February, 1938
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With the Qospel! Constraining Love Makes Biola Young People Missionaries O NE thing, and one thing only,” wrote Hudson Taylor, as quoted by Marshall'Broomhall in his book, By Love Compelled, “ will carry men
the general purposes of the Mission.” Commenting on this statement, M r. Broomhall continues in By Love Compelled: “ Believing that it was possible through Christ to do all things, Hudson Taylor considered not his weakness, but crippled on his couch as he was, he sent forth an appeal for eighteen workers for the nine unoccupied provinces. So nothing daunted and nothing doubting, he dared to attempt the seemingly hopeless task. H e saw no Scriptural justification for merely trying, for he believed that what was commanded must be possible ” Yes, again and again, the Bible Institute of Los Angeles— as well as its individual students— has found it necessary to believe that what God has commanded must be possible. The Story of “ The Missionary Bulletin Board” Hanging on the wall of the first-floor lobby of Lyman Stewart Hall, the south wing of the Institute block, is a large bulletin board showing the names of many Insti tute graduates who have served or are serving on the foreign field. Helen J. White, the Secretary of the Institute’s Alumni Association, endeavors to keep the board up-to- date. There may be some omissions from the list as it appears on the following pages, but there has been a constant effort to preserve accuracy. The following bits of news— while they do not represent all the fields— are interesting items gleaned from the alumni office. Africa: The ministry of Biola graduates in Africa reaches from Tunisia in North Africa to Southern Rhodesia and Transvaal, and from French West Africa through the Belgian Congo to Tanganyika, East Africa. This scattered group serves under the Africa Inland Mission, the Sudan Interior Mission, and similar boards. Since the doors to Ethiopia have closed, one Institute couple who had been stationed in Ethiopia, have been serving in the London office of the Sudan Interior Mis sion while the Mission prepares to open up a new work in another part of Africa. In the Cameroon is the daugh ter of a former member of the Institute faculty. China: In China many former students of the Institute are affiliated with the China Inland Mission, founded by Hudson Taylor, and with other mission boards. Still others have been stationed at Biola’s own great teaching and evangelizing center, the Hunan Bible Institute at Changsha, Hunan Province. The Islands of the Sea: Biola is represented in the Philippines, British Solomon Islands, Hawaii, Canary Islands, and Japan. Central America: In Central America, the Central American Mission claims several of our graduates, and we have several former students with Baptist or Pres byterian work. The daughter and son-in-law of one of the present members o f the Institute faculty are [ Continued on page 66]
through all, and make and keep them successful; the love of Christ constraining and sustaining them is the only power. Not our love to Christ, nor perhaps Christ’s love to us personally; rather His love to poor ruined sinners in us. Many waters w ill not quench that love, nor the floods drown it. . . . Oh, let us look with compassion on, this multitude. God has been merciful to us; let us be like Him. Th e cry comes, ‘Help us, Help us!’ W ill no man care for their souls?” It is only by knowing of such love as this toward man, a love inspired by the Spirit of the Lord Himself, that one can comprehend the photograph and the list of names and places that T h e K in g ’ s B u sin e ss is pub lishing on the following pages. The huge picture at the top of the next page shows the usual group of smiling earnest Youth, who crowd the halls of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles during the school year. In some respects they are not unlike other young men and young women in homes or in purely secular schools, in offices and stores. And yet there is a difference as wide as a sea or as high as the loftiest peak of the Himalayas. It is the difference caused by selfless interests, by the whole-hearted dedication of unspoiled lives— in short, by Love. “ Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low ; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth ; and all flesh shall see the salvation of G od ” (Lk. 3:5, 6 ). Although couched in the language of inspired prophecy, the message is the same. Hudson Taylor had drunk of the same Spirit; had caught the same vision; envisaged the unsearchable riches of the divine compassion. Facing the Missionary Imperative Not all who are graduated from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles become foreign missionaries, although a glance at the lists on the next three pages proves that many do obey very literally the last command of the risen Saviour. But it is fair to say that all who have studied prayerfully within the walls of this school do go forth haunted by the “ vision splendid” of redeeming Love and overflowing Grace. In this spirit hundreds of former students and graduates are ministering in churches, missions, schools, hospitals, and homes in America as well as abroad. For at the heart of Biola is the missionary imperative. As one reads in the annals of Christian missions the stories of those who have fought the good fight in the same blessed but thankless labors, it is at once evident that their work is a work of stalwart faith. “ I feel no anxiety,” wrote Hudson Taylor, “ though for a month past I have not had a dollar in hand for
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