in the city and among the Sunday school children, but her special joy has been in connection with the factory girls' home, of which she says, "I have never been connected with any work that seemed so excellent and far-reaching as this." It is a school and home for girls of the lowest class of society, who without it would be totally unreached by any uplifting influence. The girls are cared for not only while in the home, but subsequently, after leaving the home, by means of correspondence and by the sending of papers and messages.

MIYAZAKI

This station, which has an outlook over the province of Hiyuga, reports a year of growth. The special meetings of February and March, 1907, added about 110 to the churches, so that within fifteen months the Hiyuga churches have received 205 additions, beside a goodly number of recognized inquirers. The "concentrated evangelistic meetings" were held at the two outstations, Ohi and Hasoshima, for six days each, and for a shorter period at other places, including Miyazaki. The results of these meetings were very favorable. At Ohi the closing meeting inaugurated a new way of self-support for that church.

Special mention is made of the progress at Miyakonojo, a rapidly growing place, now the largest town in Hiyuga. Mr. Okamoto, who has been associated with the mission for two years, has recently moved his family to this place and undertaken the responsibility of the pastorate. The new church building, though encumbered with debt, has proved a very great advertisement in that city. The work at Tsuma is also specially interesting, the following account of which is given by Mr. Clark:

"Two of the half dozen Christians there, young business men, have worked with a devotion and effectiveness that is rare. They have paid the rent of the meeting place (a building on the main street in center of the town) and all other local expenses, and have lately, with assistance from the townspeople only, made quite extensive repairs on the building. They have gathered the children, three or four scores or more of them, every Wednesday evening for general improvement, and on Sundays for special instruction in things. Christian. And when there was no one else to preach they preached. Two or three times a month some one has gone from Miyazaki, fifteen miles away, to help there, and at Sadowana, en route there. Last summer the child of one of the two business men was taken, with several others, to the hospital for infectious diseases. Nurses were scarce, and Mr. Sugita volunteered to go as nurse; was taken with the disease at last, and died in the early autumn. This intensified the interest and earnestness in the Sunday school and in the town among those whose children had been helped and who had noted his consistent Christian life and activity, and some decisions were made then to be Christians like him. One manifestation of love for the man is the custom, still continued, of going from the Sunday school to the grave for a short prayer and song service there. The other man, Mr. Kainano, continues the work with increased earnestness and efficiency, grudging nothing for the

good of the work, enlarging it of late by Bible classes at the homes of those most interested."

The West Hiyuga field, with half a dozen towns, has had occasional visits during the year, but this field is waiting for reapers. Petitions for funds for this work have been forwarded frequently, but the answer has come, "No, not yet." So the harvest still waits; many have perished. Several other places are mentioned as having been visited, while others have been entirely neglected from lack of force, and specially from lack of funds. Some of these places are near Miyazaki, and offer great opportunities for work.

Reference is made to the Hosashima church, which has built itself a neat edifice, having recently finished it; the church maintains a fine kindergarten under the charge of one of Miss Howe's graduates. It is interesting to note that the people, out of the public funds of the town, give five dollars a month toward the expenses of this Christian kindergarten. Of the town of Miyazaki a good report is made. The Sunday school has been reorganized under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Olds. The school has become too large for all to meet at one time; each section has six classes. Teachers' meetings are very frequent. Beside the Sunday school, Mrs. Olds has cooking classes, attended by the best ladies of the town. Mr. Olds has a large share in the teaching in the English night school at the church, teaching not only English, but the Bible and singing. He holds six Bible classes a week, having an average of half a dozen normal school teachers in each class. A conspicuous feature of the work in the province is the eagerness with which the children assemble, listening attentively whenever the missionary or evangelist comes.

Miss Gulick has had charge of the household of schoolgirls and general charge of the work for women in the province. The affection in which she is held among the people was shown by the crowd that came to say good-by when she left for America, her departure being greatly deplored.

NIIGATA

Mr. and Mrs. Cobb were the only missionaries at Niigata when the report was made. Mr. Curtis, though seeking in every way to avoid returning to America on account of his health, has been compelled to leave. The force is sadly inadequate to the needs of the Echigo field. Lack of funds has led to the closing of one outstation and the dismissal of one Bible-woman; other retrenchments have been necessary. The death of a very prominent preacher, Yoneyama San, was a most serious loss, for he was accounted one of the ablest and most devoted Christian workers, reminding some of Paul Sawayama. There has, however, appeared in Niigata a new pastor, who seems to be remarkably gifted and well adapted to the work. During the year the province has been visited by Dr. Davis, of Kyoto, who went over large portions of the field and addressed large audiences, making a profound impression; they have also been favored with visits from Pastors Ebina and Hori. A remarkable fact is stated that the school authorities authorized the

students to turn out in a body during school hours to listen to Mr. Ebina, who had an audience of over 1,000 young men. The governor also ordered out the officials. The addresses given made a profound impression and showed that the people were ready for Christian instruction. Mention is made of the valuable service of Mr. Neff, a teacher of English in the government schools, who came to Japan under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association. He has several Bible classes, and in teaching them English he uses the life of Christ in a very impressive way. A Japanese, Ito San, who is a high official in the oil works, goes through the province making temperance addresses and helping in all Christian ways. Mr. Cobb speaks of several other places, such as Ojiya, Sanjo, and Kameda, from which calls are coming earnestly for Christian workers. The abundance of opportunities only reveals more painfully the paucity of laborers. The work for women is hopeful, though very much restricted by lack of workers. There is great need for a single lady in the station to supervise this form of work. The absence of Mrs. Curtis will be deeply felt. She had under her care three societies for girls, most of whom have become Christians. There is a mothers' society, which meets with Mrs. Cobb twice a month, receiving practical and religious instruction.

OKAYAMA

This station includes Tsuyama, and within this region there are II independent and 2 dependent Kumi-ai churches. These have enjoyed a healthy growth through the year; there have been 332 baptisms, making the present church membership 1,811. There are 8 chapels in which the members of this station have been specially interested. They have been assisted by 4 evangelists and several other Japanese teachers. There has been a gratifying increase in the attendance at these chapels. An army post has been recently opened in Okayama City, and a Christian captain and his wife have united with the Okayama church. The general in command has invited the missionaries to address the men under his command. Great interest has been developed during the year in Sunday schools; of these there are 25, having an enrollment of 2,000 members. The largest number is connected with the Tsuyama church, of which Mr. White is the superintendent.

A unique organization, entitled, the Toyo Dendo Kwai, or Oriental Evangelizing Society, continues its good work, a principal point for it being the town of Hayashima, eight miles west of Okayama, where several of the leading citizens are becoming deeply interested in gospel instruction. During the last year some 200 persons were individually taught in the Bible, 50 of whom received baptism. This society is supported by money collected by a secret process, called Tenkoku Ginko (Bank of Heaven), the idea being based on Matthew 6: 3, 4.

With a single exception, the station is not responsible for any educational institutions, though Miss Adams teaches fourteen hours a week in two semiprivate schools; and though without official connection, the station is deeply interested in the San Yo Girls' School, with its 400 pupils. All the girls'

schools in this prefecture, with the exception of one under the auspices of the French Catholics, receive grants-in-aid from the public coffers.

A home for sick poor was opened on November 9, having connected with it a little hospital, and in the dispensary there is an average of 38 patients a day.

The Okayama Orphanage, which is so closely related to the mission in spirit, though not officially, has now under its care 726; 486 of the 825 famine children who were received from the north have been returned to their homes. Last spring the orphanage celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its establishment by Mr. Ishii, reporting that 2,000 children have received its beneficent care. There is a debt over the institution of about 70,000 yen, but a more serious fact is the continued illness of Mr. Ishii, who refuses to relax his labors, though hardly able to continue them; but his faith is firm that the clouds will lift and that the institution will go on prospering.

The force of the station remains the same as heretofore, though Miss Wainwright has returned from her needed furlough. Mr. Pettee concludes the report by saying: "There never seemed more wide-open doors of opportunity than today. We are busy all the time, and yet leave far more undone than we can possibly attend to."

TOTTORI

Miss Charlotte DeForest, who had resided in Tottori for language study, left in March of last year to go to Kobe Girls' School, and early this year Mrs. Walker left also, leaving Mr. and Mrs. Bennett the sole missionaries; but the work at the station has been greatly blessed by the coming of a pastor, Mr. Matsumoto, formerly of Takasaki, whose influence has been strong and widely felt. He is, of course, connected with the Kumi-ai church and not directly with the mission, but it may be mentioned as illustrating his efficiency. that he has held a weekly Bible class at the house of the chief judge of the district, which has been attended by fifteen or more of the most prominent men connected with the court house.

The outstations connected with this Tottori field have been diligently cared for, mention being made of four or five outlying villages and Kurayochi, where Mr. Edamoto has made many friends and where the Sunday school has doubled its size. In Tottori itself the mission has taken over the kindergarten, and it is under the care of Mrs. Bennett, having 41 pupils, the head teacher being a graduate of Miss Howe's training school in Kobe, who has shown herself to be very efficient. If the church members can be led to work together there is no reason why there should not be a thriving church at Tottori.

TOKYO

Dr. and Mrs. Greene continued to occupy this station until their furlough. which commenced in April last. The chief importance of this station has as usual consisted in the fact that Tokyo has been the center of the many cooperative enterprises in which the mission is interested. The Bible and Tract

Societies, the Sunday School Association, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Standing Committee of Coöperating Christian Missions, the Evangelical Alliance, with their sub-committees, have made their claims, some of them heavy claims, upon the time of Dr. Greene-one item having been his relation to the volume, entitled, "The Christian Movement in Japan."

As a matter of fact the interests of the Doshisha are cared for in some large degree at Tokyo, inasmuch as that city contains a very large number of the alumni of the Doshisha. Including Yokohama, there are five Kumi-ai churches in this district; one of them, the Hyobashi church, which has had a trying experience for some years, has become independent as the result of a series of special meetings. Nearly sixty new men, some of them men of prominence and of considerable importance, were received into this church, placing it now in an independent position.

OSAKA

This large and important station has 9 Kumi-ai churches, beside one not fully recognized, the latter being aided by the mission. These churches have a membership of 1,761, of whom 173 were added the past year. These large additions were not the result of special services, for the city has not as yet entered into the form of service which has been employed so successfully. elsewhere, though it is expected such services will be held the coming fall. The station rejoices in the return of Dr. and Mrs. Taylor, Dr. Taylor taking up work at the Choshun Hospital, in which he had been before engaged.

The Baikwa Girls' School has changed its buildings to a better site, with no apparent loss of vigor. The Christian Endeavor Societies are very flourishing. Mr. Allchin is engaged in a great variety of work, teaching music in the Doshisha, attending to building operations, while also engaged in evangelistic work.

SAPPORO

A New Center.- Since the last report, Sapporo station has been divided in the interests of the work, and Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett have taken up their residence at Otaru. This is a bustling seaport, larger than Sapporo, but lacking the intellectual and refining influence of the latter. The churches number 7-five Protestant, one Greek, and one Roman Catholic, but none of them is strong, either in numbers or financial ability. The position of the city as distributing and shipping center for the northern island renders it increasingly important as a field for religious activity, but the Christian force is entirely inadequate to the calls made upon it. The Kumi-ai church is financially dependent upon the mission, but growing in membership and strength, and pressing towards self-support with a fine spirit. The missionary family has entered upon the work there with great enthusiasm, and finds itself indeed much embarrassed by the multiplicity of openings. Miss Daughaday has had an extensive work among women, a work which has been continued in her absence by Miss Chandler. Dr. Rowland has been able to do an unusual amount of touring by reason of special gifts made him for this purpose.