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EVANGELISATION IN THE CITIES. 177where a missionary who commands their affection showsthat he regardsit as an honour to take part in any formof soul winning.There will of course be circumstances when the wiseleader will see that he can best help by suggestion, leaving the more intelligent of his Chinese friends to maketheir own plans and carry them through also. New formsof organisation are developing, and at times the workis the stronger for the missionary not obtruding himself.Just recently I have heard of good work being done bythe members of the Y. M. C. A. connected with one ofthe leading Christian colleges in Central China. Thecollege is situated in a large provincial capital, wherecamps and government colleges abound. Two youngmen will start out for an afternoon and call at campor college as the case may be. One of them takes thelead in general conversation and the usual complimentary talk and then introduces the subject of Christianity and asks his friend to speak more fully aboutit. I am assured that the visits have been welcomedand no unwillingness shown to listen to the Gospelsage.In the outdoor work for the evangelisation of ourlarge cities, women s work must never be forgotten.The comparative failure of much of our best effort in thepast has resulted from its one-sided nature. Greatefforts have been made to win the men, and comparativelyso little has been done for the women. Probably thecomplaint that second generation Christians are oftendisappointing is largely to be traced to this cause. Theform of Bible-women s worksimplest and most primitiveis still the most effective, viz., house-to-house visitation.Where the Bible- women are tactful and well instructedthey seldom meet with a rebuff, although they are attimes tried by finding the women of the house they visittoo bus)- at the stove or spinning wheel to give theirundivided attention to the Gospel message. The mostsatisfactory results are achieved when the Bible-woman