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June 1925
TH E K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S
Our Bible Institute in Hunan Province, China Dr. Frank A. Keller Superintendent
T h e H u n a n B ib le I n st it u t e (th e C h in a D e p a r tm e n t o f th e B ib le I n s t i t u t e o f D os A n g e le s ) is o rg a n iz e d a lo n g s im ila r lin e s to th e h o m e I n s titu te ,— t r a in in g n a tiv e C h in e se y o u n g m e n a n d w o m e n fo r C h r is tia n w o rk , a n d a t. th e s a m e tim e c a r r y in g o n a n a c tiv e e v a n g e lis tic w o rk a m o n g th e u n s a v e d . T h e w o rk (w h ic h is re c o g n iz e d b y th e d iff e r e n t e v a n g e lic a l m is s io n s a s o n e o f th e b e s t in C h in a ) h a s th r e e d e p a r tm e n ts : (1 ) A B ib le I n st it u t e a t C h an gs h a (the* c a p ita l c ity o f H u n a n P ro v in c e .) (2) Tw e lv e C o lp o rt a g e B a n d s w ith th ir te e n m e n in e a c h b a n d , d e v o tin g th e m o rn in g s to B ib le S tu d y , a n d th e a f te r n o o n s to g iv in g th e . G o sp e l in th e n a tiv e h o m e s. (3) T h e A u tu m n B ib le S c h o o l a n d C o n fe r e n c e a t N a n y o h (o n e o f C h in a ’s th r e e s a c re d m o u n ta in s '). H u n d re d s o f c o n v e rs io n s h a v e r e s u lte d fro m th e w o rk d o n e a m o n g th e th o u s a n d s o f p ilg rim s . THE CRISIS IN CHINA
pastors, evangelists, church leaders and officers are invited to come from Hunan and adjoining provinces.. The value of th is splendid en terprise to “meet the present crisis” in China can be estim ated when it is remembered th a t those competent to judge say “One th o r oughly train ed native evangelist is of more value in evangelizing China than ten m issionaries sent to China from other countries,” and th a t a native evangelist in one of these “ Biola Bands” can be supported for about $75.00 a year as against at least from six to ten tim es th a t am ount which is necessary to support a m issionary going to China from this country. The students now in the Hunan Bible In stitu te come from tw enty different de nom inational mission boards, working in twelve of the provinces of China, these twelve provinces having a to tal popula tion of 317,090,952 people,-^the small
A recent le tte r from a C h r i s t i a n worker who has had large opportunities for observing conditions in China, states: “ In th e m idst of the . darkness and chaos in China, th ere are rays of light th a t are harbingers of revival. The very tu rm o il of w ar and looting and brigand age is making the people seek for some th in g th a t will give rest of soul and peace of m ind in th e m idst of distress and uncertainty. *** Now is th e tim e to work strenuou sly for the salvation of souls in China.” W h at Can Be Done?
}HE work of evangelizing the Chinese in the Province of Hunan, China, which is being carried on by Dr. P ra n k A.
Keller, under the auspices of the Bible In stitu te of Los Angeles, is an example of what can be accomplished by personal work by native evangelists, thoroughly
TH E ROAD UP TH E MOUNTAIN AT NAN YOH
train ed for this service in the Hunan Bible In stitu te a t Changsha, and .sent out in bands con sisting of twelve men and a competent leader, who go into a certain d istrict upon the invita tion of the mission res ponsible for th a t dis tric t and rem ain there, going out two by two un til practically every home has been visited. All these bands are now engaged th rough 1927 and some of them for several succeeding years. In addition to the work of train ing evan gelists in the Hunan Bible In stitu te, and per sonal work in the native homes, an A u t u m n
est province having a population about twice, and th e -largest, seven teen times th a t of Cali fornia, These- figures suggest the greatness of th e field a n d -th e oppor tu n ity for service. A stud en t can be sup ported in the Hunan B i b l e In stitu te for $40.00 a year ($80.00 for the entire course), and $20.00 additional will supply th e student w ith a splendid library th a t will be of g reat value to him in his ser vice for Christ. L ast year th e evan gelists.' in the B i o l a Bands, and the students from the In stitu te, vis ited 236,987 homes, and
NAN YOH BIBLE CONFERENCE PLANT OF TH E HUNAN BIBLE INSTITUTE
Bible. Conference is held a t Nanyoh (one of th e “ sacred so personally presented the Gospel to over a m illion people, m ountains” of China) for th ree weeks in September, when several thousand of whom definitely accepted Christ as thousands of pilgrims visit the Nanyoh temples and shrines. th e ir personal Saviour. In many homes all idols were des- Five hundred delegates can 'b e accommodated, and Chinese troyed, and a number of new churches were organized.
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