I find myself saying again and again: "How can this be?" It looked
so dark four months ago; it looks so bright to-day. God has answered
prayer, has been true to his promise, has changed to blessing the
stress that we were under by placing thus upon our work the seal of
his own and his people's approbation.

Sixteen missions have been in operation during the year, all but three
of them for the entire twelve months. Thirty-five workers have been
employed, ten of whom have been Chinese brethren. The months of labor
aggregate 354.

The total number who have been enrolled as pupils in our schools is
1,380. This is larger by 249 than the enrollment of the previous year,
and by 336 than that of the year before. The _average_ membership
month by month was in the aggregate, 523; the average attendance, 319.
These numbers are also in excess of the corresponding ones in several
previous years. Among these members of our schools there are 211 that
profess to have ceased from idolatry, and 150 who are believed to be
true disciples of Christ. I cannot now state the exact number who have
professed conversion during the year, but I believe it to be about
_forty_. If so, the total number who have declared themselves to
be Christians and have been accepted as such by our brethren, is more
than 750.

The expenditures have been $11,019, of which more than 1,600 came
from the Chinese themselves, while their offerings for mission work in
China and expenses met in connection with Christian work in California
would show a giving on their part of at least $2,500 during the year.

SOME OTHER TOKENS OF GOOD.--Our helper, Loo Quong, writes as follows