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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
July, 1933
ing, is it not .00 bad, some will say, that this group has broken up? But is it? When one is “ separated unto the gospel,” he is set apart for the field to which the Author of that gospel calls, and when this group dissolved partnership on May 28, it was in order to allow two o f its members to take immediate steps toward the fields afar to which the Lord beckons them— to permit them to join the company o f 300 or more other former Bible Institute students who in past years have gone forth to foreign mission sta tions. One returned to Los Angeles and entered the China Inland Mission training home where he joined four other Bible Institute graduates o f the class of ’33—all o f them looking f orward to missionary service in China. This young man’s twin brother has applied to the Ceylon and India General Mission, and each o f the other four members of the team is open-hearted for the Lord’s call anywhere. W hat K ind of Y oung P eople are T hese ? If any one supposes that Bible Institute students are pious, drab, prosaic youth, let him talk to any one o f them ¡§-to the tall dark first tenor who is the leader o f the Calvary Four, for instance— and his opinion will be quickly altered. “ How did you happen to come to the Institute ?” this young aeronautic student was asked. There was a hint o f a smile. “ Well, naturally speak ing,” he began, “ two o f us on the team were inveigled into it. There’s Chuck, for instance. He was attending uni versity—a marvelous baseball player— looking forward to a career on one o f the big league teams. He came to the Institute one night to attend an evening meeting, and was persuaded to stay overnight and go to some of the classes the next day. That day Chuck Thomas saw life in a new light, a bigger field stretched before him than he had ever hoped to play on, and the thought that a great ‘cloud o f witnesses’—more than filled the grandstands and the bleachers in all the games o f all the world—was concerned in this game influenced him to sign a life contract with the Lord Jesus Christ. He’s in a big league team now, all right, the biggest on earth. “ And I,” the would-be flyer went on, “ came strangely, too. I was born just two blocks from here, and I was born
I would! The thirteen-story building with roof garden and chimes atop interested me not a little. When the Super intendent asked with casual tact if I would not like to fill out an application blank, ‘just to see whether or not you’ll be accepted,’ I thought it would be a lot o f fun, so I did. Then I forgot all about it. In due time, a letter o f accept ance was sent— not to me, but to my father! I shall never forget that day. I can see Father now, my mother and sis ters with him, all o f them filing into the room where I was sitting. There was a glint o f a tear in his eye. “ ‘I ’m so glad for what you’ve done, son,’ he said as he laid a hand ori my shoulder. “ ‘Done what ?’ I asked in surprise. " ‘Decided to attend the Bible Institute,’ he replied. And he showed me the papers. “ ‘Well, I ’m in for it,’ I thought. ‘I’ll go for a few
weeks to satisfy everybody, a n d then I’ll quit.’ But the weeks have grown into more t h a n two years — glorious years.” “ B u t w h a t about your aero nautics ?” he was asked. “ Oh, I always knew I was cut out to be a pilot, but until I came to the Bible In
Zion's Watchmen (left to right): N. Crider, C. Koenig, A. Bausman, P. Rouse, H. Steinmetz.
stitute, I didn’t know what kind. I went back to the field one day not long after I had entered school. I settled my self in the cockpit and expected to experience the same old thrill as I took off. But it was gone. I knew then that I was to be a pilot— but a sky pilot, traveling by the way o f the cross ” , , t ^ ^ This team is booked for three months’ meetings and expects to keep in the field for a year or more. Another group o f six enthusiastic young men, known as the Challengers, are going east as far as Detroit, then north and west to Bellingham, Wash. One o f them, an ex ceptional musician, was for two years a member o f a popu lar jazz orchestra—until the music o f heaven touched his heart. Another, strangely enough, dates his salvation from student days at the Bible Institute. While the Institute is careful to admit only those who have a clear testimony re garding personal regeneration, occasionally one comes who later finds that he does not possess all he professed to have. This young man came because a relative urged it. For three awful weeks he endured the strain o f fighting against God. Open rebellion and turmoil of heart ruined his days. It was during a corridor prayer meeting, where students meet daily and informally, that the final battle was waged. There by a quick surrender to the Conqueror, the conflict for this boy ended and the turmoil ceased. “ Separated unto the gospel;” his fellow students, with unconscious power, had led hirn to the Lord. “ B y A ll M eans S ave S ome ” Driven by the urge o f love, these young people are going forth, using every possible means, to witness for Christ. Catch a glimpse o f them as they depart. A G ospel C yclist That agile fellow in khaki suit, with strong young face as clean cut as his.uniform, swinging easily onto the bicycle that is already well laden with Christian literature, tracts,
W arren H all , with his bicycle laden with Christian literature, is saying good-by to Dr. John A. Hubbard, Acting Dean of the Institute.
again in the Church of the Open Door, so it was natural that I should feel at home near the Institute. One day, the Superintendent o f Men saw me around the place and asked me if I would riot like to see some o f the rooms. Roy-like,
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