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CHAPTER XXXVIIIUNION MOVEMENTS AMONG METHODISTS IN CHINAW. S. LewisNine branches of Methodism are labouring in China.The Wesleyan Methodists, mother of us all, the UnitedMethodist Church Mission, and the Canadian MethodistMission represent the Methodism of the British Empire.The Methodist Episcopal Church South, the MethodistProtestant Mission, the United Evangelical Church Mission,the Evangelical Association, the American Free MethodistMission, and the Methodist Episcopal Church representAmerican Methodism. The Methodist family of churcheshave work in thirteen of the eighteen provinces south of thewall: Chihli, Shantung, Kiangsu, Chckiang, Fukien,Kwangtung, Hupeh, Hunan, Anliwei, Kiangsi, Honan,Yunnan and Szechwan.Union MovementsGreat care lias been exercised from thebeginningOverlappingto prevent overlapping of territoryoccupied by the different Methodist branches.Only in Szechwau are two branches of the Methodist familyworking in the same cities. The Methodist Church ofCanada and the Methodist Episcopal Church have missionstations in Chungking and Chengtu. These cities, however,are so large and the spirit of unity is so pronounced in boththese churches that their presence in the two chief cities ofthis populous province tends to the consummation oforganic union, the object of so many hopes and prayers.^e mostOrganicfar-reaching movement forUnion organic union in the last decade is thatwhich now promises a most happy outcomein the union of the Methodist Church South, the MethodistProtestant Church, and the Methodist Episcopal Church.The Methodist Protestant Church separated from theA r>o