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which the community had had was held this year, boys and girls coming, in some cases, distances of eight miles. Though the total population of Sprague is only about 600,' the vacation s c h o o l attendance was around 50 a day. Prayer is needed that the good work which the Lord has begun may extend to more and more needy hearts and homes. The Marvins have a daughter, Marcia, three years old. Their address is B oj ^ 82, Sprague, Wash. H. Grady Gwinn, 2120 N. Margaret Ave., Tucson, Ariz., has been doing a faith missionary work among the American Indians near Tucson for a number of years. He is active in the cotton fields, railroad camps, and on the reservations in giving out the gos pel message. He and Mrs. Gwinn have four children. Married Ben Hamilton and Mabel Jeannette Crawford, ’27, July 24, Whittier, Calif. Lubin W. Jantzen, B. Th, ’40, and Matilda Marie Mueller, ’42, Aug. 6, Los Angeles, Calif. Arthur Leroy Radford and Mary Louise Tompkins, Aug. 8, Los Angeles, Calif. Carl Edward Wenger, ’40, and Eliza beth G. Cheaiis, ’39, June 1, Little Rock, Ark. Born To Don M. and Mrs..Allen, a son, David Marvin, June 5, Oakland, Calif. To Raymond G. (’32) and Mrs. ^Chandler (Mabel A. Axworthy ’32), a son, Donald Paul, June 28, Cald well, Idaho. To Gurney M. (’39) and Mrs. Harris, a son, Lest.er Marvin, in April, Aru, Congo Beige, Africa. To Walter (’37) and Mrs. Wagner (Elizabeth Ralston ’40), a daughter, Ruth Pauline, June 30, Torrance, Calif. With the Lord Sharon Lorraine, infant daughter of James and Mrs. Hardie (Martha Low),, went to be with the Lord Jesus, July 21. The cause of her death in the Uni versity of California Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., was a brain tumor. Sharon Lorraine was two years old on July 6, 1943. Mrs. Richard W. Hightower (Helen L. Brundage, ’39) was called into the presence of the Lord on Jtfly 12, in New Haven, Conn., as a result of an automobile accident at which time both she and Mr. Hightower (’39) suf fered injuries. Mr. and Mrs. High tower recently opened a home for Navigators in Brooklyn, New York, and were accepted candidates of the Africa Inland Mission. Mrs. Hightower also leaves a son, Gareth, born December, 1940. Mr. Hightower may be addressed at 466 E. 18th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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church attracts the attention of every person entering the building, and may also be seen from the outside. The hall is within one hlock of the main plaza and is therefore a con stant testimony to the many who pass by. Pray for this lighthouse in a dark city. Honors Eugene A. Nida received his Ph. D. degree in Linguistics from the Uni versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. The work was completed in April and the degree was conferred in June of this year. * Gordon E. Hooker (’22) received the honorary degree of Doctor of Music on Commencement evening, June 10, in the Church of the Open Door Audi torium, Los,Angeles, Calif. Five collegiate graduates of Biola were honored in June by their election into the Institute’s chapter of Phi Al pha Chi, a national honor society for degree students of seminaries and Christian colleges. They were: Herbert R. Bruce, B. Th. ’43; John R. Duvall, B. Th. ’43; Marguerite Johnson, B. Chr. Ed. ’43; H. Ambrose McMahon; B. Th. ’43, and Mrs. James Christian (Mil dred McBride) B. Chr. Ed. ’42). Willard C. Paul, ’35, graduated from. Princeton T h e o l o g i c a l Seminary, Princeton, N. J., in May 1943. J. Keith Altig, ’32, and Harold Otto Mayer received the Diploma of Theol ogy from Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., on May 21. Henry George Rempel received the theolog ical degree of Bachelor of Divinity at the same time. Ralph Hetrick (’37) was ordained to the gospel ministry at the Central Bible Church, Portland, Ore., on May 19. He and Mrs. Hetrick (Dorothy Walma, ’32) are serving the United Presbyterian Church at Burlington, Wash. Both Mr. Hetrick and Grant Whipple whose ordination took place on the same day, are members of the staff of the Young Life Cam paign. Missionaries in North America Ransom D. (’35) and Mrs. Marvin (Erma Reber, ’37) are being used gra ciously of the Lord in connection with the work for which they have respon sibility, in Sprague, Wash., and La- mont, nine miles distant. In one of these churches, no preaching service had been held for twenty years prior to the Marvins’ coming several months ago. The work at both centers is growing, spiritually and numerically. The first Daily Vacation Bible School
A t the Institute C. Richard Hillis (’32) has been called to the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, as Director of Practical Chris tian Work. Because *of war conditions, “Dick” and his wife (Margaret Humphrey, ’32) have been unable to return to China where they served as rrtis- sionaries of the China Inland Mis sion. They are looking forward en thusiastically to thé service which the Lord has indicated for the coming months. Mr. Hillis is well equipped for the leadership such work will require, having had experience with evange listic teams in America and in China. He comes to the Institute, therefore, with a wide practical experience, with a keen missionary vision, and with a real burden for the lost both in Amer ica and in foreign lands. Traveling; Paul R. Bauman, Head of the De partment of Doctrine and Apologetics, has been traveling t h e s e summer months as a Bible conference speaker and a representative of the Bible In stitute. His itinerary has taken him through California, Oregon, Washing ton, and as far east as Pennsylvania. After sp'eaking at the L a b o r Day Youth Rally at the Moody Bible Insti tute, he will return to Los Angeles. All of Dr. Bauman’s messages are based upon the general theme of the harmony of Science and the . Bible, and Archaeology’s substantiation of the Word of God. Foreign Ambassadors Virgil Hook, B. Th. '40, tells of visit ing a Tibetan Monastery in northern Tibet-, which claims 3,600 priests and 100,000 images. Mr. Hook was able to give out some 5,000 tracts, booklets, and Gospels during this visit, and re quests prayer that these will result in the salvation of many Tibetans. John M. (’40) and Mrs, Gillespie (Nadine Simons, ’40) are praising the Lord for the Valdez Gospel Chapel which now stands completed in the little town of Valdez, Alaska. In spite of the war conditions in Alaska, there was not one delay because of lack of finances or materials. Likewise in an swer to prayer, a fine new sound sys tem was obtained by which the gospel may be given. Alice Foote, ’32, writes of the new gospel hall located in Cochabama, Bolivia, S. America, where she is sta tioned as a worker of the Bolivian Indian Mission. A beautiful wooden text of John 3:16 at the front of the
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