Recently, while savoring the history of my former seminary in Hong Kong, I was moved to pay tribute to Miss Amy Law, our seminary’s former Principal. I have always believed that God’s design is for men and women to work together for His kingdom. Men and women are equally important in the service of the Lord. Many stories in the Bible as well as in church history have led me to admire the heroic deeds of many women of our faith. My alma mater was originally located in Wuzhou, Guangxi, and was known as the Alliance Bible School. It was the first Bible School outside of the United States to be founded by the Missionary Alliance. Dr. Robert Glover went to China and started the Men’s Bible School in 1899. Amy Law, a teacher at the True Light Girl’s School in Guangdong, was 26 years old when she heard the preaching of Dr. Glover and was deeply touched. Amy responded to Dr, Glover’s challenge and agreed to join him to establish the Women’s Bible School. Amy spent the next 31 years serving in the Bible School, until her retirement. She chose to live a life of celibacy and voluntary poverty. In order to construct the Women’s School Building, she gave up all her possessions. Another missionary, Miss Rutherford, urged Amy to keep some of her money for her own use. Amy replied, “No, I have always loved that old hymn ‘Take my life and let it be consecrated Lord for Thee’. But I could never sing that line ‘Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold.’ Now I can. Come let us sing it together.” What a remarkable woman! It was because of Amy Law that my former school began to train women for the ministry. I was joking with my wife the other day, that if it were not for Miss Amy Law, she would not have had the opportunity to study in our school, and had that been the case, poor me, I would still be a bachelor today!

最近，當我回顧我香港的神學院的歷史的時候，我很被感動，我要向我們的前院長羅聖愛女士表示敬意。
我一直都相信男女共同為神的國度效力是神原來的設計；事奉主，男女的是同樣重要的。聖
經的故事和教會歷史的記載，實實在在的叫我對許多婦女們英勇的事蹟感到無限的敬佩。我的
母校原先設在廣西梧州，起名建道聖經學院，是赴華宣教士郭榮基博士於 1899年創立的，也是美國宣道會在國外為男生設立的頭一間聖經學院。當時二十六歲的真光女校教
師羅聖愛姊妹因聽到郭榮基博士的講道而受到感動。她就回應郭牧師的挑戰，答應加入他的行列，
為女生設立一間聖經學院。這樣一來，羅聖愛女士就一直留在這間學院事奉三十一年之久，直到她退休。
她一生選擇並甘願過獨身和簡樸的生活。為了興建女校的大樓，她把所有的儲蓄都捐了出來。當時有一位
叫陸芬芳的宣教士勸她為自己留下一部分。羅聖愛卻說：〝不！我很喜歡唱這首詩歌：'我一生求主管理，
願獻身心為活祭'，但每當唱到下面這句：'虔誠奉獻我金銀，不為自己留分文'，我就唱不出來了。而現在我卻可以唱出了。來吧，讓我們一起來唱！〞她真是多麼非凡的一位姊妹啊！
是因為羅聖愛院長的建議，我們的母校才開始訓練婦女做傳道的工作。前幾天，我跟師母開玩笑說，如
果沒有羅聖愛，她就沒有機會進到我們的學院唸書，不過
若是如此，更可憐的是我，因為到今天我還會是個單身漢呢！