CHINA INLAND MISSION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1872, 4 October 1913, Page 9

CHINA INLAND MISSION

WORK IN SIXTEEN PROVINCES ,r K year in wliicli faith and pationod • havo been tested, beyond the normal" ia, recorded in I 'China and tho Gospel* the well-illustrated annual report of thai China Inland .Mission. A heavy drop m income was tho outstanding anxiety of tlio year, though a porilous situation was ultimately saved by a magnificent, gift of £10,000. In tho fiold itself, as tho detailed reports from tho sixteen provinces indicate, tho year's task was an uphill one. Tho general unrest has: affected tho work in various ways, tha: number of baptisms (about 2500) still: being below tho desired rate of progress. It ia, however, a wonderful work that this great evangelical socioty, carnios on, no fewer than 1040 missionaries. probationers, and associates being employed, many of them in distncta otherwise quite untouched by Christian) effort. Tho total incomo from all sources was £76,134. Educational and medical work aro included in tho G.I.M. programme, though preaching,is kept in the forefront. An interesting feature of tho rejwrt is tho caution with MiicH tho society regards tho famous Government appeal for prayer. The day may be a turning-point in tho history of tuo nation for good .'. . but for ovil if tho Churches begin to put tlieir trust in Governments or mom.'