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GENERAL REVIEW OF THE YEARsums for Young Mcu s Christian Association buildings, forvarious public enterprises, and for the support of churchwork- Mr. Yung T ao* (not a baptized member of anychurch) is an example of this class. It was he who manymonths ago bought more than live thousand copies of theNew Testament to give to his friends, a folded letter of hisown accompanying each copy, explaining his views of theimportance of the study of this book.The social service idea, especially as expounded fromthe Christian standpoint, has entered deep into the innerconsciousness of very many educated Chinese, and willinevitably more and more produce fruits after its kind. Itis precisely this conception, carried into credit inn, which willone day completely revolutionize the social and not less thepolitical life of China, and it is a conception for whichChina is wholly indebted to Christianity. The new Chineseeducation has provided an immense potential outlet forevery form of activity, much of which can not be otherwisethan helpful to China and its people., r, ., During the past decade and a half theVisitors P 1,, ........greatly increased facilities tor travel acrossSiberia, as well as on the Pacific, have brought to thiscountry a larger number ol travellers than ever before,many of whom haA*e shown themselves to be persons of highintelligence, and some of them are disposed to stay longenough in China to make a beginning of comprehending it.Hotels at the ports and in Peking are crowded with visitorssome of whom bring more than mere letters of credit, andgo away with something other than Ta 31ing porcelains, and.handsome embroidered Dragon robes made expressly forthe Empress Dowager herself!Official deputations from many missionary societieshave never been so numerous in any other period, nor so wellinformed. This was especially true of those who came toattend the great Centenary Conference of 1907, whichmarked the end of one epoch in Protestant missions toChina, and the beginning of another.* Mr. Yung T ao was bapti/ecTby Dr. W. A. P. Martin in Pekingduring May, on the day when the centenary of the American BibleSociety was celebrated. (Editor)-