Minutes of the Twenty Seventh Session 0 f the North China Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held in Peking, September Third to

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1 Minutes of the Twenty Seventh Session 0 f the North China Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held in Peking, September Third to Eleventh, Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen.

2 BISHOP J. \Y. BASHFORD

3 CONTENTS Page P~ot!>grap~ of Bishop Bashford MIssion DIrectory Conference Chronological Ron Conference Officers and Committees Conference Boards Mission Officers and Committees Disciplinary Questions Appointmen ts Conference Journal District Reports: Chingchao District. Northern Division.... Southern Division.... Lanhsien District. District Report LanhSien Higher Primary School.... District Day Scho:lls Woman's Foreign Missionary SOciety.... Peking District. District Report Union Student Work.... Peking Academy of the University Peking Higher Primary SchooL.... District Day Schools (See District Report).... Peking Medical Work..... ;.... Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Shanhaikuan District. District Report.... Ch'angli Middle and Higher Primary SchooL..... Shanhaikuan Higher Elementary School(see Dist. Report) Ch'angli Hospital Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.... T'aianfu District. T'aianfu District ~.... T'aianfu Middle School District Day Schools Woman's Foreign Missionary Society

4 CONTENTS Page Tientsin District. District Report....' ri.entsiq l\ii9dle.al1d Hjgher Primary $cbopi... 0.' ' 115 Distri~t. Day Sc~ools (See District Report)... 0 W o~an~s Fqreign Missionary Society.. 0 "0 118 Tsunhua District. District Report. District' Schools. Yeocbouiu Distr.ict. District Report... District Day Schools Reports of.standing Committees and Boards: Foreign Missions., Home Missions, Education '. 130 Self Support State of the Church 0 0 o 0 '0 131 Board of Stewards '. 132 Resolutions " Conference Treasurer's Report Report of Board of Examiners: Course of Study for Preachers... _... ;..., 142 In Memoriam Memorial Address 'Bishop Bashford MemOIr of Mrs. H. fl. Lowry. ~ Memoir of Mrs. O. Jo Krause Memoir o(rev~ Kao Hsiu Shan Memoir of Mrs. Tsou Chin Ching... 0., 155 Memoir of Mrs. T'ang Yang. 0 o Annual Meetings Former Members of the Mission Statistical Report P~operty "':" o. 0 0 o o Workers and Membership o Churches, Sunday Schools and Contributions Educational Medical

5 MISSION DIRECTORY EPISCOPAL CAMB TO CHINA NAME RESIDENCE I916tt 1916tt Lewis Bishop Wilson S.,.D.D" Lewis, Mrs. Wilson S. Welch, Bishop Herbert D.D. Welch, MIS. Herbert Shanghai Shanghai Seoul, Korea Seoul, Korea FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. BNTERED THEI NAME I POST OFFICE ADDRESS MISSION ~ ~ ] *1874 * II **1917 ** I I ti915 t Aeschliman, Edward J. Baluwin, Jesse H., M.D. f!l lilt in Baldwin, Mrs. Jesse H. Brown, Rev. Mark W. ~.& iij Brown, Mrs. Mark W. Congdon, Wray H. Congdon, Mrs. Wray H. Davis, Rev. George L. ~.. jifit Davis, Mrs. George L. Davis, Rev. George R. ~ 1f!iii Davis, Mrs. George R. Davis, Rev. Walter W. it; 1i: Peking Davis, Mrs. Walter W. Dildine, Rev. Harry G. 1t * «Dildine, Mrs. Harry G. Dobson, Robert J. 11 ~ ~ Dobson, Mrs. Robert J. Felt, Rev. Carl A. Jt }t iii Felt, Mrs. Carl A. Gamewell, Rev. Frank D. J{ Gamewell, Mrs. Frank D. Gibb, Rev.]. McGregor. 11 Gibh, Mrs.]. McGregor Hanson, Rev. Perry O. ~ ~ Hanson, Mrs. Perry O. Hobart, Rev. William T. If. Eo. I Peking Hohart, Mrs. Wi11iam T. Peking Ch'angli Ch'angli 150 Fi'fth Ave. New York 150 Fifth Ave. New York Peking Peking Peking Peking Tientsin Tientsin Peking T'aianfu T'aiaufu Peking Peking Peking Peking Shangbai Shangbai ISO Fifth A.ve. New York ; ISO Fifth Ave. New York I 150 Fifth Ave. New York 150 Fifth Ave. New York Peking Hopkins, Nehemiah S., M.D~ U _I Peking Johnstone, Ernest M M.D.1i~. Peking JohnstOtle, Mrs. Ernest M. Peking I Shankaikuan I Keeler, Joseph L., M.D. m *~ B *Came to (;hina as a Missionary 1871! "" 191 I -I- " * 1903 ttcame to Kor~~

6 2 FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, Continu.ed ENTERED THE MISSION NAME POsT OFFICE ADDRESS II 19II I~ II 19II 1915 * t t 1914 Keeler, Mrs. Joseph L. King, Re\'. Harry E. ~~ m.. King, Mrs. Harry E. Korns, John H., M.D. 11" Korns, 1\1r8. John H. Krause, Oliver J. jfi j] Leitzel, Rev. Henry S iili ti[ fu Leitzel, Mrs. Henry S. Lennox, \Villiam G. M.D. :1* 1ft Lennox, Mrs. -William G. Lowry, George D., M.D. III fj1f z Lowry, Mrs. George D. Lowry, Rev. Hiram H 1I1 1lJ im McDonald, F. Rudd, M.D jm.. McDonald, F. Rudd, M.D. Pyke, Frederick M. a fit Pyke, Mrs. Frederick 1\1. Pyke, Rev. James H. a II * Pyke, Mrs. James H. Rowland, Rev. HE:llry H Rowland, Mrs. Henry H. Searles, Re,. Clair K. ~ m /jj Searles, Mrs. Clair K. Smith, Dennis V., M.D. 1J1l:R-,,\\ Smith, Mrs. Dennis V. ~rerrell, Winans, Edward Jones ~ ~ a Winans, Mrs. Edward Jones Miss Alice" 31 Verity, Rev. George W. ie IS" Shankaikuan Ann Arbor, Mich Peking Peking Peking Peking Taianfu, Shantung Taianfu, Sbantung Peking Peking Delaware, Ohio Peki't;g Peking Peking Tientsin Ti~ntsin Peking Peking Cb'angli Cb'angli Peking Peking Peking Peking Peking Geneva, Neb Tientsin Tielltsin *Came to China as a Missionary 1914 t 1890 :j: " 191I WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY JtNTERED THE MISSION NAME POST OFFICE ADDRESS Adams, Marie ~ Baugh, V. Evelyn R. II Bedell, Mary E. ~ ~-3\'M Bridenbaugh, Jennie B.., Cbeney, Monona II Cusbman, Clara M. ii Danner, Ruth ~»it Dillen beck, Nora M. it Dyer, Clara P. ~ Fearon, Dora l! T'aianfu, -Shantung In America Tientsin Ch'angli Peking Tientsin Peking T'aianfu, Shantung Ch'angli Peking

7 -3- WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, Continued ENTERED THE MISSION J() goo * NAME Frantz, Ida F. m; Gilman, Gertrude :Ii Gloss, Anna D., M.D. :i; Glover, Ella E. :ic Gray, Frances ~ Greer, Lillian, P.,. ~ ~ Gregg, Eva A. Halfpenny, Mary L. R Heath, Frances J. M.D. ~ Highbaugh, Irma m _ J;i Hobart, Elizabeth JJ Hobart, Louise PJ Jaquet, Myra A. m Jewell, Charlotte 1\1. $Ie Knapp, Elsie L. ill Knox, Emma M. ~~ Leonard, Ethel M. ~ *- ~ Lewis, Ida Belle i3- Manderson, Mabel M. C\I.D. $i Martin Emma E. Iii' Miller, Iva M. ~ Nowlin, Mable R. * Powell, Alice 1\1. ~ Stahl, Ruth L. It IUf- ~!J. Stryker, Minnie M.D. *II Walker, Joyce 111t. Watrous, ::.vlary ~ Wheeler, L. Maude fi \\'ilson, Frances R. * Young, Effie G. ~ POST OFFICE ADDRESS Tientsin In America In America In America Peking T'aianfu Tientsin Tientsin In America Peking In America In America Peking Peking T'aianfu In America PeHng Tientsin Peking In America Tientsin Ch'angli In America Peking Peking Tientsin In America Tientsin Peking T'aianfu ENTERED TRAVELING CONNECTION *Came to China as a Missionary r898 CONFERENCE ROLL AND DIRECTORY ELDERS NAME POST OFFICE ADDRESS Brown, FrederiCk Brown, Grow S. Brown, Mark W. Chang Pai Lin Yi MI ~ Chang Tzu Sheng ~ ga ~ Chao Li Yu 1t. iiifi Chao Yii Hsiu m 1i: 3'5 Ch 'en Heng Tt: I!i 'ti Ch'en Wei P'ing" *i. Ch'en Vii Shan ISlti: :i tlj Chin Ch'eng fl ~ Ch'lng Shou". Leeds, England Pasadena, Cal In America P'inganch'engtzu Pench'eng Shl1ch'eng Hechak'ou Tientsin Shanghai Nil1tochen Nll1tochen Shanhaikuan

8 ENTERED TRAVELING CONNECTION 19II g-; ] [ O5-4 ELDERS, 'Contifltuoo NAME Chou Fu Ch'uan m 1m ~ Davis, George L. Davis, George R. Davis, Walter W. Dildine, Harry G. Felt, Carl A. Gamewell, Frank D. Gibb, John McGregor Hanson, Perry. O. HaoTe An. ill ~ Headland, Isaac T. Hobart, William T. Hopkins, Nehemiah S. Hou Tien tl ~ Ib Hsii Yung Chen ~ 7:k ~ R'ang Vung Rllei lit *:It Rao Feng Shan ~ Il (h Rao Fu Ch'ing iti f4 it Keeler, Joseph L. Ring, Harry E. Ruo YingiII ~ Leitzel, Henry S. LiHsill * m L1 Uen Ying *'~. Li Wei'Yung *' ~:W Liang En P'o 11?Hi. Liang Hsing T'allg ~ ~ Liu Chi Lun 10 *I ii Liu Chih Ruo IIJ M li1 Liu Ching Ch'ing IIJ ~ M Liu Fang ~ :J Liu FullJ~. Liu Kual~g Ch'ing II)". Liu Kuaug Tsu.J 7't: ill Liu Ma R'e III.~ 'iii Liu Shao T'ang II) ~ ~ Lill Tsun Sheng.J 1t ~ Liu Yiieh II) (if) Liu Yung Shen IIJ 7:k ii Lowry! Hiram H. Meng 'Ie Jung fdi... P'eng Ch 'ing ~ It Pyke, Frederick M. PykE', James H. Rowland, Henry H. Searles, Clair K. St. John, Burton Sun Chiu Rao il ;It.~ Sun Heng R'uei K til It Sun lung ~ SUll Yneh~. T'ang Vung J1f Te Jui if. ~ Tseng Ruo Chih 11' II M POST OFFICE ADDRESS In America Peking Tielltsin Peking T'aianfu Peking Shanghai In America In America Changli Alliance, Ohio Peking Peking Peiyin Peking Shihkechuang In America Taich'enghsien Shanhaikuan In America T'aianfu, S'hantnng T'aianfu, S'hantung Sahechiao Chushihk'ou, Peking Shihmenchai Ch 'ufuhsien Felch 'enghsien Anchlachuang Fangchinhsiang, Peking In France Peking Lanhsien 'l'ientsin Fengjenhsien Peking P'inganch'engtzu Ch'ienanhsien Ch'angli Ch'ienwei Peking Lanhsien Tokyo, Japan Tientsin Peking Ch'angli Peking 2S M.adison Ave.. N. Y. N anp'ibsien Miyllnhsien In America Peking Tientsin Shanhaikuan Peking

9 ENTERED TRAVELING CONNECTION II I IO ELDERS, Ocmtill/ued NAME Tu Pu Yiin:ti:~ Tu Wen Yii ~:!it W Verity, George W. Wang Cb'ang T'ai:F. ~. Wang Chao K'e : :115 ~ '"Vang Chih P'in!!.:E. ffi zv. "Tang En Cbao: 11 ~ Wang He Nan :E. M m Wang I Heng ::E ft ljt Wang Shon T't1n~ :E ~ ~ Wen Jung T'ai ~ 'Vinans, Erlwarrl J. WU Ch'i ~fl. Wu y~ K'un ~:It Jl. Yang Ching Ch'un ~ :rc. Yang Ch'ul1 He;IJ V: ifti YalIg Hsueh Shih m * 6t Yang I Yang lung Hsuan ~ -= ~ POST OFFICE ADDRESS Hants'un Mashench'iao Geneva, Neb. (In France) Taiallfu (., ) Huailaihsien Tientsin Shaliuhe Ch'ienwei 'l'sullhua Yenchoufu T'aianfu Tientsin Shanhaikuan Lanhsien Taich 'enghsien Nanp'i Tungp'inghsien Huaijouhsien Peking DEACONS 1916 Fan T'ing Ch'eng lit g ~; 4th Year T'sininghsien 19I3 Han Tien Ying!t ~! 4th Year Chiaohohsien 1912 Hsu Ching P'ing- ~ 'i: ~: 4th Year Hsingch'eng 1914 Li Hsiao Lu * ~ H i 3rrl Year T'aianfu 1918 Li JUlIg Fang *.. ~ 14th Year Peking 19II Li T'ien Lu :$ 7C ~ 3rd Year Peking 1913 Liu Shen En III ~ m 4th Year In America \la Yii Lin.~ :i Jf* 4th Year Szushuihsien 1914 Meng Yiin iii.!!' 4th Year Nanhsimen, Peking 1915 Tsou Chin Ching ~ ii 3rd Year Allkechuang 1914 Wang Ch'ing He : m fii1 3rd Year Huashih, Peking 1915 Wan~ Wen Ping :F. ~ m 3rd Year Peking 1915 Yang lung Lin *" 4th Year Shullchihmen, Peking 1915 Yang Shun ~.IIi 4th Year Tsouhsien PROBATIONERS Cia.. of the Second Year Chang Wan Shan ~.. lit Chao Jung Hsi. ~ i1 Chi Ch'ang Lu *8 ~ &c He Tsun Ching Hsii Fu Lin ~ H ~ Hsii K'un Shan ~ Jl.lIt Jen Chao Ch'ang 11: ~ Yii t 'ienhsien Hungk'ou Hsiaomen Yungpichuang Tunghsingchuang Peking Fangchiachuang

10 -6 Cia.. of the Seco~d Ye:a, Oontinued I Liu Chi Yung III Liu Ch'ing Hsiang IIl.if Liu Hsi Ill. Shang Wen Chin "!t Itt Shih T'ing Tung :fi it Ts'ui Lien Sheng m ~ g, Ts'ui Yen Li.. fi iii 3rd Year Tu Wen K'uei in: ~ It Wang T'i Ch'ing 3.:. B m Yii Lien Chung It ~ 'flit Lihsien Ch'ienan Pahsien Shanhaikuan Laot'inghsien Yahungch'iao Maotzu Lienpeitien Kuanhsien Peking CIa.. of the Firat Year Chao Yii Hsien Chao Yen Huai m 5S It Chi Hsiao FengoJB ~ Li I Hsin Liu Ylleh Chi Pai Kuei Sen Po Min Ts'ao Wan Jung ~... Wu Heng Hesiang l m ~ Ningyanghsien Laiwu Lanhsien Peking Peking Peking Funinghsien Wangkuanying Peking

11 CONFERENCE OFFICERS AND COMMITIEE5 Conference Officers President Bishop Wilson Lewis English Secretary... Clair K. Searles Assistant English Secretary 'Walter W. Davis Chinese Secretary... 0 Hao Te An Assistant Chinese Secretary P'eng Ch'ing Treasurer... 0 WiUiam T. Hobart English Statistical Secretary... Carl A. Felt Chinese Statistical Secretary: Chingchao District, North... Yang I Chingchao District, South... 0 Wang T'i Ch'ing Lanhsien District... WOu Yii K'un Peking District Liu Fang Shanhaikuan District... 0 Taianfu District Hao Te An 0 0 Wen J ung T'ai Tientsin District Hsii K'un Shan Tsunhua District... Liu ShaD T'ang Yenclioufu District Liang En P'o Official Interpreters: Business Sessions William T. Hobart George L. Davis' Devotional Services Wang Chih P'ing Ch'en Wei P'ing

12 -8 Standing Committees Foreign Missions... Meng Te Jung. Liang En P'o, Hsii Yung Chen. Home Missions H. G. Dildine, Liu Tsun Sheng, Wang Chao K'e. Sunday Schools N.S. Hopkins,~Wang Shou T'ung, Ch'ing Shou. Books and Tracts Tseng Kuo Chih, Liu Kuang Ching, J. L. Keeler~. Wen J tlng T'ai. Conference Relations... W. W. Davis, Wu Yii K'un, Kuo Ying, Wang I Heng, E. J. Winans. Resolutions... H. H. Rowland, Liu Kuang Ch'ing. Reporter... Li Lien Ying. Joint Sessious... Tseng Kuo Chih. State of the Church.... Lin Fang, Ch'en Heng Te, H. G. Dildine, I,iu Shao T'ang. Comity Wang Chih P'ing, Liu Ma K'e, Wen Jung T'ai, J. L. Keeler, W. T. Hobart. Temperance... J. L.. Keeler, Liu Chi Lun, Hsu YUllg Chen. Official Correspondent... William T. Hobart'. Committee on Anniversary Program Pastor of Asbury Churqh, Peking. District Superintendent of Peking District. Missionary-in-Charge of Peking District.

13 CONFERENCE BOARDS Conference Stewards Ch'en Heng Te, H. S. Leitzel, "Ven Jung T'ai, Ch'ing Shou, Wang Chih P'ing. Triers of Appeals C. A. Felt, Liu Fang, G. L. Davis, Ch'en \Vei P'ing, W. T. Hobart. Reserns: Ch'en Heng Te, Tseng Kuo Chih. Board of Examiners Chairman... W. P. Ch'en Vice Chairman C. A. Felt Registrar... W. T. Hobart Term ending J920 Wang Chih P'jng, Wn Yii K'un, Tseng Ktlo Chih, Fan T'ing Ch'eng. 'I'erm ending 1921, Wen Jung T'ai, Hsu Yung Chen, H. S. Leitzel. C. A. Felt. Term ending 1922 Litt Kttnag eh'ing, Li T'ien Lu, \V T. Hobart, \V. VV. Davis. Term ending 1923 Ch'en Wei P'ing, Li Jung Fang, H. G. Dildine, E. J. Winans. Examiners of Local Preachers' and Elders' Orders: Term ending 1923 Wang Shou T'ung, Meng Te ]ung-. Term ending 1924 Li Lien Ying, H. H. Rowland. Board of Education Peking: Li T'ien Lu... Term Expiring 1922 Ch'en Sung P'ing Chingchao Yang C. l\. Felt Lanhsien Meng Te Jung Ch'in Li An I921 Shanhaikuan Li Ai Lin H. t. Rowland... '" T'aianfu H. G. Dildine... " Wen lung T'ai Tientsin Yung 'r'ao... ' E. ]. Winans ~..., Tsunhua Wang I Heng W. W. Davis Yenchouftt Wang Sholl T'ung Chang TS'an V"u Executive Committee: Peking and Chil1gchao District Members and~ Principals of the Conference Middle Schools.

14 MISSION OFFICERS' AND COMMITTEES Officers Chairman... N. S. Hopkins Secretary... H. S. Leitzel Treasurer... O. J. Krause Historian... D. V. Smith Joint Historian... ~rs. C. M. Jewell Official Correspondent... O. J. Krause Finance Committee Senior Educational Representative... H. H. Lowry SenIor Physician... N. S. Hopkins Historian D. V. Snlith Treasurer.. ~ O. J. I{rause District Missionaries in Ch a rg e : H. G. Dildine, G. L. Davis~ C. A. Felt, \V. T. Hobart, H. S. Leitzel, H. H. Rowland. Advisory Members: Mrs. C. A. Felt, W. W. Davis J. L. Keeler Mrs. W. T. Hobart, Mrs. G. L. Davis Building Committee Ch'angli... H. H. Rowland Taianfu... H. S. Leitzel Peking..... N. S. Hopkins Tientsin... E. J. Winans District Boards of Education The Conference Board of Educati()n with the Principals of the W. F. M. S. Boarding School Union School for American Childre~ Mrs. W.W. Davis, Mrs. C.A. Felt, O. ]. Krause Language Examiners Ch'angli... H. H. Rowland. Hao Te An. Peking...\"Y. T. Hobart, Ch'en Tsai Hsin, G. L. Davis, Mrs. C. M. Jewell. T'aianfu... Wen Jung T'ai, Miss Elsie Knapp, H. G. Dildine. Tientsin... F. M. Pyke, Liu Kuang Ch'ing, Miss Maud Wheeler. Registrar Mrs. C. M. Jewell. Representatives on Board of Managers of Peking University Term ending G. L. Davis " W. T. Hobart C. A. Felt JJ O. J. Krause

15 DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS thi8 Annual Oonference Incorporated According to the Requirement 01 the Discipline' No incorporation is possible under the laws of China.! -Who have been Received by Transfer, and from 'what Oonjerencesr None. S.-Who have been Readmitted? None..f.-Who have been Rece.ived on 0I'edential.9, and from what O/lurches! None. I.-Who have been Receilied on Trial! (a) In Studies of First Year. Chao Vii Hsien. Li I Hsin. Liu Vueh Chi. Pai Kuei Sen. (b) In Studies of Third Year under the Seminary Rule. None. (Discipline ~ ) 6.-Who have been Oontinued on 1'riall (a) In Studies of First Year. Chao Ven Huei. Chi Hsiao Feng. Po Min. T'sao Vl an J nng. Wu Heng Hsiang. (b) In Studies of the Second Year. Chang Wan Shan, Chao Jung Hsi. Chi Ch'ang Lu, He Tsun Ching. Hsii Pu Lin, Hsii R 'un Shan. Jen Chao Chang, Liu Chi Vung. Liu Ch'ing Hsiang, Liu Hsi. Shang Wen Chin, Shih T'ing Tung. Tsui Lien Sheng, Tu Wen Ruei. Wang T'i Ch'ing, Vii Lien Chung. (c) In Studies of Third Year. Tsui Yen Li (d) In Studies of Fourth Yea!'. Li Jung Fang 7.-Who have been Discontinued! Chu Tien Yuan, Li Lien Pi. B.-Who have been A.dmitted into Futt Membership' (a) Elected and Ordained Deacons this year. 1'80u Chin Ching. Wang Ch'ing He. Wang Wen Ping. (b) Elected and Ordained Deacons previously. None.

16 What Members a1'e in Studies of Thi"d Yea,rf (a) Admitted into Fun Membership this year. Tsou Chin Ching. Wang Ch'ing He. Wang Wen Ping (b) Admitted into Full Member.. lup previously. Li T'ien Lu. Li Hsiao Lu. P'eng Ch'ing 10.-What Members are in Studies of Fourth Year? Fan T'ing Cheng, Han Tien Ving. Hsii ('hing Ping, Lin Shen En. 1\la Yii Lin, Meng YUn. Yang Jung Lin, Yang Shun. 11.-What Members have Completed the Conference Course of Stu,dvf ( a) Elected and Ordained Elders this year. Chao Li Vu. Chao Yii Hsiu. Hao 'Ie An. Liang Hsing T'ang. Lin Fu. Edward J. Winans. Yang Jung Hsiian. (b) Elected and Ordained Elders previously. None. (c) Elected and Ordained Elders under the Seminary Rule. None. {Discipline' 179 3) 12.-Wha,t others have been Elected and 01"dained Deacons '! (a) A:;. Local Preachers. (Discipline V. 176 r) None. (0) Under Missionary Rule. (Discipline ~ 176 4) None. (c) Under Seminary Rule. (Discipline' 176 2) None What others have b~en Elected and Ordained Elders f (a) As Local Deacons. (Discipline' 179 I) None. (b) Under Missionary Rule. (Discipline V ) None. 14.-Wa.s th~ Ohamcter of each Preachet e:caminedf Yes, as his name was called in open Conference. 15.-Who have been Transferred, and to what Conferences' None. 16.-Who have Diedt Kao Hsiu Shan. 17,-Who have 'been Located at their own Request f None. lb.-who ha'l'e been Located? None. 19.-Who have Withd1'awn'f None.

17 - 13- ~O.-Who have been permitted to Withdrawancler Oharges or CQmplaints.' None. ~1.-Who ha,ve been E.J)pelledf None. ~~.-What othel' pel'sonal Notation should be madey None.. ~8.-Who are the Supernumerary Ministers, and t01' 10ltat flumljel' o/licarb consecutively has each held thts ReZation' Kao Pu Ch'ing.!~.-Who are the Retired Mini8tersf Chang Pai Lin, Chin Ch'eng George R. Davis, James H. Pyke. Te lui, Wang He Nan, Yang Ch'un He. Wu Ch'i ,0 are the Triers ot A.ppeals '! C. A. Felt, Liu Fang, G. L. Davis, Chen Wei Ping. W. T. Hobart: Reserves: Ch'en Heng Te, Tseng Ruo Chih. f6.-what is the Annual Re.port of the Conference Board of Home Missions and Chu'roh Extension! No report. 27.-What is the Annual Report of the Conference Boal'a of Foreigl~ Missions? No report. 2S.-What is the Statistical RelJOrt? See the Statistician's Report.!9.-What is the Conference TreCLsurel"s Report! See the Conference Treasurer's Report. 80.-(a) What i~ the Aggl'cgate of the. Bene1JOZent Oollections ord.fjred by the Geneml (JonfcrclIce, as reported by th e ('onference Treasurer! $ (b) What i8 the Aggrega.te of the Benevolent Collections orde'red by the Annual Conference, as 'reported by the Conferenoe '1'reasu1"erf $.... S1.-What are the Clailn.'l on the Conferen,ce Fundsr For Annuity distribution,.,.,.. years multiplied by the Disciplinary rate of $... per :year, $...,. For Necessitous distribution.. $ Total $ (a) What has been Received on these Claims! From the Book Concern, $79<5. 3. From the Chartered Fund, $...,.... From the Board of Conference Claimants, $ From Annual Cnnference Investments, $ From Pastoral Charges,..,.... Total, $ (b) How has it been AppUed? See Report of Board of Stewards. $8.-What amount hax been apportioned to the Pastoral Charges w-ithin the Conference, to be raised, tor the Su.pport of Oonference C ia mants f (~336.) No Apportionment. 3",.-What a mou.nt has been paid by the Conference Treasure,. to the Board 01 Conference Claimants tol' Connectional Reliet! Nothing. 85.-Where are the Pt'eachers Stationed! See List of Appointments. 86.-Where shall the N ea;t Conterenoe be held'! Peking.

18 CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS 1919 CHINGCHAO DISTRICT NORTHERN DIVISION District Superintendent... Rsu Yung Chen Missionary in Charge W. T. Hobart Oh'angp'ingh.fJien.., Supplied by Chang Yiin Han Liulin...,... '. " "Chia Chun Rsi Nank'ou.. " Li Yuan Rsin Shaho... " " Chia Ching Yun H uaijouhsien... '.... Yang " I KaoUying.... Supplied " Chi Wei T'sun Niulanshan ",~Chia Chien Hsiu Huailailtsien...,... Wang Chao K'e K'angchuang. Supplied by Yang Wu Lin Paoanchou... "" Wu Shen Hsiu Shack'eng......,... " "Liu Cheng Mei Miyunhsien Sun Heng K'uei Shihltsia Supplied by Lin Ming ~han Yenok'ing hrien.. " "Ch'en Yen T'i Laochunt'a1~g.,.,... ' "" Shih Ling Oh'un SOUTHERN DIVISION District Superintendent.Hsii Yung Chen Missionary in Charge,... Carl A. Felt District Evangelist.,.,. Ch'en Yii Shan Hants'un....Tu Pu Yiin Langtang Supplied by Mi Chen Pang Huangts'un...,.. "" Yueh Ching Yu Fengt'a i... " "Feng T'ing Tsun K uanh!sien Wang T'i Ch'ing Liuch~'Uanchen Supplied by Wen Min Lihsien Liu Ohi Yung Anting To be Supplied Ghiuchouchen.,... '.. Supplied by Wang Pao Chen Niuto'cken Ch'en Yii Shan Oh'ukou.... Supplied by T'ien Wen Chao P'angkechuang... "" Liu Chen Hsiang Yufa '" " "Li Ming Te PahBien ,... Liu H si Gk'ienchap'u Supplied by T'ien Rsi Niell

19 - 15- H sintien.. To be supplied Peiyin HOll Tien Piehkechuaug.... Supplied by SUll Mao Lin M ato'll Supplied by Liu Ke Cheng Superin.tendent of Schools.... To be supplied District Bible. School..... Ch'cn Yii Shan and (Fang Chi) LANHSIEN DISTRICT District S'uperintendent... Wu Yii K'un Missionary in Charge....Henry H. Rowland Ankechuang Tsou Chin Ohing Chiupa,ihu.,... Supplied by Wang Ching Hsing I an Supplied by Chang Kai - Peichiatien.... Supplied by Yu Liang Shahoi.... Supplied by Han Chull I Ohentzuchen.... SuppLied by I~iu Wen Yiian Wa.ngkuanyin!,1. Ts'ao Wan Jung Wangtientzfl-... Supplied by Chang Kuo En Oh'ienanhsien Lin Tsun Sheng Ohiench'angying.... Supplied by Hu Fellg Ch'un Hsiangshuikou.... To be Supplied Yangtientzu To be Supplied Lanhsicn..... Meng Te J ung Assistant Pastor.... Supplied by Chang K'e K'uau Oh'(tngning Supplied by Ohao Shih Ming ltf ach'eng Supplied by Chao Shih l\iing Laot'inghsien. Shih Ting Tung H sinchai. To be Supplied Huili.... Supplied by T'ao Kuo,Iung Mat'ouying. Supplied by Li Oh'ang Ying T'anpchiaho. Supplied by Wang Chen Yii Yenkech'uang. Supplied by Kao Tzu Hsiu 01l1,.ichuang.... Supplied by Feng Jui Beng Ohangkech,uang To be supplied Pench' eng Ohang Tzu Sheng H ukechuang Supplied by Ti J ung Bsing K'llnganch'-iao... Supplied by Wang Lin Yu Lienpeitien... Tn Ten K'uei Paikech'llang... Supplied by Wang Feng Hsin Tingliuho Supplied by Ohang Ohun T'oli Supplied by vvang Shih Ch'ang District Evangelist..... Supplied by Chi Tung Fu

20 i6 L.A.NHSmN HIGHER PRIMARY io3c.i:fool Superintendent..... ~.. Wu Yii K'un Principal... l\feng Te Jung Instructor Liu Fu Superintendent of Lower Primary Schools... H. H. Rowland PEKING CITY DISTRICT District Superintendent.... Liu Fang Missionary in Charge... George L. Davis Asbury Ohurch... ~..... Tseng Kuo Chih and (Wang Hsiang l) Fangchinghsiang....Liu Chih Kwo Chushihkou Li Lien Ying Assistants... Supplied by Hsiieh Hung En and Pi Shen Rsiu LiuUch 'ang '"... To be Supplied Yungtingmen... Supplied by Chia Chih Chen H uashih, J tlliet Memorial. _ Wang Ohing H 0 Assilltant Supplied by Tzui Hsien Hsiallg H siaoshihk'ou.. Supplied by Liu Chuan Fu Hepoch'all,U... Supplied by Ch'en Te Lin 8hunchihmen Yang Jung Lin Assista,nt8... '"... Supplied by Wang Yueh T'ing and J\'Ieng Yung Hsiang Ohangyimen M eng Y un N anhsimen ".. Supplied by Wang Tsung Hsiang Paichihfang.... ",. Kung Hsin Chai GosPel Tewm,...., "Bu Ming Han Hospital Preacher...,.Pai Kwd Sen Sunday School Secretary.. Hsu K'un Shan Peking Medical Work Methodist Hospital (Hopkins Memorial) Physician in Oharge.... N. S. Hopkins M.D. Associate PhY8icians... D. Y. Smith, M.D. W. B. Prentice, D.M.D. G. G. Stuart, O.D. H. C. Po, M.D. F. H. Yao, M.D. L.. C. Chang M. D. S-upervisor of Nurses... Mary D. Lewis Hospital Evangelist..,.. Pai Kuei Sen ;Union Medical Ootlege..... J. H. Korns, M.D. W. G. Lennox, M.D. In the United States G. D. Lowry M. D. E. M. Johnstone, M.D.

21 -17- Peking University President Emeritus -. 0 II. H. Lowry,COLLEGE OF T HEOLOG Y Dean , ow. T. Hobart Profes8or Li J ufi,g Fan.g ~OLLEGE OF I.JIBERAL ARTS Professors... 0 *H. E. King W. W. Davis *John 1L Gihb Peking Academy :President... H. H. Lowry BIBLE INSTITUTE PrinciPal..... Instructors,COLLEGEPREPARATOllY.... Carl A. Felt 0 W T. Hobart IA I fi... in lvu Hena Hs:ang Principal Li Tien Lu Instructors... 0 W. H. Congden Miss Alice Terrell Sun Yiieh -MIDDLE SCHOOL Principal Li T'ien Lu 1 nstructors Yang Jung Hsiian )1iss ::\1. Bartlett :\Iiss E. Quick Bodal Secretary.....:Mark Liu Higher Primary School Principal Mif!l!': Katherine Felt Teacher r(Lng lren Ping,'Union Stud(~nt lvork..... n K. Searles.s.uper-il~tendent of District Schools.. _.. Liu Fang SHANHAIKUAN DISTRICT District Superintendent.... Ch'ing SllOU. Missionary in Charge... r. L. Keeler. :U. D. Oh'a,ngUhsien _. Hao Te An. Ch'anglihsien Oity. _.. ". Liu Yiieh. Ke.po Supplied by ~\Ir. Chao Liu8houying Supplied by Li J ung..(jh'angzi General Hospital.... J.-H.'Baldwin, M.D. *On furlough

22 III - 1:8 Ohangli Middle wnd Higher Prima'ry School Prin,cip((LH~ H. Rowland. Assistant Principal. '...Rao Te An. Teacher C. P. Culver. Ch~iem1)ei Liu Yung Sheng. Lihot~un... _".Snpplied by Chienwei. Oh'ie1tso Liu Ch'ing Hsiang. Funinghsien.... Po Min. T(tiY'ing Supplied by ]",ming. Haiyang Supplied by Wang Pao Tsung., ShcllJw Supplied by Chung San. Oh'inwangtao... Ch'ing Shou. N'iufouai and Paichual1g.. Su.pplied by Chu Tien Yuan. Rock!1 Poi-nt Supplied by Waug Hsun Ch'ing" Shanhaikuan Ch'ing Shou. Assistant, Pastor....,shang lven Chin. Shanha,ikuan H ig/wr Prinwr.lJ a,nd Co'mmercial School Principal J. L. Keeler. :Assistani Pri,ncipal~... Li Ai Lin and K'ang Hsien Sheng... Shanhaikua.n Jfedical Work.. J. I.J. Keeler, :3I.D. Yin Kuang En, M. D. ::\irs. Ch'ing Shou, 1\1. D. Sh-ihmencltai...,... Li 'Vei Yung. Cltuts'aoying and Kankol(... Supplied by Liu Yueh Chi. H1.1 (lngt'u,li-ing.. ",:.\... St,II)J}lied by 'Vu Yu Rsi. Shihkechuang..,',1 :.;:,::.~'angyung Kuei Chiangkech1.tang.... ~ I~~ang Yung Kuei. Li1.tt'aivhuang... f.. K'a~g YUilg Kuei Day Schools Oh~itf,g Shou In France Liu ChillI! Ch'ing. Shanhaikuan Q.C~ TAIANFU DISTRICT District Superintendent.. Kuo Ying. Missionary in Charge.....R. G~ Dildine. District Erangelist Wang Oh'aog T'ai. Medical Work \Valdo Oechsli, M. D. Anchiach1.w,ng. "... "... Liu Chi LUll. Ch'angch'eng -. ~. ~... Supplied by Fan P'ei Feng. Hech'uk'ou Chao Yii Hsiu. Hsichhsieh... Supplit>d by P'an Meng Wu. Higher Primary School. Chao Yii Hsiu.

23 -19- Feich'en!lhsien... Liang Hsing T'ang. Anlin-chan... Supplied by Li Tzu Lin. Oltussu _.. Supplied by Hsin l:jing Chuan. Yenm-(u:ltUang....Supplied by Hsieh Yung Yen. Higher Primary School.. Supplied by Wu Ching Huan. Hsutomell Ohi Oh'a-ng Lu. Tunghsiang... Supplied by Hsli Kuang Li. H sucheng Chao Li Yu. Peihsiaot'un Supplied by Liang Jen YUH. Laiwuhsien... Ohao Yen Huai. Ohaili Supplied by Wang Chin Chuan. Laiwukoutzu Supplied by Chang Sung Ro. Luchiat'aiU} Supplied by Chou Ch'ang Ying. Hi.gher Pritnary School.Supplied by 'Yang Hsueh Ch ing. j[aotzu Tsu i Yen Li. Fangtsltll... ; ':. Supplied by Li Oh'eng Fan. 'Paiantu..... " 'Ven JUllg Tai. A.88istnnt Pastor. Li HSiao LIt. Social 8f;cretary..... Supplied by Chang Ping Wen. Ohichshou Supplied by Vu Ch'ien Kuei. Ghutien.. Hupplied by Sung Ch'i VtleJ1. Middle School, Pril'u;ipai.. li. G. Dildine. Fftlwhiachuang.,J en Ohao C/fang II eishuiwan Supplied by Liang Jen Hsin. H sich(( ngtien and &/wnk'oll., " Hsli Chen Sheng. Hungk("lt.... Chao J'ung lisi. j/anchua-ng Supplied ljy Li Chi Shen. Tzmgehifll..,." Supplied by Hsu Pei Ch'uan Chich/eng ,. Supplied by SUll Ch'ien I-Isull. Ohiuhsien Supplied by Liang.len Sheng. Talientstw..,... Supplied by Ning Huug En. ll'angkutien... ~. Supplied by Ts'ui Shih K'UIl. Higher Primary Rchool.. SUPlllied by Pi Hui Hsien. 1'u.n-gp'inghsien...._... Yang Hslieh Shih. Ohinchiak'ou Supplied by Chang Pen Cho E'I'shihlip'tt..,... Supplied by Meng Chuan elm, L-ich-iaso Supplied hy Lin Chuan vvu. 8ha.hochai/ ,... Supplied by Fang Chao Hung. Higher Primary School.... Supplied by Hsueh Ch'i Kuan. Super'il~ten-dent of District Schools.,..... '"... II. G. Dildine. Di st,,-iot Bible Scllool...\-Ven Jung T'ai.

24 20 TIENTSIN DISTRICT District Superintendent... Ch 'en IIeng -rre. Et'angelistic Work F. 11. 'P:~e. O/l,iaolio71sien.' Hall Tien Yill:g S~ument'stln So,ppliecl by Liu Fellg Ch~u n. Ch'inghsien Supplied by 'Chang Pao Chil'). Hant'sun... Supplied by ~:[a Wall Liang. Lit'an,... Supplied by Usu Hsun Sgu. N unp'ihsien _. Sun Chiu Kao. 1'a.ich'eng7tsicn Yang Ching Ch'ul1. Tientsin, Wesley Ohurclt... Liu Kuang Ch'ing. ~ring(;hu("ng.... Tv be supplied. H otung To be supplied. Tientsin, West Oity Church.. T'aug Yung. Hsikuan To be supplied. Yangliuch'ing.... To be 8upplied. Wan.qchia,k'ou... Supplied byt'sao Wan Ching. Tungtzltya... To be supplied. Superintendent of Day School3 Ch'en IIeng 'reo Tien,tsin M-iddle and Hi.pher Primary Sc11ool, Principal.. Edward J. Winans. TSUNHUA DISTRICT District Superintendent.. Wall~ I Heng. :Missionary in Charge Walter 'V. Davis. Fengjenhsien Liu.Kuang Tsu. Laoclwangtzu... :. Supplied by Lan T~ul1g. Hanchengchen To he ~upp1ied. H sinchintun... To be supplied. Tsoch iawlt....-to be supplied. Hsingch'eng...., Hsu Ching P'ing. Hsinclzi Supplied by Ch'en Kuang T'i T'iehch'ang Supplied b1 Chao Tsun Ch'ing. P'i't~ganch'engtzu Liu.Shao T'ang. Mashenchiao and Slutotaoti.Tu Wen Yii. Shihmen and?if auenyu... To be suppbed. Tunghsienchuang & Lia;ng' tzuhe......hsu Fu Lin. Sahoch' iao... ;.. ;... Li H~ill. Sant'ungyi.ng... ~... Supplied by Fu Hai.

25 -21- ShaliulLe 'Yang En Chao. Tangyii and Luchiayu... SUl)plied by Yao Jung Sheng. lfoliku Supplied l>~' Li T~ing K'ai. Ya7umgch'iao.1's ui Lien Sheng. Tsunhzwhsien Supplied by Yang Jung Shen. Tsunhua Gircltit; Supplied by Chang Hsiu Ling. Yut'ienlisien Ohang vvan San. Linnantsang Supplied by Yang Yun. Superintendent of Schools Walter W. Davis. Tsltnhua Higher Prim-ary School Assistant P'I'incipal. Supplied by Yang Jung Shen. District Bible School... Lin KuangTsu and one to besllpplied YENCHOUFU DISTRICT Disirict Superintendent.. 'Vung Shou T'ung. Missionary in Charge... Henry S. Leitzel. Ningyallghsien Glwo Yu Hsien. H'llshih'koLt '". Supplied by Chang Yu Ch'ang. Huangmao... ".. rro be supplied. Kuanchuang. 'ro be supplied. T'saochiats'ull.... Supplied by 'Vang 'Vei K'p. Lower and Higher P1'il1wr,ll Schools '" C:hiao Chi Ch'uan. SSUShllih.~ien. JI a Yii Lin Ch'itj'li.Ttsien.. I.. iang En P~o. Lower and HiglleT Pril1ulr./f School.... ". Tung Chuan Hsiang. Tsininghsien. Fan T'ing Ch'eng. 111S11Chli... To be Supplieo. Lotver anil Higher Pri'llwr!l School... Chang Chuan Wu. TsouTosien.... 1'aug Shun. Hsian!Jch'eng. Supplied by Li Wen Lin. Ka.ngsh(,Jl,q. Supplied by Liang Yueh Chang. Yan,qpiCl!'1ULn,q.... He TStln Cll'ing. Lower and H ighe1' Prinwr;lJ School He 'l'slin Oh'i'ng. WensTlanglisirll... To be supplied. K'aihe... ~upplied by Li Yang Che. Lower al/drigher Prinurrll Schools To be supplied.

26 yenckoufu... ~... Suppli~d by Chang.Tsai Shao. KU'lltgt'sun. " To be supplied. Hsinchiai Supplied by Clwu Tsung Hsin. Lower and Higher Pri'l1wry Scnooll]... Wang Keng Ch'uan. Superintendent of Da.y Schoo1,s.Henry S. Leitzel. Spec~al Appointments Editor of Ohinese Ohristian Advocate Ch'en Wei P'ing (Asbury Q. C.) Secretary of Edll.cation for China oj the M. E. Ohurch and General Secretary oj the CnrisHan Educational Association of Ohina Frank D. Gamewt'll (Asbury Q. C) General ~~ecretary Tientsin Y..Llf. O. A , Wang Chih P'ing (Asbury Q. C.) Professor of Missions, Mount DnionColZege. AlZiance,Ohio.I. T. Headland, (Asbury Q. C.) Mission Treasurer r. Krause, (Asbury Q. C.) Candidate Secretary oj Student V oluntcer M ovcment, New York Oity...-:... ~... Burton St. John (Wesley Q. C.) Missionaries to Ohinese in France.... George W Verity (Ch'angli Q. C.) Wang Cb'ang T'ai (Taianfu Q. C.) Liu Ching Ch'ing (Shallhaikuan (Q. C.) Liu Ch'illg Hsiang (Ch'angli Q. C.) Left witho'ut Appointrnent to, Attend SchooL.... Chou Fn Ch'uan (Asbury Q; C.). Sun Jung (Asbury Q. C.) Kao Feng Shan (Asbury Q. C.) Liu Shen En (Huashih Q. O. Y E ra'ngelists to General Feng Y ii Hsiang's Army.....,.Ch'ell Heng Te.. Ch'en Wei P'ing. Wang Chih P'ing. Li rr'ien Ln. LiuFang. G. L. Davis. f)n Furlough... ~..... Frederick Brown (Huashill Q. C.) Grow S. Brown (Ch'angli Q. C.) -George D. Lowry (Asbury Q. 0.) P. O. Hanson (Taiaufu Q. C.) M. W..Brown (LanhsieJl. (Q. C.) Student of Language.... _... F. R. McDonald }}I. D.

27 - 23- W. F- M.. S. APPOfNTMENTS Peki~g District NORTH CHINA U!'HO~ W-o.l\U.N~$ COLLEGE Instructors: Music...'... Ruth Stahl, Kindergarten... Tseng Hsiu Hsiang. ll\ry PORTER GAMEWELL SCHOOL AND LOWER PRHIARY SCHOOLS Principal... '".Frances Gray. Department Superz,isors and Instructors lfyra.jaquct. Dora Fearon. JIonona Cheney. Fice-principal of Lo'wer Lowe'l' Primary Boording School'. Ch'en Cheng Ch~iu Ming. A.ss't Supervisor of City Day Schools Chia Yu Lan. Kindergarten Liu Chen Pao. 'SLEEPER DAVIS l!e:\iorial HOSPITAL Physicialls MinniE" Stryker, JLD. )Iabel Manderson, :Jr.n. Ethel L. T.Jeonarn, M.D. Wu Jui Lin, }LJ). Superintcndent... Frances R. Wilson, R.~.. 4..Histant Superintendent.,... Ruth Danner~ R.~. 1JXION lhdical COLLEGE FOR WO:\IEX -U~IOY A.cting De((.l1 Instructors... TRAINING SCH60L 11'0 NURSES... : ~Iabel <Manderson, )old..}hnnie Stryker, }I.D. Ethel L. Leonard, li.d. Li Wang Pao Chen, JLD. Superintendent... Frances Wilson, R.N. In8tructors...., Mabel 3'Ianderson, li.d. Ruth Danner, R.X. Li Wang Pao Chen, )1,D. CITY EVANGE;LISTlC WORK.. Mrs. Charlotte M. Jewell. -WOMAN'S TRAINIYG SCHOOL Principal......,.... Irma Highbaugh. Vice Princ~paZ Chao Kuei Lan. ;Oountry Evangelistic and Edfwational lvork... _.. ~.. Un supplied.

28 24 Tientsin District KEEN SCHOOL AND LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOJ.S Principal Emeritus Clara M. Cushman. Principal L. Maude Wheelor. Departmen,t Bupcrpi.l!ors and Instructors Ida Belle Lewis. Ida F. Frantz. Lillian Halfpenny. Joyce Walker. KINDERGARTEN.... " Mildred Sung. ISABELLA FISHER HOSPITAL Physician..... Iva M. Miner, M.D. S'ltPerintendent Eva A. Gregg, R.N. Bacteriologist a,nd Pharma.cist.,.Mary E. Bedell. TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES Superintendent Eva A: Gregg, R. N.- CITY EVANGELISTIC WORK Lillian Halfpenny. COUNTRY Ev ANOELIS'IIC AND EDUCATIONAL WORK Unsupplied. Taianfu District MARIA BROWN DAVIS SCHOUL Principal.,., ,,Effie G. Young. Instructor,.,',,' ,. Elsie L. Knapp. SUPERVISOR OF CITY DAY SCHOOLS '...,Lillian P. Greer. WmIAN's BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL AND CITY EVANGELISTIC WORK..,... Marie Adams. COUNTRY EVANGELISTIC WORK..,....,. Unsupplied. l\hdical WORK ' Un supplied. Yenchoufu District S'upervisor oj Day Schools......,. Lillian P. Greer.- Erangelistic lvork..,.:..,... Un supplied. Tsunhua and Lanhsien Districts S'ltperviso'r of L01.C(J1 Primary Schools..., Mable R. Nowlin.- Vice Principal oj Holt Boarding School., '... Wang Wen Knei... Vice Principal of TS1tnh~la Di8trict Boarding School....,.,Ruo Yn Jung. Ev.angelistic Work.,.. ',... ~.,... Unsnpplied.

29 Ch'angli City Shanhaikuan District ALnImMAN MEMORUL SCHOOL AND CITY LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOLS- Principal... Jennie B. Bridenbaugh. Instructor Berdire Lawrence. THOMPSON l\ieltiorul TRAINING SCHOOL Principal Clara Pearl Dyer. TTice Prin.dpal...'... Chou Wang I So T'ich. City E'Gangelistic Work....Clara Pearl Dyer. Shankaikuan City CITY PRIMARY BOARDING SCHOOL Super'risOl"... Oh~ing J.Jiu Lan Ying. M.D.. Vioe Pr inc'ipal... Yang 8n Ju Fang. WOMAN'S MEDICAL WORK... Ch'ing J.Jiu Lan Ying, l\'i.d. EVANGELISTIC WORK Mrs. Elma.A. Keeler. t ' Ch'ing Liu Lan Ying, ::.\I.D.. SuperrisoT of District Lower P'I'imary Day School....:\label R. Xowlin. District E'l'angelistic IF ork..... U nsupplied. U NDERSPECIAL ApPOINT~ ENTS Students of the Language..... Ruth L. Stahl. Joyce E. Walker. l\iary E. Bedell. Irma Highhaugh. Lillian P. Greer. Ruth 1\1. Danner. :Monona L. Cheney.

30 , " JOURNAL First Day 'Wedne-sday, Septembe.r 3, Assembly,~The North China Conference of fhe'method ~st Episcopal Church convened in its. twenty-seventh session :at Asbury Church, Peking, September 3, f919, at 8.30 A. M., Bishop \Vilson S. Lewis, presiding. Devotional Service,-Bishop Lewis conducted the devotional service, which as usual' was a joint service with the \Voruan'sForeign Missionary Society. After singing the hymn, ""Jesus, I come to Thee", and prayer by Te Jui, the Bishop introduced Dr. Campbell of Vancouver, who addressed the Conference with a spiritual fervor and earnestness that held..closely the attention of the congregation, as his message searched their hearts. "Lord, teach us to pray" were the words he burned into our thoughts. The congregation joined In singing, "He Leadeth Me", and were led in prayer by Lin Fang, Ch'en Wei P'ing, and Ch'en Heng Te. The Conference then enjoyed the singing of the Conference quartet, composed of Misses Baugh and Frantz, Dr. Li T'ien Lu and Mr. Ch'en Li T'ing. The Bishop requested the congregation to invite their friends ~o,,the devotioual service each morning.of the Conference... Business SesSion,-After a rece~~< of fifteen minutes, the Conference reconvened for its business session. Roll CaIl,-After singing, the roll of the Conference was called by C. K. Searles., the English Secretary of the last session. All responded to their names, save Elders F. Brown, G. S. Brown, Chang Pai Lin, Chin Cheng, Chon Pu Ch'uan, J. M. Gibb, 1. T. Headland, W. T. Hobart, N. S. Hopkins, Kao Feng Shan, Rao H.siuShan, J. L. Keeler, H. E. King, Liu Chih KllO" Liu tching Ch'ing B. St. John, Sun Jung, G. W. Verity, Wang Ch-'ang T 1 ai. Wang I Heng and Yang Ch'un He; Deacons "Li T'ien Lu and Lin Shen En; Probationers, Hsu K'un Shan., Li Lien Pi, Liu Ch'ing Hsiang, Ts'ui Lien Sheng, Vii Lien..ahu~.g:, Chi Hsiao Feng, Chu Tien Yuan, and P.o M.in.

31 - 27- Bar of Conference,--The baref the Conference was fixed.at the tenth row of the middle section of seat3. Organization,-The officers of the Conference were elected ;as follows: El1glish Secretary Assistant English Secretary Chinese Secretary Assistant Chinese Secretarv. Treasurer.. English Statistical Secretary. Chinese Statistical Secretaries. Official Interpreters: Business Session Devotional Services. -Clair K. Searles Walter W. Davis. Hao Te An. P'eng Ch'iqg William T. Hobart.. Carl A. Felt (see below) 'A7illiam T Hobart George L. Da \t is "\Vang Chih P'ing eh Jen Wei P'ing On motion of Ch'en Wei P'ing, it was voted that two ioreign interpreters and two Chinese interpreters be elected for the business sessions and the devotional sen'ices respectively. Standing Committees,-On n10tion of P. O. Hanson, the Conference voted that all standing committees which were nominated at the last session be elected for this Conference 'session. To Sit witit the Conference,-On motion of C. A. Felt, Dr. Campbell was invited to sit within the bar of the Conference. On motion of F. D. Gamewell and T5eng Kno Chih, Dr. R. A. Ward of Foochow Conference, Mr. Charles Johnnaber and l\h. Earl Hoose of KiangsiConferenc c, Mr, Charles\Vood, Mr. C. A. Jones, Mr. Stanley High, Mr. J. 1. Parker, a11<1 Dr. T. P. Li. of the Committee sent out by the Centenary, teach 'ers and doctors ill connection with the Mission and Academy, Ch'en Tsai Hsin, arid O. J. Krause, be admitted within the bar of the Conference. The Conference requested that all friends of the Conference who should be introduced, should be invited to be present at the devotional service tomorrow -mor.ning., and be presented to the Conference.

32 - 28 Close of Conierence,-01"l motion of C. A.Felt, the Conference requested the Bishop to.announce the time of the close of Conference within a few days. Time of Seaaion,-The Conference voted that the regular session of the Conference should begin daily at A. M. with a devotional service, with a.-recess at 10 o'clock for fifteen minutes, after which the Conference would meet for a business session closing at t 2. Yencbouf", District,-The name of Wang Shou T'llng, District Superintendent, was called,. and his character passed. He read his report. Characters Passed,-The characters of H. S. Leitzel, and Liang En p'o were passed. The latter read his report. Chingchao Diatrict,-The name of Wang Chao K'e, District Superintendent, was called and his character was passed. He read his report. Reports,-On motion of Lin Fang, the preachers-in-charge were asked to report the amounts of self-support, and missionary centenary ~ollections, and the number of persons baptized.. Characters Passed,-The names of W. T hobart, Yang I~ T'ang Yung, Sun Heng K'uei, C. A. Felt, eh'en Yii Shan,. Tn Pn Yiin, and Hon Tien were called, and their ~haracters passed. The pastors present~d their reports. Lanhaien District,-;-The name of Wu Yu K'un,District Superintel1dellt~ was c~l1ed, and his character passed. He presented his report. Characters Pa&sed,-The names;()f Elders ]\II. W. Brown, Lin Tst111 Sheng, l\1eng Te Jung, Liu Chih Kuo, and Chang Tzu Sheng, were called and their characters passed. The pastors presented their reports. - Closing,--:-After the announcements were given, the doxology was sung, and the benediction was pronounced by J. H. Pyke... 8 P. M. Anniversary Service,-The Jubilee Anniversary Service 011 Education was held at 8 P. M., F. D. Gamewell t presiding. Music was furnished by th~ band of the Chinese Naval Board; After singipg b1' th.e Gongregation, Lin Fang led in prayer. Hon. Huang.Kai Wen"Chief of the Government Ceremonial Dep~rtmen't, upon introdu.~tioll, read. President

33 - 29- Hsii'saddress to the Conference. Dr. Leighton Stuart, the 11ewly elected president of Peking University, Wang Chih P'ing, and Li T'ien, Lu also addressed the Conference. H. H. Lowry pronounced the benediction. Second day Thursday, September 4, 19I9. Devotional Service,-After singing, "Sweet Hour of Prayer", the Conference was led in prayer by Lin ;\13 K'e and Wang Chill P'ing. Dr. Campbell continued his most helpful series of addresses on prayer, taking as the lesson for the morning, Luke I I :1-14. After his talk, the Conference approach,ed the throne of God more clo::;ely in a season of heart stirring prayers. The Conference quartet again favored the Conference by singing,i( Out' of the Ivory Palaces." The Bishop then made a few remarks bringing the message of.the morning to bear on some particular needs of China. After the doxology was sung, W T. Hobart pronounced the benediction. Business Session,-After a recess of fifteen minutes, the Conference reconvened in business session, the members joining in the singing of "Draw Me Nearer." Introductions,-The following were introduced to the Conference: Dr. Campbell, Dr. R. A. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wood, Mr. C. A. Jones, Mr. Stanley High, Mr. J. 1. Parker and Dr. T. P. Li, of the Centenary Commission; the Rev. and l\irs. Earl Hoose and the Rev. ::J.l1d Mrs. Charles Johnnaber of the Kiangsi Conference; ]\Iiss M. J. Davis of Shanghai, l\liss Twila Lytton of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, travelling in the East; Dr. and Mrs. F. R. McDonald, Miss Monona Cheney, and :Miss Carver, new missionaries to No~th China; l\lrs. Wilson Lewis, Miss Ida Belle Lewis, Miss Elsie Knapp,Miss Fra11ces Gray, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Winans, Miss Dora Fearon, Ch'en Li 'f'ing, and,0. J.Krause, who have recently returned from furlough, and P'eng Ch'illg who has returned from his work in Japan. They were all greeted by the Conference, a1l9 the hymn "Blest be the Tie that Binds" was sung.. Statiatica,-C. A. Felt announced the names of the delin -quents who had not handed in their statistical reports.

34 30 - Dr. Campbell and Dr~ Ward were invited toooclttpy seats on tile platform. Journai,-The Jo~rnal iii Chinese and Eng1ish was read, and, after corrections, was approved. On motion 0' Li T'ien Lu, the Conference asked that the words "p'in hsing t'ullg kuo" be used in the Chinese Minutes for the phrase "character passed" Roll CaIl,-The Chinese Secretary called the roll of tno~e who did not respond to roll can -yesterday. W. T. Hobart,. Liu Chih Kno, Wang I Heng, Li T'ien Lu, Hsii K'un Shan, Yii Lien Chung, Po Min, and Chin Ch'eng responded -to their 11ames. Peking District,~The name of Liu Fang, District Superintendent, was called. His character was-passed. He presented his report, after which the doxology was sung. Board of Examiners,-The nominations for the Board of Examiners was presented, and the following were elected: Term ending 1920: Wang Chih P'ing, Wu Vii K'un, Tseng Kuo Chih. Fan T'ing Ch'eng Term ending 1921: Wen Jung T'ai, Hsu YnngChen, H. S. Leitzel, C. A. Felt Termellding r92'i~ : Lin ;Ku:ulg 'Ch'ing/ Li T'ien Lti,,\V. T. Hobart, W. W. Davis Term: 'elldlngi923:; Ch'en \Vei P'ing, Li Jung Fang, H. G. Dildine, E. J. vvinans Examiners of Local Preacherssee,king Deacons' and Elders' Orders. Termellding 1923:. 'Vang Shou T'uug, ~eng Te Jung Term en.ding 1924: Li Lie.n Ying" H. H. Rowland Standing Committeea;-On motion' {)f P. O.Hanson the' Conference requested the appoi11,tment of a colllmlttee:fot the,nomination of the St~anding -Committees for ne~ year. P. O~ HanSOll and 'J.'seng.Kuo Chih wer~ appoi~ted.

35 =-31 - Entertainment,-On motiotl of G. L. Davis, the Confer~ ence voted that a committee be appointed to consider means for financing tbeentertaining and travelling e~pellses of the members of the Conference. Lin Fang, O. J. Krause, Ch'en IIeng Te, G. L. Davis, and H. S. Leitzel were appointed to act. Statistical Secretaries,-C. A. Felt read the names of those recol.nmelldeu for assistant statistical secretaries. The follwillg men were elected: Chingchao District, North. Chingchao District, South. Lanhsien District.. Peking District.. Shanhaikn~n:District. Taianfu District. Tientsin District. Tsullhua District. Yenchoufu District. Ya11g I \Vang T'i Ch'ing. Wn Vii. K'Ull Liii Fallg.Hao Te An Wen J ung T'ai. Hsii K'un Shan. Liu Sha0 T'ang. Liang En p'o Characters Passed,-The names of Elders G. L. Dayis, Tseng Kuo Chih, Li Lien Yil1g, Hsii Yung Cheng, H. E. King, W. W. Davis, Wang Chih P'ing J. M. Gibb, Kao Feng Shan, SUll Yueh, Lin Ma K'e, C. K. Searles, N. S. Hopkins, Yang Ching Ch'Ull, P'eng Ch'ing, F. D. Gamewell, Ch'en Wei PIing. Chou Fu Ch'uan and S11n lung were called, and their characters.. yvere passed~ The pastors presentea their reports. Shanhaikuan District,-The name of Ch'ing Shou, District Superintendent, was called, and his character passed. He presented his report. The Conference voted to extend the time of the session for five minutes after the reading of the Shanhaikuan District report. Closing:-The notices were given. After which the doxology was sung, and the beuediction was pronounced by Welt Jung T'ai.. 8 P.M. Anniversary Service:-The Conference assem bled~ in the evening to h~ar an illustrated lecture by Dr. Ward on "M<ethodism. a World Wide Clnirch. "

36 Third Day Friday, September S, Devotional Service:-The Conference joined in singing,.h Come Holy Spirit Come", and was afterward led in prayer by Sun Chiu Kao, Wu Ch'i, and Kuo Ying, Dr. Campbell spoke on "The 'Vork of the Holy Spirit", using as the lesson,of the morning, Acts I : The Collference was then led 1n prayer by Ch'en Heng Te, and Te Jui. The Conference Quartet rendered another selection. After a few remarks by Bishop Lewis, lpaking a plea for all to accept the Holy Spirit, there was a refreshing aria uplifting season of prayer. The service closed by singing the doxology, and the benediction was pronoullced by Te Jui. Business Session:-After a recess of fifteen minutes, the Conference reconvened at for its business session. Journal:-After singing, "I am Coming to the Cross", the Conference heard the reading of the Chinese and English 1\1in utes of the last session. These were corrected and.approved. Characters Passed:-The names of the following elders were called and their characters passed: J. L. Keeler, Liu Yueh, H.H.Rowland, Liu Yung Sheng, Li Wei Yung, and K'ang Yung Kl1ei. The pastors presented their reports. T'aianfu District:-The name of Kuo Yillg, District Superintendent, was called. His character was passed. He presented his report. Characters Passed:-The' names of the following elders were called, and their characters were passed. The pastors presented their reports: P. O. Hanson, Liu Chi LUll, Wen Jung T'ai, H. G. Dildine, Yang HSlleh Shih, Ch'en Heng Te, J.H. Pyke, F- 1\1:. Pyke, Sun chiu Kao, K~o Fu eh'ing, Lin.Knang Ching, Liu Ching Ch'ing, Wang I Heng, G. R. Davis, Liu Kuang Tsu, Lin Shao T'ang, Tn Wen Vii, Li Hsin, and 'Wang En Chao. Second Year Class:-The names of the following probationers were called and their characters passed. They camt; before the Conference a'l1d presented their reports. Upon retiring from the room, the reports of the Examining Committee.and Committee on Conference Relations were read: Upon the motion of their respective District Superintendents;

37 -33- Wang Ch 1 ing He, Wang Wen Ping, and Tsou Chin Ching ':Were admitted into the Conference, elected to Deacon's orders,.and advanced to studies of the third year: Chang Wan Shan, Chao Jung Hsi, Chi Ch'ang Lu, Hsu Pu Lin, Hsu K'un,Shan, Jen Chao Ch'a!1g, Liu Ch'ing Hsiang~ Liu Hsi, Shih 'T'ing Tung, Ts'ui Lien Sheng, Tn Wen K'uei, Wang T'i Ch'ing and Yii Lien Chung, were credited with subjects passed and continued on trial in the studies of the second 'year. Li Lien Pi was discontinued. Extension of Time:-On motion, the time of the session was extended a few minutes. Closing:-After the announcements were given the dox.ology was sung-. H.H. Lowry pronounced the benediction. Evening Service':-At 8 P.M., the Conference assembled -for a revival service. Wang Chih P'ing addressed the Con- -ference. Fourth Day Saturday, September 6, Devotional Service.:-After singing by the Conference, J. L. Keeler led in prayer. The lesson of the morning was John 16 ;7-24. Dr. Calnpbell preached from the text, "Ye 5hall receive Power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you" ActS.1 :.8. The address wa<; followed by a season of prayer. The Conference Qnartet then sang the hymn, "Face,to Face", After a few remarks by the Bishop, the service.closed, Ch'en \Vei P'ing pronouncing the benediction.. Business Session-:-After a recess of a half hour, during which time a picture of the Conference was taken, the Con -ference reconvened in a business session. Journal:-The Journal in Chinese and English was read.. and approved. Official MinUtes:-4011 motion of C.A. Felt, the Euglish 1\1inutes were adopted as the official Minutes of the Conference. Reaolutions-:-A petition relating to Conference Exam -inations was presented to the Conference by Lin Chi Lun.,On motion, the consideration of the petition was postponed 1:0 a more convenient time. Second Year Class:-On motion of his District Superil1-.tendent, Ts'ui Yen Li was continued on trial in the studies..of It he third.year.

38 - 34- FQ,,(th Year Clau:-The names of tbe following deaconsw~re called, and their characters were passed. They came before the Conference and presented their reports. After the reports of the Examining Committee and the Committee on Conference Relations were read, on motion of their respective' District Superintendents, Chao Li Yu, Chao Vii" Hsiu" Hao Te An, Liang Hsing T"ang, Lin Fu, E. J. Winans and Yang JUl1g- Hsiian, having completed their course of study, were elected to elder's orders; Han Tien Yin er, Hsu ChinO" P'ing" b b L1U Shen En, Meng Yiln, and Yang Jung Lin were credited with subjects passed and continued in the studies of the Fourth Year. Extension of Time:-On motion of P. O. Hanson, the time of the session was extended to half past twelve o'dock.- Deacons:-The class of newlv elected deacons was called before the Conference. Ch'en Heng Te offered a prayer of consecration. The candidates were asked the usual questionsas prescribed by the discipline. Day of Prayer:-On motion of Ch'en Wei P'ing, asamended by P. O. Hanson, it was unanimously voted that Sunday be tnade a Day of Prayer for the Conference. Closing:-After the notices were given: the Conference joined in singing the doxology, after which, H. H. Lowry pronounced the benediction. Evening Service=-At 8 P.M., the Conference assembled for the Anniversary Service of the Woman's Foreign Mission- ary Society. Fifth Day Sunday, Septem'ber 7, Sun-rise Prayer Meeting:-At 6 A.M.,- the Conference began the Day of Prayer with a sun-rise prayer meeting. Liu,. K uang Ch'ing conducted the service. Devotional Service:-At 8.30 A.M., Dr. Campbell again addressed the Conference 011 the Holy, Spirit, taking as his theme, "I am Come that they may have Life, and that they may have i,t more Al?undantly." Morning S~rvice, A.M. :-'l'he servic~ opene4 by singing, "DrJ.w Me Nearer". Wailg IH~llg led the COll- ference in prayer. The lesson of the mornlng was read from

39 - 35- the third chapter of the FiL"st Epistle by John.. After which t!1e choir sang very effectively the hymn, "I know whom I have Believed".. Memorial Service.-Bishop Lewis then preached a memorial sermon in remembrance of our late beloved Bishop Bashford.. His text was "And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit", Acts 6:5. Ordination Service.-In the presence of the congregation, Bishop Lewis assisted by the District Superintendents, Missionaries-in-Charge, Dr. Campbell, Dr. R.A. Ward, H.H. Lowry, F.D. Gamewell, and Ch'en Wei P'ing, ordained the candidates for Deacon's and Elder's Orders. Certificate of Ordination This certifies that on the seventh day of September, 1919, at Peking, China, I ordained as Deaco!!s in the Methorlist Episcopal Church: Tsou Chin Ching, Wang Wen Ping, Wang Ch'ing He.. On the same day, assisted by other elders I ordained as Elders in the Methodist Episcopal Church: Chao Li Yl1, Chao Yii Hsiu, HaoTe An, Liang Hsing T'ang, Liu Fu, Edward Jones Winans, Yang Jung Hsiian. Dated at Peking, China.. September 7, Presiding BiShop. Closiqg:-In closing the doxology was suug, and Gh'en Wei P'ing led the Conference in prayer and pronounced the benediction. Afternoon Service:-At two o'clock, the Conference assembled for a prayer meeting which was conducted by Ch'en Heng Te.

40 At three o'clock, the Conference divided into district groups for testimony and prayer. C; A. Felt, Wn Yii K'un, Li T'ien Lu, Ch'ing Shou, J. H. Pyke, Wang I Heng, and Wen Jung T'ai were ill charge of the services. At four o'clock, the Conference reassembled for more prayer. The meeting was conducted by Li Jung Fang. Evening Service:-The helpful services of prayer during the day were continued in the evening by a revival service under the leadership of Ch'en Wei,P'ing. The whole day has been one of great blessing, uplift, and consecration for the Conference. Sixth Day Monday, September 8, Devotional Service:-The session opened by singing No Chang Tzu Sheng and Shang Wen Chin led in prayer. The lesson of the morning was Isaiah 6:1-10., "The Call of the Holy Spirit" being the theme of Dr. Compbell's address. After which, the Conference Quartet sang. The Conference then joined in a season of prayer. Business Session:-'I'he Conference reconvened at for its business session. The service opened by the congregation singing, "Room for Jesus" JoumaI:-The Journal in Chinese and English was read and approved. Remarks:-The Bishop addressed the lay members of the Conference for a few miuutes regarding the organization of the Lay Electoral Conference. Tientsin District:-Ch'en Heng Te, District Superintendent read his report.. Board of Education:-On motion of P. O. Hanson, it was voted that a Conference Board of Education be appointed to make out an educational program for the Couference. Delegates:-On motion of W. T. Hobart, the Conference voted- to hold the election for delegates to ~fle General Conference, immediately afler the reading of the Journal, \Vednesday morning. On motion of W. T. Hobart. the Conference voted to hold the election of delegates to the 'East Asia Conference immed..

41 - 37- iately after the election of the General Conference delegates Wednesday morning. Self-Support.-On motion of H. S. Leitze1, it was voted to hear the report of the Committee on Self Support on ' ednesday morning, asking that the Committee bring forth a plan for the development of self-support. Tsunhua District.-Wang I Heng, District Superintend~ ent, read his report. Third Year Class.-The names of the following men were called, their characters passed, they came before the Conference and read their reports. The reports of the Exam~ ining Committee and the Committee on Conference Relations were read. On motion of their respective District Superintendents Fan T'ing Ch'eng was advanced to the studies of the Fourth Year; Ma Yii Lin and Yang Hsiin were advanced to the Fourth Year, conditioned in two subjects. Li T'iell Lu, Li Hsiao Lu, and P'ellg Ch'illg were credited with subjects passed and continued in the studies of the third year. Extension of Time.-On motion of Ch'en Wei P'ing, the Conference voted that after an interval of a few minutes for prayer, the time of the session should be extended for a short time. First Year.-On motion of W. W. Davis, the Conference voted that Chu Tien Yuan be discontinued. The names of the following were called, and their characters passed. They presented their report!> before the Conferenceand then retired from the IC)om. The reports of the Examining Committee, and the Committee 011 Conference Relations were read. On motion of their respective District Superintendets, Sheng Wen Chin was continued on trial, advanced to the studies of the second year; He TSll11 Ching and Liu Chi Yung were continued on trial, advanced to the studies of the second year, conditioned in two subjects; Chao YeD Huai, Chi Hsiao Feng, Po Min, Tsao Wan Jung, and Wu Heng Hsiang were continueq on trial in the studies of the first year. Li J ung Fang was advanced to the stuc1ies of the fourth year. Letter of Sympathy.-On motion of W. W Davis, the Chinese Secretary was instructed to send a letter of sympathy

42 and brotberly affection for the Conference to Chi Hsiao Feng in his hour of illness.. Received on TriaI.-The names of the following were called, their characters passed. They came before the Conference and read their reports, after which they retired from the room. The reports of the Examining Committee aid Committee on Conference Relations were Fead. On recommendation of their respective District Superintendents, Chao Yii Hsien J Li I Hsin, Liu Yueh Chi, and Pai Knei Sen were received on trial in the studies of the first year. Closing. -After the announcements, the doxology was sung, and J. H. Pyke pronounced the benediction. Evening Service.-At 8 P. M., a Jubilee Anniversary Service was held, Liu Fang, presiding. Te Jui and J. H. Pyke addressed the Conference telling some of th e early history of the Methodist Mission work in North China. Seventh Day Tuesday, September 9, Devotional Service.-After singing, the Conference united in prayer wi th Hao Te An. Dr. Cam pbell then preached on the subject, "The Bible, the Word of God", John 4 :42. After a season of prayer, the Conference Quartet sang, "The King's H-ighway" Notices were given. The doxology was sung, and the benediction was pronounced by Tseng Kuo Chih. Special Session.-After the devotional service, the Conference proceeded to Pilcher Hall, Peking Academy, where under the leadership of Dr. R. A. Ward, plans for the future development of the North China Church were discussed. Evening Service.-At the evening service, members of tbe Centenary Commission spoke to the Conference, and Dr. Ward gave an illustrated lecture on "China and its needs" Eighth Day Wednesday, September 10, Devotional Service.-After singing aad prayer, Dr. Campbell again addressed the Conference. The lesson was from the words in I John I: on "How to Study the Bible." After a prayer, the Quartet sang most helpfully "Jesus is Calling l\ie." Wang Chao K'e pronounced the benediction.

43 - 39- Business SessiOD.-After a recess, the Conference recon -velled at 10 A.M. the congregation uniting in singing, "He :Leadeth )tie." Joumal.-The Journal in Chinese and English was read.and approved. Lay Delegatea.-The Chinese Secretary was asked to read the names of the lay delegates elected to the General Con 'ference. The following had been elected: WallgChillgCh'un, 'Vang Hon Chai; Reserves-: Kuo Chao Hsi, Ch'en Li T'ing. Election of Delegates.-Following the order of the day, the Conference proceeded to the election of delegates to the -General Conference, Liu Kuang Ch'ing and W W Davis were appointed as tellers.. The ballots which had been prepared were passed to the members of the Conference. After writing their ballots, the members were asked to stand until they had deposited their ballots with the tellers. Several votes were taken with the following delegates elected by a "lnajori ty of the votes cast: Delegates: G. L. Davis, ChIen Wei piing Reserves: P. O. Hanson, 'Vang Chih P'ing During tl1einterim taken in connting the ballots, other ;[)llsiness was considered. Reports.-On motion of P. O. Hanson, amended by Lin Fang, the Conference voted to have the educational and 1nedical reports printed without reading. Resolutions. -On motion of H. H. Lowry, the Conference.asked t11at three missionaries be appointed to draft a resolution, protesting against the Treaty of Peace and League of Nations as it is now fralned relating to the interests of China, and that this resolution be sent to the United States Congress. The following Committee was appointed: H. H. Lowry, N. -8. Hopkins, H. G. Dildine. On motion of ChIen Wei P.ling, the Conference voted ;that a committee of three Ch~nese be appointed to formulate and present to the Conferenee to-morrow, a plea against the injustice shown toward the Chinese 1 as the Treaty of Peace.and Plan for the Leagrle of Nations now stand, and send the same to.the United States,Congress,

44 -40- The following committee.was appointed:: Ch'en We P'ing, Li T'ien Lu, and Wang Chih, P'ing. Sunday School Convention.-On motion of 'Ch'en Wer P'ing, the Conference instructed the' Secretaries of' the Conference, Liu Fang, and Wang Chih P'ing to send in ~ petition to the Secretaries of the World Sunday School Uuion that whereas Japan has been persecuting the Korean Christian Church, and has used unjust measures in acquiring territory and power in China, the North China Conference requests~ that the next World Sunday School Conference shall not be" held in Japan. Standing Committee_.-On motion of H. S. Leitzel, thename of Wen Jung Tsai was substituted for that'of Liu Ching' Ch'ing, who is in France, on the Committee on Resolutions.- On motion of J. M. Pyke the Committee on ~omity was instructed to confer with similar Committees of other Missions, for the election of a joint committee to whom au: matters of interdenominational comity shall be brought. Ou motion of 'Nang Chih pring, the Committee on Nomination of Standing Committees was instructed to include" two missionaries 011 the Committee on Comity. Episcopal Residence.-On 1110tiem of H. H. Lowry," the Conference voted to ask the General Conference to appoint the Senior Bishop of China to reside in Peking. Statistical Report.-C. A. Felt,. Statistical Secretary t read h is report. Prayer.-At noon, an interval of a few minutes was spent ill prayer for China. Extension of Time.-On motion of H. S. Leitzel, the" time of the session was extend to 12: 30. Delegates.-According to the order of the day, the Conference proceeded to the eleetion of delegates to the East Asia Conference. Ch 1 ing Shoa. and H. G. Dildine wereappointed as tellers. The :first v0te was taken. On motion of P. O. Hanson. the Conference voted to' re~onvene at five o'clock to hear the report of the tel1ers, and to vote again if necessary. Closing.-After the annonneements, Liu Fang pronounced the benediction.

45 P.M.-The Conference reconvened at 5 P.M. and'; heard the report of the tellers. Liu Fang, Ch~en Heng Te, and Wu Yli K'nn, having received a majority of the votes, were declared as delegates to the East Asia Conference. Another vote was taken for the remaining delegates. On motion of H. H. Lowry, the Conference adjourned' after the singing of the doxology. and the pronouncino- of the benediction by Mark Liu. b Evening Service.-The Anniversary Service on Edl1ca- tion was held at eight o'clock P.M. Lui Fang presiding. Ch'en Tsai Hsill and H. H. Lowry addressed the Conference.- Ninth Day Thursday September I I, Devotional Service.-After singing several hymns, and uniting in a season of prayer, the Conference listened again with open hearts to the inspired words of Dr. Campbell, a~ he spoke from the lesson iu Matt. 17: 1-2. Afterwards the Quartet sang, "For You I am Praying." After a few remarks by Bishop Lewis, the Conference gathered about the altar in a service of consecration. The benediction was pronounced' by Dr. Campbell. Business Session.-The business session opened with the singing of "He Leadeth Me." JoumaI.-The Journal in Chinese and English was read and approved. East Asia Conference.-The report of the tellers for the election of delegates to the East Asia Conference was read. Having received a majority of votes, '''len Jung T'ai and \V T. Hobart were declared elected as delegates. On motion of H. H. Rowland, the Conference voted that hereafter only the names of persons receiving ten or more votes should be read. The Conference proceeded to the election of the remaining delegates. Those who received a majority vote and were declared elected as delegates, were: N. S. Hopkins,. C. A. Felt, Tseng Kuo Chih, and W. W. Davis. Resolutions.-According to the order of the day, H. H. Lowry read the general meaning of the resolutions to be-

46 ~presented to the United States Gong-ress.for the. missionaries.of the North China Annual Confererence. On motion of W. T. Hobart,.the Conference adopted the report of this.committee, and iristructed it to prepare these resolutions in proper form and send to the United States Congress with the.signatures of the Committee to represent the Conference. The report of the Committee on Resolutions to be sel1t -to the United States Congress from the Chinese members of North China Conference was read by Li T'ien Lu. On motion of G."L. Davis, the COtlference adopted the report of this committee and instructed the <;ommittee to prepare these resolutions in proper form, and send to the United States Congress with the signatures of the Committee to represent {he Conference.- Memoriam.-On motion of W. \V. Davis, the Conference voted that a committee be appointed to prepare a memoriam ~n remembrance of Kao Hsin Shan. Wang I Heng and Lin.shao T'ang were appointed. Committee on.education.-h. H. Rowland presented ~the report of the Educatiollal committee, reading the names.of the nominees for the Conference Board of Ed ucation. The Conference adopted this report as amended, and elected the Jollowing committee, as the Conference Board of Education. Peking Li T'ien Lu Term expiring 1922 Ch'en Sung P'ing " " 1920 Chingchao: Yang I "." 1921 C. A. Felt " 1922 Lanhsien: 1Yleng 'fe Jung " "I920 Ch'in Li An,,~, Shanhaikuan: Li Ai Lin "" 1922 B. H. Rowland " " 1920 T'aianfu: H. G. Dildine " " 1921 Wen Jung T'ai " " 1922 Tientsin: Yung 'f'ao,,:, 1920 E. J. Winans "" 1921 TSl111hlla Wang I Heng " " 1922 W W. Davis " " 1920 Yenchou Wang.Sholl T'ung" " 1921 Chang Ts'an Wu " " 1922 'The Peking and Ch~gchao members and principals of :the Middle.Schools shall,constitute an Executive Committee.

47 - 43- Advisors to Pekinc Academy.-H. H. Lowry presented -the need for a Board of Advisors for Peking Academy. On motion of Li T'ien Lu, as amended by Ch'en Wei P'ing, G. L. Davis, C. A. Felt, Leighton Stuart, Wang SheD, Huang Tsnng Fa, Lin Ma K'e, and Ch'en Tsai Hsin were elected as -a Board of Managers of Peking Academy for one year. On motion of Lin Fang, amellded by Ch.Jen Wei P'ing, the Confelence voted that a committee of seven, to be elected: three by the Finance Committee, two by the North China <Conference, and two by the alumni of Hui Wen Ur.iversity, shall after this year constitute a Board of Managers for Peking Academy. Prayer.-At noon, the Conference joiried in silent prayer, -followed by a prayer by Wen Jung T'ai. Extension of Time.-Some of the Disciplinary Questions were taken and answered. (See Disciplinary Questions.) On motion of Ch'en Heng Te, Han Tien Ying 'Yas Teturned into effective relationship in the Conference. On motion of ChIen Heng Te, the Conference granted to Kao Fu Ch'ing, upon personal request, supernumerary Telationship. The names of the following retired ministers were -called, and their characters passed. They were continued in -the same relationship. Chang Pai Lin, Chin Ch'eng, Te Jl!i, Waug HeNan, Wu Ch'i, and Yang Ch'un He. Upon personal request, G. R. Davis, and J. 11. Pyke, 'Were granted retired relationship. Upon taking the vote, the Conference rose and sang, "Blest Be the Tie that Binds." Adjoumment.-On motion of W. T. Hobart, it was "Voted to adjourn and reconvene at 2 P.IVI. Aftemoon Session.- The Conference reconvened at two -o'clock. After singing, the Conference was led in prayer by,ch'en Wei P'ing. Journal.-Jonrnal in Chinese and English, was read :and after corrections was approved. Disciplinary Questiona.-The remaining disciplinary.questions were answet'ed. (See Disciplinary Questions.)

48 - 44- Triers of Appeals.-On sltbstitution G. L. Davis, in place of P. O. Hanson, the Triers of Appeals were elected the same as last year. Statistical Report.-C. A. Felt presented a few morefacts from the statistical report. Foreign Mission motion of C. A. Felt, the Committee on Foreign 11issions was requested to make an equitable apportioment to the various districts and churches of the amount they should contribute to Foreign Missions. Treasurer'8 Report.-W. T. Hobart read the Treasurer's report. Stewards.-G.. L. Davis read the recommendations of the Conference Board of Stewards. On motion, they were adopted. See report. Mi88ionary Collection8.-0n motion of Ch'en Heng Te,. the Conference voted that the Treasurer divide the missionary collections according to the figures reported by the Statistical Se'cretary. Next Session.-On motion of W. T. Hobart, the Conference accepted the' invitation of the Peking members to have the Annual Conference meet at Peking. Reports.-On motion of P. O. Hanson, the Conference voted that at the next Annual Conference only summary reports of the evangelistic. educational, and medical reports shall be read, and that the Committee on Program shall prepare a bulletin showing the program of the Conference.. In Memoriam.-On motion of G. L. Davis, the Conference requested that a committee of four be appointed to prepare memorial articles in rememberance of Mrs. H. H. Lowry, Mrs. O. J. Krause, :Mrs. Tang Yung, and lvirs. 'l'sou Chin Ching and that these ~rtic1es be printed in the Minutes. G. R. Davis, Mrs. C. A. Felt, Wang I Heng, and Wu Yii K'un were appointed as this committee. On motion of Ch'en Heng Te, the Conference requesterl that C. A. Felt write a letter to Mrs. James W. Bashford, expressing the sympathy.and affection of the Conference in her hqur of bereavement. On motion of G. L. Davis, the Conference voted to> include Bishop Lewis' Memorial Address in the Minutes,. and to place Bishop Bashford's picture 011 the first page.

49 - 45- Self-Support.-C. A. Felt presented the report of the Committee 011 Self Snpport. On motion the report was.arlopted. See report. State of the Church.-Ch'ell Wei piing, read the report of the Committee 011 the State of the Church. It was adopted. See report. Standing Committees.-The report of the committee to nominate Standing Committees for next year was read by Tseng Kuo Chih. The Committees were nominated as amended. See List. Examinations.-A plan of Examinations, recommended 'by the Board of Examiners, was read by Ch'en Wei P'ing. ton motion it was adopted. See reports. Fraternal DeIegates.-On motion of Tseng Kuo Chih, E. J. Winans and Ch'en Heng Te were appointed to carry.the Conference Greetings to the United Methodist Church. Local Preachers.-On Illotion of G. L. Davis, the Conference voted that the Treasurer shonld collect from the District Superintendents the aulount due from each district -on the Fund for Local Preachers. Standing Committees.-On motion of \V. T. Hobart, it was voted that the remaining reports of the Standing Comrnit,tees be adopted and placed in the 1Iinutes without reading. Chinese Minutes.-Sun Ylleh was appointed by the Conference to take charge of printing the Chinese Minutes. On motion of Tseng Kno Chih, it was voted that 300 <copies of the Chinese Minutes be printed. Journal.-The Journal in Chinese and English was read,.and approved. Closing.-On a 111otion to adjourn until 8 P.l\L the benediction was pronounced by Wang Chih P'ing, and the Conference adjourned. Evening Service,-The Conference reconvened at 8. P.!\I. for its_ last session. The Conference joined in a season of : song and prayer. Resolutions.-The report of the Committee on Resolutions was read by H. S. Leitzel and Wen lung T'ai. They 'were adopted.

50 The Lords' Supper.-Assisted by the District Superin- tendents, H. H. Lowry and J. H. Pyke, Bishop Lewis, administered the Sacram~l1t of the Lord's Supper. Appointments.-After a few remarks by the Bishop, the appointments were read by G. L. Davis. Closing.-The doxology was sung, and the session closed_ with the benediction by Tseng Kuo Chill. Certified Minutes This is to certify that the above is a 'correct copy of the Official Minutes of the North China Ann~al Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held in Peking, China~ September third to eleventh Presiding Bishop. S ecreta-1''j'.

51 ANNUAL REPORTS CHINGCHAO DISTRICT North Section \\TANG CHAO KE, District Superintendent. \V. T. HOBART-Missionary-in-Charge. Since my appointment to continue the work as a Sllper- intendent of the North Chingchao District has been made, I fear I cannot bear up so important an office and do 111)' duty well owing to my deficiency of knowledge. But with the help of God, the counsel of the missionary in charge. and the co,:,operation of the preachers I have finished the year's work with lnore or less imperfections. The North Chingchao District consists of six circuits, ten on t-stations, and eleven primary schools. The following is the report of the different stations. 1. ;}! eeting for Preparation of the Centennial Ceiebratl:on. A revival meeting was held in Ch'angp'ing in October last. Revs. Geo. L. Davis and Lin Fang, the Committee 011 the Centenary Celebration, were invited to lead the meeting. All the preachers of the North District were present and were greatly stimulated and animated. They repented alld. confessed their SillS with tears, and were filled with the grace and power of God as they returned to their respective places. This year's better work and the increase in contributiolls owe a great deqi to the meeting. II. Weel~ of Evangelism. TI~e first week of the first moon of the Lunar Year was the Week of Eval1gelisln forthe North District. All the preachers and a llumber of the chu,tch members were engaged in the work. Much benefit w;as reaped from the Week in various churches. III. 111 eeting of the District C ol1zmittee for the C entenary Celebration. Meetings were held ill different circuits, Rev. BOll Chien HSUll of the South District was' illvit~d to come and el1--

52 -48 -.courage his fellow preachers in the meetings by reporting the liesults of the meetings they had had in the South District. Both the preachers and the church members that attended the Ineetings were greatly encouraged, and animated. Huaijou Station. Elder Yang I, pastor of Huaijou, is kind and amiable in character, diligent and ardent in his.duty. The condition of the church seelns to be better than ilast year. The preachers of the three out-stations. Kaoliying, Niulanshan, Wangkechllang, did their duty well. H~tailai Statiou. Ch'en Yen T'i, acting pastor of Huai Jai, is ardent and faithful. He has tried his best to preach in every possible way. He found out and brought back the lost sheep, consoled the broken hearted, and comforted those that.mourn. The church is in much better condition this year than last. It gives us a great hope that the church will ;greatly develop in the future. Huailai has two out-stations: Sha-ch'eng is in better condition this year, while K'angchuang has stood still in spite of the preacher's great efforts -in preaching. Ch'angping Station... Kung-ching-chai, acting pastor of Ch'ang-ping, is a man of experience and faithfulness. He has -given his whole heart to God and has established a Bible.school of which he himse1f is the sole instructor. Progress is found ill each of the four out-stations, Sha-he, Nan-k'ou, Lin-lin, alld T'ai-p'ing-chuang attached to Ch'angp'ing Circuit. Miyun Station. Elder T'ang Chun Ting, pastor of Mi -yun, is upright and able to endure hardship. Both his wife and daughter died dnring the year. All his acquaintances -and friends showed their sympathy with him on account of their untimely death. I hope Miyun will have great success next year. Progress is seen in Shaoch'u, the branch church.of Miyun. Yench'ing Station. Elder Sun Heng Kue, pastor of Yench'ing, did much better work this year, but as the place 1s so secluded from civilization and progress, 110 good results have been seen. Laochunt ang, the out-station of Yench'ing l1"eceived some new members and made a little progress.this year.

53 Shihhsia Station. Liumingshall is the acting pastor. As the day schools of th.e station developed, contributions have increased; the dying church seems to have come to life again. Special contribution for the Centennial Celebration from the preachers and church members are as follows: Huailai Huaijou. Ch'angp'ing J\-Iiyun.. Yench'ing. Shihhsia Total.$ ($ for N ankou incl uded) 40I.OO ($I50.00 for Shaoch'u included) I $ In conclusion, the slight increase of melnbers in the various churches and the great advance in contributions are all due to God's blessing. I hope we shall be strengthened by Jesus Christ our Saviour, then we can do better work next year. Southern Division WANG CHAO K'E, District Supe rintendent CARL A. FELT, Missionary in Charge. Although I was appointed to the District last fall, because -of my duties in school, it has been impossible to travel over the District even once. Several times the men have urged me to make visits to their places and I have longed to do so but the pressure of the schedule, which ca1led for more hours than the Board of Managers of the University has decided should be full time work, plus the administrative work in connection with the Bible Institute has made it impossible to get away.even for over Sunday trips. For some weeks past I have been trying to write this report, but a few days ago I gave up discouraged, making up my mind that I would wait and mingle with the men during District and Annual Conference getting the information first hand and then prepare my report after Conference for inclusion in the Minutes. Two days of

54 District Conference with the men have changed all this. My heart overflows with joy concerning the District and I am constrained to write this report even in the last rush hours before the Conference session. I have been so rejoiced to see the spirit of the men as they have met at District Conference reporting their work~ talking over their problems and planning for the future. So great is the contrast to'the first two or three meetings of the District which I attended that I can hardly realize that it is the same District. The fact is that it is not the same District except geographically. Only one pastor remains of the original group, the Rev. Hon Tien, and I am very sorry to report that owing to ill health, he was not able to be present this year at the District Conference. Again it is not the same District in spirit. Then there was no esprit de corps. N ow the spirit of the men personally and as a group cannot be praised too highly. :Many of them are young men without years of experience but they are going at their work with such energy that they are getting experience very rapidly. It is with joy that I report the accession of Rev. Ch'en Yii Shan to our ranks. He is a man of experience, having spent long years as a pastor on the Tsunhua District and several years as District Superinlendent on the Yenchou District. He has been of great service to us during the year in encouraging and helping the younger men. The District Superintendent, the Rev. Wang Chao K'e,. has been as always, both diligent and painstaking ill his work. He is always on the road and always btlsy. Because of the intense interest of all the men in their task and because many of them are young and just getting their experience it would be much oetter to have a District Superintendent spend all' his tilne Jaboring in the South Peking territory. Mr. Wang l~as made a detailed report in Chinese of an the places and all the workers. In this report I want only tospeak of a few outstanding things. At Conierence last year Mr. T'ien Hsi Nien was appointed to Ch'iench'ap'u. There were no church members but a great many people and none had heard the Gospel message. Mr. T'ien reports that the people received him gladly and after six weeks he ",as able to get settled in a small place to begin his work. During the year there has been a goodly group received on probation~

55 -51 - Many of them would have liked to have been baptized but out of the n umber the pastor and District Superintendent have chose!l only four whom they thought ready for the rites of Christian baptism. They have paid four dollars toward the self support of the church and have pledged themselves for $50.00 on the Centenary Fund. These figures may not seem, large but when we consider that the pastor has been on the ground only about ten months I believe it speaks well for the future. Another new name. will appear in our appointments this year, not becam;e we had sent the preacher out into the place but because, a:, I truly believe, the Lord has thrust the place upon us. The name of this thriving market town is :Matou. 'Ve had no idea of going there. The fact is it is across the border line into the territory allotted to another M i5sion. In brief the history is as follows :-A native of Matouchell went to Tientsin on business. While in Tientsin through the influence of friends he came in contact with Christianity. He became interested and studied until he was convinced that Christianity was the hope of his country. Not yet baptized, because he was not in Tientsin 101lg enough to be received into the church, he returned to his native town taking with him some Gospels and began to tell his friends the story of Christ. After some weeks, feeling that he had taught them all he knew. he consulted with those whom he bad gathered around him and they decided to visit the churches in their neighborhood. \\1 ithollt much detail let me say that after visiting different churches they decided that the spirit of the church at Piehkechuang was most to their liking. Our pastor there was warm-hearted, energetic, industrious, not afraid of work, just the spirit which they desired in their leader and shepherd. Even before I knew about it these people from Matou were inviting the pastor at Piehkechuang to visit them and teach them Christian truths. Of course, as a Joyal son of God he went where he was called. The Rev. Chen Yu Shan, assisting in a series of meetings at Piehkechuang, was asked to go and spend several days with them. He told me of the meeting with these new seekers and said it brought great joy and refreshment to his soul. They also invited Mr. Wang, the District Superintendent to visit them. This he did in an unofficial capacity, as a preacher of the Worn. ':Vhile there

56 - 52 they urged him to send them a representative from the Methodist Church to be their pastor. Mr. Wang hesitated knowing that according to th~ divisioll of territory this' place was 011 the other side of the line. He counseled with me uver the matter and we decided that we could 110t send them a pastor under the circumstances because we desire to live in har- 1110ny with our neighburs who are also working!--,ere for the spreading 0 f the Gospel. We so informed the people at Matotl but they insisted saying that they so much preferred that we would send them a pastor that if we did not it would n1ean that we would leave them shepherd less because they would not invite a pastor from the other neighboring church. After some weeks of urging and insistance and the writing of letters definitely requesting that we send them a leader, with the consent of the Bishop and the Finance Committee we sent them a pastor. Great was the jo} of the people and great has been the joy of the pastor in seeing these people develop in their Christian lives and of seeing how energetic these new Christians are ill spreading the Gospel in the country round about them. They plan regular preaching tours among the villages round about their little city. I have received reports of the same that read like the Gospel of Acts. You will be interested to know that some months after they began to teach Christianity the leading man in the city became interested and desired t.o enter their little group. The members were very suspicious. They feared that he having been the leader of the city for a long time simply wanted to get into this meeting because he did not want to ha ve anything.going 011 of which he was not a part. For many weeks they held him off refusing to.accept him as a member fearing that he was 110t true in his expression 0 f belie f. After holdin{l. him apart for many weeks and watching his life they were convinced that he was absolutely sincere and received him as one of their group of Christians. He has been loyal and true. I have been urgently requested to visit this place but have not been able to do so. I am pleased to report that the Misses Knox and Highbaugh made one trip there during the summer to attend the Campmeeting planned by. these new Christians. It was a three day meeting. All the neighboring pastors and Christians were invited to come. The people attended the lneetings in large numbers and were interested and enthusiastic.

57 - 53- The Misses Knox and Highbaugh upon their return were so enthusiastic that it looked as if their work would need to be set aside in order that the enthusiasm created at Matou for work among the country women might be satisfied. A Boy's Primary School has been organized also a Primary School for girls. Accompanying the Primary, teacher is a Bible woman. All the' buildings and expenses of the work have been met by the people. So far we have been to no expense except for sending the workers who arc preaching the message to the people. You might naturally think that the Centenary could have no hearing in a place like this. Theirs is a hundred day Centenary. Before our pastor had been on the grounds more than a hundred days these people had subscribed land and money for tile upbuilding of the Gospel in their own territory to the amount of $1 SOD, $1200 of this is already in hand. It is land given by the people on which we can build a church. The deeds have already been handed over and are in my hands. Surely this is a new day for the Christian Church. I have confidence that in the not distant future we will see this sort of thing repeated in many places. Another outstanding piece of work during the year has been done by Mr. and :Mrs. Tu Pu Yun of Hantsun. I believe I am right in saying that lvii's, Tu has borne ber full share of the burden and work which has made possible the victory there. For several years past M 1'S. Tn herself has conducted a Girl's Primary School because the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was not able to send them a teacher. The school has so grown in favor and numbers that it seemed necessary to have a building particularly for this work. They asked for it from the Board of Foreign 11is8io11s. I told them it was impossible. They mulled over the matter and as the need and necessity was borne in upon them they set to work to secure the needed funds. If ever a Christian pastor and his wife worked hard and bore burdens it was Mr. and Mrs. Tu. They ha ve secured subscriptions, collected the funds and have built their school and now rejoice in a sl'lendid place for their young ladies seminary. I am sorry to say that Mrs. Tu's health has been greatly impaired because of this worry and burden. At present she is at the Western Hills recuperating through the kindness of a long time friend of the family, Dr. Hopkins.

58 - 54- Langfang is a name that stands out during the year because of a forward step made there. Mr. Mi Chen Pang diligent, earnest, patient, and loyal to his :Nlaster has been a true representative of the Gospel among the people. Beaten by an untutored young army officer and slandered, he replied not a word but in meekness protested that such things as those of which he was accused were impos8ible to a loyal son of God and a loyal follower of Jesus Christ, such as he professed to be. For a short time things looked pretty black and full of discouragement but when the fub light of investigation was let in upon the matter Mr. Mi was fully exonerated. The boisterous young officer was dismissed and the General apologized to Mr. Mi and to the membership of the church. More than this a notice was posted on the church door and in the village declaring that because of the good teaching which gave such promise for the future of the country everyone should respect and protect the Church. The notice also stated that for any violation of this order punishment would be summarily inflicted, The General in his address to the people said if any proof were needed of the truth of Christianity it was in the patient forbearance of Pastor :rvii when he was so il1y treated. If No man," he continued, "without having in his heart that which the New Testament professes to teach could have refrained from cursing and striking back." \Ve gladly give praise to this young pastor but I am more pleased to say that he is not the least proud but gives all the glory to God whom, he says, constantly gives him victory in his life. During the year we have been able to purchase property at Langfang. It is the same place which we have been renting for some years, half of the rent having been paid annually by General Feng Y ii Hsiang. We are glad to report also that he has helped us in the purchase of the land. With some slight improvement we can use the plant for a year or two for our developing work until the Centenary Funds make possible the building of a proper church. I really should'like to speak of every place because there is much good to say of each pastor anq each group of Christians but this cannot be donc. 'The splendid work has continued in every place. I think spe~jal mention should be made of Fengtai, which work thoqgh only two years old and during these two years having only a student-pastor spel1ldin.g 0~e or

59 - 55- two days a week,has built up some splendid schools for which they have subscribed $421, for the year. Special mention should also be made of the \vork at Niuto and particu1arly of the work done in the school there by two young men, Hsii Fang and Kao Hung Chu. Time fails me to speak of Kuan and her new lease of life, Ch'iikou and the miracle wrought there, and of the steady work done by Pastor Hou Tien at Pdyin. For your sakes I restrain myself from going into details concerning the work of these places and of the other places unnamed in th1s report but which are adding constantly new names to the Book of Li fee I am glad to report that the District Superintendent and five of our men were able, through the generosity of the Stuart Fund, to attend the Conferences at Peitaiho. The men came back enthusiastic over the Conference and thoroughly converted to the Chu Yin Tzu Mu. All of our teachers, except one, attended the three \\Oeeks Normal Conference at Tunghsien. All the young men have received a good deal of help and see where they call greatly -improve thei r schools. I must not fail to rep')rt the splendid way in which the Evangelistic Week was carried through on the whole District. The District Superintendent prepared very careful plans for this and the men all worked the plans. Full reports show that during these meetings conducted 011 the District there were 4I38 people who attended and heard the Gospel. A good many of them who had IJever heard the (';ospel before gave in their names to the pastors as inquirers. Four hundred thirty two were recei \I-ed on probation. The reports of the pastors are that during these last months they have been kept busy following up those who developeod an interest during the series of meetings. I well rememuer when I first came to the District that it was impossible to get the seven scattered men to attempt any special meetings. It is a joy now to see how anxious every place is to have these special feast days in which the ochurch members may receive new life and others be brought to an appreciation of the Gospel message and to a decision to.jive for Christ. Our Centenary drive must not be overlooked. For a number of years past not vt!ry mnch has been expected from

60 the South Peking District. It.'has only be~n threugh sheer persistence that we have been able. to build up the present corps of workers and develop the present esprit de corps among the men. Were it not for the present spirit of each and every colaborer it would not have been possible to have put on the Centenary Campaign as we have. It was a great stretch of faith to pledge $6200. for land and property some three years ago but at present we can report in pledges $663I made by the churches on the District. At District Conference it was reported that already there was in hand $ of this money, more than one-third. The money at Hantsun has already been used toward 'Lhe purchase of their new property. Some of the other charges show a splendid spirit of co-operation by temporarily turning over the money they have raised for use in purchasing the Lallgfang property with the understanding, of course, that -when they came to develop in their own places this money should be returned. In all this work entire praise is due to the District Superintendent and to the men on the different 'charges. As I said in the beginning I have 110t been on the District once during the year. It is with grateful hearts that we have made of the year's advances in this report but there is something even better to follow. We are just at the threshhold of the Forward Movement. If I should write the report a decade from now as I think it should be written and as I feel sure it will be written and give it to you to-day~ it would surprise you all. I say this because of the spirit of the men with whom I have been laboring. I desire to enumerate a few of the items which give me the faith expressed in the above paragraph. First, during the first few years on the District there was no thought of developing the work. Every man seemed satisfied to sit under his own vine and fig tree waiting for the people to come and be Christianized. At present 011 almost every charge there are being established prayer lneetings in the homes of the peop]e, out in the villages several n1iles from the church, to wh~ch the pastors go regularly. Second, all the pastors and workers have an entirely changed attitude with regard to women. Formerly there was

61 - 57- anxiety to have the boys go to school if they could go free. Now they are not only anxious to have the boys go to school and are showing willingness to support them, as far as they are able, but they are getting anxious about their women folks. The last two or three vears we have had a small Woman's Training School on the" District. What is more, nearly all of the young men 011 the District have wives who have been trained in the Woman's Training School in Peking. Many of them would not have had the training were it not for our ruje' that young men who study in the Bible Institute must bring their wives in for training. This rule has already borne fruit and a new spirit concerning the training of women is abroad in the District. At District Con r erence when I told ail the' preachers that they might each invite five O.r more of their men to come up to attend the Annual Con ference and J nbilee services they rejoiced and enthl1siastically entered into plans for securing the a ttenclance of the proper men. Almost simultaneously several men were upon their feet asking whether or not it would be possible to ha ve the wi yes and women church members come and attend. this meeting, The Conference appointed a Committee to consult the \Voman's Foreign Missionary Society to see whether or not any arrangements could be made for receiving the women who desired to come. Upon the second day when report was made that the Woman's Foreign l\1issionary Society would be glad to cooperate in finding places for the women here during Conference there,vas loud applause and rejoicing. I have long said that one of the reasons oi success on the Eastern Districts was the perslstent efforts On the part of MIss Glover and her able co-laborers in the education of the women, the wives of our church members and the mothers of our students. I rejoice that there is an opportunity coming to the wives and mothers on the South Peking District. Third, during the first three or four years on the District thel-e were no candidates for the ministry. I rejoice to report that at the District Conference nine young men were recommended for study in the Bible Institute. This gives proo f that the preachers are not forgetting their greatest opportunities and duties, the seeking out and developing of youngmen to give their lives to the service of God in theministry.

62 Again, great was my surprise at hearing the report of one Committee which had been appointed without my knowledge for the study of our field. They carefuhy canvassed our territory and decided what were the im);,ortant points that ought to be entered next. Eleven places were named. In open Conference it was decided just what circuits and preachers should be responsible for carrying the message into these towns during the next year. They plan to enter every unoccupied market town if possible, during the next twelve months. They know it will be impossible to appoint workers in each one but they are going to begin preaching the Inessage and hope that they will find believers in each town who will be anxious t.o develop a church that their children and neighbors may also get the truth as it is in Christ. I coniess that my heart,vas tremendously warmed as I sat and listened to the men thus planning for the evangelization of their own peoijle within the bounds of their District and my heart rejoiced over what the next ten years will mean 111 the carrying out of such plalls. Another interesting feature is the fact that the men no longer want the District Conference in Peking. They prefer to have the meeting clown on their own stamping ground and meeting from place to place where the meeting may mean something to the churches. In former years every ont: \,'as glad to come to Peking in order that they might have an annual,.risit to the capital but now the burden of the work is on their hearts and this desire to come to Peking has been entirely overcome by the desire on the part of every man to use every means available for the pressing of the message of Christ home to the people within the bounds of the District. The last but not least impressive factor is the attitude taken by the men toward one of OUf places, which because it seemecl to be so lifeless, was left \vithout a pastor last year. Sad has been th~ story of Huangtsun. It is one of our oldest churches. It seemed to have been carried so long by the Board of Foreign Missions that they seemed to have gotten into their minds that they must be everlastingly carried and could not do anything for themselves. Every effort was made to change the situation but it seemed impossible. Last year it was borne in upon me that something had to be done, even to

63 -59- taking away the pastor temporarily, that they might realize the blessing which was theirs through the gift of the Foreign Church. At last Conference no appointment was made. I think the church members at HuangtSUll were somewhat angry with the Missionary in Charge, perhaps they still are. I do not think they themselves have yet been aroused to do their full duty but what rejoices me is that all the preachers on the District feel deeply the deprivation that has been inflicted upon the church there. \Vith tears in their eyes the men plead for Huangtsun that they might have another opportunity, that a shepherd might be sent to care for the shepherdless flock. In the midst of the business session a hal f hour was set aside for definite prayer that the people of H uangtsun might realize their condition and that thro'ugh their initiative a way might be opened whereby the anxiety of all of our hearts might be satisfied and a man sent to lead the people out of thtir lethargy and upward to God. I am glad to report that the men on the DiRtrict rejoice in their relationship to the First Church. Elmira. The men have known that their District was supported by First Church but never have they appreciated this relationship so deeply as now. vvhen they were told that in response tu the crisis which has come in the finances of the District that this church has responded with $2000, and possibly $2500, toward the wurk over and above what they have formerly been cloing the men realized what their association with this church in the Homeland meant and each one pledged himself to pray definitely for God's blessing upon that church as it worked not only to save Elmira but also to furnish the sinews of our Christian warfare here as well as upon themselves as they used what God sent them through this chosen church of His in America. For all our blessings we are profoundly grateful, blessings spiritual and blessings temporal. To this work we have pledged our heart and our hands. Thankful for the past year and its successes, for a group of co-laborers full of zeal and willing to work, for a close co-operation of our beloved First Church in gifts and prayers and most of all for the Heavenly Father"s leadership we look foward to 1920 with great courage and enlarged faith.

64 -60- LANHSIEN DISTRICT Wu Yu K'UN, District Superintendent. MARK W. BROWN, Missionary in Charge. Like one who has achieved a successful marriage, we look back on the rocky road travelled during the past year with devout thankfulness that it l-s past, and we can sit down to. reflect on its joys and disappointments, successes and failures, net profit and loss. Death visited us early and has pursued us thruout the year, taking toll from our parsonages of one pastor, two pastors' wives, three children, one Bible woman, as well as a number of members. Laot'ing circuit, the largest and most difficult on the district, has been dying a natural death for some years; and we felt we had saved the situation by sending there at last Conference time Rev. Shih Pin 110, an earnest and efficient preacher with a good record in Peking and elsewhere. But within one month after Conference he had fallen a victim to infinenza, and the circuit has been without a head thruout the year. ~any things combined to hinder the work, but due to the inspiratioil of the Centenary program, and the indefatigable labors of District Superintendent Wu and the district force, I feel the work has received the greatest forward impetus in some years. One preacher was stolen,-not by bandits but by the members of an adjoining chllrch left by Conferenc'e without a pastor. So zealous were they to hear the Gospel, that without consul ting anyone, they took carts and mules and moved the preacher with all his family and chattels from his Conference appointment to their own church, where they enjoyed the blessings of the Gospel thruout the year, This seems to indicate a preference for congregational rather than the episcopal form of church government. The district was thoroughly worked for the Centenary program by a mass meeting held at Lanhsien in October and visited by the Conference Committee, by the District Committee holding meetings in every circuit center, and by the pastors carrying the message oul to every point on the district. It has -meant hard work for the preachers and district superintendent, and they have not spared themselves. In the midst of the Spring campaigns our two senior pastors, who

65 - 6rhad travelled faithfully with the district committee during the year and done invaluable service, had to drop out and return home, worn out by the hard pace; one of them we fear permanently broken down. The churches responded nobly, resulting in such a revival of interest and life as has not been seen in some years. Every church has committed itself to the task of doubling its membership and trebling the amount raised for self-support within the Centenary five year period. Over 700 members :signed the prayer covenant, more than 200 pledged themselves to win at least one soul to Christ during the year, and 100 pledged to tithe. We definitely limited ourselves in these meetings to working with the members, believing that a good member is the best advertisement and a poor one the greatest hindrance the church of Christ can have. vve found by our.first experience that as soon as outsiders in numbers were.admitted to the meeting, the emphasis invariably swung from the mem bers and their needs to the heathen and their needs, :leaving the members well satisfied with themselves, and ;prepared to lead the blind into the ditch. In some cases overflow meetings were held for the outsiders. While the :spiritual results are not all we might hope for, yet the Holy Spirit did do genuine work in many hearts; in some cases,practically the entire official board breaking dowll and making such confessions of flagrant sin in their lives as to leave one rejoicing that they had 110t first gone out to win -others. I believe the result of the year's work most pregnant with promise for the future is the challge in some of the preachers themselves before and after. When we started out in the Fall, no one of the younger preachers could be persuad ed to lead a revival meeting, even the District Superintendent -confessing that he had never held one and could not do it;.but now the preachers themselves are eagerly planning for 1."evivals in their churches next year. Convinced that a larger measure of self-support and less depeildence on foreign hel p is the most crying need of many -of our older churches today, the emphasis of the financial,appeal wa!) laid 011 trebling within five years the amount paid for pastoral support, rather than on raising large aunds for buildings and property; and every ch urch has pledged itself to reach this goal. This.involved not only

66 - 62- making the proportionate advance for 19I9; but making up as well for failure to advance last year. The result was an increase this year over last of $750 paid for pastoral suppott. Noone was more surprised over this increase than were the pastors and members themselves, for they had not the faintest suspicion that they were able to give so much. We too were surprised, but did not let them know it. One circuit that made an increase last year of $4, went ahead this year $170, and another increased $130 as compared with $6 the year before. Noble as these increases are, in most cases they will not give 11S self.supporting churches; for pastors' salaries and other expenses al'e increasing at snch a rate that the net gain is small. We long for the day when Ollr conference will definitely commit itself to a self-support policy. The campaign for buildings and property has 110t been completed. We did not want it to interfere with the selfsnpport campaign, and that appeal can be made with greater nrgency when we are ready for business. The campaign for the Lanhsien Intermediate School passed all expectations. Thru the efforts of the District Superintendent, friends and alumni of the school (especially Dr. C. C. Wang), $5000 was raised froln Chinese sources and has been expended in pur, chasing a splendid property and remodelling some of the buildings, building dormitories etc. So far not a cent has been received from Mission or Centenary sources. We hope to secure soon a part of the $7000 promised in the Centenary from home, as we have already borrowed $1300 on the' strength of it and considerable more building must be done. Wangkuanying church has raised and expended $500 for a llucleus of 'church property; T'angchiaho members have in hand $500 to put into their church property as S0011 as Centenary funds from home become available. Other churches have raised and are raising similar funds; and as soon as Centenary funds from America commence to appear on the horizon an active property campaign will be put on in each place where advances are to be made. No more conclusive evidence can be afforded for the Providential character of the Centenary movement than its ability to so stir and invigorate 0t1r Chinese churches. Our people have received a new vision of duty; they still need a. new vision of, Christ.

67 Lanhsien District Day School Report The report of the Lower Primary schools is almost as short as was our appropriation. Last year we were managing to get along after a fashion running I9 schools with a $399 appropriation for the year. This year we had $2 9.1 I. During the year we closed two schools, so at present there are I7, 4 of which have reached complete self-support. With a budget of $2773, these seventeen schools raised locally $246I, receiving only $312 from Mission funds. It is costing us less than $1 a year per boy to keep these 450 boys in a Christian atmosphere during the first fonr years of their school life. But the quality of teaching as well as the school room equipment in every case leaves much to be desired, and in some cases is a disgrace. We need at least $IOOO a year to assist these schools, and most of all a trained educationalist to supervise them. Lanhsien Higher Primary School MENG TE JUNG, Principal. There comes to me an inexpressible happiness as I sit by my desk and think over how to write my report, so that I shall give my glory to God heartily. In the first place the school has no real property at all, while evell the school compound is rented from a shop. Unfortunately the landlord last year let us move anywhere we wished for he was in real need of the school compound. At thp.t time I was greatly disappointed that one of the best foundations of the Methodist educational institution \\'as going to be destroyed. Fortunately Dr. C. C. Wang, Director of Peking Hankow Railway, and Dr. H. T. Chen, preacher in Tientsin, spread the news that Lanhsien school was in urgent need of funds. As a result we have now more than five thousand dollars for our school. With this large sum we secured the shop and furthermore six acres of conntry farm land. The rest of the sum we nsed to build more than thirty rooms. I do believe, if it had not been for God Almighty the school would have beel1 closed. It is simply Providence that makes the school play her part amollg the educational institutions. 'I'he school has been established but three years. During the first year there were only sixty-five students, during the second year eighty, but the third year, this year, we

68 -registered one hundred and ten. The school spirit has been upward just like the steam struggling to get out of the boiling.bottle. The Plague has visited Lallhsien district twice within this year. Only one student died from the plague, all the others were healed. Teachers in English and Chinese have done their work with very good results. This year we bad twenty-six graduates, so that I dare say Lanhsien school as regards the constrnction is a mere child but as regards the school is the proud mother of all. Unfortunately, Mr. Chi Hsiao Feng, teacher in English who has taught here for three years, became seriously ill this.spring. He went to Peking to Dr. Hopkins' Hospital for -cure. He was ordered to reside at Peking Western Hill. This he Gid not do. Now he is living in the school compound with Dr. Chin at his side many times a day. His sickness grows worse and worse and ha~ 'become incurable. Please will you 110t remember him in your dai1y prayer? Income Payments Tuition. $ Salaries. $ Board Board Rent Coal Furniture Total Repair Sundries ~ Total Remainder WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY Ho'lt Primary Boarding School at Lanhaien Sixty-five boarders and eight day pl1pils have filled this :school as full as accommodations will allow, and made it a heavy responsibility to be borne almost wholly by Chinese girl teachers. The cheerful spirit of ready obedience, which has characterized this school from the beginning, has been maintained this year as in the past. Seven girls graduated in June, and will enter the Alderman School at Ch'ang1i in the fall. (Also see Report nnder Shanhaikuan District.)

69 THE PEKING CITY DISTRICT LIU FANG, District Superintendent. GEORGE L. DAVIS, Missionary in Charge. Although the world is at peace and the storm clouds that have darkened the horizon of the world for the last four years have gone, still the problems that face the church in China are not solved and cessation from acth'e warfare has given us an opportunity of studying the conditions that are before us and the difficulties that must be solved before our church can begin to serve the nation as it should. Centenary C01nl'nission. At the Conference of I918 it was evident that great prominence must be given to the work of the Centenary during the year and a Commission was appointed consisting of the Di~trict Superintendent, the Missionary in charge, and a layman from each District. It was evident from the start that this body was too large to get together more than once during the year, so that a smaller executive committee was formed and charged with the responsibility of the work. The presiding' Bishop was elected chairman, Mr. Fartsam' T. Snug of Peking, Vice Chairman; Rev. Lin Fang, Chinese Secretary; Rev. G. L. Davis, English Secretary; Mr. O. J' Krause and later Dr. W. T. Hobart, Treasurer; and Dr. Ch'en Heng Te, Rev. F. M. Pyke, and Mr. Wang Hou Chai members of the executive Committee Several meetings of this Committe were held immediately after Conference to adopt the policy for the Conference and it was decided to press four points. A. That on each District as Inany as possible should be enlisted who would pledge themselves to pray daily for the Centenary. B. That on each District and 011 every charge on each District a revival should be held to deepen the spiritual life of the old members and through their transformation to win new members. C. That on each District we should systematica~ly teach tithing as God's plan for supporting his work and we

70 should show,that olllv when the church has reached this point call \ve expect to do what God wants us to do. D. That after each District had earnestly worked along these lines.for the greater part of the year, they should carry out a financial campaign in the spring to raise the money that had been pledgee. It was evident from the start that if this program was set up all over the Conference, it would be necessary to hold a series of campaigns. It was decided that Dr. Ch'eu Heng Te and the two secretaries should undertake this work, and seven different CCllferences were held: at Niut'o on the Chingchao South, at Ch'angp'inghsien 011 the Chingchao North, at Lanhsien on the Lanhsien, at Changli and Sha11haikuan on the Shanhaikuan District and one in Tientsin and one.in Peking. We met with an unexpected cause of delay, for the influenza was an uninvited guest at all the Conferences and prevented many of the Pastors and laymen from attending the meeting. In each District an executive committee was appointed to see that the work,,'as followed up. \Vben we heard the partial reports of the year's work in January we realized that an immense amount cf good had been done. The fall campaign taught one lesson and that is, it pays to have a definite program for each quadrennium and a definite program for each year. When we started on the Peking City District to double the membership and increase the self support 200% it seemed like a hopeless task, for at the CO'Jference in 1915 we reported I372 members in fnll; that had been the result of the splended work of our church for forty-six years. and yet through the help of the Lord the goal has been reached only after much prayer and endless labour and,planning. Yet during all these years we have been encourage:i by the thought that we had pledged our word to the Bishops. when we sent them home to arouse the church in America that if the great Mother cll urch would only supply the ammunition, all the chnrches in China would go forth to do their share, and fear that we would fail to save some needy soul has spurred us to greater effort. Special Revivals. \Vhen the Executive Committee of the Peking City District for Centenary work met, it was

71 - 67- decided that we would at once set out to carry out the Centenary program. The first step was taken and the cards were sent out to enrol1 the members ill each church who were willing to agree to pray daily for the Centenary. Although it has been the plan of the District for several years to depend on the week of evangelism to re\']\,e Ollr own church and bring in others, believing that as men and women worked and prayed to win others, they wonld deepen their own spiritual lives, still we decided to hold a special retreat ill each church this year for the members, where the one purpose should be to quicken the spiritual life of the church. We finally persuadec Dr. W P. Ch'en to come all the way from Shanghai to hold a week of special meetings for the students. The Sunday School classes were used as a nucleus for reaching all the unsaved srudents. Dr. eh'en's sermons were soul inspiring and a great number of the students were led to renew their allegiance to Christ and to try to Will their fellow students. The special revival meetings were held in the other churches just before the week of evangelism, so that the members might go to the task of winning souls with hearts full of fire. Dr. Li T'ien Lu led the meetings in Huashih and Dr. Wang Chih P'ing took charge of the meetings at Chushihk'ou, while Rev Tsellg Kuo Chih directed the retreat at Shunchihmen. Nothing shows the change in sentiment toward the Chinese New Year Seasoll, like the fact that the me<:tings in Chushihk'ou started 011 Chinese New Year's Eve and they were wei] attended. The explanation is this: many of the members are artisans or clerks and the stores closed at noon on the last day of the olrl year and many of these clerks do not live in Peking and they have no friends or relatives near at hand, so that they would speno the time in some amusement resort, if they were 110t in church. The llleetings were a success from the start for many of the members had been praying in daily groups that th~ Lord wonjd deepen the spiritual life of the church and burn out the dross from every heart. The Week of E1langelis11l; The first few days of the Chinese New Year now stand out clearly in the minds of the Methodists of Peking as the time to be d~voted to evangelism, and this year the meetings were held from Feb. 6th to Feb. 13th. The members in three churches went from their l'evi-

72 II val service straight out to apply their Christianity in a way that showed that they had caught a vision of the Christ and were detc;rmined to share their sight with their countrymen, who had not been so fortunate. There were three events that delayed the meetings and must be avoided in the future: first we started and ended 011 week day nights and that took off a little from the conservation program; second Dr. Stuart came to Peking to decide some of the knotty problems connected with the University and the leaders could not throw their hearts into the double situation; third, the year before we printed eight topic cards that we had prepared locally and established training classes to prepare the group leaders so that they could use these topics themselves. The topics may.not have been well chosen, but they did serve to arouse enthusiasm and stir up the group leaders, so that they started with a rush. 'I'his year we tried to do better and bought some that had been prepared by noted nlen and they failed to grip the local situation. Dr. W. P. eh en had promised nearly a year before to corne to Peking and help us during the week in Asbury, and his serm.ons had a ring that none could refuse. Everywhere our workers bad decided that they would do their best to win a soul to Christ without attempting to get numbers, and they tried to make each interview count. We followed the same general plan in the two street chapels this year, that is, someone would preach not more than twenty minutes and then, all those that were interested went into the inquiry room where they met some personal worker. For many years that saloon and opium depository on the corner of our alley has been an.eye sore and a nuisance, but this year the mission bought the place and we used it for a strect chapel and the Police Captain in our precinct was delighted when he heard that we were going to use the low doggery that had been dragging men to hell as a church. I stopped at Chushink'on one afternoon and saw a strange young man asking the peopleon the street to come into the chapel; Brother Li explained that he had been WOll ;11 the special week of revi val and.that he had started at once to tell his friends and had led eight of them to Christ in the next week. He was a petty official on the police force. One little girl heard the Pastor urge all the people to bring.all their friends to the meetings, and she recalled that in one

73 - 69- of the Christian families there was an elder broth~r who had been a petty official and in the changing political condition he lost his place and for over a year as he waited around home he had been cross and moody and despondent. He did not have any position in sight and spent the greater part of his time carrying a bird cage around Peking. The little girl went to this man's honse several times to invite him to church and he was always out. One day the little girl met him and said "Will you come around to a special meeting that is held at our house?" and he replied "Yes I will come, whe11 I get time," and the girl added, "You wouldn't lie toa child like me' would you? " and he replied "I would never lie to a child." As soon as she had gone he realized that he would have to meet the arguments that' he had dodged for a year, and he was much provoked with himself. The result was that he went, and became converted and cast aside his bird cage, the symbol of his own unhappy life, and he has become a most active Christian.. Mr. Kac Feng Shan led the meetings at Shunchihmen and his preaching was most acceptable and greatly stirred the hearts of the members, so that the little church was full every night. The small group meetings were a great success this year and we had a larger number than ever. Altogether 2367 signed cards saying that they wished to lead a better life and were present at the meetings. How the vvork Spreads. Early in the fall when the Centenary Commission was at Changli, we heard that the pastor, Rev Hao Te An, was making large plans fcir the evangelistic work for the coming year. Both the secretaries of the Centenary Commission were asked to return and take charge of the meetings. Rev Liu Fang went and his work was most succe5sful, for he had been a fonner Pastor and knew 110t only the older members but also the prominent people of the town. The students in both girls and boys school worked with great energy and devotion and the results were very gratifying, for it is certainly the mark of a new day in China, when the local magistrate attends the special meetings in the :Methodist Church and sends a letter with his official stamp 011 it to tell the preacher how much he appreciates the Gospel message. Financial Campaign. An during the year the Executive Committee of the Centenary Commission had planned that

74 -70 - the financial campaign should b~ carried out in the spring. The amount that the, Peking- City' District had promised to raise for buildings and land was $13,000 and one thousand of this was raised at the time that the Juliet Memorial was built at Huashih, and that left a balance to be raised of $12, 000. The District Superintendent and the :Missionary in charge agreed that they would raise half this sum if thirty teams would undertake to raise the other half and the Committee agreed to this plan. It may seem to some that a great deal of tim,e has been spent in this campaign, for the greater part of the spring was given over to selecting the team leaders and persuading them to undertake the work. It was 110t done carelessly and every move was undertaken only after the most earnest prayer and careful planning, and the presence of the lloly Spirit in raising up friends and opening the way manifested itself every day of the campaign. A kind friend saw the Preside~lt and his cheque for a $1000 came while the executive committee were holding their first meeting to plan for the campaign and it greatly inspired the entire group. Mr. Lilt and I were greatly assisted by several kind friends, who helped us very materially with plans and introductions. We knew that after we had secured the President's.gift it would be necessary to get Mr. Chien, the Premier's, name on the list and we called on Mr. Wang Kai Wen, the Grand l\laster of Cermonies, and he most kindly ul1dertock to see the Premier and in addition volunteered to see the other members of the Cabinet and actually secured gifts from all the members of the cabinet. ' Then myoid friend Mr. Hsiung Hsi Ling with whom I had been associated last year in the flood relief work was very kind and helped us get a third of our allotment from the Chinese Banks and officials. One of our most unexpected helpers was Mr. Hsu Un Yuan, former Governor of the Bank of China. We cal1~d on him and he promised to help us, and on the day that the teams closed their campaign I wrote to him anda~ked him t.o help lis raise $1000 and a few days Jater he telephoned that he had raised $r600. The plan to raise half the money by teams sounded very attractive, but I am sure that my little white horse will testify that it was a very hard job, for it was so hard to find p.eople at home and then everyone seemed to think it asplen-

75 - 71- did plan to have someone else try to raise the $200. We finally secured thirty earnest Christians, who were willing to undertake the work, and the banquet at the Great Eastern Hotel where the majority of the team leaders were present showed the great growth of the Methodist Church in Peking, in that we were able to gather. so many prominent laymen for definite Christian work. It was agreed that the campaign should start the first day of May and close 011 the 15th day of the 1110nth and the team that had collected the most at that time should be declared the winner. The team of which Mr. F. T. Sung was captain won first place collecting $600, ~1. though after the closing day the teams of Dr. Frances J. Heath and Dr. Yen Chih Chung both passed that mark. From both sonrces of the campaign we collected in pledges and cash $16.000, but it will be several years before this amount is all paid. Visit to Ch'angte. All during the spring General Feng ytl Hsiang had been most anxions for Rev. Lin Fang to make a yisit to his soldiers in Changte, Hunan, to preach to them. In the more than a year since his soldiers have been in the south the General has ne\'er been forgetful of the fact that he is a Christian. He has held several services a week to train them for the Gospel message that.1\1r. Lin brought, for he did 110t w~nt him to speak of patriotism or morality, but of 5a1\'atioll from sin through belief in the Lord Jesus. Nothing has been more encouraging- in the night of blackness that now exists in Chinese official life than to see the stand for right livingalld official hollesty that General Feng has taken. He invited ill groups of his officers and men to hear l\tlr. Lin and then he sent ont invitations to the leading business men ano gentry to come in and listen. At the close of the meetings 275 men were baptized) and it was certciinly a fitting climax to fifty years of work in Chilla that at a :Methodist baptismal service the roll of those to be baptized should be called by the division chief of staff) and the General himself should hold the bowl to assist the Pastor. Two hu11dred and sixty-two men were taken on probation. General Feng has three chapels where his officers preach... Special F01'n1S of vvorl~. Milton Stewart Fund. Through the.generosity of the Milton Stewart Fund we were ~ble to, carry..9n 11l~ny.0 onr spedal forms of work. 'fhe Gospel Team

76 72 - continued their work in the smaller churches during the fal1, andio7s6 people attended their meetings and ofthese 417 signed'cards and 77 joined on probation. The greatest help came in the week of Evangelismwhel1 we were able to have a sufficient force of workers to carryon the follow up work; in former years we have failed t.o gather in the results because we did not have the people that had started in the Christian life properly covered, but this year the territory around a church was divided up and as soon as a man signed a card his name was given to the man in charge of that district who was responsible to get him out to the Sunday services and Bible classes. Not only in the follow up work were we greatly assisted, but we were also enabled to have tracts and printing prepared for the work, and to give lunc.hes from the first day to the last of the campaign to the Bible Illstitute and College of Theology workers, so that they were able to work l;ieveral hours a day longer than if the 1 unch had not been provided. For several years we have planned to open a church in the populous region between the Hatamen and the Cll ienmen and this year we have been able to start the work. The assistant Pastor at Chushihk'oll ha~ continued to make a very good record and helped that church to meet the requirements. In fact if it had not been for the sinew~ of war supplied by this fund, we would have failed in many places where we made a success. Student Work. We are very glad that we have been able to put the burden of the student work on Mr. C. K. Searles and we hope that he will be left in this department of the work for which he is most eminently fitted. SUit/day Schools. The Sunday School work has gone ahead steadily during the year, and we all owe a debt of gratitude to the four Superintendents for the faithful work that they have done, Dr. Li T'iell Lll at Asbury, Rev. W. W. Davis at Huashih~ Rev. ]. M. Gibb at Chushihk'oll, and Mr. Ku Chung Yao at the Shunchihmen; I regret tosay that both the latter have gone to Am~rica for further study. However we realize that they will come back with uew ideas and new ideals for the work. When Asbury took the support of the Fanchinhsiang church, they not only supplied the Pastor's salary, but they also sent one of their ablest laymen to act as Sunday

77 -73 - School Superintendent, and it is a real pleasure to see the interest that he has taken in the work. We gladly report that the Board of Sunday Schools will supply thefuuds for a special worker this next year for the North China Conference, and we hope that he will travel through the entire Conference training the teachers and inspiring better woik.. Street Chapels. Although the street chapel is only one phase of our work, still it is interesting to note that 227,716- people heard the gospel message this past year. The Staff. All honor and praise for the success of the work is due to the staff of the District for the magnificent way in which they have responded to the calls of their leaders for advance. No task has been too bard for them and they have been 1110st faithful and earnest ill their work and have certainly earned the thanks of the Leaders. What of the Fut'ure. The Centenary has been a success and we hope ill the course of a few years to have a large number of new churches and schools. Will this prosperity in material equipment be a curse or blessing to the church? It will be a curse un1ess we strive in every way to deepen the spiritual life of the church. First we should have a definite program for advance that would include Bible Study, Student work, increase in membership, increase in collection, a most diligent searching for young men and women who will consecrate themselves to Christian service, and a most definite policy to make the church a spiritual one. Bible Distribut-ion. In the early part of the year we had one book seller but he was remov{ d duririg the year and now we have several volunteer salesmen. who go to the large fairs and markets. The great increase in membership has caused a very large sale of the scriptnres for we have been striving with all our power to teach the people the val ue of the word of God, which a10ne can save them. Thanks. The work on the Peking Ci ty District is largely supported by special gifts and we are certainly grateful to you for your continued help at this tilde, when the cost of living and the expenses connected with the war have drawn so heavily upon you, but your money has not been spent in vain and many hundreds will see the Kingdom of God on.account of your sacrifices and the help YOll haye given.

78 -74 - Full Members... Children Baptized.. Total Membership.. Results ! COLI.teTIONs. $ Self Support, Pastor... " " Bishop.. " " Dist. Supt... Missions... Benevolence Current Expenses.... Day Schools, Raised Locally.. Day S.chools, Special Centenary pledge $4585 previous $ los 9 2 Total, $ Increase $ $1083 Union Student Work C. K. SEARLES. Methodism responsible, for what? Methodism is responsible for over four thousand students in the city of Peking~ Have we thought of it? Peking, the educational center of China, ilooded with students from every province of this repu~blir, presents to the Church the greatest student problem in China. What is the Church doing to meet it? Within the last year the churches have cooperated in organizing the student work of the city. It has been divided geographically among the churches of the city, edch.church taking a section which 15 in nearest proximity to the center of its work. We have had an Advisory Council composed of representatives from each of the Missions.. the Chinese Inde,,: pendent Church, and the Y. M. C. A, which has met at least once a.month for determining the policy and plans for action in our work. Besides this we have had a me.eting of the

79 - 75- leaders in student work every two weeks, in which meetings we discussed our aims, endeavors, successes and failures, and helped 011e another by organization of Normal BIble classes, and conducting special studies 10 evangelism, Bible Study, Social Service, and other forms ot religious activity in their relation to the student. But what is a small organization like this to do among so many thousands of student:-.? l\rlethodism alone responsible for over four thousand students in Peking, did I say? Yes, if only those above grammar grades are considered, but there are thousands more in our sector of the city in Grammar schools. All these are also our opportunity and responsibility. Aside from what has been done for the students in our Mission schools, and for a few more who have been linked up with our churches, we have been doing practically nothing in past years, as a church for this ~~reat host. of China's ledders of tomorrow. At our last Annual Conference I was appointed the representative of our church in the Union Student work. For several weeks, I was unable to do anything in this line, on account of the poor health 0 f 1\I1rs. Searles. During this period, I was asked to take over the treasurersh;.p of Peking Academy in place of Mr. Krause who was going on furlough. As this could be done in my home, I was appointed to the position for the rest of the year. In N ovember, home conditions were a ltttle less binding, ar~d I began to take over some of the Student work which had been organized by 11r. G. L. Da'fis with his twohalf-til1le assistants, Mr. \Vang and Mr. Yang. Bible classes in the Government Higher Normal School and our Academy had oeen started. At the beginning these classes were fairly large, but as the calder weather came on, the attendance steadily dwindled, especially in the classes at the Norlllal School, because we had no suitable place to hold the classes. Early in the Sflring, Mr. Deane a teach~r in the school and a most valuable helper in our work, rented a ~mal1 Chinese house near the school where we conducted our Bible classes. The attendance grew. The :students wi!'hed to get closer together, and organized a Bible Students Fellowship Association and therea fter held general meetings in the Shunchihmen Church every Sund.ay

80 afternoon~ We asked the be~t speakers -we could find to address these student gatherings on religious and social subjects. Our work grew and for sometime in the Spring iermwe were having an average weekly attendance of over eighty,students in the Bible classes at the Higher Normal SchooL Mr. Sweetman of the Y. M. C. A. who has recently gone to Nanking in charge of student work, Dr. Wolferz of Peking University, and Mr. L. K. Hall who has corne to China to work among Middle School students, took time from their language study, and 1110st faithfully and earnestly helped by teaching Bible classes, and giving their time as they could spare, in fo~tering high ideals in the minds of the students. In our l\iisslon schools, especially in the Academy, Bible classes have been conducted by te3chers and missionaries, all contributing greatly to the spiritual growth of the students. Not too much (an be said of the work of the Student Volunteer Band of our Academy and Univel'sity, in which over one hundred students were enrolled as new members during the year, each promising himself to a life of active Christian service. Miss Terrell, Dr. C.P. Wang, and Dr. T. H. Ch'en have from its beginning been always the faithful leaders of this Band, which not only promises to do Christian service in the future but real1y carries on Christian work among the students during the year and goes out in the summer preaching the Gospel in every district of our Conference. As summer came on, it was necessary that I should leave the city for :Mrs. Searles' health, but under the leadership of Mr. Wang and Mr. Yang, the work went on. The Student Summer Conference was near at hand. Then came the national student uprising which involved the students of all s.chouls. Leader after leader of this patriotic movement in the various scho01s were found to be men whom we were expecting to be present at the Summer Conference. It looked as :if the Conferences was doomed, but just before the time for the Conference, the clouds cleared away, the students received in part satisfaction 'for their demands, and we had one of the finest Con ferences ever. Out of the two hundred more students who attended, sixty-five were from our Methodist sector in Peking.

81 -77 - As never before the student problem calls for the attention of the Church. \Vhen we see what power the students held in this country, as shown in the recent successful uprising, we see we must have more workers, Chinese and foreign, institutional churches, more consecration of thought and action for this important field in the development of Christ's Kingdom. No buildings for government student Christian work, except small rented quarters; no appropriation for workers, for social, Bible class, and general work; we are indebted to Mr. G. L. Davis, and other friends of the work for all the funds we had, which were plenty small; leaders, only giving part time from other duties. How CAN we as a Church NoT Arise, and with efficient forces and equipment, meet this stupendous task and Goel-given opportunity. UNION STUDENT WORK IN PEKING FACTS SunTey: On Probation Schools 54 Baptisms Faculty 1472 Bible Classes Students Members Various Kind:; of Meetings Meetings Religious!vleetings 37 Socials 915 Normal Bjble Class 17 Inner Groups 22 Religious Discussion Groups 27 Vislts and Personal \Vork 45 Educational Meetings IS Attendance I Training Conference of Student Y. 1\1. C. A. officers Feb Tungchow. Schools represented 13 Attendance 73 Financial Campaign for the Orphanage March 17-3 I Collected by students $789.20

82 -;,8 -. Summtr Conference Jl1ne 27-July 4, Wo Fa SSU.. Attendance Leaders 50 Delegates 220 Schools 23 Decisions of various kinds 6r Summer Camp July 5-August 26 Attendance 12 (Nine from :Higher Normal School) Program. Daily Bible Classes Sunday Religious Service Saturday Social Social Service (August) Interest of 'the Orphanage Special Summer Work in the City Y. M. C. A. Socials and Lectures every Thursday Bible Classes 2 Everv Wednesdav August 30th. John "Dewey, "Fa~to:-s of Education" London Mission Bible Class four times a week 3 socials in the whole season Methodist Bible Classes and Personal Work among Students.iil the Summc:r School. The Peking University Thirtieth Annual Report JUNE 9., 19I 9 This report for the past year should hate seyeral events of special importance. Some of which have entered into the history of the Uni versity; others relate to present needs and requirements, and.still others look forward toward expansion and develupment of the future. In one ie~pect the ideals of the founders of the institution -have been largely realized. Twenty-three years ago the statement was made in a large assembly of. North China missionaries that it was the hope of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which. at that time was alone responsible for the support and conduct of the University, that the time would come when the University 'would so commend itself to the

83 -79 - other Missions in thi~ territory that all would unite wit.h it in J-ligher Educ.ation under very positive Christian auspices. Four years later the great uprising of 1900, which destroyed practically an missionary property in North China, opened the way for and emphasized the importance of closer co-operation in educational work. Various plans wel'e evolved and discussed without much prospect of final success, though each effort ended in some progress having been made, though perhaps not perceived at the time. It is one of the causes for onr gratitude today that after all these years of abortive plans a11d disappointed hopes, this Co.mmencement witnesses the consummation for. which we have prayed and waited so long. The Peking University in now a Federation of all the 1\1issions in Peking, with one exception, while full provision has been made for any other Mission to enter into the Federation, either with fun participation in privileges and responsibilities, or by affiliation and limited representation. Closely connected with thi::; result have been the changes, political. econo!nical, local and. natit)uaj, that hav~ made it desirable to open the question of a new and permanent site for the Ul11versity. These changes have made the purchase of the land originally selected for the U ni versity campus impractical because of the great rise in value 0. the land. This has made it necessary to make an effort to secure a site in some other locality of sufficient area to meet the demands of a great University. The purchase of the land for the new campus and the erection of the necessary buildings to meet even immediate requirements will probably delay the transfer to the new grounds from two to five years. Meanwhile the work of the University is to be conducted on the present site in the city. Another cause for gratitude is that a new President has been secured whom all believe will lead the University to larger successes and insure it a permanent place among the institutions of higher education in the nation. Rev. J. Leighton Stuart, D. D., who, by his work in other institutions, has proved his ability and fitness lo bear great responsibilities, has accepted the position of President and has been received with an unanimity of approval that promises full co-operation in the

84 ! I - 80 burdens of ad1l1ini~tration. It was thought best that the formal inauguration should be postponed, but Dr. Stuart is to assume the responsibilities of his office from the date of this Commencement. The Board of Manager~, Trustees and all the constituents of the University, join in giving him a hearty welcome and together rejoice in the success we all anticipa~e. During the year we had the privilege of a visit from Dr. Edward Lincoln Smith as a representative of the Trustees. Dr. Smith brought messages of inspiration and encouragement to the BoarJof,M:anagers, and to the teachers and students in the University. His.addresses on several occasions were listened to with intense attention, and the forces on the field were brought into a closer relation t6 the Trustees and H0111e Boards by this visit. Through the personal contact with the workers on the field, opportunity was given for studying at dose range some of the difficult problems that confront us, and the ways and means of securing a more perfect organization of the federation were freely discussed, resulting in a bet ter mutual understanding of the situation, and the possibility (J making Peking University a great power in the future evangelization of these waiting millions. More frequent visits from representative men would not only help to prevent misunderstandings but would inspire mutua1 confidence and greatly advance the cause in which we are alike interested. It is not the design of this report to enter into details of the work done in class rooms and lecture 'halls, and it will not be necessary to include the reports of individual members of the faculty, but a brief reference must be made of the presence and work done by Dr. and Mrs. Downey. John F- Downey, L. L. D., Dean Emeritus of the University-of Minnesota, has given his valuable services to Peking University for no other remuneration than his traveling expenses. The highest testimony that can be given to the character of his work is that the Board of Managers have unanimously invited him to return after his visit to th~ States to continue his work in teaching 1.Jathematics and Astronomy and to be adviser to the President.. As advi~er to the President he will also represent the University to the Trustees and friends of the institution in the United States. Dr. and 11rs Downey are assured a cordial welcome whenever it may be possil.;le for them to return to Peking.

85 - 81- The arrival of President Stuart, the promise of larger resbtirces and the enlatgemeht of the teaching staff have made it possible to elabo~ate the various schools and colleges toward the development of which our activities must be directed if we are to attain the high ideals and meet the opportunities of Peking University. No final action has been taken in regard to the relation of the Woman's Union College, but there is a good prospect that the vvoman's Union Medical College will become affiliated with Peking University. For the present, special effort will be given to. develop to a high grade of efficiency the College of Arts, the College of Theology and the College of Education-haping that the latter may be able to meet the needs for all China for at least a long term of years. A large addition to the equipment and 5taff of these departments is an urgent and immediate necessity. Following these as rapidly as resources and equipment can be securt:d, will be the development of Colleges and Schools of Journalism, Agriculture, Forestry, Commerce and Law, and such other departments as the future may demand from an institution founded to meet the life interests of a great nation. A Dean of Postgraduate Departments has been appointed who will give special supervision to this work. Graduate Schools will be organized and their number increased as the situation ma,- require. The School of Theology is already a graduate school, requiring the degree of Bachelor of Arts from students entering its courses. Seminary course~ have been conducted during the year, especially for students from the North China Language School. Lectures regularly have been given by members of the faculty of the University and by friends and visitors who have voluntarily given their valuable services. This report cannot be dosed without a general reference to the patriotic activities of the students during the closing weeks of tne College year. The activities were not confined to the Government students but were general throughout tne maritime provinces arid in the Yangtze Valley. It is the first time in the history of Christian Missions in China that Christian students have been invited to participate with Government students in any itnportarit event. In notices sent to the student body by the Board of Education, or procjamations froth high officials, or mandates from the PresiBent there was no distinction made between Christian and Governmemstudents. The President of. Peking University arid representatives of the Faculty were invited to the private councils

86 of. teachers and 'students, and were received. ar,td cons~lted on exactly equal terms as Government ~eachers. Two delegates were sent froll) Peking as. representati ves to the national council at Shanghai and one of these was a student in the School of Theology in Peking University. Only a few of the interesting results of tlie strike can be mentioned in this report. The principles of democracy learned.in modern schools aroused the enthusiasm of the student body en mass to protest against the Government support of several-high officials who were supposed to be guilty of selling important interests and making other concessions involving the integrity of China, and to the injustice to China in the disposal of Shantung Province by the Peace Conference. The scliools were not dismissed, but the students refused to attend their clas~es and entered on a strike and propaganda to arouse the patriotic spirit of the people. Over fifty organizations in Shanghai and other cities joined in the protest, though the students w'ere the acknowledged 1eaders. The Government attempted to put down the demonstrations by punishment and imprisonment, but the students were not deterred and were ready to suffer death in evidence of their sincerity and unselfish patriotism.. The following excellent statement is taken from an editorial which has appeared in one of the most important and conservative periodicals in the East: -. "And now for the first time in the modern history of China the people have risen in particular criticism of the Government-or rather of the governing Class-have made dem~nds upon it and qave. frightened. the much distressed tradition worshippers into conce~sions which a month ago they would not have dreamed bf making to any organization but an overwhelmingly powerful military coalition. What the politicians and militarists of oppo~ing parties and of. a number of southenl provinces have been conspiring for and even fighting for over a period of years has been attained.in a "fe.w weeks, by a han~fu!. of scho.olboy's whose unselfish patriotism has forced admiration from the mihtarists.themselves and has made many' of them wis~ that, they were in other company. They have $tirred the nation to its first real interest in public affairs and have shaped the nucleus of public opinion about which there is now some hope 'of building a real Chinese democracy.". '. In addition to the tremendous. influen~e the demonstration 0f ~js new China spirit has had upon the poli~y of the Chinese Government and on the public thought of the community, in onerespe.ct at

87 - 83- least, it has had the effect of largely increasing the influence and standing of Peking University as a 'living force among the educational institutions of the nation. It has given Peking University, and other Christian institutions, a recognition that wi1l be of inestimable value in the future development of Christian work. This present Commencement terminates my official connection with Peking University. though my interest in its future development continues unabated. Thirty years of effort and attainment have laid foundations of a Christian institution where many coming generations may have opportunity to prepare for the duties of the highest citizenship and to discharge the responsibilities of life under advantages not inferior to the best in China. With an enlarged staff of instructors and adequate endowment and equipment, the University enters upon a new stage of development. It would be unbecoming at this time for me to offer either word or suggestion as to the future policy or administration, but I wish to express, as a final word, what is a settled conviction, that is that the most succesful means to secure a large number of men of integrity and character for the world's work will be to maintain, in theory and practice, the principle that the acquisition of spiritual power is a greater equipment for life than the attainment of mere intellectual cult1.lre. In other words, the more fully teacher and pupil are inspired with the thought that we are here to produce men who can be neither bought nor frightened from a life of exact rectitude the greater will be the service that Peking University will render China. H. H. LOWRY. Peking Higher Primary School DR. H. E. KING, Principal. MR. T. T. SHIH, Assistant Principal. At the last Annual Conference, I requested the Bishop not to appoint me Principal of the Higher Primary School, though I promised to continue to take charge of the school until someone was appointed to the position. No other appointment was made, so I have continued in temporary charge, and have done my best to fulfill my promise to the Bishop.!vIr. Shih, who has for some years served the school most effectively, was again made assistant principal. I was obliged to add to his former duties until he had most of the duties of the principal placed upon him. He was ever careful to refer to me all difficult questions that affected the discipline, and

88 all chang.es to be made. in the school. I found him and his teachers very careful and wise in their recommetidatiotls. It is due to their real devotion to the school that its attendance has increased, that the Class room work has been of a better grade, and that so few serious cases of discipline have occurred. We have continued to occupy the former buildings rented of the Peking University. Surely it has not been the attractiveness of these buildings that induced the older students to return or the many new students to enter. Many of the students have come from well-to-do families, families of culture. This is a proof that the teaching has been of no low order. The dormitory provisions are such a poor grade that most of the children coming from good homes do not live in the dormitories, but- are -day pupils. This is often a decided disadvantage to the pupils and to the work of the school, as often the pupils are late becanse of the distances of their homes from the school, the difference in the time-pieces, and the home regulations., When one sees twenty pupils at one table, sitting on benches with no backs, some of the smaller boys unable to reach the floor with their feet because the benches are so high, and when one often finds from 100 to 200 students seated in the room preparing their next recitation, one wonders how order is maintained and lessons well prepared, but both have been done in this school as well as they could have been done under similar circumstances in any seliool. Should anyone feel that these matters could be bettered let hitn take charge of this room full of young boys, and if he is sucessful in his improvement, he must confess be never undertook a harder job. The recitation rooms are scattered about in three or more courts. Is it strange that the boys should talk on the way, to and from the class rooms? But wait until the new modern bnildings that have been promised the school, are erected and the boys find a home in them. Then we tnay look for many changes for the better.:. ine.ht of the school which will be very easy t6 make, and will flo away with much of the nervous strain now placed upon pupils and teachers. Then the school will have some prospect bfdoing far more towards self. support because more ftill pay students from well to do horileswill attend: During the

89 - 85- year progress has been made toward self-support. We greatly regret that ma.ny boys too poor to pay any fhing toward their support had,tpbe refused entrance to the school, yet we have takep ill many coming from Chri~tian h01lles, who could pay oilly a sm~llp~rt of their expenses.. 'r4er~ is a great call for such a Christian ~chool as ours, in this district, ~h~re it now is locc:i.ted. A school equipped with buildings and gronuqs that would be a credit to our church. With such an ~quipment, it should seek to becoj11e a model school where the child shall live under the most wholesome lnijuence, morally and spiritually, and where his physical health shall be well cared for, and where he shall have the most up to date in~trnction. I believe such a school possible for us to secure if the Church once gets the vision. The enrollment has been 33i for the year. In the third year, 43 students 'graduated and have been recommended to ent~r the Middle School, ten were conditioned but we have hopes that tlley will be able to remove their conditions and enter the JVIiddle S.chool this fall: six were failed, which is IO% of ~he pupils examined. Several most helpful and interesting services were held by Dr. Li T'ien Lu at the morning.chapel time, and in the evening by Mrs. Katharine King Wolferz. The last evening 36 rose and testified that they would follow Christ. During the year, 63 have joined the church by baptism and probation. To tneet the entrance requirements of the middle school -in English, it was thought best to begin English in the first year and confine that year's work largely to phonetics and to the use of the spoken language, leaving the translation work to a later period in the course of study. The results of this trial have been very satisfactory and we hope to form in our pupils the habit of thinking in English, and so secure good English expressions when speaking, and later 011, in the written compositions. Miss Felt has supervised this first years work, taking great pains with students. The progress made in spite of all the disadvantages of poor buildings ~nd insufficient equipment make me more hopeful pf a 'school of which we shall be proud, when our new plant shall become a reality. To my succ~sor l~o~.inend my colleagues of the teaching staff with whom it has been such a pleasure to work this past year.

90 - 86- Peking Medical Work (JOHN L. HOPKINS MEMORIAL) N. S. HOPKINS, Physician in Charge In making a report there is a strong tendency to look at the work done and be satisfied with numbers, while the real test has been the spirit that has gone into the work and how fully we have met the need o that mass of suffering humanity that have appealed to us. While we value our Hospital Equipment we realize that our greatest asset is in those who have found help and comfort in the work of the past years. The past year has been our 1110st success ful one from point of numbers, and we have faith that the future has years of greater usefulness if we and all who are with us are filled with the desire to serve. Hospital Staff. The Ifospital has missed the efficient work of Dr. Lowry thr<..>ugh the year, and our hearts are gladdened by the report that he may be with us before long. Dr. Smith contracted typhus fever early in the year, and for many weeks we were deprived of his service. It is with devout thankfulness that we welcome him back to the work for which he has such ~plendid qualities and to which he has devoted himself so fully. We cannot speak too highly of all the Inembers of the staff who have so freely taken on all the extra work and carried it on so well. Besides a general hospital for men, our work includes training school for men nurses; General Clinic; Ophthalmic Clinic; Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic; Dental Clinic and Training School; Manufacturing Opticians. Hospital. There have been treated in the Hospital 924 patients who have. spent I5560 days in the wards, The splendid work done. by thenu1"ses and student nurses has made it possible to handle all the problems of a sick ward. They have aided the Doctor and made the work of the Hospital evange~ list a success as is shown in his report; 5 I were received into the chur~h on probation, and eight into full membership. Mr. Paihas preached to an audience of 221'37, and conducted a Bible. Class of 334 members during the year. He says in his report that he rejoices in this fruitful field of labor. Training School for Nurses. 1\Ilr8. Lewis reports that eleven students were received. The teaching force for the nurses'

91 classes was difficult to arrange owing to the illness and absence of teachers and pupils. Much very creditable work was done, but owing to the absence of a surgeon, the practical training of the operating room was <;leficient. Thanks are due to Miss Hopkins, Doctors Po and Yao fur work done on the. teaching staff. Eye Clinic. Peking has many busy spots but perhaps there. is none more lively than this clinic room during. its hours of work. The difficulty of conducting a 'mixed clinic for men, women, and childre,n is solved when they really wish to come. \Ve will welcome the day when this <;linic is better provided for, as it is much overcrowded; treatments were given ~n this clinic to "6584 people. There are so many desperately poor people who apply for treatment that we long for the day when we can offer free treatment to a larger number of people. The General Clinic has been in charge oi Drs. Po and Chang. Despite" the surroundings of this work it has been a successful year; treatments were given to 3846 people. vve have coveted a good equipment and a suitable location for this work. For many years we have said to this work. tt\ivhen we get our new building you will have your chance." We are looking to the Centenary gifts to free this work from the grave-clothes that have bound it all these vears. ~ The Ear, Nose and T/troat Clinic was opened by Dr. Smith last fall and has been carried on thro the year. The most startling and interesting case of the year came thro this clinic. A young woman with a tumor of the nasal cavities that filled the whole face, and pressed forward the face to such an extent that all resemb1ance to a human visage was lost. An operation was sllccessful in saving life and restoring some of the lost beauty. The Dental Clinic and Training School opened in November of last year, and has convinced us that this special clinic has come to remain with us. Other Hospitals are feeling the need, and asking that students be taken in for training. There are splendid possibilities in this work which we hope the future will allow us to develop. Vii e should prepare space for 25 operating chairs and all the laboratory space that is necessary for this work. \i\ihen :the Chinese

92 realize that Piety" Push, and J''ltriQtisJl1 -whl be furthered by the tooth brush and the denti$t~ they Will be asking foj this department.. The M anufacturit,tg part of the Optical Department ha~ been for some years in charge of Dr. Stuart. ThIs depaf"tment is sending out work to near1y all the provipces 9f China and Korea, and has become very necessary to the working of the Hos'pita!. Stati~tics Inpatients General clinic new patients Eye Clinic " " Dental Clinic Outcalls _ Total. Treatments General Clinic Eye Clinic. Dental Nose and Throat Outpatient Visits Ophthalmic Dept Total Treatments. With the promis~ of adequat~ support and eqtlipl11~nt the future seems full of promise for this work. There nlay be many Hospitals as ~eu or better prepared for work then this one, but for the work we are trying to do there will always be room. We thall~god for all the experiences of the pqst, and ask for wisdom thilt we may ~QQW hqw to abound in the spirit of ltelp~lll service.

93 - 89- WqD1~" Foreip Missionary ~~~y Peking Woman}s- Bible Training School:-We enrolled fifty women this year, graduated eight, and two of our former graduate& cpwpleteq the course at the Union Training School at 'feng Shih ~'ou. On account of fiu and sickness a~d deaths ~mong oqr w()men, the children, and our- teachers, it was sqmetimes difficult to carryon our regular work, but we did s-tlcceed in doing so, and to take our part in the week of evangelism. We are grateful to the China Medical Board for the use of our school premises rent free during the year, and to the Stewart Fuud for its gifts. The branch school at Huangt' sun was in charge of one of our graduates. It was continued thro out the year, enrolling eighteen, and doing goorl work. We are still without any permanent location for onr ~choqi, no building, and almost no equipment. Will you not pray that we may very soon have them? Pel~ing Evangelistic W ork:-five Bible Women have been at work in the city. There have been five Study Classes in Which perhaps seventy women have received more or less instruction. Two of the classes were short-lived. There are two W.F.M.S. auxilaries in the city. North China Union Woman's College:-Increase in enrollment for the year has been ten regular students and three special ones, making a total of fifty enrolled in regular courses and eleven in special ones. Dr. Luella Miner is in America now for the purpose of putting the college on a new and better basis. In her absence Mrs. Alice Brown Frame is acting President. Two new teachers are expected this autumn, Miss Grace Boynton and Miss Ruth Chen, making a total of six foreign teachers on the faculty and four Chinese. The V.W.e.A. has been active and conducted a half day school for poor children. Almost five hundred dollars was raised for missionary work in Yunnan. Tile gir1~ also took part in the stud~llt pat!iotic mo.ve~ent, raising e1ght hundred dollars to be used 111 estabhs41ng a \,York shop for womep. - Ma.ry Parter Gamewell School:-Three months Q~ wor}{ is a very short experience npon whjch to write a year's repprt,

94 -'90 - but as I look: back upon that s~ort time lfeel as if enough had happened to, fill up one whole year.. We felt the absence of Miss Gilman and Miss Watrous very much, and yet wish them both a happy, restfulfurlongh. Miss Baugh, Miss Hobart, and Miss Jaquet have been invaluable helpers, really carrying the heavy end of the work. The Chinese faculty and students have been most loyal to us and to each other, and took their full share in the patriotic move: ment which swept all China this Spring. Our regular work was suspended for the three upper classes only, so that our seven seniors graduated from Middle School without a commencement. Twenty girls received Higher Primary diplomas and twenty-four Lower Primary diplomas. The girls have done good work in their Y.W.C.A. brganization and for the Red Cross. Death has taken one girl and through the kind attention of Dr. Leonard and our hospital many sick ones have been restored to health. We are very thankful to Dr. Preutis for such' careful attention given to the girls in caring for their teeth, and to Dr. 'Smith and staff again in caring for their eyes. The total enrollment for the year has been two hundred and sixty-two, and the total receipts in :Mexican $ Peking City Day Schools:-The school ill the East City has been very full, sometimes numbering ever ninety. It shows what a large school we can have in this section~ and the great need for our own property. The total enrollment in all the eight schools was 373. One of our needs is to open a kindergarten in every pla~e where there is a day school. One step upward in our work is the fine institute to be held in the summer for all teachers of primary schools. It is onr purpose to make it possible for our girls to attend. The Jewell 'Kindergarten.-This year there were 33 children in the Kindergarten, more children than last year because we have' a new room. In the Spring the children made a garden and enjoyed watching the things grow. The closing day we had an exhibit and the children told', and acted out a Kindergarten story.

95 -91 - Two of our Methodist girls have been graduated from the Union Kindergarten Training School. One is to have charge of the Jewell Kindergarten this next year, and the other will teach in the Union Training School.. Union Medical College for rvomen.-last autumn a new class entered consisting of eight members; also four students were received from the Soochow Medical College. This made a total enrollment of 55 throughout the year. The College catalogue was revised in February to make the minimum of entrance requirement at least two years of college work. On June 7th seventeen students were graduated from the school. This number is almost double the sum total of all the former graduates. Many grave considerations have been before us during the year such as affiliation with the Peking University, closer cooperation with the other Boards comprising the union, etc. Our needs are many: additions to the faculty, new dormitory and laboratory buildings" and more adequate equipment are needed at once. God has guided and blessed in the past; He is willing to guide in the future, so we go forward trusting in him. Sleeper Davis H ospital.-early in the fall when the schools were fairly started the pandemic influenza reached us, The Hospital nurses were the first very sick patients. Following closely the Gamewell school girls and the Medical College students came down in scores. Providentially none of the students died during this epidemic, though some were desperately ill. In the Hospital during the year, 987 patients were taken care of, with a total of 36 deaths. This does 110t register the complete death roll, however, as some patients were removed to their homes when friends saw that they would not recover. In the Outpatient Department 5521 new patients were seen, the total number of Dispensary treatments being 17,66g. Calls were made during the year in 1847 homes and 2238 patients received treatement. The North China Union Training School for Nurses. has had twenty-five pupils this year at the Sleeper Davis Hospital and ten at the Dow Memorial Hospital.

96 -~- The cpurse of st~qy h~ ~en. ext~nded this year, now :coyjering fo~r years in pospit~l service. We ht!\"e in the past,~~mitt~d g~rls ~h9 were K40 Teijg grijdu~tes. Because of the demand lor graduates to go into TrElip.i~g SchQols as teachers, we strongly reco~mend that ahy girl ~pplyi~g for tr~ining first finish the high school course. W.e are ~s~i~g for a N. urses' Home and Training School building t~is year.

97 SHANHAIKUAN DISTRICT CH'rNG SHOU, District Superintendent. J. L. KEELER, Missio1tary in (harge. The District as a big harvest field. The district is situated between the two provinces of Chihli and Fengt'ien. As a highway of communication it has an area of 3820 square miles occupying the four hsiens; namely, Lin-Vii, Fu-ning, Ch'angli and Sui-tsung, with a population of 710,000. There are twenty churches already established and the total number of Christians is That is to say one church is to cover 178 square miles and one Christian among every group of 478 heathens. A comparison of this kind reveals the fact that the harvest is too great for the few workers. It is our sincere hope that the Lord may send more efficient workers to reap the harvest. The General circumstances of the Churches. I. Ch'ienwei. Rev. Liu Yung Sheng is in charge. Being a diligent and faithful worker he makes an advancement in everything he undertakes in the church. Lihot'un, an out station of eh'ienwei, also makes some progress though a pastor is lacking. 2. Ch'ienso. Mr. Lin Shou Shan works in Ch'ienso partly teaching and partly preaching. The condition of the church is promising. 3. Shihnienchai. The progress made in the church of Shih-men Chai this year is largely due to the harmony and co-operation between the venerable Rev. Li Wei Yung and his church members. The two out stations of this church are Hangt'uying and Chnts'aoying. (a) Huangt'uying. Mr. Wu Yii Hsi has the charge of the church in addition to his teaching work. Being an intelligent teacher and fervent preacher he has made some progress in his work during this year. (b) Chuts'aoyillg. This station is under the manage.;. ment of Mr. Chu Tiell Yuan \\ ho works both as a preacher and as a teacher~ Certain advancement has been made in the church (lilring th'is year.

98 Haiyang., Alr-. Li En Hsi carries the--double work of teaching and preaching. The con-clition of the church remains as it was last year. S- Shenho. Mr. Chang Yu En knows how to preach as well as how to teach. Through the co-operation and sympathy with his church members there is an -increase of membership and better cond:tion in the church. 6. Funing. Mr. Po Min is really a hard worker in the field of our Lord. An Evangelistic \Veek was held during which marty people attended the meetings. As a result the church has made a great forward step in spiritual life. The only out-station of this circuit is T'aiying where there is no preacher this year. Several leading church members have taken up the management of the church in their hands and preserved the status quo of last year. 7. Ch'angli. The two churches, one inside the city and the other outside, are under the direction of Re.v. Liu Yueh and Rev. Hao Te An respectively. They are faithful in the service of th~ Lord and painstaking in all sorts of evangelistic work, such as going around villages and visiting the homes of church members. An Evangelistic Week was held in February atwhich Rev. Liu Fang, the district Superintendent of Peking, was the speaker. In the large audience which totally numbered 8000, many hearts were touched. The result was that fifty entered the church on probation and one hundred and fifty joined as inquirers. There are two outstations in connection with Ch'angli. (a) Kepo. Rev. Wang He Nan, though retired for advanced age, still takes fnll charge of the church. This is somethii1g to be admired and appreciated by us fellow workers. (b) Liushonyillg. Mr. Li Yil~g works as a volunteer in the church as there is no preacher appointed. 8. Shihkechuang. Rev. KJang Yung Ruei, experienced and entbusiatic, is the pastor of the church. After a revival meeting held there four men joined the church as probationers. The church at Shihkechuang has good prospects before her. This circuit has two out stations. - (a) Chiangkechuang. We are sorry to say that ~here is- no pastor and nosuitableplace for the worship of God in Chiangkechuang. Not being disappointed, the Christians

99 - 95- the.mselvespromised to giye $130 for the building of a church with the sincere hope of getting some help from the mission to make up the deficit. It is also earnestly hoped that a preacher may be sent there to further the cause of Salvation. (b) Liutaichuang. The native Christians rent a small house with three rooms as a temporary temple of God. They have raised the sum of $95 for the putting up of a church and expected the mission to fill up the financial deficiency. This fact evidently shows that they are in earnest. 9. Paiyiichuang. Mr. Lin Yueh Chi performed the two fold work of teaching and preaching and the work is certainly a success. The Christians, though few in numbers are devout in the worship of God. 10. Lienfengshan. Mor. Wang Shu Ch'ing works hard at his post. During summer times foreign friends conduct the Sunday service, while the rest of the year is taken up by himself. The church is now on a self-supporting basis 11. Shanhaikuan. Mr. Shang "V en Chin has the charge of the church. Full of love for service, with a kindly disposition towards all, he gives up his energy unreservedly to the work of the church. During the year Rev. C. P. Wang twice visited the church. During his first visit he gave inspirational talks to students which resulted in ISO young men signing their names to study the word of God every day. The second visit was spent in giving lectures to preachers on patriotism. The, whole audience was touched and unanimously decided to hold daily noon prayers for their country. Rev. 'Te and Rev Wu, though retired due to advanced age, are still active in the service of the Lord. The other leading members of the church have all participated in the different activities of the church. (1) Day Schools. Apart from the sixteen which we administer and from which we draw our higher grades, there are more than ten others with which we have friendly and visiting relations though under Government administration;.they also send -l.}s not a few students. There are still many cities, towns aond villages in which we could open day schools with much profit to the church and country and no injustice or opposition from the Government. But we should have money enough to put up or remodel and fully equip

100 .::.:- 96 ~ the school so that it would be a ctedit to the church and country ~ Both the President and 'Inspector of County schbols have joitied our church, and not a few of the teachers. Several of our students are now teaching in the Govertunent scbools at a much better salary that we can give them. Here is a: great field for a lnissionary educator to move about freely alliong these Mission and Government schools, teaching, lecturing, showing them some good pictures, directing their athletics. In a word, by such contact, thousands of teachers, students and parents alike will hear what we have to say about our God and Saviour, read the Bible, and join the church. (2) We have stressed the work in the two centers at Changli and Shanhaikuan during the last year and the results fully justify the policy of the "Intensive vs Extensive." The heads of the various departments at Changli will report for themselves. (3) The Shanbaikuan City work has grown steadily. The church during the last year has been cauying as many as 8, 12, and 15 cottage prayer-meetings in the homes of the Christians both ill the city and villages. To the regular schools for boys and girls, both lower and bigher primary, with the regular vacation summer schools with a chancl:.': for poor boys to work their way, some special city work, street meetings, and a "rag-a-muffin" Sunday School with an attendance of about 200, classes for men and women in the Bible and Phonetic Script, (a short alphabet of 39 Chinese letters by which illiterates of ordinary intelligence can learn to read and write in from ten to twenty days) we have added a hospital and dispensary, with two Chinese doctors with degrees M. D. (4) Summarised as follows. (a) Staff increased. from 2 to. 22 llot including student teachers and voluntary workers. '(b) Congregations increased from 30 to upwards of 400;. (c) Boys Day-School' attendance from 13 to 56; loca] receipts ftom $0 to $150 per year... (d) Girls boarding school attendance 5 to 65; tocal receipts froid $0 the first twb terms to $037 the last two terms.

101 -97- '~e) :Boys' Hi~ber Primary' '65; local receipts last term $1790. (f) Middle. School two terms 60; local receipts total $3462. (g) Hospital and Dispensary opened in April; no report till end of year. (5) We had hoped to add an industrial school this fall,. ioward which the Chinese friends and merchant::; have pledged.about $5000. Honly we had a Missionary with a genius for teaching trades we could accept this challenge and provide: for the poor children of our church 111embers. But in this case the man is of more importance than the money. (6) The Centenary program has occupied most of our time during the year and to good advantage spiritually and -financially. Now with the world at peace, the new world program of the Inter Church World before us, we may truly "expect great things from God and attempt great things for,god. " (7) To our home and many Chinese friends we are deeply indebted for all the moral and financial support you.have given us tluoughout the couference year, and without which we would be of all men the most helpless and the most -miserable. We tha1lk God and take courage and pray for greater faith and more abundant works il: the year before us. New Membership 159 'Children baptised 38 New Probationers 243 Inquirers I500 'Tithers.. 67 ~ledged Petsonal Work. 100 Bibles and portions (sold by voluntary worker~) Self Support Missions 'Centenary Pledges and cash Girls (Boarding) local receipts Boys Higher Primary Union :Middle School....$170 5

102 -98 - I The Changli Middle and Higher 'Primary School. H~N RY H. ROWLAND, Principal. The past 'year has added to the spice of life, for we never had the "fiu" before nor a student strike. Never before has O:U,r school had as many as 130 sttldents in the spring term, nor have we before ended a school year with a balance of over, $600 in the school treasllry. " The "flu" didn't stop ali our classes, tho one third of the' student body was affected at onetime. We lost onr brightest. student and our 1110St beloved teacher thrn the epidemic. : The student strike saved the teachers in all departments, the work of giving examinations and correcting papers. Our graduating classes, numbering fourteen in the Middle School and fourteen in the Higher Primary, were given their diplomason the ba~is of the monthly examinations. Other features of the year are as follows: Two sons of our country magistrate have been taking courses in the school this last term. A Summer School with a total registration of twelve has been conducted this summer. Our Volunteer Band, organized by Rev. Ting Li Met last autumn, has now twenty members and has done weekly preaching in the surrounding villages. Our first Interclass Track meet, held in May, w~s a great success, bringing out as contestan~ one half of the student body, and preparing our athletes f~r a dpuble victory in a Middle and Higher Primary track and field meet with 8hanhaikuan schools. Our Association Football Team defeated the Lanh~ien, Telegraph School team in a very interesting match. We are deeply grateful to all our praying and contributing friends for the help that has made possible the new features of our work and the: spi~i.t~la~ tone of the school, which has never been higher than now. This next year we are planning to 'begin the teaching of physics, using: our shrp1us to' buy n~eded apparatus. We hope to introduce 'the nse of the new national phonetic writingsystem, and to adopt. the full pt=ogram of. the Chihli-Shaosi Christian Educational.Association, so.far as.possible.

103 --99 ~ Changli H~pital. J. H. BALDWIN, Supt. Dur lliost conspicuous -advance this :year was in the number of operations with general anesthetic. We had I5z this year as compared with 102 the year before. This is the largest number ever reached by our hospital, to the best of my knowledge and belief, and: while not large for a large hospital it isn't so bad for a one man hospital. This year, for some reason unknown to me, we have had an unusual number of accident cases from the railway. They have been brot in from some distance each side of Ch:~mglL Few, if any were due to any fault of the railroad authorities,. but were due to the carelessness or recklessness of the passengers. Some w:ere stealing rides and got off while the train was in motion. Others were on the track to get coal sweepings from the empty coal cars. One woman was walking on the track and probably tried to commit suicide. But in every case which came to the notice of the railroad authorities and which they sent to the hospital, they paid for the care of the patient. Some of our notable visitors were Mr. & Mrs. Roan, Mr. & Mrs. Myers, Dr. Ch'eu Wei P'ing. Dr. Brown, and Mr. Fahs. All institutions have more or less trouble at different times. It was well proven that our most trusted helper wa!' dishonest so we allowed him to resign, not caring to make a public example of him. The affair seemed to clear the air wonderfully for awhile. For the second half of the year for which we are reporting we have been trying to get a Chinese graduate doctor, but had been unsuccessful at the end of the year. We havesecured a nurse from the Peking l\fethodist Hospital who came just after the close of the year. We h~ve sellt a student to Dental School. Has finished one year. We are hoping for great things from the Centenarynew wards and rooms for helpers, a new Chinese luan doctor, a new Chinese lady doctor, a doctor and a nurse from home and residences for them.

104 ~ 100- Woman's Foreign Miuionary Society THREE EASTERN DISTRICTS Day-5chools. There are. 23 schools, an ~dvance of two over l~st year. These 11ave a total registratiol: of 486, and a larger proportion than last year are old pupils, indicating a longer length of time spent under the influence of Christian teachers. There are five new schools and 22 places asking that schools be established. Only money is lacking. The course of study has been lll()dified so as to follow more closely the curricululn of t1le Chihli-Shansi Christian Education Association. There is a. marked decrease in the number of bound feet.even among non-christian children, and an ad vance in self-support.. For the first time, there are several schools where tuition is required. Woman'. Work. There are seventeen Bible women doing evangeli~tic work among the villages, and in the homes.of the d~y school pupils. One faithful Bible woman, Mrs. Ti Yii P'ing, died last fall, and her sweet spirit and earnest service are greatly ltlissed in every place where she has worked. Each district has a branch training school where women are received who have never studied at all. There were about forty students in these schools this year. Thompson Training School At Ch'angli. There has been a total registration of 64 in this school. During the influenza epidemic all the teachers and all but two of the pupils succumbed to the disease. The second term, because of illness on the part of all the teachers and the principal, the school was obliged to close three weeks early. There were five graduates in June, all of whom expect to teach in day schools. All thel'upils helped in the forward movement leading up to the Week of Evangelisln ill February.. Cbangli A.lderman School Brief. The Alderman School during the year of-19is-19i9 progressed along the following.lines: I. Graduated first grammar grade class 2. Dropped all Primary Grade work 3. Added a limited Normal Course

105 Added a missionary 5. Chinese Teachers are all High School Graduates 6. Girls went into homes for Christian work 7. Added reading table and library managed by pupils 8. Increased in self support by $ (Mex.) Shanhaikuan City. Population I 00,000. The Church is half a mile from The Great Wall and has been enlarged four times in six years. A larger building is needed on West Street and four more Mission Hans and dispensaries in the suburbs, especially in the Sonth which is reeking in wickedness of all kinds. There should also be six more evangelists to give direction to this work. There are several government schools both for boys and girls and the Methodist Church has three schools fpr boys and one for girls as well as a Bible school for women. Primary Boarding School at Shanbaikuan. This schoo) has had an enrollment of 58, including quite a nl1mher of day pupils. It is advancing ill standards of scholarship and along spiritual and-inoral lines under the guidance of Mrs. Ch'ing and :Mrs. Yang, assisted by efficient teachers. T~elve girls from the kao teng department will enter the Alderman School atch'angli ill the fall.

106 T AIANFU DISTRICT.,'.,. Kuo YING, District Superintendent P. O. HANSON, Missionary in Charge.: Our Field :.-Y ou have heard of. the' gqod brother who said ".We will now pray for those in the uninhabited parts of the world." He was not referring to the Taian district where two million people will learn of Jesus Christ only through the faithful testimony of th,e Methodi~t workers. A little rectangular district 40 by 100 tuiles with the oldest sacred mountain in- the world right ill the center. Annually thonsands of pilgrims come as worshippers to our mountain and thus become a part of our parish., Our Force:-There are 55 Chinese members of our District Conference, to which number may be added the teachers, doctors and.women workers, making a tohl force of about 90 who are definitely seeki"ng to advance' the'interests of the Kingdom within the bounds of the Taian District. Our leader, the District Superintendent Rev.Kuo Ying, thongh not a product of onr schools, is a man with a rear religious experience. When 'as a young man he accepted Christ, his father was so much displeased that he threatened to beat the boy to death. The young convert did i10t waver but knelt that night to commit his life to 11im who said HHe that loveth father more than me is not worthy of me." The pastor of onr largest church came to the work of the mission at very great sacrifice and now after twenty years work does not receive half the salary that he had as a young- man in work outside. This year one of onr men had an offer of a position with a business firm in Tientsin where he would have received fonr times his present salary but ne declined the offer, choosing rather to suffer affliction with his people in Shantung than to enjoy the pleasures that would come with the good position in the great city. We have no men of especial ability, 110 returned students trained abroad, but there is a measure of devotion to the work tb~t has brought some results. Missionary Staff:-We welcomed Miss Greer to our force this year and she has used the time wisely wrapping her tongue around the Shantung sounds in preparation for

107 the work that awaits her on the two districts. No other additions were secured for the foreign staff. Dr. Filley went.on furlough and although there were forty-three foreigners of whom sixteen were children, fifty miles from the nearest foreign physician, no doctor was sent to our station. The Flu ~ame and gripped hundreds of our Chinese, some of the foreigners, and thousands arouud the districts. There was a silver lining to the cloud as the experience gave us a chance to learn of the skill of the Chinese physician, our Dr. Yang, who has done wonderful work throughout the year. We learn with joy however that relief is coming and that the doetorless.days for Taian are ended. The writer of this report i5 leaving soon for furlough and these district duties must fall on shoulders already heavily loaded until others come over to help us. Political Situation:-During this conference year the brigands have plied their trade over the district much to the distress of the people. They have occupied our church buildings as headquarters in some places using our men as their servants. One of our pastors was able to exercise the healing art and cure the brigand chief whose gratitude was shown in remarkable clemency toward the people there. Another pastor had a son taken and held for ransom. When the city of Feicheng was threatened, the wives of onr men went into the city where they took refuge with Mrs Liu one -of our members who is ill charge of a school. Later the brio-allds entered and sacked the cit". Onr ladies climbed ove~ a wall and entered the Confucia;l temple hidillg behind the image of the great sage; fortunately they were 110t found though the 1110b did enter the temple. It is not too much to say that a reign of terror prevailed over the greater part of the district during the first 1110nths of the conference year. It is easily understood that brigandage does not contribute to the advancement of mission work. Then when relief came from the brigands the grasshoppers came and took the millet, the bugs got t)1e beans, and the drought the rest. Naturally this has all had a bearing on the matter of collectiollsfor the year. The Boycott movement was warmly supported by the suffering Shantung people. No doubt the fact that it was generally understood that brigands got inspiratio.n and

108 -1~equipment.from a foreign land added to the zeal of the :boycotters. It was delij:!htful to see the interest manifested' by the people even 'in the places remote from. rail ways and great centers. Two great waves of emotion seemed to reach. every village, one of love and one of hate. It is hoped that this new patriotism may outlive the hatred now so intense and justified. May the good Lord save Chhla from the deadly ~ip of her own traitorous rulers and from those outsiders from' Orient aud Occident who seek her destruction and partition. The Centenary:-Putting on the Centenary program' has been the big task of the year. This is a very different: proposition down in conservative Shantung thail in the great.city 'centers and in the luore progressive places. This was appreciated four years ago at Nanking when it was agreed, that but little above the actual advance i.n self-sl1~port could be expected from the outside districts. Our people have not. travelled abroad to see the wonderful developments of the Church in other lands. Our members are largel~y from the' poorer classes of the people and there are no men of great wealth within our boundaries. Big gifts for benevolences have been heard of only from the lips of the missionary'. News of four-figure contributions in the cities fell on doubt ing ears in Shantung.. Effective cultivation has been given 'and some results have come. The gentry at Feicbeng have promised $10,000 if we will put three times that amount withit and estabhsh an institutional church in that place with some industrial work that will provide an iucome for runningexpenses of the institution. The friendly co.operatiol1 of the leadets il~ this,ana other places has been quite u.nexpected. Undoubtedly a by-product of the Centenary in Shantung will he the winning of some of these key-men who in someplaces I 11ave found not far from the Kingdom. Wheu new fuuds for the district begin to come froin home it wiu be a gr-eat magnet to draw from our people the $20,000 ple.dged frodil Taian di~t{ict for the five yea!" period. Some Needs:--Our equipment on this district is in no place what it ought to be. Institutional church and.comnll1nity :center are the words we bal~e been talking through the yeats and have written into the Centenary.. We touch.a!small 'nlt'llnber <of chhdrel1 in oor schools and reach a smaller'

109 number of adults in the public services. We must have something for each class, be able to really serve society. Our oft repeated policy has been to have three well trained Chinese leaders in each circuit directing respectively the evangelistic, educational, and medical work. A host of other men and women will be needed too w.ith a minimunl of foreigners to' give some direction to the work and showing how it should be done. Jt is 110t necessary to itemize the financial needs at each place as these facts are already where they will receive due attention from an awakened church. Shantung Conference:-The last two district conferences at Taianfu have taken action requesting that the work in Shantung should be set off as an Annual Conference. The situation is certainly one that suggests such action. Twelve -counties with four million people located 309 miles from the rest of the North China Conference. Our Church is organized in that territory with perhaps 125 employed workers with 4000 members and probationers and all the tail of the distant Peking kite. Shantung has had perhaps two days of a Bishop's time in each quadrennium while Board secretaries come occasionally. Though more than forty years of age the church in Shantung is still tied to its mother's apron strings and is not allowed to set up housekeeping for itself. It will be a glad day when the New York office says "Shantung Annual Conference" instead of thinking of this great region as a sn1a11 part of another conference which needs but that small support. It will mean mnch too when among the well organized missions in Shantung, Ollr Methodist Cllllrch can also hold up its head because receiving due recognition from our ecclesiatical powers. The history of Hinghua, Kiangsi, and Yenping all show the value of giving opportunity for local organization and development. Progress:-The list of appointments this year will show perhaps ten more preaching places than were there two years ago. Rented or borrowed headquarters are being used generally but the Gospel is being preached regularly. We this year establish two new circuits and.the policy calls for two more circuits a11<1 the setting off of another district next year. Self-support has increased more than three-fold during the quadrennium. There are now eleven members on this district to one fifteen years ago. Continued increase on this

110 scale win give an intelligent hea!ing of the Gospel message in this generation to all for whom we are responsible. Miss Adams has secured additional funds so that. she is undertaking to offer training to the wives of our, teachers while the men will be taken by Dr. Dildine into,a department for Bible Training ill the boarding school.. The more mature and promisi ng candidates will still be sent, to Peking, though eventually this training may well all be done in Taian. The recent district conference indicated a fine spirit among the workers and a determination to press the battle more vigorously than ever before,-phonetic for the adult, the school for the child,,the Gospel to the last man. The Future:-The chief task on the Taian district is one of intensive development because our field is relatively small. The one new field to be entered is the great city of Tsinan. Our Centenary estimate did not meet the approval of the committee but we are writing it into the Inter-church Movement. Other missio11s are covering the country districts around Tsinan but there is yet opportunity to enter the city with a great institutional church. When set off as a Conference we win of course join in the work of the Shantung Christian University. Future plans for the Taian district shoqld give large place to our opportunity in Shantung's capital. Taianfu Middle and Higher Primary Schools HARRY G. DILDINE, P-rincipal Our year began, with the first use of {)ur fine new bllildino', A sufficient number of clean, spacious, wel1-1ighted ro~ms has contributed llluch to the ease and effectiveness of our classroom work. Both students and teachers have felt a daily appreciation for the kindness and 'wisdom of those in~o whose labors they have entered. To ()ur well-ventilated and otherwise sanitary quarters is it due" in large measure, that our experience \yit~ tl1eiufiuel1za, t.ouch,ing as the disease did nearly every one of our hoys. and teachers,' was hardly mote 'serious than to ca~se us the loss of three 9r fonr weeks of. tiine., It;ltlie cas(9f q,tlb:'9n~ t~~l(~her, whose infl.uertza was -'complicateq.with. pneti~tl.onia, di,d we hav~ one approach the poin't of - danger to his life, though no sina-h llumber in the

111 villages about us were finding the disease fatal. Our enjoyment of this new building will be so much the more complete when we shall have erect~d the new dormitories and dining rooms that will some day take away from the place where we hold our regular classes the unavoidable confusion and inconvenience attending the accommodation of the one place to so many and such diverse uses.. Throughout the year we have kept up a constant pressure upon the local carpenters to get them to finish for us, the beds, chairs, tables, and desks needed for classrooms and dormitories. Our enrollment has not been large, one hundred and forty boys for the first term and one htlndred and fifty for the second, but we have not yet caught up in the matter of furniture with our enrollment. It has been possible for us to have really individual work in only a part of onr classrooms and for omy a part of the time. It has been possible to have a supervised assembly room evening study period only during the second half year since the supply of seats has given us the use of our fine assembly room. We are hoping some day, for the sake of the stronger light and steadier illumination, to have this room lighted by electricity. The expense ought not to be prohibitive, and the.machinery would be a valuable addition to OllT equipment from the standpoint of its educational uses.. At the same time, to do away with the small individual oil lamps in the sleeping rooms, would afford a very reasonable sort of fire insurance. It has been impossible to forget that we are looking in the direction of self support as our goal. vvith 110 appropriation for the institution since J alluary, 1919, and with less -that $810 Mex., coming in as special giftes for current work since June, 1918, we have been forced to seek by all fair means to bring the receipts from the student::; up to the very highest figure possible. In spite of the fact that we have given almost constant atten.tion to this phase of school -administration throughout t.he year, it has been impossible to get nearer to our goal than a deficit of $rooo J\1ex. From students and their :Chinesefriellds for board and tuition, the receipts fall' short of th~. CO$t of their board and heat and,light by alm~st four: hundr~d. douars. Taking into account. both.. the drafts coming. to.us through, our treasurer's office.andthe funds.,coming to us directly from the contributors,

112 -tab ---, and assuming that these foreign- funds be applied to the support 6f our teaching staff, 'here again our expenditut'e exceeds our income by' aoout "$650. Try as we may; the problem still looks serious.. We have missed very much the counsel and assistance of one of the experienced workers in the school. Even with half of his time given to the.circuit, and with fine spirit shown by the other teachers,.the natural thing, we soon discovered, was to look to l\fr. Wen with a strong feeling of dependance. It was ouly with a feeling of reluctance that we acknowledged the claims of the. Taiall Circuit npon the remaining half of his time and consented to forego the benefit of his constant leadership in the school. Our,senior class has numbered but four. Two ef these young men expect to enter the preparatory school at Peking this term. Taian has afield, with proper equipment promptly bronght into use, for an unusual work and a very bright future. The school bears from its foundations and from its past years marks of high and worthy ideals and commendable leadership.. May our next year bring 11S nearer to those ideals than has the past. Taianfu District DaYlchool. PERRV O. HANSON The year has been u11eventful. We have been trying to keep a lot of schools llloving and improving though we h ave had 110 'money' nor proper snpervi.sion. We believe thoroughly ill the institution of the Higher Primary school system and hope that it may' be strengthened as it will be when CentenarY'funds appear. These schools are essential for the real development of tj:te Middle School at Taiall but their use is much more than as factories for the Inaking of candidates for the higher school. There are great possibilities of making these schools.into useful community centers where service may be rendered to ~he people. round about, where the pb6rtetic system of writing and reading may be taught to many; of the people, wherel~rary and reading room may be sustained, where a stereopticon. may be used with sets of

113 - logpictures circulating around the district, where talks 011 subjects of practical value to society such as foot-binding, hygiene, cigarette smoking, etc., may be given. All these of course in addition to the common duties of the school and the constant emphasis upon the Gospel message fot the individual and society. Wit~l such institutions scattered over Qur territory, results will come. There are six Higher Primary and sixteen Lower Primary schools on the district. The appropriation for the year has been $120. When Centenary funds are actually in hand it will be possible to secure fine financial co-operation in many places where we will develop model school~. There is great need of su pervisiol1 for this school work on the district in order that standards may be raised and adequate support secured. \Ve need for these schools a number of scholarships at $50 each in order that the graduates may enter the Middle school at Taian. A class of six which finished the course at the Anchia-ch nang school last J nne will all be prev~nted from further study unless help is given. It is interesting to note that ill this country where educational standards are low even these Grammar school graduates, head and shoulders above the great majority of the people, are able to make real contribution to the work of the church. I have just been told that one such young man from Shantung has now passed a better examination for entrance to Conference than several college graduates. We want t6 see. these Higher primary schools multiplied al1d greatly improved and hope that the Conference Board of Education may make this possible by a new progressive policy. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Edna Terry Training Schuol:-We have had an average attendance of fifteen in the Training School the past year. There has been a real advance made in class-room work. Our effort to make the women see that we mnst have good preparation is being appreciated by them. We are looking forward to this coming year with keen anticipation, when we hope to graduate five splendid women.

114 I II - ):10- Pilgrim and City Work:-Classes have been held three times a week. for our church women to learn to read. The Bible woman. and I have spent one afternoon a week in calling on the church members. 'Ve have had five outside Sunqay Schools every Sunday afternoon. Over twenty-one thousand women heard the Gospel story in the Tai Miao tent during the pilgrim season. Woman's Work on Taianfu and Yenchowfu Districts: Early' in November we invited all the Bible women in to a conference at Taianfu. We had a splendid program of methods, conrses ang inspirational addresses. We did not'get into the country as we had hoped 'We would. The country evangelistic work is the most poorly organized of all the,,'ork in Shantung. We must have a complete change in workers; until we do, we cannot expect results. Maria Brown Davis School:-The total enrollment has been one hundred and fifty-three. Just after the beginning of school, we were overtaken by the" flu." As we had no, docter, things looked pretty serious. Sixty were in bed at one time. God was good to us however, and although many died around us, the lives of all our children were spared.. In Jan.uary 1\1iss DilJenbeck went home on furlough and Miss Greer came to take her place. She was gladly welcomed and has been a great help.. Twenty-one have entered the church, fourteen by baptism and seven received on probation. There were ten in the graduating class. Six will go to Peking for higher work and the others will teach day schools.

115 TIENTSIN DISTRICT CHEN HENG TE, District Superintendent. J. H. PYKE, Miss onary in Charge For many years the work on the part of the district Qutside the cit)' has 11qt been encouraging. There has been very little illcrea~e in the. number of members and the contri. butions for self~support and benevolences have been very small. There are thirteen preaching places, three of which are in the city and ten on the part of the district outside the City. The total membership reported at last conferenc:e was 886. Of these 598 were in the city and but 288 on the rest of the district. The increase for the year just closing is mostly in the City and in Wesley Church.. Yet there are indications that a change for the better has begun, and the ontlook for both city and country is brighter. This is Dr. Chiu's second year as District Superintendant. The first was the year of the great flood when the largest part of the district was under water for many mouths. Preachers and members as well as the entire communities lost all their goods and were 011 the verge of starvation. Many perished. This year the work of recovery and readjustment has been strenuous and is not yet complete. It is necessary to remember these facts whell estimating the work of the year and in comparing the results with those of other districts. Dr. Chiu has had a very busy year and has done strenuous work along many lines. The preachers have caught some of his enthusiasm and have done more and better work with more hope and courage. REVIVALS. Soon after Conference, the preachers and a nnmber of lay members were gathered at Wesley Church for a week's meetings to hear the Centenary Campaign outlined and to pray and plan for the Evangelistic and Financial campaigns.there was much earnestness in prayer and in the end a strong determination to carry the message to their people and begin work at once. The Superintendent and-an Evangelistic Team visited all the points on the district and everywhere met with encouragement.

116 1,12 - Meetings were held in TillclnUlllg ~hat greatly revived the members of the Church and enrolled forty-five probationers and inquirers. The interest has keen kept up throughout, mos~ 9f the year, several meetings,,each week having been held f.~r prayer, Bible,study and testimony. Pastor Liu Kuang Ching plan'ned for a week of personal evangelism and induced some eighty or more of his tnembers to engage in the work. Many of them gave their time to it. On the Sunday at the 'end of the week a large congregation g'athered to hear the report of the workers. Over 170 inquirers had been enrolled. One woman had won ten persons. The workers were seated on the platform and the inquirers' were called forward to the altar. Fifty-two of the number were received on probation. Later a meeting of the entire Church was.called to plan for continuing the work. Ten bands were formed with twenty-five members each. Leaders were appointed and weekly meetings were planned for, to hear reports and for conference. West Gate Church had a week of special revival meetings with some encouragement, anti planned for meetings in the homes of the tnembers for prayer and Bib1e study and a weekly meeting in the Church. Street Chapel preaching was kept up each aft<r~nooll o~ evening. A number of, volunteers assisted the' pastor. Evangelist Liu Hsi San has spent a good part of the year ill assisting the pastors and local preachers in revival services and ~eports considerable success. A Bible Training Class was held in one of the statiells (Wang Chia Kiu) for the winter. Sixteen young men were in attendance and made good progress in their studies. Since their return home they.l~ave assisted in street chapel preaching, selling books and talking at markets.b~fore they attelldeo the Bible School they had neither the' knowledge nor the courage for testifying. Tbe Superintendent and pastors are much pleased with the work of the school and plan to keep it going each winter. The I best of the men will be sent to the Bible Institute in Peking fclt- further study' and training for the Ministry. Others who cannot go on will be very useful for preaching

117 - II3 and: Sunday School work in their home churches and communities. Primary Schools ("Day SchoDls") Of these there were fourteen with some 400 pupils. Ten of these are in the churches on the district outside the City. None of the teachers receives more than $6 per tnonth. More than half of this is provided from tuition and local contributions. Of course the best teachers cannot be secured for any such pittance. It is a starvation allowance. But the men doing the work are sustained by the hope of better things and the knowledge that th~y are doing a noble work~ We are planning for better pay and better trained teachers. Meantime we must not forget that much good has been and is being done. The Higher Primary and Middle School will be reported separately by those in charge. That. work has been developed and has come up through great trials and labors. But great things have been achieved, and we are facing the future with renewed hope.., We turn now to the Financial Part of the work. How has the, money to carryon these schools, the Evangelistic campaigns, support of the pastors, and the Bible Training School been provided? First we must mention a generous contribution from the Stewart Fund, from Mr. Blackstone. Second, the appropriation from the Missionary Society. nearly one fourth of the amount needed. Third, Special Gifts from several classes in the Sunday School of Central Church Detroit-also from sev~ral individual donors in other parts Qf the country. Fourth, from largely increased contributions from the local churches, and in case of the Boarding School, from friends of education. The increase from the Churches is due almost entirely to the Centenary campaign. The daring magnitude of the askings at home and abroad deeply impressed themind~ of the people. The program appealed to them to do their best to measure up to the opportunity.

118 -,114 - The itemized statement below will show more definitely what has been done. Subscriptions for the School and Building for $15,000 has already been paid in Dormitory $20,000 Wesley Church Subscriptions West Gate Church Subscriptions 2500 The District outside the City 2000 Total for Centenary This is m~ch more than was apportioned or expected. Collected from the Churches for the work for the year just closed: (Sept. 19I8 to Sept. I, 19I9) I919 -For Pastoral Support... $ Current Expenses Repairs,.... li6.00 Education Foreign Missions Home " (China) W. F. M.S Retired Local preachers For Charitable work..~57 00 " " " " " " " " <? Baptisms (adults)..166 " ( children).. 59 Probationers (adults). 416,. (children) 1918 Increase $ $ (452 deficit) (75 deficit) (50 deficit) The losses by death and removal have been larger than usual this year so that the net increase is but 54 in membership and 66 in probationers. Total number of members " " "probationers

119 - IIS- One of our best preachers, Wang Liang, pastor of Litau, died during the summer. He had a somewhat checkered career, but the last few years had been doing well, improving each year. The last was the best of all. He was industrious, never shunning difficnlties or hard tasks, fearless and outspoken, sometimes giving offense, but winning men and bringing them into church. His place is not easy to fill. He leaves a wife and six children, the youngest born since his death. They have no property, house, land, home or relatives and are entirely dependent on the Church. We mourn with all the other districts in this Conference and with all the Conferences and a multitude of others in China, the great loss all we suffer in the death of our beloved Bishop Bashford. The Schools and Hospital will be represented by those in charge. I must not omit to mention the pleasure and ptofit we all derived from the visit of the Centenary Commission Drs. Soper and Fahs, Dr. and Mrs. Brown, Dr. and Mrs. M yets, :Mr. and Mrs. Roan, Dr. Gilliland, Prof. and Mrs. Neal. They brought to us information, sympathy and enthusiasm that has helped in the Centenary Campaign. In conclusion, permit me a personal word. Increasing infirmity makes it necessary for me to retire at this session of the Conference..I have not been able to do full work the past year and do not see any hope of i:nprovement. So after forty-seven years in the ministry and forty-six in this Mission field, I lay down the work I have enjoyed and still love and make way for a younger, stronger worker. I love China, the Cburch, my colleagues and associates, Chinese and foreign,-my brothers and sisters, and shall ever pray for the welfare and success of all. Tientsin Middle and Higher Primary School F. M. PYKE, Principal. With the closing of Conference Tientsin Intermediate enters upon its thirtieth year. I:n the Fall of 189t), on the fringe of the original French Concession, looking out over the waste of ponds and marshes where the new FI-eneh and Japanese settlements are 'oosllybuilding thei:r modern towns today. it was founded by

120 - 'I16 - Reverend Frederick Brown. One, I believe, of-the first buildings is still standing, surrounded by warehouses and.offices, mute sign' of the progress of three decades 'and of the forces which have swept the Dragon Flag and Manchu Throne onto the scrap heap. It is eight yt"ars since Reverend Burton St. J9hI'1 ln9ved the institution to its -present site at South Gate~ and the original bell which used to ring on Taku Road when the Bamboo regiments and Jingall brigades marched by to fight the Japanese in the Warof '93, is still with us, issuing the same insistent invitation to western learning and a new Faith. One has but t.o close the eyes and inwardly, review the events of these thirty years to feel the imagination lift atthe divine purpose manifest in them, and the record of the past twelve months is :filled with evidence.of God's powerful working. First we belie,re it was He who brought our District Superintendent to us two years ag.o, and it was certainly He who working through his tact and courage gathered to.the support of the institution the splendid group of men who now make up the Board of Directors. Each of them is a leader in his iield. and the fact that a Governor, two Generals, an Ex.Premier, and several millionaires are willing to have it known that they are interested in- a Christian school speaks volumes for the great change.:that is coming over the Chinese people in their attitude toward the I' Church and its wor~, and for the increasing support which in future will gathe~ to its institutions. In the second place we believe it was He who gave us our :first contract teacher, the first foreign,instruct.or the school.has ever supported. 'The little school-ma'am from Michigan has never for a moment been a bw-den to. us or to the Mission, and her infectious enthusiasm and capacity.for work have'revolutionized our methods.of teaching English and have won th'e hearts of all our students. The enrollment has gr.own alid receipts have increased. We have been able t.o meet her salarym.onth by m.onth without anxiety, and the success of this experiment f.or which we have been praying for so long gjves,a mighty,~ourage and a stron,g faith in the Providence which made it possible.'" In the third place God helped us in our Centenary Campaign -which in the.school took the form of subscripti.ons to make real the,~ormitor.. v wb.~ch has been.on paper for nearly three years. This b~ilding was to cost $215,0f). an.d th~part which we were to raise -9n the~1ield was $.2,500~, At this Wl'ithrg there have been fourteen gitts Qf $1000qr. over and s~l;u~criptions on the field now t.otal more than

121 -- 1I7 - $20,000. Most of this. ~um has come from the members of the Board of Directors, many of whom have given with magnificent generosity, notably the treasurer, Mr. Chang Pah-Iung, Chinese Manager of the Russo-Asiatic Bank~ who though not a wealthy man, gave $1500 himself and raised by subscription six hundred more. Mr. Yung-tao vice-chairman of the Board, Mr. Tsao the Civil Governor, his brother the Millitary Governor, the President of the Provincial Assembly Mr. Pien, ex-president Li Yuan-hung, Police Commissioner General Yang, Mr. Sun, President of the Tientsin Red Cross, Mr. Ning, dean of Chinese. business men, as well as many foreign firms, the Kailan Mining Co., Forbes & Co., Wilson &; Co., China American Trading Co., and many individuals, gave with a liberality which calls for the deepest gratitude. Work on the new building began in May. In June the American Minister, Dr. Reinsch, and President H. H. Lowry of Peking University, assisted at a distinguished gathering of Tientsin notables, in the laying of the cornerstone, and at the date of writing the beautiful structure, designed. by Cook and Anderson, the best of local architects, is under roof and gives promise of being ready for occupancy by October first. In closing we wish to express in addition to those mentioned above our thanks for the heroic service rendered by Dr. Ch'en Heng-teh, Mr. Wang Hou-chai, Dr. Wang Hsiang-ho and Mr. Li Wen-chung, and our appreciation of the cordial support of ex Premier Hsiung Hsi-Illig, H. E. Governor Tsao, Commissioner Hwang Jung-liang, Major W. S. Nathan~ Mr. John Dickinson, Mr. R. W. Buchan, Mr. F. R. Scott, Mr. E. R. Lowry, Mr. Chow Hsuehhal, }\fr. Kao Hai-chao, Mr. Chang Chan-ao and many others too numerous to mention at this time. We cannot refrain also from acknowledging the faithful service and loyal cooperation of the teaching staff. 3fr. Chiang's energy and tact are remarkable, and Mr. Mao, Mr. Tsai, Mr. Ch'en, Mr. Tu, Mr. Wang and Mr. Liu have all worked hard. Mrs. J. H. Pyke, Miss Frantz: Mrs. F. M. Pyke, Mrs. Kidney and Private Grayson A. Turner all carried classes during the year, giving their services freely without hope of rewar~ Special evangelist services were held both terms and altogether fully fifty students took a new stand. In the matter of current expenses the year has been a good one. We have to reco.rd. one large gift of a thousand dolla.rs from one who wished to remain anonymous but may be indicated as the third oldest member of the Conference with which to wipe off a deficit hanging over from: Flood

122 II days. On June 30 the apparant deficit onth~ year's work was $730. This was made,a subject ofrspecial and very earnest prayer and at the time of writing gifts from sundry sources and unlooked for savings have reduced the figure to below $200 and we hope and believe it will all be paid off. As much as is ever possible with an institution which serves so many poor, this has been a "paying" year and we lift our hearts in thanksgiving to the Heavenly Father who made it possible. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society In Woman's Work we have had six Bible women at work in our city and country. Mrs. Ch'en Pao Ho has ablo a very important part in our work. As we have 61 women probationers, one of our tasb for this year is to prepare these women for full membership, and this year we hope that will mean each WOlJlan can read her Bible, by using the phonetic. Another task is enlisting new young workers as we want the standard of Bible women to be raised. Primary Day Schools for Girls. There are five primary day schools for girls in Tientsin. Our average attendancejhaslbeen 192, which is an increase of 50 over last year for the same number of schools. As our present buildings are praetically filled to their capacity our greatest needs are for buildings, including one for higher primary, and for funds to open schools especially in the country. Keen School. This year we have had in all one hundred and twenty-eight pupils~ of whom thirty-three were in the Middle School, twenty in the Lower Primary, and seventy-nve in the Upper Primary. Ninety-nvehave been boarders. $6978 (Mex) has been taken in for board and tuition. The current expenses have been $8049, total expenses $9804. Gifts to the amount of over $4000 have been contributed by the Ohinese for the kindergarten. Isabella Fisher hospital. At the beginning of thc year Dr. Martin was called home.. Miss Gregg was not to return from furlough until November so we were compelled to begin the year without a superintendent of nurses. The six graduates nobly came to the rescue and took a great deal of responsibility. We made our first attempt 'at district nursing among the poor of this section of

123 fhe city, thc two nurses who had charge were able to interest some wealthy women who contributed to their work. During the Influenza epidemic we were very busy and even more so after a Chinese newspaper warned its readers that Ohinese medicine would be fatal to an in1luenza patient. A patient in our maternity ward gave birth to triplets nluch to the delight of our nurs"es. During the year three of our graduates have married, two have secured good positions, and two are still with us. We have no graduating class as the training course has been extended to four years. At the end of the year we welcomed a new interne, Dr. Chen from the Women's Medical College, Peking.

124 TSUNHUA DISTRICT. WANG HENG, District Superintenilent.. ~..' I G. R. DAVIS, Missionary in Oharge. This repor~ should give a concise but clear statement of conditions on the district and of work accomplished.. This would imply personal visitation and inspection of district affairs; if this be true then I am unable to give such a report. I have been unable to do work of any kind, being most of the year a prisoner chained to an armchair; I have not only been unable to visit the district but unable to secure prompt and satisfactory reports of district affairs. Having enjoyed good health through more than 45 years' of active work, I had steadily been building a hope or dream of beillg able to give 50 years of my life to the active work out here. Alas! for my fond hopes and foolish dreaming. Wer~ I a pious Mohammedan I would be constrained to says: "Alas! by the inscrutable will of Allah, I have been suddenly relegated to the missionary scrap-heap." As the year has gone by I have come to the eonclusion that my working day is over and done in China. The present district superintendent is new to his work, and has not yet learned the need of frequent report from his work. So between ullsatisfactory district reports, and continual calls for reports from the Rooms, the year has been one of weariness to the flesh and bitterness of th~ spirit. I want no more of it, and will be glad to be permanently eounted down and out. During last autumn the district suffered greatly from the iu:tluenza scourge;. over the district there were at least deaths; while many of the church members were afh'icted by the scourge there were 56 deaths among them. That section of the province was fortunate in having abundant autumn Cl'OPS and there was the sound of plenty in the land. The district superintendent and others made great efforts to place the centenary movement before all the churches. The members on nearly every charge became deeply interested, realizing that they were a part of a world-wide movement, and that a burden of responsibility' as givers was resting on them. On almost every charge the churches made liberal advances, especially toward self_ support. They pledged themselves to give $200 more than last year. I have heard that the autumn crops will be very poor owing to the lack of rain; what they will be able to give depends as

125 elsewhere in the world on their crops. Again at many of the market towns where we have been renting. places for our chapels, (always an unsatisfactory proceeding) our.. members have pledged themselves to raise liberal amounts toward the purchase and fitting up of suitable premises for all purposes of the work. For years our evangelistic work on the district has been.at a standstill, for lack of more funds. We have been compelled to drop rented places and to dispense with the services of preachers, and to watch wide opened doors closed against us, because of the lack of funds. But now since the centenary fund in the homeland has been so wonderfullyoversubscribed there is hope for better things. We trust that our work in the cities and throughout the country regions will soon receive those reasonable sums which will put new life along allunes of our efforts; that we may use more evangelists; that doors now ready opened to us may be promptly entered and that we will be able to extend our efforts to the bord(;rs of our districts and establish churches at all promising centers. I have, as the Chinese say, been compelled to eat grief through many years of service for lack of funds. Now that there is a promise of better times I will not be able to be a partaker of the better things. I am glad that others will not be so burdened as were the pioneers. As to the year's results in the ingathering of members, I have not at this date received any statistics. and so am unable to make. proper reports. As for myself, I see no prospect of su~h improvement in health as would enab.1e me to perform my duty, and feeling mentally and physically unfit to longer meet the demands of the work, I earnestly request to be relieved from all responsibility during the coming year and to be placed on the retired list. Statistics Probationers Baptized Adults Baptized Children Received into full Membership.... Curren t Expenses.... Self Support Missions... ~... " ~..... ',' W. F. M. S Increase

126 Buildings and Repairs Bishop... 9 Centenary Deaths Sunday School Literature.... Number of Books Sold Taunhua District Schools w. W. DAVIS, SUp"erintendent. There are only five schools for boys on this district; a Higher Primary School at Tsunhua and four Lower Primary Schools well distributed over the region. I was only able to make one hurried tour of inspection and that tour included only three Schools. The Higher Primary School at Tsunhua has had a very t;uccessful year. One result of a very important paper read during the last minutes of the last Conference, was that it became necessary to look for a new man to take charge of the school. Fortunately Mr. Yang Jung Shen, a graduate of Peking University 1918 was secured, and his administration has been very successful. Although inexperienced he has shown tact, wisdom and skill. For several years the school had been on the down-grade, and when he came to Tsunhua the situation was discouraging, as the school had nolle too good a name and as the preachers outside of Tsunhua City were not gi ring the School hearty support. That first semester there were less than 40 boys in the school, but the second semester the enrollment was over 60 and quite up to the capacity of the dormitories. The school once more has a name as a live institution. A class of 16 boys finished the course. The school has been a little more nearly self-supporting than ever before. During the year the boys have paid in fees to the amount of $1354. The appropiation was materially reduced, but the increased fees compensat~d for a part.af this reduction. The school has a large campus and we hope as one result of the Centenary to have a new school building; the need of this building was foreseen ten y~ars ago but now we have strong hopes. Chinese friends of the school, many of them old pupils, have pledged. over $500 toward a new building and hopes are high for next year. By utilizing one of the old ruins left by the Boxers, a good schoolbuilding can be obtained at a relatively low cost. Under wise

127 leadership the Tsuuhua School is destined to grow and to be more efficient than it has been in the past. The Lower Primary Schools have all done good work. I visited two of them unexpectedly and found them doing well. I was especially pleased with the school at Kuoshihying, of which Mr i Chang Kuang is the teacher. He teaches not because he has to, but because he is trying to do his part to make China, beginning with his home, a better place. His pupils rellect his spirit. Although there is a public school in every large village and in many a small one on the district, and though China is a republic with the full machinery for government schools, yet there is plenty of room for a church system of schools, but such a church system must be better than that of the Government in several important points, if it wishes to have a place at all. Church schools must have attractive, sanitary well-equipped buildings and trained, wide. awake, Ohristian teachers. As it is now we often lack every essential of a good school except the very important one of a lot of boys eager to learn. WE NEED: More Schools; Better Equipped Schoo)s; More Teacher-s; Better Trained Teachers, and therefore; Better Paid Teachers. Primary Boarding School at F engjen The school here has been very small because, on account of lack of funds, girls who were. not self-supporting could not be received. In point of scholarship, this school heads the list of all those on the three districts. The school will be combined in the fall with Shaliuho Day School, thus insuring a larger attendance and in~reased financial income.

128 II YENCHOU DISTRICT WANG SHOU T'uN G, District Super-intendell t HENRY S. LEITZEL,' Mission.ary-in-Oharge We found it necessary at the close of last year to find a lle:w District Superintendent for this District. It was near the close of the Conference session that G{)d evidently pointed out the man who should be our leader. Rev. Wang Shou T'ung was chosen. I want first of all to express my deep satisfaction and joy in the splendid way in which he has entered into his work! It has been a real pleasure to work with one who so wholeheartedly has e~tered into the burd.ens and cares of th~ mf'n on the district. It was a hard place and at times very discouraging. But he has brought the district on to a new level of efficiency and work. He is sympathetic t kind, careful and just:in all his dealings-and of course he would make a success. Local Conditions. Soon after Conference last year there was appointed a new Military Governor for Shantung. He immediately began to visit the robber infested districts and very soon put an end to them. He used a very effective method-cutting off the heads of some hundreds of them. So for the last half of this year our work has been carried on under nearly normal conditions altho we have suffered from the after results of this lawless condition. Much to our disappointment we found in one of our circuits a. good many of our church members belonging to these organized robber bands. 'Eight were executed by the government. We have been carefully going over our records and expelling all questionable persons. This of course has paralyzed our work in this center. After this thoro cleansing we are confident the church will prosper more than ever. Dr. Chen Wei P'ing. Last Fall Dr. Chen Wei P'ing gave us two days in a workers conference. All of our workers spent these twodays together in Yen chow. The influences of those days were a continual blessing on us thruout the year. Would that this consecrated man could give more time to this kind of work! Centenary Campaign. In April and May we conducted our Oentenary Campaign. Four of the pastors, Liang, Fan, Ma and Liu with the D.S. and the Missio:Q.ary in charge spent from three to five days in each of our large centers. The emphasis in our meetings

129 was placed on the spiritllal. The financial part of ihe program was presented last. We have as yet no large individual gifts to announce but in each of our centers there has been a great increase in interest and support of the work of the church in the matter of self-support etc. One of the fine things about this campaign was the fine fellowship between the committee during au these dayswhether riding on wheel-barrows-walking until footsorewaiting for trains until patience was exhausted or while conducting services. Many local quarrels were settled and a feeling of good will seems to be the spirit which was left behind this committee wherever it went. Bible Training Class. During the summer Mr. Liu Rsi Shun again conducted a Bible training class. He was ably assisted by our District Superintend~nt and Mr. Liu I Hsien a Student Volunteer from Peking University. There,w~re eight young men in the class. Two of them go to Peking to Bible Institute this fall. Tsininghsien. Our pastors have all been faithful and a healthy growth has been recorded in nearly all the circuits. But the church ill our great city center, Tsining, has made the most noted advance. Rev. Fan T'ing Ch'eng was appointed to this work last Conference. The church was in a very poor condition. The :6.rst Sunday thel'e was only one church member present, the second Sunday three. But in a very short time the church was fun and a steady interest bas been maintained thruout the year. The emphasis was placed on getting the old members back into the church. Selfsupport was increased more than four hundred percent. Mr. Fan is a fine preacher and has a great future in this city. But we must get an adequate plant for him to use. We are hoping to get a new place this fall. A fine place on a big street is for sale just at this time. We are hoping the Centenary money will be available for this place. One of the sad things which came to Mr. Fan this year was the death of his only little son. Our pastor at Tsowhsien, Rev. Yang Shun also lost his little son. What a comfort and joy it is to know that theseftne men and women have the same hope and comfort which we have thru the great. Saviour.Jesus..Christ. New Chufu Church. At "last we can report that the new Chufu church is a reality. A fine building in Chinese architectural style is about finished. It will seat about four hundred people with room for several hundred more in case of need. In connection with the church we will have tea rooms, library, reading and recreation

130 rooms, with boys and girls day schools all fully equipped for real.service. This church has been made possible by a gift from Mr. Blackstone from t.he Stewart fund. Rev. Liang En Po is the efficient pastor. Here we are trying to reach the higher class of people. One of the most interesting collverts we have had this year is the head of the Yen family. the descendant of Yen Tzu a favorite -disciple of Confucius. As head of the family he has charge of the great Yen temple just north of the Confucian temple in Chufu. He joined our church on probation, a few months ago. District Conference. For the first time we held our own District Conference Up to this time the Taian and Yenchow Districts have always met together. This year we held ours in Chufn. We were not many in number but the business was conducted in,an orderly way and we had some most gracious meetings together. Rev. Fan T'ing Ch'eng who attended the Blackstone conference at Peitaiho gave us some very helpful reports of those 'meetings. Rev. C. F. Jo'hannaber of Kiukiallg gave us two splendid addresses on Religious education. He was a real inspiration and made his subject live for us. A very heavy rain nearly prevented us from getti ng to Conference on time. The Missionary in charge didn't have patience enough to wait until the mule carts got ready for "he had to get to the train that night, so he trudged thru the rain and mud for eighteen li only to have the rest of the preachers arrive dry and clean about an hour later. Wean got t.o Conference on time. Self-support. Our most encouraging report is in the matter of self support. We found that last year nearly one hundred dollars of the reported self-support had been made up of rent money. For the last three years we have increased thirty-three percent each year. This goal for this year looked impossibl~. But when our reports were all in we found we had again made the advance with a small sum above. This really means an advance this year o-f over one hundred percent. Memberslaip. Our membership increase is not so encouraging "when we only look at the net increase of eleven. But when we take into account the pu.rging of our churches and our membership rolls we find we have had a steady and healthy growth and there is no ground for pessimisln. We are now ready for a real advance in this part of the work too. Our Needs. Our greatest need is an adequate plant for the city of Tsining. We 'must have at least $10000 Mexican for a new

131 - 127-,ehurch and $3000 for schools and recreation and reading rooms. It is almost criminal to neglect this great city any longer. The second great need is for a new place in Ssu Shui. We must move out of our rented place as our lease has expired. We need $5000 for a plant in this hustling inland city. We need an adequate annual appropriation to carry the work as it has already been 'started and to provide for the rapid gro'\,,"ih. We need sums, large or sman to supply reading rooms, tea rooms etc, with necessary supplies. We rejoice in the success of the Centenary for we believe it assures lis the power to advance along all lines. The doors are wide open. China needs Christ as never before. May nothing interfere in bringing Him to these needy and sin sick people. "Lo, I am with you always," is our constant comfort and help. Yenchow District Day Schools This year we have conducted three Higher and nine Lower Primary schools with 26 students in the former and 101 in the latter. We secured a Peking University graduate, Mr. Wang Keng Chu'an, for our principal in Yenchow city. He has had twenty grammar and four speciai students during the year. He is a good administrator and a :fine teacher. The school has entered a new era under his direction. We are planning for a large increase in the number of students both regular and special this year. This is to be our most important Higher Primary School. We hope later to do at least two years of High School work here too. The other schools did the usual kind of work; some very good, some ordinary, and some poor. This latter class we are planning to eliminate entirely this year. We are hoping that when Miss Greer makes the rounds of the girls schools she will be able to help us out a bit in the way of iuspection and examinations. Our greatest need for several years has been an adequate building in Yenchow, large enough for our rapidly growing needs. We must have a place where we can get our boys prepared for the school in Taianfu. Our District will suffer until this is pl ovided for. We need $5000 Mexican. The other great need is an appropriation sufficient to carry the work as it ought to be done. At present our annual appropria-

132 tion.is not enough to pay the salary.of our principal in Yenchow. All the rest of the schools must be carried either b,f the district or by special gifts. But a new day has come and we are confidently looking into the future and are sure the support and help we need to educate our leaders will come. Already we are seeing the Ugh t of the great Oentenary al!d our boys and girls will have their chance.

133 REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES Foreign Missions Your committee 011 Foreign Missions has little to report of actual things accomplished this year but someadvallce has been made in the developm~nt of this part of our work. The Clmrch has been focusing its attention on (he Centenary movement, ami ill the development of this program, the N oi'th China Conference has received a higher and larger vision of the world wide extension of the Church. Following the suggestion of the committee of last y!~ar, we have tried to link up our Conference with definite foreign fields through the Board of Foreign Missions. Th:s has not yet been accomplished but we believe, more than ever, that a greater definiteness of purpose in our foreign missionary endeavors is necessary before our Foreign Missionary Work will go forward. ",Ve hope that the Board of Foreign lfissions will soon give us definite fields of work in other lands, that we may be able the better to bring to our Church a closer relationship to our brothers in other lands. Wherefore, we again YQice the recommendations of last year: 1. That the pastors be encouraged to place more emphasis 011 missionary work, preaching at least one missionary sermon each quarter. 2. That the Committee 011 Foreign l\1:issions, through the Board of Poreign l\iissions be requested to take further measures which will tend to link up this Conference which definite foreign fields. a. That the Committee on Foreign Missions be granted tl1e use of an amou!lt equal to 5% of our offering to Foreign Missions for tlte dissemination of missionary literature among the cllul'clles of this Conference. Home Mission Constitution Nal1U!. The llame of this organization shall be the Home Missionary Society of the X orth China Conference of (he Methodist Episcopal Church.. Purpotse. It shall be fhe purpose of this Society to promote among the churches of t-his Oonference an enlarged interest in. aud effort for the evangelization of the Chinese people, espe-dally of those residing within the bounds of the Conference.

134 - 'I~O.J - lijemoership. Thlemuers shall inclufle au fun 'members Qf the North Chin:t CQnference and Qne layman frqm each pastqral eharge.. 1drisory Council. There. shall bf! an Advisory Council cqmposed Qf the Chinese District Superintendents. Officers. The usual Qffices, President, Vice president, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be nqminated by the Advisory CQnncil frqm amqng the members Qf the SQciety Qutside Qf.the AdvisQry Council and elect d by tile SQciety, These four officers and three others elected by the Society shall be cqnstitutedan,executive CQmmittee. Oommittee. The Executive CQmmittee 'shall appqint such committees as may be clesired fqr carrying out the wo.rkqf the So.ciety. Ji'i1~a.nce. Funds shall be cql1ected acco.rding to the o.rder o.f the full Society o.r Qf its Executive Committee when the SQciety can nqt meet if such cqllectiqns are also. al'prqved by the Advisory,Co.uncil. All.funds co.llected shall be dispensed at the discretion of the Executive Committee. Education On reco.mmendatio.n of this Committee a new CQnference Board o.f Education was elected. (See Jo.urnal.) Report of Committee on Self Support We rejqice in the fact that the Centenary has largely stimulated all our people in the giving Qf their means for the support of the Church. On all Qf the Districts, some with more thqrqughness than others, there has been teaching 0.11 the subject of stewardship. We urge that stewardship Qf life and pro.perty be largely taught during the cqming year. If we are to meet the challenge Qf the mother church o.ur respqnse in life and money laid upon the altar must be larger than ever befqre. It canno.t be unless the people are brqught face to face with their prl'filege ill. the KingqQm of Go.d and their duty to. their Heavenly Father to. push fo.ward His work till every man and woman and child about them has the QPportullity o.f knowing 'and believing unto. salvatiqn. The matter Qf stewardship o.f life and money is so. great that it will llo.t and cannot be pro.perly presente'd unless there is SQme one to-give time and thought to the task. We suggest.that this CQnference set aside some Olle as Stewardship Secretary who. can give part time at least, to. this task.

135 During the years past we have had among our standing committees a Self Support Committee. It has largely contented itself with resoluting because of lack of time in part and 3Iso because of lack of authority to put into operation ally plan. Yom' Committee therefore suggests that owing to the urgency of the situation and the timeliness of the hour for a forward step in the line of self support in our Conference that a Commission of 'l'en on Self Support be' establirhed whose duty it shall be to make a thorough study of our situation and submit a well thought Olit plan to the Conference of 1920 for it's coilsideration. In last yea...'s report your Committee recommended that a Home Missionary. Society be organized. This report was adopted. In order that this matter might not fall by the wayside your Committee has prepared a tentative constitution which is he'rewith presented for your discussion. We urge it~s adoption either in its present or an amended form. Our Conference has reached the place where it can do large things,vitbin it's own bounds given the proper organization. A Home Missionary Society, we believe, will furnish the proper outlet for latent energy and for Chinese leadership. Respectfully Submitted, CARL A. FELT. Chairman. Report On the State of the Church O.ut of the numerous problems that are facing the church there are two that require the urgent attelj tion of the Oonference. First, some peo}jle sanctify the baptism of a concubine on the ground that she has means to free berself from the bondage. Some claim that in such a case when the church authorities are sure that she is converted ihey might baptize her. After a long discussion the ('ommittee stro11gly opposed this in order to assure non Christialls that the church tolerate no violation of the fundamental doctrine of Chrh;thinity, that is 1IoIlog!lmy. Secondly, ~ome church members are willing to compromise with the ancient cllst(lm of ancestor worship. Some even go as far as making bows toward the l'emains of the deceased or toward the photograph or oilpainting of the dead. Tbe committee deem this to be idolatrous and our ministers are requ~sted to teach our peoplq to refrain from committing the sin of ancestor worsbip. Submitted by the Committee on State of the Church, "T. P. CHEN, o ltairm,aua

136 'Conference Board of Stewards The Conference Board of Stewards wish to make the 'following recommendations. Recommend Special Grants be made to l\irs. Wang Ch'ing yuin.... Mrs. Wang T'ien Hsiang.... Mrs. Rao Hsiu Sllan.... Te Jui Wang He Nan.... Chang Pai Lin Chin Ch'eng.... Wu Ch'i.... $ $ We also recommend'that the same amount as last year be given from the Preachers Aid Fuud to help pay the salaries of the preachers this year. We also recommend that the money collected this year locally on each' district for the Local preachers in distress be divided as follo,,;s. Mrs. Wang 'Liang..... Mrs. Shih P'ing He SOll of Wei Kwoa Shun.... $ $234:.00 Resolutions Resolved.: (1) That we thank God for the glorious victory of the Allied N~itiollS who were :fighting for justice and righteousness and for the Peace now concluded. (2) That we most strenuously protest against the injustice done to China by the Peace Conference in the Shantung cecision and that we appeal to all lovers of China to come to her help in this time of great need. (3) That we express our gratitude and delight for the presence of Bishop and Mrs; Lewis and for the Bishop's earnest and prayerful interest in and consideration of t.he vital problems now facing the Kingdom of God in North China. (4) TIHlt we express our deepest thanks to the Committee on Conference Program for.the delightful days we have spent together here and for the splendid program arranged for us.

137 (5) That we extend to all our Peking friends our heartiest thanks for their unfailing welcome and generous hospitality. (6) That we prah:e God for the wonderful success of the Oentenary and pray His blessing and guidance as we enter this new daiy aud that we appeal to our churches to take up the challenge of the home church and make a great drive forward in self-support. (7) That we praise God for the advances made in our conference this year-membership a net gain of 923 and a gain in self-support of $ (8) That it is with great pleasure we welcome our new missionaries Dr. and Mrs. licdonald,.jliss Quick and Miss Bartlett and all who have returned from furlough during the year. (9) That we express our thanks to Dr. Ralph 'Nard and Messrs Parker, Jones, High and Mr. and ::'\lrs. Wood for bringing to us such inspiring reports of the success of the Centenary; for the illustrated j('ctures and for the help aljj hope they gave us in some of our difficult problems. (10) That we extend our heartiest thanks to Dr. Campbell for bringing to 11S his inspiring devotional addresses each morning of the Conference. He brought us into the Master's presence and we thank Him for sf"llding Dr. Campbell to us. (11) That we express to the Conference quartette our gratitude for the fine music they so generously gave us each morning. (12) That we express our deepest appreciation of and OUI' heartiest congratulations to our three beloved veterans. of the Cross; Drs. Lowry, Davis and pyke for the 147 years of splendid. service given so faithfully to the Kingdom of God in China. Maythey be spared many more years to inspire and help us. Resolutions to the United State Senate Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Washington, D. C. PEKING, CHINA. September 13th, Sir:-The American Missionaries connected with the North China Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church would respectfully call attention to the serious menace to missionary work in China that the proposed action to turn over the great Province of Shantung to Japan would create.

138 , 134 We do not wish to ellter into any discussion of the politicalor commercial aspects of the case but we are convinced that the'moral effects will be disastrous. It will be impossible to ;make the Chinese.believe the act is not an absolute injustice, a gross illustration of the principle that" might makes right", For mally years after lni,ssionary work began in China, the missionaries were regarded as advalice agents of Foreign Powers to secure territorial possession of the country. It was difficl1l t to allay these snspicions in the face of concessions wrested from China by force and especially the annexation of Korea~ the occllpahon of Manchuria, and threats of encroachments on Mongolia. Explicit promises made by the Japallese Government not to claim any concession in the above cases-not one of which was kept-make the proposals in reference to Shall rung all the more serious and tend to confirm the early sllspiciolls that missionaries are the agents of Foreign Governments. We enter our protest to the signing of the Peace Treaty 'Or League of Nations that recognize the iniquitous procedure of robbing China to satisfy the unjust demands of another 'One of the allied Powers and we urgently appeal to yolt to use your utmost endeavor to save China froni this injustice and that the American Missionaries may not be threatened with loss of the results of one hundred years labor together with the loss of confidence of the Chinese by failure to keep their promises. The effect will certainly be that the Chinese: will feel that the United States whom they have always regarded as their sincere friend cannot be trusted any more than other Powers by whom they have been exploited. Vife believe the Chinese thus thrown upon their own res01lfcesj undfr the arotlsed sense of patriotism now so prominent, will resist the occupation of al!y part of Shantung, which will inevitably involve another world-war. This seems to be practically the view of nearly all Americans and (>ther 'foreigtlers 1n China. Japan has been a sonrce of destruction to missionary work wherever it has.control, evidence the recent luassacres of tens of thousands of Christians in,korea and the expulsion of missionaries from Kiaochow,

139 Jealousy for the confidence heretofore entertained for the United States and a strong desire to preserve the good results of the work for which the American Churches have expended many millions of oollars, constrains us to make this appeal for their dealing. Your obedient Servants, Signed Bishop of the.lvlethodist Episcopal Church. Committee of the North China Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. H. H. LOWRY, Chairm,an. N. S. HOPKINS, H. G. DILDINE. Honorable Senators, United States Senate," Washington, D. C., U. S. A. Methodist Episcopal Church Peking, China. October 24, Dear Sirs:- It was with a deep feeling of gratitude and hopefulness that we learned of the strong sentimeilt arollsed among the American peop1e by the Shantung clause as' embodied in the Peace Treaty with Germany, the glaring injustice of which has given rise to such an implacable opposition in the Senate to the ratificatiol1 of the Treaty. Consequently, amendments were proposed to the effect of modifying the terms of the Treaty that justice might be done by a \veak but friendly country as China.. In the course of these long months, the whole Chinese nation has been watching with an anxious eye for the long

140 -- '136 leoked-for redress of her grievance from the only sourcethe United States of America-if any redress is probable at all, because nowhere in the world except in the United States Senate were questions ever raised as to the equity of the pra"!'" vision of the Peace Treaty 1n disposing of the economic privileges of Shantung Province. While not undervaluing the judgement of the luajority in the Senate on the question, we regl:etted to learn from the printed despatch fron1 vvashington of October 17th that the amendments were defeated en bloc in the Seuate. From wh~tever motives. and circumstances this may have come as a result, we who have good -reasons for claiming to be among the number of those who understand America and the American people best, can not for a moment entertain the idea that China's wrongs have been lightly regarded, and that politics have gained ascendancy over the American sense of justice. It has been our privilege as preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Church to have come to appreciate the American character and the real greatness of the American nation, through our acquaintance with the missionaries and others who lmve come to us from your noble country not only to preach but to live out the great principles of Christ. The Methodist Church in China claims 110 little part in the happy accomplishment of cementing the friendly ties between America and ChinCl. and of maki ng each better.understood by the other. Few Chinese could be found who do not admire the righteous temperament of the people whom you so wcirthi1y representj and who are not thoroughly convinced of the Amer!can genius for squaredeal and fair-play. This to a large ex.tent accounts for the fact that even 'at the present moment in the fa.ce of apparent. disappointment the Chinese people still refuse to believe that America would also be indifferent to the suffering of the oppressed millions in China. Therefor~, we will not interpret the rejection by the Senate of the proposed amendments as meaning that the Peace Treaty will be ratified by the United States Senate withol1t even reservations, nor will the Senate uphold the Shantung section as a just measure on the principle of sanctity of treaties regardless of the circulllstances under which the treaties were made. I'

141 , China may have uegotiated with Japan, in 1915 for the recognition of the transference of the German privileges in Shantung. But who in the world is oblivious of the fact that the terms were exacted from China by force majeure? Those who contend that the Sino-Japanese negotiations of 1918 must be taken as a voluntary confirmation of the preced.. ing treaty seem to have forgotten that in the history of the Chinese diplomacy many an advantageous term has been ef{torted from the Chinese Government by deception a's well as by intimidation. Whether or not China approves of the treaties made under duress can only be ascertained by taking note of her attitude at the Peace Con ference at Paris toward the said treaties. There she had, as it were, come to the High Court of J llstice where she felt free and secure to call upon the Powers to help her abolish all secret treaties forced UpOl1 her by strong«r powers. It is not to be denied that in doing this, China was in 'a large measure inspired and encouraged oy President Wilson, the worthy chief Representative of the American nation, proc1aiming the highest prmciples of,humanity and justice to a world of violence and oppressio!1. China confidently trusts that America will yet' show the world the meaning of those principles by hel" own heroic and honest actions. We beg to express our feeling of deep indebtedness to you, gentlemen of the Senate, for the efforts already put forth for China's cause. And allow us to assure you that anything further which it may be the pleasure of the Senate to do for China and her cause-be it a hand raised, or a word said in defence a,lld vindication of our poor distracted countrywill be greatly appreciated by Dear Sirs, Very respectfully yours, (Signed) W P CHRN C. P WANG L1 Tn:N-Lu Resolution Committee, representi1lg the Chinese members of the North China Conference of the Methodist Episeopal Church, which held its Annual Meeting in the City ot P.(tkiug, China, in September Ofl 919.

142 CONFERENCE TREASURER'S REPORT CONFE:RENCE CJ"AIMANTS FUND Dr. To Balance '"... $ " Gain on Exchange 2.14 " Board of Conference Claimants... " Book Concern Dividend.... " Interest S1 By Conference Claimants paid.... " Central China Conference...., Loss on Exchange.. " Missioll Treasurer " Postage,. Balnuce on hand Cr, $ $ $ HOME 1\bSSIONARY Sor:IETY To Balance... $ By Reba1e. $ ' Tsunhua District Collection... " ,. Mission Treasur~r ' Balance on hand To Balance $ EPISCOP<\L :FUND $ By Balance on hand FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY $ $ ToBalance..... $ By Rebate $.4.00 ',. TsnnllUaDistrict Col lection ,. MissiollTreasllrer $300.!lO $ GENERAL COXFEREN"CE Fu'!\D To Balance in Debt $ 2:':.62 By Deficit... $ 23.6:! SUNDAY SCHOOL USION To Balance $ Ty Supplies purchased $ " Two GrantR U.S.S.S. Union " Balance on hand Chairman... Vice Chairman Regis trar.... $4:59.32 Board of Examiners.. '."-:.. W. P. Ch'ell.C. A. Felt.E. J. Winnns $4~9.32

143 Term el~(ling 1920: Term ending 1921: Term ending 1922: Term endillg 1923: i39 'Vang Chih P'ing Tseng Ruo Chill Well JUllg rr'ai H. S. Leitzel Li T~ien Lu W. T. Hobart Ch'en Wei P'ing H. G. Dildine EXAMINERS OF LOCAL PREACHERS ~EE[{ISG Term ending H)23 : Term ending 1924: OR ELDER'S ORDERS: "Tang Shou T'ung Li Lien Ying Plan of Examinations Lin Knang Ch'ing Fan T'ing Ch'ellg Hsii Yung ChCll C. A. Felt Wu Yii K'un W. W. Davis Li Jung Fang E.. J. Winans DE:\.CO~ s l\lejlg.te Jung H H. Rowland A. 'Pinie and Place. The Conferf'nee examinations will be held ~t the seat of the Annual Conference on the two d'lys prior to the date fixed for the assembling of tile COnfel'Cllce.. B. A.ttendancc. A.ll candida tes for examination are rxpecteu 10 be present. Those failing to appear at the time fixed for any examination fail on that examination for that year. Those who, on a('('ount of sickness or for other yalid reason, are allowed to take a special examination, do so only at the convenience of the Examiner. No candid:l.te is permittni to t.ake his examination in the interval between Aurtnal Conference sessions. A Ru.!Jg'i;8tiolt. Our suggestion to th(' Districts would be that candidates for A.dmission on _Trial who fail io pass their examinations and enter Conference on trial pay their own railw:ly expenses, otherwise it must he paid by the District alld not from the rcgular ful.d. C. Examinations. There shall be a wdttell examination cvvering each book. each examination having 1Iot less than five questions. The papers shall be graded on the basis of 70% for pas:sing. Any c~hldjdatc falling below 70% faus iii this study for the year but can return for examination in the same suhject a~e'lr later. Any deviation from this rule must be by a vote of threc fourth~ of the Board of Examiners presellt anci yotj ng. All "books to be read" shall uc examille.' orally with sufficient thoroughness to assure the exnmiller that the books haveht>en carefully reacl. On these hooks the c.wdldates shall be recorded as pa.ssed or not passed.

144 -! D. Rules Governing the Several OlasselJ applying for Admission to the Conference. 1. Scliool of Theology Studellts. A't'cording to the DiRcipline there will be no examinations of graduates of the 8chool of Theology, except on Doctrine and Discipline. According to the recommendation of the Discipline, School of Theology students will not be receiyed on Trial in the Annual Conference until they haye finished their course of study. 2. College Students. Graduates of the Collegp who do not graduate from the School of Theology will be received on Trial ill the Annual Conference after two years of ~ucces~ful work under a Djstrict Supt'l'iutcudcllt and the usual recummendation of tire District COllferclIre. Their District Conference ('xaminations will begin with the Third year of the Local Preacher's Course. Completing these they shall be' admitted to the Fourth Yca r provided they have also passed examination on the Disciplinc as prescribed in the First and Second Year of the Local Preacher's Coursc. :t Bible I njiitute Studeni.Y. Students who have graduated from the Bible Institute shall prepare the 8erond Y(.iIU of thc Local Preacher~s Course and enter the Third Year's studies provided they hay<, also passed cxaminations ill the DiscipllJJe as pres('ribed in the First Year of the Course. They shall not apply fqr a license while they are studying in the Bible Institute. If they have secured a license before entering the Bible institute they shalll10t advancc during the years while they are in school. In case they have not rf'ached Second Year's examinations they will be privileged to begin from that point after finishing the Bible Jnsti tute, no matter in what year of the Course of Study they were bcfore entering the Bible Institut.e. If at the time of entering the Bible Institute they wtre more advanced than the second year they will be permitted to go OD from the point which they had reached in the Local Preacher's Course after graduation. ~. Preparatory School Graatl,a.te.Y, or others who.are College grade but have not received the College 01 Arts diploma. This group of men shall begin the Local Preacher's Course in the District Conferellce, that is thcir first examination shall be over the four years of the ExhortprJg Course of Study so that they may entel' upon the First Year of the Local Preacher's Course.

145 In case any of these young men are too yoo:ngto tak<.' up regular work, being examined as stated above, we recommend that they onter the Bible Institute. 5. Middle School Gra,duatc8. If they cannot go farther in their regular Courses, they are ndvised to enter the Bible Institute. They shall not be grante<l license to preach until after graduation from the Bible Institute. In case it is impossible for such young mcn to enter the Bible Institute they shall be.permitted to complete the first two years of the Exhorter's Course of Study upon entering the District Conference and receiving Exhorter"s license. 6. Men who have not completed. :\fiddle School Course shf)uld bcgin with the Course for Exhorters alid follow on year by year, except in exceptiollal cases the District ConfeI'ence may permit them to take two years' work ill one and advance accordingly. This, howeve-r, is left to the option of each District Conference. E. Certificldes una.a.dt:ance. 1. All who have graduated from the Colll~ge and bring certificates for grades in College Courses of at lea'3t two semestcr hours may he excused fromexaminatiods on such ~ubjects in the Course for Traveling Preachers according to the 1916 Discipline, at the discretion of the Board of Examiners. 2. Bible Institute students shall be passed ill the Local Preacher's Course in any subject which they have actually pursued in school, IH'ovided they bring a certificate frtlm the school and present them to the examiner in charge. They shall also be excused from the examination on any book in the Cours ' of Study for Traveling Preachers actually pursued in the Bible Institute course. 3. In the Fjrst and Third Year, ill case any student fails to pass in two studies he may be advanced to the studits of the next year, conditioned in the studies in which he failed to pass, but for Entrance on Trial and the Second and Fourth Year studies the Course must be completed without exception before they can be advanced. D. Dist"ict ExatninaUons. 1. The District Board of Examiners shah be orgajlized in each District OonferenceTollowing the Constitution of the 1916 DisCipline

146 for the Annual (1onferenceBoard' ofex3millersalld shall 'Observe all rules herein adopted for dealing with all condidates. 2. All Di~trict Conferences shall conduct their examinations ill writing following the rules stated ahove. 3. No mau shall be granted an Exhorter's or a Local Preacher's License if he uses wine or tobacco in any form. Course of Study for Traveling Preachers For Admission on Trial Subje'ct Examiner 1. Genesis and Exodus.. Carl A. Felt 2. Matthew, Mark, Lnke E. J. Winans :t The Discipline, Parts I find II W. P. Ch'en 4. Complete Geograpby, Zia, First half.... W; W. Davis 5. Martin's Evidences of Christianity... Tseng Kuo Chih 6. Sunday School Lectures, WcbstCl'..... Li T'ien Lll 7. Written Sermon... Wang Cllih P'ing To be Read 1. Mrs. Sites' Life of Wesley... H. G. Dildine 2. PhilosoplJY of the Plan of SalvatioIl... Hsti Yung Chen 3. History of the Jews from Cyrus to 'l'itns.. Li Jung Fang 4. Gulick'" Health Lectures W. W. Davis 5. Myer's General History, FJrst half... 4 Wang Chih P1ng F.irst Year 1. Leviticu~. Numhers, Deuterotomy... Carl A. ji'elt 2. Act~, I and II Peter. E. J. 'Vinans 3. The Disci plille, ]?art III. ~..,"... W. P. Ch'en 4. COmlJlete Geograph}, Zia, Second half... W. W. Davis 5. Obliuger's Homiletic~, First half... Hsii Yung Chen Civilization, First half... LLJung Fang 7. The Sunday School of Tomorrow, G. H. Archi bald... " Li T'ieu Lu 8. rfhe Training of the Twig, Drawbridge.. Li T'iell Lu ~~ WI itten Sermon... W.U1g Chih P'lng To be Read 1. Wesley's Sermons Weu J ung T'ai 2. Richard's Protestant Missionary Pioneers.R. G. Dildine 3.. Autobiography of Rev. lin long Mi... Wu Yii K'un 4. Myer's General History, Second half... Wang Chih P'ing.

147 Second Year 1. Joshua, I and II Samuel 2. John, Romans 3. Discipline. Parts IV and V. 4. Ohlinger~s Homiletics; Completed 5. On Civilization, Second half 6. Sheldon's Essentials of Christialiity 7. The Primary Department, Archibald 8. Talks with the TraiIling Class, Lee 9. Written Sermon Carl A. Felt E.. J. Winans..W P. Ch'en Hsii Yung Chen.Li Jung Fang... H. S. Leitzel ".Li T'ien Lu... Li T'ien Lu Wang Ohih P'ing To be Read 1. Life of Christ, Vols. I, II, III. Wen.Tung T'ai 2. Williamson's Comparative ReligioRs... Tseng Kuo Chih 3. Richard's Benefits of Christianity.... W. W. Davis 4. History of Religious Progress W. W. Davis Third Year I. I and II Kings, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes.. Carl A. Felt 2. I Corinthians to Colossians inclusive.e. J. Winans 3. Discipline, Part VI W. P. Ch'en 4. Church History, Part I, Corbett... Liu Kuang Ch'ing 5. Ohlinger's Pastoral Theology, first half Wll Yii K'un 6. Martin's Psychology... Fan Ting Oh'eng 7. The Seven I.Juws of Teaching, Gregory.Li T'ien Lu 8. The Junior or Adult Department, Archibald Li T'ien Lu 9. Sheldon"s Systematic Theology, Section I, II H. S. Leitzel 10. Written Sermon... Wang Chih P'ing To be Read 1. Selby's Life of Christ, Vols. IY V, VI. Wen Jung T'ai 2. A Leaf of the Bible, Bettex 'Yo T. Hobart 3. Evolution: Its Ways anti By Ways... Tseng Kuo Chih 4. The Teachings of Mihcius... Wang Chih P'ing Fourth Year 1. Isaiah. Daniel, Job...Li Jung Fang 2. I and II Timothy, Hebrews. E. J. Winans 3. Discipline. Part VII W. P. Ch'en 4. The Making of a Man, Lee... Tseng Kuo Chih 5. Mental Philosophy, Part II, Corbett...Fan Ting Ch'eng 6. Church History, Part II, Corbett Liu Kuang Ch'ing

148 ---J Ohlinger's Pastoral Theology, Completed. Wu Yu K'un 8. Teacher Training with the lviaster Teacher.Beardslee Li T'iell Lu 9. Sheldon's Systematic Theology, Sections III, IV. Y H. S. J..leitzel 10. Writtf'n Sermon '" Wang Chi-h P'ing To be Read 1. Selby's Life of Christ, Vols. VII, VI II,IX..'Yen JUllg T'ai 2. The Cou11 ictof Christianity and Heathenism, 'Ohlinger... Li Jung Fang 3. Discovered Truths, Uong De Gi... Liu Kuang Ch'ing Examiners of Local Preachers Seeking Local Deacon's Orders..... ~ Wang Shou T'ung MengTe J ung. H. H. Rowland Li Lien Ying

149 IN MEMORIAM "NOT DEAD, BUT GONE BEFORE" NAME ARRIVAL IN CHINA DAT~ OF DEATH CONFERENct RELATION Leander W. Pilcher 1870 Nov Effective La Clede Barrow 1892 July 24, 1894 J. E. Scott 1892 M;ay 28, 1896 Physician. J. -Fred Hayner 1893 Oct. J Effective. Entered Conference Ca'en Ta Yung 1883 June 22, ]900 Effective. \Vang Ch' eng P' ei 1891 July 23, 1900 Chou Hsueh Shen 1895 July 30, 1900 Li Te Jen 1897 June Probationer. " Lin Chi... fbien 1898 July l(ung Te Lin 1895 Apr. 10, 1902 Effective. " Yang Ch~o 1902 May J6~ 1903 Cheng Chao Chen 1903 Aug Pr~batioller Ch'in Lung Chang 1895 Jan. 13, I9D7 Effective. Wang Ch'ing Yiin 1891 July. 7. T9II Li Shao Wen 1892 Apr. 13, 1913 Wang To 1906 Apr. IS ".. Wang T'ien Hsiang 1905 Jan. 31, 1916 Kao Hsiu Shan 1903 Aug Retired. " I

150 BISHOP BASHFORD By BISHOP LEWIS A few months ago there walked among us bere a plain modest man, of gentle voice, becoming spe.ec~, and noble countenance. He sat at our tables,. walked our streets, counseled. prayed. and sympathized with"~~ in such ~a~ner as to'remind u~ of the Master, whom be.adored. In journeyings oft, by cart, by rail, by steamboat, by sedan chair and houseboat;,,:fn; chinese i~ns, in tbe houses of the rieh and the poor, he bore wit~ess to sucb quality of spirit ann abundant life as characterize onl)7 the elect of mankind~ His in~ fiuence with us,hjs power over us, the fame that he has attained on two continents and beyond, defy analysis. He has gone, and yet he remains; he is there, and yet he is here. His words, the gesture of his hand as he extended it in greeting, and s.omething more that tongu~ cannot tell, abides with us today. Whatever the life beyond maybe, that which rem!lins ~n many of us because of him; explains the difference between what we are and what we might have been., Those of us who knew him so well and loved him so,,experience difficulty in thinking of Bishop Baspford ~s a subject for biography.,estimates, evaluations, character analysis, do not suit our tllood when ~e think or talk about this raqia~t soul. Ejaculations of praise that,he was here. and sobs llowtbat he has gone and we shall see him in the flesh' no more. far better express our real attitude of mind and heart. An ardent rove Tor the truth because' it is true in fact and relation, is ever an attribute of a sincere soul. A thousand causes may prevent the stream from reaching the altitude of the fountain, but the acid test of its quality will be found in the likeness of its waters to the source from which it springs. The love of truth for truth's sake, because of its fundamental relation to rig hteousness, justice, and holiness of heart and life, must ever be regarded as one of the most noble elements in human character. No one could be intimately acquainted with Bishop Bashford without being impressed with this quality of his nature. Any attempt on the part of men or natiqns to conceal the tiger's claw under the velvet cushion of artifice, pretense, deceit, either by act or word, aroused the wrath of his righteous soul and brought, forth utimeasuted'conrlemnation from Bashord's lips and pen. He despised intrigue, subterfuge, sophistry, and with painful patience hunted these enemies of

151 mankind to their lair, and with strong hatlds and acts sought to destroy the deeds of the evil minded and to correct opinions that were erroneous. Belligerant attitude to that which is unrighteous. wrong, and destructive, is after an not a complete test either of the sincerity, integrity. or most exalted sacrificial service" It is easier to destroy than to build; easier to divert life than to direct it, It requires patience to di&cover the secret. haunts of evil thou~ht and. practice and to root out buth by argument, blows, and fire; it requires infinite patience to build on their ashes the Kingdom of Heaven. Bishop Bashford's attitude of mind was constructive rather than destructh'e. He loved righteousness, expressing itself in the upbuilding of noble Spirit-filled life. He was ever looking for the best to displace the good. Constructively critical of men and institutions, he was ever seeking the way into that inner sanctuary where eternal truth abides. He was fond of Isaiah's vision of the "blazing eyes of Jehovah." Ht: sought their ~uidance in the establishment of a new heaven and a new earth, in which eternal righteousness dwelt. The capacity for schqlarship is foreordained in the quality of the mind. Its development and direction is under the control of the will. Intellectual1y, Bishop Bashford was alert, discriminating, and possessed rare judgment in his evaluation of circumstance to end. He saw the relation of argument to truth and ever held in steady view the importance of the one in the discovery atld elucidation of the other. Argument for argument's sake, either in speech or book, offended his sense of propriety; argument in order to e1iminate the dross from the metal and make plain the relation of those eternal verities to the thin~s that remain, was the delight of his life. Mentally, he was cast in the judicial mold. In his early life he intended to be a lawyer, and would have attained eminence in some departments of this profession. His boyhood was blessed with that type of poverty that tends to enrich in the nobler elements of personality and character. His father died when the son was one year old, his mother was left with a large family on what was then the frontier of Wisconsin. Money was scarce, luxuries were unknown, and only by the most earnest endeavor and strictest economy was he able to secure a college education. He was fortunate, however, in attaining a working knowledge of the essential subjects, the "keys that unlock the door

152 into the best thought of mankind. He lea;rned Greek and taught it,fora time in his alma mater; he read Latin and enjoyed the service of this noble tongue in its revelation of the literature and life of the Roman race. He studied Hebrew, and in the light of the knowledge of the language of the peopl~ of God" was able to secure a better underst'anding of the Old Testament. During his whole 1ife he was deeply interested.in philosophy and history. He read the biographies of the leaders of the race and was fond of tracing the impact of persouality on the destiny of mankind. In his early manhood and while in college Bashford surrendered his life to Jesus Christ. He had been reared in,a Christian borne, his father had died in th!:: pulpit. his mother was a woman of rare faith and a devoted Christian. His ethical life from the beginning had, therefore, been molded on Christian ideals, honesty, integrity, and lofty purpose for service. Doubtless those who knew bim best in his childhood and boyhood would have adjudged him a Christian. He had been brought up in the Sunday School and had known the Scriptures from his mother's knee; and yet when he was brought face b face with Jesus Christ in his college days, it was made clear to him, as to Nicodemus, that he lacked the very /essentials. He saw clearly that be must be born again. For days after this information had been made clear he walked in midnight darkness. He refused to surrender because he refused to believe. The greatel?t battles of life are fought in, the realm of the human will. The destiny of life is determined ultimately by a will surrendered to self or a will surrendered to God. The one leads to confusion and darkness, the other opens the windows of Heaven and floods the soul with light from the face of the Father. In this dilemma of doubt and darkness he sought the advice of a favdrite professor, who said in effect, "\Vhile I myself am not a Christiall. I think I know where you can find relief. There is a little prayer-meeting held by a group of Christian students in one of the recitation rooms. If I were you, I would attend these meetings.'~ Bashford accepted the advice. Here he began to see men a.~ trees walking. He confessed to his companions that he was dissatisfied with his old life, and that, if it could be made clear to him that a surrender to Christ was the thing needed, he was' willing to do that. A little later he visited the jail on a Sunday afternoon. With other companions, he talked to the criminals on the Christian way,

153 and in prayer for their salvation God showed him that glory whieh comes from a surrendered will. From that day the whole purpose of his life was framed on a new objective. He soon resolved to preach and surrendered the coveted career of a lawyer for the privileges of an embassador of Jesus Christ. After graduation and a brief experience as tutor of Greek in Wisconsin University, he entered the School of Theology in Boston University. Totally dependent for his support on his own efforts, during the first year, he did the work of a drayman. handling the trunks of the other stud~nts. He waited on tables for a time and did anything that was honest to earn his living. After the first year he was given work as a preac11er, and continued in this calling during his long and eventful career. From the hour of his conversion until the light of eternity broke upon his soul, Tuesday March 18.J 919, the single purpose of his life may be expressed in the endeavor to relalize in his own soul the crucified. risen, ascended, Lord, and in the light and power of the Holy Spirit to make Him known to all the race. As a preacher, bishop, this one supreme objective was kept clearly in view. For many years he was deeply interested in the Wesleyan doctrine of Christian perfection. He sought with great earnestness and perpetual self analysis, under the guidance of the mind of God, this experience in his own life, and following the advice of \Vesley. proclaimed it in pulpit, classroom. apd in private conversation and exhortation. He believed that this mefsage was the very heart of Methodism. and that Methodism s success as an evangelizing agency could not be understood apart from this interpretation of its work and ministry. Obedience to the ethical demands made clear in the Word of God, was in his mind impossible excepting that the problem of sin be squarely met. This enemy of mankind, in Bashford's judgment. stood athwart the way that leads into the real III of righteousness. peace, and holiness. The sufferings of Christ in the gar-den. on the cross, His resurrection, ascension and the gift of the Holy Spirit, are not only God's credentials to the race of His infinite love, but, when grasped by faith on the part of the individual and laid hold upon by every faculty of the mind and spirit. become. God's surety of personal victory over sin and all of its dire consequences. The key to Bashford's thought was obedience by faith to the divine plan, expressing itself on the high plane of

154 ~pirit-filled ethical1ife. This he prayed, preached. and lived. By tj~e ~~er of his message, lit~rally thousands of people, thru his minist.ry, saw the light of the prolllised day. In my last conversation with him, he again bore witness to this truth. He said in substance: "My physical strength is failing. constant pain has broken my mental power of initiative in thought, but the Promises in the Word have become more vital than ever before. They undergird my whole life and are to me as the very presence of God the Father." lie had read the Bible thru at least once a yel;lr for nearly forty years. He had read, studied. and evaluated the best thou~ht of the church in all ages concerning these vital. questions. He was fond of the old authors and the finger marks in his books bear witness that he lingered long on the opinions of the most spiritual representatives of mankind, Augustine, Dante. Savonarola, Luther, Calvin, Wesley, and many others. Yet, amid all these voices, one rang clear in his heart and life, and sounded out like music from over the waters in his closing days, the certitude and the life of the Promises of the Living God rontained in His Book. A confession that he was a bond servant of Jesus Christ. was the theme of Bashford's life. He lived in order to; make Christ kiiown. One of the evidences given by him to me, in a heart to h'eart conversation a few weeks before his death, that he could not recover but must depart, was that his earthly faculties were so depleted that he could no longer effectively preach this Gospel. He said, "My ministry is now reduced to the ministry of intercession and suffering. There seems to be a real conflict between these two types of ministry. My suffering interferes with my intercession. If now the Lord should come and relieve my suffering, I' feel sure that. whatever ministry may await in the other world, my power of ij}tercession would be enhanced." This reveals the key to the life of this truly great minister of Jesus Christ. He lived to make Christ knpwn. He ever believed that the real value of testimony in teaching or prophecy must be measured by the ethica,l lif~ of the teacher or preacher. Love and devotion to Je~us Chri:;;t in.reality and ill truth, witnessed to in daily temper and act, are. the ultimate criedentials in the evaluation of a minister of Our Lord. 'B~shfQrq was a great preacber. Thousands of people have been,thrilled by his messages, lifted into a new atlllosph~re under his holy unc;tion, but 110 word tbatbe ever said in any or all of his serlllpns and addresses" adequately expressed ~hatpent up agony of

155 - lsi - his soul in the effort to truly represent J,esus Christ as the Savior ot men. He conceived Him asa personal friend, tbeincarnate God, the only propitiation for sin, and the only hope for lif~ eternal. One of his last expression's on earth was the r~petition of a favorite expression during life, "Christ first;" Bishop Bashford wrote no books' before landing in Sbanghai. He was fifty~five years old. He bad'been a student all his life. He had written 'numerous articles for magazines and 'pel-l0dicals of various kinds, but books he had never wr{tten. New life clurents, of which he himself had never dreamed, surged thru his being as he faced his last great task. He fe1t, as others did, that his wliole life had been a preparation for the work that he now faced; and with unbounded joy he set forth in the accomplisbment of the task. He did not need to tell the Chinese that he loved them. No one is a better interpre:ter of the attitnde of another's heart than the one that needs love most, The manner of his walk, his extended hand. his shining face, were as eloquent as his speech, and each interpreted the other. A heart of devotion. a life poured fortb, a very fountain of inspiration, bore witness to all with whom he came in contact that the quest of his life was utterly satisfied in this ministry Immediately foliowing his first visitation of the China Conferences. he returned to America with a message that stirred the heart of the church to its depths. They saw in the face of the Bishop a great continent of ne:'ed and of promise. The rush of the footsteps of China's millions. up out of political, social, and moral -degradation and decay, to power, potency. and efficiency. was heard everywhere in his flaming' speech. He believed in the Chinese race, he believed that the purpose of God had not yet been fulfilled in this ancient and worthy people. He saw in China's history, philosophy. and ethics, evidences that the race was born for noble -destiny. It was the.habit of Bishop Bashford to interpret men and races on their higher levels. He was llfver a captious critic, and was unwilling to dwell long on the faults and foibles of men and races. He saw them somewhat as Christ sees them, for he loved theil1 with something of the Christ-like love. The poverty of the race was interpreted by him as a God-given opportunity for!1igh service and -constituted the basis of his prophetic vision. No man or con gregation could be long in Bishop Bashford's presence without being surcharged with noble ideals. A new consciotlsness of Christ's worth broke on the imagina~ion of the church in America under the prophetic

156 appeal of Bishop Bashford's voice and pen. A new evaluation of helated races dawned on the mind of the church under the ministry of this 'lover of mankind. Bishop Bashford's sermons, books, and earthly life are now. the heritage of the church. They cannot be changed or amended. and their adequate interpretation will tend to endue the interpreter with loftier intel1ectual, ethical, and spiritual values. Who can believe that such a life can adequately express itself in seventy or unnumbered years! Such souls tend to, confirm the general judgment of mankind, that eternity only can s'atisfy the -promise contained in -such a life.-

157 IN MEMORIAM MEMORIAM: OF' MRS. H. H.. LOWRY Born Columbus, Ohio, December 23rd Died Peking, China, March 23rd, I919. Foochow. October 1867 to Febuary Peking. March 1869 to March 23rd Words are inadequate to express the sorr~w and s(;nse of loss felt by a larg~ circle of missionary friends and especially hy all members ofthe North China Mission, when the sad news of her death was spread abroad. She had.a chosen place in e.ll hearts, all felt a deep personal loss. Peking had been the home of Dr. and Mrs. Lowry for fifty years. Through all these years the doors of her home were ever wide open with gracious welcome, for all who sought to enter. Born in Columbus, Ohio, her parents moved ear~y to Delaware. Ohio. Their home in East Delaware. was always open in all hospitality to all students attel1din~ the Ohio Wesleyan University, who were aspiring to the Ministry. In the nearby Methodist Church many of the students made their first ministerial flights. The writer, a classmate of fir. H. H. Lowry, was often entertained in that home when she was Miss Parthenia Nicholson, and was the only college classmate present at the marriage, Feb. 28th, Less than a month after his graduation they started for Foochow. China, und were the first missionaries of tbe Methodist Church to traye! via Panama and San Francisco by steamer to China. Always before our missionaries had made the trip by sailing "essel, the long way arclund the Cape of Good Hope. They were first stationed in Foochow, but in company with the late Dr. L.N. Wheeler and family were sent to Peking to open mission work in In I8io the late Dr. L. W. Pilcber, and I were sent out to Peking, wbere 49 years ago this evening we met witb a never to be forgotten welcome at the bands of Mrs. Lowry arad ber two little boys: Their newly finished home was a bit of famil1iar America, transplanted 'into dirty, strange-looking Peking. Through all tbese long years she has ever met old friends, new arrival.., the frequent traveler from. abroad and all Chinese, with the same cordial smiling welcome to her home. Her sphere was the home, her ambition was to make a perfect home for husband, children and all friends, and in her quiet way to show to all Chinese, what a beautiful, restful place the Christian borne could be made. She was not consumed with foolish desire of conspicuousness in mission or puhlic affairs. Still sbe was deeply interested in every pbase of our work. She had traveled widely throughout the bounds of our Conference and was familiar with all phases of our work, having made many and long trips in Cbinese carts through all parts of tbe work, in company with her husband and often during tbe barshest winter. More Chinese Christians throughout our 'Work werf" familiar with ber face and affable spirit, than with any other lady in the entire mission; her departure caused sadness to all these many little churches.. Through her fifty years of lif~ in Peking her home influence was tbe most potent factor working for the peace and harmony of all the workers thlloughout the entire Conference. We do not. remember ever hearing from lier a harsh or unkind word toward either Chinese.or foreigners. With deepest sympathy for her mourning 1;us~and, children and grandchildren, over the departure of an exemplary WIfe Il!ld mother, and lqving grandmother,. we all mourn the departure of a dear fnend and lovable

158 Christian neighbor. In the Foreign Cemetary just outside the west wall of the city, she was laid to rest, wi~h several of her children and grandchildren.and many dear friends around her. She left behind her, her husband, four children, Dr. George' Lowry of Peking, J\.lr. E. K. Lowry of Tientsin, Mrs. Grace Hooper of Delaware, Ohio, and 1\1],'8. Mabel Dobson of Peking,.and fifteen gnmdchildren, to wbom Dlay 'the God of all grace and hope extend his richest blessing and all sufficient comfort. For the time theirs 'is the sorrow and weeping, hers the bliss eternal without alloy. G. R. Davis. Oct. 2Ist, 19[9. MRS. OLIVER J. KRAUSE During the past year nearly every home in America that has not been bereft ou account of the war suffered loss through the plague of influenza that swept over the country. Great was the shock. to us when in March came the word that one of.our number, Mrs. Minnie Lankford Krause, who was on.furlough, had succumbed to, this scourge and had gone to her Heavenly Fatber on.february first. Our hearts first went out in loving sympath.y to the beloved husband in.his loneliness; to the one precious son so dependent on his Mother's loving care; to the dear blind Mother and to the other members of her devoted family. Then the thought of what it meant to our Mission family to spare this member came hodle to us. As the days have gone by and we begin to cfully realize that we will not here see this dear face again we feel what a large place she filled ip tl;1e life.of the larger Mission family as well as in ber own home circle. Owing to. cbronic ill health Mrs. Krause was not able to take a very _active part in the'r.egular work of the Mission. In spite of this, however, she showed always her spirit of helpfulness in mally deeds of kindness to all about her. Her interest in the work among the Chinese and her willingness to do anything in her power to help could always be depended upon. Possibly her greatest work WAS done in her own home. There everyone,found a most cordial welcome and felt the warmth and heartiness of her.. true hospitality, The patient way in which she bore her frequent ~il1nesses was an example to many of us. We miss her wise counsel, her loving thought for others Hnd ber cheery presence at every turn of the road anrl we can only bear our loss bravely 'when we think of the greater joy that is hers ~n the presence of her Father and ours. In her going we bave another link binding us to the Homeland. Louise Whittlesey Felt. MEMORIAM OF REV. KAO HSIU SHAN Rev. Kao Rsiu 'Shan was baptized in the seventeenth year of Kuang Hsu. He first entered the Lord's field at South Hsin Chuang Tzu doing the double work of teaching and preaching'. The next.field where he worked was East Liang Tzu Ht', a town about thirteen miles south of Tsun Hua. I!uringthe Boxe~ Upri~ing, 1900, 'Mrs, Kao with one son and two daughters.dled as martyrs tn thetr home land Yang Wu Kuan T'un. After the Boxer ~rouble Rev Kao. married i)is second,wife.. The following places were his

159 successi\'e workfie1ns: Yu T'ien, TSllng Hua, East LianTzu He, Peking Shunchihmen, P'ing An Ch'eng. In the first year of the Republic his second wife died, leaving two sons and one daughter. Rev. Kao so married his third wife one Miss Chai who nursed him at his deathbed and did not survive him long.' Rev. Kao died at 4 o'clock P. M. on the 3rd of August in the eighth yea:- of the Republic while his wife died the following month. Three sons and two daughters were left as orphans ill the naked world. Rev. Kao retired from the Conference in the sixth year of the Republic on account of poor health. He voluntarily taught a Bible Class' at Sba Liu He though.'lie suffered from consumption. He was taken to heaven while hard at work in the Lord's field. MEMORIAM OF MRS. Tsou CHIN CHING Mrs. Tsou Chin Ching whose name was Li Chih Jung born in Hsiao Chia TS'un in th~ district of Shun T'ien. She entered the Methodist Girl School in Peking in her teens. She was known among her classmates as a simple-hearten and smart girl. She knew her duty as a student in the school and that of a daughter in the home. At the age of twenty she was married to Mr. Tsou Chin Ching who was preaching in the little church at HuiLi, not far from LaoT'ing. There they liyed ill a humble house with a low fence serving as walls. Such a disproportionate change, from a happy, care free school life to that of a humble country churclipa"tor, might have deadened the spirit of the most cptimisti,c woman. But Mrs Tsou took it good-nat.ttredly, lifting ber head np to heaven, and 110t towards worln}y things below. Being by nature a hard worker she attended to the daily routine work with her own hands beside the evangelistic work among the womt!n and cbildren of the church. \Vith a kindly disposition towards all she was beloved by ~ll with whom she happened to associate. Sbe treated her nephew with motbe,rly care and love. After they were transfeted to AnKeChuang a son and a daughter were born to the family in the course of three years. Burdened witb the care of the family affairs and other things her health broke down. But she always managerl to cover her physical agony with a cheerful temper for fear of grieving the heart of her husband and hindering the Lord's work. At last she was taken to the Methodist Hospital in Peking to be put under the care of Dr. Hopkins. But it was tuo lale. She even protested in the last hour of her life against st:ljciing- a letter to her parents in Peking as she believed such terrible news would have certainly broken the hearts of her parents who bad so much love for their daughter. On her death-bed she still uttered prayer. Thus in her morning hour such a noble woman was taken away from us to join the lliauy angels and our Lord in Heaven, Mrs. Tsou was married on the 24th of July in the fourth year of our Requblic, died on the r8th of May in the Eighth year of our Requblic, living 24 years among us. MEMORIAM: OF MRS. T'A~G YANG (WRITTEN BY REV. T'ANG YUNG) Mrs T'ang whose name was Kui Lan was the secol!-d daughter vf. )fr. P'an Wan He of Yu T'ien Hsien. She was by nature kwd. gentle, taciturn anj modest and was lm-'ed bv all her brothers and sisters At the age of twenty.follr she was graduated from the Methodist Girl School in PekiJ~g. She taught in her mother school for se\'en yc:ars. She was loved hy the

160 - ~56- students and trusted by the principals and het memory has fver since been cherished in the hearts of them all. During the seven years of our marriage she has given me many good advkes and 'encouragements in my work as a preacher. J can not remember one instance when she uttered any unreasonable words throughout these seven years. At the death (If my motper it wa~ by her suggestions that ;my father was greatly comforted and pleased. Sb~ devoted herself unreservedly to the education and evangelization of womanhood and hence was honored by students and church members alike. In the sixth year of the Republic we were ap~ointed to take up our work ill the church at Mi Yun. Shortly after we laid out our constrcctive plan for the church work here, her heal1h hoke down, st1ffering from ph}sical exhaustion after the birth of the baby girl. Falling a victim to asthma and influenza she' Jlassed away on the 20th of October after five days of agony and pain in the s:ckbed. Slie Jived among us for thirty seven years. When she v. as dying, tears ran down my eyes. This drew out some words of comfort and a smiling face: "Don't weep, but be }',apr:y for me as I am leaving this bitter world and going home in hf'a\'eu" Whtn asked to pray, she said "I have been. praying day Clnd night for the reception of my f'0111 into the Kingdom of God." Tben she b('/zan to give her lae-t advice in the mual calm manner, Let mothers.of the world imagine what it.meant to leave two girls, one four,ears old ano the other a little over two monthe, in the naked world without a. mother. Rut she maintained h('rself and only said. 'It is the Lord's wo~k, thy will be done." Would this he possible without a firm unshakable faith in GO(j? The funeral procession comisted of church rnt mbers, students and non-christians, a fact which tjfarjy shows ber pc'pularity. In the memorial service Rev. Yang presided and 'sever~1 men sroke cn her life which greatly touched. the hearts of the audience. The words on the memorial scrolls presented by the church members were; "Star of Womanbood", '!Go before Us," "Wait us in Heaven," etc. She lies buried in the church cemetery by the side of Mrs. Kun who died a martyr in the Boxer Uprising in 1900, certainly a worthy neighbour for her remains, Mrs. T'ang and I were united in WI dlock. but acted toward each other as friends in the highest sense of the word. Having Ttceived thoughtful suggestions and considerate appreciation and affection in almo!-tall cases during these seven years, I, tj-jough ine~pe. rienced in literary work, fed obliged to present something of hel life to her friends and the world.

161 Peking TIME ANNUAL MEETINGS North Cbina Minion PRtSIDENT SSCRltTARY I II IS SESSION Sept Aug. 28, 1872 Sept. I, 1873 Aug.3I, 1874 Sept. 8, r875 ;, 7, r876 Oct. 30, r8n Sept. 9, I, Ii:!79 " 20,I8&' " 29, 1881 " 7, 1882 " 4, 1883 Oct. I, Sept. 10, 18SS Oct. j, 1886 Sept. ~6, 1887 Oct. 10, 1883 " IS, 18B9 June!o, r890 May 13, 1891 Apr \ Sept. 3D, 1892 " 28,1893' TnfE Peking " I. II " " Tie~tsin Peking., ",.,., " It Calvin Kingsley 1. N. Wheeler William H. Harris H. H. Lowry G.-R. D~~is Isaac \Y. 'Wiley H. H. Lowry " u Tt;'omas Bowman H. H. Lowry Stephen 1'I'L Merrill Isaac W. Wiley H. H. Lowry G. R. Davis Henrv VV. Warren Charies H. Fowler Edw~rd G. Andrew H. H. Lowrv Daniel A. Goodsell H. H. Lowry W. F. Mallalieu Randolpl1 S. Foster Nortb Cbina Conference PLACE PRESIDENT! H. H. Lowry ".' L. W. Pilcher \V: F. W~iker J. H. Pyke L. W. Pilcher J. H. Pyke L. W. Pilcher O. W. Willits L. W. Pilcher II., J. 'H. Pyl:~ Marcus L. Taft vj: T. Hobart " " JI JI L."W. Pil~her " " Marcus L. Taft SECRETARY r ~ 9 10 II r Sept. 29, J893 Peking Oct. I, 18)4 " Sept i Tientsin " 2J, r896 1,t 15, 1897 i " Oct. :" 1898 " May 28, 1899 Tientsin II 31,1900 Peking June 2f, I90r Tientsin If 19, r902 Peking " 10,1903 May I I, 1904 " " " 29, 1905 " Oct. 3, 1906 " Sept. IS " Oct " Sept. 30, " Oct. 5, 19ID " Sept. 6, 19II.f Oct. 31, Sept. II, 19[3 " " 9, 1914." " " 't 6, 1916 " " " I' " " 3, " Randolph S. Foster \Villiam X. Ninde John ::M:. Walden Isaac W. Joyce E~~l Crans;~n J;:Ues H."Pyke David H. Moore " " H:'H. Lowry J. W. Bashford Henry Spellme"er J. W. Bashford Viilso;l s. 'Lewis J. \Y. BashfC:;d W'j'lson S:'Lewis J W. Bashford Wilson S. Lewis "J. W. Bashford \Villiam Burt Herbert Welch Wilson S. Lewis Marcus L. Taft 1. T. Headland ]. 'Freel H~yner 1. T. Headland " " " " ",f I,,~ B~'rton StJohn C~~l A. F~'lt " " B~'rton 'St. John H~' H. Ro:land C. 'k. Sea;ies " "

162 FORMER MEMBERS of the North Mia-ioD, ENTERED THE MISSION J J g r ID p'8:; ISRg ~ g (05 1~3 ]873. ; 187.~ l,-l By death. NAME Barrow, Rev. LaClede Barrow, Mary L. (~Ir~. LaClede) Brown, Rev. Frederick Brown, Agnes (Mrs. Frederick) J?rown, Rev. Grow 'Brown, (Mrs. Grow) Crews, George R., M.D. Crews. Katherine V. (Mrs. George R) Curtiss, William H., M.D. Curtiss,Florence D.. (i\lr!>. William H.) Curtiss. Lulu 1\1. Mrs. Willian'} H.) Davis, Hattie Denny, L. D., M.D. Dt:nny, Anna R. (Mrs. L.n.) Ensign, Charles F., M.n.. Ensign, 1\Irs. Cbarles F. Gamewell, Mary P. (Mrs. Frank D.) Greer, Miss Vesta O. Harris, Rev. Svlvanus D. Harris, 'fi.1die k. (Mrs. Syh'anus D.) Hayner, Rev. James F.) Hayner,.Mable S. (Mrs. Jamcs F.) Headland, Anna Eckert (Mrs. Isaac T.) Headland, Rev. Isaac T. Headland, Min,lm S. (Mr~. I.saac T.) Hopkins, Fannie B. (Mrs. Nehemiah S.) Jones, Thomas R., M.D. Jones, Stella B. (.\-Irs. Thomrs R.) Kent, Edwin 1\1, MD. Kent, 1\1r!-'. Edwin M. Kepler Rev. C. O. Kepler, Maryl. (Mrs. C. 0.) Kraus.-, Minnie L. (Mrs. Oli\'er J.). Lambutb, Walte~. M:D. ; Lambutb, Minnf~ T. (Mrs. Walter) Longden. Rev. Wilbur C Lowry, Phoebe, (Mrs. Hiram H.) Mul1owney, J. J., M.D. Mullowne,', Mrt-'. J. J. Osborne, D. E. M.D. Osborne, Isabel O. (Mrs. D. E.) Pilcher, Rev. Leander \V. Pilcher, Mary H. (Mrs. Leander W.) Scott. Julian F, M.D Scott, Lillian H. (Mrs.Julian F.) St. John. Re\. Hurton St. John, Mrs. Burton Taft, Emily L. (Mrs. Marcus L.) 1'aft, Rev. Marcus L. Taft, Mary W. (Mrs. Marcus L.) Verity, Frances W. (Mrs. George W.) :W~lker,.Rev. Wilbur F. Walker, Mary Fo' (:\-lrs. Wilbur F.) Wheeler, Rev. Luciu::; N.. Wheeler, Mary E. (l\lrs. Lucius N. Willets; :Rev. Oscar W. Willets, Caroline T. (Mrs. Oscar W.) CONNECTJOlf S' VERED 1894 ] Q4* 18Q9 1896* * ClJ * ~* 1Q ]916* 'IQI 'I8S ] * i~~ 18,g6* ]896 19I4 191" '1899* 19II 19B 19~ IOi

163 iablen1,idiher 1.. Uniform Statistica-I S-Ian-k:s. GEN-ERAL.sU-MMARY OF 'PROPERTY VALUATIONS, INCLUDING \YO:\IAN'.s FOREIGN l\iisslona~y SOCIE'rv PROPJ,l:RTY, (Enumerate with values of I~alld and Bui1(lings attached.) University and Col1~ge Property: (a) Board of Foreign Missions (0) Woman's FOl'eign Missionary Society Theological-or -Bible T.r-aiu.ingSchools: (a) _(0) Board of Foreign Missions.... 'Voman'.s.FoFeign Missionary SoGiet..y..... Prepat',atory an.dbuarding Schools: (-6-) Board of -Foreign Missions (0:) Woman's Foreign MissionarY'Societ;..... liospital and Dispensary Property: ( a ) Board of Foreign Missions (0) Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Property for Industrial Schools, Orphanages, Leper Homes, et.c.: ~) ~oard of Foreign ::\lissioils... 0 (0) Woman's Foreign Mission,arySociety.o.... Pr.in.ting Pr.ess.;s,!\1 achinery, St'>ck, etc. J\olissionary Residences: \ Board of Foreig!l ::v1issions.._.._... ~.~ (tl) ("') u w OIllall 'L~' s 1\1" ~. tl L~orelgn IsslOnarY_vocle y._._ I Nuwber and Values of Churche (Totals) NUPlper _~ud Values of Parsonages (.r~tals)*_.._ '-j 107 "Total Value ocall Property.... NO'Ofl~ *For Particulars by Stations and Circuits see Table III. *Present,participation in Peking Unh'ersity-federation with A. B. C. F. M., Presbyterjan Missions and 1.. M. S *87,000 t40,ooo 00,000 13,000 60S, , , ,000 76, ,203 twoman's College of Peking University up to present, equipment fnrnished by A. B. C. F. M. Thia is:the Woman's Medical College, equipment UP to present furnishep by- W. F. M. S. of M. E. Church.

164 = STATISTICAL TABLES, PART II.-C ontinuecl WORKERS MEMBERSHIP PROnA "ON ~.sl~ fi:7 z;. rn rn rn ~ rn til rnclf%o til! ~rn ~(.!l< (.!lorn ~f!1 fi:7 ~a footll... w ta~t;!; rnzw <~ Wrnl-4... )l0 Uu t; II: II: u a:ie... >< Fur,i, MEMDERS ~ rn.tii I!:If:!l'U 0< u< rr...f -- t: ~ I<i : ~s:i ~ Lt..~ <...Jw I!:I rj'l.~ O~~ Ill! >< E-< tote ~ ~~. ~.!2 ::: i 1'4 _u ai... H W ~ til I ~. ~ :::5 0 lll.. H ClJ "" ob: J 1--0 QJ rt!. ~ 11) <n QJ.!t..D 2.0 ~~ ex: ~ ~ : - ~tl 0 H l::... u~? Q) E -;.., s:: \-' '-"'H s:: at I.. ~ 11) ~ ~ ~ tt ai'c H QJ -c i J tl i5 t ~ <n 0 "1::-- "1:: ;.., 11 ~ bt. ~ S 31> 10< It HQ) I> ~'E g~ ClJ.0 4).a:.~1 ~... (IJ QJ ;: <;: 0 ~<Il 1i Q) 'Qj ~..g.::: "C c..!:l'" -SE ;!l u.. 0 ~p ~... -e.:: s:: I\J Q) U.;: u = ::: ;l.. '=' o.. s::(j Q) ~ rr. Qj ~!l 8. ~... "::l "C s:: ri. '"' ~~ '"' ~ ~ ~... \j... :t: ~... as...,:; Q) Q) 'j:; s:: P- :: ~ v s:: Q) QJ 11 zc :l:i~ a:i b.c as (IJ :,. I>... 'V ~?J ~ s:: E ~ f-4 '0 < 5 «E... H '+4 Q) _ ct 'v 'Qj ~ Qj 0...!l 0 E" '"".t: p !!l - ~ e: ~ g,:~ ~ '3 ~ Q) 'a ~ ~ Po 0 (IJ c.j t.: E ~ s:: R- 0 iij 0. 0 fil ::l QJ QJ H >: 0 at C,) 0 0 "1:: :.a :...E~ C rx. 0 ott:: Z <7-. ~ ~ 1$ <z i:i ~ Z ~ ~ :-. ~ Z :Q E-t Z..q U < DISTRICTS..,,~ ~ I ---- STATfONS AND CIRCUI'fS LANHSIEN DISTRICT Aukechuang Chentzl1chen Ch'ieruinhsien Lanh!>iell. ~aofinghsiel1 Omichuang Pencheng. Total This Xear Total ~ast Year T ilcrease Decrease If ~ _ PttKING DISTRICT Asbury.. Chllshihkon HUasliih Shunthihmen Total This Ye;lf Total Last Year Increase Decrease I \ \ r J J f ~ 54~ 870 ( ] :2 ~ I9J ~O :2 2 :2 ) ] 2 I c TO.3 14 Ii IIj 282 i~ 61 IS r10q ;~90 8 ( 168 :~Ol II II ~ I I 3 - I I _~ _ ~ ---r : [389, lol7 li I 55~ I~ 37i [5.30. l33 47:~ II ze 6, ]0 4 3 )u 2 3.q I~ 2C I 17S 225~ - --, I :2 I (j 4 3 2~9 54 I JI 252 J 2. [I SU.\NHAIKUAN DISTRIC'r Ch'anglihsien Chienwei Fl1l1inghsien IIaiyang Shanhaikuan Sh ihkechua ng Shihmenchai Total This Year Total Last Year Increase Decrease

165 STA'rISTICAL 'fables, PART n.-continued WORKERS MEMBERSHIP DISTRICTS STATrONS AND CIR(~UI'l'S -.--'f) ~ o ~ FULl. M~MBERS T'AJANI~U Anchiachuang I"eichenghsien Laiwuk'outzu T'aianfu Tungahsien Tungpingfisien DISTRICT Total This Year Total Last Year Increase Decrease I 1 2 I ' T4 12 I ~ I I S I,J 3 III I J fl 8 -;--1-; -; S; -;-;1-; ;.1~9 93R --;~ ; j ~,4 I; IS 1 3 I 116 I 5] I!:, Ins' II ~ 1'1 i I TO lis. -- ~ _ J _ J 27 ~ ~3 61 Il~ 19' '& IO :;' ~ : _~~~ 5~~~~ J-':_~~II3 ~I~ ~:~~r-~ I41~_ I I J 3 I 2 I / ".. 3 I 3. 1 I. l... [ , :J I TIENTSIN DISTRICT Chiaohohsien Nanpihsiell Taichenghsien Wangchiakou Wesley. West City Toti11 Tliis Year Total Last Year Increase Decrease 1! 1. I I II I 20 u : I J ' I I 7 ] I J J j I I )8~ _~ ~ ~~!_~-~- ~~~~_~_1~~~~ 9 ~:_I~~~~~_I \ 7 22 J J ~\,~,~ 11 ~I_ ,-- _ I I ] ) 4 9 I 3 '..l6 TSUNHUA DISTRICTS Tungpillhsien Hsingcheng Pinganchengtzn Sahechiao Shalillhe Tsunhuahsien Y iitienhslen I J II 4 2 : Iy 65 S8 II J _ I S I] 'J ISS 1 I I J II J II ! :2 :t q, $ Total This Year. I 8 3 ()! ( Total Last Year I) / IS IO 10 II ~ Increase I - -~ --; ~ 25 -;- ~ :1-- 6, 1 -;I ~ D_e_c_re_a_s_e,-- 3 I....' Isd

166 STATISTICAL TABLES, PART I1.-Cont.inued WORKERS I MEMBERSH~P DISTRTCTS STATIONS AND C[RCUITS Fuu. M~MBJ<:RS P~OBA'tION RS~ c.0 c 1,--T~_r--~~I7~~~~,-=--I~~----~-IC1J I- III... '~ ~ C1J ~ :; ~,~ :E 0 It Q)... ~ -e 0 ~ E :; U, Pi.,... I U (1) C1J "t:i "0 e,c!j ~ 0 "0' E ~ CIJ Q) ~ C... -0::.8 =... C1J C 0 >. "0.Q (I).,t::.- QJ..0 ~-o 0) 8 = C1J 5 E "t:i '0 ~ '0 III E.Q "" U-!5 ~ 8 ~ - cu 0 cu C ~ ~ c.. E -0 "t:i... "0 'iii Q) cu ~ ~ 'i: ~ = cu' < < = Q) f '" > :;.:... C1J tj) C1J '0 'i' E-t ' C1J E rn.g)' u c 0.!; -e.~ C 0 III... U :.J "' C1J ~ 0 II) ::s C1J CIJ,... X ~Sr ~ ii ~.:g ~'e t..~... _ ~ ""1 Z.2 -:E ~ e r;s II) C1J II) "" = c: 0... ~ :0 0 -< Z -( ~ :s: <Z ~ ~ -' a ~ ~ c ~ ~ ~ ~ -g-e ~ ::s ~ &! ~ c Q) c 8 C1J C;; z.~ ~ "' ca ;:: :s; Q) o..s :i 0 ~.g ~: "':E.. :E~ ~ ~ ~ ~ E-t Z ~ 0 b "' "" ---- Q.. :E IIJ... ::l 0 C 0 CIJ beo _ ~i3: ~ tj. -:::.g~. (/)""... ti "00 "'''0 ClJo.:... ~J5: ::S"" O'CIJ C"t:! ~... C Q) be -:=> 0,... "' CIJ 0 > z.< ~~ ~ -l ~~I------~~~~-- '-~--~-----~-.-- -~~---;---~--~~~--~~~~ YJo~N~HOUFU DISTRICT! I 1 Ningyangpsien IO ~ '! IA ", Szushuihsien ~ ] ] ~ Q 'l"sininghsien ]] 6...,., Tsouhsien. 1 ~ ~ 6p. Wenshailghsien J 1 ) J 10 9: ' <fl' so Yench.oufu 1 ~ 3 I' J 1 J : I 30 S JO e Total Thi-s.Year I ~ I 5 ~ 3 II. 43 :; I:: ] 43 II TOlal Last Year _ I ~_. ~ -.: ~ 6 ~~_ I~ ~I 6 :<0 ~_~~~_~~~ I no =~-5S5 _~ _~ Inc rcase 1 ' I 8 3 Decrease '.. :< I. I.'!8. s I r i, I 1 TOT ALS BY DISTRICTS 4 Chingchao District 12 ~ ': 'J [ ~3~ : JI5i I 8 Lanhsien ::< i 2 C 21 \'6'-; H )5 (53 3RS GI'~ 1962 Peking " J, Ie 4!; /~ , 37, ~ I 37 17~~ 2P J 9 31 Ig 24 1 I lsi Shanhaikuan J::: c 13J8 T'aianfu " : 1: I ' i 28<;; to.h (i S~3 14 [ S9 3~1 J09~i Tientsin I 8 Tstlnhua ".. I P : 16 I 5 In: Il63, J 2~~" III 43 ;; 15 Y 10 6', 59~ 63 5 Yenchuwfu I S I I'II 25\- 338, " , Granel Total This Year 234<) :-'88~. ~~.lri :-6J 7 (, 202~ 15 q.31196s;:[!\~1 ~I-;;;~; U ~ I~773 Grand Total Las. Y car ==\~l. 6'1 26 ~ -" j.-: 15-t~?I«; ~!108g ~~~~~~52i 18S1 1453, 441 ~954 ~1361 9i 543 Increase ). I 6 -:;;~- ~'--l~' :< I n , ! 1,...' 5, So.. J ,..... Decrease '. ; 4. _-r_,

167 STATISTICAL TABLES, PART III. CHURCHES AND PARSONAGES CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEXICAN DOLLARS SUPPORT OF MISSIONARY LOCAL MINISTRY CONTRIBUTIONS EXPENSES DISTRICTS STATIONS AND CIRCUITS CHlNC:CBAO DISTRTCT Northern Division Ch'angp'inghsien Huaijouhsien Huailaihsien Miyiinhsien Shihhsia.. Yel1ch'inghsicl1 Total this Year Total last Year Increase Decrease --- II IOllo III cu III o cu Q, I I 200 I I 1000 ' ~ I 1600 I I I rooo. II ~ ]~-:~==j ;; ]~Jlj~ =~: ;;~~ I~~I~ :~;=_I~;~ - ~i ~~ I I I I IS ~... o cu '"' ::s C) CBINGCBAO DISIJ'RICT Southern Division Hant'sun Huangt'slll1 Kttanhsien Lihsicu Niut'ochen Pahsien.. Pangkechnang Peiyin 'fotal this Year Total1ast Year Increase Decrease CHINGCHAO DISTRICT Northern Division Southern Division Total this Year Total last Year Increase Decrease LANHSIICN DIS'tRICT Ankechuang Chertl.nchen Ch'ienanhsien Lanhsien Laotinghsien Otnirhuang Pellcheng Total this Year TOLallast Year Increase 2 9 ISO I 2 30 I I 2 3D _._~ II 36. SI I I,~I R ISOO I Z : IS00 I I : I J6 17 R. 2:2 /) 22 3 IS 18 IS ' ~ ; ::1. ISS ~ I ] J4~ : Ii IS S9 ~~~~ i ~ _~~~ =~~_~ 233 _~_I82 _55 2 ~_ SO 690 \ ~ \ or:;32,~3[OIOO , _.- 5 t I I I fi t8::lo I J.3 311~ J I I J I I, 200 J 4000::: TO I : \ ::: 48 II 108 ] :2 co i ] 2 2\ 700 ] =-~ 147 ' ~~65C ~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ 1054 Il [9 2945c ( I 1~~~F.9l--.;Ss (; _--;; ] -' I~ I L 32 J3 I06iO I~ ;~--' -~~~l---,- -I!~6--::--:-~-:-:-:-:-.-. ~~ S

168 ~ ~~-r---' ~ DISTRlCTS STATIONS AND CIRCUITS ~Tt\Tl~TJ(;A~ TABLES, PART IIr.~Cont. CHUROHF.S AND PARSOl\'AGts C..,..O_N_T_R-.,..IBUTIONS IN MEXICAN'DO~~ARS MINISTRY CON'l'R,IBWTIONS E XPF,NS~S ENCES P RJNG DJS'l'RIC'r Asbury., Chllshihk'otl Huashih.. Shul1chihmer( Tota] this Year Total last, Year lllcrease De.crease SHA~H~l~UAN DYST. Chianij'lihsien Ch'ienwei :. Fliningh~ien. 4 3J 4~5 I t I 370 ~ I 870( e J 2 ~ (..: I~ ~ II 2 8~1 ~ IJ IE :2 I 2..! 25;:;.8 4G 34.,I t{aiyallg Shanhaikllall Sh ihkechuat1g Shih:1H:nchai Total,this Year Total last Year Increase Decrease T'AIANFU DISTRICT AtlChiachllallg. Feich'engh~ien " Laiwuk'oi.ttzll T'aianftt. TUilgahsien. TUl1gp'illgh.,i~n Total this Year Total last Year Illcrease' Decrease I ~ ] 5 45 i 12(')0 > ') 7' : ; ~ 12060, 3: ry ~ ; 490 ~ --;-;J60 t5;;i~ I4S; ~ ;;;; 3 4,3 [ i ' ' !Z n 447 ~i flO ~ [1 3 0 I goo ~ I tj S :2 <l 4 5uO 1 :i :!h I : I 20e ~ :- 5,.< 500:;: 2 I 'i 6S I'.t:: i J4f ' II SUPPORT OI! MISSIONARY I LOC~L CONF~R lod IE b If) II 9 I7J ~ ~~_;!17~--I ;?OO~~32S~~;I;S5560 ~ ~t [ 15 i SI 11 i6 1 ISO u 14 lsi _ _ 3 _ 2 2 5C 8 ~ _...._ _ z TIENTSIN DISTRICT C'liaohohsien Nanp'ihsien Taich'enghsien Wa ngchiak'ott Vve~ley West Cit)' Total this Year Total la~t Year Increase Decrease

169 S1'A 1'IS1'ICAL TABLES, PART IlL-Continued DISTR.ICTS STATIONS AND CIRCUITS TSUNHUA DISTRICT Pengj elihsien Hsingch'eng.. Pinganch'engtzu Sahechiao Shaliuh~ TSl.1nhl1ahsien Yiitiellhsien Total this Year Total last Year Inclease Decrease :>-t rn t:::: CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEXICAN DOLLARS i-<f:;i CHURCHES AND, ~8 ~~ Of.!) I zlll Pu ~< SUPPOR'!' of' M1SSIONAHY LoCAL CON FERrnrn. W..l PARSONAG~S Il-<f:;I MINIS'!'RY CONTRlTJUTJONS Exr'ENSES ENCES, I' IJl... t '" I ~ r:...c v IIJ IJl (J 'u (Il IJl "'0 ~ IIJ ~ ~ fil ~ IIJ t: 0 IIJ (J (J Ul en 'II Ul IJl ::: ~ bn IIJ en I:: rn. If (J til tl r:: c: VI ~ ~ ~... IIJ...c res (:;1:: g. t:: CI).~ b.c ~ CIJ IIJ IIJ IJl ~ IJl g IIJ rcs IIJ..Cl IIJ '1:l U "C C C c: ::: ~ ~..Cl.'0 Q..0 "" '0 c CJ E... IIJ 0 S i:'i:. iii 0 'u en :< ~...c ~r~ ~ u... E res en ~ res III -- II, 0 ::- U Q.,.c res..s:: CIS ::: {f.j 0 ~ rn ~.!!! ~ a~ Q) ~ lfl ~ CJ IIJ CJ...c IIJ U1...c i~ ~ '5 r:: l< ~ OOE-! rn. U ~ CJ ~O~ S i.. ~ w ~!::' r:tl 0 i ux I... Z 0 IJl CIJ.~ V r:: ~,::Q rn...,..:...~-~ ' res bn.r:: 0 r:: 0 0 I 0 0 ~ 1 0 ~ IIJ 0 ] 0::-5 p... IIJ (J ~ C3 Q) ::: ::: 'Qj ~ 1 ~I>l ~f.i! ci ci 0 E c; :ti Q) '@ ~ II>..., ~ ~ ci 0 ci Cii Ie ~ ~ 0 i\l v 0.c Q., c: t: o ~ v :::s II> CI) z z z Z :Z Z :> i:2 E-1 Z :>- I ~~ & ~!Il?i E-! IJ..; 0 ~ u o u i ' I 8 r r SOi I C 5 J I ; ' '2 I 52 I J IS II J 5 85 :: I ) 21,. 6 l~ 50 I 1300 I I 500 I 32 4]8 2~ 5 ~ 3i~~r- --~ 3;S~0 ~~-;-;06oo ~----~85-;; ;-~&-'---~ ~ ~ 95 ~ 5500, I". I , ",,., 3 ".,,, " ~ 31 6o/l-':"'_. ~ 263~1.!~~_~~~ ~~_~~~ I5/ I I~ YENCDouru DISTRICT N ing}'anghsien Ssush uih sien Tsininghsien Tsouhsien, Wenslianghsien Yenchoufu Total this Year Total last Year Increase Decrease TOTALS By DISTRICTS Chingchao Lanhsit'n Peking: Shanhaikl1an T'aianfu Tientsin Tsul1hl1a Yencliol1fu Total this Year Total last Year Increase Decrease I SOC 93 I I 60c I 2.} C I G 80 4 JO I ] IOGG 32 I 3 I 8 75 I 800: J 81 6 Z 8 I.C, 8 II -. 1_ Il ] I : I! S ~3 2 ~---;i---~i-:;;'-:;s-~~----;i-----ss-;-:~-~---;--i-~[--;-- 2 ((, 50 6<)0\ 1 18» i 'l ,1'4, HI 5", II02 I :::~ol C I IS.t (J0155~ II II II : 50 35(: : tji :: f I 200 J~ 19~2S \ 28 Ql "< ~ J4\ I: 15200! leo 1728\ ] 21 35i IIti 383 ' ~o ) : : ; I 1::14 53 ~~ l ~ I , ,1 n9 I; 5\ ' I I9Q I04~1301E 18 lis IS25I0623.WG,~6iI72I ~~I4561~?Ii ~ ,,1-- ~~ -; 23~;S -; ~II~ --;~; ~I ;-; 20 ~ I 499 IR 115,6 1...,.,,,.,.,,,,,.....,,,132 9:> " I. 77

170 _~ STATISTICAL TA:et~S, PART IV. I---~:"-----;""""';'-';'-r-T---~---:--C-_------,----":' '-----,-----,","""'"..., Name arid Classe~ of Schools EQunu>rate Parti:ulars by Schools and n:stricts 8. of F. M. THEOLOGICAL AND BIBLICAL SCHOOl.,S *Pe!<ing Unive:'sitv School of Theology tbjbl'~' Institute, Dist~i('tBible Schools Total tl)is ~'e.ar Total last year lncrease Decrease It) Teachers Pupils Receipts Expenses.. - ~reignl Chinese From Pupils V) '0... t:: 0 t::.::: os ClJ -;; til ]~ c... t:: V ClJ t: rce Q, 11) 0 E Eon; ~ 0 "00 0 c:::,clj -; 0;; ~ t: ILl 0 ~ -I o ClJ c... C; E 0 os 0. 0 ClJ ~~ 0. ~ $ ~~ B: ~ ~ ~ ~ 8 Xl <t:: I I -.. -_..._-_..---j---, , ~ From Other Sources --_._ v), mo!1....::!... v,- 0 bl~ ~ 'IJ c::l. :Es to t:t::: uo "'0 "@ cu... t: t:l.... ::I '0 U) rfl ~ V) ClJ g j~ I ~ I I -T---' I I rn I ClJ 0. CIl'lOl ~ I ~ tiil c: a:: Q, w.5 E bd >< s= ;;., ~ '" U1.....c::: Q, ttl ~ w o _ '... 'i-... t:0' "t;l iii CIl ~ ;~ c::l. t: -;; '5 cu '0 tfj C) ~ D:I ~ E-4 ~ ~ ; 'Cij,'" 05 I '1 7 J ] ' ( :~568 I.i J :< 6785 j (I j < !. ". 10 I II 9] I 91 5:2 ~ IO '-- -_ o_-_i 9, Ie) , 17~ I Il ' [038 9 J: J II II5 47(~ ~I--;--;i-;~ -1--;;-I35 ~;1-;; ~ [.:; --.: ;; 5768 ' 2. 2.:.. II,...,...,". 20, _. I.... *In federation with American Board, Presbyterian and tondon Missionso tunion with the United Methodist Church. ' PtltlNG U1U~RSI'l'Y School of Theology College of Arts Total this year Total last year Increase Decrease PEKING ACAlHtMY Collrge Preparatory Bible Institute Middle School Total this year Total last year Increase Decrase I I 1 I J 7. 7 r II ~I3f I.,. 366~ I I ~21~ 6 _~1~ ~~~~~3574: ~I26~ 5z82~ [069 2!38~ 579~~~213~147~ ' '2~ 7 7\ 11$.:, I1.~ rill:: d3633 I / c p 0 3 II3 '2S ~ ' ,---,--~ , ~788] :'< C)9,360f ~ I 1 ~ I ,.. 1\,,13! !I \ J,)! GI RS \ T '1/1 3 ] 31 50~ I~ R2C., ; ~I-:;I~ ;; Cl34 ( , ti 19] (29:: I3 3 6 I 7.P :< I t~23 IS':: I56~ 620 p ~ r f' i 249 9~7 IIr~ 2346il Q 7'4! , MIDDL~ Changlihsien Peking Shanhaikuan T'aianfu Tientsin SCHOO~S I Ii I IJ8i :< ::~~ SoC; iP r5600 2~20 30~ 1936 r II 1: 1 :2 4 4 " il g 2048 I] II 2 3:' C IJ J 780 II; I7~ ], 1 I ,i q610 q6i 72 33~ ZRoI C 33 2 <)6 ~\--:;~ Ii6.29;38S'l.'~0Jc;[ ! 4 3 b 41 : I I340 ~ : rol I8S 20fioo ;, , ----_ ----;:~ r--..-: Increase i: : w60g 9045, S64 3S 2o Total this year Total last year ~_~D~e~c~r~~~s~e~.~-.~.~~~~~~-~2-~~-~~I-~-.~~-~.-.~~~ I~4 ro».. ~ I~

171 1; ; I I STATISTICAL TABLES, PART IV. Continued, Teachers Pl1pils Receipts Expenses,Names and Classes of Schools ~ ::----:-----;;---~:--~ From From Foreign Chir ese Pupils Other SOl1rces I Ellumerate particulars by Sl'hools and distr:cts c.~ 'S 8 H IGBF.R PRIMARY SCHOOL Anc.-hiachuang ) '2 ~ Ch'anglihsien I P Chushihlc'ou 1.31' 3 6~ 6= Feich'enghsien I : R taiwukoutzu I I, I 15 IS 3 0 lose !; Lanhsien, I 4 4 no TID ~ 817 Ningyanghsicn, I J! 1 4 "' iC H Peking, East,Ci ty ) J) 12 1 I:: , 50 87J~ 3700 Shanhaikuall I J' J 2 4 II ~ SO~ Sbunchihmen II I' :; 10; I8n 18i) 1583 T';(ianhi ;, I ~: tooo T_ie_' n_t_s_l'n_, _", -:- 1 ~1_1..!._2..!._.-!4.:._.:...:-_4_'_' =9:.:::9~:...! '99~i I--2-"-6g 1910, 200 I ~55 12r,g ::~ 37 2.~ C , / i ~ :--~---,---I------:--"""7"""--; ;t-----:-----:-~---- I I HIGH~R PRIMARY ScaOOLS,-C ont. Tsininghsien Tsunhuahsien Tuugahsien Tungp'inghsien Yenchowfu Total this year Total1astyear Increase Decrease PRIMARY SCHOOI,S' North Chingchao Disl. South Chingchao " Lanhsien District Peking District Shanhaikuan District T'aianfu District Tientsin District Tsunhua District _ Yenchowfu Distrist Total this vear Total last year Increase Decrease I -_ ,- ( ' 72 J r I sb '8 J I 1 I 9 9 (; I ] IS J I / [us [ [5 J ] ( ~7I/ I~tn 96, r8h ] J ' II 18 20:.: I 27Ro 2, I )63, R3R >8 IS ]S IS ~ ' H2) 51 2il8 IIs '1' , ~ IS IgB I i IIS4. I 4: 103~ 223, ' \ ~ ' , 1;<0 33(' ;9 21:: 13] ,) ~(, Ai8 : ,4 4 0, I Hi _ ': ;: ; 618 E 3 It ~ :--~ \I34 2 i ;; )' II [ , :.; I 17C12i ~ryl~i~lt i-;S;; --,--IS m~ -;24 /-',--li 8 -;g6r-127-\-~ 42, '. - I '/ t:.,, " _ ". -I., , ".,,. 77 II I, _,

172 STATISTICAL TABLES, PART IV.-Continued \ Teachers Pupils Receipts I Expenses Names and Classes-!Foreign Chinese From From Other Soutees P~tpi1s of Schools J --_._- I --~ , en en cu Q), '" Q) III 't:l III WJ ti'l C III C G.I ~ C -0 t: ti'l'~.. Q) rn -=.S! t: c Q. ~ :Ili: c 0 Enumerate particulars cu 0... cu Q).c ' 'i) : 't:'~ 'cj....c... bo'i.i Co ( ~ 1:30 u (/) c bij~ Q) III. & bo ~S.. ti'l t: ~ B 1j'3 II '+-I, &)1 cu I... -; 't:lc be c '@ cl i3! = - E ~, C;;... uo 't:l c:, 'Cii ;~ i t: t:c' '" 8.~ (:I"... ~ 0 cu 01 0' C1J e... tc ' cu... 0 = -; ::I ~1J:.l 'E ~, C1J ::s 0 (:1"... ::l 0 '0 ~, Z ~; ~.::g ~ 8 ::g,~ ~ ~ ~ <t:: () {/) '(J) 8 '(J) U ~ CQ Cd ~ By Schools and Districts t:' t: C1J t: (:I" ~S ]8 t ~ cu DIS'tRlC'l' B Btl SCHOOLS North Ching-chao South' Ching<: haa Lanhsien T'aianfa T.ientsin Tsunhua Yenchoufu Total This Year Total Last Year Increase Dectease Training School Nurses I 4~ { ' ',1(J 140, I:. 1 l 6 ] , 100.' J 1 l lis 10, 175 I I ~ I 100, roo, : I I. l 9 9 I JeD :-!- --r ~ ' 7: ' ,~.;. :' : ~:II ~ ~I_~~~ 6: 1 ;-:: 100 5::_2~_~_~- ;;~ I II ~---'-I for.j---+--r ~-----". 1 I J " so! f;O I Th.OIO:::l.. ~:;blical i,)? ; IJS : :~~, ' Peking UniversIty IlS II: ~ I1I2i i9 162C T4871 Peking Acac\emy ; ~0( S\8\I2I43I'.14IIQI 42; 7.14 l Jo Middle Schools ~ ;-'0" 804 T ; I ":: Higher Primary Schools 17 :2 3, IS\ 1118 [l248i2g1~ ~ :12027:15843 ; C Primary Schools ' SIl7 445(; ; 223 J i ) District Bible Schools 7 i, 10 1 I I 9! 91 5:" 25 65~ :;,< 785' too (' Nurses Training School. I II I 3.) ' [ ,---- Grand Total this year 16~ t 3D7 :;7;)8 I ~ j ' \[92 32 : l1~ : Counted twice I r---, _ ,1 I ~~ 45 63~,_.. ~~8P r50~ ~ ~935 ~_55Ii~ :~ ~ Actnal Total this year [58 3: [55C 258 ~ lo9 ; ~543, Actual Total last.year (53 2~ ~I'~ 238 ~ ~ ~~54, ~ ~~ :o~~ 3o~ :~1O~ ~887!446I 3 g1~:;:::e,,.5 1.0:: 1: 2' : 2' ,6 ISSoi 33:7: I,9?3. 0 4\_ ~ :8,2I:P ,13,8 ~J I~.56: J.24~

173 1 --1-j STATISTICAL TABLES, PART IV. N ames and Classes of Schools Teachers Foreign Chinese Pupils From Pllpils Receipts From Other Sources Expenses Enumerate particulars by Schools and district W.F.M.S. *College of Medicille tcollege of Liberal Arts Total this year rotal last year Increase Decrease MlDDLlt SCHOOLS Peking, Gamewel1 Tientsin, Keen School Total this year Total last year I I I 5S /' 78 27(it 67i 14'5.:1 96 :: I _~.2-': -":I_~ ~~_780 ~~ :.! ~ ~ i~ , '78 40:: ? ,) ; ~~I~~I-2_~I~' I:::I~:I---i- ~: 4 3~ ' (.~ 27~ ~ ::: Increase Decrease *Umon wlth Presbyterlan MISSIC)!1, Fmanced by M. E. W. F. M. S A Mission with American Board., Presbyterian anu Lonuull Missions. One M. E. Student I M. E. Teacher../3: ! ~~=-_ HIC,Hl':R PRRINARY SGHOOLS Changlihsien Peking. *Shanhaikuan Taianfu Tientsin. Keen School Total this year Total last year Increase Decrease LOWF:R PRIMARY SCHOOLS 1 '., i 1 12! 2 2, 2 5 lz6 I26 1 i ' ; 3 6 r I i r , I ]67 i4444 I I I 4 () i? t' 96c 2754 go ;., E 13~ T ~ ~!3 1'82' ;355 ro ; t) t. ('39:': f45t D 443 () ;--!~t~ ~8~ 3~; -29~ 43~-~6;"--- -;;;- ~~~~8.34f ~2Sl -;;;-;;;; ~~&;;~; -~~ -1-7-: I 91 9 (r c 29r i 42i 1238; 31:SIc 73I4 22C t , f i ----~ z081,3!6(1 9i l)-fj r80i :! I North Chingchao Dist. South Chingchao " Lanhsien District Peking " Shanhaikuan " T'aianfu.. Tientsin " Tsunhua Yenchowfu Total this year Total last year :2!! S 9S 2 \,, e I~ 10. 2CO 14 i I r6 17 I I Si 5 3~ 1800 :;:0:; l 134-l I J 451 7()S 33-" 2556 t ~9\ 393: 135t I8.?;; 96 I2l I 2! L I IO 11\ 10 21:': C:4~ 189:<\ ':' /6: 7 ii' : 2J6 44~ '5 390 : 1.22: : ,2 2\0 12! 15 3:') R4 2b4J UII ( (: 13" 4; ~ 44:;: I2t 712 ~=11:11~,i ~11~~ :;;~ ;f~~~-_~~_;_~_i _~~J~ _~_~~_i~_l~ -~-~-n~~~~f_~ ~--;;~r~:_';~_i_~8_n -~-~i-;-; ~~::::e. -'-_L ~.3.3j'.' -'-"_ *Financed in part by Board of Foreign Missions 7' 861 ~_4_:;: ~~~!_~_ 2~ 229 I:~O~. 26 I08_J.~, 12 24i ~I65.1

174 J STATISTICAL TABLES, PART IV.-Confi.ued Names and Classes of Schools Enumerate particulars II) "0.,g t:) by Schools and districts tfl '3 'i KIND~"GARTENS Changlihsien. Peking-Jewell,,. Tengshihko!l Total this year 'fotallast nar Increase Decrease 3 3 BJBL~ TRAINING ~CHOOLS r Teachers Pupils Receipts ~ _ Foreign Chinese From Pupil.s From Other Sources ----I-- -_._ I "fj I....., Q) en c:: III... s: bj Q) :! s:.2 c s: en.~.s- Q) 0'-... Q) :::~ ~ -..I: "'0 (J.c; ~ '5U bijtl Q) S ~ ~E >. ~ 'i:l 0 0 I....g Cii E I... to 'u c- Q, og ~ ':;; - I... Q) I... ~~ Q, '0 a~ E--t ::: ~ <: (f) tfl t-'i I en Q) c cd "2 tfl Expenses Ul Q) rn II) s: 'i:l GJ GJ C II) 0. cti""' c s: :< bdq) GJ 0. fj:l.::: E bd ~ i::...co.- s:,,',... W GJ ~ a ; c I... s:0" cd I...!:;r.tl 0. 'S '" s:: '"' ], ::: CI) :; 0 U ~ j:q' ~ til E-! Cliariglihsieri I I III Jj 1 3 4/! I 6~ 64 tj r J 21.;.,19~ 18,{8 45i ' Peking, Union I J :: 32 Finances in hand of American Board, not reported Peking, M, E,,.., I,, I I 4_4, _~_+5.~_'_'.J!441 I I 980i, / i4i71 62' lone M. F.. Foreign Teacher. Four "1~lpi1~. 111lion WIth Am. Bonnl, Presbyterian and I,ondon Missions Taian!u, Euna 'Terry ITientsin, Un'on Total this year Total last year Incrt'ase Decrease.., '1. I J I I --] , ' ( 765! II ; ;' 4~ L; r~ J ~ --;(; ~i~-;075-~~-;; -;;;-'1021 -;; ;~,-I04 530~ 5 ~ f :: [ R ::, I I2J I to J] b 8 I 54 i, i *NURBES TRAIN1N(;! SCHOOl.S i P('king I j Tientsin i I ::: 2 ]] II II I ; \;6.; 2076 ;if Total last year ~ ] I go;.! , ----.:..- --~ Total this ytlar r-~ ---:; -:; - -; -; -- ~r~ ----~ Increase 1-'\--- -~---~ ;---, --;800 -; ' 316 Decrease I I I ~22, KINDERGARTEN TRATNING I I I,I I I SCHOOLS I 1 ~_~-2_-=~ ~ ~~ _ ,----. '--I---r--f--~-~-- Total this )ejr I ~ 19 I', 2PekingUllion Tota1last year :. '..,. i-t- ~~_-=-= _. ~:~~ ' ' I ' ,' I-----=--'-----~ Increase I ~ 11 I, ', ",~,' Decrease ~!..,.' I., ', 0.,.,.."..".," "~,..,...,., 0 I Thirty M, E. pupi)~ lone M. E. foreign teacher. I M, E. Chinese teacher, Finances managed by Ameaican Board.

175 5308 Name and Classes of Schools STATISTICAL TABLES PART IV.-Con#mted I--F_o_r~_e-ra_C_h_e_rs_--I ~~~i_is '_r-_f_r_o_m_i R_e_c_ei_p_ts_- I! ~-!~. Chinese F Oth S eign PupiJs rom er ources Ex_p e_ns,e_s_-:-- I Enumerateparticulars by Schools and Districts en '0 o.!:l ~ I ; c... <I.J c 08 o 3 u 0 Z~Sr ~~~~'--~~ ~ DISTRICT BIBLe SCHOOLS ~ Q)... c 8 '3 Q) '"; ~ Q) 0 0 '7il e -0 '5 ~:S:~~ ~ ~ r South Chingchao District J I T 18, 18 Lpank~sien,,1 I T 28 i 28 e mg,,4 I : 70 Shanhaikuan " I I Taiunlu II Not ~ny 'this ye~r I 6 6 I Tientsin Tsunhua I,.. 3 I I J I I I I 2 I 2 17 I 17 Yenchou{u.. ~. h ' I J 8: 8 35 II I 2 ~~;~;;;.~:~.. ~~ll~11r:~-~~i! :~~I== ~ ~::,-: ~: ~- ~~~: ~~ --~ ;; ;; I '-.._,e_--'----'-'.. ~ " '" ,.\'.5.'47 -~ SUMMARY College of Medicine I C 77 J4 I:?IO 580, -1-06i 34i, College of Liberal Arts I 7 i ( 5726 I I Ii 5726 Middle Schools T.' \; : I 52 ~676 Higher Primary Schools 5 5.; :-!34F I021! I40r 123( 5 0 7i 17::89 Lower Primary Schools 59 8 ~ 4 7i 8I II597 2: 6rS 165 I7618 ; ( 201, 60: 1)84: (7;P~ Kindergartens. ', J I IS II4 II4 61 :ZCi! 86 Bible Training Schools 5 5 I:; 17 I IS ' : 136! 4Ro 22:< District Bible Schools, II I ;9 7; ; Ii Nurses Training Schools: I t : 320~ Kindergarten Schools. I Grand total this year ;;~-;s ;47 7~282~ 28991,10369 ~I21 312~ - 5~ 236; ~8~ 6~8 [i0 5: -;44 882, 39~i""7~r-;632 -;o80i60s~ Grand total last year 9~ lis 133 IzG26g ':08.:; 506q 4/9'34 1 ::;8Sf 2774; 30861, 41:' \ Increase ~ 6 7-:;~~-.--;;~ 8; ;6t ~ --;& ---:--;.;~-;; -674] -1-; ;1366 Decrease :< II GlUt A! GRAND TOTALS I B. of F.M. Grand Total (58~:; I," 50258,c; 262 S07f 10C :; P8 4543'; E Is88{ ": )1:0)08 777: =;8611 W.F.M,S. Grand TOlal [4i i< g (.!8991O.169 [ <; 236j 2817i 6I : 34483/ ;«2 0 80: 6(' Gr;:!r Gran~ :~ta~ ~h:' 25'4275 "5 280 [ : :: '07~ ' :, ,8,19: 781: ~("A~\ Z7~ :s31il854:i Great Grand Total last I' 1 year RI 474~ : ! 11 -t- r677 T ~ i ~ _._,--_._----_:_---_._-:.---.::::.}):...:;:...::..;..;e-aa..;..s:-e !--4-'-i2-'-i4-'--2-~-2~--,i-,-.5--2~8~~(_ I07_!~7~4I~_:-I-~6t 4~~561~7J.S ,02~ll.II..l : ; [, ~J027i