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April 1931
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Among the Women Students of the Hunan Bible Institute
B y M rs . F rank A . K eller ( Changsha, Hunan, China )
Our readers who ha/ve looked forward eagerly for news of the work of Biola in China will welcome this in teresting and up-to-date account written by the wife of the superintendent of the Hunan Bible Institute and mail ed on February 12, 1931. We trust that with the reading there may come a determination to pray more earnestly than ever for our four splendid representatives in China, Dr. and Mrs. Frank A. Keller and Mr. and Mrs. Everett F. Harrison, as well as for the large number of Chinese Christians. The Bible Institute of Los Angeles is both responsible for and proud of its department in China. I t is still under our care. — Editor. ilEhad reach stitute, and one evening the women studen ts gathered in our home for a little social fellow ship and to talk to gether about the good ness of the Lord dur ing the four months that had just passed. We were greatly re freshed as one after an -' other gave their word of testimony. I want to pass on a few of the experiences of these young women, so that you will be better able to pray for them. A B rave G irl w ith F a ith for L arge T h ings One of the first to speak was a Miss Yang, who comes from the northwest of this province. She told of the great joy that had filled her heart all through the term, and of how her faith in God had been strengthened by the difficulties and dangers through which she had. passed during the Communistic uprising last August. Miss Yang planned to spend the summer here on our school compound, as her home was so far away that she could not return. But when the Communists came, she had to go and live with a friend whose house is in a narrow street just opposite a large residence occupied by some wealthy people. One day news came that the Communists intended to burn that fine house. She and her friends were fearful that the house they occupied would surely catch fire if the Reds carried out their plan. She immediately decided to make it a special mat ter of prayer, asking the Lord, if it was His will, to save them from this calamity. She prayed on, day after day, and God restrained the Communists, and the threatened fire was never kindled. M ISS WANG LAI YING ed the end of the fall and winter term in the Bible I n
Later, an order was issued by the Reds that all who wanted to save their lives must put on the badge of the Communists—a red band around the arm—and all women must bob their hair. This would be the sign of their al legiance to Communism. A house-to-house inspection would be made, and any one found without a red band on, or any woman with long hair, would be killed. Miss Yang determined that she would neither put a red band on her arm nor bob her hair, but would pray earnestly, ask ing God, if it was His will, to spare her life and deliver her from these evil men. Again God heard and answered her prayer, and the house in which she was living was never searched. After the Reds left
this city, Miss Yang be gan praying that the Bible Institute might be opened in the fall, and that she might go on with her studies. As you already know, we were permitted to open the school for the fall term right on schedule time. Miss Yang was the first woman student to come back, and because of her courage and ex ample, others followed. Now she is praying that next term may be as peaceful as this one has been, so that she may
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be able to finish her course and graduate in June. And we believe God will answer her prayer. After she grad uates, she expects to go to a very needy field to work, and we feel confident, that God will make her a hipping there. A B eautiful C hange W rought by th e W ord of G od Another Miss Yang, the daughter of a pastor in Hupeh, the province to the north of Hunan, told us how her whole life had been changed since coming to the school. She said she was naturally very proud, self- willed, and stubborn. Her father was greatly troubled about her and longed to see her an earnest Christian. He tried to interest her in Bible study and prayer. But she said, “No, the Bible always rebukes me, and I don’t care to study it.” After she graduated from high school, she was somewhat improved, and her father suggested that she come here and take a course in Bible study. She finally agreed to his proposal. When she arrived, I could see she was an unusual character, and I wondered how she would turn out. As the Word of God took hold of her, the proud self-will became transformed into an earnest zeal to have her. life yielded to the will of God. Now she is one of the most earnest students in the school. (Continued on page 157)
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