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character. I have found more than once, that it has destroyed whatever spirituality the man may have had to begin with. But I have seen man after man, in this,new form of band colportage work, ^increase in spiritual force, widen in intellectual worth, and improve greatly in physical development and health. The work is too exacting, the demands too pressing and too varied for the “ slacker.” But the -rewards o f bringing lost sheep to know of a seeking Saviour are so great and so real, that I have seen man after man despise the toil and exceed the demands made by the letter of the régulations. The men become pre-eminently soul-winners. “ Having been at every session o f the Autumn Bible School, it was no surprise to me to hear from the Rev. Li - Joh-han last year the unstinted praise which he gave to the work. As a happy Combination o f health-giving recreation after the sum mer heat in a mountainous region ; of rest ful study of God’s W ord; of mutual inter course with eighty fellow-workers in wor ship; and o f wisely guided work amongst tens o f thousands of pilgrims—most honest and well meaning peasantry who desire ‘to return thanks for the grace received from their parents’ and who have never heard o f our Father in' Heaven—Mr. Li acknowl edged that in all his extended travels in evangelistic work about China, he knew nothing like it.”
Zwemer’s time in this country will be spent in visiting cities in Southern China, and in consultation wth the leaders through whom it is hoped to start a definite effort to reach these tern millions o f souls, who believe so much in common with the fol lowers o f Jesus Christ and yet fail to enter into His kingdom. Hunan, China A COPY o f “ The China Mission Year Book,” published b y ' the China Con tinuation Committee, has just been received. The;, aim of the Year Book is to ^give, as far as possible, a view o f the Christian movement in China during the past year. The work o f the different missionary soci eties in Hunan is reviewed, the following reference being made to the work o f the Bibid Institute of Los Angeles: “A concluding word must be said as to the twofold help given to all the churches by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, a work that is more fully described by Dr. Keller in another chapter. As a close observer o f this work from its earliest beginnings, I should like to bear my testi mony. I do not. know that I can point to a single case in which I have found the ordinary method o f sending out colporteurs on book-selling journeys to have resulted in the deepening 'of the man’s spiritual
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