Bible School and Mission in China
By J. J. Westrup
AFTER the public debate in the north, there is a mighty stir in that neighborhood. Many are sending to us for literature, and others are coming down to the Bible school which we intend to conduct during the summer. For about a month and a half the heat is so intense that it is unwise to travel, hence our workers can use their time to the best advantage by remaining here and studying this blessed truth. Many others also have a chance to attend these classes. The colporteurs have carried the truth six hundred li west of us, where quite a number keep the Sabbath, and we have invited some of them to come to our Bible school. The message is also going now to the extreme north and east; and when God's time comes, it will go south, and then this province will surely have had a chance to hear the grand message of the soon coming of Christ and kindred truth. The barley and wheat crop has been good, hence conditions are better here, tho for a time they looked rather blue. The robbers are a terrible pest in this province, and have done more damage than several revolutions. We are completely surrounded by them. Last week they were very near us, so that I had to transfer all the money over to the chapel, where it was perhaps a little safer. I am confident that the angels encamp round about them that fear Him, and that God will surely protect His children. These perilous times help us to pray. This is about the most precious lesson we can learn in this world, because when we have learned really to pray, we are able to draw down the blessings of heaven; and thus connected with our dear Lord, there is no limit to what we shall be able to accomplish in His name.