St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-03-15

to spend the night. watches in impor'
tunate prayer that God would pre-
pare them to make the great BUSH
ness of lie the personal dealing with
men.
Astride OF shamefully small don
keys we ambled to the neighboring
city of Tung Che, the seat Of North
China college and Gordon Theology
cal Seminary. The seminary receives
only graduates OF the college, and
both preserve a high standard.
Tung Che presents concrete argu'
ment in favor OF Christian education.
Thirty.eight of the forty-one gradu'
ates of the seminary are actively
engaged in Christian work as evan
gelists, pastors, teachers, etc. Here
and at Picking, Mr.. Lyon had made
very complete arrangements tor the
visit.
1t is journey of 1920 miles from
Tientsin to Foochow, and it was
also passing from winter to spring
as far as the temperature was con-
cerned. Foochow is at present the
greatest harvest field of China, per-
haps fourth of the converts in
China are in this one province. The
blood OF the martyrs has indeed been
the seed of the church. The two nne
Christian colleges, three theological
seminaries and several Christian
academies are in strange contrast, in
spirit as well as form. to the exami-
nation hall with its 10000 hungry
stalls. When l reached Foochow,
Mr.. Brockman was on the ground
and preparing for the conference.
We have glanced at the chief centers
which were reached on my autumn
tour; now let us refer to the student
conferences which were held along its
pathway. Marking, Shanghai, Tung
Che and Foochow were the loca'
tions. The conferences were OF in
creasing power. Their subjects may
be stated as
1. To explain more fully the OBJ
jects and methods of the College
Young Mems Christian Associations
2. To stimulate the associations
to more aggressive work.
8. To press home to students the
obligation of evangelizing China.
4. To deepen the spiritual life o.
students.
At the four conferences 1926 Chinese
students were present, and in add
ton 72O other Chinese. The students
represented II different province:
and spoken dialects in China anc
Korea. The reach of the conference:
IS therefore seen. In them were mer
who, should they give their lives tt
China's evangelization, would natur
ally be distributed over at least hal
the provinces of China. Though il
the midst of their education, the
average age shown by the registra
ton blanks was 20 years. They arr
second to the students of no othel
country in powers of memory ant
of mental acquisition. AT Foochov
the Chinese audience averaged 300
and once reached 1000. The inspir
alton of speaking to such
gathering, session by session, canno
be described. Among the results O
the conferences and visitation wer
the formation OF 20 new Bible classe
and the covenanting of GAO student
and missionaries to keep the Morn
ing Watch.
These students in comparison wit
other Chinese enjoy great opportr
mites. One Of the main objects {
the conferences was to bring HON
to them the need of consecratin
themselves to the work of taking tn
: Gospel to their own people. Wi
e not you who believe this to be til
1 great need of China unite in prayt
: that men who are mighty in tt
+, spirit shall be called out as leaders I
!, the people? This great nation mu:
be led from the ways Of blind phi
r osophy into that path which salt
II am the way, the truth, and IL
p life"
Faithfully yours,
, I