Jrifot. 1TE gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity afforded by the issue of this volume to add a few prefatory words. Our first word must be one of grateful acknowledgment of the goodness of God. Through His blessing our humble endeavour, by the publication of China sM illions, to promote a deeper concern for the spiritual welfare of the teeming millions of China has not been in vain, as shewn by many cheering testimonies. A nd, while thanking God for this, we wish also warmly to thank those who have helped us in the circulation of our paper. AVe especially desire continued and increased aid in this particular effort, feeling sure that the more China sneed, as shown by the number of its people and their spiritual destitution is realised, the more will prayerful, self-denying effort be called forth. Their number claims consideration; we cannot too often ponder the fact that Ch na contains about onethird of the entire population of the world. This statement is easily written, but what it comprehends is not easily realised. In that far off land more than twelve times the entire population of the United Kingdom dwell. Think of a few well-known English towns Oxford, Cambridge, Cheltenham, York, Brighton. In one week inC hina a number of souls exceeding the population of all these towns put together, enter theE ternal world. Think of Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, each with its busy hundreds of thousands of people. In one fortnight inC hina a number equal to the population of either of these great towns pass into Eternity. In one month It has been truly said, in words easily remembered A million a month inC hina A re dying without God. Think of all the counties of England and Wales. In China in one short year half as many souls as live in all these counties sleep the sleep of death. Surely the spiritual condition of a population from whose midst su
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