BIBLE INSTITUTE
LOS ANGELES
OF
XVI. Missions The Cou rse fo r intending mi ss ionari es, home or fo reign, is completed in two years, the third year's work being additional and optiona l. The Course compr ises the fo ll owing : History of ".\fissions- Cm·ering rapidh· the mi ss ionary moYement f rom Xew Testament times until the prese nt , includ ing sun·eys of the great mi ssion fields of today. In this cour se many of the fields are presented by mi ss ionar ies just returned home on furlough. or just before returning to their fields . H ome ".\fissions. \\.ork amongst the Indian s. the Negroes a nd the ".\lountain ee rs of our South ern slates is presented in the class. Studen ts are also brought in touch with the work clone in Los Ange les and immediate ter ri to ry amongst the l\fex icans . Ch inese . Japanese, E.orean s and other foreigners. School of ".\lissions. In st ruct ion is g iyen in how to organ ize and conduct a School of ".\fissions. a nd a training class for leade rs is held. Practical ".\I eclic ine for Outgoing ".\I is sionar ies . Thi s work is giyen in the Chri sti a n Sen·ice ".\fedical Cour se and requires one sc hool year to complete it. This third yea r work is elect iYe. and while e,·ery student contemplating work in the mi ssion field whether at home or abroad is ach ·ised to tak e it. it is not rec1uired in the ".\lissions Course. Dr. Harn· \V. B01·d. the di/ector of the course. is a practising physician' in L os Angeles, 11·ith an exuer ience a lso of more than twentl· years in the Cen ern l H ospita l. Canton , China. Thi s is the l;o~p ita l found ed by Dr. Peter Parker . the pioneer medical mi ss ionary to China. and 11·as the first miss iona ry hos pita l opened in any field. Dr . Boyd is assisted by a fin e staff of physicians. The stud ent s not onl y enjoy lectures in th e class rooms. but a re pri,·ileged to atl'end Yarious clini cs conducted h,· the doctor s a nd b,· the citv hos- pitals. , , , The following subject s are cO\·ered in the studies : ".\lateria ·:-r ed ica; E1·e. Ear, Xose and Throat; O bstet rics; Theo ry and Practice of \"ursing; Constitutiona l Diseases; Skin Diseases; Anatomy and P hys iology . Other subj ec t s g i,·en in this course are Practical I ,i{e Prob lems. Adrnnced P syc hology and Expositon· Studi es in the :N'ew T estament.
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