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Deluded Fanatics or Divine Instruments?- by Gary Corwin
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FOR THOSE WHO KNOW SOMETHING
of the history of the Sudan Interior Mission piece of SIM(now Serving In Mission) the name of Rowland Bingham is the one that usually comes to mind. And this is understand-able, as he was one of its three founders and served as General Direc-tor until his death in 1942.
But another of the founders, Walter Gowans, a young Canadian of Scottish background, was actually looked upon as the group's leader when Bingham, Growans, and Thomas Kent set out in 1893 for the Islam-dominated "Cental Soudan"(roughly centered in what we know today as northern Nigeria). It was actually Gowans' mother, Margaret, who first had the vision and burden for the "Soudan," and this she passed on to both her son and to Bingham. Although the initial leader of this youthful band(all three men were in their mid 20s), the actual missionary career of Gowans, and Kent as well, lasted less than a year. Gowans and Kent left Bingham convalescing from illness in Lagos on the coast and began their trek inland on 24 February 1894. They had been told by the Superintendent of the Wesleyan Mission in December, upon their arrival in Lagos, that they would never see the Soudan, nor would their children, but that perhaps their granchildren might. They proved the prophecy wrong about seeing the Central Soudan, but the estimation of the perils involved was not mistaken.
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À̰ÍÀº »ç½Ç»ó "¼ö´Ü"À» ÇâÇÑ ÃÖÃÊÀÇ ºñÀü°ú ¸Û¿¡¸¦ Áû¾îÁø GowanÀÇ ¾î¸Ó´Ï Margaret À̾ú°í À̰ÍÀº ±×³à°¡ µÎ ¾Æµé°ú ÇÔ²² Bingham¿¡°Ô °¡°ÔµÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.
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History matters
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In spite of the brevity of his missionary career, Gowans penned some words that are both inspiring and revealing about Gowans the man. The two primary sources of this material are his diary, and a letter he wrote to the Young People's Society and the St. James' Square Presbyterian Church in Toronto, with which he had a strong con-nection. What follows are several quotations from these sources with a brief heading that attempts to capture the essence of its application for us today:
¼±±³»ç·Î¼ ªÀº °æ·Â¿¡µµ ºÒ±¸Çϰí, Gowans´Â Àڽſ¡ °üÇÑ ¿µ°¨À» µå·¯³»´Â ¸î¸î ¸»¾¸À» ±â·ÏÇÏ¿´½À´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ ¸ÅüÀÇ µÎ°¡Áö ¿ì¼±ÀûÀÎ Ãâó´Â ±×ÀÇ Àϱâ¿Í, ÀþÀºÀ̵éÀÇ »çȸ¿Í ±»°ÇÇÑ Ä¿³Ø¼ÇÀ» °¡Áø Åä·ÐÅä¿¡ ÀÖ´Â St. James' SquareÀå·Î±³È¸¿¡ º¸³½ ÆíÁöÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
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Burden for the least reached
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"As most of you are aware, I anticipate going to the Soudan - a pioneer for Christ. The Soudan, with a population of from 60 to 90 millions, is, of all foreign fields, the most destitute of the gospel, being almost entirely without a repre-sentative for Christ."
"¿©·¯ºÐ ´ëºÎºÐÀÌ ¾Ë´Ù½ÃÇÇ, Àú´Â ¼ö´ÜÀ¸·Î °¥°ÍÀ» ¿¹ÃøÇÕ´Ï´Ù - ±×¸®½ºµµÀÇ °³Ã´ÀÚ·Î. 60¾ï¿¡¼ 90¾ï Àα¸ÀÇ ¼ö´ÜÀº ¸ðµç ÇØ¿Ü (»ç¿ª)ÇöÀå Áß¿¡¼ °¡Àå ±Øºó º¹À½Áö¿ªÀÌ¸ç °ÅÀÇ ´ëºÎºÐÀÌ ±×¸®½ºµµ¸¦ À§ÇØ µå·¯³ªÁö ¾Ê°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
Love for the lost more than for life
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"Our success in this enterprise means nothing less than the opening of the country for the gospel, our failure, at the most, nothing more than the death of two or three deluded fanatics...
After all, is it not worth a venture? Sixty millions are at stake? Is it not worth even risking our lives for so many?"
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¿ì¸®ÀÇ ½ÇÆÐ´Â, ±â²¯ÇØ¾ß µÎ¼¼¸íÀÇ ±¤½ÅÀÚµéÀÇ Á×À½¿¡ ºÒ°úÇÕ´Ï´Ù...
°á±¹, ±×°ÍÀº ¸ðÇèÀÇ °¡Ä¡°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ°¡¿ä? À°¹é¸¸ÀÌ °É¸° ¹®Á¦ÀԴϱî? ±×°ÍÀº ½ÉÁö¾î ³Ê¹«³ª ¸¹Àº À§ÇèÇÑ ¿ì¸®ÀÇ »î¸¸Å °¡Ä¡ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ñ°¡¿ä?
Faith over fear
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"It is said that God has closed the door to the soudan. Beloved! God closes no door to the gospel. It is not God, it is the enemy who closes the door. With God no door is closed. We have simply to march forward in the name of Jesus, and in the faith of God, and the doors must and will fly open every time.
Hallelujah!"
Çϳª´Ô ²²¼´Â soudan¿¡ ¹®À» ´Ý¾Ò´Ù°í ÀüÇØÁö°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. »ç¶û¹ÞÀº ÀÚµéÀÌ¿©! Çϳª´ÔÀº º¹À½¿¡ ¹®À» ´ÝÁö ¾ÊÀ¸½Ê´Ï´Ù. ±×°ÍÀº Çϳª´ÔÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó, ¿ø¼ö°¡ ¹®À» ´Ý½À´Ï´Ù. Çϳª´ÔÀÇ ¹®Àº ´ÝÇôÀÖÁö ¾Ê½À´Ï´Ù. ¿ì¸®´Â ´Ü¼øÇÏ°Ô ¿¹¼ö´ÔÀÇ À̸§°ú Çϳª´Ô¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¹ÏÀ½ ¾È¿¡¼ ¾ÕÀ¸·Î ÀüÁøÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
ÇÒ·¼·ç¾ß!
Maintaining an eternal perspective
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Diary for 9 August 1894:
"I am 3days from Zaria. I would have been at Kano long ago were it not for the repeated delays caused by the war on the road.
Written in view of my approaching end which has often lately seemed so near but just now seems almost imminent, and I want to write while I have the power to do it...
My only regrets are for my poor Mother, and for her sake I would have chosen to live...
Don't mourn for me darling dearest Mother.
If the suffering was great remember it is all over now and think of the glory I am enjoying and rejoice that 'your boy' was permitted to have a hand in the redemption of the Souden."
Gowans did indeed die shortly after writing these words, but he also certainly did "have a hand in the redemption of the Soudan."
That which he and his colleagues began is now a network of churches that claim more than six million worshippers in Nigeria alone, and is part of an energetic reproducing Gospel movement that stretches across the globe.
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