BIBLE IN ST ITU T E H A P P EN IN G S Particularly of Interest to Friends and Students n
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N Tuesday evening, Nov. 16, a special service of the Lyceum Club was held, to honor the memory of our beloved Mother Horton. It was an inspiring sight to look into the eager faces of four hundred splendid girls, and to realize what possi
gold, her good name, her business abil ity. She was told that the gold was used up there for paving the streets, that a great name and business ability counted for nothing; and when she inquired of her angelic guide as to what might be brought to heaven from the earth, she was told this,—“He that winneth souls is wise,”—and she learned, too late, that service performed for love of the Lord Jesus is the only thing that we can carry with us from earth to heaven. It was a telling message, and when a most definite Invitation was given to the girls to come forward and give their lives to God for Christian service,—being warned that it would perhaps mean giv ing up their business and going into training, that it might mean laying down their lives for God on the foreign field,— forty-one splendid business girls left their seats, and with determination in their faces, came forward to dedicate themselves to the Lord. It was a won derful sight, and we are sure there was great rejoicing in heaven. These girls met after the meeting, and formed them selves into “Memorial Volunteers.” They are planning to meet twice a month for prayer. An invitation for surrender to God was also given and about twenty or twenty- five responded to that call. Two others, who had not before known the way of salvation, accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. We expect that as an outcome of this meeting, the Gospel will be carried “to the uttermost parts of the earth,” and that the final results will never be known until we meet in eternity. These conse crated lives will be a lasting,—yea, an eternal memorial,—and because of her large share in the molding of them we can say of Mother Horton, as it was said of one of old, that she “being dead, yet speaketh.” “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” The Bible Institute has two graduates in the work of the Belgium Gospel Mission under Mr. and Mrs. Ralph N orton.' Concerning the first of these, ^Donald Barnhouse, Mr. Norton re cently said t“In March 1919 we welcomed to Brussells this young man who was to play such a large p art under God, in the shaping
bilities were wrapped up in those lives. Much prayer had been offered up to God for this meeting, and He surely did “ex ceeding abundantly” above all we asked or thought. The meeting was in charge of the teacher of the club, Miss Myrtle Scott. The two thoughts running through the entire service were,—praise to God, and service for God. After a hymn and prayer, Scripture verses along the lines of praise and precious promises were given out of the hearts of the girls. The Biola Girls’ Quartette sang a beautiful hymn, and Mrs. Lyman Stewart gave a sketch of Mother Horton’s life, seeking to bring before the young women of the club the beauty of a life of devotion to God. A memorial offering was taken, amounting jto over $200, and which will be added to from time to time. This fund is to be used in furnishing a room in the new.building which the Bible Institute hopes to erect in the not far distant future. The room to be thus furnished will help fulfill a certain cherished de sire of Mother Horton,—a need which she saw in the work of the Institute, and which was much on her heart in the last few months of her life. After numerous testimonies by the club members, showing how God had used dear -Mother Horton to bring them to a knowledge of Him, or to lead them into a deeper Christian life, the meeting was turned over to Miss Winifred Rouzee, who talked briefly, simply and beautifully on the theme of “Service.” Several Scripture texts were used,—“Who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?” “Choose ye this day whom ye will serve,” “Ye cannot serve two masters,” “They (the re deemed in glory) serve Him day and night.” She pictured most vividly a re deemed one entering heaven empty handed,—seeking to present there her
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