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Show A NATION RIPENING TO HARVEST 15 'f*jf»«*»- * * » *« Chinese scholar holding the so-called second degree, who, through his reading, had developed a very deep interest in Christianity and for some time had been beseeching the mission to es'ablish a church iu his city, that he and the people there might learn the truth of Christianity. The religious periodicals of America have given prominence to the wonderful work which Mr. Sherwood Eddy, working for SHERWOOD l l ' e Y" M" C ' A ' '" C 0 l l lPl e t e cooperation with EDDY Ule v a l i o l l s missions, has been accomplishing in various centres of China in the past two years. In 1914, he touched four of the stations of ourMission-Tientsin, Tungchow, Peking and Paotingfu. In TIENTSIN, as a consequence, shortly after Mr. Eddy left, there were 900 meu students enrolled in regular Bible classes. The work with others, especially the shopkeepers, proved more difficult; but the men gained are worth the effort, even if the numbers are few. Many have thrown their houses open for teaching and social centres. There are Industrial Prison-Tungchow where College tweilty-tWO govern-students preach lnent g^fe f o r g j r ,s in Tientsin, with 800 students over 14 years of age. During three of the meetings between 500 and 6oo girls were in attendance, of whom 113 have been enrolled in Bible classes, of whom 89 are non-Christian girls. Such results mean very careful preparation in advertising, and still more careful follow-up work. In TUNGCHOW, which was unexpectedly favored with a visit from Mr. Eddy, it was necessary to make preparations very hastily, and results were accordingly somewhat disappointing, but there has been a marked gain and a number of accessions to the church because of the meetings. The commander of the Manchu troops had become a Christian as a result of Mr. Eddy's meetings of two years ago, and worked to get his soldiers enrolled in a combination of night school and Bible class. Altogether one hundred were enrolled in Bible classes as a result of W |