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"08 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESFor some years the question of an inter-conference committee on the field to do for the Baptist missions what theChina Council is doing for the Presbyterian missions has beenunder consideration. Owing to the fact that the West ChinaMission is so far away as to make practical co-operationvery difficult, progress in this direction has been very slow._ , . Within the last year an agreement has beenBaptist (Siege reached whereby the South China Missionwill be served by the Shanghai Baptist Collegeand Theological Seminary. How long this arrangement will1)0 satisfactory remains to bo seen. For the next few yearsit is thought ihnt it will not be necessary to definitely planto build uj) a college and an advanced theological school forthe mission in South China.-_. Only one other special feature can benSICmentioned in this briefary |ocietyreport, In the EastChina field, the Chinese missionary societyhas put into the field a Chinese general evangelist whosemain work is to hold special evangelistic meetings, torepresent the society in the general supervision of its workand to collect funds for the society. The mission has agreedto appropriate dollar for dollar toward the expense of thisgeneral missionary. The experiment has proven a pronounced success. Reports come from all over the field ofthe most happy results from the special meetings which havebeen held. Especially have the various boys and girlsboarding schools proved a fruitful field for work. Alreadyplans are being discussed for the appointment, on the samebasis, of a general Sunday-school secretary.Of course only the briefest possible outline of work can1)0 given in the necessarily limited spaeo for such a review.This review will have served its purpose if it is able to makethe, readers feel that they have a general speaking acquaintance with the work ol fthe Northern Baptists in China.