BIBLE INSTITUTE HAPPENINGS Particularly of Interest to Friends and Students
F lo a tin g C h ristia n E n d eav o r A ssociation. G race N aftel, S a n ta B a rb ara , C alif., w rite s: “I have W om en’s B ible W ork w ith th e S a n ta B a rb a ra B ran ch of th e N ational B ible In s titu te fo r so lo n g a tim e a s the L ord sees best. T his includes te a c h in g W om en’s B ib le ' classes a n d calling, p e r sonal w ork, etc.” ‘ E liz ab e th F o th , A ltoona, Pa., w rite s: “I am ,en g a g ed in C ity M ission Slum W ork in A ltoona, Pa. I w as alone on th e field over a year. God blessed th e efforts, the w ork w as grow ing, am g lad to say to tl\e G lory of God, th a t over 100 souls s u r ren d ered th e ir lives to th e L ord in th e la s t tw o years. To H im be a ll P ra ise and G lory. A gain th e L ord an sw ered p ra y er and h a s se n t a lad y w o rk e r to help me. W e a re now p ra y in g th a t th e L ord m ay send a fam ily to th e field, a S p irit filled m an, w ho w ill p re ac h th e fu ll gospel. W e have had v o lu n te e r w o rk e rs th u s fa r, m o stly from th e C alvary B a p tist a n d M. E . , Church. B u t we need som e one who can devote h is fu ll tim e to th e w ork. P o ssib ilities a s w ell a s re sp o n sib ilitie s a re g re at. Our M ission is th e only p ro te s ta n t ch u rch on a h ill of th re e th o u sa n d people. A t p re se n t I am v isitin g th e different ch u rch es in th e W est in in te re s t of ou r m ission.” H. B. Thom as, San Anselmo, C alif.: W a n ts to g e t o u t in to a C hurch a s soon a s possible because of w ife’s health , does n o t feel he can sta y lo n g er in school a t San Anselmo. H e sta te s he w en t th e re p rin cip ally to g e t a s ta r t in th e G reek lan g u ag e. J. E. W alk er, M yrtle P o int, C ass Co., O regon, Box 175, sa y s: “I am Sunday School M issionary fo r th e P re sb y te ria n B oard a t P h ilad e lp h ia w ith h e a d q u a rte rs a t W ith ersp o o n B uilding, P h iladelphia, Pa., w o rk in g in th is d istric t in .O reg o n .” J. D. P age, 3769 C opeland Ave., E. San D iego, C alif.: “I have been h ere in E. San D iego B a p tist C hurch a little m ore th a n a year, th e church an d Sunday School have in creased m ore th a n one hundred p e r cent, aim we a re p ra is in g th e L ord fo r H is w on d erfu l b lessin g s to us. W hile we a re s till being blessed and th e w o rk is g row in g we a re re ad y to consider a field of service w here we can do m ore w ork fo r th e M aster.” E lla G. B ennett, Cape May, N. J., w rites: “Since Sept. 19th I have held tw o B ible classes a w eek here. A lso am a su b s ti-
C hoate N. B atch w rites, "A m an can ex pect his flock to go to th e movies a fte r p ra y e r m ee tin g fo r a w hile if he is fo r tu n a te enough to have a p ra y er-m ee tin g . On th e o th er h an d a m an who m ak es good can expect a t th e end of th e y e a r to have m ost a n y th in g th a t he w an ts. T hey w ill sta n d fo r an y kin d of te a c h in g or p re ac h in g if it is seasoned w ith love. T hey lead or follow Well b u t you c an n o t drive them ah inch.' Mine Is th e p o o rest church edi fice b u t th e b est a tte n d e d Sunday School and C hurch in tow n and th e ■b est g iv ers p ro p o rtio n ately . I don’t g e t th e Society bunch, T h an k God.” Box 1138, D eer Lodge, M ontana. -Nell M. H edrick, G uerran t, Ky., w rite s: “I am en joying m y w o rk imm ensely and have no idea now of going in to an y o th er m ission w ork. T he S tatio n w here I am se rv in g now is a t th e H ig h lan d School, G u erran t, Ky., w here a re also a H ospital, C hurch and O rphan’s Hpme. My w o rk is th a t of M atron in th e la tte r, to g e th e r w ith s u b s titu tin g w hen n çeessary in th e g ra d es.” B irdie B. G ilgert, San M iguel V illage, Sells, A rizona, say s: “The p o sition I hold is C omm unity W orker, or B ible W orker. Am un d er th é W om an’s B oard of th e P re sb y te ria n C hurch, th e only P ro te s ta n t D enom ination w o rk in g on th e re serv a tio n . T here a re ab o u t six th o u sa n d P ap u g o es on th is re serv a tio n . Am en jo y in g th e w o rk an d love th e people. I fo rg e t they a re In d ian s and th a t I am a w h ite person fo r th ey are people, ju s t fo lk s.” Bob R ogers, San Pedro, C alif.: “I am h elp in g Mr. M akins in th e w o rk w hich has o u tg row n th e p o ssib ilities, of one m an. T his is one of th e finest fishing g rounds th e re is, lite ra lly th o u sa n d s of m en aro u n d our doors day a n d nig h t, a n d I am asham ed th a t I do no t accom plish m ore th a n I do. H ad a p le a sa n t experience th e o th er n ig h t of a m an com ing up to me a s I stood o u t side th e door h olding out tra c ts . H e sa id he h ad been co n v erted seven m onths before by one of our s tr e e t m eetin g s and w as a t p re se n t liv in g a C h ristia n life. P rev io u sly he had been fo r 16 y e a rs a S pir itu a lis t, and p rio r to th a t a Sw edenborg- ian an d a New T h o u g h tist. Now he has a n um ber of m y books in clu d in g “W h at th e B ible T eaches” and is p lan n in g to ta k e a correspondence c o u rs e : in th e I n s titu te and la te r enroll as a day stu d e n t.” Bob R o g ers is in th e S ou th ern C alifo rn ia
Ofacers of the December Graduating Glas?, 1920 —“B. 1. O. L. A.
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