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reco rd s w as installed w hich will m ake it possible to secu re a n y in fo rm atio n re g a rd in g a stu d e n t w ith a few minutes* w ork. T h e stu d e n ts m anifested a fine spirit in tak in g hold of th e w o rk in th e class room a n d also in th e churches, m issions, c a r b arn s, open a ir m eetings a n d w h e r ever th ey w ere assigned. T h e ir w rit te n w eekly re p o rts show th a t th ey w ere active in p re ac h in g th e Gospel, dis trib u tin g Gospels a n d trac ts, a n d th a t in doing p e rso n al w o rk God h a s used them to lead m any m en a n d w om en to C hrist. TH E M ID -W INTER BIBLE CONFERENCE O u r M id-w inter Bible C o n feren ce w as held in th e F irst M. E. c h u rch in th e h e a rt of th e city, Ja n u a ry 19-28, inclusive. T h e first session w as held on S unday afte rn o o n a t 2 :3 0 o ’clock w ith a full house. Services w ere co n d u cted every a fte rn o o n a n d even in g d u rin g th e w eek days excep tin g S at u rd a y land th e a tte n d a n c e a v era g ed from 1 100 to 1200 p eople a t e ach m eeting. It w as q u ite rem a rk ab le th a t fo r sixteen con secutive sessions such a larg e n um b er of m en a n d w om en could be held fo r th e ex p o sition of th e W o rd of God. It w as re fresh in g to see th e in ten se in te re st m ani fested from th e o p en in g to th e close of each session. D r. R. A . T o rre y , D ean of th e Institute, presided. T h e m usic w as in c h arg e of th e m usical d ire c to r of th e In stitu te, L. F. Peckham.* O n M onday even ings of each w eek th e F ish erm en ’s Club, 125 stro n g , m arc h ed from th e In stitu te to th e ch u rch , singing th e Gospel, a n d on T u esd ay evenings th e L yceum C lub, w ith a still la rg e r n um b er, did th e sam e. T he special n um b ers of song by these clubs w ere g re atly enjoyed. T h e larg e au d ien ce h e artily e n jo y ed th e song service w ith w hich each session op en ed a n d readily re sponded to th e call fo r S c rip tu re verses a n d p ra y e r. O n e W ednesday n ig h t th e service w as of a u n io n c h a ra c te r— D r. L ocke, p a sto r of th e ch u rch , a n d his p eo ple u n itin g w ith us. D r. L ocke sp o k e #f
ANNUAL R E POR T FO R 1912. D u rin g th e y e a r 1912 th e re w ere ninety- six d ifferen t p erso n s en ro lled a s stu d en ts of th e Institute. T h e e n ro llm en t b y term s w as as follow s: W in te r T e r m ............... :............................34 S p rin g T erm ............................................ 54 Fall T e rm ..................................................73 T h e stu d e n ts re p re se n ted fo u rtee n de nom inations, n am ely: B aptist, C h ristian , C on g reg atio n al, E pis copalian, E vangelical F ree, E vangelical L u th e ran , E nglish L u th e ran , L u th eran , M ethodist E piscopal, P resb y terian , Sw edish E vangelical, U n ited B reth ren , U nited P re s b y terian , W esleyan M ethodist. Tw en ty -n in e sta te s of th e U nion, an d G erm any, E ngland, S cotland, C an ad a, F in land, Ja p a n , N orw ay a n d A u stria -H u n g ary fu rn ish ed th e ir b irth p laces. D u rin g th e y e a r a com plete course of in stru ctio n , re q u irin g tw o years* w ork, w as m ap p ed out, covering Bible D octrine, th e U se of th e Bible in P e rso n a l S oul-W in ning, th e P re p a ra tio n a n d D elivery of Gos p el A ddresses a n d Bible R eadings, th e R eading of th e w hole Bible from Genesis to R evelation a n d a detailed study of those boo k s w h ich a re of p rim e im p o rtan ce, H om e a n d F oreig n M issions, a n d Gospel Music. W ritten exam inations w e re held a t th e close of each term . T h e p u rp o se of th e In stitu te in its class room w o rk is n o t m erely to in stru c t th e stu d e n ts in th e teach in g s of th e Bible, but to sen d o u t m en a n d w om en of sterlin g C h ristian c h a ra c te r a n d a b u rn in g zeal to use th e ir know ledge to w in m en to C hrist. A new catalo g u e w as issued co n tain in g th e. in fo rm atio n re g ard in g th e Institute w hich is necessary to a n in ten d in g student. O v er 1000 of these have been judiciously distributed, larg ely in a n sw e r to requests. A Bible c o n feren ce *was held in May w hich w as g re atly blessed. T h e a tte n d an ce, especially a t th e evening sessions, w as v e ry good. A new system of k eep in g th e students*
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