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OTHER MISSIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 159This proposal has received the sanction of the homeboard.This same principle is being applied more or less in allour stations. The church appoints an educational and anevangelistic committee, composed of Chinese and foreigners ;these committees control the work of their respectivedepartments in the station, subject to the church meeting,the missionaries, who were previously in sole charge of thework, sharing the responsibility of control and directionwith the other members of the appointed committees. Thecommittees prepare estimates for the future year s work,and find out how much the local church can contribute,and then apply to the mission for grants-in-aid of thework.The result so far has been the quickened interest of thechurch-members in the development and the sustaining ofboth evangelistic and school work. It is found thatmethods which may work well where there is an educatedand experienced membership do not necessarily succeedwhere the church is not so far advanced, therefore themission leaves much liberty for working out detailsaccording to the conditions of each district.Beyond sanctioning experiments along such lines asthese, the mission has not committed itself to any definitepolicy. The feeling is that the more the church reallyknows it has a true share in the direction and maintainingof the work the greater will be its interest and devotion.The most marked feature of the year*sW0rk has been theHeat thegreat willingness of theMessage people generally to listen to the Christianmessage.In the past years audiences were composed of sightseersand listeners, who were actuated largely by curiosity.During the past year or so the people come to hearbecause they find the missioDary has something to give themthat will help their country and themselves individually.Some have thought that the old street-preaching days wereover so far as the street halls were concerned, but witha brighter and more cheerful building, a more carefully