John B. Miller, Chairman of the Board of the Edison Company was concluding his dedicatory address and the cornerstone was slipping into permanent position, when Biolachimes commenced to play, "Lead Kindly Light." Hearing the hymn, Mr. Miller said, "That seems to be the benediction." In the confusion of noises from the traffic of the streets, some missed the comment, but Biolachimes had sped their message straight to the heart of the noted business leader and who knows, but that in the providence of God the message of that music is still felt in the affairs of Mr. Miller's or ganization. On the 14th day of last April Mr. Miller passed away. The light of life faded from his eyes just as the light of day was fading in the west. What comfort then the message of the bells: Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encirc ling gloom Lead Thou me on; The night is dark, and I am far from home; Lead Thou me on: Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me. broadcast; A LADY was listening to one of our broadcasts the other day, when she was called from the radio. She missed a part of the address. Later she wrote and asked us for a copy of it.- We were more than glad to comply with her request, and we would be glad to comply with any similar request even if our complete broadcast has been heard without interruption. It is grati fying to know that the broadcasts are appreciated, and a word to this effect from our friends now and then is most encouraging. thoughtful A W O R D from a friend in Canada— this letter reached the Institute only a few days ago— "Kindly take this ten dollars for the Lord's work and one dollar for the exchange. I only wish it could be more. I would like to say for months you and your workers have been taken every Thursday to God in prayer. God will stand." Wasn't it thoughtful of our Canadian friend to send the $1.00 along with the $10.00 to cover the cost of exchange? And it makes us very happy to know that our friends are remembering us in prayer. Hundreds of you good friends are doing that very thing and we take this opportunity of letting you know how very much we appreciate it. We do need your prayers. — the friendly chat editor.
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At eighty-six years I am caring for myself in two rooms on nine tenths of a small income." Instances of this kind occur every now and then. Good friends want to help but they can't. And herein is an opportunity’ for other friends— per haps to make a contribution for the first time or perhaps to make a con tribution a bit larger than usual. biolachimes SPEEDING the Gospel message on the wings of music, Biolachimes have played an effective part in the busy drama of downtown Los Angeles. On June 5, 1930, shortly before noon, approximately fifty persons were crowded together in a small area under rough scaffolding to wit ness the laying of the cornerstone of the Edison building, the magnificent structure now gracing the northwest corner of 5th Street and Grand Ave nue, that one sees looking north from our buildings across the pleasant green of the lawn in Library Park. The event was an important one in
stirring "I HEARD my mother call to me. I saw her loving but frantic eyes search for my little sister, and heard her call for me. Before I could reach her, she was seized and beaten to the floor, a bloody and shapeless mass." With these words Dr. Peter Plotkin, eloquent speaker, talented artist, Rus sian Jew, devoted Christian, describes the death of his mother, that occurred during a massacre of the Jews, in the spring of '88 in Petrograd and that ushered into his career a train of hap penings, strange and unusual, the like of which rarely comes to one individ ual and the climax of which was a stirring conversion to Christianity. Under the auspices of the Institute Dr. Plotkin is now holding services in various churches throughout Southern California. At each service he sketches the stormy story of his life and exhibits the originals of his re cently completed oil paintings "Isa iah," "David," and "The King of Kings." Hundreds of people gasped at his thrilling testimony and marvelled at the matchless beauty of his Biblical portraits at the first of these public services, held on the afternoon of Sunday, May 8th last, in the Institute auditorium. Gladly will Dr. Plotkin come to your church. Prompt arrangements can be made through our business manager, Mr. O. Howard Lucy. loyalty "ANO TH ER old lady in an old peo ple's home intends soon to send in her dollar"— this from the lady, herself! She read of the "anonymous friend" who thought we should not have ac cepted the gold dollar, and the stu dents' money, and she writes us a lovely letter, saying she cannot under stand this attitude on the part of any one— reminding us that the Scriptures themselves have told us the worth of laying up treasures in heaven. challenge "THE W O R K of the Institute has been much on my mind and in my prayers for years," writes an elderly friend. And he adds, "It is real grief that I cannot send material help at this time.
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the history of a great enterprise, the Southern California Edison Company, Ltd., an electrical utility that delivers annually to consumers more than 2(/2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity and that is owned by more than 120,000 stockholders.
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