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

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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)

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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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Page 23 WINNIPEG BIBLE INSTITUTE emissions THE REV. RAY¬ MOND FRAME OF THE CHINA INLAND MIS¬ SION. WHO BROUGHT US A Series of Mis¬ sionary Mes¬ sages during THE FIRST TWO weeks of Oc¬ tober. Wky ? Wko ? Wkece ? 1 HIS is a very common question today, Men ask us why we go to Bible School, and what we intend to do after we graduate. To this we gladly reply, “We want to learn more of our Saviour and His precious Word, so that we can tell it to those who are still in darkness.” Then people ask why we should be concerned about the state of the heathen,, saying, “ If God is a God of Love he will not let them perish.” The answer to these arguments was made very clear to us by brother Raymond Frame, a missionary on furlough. He showed us first why we should feel obliged to do mission work. Christ, while on earth, was not only concerned about the physical and tem¬ poral needs of man, but “came to seek and to save that which was losk” If that was His primary purpose, we should also seek to do as he did. lie also commissioned his disciples to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel.” Can we deliber¬ ately disobey such a command ? If upon receiving a gift from a friend, we feel obliged to bring a thank-offering, how can we withhold our service as a thank-offering to God, who is the Giver of the most precious gift, Jesus Christ? Can we be so selfish as to keep the good news of salvation to ourselves, when men all around us are going to a Christless eternity? The next question is, who should preach the Gospel ? This can only be done by those who know and have experienced the Grace of God. Christ says, “Ye are my witnesses.” It is a con¬ dition of discipleship, that we bear much fruit. In qrder to bear fruit we need to be crucified with Christ and resurrected to a new life of holiness and service. Paul says, “. . . for ne¬ cessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is me if I preach not the Gospel.” 1 Cor. 9:16. Seeing that we are obliged to preach the Gos¬ pel, we ask where does God expect us to preach it ? Christ did not appoint any special place of service for his disciples. He told them to start at home and go to the uttermost part of the earth, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Our duty is to launch out into a world of sin, and expect God through his Holy Spirit to guide us into his appointed place of service. — M. Kehler. —•— India Ben Gates is now serving with the army in India. The following is an extract from a recent letter of Mrs. Gates: He writes very cheerfully from his camp and the Lord has and does give glorious opportunities to witness amongst officers and men. He has a mixed batallion of men who speak Tamil, Telegu and Malayolam, while our language is Marathi. Hindustani stands him in good stead and we send Scriptures for the men in their several languages. Each of our five missionaries was placed in a different batallion and they are the only Christian officers in a company of about 1,600 men, so we see God’s purpose in placing His witnesses where the need is so great. We are sure that the prayers of the friends in Canada and our homeland have been a powerful factor in their lives and have kept them safe in perilous places. We and the mission long for the time when our men can join forces with us again in the needy villages of India. We feel that the time is short for work here. We know not how long it will be our privilege to give the gospel to the poor villagers of India. In this our Jubilee year of work in Western India, we are praying for spiritual revival. So many have come to the point of confessing Christ in baptism, then have trembled on the brink. Those who have been baptized need all the encourage¬ ment we can give. Maybe God has to deal more with us as missionaries and we are praying that He will revive us each one.