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Show Peking GENERAL REPORT 25 tion. General Chang, a member of President Yuan's staff, is a consecrated Christian official willing to give liberally of himself. He is already bringing new life to the church. Pastor Li had made many friends among those in high position in the Republic during the year. Most of the preaching in the street chapel has been clone by the care-taker and volunteer helpers. While we recognize the need for a much more vigorous prosecution of the work in the street chapel than has been attempted this year, we are of the opinion that the emphasis may be somewhat changed. There should be no whit less preaching, but, instead of hit and miss exhorting, there should be definite plans iu the preaching with the aim to win and to keep. Perhaps we should look more than we have to the soil in which the seed falls. In a word, the person seeking the person must be the final method of saving men. Plans are on foot to canvass the local territory, to make more use of the rooms in the Parish House for classes and small gatherings, and to cultivate more of an esprit-de-corps among the church members. With these objects in view, two large and several small church meetings have been held. At the last meeting enough money was subscribed from purely Chinese sources to pay the salary of the pastor and that of an assistant. PUBLIC MEETINGS Many large meetings have been held in the church during the year. Among them we remember particularly the city Sunday School Rally, the receptions to Dr. Sun yat-sen, to General Huang Hsing, and to General Chang as he was about to leave for England on his Anti-opium Mission. Besides there have been anti-opium and anti-cigarette meetings and special lectures calling in large numbers from outside schools. These gatherings have brought many of China's highest officials and most noted men into our compound, giving us the opportunity to meet them personally. The Parish House has been open to the China-American Association for its headquarters. THE GOVERNOR In J"] D y'Wu C!*°! ^^TZ^T _ ^. ernor of Peking, died. After 1900 this young Manchu dared to place himself in the very van of the progressives. He gained the full confidence |
