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Show - . • -V ' I 2- yet proving a lusty infant. There is Yet Christians are in »•* .? tive movement as in Jaoan, t h e i is P r o v inee out of proportion expansion in this to 4 COOPERATIVES. The m o d e m cooperatives movement is but in infancy in China, no distinctly Christian cooperati the movement quite numbers in general society. The outstanding oar Paotingfu field , . „. ... . y Wei resigned frem pastoral work with oar station nearly 3 years ago to work under a Beeoaotrueiion Society now reorganized under the name Agricultural &m%-G of. North Oh.lna. Hie field %B in our cotton belt, and he has been very successful ohsantxag cotton improvement and marketing. t j h l n • • . . . . • - - .. With of 7 where Mo i Kuan- las. an f'A soci two counties in Mr le in been the promotes •-- 0 Wi >i «WO AT&8,$3;: UO aft mor W" o he ooops for "baa BOO units operating in one county* ^Qoago.ali2ai3on Mr* Wei has been made manager over a d i s t r i ct The staff he has gathered are nearly a l l Christian men. h Q w lix A i* J, ;3 £5 £> Ana jp H ..o J > t . ...V .-?, «• * • * "* if o pr »4* . - • * . • X 11 ^ i{.w1^-/v5 w» •h-.*«i fo , fwc •Jib h-w - is very evidently due to the idealism they local units. A VI j « . * * JUUi^u B iSHRING TO Huang-o ntiang resources with posh his fU:o. 8? 3 u t riifiTi" O * • 720 population, poor in land and in ita-snore is a young man, oofr lleess tuhnaann 330U years, and vision a Local- elders and townsmen have caught some of .Their slogan is "Model Village". They say their village is ?rem lawless characters to begin with. Education is made first and agricultural improvement, especially cotton, second* By I was there to participate in graduation exercises of the hcucation classes. The progressive county magistrate, and other dignitaries took time to grace the occasion. With the short term classes supplementary to the regular village school more than 200 children had been under instruction. vo f r e 3 interest. invitation Mass u They expect una bl e t c +.; years days he chin' y-.t S wninia a year or two to have no children above 7 years read . The most unique class was one of about 30 boys of. P? . and 7, under a resourceful teacher. With the hot Jan© had approved of their reverting to the of the clad e ge s t r e e t ur* privilege original sun-bath costume. At the exercises cross-legged on the ground just below the speaker's stand, in their own brown "tan-barks". About 1000 people crowded, into up for the occasion. Fo*5 reform and improvement the village looks to three it •mat pavilion o ut i izations for guidaflje: the Mass Education Movement, Association, and our church. we ha v e years ago,, • » no members i I was much interested there, organ-the Agricultural to find that, while Sevo i T*v£3 Of surprised mo learned long ago had been gospel seed-sowing about 30 the men now strong J% for village reform much after Y 4»: 0< X by singing verse verse of hymns that they had and more nearly in tune than soae church groups There aro both men and women wanting to come under Christian instruction. V * JSRIMENT a wmmmsim This needs a thick pamphlet graph. But I can hint at trends. report, not just a tabloid para ' i ' - « • i' - Jr t • i> t e r e s t for 3 and Mrs. Hubbard have made this n support, s and years other o * Yang of our heir quotas of approach to a nearby village where influence!?. Presentation of religion was there ~- vl2 "experimento a c Middle School has given hearty help. It has been a frank friend-there had not been Chris *-V O ^ was village initiative wanting it s to be made only if and.when • Any betterment project that uld themselves undertake with interest would an obtrusive friendly help*- educational, health, economic, recreational, .o ?o r *wo years religion was scarcely mentioned at all lie, al'Gxio private conversations had not infrequently turned theme. Among oho best cooporators were some earnest Buddhists. wnom exoho"-- - " " ' - «. atic in pub* to that ^ . with age of views brot new insights on both sides, TvxFa* ^ a s t a a t u m n » when there came earnest request for system *<„ x x fM y » t h e Hubbards rejoiced and seized the opportunity. l.TA a * «x a J 2 r a « ! attendance for Bible study twice a week has been about 75. After the winter's study there were some desirous of definite connection with the church. So a Sunday was s e t , - Sunday K ? 5 S t SQ*%xQe.sAa6- alr^a < a y ^en inaugurated,- for a ceremony of enrolment as Christian inquirers. The Hubbards had encouraged folks to ?S / s - . 7 . o l e ^ J 1 ? a n i t s i f a t a 1 1 * The r e s u l t was that there were 13 families who thus came forward. The addition, of a few others made a t o t a l of 49, There is every indicatio'n that Christianitv i s taking v ? ^ / n J V ? K t h 0 v i l l J g 0 a M t h a t l t h a s i n ** f r o m ^ o s t a r t the & vigor of both community and individual conversion. -\ HAVE YOU NOTED E§£*i5Elaf'-Siifi§ ls our address. Best wishes to yoa all, Elmer v Oalt |