-Since last Conference we have had actually at work endeavoring to win our fifteen millions of people to the Master, 10 ordained and 6 unordained missionaries with their wives, also one single unordained missionary. Besides these there are 16 appointees of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Among this number there are several who being out but a short time are studying the language. They help only b;: their Christian example. These lives though lived largely in English are easily read and understood by the Chinese all about us.

There have also been 26 ordained and some 65 unordained Chinese preachers at work. Though our force is so small and

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we feel that .we are spread out beyond our power to adequately deal with the mass of people around about us, we cannot but t!I1ter opened doors even if but to reach out one hand, that the Joor may not shut against us. Thus we wait with hands and feet, holding ajar the doors which God has opened and which We

dared not ignore. \Ve stand awaiting help to enter these opened doors.

STATISTICAL DA'fA.-l\Iost people do not care much for figures,yet in Mission work they do lay the foundations for fuller understanding of our labors.

At present there are in the ~orth China Conference 60 {'harges and circuits. Some of these circuits, like circuits of old have three to seven preaching points. The membership numben, $150 and probationers 1957 During the year there were 766 haptisms. Some 5000 people were enrolled in Sunuay Schools. $2081.00 (l\1exican) was raised for Missions. \Ye have seven hospitals besines a number of dispensaries. The number of treatments during the year ruu into the tens of thousands. Educationally \\'e work through Peking University with its :'IIedical and Theological Departments, 3 High Schools, 8 111-tenllediate Schools and some 100 Primary Schools. In these schools 2619 pupils were enrolled during the year. These statistics include those of the Woman's Foreign :'.Iissionary Society

THE PEOPLE A~D THE CHURCH.-The paragraph written last year on this subject might be reprinted in italics for this year's summary because relatious are increasingly cordial between the Church aud the people of all classes, high and low, official and unofficial. There is coming more fnlly into the public mind the fact that the Christian Church is here for no other reason than to be helpful.

At our Chu-shill-k'ou Chapel in Peking standing 1'00111 is always at a premium. Reports from country districts tell us that meeting places and churches are too small, so small that in some places it is necessary to meet outside in the yard. What is true of the common people is becoming, though a bit more slowly, more and more true with the higher and official classes. These people employ our physicians. Some of them send their children to our schools. In this way and in other ways they come under our infiuen~e. Occasionally one of them in spite of all the

influence to the (lontrary, bows the -knee and confesses our Lord and Master as his Savior.

Two brothers preparing for official life who were converted. wrote to their older brother, an official in Shan Hsi saying; 1"We hope you ,,;i11 have no objections. \Ye wish you to haw intercourse with the foreign missionaries for they are the best people who come to China. \Ye wish you to ask missionaries to teach in your Middle School for they give instruction not only in books but also in morals, thus teaching the people how to lin better lives."

As a result of an influences radiating directly or indirect!) from the Christian Church reforms are being instituted and pushed forward despite the fact that there are still some con­servatives who prefer the old ways for selfish reasons. Slowly but surely our Christ is claiming this people for His own.

EDl:CA1'IONAL EYANGELISM.-As much as we haye always felt the importance of Education in our ~Iission work, -a ne\" emphasis has been laid on it by the coming of Bishop Lewis With a school master's eye he has seen that all of our effec~ive workers in the Church to-day are the result of training in our Church schools. Youth here as everywhere are capable of moulding. Every large undertaking \vhether of Government or private initiative is calling for men with western training. ,Yt: have rare opportunities constantly to furnish men with a trained moral faculty and spiritual sense who will take their stand along side of their fellows to become another light, thoug-b perhaps a bit dim, to lift their comrads toward God. We are anxious that all places open to us should be manned with the right type of Christian trained young men. But alas! our educational plants are too small. They are all undermanned. Never-tbe-Iess the good work done by our schools in the past, which standard is still maintained, stands us in good stead. Pupils come in con­stantly increasing numbers. Not one of us is willing that any one -of our students should leave our schools without acknow­ledging Jesus Christ as his Christ and Savior. Our ideal is some times attained. This year Mr. Hanson of the T'ai-an-fu High and Intermediate School reports that on Easter Sunday the last of their students, except three new arrivals, had joined the Church while only three-fifths of them come from Christian homes. Splendid! and again splendid that others keep coming.

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Friends in America, the land we first loved, will you pra~' that we may attain our ideal in every school?

The.Students Volunteer Baud.-This band of young' men, like the Movement in America which inspired it iII it<; present form, is also a movement. Any thing that's Christian and alive must move. This is both, therefore moves COllstan tly. Last Winter during our revi\'al meetings when it seemed that thillgs were at a dead lock it was through a lllt:mber of this band that the Lord spoke in a mantler that routetl the enemy producing the Christward lUovement among Christian and non-Christian students for which teachers and students had l.leen praying.

The same enthusiastic praise is voiced by the District Superintendents on whose Districts the Student Volunteers han: worked during last SUlllmer as in fortner years. " All of them have done good work. They were helpful to the lllembers and to outsiders," says one Distri<;t Superintendent. A Ilother says •

.. They have done faithful work in spreading the Truth where the Gospel had not yet penetrated."

These young men thus not onl~' learn to care for tht-'lll­selves but are able to relieve others in straightened circl1mstances and to bring a glowing experience and consequently' a fresh message to lives thirsting for new joy in living their lives and ob, so needy

MEDICAl, EV:\~GEr..IS:\1.-" AGGRESSIVE EV.-\XGELIS:\J are the two words which express in a nutshell tbe aim kept ill lllind through the year's work" says one of Ollf physicians. Ideals here as elswhere are not always attained. Another of our physicians in reporting his year's work deplores the fact that some of the inpatients have not manifested an interest ill spiritual things,

While the story of homes and "illages opened to the Gospel through the work of our medical men will probably not be heralded abroad as was that of the famous Dr. MacKenzie of the London Missionary Society whose remarkable work was carried on within the bounds of our Can ference, never the les~ the same thing is going on to-day and day after day, as constant testimony shows.

THE WOMEK'S SCHOoLS.-Our friends of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society are happy over the completion of their new building at T'ai-au-fn. Their joy is not unmingled

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though for they must still turn away students for lack of dormitory room.

At Ch'ang-li the Girls' School is beginning to rise. They there rejoice that in another year they will be able to care for the many girls in that part of our field who desire a Christian education.

The hope cherished by many for years that we might open an Anglo-Chinese School for girls in Tientsin bas been accom­plished. Mr. Brown reports, "Our old friend and fellow worker, l\J1ss Cushman, has already arrived to take up the work. This in itself spells snccess, and though the school has been open less than a 111011 th it is over crowded with girls anxiou~ to secure a Christion Education."

These schools arc mentioned because of the extraordinary :\11 others have advanced as usual.

SELF-Sl'PPOR'f GROWING.-\Ye long for the time \\,hen the Church in China will be able to support herself. Real advance has been made as we see from the various reports.

School fees are being increased, also hospital fees. As yet these are very small and never to the exc1 usion of anyone \vho calltlOt pay the even small fee.

Some of our churches are models in their self-support, paying their pastors and all other bills without a cent fro111 the Board of Foreign Missio11s. ~a111es could be given but this ,,"ould be unjust for many a less favorably located company of the Lord's faithful ones are coming as near, if not nearer, to sacrifice than are those who help make the Model Churches. Our Chinese Superintendents ha\-e done remarkable work along this line.

Not ouly has the spirit of self-support been growing but the people seem to realize that they have a responsibility to help carry the message in response to the Great Commission. One report says :-" We have a thriving Missionary Society but our hearts are. made glad by the increasingly large contributions which come in from places where no Missionary meetings are held. "

CHINESE DrSl'RIC'f SUPF.RIN'fENDENTS.-If anyone had misgivings about the appointment of Chine:;e District Super­intendents last year for fear they would fail to appreciate tile

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honor and responsibility laid upon them they have but to read the reports of these men of God for the year just ended.

Bishop Bashford in Cabinet meeting last year laid great stress on winning men for the Master. " The principal thing is to lead more people to Jesus this coming year," he said. One of the Chinese District Superintendents says, "Vlhen I returned to my place I heard the Bishop's instructions just as plainly as on the day when he gathered us together, and it has been engraven on m~' heart the whole year. As a result I have tried to do my best." This is but a type of the spirit of these men.

They have been equally successful in finances. Money has been expended more carefnl1y, if that is possible, by these men than by the foreigners, because the Chinese understands his own and knows when to refuse the expenditure of Mission money \vhile the foreigner fearing to make a mistake, would err, if at all' on the side of 1 i beral i ty. The people have been urged more strenuously to give and in many cases more success­fully than would have been possible for a foreigner. I n son~c cases the official board protested their inability to pay the pastor in full. A season of prayer conducted hy the District Super­intendent has often yielded open hearts and pockets.

These men have been seekers of men that they may follow after Christ. They have rather shrunk back under the burden of handling the funds and at the close of the y'ear asked that in each case a Missionary be placed in cbarge of the District to assist with the distribution of the money. May God bless these noble men and their Chinese co-laborers in the same, yes, and even in a greater degree than the foreign members, if in so doing our high object, the winning of this people to God, may be more quickly attained.

THE TOKYO U~ION CHuRcH.-The pastor, Liu Ma K'e reports since last Conference thirty-four baptisms among the students and four more ready for the rite which they know full well signifies their entire acceptance of the call of Jesus to come out from among them that are unclean. This in itself may seem but a small work, but it is not. Think of some forty young men from good families going back to their homes and to official life, there to live for the l\laster: \Vords cannot portray what may be the result.

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This is but part of the work;' The few confeSs and are baptized but a11 are, changed. They once despised Christians but l\lr. Liu says, becauRe they see the beginnings of the effect of Christianty in Japan they begin to study into· the Doctrine. They then realize the value of Christ's teaching for their own land and acquire a deep respect for it and its followers. This too means Ul uch for the future of the Christian Church in China. They cannot like many of their predecessors oppos~ the Church of Christ nor can they remain indifferent to her work even if they do not become members of the visible Church.

Pastor Liu thanks God for his opportunity to preach Christ to the twenty-three provinces of China as represented by tile several thousand students in Tokyo and asks your interest and prayers that during the next year many more of these student friends of his may acknowledge Jesus as Lord and Master of their lives.

TRAINING CLASSEs--This is a very important part of the work. .Men and women newly converted from heathenism are 110t prepared to go out and preach to their neighbors as they might be if trained in a Chrisllan land where from child-hood they have been inspired to approach in their life the Christian ideal. l\Iany ideas about the new Doctrine need to be clarified and there needs to be an adjustment of life to the new thinking.

The District Superintendent of the Tientsin District reports, " The District Biblt: School was in session about three months where good work was done by a large class of men drawn fro111 their homes on the different Circuits, and sent back again to become voluntary helpers to the preacher. Deepe! Christian experiences were received and on many a Circuit the effect has been felt." Another District Superintendent after telling of the need for men to enter the villages asking for preaching says, I' Our Bible Training School helps to equip these much needed workers. "

Beside these two, other and successful classes have been held for both the men and the women. More emphasis has been laid upon the th(;:ological work in connection with Peking University than formerly. It is hoped that some day we may be equipped with men and money to properly care for this import­ant department of the University, where men who show ability can be given a more complete preparation for the work to which God and the Church has called them.

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OUR INLOOK AND OUTLOOK.-During the days preceeding­our Conference Session ,we' 'j,;ere led.'ta jook. in upDn ourselves and consequently back over the year. \Ye saw what we had put into our own lives, that it was too little and saw, too, what we had given out was far too small. With Dr. Chapman and :'IIr . . -\lexander we breathed deeply and knew we were being filled to go forth to the work before us.

The outlook as to the work itself was really no brighter lmt we were more hopeful of accomplishing our high Christian purpose because we knew the touch of aUf lives would be more effectual, there being less of self and more of God. Onr fOf111ost petition is, that we all may be kept in the spirit of those days. With Jl1oson we know that \ve are ouly limited by the Promises of God. \Ve join with the reader in prayer for mutual help that we may accomplish that to which he has respectively called us.

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XIX.-DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' REPORTS

J. -Lan-chou District

WANG CHING Yi'N, District Superintendent.

By the last Conference I was again sent to the Lan-chou District as District Superintendent. This District consists of seven Circuits; namely, Lan-chou, An-ke-chuang. Chiu-pai-hu. Chen-tsu-chell, ChLien-an-hsien, Pen-ch'eng, and Lao-t'ing, with about twenty out-stations. which I h~ve personally visited when the Quarterly Conferences were held. During this year our District has been in a better condition than it has ever been before. and I have been very mUCll pleased with the spirit and ~onduct of the preacher~, and I have no fault to find with any of them. This is largely due to our having had a good revival meeting of two days, led by Dr. Pyke, during the meeting of the District Conference at Lan-chou, which resulted in great bles­lng, members and pupils weeping and confessing their sins, :\ot only did we have a good revival meeting here but we also bad meetings at Pao-t'ing, C'ang-chia-he, Yen-ke-chuang, Pen­ch(eng, Hu-ke-chuang, Lieu-pei-tien, Kung-an-chiao, and Ch'ien­an-hsien. The results in each instance were similar to those at Lan-chou. ~Iy detailed report is as fol1ows.

The church at Lan-chou has been prosperous and a large number of enquirers has been added during the year. Here we have an Intermediate School of forty-two pupils and they not only pay attention to their lessons but to their spiritual growth as well. EW'ry morning and eVE-ning they have Bible study in their rooms, on Saturday they have a Literary Society, and on Sunday they have a prayer meeting and we hope that they will become useful workers for the Lord. Kao Feng Shun, who is the ,Principal of the Intermediate School and also the preacher at Lan-chou, has done most excellent work. The teachers, Chang 'Yen Yii, and Chang Chnn haye been very faithful and diligent in their duties. T'sao 'Van Ching, the chapel keeper, has done good work. As the great Fair is held in this city twice a year, some of the outside preachers came to help us in preaching and the chapel was always filled. Dr. Keeler, and his wife also, came: to Lan-chou to preach and dispense medicines.

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On this circuit we have an o1.1t-station called E-mi-chuang. Kung Ching Chai, a Local Preacher has been in charge and has done his work faithfully. Here some official members help th(:: church very much. As the premises are inadequate they plan­ned to build a house aud a gate-way. They have promised tu raise one hundred dollars with the hope that the Mission will help them in this matter and they also hope that the Mission will organize a school there.

On the An-ke-chuang Circuit we have a place of worship called Shangchia-lin. The preacher, \Vang He Nan has shown himself a faithful and untiring worker for Christ. Here w{­

have two schools, one for boys and one for girls, and the teachers have done their work very well. Here we have some self-sttppot·t. ing local preachers, who are warm-hearted and help the church with their money a good deal.

On the Chiu-pai-hu Circuit we have four out-stations, Sha­he-i, Lin-pai-hu, I-an, and Pei-chia-tien. Kao Fn Ch'ing has been the pastor and has worked diligently and faithfully In this circuit we have two schools, which have been doing good work under the guidance of Christian teachers. I-an has been greatly blessed by God and here we have more than twenty old members who made up their ~millds to follow Christ and to get rid of their habits of drinking. Mr. Ti Yii Lin and his brother off­ered us a piece of ground on which we have now built a chapel of twelve chien. Rev. J. F. ",Tarner of Sayre, Pa. gave us two hundrerl and fifty dollars (Gold) and the local members raised more than three hundred dollars (:Mexican) toward the cost of the building, while the land cost over three hundred dollars (Mexican) which the members contributed. Here at I-an we have some members who have done a great deal of good work for the church. \Yang Liang, a Local Preacher, hac; done an excellent work at Sha-he-i and Li Shang \Ven helps the church freely.

Chen-tzu-cben Circuit has been supplied by Liu Vlell Yuan an old Local preacher, who is warm-hearted and a man of great ability. The church here is flourishing and a large number of enquirers have been added duringthe year. Ts'ao Wan Jnl1g, the chapel keeper. is very diligent in his work. Han Ping Te and Jen Yen, self-supporting Local Preachers, have often helped Mr. Liu to preach at Wang-kuan-ying. We have great hopes for this place if we can rent a house, for there are many enquirers.

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On this circu:it we have three schools; two of them are at Pai-tao­tzu, one being a girls' school. The teachers are doing good work. As there is no preacher , ,at ,Paitao-tzu, we hope. the Confer.ence will send one there.

The church at Ch'ien-an 'is prosperous. .Chang Tzu Sheng is the pastor. HeiR a man of much wisdom and has been very diligent in' preaching. As there is a great Fair here also, held twice a year, I came here not only to hold the Quarterly Con­ferences but also to help them in opening the chapel and the chapel services were well attended. Here we have some official members who help us in God's work. Mr. Wang Chun Nien of Yang-tien-tzu has offered us a house for a church building and he sincerely hopes that the Conference will send a preacher there. Ti Yung Hsing, a Local Preacher, has manifested much zeal in his work at Chien-ch'eng-ying. Chia Chien Hsiu, a Local Preacher at Hsiang-shui-kou, has been very diligent and active in preaching the Gospel. Here we have two members, Ma I and Tu Cll' un, who are Christians of much zeal and have .been of great help to the church· On this circuit we also have three schools and the teachers are faithful in their duties. We hope that (;od will grant us a suitable place at Ta-chuang-tzu in the future for there we have many inquirers.

On the Pen-ch'eng Circuit we-have four out-stations. Wang To has been in charge and has had a most laborious year. We llave a school here in g-ood condition. The chapel keeper, Liu Yu Cho and several members help us greatly in the Master's work. Lien-pei-tien has beell supplied by Hu Feng Ch'un, a Lo­cal Preacher who has done his work faithfully and well. Here we also have a school with twenty boys. The teacher, Chu Tien Yuan and some other official members have been very enthus­iastic in Christian work. For years we have desired to buy the house on the east side of our church and now our desire is sat­isfied, since the Home Missionary Society gave us two hundred and fifty dollars, Dr .. Keeler twenty dollars, and the local church raised more than one hundred and fifty dollars toward the cost As the members here are all poor it has been very difficult to ge~ enough money for repairs and so we hope the Mission will help us in this matter.

During the year a new chapel has been built at Kung-an­cll'iao. Toward the erection of this Prof.essor John ;Alcock of Platteville, 'Wisconsinhelped' us very much. He gave us one

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hundred dollars (Gold) toward the chapel and it is named the Ruth Alcock Chapel for his aunt. It was decided to dedicate the new church on the twenty-sixth of the fourth Moon and Dr. Pyke and Dr. Keeler were both present. Dr. Pyke preached and dedicated the building and Dr. Keeler took several photographs, At Li-chia-ing-t'o some of the members haye left tbe church and becmue Roman Catholics. On this circuit there is a market town called Szu-chu-chuang, in which the local Christians desire to rent a church building and they have promised to buy the furni­ture themselves with the hope that the Missiol1 will pay the rent.

Tseng Kuo Chih, the pastor 011 the Lao-t'ing Circuit is a man of great ability and eloquence and has much zeal ill reviv­ing the church. Here we have also several members who help us freely. Liu Chih Kuo, a Local Preacher, has been diligent in bis work at T'ang-chia-he. Yen-ke-chuang has been supplied by Ch'ang Pu Lung, a Local Preacher, who is faithful but 110 pro­gress has been made here. Hui-1i is in the charge of Pai Kuei Fen, who has been diligent and active in preaching. 'Ve have bonght a suitable house here. Mr. Morrison of Topeka, Kansas, helped to the amount of two hundred dollars (gold) the 1\1ission gave us one hundred and fifty (l\lexican) and the local members raised three hundred dollars toward the building of the church.

On this District we have six colporteurs who have been of great help to us. This SUJUmer the Student Volunteer Band of Peking University sent eight student preachers to our District to help us in preaching and they have all been ,,'er~' diligent and Sl1ccessful. \Ye hope that God will always be with ns and help us so that in the coming year there may be many brought into the Kingdom of Christ.

2.-North Peking District. CH'EN HENG TE. District Superintendent.

I was called back from SHan-tuug last year to become Superintendent of this District. When I was appointed I hastily proceeded to T'ai-an-fu in order to bring my family to Peking. It was fortunate for me that I reached T'ai-an-fu quick1y. In returning with my family it rained so se\'erely that the road was muddy and difficult for us to travel. Thus we were much delayed-say about a month, which is three times the tlme required for the journey. It was November when we reached Peking.

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'When we arrived in Peking there was no house prepared for us to dwell in, therefore I was obliged to rent a house outside. By the time a house was rented and my family well settled another month was consumen. After these things I began to travel over my District and look upon the conditions there, which are reported here below.

Peking Asbury Church :-Rev. Liu Kuang eh'ing, the pastor here, has done his work earnestly and admirably; from him both students and church members have received much help. For the following reasons the church is in great pros­perity,

On ordinary occasions the students not only receive help in the way of apt and proper instruction from the pastor, but also from their teachers both Chinese and American. Also we had a revival meeting lasting about a fortnight led by Mr. Go­forth, which was very effective. During these days the audience received the power of the Holy Spirit. By these means the church members have been drawn closer to God. Since the hearts of the church members have been drawn closer to God. it is natural that the Church is in a good condition.

Ch'allg-p'ing-chou :-This church has been established for many years. 1\::[ost of the church members were killed by the Boxers, and those who were left were too few in number to do much. Since Mr. Davis and Mr. Yang came here. a large number of new members have been induced to join as a result of their diligent and earnest work. Among the new members there is a woman who lived harmonioush' with her mother-in­law and her husband when she was 110t a Christian. After she entered the church they began to be against her in every thin,::; and to persecute her. They first called her a "Follower of Foreigners," and then they told her that she must be divorced in Cdse she still worshiped Ole name of Jesus. To this the woman replied, "Since I have gotten a true Doctrine and a real Saviour, ho'l-" can I cast it away? I hope God \\'ill call back all his SOl1S who still are walking in darkness, so that no man will be against Him any more."

Huai-lai :-Though the church was instituted here long ago, yet church members are very few in number because mallY

were killed by the Boxers. Since Mr. Ch'en Yen T'i has been appointed here he has done his work honestly and diligently.

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The church is gradually gaining. On every Fair Day there are. not wanting listeners in the chapel, but there are few new members because the people are still afraid that the Boxers wiU rise again. Although the new members are few they keep the Doctrine faithfully in their hearts. Among the members is a silver-smith, who keeps the Doctrine. After he entered the church his grandfather and neighbors placed many persecutions Llpon him but they failed to move him. He still serves his Lord earnestly. At last his grandfather, seeing they tried their plans in vain, bought some paper and burned some papers by which he meant that his grandson was dead. Now his son and daughters are studying in our schools. By his conversion his brother has become a Christian. Two colporters were sent to Sha-ch'eng this Summer. A church has not been established there. \Ve hope we can place a chuch there by and by.

Yen-ch'ing-chou :-The church here is just like the after­noon sun, sinking gradually to the west. It is because the church members here have been baptized with water and not with the Spirit. They can do nothing for God; nor will they do anything for Him. I hope God's Holy Spirit may be poured down into their hearts next year.

Ku-pei-k'ou :-The inhabitants here are chiefly Manchus. To induce these persons to become Christians is not an easy thing. Last year the whole family of a man surnamed Mao entered the church. The father was a military captain, but he died many years ago. After they entered the church the mother also died, leaving six orphau children. At the New Year Mr. Chang sent them to Peking to be educated there. Two of them are in the Girls' School, and four in the University. At the time Mr. Chang sent them to Peking continual and vicious rumors arose. The alderman in that county said that Mr. Chang had sold them to bad men, receiving much si1ver as a price, and still worse, they reported this to the official.

A colporter has been sent to Feng-ning-hsien but he has done nothing there. I have heard that the church at Je-he, which is not of our Mission, has asked us if we can permit them to go then~ to preach.

Shih-hsia :.-:-Mr. Wang P'ei Feng, the preacher here has done his work v.ery well. During the last few years a number of our church members have left the church; through his

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efforts many have returned. Mr. Wang is so feeble in health that he is obliged to live indoors throughout the Winter. Only in the mild seasons can he go any place to preach. Had he but a strong body he would have done much more work.

Tung-ke-chuang :-This is a narrow and small village. No fair is held in this place, and the neighboring towns are far from here. The church was started here very lately. For these reasons the church members are few. I hope we can have a 1 arge church here soon.

Mi-yun-hsien ;-Mr. Sun Heng K'uei is preaching here with faithfulness. On ordinary occasions there are no listeners to the Gospel in the Chapel, but in holiday times the hearers are very numerous. Sometimes they sit in the chapel till nine o'clock or later to hear the Gospel.

Niu-Iang-shan :-For many years we had hoped to establish a church here but we had not succeeded till last year, when our hope was realized. Mr. He succeeded in buying a house. Though this church is only a year old it is in a very admirable condition. Every night hearers sit in the chapel till midnight. Those people there like very much to hear us. It is impossible to imagine how large this church will grow.

Yang-ke-chuang :-Here is an old church but not many members. In the year of the Boxer Trouble, as the folks here say, the members received nothing for their property which was destroyed by the Boxers. Therefore men are afraid that the Boxers may arise again and destroy their property and so they do not dare to enter the cburch. I hope God will make them cast love of property from their hearts and give them love for their lives.

Many years ago Dr. Gamewell sent me a magic lantern. I determined to use this at the New Year's Time to influence people to enter church. I told my plan to Dr. Lowry and he sent five students with me. We went to Ch'ang-p'ing-chou first, where we worked five days. During these five days about four thousand people were present, among whom there are some who have since become Christians. After the five days were over the students went back to their school, and I myself traveled to the other places on my District till the second Moon. I had not rested a day in Peking after my return from my trip when Dr. Pyke asked me to go to Cbin-cno'U to do revival work

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with Dr. J. W. Lowrie. At these meetings God poured down His peculiar grace into the hearts of the people. After the meeting here was over I went to Kuang-ning, where still greater grace was poured down. Then I came back to Peking.

I thank God for His protection during the whole year, His grace did not pass me by. It was His help alone that has caused me to pass through the whole year safely. On the whole I have done nothing. I beg that next year the help of God be given to me and my fellow workers.

3.-Shan-hai-kuan District.

TE JUI, District Superintendent.

Last Conference I was appointed District Superintendent of the Shan-hai-kuan District. Since I was appointed, how could I do anything but my best? Moreover on the last day of the Conference Bishop Bashford gathered together all the Superin­tendents of the different Districts to stimulate them and urge them to do their duty as well as possible, and he said, "The principal thing is to lead more people·to Jesus this coming year." When I returned to my place I heard the Bishop's instructions just as plainly as on the day when he gathered us together, and it has been engraven on my mind during the whole year. .so every time I have held a Quarterly Conference at the different stations, I have tried to do my best to help the pastors to do good work on their circuits and I am glad to be able to say that they have done so. God has blessed all His workers and members and the churches are more prosperous this year than last year.

The Shan-hai-kuan District has six circuits, which I have personally visited every quarter. My detailed report is as follows :-

Ch'ang-Ii Circuit :-The pastor Liu Fang has done his work faithfully and well. The church is about full, the average at­tendance at Sabbath worship being about two hundred. Not only the members come but also many of the outsiders. Last November a great revival meeting commenced which lasted for forty days. The pastor was in charge. During the revival most· of the members were touched by the Holy Spirit, and many outsiders joined the church. After the revival meeting they held another meeting for an hour every day to study

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the- Bible. Through this Bible study both old and new members were hel'P~d very much. Besides there are three regular meet­ingslevery week in the member's homes around Ch'ang-Ii. Not only the members in the village came but also outsiders. Dr. and Mrs. Taft helped the pastor and his wife in leading these meetings.

At Ch'ang-li there are two market days in every ten days. Every market day the chapel has been opened from 9:30 or 10 A.M. to 2 or 3 P.M. and there have generalIy been large aud­iences. Usually at the end of the chapel service, there has been some one inquiring about the Doctrine of Salvation, and some of these have joined the church. So during this year the church at Ch'ang-li has been marked by a large measure of prosperity. We are sorry that Dr. and Mrs. Taft have gone to America. All the workers, members and students liked them very much, as they treated everyone very nicely, helped the poor ones, and those girls and boys who have not had enough money to stUdy. They have done very good work on the Shan-hai-kuan District. The hospitals, schools, street chapel and every thing at Ch'ang-li are all prosperous this year.

On the Ch'ang-li Circuit we have two outstations named Ke-po and Liu-shou-ying. They have been supplied by, Li Yung and Hsii Chao Ch'ing. These two places have large markets. The street chapels were filled on every market day. These places have been prosperous during the year.

Ch'ien-wei Circuit :-Wu Ch'i after an absence of a year was reappointed here. The church is self supporting, although the members are not very rich. This shows that all the m-embers are warm hearted. \Ve ought to thank God for this. Please pray to God that the church at Ch'ien-wei may be more prosperous and a pattern to the other churches. Dr. Pyke and Dr. Hobart went there to hold revival meetings for a few days in, March. - Many of the members were touched, weeping and confessing _ their sins. This meeting was very helpful to . the church. At an outstation named Wang-h'~a-ma, which, has been supplied by a local preacher, Yii Tso Chou. there is a day school. Mr •. Yii'is,doing both the preaching and the teaching.

:Fn-ning Circuit :-The pastor isL1U Ching eh'ing. I am sorry to say that the church was not in good condition during the tirst'half of the year, because mau:y qf the members! hea.rt-s:were

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not warm. and were growing colder. Some of them joined the Roman Catholic Church and they did not treat each other in 'a friendly manner. There were some jealousies and wranglings among them. The church was being conquered by the powerful devil.

But in March they had a most powerful revivalmeetirrg for eight days. The pastor, the members, and those who helped them in the meetings prayed earnestly day by day. Finally they cried and confessed their sins. All the jealous and wrang­ling hearts were melted. The pastor and members made a new covenant that they would live for God and help each other to serve Him. The church has been in a very different condition since then. Let us congratulate the new church there. There is an out-station named T'ai-ying which has been supplied by 'Wang Pao Tsung. The church is peaceful there. A few have joined the church this year. Both Fu-ning and T'ai-ying have schools'and the students are many.

Shan-hai-kuan Circuit :-Li Wei Yun is the pastor. The church seems much improved over last year. Some have joilled the church. Most of the members are warm hearted in serving God and do the Church's business diligently. We have here an Intermediate School with forty pupils. The teachers have done good work. The receipts of the schooi were a little more than the expenditures. At the end of March we had a revival meet­ing for several days. It was led by Drs. Pyke and Hobart. The members and pupils were touched by the Holy Spirit, weeping and confessing their sins. Rich blessings have been received at that place.

There are two outstations named Chien-so and Hai-yang. They have been supplied by K'ang Yung Kuei and Han Yin T'ing These two churches are both prosperous. There is an­other place forty Ii (about thirteen miles) outside Shan-hai-kuan named Tieh-ch'ang-p'u. In this village there are several families who are church members. All of them are warm hearted though they have no church there. I went there once in April. Six were baptised, half being men, and half women. One of the men is eighty-seven years old. He is the oldest man whom I have baptised during my ministry. I remember that Jesus spoke the parable about hiring laborers for His vineyard. Though this old man is not able to do much work yet he will get the:same

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hire and may be he will get it first. From this we can see how universal God's love and grace are.

Shih-ke-chuang Circuit :-The local preacherCh'in Lien Chia has supplied for the first time this year. The church seems more prosperous than before. Many have joined the church. At the second Quarterly Conference twelve open carts with women aud children came from different vi11ages. I counted thirty-six women besides the children. The church was very crowded that day. This is the first time that I have seen so many women and children come to the church during all these years at Shih-ke-chuang. This shows that the church is yery prosperous. There is an out-station, Chiang-ke-chuang, which is supplied by Chou An. The members are in good condition, but the house is too small. I hope we may be able to find another house for the church. There were good revival meetings at Shih-ke-chuang in April.

Shih-men-chai Circuit :-Liu Yueh was appointed pastor. This church is self supporting. All the members are warm hearted. At first Quarterly Conference, the stewards of the church reported that they did not have enough money to pay the pastor this year, and asked me to help them pay him. I answered them that it would be better to pray to God to help them pay the money. Then we knelt down and prayed about it. Finally one of the stewards named Lei Ju Chu stood up and said, "I will give one thousand tiao* for this purpose. He had given four thousand tiao before. All together he has given five thousand tiao. " Now," said he, "use the interest to pay the pastor." Others added to their contributions. So at once they obtained enough to pay the pastor. Thank God for granting our prayer.

You will be glad to hear another thing. There is a place namedChao-chia-yu, ten 1i north of Shih-men-chai. One of the members there named Chao Wei Chung is sixty-four years old and his wife is fifty-five years old. As they have no children they are economical in their living and do their little business diligently. They had saved five hundred tiao for supporting themselves when they would not be able to earn money. After an earnest prayer the old couple were very glad to give the

* A tiao at this place is worth about twelve and one half cents Mexican. Its value varies in difierent places.

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five hundred tiao which they had saved, to God to pay the pastor. They have already given the money to the church there. This shows that they trust God to feed them more than they trust the money. I hope everyone of the Christians will imitate their example in giving to God. We will get His great rewards afterwards. The Bible says, "He who soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he who soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully." There are two out-stations, both of which are in good condition. They had re,"i val meetings for eight days at Chinese New Year time. As a result of these meetings the members were much improved in their Christian life.

More than ten Student Volunteers were sent to our District this Summer vacation. All of them have done very good work. They were helpful to the members and out-siders.

I thank God for the whole year's grace. I hope everything and every District during this coming year will be still more prosperous.

4-.-South Peking District.

W. T. HOBART, District Superintendent.

This District, if not the Benjamin of the Conference., is not far from it. So, being small, it needs but a short report. After Conference I had to move from T'ai-an-fu to Peking, which con­sumed much time, as the" fire wheel" was not available. So Brother Pyke kindly held the first round of Quarterly Meetings in order that I might go with him for a short revival campaign in Tientsin.

The year has been one of quiet, steady work with not very large, visible results. The Chinese preachers have been faithful and diligent and report on all sides a willingness to listen with but little opposition, but those who hear are not quite ready to cross the Rubicon and enter the church. I will not weary you by taking up the charges one by one but only touch upon some special items.

At Niu-t'o, 49 miles South of Peking, the property secured last year has been somewhat repaired and adapted to our pur­poses. The crowds come to listen on market days and among others, three inq uirers are reported, all over 70 years of age. There is a fine opportunity to build up a church.

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At Ku-an the year has been a good one. Some years ago most of the membership there went into the Roman Catholic Church. Some of them now wish to return but those iri authori­ty will not allow it. One man insists on coming back but the priest demands Taels 25. for food furnished to him and family when they were catechuplens. The man says he did not eat their food, but they say he did. He is afraid they will carry him off to Che-chou and then beat him or worse, as he says they frequently do. Others, who would like to come back, are afraid to venture.

Two new Quarterly Conferences have been organised during the year, both in Peking Southern City, one in the Flower Market charge and the other in the Pearl Market.

We have another place in the Southern City, older than these two on the Shun-chih-men Great Street. It was the first place, and until 1900 the only place for Christian work in the Southern City. There have been a number of additions during the year but the membership will show a decrease, as the Pearl Market charge was set off from this, so the decrease is apparent, not real. What this charge needs is a street chapel on the business street near by, either East or 'Vest of the Vegetable Market. A chapel there would be filled, whenever opened, and would be as good for reaching the people as our Pearl Market chapel. We have asked for money to buy such a place but our hope of getting the money is about nil. So we fail to reach the people, or as many as we might, for lack of a few thousand dollars.

Pearl Market chapel is our joy: For it spells OPPORTUNITY in large capitals. Last· fall the· chapel was enlarged to nearly twice its former capacity and is nearly always full, when opened. How many thousand hear the Gospel there in a year, I will not venture to say. We have taken the names of over 700 as in­quirers during the year, but I have been disappointed that not over 100 of that number have been received as probationers. But it at least shows that there is a willingness to hear and even ~o be known as inquirers, that 'is remarkable. Tho enlarged, the place is still·too small. The audience room is large enough but the preacher has no place there to live, nor have we enough room for meetings with inquirers and for dispensary work, which is also carried on. We ought to .have more ground but it is

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vahtable and not for sale. \Ve could build a two or three story building on our present plot and thus enlarge our borders getting nearer heaven. We have asked for $20000. but. alas, with no hope. When will we begin Mission work in earnest and on a scale commensurate with our opportunities? Does the Church intend to win China for Christ? If she does, then let her arise in majesty and power, as if she meant to do it.

At our Flower Market charge we face another OPPORTUNI­TY almost as magnificent. Properly manned, great things could be accomplished here. There are not quite so many hearers, but the aggregate is large. Last vVinter for two weeks night services were held and the house was packed every time. I believe night services could be held there all winter and ought to be. Over 200 persons have given their names as inquirers and a number baptized. I fear we have lost our preacher here as bis home is in Shan-tung and he wishes to find work nearer home. In May he asked to go home on a visit and has not yet returned.

Besides our three charges in the Southern City there is only one other center of Mission work in that city. That is under the London Mission. So these four life-saving stations have the whole Southern City for their field. Should not this great op­portunity be more adequately improved?

Spiritually the District seems to be in good condition. All the preachers came and attended the meetings held by Mr. Go­forth and received benefit. I confess to some disappointment at the visible results of the year's work. We are content to gain a few members here and there. Ought we not to expect greater things? Yet I believe we are sappers and miners and one day heathenism here, like the walls of Jericho, will come down with a crash. We are still in the Ram's horn business and have some of Grant's grit. " We intend to fight it out on this line, if it takes, all Summer ., or a lifetime or several of them. We expect God will take and save China. "The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this."

5.-Ttai-an-fu District.

G. W. VERITY, District Superintendent.

We have great reason to thank God for His undeserved blessing and mercy during another year. Having returned from furlough last October and learning our appointment, we hastened to our work, four hundred miles south of the Capitol.

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At the Conference, last year, our Shan-tung work was divid­ed, the parts north and south of the Wen River being called respectively, the T'ai-au-fu and Yen-chou-fu Districts. Our foreign force consists of three families of the Parent Board and four members of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society. Our equipment is, of the Parent Board, two residences and a foreign built church. The work of the school and that of the· men's hospital is all carried on in old native buildings, entirely unsuit­able. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society has a foreign built residence, hospital, and Girls' School.

We were caused much anxiety in the Winter by the threat­ened failure of the health of Brother Hanson, necessitating his temporarily laying aside all work, and again this Summer, when little Richard, his son, was for many weeks in a very serious condition. Many were the prayers offered in their behalf and great the rejoicing when both were restored to health. Death, however, entered our ranks and we were called to mourn with our pastor at Yen-rna-chuang, Liang Hsing T'ang, the loss of his wife,

It can not but be regretted that duty called Dr. Baldwin to another field just when he should have been studying but we were most happy to welcome him, a few days since, back to T'ai-an-fu.

It is with unfeigned pleasure that we report the new girls' school building, a substantial, two story brick structure with dormitories, to be nearing completion. It will soon be ready for occupation, Our ladies have been for years working in old tumbled down native buildings unfit, in every way for school purposes. With this new equipment they can receive larger numbers of pupils and the school will take on new life. We note, with pleasure, that they are making a move' toward self support by requiring an entrance fee of one dollar and sixty cents {Mexican} from each pupil. Three thousand dollars (Gold) are still needed to complete the full quota of dormitories to ae· comodate one hundred and fifty pupils.

Our further, most urgent needs are, first, a two story build­ing for the Boy's Intermediate and High School, with sleeping accomodations for two hundred pupils: second, a Men's hospital and residence for the doctor: and third, a parsonage for the na­tive pastor. Toward the boy's school I raised some fifteen

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hundred dol1ars (Gold) while home last year and have already purchased native timber to the value of thirteen hundred dollars (Mexican), had it sawed, and now it is seasoning to be in readi­ness when more funds are available.

Mr. Wen Jung T'ai, in addition to his regular pastoral duties has done good work in the Bible Training Scbool where eighteen men have been studying. This is a very important part of our work, preparing local workers for our local field. Great, indeed, are the needs of this field, the weight of which comes on us with all but overwhelming force. '\\.Tith millions of people 811 about us, 1\ '\\.Tithout God and without Hope in the world" but ready as never before to listen to the Gospel story, our own time, hands, head, and heart full with the minutia of multitud­inous accounts and correspondence, body fatigued witb journeys often and long, over unspeakable roads, the necessity for a strong force of well trained workers is apparent. We need men who can go from town to town telling the glorious tidings tbat, "God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son that who-soever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life" Our Bible Training School helps to equip these much needed workers.

Friends in America enabled me to bring back a Gospel Tent, at a cost of about a hundred dollars (Gold) and to our surprise the priests allowed us without charge to erect it in the court of the great temple, in the city, during the Pilgrim Season, when scores of thousands of idol worshipers come from near and far to prostrate themselves before the mud images, both in this great temple and those on top of T'as-shan (the Great Mountain) at an altitude of five thousand five hundred feet.

Here the Bible students took turns. They sold scriptures and preached continuously nine hours per day for about a hun­dred days. The daily attendance, according to the record kept was a thousand, the total number hearing the word being a hundred thousand. We propose by adding to the fly to make a second tent for women only and next year use both of them. We too are praying that God will move some one who reads this report to furnish the money for sides, poles, and stakes of the "Women's Tent"

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travel throughout the District preaching at fairs and markets. 1 am persuaded that many of the more respectable people could· be reached in that way who would not corne near the street chapel. Two hundred dollars (Gold) a year will support the" Team" What individual, League, or church will take this substitute to " Work while you sleep?"

The Women's Training School is no less important than that for men and it is with great satisfaction that we can chronicle another year of good work among the twenty women in attend­ance.

In the Spring we were favored with a visit from a brother of a neighboring Mission who led ns in a weeks revival meetings in which blessing came to many, preparing the 'way for the Summer Student Volunteer Work. Most providential1y funds came to hand for this work enabling us to send out twenty-five extra workers from among the students of both the 'Bible and the High Schools to assist the preachers throughout the two Districts. All did fairly well, while some give promise of be­coming efficient laborers after their training shall have been completed.

T'ai-an-fu :-Wen Jung T'ai is developing into a " Work­man that needeth not to be ashamed" K'ou-tze, thirty-five miles to the northeast and Mao-t'zu, twenty miles southeast, are out appointments of the T'ai-an-fu Circuit. Lu-chia-t'ang, eight miles distant from K'ou-tsz, are a number of enquirers who brought a small property at a cost of twenty-five dollars (Mex­ican) and presented it to the church and now we have a school established there, " A light in a dark place". At Mao-t'zu we have this year bought property at a cost, including repairs, of three hundred and seventy four dollars (Mexican). We were happily surprised at the amount locally raised for this purpose. Though the work is new and the members so few that they can be counted on the fingers of one hand, yet, with the aid of local non~christian friends, one of whom gave twenty-five dollars '(Mexican) they donated one hundred and sixty-five dollars (Mexican).

'We are still in the back woods in Central Shan-t'ung. Great was the consternation when the villagers knew we had secured property on their street. "Wild reports and threats against the ~Hfe of the preacher, Chang Tsai Shao, were rife. One Sunday

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several men with concealed weapons came to church to take his life. He was aware of their intent but went through the service without fear, in a kindly spirit, disarming them of their pre­judice and hatred. He went 011 steadily with his work, lived down all opposition and has scored a great victory. Now II All is quiet along the Potomac," and a dozen boys are busily at work in the school.

An-chia-chuang now has six out appointments where re­gular services are held, seven schools for boys and two for girls. Kuo Ying, the pastor, tho physically not robust, has done good work and is highly appreciated both by members and non-mem­bers.

In Tung-p'ing-chou the work is steadily developing, re­gular services being held in five appointments, four outside of the city, from seven to thirteen miles distant. Four boys schools and two for girls are maintained, Brother Wang Chao K'e has been assiduous in his labors. During the \,'inter he conducted a large Bible class. During the Summer he has held revival meetings in his appointments; meetings for enquirers have been held in many other villages.

Notwithstanding some trouble, both within and without the church, which has given me much an~iety during the year, the work is very hopeful. \Ve have rented property here for eighteen years at one hundred strings of cash per year. Five years ago the building was outgrown. Since then our people have worshiped in a mat shed in the yard. Last Fall at the Quarterly Meeting two hundred and sixty persons were present filling the court to its utmost capacity. \Ve bought a lot in Tung-p'ing-chou two years ago and now we need a thousand dollars (Gold) to erect an entirely new plant, including a church, schools, and a parsonage and a " prophets room" " \Ve need It badly and need it now"! O! Brother beloved. across the great waters, in whose hands God has entrusted treasure, we are sending Outward and Upward wireless messages for help. Can­not you hear them?

Gn the same trip of this visit to Tung-p'ing-chou we spent a night at Hsii-ch'eng, one of the out appointments. At the evening service the little room used for worship, as well as all the 'space about the doors and windows was crowded to suffocation. Even then the platform was covered with boys. We sang and

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prayed and preached till both the native preacher and myself were tired out but still all remained. Thinking that it was mostly idle curiousity and wishing to reach those really interested I announced a sunrise meeting. Imagine my surprise to see the room again full, all staying once more through a service till breakfast time at eight o'clock! One is led continually to ex­claim, 4' What hath God wrought" ?

The work at Tung-a-hsien was opened only five years ago. Our property was very inexpensive. It is small and poorly located but it was the best we could do then. We should have suitable quarters in a good location in order to reach the people. None is more faithful than Yang P'ei Hua, in telling the story of the Cross.

The Fei-ch'eng Circuit is a field of great opportunity. It is eminently fitting that Wang Ch'ang T'ai should take up the work of his martyred father. He is doing nobly. There are now two out appointments, a new one having becn opened this year forty Ii south east, where there are several people much in­terested in the Gospel.

The size of these five circuits are about as followsj­

An-chia-chuang, six hundred square miles; Tung-p'ing-chou, ,seven hundred fifty square miles; Tung-a-hsien, four hundred square miles j Fei-ch'ing-hsien, sixteen hundred square miles; T'ai-an-fu. three thousand square miles.

The school work for girls will be reported respectively by Mr. Hanson and :Mrs. Verity who have had charge of those de­partments, while the medical work will be represented by Dr. Ensign.

6.-Tientsin District

F. BROWN, District Superintendent

We must sound a note of praise as we report the work on the Tientsin District another year. There has been much to encourage us. Some things we were praying for last year, are now accomplished facts. To God be the Glory! Last year we mentioned as one of our urgent and pressing needs, the opening of an Anglo-Chinese school for girls. Our old friend and fellow worker, Miss Cushman, has already arrived to take up this work.

This spells success, and though the school has been open less than a month it is overcrowded with girls anxious to secure a Christian Ed ucation.

Again, our Conference Evangelist Dr. Pyke has visited every circuit holding special services, and great blessing has followed in each place. Dr. Hobart has given much valuable time to special work in Tientsin City. During the Winter the Methodist Churches were led in a united effort to attack heatheniflm in this great center, All our city churches were opened nightly, and all the preachers joined heartily in the work. The results are seen in additions to the several churches, besides a revived interest among the members. The aggressive movement was most effective, first in arousing interest in the Christians for their non-christian neighbors, and secondly iu bring-ing many to a decision in religious matters. One night a Chinese gentleman came to the front and knelt with others who were seeking Christ as their Savior. He had read and studied the New Testament and was trying secretly to serve God. He said: "It is not easy to make a public profession. I have been praying secretly for about ten years. I first heard the Gospel in the East Gate Methodist Church. I come now to publicly testify that I take Jesus as my Savior" This is but a type of many who know the Gospel but who lack strength to testify in public. Such special occasions give the opportunity.

Wesley Church is the oldest church we have in Tientsin. The building has been made historic, it being one of the two buildings left standing in North China by the Boxers; Also it is historic for the number of "honorable scars" it bears. We prefer however to remember it for the many souls" born again I, within its walls. The Rev. Ch'en Wei P'ing has worked faith­fully. His message has been with no uncertain sound and he exercises great influence. The congregations have taxed the cap~city of the building on Sundays. Would that there were larger congregations on weekly-days! The spirit of liberality is a marked feature in this Church. It is a model, independent, self-supporting church as believed in by Methodists and our people and their pastor are happy in the thought that they have wbat they want in this respect. No Mission funds are used for either salaries, repairs, incidentals or anything else but much is done by this church for less fortunate places. One Sunday

lately I worshiped with this congregation; at the close of the service a Chi nese lady came to me and quietly handed me a small roll of Dollar notes, the amount being FIFTY DOLLARS, saying: "I cannot go out and preach to the people but I want you to send out a preacher in my stead. Use this money and when you need more I will try and give" Needless to say an extra evangelist was sent out and is entirely supported by this generous Chinese Christian.

Early in the year it was found necessary to request Brother Ch'en to assume the Principalship of the Intermediate School for Chinese Boys. Under his careful supervision the school has done well and closed for vacation with more students than ever before. Necessary changes have been made in the teaching staff, but the spiritual side of the work is kept well to the front and Brother Ch'en has ever been active to promote the interests of the school. Cramped quarters, and unsuitable buildings have yielded a good measure of success with the blessing of God.

The District Bible School was in session about three months, when good work was done by a large class of men drawn from their homes on the different circuits, and sent back again to be­come voluntary helpers to the preachers. Deeper Christian experiences were received and on many a distant circuit the effect has been felt.

Seven Student Volunteers came to our help during the Summer and have done faithful work in spreading a knowledge of the Truth where the gospel light had not before penetrated. We have the highest praise for some of tbese young men.

The District Conference held in June was a time ef refresh­ing for all who attended. Besides the regular work we had some animated discussions on live questions such as, " How can we best do Pastoral Work in new Places?" "How can we get our Members to Live in a Higher Spiritual Atmosphere? IJ Bible Distribution in Connection with our Work " The members received new light on these vital questions.

I will now briefly review the circuits in order and begin with Tientsin, West City Charge. The pastor is the Rev. Li Shao Wen. He has been faithful in preaching to the crowds which have gathered daily in this church. Nine-tenths are non-christian and so there is a constant· How of raw material to work upon. This charge felt the throb of last Winter's

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revival but the Roll will not show the full results as two-thirds of the people brought to Christ have scattered to their homes in the interior. Tientsin is essentially a distributing centu for merchandise and we may say of the Gospel, as well. The open­ing of nearly all the Mission centers in North China can be traced to the preaching first heard in or around Tientsin. Thus the need for keeping this important place well supplied with good preaching. During the year over one hundred enquirers were enrolled but many of these have scattert>d taking the good ~eed with them. At other p;aces and it may be in after years the harvest will come from the seed SOWll in the Tielltsin churches. I am sorry to be obliged to record the death of tht:' Pastor's wife after a painful sickness. The pastor needs the prayers of the Conference.

The Yang-liu-ch'ing Circuit has been in the charge of the Rev. Chin Ch'eng. For some years this work did 110t show signs of much life but sillce the present pastor came last year there has been a great chang-e for the better. There have been nine baptisms. Sunday congregations now tax the capacity of the chapel. A Taoist priest has receutly joined tht: church and giveu up his idols. His Temple has been turned into an 11111.

Idols have been destroyed anci as evidence of his sincerity he sent three of them to my home in the cit\" with a messag-e that he would not need them again and perhaps I could find a ust: for them. Snch evidences of the power of the Gospel to save mell are not to be lightly treated. This man asks nothing frolll us hut the privilege of being baptised and joining the Christians. He has shaved his head, put off the priests robes, and is a regu­lar attendant at Church. Persecution he 11111St b(;'ar. After all, the measure of our sincerity in religion is the sacl-ifices we art: ready to make. We thank God for such trophies.

Ch'ing-hsien Circuit has been under the care of a Local Preacher, Li Chia Yen. He has preached the Gospel faithfully within a radius of twenty miles of the city thongh be has not had much success in gaining members. The place is an important one. Ours is the only l\liss;Oll working in this County. It is on the Grand Canal and will be an important station on the Pu~kou rail way.

Nan-p'i Circuit is further down the Canal though not exactly on it. The Rev. Yang Ch 'un He has had some success, being

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assisted during the year by two young men. Hsu-chia-wo has not turned out as we expected but we have secured property which will give u~ a good place by the side of the new railwa~. This Circuit is our outpost towards Shan-tung and only about one hundred and fifty miles away from the northern work oi that prosperous District. We should try and open work south and link up with that important center.

Chiao-he Circuit is to the west of Xan-p'i about twenty-fin miles and with Hsii-cha-wo between makes three circuits con­veniently placed for work. The whole at present is under the care of Brother Yang. He is old howeyer and does not get over the gronnd as in the days of his youth so that a Local Preacher. Liang Shih T'sai resides in Chiao-he City. He has been doing steady work. \Ve have secured much improved quarters right ill the middle of the city and are much better equipped than we were a year ago. There is ample accolllodation for church, school, parsonage, and missionary quarters. Famine devastated this region last year and our people suffered with others. The prospects for a harvest this year are good.

Li-t'an Circuit has been in the care of ~fr. Yang Ching Ch 'un a probationer in Conference. There are signs of progress in many directions. During the special service the chapel was too s111all to seat the people. Twelve were baptised after careful examination. About forty have been taken on probation during the year.

Tai-ch 'eng Circuit has been under the I'tlpervision of the Rev. \Vang Pao T'ang who lived here some years ago. On his return at last Conference the people gathered in larg-e numbers to give him warm welcome. He has been very diligent itl visitation and this large and important circuit has been revived. The preacher has had serious trouble in his home but has shown himself to be brave under terrible trials.

Wang-chia-k'ou Circuit has again been under the care of the Rev. Chai Te rung, assisted by Liu Chin Shan. It is with regret that I report that Brother Chai has broken down. Though delicate in health he has worked bravely on but it will be needfui to relieve him of the responsibility of this lnrge circuit. During the special services great blessing came to this circuit and certain troubles which had hindered the progress of the work were swept away. For cOllvenience of work we have had the second'preacher

reside at Huang-cha which allows him to take bdter care of that end of the Circuit and near to Sheng-fang, a place we should enter when we can fiud a suitable opportunity.

We have six men who travel the District distributing Tracts and Scriptures. The work of these men cannot be over estimated, as they are the Scouts of our small army and with their aid we have been able to open a few new places.

The Rev. Burton St. John left the District on furlough early in the Spring. This threw extra burdens upon other shoulders. Brother Krause kindly took up teaching ill the school and has helped out considerably. \Vhile Dr. Davis, who is in charge of the Tsun-hua- chou District, being resident in Tientsin, has ever been ready to help in councilor work. Mrs. Davis has taken up 'Woman's \Vork in \Yesley Church where her infiuence is telling.

Miss Cushman and Dr. Stryker have joined our ranks during the year. We give them a hearty welcome and wish for them many years of blessed service for the Master.

Dr. Stevenson has had a hard year of Medical work amongthe \Yom en . She is ever ready to alleviate the sufferings of human­ity. God be praised for such noble self-sacrifice: 1\1iss 'Wilson has been busy with a very large class of women in the Bible School, while Miss Knox has been very diligent in Day School work, and in this way is bringing the Light of the Gospel to many otherwise dark and sad lives, With such a loyal band of workers sen,ice is a pleasure, and will bring its reward of Yictory. We pray for the Holy Spirit and His power that we may be found faithful to the trust placed in us and that the people of this District may be brought to a knowledge of the Truth through the power of Jesus Christ.

7.-Tsun-hua-chou District

G. R. Davis, District Superintendent.

This report, not being read on the Conference fioor, was not handed to the Secretary for publication in the Minutes. Dr. Davis insisted that because it was not read it should have no place in the Conference Year Book. It was read in Chinese and can be found in the Chinese Minutes for the current year.

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8.-Yen-Chou-Fu District

Liu Chi Lun, District Superintendent.

At the last Conference I was appointed Superintendent of the Yen-chou-fu District. I was very sorry to take such a charge, for I knew both my own \"i'eakness and the heaviness of the burden. Yet not daring to refuse I have tried to do what I could. This District is the very southern part of the North China Con­ference. It contains one Fu, one Cbou, and five Hsien districts, namely i Yen-chou-Iu, Chi-ning-chou, Ning-yang-hsien, Well-

shang-hsien, Tzu.yang-hsien, Tsou-hsien, and C'hu-fu-hsien. It consists of a large plain thickly set with villages and crowded with people. Here we have preached freely without being' annoyed by rumours.

Ning-yang City is situated south of the \Ven River and is twenty miles east of \Ven-shang-hsien, thirty three miles west of Hsin-t'ai-hsien and sixteen miles north of Tzu-yang-hsien. I have been living in this city and have been aided by Mr. Li Hsiao Lu, a man of diligence, who has been working as a preacher and colporteur in the towns and villages. He led the services wheu I was absent. We have both a boys' and girls' school here. The teacher, Mr. \Vang \Ven Ke, a graduate from the T'ai-an-fu T'sui Ying school, is very kind and has teaching ability. He ,,-ill also be able to take charge of the preaching.

There are two places in this circuit where the church members have built chapels at their own expense. The one is Hu-shu-k'ou, a place twenty miles north east of Ning-yang-hsien. Here the meetings are attended by fifty or sixty people, and the members can both sing and pray. Though many of them are poor and live with much difficulty yet they are cheerful because of the influence of the Doctrine. The other place is T'sao-chia­ts'un about three miles south of Ning-yang-hsien. The members here contributed about 270,000 cash, Peking money. ($135.l\Iex). for the erection of a building of three rooms to be useu as a place of worship and for a day school. The members here are not so poor but have not as yet tasted much of the Doctrine. :!'lIr. HSll Kuang Lu, the teacher, is very faithful and helpful iu the preaching work,

We bought a chapel at Tzu-yang, the head district of Yen­chou-fu last year. It has been opened to large crowds of in­terested hearers. There were ten boys ready to study at thi

chapel. So in the first month Mr. Ma Chu Ke was sent as their teacher. On Sundays between twenty and forty m~mbers are present for worship. Two years ago there were some seven­ty probationers in this district, as they were nearer to Ning. yang' hsien they attend service at the church there. The pro­bationers at Kuang-chuang-chen, a place ten miles north of Tzu-yang, have contributed the sum of 110,000 each, Peking money ($55.), for renting a house of four rooms as their place of worship. Forty persons have become Christians. During tbe Summer :'lr. Verity sent two Student Volunteers to that place, who have done enthusiastic work. The Roman Catholics, observing the increase of our numbers hate us and try to annoy our members. \Ve have 110 means to defeat their schemes but by patience.

Tsou-bsien is a city sixteen miles south of Ning-yang­hsien. In the third 1110nth we bought a place consisting of thirty r00111S here, which are sufficient for chapel and school. The neighbors there are in harmony with us. The magistrate, Mr. Hu is very kind and sealed our deed without any fee. Three colporteurs, Messrs Li Hsiao Lu, Chao Jung Hsi, and Yang Hsueh Shih, wbo are men of zeal and duty have been sent to preach and sell the scriptures at that place. l,ater we shall have an experienced preacber stationed there and more­o,'er we should have boys and girls schools locate(l h<:re.

Chi-ning-chou is situated twenty miles west of Yen-chou-fu. It is a large commercial city crowded with people and has a flourishing trade. Brother \\Tu has done enthusiastic work and one new primary school has been established here. He has worked hard and tried to do his duty as a shepherd. Both the schools are well cared for. Chang Sung He, a student of the Ts'ui Ying School at T'ai-an-fu has taken charge of the Boy's School while Mr. Jen Chao Ch 'ang, who has been a student of the T'ai-an-fu Training School, ht:1ped greatly in preaching God's Message of love in the villages and somewhat in the city. We have also used a colporteur named Sun Hsi Chen in Chi­ning chou. He has mane many tours in distant regions, visit­ing many towns and villages. Many 'copies of the scriptures have been sold. He is kind to every body around him, hence many persons love him. Mrs. Lu and Mrs. \Vu helped a great deal in leading the women to surrender to God. The condition of this church is better than it was.

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\Ven-shang-hsien, a church of many years, has had no re­markable progress, largely because there was no man and no suitable place. The house that we rent is so small that we can hardly open the door to preach for Him. So we have gone to fairs and villages to preach. I consider that a school is import­ant for our work here but at present we have none. Wang Chung He and Hsu Chen Sheng lived here and did the work of preaching. Many Christian books were sold. Because thest: two brothers were not in harmon)' with each other some one had to be sent to take the place of the latter. Mr. \Yang Chung He has done very faithful work during the last half year. Dur­ing the rear three men were baptized and taken into full mem­bership and thirty persons were received on pr-obation, and there are still twenty-two enquirers.

At K'ai-he-chen, thirty li to the west, the members made a contribution last year with which we rented a house, in which the preacher who was appointed to go there, held meetings. In the circuit of C'hu-fu-hsien I found a suitable house situated outside of the East Gate which we might secure by the payment of Taels 210. During January we went to pay the motley but the Yen Sheng Kung and the magistrate frustrated our plan. \Vhen Mr. Hanson and I went to see the magistrate, Liu, he said that we could neither buy any land or establish any church in the district of C'hu-fu-hsien. Although Mr. Hanson referred the matter to the United States Consul at Chefoo we got no satis­faction from the" Governor, his reply being that C'hu-fu-hsien ought to be respected, because it was the birthplace of Confucius. We said that they have no other way to show their reverence for him except to make C'hu-fu-hsien independent, though there are 110 Rpecial rules to prohibit the establishment of Churches there. It is for this reason that we have as yet no church estab­lished there. But several colporteurs did not stop their visits to the place and there are no hinderances coming fro111 the people. Many of the hearers pay much attention to the word of Jesus and several have" been received on probation. I think it strange, since when Confucius ~'as alive he was a good teacher to those around him, that this Yen Sheng Kung would like to be a hea"y stone to hinder our church. I greatly hope that God will soften his stony heart and let him no longer be a stone to prevent us from accolllplishing'whatwe are going to do for God. My ex­pectation is to have a church in this place.

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XX.-SHAN-HAI-KUAN AND LAN-CHOU DISTRICT.

)L L. TAFT, Missionary in Charge.

CHINESE O\-ERSIGHT:-So far the Shan-hai-kuan and Lall­chou Districts are concerned, the plan adopted at onr la:st Con­ference of throwing responsibility upon trl1steo, able Chinese preachers by appointing them, as Distrid Snperintcl1oellts, has worked ad1l1irabl~·. These Chinese brethren appreciate th~

Honor and treat their American co-laborer as a hrotherly a(iYiser amI assistant. \Vhene\'er the presence of the missionar,v is needed. he is requested to accompan)' and help the District Superintendent. Besides the missionar)' being' free from "sen', jng tables," can oversee the whol<: work and personall.\· dsit any and e\Tery point, where he may think his presence will be help­ful. On the other hand, these Chinese District Superintendents can touch the springs of a Chinese brother's heart and his purs{' too, in a way impossible to foreigners, as the following incidents \\'ill show.

At the reqnest of Mr. Te, District Superintendent of th~

Shan-hai-kuan District, the missionary went to Ch'ien-wei, our furthest station beyond the Great Wall in l\lallclturia. The "jg-nboard .at this railway station consists of a white upright pust with a horizontal board on top. On this. as 011 the cross of Christ, are inscribed three different lan~ruajl(es Eng-lish, Chinest'. and Russian. Is this prophetic, that the ClJinese in the center like a wedge, is going to drive out both English ~ll1d Russian, along with Japanese or any other intruder, amI finLllly hold :\fanchuda as her own? At this charge, sollie differences of opinion were looming up concerning- the preacher ':-; salar.v. Wben this pastor was here two years ago, he recei,'ed only $lS per month, Last year, at another appointment, he had receiv­ed $18 and naturally he preferred the larger salary The local church protested their inability to raise the amount. _\ t the Quart­erly Conference, the matter was full discussed. Even after the Mis­sionary had explained the matter as clearly as he could, severaJ of the official memberi> insisted upon their inability to provide lor the desired $3. However the next morning at love-feast, sen'ra 1

of the leading members publicly confessed, that they had 110t

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given as liberally as they could. Later in the Sunday eyening meeting, other memhers asserted their ability and willingness to pay more. So btfore we left on Monday morning, the addi­tional $3 was pledge:], so that this eh'ien-wei church still has the hOllor of paying their pastor's salary 1n full.

At this Manchurian tOW11 , 110 expensive sih'er plate nor fancy plush bag was used ill taking the usual Sunday collection. Severe plainness was obsen·ed. The offerings dropped into an empty two pound butter tin of the ., Bretel Freres" brand, clinking as clearly as did the coin into Tetzel's mom'), chest in Luther's day but for a far worthier object.

At the lo\'e-feast, a pathetic incident occurred. After the oldest member aged eighty-three, had given his joyful testimony, standing up and leaning on his staff, he shuffled slowly over to the little mite of a stove, his shrivded form with hunched back crouched down, while his bloodless. wrinkled hands almost embraced this Lilliputian stove. Just then from the woman's side darted out a little lassie with plump, rosy cheeks and chubby hands, and toddled over to the opposite side where she began to play with the coal-hod. a genre picture of December and May which would have ravished the soul of a Murillo.

At Shih-men-chai for a year or two, the finances had been in an unsatisfactory state. At the first Quarterly Conference, doubt was expre:-:sed whether the local church could pay their pastor. This was Saturday evening, but on Sunday, after the prolonged Ren'iceR of love-feast, sermon, baptisms and Lord's Supper, ~1r, Te requested all the members to remain. Then he stated how the church at eh'ien-wei had risen to the occasion and exhorted them to do likewise. The members responded at Ollce. One man subscrihed to a permanent fund 1000 tiao. An elderly woman gave 500 tiao for the same fund, and also pro­mised to pay one tiao a month towards the pastor's salary. This woman .. passed over the days" by making at home small articles, which her husband hawked about for sale. The prompt liberality of these cheerful givers stimulated the other members so that in a few minutes, more than was needed. was subscribed.

At Shib-ke-chuang, the District Superintendent had a ~imilar meeting after the Sunday services were held, with the result that the amount pledged for stH-support was almost doubled.

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While attending a Quarterly Conference at Lao-t'jng, on the Lan-chou District, I was interested in watching the venerable Mr. Wang, Ch'ing-yun District Superintendent, exhort a certain pastor. He had reported quite a large list of new members but an infinitesimal missionary col1ection. ~Ir. \"ang askffi him . .• What do you think our Annual Conference wil1 think of your report with so many me-111 bel's and so small a missionary col1ec­tion? \"ill they not be inclined to doubt, whether these report­ed members are after all real Christians, !-lince tbey give so little for others, for whom Christ has died?" The pastor sa\\' the inconsistency and immediately promised to amend matters.

At Chien-ch'eng-ying, a steward from an out-station preEeut­ed a bill for furniture and repairs of the local church. The District Superintendent at once informed the brethren that such proceedings were irregular and refused to pay the money desired. He clearly explained that all such expenses should first be considered and approved before :\Iission money could be expend­ed. So this brother returned home a sadder and a wiser man. As soon as a request came to these two District Superintendents from our ~lission Treasurer for the money assessed for the Episcopal Fund, it was forwarded without unnecessary delay

REYIYAL :-This year is memorable for the remarkable outpouring of God's Spirit in our midst. The revival fires broke out at Ch 'ang-li and spread to Fu-ning-, Ke-po, Shih-ke­chuang and other places. Our Chang-Ii pastor, Liu Fang, returned from Conference longing and praying for the baptism of the Spirit upon himself and the church. Special sl'rvices three times a day were held for several days. To our surprise, 011('

Sunday morning, this preacher, full of faith, announced that on the next \Vednesday the revival would begin and his faith was fully rewarded.

Certain factors greatly assisted in this wonderful work of grace. Previous to the revh'al Mrs. Arthur H. Smith, of deep devotion and consecrated enthusiasm, which was contagious, had many personal talks with Christians and non-Christians, about their soul's salvation and sl1pplemented her talks with distribut­ing tracts. She taught one man, flagman at a railway crossing how to thank God, before eating, for His bounty in providing food. Even to this day, as I pass his guard house, he wilt inquire concerning l\Iing T'ai-t'ai. Another most efficient helper

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was a Chinese namedKao Lien Ch'eng, who had been converted in the great revival in Man~huri~ and had joined the, Presby­terian church, but whose h9me was in -a neighboring village. His appearance was anything but prepossessing, for he walked with an awkward limp and he was so shortsighted, that he had to hold his well thumbed pocket Bible close to his eyes, as he read. Still his face had a Illost winsome, happy expression, and his simple exhortation,s were in demonstration of the Spirit of power.

The Spirit of God was manifest in great power from the beginning, pr<>ducing confession of sins, melting of oM feuds, and decisions to lead new lives of holiness. At times, the floor was literally wet in places with tears of contrition, while the church resounded with groans and sobs. and later with shouts of praise. Some scenes were truly pathetic as when a dutiful son led his aged father to the altar to find the Savior WhOlli he so loved. At one time. a father and son joined on probation. One member ,of the Chinese Temperance Society (Tsai Li Ti) joined and gave glad testimony to the infinite superiority of Christianity over 'that cult. One woman agonized over h~r sin of opium smoking. In breaking off the enslaving habit, she was so ill that she thought her end was near so she called Miss Glover to the side of her k'ang and committed to her care, her bright daughter. However her strength returned and the opium habit was gone.

Pastor -Liu instructed the new converts as well as the revived church members, to follow Christ'sjnstructions to the early Christians in Acts 1 ; B, by using their spiritual strength in witnessing for Him. Reiu{ar systemati~ yisitation of outly­irig towns and villages, where members. probationers and enquirers rived, became the order of the day. At such places the Bible was studied and prayer meetings were held.

\\Thile Dr. Keeler's medical students were here, they greatly aided in this village. work. Mrs. Taft and I accompanied our pastor, Mr. Lin and -his worthy wife, twice a w~ek to two different villages, wh~re the' wom,en, had a meeting in one room and the men in another. The hearty. childlike, trustiul spirit of many of, the ,prayers ~as, realty tOUChing. In the study of God's \Vord,.it was encouraging,-to ,see from ~he questions ask,ed about the Pharisees, the S~dducees, and the' Old Testallle.nt

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allusions, that these new converts were really searching the Scriptures. Then again the unprecedented demand for the Mandarin Reference Bible indicated the same fact.

PERSECUTIONS :-Of course. persecution arose but in many cases has snbsided with the raging persecutor acknow­ledging Christ as Savior. At Chang-ke-chuang, where Jast Summer an offidal of low rank became so incensed at the grow­ing numbers of Christians as to ring the large village bell, to summon a lUass meeting in order to expel all the. Christians, this, Saul has become a Paul. Several times he bas had Christian meetings in his own house and this man, now in his rig'lit mind, sat on the k'ang by the side of the missionary.

At Twin Mountain Village, a young man stated that his heathen mother bitterly opposed his becoming a Christian because since he was an only son. she would then han:' no one to burn funeral paper at her grave. Another mat; was troubled, because if he became a Christian, his pagan neighbors would betroth none of their daughters to his son. Our pastor explained to those present, that the paying of some 100 or 200 tiao for a wife was very much like buying a wife. He said that we Christian" had another and a better wa~r. This he illustrated by his own case. Neither his father nor himself paid any money for hIs wife. He studied in the Christian school and college in Peking, while hi!; future wife with other girls studied in the Christian girls i;chools. At the proper time, they were engaged and married, and ·had lived happily en'r afterward. Growing more earnest in his talk, he said. "Once when I was in charge of the 1.(\n­chou School, I had to be absent and my educated wife tanght my classes for me. That is the kind of wife we want for our sons." The men's faces smiled approval ·of such accomplished helpmeets as that.

One woman, learning that ber husband was gOil1g to join the church a certain Sunday morning, trudged over three miles on her stumps of feet to prevent such a calamity but was stopped at the church door. On her return home, she reviled him, asserting that she would never again live with him. So h~

took his bedding and some personal effects and moved over to a temple near by. After considerable persuasion, she relented and requested her husband to return home. Not many days afterward. the wife visjted the Training School aud her daughter has entered the Girls' School.

Another woman, the wife of a church member-the only Christian in the village-determined to commit suicide by swallowing opium or jumping into a well. Providentially Mrs Chou learning her evil purpose, by prompt, energetic, tactful efforts induced her to desist from her direful design and in accordance with a Chinese procedure, even persuaded ber to become her younger sister. Since then, one of her daughters has entered tIle Girls' School and this wife has ackuowledged her mistake through ignorance.

REVIVAL AFTERMATH -Besides these visits to outlyin~

villages, our pastor conducts a daily Bible Study Class every evening at seven o'clock, which is well attended by eager searchers after truth. Some state that they receive more help from this study of God's Word than at the stated Sunday preaching services.

At the request of the English Methodists, Pastor Liu assisted them for a few days in revival sen:ices at Yung-p'ing­fu, where God's Spirit moved powerfully on those gathered there. Confession was made of opium smoking, gambling, enmity and other sins, and Christians made decisions to live hereafter new, pure lives, trusting in Christ.

The revival fires spread to Fu-ning, where a week of meetings brought men to full confession of their evil state before God. Kao Lien Ch'eng from Manchuria and Wang Chin He of our Ch'ang-li hospital, filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, along with Pastor Liu Ching Ch'ing, plead and prayed for the outpouring of God's Spirit. Horrible sins, such as adultery, false weights, and murders were confessed. Afterwards decisions were made to start on the way leading to eternal life. Mr. Te, who was there during the latter part of the meeting, reports, " All received God's grace. Each acknow­ledged his sin and decided to lead a new life. Those members who were living at enmity, were reconciled. Some promised to give up the use of tobacco, others to unbind their daughter's feet, and still others to keep the Sabbath. In fact, the whole membership has moved several steps forward" The members voluntarily subscribed $10 for the two evangelists.

Ke-po (Ocean Beach) which had long been at spiritual low-tide was ·refreshed by the uplifting flood of God's grace. Old standing feuds were swept away, while God's mercy and

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forgiveness filled many souls to overflowing. Here, to our surprise a voluntary start was made to snpport these two evangelists so that they might visit these neighboring villages round about, by providing a regular mouthly subscription for their support. When on the last Sunday of these special services, Brother Kao feelingly spoke to the Christians, beseeching them to keep on praying and studying God's Word, lest any should fall back into his old wa)'s, several Christians in different parts of the church, could not refrain frOlD wiping away the tears from their eyes. These signs of loving sympathy took our thoughts back to apostolic days, when Paul on the Leach at Miletus, gave parting counsel to the Ephesians.

OTHER INCIDRNTs:-Hsiang-Shui-Kou, about thirty miles north of the Great Wall stands out a fresh oasis aUlid the barrenness around. A farmer had found Christ as his Savior, while he was lying in the Tsun-hua-chou hospital, recovering froUl an illness. Before leaving for his home, he asked Dr. Hopkins whether he might not put up a varnished Christian tablet at the doorway of his home. He said that he would not put up the usual signboard" Jesus Hall" which all the chapels had, but simply" Fu Yin Tang II or " Gospel Hall. ,I By this act, he, by some nine years, anticipated the joint action of the United Protestant Missions of North China at their session at Pei-tai-ho. On one wall of the rOOlD, where the missionary slept were the Ten Commandments with an appendix of three additional commandments, forbidding smoking tobacco, taking opium and drinking wine. These are all right and should be prohibited but we hope that soon the power of God '5 love in Christ will so fill the hearts of these grateful devoted souls. that they may not have to look at God's prohibitions but at the energizing love of God to man. Then like Paul, the love of Christ will constrain them.

At Hai-yang, a remarkable conversion occured. A Chinese on the twelfth day of the seventh moon came for the first time to our church there. Weary of life, he had tried to commit suicide in various ways, by swallowing opium, jumping into the ocean at Ch'in-wang-tao, by hanging with a rope, by gashing his chest and cutting his throat, leaving permanent ugly scars, but all without success. Hearing our preacher, Mr. Hall on the above date telling about how Jeslls raised Lazarus from

the grave, this poor unfortunate wreck of a man felt that there was mercy and power for him too in' Christ and shouted out. "Jesus can care me": Almost instantly he grasped the essentials of Christianity, became a new man in Christ Jesus and truly lives a useful, happy life, gladly and eagerly witnessing for Jesus, who loved him and gave Himself for him. He works in an oil shop on the main south street of Hai-yang and snpports his wife and aged mother. The Christian, who introduced him to me and told me his story; said this man's case was like the man in the Scriptures whom Christ cured of a legion of demons.

Our hearts overflow with gratitude to the Captain of our salvation who "goeth forth conquering and to conquer" for permitting us to witness in these latter days these evidences of His loving power to save unto the uttermost all that come unto God by Him. Even here and now we may begin to sing .. The song of Moses and the Lamb."

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XXI.-UNION CHINESE CHURCH IN TOKYO.

LIU 1\1.'\ K'E. Pastor.

Last year's report was given by 1\1r. George L· Da\'is. must report this year's work to you. The first thing 1 ought to thank our Heavenly Father for the way He has helped me to work for Him and has used me to preach among the students. Since last Conference we llave had good results. 1 have baptised thirty-four students; wostof thew are solid Christians

There are sC'me things I want to mention to you. They are as follows:-The Opportunity:-China proper has eighteen provinces; counting the so called dependencies there are twenty-three in all. How could one man preach to the people of the twenty-three provinces? In Tokyo the students come fro m twenty-three prodnces, then the provinces are all in Tokyo. When they are in their own country and at home they speak their own dialects. \\'hen they come to Tokyo they all learn to speak Mandarin. We all know Mandarin is Peking dialect. The Peking dialect being my native tongue it is easy for me to preach to them and thus improve the good opportunity to sow the seeds of the Gospel in their hearts and minds.

Their idea or say their opinions change during their stay in Japan. Those students who are educated in China, rather say. those who took their first degree when they were in China all despise foreign missionaries and do not like to read the Bible. \Vhen they come to japan they see japan is far better than China and they know many of the japanese learned men are Christians, also they find out that the: Japanese received their spirit through the influence of Christianity. Many of them begin to study Christianity. I may say nine-tenths of them begin to hear Christian lectures in the Young l\1ens' Christian Association either given by Americans, English, Japanese or Chinese. I heard many studt:nts saying, Chinese morals are not good. Jesus has the way to help Chinese morals. Therefore they change their ideas and begin more and more to study Christianity.

No Opposition.-Sixteen years ago when I was beginning my .preaching I heard many say bad words against me. They also persecuted me, but now e\Tery where I go to call on the

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students in their boarding house, they always prepare tea and cakes. Sometimes they eyen prepare food. Thus through kindly deeds they show they are loving preachers and they al­ways return my calls. They are very interested to hear the Gospel.

I have been in Tokyo for two years and a half. I never meet a student who says bad words against me. I have many friends now. I am sorry I could not tell their names but there are too many. When I walk on the streets I notice many take off their hats and bow to me, even though I could not tell their names. This all shows that they like Christians and are becom­ing like them.

Foundation Building.-The high class people in China have no opportunity to study the Gospel of Jesus Christ and are always opposed. I am glad to say our students come to Japan from the whole of China. The Chinese, high or low, are highly respect­ful of the students even if those students are in favor of Chris­tianity. The students in Tokyo like to have intercourse with the foreign missionaries, thus being influenced, they can when they return infiuence other high class people to appreciate missiol1aries and to respect native pastors. Now I dare say. many of the higher class people respect the nati\'e Christians and respect the missionaries. Also, I dare say that many read the Bible now. The seeds of the Gospel thus sowed in the hearts of the students from twenty-one or say twenty-three provinces is sure to prod uce a good harvest by and by.

Range of Study and Probable Infiuence.-Our members are studying different kinds of sciences, some in Pol itics, some Commerce, and others are taking courses preparatory for work in the Navy, the Army, and in Normal School. Technology and the Arts are not neglected, while some are studying how to build railroads. This year nearly twenty Christian graduates have returned to China. Some are at work in the Government already. Nobody can say what the future of the church iu China will be with such men scattered every where in official life.

Evidences of Sincerity.-Iu the Summer time some of our members returned home for the vacation weeks. They did beautifully; many of them preached to their countrymen and some went to the nearby churches to preach. They drew big crowds to hear them. They are warm hearted men and tell their countrymen that they ought to believe in Jesus Christ.

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There are three students come from one family. Their brother is a high official in Shan Hsi. They wrote to their brot11er and told him that they had become Christians. " "'e hope yon will not have any objections. \Ve wish you to have intercourse with the foreign missionaries for they are the best foreign people who come to China. \Ve wish you to ask missionaries to teach in your middle School for they give instruction not only in books but in morals, thus teaching our people how to li\'e better li\'es. I, They sent New and Old Testaments to him.

There are some others who write to their parents about Jesus Christ. One man wrote to his brother say·illg. .. The best people in the world are warm hearted Christians. Only Jesus Christ can save our country and can make people han: good morals" But his brother is anti-Christian ann would not ht:ar. I am sorry to say that some of the students objected to their son's becoming Christians.

Membership.-The total number of members is one hundred and two. Only forty-three remained in Tokyo. Two are in Kyoto. There are four new men waiting to be baptised.. ] am very glad to report this. Each member has his own small Bible in his o\ ... n pocket. \Vhen I say. we will lead such and. such a chapter they take out their Bibles and read with me. 1 read the first verse and they all read the next. How glad I am to preach to these students. I hope during the coming year God will be with me and help me to do His work of winning more men to Him.

I have more to say but am sorry my English is not good. I could not tell my full meaning so will not try more. Pray for my ,vork in Tokyo.

XXIL- MEDICAL REPORT

t.-Ch'ang-li Medical Work.

J. L. KEELER, Physician in Charge.

In the good providence of God. we have been permitted to serVE: the sick in much the same way as heretofore; and the increasing numbers that come to us for treatment, is Ollr best testimony of the place we occupy in the confidence of the people.

\Ve have prepared this year a larger and fuller report of our work in Chinese, and plan to put several copies into the hands of every member throughout our territory. and give one to every dispensary and hospital patient that comes to us during the ne~t year. OUf home friends will then understand the reason for this short and uninteresting Brief, and if turn about is fair play we may promise you something more worthy of your interest and C;O-operation next year.

AGGRESSIVE EVANGELISM, are the two words which express in a nut shell the aim kept in mind through the year's work. and which grew very largely out of a series of revival talks by Bishop Bashford last Conference, when practically everybody, in every department of work, resolved to make the year one of des­perate effort to save souls.

Shortly after Conference I went with three of the students o\'er the south end of the District, reaching Pen-ch'eng in time for the great annual fair. 'Vhile there we dispensed by day and held reYival meetings in the afternoon and evening. The preach­ers were in from four circuits to help and while there resolved to hold revival meetings at each of the places in turn. all work­ing together, which they later did with blessed results. In the same way we visited almost every place on the District with the same gratifying results, dispensing in all to 4876 patients, the salves of earth for their bodily sores. and the balm of Gilead for their sin-sick souls,

\Ve have had 249 hospital in-patients during the year, but to attempt a classification much less a description of the more interesting cases would make a book and not a Brief.

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Dispensary and Itinerary cases numbering 8430 have been treated. Return calls have numbered ·U4S. Out-calls. 108 making in all 13.932 which, if compared with our first year's total of 789 shows a growth of 13,H3 in five years. But remem­ber numbers alone often count for very little in the Orient. The better test of the true value of things, in Heaven or earth, is the price we are willing to pay, and John 3:16 is the basis. .. God so loved-He GAVE," and Christ so loved He GAYE His life. Love always gives and giving in love is always reciprocated, whether it be a cup of cold water, a kind word, healing the sick. giving money. or whatnot, will find response on earth, and a reward in Heaven:

You will see by the financial statement that the Chinese have during the year given in all more than 11,828 tiao, (about $1478. Mex.); which if compared with receipts of our first year of 562 tiao shows an increase of over 11,000 tiao in five years (about $1400).

This growth, is but the expression of an ideal toward which we are all working, that of self-support, and more especially to the untiring work of our hospital evangelist and book keeper. If you can convince the Chinese that the thing for which you are asking money is a worthy institution and the business and books kept in such a way as to grip his confidence, you may count on his support. About half the in-patients for the last year have subscribed something; some of them only a trifle of five cents. The largest subscription came from the Imperial Railways. 'We have been able to render them some assistance from time to time. They have reciprocated by a gift of one hundred dollars. I would, however, rather have 500 poor grateful patients and their friends subscribe five hundred dollars, than to have one rich Chinese or American subscribe the whole sum, though the two combined is ideal.

2.-Peking Medical Report.

GEORGE D. LOWRY, } Physicians J. J. MCLLOWNEY, in Charge

The end of September brings us to the close of another Conference Year's work, a year marked by no special or unusual occurrences. The sick and needy have been cared for as in the past. A large number of purely charity cases ha\'e been

admitted and the care of them has drawn heavily upon our finances.

Excepting Sundays and the Chinese New Year Holidays the clinics at the Hospital have been opened daily. That of the Southern City or Chu-shih-k'ou, with the exception of the usual Holidays and the month of August when the assistants Messrs. Po and Hsu were each given two weeks vacation, has been carried on as usual. This c1inic* has been left entirely to our assistants. Only once have I visited the place. The attendance, however. has kept up very well. It is only through the efficient work of these men that we are able to give time to the teaching in the Union Medical College.

On account of the absence of Doctor Hopkins on furlough and to Doctor Mullowney's giving his time to language study most of the work, especially the fitting of glasses, in the Optical Department has been done by Doctors Po and Hsu. Doctor l\Iullowney gives general oversight to this work and during the last few months gave an hour a say to the eye clinic. The sales of glasses has not dropped off so we are enabled to derive much of the support of the work from this source.

Mr. Chang, who as general manager of the Hospital, by his congenial manners both with the patients and Hospital servants, has manifested a kindly Christian influence. He relieves the doctors of very much of the routine work. All daily accounts and the collection of the patient's fees are in his hands. During the year he has kept a record of the patients who have shown any interest in religious teaching. It is our plan when patients, coming from outstations show an interest or become probationers, to communicate with the preachers in charge and ask them to look up and keep track of such persons.

Although there has been an increase of thirty patients over last year making a total of 280 who have been in the Hospital wards, we are able to report only 15 who have joined on probation and two who have been baptized. We do wish that more of this number might have manifested an interest in Spiritual things but we trust that more seed may have fallen into good ground and may yet bring forth much fruit.

* Closed two months in the Spring when the remodeling of the building was in progress, hence the falling off of the total number treated in the Dispensaries.

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Some of our patients hnve come froUl great distances. Hsuan-hua-fu and Kalgan to the north ha\'e furnished us with a number of cases. One or two have come from beyond Pao-t'ing­fu the Capitol of the Province and also from the region of He­chien-fn. about 200 miles distant. One patient from Yunnan's Capitol came to the Hospital for the removal of a tumor froUl his arm. He was an official and came to Peking for an Audience with his Emperor. He had heard from some source of the Hospital and came directly to us upon his arrival. There l1a\·e been in the wards a number of the students from the various Government Colleges, also several of the Army officers. One of these was a Colonel, T'ung Ling.

A man who is manager of a large store il1 the northern part of this city was an interesting case. Having had SOllle

difficulty with his assistant managers as well as some family trouble he developed an attack of acute insanity. When I first saw him in his home I fouud a man of heavy build, hound with cords and chains. He has the appearance of a man being persecuted. He absolutely refused either to drink or eat any­thing his relatives and friends gave him. This had gone on for several days and the man 'was wishing he might die. Upon entering his r00111 the man seeing me got down on his knees and implored me to save him. This was a surprise to me as I had supposed the man might take a dislike to a foreigner. He soon took hold of me and asked me to be seated. He would not loosen his hold till I had promised him I would take him away. even if I had to take him to America where he wished to go. I had the chains and cords unbound and finally succeeded in quieting him. To most of my questions he gave rational answt!rs. I offered him a sedative which he took without hesitation and said he would take any thing I would give him. I then offered him a cup of water which be drank. \Vhen it came to the question of further care and treatment it was decided best for him to enter the Hospital. He was glad to go proyided I would take him. After futile attempts to impress upon him the necessity of my returning and arranging for his admission he would agree to nothing unless he conld go with me. I supposed, of course, he would be willing to fol1ow in a cart but no, he must go with me in the carriage. So I escorted him to the carriage and had a member of the family go along. The weather being cold I suggested he wear a hat but he replied that it would make no

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difference to go without one. A friend then put his hat on the patient's head, but he instantly snatched it off and threw it to the ground. Picking it up I said that he must wear it and put­ting it on his head had no further difficulty. He rode to the Hospital with me without making the least disturbance, speak­ing only when asked questions. There was no difficulty in getting him to his room. Orders were left for him to take his food and medicine, but it was soon reported to me that the the man refused to take any thing. I had to go over and with some difficulty persuaded him that what was given him was all right and that he must eat his supper and go to bed and sleep. This he proceeded to do and within a month the man was over his trouble. He was then sent to his old home near Pao-t'ing-fu in order that he might have a more complete change. Later he re­turned to his bnsiness and has been in good health for almost a year. He is a faithful attendant at services on Sunday, coming about four miles across the city.

Among the 280 ward patients there have been six deaths clue to the following causes: one was due to shock from a liye electric wire, two from advanced Tuberculosis of the lungs; one from Meningitis; this case was a young man from the MilIitary College in Pao-t'ing-fu. He was soon to have completed his course. He seemed to be a favorite with his companions, a number of whom came with him. One other death was due to a general peritonitis following a local infection, and one was due to Typhoid Fever, a case far advanced when admitted. This man's expenses were voluntarily borne by an Indian who has a soda water factory across the street from the Hospital.

A large percentage of the cases are Surgical. These are frequently of a chronic nature, often the results of Tuberculosis or some disease mistreated by Chinese doctors.

One such case will serve to illustrate some of the pitiable re­sults of Chinese Surgery. A young man, a farmer twenty years of age, while driving, had his leg run over by his_cart wheel. Causing him some pain he called in a doctor of his natiye village. The diagnosis of fracture of the bones of the leg below the knee was made and treated accordingly. The limb was first bound with bandages around the seat of fracture, over this were placed strips of bamboo an inch wide and about eight inches long. These were finnly bound by small cords encircling the limb. The man

says he stood the torture of this for ten days when be again called in the doctor who came and made another examination which confirmed his former diagnosis. But in place of the bandage a large Chinese plaster, the composition of which no one probably knows, was placed. Then over the plaster he placed several layers of cloth and rebound tightly his bamboo splints. The young man said he stood this with much suffering and sleep­lessness for two days longer when he decided to remO\'e it and take the consequencC:$. But the results of this treatment had already manifested the1ll~el \'es in dark spots over his leg with numbnt:ss of the foot. The inevitable result of such treatment, Gangrene, had already Stt in and soon extended to a point just below the knee. Several 1110nths latter, having made inquiry in regard to a foreign hospital, he decided to submit himself to a foreign doctor. When admitted the examination re\'ealed the leg dead up to a point below the knee. Mummified flesh on the bone was all there was left. Of course the only thing- that could be done, amputation, was suggested and agreed to by the patient. Both before and after amputation no evidence of its ever having been broken could be found. The man made a good rtcovery and was grateful for what we were able to do for him. He hopes to have an artificial leg as soon as he can arrange for it.

Improvements:-Sollle changes and improvements ha\'e been made in the Hospital but the hoped for operation room with its equipment did not materialize. Electric lights have been in­stalled in the main building, an improvement that has been much needed. Later on we hope to be able to install in the compound and buildings the City water. Two additional rooms have been added to the servant's quarters of the building occupied 1)), the Oriental Pharmacy.

Through the kindness of Miss ElJa J. Hoagland of New York, who gave us $1000 (Gold), we have added to our equip­ment an X Ray machine and a Sterilizer for water, instruments. and dressings. These articles are now on their way out and we hope soon to be using them.

Doctor P. D. H ttghts of Kansas City. presented to the Hospital a dozen pairs of haemostats, an abdominal retractor, and a Thyroid dissector. These have added much to our limited supply of surgical instruments. We wish to take this opportunity of thanking these friends for their gifts and also to thank Pro-

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fessor R. H. \Valker, of the Ohio Wesleyan University for his gift of $25 (Gold) and to the Second Street Methodi~t Epi::;copal Church of Easton, Pa., Doctor and Mrs. Mullowney's home church, for their gift to the Optical Department of $115 (Gold).

Hopes and Needs:-For several years it has been our hopt' that a trained nurse might be sent out for the HospitaL \Yitb a properly qualified nurse the work would be much more efficient.

Among many things needed for a better equipment are 1.­An up to date operating room, properly equiped with an neces­sary appliances and instruments; 2.-A dust and moisture proof case for instruments used in the Clinic; 3.-An operating table or chair for Optical work; 4.-Twenty hospital beds.

Thankful for the mercies and blessings of the past year and with greater hope for the coming year we pray for His guidance and grace to do His will.

Visits to Dispensaries "vVard Patien ts Out Calls

STATISTICS

Total.

.22654 280 172

.23106

The Out Calls do not include those made by Doctor Hopkins for the five months previous to his returning to the Homeland.

3.-T4ai-an-fu Medical Work.

C. F. EXSIGX. M.D, Physician in Charge.

Another year has passed with it" many opportunities for good, some of which, alas, were un-noted ulltil too late. Things have been done that in the light of experience would not have been done. yet with all we feel that the year has been one of progress and blessing. Vle feel that more definite good has been accomplished in spite of the fact that there were not many patients and little to do from the time we opened after Conference until after the passing of the ChineRe New Year in February, since which time we llave been busy.

During the Chinese New Year we moved from our old quarters to the two story building at the south end of the compound. This gives us more room for everything except

wards. The space for in-patients has been rednced to Ollt? chien or room lOx12 in size. We have one decid~d advantage though we are on the main thorongh-fare going into the city and thousands of people are constantly passing and re-passing the gate. Many pause to enter out of curiosity to see what is goin~ on: a portion stay to have their ailments treated.

During the year Smallpox broke out in the school, one boy died. \Ve had to prepare some temporary isola.tion wards. The present Dispensary being nsed we were brought face to face with the realization that some permanent a.rrangemenl<; for isolation ought to be made in connection with the Hospital because we are liable at any time to have another out break.

Smallpox, Diptheria and Scarlet Fever have been epidemic in the city and a large number of deaths ha,'e been reported, \Ve saw bnt few of these cases except among onr school boys. helpers. and servants.

One of our in-patients became tired of waiting for a cure so obston'ing which medicine was given hi111 and where it was kept. helped himself to the medicine while no one was about. He pried open one of the windows, climbed over the wall, leaving behind him a ragged comfort and a worn out 1110ney bag. Nothing was done or said about it but in a few days an eloer relative of the man came saying" He is young and not accountable." (he was at last twenty-five years old). This elder brother offered to pay ten thousand cash if we would not prosecute the youth (a thing we had no thought of doing- as he had taken only one thousand cash worth of medicine). This was considered enough punishment as that represented about thirt:v-five days wages.

Early one morning we were called to the Dispensary and there found a man far gone in opium poison whom the official had sent to us. 'Ve were struck by the fact that every time the man seemed to be breathing easier his brothers wanted to take him home but when there was no apparent betterment, th{-y wen~ yer)' willing and anxious to let him stay. That together with the frequent visits of the Yamen runners aroused onr suspicions that all was not as it should be: later when recovery seemed probable we left to get something to eat, telling them that if he remained we thought he could be saved. We were scarce out of sight when the brothers insisted on carrying him

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away. The official would not Jet them bring him inside the city so in care of the constable, his brothers having disappeared, he was left to die on a side street outside the city wall. Later he was seen and we offered to take him in the Hospital again but the offer was disdained. That night he died and the body was allowed to remain two days until an urgent request went in from our compound to the official, asking that the body be removed at once. The root of the whole matter was that there had been a family difference and this one of the brothers had been told to make way with himself. Should he have recovered he would have been compelled to repeat the process as he was in the way of the ambitions of the other brothers and death to him was necessary.

A little boy with Tuberculosis of the ankle was admitted to the Hospital and the foot amputated. One year before he had been seen and amputation advised and refused. A doctor of another Mission visiting in the city, happened to see the foot and said the foot must come off; the parents decided that if two doctors who bad never seen each other said the same thing that it must be so. They delayed until the boy was about ready to drop into his grave. yet to-day he runs up and down the mount­ain on a peg leg, is fat and happy and every place he goes ht: shows that peg and tells what the Jesus Hospital did for him.

Another little fellow, ten years old, had gangrene of the cheek and very little hope of his recovery was entertained from the first. Everything except radical operation was done to saye him but to no avail. He was baptised on Easter Sunday. He seemed to have a very bright Christian experience bearing his sufferings in a happy manner.

The year has been unusually full of interesting cases of which the foregoing are but a few that come readily to mind. As in former years a great deal of time and attention has been given to the ailments of members of the various Missions living here as well as to those who come for the mountain breezes during the heated season.

The Yen-chou-fu District has just been visited in company with Dr. Baldwin and Mr. Hanson and all have been deeply impressed with the vastness of the possibilities for our work. notwithstanding the large plant and equipment of the Catholics. We need to put in a Dispensary at once and have a doctor on

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the ground a portion of each month. In this way we believe that we can open up the work and hold it until sllch a time as a definite policy for Yen-chou-fu may be decided upon. 'We have a large and promising field in our country work which owing to lack of time and means bas received but little attention, yet what little we have been able to do, has 15hown us the need of a systematic plan for country dinics. The coming year with Dr. Baldwin's help we hope to have some one in the Yillages most of the time. \Ve would like to establish several dispensaries over the two districts and visit them regularly once a month.

It has been a great pleasure to welcome Dr. Baldwin back to Shantung after his sojourn in the Southland. As his opportun­ity for study was curtailed it seems no more than fair that he should have a part of next year for uninterrupted language study.

Credit is due Mr. Liang for the careful performance of his duties as assistant and to Mr. Chao for his faithfulness in preaching the \Vord to the patients both in the wards and in the daily clinic.

Thanks are due to all the members of the Mission for their interest and help, and especially to Dr. Martin and Mrs. Ensign for consultations and assistance in operations. \Ve are deeply grateful to the Father above for his guiding hand and the blessing of the year.

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XXllI.--EDUCATIONAL REPORTS

I.-Peking University

H. H. LOWRY, President

There is one work that describes the present status of the l'niversity-that is OPPORTUXITY The ideal that is before m; in all our work is the development of an institution where the largest possible number of Chinese young men may receiYe the best possible preparation for Christian service. The importance of this ideal looms larger with every passing year. Each step in advance opens wider the horizon and impresses us with the fact that the greater things are still beyond, and call for larger plans and greater endeavor.

If ever a nation was in dire need of great leaders of in'cor­ruptible honesty and high moral character is it China today. Great advances are being made along many lines of development which are an immense improvement over any thing in th,e past. Political and Social Science are opening vistas to the Government of growth and power never dreamed of by the ancient sages and worthies.

Modern civilization is replacing the old. Scientific edu­cation is supplanting the system that served all the generations of the dead centuries. A NE\V CHINA is dimly seen 011 the horizon. A few have climbed part way up the rugged peaks whence they have discerned more clearly the outlines of the dis­tant shores. Some have had a vision of the possibilities, but they are still blindly searching in the earth for the light to lead them to the high attainment of their enlarged vision. Science and learning are sweeping away many of the mists of superstition. The reforms ill government are lifting some of the burdens from the shoulders of the people, but every step upwards reveals a multitude of new and formidable difficulties. Selfishness of of­ficials and people would turn the glorious prospect of a great future to their own personal gratification. Political advisors add confusion with their conflicting counsels. A Christless civili­zation may add to the material comforts of the people with little or no elevation of character. Whence shall help and light come?

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o that the men of vision would turn their eyes away from the earth to the heavens whence comes the spiritual light and power that has built all the great ciYilizatiollS of the world. Science may give the electric light that illumines a building or a city, but God plants the 8un in the heavens and floods the universe with light. Neither learning nor science. nor a new form of government will lead these millions through the wilder­ness to their promised land; but there is a \VA Y. Jesus Christ, the Great Teacher, says, "I am the \YAY.·' This nation, and every other, can reach the highest civilization and prosperity only through this 'Vay.

How often do we read in connection with the work of Jesus that "He departed thence to TEACH and to preach in their cities?" Teaching and preaching must be intimately con­nected and mutually helpful in the work in which we are engaged in this land. The church and the school 111ust 1110ve together in a nation where education has been at the foundation of their institutions for millenniums.

Hence the necessity of a larger support and a greater enlargement of the Peking University. The greatness of the present opportunity ouly shows us that we are just touching the rim of the great circle of influence and power God is opening before us.

Our responsibility is measured by our opportunity. Kever has the church been confronted by greater problems than we have to face here and now. Teachers and preachers in ever increasing numbers are demanded for the institutions of the church. But beyond the church there is almost limitless demand for educated men in every walk of life. If men of learning are to work out the redemption of their vast empire they 111USt be Christian me11.

It requires a long time and a large sum of money to train even one man for the highest service, for leadership in Church or state. If we are to have any proper share in ushering in the NEW CHINA where righteousness shall take the place of cove­tousness, and brotherly love the place of selfishuess we must be perpared to send out every year hundreds of trained men where now we send one. Are we meeting our opportunity and privilege? Are we making any adequate effort to meet the splendid oppor­tunity of doing a great work, or are we contenting ourselves with the assurance that we are doing well enough?

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\Ve have a fine campus with three good foreign buildings, in the best situation in China to wield a large influence through­out the empire. Our halls are more than crowded and the number of students could be indefinitely increased had we buildings and equipment where we could properly receive and care for them. Our teaching staff consists of eight foreign and eighteen Chinese teachers, but compulsory furloughs have tem­porarily re<1uceu "the former to three.

Our records show an enrollment of five hundred and eighty pupils during the year. A large proportion of them are Chris­tian students, and one hundred and fifty are members of the Student Volunteer Band pledged to Christian Service. Fifty spent their summer vacation preaching the gospel. During the revival services last March conducted by !\lr. Goforth, and later by Drs. Pyke and Hobart, and within the past few days by the Chapman-Alexander mission many of them dedicated their lives to Christ, and others have been quickened and have renewed their covenants of consecration. Could the church do any thing to more largely advance the cause of Christianity than by an immediate increase of the equipment of this institution a hundred fold that thousands instead of hundreds might be"under training? We ought to have an endowment that would produce at least $100,000 per annum if we are even to approximate the measure of our responsibility under the present favorable open­ings. We regard every student who enters the ministry of the church as the highest product of our effort, yet we are alive to the fact that the demand for educated men reaches far beyond the services of the church, and we must be prepared to meet this demand as fully as possible. If this great nation is to become Christian. the influence of trained Christian men must be felt in all ranks of society, among all classes, and in all callings of the people.

Every year we have new evidences of the widening in­fluence ofthe University. Two of our graduates have just passed the Go\'ernment examinations and have beeu sent to th~ United States for postgraduate study. On their return they will occupy important positions in the Government service, probably in help· ing to organize and perfect the new system of edncation for the empire.

A student who had been some years in Japan has come to us because he thinks he can get better instruction in English

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here than he could there. A Mohammedan has enrolled as a student. While he consents to live in our dormitories he asks the privilege of taking bis meals in a neighboring mutton shop.

Our Alumni and ex-students manifest their appreciation of the benefit the institution has been to them by the organiza­tion of a "Peking University Students Union," the object of which is to secure regular contributions for the support of the University

Compared with the magnificent opportunities for accomp­lishing great things this condensed statement of the year's work might be disheartening were that all ; but that is not all. l 1nder our compulsory limitations, without adequate resources or equip­ment, the results of one year's work must appear exceedingly small. In the kingdom of God no results are small. E\'en a cup of cold water given in the name of Christ is sure of its reward. The promises of God never fail, and in his providence even a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountain shall shake like Lebanon. Every young man who goes through these halls trained by these faithful teachers, and touched by the Spirit of God becomes the center of a circle of light that will shine into eternity. Occasionally one who has received the care and prayers of long anxious years may, like Demas, forsake us. But God's grace never fails, and faith reckons not with discouragements. 'Vho can tell when from some of the seemingly most unpromising material with which we have to deal God may call a Paul, a Luther, or a Wesley through whose life he may shake this entire nation until these great walls of superstition shall crumble to the dust and these millions \valk the earth as sons af God.

2. High Schools.

A.-Peking University, Preparatory School

The Peking University Preparatory School is reported with Peking University See also the Statistical Tables.

B.-Ta~-an-fu High School

The T'ai-an-fu High School is reported with the T'ai-an-fu Intermediate School. See also the Statistical Tables.

3.-lntermediate Schools.

A.-Lan-chou Intermediate School

KAO FENG SHAN, Principal.

At the last Conference I was appointed principal of the Intermediate School and preacher at the Lan-chou Church. I am very thankful to say that God has greatly blessed our work, for both the school and the church have been marked by a large measure of prosperity during the year. Since the affairs of the Lan-chou Church are given in another report, I will report for the school.

Tilis year we have had forty-two pupils enrolled; five of them have come from heathen homes and the others are all Christians. The income from fees was $899. \Ve ha,'e had two teachers, Chang Wen Yu and Chang Chun, who have manifested. mnch zeal in their duties and have done a great deal of good for the school. The Committee for the school has also been of great help to us.

The pupils are not only trained in literature but in morals and religion as we]]. Every morning and evening_ they have Bible Study in their rooms. 011 Saturday they have a Literary Society and on Sunday they have a prayer meeting, lJeld in the church. Above all we had a good revival meeting held by Dr. Pyke, in the fourth Moon of this year during which most of the pupils were blessed. Their hearts were touched and warmed even to the point of confessing their sins. Since this the pupils have not only paid better attention to their lessons but have also made considerable improvement in their spiritual condition. Four of the outside students have been taken into the Church on probation this year.

Last year we had twelve pupils who finished the Course of Study Eleven of them entered the Preparatory Department of the Peking University but the other one was unable to go on account of some hinderance in his family.

We are very grateful to Mr. Krause because he gave us $13 toward traveling expenses of the Young Men's Christian Associ­ation delegate who was sent to attend the Annual Students Con­ference at T'ung-chou and we are also very gateful to Dr. Taft because, when he was at Ch'ang-Ii he supported some poor Christian boys in . our school. Since Dr. Taft has gone to

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America we hope that there will be some other gentlemen who will help us in this matter. Last year I said that the our com­pound was too small alld too full of bad smells and we find that the same thing is true this year. \\"e still hope God will greatly bless us and grant us more lanel in the future.

B.-Peking Intermediate School

The Peking Intermediate School was reported with Peking University. See also Statistical Tables.

c. -Shan-hai-kuan Intermediate School

CH'IX Ts'AI CHANG, Principal.

Last year I was appointed b~' the Anllual Conference to take charge of the Intermediate School at Shan-hai-kuan. Al­though I knew that I was unable to manag-e the school accOl"ding to the most up to date methods of education I have tried to do my duty. This school has been established for years. The Course of Study is well arrang-ed and all the educational matters are managed according- to the former methods of the school. The students paid great attention to their lessons. Within the wbole year no difficulties happenerl to liS because God gan us his blessing and also because the committee helped us greatly.

This year there were thirty-nine students. Ten of them were in the Primary School. Though the number is less than before, their school work progressed very much. Rev. \Vang Chih P'ing, last year's Principal, reported at the last Conference the reason. There were three teachers last year but \lOW there are only two. Therefore we have more business to do. Not­withstanding my imperfections as a teach{'r I have worked with all my heart. We thank God \\'ho has helped us and kept us as strong as possible both spiritually and physically. Last term we had four students who finished our course and were ready to go to Peking University, but one of them was prevented by poverty from going. The students are divided into three classes and all of them are very happy in doing their work. In the Spring ten students came here from different Primary schools, besides there were three special students.

Here is another piece of news of interel'>t. I wish to say that since the Young Men's Christian Association was established in this sellOol the students have welcomed it and have received a

great deal of spiritual benefit. The kind advice given by Mr. Edwards, Dr. Hobart, and Dr. Pyke was gladly accepted and we have given them our thanks. Every Sunday since that time the students have been eager to scatter books and to preach in city and villages. Though sneered at and neglected they were glad to do this great work. I am sorry that we bad no money for traveling expenses, so we could not send a delegate to the Students' Summer Conference, held in T'ung-chou in June.

Through we have 11:0 military drill ill this school we have other kinds of physical exercises as foot-ball, jumpiug and races and sometimes we take pleasure walks to the sea and mountains. The funds for this year were quite enough for the teachers' salaries and boarding expenses which were all paid because the treasurer p1 anlled very wisel y .

I hope our Lord will bless this school and make it pros­perous in the future and help the Principal who will hold this office next year.

D.-Tai-an-fu Intermediate School.

P. O. HANSON, Principal.

"re have had a good year in our schools at T'ai-an-fu. The enrollment has not been remark able but the character of the students and the quality of the work done has been very satisfactory.

The personnel of the teaching force has remained the same except durillg half of the Spring term when all exchange was made in order that 1\1r. C. T. \Vang might be with his sick grandmother, our revered friend of wheelbarrow fame. His work in the school was of the same high order that characterizes the services of this \Vang family. The other teachers have also been diligent and have borne heavy burdens, specially during the time of my sickness. Mr. H. C. Hsu took entire charge of securing the food-money during the Spring tenll. Two of the High School students have assisted in teaching during the year.

At the Cilinese New Year a class of sixteen graduated from the Ititermediate School; they rendered a program of considerable merit which was listened to by a large audience that filled the cllitrch. Diplomas had not been given to the former classes but this year the custom was changed. 'We presented diplom~ to each lllember of this ciass and also to each one of the former

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graduates. It is gratifying to know that practically all of these young men are still in our schools either as teachers or students. Until it is possible to improve our equipntent we plan to do but two years High school work, and then send the boys to Peking. Whenever the students are qualified we will ask them to do a year's teaching in a Day School before going to Peking in order that we may see of what sort of stuff they are made. We shall recommend to Peking only such students as indicate a capacity for higher education.

During the year our Drill and other physical exercises have been given the usual attention and great improvement has been noticed. At the close of the Spring term we held a double exhibition, literary and athletic. Preparation for debates and foot-races, drill both forensic and military filled the time for weeks before the appointed day Invitations were sent to the gentry of the city and a goodly n umber accepted. The church was beautifully decorated with flags of all the nations, manufac­tured for the occasion by our ingenious teachers. A well-behav­ed crowd assembled in the church for the literary program. Our boys were equal to the occasion and delighted visitors and teachers alike. The athletic exhibition occurred the following morning in the yard kindly loaned by our ~enerous friends of the 'Vomall'S Foreign Missionary Society. Flags and streamers gave a festive appearance to the ground. The Gospel Tent was pitched for the use of distinguished gentlemen while the school girls and other feminine guests, Chinese and American, assembled on the broad verandas and immediate yard of the Ladies house. No athletic records were broken and the drill was not up to the Legation Street standards but the spectators were good natured and seemed satisfied with the exhibition. The double occasion was a good advertisement for the School and well worth the efforts required in preparation.

A faithful report must record the sorrows as well as the joys of the year. During the Winter several contagious diseases have wrought havoc among our neighbors; finally Smal1pox stalked into our school court and took from us one of our boys. Several other pupils were very seriously sick but thanks to Dr. Ensign and Dr. Martinis careful attention all the others made good recovery and were able to return to school for the Spring term. During two 1110nths of the year I was unable to do my

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work bnt the combination of two Doctors' nasty medici~e with Homeopathic doses of loafing in the fresh air succeeded in disappointing the undertaker.

As reported last year, growth in the school is impossible until new buildings are erected. The enrollment increased at the rate of fifty per cent a year until the capacity of these old buildings was exhausted. Now for three yearE we have been marking time awaiting a little of the Lord's gold. We have rejoiced with our sisters as the new buildings for the Girls' School have been growing this year. We hope that the same cause for rejoicing will be nearer home before another year passes. M r Verity'S furlough brought $1500 (Gold) toward our new school and a part of this amount has been invested in timber so that it may be properly seasoned when needed. A school with an enrollment of more than two hundred is assured as soon as we have the necessary buildings. $8000 will provide what we need.

Although we regret the slow growth in enrollment yet there are advantages to be seen. \Ve have been able to put a deeper impress upon each student who has been here. One result was seen on Easter Sunday when excepting three new boys, the last of the students joined the church, while only three fifths are from Christian homes. We hope that the spiritual life of the school is now sufficiently strong that new ·boys entering will be drawn irresistably into the church and Christian fellowship. During the year a week of revival services led by Mr. Troxel of Lin-eh'ing-chou brought a great blessing to all the students.

During the Summer vacation twelve boys were sent out preaching and selling books. A still larger number though not especially appointed did good work along the same line without remuneration. Some of them endured considerable persecution and bore it in a Christ-like spirit. The zeal of this generation of students is a hopeful sign for the church of which they are soon to be the leaders. In the .organization of the Cottage prayer meetings among the, iocal women especial attention was given to the homes of our schoolboys. Mrs. Verity and Mrs. Hanson called at each hoUle from which a pupil comes and found that the .in'fiucnce of the school was felt there. Each student is a. key to a home and as the doors of that home swing open a whole neighborhood hears the Gospel message.

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E.-Tien-tsin Intermediate School. CH'EN WEI P'ING, Priucipal.

During the past year there have been three different Principals appointed to this school but nevertheless we have made some progress.

Last Conference Rev. Burton St. John was appointed Principal and Dr. Merrill was appointed a student of the language and to assist as he could, Mr. St. John went hOl11e on furlough and Dr, Merrill was called away. Mr. Yang Hsiu Lin was appointed in his place but his health was not good so that he was compelled to resign and Bishop Bashford appointed me. The Board of Directors promised to help in the work which promises they have kept in a real manner and so we have been able to come through the year without any serious difficult~·.

The \Yoman's Foreign Missionary Society have allowed us the use of their buildings or we should have been obliged to turn away many worthy students. As it is we have had to limit the number and some have been turned away.

\Ve are looking with longing eyes to the time when the new buildings will be erected on the South Gate site and we learn with delight that the New York District Epworth League has generously supplied the money for this purpose. There are many who are eager for al~ education if we had the necessary buildings.

The total enrollment for the year has been one hundred and thirtyfive with oue hundred and eleven ill regular attend­ance. \Ve had five students who finished the Course and entered the Preparatory Department of Peking University.

Special Bible Classes were organized during the early part of the year. Six boys were selected as teachers. They were instructed privately and thus were able to improye the religious condition of the students. \Ve are grateful that our Heavenly Father has protected and helped us to finish this year's work and we pray for greater blessings in the futnre.

F.-Tsun-hua-chou Intermediate School. WANG T'IF.N HSIANG, Principal.

By God's blessing we have had a very successful year. We engaged two new teachers, one of whom is Mr. Hsu Tien Ch'en who is the Assistant in Western Learning. He not only

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teaches diligently but preaches zealously. On Fair Days he helps to preach in the street cbapel, and on Sundays he acts as the Superintendent of the Sunday School. The other teacher is 'Mr. Li Shao Pu, who is a Hsui Ts'ai from Lan-chou. He is a good man both in learning and in actions and teaches the Chinese subjects diligently. There are two regular preaching places, namely at Tsun-hua-chou and at Wang-chih-chuang-tzu. Both Mr. Hsu and myself go to the latter place to preach onct a month. But when one goes out to preach the other must remain at home to preach and lead the Sunday school.

\Ve had an 'enrollment of forty students. Nine of them finished the Course of Study and entered the Preparatory Department of Peking University.

We have every Saturday a Literary Society, which serves to increase the courage of the students and to make them more ready of speech. The Bible is regularly studied in the c1ass('s. Every term we give a little prize to the boy who did the best work in Bible Study.

Tsun-hna-chou is a very beautiful place with a fine climate. But I am sorry to say that during the Spring a thief disturbed our students for several nights and stole clothes from their rooms. During these nights the students were much alarmed and some did not even dare to sleep. We sent a petition to the Magistrate asking him to put a stop to the disturbance and to arrest the thief. I am very glad to say that the thief was caught and had to return some of the clothes and also $30. Dr. Davis had some low places in the wall built up two or three feet to prevent thieves fro111 climbing over. The people who rive in the school yard are very comfortable now. During the year we have received $280.00 from board. We hope that God will bless us and protect us from evil.

4.-Day Schools.

It has bet:n a great disappointment to me that on account of sickness it has been impossible for me to do what I had hoped to do in this Day School work, It seems a little presump­tuous for me to report what others have done but they have done so well that it should be reported. There has been an increase of fifty per cent in the number of. schools and in the enrollment during the year.

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A school was organized in our new station of Yen-chou-fu and there has been a good attendance from the first. Only eight miles from Yenchou-fu in a small village the local people built a good substantial house for use as a school and we ha"e since then had ten pupils enrolled there. Many other places are equally interested aud will contribute largely toward securing schools. "ie are now trying to find men and the money to open new places.

During the Summer thE: teachers came to T 'ai-an-fn for ten days study and conference which we believe was of consid­erable value. The morning work began with Bible study taught by Mr- Li Ch'uan HSUIl. This was followed by a class taught by Mr. Wen in which methods of teaching the new books for the Primary schools were explained. The afternoons were given up to Conferences 011 the work. All enjoyable feature of the week was an afternoon reception given by the ladies of the \Voman's Foreign Missionary Society in their home. A program was rendered, tea served and then tlte guests were cOllducte{l through the garden. hospital, and the new sellOol buildings. It was an occasiol1 the men will remember a1l(1 on account of it attendance at subsequent conferences will he easily secured. The presence of l\liss Cushman at this time when the teachers were here added greatly to the enjoyment of all concerned; her contagions cheerfulness and her whole-hearted interest in our work will 110t be forgotten in Shan-tung.

The Other Districts.-The Day Schools of the other Districts are reported by the Superintendents of the variolls Districts.

See District Superintendents Report and Statistical Tahles. At ottr Summer Conference of teachers we decided upon

the ad\'isibility of organizing a ~ormal School in order to train teachers for the Day Schools. A cotllmittee has BOW been appointed by the District Conference to arrange a Course of Study for this school. A class of at least tVI'e1ve is ready to enter m;

S0011 as the school opens; they are all men· with good Chinese education and with some special training they will be yaluable workers. \Ve are working with olle hand to raise up teachers and with the other hand reaching into the pockets of our friends at Home and each hand knows that the other hand is not making progress enough to meet the demands on these two Districts.

'Ve report twenty-seven schools with three hundred and fifty p.upils.

XXIV.-WOMAN'S CONFERENCE REPORT.

Peking

MARY PORTER GA~IEWELL AND Lucy AI-DERMA'\'

CO:\lBINED SCHOOLS.

In telling this story We shall begin where the last chapter ended. During- the SUll1mer vacation three of our girls went to the better land. They all died in faith that they v,'ere going home to their Father's house. Not cholera but floods had to be confronted on the return to school this year. It was fully a month befrJre the belated members of our family had made their way back to school. This year has been marked by good fellowship among both teachers and pupils.

The time seems ripe for aggression in self-support. To this end our tuition fee has been raised a jot higher, while an Educational Fund, made possible by a native bequest, is put" at the disposal of poor girls ambitious enough to finish H:gh School to be wi11ing to borrow funds with a promise to pay after finishing school.

The total enrollment for the year was 280 pupils: of whol11 263 were boarders. There have been 18 pupils in the two In­termediates, 91 in the Primary and 22 Elective students. The number of pupils from the official class has increased over the previous year and a larger proportion of them remained after entering. They are nearly all day pupils. Some are regular attendants at church and Sabbath school. As a whole they are promising girls.

\Ve have intmduced a new study. Four girls from the Fukien province have entered our school preparatory to the study of medicine or nursing. They must, therefore, first b(: taught the Mandarin dialect.

A revival wave passed over us early in the Spring, uplift­ing the whole school. The movement began with a week of daily meetings led by Mr. Goforth of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission. One after another in a few fervent words reconsecrated

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herself to the l\1a .... ter. This all occurred in the school where many special meetings were held. Once the girls requested no school work for the day! that their whole thought might be given to all getting right. One e"ening all who desired to be entire1y the Lord's, ,,,ere invited to meet. "!ith the exception of about 30, all the boarders in the institution came.

A. part of the year 1\1iss Mabel Lowry's efficient help in instrumental music was secured.

Miss Baugh has had her initiation into a Chinese school room. The girls soon discovered she had been a teacher before.

The Standard Bearers have contributed this year $29.42 Gold. The total received from board and tuition is $760.73 Gold.

UXlOX ·MEDICAL COLI.EGE FOR \\'Oi\lEN.

The Students in the first class of the Union Medical College for \Vornen have finished a year and a half of the course of study and have passed their exalllinations \'"itlt great credit. The second class will enter at Chinese N"ew Year. Several pupils from other provinces are now in the girls' school study­ing English and Mandarin in preparing to enter this class.

This year the Union Training School for Nurses closed the fourth year of their work, nine pupils were registered during the year. Three took their practical work at the Presbyterian ::'Ifission, six with us. Two of our students dropped out during the year because of ill health. \Ve hope to graduate a class at Chinese New Year.

SLEEPER DAVIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

Number of house patients. Number of out-calls.

216 800

Number of dispensary patients. 6500 Number of dispensary treatments. 13600 Receipt from all sources Taels 2753.25

This year we have been able to pay all the hospital ex­penses and to help both the Medical School and the Nurses School, out of the fees and donations received.

Hospital Staff:-Anna D. Gloss, M.D., Melissa Mander­son, M. D., Alice M. Powell.

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Tientsin.

Tientsin's four Day Schools have had a chance at 146 pupils during the year of whom 119 have been regular atten­dants. The Tzu-chu-lin School has been more than self-support­ing. and has had nine hours of English per week. Our only serious difficulty is that our pupils are too many for our school room and for our teaching force.

The Tientsin Training School having been of necessity closed for two years was reopened in November with a total enrollment of twenty-three. Our women were from three Dis­tricts: Tientsin, Peking, and Tsun-hua-chou. ,\Ve feel that the term has been one of the best it has been our lot to experience in the work. During the six months and a half while the women were with us there was no friction but a spirit of for­bearance and love prevailed. Mrs. Brown helped in the teaching and Mrs, Krause looked after the industrial work, while Dr. Stevenson saw that the women all kept well. At the close of the term we made a country trip and were encouraged with what we saw. Our West City work has had 110 wonderful mark s of prog-ress yet there has been no decrease in the attendance on the part of the women. .

The West City Dispensary has been reopened this year. This increase in the out-call and the attendance at the clinics has been very satisfactory. The ward patients show a slight increase over last year. The sanitary condition of the city is better than ever before. The people are learning the value of fresh air and sunshine. 111 her many reforms China has still two systems that seem to have been untouched. One is the system of slavery, and the other that of concubinage. \Ve have seen in the homes much sorrow and sickness caused by these things. We have been made glad by the .coming of Dr. Stryker.

STATISTICS FROM OCT. 1908 TO JULY 1909.

Number of Dispensary Patients.

N u ni ber of P rescn ptions

Number of Out-calls

Number of W~rd Patient-s

Fees $524.44 gold

3048

8143

687

147

.•. _ Taels 864 .. 10

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Shan-hai-kuan and Lan-chou Districts.

The Day Schools at Pai-tao-tzu, Lao-t'ing, and Hui-li were reopened last Fall and have been in session most of the year. Ch'ien-wei and Anke-chuang pleaded for schools, but there were no teachers to be secured last year. At last Ch'ien-wei found a teacher of its own and so had a short term of school. A graduate from the Training School at Ch'angli was sent to Anke-chuang to open a school there last May and the children have been studying nearly a11 Summer. Over fifty pupils have been in these schools. Later on schools were opened at I-an and at Hsiang-shui-kou but are too young to report. These country schools are doing more toward self-support than formerly. The teachers have done faithful work.

The report of Evangelistic Work should have been written by Mrs. Marcus L. Taft, who was appointed to this work. She made many trips to neighboring villages and a few to more dis­tant towns. \Ve are sorry that she had to leave us and we miss her in this work as well as in the missionary meetings and in the Training School. In the reports that have been sent in we find that over sixty villages have been visited at least Oll<.'e and in some of them, especially around Ch'ang-li, much work has been done. As a result several women have come into the church. In Ch'ang-li itself the houses are open to us as never before and the barriers seem to be breaking down, still it is true there, more than in the country, that while many love to hear the Doctrine, very few are ready to accept it.

\Ve have a thrh:ing Missionary Society at Ch lang_Ii but our heart-; are especially encouraged by the increasingly large contributions which come in from the women of hoth Districts where no missionary meetings are held. We would like to tell the names of the Bible-women, dar school teachers and preachers wives who have done 50 much witnessing for the Lord during the year, but we know there are other preachers wives who do all they can to help those who come to them but are too busy to leave their own children and· go out to talk to other women. God knows all the names and not one will be forgotten when He speaks the" Well done. good and faithful servant."

Twenty-four women entered the Catherine E. Thompson Memorial Training School last Fall, nine of whom were new pupils. They studied hard and did much practical work besides.

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On many Saturday and Sunday afternoons those who knew enough of the Gospel to help others, went out either to villages near by or into the homes of Ch'ang-li. They have done a lit­tle more towards self-support thau ever before, for seventeen wo­men brought at least a little money, while only a few years ago only a few brought any thing. Nearly all have done needle work an hour a day, under Miss Dyer's direction, and so have added a little to the fund for self-support. Three have finished the course of study this year. \Ye are thankful for faithful earnest teachers.

The Industrial Department of the Training School has been carried on as usual and several women supported themselves through the Sut1lmer by doing work under the direction of the department.

The Ch'aug-li Day School has had a very prosperous year1

the enrollment reaching as high as thirty-four.

Shantung.

The Maria Brown Davis School reports a year of progress, Eighty-one pupils have been enrolled, and many turned away because of lack of room. The final examinations showed that the majority of the pupils had done good work. At Easter the school was visited by a gracious revival. Many who were al­ready Christians received a great blessing, others confessed their sins and resolved to lead a new life. During the year nine have been baptized and thirty received into the church on probation. Every girl has decided to be a Christian, not one is left out.

The hope of years is at last realized. In the Autumn we shall move fro111 the dark, poorly ventilated Chinese school room, into the new building. This is the gift of a generous friend in the New England Branch, and will accomodate one hundred and twenty girls. We regret the fact that we cannot build dormitor­ies for so many, because of lack of fuuds consequently we shall still have to turn girls away who are eager to enter.

In addition to the eight regular Day Schools all the two Districts of T'ai-an-fu and Yen-chou-fiI, and one just opened, four Summer Schools have been earned on and taught by stu­dents from the boarding school. This has enabled many more

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children to learn a little, and has given access to numbers of new families in this city and in sevt'ral_ of the outlying- villages and towns. The enrollment has averaged from eight to ten a school, but the average attendance has 11ot, of course, been quite so large. Had we suitable teachers, and the money to pay tht:'lll, a dozen or more other Day Schools could be opened immediatdy. We are working toward this end, feeling the great need of ex­pansion along this line.

When T'ai-an-fu Woman '8 Training School was opened in November, the six small rooms of the Training School were more than fnll. Several of the wowen slept in the school room and elsewhere. The women beginning the second and tllird years of the course continued their studies with enthusins1ll. Among the new students, four completed the first year's work. Our eldest studen t was seven ty-follr years of age. City Evanglistic Work was organized by Mrs. Hanson, and the women had opportunity under her direction for training for their work. Thursday mornings were devoted to visiting and to holding cottage prayer meetings, the more advanced women going out with experienced workers; 150 families have been visited. Twenty women remained to the close of the term, but the enrollment during the year was thirty.

This year at the Pricilla Bennet Hospital, in T'ai-an-fu, has been a short and busy one, made up of much monotonous toil and varied by many of the tragedies common to medical work. Our hospital though thought to be of ample proportions when built, has this year been at times full to overflowing. Our prestige here is growing, though there is still much pre­judice against us because of the rumors as to how we mix our drugs and our reck1ess use of cold water. They think we do uot know how to treat fevers and smallpox. During last Winter when diptheria, scarlet fever, and smallpox were ragiug about us we knew of twenty-seven deaths alllong the heathen in our immediate vicinity and yet were not called to treat a single case, though we had forty of these contagious cases among our own people. Of the many who have come to us this year with their various ills of mind and body, we can only say, some of the blind have seen, some of the lame have walked and to all the Gospel has been preached. Much seed has been widely scattered which we believe will bring forth fruit in the future.

XXV.-REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE BOARD OF STEWARDS

On recomendation of the Conference Board of Stewards and action of the Conference the following grants were made from the Conference Claimants Fund :-

Mrs. Wang Ch 'ang p'ei: Mrs. Cheng Chao Chen Oh'iu Lung Chang's Children Mrs. Liu 'Wen r

Total.

. $ 72.00 72.00 48.00 40.00

$232.00

F. BRo\vx, Chairman., G. W. VERITY,

TE Jur, WANG CH'ING YUN

XXVI.-CONFERENCE TREASURERS REPORT, 190?-9

Conference Claimants Fund Dr. Cash in Hand last Conference

Loans Cancelled Draft on Book Concern Interest

Cr. Conference Claimants Paid 1908 New Loans . Cash in Hand

Conference Home Missionary Society Dr. Balance 1908 .

Collections 1908 Donatiol1

$ 473. 86 3355.00

1097.70

175. 25

$5101.81

$ 294·25 4200.0U

-60 7.56

. $ 157. 22

. 1022.10

.18.37

$1.I97.6g

0'. Voted Tientsin District Tsun Hua Shantung Lanchou " Shan Hai Kuau" Expenses

III -

Conference Missionary Collections Dr. Peking District

Lanchon Tientsin " Shan-hai-kuall " Tsun Hua Shantung

G'. Voted to Home Missions Foreign Missions

Conference Tract Fund Dr. Cash in Hand last Confen:llce

Interest Refunded

0'. Voted Peking Shantung Tientsin Japan Various . Balance in Hand

Episcopal Fund Dr. Total Assessment

(r. Remitted to New York Dr. Balance

1 300.00

4\.)·00 3B7.00

275·00 195·00

.69

$1197·69

$ 119. 10

4 2 1.80 239·55 281.20

173·76 208.70

11022.10 1022.00

$2044.1 I

$725.30

25.00

21.30

$77 1•60

$129.87 96.95

142 .38 ]2.00

39. 02

351.38

$771.60

$145. 18

]45. 18

$ 10.28

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Conference Sunday School Un ion Dr. Cash in Hanel last Conference

Draft from Home

Cr. Total Grants Sunday School Lessons Cash in Hand

September 10, 1909.

Audited and found correct, W P. CH'E::><.

$140·3i 4 1 .33

FREDERICK BROWN,

Conference Treasurer.

statistical Report

XXVII.-STATISTICAL REPORT OF 1'HE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Part 1. I---------------~-----------------------------------~·--------------·---------------------------I

MEMBERSHIP

DISTRICTS

STATIONS AND

CIRCUITS

LAN-CHOU DISTRICT

An-ke-chuaug. Chen-tzu-chen . Ch'ien-an-hsien Chiu-pai-hu . Lan-chou Lao-t'ing Pen-ch'eng

Total.

NOR. PEKING DIS'!'.

Cll 'a!1f:-p'ing -chou Hwal- al Ku-pei-k "OU . Mi-yun-hsien Peking, Asbury Church Shih-hsia & TuJ.1g-

ke~chuang YaJ1g~ke-chuang & , "N~\1-1ang-shan Y'elt',c:h ~lng-chou i· ~' Total.

SHAN-HAI-KUAN DIS.

Ch"ang-ii . Ch'iel1-wei FU-llil1g-hsiell Ke-po .. Shan-hai-kuan Shih-ke-chnallg Shih-men-chai T'ai-ying

! Total - " . I· •

SOUTH PEKING DIST.

Hau-ts'un. Huang-ts'ull Ku-an. Nill-tO Pa-ellou Peking, Chu-shih-k'ou Hua-shih Shnn-cllih-mell

Total.

WORKERS p..

:.E Ul ... 0

8: ~

CIS r.J)

s:: 0

..0 ;::: 11) ..... ..... <: ..: 11)

? <:

~.p I I 2 :.~t2 128 81 6 I 22 9 8 8 8 70 80

I ~i '6 174 3 I 1 I I 9 6 6 I I 192 140

I 2 2 ~/':' 5 187 II 2 5 40 23 14 15 244 150

I I I .'.:: 149 4 I 5 2 16 6 6 4 100 90 3 I I" 3 I go 2 I 2 37 1 2 I a 2 220 120 1 2 3 4 115311 4 29 84 11 14 22 3 ISO 130 2 1 3 4 225 I 4 2 10 6344 60 22 16 305 150

9 9 10 24 -- 1168 18 7 II 16 49 271 67 ~~ ~ -;; -« ~;S; ~ 4 2

.. _-- ---<

I

1 I J 20 5 4 2 I 20 7 6 2 7 24 I I 17 7 3 2 14 5 7 I 10 36

I 5 I J 8 5 I I 22 4 2 I 5 4 I 2 10

8 7 7 3 3 5 2 5 19 51 4 10 5 133 80 lIB 32 26 800

2 55 '4 3 J 7 5 30

I 25 3 I 6 6 6 4 IS

I . I 33 2 I 4 IS --- -- -- --- --' --- -- ------ - ---- -.- --- -- --- --- -- --

9 7 73 1 6 8 2 6g6.f:1 15 21 I I . 191 80 28 938 3 I 142 55 34

J 2 2 I I 2 2 2 IS8 14 5 2 I 90 17 27 3 40 200 I 2 3 188 2 2 7 30 6 16 3 35 100

I 9H 8 I IS J 8 1 I 5 45 "

j 33 II 6 10 30 I 1 ~' 1 3 236 3 6 116 2 J6 40 20 160

:2 I I 158 I I 34 8 21 4 10 75 I 1 I 3 274 2 19 71 6 3 65

1 61 16 8 12 30

-- --- -- --- _. -- --- - -- - -- -- - - - --- - - -- -- -- --' --2 2 '2 3 3 7 "- 3 12 2 1206 82] 6 13 27 383 3 55 125 14 132 7~5

I I I I 3 51 17 12 7 6 30

.. I 39 16 9 '4c I ]6 3 II 4 ~o

I 6 2 4 6 :I I .~

J IS 8 30

'2 I I 33 I 57 I 20 I 866 120 I I 2420 i 2 :n 450 80

I I J 42 16 I 2 1 39 10 16, 3 60 65 --- -- --- --- -- ~- --- -- - -_. - - - -

~ -;; ~I~ -.-. --1- ----3 2 3 6 3 I 229 38 12 4 2 86, II 1380 415

,... M

,.J:..

I M M

c.n

I

!t.

" DISTRICTS ., Ii

STATIONS AND

I

CIRCUITS

II

; T' ~I-AN-}I'U DIST.

An-chis-chuang Fei-ch'eng T'ai-an-fu . Tung-a .. r.u\lg-p'in~-chou

4 3

ST.ATISTICAL TABLES, Part I, Co'ttinueti.

WORKERS

4

I

3 :2 2

5

112

41 157

22 54

MEMBERSHIP

15 I 59 10 2 II

95 25 15 4 I 75 7 7

20 86

5

23

6 9

20

8 51 7

20

60

~ 11.1-> <

35 60 5 101.. 360 5 16 35 7 183 138

Total. 4 3 4 I 2 3 I I 2 386 147 25 '5 7 1 288 5 38 106 17 394 593 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--

'J IENTSIN DISTRICT.

Chiao-h~ Circuit. Ch'ing-hsien Hsii-chia-wo Li-t'au Nan-p'i Sheng-fang Tai-ch'ellg Tientstll, Wesley &

North Boulevard West city Wang-ehia-k "OU

Yang-liu-eh'ing

Total. TSUN-HUA-CHOU DIS. Feng-jen . Liallg-tzu.he . Ping-au-ch 'eng-tzu P'o-ch'eng Sha-liu-he T'ieh-ch 'aug Tsu II-hua-chou Yfi-t'ien

Total. YBN-CHOU-FU DrsT. Chining-chou Ning-yang-hsieu _ Tsou-hsien Wen-shang-hsien Yen-chou-fu

Total

Grand Totals ]909 Grand Totals 1908

Increase Decrease ..

5 4 5

I 1 I I

1

1 I I

29 12

13

6 12

50 3 20

20 5 69

I 3 29 14

3 1 2 47

I 3 20 3

3 21

4 13

2 12 10 12

4 3

2 10 5

29 30 6 32

10 10 13 50 20 30 o 10

2 2£ 50

I 2 1 12' 7 2 79 4 7 44 8 4 20 300 I I 1 1 76 13 I J 60 3 3 13 3 160 80 J 1 41 3 2 15 10 3 15 20 I 31 9 8 21 2 9 2 5 50

IT: -5 : -, ~ ~ ~:-; :;~ 6: -;-;~:~~I~-~I~ ': 3:: ~ I 1 I 52 4 2 3 6 6 15 4 50 I 2 3 2 143 12 5 32 29 ]0 89 105 ....

1 3 2 2 1 179 15 8 3' 11 24 12 7 120 .... I I 54 8 I 3 I 2 15 8 5 20 .......

I 7 1 81 7 1 7 II 8 90

--I --I - --4 ~ ~;;; ~~ -; ~:: -i -:T-; ~ '5 1:: -;;1-; -;s61-7s ,: -:;; -6:: 2

2

47 87

4 10

6 8 5 6

5

12

6 b

3

5 10 40 100

4 7

12 -- -- -- -- -- - -- - - -- -- - -- - -- -- -- -- -- ------2 2 7 5 6 323 5 17 5 26 147

-- -- -- -- -- - - - - --- ------ -- ---- -- -- -------24 19 18 25 1 I 47 34 35 49/ 85 150 42482 60 76 99 1957 121 153 600 603 1633585 4945 17 14 15 24 7 45 36 57 ~ ~ 4667 25028 22 5943 1925 68 170 284 416 175 578 3130

7 5 3 I 4 2 16/. 483 174 54 38 1756 32 53 316 187 3007 1815 2 22. 6 . I . 17 12

STATISTIC~L TABLES, 'Part II. ,--____________ .....!...._!..cl .:.,.' ~".''-' --------'--'-'--...;.:'-------:..--------- --

DISTRICTS' , ..

STATION'S AND'

CIRCUITS

SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND EPWORTH I<EAG~ES ___________ C~'O-N-·-T-R!~~TION~ IN

. SUNDAY

SCHOOLS,

rn '0, 0

~ rn rn I-< , ,00 <l.I ... ~ ..t: ''Cd u ] ..... cd

0 Q) u i' ~ f-; 'I';

EpWOR'I'H: ~/~AG:UES

OJ:

1 '

Ill: '0 0 z z Cl:l 2-(f)

VI rn ~ :Jl

I-< I-< t 'l) <l.I Q)

0- .D .... .g E p. :".l

<l.I til ::;

.::l .... ..c:: ;:;; 'J n 'J

; SUPPORT OF,

l\1INIS1'RY'

E 5 '5 i..... ~ tl..

NCE COI'FF.RE OR HOM

MrSSIONA SOCIET

K RY

Y

'0 0

..c:: u

(/J

..c:: ~ u as ... ::l ~

..t: .::: ~ ::s -n

S 0 ~

5 g 0 I-< ~

... t!..

MEXICAN DOLLARS

~, IU

III '8 .!It <l.I

0 t' u

'Jl I-< ::: 0 <l.I <l.I "':J ~ '(j '0 .~ -; 0 ~

00 <l.I "00 c C I-< .g :S <l.I <l.I ~ ..t: as I-< U U ~ " IV as ~

::s -E ~ ~ p" 0 -------~------~~~~~~~~~'~.----------- -----~-~~~ ---_.----

LAN-CHOU DISTRICT. ~ II

An~ke-chu'ailg , Chen-tzu-chen eh'ien-aq-hsieu Chiu-pai-hn ' Lan-chou . f:.'

2

2

,3 4 2

2

3 4 2

,!

4r

J 4r 1$( 8('

I ~( 12('

17·00 1.00 46.00 '95. 0 0 .r 1.00 48.00 '33.00 1.:00 168.00 63. 00

1.00 32 .00 23. 00

I 42 ~.oo 48.00 '80.00 1,.00 Lao-t'ing:.': ,", ",4

Pen-ch'e~g.: ~ ________________________ _ 4 48.00 69. 0 Q

" :136 1.00 48.00 63. 00

_____ T_o-,~a_l.,...'~. '''-............ -ii-,. "",-2_0-,--2_0-,-7~_8-"-6~.~,. I 42 : 12.~ ~38.00 ~43.oo .....:_~_,------.

1'.1 1

.' 32.~ 5.00 8.00 7.0 0 79.00

: 5 0 .00 2.00 450 .00

899.00 J3·00 8.00 . ~ 7;00 :33.00

9. 0 0 64.00 -- ----- ~-- --- .,----,-

93 I. 00 43.00 692 •00

-----

rJl I-< .~

0. <l.I ~ '0: ::: d be C III

:g ~ 0 .:; eo

~ ~ ..t: u k'

I-< <l.I ::l :S ..t:

U 0

4 .. 00 19.00 : 3.0 0 1.00 2.00 41.00 2.00 I.2.00! 2.00 2I.op 2.00 16.00 2.00 242.00

-.-.-'[7·00 352.0~ .:

.------------------~-----~--~~---~-~--.~-------~---~-------------------~---~----'~----~-----~------------.-NOR. PEKING DIST.

eh 'ang-p'ing-choll Huai-Iai. Ku-pei-k 'ou Mi-yull-bsiell

, Peking •. Asbury Chu'rch Shih-hsia & Tung­

ke-chuallg': ¥ang-ke.chllalI'g &

:., '~liu'-lallg-shall I Yen-cJ~'~ng'-chou

~-:'.~l'ot&l. "

SHAN-HAI-KUAN DIS.

'ell 'allg-li . ,Ch'iell-1l1ei : Fu-millg-hsiell Ke-po.

;Shau-hai-kuall 'Shih-ke-cl111allg ~hih-ll1ell-chai T'ai-)~i~lg

Total.

SOUTH 'PRKING DIS.

'I-Ial1-ls'Ull lIuallg-ts'ull Ku-all ::-;riu-an Pa-cllOll Peking. Chu-shih·k·ou lIua-shih Shun-chih-men

Total _

I I 10 20.00 17. 10

1 4 26 10.00 8.00

3. 00

1 I ,sob '. 4.00 4. 00

1 50 1 170 ') 75 480.00 590. 00

'1 20 12.00 16.00

1 7. 00 7.30

_: _~ _~ __ __ _ __ 98.00 7.00\

6 58 580 1 170 I 75 631.00 652.40 ..

:1 19 160 I 1 100

1 1 '45 I J 10

13. 00

1.00 1.00

2 3 110 1.00 2 2 60 1.00

! ~ - ~~ - -- - ~-I~ ---I I 30 545 . 18.00

2 2 30

8

184. 00 93. 00

2i6.00 20.00

3 2 .00 B.oo 24·00 6.00

84.00 45.00

42 .00 16.00 168.00 12.00

8.00 9.00

-- ~--

I ~~~;~I :~:~~

8.43 i 1.42

~.O(): 8.00

15.10: 25·00

--

29. 00 270 .00 10.00 100.00

48.00

4.00 487.00 1.00

2.00 48.00

.-- -- --- ---

8.00 10.00

4.00 1.00 22.00

1.50

4·00 6.00

135.00 65,5° 30 4:00 ,

1.00 5.00

135.00 81.50 2.00 355.50

28.70 . 8.00

4·00

14.00

1.70

6,50 8.00

3.00 4.00

3·00 5.00

5.00

--- ----

I r.50

..

---

95·00 . 10.00 '

6.00' (2.00

79. 00 10.00

25.00

23. 00 ----260.00

3.00

5·90 5.58

6.00

20.00 I 6 70 . ,. • •. , 3.9(·j ~~.60 20.60

-~ -~ -;~ -I~- ~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~J~:;~?s,~~ ~-~ -.-. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ -~:: ~~~ ~~?sl ~------------------~--~- ~--~~------------------------------~~--------~~~

;.c ... \0

STATISTICAL TABLES Part 11, Continued.

SUNDA Y SCHOOI.S AND , EPWORTH LEAGUnS CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEXICAN DOLLARS

EpWORTH CONFERENCE LEAGUES SUPPORT fI) SUNDAY OR HOME ...

SCHOOLS III

I I': OF >. MISSIONARV

. ; DISTRICTS 0 0 c:l. Z Z MINISTRY "'Q:j SOCIETY IV

I>l E; '0 ~ r.n 0 !> rn '0 "C STATIONS AND tI

fI) ~

t- o '0 ..!o: IV = cd .t: ~ ... !' t.I bO (J 0 c:: ~ rn ~ ~ IV .9

l CIRCUITS ~ 0

>. '0 '0 -0 :=! fI) .;; .t: < '0 CI) ::r CI) c; I'd Cd 0 ~ c:l. rn CI)

!ij ... 't) rn IV .;:; 0 ... ::: -fI) ~ c:: fI) 0 .s ::I !Xl ..rl CI)

~ Ul ~ ell ... ..rl ..... .::: ::r ... .£ ~ IV ::s

t.I ... ... ]

... IV fI) fI) rtJ

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0 as ..rl cd IV cd IV ... ... ... ... 0 0 IV 't) ..rl c ..rl

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T'AI-AN-FU DIST. I

An-chia-chuang 4 4 70 24.50 18.00 2.00 22.00 101.00 117.60 Fei-ch'eng I I 12 8.50 10.00 4·00 20.00 6.00 T'ai-an-fu 2 28 300 I 150 I 30 52.00 75.00 20.00 8.00 199·00 Tung-a. I I 15 3.00 4. 00 2.70 Tung-p'ing-chow 2 2 80 57.00 25.00 44·00 3.00 20.00 58·00

--- -- - - --- --- - ------- ---- -- -- ------ --- -----Total. 10 36 477 I 150 1 30 145·00 132.00 68.00 5·00 42.00 129.00 383.3°

Chias-he Circuit. 6.50 6.00

Ch'int-hsien I 2 18 5.00 1.00

Hstl-c ia-wo 1.00 Li-t'Sll 1 2 45 1 40 10.00 12.20 10.00 Nan-p'i 1 2 16 I 16 4.30 10.40 7·00 Sheng-fang 2.00 Tai-ch 'eng . . I 3 50 . 11.00 8·75 2.00 Tientsin, Wesley &

3426.00 118.00 North Boulevard 2 7 200 15·00 370.00 153.00 129.00 Westcity I 4 35 I 20 35.00 26.30 60.00 Wang-ehia-k'ou 1 2 ,30 I 20 16.00 4.70 3. 00 Yang-liu-ch'ing I 2 30 I 50 6.00 5·00

------- --- --- -- ------ -- -- -- -. ----------- ----Total. 9 23 424 I 20 4 I06 15.00 446.30 236.45 34 26.00 II8.00 220.30

TSUN-HUA-CHOU DIS. 3·75 25.00 Feng.jen .. 3 9 95 1. 25 28.68 24· 76 3.00 52.49 Liang-tzu-h@ 1 3 35 I I. 00 3·75 2.50 2.00 3.80 , Ping-an-eh 'eng-tzu 2 4 50 1.00 12. TO 6.70 2.10 1.00 P'o-eh 'eng 4 8 105 2.00 41.77 36.64 2.96 7·II .... Sha-liu-he. 4 8 85 2.00 36.60 27. 20 4.20 109.90 N T'ieh.ch'RlIg I I 20 5. 20 6,30 1.00 LSI 1-4

Tsun-h ua-chon I 2 60 1.00 20.00 25.00 280.00 4·00 10.00 5.00 I Yti-t'ien 2 3 65 1.00 17.00 8.30 2.60 2.00 10.00 22.00 --- -- - ._- - ------ -------- -- -- -- ---------- ----

Total. 18 38 5[5 12.00 161.35 J7°·go 3·75 280.00 22.36 J4·00 10.00 202.8J YF;N-CHOU·FU DIST. Chiuing-chou 1 1 30 2.00 10.00 10.20 1.00 42.00 Nillg-yang-hsien. [ 3 100 2.00 10.00 21.00 2.30 146.00 4·00 Tsou·hsiell 2.40 \Ven-shallg-hsien 1.00 3.00 4·90 Yen-chou-fn 1.00 IS.80 1.00

- -- -- - -- - -- -_._. -- -------- -- -- -- --- --- ----- ----Total 2 4 130 5.00 2·400 57·Jo 3.30 146.00 47·00 - -- -- - -- - -- --- -- -------- -- -- -- ----- --- --- ---

Granrl Totals Ig<>g 8J 222 3625 3340 7 253 62.00 259I.45 2099. 00 3·75 5658.00 373.56 1130.60 304.00 16g8.09 Grand Totals 1908 79 14J 4554 6324 3 ISO 11.70 2.50 2871.78 2044.00 29roo.·P 235-95 267.04 6g.07 21 56.96

- -- -- - -- - -- --- -- -------- -- -- -- ---- ----- --- ---Increase 6 81 16 4 [23 50.30 55.00 127.61 863.56 234·93 Decrease. 929 3 180-33 458.81

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STATISTICAL TABLES, Part III.

PROPE;RTY VALUATIONS (illcluding W. F; lIf, S, Properly)

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2 2 1500 1 2000 , 3500

3 3 3000 3 2250 52 50

4 5 4400 2 3000 7400

3 5 3500 4 2000 5500

2 2500 2 2500 5000

2000 1 1913 3913 2 "

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Ch 'ang-p "ing-chou Huain-lai Ku-pei-k'ou Mi-Yl1n-hsien Peking, Asbury, Shih-hsia, . Yang-ke-chttang Yel~-ch 'ipg-chou

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I' 1600 1000 2600 I 270000 500') 275000

1 800 500 IJOO I 1000 500 1500 ,

I : I 2000 1000 3000

,2 4-,-,-,I--l'--;I-;s~-- 9900-----28

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2 2 I 2 100000 1 9603 3 I log603 Ch 'ang-Ii . , Ch 'jell-wei' , Fu-ning-hsien Ke-po Shan-hai-hnan Shih-ke-chllang, Shih-men-ehai T'ai.ying

2 1 1000 500 1500 I T 1000 200 1200

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2 , 3 5000 1 coo 6000

: ;1' 3~~: ~= ______ I ________ II ___ 5~ ___ ~ __ ___ __ 600

2, 12,.. 13i 1[1500 1 12403 3., ,I 123903

SOUTH PER'ING DISTRICT I I Han-ts'ull" I: J 1200 800 2000

Hllang-ts'ull I I J I 800 400 1.200

~~~1,10 I I I:::~: ~ Pa-chou. " ! : 1 I I 1000 700 1700 Peking, CllU-shih-k'ou I 1 4000 IQOO 5000

Htta-shih i I I" I' 3000 1000 4000 Shull-chih-men I I 1. I J 2000 800 2800

I-l-~' -' '--------, .. , 4 . . . . . ,I 8 12800., 5000 . . . ., 17800 ----------------------Total.

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STATISTICAL TABLES Part III, Continued.

PROPERTY VALUATIONS (inclttdittg' W. F. AI. S. Property)

~ INSTITUTIONS CHURCHES PARSONAGES III 1:: CII III CII '\: III ~

01 CII S DISTRICTS s:: s:: 0 ro p.. .~ CII -1l a; STATIONS AND III CII CII ~ CII

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T'AI-AN-FU,

An-chia-chuang I 500 500 1 400 400 Fei-ch'eng

2 2 55000 1000 56000 T'ai-an-fu Tung-a, . 1 400 100 500

I 250 250 Tung-piing-chou --- --- ---- ---- --

-Tloo\-,-. --- -------

57650 Total. 2 6 56550

Chia~h~'" ,"'''~' 200 I 50 250 Ch 'ing-hsien, . : I I 800 1 800 1600 Hsi-chia-wo I I

.!. Li-t'an. I 1 2000 I 1000 30<.0 Nan-h'i . I I 600 1 1500 2Ieo ' , ,

1 1000 3000 " .. I: Tat-c eng,. . I 1 2000 Tientsin Wesley Church. ( 4 5 5000 1 1500 6500 : Jl' West City 2 2 4000 1 1000 5000 Wang-chia-k'ou 1 I 2000 2 1000 3000

I, )1 Yang-Iiu-ch ' ing I I 1000 1 1000 2000 ." --- -- --- --- -- ---- -- ---- -- --- ----

11 Total. I 13 14 17£.00 10 8850 26450 l' TSUN-HUA-CHOU DISTRICT.

Feng-jen •. 2 1800 2 700 2500 Liang-tzu-h~ 2 1000 2 600 1600

I P'i ng-an-ch 'eng-tzu 2 900 2 400 1300 P'o-ch'eng 2 1000 2. 700 1700

~ Sha-liu-he

4 4500 4 800 5300 l'I) T'ieh-ch lang I 800 1 800 c:.n Tsun-hua-chou I I 2 11000 ] 1500 12500 I Yu-t'ien I 800 1 400 1200 --- --- --- --- -- ---- -- ---- -- --- ----Total. I 1 J6 21800 15 5100 26900 YEN-CHOU-FU DISTRICT.

Chi-ning-chou 1 450 450 Ning-yang-hsien I 800 200 1000 Tsou-hsien ,

\Ven-shang-hsien Yen-chou-fu 1 1000

lOoo -1--------- ------ ---- -- --- ----Total 3 2250 200 2450 --- --- --- ----- ----- ---- -- --- ----Grand Totals 1909.

Grand Totals 1908. --- --- --- ----- ------ --- -- --- ----Increase

Decrease ,

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LAN-CHOU Di~i~~i. An-ke-cbuang' Cben-tzu-cben Cb:ien-~n-bsie~./ ',,' ":1' , ChlU-pat-hu .. : .,' . ~ " Lan-cbou" . Lao-t'ing ..

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MEDICAL WORK

NUMBER OF PATIENTS

DISPENSARY SEEN IN OPERA'l'IONS PATIENTS HOMES

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Ch 'ang-p "ing-chou Huai-lai Ku-pei-k "ou Mi-yun-hsien ., Peking,. Asb1.\r~ .. .'1. 2 :2 496 9688 22266 250 23 178 201 7.00 1631.00 2280.00 1020.00 1>948.00 Sbib~~~ia,:,. Yang-ke-chuaug Yen-ah ~jng-chou

.1-; -; 496 'r ~-- --- ---- --- -- -- -------- -------- ---Total. 9688 22266 250 23 178 201 7.00 1631.00 2280,00 1020.00 6<J48.oo

SHAN-HA.I-KUAN DISTRICT

Cll'allg-ii Cll'ien-wei

2 3 249 8538 4145 108 8538 13932 1270.00 820.00 1055.00 900.00 Pu-ming-llsiell

Ke-po

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---- --- --- -- -- --- -------1----------Total. 2 3 249 8538 4145 1088538 , , , , , . 13932 1270.00 820.00 1055.00 900.00 .. , .. SOUTH PEKING DISTRICT

I

Hau-ts'Utl Huang-ts'un KU-8.1l Niu-t'o. Pa-chou . "

Peking, Chu-sbib-k "ou Hua-shib. Sbun-cbib-mell

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MEDICAL WORK

--NUMBER OF PATIHNTS RECEIPTS

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T'AI-AN-FU.

An-chia-chuang. Fei.,ch'eng T'ai-an-fu

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I TIENTSIN DISTRICT.

\ Chia-he Ch 'un&,-bsiell Hsi-cllla-wo Li-t'an. . Nall-p'i Tai-ch 'eng . Tientsin Wesley Church. I

West city 2 147 3048 8143 687 8977 13 10.00 1000.00

W!lng-chia-k'ou

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.- Yang-lin-ell'ing -------- ---

Total. 1 ~~7 30 48 81 43 TSUN-HUA-CHOU DISTRICT. I Feng-jen ..

-Liang-tzu-he P'ing-an-ch'ing-tzu P'o-ch'eng

I Sha-lin-he T'ieh-ch "ang

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I Chi-ning-chou

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Tson-hsiell 'Vell-shang-hsien

1 Yell-chOll-fu - - --------1-- --- --- -- ----!-- -- ---- ---

Total I I ____ 1_-- - --------1---- --- -- ---\---Grand Totals 1909

-.... 1-.. 1-1 I Grand Totals 1908 ---1----~-.. I-... --1----Increase

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STATISTICAL TABLES Part, V . ..

TEACHERS PUPILS ALL AMOUNTS IN MEXICAN DOLLARS

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- - - - - -- -- - -- -- -- --- --- --- ---- --- -- - ------- --Total I I I 2 3 68 30 98

COLLEGB Peking Liberal Arts , 6 2 8 18 18 200 200 6420 3830 10250 9500 3695 3236 26681 20430 25 15 702 23647 75000 13000 88000 Peking Union Medical ' . 62 . 62

. ----------'------I-----~-- ------Total. "

6 2 8 18" 18 262" 26264203830 10250 9500 36953236 26681 2?430,2~IS 702 3)64775000 13

000 88000

SBCONDARY I Lan-chou. North Peking. 6 8 3 3 2 234 40 274 1795 1795 49 19 67 14 67 14 67 Shan-hai-kuan South Peking T'ai-an-fu*

" Tientsin Tsun-hua-chou ·It

Yen-chou-fu ------- -- -- -- -- - ---"-- --- -- --- --- -- -- ---Total 3 3 2 6 8 234 40 274

PRIMARY SaNIOR Lan-chou, 3 3 42 42 138 761 899 13 912 807 75 88 2 North Peking, 58 149 207 Shau-hai-kuau 3 3 45 45 South Peking T'ai-an-fu 1 1 2 5 4 9 82 82 164 1200 800 Tientsin

1200 2000 500 4500 4500 4500 4 4 13 2

Tsuu-h ua-chou 132 720 1374 2094 500 832 3426 30 50 105 195 335 3 3 45 45

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Yen-chou-fu - - - -- - -- -- ---- -- -- ------ --- -- --- .-- -- -- ---Total I I :2 18 4 22 404 23 1 635

PRIMA R Y JUNIOR Lan-chou District . 14 4 18 132 27 159 239 239 852 116 40 1247 North Peking District . 3 2 5 29 91 120 Shan-hai-kuan District 12 12 194 194 South Peking District . 4 I 5 82 20 102 T'ai-an-fu District . 28 8 36 350 85 435 Tientsin District Tsin-hua-chou Dis'trict

7 3 10 150 55 205 9 I 10 130 7 137 360 Yen-chou-fu District 252 612

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NAMES OF . STATIONS' OR DISTRICT

MISSIONARIES

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Instruction . No. Biblewomen Employed No. Schools. No. Missionaries No. Native Teachers. Enrollment. Receipts of Board and Tui-

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