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Show nection with the mass education movement started by James Yen. It is an effort to reach the illiterate masses. He gives as the net results of five years' experiments: 1. Over 20,000 enrolled in classes and 5000 graduated. 2. Co-operation with about 2000 non-Christian teachers, village elders, officials, and gentry. 3. A type of education which does not compete with, but stimulates, government education. 4. An increase of 1300 (or 50 per cent) church members, largely made up of young literates. Considering the fact that the expense has been about 10 cents per student, the opportunities in such a project would seem to be great. Hubbard is giving this year to the National Christian Council. He has been traveling in South and Central China in the interest of the movement. My sister's letters are full of her many lines of work. The two nephews are in a school for missionaries' children near Peiping. The two little nieces are at home so must have their full time for school work. With church work, famine relief, industrial school, hospitality, and the ever present emergencies you can see that she has no time to worry about the future of China, scarcely for her own offspring. We had a nine-days visit from my mother and sister Gladys and her husband from Indiana, Pennsylvania. When they were here we went to Payette and spent a day with Alice Reed's people. The situation in China was brought before us in a visit with W. A. McLean, ex-Fenchow, who passed through here on his way to Boise. Minnie met Valley Nelson of Lintsing at Lewiston. Minnie spent nine weeks this summer at Lewiston Normal and has now reviewed most of the common school studies. She is teaching fifth and sixth grades this year, a little over a mile from where we are living at Stephens Orchards. She finds the work easier this year than last. I have spoken at New Plymouth, Boise Valley and Bowmont churches, exchanged with the pastor of Wright, Boise, addressed one High School Girls' Reserve meeting. Minnie has spoken at Lewiston, Meridian, Fairview and New Plymouth. We attended State Conference at Reiser. I attended Idaho Home Missions Council and a Summer Conference at Payette Lakes. \ Work has gone on at Fairview church much as it did last year in spiie of the great attractions in towns and cities nearby. The Sunday School attendance has been a little lower. The Ladies' Aid and W. C. T. U. have put in their efforts. The L. T. L. and Boy Scouts have interested a number of the children. However our connection with the work ends soon and we will be sending you a new address. The old one will always reach us. Some of you will be interested in one part of thi s letter and some in another. But to each of you we send our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Yours in His service, dhvM" £-£ (ALMi '- r *• o*<: w: |
