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RESOLUTIONS AND FINDINGS 175The paragraph in the "Programme ofSpecial Week"Committee Work (No. VII, 6, f,) in whichof.Evangelism, ,. .a special week of evangelism is suggestedrequires fuller explanation. The proposal originated in theminds of several of the members of the committee, and thepossibilities of such a plan were illustrated by the experienceof the South India United Church in the special week ofevangelism carried through by them with great success lastyear. That church has determined to again arrange forsuch a week next October, and other churches in India arethis year making similar plans. With reference to suchproposals for China, we clearly understand that it does notlie within the province of the Continuation Committee toissue any call for the observance of such a special week.This Committee will only bring to the attention of the constituted authorities the wide-spread desire for such a week,and must leave it to these authorities to determine whetheror not to issue such a call to their own community and alsoto decide the form of observance to be adopted by them, aridthe plans to be followed. Insofar as it may be desired, theForward Evangelistic Movement Committee will endeavourto serve those who decide to observe such a week by makingknown the various plan? and methods that are being adopted.The correspondence that has already been received indicatesthat the first full week after the Chinese New Year (oldstyle), i.e. January 28th-February 4th, 1917, will be thetime most suitable to by far the greater part of the country,but it does not seem essential that there should be any rigidrule regarding this question of time. In some districtswhere the number of experienced workers is small, it may befound desirable to arrange for successive weeks of evangelismin the different centres to enable these workers to help all ofthem. Neither is it absolutely essential that every part ofsuch a large country should accept the very same dates toundertake such a special effort. It would seem that forthose who find the suggested dates to be unsuitable for anyreason, it would be just as helpful to choose another week,explaining to their workers that their efforts were a real partof the nation-wide movement, so that they might have theinspiration and stimulus that may come with that thought,