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June 1930
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Hunan Bible Institute As S een B y A V isitor
T HE Bible Institute of Los Angeles has for many years had the privilege of carrying on an effective educational and evangelistic program in China under the leadership of Dr. F. A. Keller. These activities have been greatly appreciated and highly praised by the missionary societies who have received without cost to themselves the valuable assistance of Biola teachers and evangelists. It is a pleasure to receive such a hearty testimonial as was written by Dr. George Edward Epp, Secretary of the Foreign Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church, and printed in the Evangelical Messenger. It may not be improper to call special attention to Dr. . Epp’s statement that the Institute supports the evangel istic bands and loans them to missions requesting their services. The band which is loaned to the Evangelical Church costs the Bible Institute of Los- Angeles about $200.00 per month. Seven other bands, costing about the same amount monthly, are now giving their services freely to other missionary societies. These facts are frankly presented in order that readers of T h e K ing ’ s B usiness may share with the Institute the privilege of prayer that God will supply every need. Dr. Epp writes as follows: Dr. Frank Keller, the founder of the Hunan Bible Institute, a branch of the Los Angeles Bible Institute, is a missionary
pioneer in Hunan. He entered the province as a. medical mis sionary in December of 1897 and took up residence at dialing, our southern-most station in East Hunan. Two years later a mob wrecked the mission buildings and Dr. Keller escaped only by hiding in a shop across the way. During the Boxer Rebellion he and others took refuge in Changsha. In 1901 he returned to Hunan and gained entrance to Changsha through the medical ser vice he was able to render an outstanding family. Later, Dr. Keller, realizing the needs for trained evan gelistic workers in the various missions, gave himself exclusively to the development of such an institution and,' with the help of friends in America, was able to build, east of the city, a group of eight or ten buildings which are second to none. The Bible Institute has suffered a serious set-back, like all the missions, during the communistic and military troubles of 1927. At present there are some fifty students. Outstanding among the faculty members are Rev. Marcus Cheng, a well-known evangelistic leader in China; Rev. Cheng Chi Kuei, director of the Corres pondence School, the translator, into Chinese, of the Scofield Courses; and the dean, M. K. Hsiao, who has worked with Dr. Keller for thirty years. After a three year course a year or two may be spent in the Biola Evangelistic Bands or Gospel teams, which the school sup ports and loans to missions requesting their service. One of these bands is now at work on one of our East Hunan circuits. The members of the band go out daily, two by two, to visit all the homes in a district. Daily Bible classes and evangelistic ser vices are conducted by the members of the band. During the absence of Dr. Keller in America Rev. Charles Once a year the Euodia Clubs unite in a confer ence. This year their gathering was held at Pacific Palisades. Among the special speakers was S. D. Gordon, whose theme was “The True Position of Woman.” The accompanying picture shows that the girls had a happy time. One girl testified, “I came to the conference expecting to have a good time and to ‘ditch’ most of the meetings. But after that first message from Isaiah 6, I wouldn’t miss a meeting for anything, and I am having a good time, too!” The Euodia Clubs have but ofie aim, to win high school girls for Jesus Christ. In their group meet ings they study but one book, the Word of God. They have discovered that in these gatherings for Bible study and spiritual fellowship it is unnecessary to have distracting diversions to please the young people, for they have found that the deep and abid ing joy of the Lord makes intoxicating pleasures of the world not only unnecessary but distasteful.
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