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to light and from the power of Satan unto G od/ Their lives have" been i com pletely transformed and they are1 living testimonies to the grace and power of God to save from sin. They live w ell and die well. There is indeed a striking contrast between the way the Roman Catholic and the Protestant Christian dies.” Mr. and Mrs. A llyn B. Cooke w rite from Talifu, Yun., China of their w ork in the district assigned to them. They are re sponsible for nine walled cities with the surrounding country. They desire prayer fo r these cities, for an opening among the Lisu, that m ore workers, both native and foreign, may be thrust out, and that they themselves may learn to spend time in w aiting upon the Lord. W . A. H ick writes from Chungking, Szechwan, China: “We are now getting more settled into the w ork in this city. It is no easy task w ith little language but the Lord is helping us and w e are en jo y in g it immensely . . : Opium is gettin g a hold on China again, people are not afraid to smoke in view o f the public now. On the one hand the Government are seizing and burning it and on the other hand the m ilitary officials are fo rc ing the people to plant it.” Ralph Scoville, *18, Tsinchow, Kansu, China, w rites: “Last Sunday we had bap tisms here in Tsinchow. There were 24 men and women baptized. The service throughout was impressive. You may be interested to know that we lay hands on no one suddenly. They are on probation for a period of time, according to the per son. The Chinese, we find, are quite fo r ward when it comes to speaking in pub lic, and these 24 men, most of them for the first time, stood up and gave a heart testimony as to the power o f the Lord Jesus in their lives, saving them from a life of sin, turning them from idols to serve the True and only living God/* Miss Marie Carter, *15, writes of a gath ering at the Outrigger Club, Honolulu, and says: “It was a B. I. crowd, the Os bornes, Herrons, Mr. W ilkins and myself. I, as usual, was talking about B.. I. Mr. Herron wanted to draw attention to a ship's lights that was just appearing on the horizon, but all he could do was to mutely wave his hand towards it. I had the floor and meant to keep it. What were ships, mere ships, compared to B. I.? So, when I stopped— not through, I ‘stop ped’—Mr. W ilkins said, ‘Well, this is a lovely place. V ery few nights like this in L. A. but, for a little bit of heaven on earth, give me the Bible Institute.’ And ‘them’s my sentiments tew ’/* Many who read this, w ill, no doubt, be able to say, “Amen.** A K in g’s Business reader writes o f her jo y in the Lord and the help she has re ceived through the magazine. She says: “I took a class in our Sunday school, the young married people’s class, for I felt it was my duty to do so, but now I feel it is a great privilege to give forth the same precious W ord that has brought such great jo y and happiness into my own life. The name o f our class is ‘The K ing’s Business.* I want to praise God for the great blessing this magazine brings to all in our home each month.”
Miss Mildred Nichols, ’21, asks for prayer for her church and town, Hermon, N. Y. The people are so hard and in d if ferent, though there are many who are hungry for the "Word o f God. About the •first o f December, Miss Nichols and her father held services in an old school house, about 15 miles from town. Mr. Harry O. Anderson, *15, is doing e f fective w ork among the students at the University of California, Berkeley, and has also been engaged in evangelistic work. A lbert E. Cook, '20, is pastor o f the First Baptist Church, Somerton Arizona, where he hopes to do a good w ork among a people who are bent on pleasure. Mrs. Marion Walter, ’21, w rites from Indian W ells, Arizona: “Oh! if you could ju st see the heathenism round about us here. When one goes into a Navajo ho- gan the heart strings tighten and one is apt to exclaim , “ Can this be the civilized U. S. A .?“ They live in filth, slavery, polygamy, superstition, dread and ign or ance. One cannot talk directly to the p e o p l e but m u s t use interpreters. Their words- are all descriptive and fre quently a sentence is necessary to de scribe an ordinary article. Pray fo r these people and fo r the workers, that they may not become discouraged but w ill preach the Gospel in the power of the H oly Spir it.” Mr. A. R. Saunders o f the China Inland Mission, who w ith Mrs. Saunders visited the Institute in 1918, w rites: “W orkers are terribly needed in China, especially men,- and there are still more than 300 m illion people in China who have never heard the gospel. The greatest floods experienced in this part of China for the past hundred years have visited us this year, and the greater part of this province, and also a considerable part o f the prov ince of Anhwei, resemble vast lakes. The rice crop has been totally destroyed, but fortunately the wheat crop was gath ered in good condition. The greatest of all losses is that all gospel w ork in the country districts is at a standstill, for such travel is impossible.” Miss Anhie E. Thomas, '18, writes of the great need of Central Am erica fo r the gospel. “While it is true its population can in no way be compared w ith that of our great Republic or the other great countries o f the world, yet she represents approximately f iv e m illion individual souls who need to know o f Him who died for their salvation. Today Central Amer? ica ‘lies in the lap o f the Evil One/ steep ed in ignorance, superstition and sin while the Church of God of North Am eri ca apparently seems indifferent to its need. The half has never been told o f the condition as it actually exists in this land. Indeed, words seem inadequate to express it. Only the m issionary who lives among the people fo r a time can appreciate the actual need. But the sad part of it is, there are so few m issionaries who have obeyed the call o f God in com ing this way, hence the number is very small who have anything like an adequate conception of existing conditions. In the parts of Cen tral America where the light of the g lo r ious gospel of the Son of God has pene trated, many have been led ‘from darkness
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