. For Christ in Fuh-Kien . during the latter half of 1895, consequentupon the Hwa-sang niassacre, Grod gave manifest tokens ofblessing. The attendance at the church in Hing-hwa city roseto as many as 400, and to meet this growing congregation,the place of worship had to be changed four times in threeyears. A new church, accommodating between 500 and 600, wasbuilt upon the site of an Ancestral Hall, which was purchasedfor the purpose, and also a college with class-rooms for fourteenresident students. The latter was used for training catechists,a work which was rendered necessary by the differen
. For Christ in Fuh-Kien . during the latter half of 1895, consequentupon the Hwa-sang niassacre, Grod gave manifest tokens ofblessing. The attendance at the church in Hing-hwa city roseto as many as 400, and to meet this growing congregation,the place of worship had to be changed four times in threeyears. A new church, accommodating between 500 and 600, wasbuilt upon the site of an Ancestral Hall, which was purchasedfor the purpose, and also a college with class-rooms for fourteenresident students. The latter was used for training catechists,a work which was rendered necessary by the difference betweenthe dialects of Hing-hwa and Fuh-chow. In addition. Dr. S. Taylor, who had been ti-ansferred from Fuh-ning,erected not only a hospital, capable of accommodating ninety-twomen and twenty-eight women, but also a college for medicalstudents, and a mission-house for himself and family. So o-reatwas the progress that during the five years 1893-98 no less than400 persons were baptized, most of them being The Story of Hok-chiang and Hing-hwa. 149 Hing-hwa was tJie only inland station of the Fuh-KienMission wliich kad resident European missionarieis tkroughonttke troublous year 1900. The ladies had tO be taken to Fuli-cbow, biit Dr. A. T. Sampson and the Rev. S. J. Nightingalewere permitted by the Consul to remain, and were kept in safety,although at one time there seemed to be a likelihood of disturb-ance. All branches of t! work have been maintained and evendeveloped, and baptisms have taken place in connexion withmost of them. One of the recent converts, Mr. lah Cu-Ga, alitei^ary man, had not come into contact with foreigners until hewas engaged as Dr. Sampsons language teacher. The lattersaid of him:— During those first few months with me it was a struggle for him betweenJesus Christ and Confucianism with its concomitant of step he contested, but his heart had been touched before his head wasconvinced, and was on the side o£ Jes
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