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342 CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK.done so much for China and who knows the needs oftract work so well as Dr. Farnham, but when a man haspassed his eightieth birthday he has earned the right toa rest from continual and exacting strain. The post ofeditorial secretary to the Chinese Tract Society is onedemanding the highest literary skill combined with themost acute commercial ability.There is no missionary post of greater importancethan this in China. Will not some of the great missionary societies honour themselves by setting aside one oftheir best men to undertake the work ?The West China Tract Society and the North ChinaTract Society are ably served by the men now devotingpart of their time to editorial work. But these menhave pastoral duties which must be attended to. Thesesocieties would greatly increase their usefulness if twohome Boards would each set aside a qualified man to bethe editorial secretary of one of these societies.The time has quite come when each of the greatTract Societies needs two men who shall devote theirwhole time and thought to the work of the society ;oneman to care for the literary and the other for thebusiness side of the work. How much longer must wewait before the Boards at home will realize and meet theneed?J. DARROCH.