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THE KING’S BUSINESS
T H E H U N A N A U T U M N B I B L E S C H O O L South of the center of Hunan is Nan Yoh, one of the so-called “sacred mountains” of China. Many temples and hundreds of priests are there, one temple being at the very summit of the mountain. Dr. Keller says: “Several years ago the Rev. G. G. Warren, of the Eng lish Wesleyan Mission, visited Nan Yoh, and saw the wonderful opportunity there, a field ‘ripe unto the har vest.’ There he saw thousands, aye, tens of thousands of young, earnest, worshipping pilgrims bowing down to false gods. He came back to Changsha and with heart aflame told a story that stirred our souls, and that some of us will never forget. One of the results of that visit and of that address is the Hunan Autumn Bible School. Mr. Warren has been one of the most enthusiastic sup porters of the School and one of the most acceptable teachers during its entire history. Each autumn since that address was given, we have had the privilege of inviting the Chinese pastors and evangelists of Hunan to come to Nan Yoh as our guests, and join us in three weeks of Bible study, conference and prayer, and in personal work among the pilgrims. We have fitted up a large house in which we carr entertain about seventy men, and we secure lodgings in neighboring houses for any others who come, all dining together at the main building. Usually about eighty men from ten or twelve different missions have accepted our invitation and have come to the moun tain to enjoy the bracing air, the good food, the happy fellowship and the blessed work. These men have been converted, then trained and finally set at work in one center where they have only met a half dozen missionaries, often less, and no Chinese Christians or workers outside of their own city. Think what it must mean to them to come to a place where they are free from all care, no family or work to look after, and where they can meet, confer and pray with Chinese workers from all over the province, and be led in the study of God’s Word by missionaries of various churches, and join in three weeks of intense, fruitful, heart to heart labor among thousands of earnest, religiously inclined young men. In the early fall our boat companies adjourn for this month of Bible study, conference and special work among the pilgrims to the famous shrines.
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