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"AsEVANGELISTIC WORK. 131During the first half of the year all our missionariesin the Mandarin-speaking district gave a large part oftheir time to the sufferers from the great famine inKiangpei which raged throughout the winter. Moreof this work fell on Brother McCrea than upon anyother member of the Mission. vSome idea of it maybe gained from his brief account.treasurer ofour missionary committee, I received nearly half amillion dollars in silver. The correspondence connectedwith my office was very heavy and took nearly all mytime. In addition to this money, Dr. Klopsch, of theChristian Herald, sent our committee a cargo of 80,000fifty-pound bags of flour. And the Shanghai reliefcommittee received nearly a million silver dollars, whichthey mostly converted into food in Shanghai and sentup to the missionaries on the famine field for distribution. It is estimated that, although hundreds ofthousands died, probably totaling a million, the foreignrelief saved nearly a million from starvation."Interior Mission.Chenchow, Honan.It is gratifying to note that there are many indications that the missionaries of the Board and of theGospel Mission are growing closer together on the field.In compliance with a promise made many months ago,Mr. Herring made a trip during the fall to Pochow,Auhwei, to help Mr. Wade Bostick, of the GospelMission, in some special meetings. On this trip hepassed through six walled cities, all but two of whichwere unoccupiedThe visit of Dr. Willingham encouraged us to planfor an advance. In line with his suggestion we decidedto investigate the advisability of opening work in Kaifengat once. This city is the provincial capital, andis about fifty miles by rail direct east of Chenchow.It is not only the capital, but is the largest and by farthe most influential city in the province., . . After twovisits to Kaifetig and a study of the situation, the