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CHAPTER XXIVTHE CHINA SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION AND ITSRELATION TO THE CHINESE CHURCHESAND THE MISSIONARYE. G. TewfcsburyThe Shanghai Centenary Conference of 1907 appointeda Sunday School Committee; this committee in 1011inaugurated the China Sunday School Union and has since thatperiod acted as its governing body. Many of the originalmembers of the Sunday School Committee are still on theGeneral Committee or Executive Council of the ChinaSunday School Union and certain new names have beenadded to this committee since that period by appointmentof the Executive Council.Inasmuch, however, as the China Sunday^cno0^ Union is atRe^esentationpresent serving virtuallythe whole Christian community, its governingbody might well consist of representatives definitely electedby the several denominations. A scheme for securing suchelective representation has been prepared and it is expectedthat it will in due course be adopted. This plan will inviteat least the leading denominations to elect foreign andChinese representatives of their Sunday school interests toserve on the Committee of the China Sunday School Union,in proportion to the number of their missionaries and Chinesechurch-members respectively.An annualp. grant from the World s SundaySchool Association, British Section, madepossible in 1910 the securing of a missonary GeneralSecretary for the China Sunday School Union. In addition, from 300 to 500 has been available annually forthe general work of the Union, given partly by the Britishand partly by the American Section. At the present time(June, 1916) the American contributions have been increased to relieve the financial situation which the warcreated in England.