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"172 CHINA MISSION YKAR BOOK.both at Fooehow arid Longwongand a couple of lepers,Besides these there were 1,500 inquirers ou the roll atthe close of the year.Mid-China Mission. Mention must be made of thedeath, at the age of thirty-four, of Dr. L,i, a Chineseevangelist, who conducted special services at several ofthe society s stations in the mission in 1907 with muchblessing. The Rev. H. W. Moule says: His greatability and intense earnestness and spirituality led manyto hope that as he gained experience and depth ofknowledge he would prove a greater and greater powerfor God in China."Abiding results seem to have followed the meetingsconducted at Shaohing in 1907 by Dr. L,i, whose deathhas just been recorded, for some of the Chinese agentsand other Christians showed an earnest desire for acloser walk with God, and at their suggestion specialprayer- meetings were held on five consecutive days inthe autumn A revival was witnessed also atHangchow, where a series of afternoon meetings wasarranged by the Chinese, followed a little later byanother series,primarily for young people attending theschools and colleges. The Christians at some placeswere marked by liberality in their support of the work,as in the T aichow district, where their contributionsadvanced from $765 to $1,013, an average of nearly onedollar per head, and that in a famine year, and at severalplaces in the Chuki district, where the Christiansprepared and fitted up little chapels, bearing a largeshare of the expense themselves.Even in the courtyards of idol temples peoplelistened quietly and respectfully when lantern slides orScripture cartoons were explained, and the anxiety of thewomen to hear about Christ isemphasized by several ofthe workers. At some places near Ningpo, however, theChinese showed antagonism to Christianity, and inthe Shaohiug district, although there was little rudeness,

EVANGELISTIC WORK. 173hearts are said to be in many cases hard as adamant.The difficulty experienced at Shaoliingis due to thefact that a number of the inhabitants are dependent fortheir1living upon the manufacture of paper-money tobe used in the worship of the gods or ancestors.In order to meet the difficulty, by providing someother means of gaining a livelihood for women anxiousto become Christians, a small towel factor)* was openedduring the year. Special work is carried on inHangchowamong students and also among upper-class ladies.Miss D. C. Joynt found some opportunities of speakingabout the Jesus doctrine to the girls daughters ofofficials and gentry belonging to the Provincial NormalSchool, in which she taught calisthenics, and in thesummer she was able to take a forward step in connexion with the work among ladies in the yamens.Western China Mission. The past years in themission have been largely a time of breaking up theground and sowing the seed ;now the harvest isbeingreaped. Year by year the number of baptisms show anincrease, and it is evident that the work has got hold,and may be expected to grow still further as time goeson. The case of Mienchuh exemplifies the changewhich is taking place. During the first six years afterits occupation, only six converts were received into thevisible church, but during the last seven years 137persons have been baptized and 165 admitted to thecatechumenate.

EVANGELISTIC WORK. 173hearts are said to be in many cases hard as adamant.The difficulty experienced at Shaoliingis due to thefact that a number of the inhabitants are dependent fortheir1living upon the manufacture of paper-money tobe used in the worship of the gods or ancestors.In order to meet the difficulty, by providing someother means of gaining a livelihood for women anxiousto become Christians, a small towel factor)* was openedduring the year. Special work is carried on inHangchowamong students and also among upper-class ladies.Miss D. C. Joynt found some opportunities of speakingabout the Jesus doctrine to the girls daughters ofofficials and gentry belonging to the Provincial NormalSchool, in which she taught calisthenics, and in thesummer she was able to take a forward step in connexion with the work among ladies in the yamens.Western China Mission. The past years in themission have been largely a time of breaking up theground and sowing the seed ;now the harvest isbeingreaped. Year by year the number of baptisms show anincrease, and it is evident that the work has got hold,and may be expected to grow still further as time goeson. The case of Mienchuh exemplifies the changewhich is taking place. During the first six years afterits occupation, only six converts were received into thevisible church, but during the last seven years 137persons have been baptized and 165 admitted to thecatechumenate.

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