WE arrived at Chungking, the commercial center of the province, April 16, 1914. In answer to earnest prayer, we were led in a remarkable way to secure a suitable building near the Tung Yuen gate, which is the most important gate on the land side of the city. This gate opens to one of the largest and most interesting highways found in China. It leads from Chungking, over mountain and through valley, to the capital of the province, Chengtu, which is about five hundred miles distant. Thus any one coming into Chungking from this highway would necessarily pass by our chapel door.
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Philippine Delegates Attending the Asiatic Division Conference, Shanghai, 1915
Native Church Members of Anhui Mission at Yingshang, Pastors O. A. Hall and H. J. Doolittle in Center
The principal work conducted at this station is evangelistic. We have also a small dispensary, and a night school was conducted for several months during the summer. Although we have been here only a few months, in January a church of ten members was organized. The membership of our Sabbath school is about forty.
The needs of this great field are appalling. There are more people in this one province than in the German Empire. It is officially stated that there are over three thousand towns and villages in this province that have not been occupied by any Christian society.
