OUR BIBLE INSTITUTE IN HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA DR. FRANK A. KELLER, Superintendent VjqtäÜ2iä&2Z2!ZBB!E2BZ22ZBZZBZ2SfflZBBZZ% E^EZEB2Z&&iE ^2aZZE B B E S!gB !IB l% iE SS&
most encouraging. The people turned out in large numbers. Not only the townspeople b u t many from th e sur rounding country attended the meet ings having to walk in from nine to ten “Li.” (3 Li equal 1 mile.) “The band held Bible classes for the children every night, besides th e ir regu lar preaching services. Sixty of the school children attended and they were divided into four classes tau g h t by four members of th e band. One hundred adults gave in th e ir names as enquirers and they have opened up a chapel. They have ren ted a fairly good sized build ing and are paying the ren t themselves. The Hanshow church has contributed $20.00 toward repairs and' furnishings. “ It was my g reat privilege to go th ere on th e opening day, February 4th, which was the la st day of the band’s stay a t Mao Chia P ’u. The chapel was gaily decorated w ith' flags and lan tern s, and about 300 people gathered for the morning service. I was impressed w ith th e orderliness of the crowd, it was surprising to see such raw country people who had never heard the Gospel before sit so quietly and listen so intently. A fter th e open ing of th e service and before the read ing of th e Scripture th e children were brought to the fron t to sing a hymn recently learned, and my! how they did sing w ith all th e ir m ight as though th e g reater the volume of sound the b etter th e song. The children then left w ith th e ir teachers and a children’s service was held in a building fu rth er up the street. “F ou r days la ter th e Evangelistic Boat w ith Band No. 10 set sail for Hanshow. Many of th e people gathered on the shore to see them off and as they were to sail a t daybreak th e next morning those who lived in th e coun try came th e night before and camped on the shore in order to be on hand when the boat left. A great crowd assembled to see th e p arty off, and oh, how very relu ctan t they were to have them leave. They sang hymns, and many cried b itterly as they realized what a g reat blessing th e band had been to them , and now as they were beginning to have a th irst for th e Gos-
STIRRING REPORTS FROM THE BIOLA EVANGELISTIC BANDS JOOD news is coming in from all parts of th e field, news th a t fills our h earts w ith praise and thanksgiving to the loving God Who has in stitu ted this work, and has graciously given to us a p art in it. Today I w ant to share some of th e good news w ith you. A couple of months ago I w rote you of the or- ' ganization and sending forth of Biola Evangelistic Band No. 10, and I am sure th a t you will rejoice w ith us in th e g reat blessing th a t God has poured out upon th e men and upon th e peo ple of th e district in which they began th eir first y ear’s work. A most in teresting le tte r has ju st come to hand from one of the m issionaries in charge of th a t field, and the following extract from it will give you a graphic picture of th e methods employed and the precious resu lts obtained. The. le tte r was w ritten by Miss Bessie E. Pike of th e Christian and Missionary Alliance. Miss Pike is a sister of Miss Grace Pike of our own staff. Miss P ike W rites “ One of my last country trip s was tak en to Mao Chia P ’u, one of th e many towns in o u r d istric t th a t have had no previous opportunity to h ea r th e Gos pel. The Biola Evangelistic Band No. 10 had spent more th an five weeks there. This is a thickly populated d istrict and five weeks have been in sufficient to thoroughly canvass it, but as the Chinese New Year season was coming on they had to close up th eir work, for th is is th e great holiday tim e of all th e year w ith th e Chinese. Our six men retu rn ed to th e ir homes, but Dr. Keller’s men have been spending th e ir week’s vacation here a t Hanshow as th e ir homes are too far away. “As they are booked to go on to another p art of our field next week it is hard to know when they will ever have ano th er chance to finish the can vass of th e Mao Chia P ’u district for it will take them nearly four years to make a complete to u r of our en tire field. The work a t Mao Chia P ’u has been
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