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T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S ___________________________MaP 1926
An Announcement of Arresting Importance by Dean J. M. Maclnnis ^SUMMER SCHOOL AND CONFERENCE^ BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
There will also be a course in the book of Romans that will bring us face to face with the thinking under the guid ance of the Holy Spirit, of the greatest mind in the school of Apostles on the subject of what it means to be a Chris tian, and what is fundamental in becoming one. We shall also offer a course for the consideration of ques tions raised by the science and criticisms of our day, in which we shall endeavor to show that the most satisfactory answer that can be given to the great questions of our world and life is the Christian answer. For those who are interested in the question of Prophecy from a dispensational point of view, we shall offer a course in the dispensational history of Redemption which will be in the nature of expository studies of certain great portions of the Word of God. We also realize that the subject of the Praise in the worship of the Church and in the life of the Sunday School and Young People presents a great many difficult and prac tical questions for Christian workers. In order to help along that line we shall ofTer a course in General Chorus and Conducting by one who has taught these subjects in McCormick Theological Seminary and the Chicago Bible Institute and, during recent years, in our own Institute here. The aim of that course will be pre-eminently practical and we know that it can be of real help to Sunday School work ers and Young Peoples’ leaders as well as to Pastors. • In addition to our own Faculty we are inviting in men of national and international standing. Rev. Charles E. Hurl- burt, who was referred to by the late Theodore Roosevelt as one of the greatest men he met in Africa, and who undoubtedly ranks among the great missionaries of our gen eration, will be present and take up questions of the inner life and also questions of the Missionary challenge as it comes to the Church and young people of our day. Dr. L. R. Scarborough, President of the Southwestern Theological Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas, is unquestion ably one of the outstanding men in the Baptist Church of opr country. He is not only an educator of great wisdom and power, but in the developing of the finest kind of schol arship he has developed one of the greatest soul-winning centers in the Baptist Church in the United States. He will take up some of the practical questions that will be involved in our studies, from the point of view of one of our leading educators. Dr. H. W. Bieber of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant of Bala-Cynwyd, Pa., was trained to teach Science, and after giving some time to that profession was called into the ministry of the Church and has now come to be recognized as one of the outstanding Bible Conference men of our country. He holds a very high place in Conferences like the Montrose Conference and the Winona Conference, and we are very glad to be able to introduce him to the peo-
HE Summer School and Conference Idea has come to hold a very large place In the life and think ing of the Church In our day. This Idea, which originated with the Church, is being taken over by the educational world and Is being used In a very effec tive way, indicating the value and effectiveness of the idea. Some of the greatest influences that have come into the life of the Church of Jesus Christ in the last twenty-five years have come through various kinds of conferences for Bible study and the deepening of the Christian life. In recent days the idea has been developing into more of a School idea, and there are schools to help Sunday School and Young Peoples’ leaders held all. over our nation. It is not strange, therefore, that many inquiries have come to us at the Bible Institute in the last few years regarding a Summer School. After a careful consideration of the whole subject we have decided to hold a Summer School for three weeks this sum mer, conserving in it the values of the conference idea. The purpose of the School will be to meet the great prac tical needs of all classes of Christian workers that may see their way clear to attend the sessions of the same. We know the feeling that comes to Pastors, Evangelists, Sunday School Teachers and Young Peoples’ workers, as well as those leading in Missionary interest, after they have given themselves to the work of the church' during the year. There has been a very decided strain on the life as they have been giving out constantly with comparatively little opportunity to' refresh their own lives, so we desire first of all to meet the needs of the personal life and will endeavor to supply leadership that will help people into a deeper and a higher Christian experience. In this we shall endeavor to bring those attending the -School face to face with the possibilities and resources of the Christian life in a sane and wholesome way. We shall also give a course on the problems of approaching men and women for the pur pose of leading them to Christ and then building them up in a true faith and into a strong and fruitful Christian life. Along this line we shall also give consideration to the place of Christian psychology in the work of the church and missions. In these courses the purpose will be to meet in a frank and practical way the vital problems confronting each worker that is earnestly endeavoring to win men to Christ and lead them into the way of living the Christlife in every-day relationships. One of the greatest needs of our day is a thorough knowledge of the Bible in a practical and experiencial way that will enable, men to teach it in such a way as to vitally grip the lives/ of those with whom they are dealing. There will be a course in the Minor Prophets— those men with a burden for righteousness and a vision and confidence of final victory for the good. The aim will be to make these great preachers of righteousness live over again, that we may hear their message for our day.
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