BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
The Floating Bible Schools At present there are nine of the e boats, each manned by thirteen men, including a competent leader and assistant. These boats are well adapted to the purpose for which they are intended, that of doing a colportage work among the natives, each boat having a kitchen, sleeping rooms and a good sized room which serves at once for dining room, study, class room and chapel for evangelistic se rvices. The boats are widely separated and move from point to point as the work demands. The morning is spent in Bible study, following a regular two years' course of instruction, the afternoon in house to house visitation, the evenings for reports, testimoni es and prayer meetings. This plan of having a number of men living together on a boat, with definite, daily, united Bible study and prayer, makes provision for their steady, spiritual growth, and elimi nates the dangers attending the old methods of doing col portage work when one man was sent out alone, separated from all Chri stian influences. The Hunan Autumn Bible School This is situated at the foot of the mountain of Nan Yoh -one of the three sacred mountains of China-to which thou sands of pilgrims journey every year. Dr. Keller has fitted up a large rented house at this place, where many workers gather from the different missions and seminaries for three weeks of Bible study,_ prayer and con ference, and in personal work among the pi lgrims and when they are returning from the mountain after having performed their devotions. They readily accept the literature, which is prepared with great care for this purpose, and many are the conversions resulting from this work. Arrangements are being made for the erection of build ings at this point also, suitable to house the missionaries and students. Biola Hall Our City Mission at 421 South Main Street is admirably located for the work which is being conducted there. Thou sands of men pass its doors, day and night.
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