THE K I N G ' S B U S I NE S S Then the new society for Bible study and prayer has followed our example in the matter of giving for the Lord’s work and every Lord’s Day they make their contributions. Thirdly, they have pre pared e, little record book in which they have entered the names of all members, so that if any member becomes cold or careless they will exhort him, and unitedly seek to help him and stir him up to fresh activity. And finally, they are full of enthusiasm in testimony in their own homes and in the homes of their neighbors, seeking to lead their own relatives, and their fellow villagers to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.” One can hardly grasp the fact that this is a description of a church in a community where the Gospel had never been preached previous to this year of grace 1919. And yet, it is a descrip tion not merely of this one community, but of the work now going on in many villages of Hunan, where, but for the Colportage Work of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, the blessed Gospel would still be utterly unknown. May God help us to realize more and more the wonders of this work, and make us truly faithful to Him in the carrying on of the task He has committed to us. During the past month we have been much encouraged also by the direct tes- ' timony of missionaries of various Mis sion Boards in whose districts our men have been or are now working. A week ago the Rev. Mr. Parker, of the Church Missionary Society, spent a night with us as he passed through Changsha en route to his station, and it was fine to be able to talk and pray with him about the work in his district where Mr. Kang and the men of party No. 3 have been at work for the past year, and will con tinue to work if God wills for a year or two more, for it is a vast and needy field. Mr. Parker said: “The character of the whole district in which your men have worked has been changed entirely. The people have a changed attitude to
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us and to the Gospel, we now find a welcome and a hearing everywhere. We have tried for years to start a work among the Miao (aboriginal mountain dwellers) but have not succeeded, but your men have obtained a fine opening and have a splendid work started which we hope to push and develop.” As you read between the lii*es, this testimony will bring out many features of this work that we cannot stop to write about in detail. Has this letter suggested any new subjects for prayer? If so it has not been written in vain. Please pray for our six leaders, and six assistant lead ers. Pray for the little working church at Liu-Gia-Chiao. Pray for the 47 newly baptized ones in the China Inland Mis sion district. Pray that war, conditions may soon be over so that our men may go freely to all parts of Hunan. Pray for our eighty workers, and the thirty- eight students of our Bible school who will be home on summer vacation when this letter reaches you. Pray for us, please, the work is most strenuous and we need your help. By all means do not fail to join with us in praise to God, and to God alone be all the glory.— Frank A. Keller, Supt. Results of Bible Classes A young woman presented her mother for prayer several weeks in a Bible class and then had the joy of leading her to the Lord in her own home one day. The m o t h e r testified WORK OF THE that she had felt BIBLE WOMEN something working in or with her for several weeks and had been wondering about it. We can hardly realize it that right in our midst are those who know noth ing of our Bible or that one can talk directly to God other than in set pray ers out of a book. A young mother, brought up a Catholic, came to an even-
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