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to b e 'a C h ristian , su d d en ly e x claim ed : “B u t I d o n ’t k n ow a t all w h e th er I am saved, a n d c a n n o t-se e h o w -y o u can feel so sure. I f th e re is an y w ay to be su re, do tell m e quickly.” Y ou m ay im agine th e effect on th e class. B e fo re a n o th e r h a lf h o u r the w hole class w as satisfied a n d k n ew fo r a certain ty th e a ssu ra n ce o f th e ir salv atio n . —H. Students’ Aid Society. F o r a long tim e th e L ad ies o f th e A u x il iary o f th e B ible In stitu te o f L o s A ngeles h av e h a d it on th e ir h e a rts to o rg an ize in som e w ay w hich w o u ld m ak e it possible fo r th em as a .s o c ie ty to do som eth in g to aid th e y o u n g w om en who- a re d esiro u s of atte n d in g th e JBible school an d y et have n o t th e m ean s to do so. T h ey felt th e .g reat need o f h elp in g som e o f th o se w ho w ere applying fo r e n tran ce to th e school, a n d yet w ho w o u ld be h eld b ack from a tte n d in g fo r y ears, p erh ap s, in o rd e r to e arn th e m oney n ecessary to c a rry th em th ro u g h , an d th a t th e re fo re m u ch v alu ab le tim e w as being lo st to th e L o rd ’s w o rk by th o se w ho w ould be v ery efficient, if train ed . A t last th e d esires o f th e ir h e a rt have been realized, a n d an o rg a n iz atio n effected w ith th is p u rp o se in view , th e L ad ies’ A u x
iliary h as n ow becom e “T h e A u x ilia ry a n d S tu d e n ts’ A id S ociety.” T h e m oney given to th e stu d e n ts is in th e fo rm o f a loan, th e stu d e n t b ein g ex p ected to r e fu n d ’ w hen his tra in in g is finished a n d h e is in th e field earn in g . T h is re tu rn e d m o n ey w ill be p u t back in to th e fu n d , a n d th u s th e m oney a t first in v ested goes on y e a r a fte r y e ar an d is c o n stan tly b ein g u sed . N a t only this, b u t w hile th e stu d e n t is in train in g , she is re q u ired to w o rk in re g u la r so u l w in n in g w o rk , a n d th u s she is n o t com pelled to .w a it a n d w ait a n d w a it b e fo re h e r life becom es on e o f real u sefu ln ess in th e k in g dom o f God. M an y of th o se w ho h av e a lre a d y been helped by p riv ate in d iv id u als to tak e th e co u rse in th e In stitu te , a re n ow serv in g in fo reig n fields an d in th e h om e land, an d m ak in g g o o d in th e serv ice o f th e M aster. T h e q u estio n w ill be ask ed by m any, “W h a t m oney is re q u ire d ? ” so w e a n sw er th a t question" h e re : T h e m em b ersh ip fee w ill be $1 a y e a r; life m em b ersh ip , $50; fo r th e su p p o rt o f a stu d e n t fo r one w eek, $ 5 ; fo r th e su p p o rt o f a stu d e n t fo r one y ear, $225; for. th e su p p o rt o f a stu d e n t fo r th e w hole co u rse o f tw o y e ars, $400. W e w o u ld be g lad to h e a r fro m an y frien d s w ho w ould like to help in th is w o rk .
WORK AT LOS ANGELES HARBOR Oscar Zimmerman, Sup’t.
t I 'H E p ast m o n th b ro u g h t som e v ery d e f- in ite o p p o rtu n ities o f b rin g in g th e m es sage to h e a rts th a t h a d n ev er b e fo re h e a rd th e m essag e o f red em p tio n in C h rist. A n um b er o f fo reig n vessels b ro u g h t m any m en, w ho, a lth o u g h o f a d ifferen t n a tio n a l ity, w ere y et in d ire n eed o f G od’s re d eem in g p o w er an d m an y o f th em really h u n g ry fo r th e W o rd o f God. T h e w o rk e rs w ill n ev er fo rg et th e tim e o f b lessin g th ey h a d am o n g a g ro u p of 500 o r m ore, crew a n d p assen g ers o f th e first Jap an ese p assen g er vessel fro m th e O rie n t
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