Kuling, Aug. 8.
The 1922 Convention has not drawn the remarkable congregations which filled the Church twice daily last yean when Dr. Fosdick was here. The Convention Committee were unsuccessful in all the attempts it made no secure the help of some minister from the homelands, and even the hope that some of the distinguished guests who came out for the Students' Most ings in Peking or the National Christian Conference in Shangha* might be staying on in China until the summer season was not fulfilled. Mr. Blackstone, the director of the Stewart Evangelistic Funds, came to the help of the Committee in its time of need, and in this way it was possible for Dr. Dixon of America to render help to the Convention.
Dr. Dixon is an American Baptist preacher who filled the pastorate of the Metropolitan Tabernacle for seven or eight years after Spurgeon's death. After returning to America, he accepted a call from the Moody Tabernacle in Chicago. Dr. Dixon's coming will always be associated with the tragic event of the last day of the Convention. Through some indisposition, Dr. Dixon was unable to start from Chikungshan until the Tuesday of the Convention week and so was not able to take part in any of the meetings until Thursday. On the way between Chikungshan and Kuling, Mrs. Dixon fell ill and although all that could be done for her was done, the illness terminated on Sunday morning with her death. That Dr, Dixon. should continue hig help while Mrs. Dixon was lying so very ill wag greatly appreciated by those who benefited by his ministrations.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.