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EVANGELISM AMONG STUDENTS 231Mr. (J. T. Wang. One hundred and sixty-one studentsexpressed their purpose to begin the Christian life. Onehundred and twenty-three of these came from thirteen non-Christian government schools and colleges and ten otherswho made the Christian decision were teachers in the government institutions. Encouraged by the response and resultsof the decision meeting a Christianity Discussion Club wasformed by leading Chinese, including the Commissioner ofForeign Affairs from the Governor s yamen. He had made aChristian decision at the meetings conducted by Mr. Eddy.The Club was organized with a view to reaching officials,government principals and teachers of non-Christian schools.This club meets, about forty in number, twice a month foran hour of Bible study and discussion. It is noteworthythat this influential group of non-Christian seekers afterthe truth have invited the well-known Christian writer andtranslator Mr..__Zia Hong -lai to lead the discussions of tin;club; and have constituted the local pastors as honorarymembers.The ability to hold and conserve the early results of themeetings is evidenced by the experience of the Christian committee in Foochow in their remarkable success and progress inenrolling student in Bible classes and later leading them on toChristian decision. In the meetings held in Foochow in 1913twenty per cent of the investigators were enrolled in Bibleclasses. After the meetings of 1011 sixty per cent wereenrolled. During the past year in this one; city of the^530members of classes have expressed their decision to becomeChristians and their desire to attend the churches. Thesemen are literally standing at the Church s doors.The unlimited opportunities offered by the open andresponsive attitude of the more serious-minded of the studentclasses is offset by the admitted unpreparedness of manyof the churches. The first and later results of the meetingshave clearly shown that the student field of China is ripefor harvest. The serious and pressing problem now facingthe movement is not so much how to reach the non- Christianstudent classes. The important and critical question is howcan the churches be got ready so as to hold and teach andtrain and use these new large potential forces for good and