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160 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESprepared message suited to the present day needs, the valueof the preaching hall was never greater than to-day. Atleast this is our experience in the city of Chengtu. Othercities, I believe, would bear the same testimony.YOUNG MEN SCHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF CHINAO895)C W. HarveyLocation of recognized City Associations: Chekiany: llangchow;(Jhihli :Paotingfu, Peking, Tientsin; Fengtian : Antnng, Hsinyen,Moukden ; Fukien: Amoy, Foochow, Hinghwa; Honan: Kaifeng;Hunan: Changsha; Iliipeh: Hankow, Wuchang; Kiangsi: Nanchang;Kiangm: Shanghai; Kirin: Kirin; Kwangtung: Canton, Sunning,Swatow; tihawi: Taiyiianfn; fthantung: Chefoo; Tsinanfu, Weihaiwei;Shensi: Sianfu; Szedncan: Chengtu; Yunnan: Ynnnanfu.Foreign secretaries 82, Chinese secretaries 134, total membership23,989Ȧ review of the work of the Young Men s ChristianAssociation must take into account its interdenominationalcharacter and close relationship to the churches. Its activeand controlling members and executive staff are and must bemembers of Christian churches. Its activities are, therefore,activities of the churches represented, and the results of itswork either return directly to the churches in the form ofnew or more efficient members or express the Church s outreach among the young men of the community through thisspecial union effort. x\ny report, therefore, of its work isessentially one in which all the churches share.The work of the Associations has been largely among thestudent classes. Its organization has taken two forms.Student Associations have been organized in educationalinstitutions with membership composed only of students andmembers of the faculty, with activities conducted by volunteerworkers and without permanent equipment. A secondform has been the city Associations organized primarily inprovincial capitals and other important cities where thereare large numbers of the student classes either in schools orcolleges or engaged in commercial or official life. TheseAssociations require expert secretarial leadership, stronglocal boards of management, considerable equipment and awide range of activities.