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^- nEVANGELISM AMONG STUDENTS 227than fulfilled the expectations of those who had beenstudying the rapidly changing conditions among the educatedclasses. Missionary leaders assembled in Shanghai at theCentenary Missionary Conference in 1907, impressed withthe surpassing opportunity presented to the Christianmovement by the new student situation, appealed to theYoung Men s Christian Associations in China to give carefulstudy and immediate attention to the development of amovement to reach the students in the government schoolsand colleges. The responsibility was accepted and planswere at once begun which have developed into the series ofevangelistic movements under review in this article. Between1806 and 1910 the work concentrated in the ripe field ofTokyo where the army of Chinese students seeking westernlearning rose in a steady tide from three thousand to fourteenthousand. The work in Tokyo for Chinese students has hadan unbroken history of usefulness, and fruitfulness, andthough the numbers have decreased with the growth ofsimilar institutions in China, it continues to render an ininvaluableservice through its friendly cultivation andChristian approach to scores and hundreds of young men.These on their return, scattered to every province, somerisen to positions of highest influence, have reflected thegood influences they absorbed during their contact withChristian environment. It is impossible to fully measure thelarge and wide-spreading benefits that have multiplied tothe good of th(-: Christian cause everywhere in China fromthis highly productive centre of Christian work.II.ProgressThe period between 1907 and 1912 was devotedtoDr. Mott andcareful study of a few selected citiesMr*. Eddyorder to work out the best method of approach to government students, which wouldmake possible a sustained and fruitful work among theseclasses. National supervision of the movement was early recognized as essential to thorough and co-ordinated effort andwas provided for. Workers chosen because of aptitude andprevious experence were appointed to these selected centresto study the problem, to cultivate friendly relationship with