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YOUNG MEN S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 411study secretary. The demand is now so strong thatprovision is being made for producing and publishing aliterature in Chinese upon the pedagogy of Bible study.(3). For many years the church as a whole and allthose connected with the student work have been praying that the great dearth of suitable candidates for theministry in China might be met by the offering of someof the splendid young men in our missionary colleges.The past year has been a large answer to these prayers.L,ast Chinese New Year a class of six strong young menwas graduated from Boone College and are now servingas deacons in the Episcopal church preparatory to receiving full ordination. Of the seven who received degreesat the last commencement at William Nast College inKiukiang six are already members of the Methodist Conference. During the spring at Nanking University andUnion Christian College, Nanking, there was a movementresulting in more than thirty men deciding to give themselves to Christian work. The Volunteer Band in PekingUniversity continues large. Pastor Ting Li Mei conducted meetings in the Shantung Union College atWeihsien in the spring, which resulted in more than onehundred students and teachers deciding to enter theministry. The whole of the senior and junior classesand some of the instructors will go this Chinese NewYear to the Theological Seminary at Chingchowfu. Inthe autumn they formed a volunteer band and signed adeclaration card. Not one of these men has yet yieldedto the pressure which has been put upon them to giveup the purpose. History rarely records such an offeringof lives for the Christian ministry.77/6 Year s Literature. The year has been one ofthe most marked development in the production of literature and its distribution. Two new editorial secretarieswere added to the staff at the Chinese New Year.In continued fulfilment of the specific task committedto itby the Shanghai Centenary Conference the GeneralCommittee has devoted the largest share of its attention