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manifested by the women in their district. Ivan N. ( ’28) and Mrs. Tozer (E. Kathleen McDade, ’28), who have been engaged in a traveling evangelistic minis try, have moved to Anaconda, Mont., where Mr. Tozer has accepted the pastor ate of the Grace Baptist Church. W . Stace ( ’27) and Mrs. Goulding (May L. Sadler, ’28) and their six-year-old daughter, Alice Mae, sailed for Panama in the fall and at present can be reached through General Delivery, Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama. They expect to go soon into the interior for colportage work among the Spanish-speaking people. Grant and Mrs. Whipple (Bernice At kinson) and their baby daughter have been living at Electra Court, 4015 81st St., Jack- son Heights, New York, N. Y. Mr. Whipple is studying at the Biblical Seminary in New York and is engaged in pastoral work in a Brooklyn church. Mrs. Van V. Eddings of the Orinoco River Mission sailed November 12 from New York to rejoin Mr. Eddings ( ’13) in Venezuela after a time in the States. Mr. and Mrs. Eddings may be addressed at Apartado 75, C'uidad Bolivar, Venezuela, S. A. Harold .(’34) and Mrs. Dutton, who have been serving in the Christian and Mis sionary Alliance branch in National City, Calif., are under appointment for service in French Indo-China. E u g e n e ( ’35) and Mrs. Knautz, who were married in December, planned to go to Brinnon, Wash., in January to do home missionary work in the field of the Olympic Peninsula. William T . and. Mrs. Spees (Ella Deans) reached Brussels, Belgium, in December and plan to study French there for* several months before sailing for Africa. They can be addressed at 21, rue Tasson-Snel, Brus sels, Belgium. David Doerksen, ’27, was ordained to the gospel ministry on December 12 at the Grace Baptist Church in Modesto, Calif. Pastors taking part in the service included Murdock Morrison, ’33, Lyman Wendt, ’34, Harold Chrisman, ’31, and Preston Sowell, ’30. Mr. Doerksen spent several years in the Belgian Congo. Rowland Davies, ’33, wrote from Toron to, Can., in November that John Canfield and he were sailing shortly for Brazil, where their address will be Unevangelized Fields Mission, Caixa 243, Para, Brazil, S. A. Mr. Davies comments: “ It has seemed a long wait to hear the final com mand, ‘Go forward,’ but then we have kept the Lord waiting so long before bend ing our wills to Him that I wonder how He could be bothered with human clay.” Olive Rohrbaugh, ’17, called at the In stitute and told of her plan to sail late in December for Lagaspi, Albay, Philippine Islands, where she hopes to engage in child evangelism. Miss Rohrbaugh is serving under the Presbyterian Board, and in pre vious work in the Islands she had charge of the girls’ dormitory at Cebu. Married Leonard W . Harder and Alice Dorothy Drake, Dec. 21, Paso Robles, Calif.
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Alumni Fellowship Meeting C ONSCIOUS of the blessedness of unity with those of “ like precious faith /’ alumni and other former students of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles gathered in the Fishermen’s Club Room on the evening of January 14 for their annual midwinter reunion. Dinner was followed by a program of vocal music brought by various musical groups of the young men of the Institute— the “ King’s Heralds” quartet, the “ Ambassadors” quar tet, and the men’s chorus. J. B. Trow bridge directed the men’s chorus. Lester F. Wendt, Th. B. ’36, Vice-President of the Alumni Association, presided in the absence of Martin L. Long, ’24, President. Other officers of the Association are Helen J. White, ’20, Secretary, and Edna E. Remple, ’29, Treasurer. Greetings by representatives of the pres ent student body were added to the testi monies of missionary guests. Workers pres ent had served in the following fields: Africa —Lois Briggs, ’33; F. H. and Mrs. McKenrick (Betty Pierson, ’14), and Floyd Pierson; China —Josephine E. Jacobson, ’13; Ralph C. ( ’18) and Mrs. Scoville (Helen Small, ’19) ; Hazel Todd, ’19, and John Y ong; Guatemala —Mary A. Bishop, ’25; Venezuela —Roy and Mrs. Fuller (Rebecca Harrison, ’27) ; George W . ( ’25) and Mrs. Jackson (Agnes Hosie, ’26), and Julius ( ’24) and Mrs. Raplee (Ruth Russell). Henry A. Kliewer, ’35, who has been work ing among the Navajos in Arizona, spoke briefly. Others from the homeland who gave testimonies were C. May Lee, ’22, Mary-Pearl Reinhard, ’36, and Natalie Romans, ’24. J. Chester White discussed the Biola “ G o Forward” Campaign and the relation of the alumni to it. A candle-lighting ceremony led by the Ambassadors stressed the necessity for abiding in the Lord Jesus Christ if the “ lower lights” are to be kept burning. John A. Hubbard of the Institute faculty brought a searching devotional message that centered thought on the theme, “Jesus Himself.” Closing the evening, W . R. Hale, Superintendent of Men, led the group in the observance of the Lord’s Supper. Beams E UODIA Bible study clubs for high school and junior high school girls have been sponsored by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles for many years through the Institute’s Bible Women. In May of 1936, alumnae members of the club conducted at Belmont High School, Los Angeles, formed the Belmont Euodia Alumnae Missionary Society, or “Beams” as it is popularly known, under the leader ship of Miss Emily Alexander, Biola ’23. The purpose of the society is to provide missionaries with prayer support from the home base and at the same time to aid in furnishing the equipment needed by those who are leaving for service on the for eign field. In the space of one year, sev eral missionaries went forth from the club.
Mrs. Lawrence Simpson (Helen Hubbard, ’30), is serving in Central America. Laura ( ’35) and Mary Best ( ’35) are in Nigeria, W . A frica; Minnie Wallace, ’35, is in Venezuela, S.A., and Mrs. Rolland R. Rice (Mildred Dean) is in China. Dorothy Cornell, ’34, who has worked in Fresno, Calif., in the Sunshine Mission, is an ac cepted candidate of the China Inland Mis sion. The club is now enlarging its member ship by allowing any high school Euodia alumnae who are interested in missionary work to join. It is the prayer of these young women that a still more bountiful work may be accomplished with the Lord’s continued blessing in the future. The ex ecutive committee of the club is as fol lows: President—Barbara Candee, 558 S. Hope St., Los Angeles, Calif.; Secretary— Kathleen Nash; Treasurer—Virginia Mer rill, and Adviser—Emily Alexander, 1619% Rockwood St., Los Angeles, Calif. Facts from Many Fields E rnest E. (’24) an d M rs . N ichols (Hope M. Hepburne, ’25) and their two sons, Norman, 5, and Paul, 9, have been living at 319 Judson Hall, South ern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louis ville, Ky. While studying at the seminary, Mr. Nichols is assistant pastor of the East ern Parkway Baptist Church in Louisville. His work includes the direction of the church choir. Mrs. Nichols teaches a class of young married women. John ( ’22) and Mrs. Roos (Alice Hamil ton, ’22) are finding joy in their fellowship with the congregation of the Hope Presby- tefian Church of Pershing, Mo., where Mr. Roos is pastor. Mr. and Mrs. Roos have a son Maurice, 13, and a daughter Audrey, 11 . Newton A. and Mrs. Kapp (Doris B. Blackwell, ’31) members of the Sudan In terior Mission, after doing deputation work in several cities in the Middle West and East, have been living in Ventnor, N. J., where their address is Houses of Fellow ship, Z ]/2 S. Portland Ave. They hope to sail in February or March to return to their field, going to a station in Nigeria, W . Africa. Frank and Mrs. Fung (Beatrice Chong, ’33), 57 Seventh St., Oakland, Calif., write of their joy in the spiritual victories that the Lord has given in the Chinese Independent Baptist Church which they serve, with work being carried on in both Oakland and San Francisco. They have had opportuni ties to hold evangelistic services in Chi nese communities in various other localities on the coast. They write of their burden of prayer for Christian work in China in days when the free preaching of the gos pel is endangered. Joseph H. ( ’32) and Mrs. Beckett, Sudan Interior Mission, Kukar Gadu via Potis- kum, Nigeria, W . Africa, ask special prayer concerning the indifference to the gospel
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