September 1927
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An African Appreciation r PHE following letter was received by the Correspondence School Depart ment from native students in West Af rica, expressing their great appreciation for literature recently sent them free of charge: “Dear Sirs in Christ, “Your parcel, containing two Bibles, - two New Testaments, eight St. John’s Gospels and the Scripture papers which you for warded to usgjihave been re ceived with many thanks. We would have reported the receipt of them to you long ago, but the failure of which was caused by our not being at home. We went on tour for inspection and we are pleased to say, that we,have returned home again.- We are thankful to you very much to say, that your kind reception conferred on us by the books, has also helped many of our friends a great deal, and we are in furtherance to thank you heartily for this great cool re ception to us. May the great God whom we worship', grant us, help us, so that we may here after after this troublesome journey, be with Him in heaven through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen. For it is said by Jesus Christ in the Holy Writ, that since as ye have done this great thing to your brothers, you have done it to me. Bless ye the name of the Lord for this great prize rendered to us. No words to express our most sincere wishes to you than to commit all things to Almighty Creator of all. We beg to bring our let ter to a close. Our kindest and amiable greetings wend to selves and all at home. “Your dear brother in Christ, “E. A. Mills, Arthur and Koulandobit.” Dr. G. Campbell Morgan’s Itinerary July 3-8—Charlotte, N. C, July 10-15—Concord, N. C. July 17, 27, 28—Augusta, Ga. July 18-26—Monticello, Ga. July 31 to Aug 7 —Cedar Falls, Iowa. Aug. 8-14—Dixon, 111. Aug. 21-28—Stony Brook, N. Y. Aug. 29 to Sept. 2—Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 4-11—Grand Rapids, Mich. Sept. 18-30—Winnipeg, Canada. Oct. 3—Vancouver, B. C. — o — Biolan Complimented H. B. THOMAS, ’18, Halfway, Ore,, writes in appreciation of the “Biolan” (School and Alumni Annual combined). Writing of his work Mr. Thomas says: “We are 65 miles from any town of im portance, that is on the main line of the U. P., but it is a good road. The work is going along nicely, just a little quiet during the summer. I have charge of the Boy Scouts
and also the Wolf Cubs. They are both doing fine and some are becoming inter ested in the Church and Sunday school! through thisiwork. I havjEorie mission point 24 miles from here at a mining town, where I go once a month to hold services’’®®
Spirit that' we may be able to, in all our ways, truly acknow ledge Him before this people ?” —o—■ REV. OSCAR E. SANDEN, ’23, is engaged in evangelistic work, being great ly blessed. Recently held meetings at
The Robinson Brothers Cotton Platform, Centerville, Mi s s . Some of his subjects were: “Evangelism Under Fire, Use less Lives, Three Ways to Be come a Fool, A Good Success, The Regards of Virtue, The Practising Physician, Advice to Young Christians, Prepare to Meet Thy God, and It’s Time to Go Home.” ZARRA S. HOON, ’21, on fur lough from India, hopes to take our Fall work in the P. G. classes. Her address is P. O. Box 163, Milton, Ore. —o— ELENA MERCEREAU, ’26, Santa Ana, Calif. “B. I. has meant a great deal to me. And the longer I am away I realize how valuable the teaching was and is. I only wish that I had the time to study further there. I went in so upset and unsettled in my mind as to whether God’s Word really was true» and I have_ come out so confident that He is the only true and living God. While I went through tur moil in my own mind, yet I be lieve because of that, I have been better able to help others in the same trouble. ‘All things work together for good to them that love the Lord.’ The Lord willing I hope to enter nurses’ training in the California Luth- ern Hospital in February. Until then I am finishing up a busi ness course which has proved very valuable. I regret that I am able to do so little in the way of work for Him here.” —o—
The M essage o f The Bells . The following letter, written by a guest of the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel, came to the Institute recently. CYFTEN we have no way of tracing the results of our efforts. Perhaps you have, but I won der whether you know the far reaching effect of yoúr lovely chimes;,); Just before noon yesterday I was walking on 6th Street toward Grand. The sidewalks were crowded with warm, tired men and \frpmen, hurrying to lunch. Their faces were strained—they looked im patient and irritable. All Of a sudden there rang out over that fretful pushing throng, the sweet notes of a lovely old hymn. Two young fellows near me hushed their conversation and whistled it softly under their breath. A woman stepped out of the jostling crowd and bent her head to listen. A rag ged little newsboy on the corner stopped crying his papers and . stood motionless-—absorbing every vi bration of the melody. As I moved slowly on— watching the faces of those I passed—there were few indeed who did not seem to be drinking in every tone, of the charming old hynin. A well dressed prosperous looking club mail in his early fifties was moving along quite unconsciously singing the words softly to himself. The whole street was transformed in an instant. An indescribable peace and joy seemed to have settled on that restless, hurrying crowd. I do not know to whom we are indebted for those lovely chimes—usually these carillons are a memorial gift. At least I wish"the donor might be assured of the great joy and indescribable peace those lovely old tunes bring to the hustling noon-day crowds.
HENRY A. SENFF, ’23, East Africa, is laboring for the Lord among three large African tribes, with four distinct tribal languages, one of which has never been translated. Three of these languages are very hard to learn. “Due to the language problem we have to do most of our work in the trade language, King- wana. This is not known, however, by the women, old men, and children of the villages so that if the older people, chil dren and women are to be reached for Jesus Christ, it must be through the na tive teachers. And this is my work. I have charge of the outschool work. At present have twenty-one schools w i t h an enrollment of close to one thousand boys and girls. To these schools we look for our future evangelists and teachers. Will you pray that God may enable us to enter into the open doors that are now before us and to be so filled with His
ASHLEY T. LAW, ’26, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J. “After graduating at B. I. I believed the Lord wanted me to spend a year at Princeton, so now I’ve had that school year and already have been in an evangel istic campaign with my partner, Lawson S. Laverty, here in New Jersey. We have some engagements promised later on in the summer, but at present we are wait ing where the Lord will lead us next. * * * * Our last examinations were on the 6th of .May and on the 8th we began our evangelistic work, and the Lord has blessed the work up to date. By His grace we hope to have a very fruitful summer in His service, My address for part of the summer beginning within a few days will be 122 Sylvan Terrace, Harrisburg, Pa., c/o L. S. Laverty.’’
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