Recorder (Mar. 1926)

THE KECOnDEK - 1921-1930
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This iiumhei- of the lu'c-ordor is made
up largely of extracts from letters
received during tlie session from for-
mer students of the College wiio ar?
now on the mission field. These letters
come from all parts of the world. These
pages show how widely scattered is
the Bible College Family. Tliey also
reveal something of tlic daily life of
rliese students as they carry on this
work to which they have been called
in ditferent parts of the world.

The Bible Collesre has alwavs ticeii

a recruiting ground for foi'eign mis-
sionary service. The evangelization of
the world is ever kej)t in the fore-
ground as llie great task of the
Church. All the Mission Boards of tile
Canadian Churches and all the Inter-
denominational IMi.ssions represented
in Canada have missionaries in their
service who received part or all oP
their training in the Bible College.
Five of tlie class graduating this
spring arc aready under appointment
ti» th(» field.

Olbp (£ln5p nf llip ^rfiBinu

The Closing Exci-cises of the pres-
ent scission will be held on the last two
days of April.

On Thursday, April 2!»th, in the

'ternoon. the annual conference of

lie Alumni Ass<iciation will take place.

.\rrangements for this gathering are

'ing made by the Committee and an

'inouncement will be sent out by the

>''cretarv. Rev. Dixon I'urns. In the

evening of tlie same day will be held
the annual meeting of the Student^
A.sso.'iation in the Assembly- Hall of
the College.

On Friday evening. AjjimI -'{(Hh. the
(iiad'iating JCxercises will take plai-c
in Knox Chui'eh. when the first cUins
to graduate under the extended course
of three years will receive diplomas.

THK TOKONTO HIJJI.K t'()I.I.K(; K K KCOKDKU

An tiuimu'liiitir auur in (Tlitiia

Dr. .1. K. (Ji-iiliaiu
^ '22 I writes of a
t rip irit{> tho inouii-
i.iiii rr^idii of Xor-
llicni llupcli wiiich
lie look with Mr.
Kul^i-cn, a Swcdisli
iiiissioiiary who luis
ht't'ii for over tliir-
ty-two years i ii
( 'hiiia.
After spriiiliiiu: a wi'ek at TIaiikow
aiul aiiotlier week at Ilwan^cliow we
got our outfits to»rether, whieli eon-
sistod of cot^s and bedding, some
ehanges of clothing and a little for-
eign food. We took a eook and col-
porteur, about 1,000 go.spel portions
and mimerns tracts.

The country we pa.ssed through was
very beautiful, range after range of
mountains or high hills, with narrow
vaHeys and occasional streams. All
up these vaTeys and along the sides
of the mountains, every foot of ar-
able land is under cultivation. In
fact, they use land that we would
think was impossible, but they have a
real .system of their own. Looking up
one of these valleys it presents a view
like a large stairway or a large ampi-
theatre. As the rain is never certain,
they have dug out huge pits at the
top, and during the dry weather this
water is let out and runs down irri-
gating all the fields with little diffi-
culty. But there had been a long dry
season this year and most of tlie pits
were empty.

The farmers live in small villages,
their lK)Uses huddled dose together,
and one door, very seldom any win-
dows. The light gets in through an
opening in the roof covered with glass.
The Chinese .seem content to live in
these dark, dingy, damp, dungeon-
like houses. To add to this they have
no chimneys for the smoke to go out
<if, but it filiS all the liouso and gets

out any place it can. The dogs, pigs,
eats, and chickens are as welcome as
the rest of the family, and, as we would
lie invited out to a feast, while "we aro
eating the animals all come in and
nick up whatever is thrown on the
fioor. In the Chinese home they throw
everything on the floor, never leave
sci-aps on the table. Often a free-for-
all fight takes place over the bones
and we have to take care lest we also
become involved.

One is more and more impressed
with the demoralizing effect idol wor-
shippers expose them.selves to, and
cannot but be the main cause of
China's present condition. In one
temple we visiteil. which was very
famous, the priest said they had an
idol that could stand up. AVe were
much interested and asked him if he
would not kindly have the idol do .so
for us to .see. "Oh," lie said, "of
course we have got to help him." He
also said that this idol could write
cliaracters and showed us some on the
wa'l he was supposed to have written.
We requested that he write some for
us to see. but the priest replied that
he never wrote in the day time but
(inly at night when it was dark. One
<'annot but he impresjied with the
eagerness with which the people seek
to deceive themselves and thus close
their minds to the entrance of any
liuht. However, when we preach to
them and try to show how useless it is
to bow down and worship tbese dead j
things, and show liow they carniot even i
help themselves and thus nnich less
anyliody else, they all smile and say
that is right. Rut years of folOwins
these things have darkened tlie mind
to spiritual realities and leave very
little to which to appeal to. Yet in
all the places we were, there were
some who seemed to understand and
gave signs of apprehending the mean-
ing and need of the gospel.

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At our iit'Xt st()|> tln'i'c was a tlica- Away up in tlit'sf out of llic way

trk-al iHM-foniiauci' •roiuj; (ui and tln' pla.-cs. tlic ('liiiu'sc kiK.w littlf of what
•■ountry proj)!,. .-an..- fn.n. all ov.r au.i '^ ^">'"^' '^"j;' <'"; ••''^' ';'' V"' ^^''''''/'o^

it ^avc us a <ro<Hl chanci' to prcarli to
tluMU. Our hooks wcpf now al sdli!
out. hut we ijavc out iract.s. All up
in this country the prai-ticc of foot-
Miulinij j;ot's on as (tf old. we onlx' saw
two trirls with iarire t'ect, so in cvci-y
phu'C we t'xhoi-tt'd the pt'oplc to stop
this foolish and liarinful mstoiii.

in China. They knew litth- ahout the
Shan-iliai atVair and .sccnit'd to <'are
less. Here it is out' <rrcat strujjsl'* ff>''
cxistcnrc and the survival of the fit-
test, if the crnps an' had thoy are
on the very:!' n[' starvation and it takes
them all their time to tide over until
lie next crop, this uotwithstandiiii:
the faet that they have two erops a
\'eai'.

3ln llir ttirlniau (Tniinn

.Miss Daisy Kin?
don ( "2;]). the first
student of the Bible
Collei:!' tn cjo out
untler the Heart of
Africa ]Mis.sion, tells
of her arrival and
hei- work at her
station in the Bel-
jjian ("oucyo.
We ai-rived at Poko. the first IT.
A. M. station, at the heginninfj of
September, after a fortniofht's jour-
ney up the miorhty Conoro. and two
days by motor trui-k. After spending
ten days at Poko we were able to get
]00 porters for our luguage and we
then trekked to Nala. another station
about five days journey away. We
ladies trek in tipos, a kind of Sedan
chair carried by four men. But even
this mode of travelling lia.s its thrills,
especially when one is carried down a
steep slippery path, or across very
rickety native bridges. ]Most of the
way there was no road but just a foot
path through forests and villages,
where the people all run to have a
good look at you, and if you smile at
them they are so pleased and delighted.
Three weeks ago I came out to this
station which is about three hours by
tipo from Ibambi. The .station is real-
ly just a clearing in the heart of a
big forest ; leopards have been heard
prowling around the houses at night.

1 have not yet heai'd thcM- intruders,
anil of course they cannot get into the
h.ouses. but if one keeps goats or has
a dog they will attack and kill them.

1 have charge of the .si-hool work
amongst the boys. There are thirty-
eight boys now living on the station.
A black man looks after their food,
and superinteiuls their work around
the station such as cleaning up the
paths and planting.

Each morning at 6.80 a.m. a bugle
is blown, and all the workmen and
boys line up on parade, salute the Bel-
gian flag as it is l)eing hauled up. and
then sing the national anthem. After
this they all have drill for fifteen
miinites, and then I have the boys for
a .short morning service and give them
a wee message for the day.

After breakfast T have school with
the boys who can read, and teach tliem
Spelling and Arithmetic. Some of
them are quite clever and have been
known to learn to read in six months.
Tlien in the afternoons from two to
four, I have all the boys and forty-
five workmen in for Reading and
Writing. I do not actually teach them
Reading, the boys who can read act
as teachers to the others in all the
various stages of learning. The lower
clas.ses have cards hung out in front
of them with various syllables, eon-
sonants and vowels, while the others
have blocks with words on them. At

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till' t'lul (if i'lU'h week those who know
i-ai'ds oi" hl(M'ks come up tn mr. ami 1
hear tlieiii. ami if tliev i-cally know
llit'iu, 1 pass them on to the next cbiss.
I feel sorry for some of the irrnwii-up
men foi" tliey do try so hard, perspire
so hard (from nervousness [lerliapsi,
and try to spiuttei- nut the syllahles.
1 am jrlad, and the\' arc more iiiad

still, when 1 am ahle to pass them up.
I ^iies^ the liuys thiid\ me rather "mu-
k;ili" ( lierre ) as they express it, be-
cause I won't allow tiiem to talk in
sehiiol : and as King^wana does not
mi nee words hut says what it means,
I am often sayinof in school "funga
kinyu" (shut your mouth). But I
am en.)()\ing the work immensely.

Jill tl)p Niirtljpnt Hili^s nf (Hanoha

.Mrs. Less!ie(iari-ett
( .^^•lry ( lomme "24 i
and her hushand,
lvc\' Le- slic( iarrcl t,
occupy a noi'thcrn
post under the .\n-
glieau Chui'cli am-
ong the Imlians in
the region of Hud-
son Bay.

T^ast July T received a vei-y kind
letter from the Missioiuiry Society of
T. li. (". written in March, and enclos-
ing a Money Order. Perhaps you will
hai'dly helieve it possihle, hut I am
answering this l)y "re^turn of post"
(Dee. 31st). There should have heen
a mail out last August, hut oui- Ictteivs
cidy got as far as the coast, then they
i-ame hack to Trout Lake hecause the
scliooiu'r had called at Severn two
Weeks earlier than usual, and would
fu)t he back until July 11*20.

We foujul an Indian was going out
to a place on the lailway line so we
just sent out a letter to mother, hoping
it would reaeli lier sometime this year.
Otherwise we have had no communi-
cation with tlie outside world sinee
tlie first week in July.

We Were much cheered this ('hrist-
mas 1 y the arrival of two (piitt- elder-
ly men from a long way south. They
had travelled "three nights jouiTU'v".
That means four days travel hy do<r
r]*'i] ill order to hi-ing in an offering,
and attend the services. They also
wanted to buy books for their friends
who (ould not get in. One man sent
ill a lovely skin which fetehed .seventy
dollars at the store and it was all to
l>c spent on l)ooks. The range f)f hof)ks

is ver\- limited, just prayer books,
h>-mn hooks, and two small books of
short addresses and hymns. They are
now |)i'intiiig a monthly paper for
the Indians and we have a few copies
of that, hut although printed every
month we won't I)e able to get them
more often than once a year.

I'p to the time of our arrival the
peenle had heen taking the books on
tl''''i- promising to pay for them, but
SI many "forgot" their promises that
we decided only to sell for "cash" or
its equivalent, fur. At first there was
({uite a to-do, but now they have got
quite used to the idea and either bring
their fur to us to take to tlie store, or
else take it themsC'Ves and bring us
an order for the amount realized.

We feel so nnich that to meet the
needs of these scattered people we will
have to have some way of sending
them wi'itten messages from time to
time. These would have to be written
in the Syllables and then copied and
sent out.

^Fanv of the people do not get to
the Mission more than once in three
er four years, and then only for a
few days. They are so scattered that
it is almost impassible to visit them
in their camps, for not only is travel-
lini; difficult hut terribly expensive.
Then there is the difficulty of the laner-
uage. We are gradually picking it
pp. hut it is slow work especially as
the Trout Lake Indians speak a
slightl.v different dialect from anj'
that is printed, so that the grammars
we have are not always the help they
should he.

IIIK TOKONTO BIHLK COLI.hXfE KKCOUDKFi

ahr JliiMnn nf tljr Aryrnltnr

.Mr. ll.*rl)t*rl A.
(i.Trard ('21) tells
of iit'W woi'k lie is
t'litt'riiifr upon iiiii-
oii>; the Iiuliaiis oi"
I lie Ar^'tMitinc and
Kolivia. t'oi" wliic'i
h I' asks special
prayer.

I woulil like to
ask you if you
would kiiidl\- pas.s on to the Missiou-
ai\v Society, or to the Mi.ssionai'y
prayer ineetiii<i', a re(|uest for pi"ayer
for the Indians of the Argentine and
Bolivia, especially the Chirijiuauo
nation of them. Sinee eoinhig to South
America over four years ago a great
deal of our time has heen spent anion*?
them, so we have got to know them
fairly well. But though both Mi-.
Powell and 1 have made several at-
teniptstostudy their language, neither
one of us has ever got very far on
with it, owing to the ever present pres-

pprfipruttnn

Mrs. B. G. Fay (Annie ^Nla.son '17)
who was home on furlough Avith her
husband and familv last year, writes
again from her field of service under
the lidand vSouth America ^Missionary
Union.

Some new believers in the country
are sult'ering persecution. One elderly
wonum lived all alone because lier hus-
liand did not like the Gospel. The
neiglil)ours did not like it either so
they came at niglits to throw stones
at the door, take the gra.ss roof off,
fire shots, until the poor old lady wa.s
so frightened that she left the place.
Her s'heep slu^ sold very cheap, but the
other animals she left.

In another camp place nearer As-
♦•uncion there were .special meeting.s.
A watch-night service was to conclude
them. Men from long di.stances came
on horseback to disturb. When it came
about time for the invitation to be
given the devil got l)u.sy as usual. A

sure of tile Sj)anish work. For a good
many years something has been done
among them in the matter of (Jospel
pro|)agan<la, tint always in a languaL'e
foi'eign to them. As time goes on we
have all been more and more im-
pressed with the tremendous advant-
age thel'c Wdidd lie in being able tO
s]teak tliiently tlieir own tongue. At
last Mr. I'owell and 1 have arranged
among our.selves that he take over, as
far as possible, the Spanish end of the
work in order to leave me more free
foi- the study of Cliiriguano. Hy the
Lord's gi-ace 1 have been able to make
some ju-ogress, l»ut 1 iiave still a long
way to go before I shall be able to do
any translation of the Scriptures. This
C'hiriguaiio nation seems to be espe-
cially open to the (Jospel, far more so
tlian the Ai-geiitiiies and Uolivians.
Vet they have none of the Scriptures
li-anslated into theii- own language.
Besides all this there are many thous-
ands of them that have never heard a
word of the (lOspel. "How shall they
hear without a preacher".'

in $Iaiaiuian

lady missionary was alxiut to give her
testimony when a man sprang up wnth
a war whoop, waving a long sword
wildly in the aii'. He started to pound
the baby organ, and went in among
tl^e people bringing terror to them.
The crowd soon hid and the lights
were put out. He did not do any
harm to any one, ])ut the ladies were
in a house that did not have a door,
so they could not sleep the remainder
of the niglit. It was iiub^ed a watch
night service.

In Yegros the other day an elderly
couj)le were being dealt with and the
woman broke down crying, saying that
she was too big a siiuiei- to come to
God. My husband said that he had
never seen that happen before here.
The people don't think they are bad.
Much prayer had gone up for a re-
vival in Para, and one sometimes
thinks that the cloud the size of a
nuuTs hand is in sight.

TUK TOHONI'd llllil.K ( i il.l.Kd K KKCOKDKK

Jilt Partiuutrflp llp«t Africa

lu'V. .lolm ('. I'roc-
Irl- I "1(1 1, wi'itos
I'lMiii Ati^'oln of tilt'
woi'k winch lie and
livv. A. A. Wilson
( 'l.'^'i aro carrying
nil ill l*()i-tuj;uesc
Wrst Africa, under
tlic Sontli Africa
(Icncral Mission.
Here at tlic Cnclci, ainon<i'st the
Vanyt'iiil>a tril)t\ tlie Messafjo is still
so new. and oui* presentation of the
truth so imperfect, tliat there seems
to be little evidence of the working of
the Gospel aiiiDiiLi'st the pe(>])Ie. Last
month, 1 ventured to ask one of the
natives the foTowinfi' question after a
service: "Do you understaiui the ]Mes-
sage yet ?" After a monu'ut's thought
he, very guardedly, replied: "Yes!
AVe are hegiiniing to undersitand a

litth' (if some of your sayings — some-
times." Usually, they protest that
we si)eak the language perfectly, that
tliey iiiMh'rstand fully, and believe ab-
solutely in tlie (lospel message. So
yon will uiuh'rstand that the frankness
of til is hoy was, to say the least, re-
freshing.

We are happy in the work here, and
although the enemy hates the light,
and seeks to hinder the work, we be-
lieve that (iod will honor His Word,
ami that tlie seed sown will bring
ffuif.

A little medical work is done, and a
few boys are being trained as carpen-
ters and l)ricklayers, so that eventu-
ally the missionaries will be relieved
of a good deal of the manual labour
connected with a mission station, and
will be able to devote more time to
other branches of the work.

Amntm Ihr iSlarha nf ^nutl) Afrira

Mis.s Tnez Botterell ("20j has been
serving under the South Africa Gen-
eral Mis-sion both in Durban, Natal,
and up in the interior of the country.
Here is her interesting account of a
visit to an outstation.

Last time I took you on a walking
trip among kraals near by. This time
we'll go to the Mahaliani Outstation,
about fifteen miles away. Albert, the
native teacher at Zibungu Outstation,
is to accompany us and preach also,
so we impress on him the dt^sirability
of being here to set out immediately
after Saturday morning f)rayer meet-
ing, about n.lT) a.m., as tlie sun is
rather hotter now, and among the hills
we shall be expo.sed to it. Starting
early is not always as easy as it sounds
when you have natives with cattle
which will wander off. or "indabas"
(affairs) which nnist be attended to,
and no timepieces. Ten o'clock ar-
rives, no Alltei-t : 1 1 o'clock, no Albert ;
12 ft 'clock, no Albert, although we

keep sallying forth to peer into the
distance along the white road. About
12.15 Albert appears with his horse,
a wild little thing that has kept him
chasing about after it until so late.

Our journey is wearisome as we
have steep hills to deal with, some-
times on foot, and the sun is hot. At
last we have come to the worst hill
which leads us down, down, down to
where James, our cripple preacher,
has his outstation beside the pretty,
winding UmzinivTibu River. Hills rise
all around us at a little distance. Miss
Kldridge has a hut at Mahahani, built
as a memorial to her nuich-loved
father. Bishop p]ldridge, so Ave have
not had to liring bedding or utensils
with us. James comes to take our
horses and does not even smile at our
retl, sunburnt faces, but welcomes us
to the hut which has been nicely swept
ami ripened up for us. Emily, his wife,
with their little girl toddling after
her, waits on us to boil our kettle or

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cook our l)t'ans and potat(X's. Out of
tho box in the Init we whisk the covers
and bodclotlit's. aiidsooii we have (|uite
a nice little lionie for a short time.

A rest and meal rcfresli us. and
then we visit the main luit of the
evanjrelist and its occupants and look
around a bit at the excjuisite scenery,
nuiking our way nearer to the river.
In the evenin«r we spend some time in
pi-eparation ami then go over to the
main hut for a little meetinj;. Tliey
have tinished their evening meal
around the tire, and we have a nice
time of hymn-sin,ijin«r and some
thoug-hts on the Ephesian eharaeteris-
ties, faith and love, each one joining
in the season of prayer. We cannot
see much of the contents of this hut,
but in the heathen huts the fowl gen-
erally come and go at will, and some
spend the night inside, together with
a calf or so, a few little pigs, the dogs
and the people, and often considerahle
other live stock.

Our hut has two nice little open
windows, so we sleep comfortably. In
the morning how sweet to have our
(juiet time and special prayer and
study out in the open by the riA-er. As

the day goes on it becomes unusually
)iot even for Ilahaliani, but our hut
is mud-wallcd atid tliatchcd uid fairly
cool.

Two or tlirce calls !iiust be ".iiig on
a piece of iron deftly handled by
native girl and then we go in lo the
school-church hut for the i)ef)ple have
at last arrived. A beer-drink is in
ses.sion not far away, preventing hea-
i^^en from coming to the first service,
ai; which AIImtI interprets for us on
the (lood Shei)herd, the Great Slicp-
li''rd and the Chief Shej)herd. After
an interval outdoors we go in again.
Xow. quite a few heathen have arriv-
ed, redolent of beer, and rather lieavy-
e.ved, but Albert delivers a splendid,
powerful message, using s)me of our
material, but making it more directly
evangelistic for the sake of the heati^en
who have come in.

After the services we distribute
picture cards to the children and teach
them a chorus to the tune of •'When
lie Cometh", and talk a little v/ith
them, and soon after set out for Nkan-
ga again. The horses are alwavs in a
hurry going home, but the pulls up
hill are lieavv.

iB^tl^inq QIIntrrhrB in (Cl^ttia

^Ir. E. Roy Baker ( '15) is in charge
of a mission district of the China In-
land ^Mission in Southern Ilonan. He
writes recently as follows:

Since last writing to you foreign
business people and missionaries have
passed through one of the worst
anti-foreign demonstrations since
the Boxer year of 1000. You
all have been reading about it so
there is no need of anything further
being .said. We are thankful to say
that in the out of the way places, such.
as this, it has practically subsided.
The undercurrent efTects no doubt will
remain for years, thus making mission
work very difficult. While a few in
some of our out-stations attempted to
7nake trouble we are thankful to re-

port that the clnirches in general were
not cari'ied off their feet by the agita-
tors.

It is wonderful the interes-t the
Christians take in building their own
churches. Here and there throughout
our district tlie alteration and enlarg-
ing of church property, and the build-
ing of new churches, is constantly go-
ing on. I was amazed recently on
learning that the few Christians at
"Ancient City" market town were
building a new church, a hope they
cherished for years. One meiid)er, a
juost faithful and devoted old num. is
giving neai-ly everything he possesses
in order that their little church might
be completed. His giving is real .sac-
rificial giving, such as we praise God

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t'i)r. and t"t»r the work itf ^M-in-c in his
life, for lie ltIni's all his time to the
work of the church wilhniit rcccix ini;-
!X cent from the mission.

I'lai'ly last sniiunci- a market hiwii
seven miles to the south of this city
was nearly iialf di'stroyed by fire. The
Christians foi* years had been moved

to the time when they mi<iht occupy
it. l>iit alas. the\- oiiIn' held two ser-
\ iei's ill it, when the lire swept all be-
fore it. ineludin^- their newly built
ehui-eh. Needless to say they are
down-hearted and know not what to
do. for the autumn crops were a fail-
ure and ever.N ihiiiii- is so expensive,

I Mrisiums loi" vears nad ocen moved i i i \- i xi,

.. -n . ■ .. I- . ■ 1 ■ 11 '""'e and lalioi" costnig nearly three

tmm pnlar to post, nrst in this small ,• , -m

place, and then in that, until linallx'
about a \eai" ap> they manaj^cd to
purchase a place of their own. Last
sprinjr they built a new church antl
were looking; forward with jrreat joy

times as much as a year ago. Please
pray for the Christians at this "Fallen
N'illa^e" nuirket town, who have done
so nobly in the past, that they might
again have a ehiireh in which to wor-
shii>.

(lIl)nBtmaa mi tljp ^nl•^rr of (ilibpt

.Mr. and .Mrs. (Jeorge Hell are in tlie
extreme west of China, Avorking not
only among the Chinese, but especial-
ly aiming to reach the Tiiietans who
i'ome across the liordei-. .Mrs. Bell
(Dorothy AVade '2:^) .sends the follow-
ing account of their last Christnms
(lav, which shows that people there
enjoy the .social side of Chrisian fel
lowship as much as ourselves.

The morning of the 'ioth we were
all astir very early, and soon had the
final preparations for the day's activi-
ties completed. Before ten o'(dock
the prayer meeting started, whei-e
fJotl's people here, called upon Him to
bless the services during these three
days when we were celebrating the
birth of Ilis son. At eleven the doors
were thrown oj)cn and before long,
the hall we had bfu-rowed for the oc-
e>asion which is vsifuated on one of the
main business strect.s, was crowded.

Tlie women's kang was too small to
hold all who came, .so benches had to
lie tu'ought in to acconnnodate those
who wanted to listen. A native
preacher from another Mission told
about the birth of the Saviour of man-
kind and sought to turn his hearers'
hearts unto Tlim AVho came to earth
as a little child. At the end of the
service, tlie Christians were told to
stay for their own particular treat.

Of course, each one had brought as
many relatives as possible, but that
made all the more fun when we played
games. The Chinese were just as ex-
cited as a group of kiddies at home
are when the yearly Christmas enter-
tainment comes around. A number of
us tried to pin a pigtail to a Chinaman
and what laughs our poor attempts
(dicited. A few men were sent out of
the room and l)rought in one by one.
Each one was shown a few piles of
books, told to look well, then blind-
folded, they lifted up their long
gowns and tried to step over. Great
was their surprise to the delight of the
(■'dookers when they discovered that
the books had been taken away long
before. Then we tried "IMusical
('hail's", and even a couple of old
women joined in when women alone
tried. Hut, though the games were
an im|)oi1an1 part of the programme

I'HK TOKONTCI HIIU.K COl.lJ-UiK KKCOKDKU

aiul (H'casioiit'il a great (li'.-il 111" fun and liad 1 ccn pi cpai'i-d li\ a piNd'cssiunal

lau^htci-, a iiiorf important item still, conk; l)iit uc all cii.joycd it. A year

was to coiiic. a«r(> the Christinas feast was a ni^flit-

Tlu' p'aee was (|uirUly cleared and niai'e to nie. lint this year I ate plenty

tables s(>t for the "eats". There were u\' evei-yt liing. and almost wished that

two tables for women (each seatinfj^ I were like a i-amel in one respect,

over ten), two for m.'ii. and nne for Soon darkness crept un, and weary in

hoys, the fxirls stayinir willi tlieii"

lody, tint liajtpy in spii'it, |)raisin<; tho

mothers. The Christians had them- ,,.,,., ,

seIvo.s. with the aid of a small jiift '^'"•'' '"'• H '^ ^'<>'"l".'ss, we eame home

from us, paid for and eooked the food. 1" ii '"p of ^("'d forel^'n tea. and a

Of courso, it was not so niee as if it nice loiif.^' sleep.

A lUhlr $»rlunil in i)u^u-ttllina

Key. 1). 1. deftVey ('15) of (\)ehin-
Cliiiia. writes us of the triumph of the
Gospel in that land where his mission
has ai)pro.\imately one thousand bap-
tized converts as a result of their work
hegun in 191:^

Recoji'uizing the sound principle
that a country must be won to Christ
largely by her own sons, they are
seeking to establi.sh a self-supporting
and self-propagating Anamese church.
To this eiul in 1921 they opened a
Bible College for the training of evan-
gelists and pastors. From an attend-
ance of eleven in the first year, the
present enrolment has grown to fifty
young men and thirty young women,
all preparing for the ministry. The
students are drawn from various sta-
tions in life. ^lany of them are uni-
versity men, doctcr.s, teachers, clerks,
carpenters, and farmers. All are /.eal-

o;;s of pi-caching' the (iospel. The
course extends over three or four
years. Kacli alternate year is spent
out of the College in actual work. Mr.
detl'rey pays a high tribute to the
efficiency of Frt'iich rule which has
brought to the country all the external
benefits of western civilization in edu-
cational institutions, roads, sanitation,
etc. He says "Ours is the opportun-
itv to preach the Oo.spel that puts the
C'ORNER STONE into their civiliza-
tion, and we thank (Jod that the foun-
dation has been laid in lndo-C"hina,
but a great work is yet to be done.
We covet the interest and prayers of
all who are interested in Bible College
work, that the students of the Word
of (Jod in French Indo-China may be
estatilished and strengthened for the
furtherance of the Gospel in that
needv land."

^rhoal imparl tttn tit (Urutral 3niiia

Miss Alice H. .Munns, '18, of the
United Church Mission, Xeeinucji, C.
I., has given us the foUowinu- inter-
esting note regarding her work :

School teaciiing in India in many
respects does not differ from school
teaching in Canada, hut the conditions
under which the teaching is done differ
greatly. One of tiie schools of which
I iiad charge was for boys of the
leather-workers caste, despised and
shunned bv all others because the\'

belonged to the "untouchables". The
little whitewashed two-roomed build-
ing on tlie outskirts of the town was
the school-house for the thirty or
forty pupils who attended. Here the
children gathered each day to be in-
structed by the Christian head master
and his wife. The children sat in rows
(Ui the floor, holding their slates on
their knees, ami with their books on
the floor in front of them. With the
lusty singing of a hymn, whicli coidd

TIIK Ti^KONTO Rmi.K ('()|.1,K<;f, K KCOl; DKK

not lie ciillcil uiusii-, aiul ;i pi'iiycr, the
sclidol was opt'iifd. ("lasses in aritli-
luotk* and n'aclinjr canic lirst. At'tiM"
a sluirt rt'ct'ss, the Hililc lesson was
tauirlit. 'I'Ihmi came a review of tlie
previous lesson irivcii li\- one of the
boys. The way in wliii-ji the i-eview
was >riven showed thai the lesson had
heen cartd'n'ly tantrht and ieai-nt'd.
This was fdllowed li\- the new lesson

story or the eontinuatioii of the old
one. Then eaiiie the memory work.
.Many wei'e the liynnis, verses, and
chapters which these hri^ht-oyed boys
coiniuitted to memory. We trust they
also sloi'cd them in their hearts. Who
(•••Ml s:iy now what the result will be?
lie has said "My Woi-d shall not re-
t urn unto me void.

iFrniu thr ^^^a^rr nf Ihr tnanurliiiltr Muvh

Willi ea -h new ^roup of students a
fresh impetus is <>iveii to sonu' j)ar-
tieular part of our evan'jelistie work".
This is particularl.\- noticeable in oui-
Hospital and Sunday School woi-k un-
der the supei'vision of Miss Graham
aiul ^riss Jessie Anderson.

Regular visits to the Hospitals ar(}
made by a inim'er of the students
and on Sunday various wards are
visited by small o-roups to eariy on a
grospel service. Tlu^ results are very
frratifying. One Sunday alone as
many as five profes.sed to believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ as their per-
sonal Saviour.

During the session a larofe percent-
age of the students have been engraged
in teaching in Sunday School classes
and in various other departments of
Young People's work. Their great
desire to see the children brought to

Jesus and th(^ many earnest prayers
offi'i'cd \\\) on their behalf has resulted
in being horn into the Kingdom ol
(lod.

Opportunities have opened for the
Evangelistic Hand to visit several
chiM'chcs and missions in the city and
a real work of grace has been mani-
fested on a uum])er of occasions. On
Feb. 28th the Band, when "holding
forth the word of life'' in one of our
prominent ]\Iissions, had the joy of
seeing seven openly proclaim alleg-
iance to the Lord Jesus Christ.

On another occasion the pastor of
the church wrote to the College: "The
Deacons Board have asked me that if
it is possible we invite the Band to
our pul])it again. The folk are very
enthusiastic over the Band and the
choir have won for themselves a large
{)laee in the hearts of our people."

|3rrBmial "^aUs

A son. Paul TJoforth, was born on
February 12th at Toronto to Rev. and
Airs. Ivory JefTrey, of French Tndo-
China.

A son. Edward Herbert, was born
on .May f)th to Mr. and IMrs. Herbert
A. (ierrard, at Ledesma, Argentina.

Mr. Vernon W. (iibson ('24) and
Mi.ss Katharine Blanch(> Oliver ('24)
were married on November 17th at
Minna, Northern Nigeria. Mr. and
Mrs. Ciibson are serving under the
Sudan Interior Mission.

Mrs. Elsie E. Grosart, formerly a
student of the Evening Classes, and
for some years a missionary of the
Chiiui Inland Mission, was married on
January 26th to Mi'. Henry R.Grahain
at Kenora, Out.

Rev. Herbert Ij. Troyer has been
called from Essex to Bethany Baptist
Church, Todmorden, and has begun
his ministry there. This is the church
whicii was established and built up
by Rev. Dixon Burns while he was a
student at the Bible College.

TIIK TOKONTO lUMI.K COM.KCK KKCOUDKIi

]\rr. Victor Vcary ('2:{), wlio has
been in Kii«!:hm(l t'oi" iikh-c tliaii a yi'af,
has hecii a|)poiiittHl In the Sudan
United Mission to woi'k anionjr somo
of tlie tribes in tliat part of the Sudan
tliat is under h'l-eneii government, lit'
is at present leai-niii^- Kreneh at tlie
l^ihle Institute eondui-ted liy Pastor
SaiHens near Paris.

Miss Fkirenee Walker {'2'A) lias re-
turned from Afriea to Fin«iland for a
short furlou^rh. She will take a short
eourse of study in Fi-anee and ijo out
again to a new field in the French
Sudan.

.Mr. Harold Daney ('24) is at Pync
Valley, P. PH., where he has charge
of a mission field under the Presby-
terian Home Mission Board.

Mr. Wm. ('. Tiffin ( '24) is in charge
of a church in Chicago which has
called him to the pastorate. He is
also taking some further studies in the
Northern Baptist Seminary.

:\Ir. and Mrs. Robert Moynan ('23)
sailed for China in February in com-
pany with ]Mrs. Moynan 's parents.
Dr. and ^Frs. Jonathan Coforth. Dr.
Goforth has returned to China in re-
sponse to an urgent call to act as
Chaplain in ^Marshal Feng's army. He
has taken ]\Ir. and i\Irs. IMoynan with
him to assist him in his work.

At a recent meeting of the Council
of the Sudan Interior ^Mission five
students now attending the Bible Col-
lege were accepted for service in
Northern Nigeria. Two who grad-
uate in April will prepare to go out
in the fall, !Mr. Samuel Shepherd and
^lis^; Lillian Ihndnuui. The otlier

tlirt-e arr .Mi-. Aubi-ey lluni. Miss
Beati-icr -laekson, and Mr. David H.
Hough. Tiiey wi 1 be taking another
year of study iti the Bible ('ollege.

W'c Ui'i'e glad to \\r|c(»iiir as a

visitoi' III till' cl.-iss moiii rcci'iit ly, Mr.
.Morley 1*. iiell. one of tin- cai'liest
graduates of the ('o'lege. (>ui' sym-
pathy goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Bell
in tlii' death of their eldest daughter
which took place on l-'chruary (ith
after a lingering illness.

A letter- from our friend .M i-. Robert
Hayson w ho spent part of tin* session
with us. tells that he is back in his
old haunts in northern liritish Colum-
bia, where he is inspecting a telegraph
line along the shores (d" the Portland
Canal. He ha.s a gasoline launch at
his dispasal and a man to i-un it. He
has met a large nund)er of men from
the mines, with wliom he woi-ked some
twenty years ago. He says ".some of
them look at me as a kind of curiosity,
as they cannot understand what the
Lord has done for nie." This has
given him wonderful op|H)rtunities
of giving a testimony, illustrating in
his own life the transforming power
of the Gospel. Speaking of victory
over t(Mnptation, he says ''T am sure
the angel of the Lord encampeth
around about them that fear him."
^fr. Haysom is located near the Alas-
kan boi-der wlici'c church privileges
are few. He has asked that his friends
remember him verj' specially in prayer
that an o}iening may occur for him
to entci- upon some regular form of
( lirist ian sei-vice.

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2554 20.00

2555 1.00

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^iinrli uf (J^nurrmirB

Rev. 1\. \\ Mac'Kay, D.D. Chairman.

Rev. E. Hooper, ]\I.D Vice-Chainnaii.

Mr. Joseph X. Slieii.stone Treasurer.

I^'v. -Ichii McXicol. Rev. T. B. Hyde,

.Mr. Martin Love. .Air. Thos. S. Cole,

.Mr. I-:, (i. P.;il<('r, Mr. R. C. Kilj^our.

(J^fftcpra at llir (EiUlrnp

R.'v. .I.ihii McXicol. P,.A.. n.l) Priiicii)al.

.1. M. Waters, M.1).,C.M Seeretary.

Mrs. Annie (Jrav Assistant Seeretary.

^taff uf JlitBtrurtimt

R.-v. .lolui MeXicol, li.A., B.I).
Rev F. S. Weston, .M.A., D.D.
.1 M. Water.s, :\I.D..C.M.

Rev. W. (J. Hanna, B.A.
Rev. T. B. Hyde
AFr. Ernest Shildriek.

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