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Mary R. Kolachny ’16, one of the first missionaries sent out by the Church of the Open Door, states in a recent communication: “Life has been one unbroken stream of blessing these twenty-nine years I have been on the field.” She requests prayer that her voice may be strengthened as she teaehesJSuropean and native children to sing. She is a self-sacrificing am bassador for Christ; she has had no furlough, and asks only to be allowed to serve until the Lord takes her home. Nicholas G. Bakan ’26, 5117 Vincent Ave., Los A n g e l e s 41, Calif., is greatly concerned for his fellow- countrymen in Greece who are suffer ing for lack of food and clothing; shoes are particularly needed. He s h i p s eleven-pound packages to Greece, the mailing cost of each being $1.45; it is not wise to forward money. Already he and his friends have spent $1,000.00 in postage for these parcels. Natalie Gordon ’25 writes from the Glide Hotel, San Francisco 2, Calif., that she is busy and well, and would like news about the older graduates of Biola. Biola Family Circle prints all hews items addressed to the Editorial Dept., The King’s Business, 55» So. Hope St., Los Angeles, 13, Calif. Fred R. ’28, P. G. ’29 and Mrs. Gib bons (Lela Barlow ’22, P. G. ’29) send a praiseful letter from Puerto Rico. Their work has expanded: souls have been saved; there is demand for the opening of a new Sunday school on a sugar plantation; an amplifier has been supplied in answer to prayer; the mayor of F a j a r d o has granted permission to hold street meetings in the center of the city as well as in the outlying districts. They depend upon our prayers. The Gibbons may be addressed Box 183, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Vincent L. and Mrs. Crossett (Mar garet R. Elliott ’26) labored for a year among the Chinese refugees in Szech wan Province and found it a most dif ficult and unresponsive field. They are now located at Wuhu, Anhwei Province, where the church has been split into three factions as a result of strange doctrines promulgated by the Japanese insurgents. Vincent plans to tour the northern part of this province * in an endeavor to bring together the Christians; there are real dangers from communists and bandits. Ruth Elliott ’27, Margaret’s sister, teaches in the C. I. M. school at Wuhu; this school was transferred to India during the war and it is hoped that it will be returned to China soon. China needs prayer; the people are still suffering. Claude H. ’21 and Mrs. Pearson (Syl via M. Fox ’22), 386 W. Fifth St., San Pedro, Calif., are rejoicing in the way the Lord is opening doors for service in their mission to sailors. Recently
Claude led to Christ a mortician’s chauffeur who was driving him to a funeral. The Lord has honored the Pearsons by giving them the first new car in San Pedro, and enabling Claude to win for Him the first person he picked up in it, a Chief Petty Officer. Claude asks: “Are you still interested in the poor old merchant sailor? He remains the forgotten, man.” Present with the Lord 11a Isabelle Faust, beloved sister of Florence Faust, head cashier of the Bible Institute for more than twenty years, departed to be with Christ, March 20, following a lingering ill ness. She was a quiet, home-loving Christian, whose sweet influence was felt far beyond her sick room. The two sisters had made their home together since the mother- went to be with the Lord in 1925. Biola Family Circle and a host of friends extend loving sym pathy to Miss Florence Faust. “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord” (Rev. 14;13). Helen Gailey, former Biola student, Bible teacher and gifted young peo ple’s worker' departed to be with the Lord March 19 at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles. She served on the editorial staff of The King's Busi ness from 1930 to 1940; her special work was the preparation of Sunday school lessons for the children and stories for Juniors. She was a graduate of the University of Washington, and had earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University, New York, N. Y. She served from 1919-1924 in Chang sha, China, under the Presbyterian Board. Because of failing health, she returned to Los Angeles, where, in ad dition to her church activities, she taught in the public schools. It was her request that all money contrib uted for flowers at her funeral be donated to the Wycliffe Bible Trans lators, Inc. To the sorrowing mother, Mrs. Mary Gailey, 304 Canyon Drive Blvd., Monrovia, Calif., we extend deepest sympathy. Jack ’41 and Mrs. Brown (Helen Bradley ’42) wrote under date of Mar. 12 from Beattyville, Ky.: “Our third baby, Nancy Ann, was born Feb. 24, apparently well and strong, but she had a weak heart. Early in the morn ing of Mar. 4, she took sick suddenly, and passed away in the afternoon of the same day. Everything possible was done for her, but the Lord chose to transplant our little rosebud. Through this sorrow, two teen-age girls for whom we have been praying, have come to know the Lord.” Biola Family Circle sorrows with the Browns in this sad loss. David ’43 and Mrs. Hamm (Evelyn Russell ’42) were saddened by the death of their little one, Allan Victor,
who gladdened their hearts and home for only twelve days, from Dec. 6-18, 1945. There is another son, Leroy Harold. Our sincere sympathy goes out to this grieving family. Bom To Winston and Mrs. Gardiner (Na omi Nesmith ’35) a daughter, Ruth Sharon, Dec. 3, 1945. Mr. Gardiner is pastor of Grace Baptist Church of El Segundo, Calif. To Charles (former student) and Mrs. Herr a son, David William, Mar. 6, 1946, in Phoenix, Calif. Married Leonard Hell and Helen Lanier (for mer student), Jan. 26, 1946, at the First Baptist Church, Ventura, Calif. Linda Woelk, Biola student at pres ent, was maid of honor. This happy couple plan to enter the Institute for the fall semester. Robert S. Swoboda #nd Louise Ryan ’43, Dec. 27, 1945, in the First Baptist Church, Glendale, Ariz. Richard Brandt and Beverly Pegg ’33, May 1, 1946, in Seattle, Wash. Bev erly is on furlough from missionary service in Africa. Her address is 3509 S. 137th St., Seattle, Wash. Judaism mean Christ. The music of Israel’s sweetest harps and the light that burns in prophecy refer to Christ. Jesus is the Personality that gives substance to the Bible’s genealogies, makes significant its histories, makes sense in chronologies. To take J«sus out of the Bible would be like taking calcium out pi lime, carbon out of diamond, truth out of history, inven tion out -•of fiction, matter out of physics, mind out of metaphysics, numbers out of mathematics. For Jesus alone is the secret of its unity, its strength, and its beauty. This is what Jesus was talking about when He stated: “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me” (John 5:39). It is this Christ, the very essence of the written Word, who says to you and me: “ Come ye after me” (Mark 1:17). May our hearts reply: “I am willing to receive what Thou givest; I am willing to lack what Thou withholdest; I am willing to relinquish what Thou takest; I am willing to suffer what Thou inflictest; I am willing to be what Thou requirest.” Books and the Book (Continued from Page 196)
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