BIBLE IN ST ITUTE H A P P EN IN G S Particularly of Interest to Friends and Students
picture of the graduating class will be found in the front of this magazine. A brief summary of the work done by both Evangelistic departments and stu dent body for the year 1918, is as fol lows: Total meetings held, 3053. Classes taught, 7672. Bibles, Testa ments and Gospels given, 11,054. Tracts distributed, 270,924. Books given, 4431. Special interviews, 35,554. Pro fessed conversions, 2529. Married, July 14, Allan S. Pearce and Miss Pearl Woodmansee, at LaVeme, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Pearce have ac cepted positions with a school conducted by the Brethren Church, at Lost Creek, Ky., and have gone there to assume their duties. Mrs. Katherine Wood mansee, mother of Mrs. Pearce, has ac cepted a position as matron of the same school. A subscriber in Oklahoma writes that he has been greatly inspired by the monthly accounts given by the workers of the evangelistic departments of the Institute, and ends his letter by saying, “I have some of the Lord’s money I want to invest where it will bear fruit for the Kingdom, and enclose check for $100 which I know will be used for the glory of God.” B. Scoville, 1918, who went to China with the Saunders party, writes that he is located 500/miles from a railroad on the borders of Tibet in' North China and “happy in the Lord”. Out of ten missionaries laboring with the American Sunday School Union in the lower Pacific Coast District, com prising California, Arizona and Nevada, seven are from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Dr. Bush E. Crissman, superintendent, writes in particular at this time of the work of Arthur F. Witt, 1916. Mr. Witt, soon after his graduation, was installed at Bed Bluff, Calif., where he had a territory larger than ancient Palestine, all to himself. Mr. Witt found that three-fourths of his field was not cared for by any Christian organization. In the short space of 18 months, he had organized 43 Sunday Schools, visited and aided 65 schools, traveled 8082 miles, visited 1144 homes, brought 130 to Christ and had given out much Gospel literature. When the
A great Bible Conference is being ar ranged to be held at the Bible Institute auditorium the latter half of the month of September. Among the speakers who are expected to be present are Dr. A. C. Dixon, late pastor of Metropolitan Tab ernacle, London, and now of the Bible Institute faculty; Dr. J. C. Massee of Dayton, O.; Dr. Chas. Blanchard, pres ident of Wheaton College; Dr. W. B. Biley, dean of Northwestern Bible In stitute, Minneapolis; Dr. Mark Matth ews of Seattle, Wash., and others. The music will be in charge of A. W. Mc Kee, Paul Bader’s noted soloist, and his associate, Danse Latham, will be the pianist. Write to Bev. T. C. Horton, superin tendent of Bible Institute, for informa tion about the program and accommo dations,'and make early arrangements. * A quartette of young men, students of the Bible Institute, are doing excel lent work this summer in holding short campaigns for young people in Pacific Coast towns. They are emphasizing es pecially salvation and service and are presenting the work of the Bible Insti tute. The Pocket Testament League work is also being pressed with splen did results. The young men are Edgar Williamson, first tenor; Hugh An drews, second tenor; A. N. Willems, first bass, and Peter Eitzen, second bass. Bev. Vernon .Morgan accompanies them as the preacher of the party. They re port conversions daily and are bringing many young people to consecrate their lives to the Lord’s service. The Commencement exercises of the Bible Institute were held June 22-24. The Baccalaureate sermon which ap pears in this issue was preached by Dr. Torrey, Sunday, June 22. Monday aft ernoon and evening occurred the Alumni home-coming at which there was a large representation. Tuesday, June 24, fol lowing the annual students’ banquet, the class exercises were held. The final exercises of the graduating class took place Tuesday evening, Dr. W. H. Grif- flth-Thomas giving the address. The
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