The evangelisation of the world : a missionary band: a record of consecration, and an appeal . most out and outchildren of GOD. Whenthe time arrives (), Ishall be able to send youan account of this. FIFTY ENQUIRERS. God is doing mightythings in Pu-hien, half-way between here andSih-chao. There are nowfifty enijuirers, and thiswork has sprung up quitelately. Do you realise this—God answering yourprayers most mightily ?Cry more, ask for greaterthings with more assur-ance. Do you realiseMark ii. 24 (RV.) wheuyou pray?— What thingssoever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye havereceived them
The evangelisation of the world : a missionary band: a record of consecration, and an appeal . most out and outchildren of GOD. Whenthe time arrives (), Ishall be able to send youan account of this. FIFTY ENQUIRERS. God is doing mightythings in Pu-hien, half-way between here andSih-chao. There are nowfifty enijuirers, and thiswork has sprung up quitelately. Do you realise this—God answering yourprayers most mightily ?Cry more, ask for greaterthings with more assur-ance. Do you realiseMark ii. 24 (RV.) wheuyou pray?— What thingssoever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye havereceived them, and ye shall have them. Worthy,woKinv is He to receive honour. THE hung-tltng circuit. It might make my circuits more intelligible if I draw aground plan of the districts or circuits of the Hung-tung church work. You probably know in China there are eighteenl)rovinces. These provinces are sub-divided into 1,500hiens. These hiens, or districts, have each of them achief town, which is itself called the liicn ; as, for instance,Hung-tung is a hien town, and therefore called To come willingly would be considm-d a sign of forwardness. A HUNDRED WORKERS. igi tung-hien. The liien towns control the affairs of thesurrounding villages. Hung-t ung has over three hundredvillages under it, though some of the villages are ex-tremely small, while some number a thousand and morefamilies, and many some hundreds of families. You will see by the accompanying map that in our workthe Hung-tung station is supposed to look after fourhiens, viz., Hung-tung, Fen-hsi, Chao-cheng, and Yoh-yang,*and one chau (which is larger than a hien), Ho-chau. Of course these circuits are done on foot. A cart wouldbe impossible—as to most of these villages there are nocart-roads—and a beast impracticable as well as an un-necessary expense. Mr. Hoste and 1 both do these rounds,he a fortnight after me. We have a trusty henchman,and each takes a small bag, which is all the kit that isnecessary. Thi
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