June 1931
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Alumni SNotes Brj Cutler B. Whitwell spring from the' University of Santiago, Chile, after which he and his mother will join Mr. Riggs in California. MR. and MRS. ROY H. FULLER (Rebecca Harrison) report revival bless ing in their work at Carupano, Venezuela. A letter from CLARA 'L. KUEHNY, ’20, Champa, C. P., India, speaks_ of a special campaign for the distribution of New Testaments and Gospels, which is being carried on in India. Prayer is re quested that the entrance of God’s Word may indeed give light. GODFREY LINDHOLM, ’24, P.G. ’27, of the Scandinavian Alliance Mission, has
been working at Kalgan, Sueiyuan, China. He was captured by bandits and held for approximately $1,000 ransom. The Los Angeles Times stated that the ransom was paid and that Mr. Lindholm was re leased. ■ KENNETH POWLISON, ’16, located at Acacio, Bolivia, has been suffering with scarlet fever. MARIE ZENDRON, ’29, is at the Shel don Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. — o — An Early Suggestion for Christmas DORIS KLINT JOHNSON, ’25, has received letters from members of the Bible Institute family who were the re cipients of Christmas boxes sent by the young women of the Grace Bible Class of the Swedish Mission Church, Los An geles. ‘ Boxes were sent to MABEL HALLNER, GERTRUDE OLSON, RACHEL SEIVER, NAOMI OLSON SKOGLUND, and SYVILLA FERRON. The pleasure that these gifts brought to the girls who received them should in spire other graduates to make early prep aration for a Christmas remembrance for as many missionaries as possible. — o — General News DAVID CANT, formerly superintend ent of Biola Hall, is now superintendent of the Seattle Hebrew Mission. His re port of the Jewish work in that section of the country is very encouraging. NICHOLAS THOMAS, ’26, is in To ronto, Canada, where he is convalescing from a serious illness. MR. and MRS. ROBERT HARK- NESS left in April for an evangelistic tour of the United States. From Phoenix, Ariz., they wrote that great crowds were attending their meetings. They are not planning to return to California until March, 1932. MR. and MRS. ARCHIE E. GREENE are in Louisville, Ky., where Mr. Greene is attending the Southern Baptist Sem inary. REX. MITCHELL held su c c e ssfu l evangelistic services during April in the First Baptist Church, Watts, Calif., of which ELSON -McCUTCHEON, ’23, is the pastor. Great blessing resulted from the meetings. MR. and MRS. CUTLER B. WHIT- WELL have been appointed Pacific coast representatives for the Belgian Gospel Mission. MERLE W. SPENCER, ’22, is an el der in the United Presbyterian Church, Spirit Lake, Idaho. He teaches in the Sunday-school, has charge of the young people’s work, and sings in the male chorus. NORA STEINER, ’28, and MURRIEL E. HATCH, ’30, are in training at the General Hospital, Los Angeles. Miss Hatch is looking forward to missionary service in South America.
Married MATTJE R. DILLON was married to E. HARLAN FISCHER, *26, April 5, at her home in Los Angeles. Mr. Fischer will graduate from the University of California at Los Angeles, June, 1931. He plans to spend next year at Westmin ster Seminary, Philadelphia. — o — Births DAWN VICTORIA was welcomed in to the home of MR. and MRS. FRED RICK R. GIBBONS (LELA M. BAR- LOW), on April 11, at'Los Angeles. Her initials, “D. V.,” mean “the Lord willing.” MR. and MRS. W ILL IAM B. WEIGHTMAN (EVA ROSE PAULS) announce the arrival of JOAN MARIE, March 5, at Los Angeles. — o — With the Lord One of the last things which IRMA WARNICK did before she departed to be with the Lord was to send a gift to help supply the needs of the Bible In stitute. The day the receipt for her gift was written, the Los Angeles Times re ported the following: “Peiping, China, April 13. The Amer ican Legation was informed today that Miss Irma A. Warnick, of Portland, Ore., employed by the Consulate at Yunnanfu, died last Saturday.” Miss Warnick was looking forward to service in Tibet. — o — Among the Missionaries MARY BISHOP, ’25, and her father, A. E. Bishop, expect to arrive in South ern California in May, on furlough from Guatemala. AURORA FLUKER, ’24, was the guest of FRANCES DOWNS, ’24, at the Se quoia National Park. Miss Fluker’s health was greatly improved while there. Each of these friends has served as a missionary in China. CHRISTINE FRANDSEN, of the Su dan Interior Mission, writes that the na tives are receiving the word of God into their hearts in a wonderful way. BETH MAHON is serving the Lord in the Belgian Congo. She would greatly ap preciate hearing from former Bible In stitute students. Her address is Kafum- ba, Kikwit, sur Kuilu, Congo Beige, W. C. Africa. LOIS PROSSOR is working among the Hopi tribe of American Indians. She finds one-room houses, no furniture, a common stew pot from which all the members of the family eat with their fin gers, and sheep skins that serve as chairs in the day time and as beds at night. F. J. RIGG, ’20, E. S., is in Alhambra, Calif., on furlough from Central Ameri ca, where he and his wife have been do ing independent colporteur work in Chile. Their son, DONALD, is graduating this
The while I listened came a word, I knew not whence, I could not see; But when my waiting spirit heard, I cried, “Lord, here am I, send me!’’ For in that word was all contained, The Master’s wish, the servant’s joy, Worth of the prize to he attained, And sweetness of the time’s employ. I turned and went—along the way That word was food and air and light; I feasted on it all the day, And rested on it all the night . I wondered; hut when soon I came To where the word complete must, be, I called my wonder by its name; For lo! the word I sought was He! —Phillips Brooks.
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