The Karen Assistant Bishop of Rangoon recently confirmed 118 persons in Mohnyin and district.  Amongst those at Mohnyin were four Shan confirmees from Bilumyo.  Miss Sandles says that "Shan is a lengthy language, and they finished up [answering the Bishop's questions] well after the Jinghpaws - but were quite unmoved by that fact."

Robertsganj, India

Miss Gwladys E Knight writes of a typical day:

5am:  You have begun your Quiet Time, remembering that by 6am a cup of tea comes and it will then be impossible to have much more.  7am:  The Prayer Bell is rung.  We gather with the other workers for prayer.  Books and final instructions for workers given, housekeeping stores given out, and by 7.45 off to zenanas or villages.  Systematic teaching in six homes, and back for breakfast at 11.30.  Urgent mail to be dealt with, callers attended to, various classes fitted in, perhaps half an hour's rest;  tea at 3pm and back again to the bazaar by 4pm, or Bible Class, or Weekly Prayer Meeting to attend.  At 6 o'clock half an hour at gardening to be sure of vegetables!  A hasty bath followed by the Missionaries' Prayer Meeting at 6.45 pm.  Supper at 7.30 and various jobs yet to be done, and so to bed.  Life is full, but full of joy and praise.

Tyndale Hall, England

Our men's College is adopting the name of Tyndale Hall.  The new name is particularly fitting for a College that takes so firm a stand on the Bible, and the name Tyndale also is associated with the West Country.

Needless to say, the new name does not indicate any change in the outlook of the College, nor in its relation to the Society.  It has been found that the other name (Bible Churchman's Missionary College) has led some to suppose that only missionary candidates of the Society were accepted for training, or that the College was of a specialist type that did not count as a recognized theological college of the Church of England.  In this way men who were wholly suitable for training for the Ministry at our College have gone elsewhere.  

Editor's note:  Some 20 years later, Tyndale joined with Clifton Theological College and Dalton House (the former Bible Churchman's College for women) to form Trinity College, Bristol which still trains ordinands today.

Crosslinks magazine August 2002 index