A report given at the Adventist Missionary Conference yesterday morning by Pastor E. L. Longway, leader of the denomination's welfare work in China, revealed that the membership of the church during Tecent months have been active in relief and emergency work. In addition to assisting with the general plans for relief work in the different localities, the Adventist believers are endeavouring to help their church members who are in special need.
The membership abroad have contributed large supplies of bedding, Clothing, bandages and medical supplies; and these have been distributed in different parts of China.
Pastor Longway urged the importance of greater activity along welfare lines and spoke in appreciation of the interest manifested by the membership both abroad and in China in assisting so liberally during this time of need.
Field leaders from various parts of China state that the medical institutions located in areas affected by the hostilities have been active in relief and emergency work. During the turnover in Hankow, 15,000 refugees were given food, shelter, and medical aid on the campus of the Wuhan Sanitarium located near that centre. Mr. B. C. Clark, who recently came from Hankow to attend the conference, brought word that more than 10,000 refugees are still being cared for daily. The Director of the Adventist missionary work in West China, Mr. G. L. Wilkinson, reports that the emergency medical unit being built in Chungking is nearing completion, and that the work now being done in temporary buildings will soon be transferred to the new quarters. The funds for the con-
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