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""250 EVANGELISMlarge Union Committee of about forty, and within the Committee an Executive Council of ten.^ e ^ rst ^Pre aration ^Wir nere was luuc^ consultationand fellowship, and the Executive Councilcarried out three things: the city was divided into districtsand a section allotted to each church for its open evangelisticwork; a central bookshop was secured for the sale of Biblesand Christian Literature; and two of the city preacherswere sent as Tientsin delegates to the Moukden Sundayschool conference and used upon their return to promoteinterest and intelligence in this work. But the need ofsome special meetings to stir the body of Christians wasstrongly felt. In the winter, the unwieldy Union Committeemet three or four times for conference on this subject, andproved so heterogeneous that progress was very slow. Yetthese conferences showed their value in the end. The plansin detail were perfected by the Council, but when theArousal-to-Serviee Meetings began, all the leaders in thechurches were in touch and were working.Rev. C. Y. Cheng and Kev. "Wang Shanc^ncame * conductMeetin the meetings. The times"was in February, the first week of the ChineseNew year, when people had leisure to attend meetings. ForChristthe first live days Mr. Cheng concentrated upon theians, with the theme of "Service." The Young Men sChristian Association building is centrally located and itshall was filled nearly to capacity, 530, every day. All whoattended were registered every clay with their church orintroducing friend. A kindergarten teacher was on handto look out for children in a separate room, so that manymothers were enabled to conic, and yet the main hall waskept quiet. Very quiet and impressive was the last day,when seven definite kinds of Christian service were presented, and cards given out for pledges. After careful explanation and prayer, the people wrote their promises, to enterto visit fellow-Christians, to do personal work,Bible (-lasses,to observe a whole Sabbath, to conduct daily family prayers,to raise their church subscriptions, and so on. Then forthree more days Mr. Wang spoke to larger audiences, including many non- Christians, in Wesley Church. Some