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EVANGELISTIC WORK. 143Converted in the Methodist church in Vancouverhe felt he could have no peace until he returned to hisown laud to preach the Gospel. Returning- to China hepreached incessantly until his savings were exhausted,and then planned to cross the Pacific again to earn more.The missionary in charge of Chikhom was anxious notto lose such a helper and entreated him to become acatechist. He consented to do so at one-eighth thesalary he could command in Canada.Wuchang. They were days of a wonderful andunprecedented outpouring of the Spirit of God. Therewas no excitement, no questionable methods ;the wholemovement was manifestly of the Spirit of God. Thechurch was packed as never before, and practically allthe worshippers were already professing Christians.Much time was given to prayer.The outstanding feature was the way the Spiritworked in the hearts of all, convicting them of sin.Hunan. The spiritual state of the churches is ofmuch deeper interest than the property. The signs ofspiritual power noted in one Changsha church a yearago have increased, and there is now very definiteexpectation and prayer for a revival. At Liuyang andSiangyin there is decided improvement while;at L,intzukou it is a source of deep thankfulness to find thatat last a move has been made. The Pingkiang andYiyang circuits continue to prosper Mr. Warren reports;that it is a real joy to visit any of the churches in thesetwo counties. Paoking and Yungchowfu passed throughvery trying circumstances. Chenchow shows a markedadvance in the city itself, while its new out-station atIchang is the most cheering piece of work in the districtdoubly cheering, for it shows that in South Hunan, asin the North, when the Gospel is not hindered byunconverted men claiming to be Christians, its progressis assured.