These Student Associations are organised locally.in each of the leading Colleges of China, Japan, and India, and nationally, into a'combined whole. In a local college, as St. John's or Téngchou, the objects of the Association may be stated a (yy to unite the Christian and moral students into a compact organisation, with their own oticers. (2) fo guard' students in" the midst of temptation.
(8) To increase the spirituality of students. (4) To impress upon students the obligation of giving their lives to direct Christian work among their own people.
The full force of these student movements is best realised in the great train it conferences which are he'd in each country. In 1897 in India 1,230 Hindu students and professors attended the Association's training conferences. Tu China during the closing months of 1898 four student Conferences were held in T'ungchou, Nanking, Shanghai, and Foochow, with the following result:—The gatherings were devoted to the intense consideration of Christian truth and methods of work, and with the exception of one, they were continued for several days each Number of Chinese students in attendance 1,026 Number of other Chinese in attendance. 720 Number of provinces, or different dialects represented..
Average age of students 5 Number covenanting to keep Morning Watch. B31
These students, with their knowledge of western studies, their appreciation of western civilisation, their enlarged vision of what real reform of China involves, hold a unique position in China, The students in these Conferences were about the age of students at home, and they have inherited powers of memory second 10 none others. That the ables: of these should give their lives to direct work for Eh is to be hoped. That 551 should sok covenant to observe the early morni hour of Bible study and prayer that tne purpose and holy desire is not Incking among then
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