(' YAtE Dr::~UTY SCHOOL

Transcription

1

2 :l\iinutes of the Sixteenth Session of the North China Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.," Held in Peking, October the Seventh to October the T\velfth) Nineteen hundred and Eight ~';--;--~~, /0'0.-",,,(.. uf Tift (' YAtE Dr::~UTY SCHOOL ~lethodist Publishing Honse Shanghai, China. 1908

3 :BJ)(i. M45'h'. li:.. l b-2.0 :.

4 CONTENTS I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. X,.T ~ v XVI. XVII. XVIII. \,~ i Mission Directory \Y. F. M. S. Directory Conference Directory. Conference Appointments. \Y. F. 1\1. S. Appointments Annnal Meetings In Memoriam. Conference Officers. Conference Committees Conference Boards Anniversary Program. Disciplinary Questions C~)t1ference Journal. Resolutions. Courses of Study for Primary and Intermecl. Schools Courses of Study for :'.Iissionaries Language Examiners Summary of the Year XIX. District Superintendents Reports :- XX. ixxi. 1- Lanchou 2. Peking 3. Shanbaikuan 4. Shantung s. Tientsin 6. Tsunhua. The Tokyo Chinese Union Church. Medical Reports:- 1. Ch'angli 2. Peking 3. T'aian. Page

5 XXII. Educational Reports':- Pl:.ge I. Peking University High Schools 108 a. Peking UniversIty _ Preparatory School b. T'aian High School Intermediate Schools 109. a. Lanchou 109 b. Peking 110 c. Shanhaikuan 110 d. T'aian. 112 e. Tientsin 114 f. Tsunhua Day-schools 118 XXIII. Women's Conference Report. 119 XXI\'. Conference Stewards' Report. 125 XXY Conference Treasurer'.s Report 125 XXVI. Statistical Report of the Ann ual Conference. 120 XXVII. Statistical Report of the Woman's Conference!'i;

6 I.-MISSION DIRECTORY Entered the Mission NAME Post Office Address B ] BALDWIN, JESSE H., l'ii.d. BROWN, REV. FREDER lck BROWN, MRS. FREDEKICK DAVIS, REV. GEORGE L. DA \'IS, MRS. GEORGE L. DAVIS, REV. GEORGE R. DAVIS, MRS. Gl<~ORGE R. DAVIS, REV. \\'ALTER \V. ENSIGN, CHARLES F., M.D. ENSIGN, MRS. CHARLES F. FELT, REV. C. A. FELT, MRS. C. A. GAMEWELL, REV. FRANK D. GIBB, REV. J. MACGREGOR, JR., GJDB, MRS. J. MACGREGOR, JR., HANSON, REV. PERRY 0, HANSON, MRS. PERRY O. HEADLAND, REV. 1. T. HEADLAND, l\lrs. ISAAC TAYLOR, 7vLD. HOBART, REV. 'VILLIA~1 T. HOBART, MRS. \Vn,LIAM T. HOPKINS, REV. N. S., M.D. HOPKINS, l\irs. K. S. KEELER, JOSEPH L., M.D. KEELER, MRS. JOSEPH L. KING, REV. HARRY E. KING, MRS. HARRY E. KRA USE, OLIVER J. KRAUSE, MRS. OLIVER J. LOWRY, GEORGE D. K, M.D. LOWRY, MRS. GEORGE D.~. LOWRY, REV. H]RA:'.I H. LOWRY, MRS. HIRAM: H. MERRILL, LILBURN, M.D. MULLOWNEY, JOHN J., M.D. MULLOWNEY, MRS. JOHN J. PYKE, REV. JAMES H. PYKE, MRS. JAMES H. ST. JOHN, REV. BURTON ST. JOHN, MRS. BURTON TAFT, REV. MARCUS L. TAFT, MRS. MARCUS L. TERRELL, MISS AI,ICE. VERITY, REV. GEORGE W. VERITY, MRS. GEORGE vv. WALKER, REV. \VILBUR F. WALKER, MRS. 'WILBUR F. T'aian Tientsin Tientsin Y.l\1.C.A., Tokyo, Japan Y.M.C.A., Tokyo, Japan Tientsin Tientsin Peking T'aian T'aian Peking Peking 150 Fifth Ave,NewYork City Peking Peking T'aian T'aian 150 Fifth Ave, New York City ISO FifthA\'e,NewYork City Peking Peking Peking Peking Ch'angli Ch'angli Peking Peking Tientsin Tientsin Peking Peking Peking Peking Tientsin Peking Peking Peking Greencastle, Indiana Tientsin Tientsin Ch'angli Ch'allgli Peking T'aian T'aian Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana

7 -2- II. w F~ M. S. DIRECTORY Entered the Mission NAME Post Office Address J BAUGH, V EVELYN B. BODDY, ESTlE T. DYER, CLARA P. GILMAN, GERTRUDE GLOSS, ANNA D., M.D. GLOVER, ELLA E. JEWELL, CHARLOTTE M. KNOX, EMMA M. KOONS, SUE L. MANDERSON, MELISSA M., M.D. MARTIN, EMMA E., M.D. MARTIN, ELIZABETH E. POWELL, ALICE M. STEVENSON, M. IDA, M.D. TERRY, EDNA G., M.D. WHEELER, MAUD L. WILSON, FRANCES O. YOUNG, EFFIE G. Peking T'aian Ch'angli Peking Peking Ch'angli Peking Tientsin In the United States Peking T'aian Otterbein, Indiana Peking Tientsin T'aian Peking Tientsin T'aian

8 1II.-CONFERENCE DIRECTORY 1IEMBERS ELDERS Entered Travelling Connection Post Offiee address I8S6 J ] ;)3 ] ] ISt) ] ]867 ] IS BROWN, FREDERICK CHANG PAl-LIN CHANG TZU-SHENG CH'EN HENG-TE CH'EN "VEI-P'ING CH'EN VU-SHAN CHIN CH'ENG DAVIS, GEORGE L. DAVIS, GEORGE R. FELT, CARL A. (~AMEWEI,I" FRANK D. HANSON, PERRY O. HEADLAND, ISAAC T. HOBART, 'VILLIAM r. HOPKINS, NEHE:-'llAH S. RING, HARRV E. Ruo YING L1 SHAO-WI<:N LIU CHI-I,UN I.,IU FANG Lnr RUANG-CH'ING LnJ MA-K'E LOWRV, HIRAM H. PYKR, JAMES H. ST. JOHN, BURTON SuN CH1U-KAO TAFT, l'1arcus'v. TE JUI TSHNG KUO-CHIlI VERITY, GEORGE W. WALKER, 'VILBUR F. \VANG CHIH-P'ING \VANG CR'ING-YUN \V ANG I-HENG WANG T'IEN-HSING YANG CH'UN-HO Tientsin Ping-an-eh 'eng Ch 'fenan-hsien Peking Tientsin 1'sunhua Yangliuehing Tokyo, Japan Tientsin Peking 150 Fifth Ave., N. V. City (4th Vear) T'aial1 150 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City Peking Peking Peking T'aian Tientsin I ~il1gyang-hsien Ch'angli. Peking Tokyo, Japan Peking Peking Tientsin Peking Ch'angli Shanhaikuall Liaoting T'aian Indianapolis, Indiana Peking Lanehon Fengjnn Tsunhua Nanpi

9 -4- DEACONS ; CHAI TE-JUNG (4th year) Hou TIEN KAO FU-CH'ING KAO HS1U-SHAN Wu CH'I Wu HS1-K'AO (4th year) Wangchiak 'ou Peking Lancbou Tsunhua Yench'ing-chou Cbining-chou PROBATIONERS Admitted on Trial NAME Post Office Address DEACON 1907 I GIn', JOHN MACGREGOR, JR. (1St year) I Peking UNORDAINED DAVIS, W. W. (1st year) LI WE1-YUNG (1st year) LIU CHING-CH'ing (1st year) LIU YUEH (1st year) LIU KUANG-Tsu (3rd year) SUN HENG-K'UEI (2nd year) WANG CHAO-K'E (3rd year) 'VANG EN-CHAO (2nd year) WANG HON-AN (3rd year) WANG To (3rd year) WEN JUNG-T'AI (2nd year) YANG CHING-CH' UN (2nd year) Peking Shanbaikuan Funing Shal1baik nan Fengjnn Peking TUl1gp'ing-chou Yiit'iell Lanchou Lanchou T'aian Ch'ienwei Lit'an

10 -5- IV.,-CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS Missionary. District Superintendent A nke-chual1g Ch'iellal1 Chen tzuchen Cht"ench'el1g-ying Chiupeillu Emi-chuang Huili. Huke-chuallg Lallchou Laot'w$ Lienpe-ziien Paitaotzu Pen-ch'el1g Shahei. T'angcltiahe Yellke-chuang La1lChott bltermediate School District Superintendent Ch'angp'ing-chou aud Shahe Fengning alld Takaoerh Huaili and Sha-ch 'eng Kupeik'ou Miyun-hsien Peking, Asbulj1 Church Sht"hllsiaerh and Tungkechal1g Yangke-chuang Yench'illg-chou Peking lifedical Work Peking U'lliversity. LANCHOU DISTRICT M. L. TAFT (Ch'angli) WANG CH'ING-YUN (Lanchou) WANG HO-NAN CHANG TZE-SHENG Supplied by LIU WEN-'YUAN Supplied by TI YUNG-HSING KAO Fr-CH'ING Supplied by KUNG CHING-CHAI Supplied by PAl KUEI-FEN Supplied by LIU TSUN-SHENG Supplied by KAO FENG-SHAN TSENG KUO-Cll I H Supplied by Hu FENG-CH'UN To be supplied \"ang To Suppli~d by WANG LIANG Supplied by LIU CHIH-KUO Supplied by CH'ANG FU-LUNG KAO FENG-SHAN, Principal (I.. anchou) { NORTH PEKING DISTRICT CH.'EN HENG-TE (Peking) W.W. Davis and one supply,yangi,.to be supplied Supplied by CH'EN YEN-T'I Supplied by CHANG I-CH'ENG SUN HENG-K'CEI. LIU KUANG-CH'ING { Supplied by WANG P'EI-FENG and WEI Kuo-sHuN Supplied by WEI WEN-CHUNG. Supplied by SHIH P'ING-HO J N. S. HOPKINS, M.D., Physician in 1 Charge, Asbury Q. C. G. D. N. LOWRY, M. D. r H. H. LOWRY, President, Asbury Q. C. I H. E. KING, Vice-President, Asbury Q, C. LT. HEADLAND, Professor, Asbury Q. C. (In the United States) I MISS ALICB TERRELL, Professor ~ MRS. H. E. KING, Professor I J. McG. GIBB, JR., Professor, Southern Cit, Q. C. W.V\,. DAVIS, Pr~fessor, Student of I the Language, Ch 'ang-p'ingchou Q. C. vv ANG CHIH-P'ING, Professor, L A~bury Q. C.

11 -6- Peking University Preparatory School To be supplied Peking Intermediate Schod To be supplied Student oj the Language J. J. MULLOWNEY, M. D. Studettt of the Language C. A. FELT, :\.sbury Q. C. Missionary District Superintendent CIt' angli. Chiallgke-clmallg Ch'ienso Ch'ie11wei Chuts' ao-ying Funing Haiyang Kepo LiusllOu-ying Shanhaikua1l Shihmellcltai Shihke-chuang T'ai-yitlg.. fifedical Work Sllanhaikuan bltermediate School District Superintendent Hants'ull and Niu tou Huang-ts'Utl and P'allgkeclzang Kuan Li-hsiett a-chou Peking, Huashih, Ch'ie1l1llen and Shunchihmen Confere11ce Evangelists District Superintendent Anchia Fei-ch'eng Cha1lg-ch'ettg Laiwlt Laiwuk'ou Tunge. Tungp'i11g-cllOu T'aiall-j'tt.. T'aia1l High and Intermediate' Schools. Dist! iet Day-schools Trailli111], School Medical W(l1'k. Student of the La'llgllage SHANHAIKUAN DISTRICT M. L. TAFT (Ch'angli) Ch'angli { Q. C. TE JUI (Shanhaikuan) LIU FANG Supplied hy CHOU AN Suppliecl by K 'A::-.lG YUNG-RUF.I \X,'v CH'I Su pplied by CHANG TSUNG-HSI LIU CHING-CH'ING Supplied by HAN YIN-T'PXG Supplied by LI YUNG Supplied by SrNG YEH LI WEI-YUNG LIU YUEH Supplied by CH'IX LIE='-CHIA Supplied by 'WANG PAO-TSUNG J. L. KEELER, M. D. CHIN TS'AI-CHANG, Principal { (Shanhaikuan) SOUTH PEKING DISTRICT W. T. HOBART (Peking) SUN CHIU-KAO and HOD TI EN Supplied by YEN CH' AO-CHU!m Supplied by LlU TE-HSIN. To be supplied Supplied by LIU CH' EN G-MEI J. H. PYKE, KAe HSIU-SHAN and { two supplies, LI CHEN-SHENG and CHAO TSE-HENG W. T. HOBART and J. H. PYRE, { Southern City Q.C. Tt AlAN DISTRICT G. W. VERITy (T'aian-fu) Ruo YING Supplied by \VANG CH'ANG-T'AI Supplied. by LIANG YUEH-CH'ANG TG be supplied Rupplied by WANG WEI-'l'UAN Supplied. by YANG P'EI-HUA 'VANG CHAO-R'E. "TEN JUNG-T' AI { P. O. HANSON, Principal (T'aianfn) l"aiall Q. C. P. O. HANSON, Superintendent \VEN JUNG-T' AI, Superintendent C. F. ENSIGN, M.D. I- H. BALDWIN, M.D.

12 TIENTSIN DISTRICT District Superintendent F. BROWN (Tientsin) Chiaoho Circuit Supplil"'d by I."IANG SHIH-TS' AI Ch'itlJ{-hst"en Supplied by LI CHIA-YEN HSllcht"awo. Supplied by LIU CH'UAN-TI L /'an and 7asuttg YANG CHING-CH'UN Nanp'i YANG CHUN-HO Sheng.fang Supplied by LIU CHIN-SHAN 'Tat"-ch'ellg.... Supplied by WANG PAO-T'ANG Tientsin, Wesle)! Church alld A'orth} CH''''' \\" '1 G Boulevard. _N EI-P N Tt"elltsin, UTesley O~I' LI SHAO-WEN Wangchiak'ou CHAI TE-JUNG Yanglizech'ing. CHIN CH'ENG Tientsin Intet'mediate School B. ST. JOHN, Prin., Wesley Q.C. 'Tokyo Cht"nese Ul1iol1 Cllltrch LIU l\!a-k'e, Wesley Q.C. 'Tok)lo Chinese Student Work. G. L. DAns, Wesley Q.C. Treasurer and Business Agent O. J. KRAUSE Student of the Language LILBURN MERRIJ.L, M.D. District Superintendent Fe1tgjU1t Hsi1tch. Laoc!zuangtzu Liang/zuko Linllants'ang Loc/tia)'u Mashetlch'iao and Chi-chou Pichshan Pittgallch 'engtzu P'o-dt'ung Sant' un-)'i1l!; Shaltech'iao Shaliuko T' iehch 'ang TSU1zhua Tangyu.. Yahullgch'iao Yut'ien Tsullhua Intermediate School Medical W01'k Missionary. District Superintendent Ch ni1zg (h'ttj"u Nit!gyang 'T' eng -hsiell 'Tsou-hsie1l WellShal1g Yenchou-fu. Medical Work TSUNHUA DISTRICT G. R. DAVIS (Tientsin) \V ANG I-HEKG Supplied by YANG KUANG-TE Supplied by Y.w JUNG-SHENG Supplied hy Fu HAl Supplied by Tu WEN-YU Supplied by CHI K'E-SHENG Supplied by Ho SHENG-LUNG Supplied by LI K'CN CHANG PAl-LIN CH'EN YU-SHAN Supplied by Hsu FU-LIN Supplied by CHANG WAN-SHAN Lru KUANG-TZU. Supplied by LIU SHAO-T' ANG WANG T'IEN-HSIANG and one to be supplied { Supplied by l\ia CHUN-T' AN Supplied by Hsu CHIN<i-P'ING. WO~G EN-CHAO J WANG T'IEN-HSIANG, Principal l (Tsunhua) L. MERRU.L, M.D. YENCHOU DISTRICT G. W. VERITV (T'aian-fu) LIU CHI-LUN (Ningyang-hsien) \Vu HSI-K' AO Supplied by CHAO JUNC!-HSI Lru CHI-I.UN To be supplied To be supplied Supplied by WANG CHUNG-HO Supplied by ~1;. YU-LIN J. H. BALDWIN, M.D.

13 -8- V.-WOMEN'S CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS Evangelistic W01'k Day-schools LANCHOU DISTRICT MRS. M. L. TAFT. MISS ELLA E. GLOVHR. NORTH PEKING DISTRICT Ala,), Porter Gamewell and L1ti.-y A. Alderman Men/orial L01ltbilled.~c/lOols Elizabeth Sleeper Davis Memorial H03pita/ Evallgelistic Work Day-schools Evangelistic Work Catherine Thompson Memorial T,-aim'ng School Country Day-schools. Faith Buttels' Day-schools Wome1Z's Hospital Eva1zgelistic Work Day-schools MRS. CHARLOTTE M. JEWELL, Principal. MISS GERTRUDE GILMAN, Instructor. MISS MAUD \VHEELER, Instructor. MISS EVELYN BAUGH, Instructor and Student of the Language, MRS. G. D. N. LOWRY, Instructor in Drawing. MISS ANNA D. GLOSS, M. D., Physician in Charge. MISS ALICE M. POWELL, Hospital Superintendent and Student of Language. MISS MELISSA MANDERSON, M.D., Student of the Language. MRS. CH'EN fieng-te To be supplied SHANHAIKUAN MRS. 1\1. L. TAFT. MISS ELLA E. GI.OVER, Superintendent. MISS CLARA P. DYER, Industrial \Vork and Student of the Language. MISS Er.LA E. GLOVER. MISS CLARA P. DYER. MRS. J. L. KEELER. SOUTH PEKING DISTRICT MRS. W. T. HOBART. To be supplied. T' AlAN DISTRICT City Evangelistic Work MRS. P. O. HANSON. Country Evaugelistic Work. To be supplied. ljl(l1 ia Browll, Davis Boardillg School MISS EFFIE G. YOUNG', Principal. MISS ESTlE BODDY, Instructor and Student of the Language.

14 9- Tt-ainillg School Priscilla Bennett Hospital Day-schools MISS EDNA G. TERRY, M.D., Superintennent. MISS EMMA E. MARTIN, M. D., Physician in Charge. MRS. C. F. ENSIGN, l\fedical Assistant. To be supplied. Evangelistic Work.... Tzuc/lltlin Evallgelistic IVork {);1t1ztr.y EVa11Jrelistir Work Training School Day-schools Isabella Fisher Hospital TIENTSIN DISTRICT MISS FRANCES O. \Vn,soN. MRS. F. BROWN. To be supplied. MISS FRANCES O. \\TILsoN, Superintendent. MISS EMMA M. KNOX, Student of the Language. MISS 1\1. IDA STEVENSON, M.D., Physician iu Charge. Evallgelistic Work Day-scllOols EvanJrelistic Work Da)l-schools TSUNHUA DISTRICT MRS. G. R. DAVIS. MRS. G. R. DAVIS. YEN CHOU DISTRICT To be supplied. To be supplied_

15 - 10- VI.-ANNUAL MEETINGS NORTH CHINA MISSION NUMBER I TIME PRESIDENT SECRETARY Organized. Sept I Allg.28, Sept. I, Aug 3I, Sept. 8, ,,7, Oct. 30, Isept. 9, Pekiug CALVIN KINGSLEY L. N. WHEELER WILUAM H. HARRIS H. H. LOWRY G."R. DA~[S ISAAC W. \VILEY H. H. LOWRY 8 "J, ,,20, 188(\,,29, 1881 "" THOMAS BOWMAN II 7, 1882 H. H. LOWRY IH. H. LOWRY votf. WA~:KER J.H. PYKE L. \V PII.CHER J.H. PVKE 1.. \V. PILCHE~~ O.W. WILLITS L.W. PILCHER 12,,4, 1883 STEPHENM. MERRILL" " 13 Oct. J, 1884 " ISAAC W. WILEY J.H. PYKE 14 Sept. 10, 1885 Tientsin H. H. LOWRY MARCUS L. TArT 15 Oct. 7, 1886 Peking G. R. DAVIS 16 Sept.26,1887 HENRY "\\'. WARREN " " 17 Oct. 10, 1888 CHART.ES H. FOWLER W.T. HOBAR;l' 18 I" 15, 1889 EDWARD G. ANDREWS 19 June 10, 1890 H. H. LOWRY 20 May 13, 1891 DANIEL A. GOODSELL 21 IApr. 27, 1892 H. H. LOWRY L. \\'. PII:~HER 22!sept.3o, 1892 W. F. MALLALIEU 23,,2~, 1893 RANDor~PH S. FOSTER M'~RCUSL~ TAFT SESSION I TIME I NORTH CHINA CONFERENCE PLACE I PRESIDENT SECRETARY II Sept.2g,I893 Peking RANDOLPH S. FOSTER MARCUS L. TAFT Oct. I, 1894 " WlLI~IAM X. NINDE 1. T. HEADLAND Sept.20, 1895 Tientsin JOHN M. WALDEN 21, 1896 Peking ISAAC W. JOYCE " 15, 18 97" " " Oct. 5, 1898 " EARL CRANSTON May 28, 1899 Tientsin" " " 31, 1900 Peking JAMES H. PYKE June 21, 1901 Tientsin DAVID H. MOORE J9, 1902 Peking '1 10, 1903 May II, 1904 " 26, r905 Oct. 3, 1906 Sept. 18, 1907 Oct. 7, 1908 J.'FRED. H~ YNER 1. T. HEADLAND H. H~'LOWR~ J. \V. BASHFORD HENRY SPELLMEYER J. W. BASHFORD B~RTON St. JOHN

16 - II - VII.-IN MEMORIAM unot dead, but Bone before." ARRIYAL IN CHINA DATE OF DEATH i CONIfER ENCE A(~F. I REI.ATION \ OR CAI.I.1NC LEANDER \V. PILCHER LA CLEDE BARROW J. F. SCOTT J. FRED. H.-\YNER CHEN TA-YUNG WANG CH'ENG-P'EI CHOU HsUEH-SHEN Lr 'fe-jen LIU CHI-HSIEN KUNG TE-LIN YANG CH'AO CHEN CHAO-CHEN CinN LUNG-CHANG 1S7 J8Q2 18c) Entered Conference IS I Xm July 24, 1894.l\Iay 28, I ~96 Oct. J. 190) June 22, 1900 I July July 30, 1900 June July 23, 1900 Apr. 10, 1902 May 16, 1903 Aug Jan. 13, EffectiYe. 3 1 Physician ". 35 Effective. 60 EffectiYe Pro l)~tiol1er 27 Effe~tive. 42 Prol;~tioner Effective. VIII.-CONFERENCE OFFICERS President Englisll Secreta,), Chinese Secreta} J' Statistical Secretary Treasurer J A}IES \\Y BASHFORD BlTRTON ST. JOHN LIU FANG CH'EN \VEI-P'ING FREDERICK BROWN

17 IX.-CONFERENCE COMMITTEES STANDING Missions... H. H. LOWRY, TSENG KUO-CHIH Home Missions al1d} W. T. HOBART, N. S. HOPKINS, G. R. ChlWcll Extension DAVIS, TE JUI, CH'EN WEI-P'ING Educatio1t LID FANG, H. E. KING Self-Support P. O. HANSON, CHAI TE-JUNG SUllday-schools. F. BROWN, LIU FANG Szt1ld'1/-school Union J M. L. TAFT, WANG CH'ING-YUN, CH'EN a l J HENG-1'E 'IractSociety {LIU KUANG-ClJ'ING, TSENG KUO-C;HH, G. R. DAVIS, J. H. PVKE, n. ST. JOHN OtJicial Correspondellt. H. H. LOWRY Books for Conference} B. ST. JOHN Course of Study. Editing and Printing the} B. ST. JOHN, LIU FANG, LIU KUANG- Mimdes CH'ING, O. J. KRAUSE Resolutions TE JUI, M. L. TAFT JOil1t Sessions... W. T. HOBART Report for C/zi11esc Churclt 1 WEN JUNG-T' I Papers f A SPECIAL Fraternf!l Delegate~ to the} W. T. HOBART Lru FANG M I Umted Methodfsts ". 4. Fratemal Delegate~ tq the i CH'EN WEI-P'ING J. H. PYKE Am. Board M'tsslOn J ' Substitutes in Conference 1 W T HOBART C0111'Se of Study {.. TA:FT

18 - 13- X.-CONFERENCE BOARDS EXAMINERS Etltrance :-W. T. HOBART, Lr SHAO-WEN. First Year :-CH'EN HENG-TE, H. E. KING. Second Year :-F. BROWN, SUN CHlU-RA0. Third Year :-CH'EN \YEI-P'I:-;G, H. H. LOWRY. Fourth Year :-M. L. TAF1\ 'VANG CH'ING-yUN. STEWARDS F. BROWN, M. L. TAFT, TE JUI, WANG CH'-ING-yVN. TRIERS OF APPEALS H. H. LOWRY, G. R. DAVIS, J. H. PYKE, TE JUI, CH'SN HENG-TE. Sunday, sunday, First XI.-ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM.-f909. 9:30 a.m. II :00 a.m. Day, 4:30 p.m. Second Day, 4:30 p.m. Fourth Day, 4:30 p.m. Last Day of Conference, LOl'e Feast Sermon { H. H. LOWRY THE BISHOP jjfi ss ion my j CH'E~ HENG-TE U. H. PYRE Self-support a1ld j CH'EN WEI-p'ING Preachers Aid l WANG CH'ING-YUN Education S UII d ay-schools CommUllt'oll j LlU KUANG-CH'iNG ljohn MACGREGOR GIBB, JR. ff. BROWN l LIU FANG f THE BISHOP lh. H. LOWRY

19 - 14- XII.-DISOPLINARY Q~ESTIONS I.- Who have been Recei,?,ed by 7 rallsfer, and /1'0111 what C01iferences? Carl A. Felt, an Elder in full connectioll, from the Upper Iowa Conference 2.- Who have been Readmitted? None 3.-Who have been Received 011 CredC1ltials, alldfro11t what Churchesl None 4.- WIIO have been Received (}1l Trial! (a) In Studies of First Yea!'. W. W. DAVIS, LI \VEI-YUNG, Lw CHING-CH'ING, LIU YUBH (b) In Studies oj 17zird Year. None 5.- U7ho have been Continued 01t Trial,} (a) In Studies of First Yea!. JOHN MACGREGOR GIBB, JR. (b) 111 Studies of Second Ye,l,.. SUN HUNG-K'UEI, \VANG EN-CHAO, W]';N JU~G-'l"AJ, YANG CHING-CH'UN (c) In Studies of Tlzird Year. LIU KUANG-TZU, \VANG CHAO-K'E, \\-ANG HO-NAN, \YANG To (d) In Studies of,fourth Year. None 6.- Who Itazic beel1 IJiscolltillltcdP None 7.- Who have beejl Admitted i1lto Full,L1fclIlberslzipl (a) Elected and Ordained Dearolls tltis J'ear. None (b) Elected and Ordained DeacoJls prcljiollsl..l'. None 8.- Whal lviembers are 111 Studies of Tlzild Yea!? (a) Ad'mitted into Full jjfembership tltisyear. None (b) Admitted into Full fofembership previously, None

20 What foiembel's are hi Studies of.fourtll Yl'or? CHAI TE-JUNG, P. O. HANSON,,,'u HSI-K' AO 10.-What lifcmbers have Completed the COllfcrcllcc Course of /)eudj'l (a) Elated and Ordai1led EldCl s tllis year. CH'EN YU-SHAN, Kuo YING (b) Elected and Ordailled Elders pi ez'iollsly. None II.- What others havc been Elected al1d Ordailled Deawlls.'P (a) As Local Preachers. None (b) U,Jdet lifissiollary Rule. None (c) Ulldt'r 5'emillal)' Rule. None J2.-TVhat ot/lers have been Elected and Ordained EldeJs.P (a) As Local Deacolls. None (b) Under 3fissiolla1Y Rule. P. O. HANSON (c) Ulldel' SClIIillOl)' Rllk. );'one '3.- TVos the Charader of eadz Preacher examilled? Yes, as his name was called in open Conference '4.-1Vho ha~'e bet?ll Trallsfcned, and to what COlt/cremes? JA:\l S H. MCCARTNEY to the West China l\lission Conference. \V. C. LONGDEN AND J. R. TRINDI.E to the Central China Mission Conference '5.- 11/110 ha,,'e Died? Kone ;6.-Who have bem Located at tlzeir own Request? W F. WALKER '7.- WllO have been Located,:? None 18.- Who have Withdrawn.'? None '9. - Who have been permitted to Withdraw U1ider Charges or Complailltsl None

21 2o.-Who have been Expelled? None 16-2I.-What other perso1lal Notat on should be made.'! None 22.-Wlzo are the Supernumerary Preacherst None 23.- Who a1 e the Superamluated Preachers.'! None 24.- Who are the Triers of Appeals.'! H. H. LOWRY, G. R. DAVIS, J. H. PYKE, TE JUI, CH'EN HENG-TE 25.-What is tlte Statistical Reportfor this year.'? See the Statistical Secretary's Report. 26.-What is the AJ[gregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by the General Confe1ence, as reported by the Conference Treasurer.'! Approximately $SII-gold ($[022-mex.) Sent to New York. 27.-What are the Claims on the Conference.Ftuzd.'! See the Conference Ste~ard's Report. 28.-What has bem Received Oft these Claims, and how has it bee1l Appliedi See the Conference Steward's Report Where are the Preachers Stationed.'! See the Appointments. 30.-Where shall the Next Conje1ence be held.'! Peking.

22 - 17- XIII.-CONFERENCE JOURNAL First Day Wednesday, October OPF;NING.-Conference convened for its sixteenth session at Asbury Church, Peking, on 'Wednesday, October Bishop James W. Bashford presided. The session was called at 8:30 a.m. After devotional exercises, Bishop Bashford delivered a short address on, " Causes for Thanksgiving. Especially in Yiew of the Centenary Thank-offering of the Methodist Church for China.' I ROLL CALL.-The roll was called by B. St. John, Secretary of the last session. All but the following members answered to their names :-Ch'ell Wei-p'ing, George L. Davis, Frank D. Gamewell, Isaac T. Headland, Liu Ma-k'e, George "V. Verity, Wilbur F. "~alker, Wang Chih-p'ing. ELECTION OF OFFICERs.-The following officers were elected by acclamation :- E1lglish Suretar~}'. Clzillese Secretary. Statistical Secretary. Treasurer Interpreter BeRTON ST. JOHN. Lw FANG. CH 'EN WEI-P'ING. FREDERICK BROWN. 'VILLIAM T. HOBART. On the nomination of the respective secretaries, the following assistant ~ecretaries were elected :- Assistant Ellglish Secrctm:l'. Assistmtt Chinese Secretary.. PERRY O. HANSON. TSENG KOA-CHIH. BAR OF THE CONFERENCE.-Upon motion of "V. T. Hobart, the bar of the Conference was fixed at the tenth row on the left of the center aisle and at the fourth row on the right. HOURS OF THE CONFERENCF..-Upon motion of W T. Hobart, the hours of the sessio11s were fixed for 8:30 to 12, the first halfhour to be spent in religious services. INTRODUCTIONs.-The following people were introduced to the Conference :-Rev. George A. Stuart, M.D., l\iethodist Book and Periodical Editor for China, Mrs. M. E. Calhoun, and Miss Mabel Lowry; also eight new missionaries, to wit, Rev. and Mrs. Carl A. Felt, Dr. and Mrs. John J. Mullowney, Dr. Lilburn

23 - 18- Merrill, Miss Estie Boddy. Miss Evelyn Baugb, Dr. Melissa Manderson; and also six missionaries recently returned from America, to wit, Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Lowry, Mrs. \V. T. Hobart, Mrs. James W Bashford, Miss Frances O. Wilson, and Miss Effie G. Young. CONFERENCE GUES'rs.-Upon motion of H. H. Lowry, the following were invited to sit with the Conference :-Dr. George A. Stuart, all the members of the Women's Conference, :\liss Alice Terrill, Dr. G. D. N. Lowry, Dr. J. L. Keeler, Dr. Charles F. Ensign. Mr. O. J. Krause, Prof. W W Davis, Dr. Lilburn Merrill, and Dr. J. J. Mullowney. THIRTEENTH QUESTION.- Was tlte character Of each Preacher examined? The name of 'Wang Ch'ing-yiin was called. His character was passed, and his report for the Lanchou District was read in English and in Chinese. The name of J. H. Pyke was called. His character was passed, and his report for Peking District was presented in English and in Chinese. The name of G. R. Davis wa~ called. His character was passed and his report for the Tsunhua District was read in English and in Chinese. COMMITTEE ON NOMINATION OF COMMl1'TElts.-Upon motion of H. H. Lowry, the follo\,ving Committee on Nomination of Committees was appointed :-F. Brown, Te Jui, J. H. Pyke. BOARD OF CONFERENCE EXA:\IINERs.-Upon motion of F. Brown, the following substitutions were made in the Conference Board of Examiners :-In the Committee for the First Year, H.E. King was substituted for 1. T. Headland; in the Committee for the Third Year. H. H. Lowry was substituted for G. L Davis. The Conference Board of Examiners was therefore as follows :- Elltrallce :-W. T. HOBART, Lr SHAO-WEN. F.irst Yem~ -H. E. KING, CH'EN HENG-TE. Second Year :-F. BROWN, SUN CHIU-KAO. Third Year -H. H. LOWRY, \VANG CH'ING-YUN. COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE RELATIONS. - Upon motion of W. T. Hobart, the following Committee on Conference Relations was appointed :-H. H. Lowry, Te Jui, Ch'en Heng-te, J. H. Pyke.

24 - 19- ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM. - Upon motion of W. T. Hobart, the time of the meetings of the Auuiversary Program was changed from 7:30 to 4:30 p.m., daily. EVENING MEETINGS.-Bishop Bashford requested that the evenings be kept free for revival meetings. J. H. Pyke was appointed to conduct the meeting for the first evening. ADJOFRNl\!ENT. - After the announcements were given. the doxology was sung, and the benediction was pronounced by Te Jui. Second Day Thursday, September 8. THE BISHOP'S ADDREss.-The Conference was cal1ed to order at 8:30. After brief devotional exercises, Bishop Bashford gave an address on "The Recent Revh'als in :'IIanchuria and Korea." JOURNAL.-The Journal of the Conference for the first day was read in English and in Chinese. After correction, it was approved, 011 motion of IV. L. Taft. FINAL ROLL-CALl,.-The roll of the members not present on the first day.vas called and Ch'en 'Vei-p'ing responded to his name. On motion of H. H. Lowry, this was ordered to be the final roll-call of the session, INTRODUCTIONs.-l\1rs. C. F. Ensign and 1\frs. :\1. L. Taft were introduced to the Conference for the first time. Dr. J. H. Pyke, recently returned from America, was also introduced. THIRTEENTH QUJ<:STION- ~Vas tile character of each preaclzer examined? The name of 1\1. L. Taft was called. His character was passed and his report for the Shanhaikuan District was read in English and in Chinese. The name of W. T. Hobart was called. His character was passed and his report for the Shantung District was read in English and in Chinese. The name of F. Brown was called. His character was passed and his report for the Tientsin District,vas read in English and in Chinese.

25 - 20- The following names were called and their characters passed :- Chang Pai-lin, Ch'en Wei-p'ing, Carl A. Felt, Nehemiah S. Hopkins, Liu Chi-Iun, Liu Ma-k'e, Sun Chiu-kao, George W. Verity I Yang Ch'un-ho, Perry O. Hanson, Kao Hsiu-shan, Wu Hsi-k'ao, Sun Heng-k'uei, Wang Ho-nan, Yang Ching-ch 'un, Chang Tzu-sheng, Chin Ch'eng, Frank D. Gamewell, Harry E. King, Liu Fang, Hiram H. Lowry, Te Jui, \Vilbur F. Walker, Wang I-heng, Chai Te-jung, Hou Tien, Kuo Ying, John l\lacgregor Gibb, Jr., Wang Chao-k'e, Wang To, Ch'en Heng-te, George L. Davis, Isaac T. Headland, Li Shao-wen, Liu Kuang-ch'ing, Burton St. John, Tseng Koa-chih, Wang Chih-p'ing, Wang T'ien-hsiang, Ch'en Yu-shan, Kao Fu'ch'ing, Wu Ch'i, Liu kuang-tsu, Wang En-chao, \Vell Jung-t'ai, With the passing of the characters of these men, the Thirteenth question was completed. REPORTS OF PASTORs.-The following members of the Conference reported in Chinese on the work of their respective pastoral char,g-es :- Lanchou. District : Wang Ho-nan, "Vang Ch'ing-yun, Chang Tze-sheng, Tseng Kuo-chih, Kao Fu-ch'ing, and Wang To_ Pekillg District:- Liu Kuang-ch'ing, Su.n Chiu-kao, Li Shao-wen, Sun Heng-k'uei, and Wu Ch'i. EVENING MEETINGs.-On motion of J. H. Pyke, the time for the evening medings was set for 8 o'clock. H. H. Lowry was appointed leader for the second evening.

26 -2I- CONFERENCE STEWARDS.-On motion of Ch 'en Heng--te, the name of M. L. Taft was substituted foj that of G. W. Yerity on the Board of Conference Stewards. \\,ith this chang-e, the Board of Conference Stewards was as follows :-F Brown, M. L. Taft, Te Jui. \Yang Ch'ing-yun. ASSISTANT STATISTIC.-\l, SECRETARIF.s.-On the motion of the Statistical Secretary, Ch'en \\'ei-p'ing, two assistants were elected: Wu Hsi-kao and C. A. Felt. CONFERENCE COMMIT'rEEs.-The Committee on the Nomination of C01l1mittees made its report, and the following committees were appointed :- STANDING COMMITTEES :- Mission: H. H. Lowry Tseng Kuo-chih. Home Missions and Church Extension: N, S. Hopkins, W. T. Hobart, G. R. Davis, Te Jui, Ch'en \Vei-p'ing. Education: Liu Fang, H. E. King. Self-support: P. O. Hanson, Chai Te-jl1ng. Sunday-schools: F Brown, Liu Fang. Sunday-school Union: M. I... Taft, Wang Ch'ing-yun, Ch'en Heng-te, P O. Hanson. Tract Society: B. St. John, Liu Kuang-ch'ing, Tseng Kuochih, G. R. Davis, J. H. Pyke. Official Correspondent: H. H. Lowry. Books for Conference Course of Study: B. St John. Editing and Printing the Minutes: B. St. John, Liu Fang, O. J. Krause. Resolutions: Te Jui, ~I. L. TcJt. Joint Sessions: W T. Hobart. Reporter for the Chinese Church Papers: Wen Jung-t'ai. SPECIAL COMMITTEES :- Fraternal Delegates to the United Methodists: W. T. Hobart, Liu Fang, M. L. Taft. Fraternal Delegates to the American Board Mission: Ch'ell Wei-p'ing, J. H. Pyke. ANNIVERSARY PROGRAl\I.-The fol1owing Anniversary Program for 1909 was adopted on motion of F Brown:- Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Love Feast 11:00 a.m. S~rmon.H. H. Lowry. The Bishop.

27 - 22,...- First Day, 4:30 p.m. Missionary J. H. Pyke. Second Day, 4: 30 p. m. Self-support. Wang Ch'ing-yun. Third Day, 4: 30 p.m. Education Liu Kuang-ch'ing.. Ch'en Heng-te,. Ch'en 'Vei-p'ing,.J. MacG.Gibb, Jr., Fourth Day 4: 30 p.m. Sunday Schools.. F. Brown, Liu Fang. Last Day of Conference, Communion The Bishop and H. H. Lowry. EPISCOPAL FUND.-The apportionment of sixty-one dollars, g01d, for the Episcopal fund was announced. F. D. GAMEWELL.-The thanks of Dr. Frank D. Gamewell for the Resolutions of last year concerning his return to China were read. ADJOURNMEN'l'.-Announcements of the day were made. The doxology was sung, and the benediction was pronounced by Yang Ch un-ho. Third Day Friday. October 9. BISHOP'S ADDREss.-The Conference met at 8:30 a.m. After brief 'devotional exercises, Bishop Bashford gave an address on the" Sin of Achan." JOURNAL.-The Journal for the second day was read in English and in Chinese. After correction, it was approved. INTRoDucTIONs.-The following were introduced to the Conference: Lo Ch'i-ming, Esq., Assistant Commissioner of Customs, and former delegate to General Conference; Wil1iam Millward, Esq., Private Secretary to Bishop Bashford. CHINESE CHURCH IN TOKyo.-A report of the work of the Chinese Church in Tokyo, Japan, was presented in English and in Chinese. The report was prepared by G. L. Davis. Bishop Bashford addressed the Conference on the problems of this church. MEDICAL REPOR'l's.-Dr. G. D. N. Lowry reported the Peking Medical work. The report was presentf"d in English and in Chinese.

28 - 23- REPORTS OF PASTORs.-The following pastors reported in Chinese for their respective charges :- Shanha kuan District. Te Jui. Liu Fang, Yang Ching-ch'un, Sha1ztung District : Li.u Chi-Iun, Kuo Ying, Wang Chao-k'e, 'Vn Hsi-k'ao, Ch'en Heng-te. Til'lltsin Disl1-ict : Chin Ch'eng, Yang Ch'un-ho, Chai Te-jung, Ch'en \Vei-p'ing, Hou Tien. PUBLICATION COlIDIITTEE.-On 111otion of Liu Fang, the Pastor of Asbury church was added to the Committee for the publication of the Minutes of the Conference. EVE:NING MEETINGS.-J. H. Pyke was appointed to lead the evening meeting for the third day. ADJOURNMENT.-The announcements for the day were made. After singing the doxology, the benediction was pronounced by Li Shao-wen~ Fourth Day Saturday, October 10. BISHOP'S ADDREss.-The Conference met at 8:30 a.m. After brief devotional exercises, Bishop Bashford gave an address on "The Love of Money." JOURNAL.-The Journal for the third day was read in English and in Chinese, and was approved. INTRODUCTIONs.-Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Lowry of Tientsin were introduced to the Conference. MEDICAL REPORTs.-The report of the Ch'angIi Medical Work under charge of Dr. J. L. Keeler was presented in English and in Chinese. The report of the T'aian Medical "Vork, under charge of Dr. C. F Ensign, was presented in English and in Chinese. EDUCATIONAL REPORTs.-The report of H. E. King, Acting President of Peking University was presented in English and in Chinese. FIRST QUESTION.- T lzo }/avt? been Received bv Transfer and from what_ COnjere1lCfs? Carl A. Felt, an Elder in full connection, was received from tht Upper Iowa Conference.

29 - 24- SECOND QUESTION.-Who!/ave benz Readmitted? No one was readmitted to membership in the Conference. THIRD QUESTION.- ~V!lO hazje been Received on Cndmtials, and from wlzat clzurches? No one was received on credentials from another church. FIFTH QUES1'ION. - WIIO Ilave beell Continued OIl Tn'al? In Studies of Second Year: On motion of J. H. Pyke, Sun Heng-k'uei was continued on trial and advanced to the studies of the second year. On motion of W. T. Hobart, Wen Jung-t'ai was contiuued on trial and advanced to studies of the second year. On motion of G. R. Davis, Wang En-chao was continued on trial and left in the studies of the second,yt:ar. On motion of M.L. Taft, Yang Ching-cll'un was continued on trial and left in studies of the second year. (c) In Studies of Tllird Ycar.- On motion of G. R. Davis, Liu Kuang-tzu was continued on trial and left in studies of the third year. On motion of W. T. Hobart, Wang Chao-k'e was continued on trial and left in studies of the third year. On motion of '''ang Ch'ing-yun, 'Vang Ho-nan wa~ continued on trial and left in studies of the third year. On motion of "Vang Ch'ing-yun, "Vang To was continned on trial and left in studies of the third year. (d) I1l Studies of Fourth Year.-No one was continued on trial in studies of the fourth year. SIXTH QUESTION.- ~Vho!lave beejl Disconti1lued? No member on trial was discontinued. ELEVENTH QUESTION.-What olhers have been Elected and OrdaiJled Deacons? (a) As Local Preacllers. (b) Under Missionary Rule. (c) Ullder Seminm), rule. No one was elected to Deacon's Orders as a Local preacher, under the Missionary rule, or under the Seminary rule. ADMISSroX ON TRIAL.-On 111otion of H. H. Lowry, it was decided that the Conference hereafter receiye no one into the Conference 011 trial who is older than forty-five years of age. EVENING MEETING.-It was announced that Bishop Ba~hford would lead the evening meeting for the fourth Day. TENTH QUESTIO~.-What Members haz'e Completed the COIl/ere1lCe Course of Study? (a) Elected alld Ordahzed Elders this year. On motion of G. R. Davis. Ch'en Yu-shon was elected to Elder's Orders.

30 - 25- On motion of W. T. Hobart, Ruo Ying was passed ill the fourth year's studies and was elected to RIder's Orders. (b) Elected and Ordai1led Elders previous/v. No one elected and ordained Elder previously completed the Conference course of study. TWELFTH QUESTION.- rvlwt O/IIlTS l,atjc bt't'll E/fc/i'd alla Ordained EldeN? (a) As Local Dcarolls. (1:-) Ullda SC1JJillm)' rule. No one was elected to Elder's Orders as local deacons or under the seminary rule. (b) Under Jllissioll(l1)' Rule.-Oll motion of \V T. Hobart, P. O. Hanson was elected to Elder's Orders under the missionary rule. ADJOURNMENT.-The announcements for the day were made, after which the benediction was prononnced hy \Vang Ch'ing-yun. Fifth Day Sunday, October 11. LOVE FEAsT.-The Conference met at 9:30 a.111. for the annual Love Feast, which was led by J. H. Pyke, and Dr. George A. Stuart of the Central China Mission Conference. SERMON.-At 11 a.111. the Conference sermon was preached by Bishop Bashford. ORDI~ATIONs.-After the sermon Ch 'en YU-Shrul, P. O. Hanson, and Kuo Ying, were ordained Elders.

31 EVENING MEE1'ING.-Ch'en Wei-p'ing was appointed to lead the meeting on the evening of the fifth day, but since he was unexpectedly called to Tientsin, J. H. Pyke led ~he meeting. Sixth Day MORNING SESSION 1\1011da:,;, October 12. BISHOP'S ADDREss.-The Conference met at 8:30. After a song and prayer, the Bishop addressed the Conference on "The Conditions of Receiving the Spirit." JOURNAL.-The Journal for the fourth and fifth days was read in English and in Chinese. After correction, it was approved. LADIES'REPORT.-l\1rs. C. 1\1. Jewell presented a condensed report of the 'in omen's Foreign Missionary Society work in the North China Conference during the year, The report was presented in English and in Chinese. EDUCATIONAL REPORTS.-H. E. King stated that the facts concerning the Peking Preparatory School would be found in the Statistical Report. P. O. Hanson stated that the report of the T'aian High School would be given in connection with the report of the T'aian I11termediate School. The report of Kao Feng-shan, Principal of the Lanchou Intermediate School was presented in English and in Chinese. H. E. King stated that the facts concerning the Peking Intermediate School would be fonnd in the Statistical Report. The report of \Vang Chih-p'ing, Principal of the Shanhaikuan Intermediate School was presented in Englisli and in Chinese. The report of P. O. Hanson, Principal of the T'aian Intermediate School was presented in English and in Chinese. The report of B. St. Johu, Principal of the Tientsin Intermediate School was presented in English and in Chinese. The report of Wang T'ien-bsiatlg, Principal of the Tsunhua Intermediate School was presented in English and in Chinese. FouR:rH QUESTION.-Who have been Received on T1'l al.~ (a) In S(udies of First Year.-On 111otion of 1\1. L. Taft, Lin Chingch'ing was received on trial in studies of the first year.

32 - 27- On motion of J. H. Pyke, \Yalter \V. Davis was received on trial in studies of the first year. On motion of l\i. L Taft, Li \Yei-yung was received on trial in studies of the first year. On motion of Tseng Kuo-chih, Lin Yueh was received on trial in studies of the first year. (b) In Studies of Third Ytar.-No one was recei\'ed 011 trial in studies of the third year. FIFTH QeEsTIOx.- WIlD have beell (ontinued Oil trial f (a) hi Studies oj First Yem-. -On motion of J. H. Pyke, J. :\IcGregor Gibb, Jr., was continued on trial and left in studies of the first year. SEVENTH QUESTION.- FVIIO luri-ie been Admitted ill/o Full Membn'shijJ? (a) Elected and OrdaiJled Dmrons tllis )'ear. (b) Elected and Ordained Deacons previ(,usly.-~o one was received into full membership in the Conference. EIGH1'H QUESTIOX.-lVllal il1embers are ill Studies of Third Year? (a) Admitted into Full il1embersllip tl1is)'em. (b) Admitted iuto Full Membership previolls!)' -No members "were left in studies of the third year. NINTH QUESTION.- What JJ1embers are ill Studies Of Fourth Year?-On motion of \V T. Hobart, \Vu Hsi-k'ao \-vas passed to 'studies of the fourth year. On motion of W T. Hobart, P. O. Hanson was passed to the studies of the fourth year. On motion of H. H. Lowry, Chai Te-jung was continued in studies of the fourth year. TENTH QUESTION. - TtVhat ilfembers Ilave Completed the Conference Course of Stud)'.-On motion of J. H. Pyke, Kao Fuching, haviug completed the Conference course of study, was passed in the studies of the fourth year. On motion of J. H. Pyke, Kao Hsiu-shan, lladng' completed the Conference course of study was passed in the studies of the fourth year. On motion of J. H. Pyke, '\--u Cll'i, having completed the Conference course of study, was passed in the studies of the fourth year. COMMITTEE ON COURSH OF STl"DY FOR CONFERENCE PRIMARY AND INTERl\fEDIA'n: SCHOOLS.-H. E. King, chairman

33 - 28- of the Committee on Course of Study for the Conference Primary and Intermediate Schools, presented a report for the Committee and distributed cbpies of the revised course. On motion of M. L. Taft, the report of the committee was adopted. (See Committee Report.) CONFERENCE CLAIMANTs.-F. Brown, treasnrer of the Conference, presented the financial report of the Conference Claimants Funcl. On motion of H. H. Lowry, this report was adopted. Treasurer's Report.) (See On motion of F. Brown, for the Conference Stewards, Mrs. Liu Chi-hsien was granted thirty-six dollars from the Conference Claiman ts Fund. On motion of F Brown, for the Conference Stewards, 1\1rs. Wang Ch'ang-p'ei was granted se\'enty-two dollars from the Conference Claimants Fund. On motion of F Brown, for the Conference Stewards, Mrs. Cheng Chao-chen was granted seventy-two dollars from the Conference Claimants Fund. On motion of F. Brown, for the Conference Stewards, seventy-two dollars 'was granted for the use of the children -of Ch'in Lung-chang, or such part of that sum as their needs demand. On motion of Ch'en Heng-te, H. H. Lowry and the District Superintendent of Peking District were made a committee to administer the money allowed to the children of Ch'in Lungchang. On motion of G. R. Davis, forty dollars was granted to the widow of Liu Wen-i,a local preacher who had long served the church. BOOK CONCERN DIVIDEND.-Bishop Bashford announced that the Book Concern Dividend due the North China Conference amounted to $ U.S. gold. On motion of H. H. Lowry, this amount was received and it was ordered that the draft for that amount be properly signed and placed in the hands of the Conference Treasurer for the Conference Claimants Fund. ADJOUR.NMENT.-On motion of H. H. Lowry, the Conference was adjourned 11ntil three p.m. The doxology was sung, and the benediction was pronounced by Te Jui.

34 - 29- Sixth Day AF'l'ERNOOX SF;SSION" Monday, Octoher 12. OPENING.-The Conference met at 3 p. m. and was opened by a song and prayer. JOURNAL.-The Journal for the morning session of the sixth day was read, corrected, and approyecl. THIRTHEN"TH QUES1'IOX.-11 'as tllc Charadt!r of caclt Preachcr examined.'p The name of each member had been called in open conference. and his c1iaracter examined. FOURTEENTH Qt:ESTION.- 1VlIO Ilave beell Trallsjerrt'd, alld to what Conferences? The transfer of james H. McCartney to the West China Mission Conference was announced. The transfer of W C. Longden and j. R. Trindle to the Central China Mission Conference was announced. FIFTEENTH QUESTION.-1VIIO havc dicd/ No one has died during the year.. SIXTEENTH QUHSTION.- W'IIO have bem Located at tlleir own Request.P On motion of M. L. Taft, W. F. 'Yalker was located at his own request. SEYEXTEENTH QumnIOx.-lVIIO ha'ijt: b{!clt. Located.'1 N'o member was located. E[GHTEEXTH QUESTIOX ha~'e rvithdra;.c'il.:j N'o one has withdrawn from the Conference. :\IN"ETEF;TH QL'ESTION.- Who ha'z)c bl'(jl pcyjilitttd to ~['itlldraw tmder Clwrg-es or Complaints.f) No one has been permitted to withdraw from the Conference under charges or complaints. TWENTIETH QUESTION.-IVllO Itazlc beat Expelled? No one has been expel1ed. TWENTY-FIRST QUF;STION.- What otller pcrsonal Notati01l should bc made.'p No other personal notations were made. TWENTY -SECOND QUESTION.-Who tl1 e the Superllumerary Preachers:P There are no supernumerary preachers. TWENTY-THJRD QUESTION.- WIIO are the SuperaJlllltated Preachers.'P There are no superannuated preachers. TWENTY-FOURTH QUESTION.- TVho are the Triers oj Appeals? On motion of Tseng Kuo-chih, the following were elected triers of appeals: H. H. Lowry, G. R. Davis, J. H. Pyke, Te jui, Ch'en Heng-te.

35 TWE~TY-FIFTH QUESTION.-What is the L~latistical Report.for this year P The Statistical Secretary's report was presented by 'Vu Hsi-K'ao. (See Statistical Report). TWENTY-SIXTH QrEsTIO!\'.- TVlwt is tile Aggregate of the Benevolellt Collections ordered by tile General Confi'rencc, as reported bj' the COl1ference Treasurer f On motion of H. H. Lowry, it was ordered that the Treasurer's report of benevolent collections include all benevolences raised by the Conference; and also a supplementary statement giving the amount sent to New York. On motion of H. H. Lowry, the report on the total amount of the benevolences was referred this year to the Secretaries of the Conference. F. Brown, Conference Treasurer, reported the aggregate of the benevolences to be sent to Kew York as $ Mexican. This report of the Treasurer was adopted on motion of \V. T. Hobart. TWE~TY-SEVE~TH AND TWEN'fY-EIGHTH QUESTIONS.-What are tlte Claims OIl the COl~ferellce FUNd? TVhat has beell Received on these Claims. and IIOW has it been Applied? The claims on the Conference Fund had been reported and adjusted. (See Conference Stewards' Report). THIRTIETH QUESTION.-TV liere shall the.1.vext COllfereuce.be lield.'1 On motio11 of H. H. Lowry it was voted to hold the next Conference at Peking. STANDING COMMIT'l'EE REPORTs.-On motion of J. H. Pyke it was ordered that all reports of standing committees be handed to the Secretaries in writing, to be printed in the Conference Minutes if desired. REPORTS ON COI.. LECTIOKs.-On motion of M. L. Taft, it was ordered that all finanical reports be handed to the Statistical Secretary in dollars only, eliminati11g the cents. CONFlo.~ENCE TREASURER'S REPORT.-F. Brown gave his report as Treasurer of the Conference. The report, which had been dujy audited, included five funds, as fo11w8:- The Conference Home Missionary Society. The Conference Missionary Collections. The Conference Tract Fund. The Episcopal Fund. The Conference Sunday School Union. On motion of W. T. Hobart, the report of the Treasurer was adopted. (See Treasurer's Report).

36 CHINESE REPORTs.-On motion of Lin Fang, it was ordered that Chinese reports be written on a uniform size of Chinese writing paper. PREACHERS' AID SOCIF.Ty.-On motion of Te Jui, the Anniversary Program was amended so as to include an anniversary of the Preachers' Aid Societ~ to be added to that of Eelfsupport. REPORT BLANKs.-On motion of J. H. Pyke, O. J. Krause was appointed a committee to provide the proper report blanks for the District Superintendents, and was instructed to send these blanks to the District Superintendents at least t\\"o montbs before the time of the next annual Conference. REVISED MANDARIN BIBLE.-On motion of H. H. Lowry I a committee consisting of F. Brown, Te Jui, and Ch'en Heng-te \vas appointed to collate the reports on the Revised Mandarin Bible. CONPERENCE COURSE OF STrDY.-On motion of B. St. John. \V 1'. Hobart was appointed a committee to report recommendations for substitutes in the Conference course of study for books which are now out of print. ADJOURNMENT.-On motion of H. H. Lowry, the Conference adjourned until eight p. m. The doxology was sung, and the benediction was pronounced by G. R. Davis. Sixth Day EVE~I:s'G SESSIO::\' 1\Ionday, October 12. QPENING.-The Conference met at 8 p.m. and opened with devotional exercises which,,,ere led by Liu Fang. JOUR~AL.-The Journal fo:r the afternoon session of the sixth day was read in English ani in Chinese. After correcting the English minutes, the Journal was approved. RESOLUTIONs,-The report of the Resolution Committee was presented in English and in Chinese; and was adopted item by item by vote of.the Conference. (See Committee Report). AeTHoRlzED 1\IINuTEs.-On motion of J. H. Pyke, the English minutes were made the authorized minutes of the Conference. THE PRINTED l\hnutes.-on motion of Liu Kuang-ch'ing, it was ordered that 300 copies of the Chinese minutes be printed and that 500 copies of the English minutes be printed.

37 ADJ0"9R~MENT.-On motion of W. T Hobart, it was ordered t1ia~ 'aft~r ~~.. ~doption of the journal, the reading of the appointments. and the administering of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, the Conference adjourn without a day. JOURNAL.-The Journal for the evening session was read in English and in Chinese, and was approved. The journal for the entire session was approved. TWEN'l'V-NI!'<'fH QTJESTIO~.- Where are tile Preacllers Statiolled.9 The appointments as made by Bishop Bashford were read in Chinese to the Conference. (See Appointments). THE LORD'S SUPPER.-The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered under the charge of H. H. Lowry. / FINAL ADJOURNMF.;NT.-Bishop Bashford pronounced the benediction and adjourned the Sixteenth Annual Session of the North China Conference without a day. This is to certify that the above is a correct copy of the authorized minutes of the Korth China Annual Conference, held in Peking, China, October 7 to 13, J. W BASHFORD, Presiding Bisllop. BURTON St. JOHn, Secretary.

38 - 33- MISSIONS XIV.-RESOLUTIO 1./ REL.-\TING TO BISHOP BAsHFoRD.-\\-e rec~s ~..._ Providence which again brings our beloved,bishop, James W Bashford, and his estimable wife alllong us. His previous preparation and prominent home pastorates combined with his fifteen years presidency of Ohio \\-esleyan l~niyersity, and culminating in his rare insight into Chinese character and missionary problems, during his first quadrennium in China, preeminently qualify him to direct our missionary forces at this most crucial and interesting period of China's renaissance. His intelligent, sympathetic, and statesmanlike grasp of the present missionary situation has won our unstinted admiration. His cheery personality I winsome affability, and deep spirituality huye endeared him to onr hearts. His comprehensive outlook on God's missionary plan for the world has enabled him to follow the thousands of China's bright, brainy students to Japan, by placing in the capital of the Mikado's empire two of our most efficient co-laborers for this most important work. Again, when we see his sublime faith rewarded in the raising of over half a million dollars for China in the face of a crushing panic, \ve recognize the loving hand of our Heavenly Father in providing for us such an apostolic leader. The same: sublime faith and inspiring love now urge us forward to fuller consecration to Christ and renewed zeal for the spiritual conquest of the land of Sinim. l\fay we, with God's blessing, "lay aside every weight and the sin which does so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race which is set before us looking unto Jesus." RELATING TO DR. H. H. LOWRY.-Among the returned missionary friends and fresh recruits we are especially glad to welcome back our veteran missionary pioneer, Dr. H. H. Lowry, with his gracious wife and daughter- Somehow or other, without this happy family living in Peking, there is always apparent a feeling of the absence of loved ones, a perceptable loss as of thick darkness which can be felt. ~lay God bestow his ridlest blessings upon Dr. Lowry and his family granting them all many years of joyous service for Christ in China. RELATING TO OuR HOS'l's.-The homes of our Methodist missionaries ill China's capital still retain their enviable repu~ation for unobtrusive but pervasive hospitality. Our stay j

39 - 34- in these happy homes will ever rerr:ain a delight ill our memories. We apprec.iatf! highly, not only the pleasant social intercourse inside these 'llomes, but the many considerate arrangements for our welfare out of doors, as in preparing the lawn tennis court and in the rare treat of riding in the foreign built carriages of the physicians when occasion calls for a while away from this ideal mission compound. RELATING 1'0 THE W. F M. S. OF TIENTSIN.-The Conference desires to express its gratitude to the W F 1\1. S. in Tientsin for the continued use of the Training School buildings during the year. This favor enables the Tientsin Intermediate School to double its enrollment and efficiency. RELATING TO THE EpWORTH LEAGUES OF THE NEW YORK DISTRICT.-We heartily thank the Epworth Leagues of the New York District of the New York Conference for their magnanimous contribution of $12,000 toward our school buildings in Tientsin. We assure them of our high appreci:ttion of their timely aid for this important work at the metropolitan treaty port of North China. 'We believe this will be an inspiring example to many other Leagues of the United States. RELATING TO THE TRACT SOCIETY OF 'the METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURcH.-The thanks of the Conference are extended to the Tract Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church for their generous grant in aid, for spreading abro.ad Christian literature. RELATING TO MRS. CH'EN WEI-PING.-\Ve express our deep sympathy with the Rev. Ch'en \Vei-p'ing in the serious illness of Mrs. Ch'en, and we shall continue to pray for her complete recovery. G. {- M. L. TAFT. R eso Iu/zons ommzttee T J E VI.

40 - 35- XV COURSES OF STUDY Primary Schools. FIRST YEAR }<"'irst Ttnll National First Reader. Catechism. Chinese Penmanship, use pencil and slate. Seco1ld Term National Second Reader. Supplementary Primer. Life of Christ, 1st. half, Chinese Penmanship, use pencil and slate. SECOND YEAR First Term National Third Reader. Supplementary Pu Tung Hsiao Hsneh First Vol. Life of Christ, completed. Chinese Penmanship, use pen. Second Term National Fourth Reader, 1st half. Supplementary Pu Tung Hsiao Hsueh Second Vol. History of the Old Testament, 1st half. Chinese Penmanship, use pen. THIRD YEAR First 'I erm National Fourth Reader completed. Supplementary Pu Tung Hsiao Hsneh Third Vol. 1st half. History of Old Testament completed. Chinese Penmanship with pen. Second Tenn National Fifth Reader 1st. half. Supplementary Pu Tung Hsiao Hsueh Third Vol. completed. Acts, read and give outline. Chinese penmanship with pen.

41 FOURTH YEAR First (Term National Fifth Reader completed. Supplementary Pu Tung Hsiao Hsueh Fourth Vol 1st. half. Writing letters in simple Kuall hua. Psalms, I and XXIII Chinese Penmanship with pen. Second Term Review National Readers 1 to 5. Supplementary Pu Tung Hsiao Hsueh Fourth Vol. completed. vvriting letters in Kuan hua. Psalms, II and XC. Chinese Penmanship with pen. Intermediate Schools. FIRST YEAR First Term Chinese: Analects 1st. half, memorize and explain. (5) Read National Sixth Reader. (5) Chinese Penmanship, by model and dictation. Geography: Primary Geography. (5) Ph)'siolog)': Primary Physiology. (5) Scriptures: Mark, read and memorize selections. (3) ljfusic: Tonic Solfa (2) Second Term Chinese: Analects 2nd. half, memorize and explain. (5) Read National Seventh Reader. (5) Cbinese Penmanship, by model and dictation. (5) Geograph)': Advanced Geography to 50th Lesson, Map drawing. Arithmelt"c: Primary Arithmetic. (5) SCriptU1'CS: Luke, read and memorize selections. (3) Music: Tonic Solfa (2)

42 - 37- SECOND YEAR.rirst Term Chinese: Memorize and explain Shang Meng. (5) Read National Eighth Reader. (2) Chinese Penmanship, by model and dictation. (5) Ku \Ven. (3) Geograph)l: Advanced Geography (5) Map drawing. A1-itll11zetic: Primary Arithmetic. (5) Scriptures: Matthew, read and memorize selections. (3) ljfusic: Tonic Solfa (2) Second Term Chinese: Memorize and explain Hsia Meng. Read National Ninth Reader. (1) Ku Wen. (3) Chinese Penmanship by model and dictation. (5) GeographJI: Advanced Geography, completed, Map drawing. (5) Arithmetic: Arithmetic, 1st. part I. Book. (5) Sc.riptures: John, read and memorize selections. (3) Music: Tonic Solfa (2) TI-IIH.D YEAR.rirst Tnm. Chinese: Memorize and explain Hsia Meng. Read National Ninth Reader. (2) Chinese Penmanship, by model and dictation. (5) Ku Wen and Composition (Kuan hua). Arithmetic: Arithmetic. complete Fractions. English: Phonics, Harper's First Reader, and Penmanship, No. II. (5) Scriptures: Genesis, read and be able to give outlines. (3) Music: Tonic Solfa (2) Second Term Chi1lese: Memorize and explain Hsueh Yung. (5) Memorize and explain Ku \Yen. (3) Chinese Composition (Kuan hua). (1) Chinese Penmanship, by model and dictation. (5)

43 Arithmetic: Arithmetic Volume II, Compo (5) English: First Readers, Supplementary Baldwin's and Brook's. 5 Penmanship No.3, Phonics. Scriptures: Exodus, read and be able to give outlines. (3) Music: Tonic Solfa (2) FOURTH Y}<~AR rirst Term Cllinese: Memorize and explain Ku Wen. (3) Chinese Primary History, 1st. half. (2) Compositon (Kuan hua). (1) Penmanship, by model and dictation. (5) An'thmetic: Aritbmetic; Volume III. 1st, half Engl sh: Harper's Second Reader, (5) Tenney's Lessons. (2) Penmanship No.4. Geograplzy: Review Geograpby and Map drawing. (2)!:'criptures: Joshua and Judges (3) Read and be able to give important outlines. Music: Tonic Solfa (2) Second Term Chinese: Memorize and explain Ku Wen. (3) Chinese Primary History 2nd. half. (2) Composition (Kuan hua). (1) Penmanship, by model and dictation. A1ithmetic, Volume III. Completed. (5) English: Second Reader, Tenney's Lessons Supplementary Baldwin's and Brook's (5) Penmanship, No.5. Geography: Review Geography anel Map drawing. (2) Scriptures: Samuel and Kings, (3) Read and be able to give important outlines. Music: Tonic Solfa (2) H. E. KING, CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON COURSE OF STUDY.

44 - 39- XVI.-COURSE OF STUDY FOR MISSIONARIES. FOR EXAMINATION: First Year. Gospel of John. Mateer's Mandarin Lessons-50 Lessons,-or Baller's Primer. Recogniz.e Characters in Mateer's 50 Lessons, or Baller's Primer. Write 500 Characters from Martiu's Shuang Ch'ien Tzu. Sacred Edict, First Chapter, First Four Sections. Names of the Eighteen Provinces and their Capitals in Character. Courses of the Yangtzu and Yellow Rivers and the Grand Canal. Bounds of China Proper and of each of the Eighteen Provinces. Christy's Chinese Etiquette. FOR READING :- Holcombe's The Real Chinaman. Martin's Cycle of Cathay. FOR EXAMINATION :- Second Year. Gospels of Matthew and Luke and Acts of the Apostles. Mateer's Mandarin Lessons-51st to loath Lessons. Pilgrim's Progress-Part I. Evidences of Christianity (Mandarin )-Part 1. Write 500 additional Characters from Martin's Shuang Ch'ien Tzu. Sacred Edict, Second Chapter. Fu Cities of three Provinces in Character. Titles of Chief Civil and Military Officers of Chihli Province. Fifteen Minutes Conversation. FOR READING :- Legge's Prolog-omena to the Confucian Analects. Giles's China al1d the Chinese.

45 FOR EXAMINATION: Third Year. Mark, and Romans to Reyelatiol1. Mateer's Mandarin Lessons-1Olst to "200th Lessons. Sacred Edict (l\landarin) Complete. Christian Evidences-Part II. Pilgrim's Progress-Part II. "Write 500 additional Characters from :Martin's Shuang Ch'ien Tzu. "Write John xvii. Shang Lun Yu. Review First and Second Year's Work. FOR READING :- Legge's Prologomena to Mencius. Faber's Mind of Mencius. The Editorials in Hua Mei Chiao Pao. XVII.-LANGUAGE EXAMINERS. First Ycm' -l\hs. C. M. Jewell, F. Brown, Ch'en \Vei-p'ing. Second Year :-H. H. Lowry, J. H. Pyke, \Yang Chih-p'ing. Third Year -vv. T Hobart, N. S. Hopkins. Liu Fang.

46 XVIII.-SUMMARY OF THE YEAR'S WORK. OUR CONFERENCE.-The theoretical limits of the North China Conference include an area about equal to the part of the United States east of the :\Iississippi River. This northeastern section of the Chinese empire has a population several millions greater than that of the entire North American continent. Our mission is actually working- in a territory eqnal to that of New York and Penns~"lvania combined. By the rules of comity the Methodist Church is responsible in this territory for more people than live west of the Missouri River. THE VVORKING FORcE.-Durillg the past Conference year we have had actually at work ten ordained missionaries, seven unordained missionaries. and twelve single ladies. There have also been twenty-six ordained Chinese preachers, and sixty three un ordained preachers. These figures mean that in a territory and population which in the United States has eight Annual Conferences, the total number of ordained and unonlained people giving their "."hole time to the work of the church is little if any greater than those in the New York District of the New York Conference. It should strengthen our faith to study how the Lord can use so small a force to acc:0111plish his work. It should also lead us to pray that He send more laborers into the harvest. THE NUMERICAL STATE OF 'l'he CHURCH.-There are in the North Chi~a Conference at prese'nt 51 charges and circuits, which have 4,667 members and 1,925 probationers. There were 591 baptisms during the :year. 4,554 people were enrolled in the Sunday Schools. $2,944 were raised for missions. vve have 7 hospitals from which over 70,000 treatments were given during the year. Educationally we work through Peking University, 3 High Schools, 8 Intermediate Schools, and 74 Primary Schools. In these schools 2,200 pupils and students were enrolled during the year. These statistics include those of the W.F.M.S. THE PEOPLE AND THE CHURCH.-This year has seen a distinct advance in the cordial relations between the church and the non-christian people. This" wonderful change in public opinion. especially among the educated and official classes," exists through North China. Not least among the influences

47 - 42 which have brought this about has been the clear and unntistakable testimony of the most prominent C~inese educator in.tientsin who was soundly converted during the year through the influence of the Young 'Men's Christian Association. Officials and,people are alike cordial. After an hour of preaching to a full house in the evening at Tientsin, " over eighty were willing to remain to a prayer-meeting. The doors were closed." "\Vhole families come to service from the outside villages." "~ever before have all classes been so ready to hear and to ask intelligent questions, not in a spirit of condescension or flippant curiosity, but with an eagerness to understand the gospel." OUTSIDE MOVEMENTS INFLUENCING 'the CHURCH.-One year ago we heard very much of revolution. This year we hear much more of reform. One district magistrate was said to be preaching the.. foreign doctrine." "He had issued a proclamation prohibiting the opium traffic and gambling; and exhorting the people to abandon idolatry and foot-binding, declaring them to be foolish and hurtful." In the public lecture halls the leading literati go regularly to preach reforms. One, in particular, " commends the church for advocating doctrines that benefit the people." The advance towards popular education upon modern lines continues to grow in value. At first thought, it would seem that this would decrease the demand for education in church schools. Our church schools have grown apace, and their opportunities as evangelistic agencies have enlarged. Never before has tht: number of stude11t" in our schools from non-christian homes been so great as it is now. EDUCATIONAL EYANGELIS:"I'I.-Never was the importance of Christian education in connection with mission work so apparent as at present. We must endeavor to meet the demand for consecrated young men in the ministry if we are to win this nation to Christ. The ferment in government and private circles to introduce Western learning to take the place of the discarded ancient and effete system offers an unprecedented opportunity to t1~e church. The Peking University should not be compelled to turn away each semester scores of promising young men because of lack of dormitory accommodation or because of a deficiency in the teaching staff.

48 - 43- THR STUDENT VOLUNTEER BAND.-It is impossible to overestimate the value of the Student Volunteer Band of Peking University for the future work of the church in Xort11 China. The University professors testify to its constant value in the spiritual work of the school. It has been a living challenge to the Christian students in other schools to devote their lives to the evangelization of their own people. Forty of these young men spent the summer in evangelistic work in the country churches. They made full proof of their cab of God.,. The enthusiastic vigor of the students of Peking- University has been very helpful in relieving many a burdened pastor." One District Superintendent took pains to ask each preacher who had had a Student Volunteer with him during the past summer in regard to their conduct and work. "In every' case, the testimony was good and only good, both as to the zeal and efficiency, and also as to the modesty and obliging conduct of the student preacher. God bless these young men who have consecrated themselves to his service." And God bless those at home whose gifts have made it possible to pay the travelling and incidental expenses of these summer campaigners. MEDICAL EVANGELISM.-The medical work" has proved to be a genuine John the Baptist, preparing the way of the Lord." Skilful treatment has "effectually silenced our enemies, and brought patients from far and near." "We have now many old patients scattered about, far distant from preachers and preaching places." "There are at least two points (on one district) where our old patients would give us a strong following and make the nucleus of a possible Christian community." POINTS OF GREATEST PROGRBss.-The outstanding points of progress during the year are: The Women's College; the Women's Medical College; the success of the Training Classes; the development of the missionary spirit in the ch llrches ; and the Tokyo Chinese Union Church. THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE.-The Women's Foreign Missionary Society has united in higlter education with the North China Educational Union. This makes them an integral part of the union educational scheme and gives them full privileges in the 'Vomen's College of that Union. The College is located at the American Board Mission in Pekin~.

49 - 44- TH~ WO~!E:S'S M~DICAL COLL~GE:.-The "Vomen's Medical College has been organized as an outgrowth of the Nurses Training School. The College is located at the Methodist Mission and is one of the colleges of the Xorth China Educational Union. It began its career under encouraging a!lspices. Many yonng women were turned away for lack of proper preliminary preparation. TRAINING CLASSEs.-ChangIi, Lanchow, Peking, T'aian and Tientsin, each had training classes of more than ordinary helpfulness for lay assistants... The reyived interest manifest on some of our older circuits is largely the result of bringing a number of our brightest men to Tientsin in the winter for two months of Bible study. During the year these men have been zealous helpers of the pasto~s." The training class in Peking was a union class with the (Jther missions. This was held during the summer. The men " came hungry for knowledge, and took a deep interest in their work. The morning half-hour of prayer was a time of blessing." As an outgrowth of these short term training classes, it was decided to begin at Peking University more extended courses for picked men from these several districts. THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT 1X THE CHURCHES.-The year has marked a very distinct advance in the missionary spirit in the church. Even in Shantung where " within the memory of man the prices of food and fuel have never been so high" owing to two sessions of bad crops, the "missionary collection was larger than last year." The Standard Bearers of the Peking Girls' School gave $37 to the \V.F.M.S. This missionary spirit has shown itself not only in increased gifts, but also in the desire to be constant in witnessing for Christ. The development, thuugh comparatively small, is very real and gives promise of great blersing for the near future. THE TOKYO UNION CHURCH.-The Chinese Church in Tokyo is a real one and a live one. That work belongs to all the Protestant missions of China, and it is a rare privilege that the North China Mission has in being the agents in Tokyo of the united- Christian forces of China. The number of students in Japan has greatly decreased. But.these 5,000 students "will probably do more for their country than the greater number would." These men in China "simply would not listen to the

50 45 - gospel. But in Tokyo they are willing to listen. They are kindly disposed to Christianity." But" these men can 110t be won in masses. Nearly everyone of the forty odd men who have been led to become Christians have been WOll through personal work." "More than all we need the prayer of tht! Christian friends that the workers in Tokyo may be led to reach the 5,000 young men from all over the empire of China so that tht!y will go home and break down the wall of pride and prejudice, that has hindered the advance of the gospel so long in China." SIGNIFICANT EYENTs.-Five facts in the year's record han: special significance in the work of our Conference :-The organization of the Young Men's Christian Association in three Intermediate Schools, the formation of two additional districts in the Conference, the gratifying number of new missionaries who have arrived, the decision to establish another station for foreign residence in Shantung, and the appointment of fonr Chinese District Superintendents. THE YOL'NG MEN'S CHRIsTIAN ASSOCIATION.-For many years the Young Men's Christian Association has been an effective organization in the schools of Peking University. This year Associations were organized in three of the Intermediate Schools. One Principal says: "Since this \'aluable Association was organized, the students have made considerable improvement in their spiritual lives. They haye studied their Bibles more diligently than before, They have held many wollderful meetings on Sunday evenings. with some of their own number as leaders. They go out 011 Saturdays to preach and to sell religious books on the street." Two NE\V DISTRICTs,-During lhe past years the Conference has h'ad six districts. This year the Peking District has been divided into the Xorlh and South Peking Districts for effectiveness and convenience of administration. The Shantung District, for like reasons, and especially because of the rapid development of the church in that province, has been divided into the T'aian District and the Yen chou District, REINFORCEMENTs.-The Mission has been greatly encouraged over the unusual and most satisfactory number of reinforcements which it has received. One lady physician, two other young ladies, two wives, two men physicians, and one ordai11ed man have arrived during the year. An Episcopal

51 residence,vithin the bounds of the Conference, with a second Bishop appointed for China, is a cause of rejoicing for our own, as well as for every other mission in the empire. THE NEW STATlON.-The deye]opment in Shantung has shown greater results for the number of men, and promises greater returns for the future than that in any other part of the Conference. It was therefore determined to open another residence station at Yenchou-fu, at the earliest possible date. This is evidently in line with providential leadings and wil1 doubtless result in the formation of a new mission conference before many years have passed. CHINESE DISTRICT SVPERINTENDENTS.-A new era seems to be before 11S. Out of eight district superintendents, four are Chinese, without difference in rank or responsibility. Thus is anticipated the demand for an independent church. A Chinese church is being founded as a part of universal }\[ethodism. We believe a new inspiration has been given to a great advance movement that ''''ill be felt throughout the empire. THE OUTLooK.-Probably not a member of the Conference came away from our annual meeting without a feeling of profound hope for the future. The meeting itself was one of great spiritual power. The field is ripe for the harvest. Inquirers were never so numerous. The chapels are crowded with interested listeners, many uniting in the service of prayer at the close of the preaching. More than one hundred probationers were enrolled in one chapel. The members of the Conference started to their appointments with a faith and expectation of victory that was delightful.

52 XIX.-DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' REPORTS. 1. Lanchou District. \,. A:-l'(~ CH'D,(~-Yr~. Acting' District Superintendent. At the last Annual Conference] was reappointed pastor of the Lanchou circuit But, as Dr. Gamewell has been in America, I was asked to take the work of District Superintendent for him. A few days after I returned to my charge from Peking, I went to Ch'ienan for there was a great fair held in the city. I held the Quarterly Conference there and also helped them in opening the chapel. The chapel was always filled with a large audience on fair days. After this the great fair came in turn to Lanchou. We had some assistance from the outside preachers. and our street chapel services were well attended. The District Conference convened in the Lanchou church from the 23rd to 25th of June, Dr. Taft presiding. Dr. Pyke was asked to help us in holding a revival meeting of two days which resulted in great blessing, many preachers and members \\-'eeping and confessing their SillS. Not only here did we have a good revival meeting but, in T'angchiaho we also had one conducted by Brother Tseng for a few days last spring and with similar results. So the church of T'angchiaho has been marked with a large measure of prosperity during the year. The Lanchotl District has seven circuits and twenty outstations which I haye personally visited although Dr. Taft accompanied me on one visit to Lichiaping-t'o, Pen-ch'eng. Lienpeitien. Laot'ing, Ch'ienan, Chiench 'ang, and Hsiangshuikou. Owing to much rain in the early fall there were three places I did not visit so that the local pastors were asked to hold the Quarterly services. During this year, we have had great blessings and the condition of most of the churches has been improved. My detailed reports are as follows :- At Lanchou we haye an Intermediate School with more than forty pupils. The teachers, Rao Feng-shan, Chang Wenyu, and Chang ChUll haye done their work faithfully and well. The Young Men's Christian Association has been organized in the school and we hope that it will be of use in our Lord's work. Ts'ao Wen-ching, the chapelkeeper, has manifested much zeal in his work.

53 In the Lanchou circuit we have an out-station called Nomichuang which has been supplied by Kung Ching-chai, a local preacher, who has done, good, faithful work. Chang Hsuan and some other official members have done a great deal of good work for the church at Nomi-chuallg, and they have supported themselves. As the pn'!llises are inadequate they hm'e decided to build a house of four chien which can be erected with a cost of $420. They have promised to raise $120 with the hope that the mission will grant the remainder. Anko-chuang circuit is under the charge of Mr. Wang Honan, who is not afraid of hardship and is active in preaching, so that some of the cold members have been led back again to the church. The official members here help the chutch very much. In this circuit we have but one out-station, Shangchialin. Here we have a member, named Shang Yin who has been cold in the Christian love for many a year but now he is warmed and leads many other cold members to Christ again on account of his own heart being affected and touched during the revival at Lanchou. Chinpaihu circuit, Kao Fu-ch'ing, pastor. He has worked faithfully and well and the condition of this charge has been very peaceful. At Ian great progress has been made and four members have come back from the Catholic Church. As the landlord is unwilling to rent his house to us 110\\', the nati\'e members desire to purchase one for their own and they have promised to subscribe as mnch money as they can and it is to be hoped that the mission will help them in the matter. The local pteachers, Wang Liang and Yang Shao-tang, have been diligent in their duties. Li Shang-wen, a self-snpporting preacher, helps the church very luuch. CH'IENAN CIRcerr, Chang Tzu-shing, Pastor. This circuit has not only been ill a \'el'y peaceful condition but has made considerable progress. Brother Chang is a man of great ability and has had much zeal in preaching. Here we have some native preachers who have done a great deal of good work for the church. At Chiench'ang we have a good local preacher, Ti YUllg-hsing, who has been diligent and active in preaching for he has not only preached in the local chapel but has often gone out, even to Hsiangshuikou beyond the Great Wall. There l~as been also a great fair held here. Dr. Taft and I came here to hold the Quarterly sen'ices and help them in

54 - 49- preaching". The chapel was always crowdtd with a great numb~r of willing hearers on the fair days. For years we had planned to rent a house as church huilding in Tachangtzu but in vain. At present we have rented one in Ma 1'5 home. who is a Christian with much zeal. \Vhen the time comes we will establish a school here and we hope that God will bless them and make the church prosperous. Pen-ch 'eng circuit has been in a very good condition. The preacher, \Vang-to has been very zealous ill preaching the Gospel. Chia Chiel1-hsin, the chapel-keeper, has been faithful in his work and sometimes has been to Pingt'o to glorify our Master, the Lord. Huke-chuang has been surprised by the local preacher, Liu Tsu-sheng, who has done a very good Christian work. Here we have SOllle members who help the church much. \\'ith some help from Dr. Pyke, our money is sufficient now for building a a church at Kung-anch'iao. Lienpei-tien has been supplied by Hu Feng-ch Ull, a local preacher who has been faithful in his work. As our church building here is too small we ought to enlarg-e it and at present the church is so overcrowded that the members have to sit outside the windows. There is on the cast side of our church a desirable place which can be purchased for $ Dr. Keeler has promised to gi\-e $20.00 if the native members will raise $80.00 more. If this is so the money is still insufficient and we pray that the mission will pay the remaining $ Li-chen and Chu Tien-ynan have been ver)' enthusiastic in Christian work. \Ye had so much rain here that many houses leaked and even the walls fell down 011 the ground in onr district. And we hope the luission will give more money for repairs ne'xt year. At Tzuchu-chuang, 35 li from Pench'eng, the members desire a church building which can be rented for $40.00 a year. The out-stations on this circuit will raise $15.00 with the hope that the mission will pay the remaining $25.00 and they also hope that the mission will send a preacher there as well. LAo'TING CIRCt;I'I', Tseng Kuo-chih, Pastor. Brother Tseng is warm-hearted and a man of great ability and there has been much progress. Here we also have some faithful Christian workers to help the church at Laot'ing.

55 T'angchiaho has been suppjied by Lin Chih-kou, a young local preacher, who has been diligent in his work. As the rent of the house went so high recently, we have decided to pay the landlord $65.00 a year. The local church contributes $20.00 and the mission pays the remaining $45.00 every year. Yenke-chuang is in the charge of Ch'ang Fu-lung and the the church is in a peaceful condition. Hu-li has been supplied by Pai Kui-fen, who has shown himself a faithful and untiring worker. Here we have a girls' school which has been under the tender care of his wife. Our chapel here is also too small. A zealous member of the Presbyterian Church outside the Great Wall desires to mortgage a suitable place and so he has promised $ and has also promised to raise $ Ol-e from where he is now living. The local church has raised $ Dr. Pyke helped $ and Dr. Taft, $ in this matter. With their assistance, we shall soon satisfy the desire of the native members. Vole are hoping God will send forth more able labourers into His harvest on the Lanchou District. The Student Volunteer Band of Peking University was well represented this summer and they all have been very zealous in preaching the gospel. I could not c10se 111y report if I did not mention here the miracle which happened to us at Lanchou on the 8th of September. Pai-yun and his daughter, 16 years of age, came by boat to Lanchou from the English church at Yungp'ing-fu in order that his daughter might go by train to the Peking Girls' School the next day. But owing to the excessive rains, the Lan river was so swollen that the boat was upset and destroyed by a succession of large waves just as it came to P'ienliangt'ien, so that six passengers wen: drowned. Pai Yun and his daughter both floated down on the water six or seven Ii but were finally saved. My wife helped c1ean their clothes and on the next day his daughter went to Peking peacefully. We are sure that by this token our Lord has certainly been glorified. 2.-Peking District. J. H. PYKE, Superintendent. This report will necessarily he incomplete. Wren the appointment was made at last annual conference, I was still in the United States, and four and a half months of the year were

56 - 51 gone when I arrived in Peking. Besides I was comparatively a stranger to all that part of the District outside of the cit~,. For twenty years and more my work had been in other patts of the field. Dr. Davis. my predecessor, kindly volunteered to superintend this district until my arrival, as we:1l as the one to which he had been transferred. As they are not contiguous. the amount of travelling, mostl~' by Chinese cart, necessary to do all the work was enough to make anyone hesitate. However it was cheerfully undertaken and faithfully performtd. He now holds the record for this conference for four 111onths' continuous hard travel. The average for one hundred and twenty days was over twenty miles per day. And the distance covered was some twenty-five hundred miles. Continued thronghout the year the total would have been seycn thousand five hundred miles. I am also much indebted to Dr. Davis for valuable information and counsel, and for the loan of his old and faithful driver and team to take me around the district the first time. The first thing after reaching Peking was to visit the street chapels and acquaint myself with the,,,,"ork in the city. We have three chapels on or near the three great streets in the Southern City. Better locations could not be found or desired. I found all these chapels crowded with "ery attentive hearers. I supposed it was largely because of the Xe\\' Year's Festivities, when the streets are always full of people. But after six 1110nths the interest stil1 continues. This is more especially true of the chapel on the Great Front Street. It is crowded every afternoon in the week for hours. Usually to\vard the close all the standing room is occupied while numbers are without about the door. Deep interest in the preaching is always manifested and often considerable ('motion. 'When an expression of faith and purpose is called for, seldom less than twenty to thirty hands are uplifted. And the entire audience will rise and stand with bowed heads while prayer is being offered, The silencealld order observed is equal to that of the most devout congregations. ~fore than one hundred have applied for admission to the church. 1\10st of these have been received on probation. 'Vhile half as many more are enquiring. l'\fany hundreds,-thousands perhaps-from near and far have come, at most, but a few times and then have gone on their way, lost to our sight. But they have received new light and hope and can never be again just as before. At the prayer-meeting from sixty to one hundred will

57 remain an hour longer; deeply interested in the humble, and often painful, confession of sin and shame, the testimonies of saving grace, and the earnest pleas for pardon. Only a few evenings since a man said;.. Jesus has saved me from opium. I,vas a slave to it. I often resolved to quit and struggled to get free but could not. I believed the gospel and now I do not smoke any more nor want to." Another said, "I have done every evil. yile thing; I loved corruption. XO'y my heart is changed. I hate sin and uncleanness. I love goodness and truth. " An elderly man in the back of the room spoke up, saying) "I am not a Christian but I often come to hea.r. It is all true. I am a sinner-we all are sinners, and we should confess it and believe." A student from the Imperial University arose and spoke as follows; "I have broken all the commandments. Is there hope for me?" With many others he came forward and kneeled for prayer; all praying earnestly for themselves. A Chinese pastor from a distant city went to the chapel one day, not long since, and being asked to speak, preached with great freedom. He was astonished at \"hat he witnessed in the after meeting-the confessions, testimonies, prayers and vows. As we eame back he remarked, "I have never seen anything like it." The query rises, is it exceptional, or is it but one manifestation of a great change that is going on? I feel sure that it is the latter. 'Ve plan to enlarge this chapel to double its present capacity and expect it will, at once, be filled. In addition to what is now being done we need a missionary who will give his,,,hole time to this work of city evangelization. THE COUNTRY \VORK, "While not so forward nor showing anything like such large results, is yet very promising and should be prosecuted more vigorously. To do so requires a larger force of workers than is now available. A simple illustration will help to an understanding of the outline and the extent of the fie-id assigned to us. In shape it is very like the letter "Y" with Peking at the junction. The stem extending due south sixty miles to the city of Pa Chou. The left arm to the northwest following the great road through the Nanking Pass and beyond; seventy-five miles. The right arm runs northeast along the great road to Kupeik'ou (The Old North Pass) a distance of <:>ighty miles.

58 - 53- Along and on either side of these three main lines there are many cities and towns, with innumerable villages. South of Peking we occupy five important centers; along the northwestern line, four stations. In the: northeast we have six places, all strategic points. These fifteen stations are head~ of circuits. In eleven the mission OW11S property, having purchased, remodeled and repaired the buildings to suit our need. Most of these are very good. The wonder is that so much has been accomplished with so little means. In four other large centers we have only rented property. In three of the four the best that could be secured was two or three rooms in an inn; the accomodation is of the poorest, it is impossible to rent good property at any reasonable price. There are many places yet to be occupied. It will be done as fast as the means and men can be found. My predecessor evidently has a passion for church extension and a talent for transforming old buildings into chapels, schools and living rooms. He should be Conference Secretary of Church Extension. It has been planned for some time to open work in the city of Fengning, two days' journey beyond our farthest point to the northeast. The National Bible Society of Scotland will support a colporteur, will provide Scripture portions and tracts and pay the cost of transportation. I am looking for a good evangelist to go ",ith him and am hoping for a special gift to rent and repair property. This is an important field and has never been occupied. There are several cities and large towns and the people are \'(~ry open to the gospel. This Peking district is almost large enoug-h for an annual conference and has population enough for two. To evangelize these two millions or more of people the church has a native force of only four ordained preachers, fourteen local preachers, twelve exhorters, eight colporteurs and six day-school teachers. The preachers are good men and faithful, some exceptionally so ; and are having considerable success. But few of them have enjoyed large educational advantages or training in the Bible or theology They are human and surrounded with all the temptations of the old life. Their church-members have had less advantages and teaching than tllemselves. Several are opening new work where there are no members or only one or two, so they are alone luuch of the time. They are fighting a hard fight and a brave one. They deserve much sympathy, much prayer, and when all is considered, not a little commendation. There have been no

59 - 54- charges; no complaints. There have been peace and harmony; some success and more encouragement. It would take too much time and space to speak of each appointment and preacher by name. I can only give two or three typical cases. In a circuit recently visited the preacher told me of one large and,~ell-to-do family that had put away their idols, and of another that had ceased to worship them. The latter is one of the wealthiest families in the city. Both these families have received the preacher and his wife in their homes. They have visited at the church and parsonage-coming in by the back gate. But they are not yet ready to break with relatives and friends and come into the church. The pastor told me with tears that it is because he lacks power that he can not persuade them and many others to accept the gospel and be saved. \Vhen we were prnying in the church, his plea for those who were almost persuaded was broken by sobs and tears. Yet he has had not a little encouragement considering that hitherto hard field, where, for years, it seemed as though all efforts were in vain. Be has received twenty Oll probation and had ten baptisms during the year. He has another cause for gratitude in the conversion of his wife. She had caused him no little anxiety by her un belief and opposition to his earnest, self-sacrificing work. She saw no good in it. Unexpectedly during the winter she consented to be baptized and was immediately changed into an earnest believer and zealous worker. I was surprised at her earnest responses to the prayers. She has found her way into not a few homes, and wins friends wherever she goes; inducing the women to visit her. The pastor has adopted an admirable plan. As he can not get the people all to come to the regularly appointed services, he holds a service whenever two or more come. If this station is 110t typical of all our stations it certainly is of the attitude of the people and shows what may be done. One of our oldest country circuits that has been dead for years, at least has shown no signs of vitality, i:; awakening to new life. Two leading men that we had once hoped much from but who seemed to be beyond the possibility of resurrection have lately returned to the church and begun a new life; greatly to the quickening of the whole church. I was muc,h interested in one city in hearing from some of the people that the magistrate of the district was preaching the

60 -- 5S - " foreign doctrine" learned that he had ihsl1ed a prod:ulla tion.prohibiting the opium traffic, and gambling; and exhorting the people to abandon idolatry and foot-binding, declaring tl1em foolish and hurtful. He had also opened a reading-room in the city, supplying it with lliagazines and daily papers; and made arrangements for teachers to read and explain them to those who could not read for themselves or understand, but who were sufficiently interested to come and listen. Some of the leading literati go there regularly to preach reform~. One, in particular, is very earnest and enthusiastic on the subject of reforming evil customs and commends the church for advocating doctrines that benefit the people. It is 110t always safe to urge people to join the church or even to give a general invitation. In one of the chapels J met a man who eagerly responded to the invitation. To my surprise the preacher. who was present, did not seem pleased. I learned that the man had three wives and a reputation for an ugly temper besides. That, though a staunch friend of the church in many ways, he was not ready to forsake his sins; although ready enough to join and receive baptism if he could retain them. The wonderful change in public opinion, especially among educated and official classes, has recently been brought out clearly through the conversion of Mr. Chang Po ling, a leading educator in Tientsin and the principal of the first large Private Middle School. He was lead to Christ through the efforts of Messrs. Robertson and Gailey of the Y 1\1. C. A. in Tientsin and Peking. He was so clearly and powt::rfully converted that he at once began to tell his experience and preach Jesus to all his friends, high and low; to his teachers, pupils and to the high officials with whom he was associated in educational work. Thinking there might be objection to a Christian presiding over the school, he at once came to Peking to see his old friend and patron who was chief Director of the school and also Vice-President of the Board of Education, and through him to offer his resigtlatioll as president of the school. His friend, the vice-president, thought his being a Christian would 110t be objectionable. QUIers however thought differently but thought Mr. Chang could easily be persuaded to drop his new religion. They were greatly surprised at his firmness and still more so. when told, of his new-found joy and were urged, themselves, to believe. It has brought Christ-

61 ianity before the higher classes in a 1110st impressive way. An eatnest Christian man has recently been chosen as president of the government university in the Provincial Capital, and without conditions, except that he must not teach the Bible in the schoolroom. These things indicate how great the change is that is taking place. It is evident that the doors of opportnnity are swinging wide open. \Vould that the churches in the home land and also in China were fully awake to their great responsibility! Notwithstanding all these signs of encouragement numerically we have not made yery great progress. Although large gains are reported from two churches in Peking and considerable gains from one or two country appointments, the total gain in members is only twenty-seven; and in probationers one hnndred forty-three. There is a small increase in contributions for selfsupport and for current expenses, while the missionary collection is almost double the amount of last year. The gains have been reduced by death and removals. One charge lost eleven members to the Catholics, and one statioll of twenty members was transferred to another denomination. But the gains are not what they should be even had there been no losses; and 110t what we pray and confidently expect them to be next :year. As a result of the movement towards federation, and accord' ing to previous agreement the property at YUllg-ch'ing-hsien together with the members, twenty in llumber, was tra1lsferred to the Anglica1l Mission who have a well-manned station with a large staff of workers, English and Chinese; while we go into unoccupied territory and open new work. The place chosen is Niu-to, a large and busy market town ten miles to the west. Brother Davis was succes~;ful in purchasing a large property in this town in a very good location. The money receiyed from the sale of the old property will partly pay for the new and t1le remainder will be provideq for in another way. This arrangement seemed best for all concerned a1ld gives general satisfaction. REINFORCEME~'fS. In view of the unprecedented openings, it is manifestly providential that we should be permitted to receive a larger number of \vorkers from home than in any previous year in the history of this mission. With grateful pleasure we welcome for the W. F. M. S., Misses Baugl~ and Boddy and Dr. ::".Iallderson, and for the Parent Society. Dr. Merrill, Mr. and }\frs. Felt and

62 - 57- more recently Dr. and Mrs. :\Iullowney. 'Ye hail as manifestl~' providential, Bishop and Mrs. Ba<;hford's return to China and would express our great pleasure that they are to reside in Peking. Still another pleasnre we have that calls for g-ratefu 1 mention, is the return of our much-beloved Dr. and 1\lrs. Lowry, also of their daughter Mabel, and Mrs. CCllhoun. \Ve are also pleased to have Mr. Millward with us and would express the hope that he may remain and make this the scene of his subsequent missionary labors. THE REYIYAI, MEETINGS Held in Asbury Church during the spring IJlUst be rl'corded as one of the events of the year. There were many difficultit;s, both in beginning and carrying on the work; such as the pastor's continued ill-health, my OW11 necessary absence all the district, and an engagement for a district conference. Also the fear that the strain would be too great on several of our principal workers who were already carrying too heavy work with health far from the best. Then there was unusual and protracted indifference on the part of the membership of the church. Rnt perseverance was rewarded by decided victory over (til ohstacles, and the entire church received a great blessing. It was good to see the pastor come out from under a deep cloud into the ''''ann sunshine again. It was a time never to be forg-otten when old 1\1r. Ch'en, father of Professor Ch)en of the Universih after a long life of dissipation and twenty years' resistance to the truth, yielded and came to the altar for prayer: and later when he rose and asked the privilege of saying a few words, making all humble confession and declaring his purpose to believe in Christ and lead a new life. The next Sunday there was joyful thanksgiving when th(: feeble old man again came forward and stood at the altar to be received on probation. There is not time to go into details concernil1.~ THE l'xiox BIlH,E TR.\IXIXG CLASS Held for one month, June 16-July 16, for Christian workers who had not the advantages of the schools; that is, for chapelkeepers, colporteurs, day-school teachers and others. Over eighty came from the different missions, eighteen of them fro111 our OWll. They came hungry for knowledge, and took a deep interest in their work. I never enjoyed teaching more. The

63 truth was not only received into the mind, but in many cases affected the heart and moved the will. The morning half-hour of prayer was a time of blessing, also the special meetings held during the evenings of the last week. I have heard from many of the class since the close of the school and all give expression to their gratitude for the instruction and inspiration received. Drs. Fenn and Ament, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Dawson and pastor Jen all took part in teaching. Dr. Ament was exhausted and ill before the term closed. He l1ad overworked and remained too long in the city No doubt his severe subsequent illness was caused in whole or part by his self-sacrificing labors. I have not spoken of the very excellent and successful WOTk being done in the University, the Girls' High School, the Bible-womatl's Class, nor of the work in the hospitals which is above all praise. Each of these departments of work will be reported by those in charge. I want to say that we greatly appreciate the solid and very successful work our brothers and sisters are doing. Great is the labor of the teacher and physician; great will be their reward. One more item must be mentioned, namely; the work of the STUDE~T YOLUNTEER BAND. I am glad that this was not written earlier in this report. If it had been it would not have been quite as it should have been. It might have been occupied more with the suggestions of improvement. During our district conference which has just closed, I took pains to ask each of the preachers, who had a Student Volunteer with him during the past summer, in regard to their conduct and work. In every case the testimony was good and only good; both as to the zeal and efficiency and also as to the modesty and obliging conduct of the student preacher. I am glad to make this record. God bless these young men who have consecrated themselves to His service! In conclusion I should like to append a list of our needs; our great needs, and urgent. But I will sum it all up in the one greatest of all needs-a gracious "'ide-spread revival that will purify and invigorate the church; a baptism of the Holy Ghost and of fire. For this we pray. and labor, and wait.

64 Shanhaikuan District. l\iarccs L. TAFT, District Superintendent. Shanhaikuan District takes its name from the strategic city, Shanhaikuan, signifying "Mountain Sea Pass." The ancient, picturesque Great Wa]) of China. famous in legend and history, after climbing 1500 miles o\'er the ramb1ing, rugged ranges, separating China proper from Manchuria, runs along the east wall of this city, before making its final plunge iuto the open sea. 1\1ost of the District lies inside the Great \Vall; only t\\'o stations being in Manchuria-the ~\rl1lageddon of to-clay. Shallhaikuan is favol'ed in its fine location and also in ha\, ing such an able and tried leader, as Te Jui :\lnshih. Wise, conservative and kind-hearted, his counsel is indispensable, wl1enever any affairs of Chinese pastor or layman demand an illsight into the inner consciousness of the Chinese character. Clearly and forcefully does be preach the Glad Tidings. At one love-feast in his talk about Christ having the preeminence in all things, he declared as emphatically as any American, that sometimes occasions arise, when it is one's duty to disoh.;:,y his parents. For instance, if parents should command what is in violation of the law of God. He proclaims the Go~pel in its world-wide scope, as indicated by the Chinese mottoes, adorning the main entrance to the mission prcmises,- " In preaching the truth, why divide into Chinese and foreign? In proclaiming the Gospel, why disctlss East and 'Vest? It is not strange, that the consistent, pervasive Christianity of this revered servant of God, upon whose head the Boxers set a price, but whom God graciuusly presened, should influence many of the so1id business men of his neighborhood, so that nine heads of firms have joined the church. One of these, who had a store in the city and another in Manchuria, died last winter. On his deathbed. he called his wife, son, and nephew to him, and told them, that he was enjoying perfect peace and was ready to die. However, he regretted one thing, and that was, that he had not sooner persuaded them to become Christians. Kow, ~s he was about to die, he commended them all to Te l\fushih, Arriving shortly after this solemn event, Te Mushih was told by the widow wl1at were here husband's parting words. He asked her whether she

65 - 60- wished her husband to have a Christian burial. To this she readily assent.ed. Thereupon Te Mushih conduded all the funeral ceremonies according to Christian rites. This burial in its propriety, simplicity and economy proved to be very satifactory to the immediate family and an impressive object-lesson to the heathen relative~ and friends. Since then, all three have joined the church and the widow continues her husband's generous contributions. Through the energy and foresight of Brother George L. Davis, the work of the District was left in a flourishing condition. One busy city. Haiyang, had remained, merely as a vision of a young man. Now it has become a reality and is flourishing, as a mission station, far beyond our highest anticipations. Pastor Han Yin-t'ung of frank, genial manners has succeeded in hiring large premises. The local church has undertaken to repair the premises and furnish a large front room for a chapel. To our surprise, several warm friends of the enterprise promptly appeared. A Presbyterian living in Moukden, Manchuria, but whose old home was only a few li from Haiyang, sent a money-order of over $35. This sum was voluntarily raised by him~elf and other Presbyterians there, and, as the accompayning letter stated. this gift was sent as a token of brotherly love. A Briton from the near port of Chinwangtao, accompanied by his Chinese clerk, attended service here one Sunday. He noticed that the whitewashing and papering were incomplete. Finding that the cause was lack of funds, he inquired how much and then offered to pay the balance, amounting to over $10. His Chinese clerk put down his name as a regular weekly contributor of $1. One Christian, owning a quarry, donated several cartloads of limestone slabs, which now form the smooth, durable floor of the church. Another Christian, a shopkeeper, inyited many shopkeepers of his acquaintance to come to the church so as to learn what Christianity really was. A number accepted this invitation, sitting on the front seats and respectful1y listening. M~l1Y women and children desired to attend so that a side-room near the pulpit had to be built. A boys' school has been started and the members are anxious to have a school for girls, which, we trust, Miss Glover can soon provide. For these manifest tokens of divine favor, we devoutl\' thank Him whose praise is so appropriately voiced in the couplet 011 the chapel doors,-

66 His merit surpas!:>t:s the three powers" (Heayen, earth and man.) His name is immortalized all the cross." By his earnest, winsome manner of preaching, Liu Fang at Changli has drawn large audiences ou Sundays. Business men. farmers, and students from the Normal and other government schools have been attentiye listeners. Pastor Lin's diligence and tact in visitioll has been rewarded by fresh accessions to the church. Before the heated term, nearly ('\'ery Sunday two or three, and sometimes as many as five or six, would unite with the church on probation. The larger proportion of these came from.the village of Changke-chuang. Here fierce persecution soon broke out. One day, the ringleader rang the large villag<: bell so as to sunl1l~ou a mass-meeting of the villagers. Breathing out threatel1ings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, he insisted on their immediate expulsion. Fortunately th~ village elders objected. So, one Sunday, when all the men folks were a\\'ay at church, this brutal ruffian knocked down with his fist an expectant mother and the wife of one of ottr Christians. So bitter was his rage that he even trampled upon h~r and kicked her, as she lay bruised on the ground. She was brought to our hospital for treatment, and an aged nurse from the yamcn was sent to examine and report 011 her condition. Thoro'ughly frightened, this furious bigot came humbly to the church, where he heard the truth of the Gospel. He staid to the after-meeting and exhibited a willingness to contribule to the missionary cause! However, his zeal in this line was restrained for the time being. Wonder of wonders, a month or so later, he wished to join the church! "And what shall I more say for the time would fail me" if I should tell of each preacher in detail. Suffice it to state, that McClellan's famous report, "All quiet on the Potomac," might be applied to Funing, Kepo, and Liushouying. Financial fussiness has agitated Shihmeuchai, Chienso and Chien wei. Unfortunately, disagreements between pastor and people have been manifested at Chianke-chuang, Taiyillg, Chienwei and Chienso. Sometimes these are most exasperating, as at the last station. Here an officious, official member bas the tantalizing habit of interrupting the preacher. While the pastor is reading the scripture-lesson, this brother blurts out in meeting, " You do not read that word right. It should be so and so."

67 Go(l has mercifully spared the lives of all our preachers during the year. It affords me great pleasure:: to record, that most cordial welcomes have greeted the missionary from both pastors and members throughout the District. At one place, on our first visit, various savon' viands,"vere presented, including steaming hot macaroni, eggs, walnuts, fancy cakes and, last. but 110t least, a live rooster tied by his leg to the leg of a bench in the adjoining passage-way. His lust~ crowing about b..-o in the:: morning awoke t~e District Superintendent from his slumbers, His continued activity put furthe:r sleep out of the question. But this was only a good alarm-clock to start one off in good season for a twelve llour bulll ping over unspeakable mountain roarls. In this same town, occurred a remarkable instance of unconscious influence. A heathen son was called to the death-bed of his father, a Christian. Presently a dish of steamed meat dumplings, of which his father used to be very fond,,vas brought in. What was the son's surprise to see the sick man demolish this favorite dish,,,,ith as much relish and in as great peace, as though he were perfectly well. The simple sight of such composure in a dying man so startled the son that he began to reflect and soon became convinced, that the peace which Christ gi"eth was not as the world giveth." So he became a Christian. rnconsciously this Christian father hnd been exemplifying the injl1nction, " \Yhether ye cat or drink or whatsoeyer ye do, do all to the glory of God. RDUC.\1'lOXAr, \VORK. Many temples have been turned into schools and some into police stations. On the wall of a temple at Chienso are painted a modern steamship and Yankee clock. To-day, material views intrude not only into the inner sanctuaries of China, but materialistic notiol1s occupy and impel the national mind. China's new education is chiefly, is not exclusively. materialistic. Our educational system from primary schools up to Peking "Cniversity is pervaded ",ith Christianity. Shanhaikual1 last winter sent seven graduates to Peking. Additional day-schools have been started at Taiyillg, Haiyang, Ghiangke-chuang, \Vanghuama and another teacher provided for the growing attendance at Changli. These schools often develop into churches. For instance, at Wanghuama at the extreme northeast corner of our work, the day-school becomes a church overcrowded with hearers every Sunday, to who111 Gh'en, the school-teacher, preaches.

68 To my mind, one of the 1I10st cheering eyidences of the permanency of our labors is the confidence, di!'played by parents in committing to us their sons and daughters for higher education at Peking. An amusing yet pathetic incident occurs; wheneyer the news is spread abroad, that the missionary is "bout to go to Peking, little packages of silver coin and even coppers, aud blue cloth bundles rapidly accumulate, more than filling his valises. For the time being, the missionary assuuh::s the role of banker and parcel-post agent. Surrounded by his 1I0ndescript baggage, he takes his seat in the train for Peking. Before long, he chances to see 011 the car floor a small pool of a black slimy fluid. Opening a bag, he finds that the other articles in:-;ide are also being soiled by what proves to he juice, oozing from what were frozen black sour pears. These had melted by the steam-heat of the car. A mother's love for her boy studying ill the distant city, prompted her to pack these dainties from home', including, besides peanuts and salted radishes, this favorite spccies of pear. Although appreciating this evidence of maternal love, the District Superintel;'dellt decided, that henceforth such frozen delicacies must be classed as extra-hazardous, and declined. 1\hWICAL \Vmu::. This has proved to be a genuine John the Baptist, preparing the way of the Lord. Five Chinese railway passengers were approaching Peitaiho in the early morning of January 11th, when they were savagely attacked by cutthroats. Two of them had their throats cut almost from ear to ear. To any nath'e doctor of the old school, their cases were ahsolutely hopeless. God's blessing hov,rever attended the self-sacrificing, skilful efforts of Dr. Keeler and his Chinese assistal1ts so that all these mutilated men were healed and sent home in time for Chinese :\ew Year. The news of this marvelous healing spread like wildfire, making a deep impression on the Chinese, official and peasant, alike. REINFORCEMENTS. The cheery presence of Miss Dyer with her ready adaptability to new couditions and her indefatigability for work, has proved a real addition to our force. ""e were also most glad to welcome Dr. Merrill in our midst. His ability to win the boy in America has the same efficacy' here in China. Chinese boys claim him as their very own.

69 SUNDAY OnSERvAxCE. Since Sunday observance is not adequately appreciated by the Chinese, it is encouraging to find instances like these. One Sunday in Shihmenchai, I saw O\'er the closed door of the shop of one of our members, a large notice on red paper stating,., Today is Sunday." \Vhen the mandarin approac.hed 1\1 rs. Liu of Funing with a tempting salary. as teacher in a newly estab1ished school for girls, he mentioned that she would, of course, teach on Sundays. "~o! not if you offer 1,000 taels a 1110nth!" was the firm answer. So Sunday was granted, as a day of rest and gladness. ~EEDS. The needs, which Paul saw in the Christian church on the extreme west of Asia in his day, are exactly the same which exist in the far east in our day. Paul yearned in his prayer, that God would give them a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, having the eyes of the heart enlightened, that "they mig-ht know the hope ~nd riches and the power of God, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead." As soon as this prayer is ans\vered, the constraining lov(:' of Christ will impel missionary, pastor and member alike. Perfunctory senice will cease. Lording it over the Lord's heritage will pass away. Knowledge will keep company with zeal. Christians will no longer be eager to be witnesses in lawsuits, but glad to be witnesses for their Savior. The Intermediate School, combining those at Lanchou and Shanhaikuan, ought now to be established at Ch'angli. ~ormal classes are needed for our primary school-teachers and training classes for our preachers. Besides these, the times imperatively demand a thorough systematic course ill theology. As in the early church, the dire need is for,. workman that need 110t to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth." How can we ever expect to win over these people of common-sense and culture unless we employ those who are properly trained? Paul's preparation of three years in Arabia, Luther's at Erfurt, and Wesley'S at Oxford was not time wasted. A new era has dawned in China. Today bright, brainy Chinese scholars, fresh from Japan, are vau ntingly brandishing the specious, exploded dialectics of Hume, Strauss, Spencer and Darwin. From this time forth, onr urgent need, is consecrated,

70 - 65- cultured, chosen men of God, baptized by the Holy Ghost-men who wiii lift up the risen Savior in all His glorious triumphant love. Then and not before, can we reasonably hope that these modern Pharisees, like Saul of Tarsus, tuay see and not be disobedient to the heavenly vision. SIGNS OF CHEER. A year ago some :ramen-runners, despatched to colled statistics for a census, ominously hinted about another Boxer upnsmg. This caused alarm in some quarters. Kow, however, the friendly exchange of visits between mandarins and missionaries has allayed these disturbing rumors. Moreover, a dinner served in \;Vestern style, where God's blessing is asked, where wine is tabooed, and where a Christian wife graces the entertainment by her presence, is an object-lesson to these stolid, ceremonious Confucianists. It lifts the veil a little. It gives a glimpse of the charm of Christian homt life, which Christ exemplified in the holy family at Nazareth and blessed by His first miracle at Cana of Galilee. The immediate effect of this friendliness was i11l1straten in the case of a nurse, needed in one of the parsonages. At fin,t, she absolutely refused to come, even if she were paid 100 taels a month. A few days later, when the news of this social intercourse had infiltrated among the people, she came for a reasonable wage. Still she harbored the strange suspicion, that there were vats of boiling oil in our cellars, kept for the same nefarious tricks, as those which ::\Iorgiana played upon the forty thieves in the story of the Arabian Nights. A friendly woman persuaded her to inspect the dreaded cellar. The simple sight of the furnace, coal, and vegetables served at once to allay her foolish fears. Another striking instance of friend1iness was shown by a military mandarin, General Ting, in command of two camps of cavalry near Haiyang, who I incidentally found out, was calling himself my friend. I had met him only a couple of times on the train and had never considered him more than a chance acquaintance. Yet if an essential condition of a "man that hath friends" is that he " must show himself friendly," he certnitlly fulfilled that test. On our last visit to Haiyang, he invited us to a feast. This, for lack of time, we declined. Thereupon he insisted on sending his official cart, horses and servants to convey us to the railway station, six 1i distant. So away we went in

71 - 66- high Chinese style-a spectacle to men and angels. Mrs. Taft rode in an elaborately-decorated cart with an outrider in front, while her husband ~ollnted a gaily-caparisoned prancing steed, and cantered ahead preceded by another outrider. Perhaps this may be considered simply oriental courtesy, but. less than a decade ago, such evidences of friendliness or courtesy were conspicuous by their absence. It has been my privilege to stumble upon several hamlets seldom, if ever, visited by a miss~onary, where are bands of earnest Christians under the leadership of a Chinese layman. One of these layman, who had led over forty of his neighbors to Christ, cl im bed into my cart and grasping my hand in both his own, said with beaming face, "How glad I am that you have come to see us! " Then from one mud house to another, he led me to pray with a sick mother, to baptize an aged woman, all the while urging me to prolong my stay. The initiative of the leader, and the eagerness of the little hand to hear more of the doctrine, touched me inexpressibly and surely is a sign of radiant cheer. The enthusiastic vigor of the students from Peking University has been very helpful in relieving many a burdened pastor. The energy of these consecrated young men has been directed into more systematic channels, by tbeir forwarding monthly reports, accompanied by sketch-maps of eacb station and surrounding country Our hearts have been gladdened by the expressions of cordial sympathy in letters, accompanying special gifts. 'Vithout these gifts, our work would have been sadly hampered. " Lift up your bead and behold joy!" is the cheery wall motto on red paper, greeting the visitor to the plain adobe-lodging at Chienso. An upward glance revealed a most dismal view, nothing more than an unusually dingy roof, with its rafters festooned with cobwebs and dangling shreds of paper, al1 blackened by the dust and soot of ages. We glanced upward again. Strange to say, this material roof did not obstruct our VISIOn. By the eye of faith, we could look far beyond these externalities. 'Clearer, than by any X-ray process, we could see " new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness." We were looking unto Jesus, the Author and 'Finisher of our faith, the Desire of an nations, the Light of the world, the Joy

72 - 67- of heaven. Our hearts rejoice that the Captain of our sah'atioll who goeth forth conquering and to conquer. has counted us worthy, even in the slightest degree, to aid in ushering in the day, when the kingdom of this world shall become the kingdom of our Lord and His Christ." So in glad fai.th, we lift up our heads and behold the joy of His coming. Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates; Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors; And the King of glory will come in. Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts. He is the King of glory. 4.-Shantung District w. T HOBART, District Superintendent. The year past has nothing of the marvelous to chronicle. It has been one of quiet, steady work. We began the year with a full staff of workers, but that was too good to continue and soon.a ca)) came from the:! Bishop for Dr. Baldwin to go to Yenp'ing-fu in the Foochow Conference to help in the medical work there. So with great reluctance we saw him depart. Wf' still hope he may return to us in the near future. In February it was found that the health of l'.iiss Martin was so seriously affected. that it would be necessary for her to return to the U.S. for treatment. So on the 8th of April she left us for the homeland. The Girls' School. of which she had chnrge. was taken over by :\Irs. Hobart. who carried it on until vacation came. The middle of June Dr. Koons suddenly came down with appendicitis. and is only just recovering. The other memhers of our staff ha\'e been kept in usual health. for which we are thankful. As others will report on the school and medical work, it only remains for me to report on the evangelistic work of the district. During the pilgrim season great numbers came and went and we preached to them and sold them Scriptures. Some of them wanted to look at our church, so they were shown around and then asked to sit down and talk. :\Iany of them bought a book. One man said: "Xow I have heard about the true God I shall not come to Tai Shan any more to worship the " Old Grandmother." Whi1e there are temples on Tai Shan to almost all the gods of the Chinese pantheon, the one usually

73 spoken of is known as the "Old Grandmother." Then we have a room on the main street, which was open every day for preaching and many went in and out but usually did not stay long. I took a helper and went in the city daily to a large temple, where was a Chinese "Vanity Fair." Here were storytellers, singers, fortune-tellers and venders of all sorts. Here we never failed of an audience and usually sold a few books. It was casting bread upon the waters. I can not compare this year with other years, but our Chinese pastor, who has been here seven years, says that we were able to do more than in previotts years. Out on the district we have schools or churches in twenty places, where we are trying to sound forth the Gospel. In some places we have not made a~y special progress during the year, but in two others places, Ning-yang and Tung-p"ing, there have been a large number of inquirers. Those at Ning-yang are from villages with ten miles of 'Yen-chou-fu. Our work has not been confined to pl~ces where we have churches, but has embraced all the region around. We have tried also to do a little in thc regions beyond, Our colporteurs have visited Ch'u-ftt, 1S0U, T'eng and Ssu-shui hsiens and have sold many books. We have had one inqu irer among the lineal descendants of Confucius of the 72nd generation, but whether he will brave the opposition of his clan and be faithful, we can 110t ten. There are 15 day-schools on the district with an average attendance.of 150 scholars. These ought to have more supervision than I have been able to give them but they are all feeders to our T'aianfu school. In T'aianfu 'we have had a training class in charge of our.chinese pastor. At Chinese New Year a class, that has been studying for about three years, finished its work and the men are now out out on the district, some as colporteurs and some as school-teachers. Owing to lack of fundswe only sent out a few volunteers for the summer. But they have done.good work. In self-support something has been done. At Hsiao-men the members, wi-th a little help from our Home Mission funds. have bought a good property. The Missionary Society has not been asked for anyt1;iing. They have also an endowment fund nearly large enough to support a preacher. This is entirely th~ ~ontribl.ltion of Christians, who went to South Africa. In

74 two villages, Pei-chuang and Hoch'ak'ou, 111-embers have donated the land and school-house. On the King-yang circuit at Hushuk'ou they have bought land and put up a building with a part of the Centenary collection of last year. Our missionary collection is larger than last year but other collections are smaller, as it has been a hard year financially. 'Within the memory of man prices of food and fuel have never been so high, Last fall, owing to the drought in July the crops were poor. This year the wheat harvest was also poor on account of little rain, so that prices hardly fell at all. But the pres en t harvest is good, and prices have fallen, 'V ark has been opened in four new villages within our present circuits and there are several other places we can enter. At one place a member offers to give up a small place for church and school. When we come to speak of our wants and of new openings for work, "time would fail to tell of Gideon and Barak and Sampson," so we will only touch the fringes of the topic. We have asked in our estimates for next year for two new missionaries to occupy Yen-chou-fu. When we get them, we must buy or rent property there. Also from there we must reach out to Ch'li-fu, Tsou and T'eng hsiens. In these places we ought to buy or rent immediately and station Chinese preachers. They are unoccupied now, but, if we delay longer. others will enter and we will be debarred, God's cause can not wait on our slowness. If He cannot get us to enter, because of our little faith and zeal, He will send in others, who will respond to His leading and we shall bid them God-speed. We now have Presbyterians to the North of us, Presbyterians to the South of us, Presbyterians to the \Vest of us, and they will take the country for God, while we stand and call for help and only get an echo in reply. They have seventy-five missionaries and seven thousand Christians in the province, while we have eight missionaries and less than five hundred baptized Christians. '''hat shall we do? Go forward or stand still and be surroundecl? Shantung reports over 20,000 Christians. Is the great Methodist Church doing her duty, when she has only five hundred? 5.-Tientsin District. F. BROWN, District Superintendent. Another year has gone with its labour for the Master. and it becomes my duty to report my stewardship. There has been much to encourage, but trials have by no means been absent.

75 Perhaps in 110 former year have we had to exercise more wisdom. and grace in the development of the work committed to our care. Two outstanding facts may be mentioned as giving us great satisfaction however. First, the revived interest manifest on some of our older circuits. This is largely thc result of bringing a number of our brightest men to Tientsin in the winter for two months' Bible study. Ample quarters were found on the mission compound, and, with the help of the city pastors we were able to impart a considerable amount of knowledge which sent the men back to their homes, with a real determination to witness for Christ. During the year these men have been the zealous helpers of the pastors on an the charges. During the time the class was in session Pastor C'hen held a series of revival services with gratifying results, and the men carried to their homes deeper Christian experiences than they had previously known. The other matter which has given me great satisfaction is the purchase of a new site for a chapel on the Pei-rua-In (North Horse Street) which is one of the best situations in the city. The erection of a church here will allow us in some {measure} to compete with the.. preaching halls" of the literati. wherelectures on varied subjects are given, including Constitutional Government, etc. We plan to open our city church several evenings each week so that men may understand the great verities of Christianity To this end we have had electric lights installed in our 'West City church. The work in Tientsin has been pushed vig-orously from two centers. Wesley Church has had a good year under the able pastor the Rev. Ch'en Wei-ping. He has been very diligent and active, and has given much help to the District Superintendent when called u[ion. During the Bible school session he threw himself with great energy into class and church work. He is a good friend and syrupathetic adviser to his people. He has also preached twice a week in the city charge, thus helping the pastor there. The West Gate charge is mainly open for reaching the non-christian crowd as it gathers round its doors. The Rev. Chia eh'eng has been the pastor. Daily preaching has been carried on with gratifying results, but the great harvest time is not yet. We are planning a " forward movement" this winter by opening to evening congregations. Last win ter several of these special services were held but we need to make a steady,

76 - 7 I determined, and continued effort. A few nights ago we had a full church. Preaching continued an hour, then the cioors were closed, and over 80 men were wi1ling to remain for prayermeeting, and bow the knee for the first time to the true God. The difficulty is to bring them a step further-to cast themselves on Christ for salvation. \\Te have not had a single person who has not been willing to assent to the truthfulness of the Gospel and to say "hao" (it is good) but this alone will not save. Great wisdom is needed in this work, to know how, and when, to work wisely Some have been added to the church but we long for more. \""'hile at home the District Superintendent has divided the Sunday preaching with the pastor. YANG LIU-CH'ING (Willow Tree Circuit) has been under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Hou tien. The population of this district is largely made up of officials, and boatmen and very difficult to move. The preacher is not strong and can not get out much, but most of the places round about have been visited and there are some interested listeners. CH'ING-HSIEN (Celestial County Circuit). Brother Kang a local preacher was sent here last year. He has preached the Gospel faithfully in town and village and has a good list of those interested. The new Puh-han railway will run through this circuit and will increase our traveling facilities greatly. We have a good parsonage and fairly good school building, but we have waited long and anxiously for a church suited to our needs. The present building would not be used as a stable in the homeland. Some time ago it gave definite notice of a fall, and preacher and people run some risks. We trust for help in this matter before long. NANP'IN (South Skill Circuit) is under our venerable elder Yang Chun-ho assisted by a useful exhorter, Shang-san. They have preached in most of the towns and villages in the county. Two new places have been opened to the Gospel. The one at Hsuchiao 011 the Grand Canal promises to be a prosperous opening. A class of men walked 10 miles last Quarterly Conference for baptism. A suitable building for services was loaned, and a school commenced without calling upon the mission for financial aid. At another vlllage our bookseller was preaching when a young man informed him that his mother was a Christian. After some conversation he went to their home and found that they possessed Bible and Hymn-Book and that his mother had been

77 in a training class of the American Board Mission twelve years ago in a city one hundred miles away. The family had removed to this place and since then no Christians had been met with. The result is that several people have become enquirers and some have been taken on probation, and thus another place is opened to Gospel light. CHIACHO (Chiao River Circuit) has been in charge of Liang Shih-tsai for want of a more capable man. The members here greatly need instruction. With the advent of the railway this distant circuit will have better oversight. Mrs. Chou the Biblewoman spent a month here and the result is seen in increased interest of women and children. LIT' AN (Town on tile Plaiu Circuit) has had the services of Wang-Pao-t'ang, a Local Deacon. It was some time before he was able to settle down ~fter Conference, but he has been doing good work since. Alas for the sad affliction which has overtaken him. His son, the hope of his declining years, became insane as ht: was within one year of graduation from Peking University. We ask the prayerful sympathy of the Conference for this brother in his terrible trial. A new outstation has been opened at Tusung, ten miles fro111 Litan, and thus we are getting a line of stations which will give us a clear course all round the District. TAl-CHENG (Great City Cirmit) has been in charge of two local preachers and a lot of hard work has been put in on this old circuit, but it had been neglected so long, recovery is a slow process. Nothing special can be reported. WANGCHIAK'OU UVa1/g Family llloutll Ct'1'Cltit) has been in the charge of the Rev. Chai Te-jung there has been some progress and faithful work has been done. A new station has been opened at Panhing, and we are gradually extending in variolls directions. District Conference was held in June with a larger attendance tban ever berore. The most was made of the occasion for instruction and revival. The members went back to their work with new hope and courage. The final meeting was a collsecration service conducted by Pasfer Ch'en when every member sought a fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Educational work of the District has had a good year. Beginning with the Intermediate school, Tientsin there have been more students than before. The Principal, the Rev. Burton

78 - 73- St. John has been very diligent in pushing its interests. The time seems ripe for a move to the new site outside the South Gate of the city as the present quarters are too small. There have been four Girls' Schools under the \V F. M.. S. and twelve Boys' Schools on the District. They form a training ground round which the children of Christians cluster, free fr0111 heathen influence, and are thus prepared for our more advancc::d educational institutions. Brother Krause has been of great service to \Yesley charge in helping to manage the finances and the musical portion of the service. Dr. Martin has carried on tht: woman's medical work during the year single-handed, while Miss Knox has had charge of schoolwork and has gladly gone to the West City church on Sunday to help the Bible-woman in preaching to the women. Mrs. Brown has helped in the woman's work at Wesley as strength and opportuuity permitted. It is with deep regret that I report the death of 1\1rs: Chou, the District Bible-wotnan. She was a faithful worker and has left the fruit~ of her labours on several of our Circuits. She died at \Vang Chiak'ou on Sept. 14 after a short but severe illness. The following Sunday I preached a funeral sermon to a large congregation. We are delighted to again have Dr. Stevenson and Miss Wilson with us and we pray for them a long and blessed term of service. The former was only in Tientsin a few days when she reopened the \Vest City dispensary which has been closed for a whole year. To one and.all of the workers on the District I tender my grateful thanks for help in many and varied directions. There have been many calls on my time and strength yet I have been able to hold all my Quarterly Conferences during the year for which I am grateful. Needs :-The time is ripe for the opening of an Anglo Chinese school for girls in Tientsin if an experienced worker can be sent as teacher. That more and better preachers be given to the District and that two new churches be built, one at Chillg-hsien and the other at Tientsin. We are grateful to our Heavenly Father that He has given so mllch of blessing but crave a richer outpouring of His Holy Spirit that we on the Tientsin District may experience more of His p0wer in the lives of the people.

79 Tsunh ua District. G. R. DAVIS, District Superintendent. At our Conference of 1907 I was appointed to this district. It was by no means my first acquaintance with that section of our work. More than thirty-six years ago t~o of our then small mission made a tour of exploration through all this eastern country, where now we have the Lanchou, Shanhaikuan and Tsunhua districts. From 1881 to 1884 Tsunhua was part of my circuit, and again from "88" to " 91 " I was ill charge of the district. During those years our work was mainly confined to Tsun hua city and near yicinity. We had just succeeded in gaining a foothold in P'ingan ch'eng. Shaliuho and Yut'ien. It was a great pleasure to be sent back to work in that region of plain, wide valleys and beautiful mountains. The first impression received after an absence of sixteen years, was, that there had been a. wonderful and solid growth of our church. Much and beautiful work had been done. Then, our largest membership was to be found in the vicinity of Tsunhua; now, on the borders of the great plain, south of the hills, along the great road from Peking to Mukden, about Fengjun, Shaliuho and Yut'ien. QUAR1'ERLY CONFERE!\l"CE. There are eight within the bounds of.the district. They may be divided into three grades, depending on size and character of membership. The first grade includes Fengjun, Shaliuho, P'o-cll'eng. At each of these important centers, we own large premises, well located, but the buildings used for chapels are too small for our needs. They seat only from fifty to sixty people, and no longer accommodate our quarterly meeting services, and all are badly ar4'anged for street-preaching on market days. Steps should be early taken to remodel and enlarge them to meet the needs of our growing congregations. FE:\fGJUN. Elder 'Wang I-heng has been in charge. There are five points outside of the city where regular services are held. At Shaohsin-chuang, we have had an assistant pastor, Ma Chun-Ian, who is also the teacher of a small school for boys. Elsewhere we have three primary schools. Rev. Wang has been a diligent and wise leader of his flock. The members are regu~ar in

80 - 75- Sabbath observance and worship, careful in their lives, growing in grace and knowledge, willing in self-support. Our quarterly meetings have been times of blessing and encouragement. SHALJtTHO. Rev. Liu Kuang-tzu, a probationer in Conference in charge. This is onr largest circuit. Beside the central church there are three others of importance at Linchuyii, Tangyu and Yahungchiao, each with a local preacher, as assistant preacher. A number of other places have growing classes where regular services are held on the Sabbath. \\'hile I have visited all the larger churches I have only been present for Sunday services at Shaliuho, where our quarterl~' meetings have been most interestin!!, always o\'ercrowded. Rev. Pyke was present at onr district Conference held in May, and held special services. It was a time of refreshing and quickening from the Lord. Rev. Liu has been a careful worker, a faithful and affable friend towards those within and without the church. The assistant preachers have in the main been diligent and helpful. The members have shown a willing spirit in the matter of self-support, and a faithful regard for the Sabbath. There have been many signs of prosperity. It has given me pleasure here, and at several other points to see whole families coming to sen-ice from outside villages, the fanners driving their heavy carts. In too many places they are satisfied if only one or two members of a family attend service, and the women and children are left at home. P'OCH ENG. Rev. Ch'en Yu-shan has been the successful leader on this large circuit for several years. This circuit lies at the extreme rl'ortheast of the district, along the LAN RIVER. The minor charges of Santienying and Tuant'ukang are within its bounds. At Po'ch-eng we have large premises, well located, but the chapel building is far too small. \Ve have rented quarters at Santienying, and T'uant'ukang. 'Ve have succeeded in renting a more suitable place for our work in Santiellying. It is on the main street of the town. \Ve have growing congregations at each of these places, with several other interesting congregations, at Honanchai and Shihtzuk'otl ",'here Sabbath services are regularly held.

81 Rev. Ch' en Yu-shan is an able minister, a wise manager of church affairs, a great peace-maker, constantly busy in the Master's work.. The work is promising, the members earnest, and our quarterly meetings have been times of help and strengthening to all. In and about T'uantu'kang we have quite a large membership, but no suitable place of residence for a preacher or for Sabbath services. A few Ii away is the large market town of Hsinchi, which we hope to enter soon, and make it the center of the work, with a street chapel and home for the preachers. At the extreme north of this circuit lies the large market town of Sanhoch'iao, where we have a number of members in surrounding villages, but hitherto have been unsuccessful in securing a place within it. \Ve hope to secure a place early in the coming year. I have been greatly pleased with Brother Ch'en's wise managemeut and zeal in his work. By grade of Quarterly Conference P'iJ)gan ch'eng and Yntien belong here. P'INGAN-CH'ENG. Rev. Chang Pai-lin is in charge. There are two important coni,,'tegations, at P'ingan-ch'ang and Shaotaoti. Sixteen years ago at Pingchen we had a very small and inferior place renteq, and our work was just beginning. I was pleased to find such good premises as our chape1 property, and so large a membership in and about P'ingan-ch'eng. This large market town showed itself wrongly named during Instead of the town of peace, it was that of turbulence, a seat of Boxerism. The membership is not so large as at Fengjun. Shaliuho or P'o-ch'eng, but a fine congregation of earnest Christians. Brother Chang and assistant Pu-hai at Shaotaoti have done good work travelling and preaching. To the west of P'ingch eng are three important market towns, ill neither of which have we a street chapel. These markets have been constantly visited by the preachers, preaching as they had opportunity on the streets and selling books. We consider Mashench'iao the most important, as it would give us a stronghold on the western border of the district. We had great hopes of being able to rent a place here last year, but failed to do so. le must hold ourselves in readiness to buy a place at the first opportunity. Here as elsewhere people will sell, but not rent to us. At P'ingan-ch'eng we have a fine primary

82 ii school, the largest on the district. The Boxers did much evil here in We hope and pray to see a great and flourishing church as our only revenge. YCT'IEX. 'Wang En-chao, a probationer in Conference in charge. At Yiitien we have rather narrow premises, but by far the largest, most suitable chapel for our work on the entire district, thanks to Dr. Walker's good judgment. An interesting and growing congregation, and a prosperous primary school for boys. Linantsang and Piehshan, subcircuits, are included in this quarterly conference. At the former we have a rented chapel, wide-awake preachers, and a growing congregation. At Piehshan we have a local preacher, who also works at the two large market towns of Shang and Hsiats'eng to the southwest. So far we have been unable to rent a desirable place in either. There are two more large market towns to the south and west, that are regularly yisited by preachcrs and colporteurs, \Yol Li-ku and Hsing-chen. These arc all strategic points along our western bordel-, running from Chichou south \vard along the Ku or Chiyun river. The territory of this quarterly Conference is large, abounding in large and thriving villages. 'Ve need more men and money to work this section as it should be worked. The preachers have been full of zcal in their,,,ork with good results. C. GRADE. In this grade belong the Liallgtzu-ho, T'iehch'ang and Tsunhua quarterly conferences. LIANG'J'ZC-HO. Rev. Kao Hsin-shan in charge. There are the two churches of Liangtzuho and Tunghsin-chuang. The main cnurch, parsonage, and "a boys' school-room are at the village of Liangtzuho. Most of the members live in or around this village, where we have had work so long. We have a very good street chapel, but small membership at the little market town of Tsunghsin-chuang. I was disappointed at this charge. The members are largely the children of former church-members, many of whom died for their faith.in 190u. They seem too well content with present spiritual attainments and worldly prosperity.

83 Content to suit their convenience about attending sen.<ice. they give less for self-support -than any other charge. I trust that soon a time of repentance wi11come and with it a burning zeal for the salvation of their neighbors. Brother Kao has been actiye and f~ithfnl in his work. T'IEHCH' ANG. This was an entirely new field to me. Not much promise. The members few, dissatisfied and lifeless. At our late district conference the local preache-r supplying there was sent away, and Lin Shao-t'ang an old experienced preacher sent there. T'iehch'ang is shut up in the mountains. There are only a few villages about, but the markets are well attended. Our premises are well located and with a few changes our street chapel could be made more suitable and attractive. There is room for a large and flourishing church. Maya time of prosperity. and new lease of life come to this feeble church. TSUNHUA. At our local conference Rev. \\Tang T'ien-hsiang was appointed to this charge..:-\t Chinese l\ew Year the princip~l of the Intermediate School was called to teach in the Pekin'g University; \\Tang Tien-hsiang, having had experience as a teacher, was asked to take charge of the school, which he did. \Vang Ch'ang-tai, a recent graduate of Peking University was asked to come and help us on the charge. There are only t"."o regular preaching services, namely at Tsunhua and \Vanghsu-chnang. The latter place is supplied two Sabbaths in each month by \Vang Ch 'ang-ta'i and Hsu Ching-ping of Santienying', and \Vang Tien-hsiang preachers each alternate Sunday at Tsunhua. The Tsunhua congregation is made up of the teach ing staff and the pupils of the school. The membership is small. Quarterly Conference not very encouraging. The few members do well for self-support. \\Te have no regular church for our services. The main room in the hospital building is used for this purpose. The bnilding put up to sen'e ar a street chapel within the South Gate is certainly most ungainly and unattractive, as if we desired to repel, rather than attract people to hear the Gospel.

84 - 79- "rith the ruins still standing on our ouce well arranged and beautiful premises in the south suburb. where only the hospital building and school dormitories han~ been restored. there is small reason for wonder that the people are not attracted to us and all too readily surmise that we are totally discouraged. if not afraid to COlUe back and Jive and \\'ork as formerly. \Yang Ch'ang-t'ai has thrown himself into the work with ul1usual energy and zeal, not only preaching in and about Tsunhua hut everywhere in this great.yalley, at times going beyond his strength. EVANGELISTIC \\'ORK. I have been able to visit the district repeatedly. but not as often as I wished or as the work required. The distance from Peking is too great, involving too much time and expense. Once on the district, the tvork is in very compact shape, more so than on any district I have served. All the important centers I have visited three or four times. the smaller places 110t so frequently. and several places not at al1, to m~' regtet. I had planned one more trip over the entire district in September but the SU111111er rains were so late, and so unusually heavy. that travel was not only difficult, but dang-erous. l\i uch of the low land under water, and the rivers over their banks. I wish to bear witness to the faithfulness and zeal of the preachers. They have been careful. and quick to seize every chance for preaching. All seasons are not alike favorable for our work. Spring l110nths are the best. Then the markets an:~ well attended and great fairs are held at the 1110re noted temples of the region. These fairs are attended by crowds of men and women intent on some incense burning and idol worship, more business, but mainly on amusement and visiting. The preachers have followed these fairs ~n little bands attended by trusty local preachers, and colporteurs. They have preached to great crowds of most attentive listeners. Never before have all classes been so ready to hear or ask intelligerit questions, not in a spirit of condescension or flippant curiosity, but with an eagerness to understand the Gospel, and the object of all this work of the church. Nearly 12,000 copies of Scripture portions were sold from the beginning of April to the middle of June. It was a wonderful time of seed-sowing. We must watch and be ready for large harvests.

85 - 80- There. has been a steady increase in membership in nearly all the circuits and the spiritual tone is good. SCHOOLS. First in size and importance is the Intermediate School for boys at Tsunhua. :Mr. Yang Cheng-kang was in charge until the Chinese New Year, when he was transferred to Peking. At the same time it was found necessary to change the entire staff. Wang T'ien-hsiang was persuaded to take charge- and the other positions were filled. Mr. \Yang has managed the school wisely and economically. The students have been diligent. The greatest number has been fifty-five. nearly all in the Intermediate course of study, a few in the Primary grade, but only thos~ for who111 parents paid full fees. Fifteen of the boys successfully passed the entrance examination to the Prepartory department of the University. The teachers, all earnest Christians, have carefully watched over the morals and habits of the boys. General good health has prevdiled. The school dormitories are fair, and large enoug-h for presc'nt demands. We much need two large, convenient and modern school-i-ooms and someone more experienced in the management of a school than I am. There are nine Primary schools for boys and two for girls on the district, all in connection \"ith our various chapel premises. These schools are nearly all supported by mission funds. At Liangtzu-ho the members support a small school, and at two points. Tangyu and Shaobsinsin-chuallg. the preachers also act as teachers of the schools. 1VIost of them have been well attended, mainly by children from Christian families. \Ve closed several sch00ls because of small and irregular attendance. REMARKS. Much has been accomplished, but "ery llluch remains to be done. With in the limits of the territory of the district, nearly all of Tsunhua-chou, the counties of Fengjun, Yutien, and that portion of the chou east of the city. and southeast along the' river Kufou, or ChiYUl1hq, until opposite the large market town of Woliku, thence north east through Laohuangchen to the bounds of the Lanchou district, at Chelltzu-chen thence north, including all the market towns and villages of Ch'ienan-hsien, west of the river Lan to the Great Wall.

86 Within this, our recognized sphere of influence, tllt:re an: three walled cities, twenty important market tow11s, ten minor market towns. and more than three thousand 'Villages with a population of at least 2,000,OuO. \Ve have work fairly established, in the three walled cities, iu eight of the major and in two of the minor market towns. \Ve have chapels with members in four of 300Q villages. For what has been done we rejoice, but our hearts are stirred when we reflect that more than 2,000,000 souls are depelldan t 011 our church for the knowledge and hope of salvation. \Ve must redouble our efforts along all lines. and in order to do this effectually we should take immediate steps to reopen Tsunhua as a mission station with a foreign force. The district can not be worked satisfactorily at a distance. There is need for the constant presence of the missionalj' to direct. encourage, and advise. If we were about to open a mission station on the distict for the first time we might seek a more central location, but Tsunhua is the largest, most important center, the official head of all that region. We now have, in our old premises, a location, ideal for size, beauty, and healthfulness. The ruins of our fanner residences and chapel are sad sights, especially on a moonlight winter night. \Ve have the hospital, and school dormitory buildings restored. The foundations and walls of the former homes are still sound, and could be wholly restored, for much less than it would cost to build elsewhere, so much has already been done, so much could be done at the least expense, The ruin of the chapel was too thorough to permit its restoration, and it should be rebuilt on another site. The school needs more constant suvervision, and the whole district is crying for the systematic \"isit8 of a physician. The whole work is calling us to come, shall we not heed the call. It would be unnecessary to restore the whole plant at once; let the future regulate our action. Others who have had charge of the work since 1900 have realized how inconvenient and unsatisfactory it has proved to work from a distance. It is a case where' 'absent treatment" will not yield the required results. For the first time since 1900, we now have foreign force enough to resume residence. Let us be of good courage, go up and occupy the land, looking to the Lord for His blessing.

87 - 82- XX.-THE TOKYO CHINESE UNION CHURCH GEORGE L. DA YIS, ~Iissionary. The fact that Bishop Bashford has passed through Tokyo on his way to Peking to hold the North China Conference reminds me that, if I can not be present to make my report I should write to you som~thing of the work of Pastor Liu and myself. THE OPPORTUNITY. \Vhen Mr. Liu arrived from Tientsin to act as the pastor of the church which was to represent the Protestant Churches in China, he found a great work awaiting him. For there were about ten thousand young men from all parts of the Chinese Empire, studying in the various schools in the city of Tokyo. The majority of these men knew nothing about Christianity when they came to Japan, because they had been restrained and kept away from everything foreign by their old conservative teachers, who were in most cases opposed to all sorts of reform. And in China, the Christian teacher had no opportunity to present his views to them, as they simply would nof listen. But in Tokyo they are wimng to listen, to any onli who could teach them, and they had become accustomed to think of Christianity as the religion of the Western nations. They were kindly disposed to Christianity, because the Young Men'S Christian Association had been in the city for mol"e than a year, and its varied forms of work and activity appealed to them very favourably. And to start with there was a church of nearly sixty members, twenty-seven of whom had been Christians in China and thirty-three had become Christians in Tokyo. THE DIFFICUL1'IES. This was the opportunity, but still there were many causes to make the work of Christian workers at times very discouraging. It might be well to mention a few. Some of the young men say when pressed to give a reason for not accepting Christianity, "My family would object to my doing anything so radical." Others frankly state "I can't become a Christian because I am going" to be an official, when I return to China." Some said

88 - 83- openly" Yuur rules are so strict that it would be impossible to enjoy myself and be a Christian." The men who gave this last answer and some of the others had become Yictims of the social evil, and temptations to sin in this line are so great that many of the young men are tempted and fall. A. few have said,,. The Christians in China are all members of lower classes, and besides they have become Christians simply to get the' help of the foreign missionary in their lawsuits!" These were some of the things that had to be overcome in persuading the men to become Christians. And in the church itself, the members were all young and lacked the wisdom of an organization in which there were older men. Many of them were so bitterly anti-foreign, that they were opposed to having a church connected with any existing organization in China. And their ideas of the qualifications necessary for church-membership were ver).' liberal. To some of the deacons, qualifications for membership were social rather than faith in Jesus Christ and a desire to lead a better life. On the part of some there was a hope to make the church a branch of the revoluntionary organization. And there was the difficulty of trying to unite men speaking different dialects from different provinces into one church. THE AGES OF THE STUDENTS AND THEIR ABILITY. It comes as a surprise to many that so few of the students, who have been in Japan, have been able to do anything for their country on their return. Many of the Japanese teachers have been disappointed, because the students have not been better qualified. But the truth is that not three per cent of the students, who come to Japan. were even able to enter the High Schools, and the rest were obliged to enter the Middle Schools, or schools that were specially prepared for the Chinese students. And now after three years they are just ready to enter the High Schools, but two-thirds of the studtmts have gone because they could 110t afford to stay so long, or because they have become discouraged since a Western Education can not be acquired in six months or a year. Among the latter were many of the old school expectant officials, who went oyer to coach up a little in new methods in the hope that they would be able to get good places when they returned. And the citizens of Tokyo were electrified, when they saw old men in fine silk robes walking down the business streets of the town with a little piece of pork in one hand and a little

89 garlic in the other. The Japanese boarding houses would not cook the beloved garlic for them, so they were obliged to cook it for themselves. But now that the students have been here a longer time, and are getting a better knowledge of the Japanese language, they are making much better records than preyiously. In the classes with the Japanese students in the examinations this spring many of the Chinese boys were among the highest. This was due to the fact that not only had they worked desperately hard, and had not cut lectures early in the term eyen when they knew that the roll would not be called, but also to the fact that they were helped in the higher classes,,,here the Chinese character was used instead of the canna, and from their early training they were familiar with the learning and not obliged to look it up as the JapanesE boys were compelled to do. Although there are not nearly so many students in Japan, th.ese few will probably do more for their country than the greater number would, because these men are younger and will get something that is worth while. This morning a smart naval cadet in spotless white uniform, born in San Francisco, clicked his heels together and gave me a military salute, because I had been one of his English teachers. He is only fifteen years old and as bright a boy as one would,vish to find. He will some day probably help the Dragon to win back the g"lory lost at the Yalu River and Port Arthur. But what has impressed me, as more clearly showing the changes that have taken place in public opinion in China, is not so much to see the boys from fifteen to twenty in Japan as to see old men working hard. One old gentleman sixty-three years old went past our house every day this last year on his way to the law school. At that age of course it was impossible to learn Japanese, so he entered the law school, v,here the lectures were printed in Chinese and handed around to the class. But the most remarkable event, which seems to me should make us all realize that we are never too old to learn is this fact; one old teacher from Yunnan, more than seventy days journey from Shanghai, came all the way to Shanghai and then to Tokyo to learn the best up-to-date methods for teaching school. And he stayed here for a year and a half in one of the normal schools. until he had finished the courses. Now he has returned to his distant home and started a school on up-to-date lines. There is hope for China, if the great grandfathers are going abroad to learn new methods.

90 - 85- THE eharacter AND LOYALTY It is rather a strange fact that among the older men have occurred the scandals that haye giyell the students a bad name. They, the older men have almost all been in the law school where the lectures were given in Chinese, so that they did not have to work so hard as the men who,,,ere in the Japanese schools. Of course this does not mean that the younger men have been so extremely good; it simply means that they could speak Japanese and were not caught. The students as a body discourage immorality, for when anyone is accused of such crimes, and it is found out he is at Ollce expelled from the student body or club, and the authorities usually send hiin home in disgrace. Quite recently a Hanlin and two Chii Jen were expelled for being found out. In that point the students have not changed, for the sin consists in being caught. A great deal has been said about the revolutionary yiews of the Japanese students, or rather the Chinese students in Japan. It is true that a year ago, when certain well-known agitators were in Tokyo, a large number of students believed that the best thing for China was to destroy all the existing forms of government. But since a large number of the leisure class have returned, and those who remain are very busy, it appears to the majority that it will not do simply to destroy the old forms of government, when there are no better men to take the places of those killed. But \vhile they bitterly deplore the present conch. tions, they think it best to wait until there are men of character and principle to lead, when they hope reforms can be worked out. METHODS OF CHRISTIAN WORK Notwithstanding the difficulties, the pastor started to work to make the most of the opportunity that God had given to him. Since the Church and the Young Men's Christian Association, although organically entirely separate, have such a common end in view, the aim has.been to cooperate as far as possible, and to make the services of each organization stand for both, rather than duplicate. A Sunday morning preaching service was held in the Young Men's'Christian Association building. A Sunday school was not organized, because the Bible classes held on Sunday morning and evening in the various branches of the Young Men's Christian Association, and in the homes of workers took

91 - 86- the place of both a Sunda~'-school and young people's meeting, nor was a prayer-meeting held because of the weekly meeting held in the Young Men's Christian Association. During the winter and fan the students were entertained every Saturday \l - night by means of lectures or concerts. And in the spring the spirit of brotherhood was developed by means of rides on the river and garden parties in the homes of variolls members of the staff, or in the beautiful parks and gardens that surround Tokyo_ Although the young men have been helped and uplifted by the public services, the majority were not won to Christ in that way, but in nearly every case Nathanael was led to the Master by some Philip. Nearly everyone of the forty odd men, who had been led to become Christians, have been won through the personal work of the Christian workers. And it has been found that no other method can be substituted for that of personal work. The men can not be won in masses, but it has been necessary to patiently overcome the scruples and remove the difficulties of each one of the young men individually. This work has not been done by means of the prayers or labours of anyone man, and Pastor Liu and I would not for a moment claim that we alone have done the work. We have only been allowed to help on this great work. Although about forty men have become Christians during the year, so many have returned to their homes in China, that at present there are only about forty men in the Chinese student Church. But the most encouraging fact is the higher standard that exists in the church in regard to membership. The leading members realize that a man is not fit to become a church-member simply because he is a good comrade. And my heart has frequently been touched and stirred to the depths, as I have seen the sons of prominent officials go forward and before an audience of their fellow students, openly confess their Saviour and receh-e baptism as an outward sign of their allegiance to Jesus Christ, wheu formerly in their home towns, they would have thought they must apologize for being seen in a Christian chapel. And the Christians seem to realize that in the Christian Church all men are alike, and before God English, American, and Chinese are the same. As we see the vast number who have not been reached, it seems that we have been very negligent of our opportunities to speak a word for Jesus. But several incidents have occurred that cause us'to take courage. Mr. Li Hui, one

92 - 87- of the deacons of the Chinese Student Church and a young man of great promise, said to Mr. Miller" I feel a great peace in my heart after I have read the Scriptures." When the Young Men's; Christian Association first tried to form Bible classes it was almost impossible to get any of the'men to study the Bible, but now every Sunday there are from forty to fifty boys in the yarious Bible classes. A young man from Shanghai. whose father was a member of the Hanlin Yuan in Peking for fifteen years and afterwards Literary Chancellor of the province of Chihli, has become a Christian. His father never allowed him to go inside a chapel in Peking although he lived more than ten years almost opposite the gate of The American Board Mission. Late in February I received a letter, from one of the young men in my class in English at the Waseda Branch of the Young Men'S Christian Association, asking me to call at his boarding house as one of his friends wanted to study Christianity. I found his friend, :'1r. Li, a most delightful young man and very much in earnest. I talked with him for over an hour and then invited him to come to Church. He then joined Mr. Miller's Bible class and is proving to be one of our most sincere and earnest Christians. And as we are starting in on another year of personal work and prayer, we are praying most earnestly that guided by the failures of the past year, the Holy Spirit may lead us to greater victory than ever before. THE NEEDS We need more spiritual, consecrated Chinese Christian workers. The foreign staff may guide and suggest but the greater part of the work must be done by the Chinese. It is very difficult to get anyone to come to Tokyo to do the work. We need to keep the idea as presented to the Shanghai Conference by the leaders of the Young Men'S Christian Association, that there should be but two organizations in the work, i.c. the Young Men's Christian Association and the Chinese Student Church representing the Protestant churches of China. If any more churches enter the field, it will surely weaken the work, and hinder the advance of the Kingdom of Christ in China. But more than all else we need the prayers of Christian friends that the workers in Tokyo may be led to reach the four or five thousand young men from all over the Empire of

93 - 88- China, 50 that they will go home and break down the wall of pride and prejudice, that has hindered the advance of the Gospel so long in China. I want to thank the deacons, Messrs. C. C. Wang, K. Y. Ma, P. Y. Ma and S. C. Li for their help and especially Mr. :Miller for his advice and' spiritual influence on the boys. I also wish to thank MeS5r~. Byrde and Elwin for their pattern of earnest endeavour that they have given to the Christians. And especially do I want to express my feeling of thankfulness for the delightful harmony that has existed between the Young Men's Christian Association and the Student Church. This has been largely due to the unfailing thoughtfulness and care of Mr. Clinton, the genial and kind-hearted General Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association. His diplomacy and tact helped to bridge over many difficult places. Pastor Liu has always been faithful to his duty and has set a splendid example to the young men of devotion to the work and untiring zeal in the cause of the Master. The serious illness of Mrs. Liu ill the spring caused her return to China to become necessary, and although we greatly regret that it was necessary for her to return, we now most heartily rejoice that she is soon to return to Tokyo, where we hope and pray that Pastor and Mrs. Liu will have a year of great success in the Lord's vineyard. Although Mrs. Davis and I have been asked to return to Tokyo for another year, we wish to assure all our dear colabourers that our hearts are with them in China and that we daily pray for advancement of the Kingdom in the North China Mission.

94 - 89- XXI. MEDICAL REPORTS l. Ch 4 angii Medical Work: Martyrs' Memorial Hospital. J. L. KEELER, Physician in Charge In presenting this, our Fourth Annual Report, it is not without mixed emotions. The pride of the fonr-year-old boy is that he can not only walk. but run a little. But when we see all that our big, older brothers are doing, their large, wellequipped hospitals treating thousands where 'we treat only hundreds, we could wish that we too were older. However, we have bad a healthy year and eyety reason to be thankful. Ch"angli is without doubt, the health resort of our Conference.,\Ve have also had a healthy growth, and only regret that time and strength was not sufficient to meet all of the opportunities which the year presented. REIXFORCE:lIE~TS.-It is with greatest pleasure that we introduce our new Doctor, Lilburn Merrill, of Denver, Colorado, who arrived at Ch'angli, March the first. \Vaterloo and many another battle had been lost but for reinforcements; and only those who have fought alone the enemies of sickness and sin know the joy of company and cooperation. The Master sent them out two bv two, and have,'ou noticed that,. One shall chase a thousand (bacteria) and t~o shall put (not two thousand but) ten thousand to flight." Dr. Merrill is the right kind of stuff, and stuffed with the right kind of stuffing. Called by God to be a missionary at the age of nine, he has during all these eighteen years been under special training. For a number of years he was associated \-vith that prince of workers among boys, judge Ben B. Lindsey, in the world-famed juvenile court of Denver. Experience in newspaper and magazine work has also given him training of value in the mission field. Since gmduating he has taken a year's post-graduate work and spent several 1110nths in private practice. His book 011 "Wi1111ing the Boy," (though he has not yet vwn the girl) shows that he understand5 the human heart and wins by love. The Bellefontaine District Epworth Leagues of the Central Ohio Conference who support "Uncle Doc." (as the boys like to call him) are to be congratulated. upon having such a representative. And we feel assured, that together, they will "pray, pay and prosper."

95 Herewith also au introduction to our student boys and fello\\' workers. A glance at the map covering a field of about two hundred miles long, by one hundred miles; enclosing more than fifteen walled cities, with from twenty to fifty thousand souls in each, to say nothing of the thousands of towns and villages, and a total population greater than that of the two largest cities in the world, will suffice to show the need of trained men and branch dispensaries in at least some of these large centers. Our church-members are begging us to open dispensaries and the public will, we believe, help to support them. Had we trained men and money we could open a dozen tomorrow. Already friends at home have pledged the support of two of these branch dispensaries. And we hope that within the year, God will lead many others to see and accept the privilege of having a representatin' of the Gospel of health, and holiness in this needy land. \Ve plan to teach these men the essentials of doctrine and disease, and to send them out as soon as they give evidence of a sincere love for Christ, and their fellows, and a knowledge of the laws of health. An extract from one examination paper written in English just as here, will suffice to show that they are making some headway. Question: Describe fever and the use of the c1incial thermometer. " II we wish to know the fever or normal of a man, we must see his temperature and the temperature is taken by an instrument called the thermometer which looks like a glass rod but has an important point because inside the point is fun of quicksilver as so it can break very easy. It has also numbers to tell how hot is the man. Put the thermometer in the tongue and if get up to 98 2/5 is normal, 103 is fever and middle, 108 is the greatest fever. When gets to 108 will soon be dead; but if we will seek the way to healthy, we may exempt ourselves from fever or disease of any kind." Question: Describe hygiene and some rules of health. I' The way of which it can keep us healthy is called hygiene and no one can stay well without understanding of it, so we must be responsible at the hygiene, as eating, clothing, doing, breathing pure air, drink pure water boiled, eating of plain food well cooked, not eating too much fruit. if is cholera, will be no danger for the stomach and lungs if so, this way to do. Rise early, go

96 to bed early, also work while you work, play while you playthat will give us quite enough strength also no consumption in it. Also keep our rooms, bed clothes, all things dry and clean thus will save us from eczema and scabies-and so we must be knowing the hygiene a~ important to our lives." Full particulars will be gladly sent to any Church Epworth League, Sunday School or individual about the cost of supporting a branch dispensary for a year. And any sums subscribed for this purpose should be marked (, Branch Dispensaries, Ch'angli-hsien, North China" and sent by check or post-office order or draft to Homer Eaton, Esq.. Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 150 Fifth Avenue. New York City. A COUNTRY TRrp sounds novel. but it is easier said than done. For it is not itinerating in the glorious home West, where you have only to take your Bible and hymn-book and a few tracts, and mount your old broncho (guaranteed not to buck till the next time) and spee<l away, on and on till night overtakes ypu ; then drop into the first shanty. dug-out, or house vou come to; always to receive the best they have for man and beast, bed and board, as free as the air you breathe. Not so in the East. Here a country trip means a country outfit. A food box, a few agate dishes, a supply of canned goods, a cot bed and bedding, medicine box. drugs and instruments. a few boxes of gospels and tracts, an assistant, a servant, a cart and carter, possibly two. Wife and sen'ants have been busy for days making ready for a three-weeks trip. We travel a hundred Ii the fi~st day, over roads that have only one name, and that heavily underlined-abominable! And in a Chinese cart, by the same name, as you will agree after a look at the sketch. Ko springs. no seat, flat bottom. must be seen to be understood, and ridden to be condemned. It was after a hundred Ii of such roads, in such a cart. that our poetic colleague, Miss Glover, wrote the following lines: I n this Chinese cart I sit, thinking colleag ues all of you, And the many easy chairs so far away; And my eyes they fill with dust spite of all that I can do, 'While o'er Ch'angIi's plans we bump the livelong day,

97 Thud! thud! thud! the cart goes bumping. Cheer up traveler, you'll get. there. And upon some downy k'ang, you will rest your weary bones, Trusting sleep will end your every ache and care. But alas! 'tis not to be, for in dreams you still move on Over ruts or rocks or streams or sandy ground; Or you wake from troubled sleep, light your candle in a rush, Vow to kill that little beast that preys around. Grab! grab! grab! the chase grows frantic, Cheer up, sufferer, you'll succeed; And within some little pond you will drown your ;, chamois" swift, And \vill hope for sweet repose from suffering freed. Just as once again you dream comes a penetrating call From the kith and kin of Balaam's speaking steed; And the fowls and dogs and pigs all respond with loudest voice, Telling you tis time to rise and on to speed. Up! up! up! they all are calling, vvake up, sleeper, you must rise; For a hundred li of road lie before your feet to-day. Ere at night on restful k' ang you close your eyes. SQ you eat your soft-boiled eggs and YGU drink your cocoa hot, And within your narrow cage you sit so lo\\' : Then your sleepy eyes they close and no more the sides you grasp, And from side to side with cruel force you go. 'Whack! whack! \vhack! your head goes bumping. Sit up, traveler, hold on tight; Or you'll find that Chinese carts, when you hit them sudden like Make the trees and stars all dance before your sight. Early the next morning people begin to gather for it is market day. Our coming has been advertised for days by large posters 011 the city gates. Old and young, rich and poor, are all admitted alike by ticket to the chapel, where we shall first tell them about the Great Physician; reading to them the matchless

98 - 93- stories of His life and love, sen'ice and sacri11ce, showing them that sin is, after all, at the bottom of all sickllc~s and sorrow. and that He eyer liveth to make intercession, 110t for our sins only, but for the whole world. Many of thelll hear our lllessage.gladly, of times speaking out, saying,.. T",eila" (That's true!) more often,.1 p.utsoa" (That's no lie!) \Ye later open our medicine box and while we are seeing them Ol1e by one in the room adjoining, the preacher and bookseller are at work among the patients. ::\either time nor space permits more than a suggestion of what follows. Here are upwards of two hundred patients with, it would seem, all the diseases ullder the sun, and we have only a half day, as we must push on to the next station, ere night overtake us. As a rule, more than fifty per cent, are eye cases: eyelids inflamed, corneal ulcers, ingrowing eyelashes, macula, cataracts, g]ocoma, etc. To Illany we give an eye wash. Minor operatiye cases we ask to go to a near by center, where we will stay a few days and have time to treat them. More serious cases are adyised to come to Ch'angli, many of whom, however never show up. The assistant is busy pulling old snags of teeth and painting rheumatic joiuts, sellillg quilline for malaria, gi \'ing worm l11(:dicine, dispensing cough drops and prescribing for "hsi11 k'ou teng" (that is, pain ill the heart's mouth, or indigestion). Tubercular glands, chronic abcesses, tumors, kidney and heart diseases are a<hised to see us at the hospital. You,,-ill see that this work of pioneering is hurried, and lacks thoroughness, hut it pays, breaks down prejudice, brings new people into touch with nati\"e~ pastors, and arouses an interest in things modern. The evenings are spent in evangelistic meetings, or in discussing plans for larger things with the pastors and members. The present system will be greatly illlproved by opening branch dispensaries in the large centers, with trained natives in charge under the constant supervision and direction of the foreign doctor. While there is much that our branch dispensen; will not be able to do alone, they can teach the people the uses of heat, dry and moist. in the treatment of inflamed eyes, rheumatic joints, etc., and the necessity of open windows, fresh air and sunlight as the only preventative and cure for many of the respiratory diseases to which China is an easy pr~y. They

99 - 94- can also vaccinate the children with dean vaccine, and save them from the ravages of smallpox and the suffering and death that follows the septic methods of the Chinese doctors. They can prescribe for and help, many of China's curable diseases; do many of the :uinor operations, sending difficult cases to Ch angh. They will also be of invaluable assistance to the church-members and native pastors, teaching in the boys' schools, hygiene, and how to "Fletcherize." They will also save the poor, be-fooled public from much of the dosing, quackery, deception and death which they suffer at the hands of their native doctors. It is not that China has not medicine, and much, too, that is good; but that they do not know how to use what they have. Acids, alkaloids, animal, mineral and vegetable are mixed regardless of chemistry and laws of incompatability: and no prescription is complete without the addition of a scorpion and a few bugs and beetles. It reminds one of that once famous professor, who, seeing the leg or wing of an insect, knew at once the name of it. The student,;, thinking to test him, got legs, wings, head and body of different insects and sticking them together presented them to the professor for a name. He at once said: "It is a humbug." I had almost forgotten to say that the cart question is solved, thanks to our many, many friends in the homeland. This wagon, as you will see, is built for China; will carryall hands and the cook, plus bags and baggage. It wi1l also give sleeping accomodations to two 'wherever night overtakes them. As we go about in this comfortable and commodious outfit we shall as oft have occasion to sing, " Oh, think of the friends over there!" whose consecrated motley has made our journeys abroad, easier and more effective. Our itinerary for the year ending measures more than 3,000 ii with upwards of 5,000 patients. THE HOSPI' AL, as always, is our standby for results that count. We have had the usual rull of curable and incurable chronics who do little to commend a new work. Then too, the long list of medical and operative cases, some of whom were healed, all of whom were helped. But we desire to speak in particular this year of five cases which did much to bring our work before the public in an official way. These were merchants, returning from Manchuria to spend the new year at home, who were attacked by robbers on an early morning train near Ch'angli,

100 - 95 and badly cut about the throat, It was evidently the plan of the robbers to cut their throats so effectively that they could not speak (cutting through the windpipe). And by severing the large arteries they would, in a few minutes, bleed to death, when they could take anything of value. drop off at the next station, and escape in the darkness. But the cry of " Cut! Cut! Robbers!" so disconcerted the heartless butchers that they fled to another car and were soon lost among the passengers, but not until three men were cut from ear to ear; two "ery deeply and another through the windpipe; another about the head, face and jaw; still another about the side and back of the neck. To show the difference between the ambulatory systems of the East and 'Vest. these men who should have been in the hospital by seven-thirty o'clock, must first go through the red-tape (and in this case, red blood, (as they were saturated from head to foot) of seeing the official, who, after a long list of official questions, sent us his card praying us, if possible, to sa\'e their lives. They reached us at nine-thirty o'clock (two hours late) ; two in a state of collapse, all fi ve still bleeding. They were accompanied by both civil and military officials, and a large retinue of soldiers, assistants aud servants. The officials watched the operation of clamping artc:ries. until their hearts and stomachs failed them, and making their bow, departed. Upwards of two hundreds from the railroad and city gathered in the hospital court, fighting for a place and head-space at the windows. At five o'clock, without stopping to eat or drink, all five were sewed tlp. Three made an uninterrupted recovery. Two after a \veek in the halance, with COl1stant care and the endurance of a Chinaman. made a slow but complete recovery. For weeks, officials and friends from Peking to J\[ukden came to see the patients, and seeing was helieving. This effectually silenced our enemies and brought patients from far and near. It is due the railroad to say that they showed these unfortunate men every kindness, paying all their bills, though under no obligation whatever. It may also be of interest to know that three of the desperados were, three months later, arrested and beheadt'd. OPIUM REFORM. The sentiment against the use of opium grows steadily stronger; though, as you will see in the picture, China continues to grow it and smoke it. Here they are "bleeding the poppy" which is a round bulb about the size of

101 a walnut. From this cut oozes a mi1k~~ sap which is scraped off a few hours later, dried in the S1111 and prepared for the market. The smoker is our old friend Chang, \vho came to us in desperation two years ago, and was cured by the lock and key treatment-the cheapest and the best, though not the most popular. The markets are filled with pills and nostrums, nath'e made and foreign imported, The active principle of most, if not all of them, is morphine. Many opium smokers under observation for two years, now prefer the pill to the pipe. It is nl0re convenient, less public, though much more expensh'e and injurious to health. I have never yet known of any great 1110ral reformation, that grew out of law or compulsion. But I do know that the love of Christ constraineth men. And that a quickened conscience and a moral conviction and a heart purpose is worth more than ten thousand sentimental resolutions, or sanctimonious edicts. THE CIGARETTE is another great evil which unprincipled foreigners ''',reo care more for the mighty dollar than for mortal health, or immortal souls, have introduced into China. United efforts are being made by lecture and literature to create a wholesome sentiment against this easily rooted and pernicious evil, so well expressed in an anti-cigarette leaflet, entitled " What a Cigarette Said: I am not much of a mathematician, said a cigarette to a boy: 'but I can add to your nervous troubles, I can subtract from your physical energy, I can multiply your aches and pains, I can di dde your mental powers, take a large share of your wages, and discount your chances for life and succes5, both here and hereafter." 'Ve will not burden ourselves nor our readers this year with cold calculations, beyond a financial statement. Suffice to say that in hospital, dispensary and itinerary we have come in direct contact with over seven thousand patients; some for but a few minutes, others for as many days, weeks and even months. If as Professor Drummond has well said" We are what our environments make us," we can but hope that our touch was Christian, and whenever or wherever, otherwis;, pray Christ to forgive. EVANGELISTIc.-Our once fisher boy, now hospital evangelist, continues with ever-increasing success a fisher of men. Here results are not easily tabulated. Here too, "man's extremity is God's opportunity,"" for had they no sickness, they had not

102 - 97- <come, litt1e thinking of their heart sickness-sin-and knowing nothing of the Great Physician and his cure for sin. \Ve have now many old patients scattered about. too far distant from preachers and preaching places to be of Dlutual benefit to each other. Our evangelist and his old friend Hezekiah (the donkey) hope to follow up these inquires, and where possible, organize classes, teaching them more perfectly the way of life. Dear reader, will you not unite with us to pray for these patients,... ho go out into the darkness of heathendom knowing only a a little; that they may find the \Vord of God a light to their feet, and a guide to salvation. ' IN CONCLUSION.-\\'hat shall we more say, but to thank God for the place and privilege of service with Him, and our colleagues, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Taft for their hearty support, and liberal SUbscriptions. And to our e\"er-widening circle of friends in the homeland. who by special interests and special gifts have made many new things possible, our special thanks. For the many Chinese friends whom God has raised up for us, and for the love and loyalty of the nati,"e churches, and to the patients who have spoken kindly of our work to their friends and neighbors. For all the cures that have been effected, for all the souls that have been saved. and for the hope: of yet greater things, and the final hope of eternal life, we thank God ar.d take courage. IMPERATIVE NEEDS.-l. Friends, Churches, Epworth Leagues, or Sunday Schools to take the permanent support of ten branch dispensaries, at $ each, per year. 2. Balance required for children's ward, $ A small printing press. 4. A good stereopticon outfit with a kerosene burner. 5. A good Eastman camera: 3,~~ x 5, films or plates with developing and printing outfit. A REQUEsT.-That any into whose hands this report may fall would take the time to write us a line, though it be but a postcard. And that hereafter all who send money I magazines, books, etc., would please write us a personal note, that we may know the name and address of sender and be able to acknowledge ~the same without delay. -five. l\ote.-foreign postal rates: Postcards, two cents, lettenl, Address all mail matter to Ch'angli-hsien, North China.

103 Peking Medical Work. N.S. HOPKINS, M.D., G.D.N. LOWRY, M.D., Physicians in Charge. There have been no new features developed in this 'work during the past year. The many demands on our time in connection with the work already started, have kept us from entering upon some plans we would like to have seen carried 6ut, and that have appealed to us to be done. Among these the country work has been an inviting feature, but at no time have we seen our way clear to take it up. Sections of the country from which patients have come in large numbers should be visited and the work in the hospital followed up. There are at least two points where our old patients would give us a strong following and make the nucleus of a possible Christian Community. THIS DISPENSARY has always been a strong feature of our work, and the past year has been no exception. l\lore than 17,000 patients have been treated in the Hospital Dispensary, and about half that number at the Chu Shih Kou. To our faithful assistants Po and Hsu is due much credit for the success in these two disp~nsaries. The patients have received prompt, skillful, sympathetic attention and many among this great mass have cause to bless the faithful doctors who treated them so well. At the Chu Shih Kou Dispensary daily preaching has been carried on and large crowds have always greeted anyone who was pleased to talk to them: We have been greatly impressed with the receptive attitude on the part of all with whom we have come in contact, whether in J:he homes or wards, or in our daily prayer service at the Hospital. There is a universal longing for better things and a feeling that China has not as yet found the way to true prosperity. We have been fortunate in securing for ottr Hospital a faithful Christian helper in Mr. Chang, a long looked for and needed manager. He has transacted all business, received and dismissed patients, and over all has carried such a kindly Christian iufluence that we have felt him a great addition to our force. Dr. Lowry in reporting for the Surgical Work says: The ward patients tllis year have been of the usual type~ afthough we have more of the better class. The changes made in the Hospital

104 - 99- building this year have enabled us to accomodate more private patients. And the new operating room that will soon be put up will enable us to better provide for seyere cases, and add greatly to the convenience of carrying on our work. The army has furnished us with many patients, many of them men of rank. There has been a direct descendant of Confucius in the Hospital. This young man is a student in one of the departments of the Imperial University. "\Yith the introduction of modern machinery and electricity' new sources of danger are added and frequent accidents result Several cases due directly or indirectly to the introduction of electricity into Peking have been admitted into the Hospital. One case, where both hands were badly burned and somewhat lacerated because of the man putting his hands on an electric wire, had a narro\y escape from death. Two cases where lllen, working on the electric wires have been thrown down from the poles to the ground with serious and fatal results fro111 concussion of the brain, have been in the Hospital. One case of fracture of the spine, with complete para1~rsis and loss of function below the waist, was admitted in a most deplorable condition. THE OPTICAI~ DEPAR'l':\1E:>\T has grown in favor during the year, and has now become an important part of our work. \Ve treat many patients from the outlying country as well as in the city and have received many flattering recognitions. One man distributed 5,000 copies of a \'ery eulogistic circular at the Chien Men; his name was unknown to us, but as copies were brought in by men from different parts of the city, we were aware that some grateful friend \vas seeking to advertise our work. Others have fa\'orably mentioned us in the daily papers and one has given us a tablet for the Hospital. THE GLASS-FITTING DEPARTl\fE~T has carried on an increasingly busy work and many of the high officials, and those visiting the city from other parts of the Empire, have been called to us through it. Self-support, the goal toward which we have labored through the years, seems now secure. The receipts from increasing private practice, paying patients in our wards, and receipts from optical work will put us in a position to relieve the Society from the burden of this work, and also allow us to enlarge our plan~.

105 A BUILDING HAS BEEN ERECTED on the Hospital grounds, that is now leased to a firm to be used as a drug-store. The income from this building will greatly help in the support of the Hospital. TEACHING IN THE UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE has made increasing demands on us during the year. It has fallen to us to provide four classes,,,ith daily lectures, and to translate text-hooks for them. \Ve believe that this is perhaps the most important task we are given to do, and should receive our best attention. When China becomes thoroughly aroused to the importance of having trained men able to work out her Sanitary and Medical problems, there will be such a call for medical education that all institutions ready to do this work will be taxed to the utmost. This school is laying a splendid foundation, and we may with confidence expect it to make its impress upon the future medical men of China. This Mission should keep at least three men in Peking to meet our obligations to this school and the general medical work. 'Ye are glad that Dr. and Mrs. Mullowney are in the field and we welcome them to any and all parts of this,,,ork. If President Roosevelt's definition of what should make a man happy is true, "a hard job and a privilege to work it," we are sure that our new doctor will grow increasingly happy with the years; and we hope that they may be many. THE EVAXGELESTIC \VORK in the hospital has been done by the physicians and helpers. It has suffered for the want of a man who could devote his full time to it. But,ve are sure that our men are not less sympathetic with the sick for having first tried to point them to the Great Physician. "Thile we would like a skillful, tactful man to do this work we,vould 110t lose the personal touch that wins men and keeps us in sympathy with their greatest need. A number from the hospital have united with the church during the year and many others have been deeply interested. One of these men developed a serious lung disease later and died. but he could look into the beyond confident of God's love and forgiveness. In the medical,,,"ork we are in touch with the dark side of life and see muc4 to move us to sympathy and pity. Aged mothers have brought to us sons on whom they should lean for

106 101 - support but had been made blind and helpless through sin; wh'es leading husbands that from a human standpoint had better be in the Potter's Field; and students from America and England on whom China had layished her money, are going down with the tide of sin in this great capital. \Vhen we realise that we are only touching the surface of this great needy mass, our hearts ache for them. And a pra~'er often goes up that they may know the Great Healer. The work as a "'hole has been 1110st encouraging. The numbers while not increasing, have held their 0\"\'11 despit~ the native dispensaries opened in the different parts of the city. \Ve are truly grateful to God for the privileges of the past year and with the prayer that His presence may go before us, we look with hope and joy into the future. Visits to Dispensaries \Vard Patients. Out-calls STATISTICS:.23, l35 Total..24,4.J.S 3. Tai-an-fu Medical Work. C. F. E~SIGN, M.D., Physician in Charge. \Vhen we wrote our report for last year we thought that it would be the last, for we expected to be in the home laud, but through the providence of God we are still here in body as well as spirit. All the work was turned over to Dr. Baldwin ill December, but as we did not leave the field, he returned 1t in January, excepting the Eye, Ear, and Nose work, which he wished to retain. In March he received a letter from the Bishop, asking him to go to Yen Ping, in the Foochow Conference, for a year, as a supply to take Dr. Skinner's work while he was home on furlough.

107 'We have been fairly busy since taking back the work, not alone with the Chinese but also with the foreigners; having had more or less work to do for all the different missions represented in the city of Ted-An. Early in the year,ye were e:al1ed to Tainanfu to perform an operation on a foreign teacher in the Imperial Proyincial College, which took us away fro111 the station for a little while. Dr. Koons' being sick this summer has caused a number. 'who would have gone to her, to come to us. Because of various and S11 ndry reasons, it has been impossible to make the customary spring trip around the District, so that the total number of patients will run somewhat short of last year. This summer the Dispensary has been open every day except Saturday anu Sunday. Three times a week we came down from the mountain to hold clinic, the reli!aining time, }1r. Liang, the assistant, cared for those who came. This keeping the, Dispensary open during the hot weather has brought us in contact with the summer complaints of the Chinese and while the numbers have not been as large as during the less busy seasons, yet the need of a uoctor's care was just as great and the people are more grateful for the relief given. One case of the year was of unusual interest because it showed the influence pf the imagination over the body: A man came to the clinic, saying, that a year before he had a had stomachache anc1 called a Chinese Doctor who attempting to stick a needle into the stomach, struck a bone, breaking the needle. The fragment remaining in, traveled down the leg, through the foot and lodged under the big toe where he could feel it with his finger; he was a sad looking specimen of humanity; from a robust man he had become a mere skeleton, seemingly not far this side of the grave; after examination he was told that there was no piece of needle there and dismissed. Being a man of some authority, he disliked being treated like a child, as he called it, and went away rather angry. A few weeks later he returned, insisting that the needle was still there and asked the doc.tor to. make another examination; without further ado the toe was laid open to the bone, and what

108 he thought was the needle proved to be the bone itself: his face was gont ; he could not play invalid any longer; and the period of convalescence was very short. \Vith our present accommodations it is almost impossible to increase our number of patients: three little rooms, 10 x 1-+ each, constitute our whole amount of space for wards; eycry patient who comes in usually brings from one to three relatives to take care of him; at times there haye been four sick people and their relatives in one room, a total of perhaps eight or ten people. "We have two rooms one 12 x 16 and the other 9 x 12, which answer for waiting, clinic, operating dispensary, and office roollls and many are the times when we have been compelled to use one of these for a sleeping room, for patients because the regular wards were full. A glance over this year's statistics shows an increase ill the number of Dispensary first visits and a decrease ill returns, which is accounted for by the llu1ubers of pilgrims who came but the once. Mr. Liang, the assistant, and Mr. Li, the preacher, have both been faithful and efficient ill their work. Thanks are due to Dr. Koons and Mrs. Ensign for assistance rendered and anasthetics given, and to Mrs. Rallson for a set of Dental instruments presented to the Dispensary; and to the other good friends who have helped to make this year's work a success. STATISTICAL REPORT. Hospital in-patients Dispensary first visits. Dispensary Returns. Surgical Out-calls Total. 3225

109 XXII.-EDUCATIONAL REPORTS t. Peking University. HARRY E. KING, Vice-President At the last Annual Conference, Dr. Lowry,,,as elected delegate to the General Conference, which met at Baltimore last May. Bishop Bashford and other friends of the University felt that, since the Board of Trustees of Peking University had requested Dr. Lowry to act as ag-ent in securing contributions toward the proposed fund of $200,000 endowment to be raised in the United States, that Dr. Lowry could best serve the interests of the University by returning at once to the United States and seeking to raise an endowment for the University. The matter was placed before the Executive Committee of the University who voted unanimously to give Dr. Lowry leave of absence. Accordingly Dr. Lowry left Peking in October. 'Ve believe that there are many people in America who will be glad to contribute to the endowment of the University if they understand its need and realize the vast amount of good their gifts can do at the present crisis toward the evangelization of this great Chinese people. In order to meet this need we must have, at times, an authorized agent in the home land, who, coming fresh from the field, U11- derstands the needs of the University and appreciates its possibilities. \Ve felt that no one could better represent the University than its honored president. Last fall Professor Headland's health was in a very precarious condition and in October he was compelled to return to the United States, with the hope that a change of climate would be beneficial. Just before his departure the faculty expressed to Dr. Headland their high appreciation of his valuable services to the University, and during the year the daily prayer of both faculty and students has been for a complete restoration of his health and a speedy return to his much beloved work. The departure for America of Doctors Lowry and Headland. and Professor Ch'en 'Vei-Ch'eng, left very heavy duties for those who remained. Mrs. Gibb has kindly assisted us by teaching a class in English and Profes!:1or Far T. Sung has gratuituously taught a class in chemistry. The senior college boys have also

110 - IDS - each taken a class. The teachers have all cheerfully assumed these too heavy burdens, and the work has been thoroughly and faithfully performed. I would like here to speak especially of the work done by our graduate teachers. They have showll a most beautiful and uncomplaining spirit, the greatest faithfulness in their duties. and have in every way tried to make our work easier by relieving us of as many routine duties as possible. To have had a part in the development of such men encourages us to work with new energy, to love better the boys under our instruction because of the men that are to be developed. Our work is made lighter, too, by the many kind words of appreciation and the financial aid we have received from those who have gone out of our University to enter business in various lines. \Ve are pleased to state that the alumni have again contributed generously to the support of their alma mater. 1\1 r. Lo Ch'i-ming, of the class of 1895, and lay delegate to the General Conference of 1904, has given a perpetual scholarship. Since his graduation 1\lr. Lo has been in the Customs Service at Tientsin. Last July he was made assistant commissioner of Customs, the second Chinese to attain to that position. During the revival of last spring a number of students were converted and several students from non-christian homes have united with the church. The Student Volunteer Band now numbers 200. During the summer the friends interested in the Band by their voluntary contributions again made it possible for over forty students topreach during the summer. Reports tell of a successful campaign. At the very urgent request of the General Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association we again granted permission for Professor Chen Tsai-hsin, President of the Volunteer Band, to aid them for three weeks in November in Christian work in a number of schools and colleges in North China and Manchuria. Nearly $3.000 Mexican has been appropriated to fit up the chemical and physical laboratories and to buy needed apparatus. This year we shall be prepared to give better courses in laboratory work. The University has over a thousand dollars' worth of equipment for teaching physiology, biology, and botany. Excellent maps have been ordered as aids in the teaching of history.

111 We have reached the limit of accomodation for students because of the lack of dormitory room. Today we have nearly one hundred students living in the wretched old Chinese buildings that we hoped would be forever discarded when Taft Hall was completed. A new dormitory must be built if our work is not to be hindered. 'Who of God's chosen ones will provide this for us? The Union Medical College has had a very prosperous year. The enrollment for the year numbers fifty-three. A substantial three-story dormitory, fitted with hot water plant, has been built capable of accomodating more than one hundred pupils. The faculty has been increased by the arrival of Doctors Wenham and '\Vheeler fro111 England. The outlook is yery promismg. The Chinese government has promised 10,000 Taels annually toward its support. The enrollment of the University in all departments for the year is 505, the largest in its history. In the College of Liberal Arts the receipts for tuition during the year amounted to $6,824-, or $2, more than las~ year. The receipts for board amounted to $5,317 or $1, more than last year. The total for board and tuition was $12,141, or $3,836 more than was recei"ed last year, and $8, more than was received two years ago. Four students completed the course of study in the College of Liberal Arts and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The entire class entered mission work. One of these young men is a grandson of our first convert and son of our first Chinese pastor in Shantung. We feel that upon him has fallen the mantle of his martyred father, for he has heard and accepted the call to the ministry. The three other young men are instructors in the University and are doing excellent work. Last June Oberlin College celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary, at which time a number of honorary degrees were conferred. Peking University was honored by the degree of Master of Arts being conferred on Professor Alice Terrill. She was the only lady who received honors. The times demand that we establish a Teachers' College in connection with the University in which men not only may- be trained to teach in the primary schools, but also be prepared to supervise schools and to fill positions in higher institutions.

112 Some courses in pedagogy and teaching are now offered in the -College of Liberal Arts. 'Ve hope in the near future to have this department more fully equipped. The evangelistic work calls for more trained men than we now have to carryon the work of preaching in the city street chapels and filling country stations. Peking University has inyited the District Superintendents to select and send to its Theological School this year at its own expense at least twenty qualified young men, who feel the call to preach and desire to study for the ministry. We feel that in order to make the Theological School a success the greatest care should be taken to select men who haye been thoroughly tested and who are believed to have the consecration nece;sary to keep them faithful to the call of preaching the gospel. This school will need additional teachers, but we believe that the Methodist Episcopal -Church desires us to train our men in our own theological school \,yhere tht>y will haye the opportunity to preach in the 1:Iethodist churches and street chapels during their trainivg and where they may learn the policy and organization of the Church. Peking University students who are studying _ abroad are doing honor to their alma mater. Most of them rank among the best students in their departments. Besides a number of lead!ng State rniversities, Syracuse University and Columbia University have notified us that our graduates holding the Bachelor of Arts degree will be acceptt>o in their graduate schools as candidates for the higher degrees. For four years we have been offering courses of study leading to the degree of Master of Arts to our graduates who wish to continue their studies under our direction. Every encouragement is offered to the instructors in the ljniversity to coutinue their graduate study in connection with their teaching, hoping to develop in them scholarly habits, to give them more. culture, broader views, and to qualify them to fill higher positions on the faculty of the University. It is not intended that anyone shall secure the Masters' Degree by doing less work in Peking University than would be required of him in the best graduate schools of America. We wish to extend our thanks to the friends of the University who have contributed to the support of the Volunteer -Band; to those who have given annual and perpetual scholarships;

113 to those who are working to secure foreign professorships; and especially to Mrs. Ida Hicks Rawson and her mother, Mrs. John Hicks, who have so geneorusly contributed in annual and perpetual scholarships, and who have this year given $1,000 gold to a fund yet to be named; also to Dr. Gamewell who has given most generously to the University and has gi\'en timely aid by raising funds to meet special needs; to Dr. Taft for his generous gift of his shares in the East Cliff Land Company; to Dr. \V. A. P. l\lartin, a life time friend of the University, a member of the Board of Managers since its organization and at present one of its non-resident lecturers, for the gift of a thousand taels and for his hearty cooperation and support through the years. We are glad to telieve that Peking University is enlisting the sympathies and support of the home church as never before. While the financial conditions have been worse than at any time since the panic of 1893, we have many assurances of help when the conditions improve. Our situation in the capital of the Empire, the valuable plant already secured, the greatness of our opportunity, the work accomplished, and especially the large number of men who are preparing for Christain service make a strong appeal to those who are interested in the coming of the Kingdom. Our friends also recognize the fact that a larger and permanent income is necessary to carry forward the great work that confronts us. In closing I wish to express my gratitude for the loyal support the faculty individually have given me. It is their faithful v,rork and their united, harmonious spirit that have contributed most to make this college year a success. 2. High Schools. A.-Peking University Preparatory School The Peking University Preparatory School is reported with Peking University. See also the Statistical Tables. B. - Tt aian High School The T'aian High School is reported with the T'aian Intermediate School. See also the Statistical Tables.

114 Intermediate Schools. A. -Lanchou Intermediate School. RAO FENG-SHAN, Principal. During the year we have had great blessings and constant help from the Great Teacher; and our school has not only been in a \'ery peaceful and good condition but has also made considerable progress. 'Ve have had forty-one pupils, all of whom are Christians, except a few special students. The finances of the school are in fair condition, though we have spent an unusual amount in repairs. The Christian boys only pay $2.00 a 1110nth for their board hut the special students pay extra. \Ve have received from hoard and tuition more than we have spent this year so that \ve help the ~.lission $16.00 a quarter all the teachers' salaries. 'Ve have Messrs. Chang \Yen-ytl Chang and Chuan in Ollr school to whom we give our thanks for their \'ery faithful and zealous teaching. Every Saturday we have a wide awake, up-todate literary society. Attention is given not only to lessons but to the ph.ysical and spiritual training of the students as \yell. Every day, except Sunday, \ve go out of the city to drill or play football and sometimes go up the mountains for exercise 011 Saturday. In this way, most of the students are much stronger this year than they were before. 'Ye are very thankful that all the pupils have made great progress in the dodrine of Christianity. Every morning and evening there is a Bible class, held in each room and Satutday we have prayer and class-meetings. A Young 1\1 en's Christian Association was established in the school last year, from which not only the Christian boys but also the non-christians as well have gained much advantage. Last term, Prof. Ch'en Hua-min came to Lanchou and examined the nine graduating students for Peking University. Eight of them went to Peking but the other one was unable to go on account of some hindrance. 'Ve are very grateful to our committee and to Dr. Taft for the assistance they gave us. Above all I acknowledge the goodness of our kind Heavenly Father for His constant help in my "'ark during the year. In addition to my regular duties, I was

115 asked to take charge of the preaching in the Lanchou church as Mr. Wang Ch'ing-yiin has acted as District Superintendent for Dr. Gamewell this year. As our compound is so small, the air is always bad, and the health of students and teachers suffer in consequence. We hope that God will bless us and grant us some more land so that we may have a larger playground and we also hope God will make our school prosperous next year. Teachers. Pupils. STATISTICS B.-Peking Intermediate School. CHOU FU-CH'UAN, Acting Principal 3.41 The Peking Intermediate School was reported with Peking University. See also the Statistical Tables. C.-Shanhaikuan Intermediate School. WANG CHIH-PI~G, Principal. I n the report of the Shanhaikuan Intermediate School t there are four things necessary to be mentioned. First, the enrollment has not been so large as the previous year. Last year we had 60 students, this year only 45-a decrease of 15. There are several reasons for this decrease: - The primary schools in the district do not send us so many pupils as they ought, while we are yearly sending in a number of our boys who complete the required course of study to Peking University. Then the outside or pay pupils, are few, caused in several cases, because their fathers or brothers have been discharged from the Imperial Railroad so they are no longer able to support these boys. On the other hand the Government school is not only free to everybody, but they also pay a certain amount to each boy. The fee for board is a little too high for the boys. Formerly we charged each boy 8~ Tiao per month, then about $1.60-Now we charge $2.00, and owing to change in rate, thi;

116 - III - is equal to 16 Tiao-or about twice the cost of the previous year. If Dr. Taft had not so kindly helped last term we could not have enrolled even that many. Second, the spiritual life of the students has been deepened by the establishment of the Young :Men's Christian Association. November 1st through the kind assistance of ~lessrs. Arthur Rugh and Chen Rua-Min the organization of a student Young Menls Christian Association was made in our school. Since this valuable association was organized, the students have mad~ a considerable improvement in their spiritual lives. They have studied their Bible more diligently than before, they have held many wonderful meetings on Sunday evenings with some of their own number as leaders, and they go out on Saturdays to preach and sell religious books on the street-and sometimes they sell cash by cash up to a dollar. Third, we should mention the aid we have received in money and personal effort so freely given by our friends. During this year Dr. Taft, our District Superintendent has helped us very much. The Board of l\ianagers have also given considerable assistance in planning the finances of the school. \Ye hereby give our hearty thanks to all the friends who have helped nls, for their generosity in money and for their helping hands. Fourth, our graduat1\,g class consisted of seven boys. At the end of last year, they finished the course of study and entered the Preparatory Department of Peking University. This is the best and most interesting class we have ever had. They studied faithfully during their stay in our school and some of them are grandchildren and great-grandchildren of churchmembers. From this we can see that God is creating Christian homes in China and will bless.them from generation to generation. We hope that God's will may be done and His kingdom come soon to China. We thank the Lord for this year's interesting work and pray that he will pour more blessing upon us in the future. Teachers. Pupils. STATISTICS 3.45

117 112 - D.-T'aian-fu Intermediate School. PERRY O. HANSON, Principal Another year's work has been done in the T'aian-fu Intermedia~e School. While there are many things that may be reported with paper and ink yet the real record is upon the fleshy tables of our students' hearts, there to be read long after these words are forgotten. It is this opportunity. to influence the :future leaders of this great land, to have a part in the creation of anew China that make our work so intensely interesting. This is a great place for the investment of a life. The brick and mortar of our buildings refuse to be stretched and that accounts for an enrollment the same as last year. However there seems to be a great deal to be done with the 140 boys who have been 'with us this year; so we are not idle 'while waiting for suitable bu ildings. \\Te are a poor people down in Shantung, poorer perhaps than on any other district and this makes progress toward seifsupport rather slow. Probably nine-tenths of our church-members are unable to send their boys to our school.and pay the full.amount of Mexican $20 a year which is barely enough to cover the cost of food. \Vhat are 'Ye to do? Shall we admit 'only those who are able to pay the full amount and leave the majority to go without a Christian Education? That would be a simple solution of our currency question but we dare not do that so we take our cue from the hordes of medicants who infest our mountain and go begging, from Chinese, from foreigners, male and female, reversing the words of Paul we say we seek not you but yours. Our longsuffedng,treasurer is worried 'with our.quarterly deficits and the local burdens are heavy. But a goodly number of our bright Shantung boys are being trained for the Master's use and we are content. We have recommended that as the teachers in the country day-schools become more capable their Course of Study should be extended, the work being done under careful supervision. This would shorten the tim ' that we must give financial help to the pupil in his work away from home. A dass of nine completed the work of the Intermediate School at the New Year time. They rendered a very excellent program of orations, debates, and music and the attendance was large including many students from other schools in the city.

118 - II3 - Military drill has been under the able leadership of Mr. H.C. Hsu and the boys have improved very greatly during- the year. Drums and bugles were purchased with money kindly.donated by our Chihli friends in response to the appeal made by the Rev. H. T. Ch'en. The music has added greatly to the attractiveness of the drill. Our students in uniform with flags flying and with spirited music make a fine showing easily superior to all the other schools in the city. We joined with another school in celebrating the Empress Dowager's birthday with marching and music and in the evening,ve had an interesting program of speeches and songs in our church. Regular physical exercise together,,,ith the prompt and skillful medical attention given by Dr. Ensign have combined to give us a year with no very serious sickness. We have had one addition to our teaching force during the year in the coming of I\lr. I. H. Chao after his graduation from the Peking University Academy. He makes a valuable addition to our corps of workers and we hope that his example may be followed by all of the other Shantung boys who are now studying in Peking. Satisfactory work has been done in our High School although the enrollment has been small. The opinions expressed in last year's. report on this subject remain my settled convictions. A High School in T'aian is a necessity for the work. Students should be discouraged from going to Peking until they have completed all of the work offered in the T'aian school. While we do the best we can with our present buildings, a web equipped Intermediate and High School for T'aian is constantly in our plans by day and our dreams by night. The campaign for the necessary funds that we have been conducting at long range has been strengthened by the work of Mr. Verity during his furlough. Our school and its needs are now known throughout several states and now while we continue to sow our letters, our pamphlets and our prayers we are looking for the harvest of special gifts and appropriations and beyond that the greater harvest of educated Christian.men, the transformation of our Shantung District into a.christian community. The proportion of students who pay their board has remained the same during the growth in the enrollment of the las~ three years. Of the wholenulllber of boarders 40% pay the required

119 amount while 45 % pay about one-half leaving 15 % who pay nothing at all. It,should be-added that those who pay in full are mainly from outside of our church-membership. We have as many students from T'aian as anyone of the public or government schools here. We count this a most valued opportunity of reaching these homes with our Christian message. We expect to be able to report much larger things next year along the line of reaching the local people. Our older students have done good work during vacation periods selling books and giving their testimony at neighboring fairs and temples. The spiritual strength of the school is growing and we expect more and more to be able to lift up the people round about us to a higher plane of living. We hope to see one of our teachers appointed to use half of his time to superintend the work of aggressive evangelism among neighboring villages, using our students to effect the organization of a strong T'aian circuit. Thanks are due a great many people for their help in the work of the year. The teachers have been faithful in teaching and with a deep personal interest their advice has been valuable. Rev. H. T. Ch'en and the other pastors on the District have been kind and helpful; my four short country trips among them 'were profitable indeed. Every foreigner in the station has helped in the work-healing, teaching, clothing and feeding. This willing co-operation of both Chinese and foreign friends has been most helpful and thoroughly appreciated. STATISTICS: Number of teachers giving full time. Number of teachers giving part time. Total number pupils enrolled. Intermediate School. High School E.-Tientsin Intermediate School. BURTON ST. JOH~, Principal. With this Annual Conference we will have completed the second year 'of our supervision of the Tientsin Intermediate School. This report win be Jor'the year ending in J nne, 1908.

120 The total enrollment for the year has exceeded all previous records. There have been one hundred fifty-two boys registered. The largest attendance at anyone time was one hundred twentythree, while the average attendance has been about one hundred five. It should be remembered that the capacity of the school is practically doubled through the continued kindness of the \V. F. 1\1. S. ladies granting us the use of the 'Women's Training School buildings. But early in last term we were obliged to begin turning away pupils for lack of accomodations. We actually know of twelve who wer,= not admitted for this reason. All of these would have been glad to have paid the full fees. There has been greater regularity in attendance than was the case during the previous' year. The pupils have so much improved in this regard that of the one hundred hventy-five enrolled last term, one hundred eleven were in attendance at th<: close of the term. We feel, too, that there has been an improvement in the class of students from term to tern~. We began last year with many boys who were neither diligent in their studies nor satisfactory in conduct- The strict discipline of the first term culled out maby of these. Fewer of this class came after the Chinese New Year. Several who did come were invited not to return this autumn. During the second term we tried disciplining without corporal punishment. The experiment was satisfactory. Only one boy was whipped. He was punished in this way at his father's request. The punishment proved ineffective for the boy played truant regularly after that. It was necessary to expel one boy and to suspend a second. Never before, however, have we had such generally good behavior during a term. The class work, also, has shown improvement. We have had two new teachers. One of these was an increase in our staff. He was engaged as teacher for our primary boys-of whom there are generally twelve or fifteen. Heretofore they have been neglected because the teachers were overloaded with higher classes. The best improvement we can report, however, is in a real development in the spiritual work. Early in the second term a Young Men's Christian Association was organized. During the four months following, seven boys have been baptized and eight

121 'have been received on probation. This makes a total of eleven baptisms and twelve received on probation during the year. Among these were the very finest of the non-christian boys. All of the accessions to the church were from' the boarding department. A day-school, only, would pay its own way in Tientsin. The boarding-school is more expensive to the mission but pays in returns of this higher sort. We have been encouraged, also, in finding that the work of the school has been approved by local friends. Special gifts of nearly $100, gold, which were promised from home did not materialize and we called upon a few foreign friends in Tientsin. We met a cordial and liberal response. Recently, also, we were calling on the Assistant Director of the Imperial Railways, and he made an ullsolicitedgift of fifty dollars, Mexican. Our District Superintendent has taken a special interest in the Endowment Fund, and besides making a liberal gift himself, assures us of his purpose to secure a large increase in this fund. This is an object worthy his best efforts; and its attainment will be. greatly furthered by his large. acquaintance among the Chinese gentry and officials of Tientsin. Moreover, we have had great cause for rejoicing at the very generous and whole-souled manner in which the New' York District Epworth League bas responded to our request for a new building. 'Vhile the actual work of building has been unavoidably delayed for local reasons, the promise 'of the $12,000, gold, with another pledge of $1,000, makes a more adequate :equipment an assured fact for the future. On the whole the year has been a prosperous one. There are many points iu. which improvement might be made. Especially do we desire to see larger numbers brought into the kingdom..but we are grateful to God for the blessings of the year, for th~y. hav~ been many. It has. been possible to realize 'them becalls6. of the continued faithful support. of the Board of 'Directors; because. of the excellent work of the teachers, including Mr. LiCh'ing Hsuan who has freely give.n his services; and especially because of the help of the Assistant Principal, Mr. Yang Hsi1,l Lin who has shown. ma".ked ability,.frequently.under diffiq.dt and trying ~ircumstances.. " We hope for. the cqnstal1t~y.pport:of the :pr~y~rs of the en,tjre. Conference during the COJAil1g Y:e.ar.

122 Teachers Giving full time Giving part time Pupils STATISTICS: F.-Tsunhua Intermediate Sc&ool. \V A..'lIjG T'IEN-HSL\~G, Principal. \Ve were glad to hear the successful report of the Tsunhua school last Conference but sorely disappointed because Brother Yang Chen-kang was transferred to Peking University. With God's help however we have had a successful year. \Ye invited two teachers both of whom were very diligent. One of them Ku Yung-ho studied in Peking University for several years. The other in Liu 1-hsin who obtained his Hsiu T'sai degree from Vii T'ien-hsin. The students are from ten to twenty years of age. There were 55 enrol1ed besides ]6 in the primary school. Five students entered the Preparatory Department of Peking University last Chinese New Year. The primary school was closed this spring. The students come from the former class mainly and ninetenths are Christians. Most of the students are very poor so they can not pay the boarding fees wholly. Dr. Davis decided that students should pay at least half of their boarding fees. We have received $ this last term. Every Friday the boys have a Bible class for an hour according to the course at Peking University. The location of Tsunhua surrounded by hills is very beautiful. The weather is so fine that the inhabitants are very healthy and strong. We have a large compound containing twenty or thirty mow of land on which grain and vegetable are planted as a great help to our school. We cannot express how mllch God has helped us during the last year. We hope the parents or brothers of the students will try to pay the expenses for their sons and brothers and we pray that God's Holy Spirit may be upon us and help us to do our best next year.

123 Teachers Pupils STATISTICS : Da ys-chools. The day-schools are reported under the several Districts. See District Superi'ntendents' Reports and Statistical Tables.

124 XXIII. WOMEN'S CONFERENCE REPORT Peking. THE; MARY PORTER GAMEWET.L SCHOOL registered 244 pupils, 236 being boarders and eight, day pupils. There were 92 pupils in the Primary Department, 117 in the two Intermediates, 25 in the High School and 10 special students whose elective studies were Arithmetic, Music and English. One permanent Scholarship and the beginning of a second have been given to the institution the past year. $ were received from board and tuition. The Standard Bearers contributed to the W.F.M.S. work $ One girl was expelled; one has died; three finished the Course of Stndy. The spiritual life of the school was quickened by a month of revival meetings. The W.F.M.S. has joined the North China Educational Union. Mrs. Field, Mrs. Bashford's mother, has given $1,000 to be used at the discretion of the "Yornan's Conference, in the 'Vornan's Union College. This institution will receive graduates from the Mary Porter Gamewell Schoo1. Thus our way for higher education of young women is prepared. ROUNDOUT DAY-SCHOOL was opened last autumn in Peking native city, the former location having been given up to a boys' school. The greatest number in attendance was twenty-one, the averag~ for the year, twelve. TARTAR CITY DAY-SCHOOL had a total attendance of 44 pupils, a11d an average attendance of 20. SLEEPER-DAVIS M El'o:[Q RiAL HOSPITAL, from Sept to Aug The year has been one of. great happiness in that progress has been made in every department of the work. Miss Powell joined u~ in the autumn. Although her most important work has been the study of the. language, she has been a great help to the hospital in many ways.'. The Woman's Union Medical School w.~s 'opened in February with two stu4~i!,ts, both Methodipts. Th~y h,ave. done very good work. The school for training nurses had. six stu,dents registered. They are learning to be very helpful.'.'.,

125 - 120 No. of House Patients No. " Out-calls. No... Dispensary Prescriptions. Amt. of Fees, Gifts & Sale of Drugs $ PEKING EVA~GELISTIC WORK. A goodly number of women have been received, into the church on probation and into full membership; also a number of children have been baptized. There has been spiritual growth with some of these, and much indifference on the part of others. The reviyal services were a help and blessing to many. On the whole there has been much gain. Tientsin. DAY-SCHOOLS. By the opening of a new school at V\Tangchuallgtze the number of our schools is increased to four. In these four schools the total enrollment was 85, average attendance 54. The school at Tzechulin is still self,supporting. There were 31 pupils tnrolled. The average attendance was 21. Six pupils studied English and gladly paid extra tuition for the same. At Thing-chuangtze there were 24 pupils enrolled, with an average attendance of 19. The West City School, on account of unavoidable changes of teachers, was not as prosperous as it should have been. The enrollment was, 15; but the average attendance was but 5. At Wang-chuangtze, the new school, we opened with five pupils, and closed with an enrollment of 15, the average attendance being 10. WOMAN'S WORK. Another year has passed; and, as we take a retrospectiv~ view, we praise God for signs of His presence ann blessing. Though we can not point to any large additions to the church, we believe that the gospel truth is gradually permeating these homes of China. The work has been more encouraging than last year, owing to the opening of the Hospital by Dr. Martin soon after last Conference. Recently an old lady gave testimony that for many years she refused to listen to the gospel. She had a son who was a Christian and who, often exhorted her; but she refused to listen, until this year the Lord sent a sad affliction upon her, and she was compelled to seek the doctor's aid for relief. Her heart was touched by the doctor's 'kindness and she became a humble follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. She exclaimed" O! to think that I have wasted

126 - 121 all these years!" She attends our meetings regularly and tries to induce others to come. The Bible-women have been diligent and active, Mrs. "Vang, at 'Vesley and the hospital waiting room, and Mrs. Yang at the 'Vest City. a! for more con secrated Chinese women who could give their lives to preaching the gospel to their sisters! ISABELLA FISHER HOSPITAL. Dr. Martin says :-" "-hen I returned from furlough last September, I had not been in the yard ten minutes when SOUle one came to inquire if the doctor had returned yet. The neighbors told me that dur ing the nine months that the hospital was closed, the old gate. keeper's wife wept again and again when she would have to send patients away hopeless, who, perhaps had come a long distance. There was no balm in Gilead neither was there any physician there. We have had more in-patients by far than ever before. Our wards have, at times, been full, overflowing; but, fortunately, in winter time, the patient lid not mind sleeping from three to five in a room to save fu. \Ve can not but notice a change in the attitude of the people toward surgery. More than once, this winter, after some successful operation, we were struck with what might be called surgical fever, when all the patients who could locate their diseases wanted to be operated upon. Our work this year has been anything but monotonous, sometimes comedy, but more often tragedy. A man came running one day and said :-" \ViII you please come quick and give my dying wife some medicine so she can talk and just say one word, and then if she dies it doesn't matter." We asked him why; and he said that they had saved up three hundred dollars, and his wife had put it where the relatives could not get at it, and nobody else knew where it was, and he was greatly exercised over it. We had another patient anesthetized at the time, and so told him that he must wait half an hour; but at the end of that time another messenger came running to say it was too late. The woman was dead. " Number of House patients 145 " Dispensary patients 2089 " " treatments given in the Dispensary 3866 " Out-caUs 328 Fees and donations $285 gold.

127 Lanchou and Shanhaikuan Districts. CATHERINE E. THOMPSON MEMORIAL "TRAINING SCHoor" -Ch'ang-li, has had a six months' term of school, which could have been continued longer but for lack of funds. The total enrollment was 30; the regular students numbered 23 as last year. The advance of both school and students is indicated by a remark of one of the latter, who said that it seemed to her that the women, in their earnestness, got more in one year than she got in two when she first came five years ago. The new students all had interesting stories, from the one whose husband whipped her into coming, and the one who told lies to get there, to the girl who exclaimed when saved from a heathen marriage; 44 It will be like Heaven to go to Ch'ang-li" and the young woman who brought with her a sad heart because of a deserting husband, and who has since gone to the better land. Some of the women were the wives of young preachers or chapel-keepers. They have since returned to their homes to be better helpmeets to their husbands in the Lord's work. Two of the students were married at the close of the term. One to a preacher, and one to a chapel-keeper. Another student has opened a little day-school in her home, and two have been doing Bible-woman's work. A11. of them did evangelistic work in the surrounding villages while attending the Training School. A very few of the women contributed something toward their board. Two women were self-supporting. All but these two worked an hour each day in the industrial department, which has netted about $35.00 gold. DAY-SCHOOLs.-The Ch'angli school has had a very gratifying attendance, which reached twenty. Only five came at first. Nearly all the pupils are from heathen homes, which fact is an indication that the walls of opposition are breaking down. There are four other schools on these two districts, with an enrollment of 72 pupils. Two of these schools are new. Another could have been opened but for the lack of a teacher. There is a growing demand for these little sch<?ols -for girls among the villages. EVANGELISTIC 'VoRK.-There is,s, _ great cry for more evangelistic' ~brk~rs to visit systematical1y the country districts, that the scattered Christian women may be helped as well as that new sou]smay be brought to the Master. The Ch'angli Biblewomen have made a -few eountry trips and have -found great

128 interest in every place. The foreign missionaries have visited several places once or twice; but the call is always for more frequent visits, and longer stops. The preachers' wives have been doing local work. One has held a ~mall station-class for ten weeks. The heathen women around Ch 'ang-li are growing more interested in the foreign doctrine, or, at least, in the foreigners themselves. The frequent visits of the women of the Training School can not fail to produce some good results in time. There is a flourishing,v. F M. S. Auxiliary at Ch'angli, also one at Lan-chou, at Ch'jenwei and Pen-ch'eng. They have good collections made out of their poverty. MEDICAL WORK.-Thert:: being no W. F. M. S. physician at Ch'angli, Dr. and Mrs. Keeler have very kindly carried on the 'Woman's Medical work. They report:- Number of In-patients " Dispensary Patients.. " Patients in the Country. Receipts. Shantung 64.' $ gold T'AIAN TRAIXING SCHOOL was opened in November. Twentythree pupils were enrolled, nine of whom were in the school the year before. Most of the women were remarkably bright. Three of the new ones finished the first year of the course of study and also read the Gospel by Matthew. Many of the women were those we wanted especially to help, the wives of preachers, -colporteurs and students preparing for Christian work. On Christmas ten women unbound their feet. There has been marked improvement in the women in many ways, more attention to personal appearance, manners softened and efforts made to -control temper and tongue. Eight and sometimes ten members of the rising generation were always in evidence. Much of the success of the year has been due to the efficient help of the Bible-woman, Mrs. Liu, and the pastor's wife, Mrs. Ch'en. At the close of the school the Bible-women, day-school teachers and pastors' wives were invited to T'ai-An for a meeting lasting. a week. 'Ve plead for larger accommodations for this work. PRISCILLA BENNETT HOSPITAL.-The work the past year has in many respects been the most satisfactory of any during the hospital's history. Some of the wards have been occupied all

129 the time until the hospital was closed in June, and the clinics show an increase during that,time. There has been more work among the foreigners than usual; and there have been some interesting cases in the out-calls among the Chinese. Nearly all the patients in the hospital have given a free-will offering of money, saying " It is to buy medicine for the hospital" Numberof prescriptions in-the Dispensary Number of patients treated in the Hospital., - Number" Out-calls. Fees and donations $95.00 gold DAY-SCHOOLS.-There are eight day-schools on the district, with a total enrollment of 80 pupils, and an average attendance of 70. T'AIAN BOARDING SCHOOL opened last fall with a wail of woe on account of the forced reduction of numbers because of crowded buildings. Nearly all new girls and some old ones had to be sent home, despite the entreaties of pastors and parents. The news of the promise of a new building caused great joy. The school has prospered. The pupils have shown a Christian spirit of helpfulness. The three Chinese teachers have given most satisfactory service. On account of ill-health the Principal, Miss Martin, was obliged to return home; and Mrs. Hobart kindy took charge of the school till the end of the year.

130 XXIV-REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE STEW ARDS The Conference Ste'wards recommend that the following grauts be made from the Conference Claimants Fund;- Mrs. 'Vang Ch'ang-p'ei Mrs. Liu Chi-hsien l\irs. Cheng Chao-chen. Ch'in Lung-chang's Children such part of this amount as may be needed. $ , or F_ BROWN, Chairmal1.,!\I. I... TAFT TE JUI, WANG CH'ING-YUN XXV.-CONFERENCE TREASURERS REPORT, J907-B Conference Claimants Fund Dr. Cash in Hand last Conference Loan Cancelled Draft from Book Concern Gold $ Interest $ $ Cr. Conference Claimants Paid New Loan Cash in Hand $ $ Conference Home Missionary Society Dr. Cash in Hand last Conference Collection for Refunded from Tangchiaho $

131 Cr. Balance Peking District Tientsin' District Lanchou District Shanhaikuan District Shantung District Exchange Expenses. Cash in Hand $ 'So.oo I ,22 Dr. Confetence Missionaty Peking District. Lanchou District 'l'ieutsin District.. Shanhaikuan District Tsunhua District Shantung District. Cash on Hand LastYear Collections $ 4~ $ Cr. Voted to Home Missions V oted to Foreign Missions " $ ' Dr. Conference T tact Cash in Hand last Conference.. Grant from New York $400 Gold Hymn Books Sold Fund $ $ Cr. Voted Lanchou District,,. Peki~g District Shanhaikuan District Tientsin " II' Shantung District Balance in Hand.$ I8.go $J201.44

132 Dr. Assessment Total Episcopal Fund Cr. Remitted to New York Balance in Hand $ > Conference Sunday School Union Dr. Cash in Hand Last Conference Draft from New York $ > Cr. Total Grants for Sunday School Lesson Sheets Cash in Hand. $175 73> 7 53 $ September 8th, Audited and found correct, CH'EN WEI P'ING. FREDERICK BROWN, Conference Treasurer.

133 --~ ~XVI.-S~ATISTICAL REPOR'f OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, part 1. These Statistical Tables are 'very i1laccurate~owillg to the failure of those respollsible to furllish complete data to the Statistical Secretmy.-Editor. WORKERS MEMBERSHIP DISTRICTS STATIONS AND CIRCUITS l:: ~!3 o ~.8-..t:l el 0 :::.0 til rjj l:: 0 rd s:l ~ l:: el :t: ~ CIJ!l < ::l s ~ ~ o '3 ~ '0 :E 0" ~ Z (J l:: ~ H -< I H N CO I LANCHOU DISTRICT. Allke-chuang Chentze-chell Ch'ienan-hsiell Chittpei-hu f.,ao-chou Laot'ing-hsien Pell-ch 'eng Tot.al \ ~_'7 ~ ~---~ YOI I 140 z -d 'S -- ~ ~?~ "\' ()3 I 16 J '5 IS 4, ' : 1';3.. "~~_..:-' ~ I ~ PI';KING DISTRIC'.r. Ch 'ang piing-chou I 1 I 12 9 I 4' 1 2 II I Hall-ts'un Huailai-hsicll 1 Huangts'ull ; I 1 ~~41 ~ I ]7 S I :l Kuan-hsiell 1 Kllpei-k 'au i 1 Mivlln-hsien I 1 20 I Pa.:'chuu I I 23 I' 2 1 Peking, Asbury and I I Huaershih. 6 4 SI 1 II 4 I II Shunchihmen I '1 I,' : and Chien-men I 1 I I I I : IS Shihhsiaer & Tuug- I! I I I I kechnang 1 I I 57 1, 1 I II 13 I Yangke-chuang and I I Niulanshan I , I I4 i Yench'illg-ChOl1 I 1 1 I 28: : I 41 I I I Total ~ --8 ~ --] ; ~1~i~(~I~:;6I~I-;~ I~ - ~ ~ 60 -;; '034 I H t,,) ~ I SHANHAIKUAN DIST. Changli. Chienwei FUllging Kepo Shal1haikuan Shihke-chual1 Shihmen-chai T'aiying Total i I S. <) ) I 29,;.--3,,- 2 -._-_3-.--::3,_-_-_-_1_- -8_'~_~~3' '- '4_' -_-8_ ) : : l<r,~1 ; ~ I io ~_I_2_ ~I-J 4~3:~ --'--_-_'_8:," =--=1

134 STATIS~ICAL WORKERS 'fables PART I, Continued. -~ MEMBERSHIP DISTRICTS STATIONS AND CIRCUITS SHANTUNG DISTRICT I I I Anchia-chuang I I I F Ch.iI11i~g-choU I ~ ~~ J~; ~50 243~ 'eic 1 eng Ningyallg 8 1 T f J i ajan-u J J J Tungp'ing-chou I IJ I T_o_t:_ll_. ~-_-_-~3_ ~ ~ ; -;6;;-;"6"6 ~ 8 -;~; ;~; -;; -;/-;; ~ 861 TIENTSIN DIs'rRICT Chiaohe. ] ClI'ing-hsien ) Litan. I ] Nanp'i J I Taicheng 2 ] 1 Tientsin, 'Ves\ey Church J 2 J Tientsin, West Gate I 1 ] I I \Vallgchia-k'on I Vaugliu-chi ng J Tolal S 5 4 ] 4 1'SUNHUA DISTRICT ) 1 Pengien-hsien I 1 4 J..iangtzu-ho I I 2 Pil1gan-ch 'eng. ] I 4 P'ao-ch 'eng ] 2 5 Shaliu-ho I 2 2 Tiehch'ang 3 I Tsunhua ] 2 J Yutien I 2 I Total ] I If ---- =jl=~ Grano Totals i " Grand Totals 1907 ]4 14 ]S Increase 3 2 Decrease., Il3 ] 61 I 59 I I I ]8] ] I 3 6 I 4 to 4 4 ] 5 3 I () I I I I 3 ] I s ] 4 15 J Ii ~ ] t I 42 IS 20 Io 13 ' ] I 5 J I _ ) I 5] I4 -t ~ ' ] [' ] ] E 80 Ie 60 5 ] ~~~I- --- ~~ ~; ~ " _.--- '" H w...

135 STATISTICAL TABLES PART II. - SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND EPWORTH LEAGUES CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEXICAN DOLLARS EpWORTH CONFERENCE LRAGUES SUPPORT SUNDAY OR HOME en 011 p: OF ~ SCHOOLS 0 >. 0 MISSIONARY MINIS'tRY... 'Cd DISTRICTS Z Z.~ SOCIIn'Y Po< Cal P I t) CIJ (/)..., 0 ~ en "0 >. en Q STATIONS AND ~ CIJ..!.4 c;j t) til ~ 1>, Q i:l... Q bo 0 CIJ CIJ ~.S en CIJ en.;; CIJ '0 ~ 'CJ '0 0 ::s t;j >- ~ 'IJ u CIJ ~ ~ en CIJ... ~ 'S fr ~ 0 0 ~ Q I:: t) 'IJ en ~ I:: P=l ~ ~ ~ ~... ~ 0 CIJ ~ ~.~.t: en Q ~ =' 'lj CIJ 5 CIJ CIJ CIJ CIJ 'IJ U '.0 P=l ~ til bo ~ ~ p.,0,0 til Po ~ A~ ~ I-< ~ Cd t) '0 ~ ~ 8 8 'E u CIJ CIJ... til ~ til til ~ ~ ~ I-< 8 =' ~ ~ 0 CIJ t) ~... ~ -5 E-o t-i en u ~ '.) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 0 u 0 CIRCUITS -0 'IJ... Q 'IJ t) LAN CHOU DISTRICT. CIJ.t: CIJ 0 &!en 0 0 rs ~ --, $ $ $ $ I Anke-chuang J roo.oo Chentze-chen 2 I4c Ch'ienan-hsien Chiupei-hu Lan-chou Laot'ing-hsien ) MI Pen-ch 'eng,3 IIO Total. rs I ~ PEKING DISTRICT..', $., $ $ $ $ $ $ Ch 'angp ling -chou 1 <! ' 3 75 Hants'un f\ '. J [ " 4 10 H uai! ai-hsien 5 00 Huangts'l Kuan-hsien r Kupei-k'ou MiYlln-hsien " : Pa-chou.. I I , Peking, Asbury and Huaershih. ISO 5~ 1 I IIo ' Shunchihtnen " aud Chieu-1llen. I Shihhsiaer & Tung- kechuang , Yangke-chuang and Niulanshan " Yellch ling-chou I I IS ; --.; ;6.60 -; jtotal I 1 I10.40 IS.00 32~~~ $ $ $ Changli ' ! SHANliAIE-yAN. DIST. Chienwei FUlling I t i." Kepo. I Shanhaikttan IgB.OO Shihke-ch uang ~ 'loq ~. ' Shihmen-chai T'aiying I S.oo , r-:--r , ;.., Total ] ' ~.

136 STATISTICAL 'TABLES PART II, C01zti1lued I1j1~ F'l<;;' cfi'l!i; '~i',~'.l),\,j' SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND EPWORTH I.EAGUES SUNDAY SCHOOi.S EpWORTH LEAGUES SUPPORT OF MINISTRY CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEXICAN DOLLARS CONFERENCE OR HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY DISTRICTS STATIONS AND '8....tl.lid Q s:: 0 '"' CIRCUITS G.I rn fil '0 :;... ~ : u '0 ell... ::: as fil "0 "; 0 p.. Q III.r: 0 t: s:: ril fil 'Ci:l '"' Q ~.B ::: 0 M' ~ ~ ~....s= :/) ti 'c fil III rn ',p as III ] ~ ], rn as p. i:a as A~ (" '3 ~ '0 P.. E.r: as 8 ~ ~ ::: 0 III Q.r: III.tl 0 om 0 8 "C '"' '"' :::... c-.c-. r.n () ~ U ~ ~ 1::.4 1::.4 ~ r:a ~ '; p.. G.I ~ "t:l ~ s:: :;... as Q ~ bij 1 '0 G.I = t: c8 '0 t s:: ::: ~ G.I ~ ~,.d ~ M Q G.I M t:i =.s= ::s 0 u tool " " " I " 4 40 " ~ ~~-~~~~--,--~----~--~--~ ~---- ~--~---~~--~----~~--~---- ~----~-----I SHAN'rUNG DISTRICT Anchia-ch l1ang Chining-chon Feich'e"ng Nillgyang. Taiall-fu. t~ngp'ing-chou,..,. '1'1 Total. [, 1 $, ,00 ( ' I I ,00 I ! J , ! II7.00 ~'-;; ~~~~~--~~~ ejl1" ~~ -; ~~ ~~ ~~81-~~ -:-.-.-~I , S-0-~:;cl Sit --_ " "." " " TUtNTSIN DISTRICT $ Chi-aohe. I , Ch'ing-hsien I ;20 Litan. I Naup'i I Taicheng,... r 2 40 I Tientsiu,Wesley Church I J , Sg.05 I~ Tientsin, West Gate I 5 75 I Wangchia-k "ou ' '01 Yangliu-ching. J 1 8 J ~;:; ~ -- ~-:-:- ~--:~I ;~ -;39.55 ~~ ~ --Z;85.0~ 8;.~ , -; ;:,'3.40 Total S 5 TSUNHUA DISTRICT D.S. $25 00 $ $ Fengjen-hsien.' $ Liangtzu-ho I Pingan-ch 'eng 2 50 ~... ' ",, P'oo-ch 'eug 4 90 '~B 8 ' Shaliu-ho Tiehch'ang '~'E;; Tsunhua I 65 Po = Yutien if Total Grand Totals ,044.1 I , g.07 2,156.g6 Grand Totals IJ , Increase , Decrease

137 l>,,;(;~\,tf~: r : I,!.';H~ ~(. '~t!fn(f 1,0(';' i :",' (}it-hilt,!, fo!" " ", ljnp~~: ~tf;;:~ ~:::t':~';" S).~{I'~!ll'jJ 1;',,b,',Op-q!,{.P'; 11fUR~iPf"p;i:', :' pittntp:fl-p~' y..,f'/j~l{' n-p... ~(,j; A!Hl;~pf'Cl;' llt''1ii:!. FW, ' ;~~ng;~;::" ' ~~'~:,~~ti! I',:;', C ;1 1f{{;!;J\i:,l': ' CP!,\'if)W~ ~ r,:~hx,~r~v, " " "- ",. DISTRICTS STATIONS AND 'CIRCUITS LANCHOU DISTRICT Alike-chuang. Chentzu-cheii Chienan-hsieh, Chiupei-hu,~.; '.,Lahcliou. " " Laoting-hsien ; Pench'eng.''''. :. Total. STATlsTrCAL TABLES PART III. CIl ~ PROPERTY 'VALUATIONS (including W.F M. S. Propel-ty) h!ii INSTITUTIONS CHURCHES PARSONAGES v I b c!ii!ii (1j 41 ~ ;:l s:: ~.S '0!II!II ~ til (/l v v.d 41 ~ ::l ~ I:: (/l '0 0 Cd ~... s:: rjl ',c rjl CIJ :> :> 0 ~ 1-0 (1j CIJ CIl '... ~ ::l '0 ' ~ bi)... V Cd C)...,!II s:: (1j QJ ;:l 0 :> (1j (1j.5 QJ ~ s::.c '0 ::l I:: e.s e.5 0 -; '1il a... C).~ ::l rjl CIl V = 0 A 0.Q..., ~.Q fr ~ t1.l 0 ~ z ~ z ~ ~ < ~ I $ : ' , 1500, I i'-i _ _._ ,300, ,050.. " PEKING DISTRICT.'. Changp'ing-chou Hantsun Huai1!li, Huang-tslln ". K1ian-hsi~J1 Kupei-kou Miytm-hsien Niu-hou Pa-chou Peking, Asbury & Hllaier shih Shunchih mell & Chien-men Shihhsia " & Tungke-chuang Yangke-chuang & Niulan-shan Yen ching -chou Total _ SHANHAIKUAN DISTRICT Changli Chiellwei. Funing Kepo. Shallhaikuan. Shihke-chuang Shihmell-chai T'ai-ying. l- Total. I I $ 3600 :!Ooo.' I I.1000 I I 300, ~ 1300 J 1500 I I 6 329,000 2 I I I I I I J 1 I I 3 J " 3,oco I II II 3 2 3,000

138 ... STATISTICAL TABLES PART III, Continued. DISTRICTS STATIONS AND CIRCUITS --~- SHANTUNG DISTRICT. Anchia-chuang Chining-chou Feicheng, Ni~~ang. ; 'truan.. f~. Tungp'ing-chou Total. PROPERTY YALUATIONS' (includittg W. F. ij'i.s. Properly).D INSTITUTIONS til CHURCHES PARSONAGES cu... '1: til til & Cd cu 0 1 =.;... 0 ~ ~ :~ -; til cu ~ cu ~ ~ ~ ::I ::: til -; -; '0 til cu () = ~ ~ ~.H Cd en til til Q) ~ "" ~ ro cu ~ 'S bi.l C,J til bll :3 "", ~ ~ +" ::: -0 s:: cu Cd "" cu Cd s:: Cd = ~ 's...c.c cu 0.r:: ~ E ] e. "C ~ til -;.r:: 0.. 'Uj 0 0 C,J.c: ::I :r. ::I cu ti:: ''''' ~ a '0 r.n 0 ~ z ~ z ~ < f-4 S I 450.' I 400 I 1000 I I ' e... TIENTSIN DISTRICT. Chiaohe Ching-hsien I,. Lita:n Nillipi 'Taicheng-hsien. Tientsin Wesley Church Tientsin West Gate WangchiR~kou y ~ngli tt-ell 'ing.~ Total. TSUNHUA. DISTRICT. Fengjen-b isell Liaugtze-he Pingan-cheng Po-cheng Shaliu-he Tiench 'ang Tsunhua Yutien Total Grand Totals I90B Grand Totals 1907 Increase Decrease I ~-,-,-, ---- f, $ $ I 200 I I ) I 2000 I I; :2 600 I I I 2000 I I 5000 I I J : I : : ;--;; -:-~-:- -:--:--:--;; -;;~; -~I-~; ---; -:-~~ -;;~; ] I 1600 " ) :2 J ] 10,000 2 J 1200 ] ~ (N \0

139 ; ~ f I :. ~ {' "}';-: - STATISTICAL TABLES PART IV. i 1:' ( f ~., i'~i:. MEDICAL WORK : ':';'j)~r :r..i1t::tjy. l:.,,!l_"::.,:" -:- --:- j) ;:,)'" f.\. NUMBER OF PATIENTS RECEIPTS DISTRICTS,, STATIONS AND CIRCUITS f. LANCHOU ~1~rRJCT Anke-chuang.?'. Chen tzu-chen. :;,i Chienan-hsien' _. Chiupei-hu.., Lanchou.. 'I; Laoting-hsieu." Pench 'eng ;. J1.' ~.: \.. C/l,~..:!l td!j CII rn 's. ~,~ rn o,~ CII 0.. ~ ti:a H '0 '0 I-< I-< ~ ~ ' e a 's..!ii ::s ::s 0 Z Z ~ DISPENSARY PATIENTS - SEEN IN HOMES OPERATIONS ] C/l ~ til Col :: C'3 M!l 0 ~ ::s M... ''::: td ~ tb t5 'S:: ~... $J 'Tj 0.. c Cii... 'm. ~!l III.~ '3 '0 ~ ~ 'iii ~ C/l 'm ~ = & ~ CIS ;; ';> ~ Pol 0 en <: E M 1-<... :: :3 :3 e a a a ~... ~ ';' c e 0 0 S Q) < M ~ ~ ~ rz ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l:i ~. ~...,. \ ~; }i"',,. :.,' '--" Total.. " '-'-".:...:-...:...:..:...--:.-.:.---.!..---.:-:.--.:...:.-.~---=--.--:.--..: '~---..!-.----= t,.. I ~--~---~----~-~---~---~--~ PEKING DISTRiCT Changp',iilg -chou Hantsun. Huailai :a:'pang~tsun. Kitan-hsien. '.'. Kupei-hsieu Miyun-hsien '.1 Niu-hotl Pa-chou Peking, Asbury & Buaier-shih.,. Shlluchih-men & Chien-men Shihhsia & Tungke-chuang Yaugek-chllang & Nilllan-shau Yenching-chou Total. SHANiIAIKU AN DISTRICT Chaugli Chien wei Funing Kepo Shanhaikuan. Shihke::-chuang Sbihmen-chai T'ai-ying. Total. I I $ 2300 $ <)08.05 $ I I

140 STATISTICAL TABLES PART IV Continuea' ~J-I ~ rr ~ j~ ("t~l t:} l~t; l?j!~jl i~ (;'i;p W1 nt~ ~i;:jj~.il:t~y!f': it.. t/(~ J -,(.. " DISTRICTS STATIONS ANh CIRCUITS NUMBltR OF PATIENTS DISPENSARV SEEN IN O~ERA- PATIENTS HOMES TIO~S MEDICAL WORK RECEIPTS. SHAN1'UNG bistrict Anchia-chuang Chining-chou Feich'eng Ningyang Taian-fu Tungp'ing-chol1 ) T_o.tl ll_..: =-- 1 lo_8.-'-_2_2_2_ _ '7'---"--'75=---' _12_5J:..._--=1:.:::6~5_.:.._2=-:4~5~3:...:.-~13~2_,=-70_-I-'19::...,-2.::-9-_I.-26_,_1_ -,--_1",,3_ 0 _,4:.. -<--_;5=-08_.4..:..;;9 -M. TIEN'tSIN DISTRICt Chiaohe. eh'ing-hsien Litan. Nanp'i Taicheng.Tienl"in,Wesley Church Tientsin, West Gate Wangchia k'oll Yangliu-ching TSUNHUA DrSTRIc'r Fengjen-hsien Liangtze-he Pingan-cheng Po-ch'eng. Shaliu-he Tiench'allg Tsunhua Yutien.' I '. 1,1; / Total,...,... Total I -. '" Grand Totals ' I Grand Totals 1907 Increase Decrease

141 STATISTICAL TABLES PART V 1/ NAME AND '" CLASS OF,SCHOOL ;,.; SPECIAL TEACHERS PUPILS ALL AMOUNTS IN MEXICAN DOLLARS z CI j;l =:: I t.: ell r:; 0 ~ (,) z RECEIPTS EXPENSES iii VALUATION \.. 00 CIl Q ell Q) CIl C).S ~'"' 00 'Cj '"' Q) p.. CIl Q) ~... CIl s:: rc: & ;t: CIl ~ td :-:=6 bljqj ~ Q) Q).\:: 000 ~.S El 00 1:1 s:: Q) ~ s:: ~ bij '00 j Q) Q) bij "@.g "d 0 3t s:: ~.=- s:: "0.~ s:: :;l El s:: S Cd = El "@ Q) Q) El Cd C; '"' l5.. : ' 0.. Q) o... Q) 0 "0 C; -0 S as C)"tl... s::0" :I)... '"' ~ --, ~ ~ :I) 0 p...~ ~~ ~ :;l ~ '"' E~ ~ ~O S 0.:; () ~ ~ 0!Xl ~ I... ~ ~ f;., ~ ~ ~ <r. '"' Lanchou Training School " ,-. -, ~... PekjJ;1g, Training School Shanhaiku'an Train. Sch.. I 1 I I shantung Trahling, School. I I IS IS Tientsin Training School ' Total COLLEGE Peki,ng Liberal Arts ** ** ** ** 4 3,5 ** J41. *Peking Medical ,53 SnCONDARY Total 'i317 ( ~783, IS 'Y300::> * Unton MedIcal College. * * College of Lihe:..,al Arls and Preparatory J >L'J>o,.ttuent inc1uded ill ol1e (inat,lcial.statemellt. $ Lanchou. tpekin~..' 4 ' Shanhalkan ';. '... " -- -'-'--1--' " " ': Shantung I I IS IS.,.. ; " '-j "..', Tientsin Tsunhua.. I ~ Total II. II '~'. ~ : '. ~... I PRIMAR', SENIOR Lauchou Peking :, Shanhaikuall Shantttug ~ I JOS _ SOO Tientsin I Tsunhua I~ Total f PRIMARY JUNIOR Lanchou " '- Peking ~,. Sballhaikuan ". ; :. Shantung 16 S J Tientsin Tsunhua " 31 : ~I-~,gSo ;;; 1097 ~ ~ ~ -~ Total , _.. _- Grand Totals ( !2151. ', (0480., ~9. J S:!O t Also included in college of Liberal Arts. I " :...

142 XXVII.-Statistics of the Woman's Conferences :\USSIO:\ARIES. No. of ~~~.; 1\1. S. Miss::~-l,I I I XAMHS OF STATIONS. -;::~- Ti~n-I~Cha. l.~.gl,- Tsun ~:-I~----. t L h H Totals. mg. sm. 1. I ua'l an. I,--7""'1 --- ries in School Work i 3 o 0 I I 5 ~o. of \rin's of l\iis~i()llarie!-. in Sch?ol "'ork..... I 0 () (I: 0 No. of". F. M. S. l\itsslona-, I i ries in Evangelistic "!ork I No. of \\'in's of MiSSi01JarieSI in Evangelistic Work. 0 No. of W. F 1\1 S. 1\1issiona- I ries in Medical Work I 2 I 0 0 No. of Wives of Missionaries in Medical 'Work I Chinese Contributions l:.~u;old W. F. 1\1. S. BOARDING SCHOOl,S '2~O.I:ll'20~ No. of Schools 1 0 () No. of Chinese Teachers Total Enrolment No. of Pupils from Christian, 0 I 67 Homes. No. of Pupils from non Christian Homes Xo. of Baptized Pupils No. Received into Church in l Probation.. No. Received into Church in Full Membership. i N<;>. Partially Self-support-I lllg.. No. Graduated from PrimaTY Gral:'d No. Graduated froul Intermediate Grade.. No. Graduated from High' Sebool.. I No. Teaching in Sundayl Sebool DAY-SCHOOLS. No. of Schools No. of Chinese Teachers Total Enrolment Average.\ttendance. No. of Pupils from Christian Homes.. '1' 5 o o o 01 o o o o c o o o o o o o o o o o o { t4 45 o o o o o o o o 0 o *Represents 2 Distrfcts, Shanhaikuan and Lanehou. tone pare~tchristian. ~,.. 13 o o o 3 2 o o I J2 3 II 222 () { t 4 135

143 XXVII.-Statistics of the Woman's Conferences No. of Pupils from U011- Christian Homes No. of Pupils finishing Dayschool Course No. of Pupils Entering Boarding School TRAINING SCHOOLS. X o. of Training Schools No. of Chinese Teachers Total Enrolment No. of Women Completing First Year's Course No. of Women Completing Second Year's Course. No. of Women Completing Third Year's Course.. No. of Women Completing Fourth Year's Course. No. of V\10mell Becoming BiblCtJwomen No. of ~ible-womell No. of Villages Visited l\1edical WORK. No. of Hospitals No. of Dispensaries No. of Dispensary Prescriptions.... No. of House l>atiellts No. of Outcalls.. No. of Countrv Trips No. of Treatnlents in COUlltry j ~----N-A-M~RS--O-F._S-T-A-T-IO--N-S-.--~----- pek-\ Ti~n-ICh~Ugl Tsun-!T'aian! Totals. ing. tsm. Lt. hua. I 41 o 12 o o o o o :2 o o SS 5 :2 o o o o a o o.3 o o o : o I *4 51 Donations and Fees. I V.;;.I;(ILIJ Received from Foreigners f $69 $27.50 $7.50 Donations and Fees. Receiverl from Chinese l'.".gold '* Preachers wives in active work. t By Dr. J. 14 Keeler 011 his country tripi;, 12 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o : : o 5 o 0 o T o 0

144 BISHOP \YILSON S. LEWIS.