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Bible classes being held in the various wards and also a large Sunday school in session. In a jolting little native tonga, a sort of cart, Miss Burhans will take us over to the nearby leper colony for their afternoon service. A hundred or more of these poor victims have gathered to sing the songs of Zion and listen to a sermon by the native pastor. Later Miss Burhans, while on vacation, joins us up in the Himalaya Mountain region, where mission work among the mountain tribes, the Tibetans and Nepali people, is most interesting. P h i l i p p i n e I s l a n d s In the Philippine Islands we shall have the privilege of seeing five former students of the Institute at work under the direction of the Presbyterian Board. Tropical temperature will help to give us an exceedingly “warm” welcome in these far-away islands over which “Old Glory” floats. Tall cocoanut palms, vast rice fields and scenic vistas of sea and mountains—some of which are active volcanoes—make up the natural beauty of the Islands. After centuries under the rule of Catholic Spain, with
islands. To do this we shall need to spend several days on inter-island steamers sailing rather rough seas. It will be a pleasure to be welcomed at the Cebu pier by JACK
illiteracy predominating, the Filipino is eagerly accepting the education offered by America, and the opportun ity of the American mission ary with the Protestant mes sage of Christianity is great. At Albay we shall visit JOSEPH INE McANLIS (student in 1924) and her husband and family. Dr. McAnlis has been establish ing a new Mission hospital there. We find that “the doc tor’s wife” has been busy teaching in a Daily Vacation Bible School Institute, stu dent Bible classes and assist ing in women’s work. She finds Dr. Torrey’s textbook on Bible doctrine invaluable, particularly in student work.
DUNLOP (T5 ), who is also stationed at Cebu. Mr. Dunlop’s work as an itiner ating e v a n g e l i s t brings blessed results over a wide a r e a . Missionaries in the Philippines in speaking of Mr. Dunlop invariably refer to his zeal and Christlike spirit. MR S . DUNLOP, with their fine family of five boys and one girl (if I re- m e m b e r correctly), is an ideal “home missionary.” C h i n a This great land of far distances, with its vast popu lation of untold millions, has probably claimed more of the Bible Institute students for missionary service than any
At the same station OTHO LA PORTE ( ’20) is serving as pastor of the church and director of the boys’ dormitory. From nearby sections of the islands boys come
other country. War conditions of recent years have left their sad traces in China. Lack of safety in travel, uncer tain schedules, and the intense heat (last July) will forbid our visiting a number of stations and friends we had hoped to see, among them dear DR. AND MRS. FRANK KELLER at the Bible Institute in Changsha. However, we shall have the privilege of seeing ten former B. I. stu dents in China. A meeting of the Synod of Chinese churches is in session at Canton, the great city of South China. FLOR ENCE P IKE ( ’15), with some of the Bible women and pastors of her station, has come as a delegate from Yeung Kong where she is doing evangelistic women’s work as a Presbyterian Board missionary. Miss Pike’s fourteen- years of itinerating work in China have given her a rich understanding of Chinese life and customs. We shall be most grateful to have her as our guide as we see some of the missionary activities and meet other friends in Canton. Rickshaws will be our most frequent mode of travel, but we shall often resort to the quaint Chinese boats on the river there. It is on such boats that Miss Pike often travels for days at a time when on her evangelistic trips. The river scene in Canton is one of the most interesting we have anywhere. A vast part of the city’s population live in these small boats, eking out their meager exist-
to attend the Gov- e r n m e n t High School here at Al bay. Life in these dormitories under Christian direction, with Bible classes and helpful influ ences, is a fruitful means of reaching the Filipino youth for Christ. OLIVE ROHR- B A U G H (T 7), matron of a similar dormitory for girls, in Cebu, has writ ten urgently that before leaving the Philippineswe must see the work fur ther south in the
ALL B. I. GRADUATES TSINGTAO, CHINA, JULY, 1928 . MAXINE MC NEAL, ’23 ; MARY CHEN, ’25 5 GOLDIE WILSON, ’ 25 ; LOIS PROSSOR, ’23 ; OSCAR WAL TON, 24 ; BESSE D. MC ANLIS, ’ 16 .
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