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METHODIST GROUP 109Church sustains its Cull share of union and co-operativeeffort: Dr. Spencer Lewis on the Bible Kevision Committee;Miss L. M. White, editor of the Woman s Messenger; Dr. F.D. Game-well, General China Christian Educational Association Secretary; R. C. Beebe, M.D., Executive Secretary ofA. J. Bowen, PresiChina Medical Missionary Association;dent of Nanking University; W. IT. Lacy, PublishingAgent. It also co-operates extensively in educational highschool, college, industrial and theological schools and inmedical work.There areExtent of Work558 rpSular preaching appointments and as many more places frequentlyand regularly visited. Associated in our ministry are 826Chinese men, of whom 296 are in conference relations and530 are uuordained; also 327 Bible women in employ. Inaddition to this there are 319 local preachers and 836exhorters who are not employed but who render more orJess service in their respective localities.Baptisms in 1915, adults 3,635children 2,774Membership in 1915,Members 27,961Probationers 24,377Inquirers 30,288Average attendance atSunday worship 52,026During 1915 our doctors and nurses treated 110,986different persons, for which $57,478 was received fromChinese sources. There are 29,048 pupils in our schools,under 1,507 teachers, and they pay $56,606 toward expenses.Sunday Schools 782Teachers and Officers 2,557Scholars 37,382Properties are valued at Mex. $5,926,230, an increaseof nearly $3,000,000 during the quadrennium. Collectionsfor current support of work $83.754, not including theForward Movement.Among the features of the year 1915 maylie mentioned: