WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

The course is a five-year one, consisting of three
years in school and two years in practical Christian
work under the supervision of a missionary on one
of the stations. These undergraduates render excellent
service as preachers and evangelists. It was they
who manned the outstations and preached in many
of our larger churches during the time when we did
not have sufficient graduates. Too much cannot be
said of their faithfulness nor of the excellent work
done by them.
One of these undergraduate students was in charge
of the outstation at Faifoo during the time when it
was not officially authorized. There was an under¬
standing that he could preach there and visit the
Christians of the congregation, but he was not supposed
to carry on aggressive evangelism outside the
chapel.
This young man had been on the Annamese stage
before he came to Bible School. He had been a
popular actor and was well known throughout the
province. Great crowds came to the chapel when it
was noised abroad that Luong, the actor, had become
Lieu, the preacher. The Annamese have a custom
of changing their names at crisis times in their lives
or when they change their professions. Lieu was as
good a preacher as he had been an actor. Moreover,
the Lord worked with him, and during that year
nearly a thousand men and women professed con¬
version.
This does not mean that they were all