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tonight.’ This means is an aid in reach­ ing the illiterate.” Letters from MRS. POWLISON and MINA SEPTER ’20, tell of other activities. MINA sends a picture of her school taken on Bolivia’s National Independence Day. ’20.^X-CHARLES SANDERS is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Camarillo, California. A new church, which is to occupy a conspicuous place on the high­ way between Los Angeles and San Fran­ cisco, is to be built. One of their build­ ings has been’ donated to the Mexican work, in which the church is vitally inter­ ested. ’23.—THOMAS AND ANNA DIX­ ON, Managua, Nicaragua, Central Amer­ ica Mission, have made a number of trips to the outstations in the last months, and also to, some comparatively untouched territory. ’In spite of the attacks of the enemy souls have been saved and quite a few baptized during the past year. _ ’22.—REV A. A. MITCHELL is assist­ ing at the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, of which Dr. F. M. Silsley is pastor, ’25.—MARY A. BISHOP, Guatemala, finds the days busy but that it is all glad service when done as unto Him. She and her father were able to have a greatly needed change by going t o :the Pacific Port, away from the high altitude, for a few days. - Births REXFORD HUMPHREY has come to live with MR. AND MRS. E. REX­ FORD SMITH (nee GRACE H. WEL­ LER), ’27 and ’26. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are working among the Mexicans at Coachella, California. Married MARGARET JONES, ’28, P. G .’29, to HAROLD W. PUGH, ’27, the wedding having taken place last fall. Mr. Pugh is pastor of the Bethany Union Church in Belvedere Gardens, Los Angeles. ’24.—MARTHA LEAL has written an article entitled “Glimpses o f ’ the Con­ flict” in the Egypt General Mission News, We give the last sentences: “We have the; promises: ‘And the Lord shall heal it [Egypt], and they shall return even to the Lord, and He shall be entreated of them and shall heal them’ ; and | again, ‘Blessed be Egypt, my people’ (Isa. 19: 22, 25). Such promises encourage us to go forward, but we need reepforcements. Our numbers are so few, and there are so many, many souls to be reseued.- Who will come? Who will help that others may come? And who will pray, in order that the often uncertain struggle may be changed to victory?”

Christmas in the Tropics “The broad valley was a riot of- lux­ uriant vegetation—palms, banana plants, lantana thickets, water hyacinths, bamboo clumps. The poinsettias were ablaze with blossoms. Upon the hills the fire trees had thrown down rugs of scarlet petals upon which their leafy branches cast changing designs. Crimson hibiscus moved slightly in the soft breeze. You never could have guessed that December was 26 days old, not even if you had watched the swiftly moving rain clouds which bring us our yearly gift of ten feet of rain. No, not even if you had picked up one of the large leathery leaves of the talisay tree and had studied its deep red and autumn-yellow shades. Never­ theless, it was the day after Christmas— in the tropics.”. This description opens an attractive circular missionary letter, each page of which contains a tinted bor­ dered drawing suggestive of some_scene in the Philippine Islands. OTHO P. D. LA PORTE, ’20, of the Presbyterian Mission, who gives credit- to the Filipino students for help with the letter, is tell­ ing about the eight-day Leadership Train­ ing Institute, which was attended by pas­ tors, ' Bible women, Sunday-school;teach­ ers, and others. He feels that prayers were answered in behalf of this Institute. News Items ’27.—MRS. EVERETT B. COWAN (nee MARJORIE RIDEOUT) is secre­ tary for the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California. From JAMES A KER, a former stu­ dent, comes word of much joy and bless­ ing in his field which is located in Pan- adura, Ceylon. STELLA AESCHLIMAN, former stu­ dent, is active in Junior Christian En­ deavor work at her home in Almota, Wash. ’27.—ROBERT A. GRAVES, aside from his duty of being president, of the One by One Club of San Francisco; is also pastor of the Albany Baptist Church near Oakland. ’23, P. G. ’24.—A. J. ANDERSON and MRS . ANDERSON (nee M A R I E MACK ’23) are stationed at San Marcos, Guatemala. Mr. Anderson writes: “From the amount of Bibles that we are selling, it would seem that the Lord is putting a hunger for spiritual things in the hearts of the -multitude of unsaved. We covet your prayers that the eyes Of their -under­ standing might be enlightened to see and receive Christ as their Saviour. “On November Sth to 7th, together with a group of missionaries, we clitnbed Tajumulco volcano, 13,812 feet, the high­ est in Central America, which is in my field. We descended into the crater twice, and from all appearances, this volcano

has been inactive for many, many cen­ turies. The sight from its summit was wonderful. Between us and the plainly visible Pacific lay miles of low country, where the choicest coffee in the world is grown; then to the north, jutting its peak into--the sky, was Tacana volcano, the second highest in Central America, which is also in my territory. Back of us were miles of mountains belonging to the range which begins with the Rockies in Canada and merges into the Andes in South America. It was truly a wonderful sight, never to be forgotten.” ’21.—MRS. CHARLES A. ROBERTS (nee GRACE M. PIKE), Hunan Bible Institute, Changsha, China, some time ago sent interesting news from the field and spoke of the uncertain political situation in China. “The twins are growing like weeds and likewise their big brother and little sister Elizabeth Janet. . . . What can I say about the twins in a short space? They are a most interesting pair, jabbering Chinese continually.” ’23.—H. E. WIDMER, with MRS. WIDMER and baby, is with the Grace Mennonite Church of Chicago, assisting the pastor and doing Sunday school work. ALLAN M ac RAE, former student, is teaching in the department of Old Testa­ ment and Hebrew at Westminster Theo­ logical Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa. EV­ ERETT E. HARRISON, another former student, is a member of the faculty at the Evangelical Theological College, Dallas, Texas, of which Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer is president. He is teaching Semitic Lan­ guages, and Old Testament Exegesis. At an altitude of about 12,000.feet, in Puna, via Potosf, Bolivia, MR. AND MRS. CARL H. WINTERSTEEN (nee ELLEN HOFFMAN ’20), of the Boliv­ ian Indian Mission, are occupying a new station among the Quichua Indians. “Hunting the Indian in His Own Haunts” is the title of an article in The Bolivian Indian by K E N N E T H W. P O W L I S O N ’16, Acacio, Bolivia. A m o n g o t h e r things he tells of the favorable response resulting from using lantern views illustrating the life and work of Christ. “One of thé Indians after such a meeting said, ‘Just words don’t mean much to us, but when we see these things with our eyes it comes, home to us and we do not lose the thoughts. We, will not forget what we have seen

Indispensab le T h e K ing ’ s B u sin ess is indis­ pensable to me and I wish it could be placed in every home. —From Oregon.

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