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222 EVANGELISMand by frequent letters. We advertised the meetings forseveral weeks in advance. Then a few days before themeetings opened, the district superintendent, a splendidman, a Chinese, went out and helped the preacher in hispreparation. We used tracts freely. We had a physicianwho held daily clinics and dispensed free medicine. We hada bookstore. On market days we preached nearly all days,but every day we had Bible classes for the Christians fromnine until ten. Every afternoon, in the temple, we hadlectures and gramophone concerts. At night wo had apreaching service in the church. A times when thefew7crowds were too large for the church, we also had theevening service in the court at the temple.This present year we expect to visit the same placeswith a campaign on Bible study and self-support, besidesentering new places where we have evangelistic meeting forthe non-Christians.7, LessonsTheHwai nexperience of the past years has ledthe mission to plan in every way to inducethe Christians to help themselves, whether the boys in theschool or the Christians in building chapels, or whatever itmaybe. In the boys school we have developed a self-helpand an industrial department. We have drawn our dayschools more closely to our central school by giving scholarships to graduates of the day schools. But in every case,where help is given, it is for something that has been doneand in the building of our chapels they must first themselves contribute before they come to us for assistance.There is 110 difficulty in finding inquirers. Ourattention is turned toward the holding of church-members.Careful records are kept. The best method of keeping themseems to be through the Sunday school, and it is througheighteen months trial proving of great assistance.We needSuts jen continually to emphasize, morethan some of us have been doing, consecratedgiving by the Chinese Christians, by the very poor as well asby those who have more. And we should aim constantlythat the funds which they give are properly cared for and

EVANGELISM IN THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS 223expended for definite objects that enlist their interest andsupport.Many Chinese workers apparently do not desire to besupported by the local church but prefer foreign support.This is a hurtful condition. What must we do ? I amsure that for one thing we must pay more attention toincreasing Chinese giving towards the support -of theseworkers. They are inclined in this field to give to otherthings rather than for such salaries chiefly because they feelthat these workers will in any case be supported by theforeign funds.We need to use every means to develop and teach localmen and women able to teach others. There is great needfor more systematic study. Many get little permanentinstruction from the Sunday preaching. We should ourselves not preach less, but if possible teach more, and byevery means get the Chinese evangelist to do more systematicteaching in class work.We have found night schools of very great value to outstationw r ork.This whole field is now ready to hear the gospel as neverbefore and responsive to evangelistic effort. Very, verymuch more could be done if we had the money and the mento do it. There are many open doors we cannot enter.~ , . It seems to me that the lesson which theTencnow .,,,tew years has taught is the necessity tordirect evangelistic work on the part of the foreign missionary. The situation is not the same in all quarters and theorganization and manning of missions differs widely in thisrespect, but for those missions that are closely organizedand rather under-manned, there is one great enemy and thatis the inability to get out and do direct evangelistic work asan incentive and encouragement to the Chinese associatesand Christians. Of course there has been a great deal said,and truly so, to the effect that the Chinese must be theevangelists of their own people, that the missionary shouldmultiply himself by training Chinese to do this work, etc.That is true to a certain extent, but the man who is trainedsolely across the study or classroom desk is apt to be ahalf-baked specimen. I believe the missionary can do

EVANGELISM IN THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS 223expended for definite objects that enlist their interest andsupport.Many Chinese workers apparently do not desire to besupported by the local church but prefer foreign support.This is a hurtful condition. What must we do ? I amsure that for one thing we must pay more attention toincreasing Chinese giving towards the support -of theseworkers. They are inclined in this field to give to otherthings rather than for such salaries chiefly because they feelthat these workers will in any case be supported by theforeign funds.We need to use every means to develop and teach localmen and women able to teach others. There is great needfor more systematic study. Many get little permanentinstruction from the Sunday preaching. We should ourselves not preach less, but if possible teach more, and byevery means get the Chinese evangelist to do more systematicteaching in class work.We have found night schools of very great value to outstationw r ork.This whole field is now ready to hear the gospel as neverbefore and responsive to evangelistic effort. Very, verymuch more could be done if we had the money and the mento do it. There are many open doors we cannot enter.~ , . It seems to me that the lesson which theTencnow .,,,tew years has taught is the necessity tordirect evangelistic work on the part of the foreign missionary. The situation is not the same in all quarters and theorganization and manning of missions differs widely in thisrespect, but for those missions that are closely organizedand rather under-manned, there is one great enemy and thatis the inability to get out and do direct evangelistic work asan incentive and encouragement to the Chinese associatesand Christians. Of course there has been a great deal said,and truly so, to the effect that the Chinese must be theevangelists of their own people, that the missionary shouldmultiply himself by training Chinese to do this work, etc.That is true to a certain extent, but the man who is trainedsolely across the study or classroom desk is apt to be ahalf-baked specimen. I believe the missionary can do

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