Personal Evangelism.. . the Corner Stone of the B ib le In st itu te of Los An ge le s j T T n d o u b t e d l y , the most important course in the whole m, | curriculum o f the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles is that which is devoted to the study and practice o f Personal Evangelism, for it brings into play all the truths acquired in other courses. This weekly class is taught by President Louis T . Talbot. The peculiar and indefinable quality known as “ a love for souls,” which operates irrespective o f the sins and shortcomings o f the individual, is not prominent in every student at the time of his enrollment at the Institute; but there is rarely one who has studied Personal Evangelism conscientiously for more than a few weeks who does not find himself possessed of this holy affection and desirous o f its fullest expression. In addition to the classroom instruction, every student is required to accept an assignment in practical Christian work. This may be in a local Sunday-school, mission, jail, hospital, shop or railroad camp, or it may be on a gospel team. This was the kind o f practical training that E. W . Stuch- bery received while a student at the Institute. And this, coupled with his joy in the quest, his persistence in effort, and his personal acquaintance with Tod Sloan, enabled him, by the grace o f God, to win his way into the confidence o f the dying sportsman, to succeed where others had been rebuffed, and finally to lead his penitent to the foot o f the cross. The story is told on pages 60 and 61 of this issue. Do you not feel, as you read o f this brand snatched from the burning, that any school whose graduates are used o f God in the accomplishment o f such results is a school worthy o f your prayers and of your support ? Because you do, you will be glad to know that you yourself may help to train other young people at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, as Mr. Stuchbery was trained, enabling them to do for waiting thousands what God permitted Mr. Stuch bery to do for Tod Sloan. This ministry will count for eternity. Believing that you and others would desire a part in this ministry, the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles, at the opening o f its fall semester in 1933, accepted approxi mately 200 more young people than it had funds in hand to educate, for the directors o f the Institute realized that the world stands sorely in need o f the message o f salva tion which these 200, and other hundreds, may give. This was a step o f faith. The Institute is still looking to the
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Lord for the supply o f this need. It offers to all accepted students, absolutely free, classroom instruction which costs the Institute approximately $75.00 per student per semester (exclusive o f board and room, which are furnished at cost). If God speaks to your heart and leads you to do so, will you not volunteer to meet the cost o f training one or more students ? For a semester................. $75.00 For a week.......................$ 6.25 For a month.................... 25.00 For a day............................ 1.00 Your gift may mean a soul’s salvation.
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