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are466 MISCELLANEOUSgood as well as bad. Then it is we form habits which wecarry through life. More than one-third of our members1are in. this plastic age. What are we doing to help themachieve a Christlike character, to form right habits? "Wocannot emphasize too much their instruction in the Bibleand their enlistment and training for service.253 have studied in primary or grain -Educationalnm> scnoo ^g have studied in middle schoolEquipment i . , . .roo ,,of Members or above, and 528 report no training in theschools. That is to say, fifteen per cent(15%) have a fair education or a good education, twentyeightper cent (38%) have a meagre education and fortythreeper cent (43%) have no formal education. Most ofour leadership must come from those who have had theadvantages of a good education. This shows how limitedarc our resources of leadership. Does it not emphasize alsothe importance of our using all of our potential leadership?But in the Church or in society we need not only leadersbut followers; one is just as important as the other.That is to say, we should think out forms of service whichthe well educated can do, which the poorly educated can do,and which those of almost no education can do. It ispossible to do this. The bi-monthly distribution ol tracts isonly an illustration of how it is possible to use large numbers, educated and uneducated, to render important servicefor Christ and for His Church One reason so manychurch -members do not work is because they do not knowwhat to do, nor how to do it. Is it not the duty andof the leaders of the Church to think for them ?privilegeOut of our 918 Christians, 640 can readthe Bible in Mandarin. 2(>9 unable toChHsthnsread the Bible. They are blindfolded so faras the Bible study for themselves in their own homes is concerned. Their condition is indeed pitiable, and we shoulddo what we can to improve them by teaching them to read,or by providing other eyes for them. Thirty per cent(30%) of our Christians are in this condition.138 of ollr 8 including those inProportion,,P^H"Christians in the employ of the Church, report definiteChurch "Workresponsibility for church work. Eighty-five