Winnipeg Bible Institute - Kings Herald Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Page SI WINNIPEG BIBLE INSTITUTE India TVty T vayev M ISS Moore brings us this message after serv¬ ing in India for 14 years as a missionary of the “Women’s Union Missionary Society” of America. She is now taking special studies at the Winnipeg Bible institute. Jer, 33: 3, “Call unto Me and 1 will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not. In India, those who have experienced years of service know that the missionary is confronted with many problems. First, there is the caste system. The Hindoos have the largest population, and one caste refuses to have anything to do with another. Then there are the “outcastes” or de¬ pressed classes. Hindu belief is varied. They worship so many things that it is difficult for them to understand that God is one and that He gave His Son, Jesus Christ. Then there is the problem of many languages, dialects and nationalities. One must also become acquainted with the different religions to know how to deal with the people. How great the task is that awaits us in ' India! There are 65,000,000 outcastes dissatisfied with their religion and seek¬ ing another. Many have recently become Chris¬ tians. How can we lead these unsaved to Jesus? It is a great problem but God has shown me that He is able to guide us in our witnessing for Him as we go forth to tell the Gospel message. Lord, for a life of earthly joys, I do not ask; Nor for a lovely, rosy plain To do my task: I do not pray that Thou wouldst take Away the cross; Or that I bear no sorrow here, And know no loss. May I not crave the praise of men. For deeds of mine; That in the light of fame , Should brightly shine. ' ' •« I only pray that I may be, Lord, fully Thine, And in the corner Thou dost choose, There may I shine. Make me desire to cross the sea At Thy command; Or if Thou sayst “Stand still and wait,” Lord, may I stand : If Thou wouldst have me work for Thee All through life’s day, At some unnoticed, lowly task, May I obey. Lord, this my prayer shall ever be, Whate’er I do, That to my Master, Lord and King, I may be true. Helen Koop, Second Year Class.

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WINNIPEG BIBLE INSTITUTE Tape 20 Missions b 0 - Soutk America T HE two Americas have many things in common. They were discovered about the same time and were invaded and settled by Europeans. Their conditions and interests are, to a great extent the same. Yet what a difference! The South American Indian has not had any education, and, between paying the priest and the government he hardly makes his living. Since he has received no teachings of purity, nor has any worthwhile examples to follow, the native of South America knows not what it is to be morally upright. The God he worships is an idol of wood or of tin, a most horrible looking figure, representing the person of our Lord. This image shows what Christ is to him, certainly not a Saviour, Friend, Guide-, the Altogether Lovely One. Roman Catholicism has dominated South Ame¬ rica for 500 years, doing its best to keep the gospel out of the country. Instead of a living Saviour; a priest, an idol and a set of rules is given to souls groping in darkness. Must they stay thus, because the Catholics have entered where the Protestants failed ? Shall we hesitate to enter now because the priest forbids it, when Christ has commanded, “Go ye into all the world”? “When I say unto the wicked, thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning—the wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.” Ezek. 3: 18.— Helen Koop. The following extracts have been taken from ex¬ amination papers written in January, 10.If. They reveal the attitude of the average student towards missionary work. More than ever before, the need of the lost has been impressed on my mind. All the mis¬ sionaries stress the need for more workers. Not one was able to say that there were enough work¬ ers on that field but always there was the challenge to send more. I am stirred to serve Christ more faithfully right here and to pray, “ Lord, here am I. Use me in whatever way you wish and in whatever place you wish.” Raymond Frame’s addresses made me feel that I should serve God more faithfully—that it is my obligation to tell others about Christ — that I owe it to man as well as to God, to tell of God’s love and what He has done for me. Whether I like to do it or not I owe it to Him. After hearing p.nd reading of the misery of the heathen, I have marvelled at the wisdom and grace of God, that I should be born into so much more favourable circumstances, The ministry of Mr. Raymond Frame has made a great change in my idea of missions. I realized not only the need of the world but our responsi¬ bility toward Christ and those who have held the torch before our time. How can I be the one to drop the torch and break the line of faithful wit¬ nesses ? In our missions’ classes I have seen the need of the people-—their shame, suffering and degradation. Between love for Christ and love for the lost, I cannot help but say, “ Lord, here am I, send me.”

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Page 22 WINNIPEG BIBLE INSTITUTE emissions Tke Africa Prayer Cjroup F OUR of the organizations in which we students are particularly interested are: ' ihe Africa In¬ land Mission, The Sudan Interior Mission, The Sudan United Mission and the South Africa General Mission. These are all evangelical and interdenominational.. The Sudan Interior Mission was organized by Rowland Bingham in 1898. Their work began in Nigeria and has now branched out to include also French West Africa, Ethiopia, and the Anglo- Egyptian Sudan, with over four hundred mission¬ aries “on active service.” Their representatives visited our school this winter during the S. I. M. Jubilee Conference held in Winnipeg. Mrs. John Henderson, whose home is here, also visited us during her furlough. Through their messages we entered into a fuller understanding of the work of this mission. The Sudan United Mission was formed about forty years ago and works alongside the S. I. M. They have a hundred and sixty-nine missionaries in Northern Nigeria, the Cameroons, French Equatorial Africa and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The South Africa General Mission began in South Africa under the leadership of Dr. Andrew Murray and Mr. Walton. There are only a hun¬ dred missionaries for this vast field with about forty stations in Portuguese Territory, Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Natal. Miss Catherine Henderson and Mr. A. A. Wilson visited the school presenting the needs of the S. A. G. M. The Africa Inland Mission was born through the obedience of Peter Cameron Scott in 1895. He laid down his life for the sake of the Gospel in Kenya after less than two years service. The Mission works in Kenya Colony, Tanganyka, the Congo, the West Nile district of Uganda and French Equatorial Africa. The Winnipeg Bible Institute has contributed two Missionaries to this field, Mr. John Schellenberg and Miss Hazel Hill. The Mission is represented in Bible School this wfinter by Miss Margaret Moody who is on our staff. Mr. and Mrs. Hess have visited us also on behalf of the Mission. In spite of the great work these Missions are doing in Africa there is yet much territory to be possessed for the Lord Jesus Christ. A hundred tribes as yet have never had a missionary among them. The need is still great and presents a mighty challenge for prayer on the part of Chris¬ tians throughout the world. —Hazel Woods. Asia and tkeTNeau East F HE British Syrian Mission reports great bless¬ ing in the work among the soldiers and airmen stationed in Syria. Several of these young men, seeing the results of gospel teaching among the Syrians have volunteered to go into missionary service as soon as the war is over. A new pamphlet, “The Contested Highway,” issued by the China Inland Mission, shows how the Word of God has run and had free course in Inland China, in spite of the ravages of the Jap¬ anese army. The Ch inese government is greatly influenced these days by Christian leaders. The American ambassador, Mr. Wilkie, paid tribute to the devotion to God of Madam and Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek. God’s guidance is sought in daily prayer meetings by these Christian officials. (Continued on Page 33)