is attracting the attention of officials and peuple as never before, At present there issionaries—three of whom are physicians—in the province, representing sit sucivties. Reinforcements. will arrive soon as peace is brought about.
No doubt the Hunanese will soon be among the leaders of the Church in China. Intellectually and physically, her people make one of the superior provinces of the eighteen. It is only necessary to glance over the empire, and w note of the places her civil and military men occupy to be convinced of this fact.
20th May.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.