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BIBLE INSTITUTE HAPPENINGS Particularly of Interest to Friends and Students
STUDENTS—K indly communicate w ith Miss E lfred a Stein, B. I., th e compiler of these notes. A v e ry p le a s a n t re u n io n of B ib le I n s t i tu te s tu d e n ts w a s h e ld in P o rtla n d , O re gon, a t th e h om e of M rs. A n n e M cC laren W rig h t, w h o w a s fo rm e rly on th e f a c u lty a t th e B ib le I n s titu te a s te a c h e r of m u sic. T h o se p re s e n t w e re : M r. a n d M rs. A u g u s t H u n d e ru p , ’15, M iss L o u ise H u n d e ru p , ’19, M iss H aze l Jo n e s, M r. a n d M rs. E d g a r L u th e r, ’17, M r. a n d M rs. W rig h t, a n d M iss E d n a V ic k stro m , *20. M iss A lta b e lle H e lle r, D ecem b er, ’19," h a s b een sp e n d in g th e su m m e r v is itin g a t h e r home- in M aren g o , Iow a. She is an o rd a in e d d eaco n ess. M iss J e a n n e tte L. W u rts, ’21, is a s s o c ia te d w ith M r. R . A. F o rr e s t in th e T oc- co a F a lls I n s titu te , T occoa, G eo rg ia. H o ra tio J. C h ase, ’21, h a s b een c a lle d to ta k e c h a rg e of th e B a p tis t c h u rc h in P re s to n C ity, C o n n e ctic u t. H e sa y s th a t th is is a la rg e field, a n d r e q u e s ts p ra y e r. T h eo d o re R. N ick el, ’21, is a tte n d in g T a b o r C ollege, a t H illsb o ro , K a n sa s. M iss H elen H o n eym an , ’19, is ta k in g som e sp e c ia l stu d ie s a t th e M oody B ible I n s titu te , C h icag o , h o p in g th a t th e w ay w ill o p en fo r h e r to g o o u t to th e f o r eig n field. M iss P a u lin e B onney, ’18, is G irls’ W o rk S e c re ta ry o f th e Y. W . C. A. a t F o r t Sm ith , A rk a n sa s. M iss H elen M iller, ’18, w ho is in H is se rv ic e a s m iss io n a ry w ith th e C ity R e s cu e M ission, S an F ra n c isc o , w rite s : “My h e a r t is fu ll of p ra is e s to th e L o rd th a t. H e h a s c o u n te d m e w o rth y to be in th is w o rk a n d fo r th e m a n y b le s sin g s I r e ceiv e b y b e in g in it.. E a c h d a y b rin g s n ew a n d som e v e ry s tr a n g e ex p erien ces. B u t th e L o rd is a b le to see u s th ro u g h th em a ll.” M iss L in d a L ehm an , ’19, a n d D avid B rah n , ’20, w e re u n ite d in m a rria g e Sept. 13th. T h e m a rria g e of H a l M iller to M iss A lm a K llio tt to o k p la c e a t C a lv a ry B a p tis t C h u rch , L os A n g eles, S ept. 15th. M iss L u e lla S ch o en ig , ’21, a n d O scar V on L an g e, ’21, w e re m a rrie d on S ep t. 12th, in L os A n g eles. A n n o u n cem en t h a s b een receiv ed of th e m a rria g e o f M iss M a ry E . Jo n e s to C h a r les H. C o u ltes, A u g u s t 15th. T h e ir hom e is in S alem , O regon. M iss C la ra S p ick er, ’18, w as m a rrie d on S ept. 28th to E rn e s t B. H a rris o n , a t th e F ir s t B re th re n C h u rch , L os A n g eles. M iss F a ith H o llin g sw o rth , ’21, w a s m a r rie d to M r. D on D. T u rn e r on O ct. 1st. T h ey h o p e to -leave s h o r tly fo r V en ez u ela w h ere th e y w ill be a s so c ia te d w ith V an V. E d d in g s. v M iss O liv e tte R. S w allen g ra d u a te d fro m M oody I n s titu te la s t su m m e r an d a f te r
a y e a r o f sp e c ia l w o rk a t O hio S ta te U n i v e rsity , e x p e c ts to r e tu r n to K o re a a s a m issio n a ry . M r. a n d M rs. J a s o n P. S teer, ’1 6 ,'a rriv e d a t S an P ed ro , B o liv ia, A u g u s t 14th. T h e fo llo w in g a re h o p in g to le a v e fo r S o u th A m erica in F e b ru a ry , u n d e r th e I n la n d S o u th A m e ric a M issio n a ry U n io n : Mr. a n d M rs. D. F . S iem en s (Ire n e W itm er, '20), M iss E th e l M oore, ’20, M iss M a rg a re t S tu a rt, ’21, M r. H e rb e rt W ah l, ’21, a n d JNfiss G e ra ld in e W ilso n , ’21. M r. a n d M rs. H. T. G lover, C eylon, w rite th a t b x th e L o rd ’s b le s sin g th e y h av e b een e n a b le d to m a k e re m a rk a b le p ro g re s s in th e la n g u a g e . “A lth o u g h m is s io n a rie s h a v e b een in C eylon o v e r one h u n d re d y e a rs, th e ir n u m b e rs h a v e b een so sm a ll, th a t p ra c tic a lly a ll o f th e C h ris • tia n s a re to be fo u n d in th e n o rth or a lo n g th e w e s t co a st, a n d a s w e d riv e in la n d w e q u ic k ly com e in to v illa g e a f te r v illa g e w ith o u t a sin g le p ro fe ssin g C h ris tian . O nly th e o th e r d ay, o u r fe llo w -m is sio n a rie s a f te r b a p tiz in g a C h ris tia n boy In th e la k e w e re to ld th a t th e v illa g e p e o ple w e re g o in g to se n d a p e titio n to th e G o v ern m en t a s k in g th e m to sto p th e m is sio n a rie s w a s h in g a w a y th e sin s o f th e c o n v e rts in th e la k e , a s th e s e sin s fo u n d th e ir w a y in to th e ric e fields, a n d w h en th e y a te th e ric e w h ich w o u ld be fu ll of sin s, th e y w o u ld die. T h ey h a d a p p a r e n tly g o tte n th e id e a w h en th e C h ris tia n s s a n g th e h y m n ‘W h a t C an W a sh A w ay My S in s?’ a s th e y h e ld th e se rv ice. W e a re lo o k in g fo r a m ig h ty sw eep o f th e S p irit o f God in th is field. W ill y o u jo in e a rn e s tly in p ra y e r w ith u s th a t w e m ay soon re c e iv e sh o w e rs o f b le s sin g in d a rk C ey lo n ?” M iss E lle n S ch eld t w r ite s fro m th e P h ilip p in e s: “F o r th is y e a r I h a v e b een a ssig n e d to th e d o rm ito ry in V ig a n a n d th e d is tr ic t w o rk of Ilo eo s S u r. p ro v in ce. B ecau se of th e sp le n d id g o v e rn m e n t sc h o o ls h e re w e do n o t n eed to do sch o o l w o rk b u t w e ..tak e a d v a n ta g e of th e fa c t th a t s o .m a n y s tu d e n ts g a th e r in th e la rg e e d u c a tio n a l ¿ e n te rs, a n d e s ta b lis h d o rm i to rie s fo r th em . I t is w o n d e rfu l to see th e g ir ls d ev elo p in to s tr o n g C h ristia n w om en a f te r th e y h av e a c c e p te d C h rist. B e c a u s e . a ll th e sch o o l w o rk , is done in E n g lis h , m a n y of o u r S u n d ay sch o o ls h av e fine E n g lis h S u n d ay S chool c la sse s. A ny good tr a c ts , re lig io u s p a p e rs a n d S u n d ay S chool su p p lie s wh.ich yo u a re th ro u g h u sin g c a n be d o in g g o o d se rv ic e if se n t o u t h ere. T h e d is tr ic t w o rk c o n s ists o f v isitin g th e v a rio u s c h u rc h e s an d h om es a n d su p e rv is in g th e w o rk of th e d e a c o n esses a n d B ib le w om en .” H. E . G rin g s w r ite s fro m K ilo, C ongo B eig e: “W e a re so g r a te fu l to th o se w ho sacrifice a t h om e to se n d u s m o n ey a n d m a k e i t p o ssib le fo r u s to liv e h e re an d g iv e a ll o u r tim e to stu d y in g th e la n g u a g e a n d tr y in g to te a c h th e p eo p le th e W o rd of. God. P e rh a p s som e of th e m a re sa v ed now , b u t i t ta k e s a y e a r o r tw o b efo re w e can se e en o u g h of th e f r u its of th e S p irit to be su re . W e a re o fte n s o re ly tem p te d a n d tr ie d a n d d isc o u ra g e d b u t
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