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VlllCHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK.trouble was over, he threw himself as vigorousl) r as everinto the work of reconstruction. At the Shanghai Conference Dr. Ament was chairman of the Committee onUnion.Rev. WM. ASHMORE, D.D., was born at Putnam,Ohio, in 1824. In 1848 he completed a course of training in Denison University and in the Western Baptist Theological Institution. Three years later foundhim working in Bangkok, Siam. After furlough in1863, he settled in Kahchieh, opposite Swatow, andhere he laboured almost continuously until he tookfinal leave of China in 1903 for America, where helived until his death, the 23rd of April, 1909. Hislife work consisted in la}-ing the broad and deepfoundations of a living evangelical church, believing ashe did that preaching the Gospel was the greatestfactor in the spread of the kingdom of Christ. Asteacher, he was the founder and leader of the AshmoreTheological Seminar} ,a fitting memorial to his greatwork.In 1875 GARDEN BLAIKIE was born in Edinburgh,and received his early training at Woolwich College,London. Later he studied at Cambridge, obtaininghigh honours throughout his course. In 1898 he entered the Theological College of the Presbyterian Churchof England. As a student he was always interested inChristian work and especially the S. V. M. U. In 1901,after completion of his theological course, he offeredhimself to the E. P. church, and was sent out to China.Here he engaged in pastoral and evangelistic work inand round Ch aochoufu, N. E. Kuangtung, and waspreparing for larger service when a breakdown in healthcompelled him to return to England in 1907. Onrecovery he engaged in deputation work, but suddenlyhad an attack of appendicitis and died on the 28th ofMay, 1908.