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"394: OTHER INTERDENOMINATIONAL ASSOCIATIONSwill do what lie can to make the coming of the commissionpossible. Dr. T. H. P. Sailer, who with Dr. Ernest D.Burton and Dr. Michael B. Sadler, was suggested for thecommission, spent six months of the past year in China,making a careful study of certain aspects of missioneducation. Some of the results of this study are to be foundin Chapter XXII of this YEAR BOOK. While here Dr. Sailerwas invited to join the committee appointed by the EastChina Educational Association, to make a survey of themission middle schools in this section of China, and hepresented the report* of this committee at the Annual.Meeting of the Association.The importance of the matter is recognized in the firstof the resolutions quoted]"as passed by the ContinuationCommittee at the instance of the chairman of the ChinaChristian Educational Association. Such a knowledge ofthe situation as a survey of the present condition of Christian educational work in Chin, will !provide, is necessarybefore any comprehensive co-ordination of forces can beseriously undertaken. It is hoped that while Dr. Gamewellis in the United States he will be able to make arrangementsfor the commission to come to China.The treasurer s report shows that since theeAnnual Meeting of 1915, Gold $10,000(Mex. $24,999.59) have been received onaccount of this fund. This has been used for the relief ofimperative necessities caused by the war, for Continental.Missions. This makes a total of Mex $54,347.73 disbursedfor this purpose since the fall of 1914.ear s work has convinced the office^ieReference yLibrary^ d ^- f tne importance of gathering togethera small reference library covering the lines ofwork on the study of which the Committee is engaged. TheChina Continuation Committee should have a copy of allexisting Chinese Christian books, and also such books inother languages as are needed in connection with theCommittee s work. An excellent beginning has been made* For the complete report see the Educational Review, April, 1916.t ^ee pape 392.

THE CHINA CONTINUATION COMMITTEE 395fin gathering a Chinese library,grants of books having beenmade free of charge by the literature and tract societies.A small beginning toward an English reference library hasbeen made by the members of the staff loaning books fromtheir own libraries for the purpose. Further contributionsoi this kind, either as outright gifts or in the nature ofloans, will be greatly appreciated.Rev. C. L. Boyuton arrived in China onSeptember 20th, 1915 and immediately beganhis work for the Committee. His comingrelieves the Foreign Secretary of the entire burden ofgathering the statistics of the missions, and also of themanagement of the office, which during the year has grownconsiderably. Mr. Boynton has done a great deal to get theoffice work of the Committee on a better basis, and hasalready made a good start on the statistical work. Carefulplans have been made for classifying and filing the reportsand minutes furnished by the different missionary societies.The significance of the statistical secretary s work is likelyto be increasingly appreciated as the prosecution of missionary work is guided more and more by accurate knowledgeof the work already done and by the experience alreadygained.Some progress has been made during theSimilar( j. r - n kee pj n jg u c,}*ose touch with theCommittees in.. ^,T ^ . . ., T... ,India and Japan National Missionary Council of India andthe Continuation Committee in Japan. Thesecretaries of these Committees as well as the secretaries ofthe China Continuation Committee feel that such connectionis valuable to .them, and Dr. Bearing, the retiring secretaryof the Japan Continuation Committee, has on two occasionsexpressed the hope that there might be some closer cooperation between the Japan and China Committees byhaving the secretary or secretaries of these bodies present atthe Annual Meeting of the sister organization.The influence of the work of the Forward EvangelisticMovement in China has been distinctly seen in the evangelistic meetings held in India during the past year, and weare in turn profiting by the work they have done and the

"394: OTHER INTERDENOMINATIONAL ASSOCIATIONSwill do what lie can to make the coming of the commissionpossible. Dr. T. H. P. Sailer, who with Dr. Ernest D.Burton and Dr. Michael B. Sadler, was suggested for thecommission, spent six months of the past year in China,making a careful study of certain aspects of missioneducation. Some of the results of this study are to be foundin Chapter XXII of this YEAR BOOK. While here Dr. Sailerwas invited to join the committee appointed by the EastChina Educational Association, to make a survey of themission middle schools in this section of China, and hepresented the report* of this committee at the Annual.Meeting of the Association.The importance of the matter is recognized in the firstof the resolutions quoted]"as passed by the ContinuationCommittee at the instance of the chairman of the ChinaChristian Educational Association. Such a knowledge ofthe situation as a survey of the present condition of Christian educational work in Chin, will !provide, is necessarybefore any comprehensive co-ordination of forces can beseriously undertaken. It is hoped that while Dr. Gamewellis in the United States he will be able to make arrangementsfor the commission to come to China.The treasurer s report shows that since theeAnnual Meeting of 1915, Gold $10,000(Mex. $24,999.59) have been received onaccount of this fund. This has been used for the relief ofimperative necessities caused by the war, for Continental.Missions. This makes a total of Mex $54,347.73 disbursedfor this purpose since the fall of 1914.ear s work has convinced the office^ieReference yLibrary^ d ^- f tne importance of gathering togethera small reference library covering the lines ofwork on the study of which the Committee is engaged. TheChina Continuation Committee should have a copy of allexisting Chinese Christian books, and also such books inother languages as are needed in connection with theCommittee s work. An excellent beginning has been made* For the complete report see the Educational Review, April, 1916.t ^ee pape 392.

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