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THE CHURCH IN CHINESE CHRISTIAN PERIODICALS 351social distinctions creep in. We record these few namessimply to show the new development of both the Church andthe nation. Christianity has a wide open door in China,and men of all classes are giving to it a listening ear and anopen heart which really marks a new era of the Christianenterprise in this land of ours.Mrs. Nieli (#), widow of the late Governor of Chekiang,and daughter of the famous Marquis Tseng of Hunan, andher children, joined the Methodist Church, South, \)ybaptism. Two of her sons are busily engaged in activeChristian work, one as a director of the Shanghai YoungMen s Christian Association and one in filling the GeneralSecretaryship of the Changsha Association.Mr. Chin Min-lan (&iR$H), a returned student fromJapan and Vice-chairman of the Chekiang LawyersAssociation, has united with the Christian Church in China.Since he became a Christian he spends much time in prayerand is an earnest seeker after the Truth.Mr. Fang Keng-sheng (# J /) a Prefect of, Changsha,is also an earnest Christian who works unceasingly amongsthis relatives and friends for their spiritual welfare.General Wu Chin-piao (^ & $H) with his family werebaptized in Japan and are now members of the Methodistchurch in Kiukiang. He holds a regular church service inhis Yamen, where he and his household receive Christianinstruction and teaching.Mr. Yung T ao (^g }g), whose name we have mentionedelsewhere in this article, was for a long time an enquirer ofthe Christian religion, but on the seventh of May of thisyear, he was baptized in the Chinese Christian Church ofPeking. Being a wealthy man, Mr. Yung has done muchfor the support of the Church and for the uplift ofsociety.XIII. The Closing of the Office of the Chueh Hun"The Ta Kuang (ft ft) and the Chueh Hun (ft ^) werethe only two Christian daily papers in the whole of China,excepting the two or three papers run by the RomanCatholics. Both these papers were carried on by CantoneseChristians. The Ta Kuang is published in Hongkong, and