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terian Mission. Dr. Scott took charge of th e chapel services during the last week, giving a series of addresses on “ Jesus th e Shepherd.” Mr. Longden’s course was on Romans, while Mr. Black- stone dealt largely w ith methods of per sonal work. He has also given a course in th e National Phonetic Script which is a simplified Chinese for teaching to illiterate people. I have not even mentioned th e Wed nesday evening meetings .when leaders of some of the Biola Evangelistic Bands gave reports of th eir work during the past year. Nor have I mentioned the Saturday night prayer meetings or the Sunday night testimony meetings, all of which have been full of helpfulness. Mr. Hsiao has also had a number of special meetings w ith the Band workers. All thepe meetings have been clearly a blessing to the men, many of whom can not fail to carry the inspiration of these days to the remote districts from v,-hence they come. The Sacred Mountain There is a trem endous con trast visi ble to all visitors to Nanyoh. If you could toil to the top of th e Sacred Moun tain w ith me you would find, one of the rarest views in all nature. From th a t high peak, range on range of lesser hills can be seen,’ and in almost every direc tion are most wonderfully fertile valleys. In the distance' winds th e Siang river and all over th e plain can be noticed its silvery tribu taries. Above is the clear sky of God and we are not surprised th a t men have always sought the heights to worship Him. But on the very top is*a temple, much less magnifi cent th an others lower down, w ithout a single window in it, dark, foul, and fo r bidding. During the pilgrim season daily thousands of men and hundreds of women, hopeless in face and weary in body, burning incense and chanting un intelligible m inor songs, toil to this place of delight and w ithout a thought for th e grandeu r of N ature or for the God who made it, they enter, th a t den of hopelessness and p ro strate themselves before the impassive, uncaring Buddha and leave as restless as they came. But th ere came also to Nanyoh this year th ree hundred and tw enty men from every walk of life to drink deeply of th e Life-giving W ater of th e Word? Many of them came hungering and th irstin g and. are satisfied. Some came from curiosity or because they were sent and are going away w ith an en tirely changed outlook on life. We will
not draw out th e comparison to g reater length but will close as we began, “J e hovah h ath done g reat things for u s” (at Nanyoh), “whereof we are glad.” WALTER T. STEVEN. ste ate E d ito r’s Note: J u st as this issue goes to press, we are in receipt of a le tte r from Dr. Keller, telling us of the formation of a new Evangelistic Band— Number Ten— and giving some intensely interesting incidents of th e ir work. This we will reserve for the March number, but are giving our readers a summary of work done by the Nine Bands for the nine months from October, 1921 to July, 1922: Homes V isited ............ Bibles, Testam ents and Gospels distributed ............ Other S crip tu res. . . . Eortionettes and T racts .? ............ Gospel posters placed tu re d istribu ted . . .-------------- o iz .w i Definite Conversions..................... .. 2,052 Self-Supporting Churches Formed ’ 25 Total Number of Workers now. in the field 1 .................................... 1 3 0 (Ten Bands, Thirteen Men in each band) Students in Changsha Bible In stitu te 1 1 7 The work was carriecf on from 76 main centers, in 3 provinces, and in the fields of 7 different missions. The number reported as “ definite conversions”- include those who gave up idolatry, confessed Jesus Christ as Sav ior and Lord, and enrolled in train ing classes for th e regu lar and systematic study of the Word. Thousands more expressed an in terest in the “Good News,” but did not, a t the time, make a definite stand. The ' “ self-supporting churches” are organized for th e instruction and up building of young converts and for the systematic following-up of the 'Work done by th e Bands. These infant churches are in fullest cooperation with th e p articu lar mission in whose field the work has been done, and the mission at once assumes th e pastoral care of them. 111,873 142,803 593,256 24,475 in c o n s p i c u o u s 'places . . . . . . . . . . Total pieces of lite ra Men .............. ............................ . g 5 Women, ............ ...................... . 3 2 -• Total . . \ ..............................
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