We might take pleasure in the sight of it.

We might congratulate ourselves and the missionaries on the beauty of the strength revealed, but not until it is related to work to be done does strength appear in its true glory.
We find in nearly all missionary statistics the number of communicants and converts set forth, and we often wonder what for.

It cannot be that we may glory in our conquests and say: See how many converts and communicants we have made! But, unrelated to any task to be done, that is all that appears.

Therefore we have instituted this comparison here, in close relation to the earlier tables, that we may know what is the force on the spot at work in the area defined.
Next, the proportion of Paid Workers in proportion to the number of the Christian constituency and the communicants is a most illuminating factor.

By itself it is a difficult factor to appreciate rightly.
Suppose we find, as we do sometimes find, that one out of every ten communicants is a paid worker.