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376 CHRISTIAN LITERATUREThe following incident which is taken fromFinancial the Report of the Religious Tract Society ofband Centralf riact ^orth cllina wel1 illustrates theaSocietiesims an(^ ambitions of the tract societies inChina.Not lonji- ap>a firm of merchants with whom an order had beenplaced by the Society enquired of our bankers in Hankow what ourfinancial standing was. One of the staff of the Hank asked forinformation about the Society s methods of business so that lie uiijihtanswer the queries. He was told that the only fixed principle was tosell evangelical literature under cost price, if need be, in order to o^-ii(widely circulated, with the result that the larger the sales, thelarger the loss. He thought that this information inijrht not encourage a linn to jrive us credit. Perhaps would it not. But surelyit will encourage the people who are interested in the salvation<>f(Jodof China s vast rural populations to entrust us with the stewardshipof monies for the furtherance of this jrreat and ulorious work.