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gone occasionally to a Gospel hall bu t had no t listened very atten tively and had no t given sufficient though t to the m atter, bu t now as he heard th e ir words he was fully determ ined to believe in Jesus. Who will join us in prayer for Mr. Ou-Yang and h is aged fath e r and for th e hundreds of students in th e gov ernm ent schools of Lung-Hwei Shih? And please do no t forget Mr. Cheng and th e evangelists in Band No. 1, and also th e leaders and w orkers of the other eight bands. “The Poor H ear th e Gospel” Biola Evangelistic Band No. 8 is working in a field widely separated from Band NO. 1 and the conditions are as different as the distance is great. Christ sent back to John as one of th e proofs of His Messiahship th e blessed fact th a t “The poor have th e Gospel preached to them ,” and th ere is no g reater joy on the mission field th an th a t of carrying the Good Tidings to the very poor, and th a t h as been th e privilege of th e earn est and devoted men of Band No. 8. Mr. Hwang th e leader w rites th a t the houses are so small and poorly fu rn ish ed th a t our evangelists were unable to secure beds, b u t had to spread th e ir bedding on th e floor of th e ir little room. The grown-ups have no w inter gar ments, and th e children were w ithout trousers in th e severest w inter w eather, and yet, Mr. Hwang writes, it is m ar vellous how well and strong they are; sickness is almost unknown among them. They listen to the Gospel w ith most rem arkable earnestness, and one evening afte r Mr. Hwang had told them of two iftaces where th e people had raised money among themselves to ren t and furnish themselves a chapel, these dear people promptly decided to do the same, at once ’appointing a comm ittee 6f four of th eir most tru sted citizens and quickly raising enough money to ren t a small room and furnish it w ith simple benches so th a t they m ight have a place where they could g ath er to study the Bible and to unitedly worship God. One of th e g reat satisfactions and joys of th is method of evangelism is the fact th a t so m any' of the people among whom we* work learn to really love and study the Bible, and also learn th e power of prayer. Many R equests fo r B iola Evangelists Our bands are all engaged far ahead, and th e requests keep coming in. One m issionary w rites:— “My in te rest in your work is of th e kind th a t causes me
“ Quickly Repent,” T rue Salvation for a Nation.” The boys, led by Mr. Cheng and Mr. Ou-Yang, marched from 2 to 5: 30 P.M., singing as they marched. Fol lowing is a free tran slation of the chor us of th e ir song, sung to th e tun e of “Hold th e F o rt.” “ I am Jesus Christ’s tru e soldier, Jesus leads me on, And however fierce the battle, V ictory will he won.” Whenever they came to a temple courtyard or large residence they stop ped for a few moments and one of the p arty preached to th e people who quick ly gathered around them . Some n ear by villages were also included in th eir itinerary. Before they disbanded Mr. Ou-Yang said to th e stu d e n ts:— “Now go back to your homes and be sure to tell your fathers and mothers and other members of your fam ilies about this wonderful Gospel story, and th a t we in China cannot do w ithout th e religion of Jesu s.” Jesu s Meets th e Need Mr. Ou-Yang also w rote le tte rs to several teacher friends urging them to Invite our evangelists to th eir schools. He said in p art: “The religion of Christ ju st meets th e needs of our times. Jesu s is the supreme expression of love, He gave H imself as a sacrifice for men, He helps both th e v irtue and th e intel lect of our students. L ast year we. in vited these evangelists to come to our school and the benefits were great. The singing and preaching of these men were most helpful and they seem to pu t new life into our students. I urge you to invite them to your schools, I am sorry th a t it is not possible for me to visit you and personally lay th is m atter before you. I recommend th e Gospel to you.” P ra y fo r Mr. Ou-Yang This Mr. Ou-Yang was led to Christ during th e visit of Band No. 1 to Lung- Hwei Shih la st year. Shortly afterw ard s he went to his home and begged his father, a man of 86 years, to believe in Jesus, and when th e Band retu rned th is spring he was very eager to have some of th e men go to his home and talk w ith his father. This they gladly did and he received them most graciously and told them th a t since his son had told him th e Good News a year ago he had been ju st hungering and th irsting to meet them . He said th a t th irty years ago he was engaged in business in Shanghai and th a t while th ere he had
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