NGANLUFU

[s. 555] : A town in the province of Hu-pei, China, situated on the left bank of the PopuHan-kiang, 65 miles N. E. of I-chang. Station of the WMS, with (1903) lati on, 50,000. 1 mi ionary, 7 native workers, 1 outstation, 5 places of worship, 1 Sunday school, 2 day schools, and 154 profe ed Christians, of whom 74 are communicants. NGAN-SHXJN-FU A town in the province of Kwei-chau, China, situated 30 miles S. W. of Kwei-yang-fu. Station of the CIM (1888), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries, 1 of them with his wife; 4 native workers, 2 outstations, 3 places of worship, 1 Sunday school, 1 day school, and 63 Some write the name profe ed Christians. influences go forth. Gan-shun. have a vigorous mi ionary organization and they maintain besides work for the Maoris mi ionaries of their own in India. Work of mi ions for the Maoris is thus seen to be a work of the churches in a Christian land, aided also by volunteers Hke the Salvation Army, who have come into the islands and attracted the attention of the Maoris in their own way. Meanwhile contact with the great outside world has brought to the natives a variety of adverse influences. One notable example of this is a comparatively recent invasion of Mormons, who, it is reported, have won 3,000 native converts. Those who have carefully studied the subject speak of the Maoris’ future as not promising. Christianity has striven to elevate the natives; but so-called civiUzation, introducing 1 day school.: A town in the province NGAN-TUNG-HSIEN: of Kiang-su, China, situated at the head of the estuary of the old course of the Hoang-ho, and about 23 miles N. E. of Hwai-ngan-fu. Station of the CIM (1893), with (1903) 3 women mi ion and 1 native worker. Some write the name An-tung. 555