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"""""136 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESopportunity and strong desire for deeper spiritual lifeand better knowledge of the Word.", ., New problems mentioned are Sabbath-Soir^; of the ,Problemsobservance, polygamy, a tendency on the partof Chinese preachers to tolerate unworthychurch-members who have money; an expanding work withreduced appropriations, mentioned in various forms, onebeing how to make bricks without straw; and thedifficulty of the older helper being unable often to meetthe new conditions; the difficulty in some places of purchasing land; the attitude of the soldiers in other places creatingprejudice against the foreigners and the; problem of"knowing how to make the higher classes feel at home inour congregations, which are made up largely of the lowerclasses." One man reports"no new problems but plentyof old ones."Of new lines of work many mention new ventures inself-support. Rev. W. II. Stuart reports $.1,000 given byan alumnus to Hangchow College. Rev. H. W. Whitereports as a new thing, the reality of the demon possessionand healing by prayer now fully recognized."The Outlook Regarding the outlook the tone is decidedlyhopeful. Dr. Blain says, Most of ourworkers seem to be working harder and showing moreearnestness than before, so I am hopeful."Dr. Hudsonsays, The political situation has affected business, society,schools, etc., also makes people hesitate to join the church,or move forward in anything, a sort of depression, but theyare finite willing to hear the gospel when preached intelligently." Mr. McGinnis says,"The outlook is good, butprincipally by faith." Mr. Moffett says,"The doors arewider open, especially among the better class of people."Mr. Little says, Something of a reaction has taken placebut we think it is only temporary." Mr. Paxtoii says."The church will probably not increase as rapidly as before,but the growth is bound to be more healthy. Mr. Crenshawsays, door "A is open but there are many adversaries."Mr. Hancock says,"The outlook is very bright but the lackof competent native workers makes it impossible to overtakeopportunity." Dr. H. M. Woods says, "Compared with

"PRESBYTERIAN GROUP 137ten years ago the advance is so marked that we believe itwill be impossible to recede permanently from it. Mr.Grafton says,"In the Church generally I look for gradual,steady growth. I cannot see the great onward sweep ofChristianity as others see it in other places." Dr. Junkinsays, "The outlook is very bright, but it is difficult to meetthe demands of the old stations on the one hand and to opennew ones. There is much to give hope but how shall we meetthe situation ? The various schools of the missions reportsteady increase in attendance. Rev. Frank Brown says,"The results of the revival of last winter are permanentand there is much interest on the part of the church-members for the unsaved."One of the most encouraging features of the whole workis the development of the work at Tsingkiangpu. Fortwenty-five years our missionaries labored there faithfullybut with almost no visible results. Now all this is changed.A strong church has boon developed within the past fewyears and there were niaety inquirers examined at the lastcommunion. Mr. Talbot of that station says,"We haveevery reason to expect continual growth. There have beenseveral cases of religious persecution, but this will be nospecial hindrance to the progress of the work."BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THEREFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA (Dutch) (J842)H. P. DePreeStations with dates of occupation: Fnkien: Anioy (1S4-),Changchowfu ( ), Siokho (1887), Tuiigan ( ).Missionaries 31, Employed Chine.se Staff 191, Communicants 2,0(59(1915).The Reformed Church in America is not one of thelarge denominations, but has nevertheless been at work inChina a long time. China was the first of its present fieldsto be entered. India, Japan, and Arabia are the other fieldssupported by its 127,000 communicants.Work wasStaff begun in Amoy in 1842, andsince that time the force of missionaries onthe field has varied greatly at different periods. The largestA 17

"PRESBYTERIAN GROUP 137ten years ago the advance is so marked that we believe itwill be impossible to recede permanently from it. Mr.Grafton says,"In the Church generally I look for gradual,steady growth. I cannot see the great onward sweep ofChristianity as others see it in other places." Dr. Junkinsays, "The outlook is very bright, but it is difficult to meetthe demands of the old stations on the one hand and to opennew ones. There is much to give hope but how shall we meetthe situation ? The various schools of the missions reportsteady increase in attendance. Rev. Frank Brown says,"The results of the revival of last winter are permanentand there is much interest on the part of the church-members for the unsaved."One of the most encouraging features of the whole workis the development of the work at Tsingkiangpu. Fortwenty-five years our missionaries labored there faithfullybut with almost no visible results. Now all this is changed.A strong church has boon developed within the past fewyears and there were niaety inquirers examined at the lastcommunion. Mr. Talbot of that station says,"We haveevery reason to expect continual growth. There have beenseveral cases of religious persecution, but this will be nospecial hindrance to the progress of the work."BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THEREFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA (Dutch) (J842)H. P. DePreeStations with dates of occupation: Fnkien: Anioy (1S4-),Changchowfu ( ), Siokho (1887), Tuiigan ( ).Missionaries 31, Employed Chine.se Staff 191, Communicants 2,0(59(1915).The Reformed Church in America is not one of thelarge denominations, but has nevertheless been at work inChina a long time. China was the first of its present fieldsto be entered. India, Japan, and Arabia are the other fieldssupported by its 127,000 communicants.Work wasStaff begun in Amoy in 1842, andsince that time the force of missionaries onthe field has varied greatly at different periods. The largestA 17

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