. Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. g into public office of Christian men; men who are notashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The pastor of theSecond Church went back to Lien-chow to assist his countryin putting down the robbers of those mountain fastnesses. Inthe very Yamen where several years ago he was beaten hecame into office. Another man who was the Chinese dean ofthe Fati Theological College became one of the advisers of thenew government in the Province of Kwangtung. A fo
. Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. g into public office of Christian men; men who are notashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The pastor of theSecond Church went back to Lien-chow to assist his countryin putting down the robbers of those mountain fastnesses. Inthe very Yamen where several years ago he was beaten hecame into office. Another man who was the Chinese dean ofthe Fati Theological College became one of the advisers of thenew government in the Province of Kwangtung. A formerpreacher of Tai Leung became the District Governor of ShunTak. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the sameprovince is the son of a Christian minister in Montreal. Theseare all Presbyterians, and the list does not include all that werecalled to office, nor does it include the students from our schoolswho served as public orators or that entered some of the loweroffices, nor those who became soldiers. It is said 65 per cent,of the new officials are Christian men serving in Canton, be-cause they are considered men that can be Kochau, Canton, China.—Two colporteurs, selling and explaining Scriptures.— At times these men work in groups, again singly or in pairs. They aim to reacha market town on market days so as to catch the crowds, then visit the shops,one by one, on an off day, when the shopmen are more at leisure. Much of thepioneer work in outlying districts has been done by these men. SOUTH CHINA—CANTON 85 CANTON STATION EVANGELISTIC WORK.— This work in the station was largely carried on during the year byDr. A. A. Fulton, Rev. A. J. Fisher and Rev. W. D. Noyes. Theyreport that the Revolution did not do as much harm as HalleysComet and the openness of mind on the part of the Chinese was un-usual. Each made the ordinary trip as usual, with perhaps a fewpostponements. People flocked to the places of service and openingsfor the establishment of new pl
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