rate inquirers and converts, and it is given to them as a
definitely Christian gift for the edification of the individual and of
the Church.
By the one this teaching would be classed with the general work of
Christian educational missions for the whole community, the meeting of
the general intellectual need of the district; by the other it would be
classed as a part of the work done by the educational mission for the
enlightenment of the Church, the meeting of a need of the Church. By the
one it would be classed with the tables which deal with the relation of
the educational to the evangelistic work; by the other with the tables
which deal with the educational work viewed as meeting a special need.
The table suggested is:--
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Population. | |
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Illiterate Population. | |
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Number of Teachers of Illiterate Adults. | |
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Number of Illiterate Adult Scholars. |
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Christian. | |
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Non-Christian | |
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Proportion of Illiterate Population. |
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Proportion of Teachers to Illiterate Population. | |
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Remarks and Conclusions. | |
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This table leads us naturally to consider the educational work done in
the station area from an evangelistic point of view. We must inquire
then into the extent to which evangelistic missionaries assist in the
schools, and educational missionaries assist in evangelistic work, and
the evangelistic results so far as they can be traced of the work in
schools.
We ask first the extent to which educationalists employ the services of
evangelistic workers in their schools and institutions. As we
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