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THE CHURCH IN CHINESE CHRISTIAN PERIODICALS 339thousand homes in fourteen hsien districts, and distributed350,000 books and tracts. They were sometimes wellreceived by the people, but often they were persecuted bythe rougher, unfriendly element in the district or city anddriven away. Yet they are able to say,"The Bible seemsmore precious, and the work more real to us.Tn Canton and Hongkong the work amongEvangelism ^IQ }-)oa^ population has been very encourag-BoTtP 2 opulation iu g- Some gspel boats are doing regularworkamong this class of people. Besidesdirect evangelistic efforts, medical and educational work hasbeen taken up, and has proved an excellent evangelisticagency.Work inSzechwanIn the province of S/echwan, the Christiansconnected with the Methodist Episcopal-. . . ,,^ ,. f. rnMission have organized an Evangelistic lourwithin the two circuits of Chungking (:^ ffc) and Yungchang(*k a) fr a fortnight. The work was divided intolive sections, i.e., devotional, Bible study, morning watch,lecture and preaching.In the province of Honan, the work of Drs.MaeGilHvray and Peter has resulted in greatgood and left deli gh.tful memories. Dr.in Honan MacGillivray s evangelistic messages and Dr.Peter s health lectures were highly appreciated by the people and the officials were present withthem at these meetings. This has opened- the way forfurther work in Bible study and has made the work ofpreparing for similar gatherings in the near future easy.In Tientsin a week s special mission was5ff, conducted under the leadership of the TieniVllSSlOn, . ./^ l, .TT rrnin Tientsin *sin Christian Union. This mission represented an effort to enlist every Christian man7and woman in some definite Christian service. Each da}the Young Men s Christian Association Hall was filled withfive to six hundred men and women from the variouschurches and as a result of these meetings, four hundredhave signed cards promising to take up some form offor Christ, a hundred non-Christians promised during the