BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
The Bible Institute at Changsha One of the great needs in China today is that of trained native pastors and evangelists who are thoroughly sound in the faith, who know the truth and know how to impart it to others, and ·who have a passion for the lost. The colleges and seminaries already established in China, which are con ducted along the lines of those in America, do not meet this need, and it can only be met by Bible Institutes such as that which Dr. Keller has established at Changsha. There were s ixty-six students in attendance last year, and twenty-five graduated. vVhen the new buildings now in course of con struction are completed, there is every reason to believe that thi s number will be very largely increased. The Floating Bible Schools At present there are six of these 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 services. 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, testimonies 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 Christian influences. The Hunan Autumn Bible School This is situated at the foot of the mountain ot 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
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