'As Sunday was the "hsia yuan" festival, the frst day of the tenth moon, a big procession in honour of the City God was held in the afternoon, attracting dense crowds to the Chinese City' where the procession was held. The procession, prohibited since after the Sino-Japanese hastiities near Shanghai, was resumed this" year. Worshippers thronged throughout the day the City Temple, Inside the New North Gate, from where the procession started at 1 pam. After passing the principal Streets in the Chinese City, the procession returned to the City Temple fate in the night and broke up.
Each day's session will consist of a business meeting, a devotional service, jeabinet, board, and committee meetings, closing with addresses each evening on phases of the mission's work, Special music will be rendered fatter' these addresses by the Moore Memorial Church choir, the Southern [Methodist Russian Church choir, the MeTyeire School Glee Club," the Pollang Village chair, or a massed choir of 400 voices, composed of singers from the six districts of the China Mission—Shanghal, Sungktang, Soochow, Huchow, Changchow, and Nanzing. Those delivering addresses. include Dr. W. G. Cram, general secretary of the Board of Missions, DF. W. F. Guillian, general secretary of the Board of Christian Education, and Dr. F. P. Manget, of the Board of Medical Work.
It is interesting to note that at the first annual conference of the mission, held in Shanghai in 1888, one of the members attending was the father of Mr. 'TV, Soong, governor of the Bank of China and a member of the Standing Committee of the }National Economic Council.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.