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lands; University of Southern California, who graduated from the Bible Institute in 1923. The degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon Stanley Trevor Evans, Los Angeles, California, Bible Institute of Los Angeles, 1922. B.A., Occidental College, 1927. Thesis: “Racial Synthesis in Latin America.” In the Alumni Notes is the following: “Thirty-five new members were received into the membership of the Eagle Rock Church, Cal., by Rev. Earl W. Haney, pastor, on Communion Sunday recently.” |g |j Mr. Haney was a student of the Bible Institute in Of the more than three hundred young men and women students of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles who are serving under various boards in the Foreign Mis sion fields, James A . Ker is one of the finest. He made a brief visit to the Institute during his recent furlough. He is working at Panadura, Ceylon, under the Ceylon and India General Mission. Mr. Ker was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He accepted Christ when he was about fifteen years of age, and united with the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Auckland. He soon became active in Christian work, teaching a class in the Sunday school and afterwards be coming Sunday-school superintendent. He was also a dili gent personal worker. Two years were spent in Welling ton College, and three at Auckland University, in prepara tion for his life work, followed by nearly two years of study of the Bible and Methods of Christian work in the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, of which the late Dr. Tor- rey was then the Dean. His entering the Institute was hindered by his being called to the colors, serving in the Hospital Corps of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces in the World War. During his service at the front he had the joy of winning some men for his Lord and Saviour. At last the way was opened and he entered the Insti tute in April, 1920. While here his thoughts were turned to the needs of India’s millions. He offered himself to the Ceylon and India General Mission, was accepted, and 1924-d » the fall of 1921. He was married in During his visit to the Institute he gave the students some informing and inspiring addresses on the work of the Mission, and on the experiences of the missionaries. We praise God for the privilege of helping to train for the mission field such a man as Mr. Ker.— J. H. H. ¿MB. Don’t Trip Up Others P AUL clothed himself with trembling, lest he might drive some one away from Christ. His Christian ambassadorship was to him a command, like the “Forward, march!” of a general to his army. His controlling purpose was to hinder no other per son’s progress. “Giving no offence in any thing,” he wrote, “that the ministry be not blamed.” He said that if what he ate caused his brother to fall, never again to the end of his life would he eat animal food, for fear he should cause his brother to fall . . . . Sooner than injure him I will never eat flesh as long as I live, never!” Paul aimed never to be an obstacle to others and never to discredit his ministry. He strove to have no scars on his own character and no stains or flaws in the characters of his fellow ambassadors. He knew that any minister — o —
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or evangelist who is spotted or blemished throws a shadow over other ministers and evangelists. To give no offense is to live, how ? It is to live so that our lives will be like the music of a harp in a lighted lodge to a weary pilgrim on a darkened highway. Of what use is a Christian worker who has a temper like a Kansas cyclone? How are we to commend the Gospel if our faces are darker than a starless midnight? How are we to persuade others to receive Christ as their Saviour if we reason with them with a club? When we really work together with God we shall not be like a wild bear running down a crowded street. Defects of character in an ambassador of Christ are a greater hindrance than unneeded baggage to an army. Every sincere Christian ambassador aims not to be a blockade to others. He prays for wisdom sufficient to enable him to be a cheerer up, and helper on, of other Christian pilgrims. Such a purpose excludes compromise with sin, or with any known defect of character. It involves a work- ing program in which the highest moral and spiritual wel fare of others is always in clear view. All who make this exalted standard their own are brought face to face with their need of that supernatural strength which Paul had when he said, “I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” So holy a determination as this can be kept alive in us and be made persistent in us, only by the indwelling Spirit of God. To live so that others can find in us no real cause for failing or falling, requires a day-by-day walk with God. A faithful ambassador for Christ, unstumbling and never a cause of stumbling, is health and health-givine.— The Bible Today. The Duty of Prayer “Men ought always to pray.” These are the words of our Lord whom we serve. Ought is an arresting word. It commands obedience. It cannot safely be ignored, and this call to the duty of prayer is worthy of becoming a constant urge in the Christian’s life. We shall do well, therefore, to arrest our indolence and procrastination and coldness'by frequently reminding ourselves that prayer is a duty as well as a privilege.— The Wesleyan Methodist.
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