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you could have .*been with me on my more recent visit to Band 6. I went in response to an invitation from the leader, Mr. An, who asked me to come if possible to Huang-Mao ere they left that center to take up work in another place hitherto untouched. Now I want to tell you of my visit. F irst of all, I got a real hearty wel come which I fully appreciated after my 120 11. (3 U equal one mile, so 120 li equal' 40 miles. Mr. Porteous is a great walker. He doubtless was up very early in the morning, walked the forty miles and led the meeting in the even ing. F. A. K.) I was asked to take the evening meeting in the new street chapel opened by the people of the place as a result of the last two months’ work by Band No. 6. Over a hundred hearers packed this place right out to the street, among them was a Chinese scholar with a B. A. degree who gave a good testimony on the following even ing to “Jesus the Only Saviour.” I reckon that we had a most repre sentative crowd including scholars, merchants, artisans, gentry, farmers and laborers. The next day, Sunday, we had splendid meetings both fore noon and afternoon. One item I must not leave out was the sin’ging of the children. I wish you could have heard them and seen them as I did, and the
PREACHING EVERYWHERE By Rev. R. W. Porteous Missionary of the China "Inland Mission in the Province of Kiangsi. “And th e y w en t fo rth and PRÏ3ACHBD EVERYW HER E , th e LORD w o rk in g w ith them and confirm ing th e WORD w ith sig n s follow ing.” Mk. 16:20.
HE more I see of the work of Nthe Biola Evangelistic Bands the more convinced I am th a t God guided you to this work. These bands of soul- winners are, I believe, a part of Mr. Hudson Taylor’s
hitherto unanswered prayer th a t the Gospel might he carried to every crea ture. I do thank God that we have been privileged to have Bands 6 and 9 to work in this needy district with about TWO MILLION STILL UN EVANGELIZED. Rev. William Taylor (Superintendent of thé C. I. M. in Kiangsi) during his recent visit went with me to see Bands 6 and 9 a t work. He was deeply im pressed with what he saw, both with regard to the work being done and that which had already been established in the centers previously Worked by the Biola Bands. “Our Mission,” he re marked, “strongly approves of such work.” How I wish th a t both Mr. Taylor and
DECEMBER 1920 GRADUATES (B. I. O. L. A.)
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