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Carl Carlson, ’19, writes th at he reached Quito, Ecuador, November 13. He and George LeFevre are living together in this cit£ which is 9,370 feet aboye sea level. #He is working un der the Christian and Missionary Alliance. H arry Anderson, ’15in a recent letter speaks of opening evangelistic meetings at Camas, W ash., and asks the prayers of students for his work. NOTICE—The only way we can get the news concerning former students is for them to write to us. If you like to get the news of .others in these columns, remember th at others would like to know of your whereabouts also. Drop a card to The King’s’ Business occasionally. TRUE UNION OF MEMBERS Dr. Halbeck, a missionary of the Church of England in the South of Africa, from the top of a neighboring hill saw lepers at work. He noticed two particularly, sowing peas in -the field. One had no hands; the other had no feet,—these members being wasted away by disease. The one who wanted the hands was carrying the other, who wanted the feet, upon his back; and he again carried the bag of seed, and dropped a pea every now and then, which the other pressed into the ground with his feet: and so they managed the work of one man between the two. Such should be the true union of the mem bers of Christ's body, in which all the members should have the same care one for another. S YOUR BIBLE Someone has said:—“Give me your family Bible, and I will tell your history. The Bible of the strong, prosperous rich man,— ’tis like himself ; well kept— too well. Hand me yours, man of the broken heart and tear stained cheek, and the reddened eyes and furrowed brow. Ah, all marks and thumbings, and turnings down and marginal notes and pencil indications— 23d Psalm, 40th of Isaiah, a hundred places in Jeremiah —including the Lamentations—why, I need no concordance to this Bible if I want to seek out the promises.”
of the work which has been entrusted to us in th at land. Someone has said of Mr. Barn- house, th at if he were set down in the heart of the desert he would get along somehow and make a success in life, and God, in His sov ereign Grace knew about the desert th at was waiting this servant of His.” The largest December graduating class the Institute has ever had, held their graduating exercises on the evening of December 17, Dr. Dixon giving the address, follow ing are the graduates: Zita Arm strong, A. J. Berggren, Erica Bolmgren, Bertha Entz, Jacob Froese, Ernest G. Hansell, Mrs. Alice ( Hansell, Chas. D. Hull, U. S. Kim, Anna Kliewer, E dith Lee, John Lienhard, Leah M ilarr? Ethel C. Moore, Bertha - Neufeld, Mildred S. Nichols, Leila Neher, Susie Richert, P eter Siemens, S. H. Thorpe, Ethel U. Veeder. J. Walfred Rodman, ’20, w rites: “God has opened a'door for me in Venezuela.” He expects to go soon. Harlow Parsons says in a^ recent letter, re ferring to his campaign in Union City, Pa.: “We have had 250 decisions during the past three weeks.” H erbert J. Ranton, a former student, now known as “The Cowboy Evangelist” states th at he feels called to preach the Gospel in pastor? less churches and districts without preaching services. Anyone wishing his services can reach him at 704 Marion St., Boone, #la. He has been successfully preaching for six years. Miss Ethel Septer, *18 was married Novem ber 24 to Oscar Close, at Des Moines, la. An interesting letter comes from Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hick;, who are with the China In land Mission at Shanghai. Mr. Hick says “It has been eleven months since we landed in Shanghai, and little did we think we would be here for all- these months, b u t the Lord so ordered it, and although it has been a test in some ways, yet we do not regret for a moment th at we have been thus detained, for we have made the v-acquaintance of many of#the members of the mission, some of whom will be lifelong friends. We have had wonderful times of fel lowship with them. China, is in a terrible state at the present time. On every hand there are bands of robbers and brigands. Two of our workers were captured' and held for ransom. One of these men w at married and his wife was with him at#the time, and when she pleaded to be taken with her husband, they refused and went off leaving her to get o n "as best she could. Think of the awful anxiety for this woman, left alone and her husband in the hands of robbers. Much prayer went up for them and after a few days they were released. In some sections the people have been com manded by army officers to plant -opium ^ and this awful thing has taken hold of the Chinese again. Twenty millions in the north of China are on the verge of starvation. In other parts they are suffering from severe floods. None has any idea of the suffering in this poor dark land.” Ethel Markley, ’20 w rites th at she is teach ing five Bible classes. She has two in Glen dora, Cal., two in Azusa and one in Los An geles. Mr. and Mrs. Karl D. Hummel w rite an in teresting letter from Managua, ^Cicaragua, C. A. God has riclily blessed them in the work and they ask prayer th at they may have strength and grace to accomplish much. There are many places in Nicaragua where no Gospel work has been done and tney are anxious to reach these points with the Gospel message.
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