fromtheeditor^desk T his year the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles graduates approximately one hundred and sixty-five young people. The vast majority of these young people have their faces set toward some type o f full-time Chris tian service. A ten-year survey recently completed revealed the fact that over eighty three percent o f the graduates of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles entered into some type o f full-time Christian work. Approxi mately thirty three percent went to the foreign field. A much larger percentage o f the graduates volunteered for foreign missionary service, but were never able to get away from their home shores. The failure on their part is not due to any lack o f faith or any indifference in them. If there was any failure anywhere along the line, it was a failure on the part o f the older generation to provide the means fo r these young people to go. The Bible Institute of Los Angeles is preparing Christian leaders. Young people are dedicating themselves to go wherever the Lord directs. They are perfectly willing and quite anxious to go out across the seas in order that they might proclaim the gospel in the so-called heathen lands; but alas, the funds are not provided and it becomes necessary for them to discover some type o f Christian work here in the homeland where they might serve the Lord and at the same time make a living for themselves and their families. Older people are inclined to criticize the younger generation because of an apparent lack o f aggressiveness and determination on their part. It must be remembered, however, that the days are long since gone when a person merely decided to go to the foreign field as a missionary, packed up his trunk,, got two or three barrels fu ll of old clothes and a small amount of other equipment and set out for the foreign land of his choice. Nowadays, missionaries must get permission from local gov ernments, and from home governments; they must be bonded so that they w ill never become a liability in the land to wh ich they go; they must have a large amount of equipment, and in addition to all o f these, plus many other requirements, they must have a reasonable guarantee o f their financial support. These requirements are made necessary by mission hoards which, in turn, are subject to the rules and regulations o f the governments in the lands where they serve. Young people who go to school for a number of years do not come out with an appreciable financial nest egg which they might use in order to get themselves ready for foreign missionary service. They must depend upon their local churches and other congregations of God’s people to provide the means. As more and more missionaries go into foreign service, the appeals become increasingly great and it seems that in many good chinches the saturation point of missionary giving has been already reached. And yet, more young people come from those churches to pre pare themselves for service abroad. Where w ill they find their support? That is the question that is commanding the attention of an increasingly large proportion of Bible school graduates throughout the country. No effort is being made to place the responsibility for this condition upon anyone. This statement is made merely to remind Christian adults everywhere that the failure on the part o f young people to get to the foreign field is not their fault. They are victims o f circumstances over which they have practically no control whatever. W e praise God, there fore, for those who do get to the field. W e also praise God for those who are ready and w illing to go, even though they are unable to get there. Christian people everywhere are urged to pray that more and more m oney will be provided so that the tremendous job o f missionary work may be carried on without handicap.
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