Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-04
Y. Nj. c. A. WORK IN CHINA Secretary Hill Receives Letter Fron
 Arthur Hugh.

1 General Secretary Edwin Hill of the 1 local Y M. c. A. has received a letter | from Arthur Hugh, who is doing Y. M C. A. work in China. And. in speakins g of the work in China, he writes that he has seen a good many Association buildings in America, but Canton's ! beats them all. No Association E7 America or Europe can match Tient- Christian men. Few cities at home have a president of the board of di . rectorS who serves the movement more faithfully and effectively than does Dr work was carried by Americans. Now the National General Secretary is MT. Yui of Wuchang. He is my boss and Lyons and everybody's boss in our to work under him. Peking, Shang hai and Canton have Chinese General Secretaries and a whole list of cities is nearly ready to do the same.
 church here has just left my office. He said ''The superintendent of my Sunday school, the trainer of our teachers, the chairman of our board of deacons and several teachers are all furnished by your association"
 MT. Fuller, American Consul Gen eral a large for Asia, was on the boat coming up the coast the other day. ! said, You have seen our work every where; we welcome your criticism" :"
 
 A. in my university but you fellows are hitting the nail on the head out here. Your plan is right and your men are making good. l believe un- qualifiedly in your work"
 In other words, the God of nations led Mott and Brocknan and C. T. Wang and H. l.. ia when they planted this movement and it grows and it achieves as only a supernaturally favored movement could grow. This isn't a report letter. This is to you for old friendship sake, but tell your friends and supporters that their in vestment out here is gilt edged. yield ing larger returns than anything l ever saw in seven years of ceaseless journeys over the U. s. and Canada.
 And is the task finished? Not quite, we need you yet a bit. If we organ ize a city association every day for the next five years we will then have one branch at least in every walled city that is ready now for one, but that takes men and buildings and supervision and prayers.
 am alone trying to promote student movement which eventually must be four times as big as the stu dent movement in America which no- tice has twenty national secretaries. Then I have the Student Volunteer Movement for China and the next Ed dy campaign which to be done right, needs two executive secretaries and I'm bungling a lot of things. Why don't they give me relfef?" Why just because every body who could help Is just as badly loaded with his own job with no one to take it ie he should come to help in this.
 I am willing to be failure by try ing to >ca Try an impossible load but I'm not willing and you are not willing to see this China work carried by a staff so inadequate that, for instance. the Student Movement. the Volunteer and the Eddy Campaign must be carried by one man.
 I'm not wearyins you with figures and arguments Ini just telling you that you and the men with you in America have started here in China which will be the marvel and Inspiration of the age in Christian work. But 1t Is a growing movement. It doubles in out-reach every year md right in the midst of war in America we dare to plead with you to send us recruits for the very hard pressed Iine< that the work so Rlori- ously begun may not be wrecked but go on to it's rightfui completion.
 Cordially.
 ARTHUR RUGH