Training for the Bible Work by M. E. Kern

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 27, 1911

Training for the Bible Work

By M. E. Kern

In this great campaign for the cities, we must have a greatly enlarged and more efficient corps of Bible workers. Large public efforts will be made by successful evangelists; but it is the Bible worker, very largely, who follows up the interest among the people, and studies the Bible with them in their homes; and it is the Bible worker who stays by the work month after month, gathering the fruit of these efforts.

How important, then, that our Bible workers shall be women of culture, education, and experience! Inexperienced girls or untrained women can not do this critical work, on which so much depends. It is doubtless true now, as it was a few years ago, that “missionary operations are constantly embarrassed for want of workers of the right class of mind, and the devotion and piety that will correctly represent our faith.”

There are doubtless many women of education among us doing successful work in their homes, or in business or professional lines, who by making a special effort can transfer their service to the cause of God.

Our city missions can do much in the training of Bible workers if they have the proper persons to train; but our schools must redouble their efforts to give young women that broad foundation work which will make them successful in this branch. And those advanced schools which are prepared to do so should give special instruction in the theory and practise of this important work.

The Foreign Mission Seminary, situated as it is near one of our large Eastern cities, and having other excellent advantages, feels that it has a duty to perform in the training of competent Bible workers to meet the great demand from the cities of our own country as well as from the great cities of the whole world. Our course includes Bible doctrines, theoretical and practical Bible work, pedagogy, general diseases and simple treatments, history, denominational organization and work, public reading and speaking, an industrial subject, music, and art. English is studied by those who are deficient therein. The training in Bible work is given by a woman who has had years of experience in this work. Several young women received this training last year, but the demand for Bible workers far exceeded the supply.

There are many who ought to enter school this fall with the Bible work definitely in mind. Let any who are interested in the course given at the Seminary write at once for further information and application blanks.

M. E. KERN, President.