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"272 CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK.stations." "InAgain,all districts more are needed togive time to frequent visiting to help the uninstructedgropers after truth. So little guidance can be given thatadherents only too often fall victims to the various evilswhich choke the Word."Bishop Graves, of Shanghai, says: What we needis a greater number to do woman s work, whollydevoting their time to ... Where now we it.have two,we need six at once, women who will not be tied byschools or other institutions, but who will direct thework of a number of Bible-women and make the religiouscare of the women in every station their particularbusiness." Bishop Roots, of Hankow, writes: "Woman s work isimproving, especially where it has thebenefit of foreign and trained Chinese women workerslaboring together."PREPARATION FOR CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.Wherever possible a Sunday class is held for enquirers, and usually a week-da} 7 class as welt. Wuchang(Hupeh) reports a class held on Sundays an hour beforethe preaching service, when the text of the morning isexplained in simplest language, so that afterward thesermon is more readily grasped and appreciated.An excellent report comes from :Changteh (Hunan)"At the Wednesday catechism class the attendance isgood women come; early and stay late ; they memorizeallotted portions of Scripture and always the GoldenText for the following Sunday a number of new; hymnsare committed to memory each year ;the women areencouraged to lead in prayer, to read the Scripturelesson, and to publicly testify to God s grace. OnThursday a class is held for the study of Chinese character. All members who read are invited to help in theteaching, as the character class is composed mostly ofenquirers and heathen women. Hymns aud a prayerare also taught to them."