The Spirit of missions . uences. In-deed, a number of patients have enteredthe hospital this year believing theywere dying and desiring to depart underthe quiet and loving ministrations of theChurch rather than in their homes orat inns. Happily, most of them recovered. Pa-tients are now free to leave at any time,as they are not afraid of the huei(spirit) of the departed. Wuchang is the capital city of theProvince of Hupeh and is the great gov-ernmental city of central China. Hereis the official residence of the Viceroyof Hupeh and Hunan, and a small armyof lesser officials. It is also a great
The Spirit of missions . uences. In-deed, a number of patients have enteredthe hospital this year believing theywere dying and desiring to depart underthe quiet and loving ministrations of theChurch rather than in their homes orat inns. Happily, most of them recovered. Pa-tients are now free to leave at any time,as they are not afraid of the huei(spirit) of the departed. Wuchang is the capital city of theProvince of Hupeh and is the great gov-ernmental city of central China. Hereis the official residence of the Viceroyof Hupeh and Hunan, and a small armyof lesser officials. It is also a great edu-cational centre. It was here that thefamous Chang Chih-tung a few yearsago seized many of the temples, cast outtheir idols and used the buildings forschools. It is also now a great commercialcentre, for the march of western civiliza-tion has forced many changes. With itsmints and cotton, glass and other fac-tories, it is slowly but surely vying withHankow in commercial construction of the Hankow-Canton. ONE OF THE WUCHANG TEMPLES TURNEIINTO A SCHOOL BY CHANG SCHOOL DESKS MAY BE SEENIN FRONT OF THE ABANDONEDALTARS Railroad with Wuchang as its northerrterminus will still further enhance itsimportance. Wuchang is also a great militarycentre, for a nominal force of no lessthan 30,000 men is located within andjaround the walls of the city. Thus we have the four most influentialclasses in large numbers to deal with:The government, with its thousands oiofficials, high and low; the schools andcolleges, with their many thousands ofstudents, the rapidly developing commer-cial class and the powerful and imrportant military body. The Chinese engaged in commerce,from their constant contact with thingsforeign, quickly appreciate the healingand relieving powers of western medicalscience, but the literati and the official! four ways in which patients ARB BROUGHT BY THEIR FRIENDS TOST. PETERS HOSPITAL, WUCHANG The hospital and dispensary nre valued also as givin
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