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,-,12 GENERAL REVIEW OF THE YEARfield. . . .Everybody anticipated that such a war as the present,lasting so long as this lias already lasted, would have broughtmissionary Avork almost anywhere well-nigh to a standstill, andwould have discredited the whole cause of Christian missions. Thefact that such fears have thus been to a great extent proven to beunfounded affords ground for most serious reflection."We should be thankful to know that on the whole thebad effects have not been as bad as feared. Let us be content to leave the future effects in the hands of God. "Ebenezer-JehovahJirch. 7Emergency Re- Ther was much real distress among Conlief,. f_tmental missions, especially during the firstyear, but friends in China, and Americaresponded nobly to the appeal of the China ContinuationCommittee in their behalf, and the sum of Mex $25,414.21has during the past year, in addition to Mex. $28,983.52the year preceding, been carefully disbursed to the mostnecessitous cases. This action has done something toameliorate the bad effects of the war on these missions.r .... Before giving details it is well to recall thev-onctitions in,> -i /-xi iJ9J5state of the missions and Chinese churches asrevealed in the CHINA MISSION YLAR BOOKof 1915. The volume of work in nil departments seemed tohave suffered no diminution. The Bible Societies reporteda great increase in circulation. The Eddy Campaign intwelve great cities was successfully carried out after the warbroke out, and also the Fukien Province-Wide Campaign.The Honan campaign on a smaller scale was carried throughin October, 1915. The China Continuation Committee hasheld two annual meetings since the war began and its workhas gone on as usual. In fact a Statistical and a NationalEvangelistic Secretary have been added to the staff. Thegreat campaign in the United States for property andequipment of the schools and colleges of China, foreshadowedby Bishop Bashford in the YEAR BOOK of 3914, p. 39, has ofcourse been postponed. But more time is thus given to thestudy of co-ordination and efficiency. The RockefellerMedical Foundation also has entered China at the very timewhen medical work was badly hit by the war. The YoungMen s Christian Association work goes on expanding as intimes of peace. An entirely new literature for Moslems is