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LUTHERAN GROUP 95and partly because of the uncertainty of the future. Whenwe thought of the Society s work not only in China butalso in other mission fields, we all felt it was our duty toprepare for possible future emergencies by present economy.However, in spite of this retrenchment, our work hasgrown, and the year 1915 has been a good year.TheSta{{Society has been able to send sixnew workers to China, five men and onewoman, and three old workers have been able to return.With the two who at present are on furlough, our foreignstaff numbers thirty-five. With regard to the Chinese workersthere has been a slight decrease in the educational staff, butan increase in the evangelistic staff. The total number ofChinese in evangelistic, educational arid medical work is twohundred and t vo, or about the same as in 1914.At the end of 1915 our mission occupied seven districts,namely Changsha, Ningsiang, Taolmaluen (via Yiyang),Yiyang lower districts with Yiiankianghsien, Yiyang upperdistrict, Tungping with Anhwa, and Sinhwa. In these sevendistricts there are six main stations, forty-nine out-stationswith resident evangelists and teachers, and fourteenpreaching places where regular services are held. To theabove must be added Shekow (via Hankow) where theunited Lutheran missions have their Theological Seminary,and an evangelistic work in connection with this institution.At the end of 1915 the Christian community numbered3,389. Of these 2,17K were baptized members (1,706 communicants) and 1,222 were catechumens. 431 were baptizedduring 191f>., At the end of 1915 the Mission had fiftv-Educahonal , .,, .,J.1 lniWork one primary schools with 1,491 pupils, ninehigher primary schools with 203 pupils, onemiddle school with 77 students, one normal school forwomen with 27 students, one theological seminary* with 33students, four night schools with 103 pupils, one school forthe blind (men) with 15 pupils, and one orphanage for*This is the Union Lutheran Theological Seminary at Shekow,near Hankow, 10 of the students in this institution are from ourmission*