It  is  doubtful,  however,  whether  the  Anglican
communion  can  claim  more  than  one-twelfth
of  the  Christians  in  China,  even  after  exclud-
ing the  Church  of  Rome.  The  Church  in
the  United  States  first  entered  China  in  1837,
the  first  English  Churchman  in  1844.  The
C.M.S.  is  in  evidence  in  South  China,  with
Shanghai,  Ningpo,  Foochow,  and  Hong
Kong  as  centres.  The  S.P.G.  helps  in  the
north,  with  Peking  and  Tai-an-fu  in  Shantung
as  centres.     The  Canadian  Church  has  com-


menced a  mission  in  Honan,  consecrating  a
bishop  and  supplying  the  staff.  There  is  now
a  newly  formed  general  synod,  and  periodical
meetings  are  to  be  held  for  this  purpose.
There  are  eleven  Anglican  bishops  in  China,
of  whom  the  majority  owe  allegiance  to
Canterbury,  three  to  the  Church  in  the  United
States,  one  to  the  Primate  of  Canada.
Women's  work  and  medical  missions  are  a
great  power  in  China,  and  it  would  seem  as
though  hatred  of  the  foreigner  as  such  were
passing  away.  The  Chinese  Christians,  both
in  the  north  and  the  south,  during  the  last
forty  years  have  added  a  mighty  roll  of
martyrs  to  the  Church's  history.
