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Hunan Bible Institute News
By CHARLES A. ROBERTS, D.D. Superintendent
/'"'f ENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek has stepped down. The personal tragedy o f the Generalissimo is one that might well shake the Church for a decade to come. He was a strong man, and for over twenty years the idol o f his people. He had noble aspirations and will remain the hero who fought unaided at the height of Japanese invasion in China. His weakness was his lack of moral muscle to deal with those around him who, for personal ambition, sought to enrich themselves at the expense of much needed reforms for the country and for the peasantry in particular. Let us not forget to pray for this mbn as he retires (for the present?). Vice-president Li Tsung-ren is a man from the southwest, and has taken over. I f no satisfactory understanding is
faithful colleagues. Three Biola Evangelistic Bands continue their work in three different parts of the province. We are happy to add that it has been a pleasure for us to open our doors and give assistance to a sister Seminary. The Tai Tung Seminary under the China Native Evangelistic Cru sade found it necessary to leave Nanking and find other quar ters. We were happy to make arrangements fo r them to come to Changsha and unite their school with our Seminary de partment for the present school year which ends in June. Mr. Chang Hsueh-kung, the president of Taitung, has ex pressed his great appreciation o f this arrangement, and he and Mr. William Ebeling, acting dean of our Seminary de partment, are working out a schedule whereby both schools can mutually help each other. This now gives us a united stu dent body o f about 165, and a Chinese faculty of more than twenty members. The latest word from Mr. Ho Tzu-chien, head o f the Orphan age, is that our 155 boys and girls are happy and growing fast. The department is looking forward to new changes that will develop industrial projects, thereby providing greater as sistance in teaching the children how to prepare themselves to earn a living later on. Many thanks to all our friends in Amer ica fo r their co-operation in sending in many articles o f wear ing apparel and blankets, and for the many sponsors who are supporting individual children. Pray that our Christian mes sage to these little ones may continue unhindered.
War orphans, twelve to sixteen years o f age, of the Orphan age at Lilang, Hunan Province, about forty miles south of Changsha. Bright and eager to learn, they are seen here making reed furniture. reached with the incoming powers, then a new resistance movement may arise from that direction. The chairman of the Communist party, Mao Tseh-tung, is a Hunanese and went to school at Changsha. Hunan is a border province between the north and the south, and was the great battleground during the Japanese war. The Hunan Bible Institute at Changsha, with its spacious compound and buildings, will certainly be desired should a conflict eventually develop. Therefore the call for continued prayer is urgent that civil strife may cease and the people be spared further sufferings. Remaining at the Institute in China are Mr. Russell Davis (Mrs. Davis and three sons are now in America, residing at the Church of the Open Door Missionary Home, Rock Glen Ave., Glendale), Mr. and Mrs. William Ebeling, Dr. and Mrs. Eitel, and our efficient Chinese staff department heads: Mr. Hsiao Yu-cheng, Mr. Ho Tzu-chien, Mr. Cheng Kuang, Mrs. Cheng Chi-kuei, Mr. Li Tien-ching and a number of other M A R C H , 1 9 4 9
Learning the art of tailoring. Similar projects such as mak ing straw brooms and other small articles, are carried on at the Hunan Institute Orphanage, enabling them to be self- sustaining when they leave the Home. The main object how ever, is to teach them the gospel o f the Lord Jesus Christ. Page Eleven
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