P a s t o r s a r e E n t h u s ia s t i c Letters of inquiry come not only from prospective students, but from their pastors—men who see on every hand the fearful havoc wrought by modernism and higher criticism, the blasted lives, the heart broken parents, the ruined futures. They want a safe place to recommend. They find it in the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles. One minister in Centreville, Miss., like John the Baptist, has been saying by life and message, “ Be hold the Lamb of God,” and as in that earlier day, an Andrew has heard him speak and has followed Jesus. It is in behalf o f this promising disciple that the pastor sends an urgent word o f entreaty: “ There is a young man in this town who is very anxious to attend Biola. He has the Andrew spirit.
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He is a forceful speaker, an ardent student of the Bible. I would send him myself if I had the money. Let’s see if we cannot get him there and make a great preacher o f him. I know he will get the right training there, and that is mighty important these days.” A prominent pastor in San Diego knows it, too. He is himself an Insti tute graduate, and when he recommends the Institute to eligible young con verts in his meetings, he is offering them the glorious privileges that both he and his wife have enjoyed. A fter a trip to Tucson, Ariz., he wrote on a post card:
“ Once more I am dropping you a note. This time it is concerning two young fellows that have recently taken a stand o f consecration for full-time service for their Lord. Will you get in touch with them and send them some literature?” He did not say that he had been influential in lead ing a number of others to Christ, but the young men also wrote, and one o f them, referring to this pastor, added: “ He has been a rich blessing to all o f us. He has been the means o f leading seven or eight o f us to give our lives for His service.” Biola graduates, praise God, are instant in season and out o f season! They have no man-made philosophies to present. Biola has made them men o f one Book. They preach the Word, in its purity and power, and theWord wins.
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Out of the fullness o f his heart—a father heart that overflows with love and longing for his child, a minister in Newberg, Ore., whose pastorate was formerly in a Los Angeles suburb, writes con cerning a dear daughter. The girl had learned about the Institute through attending a Euodia Club for three years— a weekly Bible meeting held near the public school which she attended, taught by one of the Institute Bible women. For about twenty-five years, these clubs have been conducted in or near high schools and junior high schools
istitute: ck this fall. I’m looking for- ly life because I’m going to ly life. I also feel Biola will id finest years in its history, of B. 1. now than ever before, quite the unheard of school e the student teams came oung folks who were so im- students that it’s made a big tie of the good these teams na student, but because 1love oung people on fire for Him. se simple testimonies to stir omen to Him! At one meet- g folks on their knees, at the e pastor was greatly stirred. i summer at the same place 1 i to B. I. 1could go on work- ris next year at B. I. for all lone wonders for me. 1 love iew vision of Christ, a vision n do and is doing in lives of t year Biola ever had, ithfully yours, R.---------------H.--------------
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o f Los Angeles and vicinity. In one month, the total attendance was 2,455. This cautious father had had opportunity to see the work o f the Institute at close range. “ I am writing in the interest o f my daughter,” he begins. “ She had hoped to take one or two years at a Bible Institute as a foundation for college. W e realize that -many of the courses taught in modern colleges are detrimental to the Christian faith o f young people, and for that reason particularly we would appreciate it if Esther could enter the Bible Institute this fall.” T o K n o w — a n d t h e n t o Go T o know—that is the burden o f every letter. To know the Lord Jesus Christ, to know more o f His Word, to know how to use a knowledge o f music, o f medicine, o f Jewish history and customs, o f youth problems, to contribute to the glory o f the Lord— these are the expressed desires that ac company requests for information concerning the General, Missionary, Jewish Missions, and Christian Education courses of the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles. To know— and then to go ! Blessed urge that has driven 1,854 Bible Institute graduates into the whitened harvest fields of the w orld ! In home and foreign fields, many are serving, and some o f them have laid down their lives for their Lord. As this article is being written, one young woman, a graduate o f 1930— the only Christian on board ship— is on her way to the fast-closing South American field to which the Lord has called her. [Continued on page 356]
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