During the recent examination for chiijen, the Protestant missionaries at 'T'aiyuanfu made an effort to bring the subject of Christianity to the attention of the young gentlemen who crowded the city. A circular was issued announcing the purpose of the missionaries to give twelve prizes for essays on Christian subjects. It is intended to use one hundred taels in this way. Christian books were distributed among the students to the number of several thousand. Some have already expressed their intention of competing and a few have bought additional books. The essays will be submitted for examination tee of missionaries at T'ung-chou. The total cost of this effort to the literary class of the province has been nearly Tls. 200 and pretty well the whole of this sum has been contributed by the missionaries resident in the city.
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