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K u-de District.
TrANG NGUK CEU, Presiding Elder.
For four years I have been Presiding Elder of Ku-de
District. I feel unworthy and ignorant but by the help of the
Holy Spirit I am able to take up my work and go forward.
At this time there are twelve circuits in my care. At the
begining of the year there was one other, Deng-ka; but it was
so far awa):, after consultation with Mr. Caldwell it was given
to the care of the English Church.
With the exception of two of the circuits on my district, all
are prosperous and active in Christian work.
These twelve circuits are far off· villages belonging to three
provincial districts. The people are very :::uperstitions and
bound by old customs. Therefore our success in turning them
to Christ has been very slow. I t cannot be done in a few years.
All the members are poor farmers, not prosperous merchants,
and as the crops have been very poor for several years, our
sUbscriptions have not increased yery much.
Although neither new members or subscriptions have been
greatly increased, they are larger this year than last.
The Gospel messenger whom we sent this year to preach
Christ in the places where the people did not know about him,
has been greatly blessed and several villages have been moved
to accepi the doctrine. Two places thus opened we hope to
make circuits next year.. Several other places are asking for
preachers and I hope we will be able to grant their request;
for in that region there are many people ready to receive the
Gospel of J esns.
There are fourteen Boys' Day-schools on my District and
each teacher is also a preacher. Many boys have been converted
in these Day-schools.
The Girls' Day-schools and the Bible-women are also a
great help. They are working very hard to win souls for
Christ. We hope the Missionary Society \vill send some one
very soon to take Miss Glenk's place in this work ..
Our preachers have worked very earnestly this year and
have been very kind and loving to each other.
The conditions on each circuit are about as follows :­
Ku-de is much better than last year, Members and subscriptions
have both increased. But the chapel is too small to
hold the members.