King's Business - 1923-01

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T HE K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S R ev . and M rs. H a r r y J . H ill, P y e n g y a n g , K o re a, were recen tly beraeved o f th eir little boy by death. R ev . Jo h n Stevenson. ’18. is attending: the U n iv e rsity o f C a lifo rn ia and supplying: a church a t T óm ales, C a lif. M rs. H . C . W ard (nee G lad y s San d idge), ’22, is h e lp in g in the F ree M ethod ist Su n day School a t K lin e , C olorado, and w rites th a t the Lo rd c e rta in ly needs laborers th ere as there are a g re a t m ^ny M orm ons, a few Sp anish people and some Scien tists. M r. C h arle s L . K a u w rites from Tucson. A rizon a, w here he is in chu rch w o rk: “I am find ing m uch w ork to do here. I have the h ig h school boys’ w ork, the In term ediate y ou n g people, the C hinese w ork, in clu d in g w eek-d ay n ig h t school and the church v isitatio n w ork to care fo r, also am te ach in g a personal w ork class and a ssistin g in th e ev a n g e listic w ork o f the church. W e «have in the church tw o form er B . I. fo lk , B rother and Sister W h eatley, Our w ork is b ein g owned and blessed as a ch u rch .” A m ission ary in A rizo n a w rites co n cern in g M iss B ird ie G ilg e r t, ’20, as fo llow s: ‘/One o f your grad u ates, M iss B irdie G ilg e rt, associated w ith us in m ission w ork, is m uch beloved by' our In d ian s b ecause o f her p lain , clear and h e lp fu l B ib le te ach in g. She has organized classes at San M igu el, T op aw i and V a rom i. H er home on the border alm ost throw s its shadow on fo reign m ission soil. She and M iss E liz a b e th W o lfe, the pioneer dav school teacher, share a com m unity house, and a t home or abroad serve the L o rd u n tir in g ly as th ey m in ister to the In d ian s of P ap ago lan d .” M iss E v a D oerksen. ’21._ w rites from S to ck to n , C a lif.: ‘T am s till w o rk in g in the P en iel M ission in th is city . The enem y is p ressin g hard and fo rces o f evil are opposing on every hand, but th an k s be unto G od who g iv e th us the v icto ry th ro u gh Je su s C h rist, our Lord . I coun t it a g re a t p rivileg e to giv e fo rth th e W ord o f life , and lig h t, and pow er, in 'these d ark days. P lease p ray fo r the w ork here an d for me th a t I m ay sp eak bold ly as I o u gh t to sp ea k .” O. L . M innich, ’20, has recen tly accepted the p astorate o f the B rethren C h u rch at W ind ber, P a ., w here the Lord has g ra cio u sly opened a g re a t door o f op p ortunity. The w ork w ill be h eavy and ne and M rs. M in nich w ill need the p rayers of G od’s c h ildren as th ey assum e th is resp o n sibility. H erb ert J . R an to n , the “Converted Cow B o y ,” w rites th a t he has been perm itted to pass th ro u gh some deep w aters d urin g the p ast few m onths, but in the m id st o f it a ll the L o rd has m arvelo u sly helped in answ er to p rayer. F o r the p ast tw o years hé has been ta k in g care o f a m ission church in the suburbs o f D es M oines, Iow a, and also v isits the coun ty .ja il. H e feels definitely called to e v an g elistic w ork. M iss C h ristin e F ran d sen , , ’21, w rites from London, E n g la n d : “I have begun m y studies a t the M issio n ary School of M ed icine. I t is a w ond erful course and I w ould in v ite a ll B . I. frien d s g o in g to the fo reign field to ta k e a course here before g o in g out. T he Lord has been good to me

d u rin g the p ast summ er and ga ve, w ond erfu l Sopportunities to w itness fo r H im . P ra y fo r me th a t w h ile stu d y in g bones, m u scles, m edicine, etc., I m ig h t not fo rg e t or n eg lect th e rea l w ork and its suprem e aim of w in n in g so u ls.” V a n V . E d d in gs w rites from C arup ano. V enezuela, of a new m ission statio n w hich w as opened on Ju ly 15th a t R io C arib e. M iss R oe W illiam s is liv in g there w ith a n ative B ib le w om an. “H er happy disposition and v ictorious life have won m any frien d s fo r her alread y and some h ave been won fo r the L o rd .” J . W . R odm an, ’20, w rites from L a V icto ria , V en ezu ela: “T he la s t m onths I have occupied m y self at in te rva ls in tr a v e lin g and have had m uch b lessin g from the L o rd in rea ch in g some who have no op p ortunity to hear the sto ry o f the C ross. A t a ll p laces one is m et w ith m uch a c cep tance on the p art o f the hum bler o f the people. O f course there are those who tear up the lite ra tu re and who c a ll one ‘d iab lo’ and the lik e , b ut w h at did th ey not c a ll our L o rd when H e w alked th is sin fu l ea rth ? D u rin g m y recent stay in C aracas I learned to kn ow and ap p reciate very m uch the m ission ary brethren who are lab o rin g th ere. T here is a sp irit of fellow sh ip betw een the d ifferent m issions w h ich is indeed g r a tify in g and precious.” M iss Jo sep h in e Jaco b so n . ’13, w rites: “I have had a very p leasan t summ er in north C hina, a p lace called P eitaih o . I am now on m y . w ay to m y statio n in H u n an . I am lo o k in g fo rw ard to m y w ork in m y new station . I t is g o in g to be hard to live alone, but a ll th in g s w ork to geth er fo r good to them th a t love G od and are called accord in g to H is prom ise. I w ill need to liv e close to H im so th a t I w ill not m iss th e m ark . I t is so easy to be satisfied w ith sm aller th in g s and le t the b ig th in gs °£ ^9.^ S’0 by. I do not kn ow ju st w h at is ahead o f me, but I kn ow H is g race is su fficien t fo r a ll needs. The g rea ter the need the g rea ter the su p p ly.” G eo. A . M cG ee, ’18, w rites from Y a n g a - ra k a ta , C ongo B e ig e : “The w ork seem s to be -p ro gressing q uite w ell. B oys and men are com in g at the rate o f tw o or th ree a w eek to w ork and th a t m eans th a t they hear the W ord w hether th ey atten d school or not. W e have ju s t go tte n into the la n g u a g e fa r enough so th at we can teach some o f the deeper tru th s, and w h at a sa tisfa ctio n ! W e have fo u r ev an g elists g o in g out every day to preach in the v illag es and tw o o f them esp ecially seem su rely g r a te fu l fo r our b eing here and te ach in g them the W ord .” ^14. • THE SAINTS 1. Created in Christ Jesus— Eph. 2:10. 2. Called in Christ Jesus— Rom. 1 : 7 . 3. Cleansed by th e Spirit— 1 Cor. 6:11. 4. Commissioned by God H imself— 2 Cor. 5:20. 5. Chastened if un tru th fu l—Heb. 12: 6 , . 11 .

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