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EVANGELISTIC WORK. 145government programme, and China s mighty educationalawakening is no mere fancy.Moukden. It is a significant fact, in this connection, that of the twelve Chinese pastors supportedentirely by Chinese congregations in Manchuria fourhave been called and ordained since the revivalThere remains to say something on the influence ofthe revival on the general community. In many placesgreat interest in the movement was shown by the outsidepublic. Large gatherings of Christians in one place,and the scenes of lamentation which so frequentlyoccurred at these meetings, could not fail to attractwidespread attention and awesome curiosity to see andhear the wonderful things that were reported. Soldiers,local village magnates, gentry, and in some cases themagistrates of districts attended the meetings andlistened with reverent attention and interestDuring recent years many temples have disappeared,and many others are falling into decay. Buddhism inManchuria, for a long time dying, has never survivedthe Boxer cataclysm, and seems utterly dead. It issignificant in view of this to hear of outsiders beingattracted to the Christian prayer meeting, and actuallycoming with requests for prayer on their own or theirfriends behalf.Friends Foreign Mission(English).Province of Szechivan. Chungking, T uugch wan,Cheugtu, Suiling, T ungliang.The event which looms largest in our minds, as welook back over the year, is the Conference of WestChina missionaries, held at Chengtu in January, 1908.One hundred and eighty missionaries, half the entirenumber at work in the three western provinces, werepresent, including fourteen of our own Mission.The most remarkable session of all, and that whichdistinguished this Conference from all previous ones,