MISSIONARY SYMPOSIUM WorldM issionary Tour Begins
4. God is not limited to your ac quaintances. 5. Make no charge for speaking engagements. 6. Use what money you have wisely. 7. Prove that you have some thing worth supporting. As we study the lives of many of God's servants, we see that they have liter ally burned themselves out. Is there any justification for doing the Lord's work at the expense of your health when you see the great need? The most important th in g to consider in Christian work is “Do ing the will of God.” Sometimes God calls us to; burn out physical ly for Him. But.under normal con ditions it would seem -to be a very foolish thing for a missionary to bum out before he has opportunity to accomplish his objectives. We believe that missionary health is a most important part of a mis sionary program and that every m issionary shou ld have some knowledge of health and hygiene before going to the field and that he should discipline himself to a program of physical care. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and every caution should be taken to keep it fit and keep it use ful for God. Is there any place for social service on the mission field? Very definitely. There was a time when fundamental mission aries avoided any type of social work because that was one of the distinguishing marks of the mod ernists, but we have since learned that while the emphasis should be given to the preaching of the gos pel, we should do everything pos sible to help the people, socially, physically and morally. What are the teaching opportunities on the mission field? TJie job of the missionary is one of teaching throughout. Whatever else he may do, he is always teach ing by example or by precept. Since it is very urgent that we train the national ..Christians to evangelize their own people, there is a tremendous need for those who are specially qualified,to be teach ers in elementary schools, high schools and colleges and in Bible institutes and seminaries. There is a large place for teaching on the mission field.
Will you please name some of the vo cations which help the most in the cause of missions? The most important vocation in the cause of missions is being a soul winner. That is our primary purpose in being missionaries, but most any professional training will help a missionary accomplish this purpose. Let me name a few of the professions in whjch some mis sionaries have been specialists and which contribute much to the fur therance of the gospel in mission lands: aviation, radio, agriculture, medicine, den tistry , education, music, bookkeeping, vocational therapy, printing, building, me chanics, linguistics, child evange lism and administration. It is a common illusion that a m issionary does noth ing but preach the gospel. The job is big and involves so many angles that many different types of workers are needed to accomplish the task. It is for this purpose that mission ary specialists are needed. What practical suggestions can you give to a missionary candidate who has graduated from Bible school, but would like to be trained for more than just a preaching and teaching ministry? I would suggest that any mis sionary candidate know how to discipline himself; to prepare his own food; to take care of his own physical needs iij relation to health and hygiene; to keep himself or derly in every respect; to keep fi nancial records; to use a typewrit er and to express himself vocally and in writing. How can a missionary candidate secure his personal support for the mission field? In many instances the mission ary board or society will assist the candidate in obtaining his support. Sometimes the support is forthcom ing from the local church which takes an interest in its own mem bers. In the event that the local church does not stand behind the candidate and he is required to se cure his support independent of the missionary society or board, we would offer the following sugges tions: 1. Make sure you are in the will of God. 2. Send out a missionary prayer letter. 3. Follow up every contact.
Talbot, Smith to Visit Alumni from Australia to Belgian Congo
O n November 4, Dr. Louis T. Tal bot, ch an ce llo r of the B iola Schools, left by plane from Los Angeles for Australia where he will spend several weeks before going on to Africa via New Guinea, French Indo China, Singapore, Bangkok and several points in India. Dr. Talbot will be met in Cairo, Egypt, in the middle of January by Professor Oran H. Smith, director-of the Missions Department of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Together they will travel up the Nile River through Egypt, the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tangan yika. At Mwanza in Tanganyika, Dr. Talbot and Professor Smith will par-
Tribal Dance, Arusha, E. Africa. ticipate in the dedication services of the new launch which was purchased by the students of the Bible Institute for the use of missionaries serving with the Africa Inland Mission in the Lake Victoria area. From there they w ill travel throughout the Belgian Congo,.French E quatoria l A fr ica , Nigeria and French West Africa. Leaving Africa through Algeria. Dr. Talbot and Pro fessor Smith will visit Spain on this extended tour. The purposes for this missionary journey are to visit B iola graduates who are serv ing as missionaries throughout Africa and to photograph the actual cond ition s that exist among the natives of many countries. Professor Smith is particularly in terested in studying the problem of the missionaries on the field in order to present the subject of missions in a more living and vivid manner in the classroom here in Los Angeles. The trip is expected to terminate sometime in April.
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