Missions
Hence the absence of unity in the work
Hence the tendency to support details rather than the whole
The need for a dominant purpose and expression of relations
The need for a statement of factors which govern action
The need for a missionary survey which expresses the facts in
relation
This demand is not unreasonable




CHAPTER II.

PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS.


1. All survey is properly governed by the purpose for which it is
made
The purpose decides what is to be included, what excluded
A scientific survey is a survey of selected factors
This is not to be confused with the collection of facts to prove a
theory
The collection of facts is independent of the conclusions which may
be drawn
2. The survey proposed is a missionary survey
The difference between medical and educational surveys and missionary
survey
3. The survey proposed is designed to embrace the work of all
Societies