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 MM. 
 
 CHINA 
 
 The Church in the 
 Heart of China 
 
 THE REV. D. T. HUNTINGTON AND SOME 
 OF THE MEN WHO ARE HELPING TO 
 EVANGELIZE THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 
 
The Church in the Heart 
 OF China 
 
 I CHANG is a citv of about 60,000 
 people situated on the Yangtse River, 
 1,000 miles from Shanghai. It is the 
 head of steamer navigation, all traffic with 
 the interior being carried on by Chinese 
 junks. To the west is a mountainous 
 countrv' full of untouched mineral wealth. 
 A railroad is projected passing through 
 Ichang from Hankow to Chintu which 
 will make this wealth available. 
 
 Our mission was established in 1888. 
 We now have at the Central Station: 
 
 I. A church seating about three hun- 
 dred which is full every Sunday, over half 
 the congregation being school children. 
 
 2. A preaching hall where the Gospel 
 is preached four days every week. 
 
 3. The residence of the Chinese priest. 
 
 4. A girls’ day school with about thirty 
 little girls. 
 
 5. A guest room where interviews 
 about the Christian Doctrine are held and 
 a night school of twenty is conducted. 
 
 We have bought additional land to 
 accommodate this growing work. Suitable 
 
Ichang needs your help 
 Tear off this coupon and 
 send it with your gift 
 Every dollar counts 
 
 DO IT TO-DAY 
 
To GEORGE C. THOxMAS, Treasurer 
 281 Fourth Avenue, New York 
 
 Enclosed please find $ 
 
 mv gift to the Ichang Equipment Fund. 
 
 Name 
 
 Street 
 
 Town and State 
 
 Parish 
 
buildings must now be erected. In the west- 
 ern suburb we have a boys’ school of thirty. 
 
 Evangelistic work is extending rapidly 
 in the region to the west, whose chief city 
 is Sznan, eight days journey from Ichang. 
 I'here are many enquirers and the city 
 should be occupied as soon as possible. 
 
 Outside the south gate of Ichang we 
 have about three acres of land on which 
 are situated the missionary residence, a 
 boys’ school of one hundred boys ot whom 
 over thirty are boarders, and a trade school 
 for beggar boys with forty-five pupils all 
 boarders. 
 
 Industrial work for women is also car- 
 ried on. 
 
 THE STAFF 
 
 The Reverend D.T. Huntington(onfurlough). 
 
 The Reverend P. R. Stockman and Mrs. 
 Stockman. 
 
 Twenty-two Chinese workers. 
 
 THE REINFORCEMENTS NEEDED 
 
 Two trained women to work among the 
 women and girls. 
 
 One man, clergvman or layman, for the 
 bovs’ school. 
 
 One man for the trade school. He should 
 understand manual training. 
 
 Two men (one clergyman and one doctor) 
 to open Sznan. 
 
THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED 
 For land and house for women workers, g8,ooo 
 For the enlargement of the boys’ school, 7,000 
 For the Young Men’s Club, . . . 3,000 
 
 For the TradeSchool, landand buildings, i 5,000 
 For land and school building in the 
 
 western suburb 1,000 
 
 To start work in Sznan, .... 10,000 
 For a Chinese rectory and parish buildings, 1 , 500 
 
 Total §45,500 
 
 The Rev. D. 1 '. Huntington, the head 
 of the Ichang station, is a graduate of 
 Yale and of the Berkeley Divinity School. 
 He went to China in 1895 and for his first 
 term of service was stationed at Hankow. 
 In 1902 he was assigned to Ichang — the 
 furthest outpost of the Church in China. 
 Here he has done effective work. A sum- 
 mary of it appears in The Spirit of Mis- 
 sions for October 1907. Mr. Huntington 
 is now using his furlough time in this 
 country to secure the necessary equip- 
 ment and reinforcements for Ichang. 
 
 Copies of th’s leaflet may be obtained in any quantity by 
 asking the Corresponding Secretary, 281 Fourth rtvenue, 
 New York, for leaflet No 265. 
 
 At the same address arrangements can be made for Mr. 
 Huntington to speak on behalf of the China work in general 
 and the Ichang station in particular. 
 
 All offerings for the equipment of Ichang and for other 
 work in China or elsewhere should be sent to George C. 
 Thomas, Treasurer, 281 Fourth Avenue, New York. 
 
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