THE K I NG ' S BUS I NESS also had classes In the construction and delivery of sermons and a teacher’s training class in Bible teaching. A number of the ministers who attended the Institute a year ago came back this year but there was a very large number of new men. They came from points as far distant as Portland, Ore., in the Northwest and Virginia in the South. There were several mis sionaries present, from China, Africa and India; but the great majority of the ministers came from three states, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The ministers represented quite a number of different denomina tions, but there was a larger attendance o f Presbyterian ministers and Baptist ministers than from any other denom inations. The Presbyterian ministers and Baptist ministers had a number of gatherings of their own at such times as were not occupied with the regular work of the Institute. One minister very prominent in the work of the Presbyterian Church of the U. S. invited quite a number of Pjesbyterian ministers to come to the Institute and be entertained at his expense. Many of those who attended the Conference said at the close that there would be a radical transformation in their ministry because of what they had received at the Conferencé, and some of those who were in attendance last year told of the very marked results of last year’s Conference upon their min istry; and some churches whose min isters attended last year insisted that their minister should attend again this year. It is impossible to estimate what will be the whole result of these Min isterial Institutes upon the future life of the churches and in the conversion of thousands of souls to Christ. One of the most notable features of the Insti tute was the informal exchange of views
853 and fellowship among the ministers themselves. ■ Each Sunday afternoon there was a large gathering in the Auditorium of the Montrose Bible Conference attended by people from the surrounding coun try, and each Sunday evening a large and fruitful open air service of all the churches of Montrose. These open air services were in charge of some of the ministers in attendance at the Insti tute. The idea of these services orig inated with the pastors of Montrose. Services were also held in the Susque hanna County jail and in other places by ministers in attendance at the Insti tute. The expenses of the Institute, pro gram and incidental expenses, were met by the Bible Institute of Los Ange les. It has been the aim of thë Bible Institute of Los Angeles from its very beginning not to confine the sphere of its activities to Los Angeles,' but to carry on work in all parts of the U. S. and in foreign lands. It aims especially at reaching the unsaved by helping ministers, and missionaries and other Christian workers to a more full pre paration for their gerat work.
The Montrose General Conference which was held July 26 to August 4th will be re ported in our next issue.
Friendship It is the joy of my life to find At every turning of the road' The’ strong arms of a comrade kind To help me on with my load; And since I have no gold to give And love alone must make amends My only prayer is, while I live God make me worthy of my friends.
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