Harry and Mrs. Hurlburt (Alice Phair), Ruwenzori, Irumu, Congo 3elge, have at last been able to pur chase a suitable used car. It is a luxury indeed, and expensive to op erate, but so necessary where the nearest store is forty miles away, and the school for missionaries’ children 250 miles distant! So delighted were the teachers working among the na tives at this station, that they asked special permission just to sit in the garage and gaze at it. “Even if we never ride in it,” said they, “just to have it here is enough!” An amusing evidence of the peculiar working of the black man’s mind occurred recent ly when Alice asked the cook to clean up the cookhouse nicely. Upon in specting the work, she found the stove nicely whitewashed. Ray ’34 and ’36 and Mrs. de la Haye (Sophie Witter ’36 and ’37) are prais ing God that the Nigerian government has given them permission to open a Bible school. It is expected that fif teen selected students will be on hand at the opening of the Tibiri Bible School this fall. "Understandest thou what thou readest?” (Acts 8:30). Years ago Philip put this question to an A f rican whom he found reading a por tion of the writings of Isaiah. A few weeks ago, the same question was asked of a young man whose brown skin and kinky hair resembled those o f' the Ethiopian of long ago. The frown on the brow of this young man prompted the missionary to ask the same question, and, like the eunuch, his reply, and the suggestive shrug of his shoulder amounted to, “How can I, except some man should guide me?” Praise God with these mission aries for the privilege of enrolling this young man as a student of their new Bible School. Allan H. and Mrs. Brown (Ellen Retts) live at 8962 Cynthia St., Los Angeles. Allan is pastor of the Bible Presbyterian Church, 5970 Santa Mon ica Blvd., Hollywood. Mrs. Brown took special musical training at Bi ola for three years, and is a true help mate to her husband in the work of the church. They have one son. TH E K I N G ’ S BUS I NESS
" Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it • • . fear pot, neither be discour aged” ( Deut. 1:21).
Ann Hersch ’45, now connected with the Children’s Baptist Home, 7715 S. Victoria Ave., Inglewood, Calif., is re joicing over the way the Lord is working in the lives of her family. This Jewish girl suffered much after she testified to her acceptance of Je sus Christ as her Messiah, and Sav iour. For more than five years, she was not permitted to return to her home. During this time, she attend ed the Bible Institute in preparation for Christian service. Last year she taught under the American Sunday School Union, and, after much prayer, decided to visit her family, Arriving home about midnight, her father told her that he, too, wanted to become a Christian. The following day he at tended a Baptist church with Ann where he confessed his faith in Christ and joined the church! This past Easter that father went to his Heavenly home; the last words from his lips were—“The gate is open.” Remem ber this family that all may come to know our wonderful Lord. Cutler B. ’25 and Mrs. Whitwell '26 are spending a short vacation from their strenuous evangelistic work among friends at Biola. For a num ber of years, the Whitwells were on the teaching and administrative staff of the Bible Institute; while here there was a call to go into nearby places with student groups. This led to calls for a wider ministry of this type, and thus they received calls from eastern points. In 1940, they became associat ed with Dr. Charles E. Fuller (Biola ’21) of the Old-Fashioned Revival Hour in their local contacts. Thus the work of broadcasting the Gospel was enhanced. Hundreds found the Lord through their combined ministries; many and varied were the experiences of Mr. and Mrs. Whitwell. The work has been hard at times, but the Lord has graciously blessed their labors. It is good to have them in our midst again! Tordis Christoffersen ’29 writes again from Paris of the appalling con ditions existing there. To read her
letter is to vow that complaints and murmurings over the housing and food situations in America shall not even t>e whispered by us! All hotels have m°ra than doubled their rent, so that the small salary Tordis receives will not even cover the monthly cost of a room. More than that, the man ager has become incensed that so many call for counsel and prayer, thus wearing out the hotel furnish ings, and she has been asked to move to other quarters. “The foxes have holes . . . the birds . . . have nests; but”—where shall she go? Pray for this dear missionary, weary of body, but rejoicing in the Lord. There are many problems—God is able. Ruth A. Evans ’33 has been persuad ed to return to California to take a place in the administrative division of Westmont College located in Santa Barbara. At the present time, she is visiting among her many Biola friends. She purchased a home in Atlanta, Ga., where she has held a number of weekly classes under the Child Evan gelism Fellowship during the past year. The annual Biola Family exodus for Wheaton College is under way. Mary Ellen Lehman, Lois Roth, Jean Camp bell and Zada Stevens are among the fortunate ones to return to Wheaton for further training. Jettie Tadlock is taking P.G. work this year. New stu dents from Biola to enroll at Wheaton are Louise Richardson, and Inez Mc- Gahey, the latter having been secre tary to Dr. Paul Bauman, vice-presi dent of the Bible Institute, for a num ber o i years. A. T. and Mrs. Olson (Adina M. Bergen ’31) Kafanchan, Nigeria, W. Africa, write of their appreciation of the monthly visits of The King's Busi ness. Their work under the Sudan Interior Mission is expanding; they now have a native Christian giving his full time to the distribution and sale of Gospel literature to the resi dent railway employees, and to the transient servicemen passing through their district on troop trains.
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