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ever accelerating speed. A complete account of their march of
victory will be published in connection with their twentyfifth anniversary celebration; and whatever one might say
now would be rendered superfluous by that publication. An
outsider may pay tribute and admire but he knows that he
could not do the facts justice.

Chart showing the growth of the Methodist Mission in
twenty-three years, I898-I92I.
What interests the student is the secret of this success Some
of the factors may be described very easily. The first and
greatest was tremendously hard, aggressive work carried on by
Spirit-impassioned men. This work was doubtless stimulated