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meeting held in their auditorium, asked that services be held every morning. At the last two sessions held in this building, 117 decisions for Christ were made, the student walk ing to the front of the room in public confession of his faith in Christ. The principal and County Superintendent warmly commended this work, and one local business man, who. was himself converted in these meetings, said that one could never know the tremendous changes that had been wrought in the lives of the people living in that valley. In another district, despite strong opposition, the Lord gave 145 decisions for Christ. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Clark are working with Mr. Miller, having charge of the music, and the work among : the children. We are asked to pray for this group, that other schools may be opened for services. The Gospel mes sage is greatly n e e d e d in these mining communities. American Indian Mission in Los Angeles Anna Eschief ’25, medical ’29, P.G. ’43, has been chosen director of Chris tian Education for this mission which meets at 36th and Crawford streets in Los Angeles. Anna is a full-blooded Pima Indian, and intensely interested in the salvation of her own people. In addition to her work at Biola, Anna attended Wheaton College in ’36 and ’37. It is not generally known that there are approximately 1,000 Indians rep resenting ninety-seven tribes, living within the environs of Los Angeles. These Indians are a neglected people —no work of any kind is being done for them. The building now in use is ideal for this project, and a con certed effort is being made for funds with which to purchase the property for a permanent home for the Ameri can Indian Mission. David Schmidt ’22, pastor of the South Los Angeles Community Church is giving pastoral supervision. Bieia Men Serve the Victory , Service Club it is with pardonable pride that one scans the names of the working staff of directors of the Victory Service Club, to find that three of the four men are graduates of the Bible In stitute of Los A n g e l e s . John W. Falconer ’24, C. A, Layne ’27, and Urban Hall ’30, are doing a notable work in this connection. It is a full- sized job for any man, and likewise a great responsibility to minister to the spiritual needs of the men in uniform. The Victory Service Club has been functioning for more than three years, and well over one million men have partaken of the hospitality af forded. Thousands of servicemen have been saved in their meetings. (Continued on Page 447/
Wm. G. ’27 and Mrs. Graves (Madge Henderson ’23), 1701 Cedar Street, Berkeley, Calif., h a v e had great blessing in the By-Way Evangelism in which they have been engaged for the last twelve years. In their North ern California conference work of the past summer, many souls were brought to a knowledge of the Lord as their personal Saviour. In a recent letter, Mr. and Mrs. Graves state that Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Bancroft are now as sociated with the By-Way Evangelism movement. Mr. Bancroft was for a number of years dean of the Phoenix Bible Institute, and is not only a good preacher and song - leader, but is especially g i f t e d as a children’s worker. Keith P. ’40 and Mrs. Fields (Sara Balzer .’39) were hosts to a group of Biola graduates in September at their home in Klamath Falls, Ore., where Keith is pastor of the Bible Baptist Church. The guests included Albert L. ’15 and Mrs. Dwight (former student), Dorothy Uhlig ’45, Verna Balzer ’43, Frances Smith ’38, Arvid ’39 and Mrs. Carlson, their little daughter, Linda and the five little Fields — David, Elizabeth, Nancy and the twins, Jean and Joan—and a number of relatives and friends, including Sgt. Norman Dwight, who has recently received his discharge fror. A.A.F after having been a P.O.W. in Germany for a number of months. Mr. Dwight has been acting pastor of the Mission Covenant Church of Klamath Falls for the past two years. Because of the war, he was obliged to leave’ China where he had served the Lord as a missionary under the Mission Covenant board for more than a quarter Of a century. He and Mrs. Dwight are now enroute to their for mer station in China. Wm. H. ’39 and Mrs. Lewis write an interesting letter about their work at Annville, Ky. There had been no concerted evangelistic effort in this field for fifteen years, and differences between the people had arisen which made a revival imperative—and dif ficult! God blessed the meetings. Ihrious breaches have been healed, several souls were saved. Earnest re quest is made for prayer for this work. Claude H. Pearson ’21, aggressive in world-wide witnessing for Christ, says his mission is in use by service men as a headquarters for those try ing to get established in’ civilian life. We quote: “Praise God from whom all blessings flow, peace has been made, not because of bombs, but be cause of blood, the precious blood of Christ. Pray for a work with the merchant seaman—he is the forgotten man. Pray for physical strength; we will have literally thousands of ships entering this harbor soon. God can, and will answer prayer—if we pray!”
New Minister of Christian Education at the Church of the Open Door
Dudley L. Girod The appointment of Rev. Dudley L. Girod ’31, to the post of Minister of Christian Education, on September first, has been announced by the Church of the Open Door of Los An geles. For nine years, Mr. Girod has been pastor of the Shoredale Chapel, and has been very active in Young People’s Bible Conferences. He was married to Miss Rena Hudson on August 27~ 1935; they have three chil dren, Sharon Lee, four years old; and twin boys, .Edwin Earl, and Erwin Ernest, one year old. We pray God’s blessing upon the Girods in their new work for Him. Marjorie L. Harrison ’23, has re signed her position with the Y.W.C.A. in Atlantic City, N. J., and has been made Admissions Correspondent on the staff of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Her work is particularly interesting just now, as entrance ap plications are being made by pro spective students from all parts of the world. Frances Harrison ’26, P.G. ’27, is doing secretarial work for her father, Dr. Norman B. Harrison of Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. Harrison re cently visited the Pacific Coast, and the Bible Institute of Los Angeles from which both of his daughters graduated. Cpl. Lawrence Peet ’40, R. 1, Box 307, Escondido, Calif., enrolled as a visitor to Biola’s Alumni Executive Head quarters in September. Lawrence saw service with the Seventh Infantry in the European theater of war, and has just received his discharge. R. Paul Miller' ’16, has closed an other series of evangelistic meetings in the mining region of Southwestern Kentucky. Many souls were blessed and restored to fellowship with God, while several hundred persons made decisions for Christ. One group of 434 students attending the Hyden High School at Wooton, Ky., after the first
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