The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-07-30

pine Tor most OF the WOODWORK, I'LL
tie Chinese ash being used In places.
We have large veranda upstairs and
down and sleeping porch on one
side. Three new houses have been
built In a row In our new compound,
with one lot still vacant right beside
our house, which Is to be the location
OF Rex Wheeler's house when he gets
here. After we get the rubbish out
Of the way and the ground cleared up
! shall send photograph Of the
house.
In addition to the regular :work I
have, since the fall, had to take on
several additional duties. One OF
these is the Craftsmanship OF the
IIangchow Union Evangelistic Com.
mittee. This Is . permanent organi.
zation In which all the churches,
missions and Christian organizations
Of the city are represented. II is an
effort TO avoid oil con- petition or over.
tapping In our work and to bring the
full strength Of the Christian forces
In HaDgchow unitedly to bear upon
the problem Of evangelizing the city.
II the hopes Of this committee are
realized, II will ultimately be . real
contribution to the unifying oflChris.
tian forces on the mission field. You
can readily see that there are great
many difficulties in the way, and .
good deal OF time has been required
In connection with this work.
The chief activity OF the union
committee this year has been the
preparation and conduct Of special
meetings for students addressed by
Mr.. Sherwood Eddy, travelling secre.
tary OF the Y. NJ. G. A. As . result
OF these meetings several hundred
students have been enrolled In Bible
classes, meeting once q week, and we
are hopeful that out OF this work will
come . considerable number OF men
who Will unite with the church.
] have served As Chairman OF the
Bible study committee and as mem.
Der OF the committee having. the
whole follow up work Tin charge.
Among other activities has ibeen .
three days conference on Sunday
School work addressed by the head OF
the China Sunday School Union.
From this we hope TO put the Sunday
school work OF oil the churches In the
city on . much better basis. Two
other activities OF the committee are
worthy OF mention; we are issuing q
Christian calendar for the city OF
Hangchow, which will contain good
deal OF Christian Information and an
outline map Of the city showing oil
the centers OF Christian influence,
such - churches, chapels, schools and
hospitals. A little later we plan to
undertake an extensive distribution
Of tracts; We hope to put one tract
every Two weeks In each home or store
In the city, using volunteers from the
churches Is distributing agents.
We have Just celebrated the Goth
anniversary OF the opening OF mission
work In IIangchow. II lisa matter OF
more than local interest because
iiangchoM was the first city In the
Interior TO be opened for missionary
work ] do not have the exact figures
as yet, but:the total number OF com.
municant members In the city and
country adjoining mus; be now more
than 5000. Our own church has dur.
Ing these so years attained q church
membership Of practically 1000. The
most encouraging part OF II Is that
while II required about Is years to
reach q membership Of 800. In the last
i've years We have addedlanother 500
The most gratifying fact In connec.
tion with the celebration Of this an.
niyersary, Us, found I'M thei many .eyi.
dences OF . deep sense ..of. !. Christian
n.