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PERCY CRAWFORD, ’26, the leader and speaker of the Los Angeles Quintet which traveled from coast to coast this past summer in evangelistic work, closed his service with this organization August 30, that he might enter Wheaton College, at Wheaton, Illinois. — o — • HAROLD PUGH, ’27, another mem ber of the Los Angeles Quintet, will pur sue his theological training this year in the Los Angeles Baptist' Thelogical Sem inary. — o — FRANCES L. DOWNS, ’24, finds many opportunities for evangelistic work in Shanghai, even though these are days of such unrest in China. She, with other missionaries, has opportunity of work with groups of British and American Na val Service men. Their efforts have been blessed with conversions. Several of the young men have been listed as prospective students of the Bible Institute. — o — MISS ELIZABETH GOERZEN, T9, Tsingtao, Shantung, China, in sending a n ew s u b s c r i p t i o n to T he K in g ’ s B u s in e s s , expresses her apprecia tion of “The Biolan” and of those who remembered her with a copy. She wishes she might spend her furlough year in graduate study at the Bible Institute. -— o — BYRON P. ADAMS, a former stu dent, who is now engaged in independent work among the Hopi Indians of Ari zona, has sent out an appeal for funds in a brief but convincing statement of his work under the heading of “A Labor of Love.” : This cause is altogether worthy, and friends of Mr. Adams, and of his work among his own people, may- send contributions direct to him at Polacca, Arizona.
“Ernie,” writes from his work as pastor of the Camrose Baptist Church, Camrose, Canada, this bit of news: “We have a nice little work here, situated in the nicest little City in this province. We are undertaking a program of building a new up-to-date plant, a big program for us, but as usual ‘the Lord hath done great things, wherof we are glad.’ He always exceeds our expectations. I have often thought that I would like to visit B. I. again, and perhaps one of these fine days I will drop in and surprise you. Not this year, however, as I have just concluded a month’s holiday.” —o— MRS. VINCENT J. STEFFAN (nee Elsie Hammarlund, T7), is busy in Christian service as Corresponding Sec retary of the VINCENT J. STEFFAN PRISON ASSOCIATION, with head quarters in Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Stef- fan and her husband have been active in evangelistic work in addition to their Prison Association activities. —o— NORA E. JORDAN" and MAY ROB ERTSON, both of the Class of ’24, are still going out “into the highways and byways for Christ.” They advertise themselves as the “Trans-Continental Evangelists.” They have already been twice across - the continent,“by Ford,” preaching and singing the Gospel in neg lected places. Their original conveyance has found a final resting place in Nevada, worn out in hard service. A new Ford sedan has taken its place. —o—- GEORGE JACKSON, ’25, who went to Rio Caribe, Venezuela, under the Orinoco River Mission, a year ago, writes that while he is no linguist and never expects to be, God has helped him in language study to such an extent that he can now speak the Word brokenly.. He is enjoying his work greatly. In June he was asso ciated with JULIUS RAPLEE, ’24, and MISS LORINDA WARREN, ’24, in an unusually impressive baptismal service at Puerto Santo. —o— ADOLPH KURKOWSKI, ’24, spent a part of last summer in Cheyenne, Wyo ming, and other parts of the state. He was able in house-to-house visitation work to place more than two hundred books, besides many tracts and some gos pels, in the homes of the people.. —o— MISS KATHRYN ORR, ’25, who has for several years been secretary in the office of REV. MARION REYNOLDS of the Shop Department, has resigned her position and is mow with home folks, Portland, Oregon. She hopes to find some place for whole-time Christian serv ice in the Northwest. Miss Kathryn will be greatly missed at B. I. —o— G reat Opening Session The new students were given a hearty welcome at the opening session, Septem ber 16. New members of the faculty were introduced, among them Prof. Alva McClain, new teacher of History and Doc trine, who responded happily to his in troduction. Testimonies as to the value and privilege of the Bible Institute’s ex perience were given by several graduates. All in all, it was an enthusiastic and deeply significant beginning of the new year.
CLARA KUEHNY, ’20, is evidently not lacking in opportunities of ministry at Basna, C. P., India. She is doing the medical work at this station. This is quite heavy at certain seasons. She con ducts two Bible classes and three Hindu classes (teaching the women to read and write). She has started a Sunday school on Saturday in a neighboring village and hopes to be able to go out Sundays to some nearby village where Christians live. She mentions the fact that PAUL WENGER, a former student, with his wife, is also, at this station. — o — The REV. ERNEST G. HANSELL, ’ 20 , better known to his many friends as
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Louis Tinning, Pastor. Lomita, California.
September 12, 1927.
Rev. A. E. Kelly, 536 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California. Dear Mr. Kelly :
I wish to Write you briefly concerning the Ross-Polman campaign in Lomita a few months ago. I believe what I shall say represents the senti ment of the entire community, for in the months since their work here I have heard not,One single syllable of criticism in any way whatever. That alone means much. In my own church, before their coming, prayer meetings averaged an attendance of scarcely half a dozen. Since the meetings, the attendance ranges from thirty to forty, and this during the. summer months. No young people attended prayer meeting before thè Ross Meetings. Now half, sometimes more, of the audience are young people. And the atmosphere of the prayer meetings is deeply spiritual. The meetings made a strong appeal to our young people. There were many decisions for Christ which later crystallized into public confession and church membership. There were also many dedications of life service. Since the meetings we have a- very considerable group of young people who are actually doing personal work, and who are ready to step in any where in the church work and do whatever they can to serve Christ. ; I mention the above as peculiarly outstanding results of the meetings. In addition there were a gratifying number of conversions, the indifferent were awakened, and the Christians were revived. Lomita and adjoining communities were stirred as never before. If we were planning meetings again, I would hope that we might have Ròss and Polman as our leaders. Very sincerely yours, (Signed) Louis Tinning.
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