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THE CHINA CONTINUATION COMMITTEE 383the principle that "if intercession is work, the mostfundamental, imperative, fruit-bearing work any co-workerwith Jesus Christ has to do, then we must deal with it asunsentimentally and honestly as we would with any otherphase of Christian activity, and we must think deeplyregarding ways and means of making intercession a greatdynamic force in the life of the individual and in the life ofthe Church." The report which appears in full in theChinese Recorder for June as well as in the Proceedings of theAnnual Meeting of the China Continuation Committee deservesvery careful consideration, affording as it does goodevidence as to the facts mentioned in the following paragraphon the "Possibilities in the work of the Committee":The work of the committee HO far has been hut a mere beginning, a bare touching of the fringe* of its potentialities, but it liasbeen sufficient to reveal two things, first, the conscious lack and thevery great sense of need that is felt by scores of Christian leaders intheir prayer life, and second, the absolute necessity for givingintercession its rightful and God-appointed place in our missionaryplans and activities if the gospel of Jesus Christ is ever to make anytelling impact upon the lives of those to whom it is daily taught andpreached. The correspondence of this past year has shown thatthere are three classes of people to whom the committee s work hasalready ministered: lirst, those who have throughit been aroused tothe feebleness and lack in their prayer liie and the povverlessness intheir service; second, those who have long felt their need and werehungrily seeking for light and help as to how to pray in such a wayas to get results; third, those upon whom God has for some timelaid a great burden of intercession for His Church in this landand who welcome the work of this committee because it links theirindividual life to the corporate life of a large company united in thesame task of promoting intercession.The following recommendations of the Committee wereadopted by the Annual Meeting :1.Believing that intercession is the primary and most potentform of Christian service and that it should have a place of trueprominence in the plans and activities of the Continuation Committee we recommend the reappointment of a Special Committee onPromotion of Intercession.2. That this committee should work definitely and immediatelytoward securing the translation and publication of some of the bestand most suitable books on prayer.3. Thar the committee consider the advisability of preparing ageneral weekly cycle of prayer for use in China and a printed