CHINA.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 27, Issue 6, 1 June 1937, Page 3

CHINA.

Perhaps m no Eastern country has Christianity suffered such fierce opposition as it has m China, and m no country has the opposition so com-

pletely failed; and m the field of Christian experience this ancient Chinese quality of enduring fortitude has found yet fuller expression. All over the country, among the ruins of the old, altar fires are burning. Sale of Gospels. In two successive country tours m Kwangsi, Miss Tobin's whole stock of Gospels has been sold out, so that she has had to wire to Hankow for more. Rural Welfare Centres. A new centre has now been constituted at Taining, South of Tsinan m Shantung Province, to aid m building up the new State. The training centre has been so organised as to utilise the specialty of each of the five universities. Social administration, including census and archives, is directed by Yenchihg. Political administration and economic studies, which will include cooperatives, local finance, and agricultural economy, have been assigned to Nankai. The School of Agriculture at Nanking is to specialise m fruits and cereals. The Tainghua engineering college will direct water conservancy, the P.U.M.C. all public health and Yenching mass education. During this spring the professorial staff of this Shantung Mission wili busy themselves with research work on local problems, preparatory to the opening of classes next summer. Possibly 30 students will be accepted at the outset, who will attend classes at the district capital, and spend a good proportion of their time m direct research. Graduate students remaining for a year or longer will be permitted to fill positions m subdistrict governments. (P.U.M.C. is the Peking Union Medical College.) Personal. Miss Beryl Steven is steadily recovering from an almost fatal attack of typhus. . Nurse Venie Da wes was still, m hospital, ill, when the last news came. Our Finances. Improvement Continues. Up to the end of April our receipts for the Budget were £8227 as against £6982 at this time last year. The improvement is £1245, again a matter for thankfulness to God. We

must not forget, however, that this sum includes the £471 mentioned m the April "Reaper" as contributed for Bishop Chamber's work m Tanganyika, and not allowed for m the year's Budget. This means that on normal working we are £774 only ahead of last year's position. Still, this is hopeful. We are now entering upon the final month for the year, June, and many will be praying most earnestly that the improvement may continue to the end; that' m fact we may really give more this year than last. Such a result can only be achieved by faithful perseverance. You and I must give more, and pray and work as fervently as before, if. we would see this part of God's work share m our present prosperity. F. C. LONG.