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May 1926
On banquet n i g h t one-minute speeches were given by a representa tive speaker from each of the Class A Clubs on the subject, "What Consti tutes a Model Euodia Club,” and the speeches were truly excellent. The points brought out by the girls showed that they have a real vision of the pur pose and aim of Euodia, and that they have the spirit of the Master in long ing to make the clubs soul-saving stations for High School girls. Each club was under the leadership of a Council Girl, and this work on the part of the girls was a big factor in promoting the splendid discipline that we had this year. Surely the whole spirit of the Conference could not have been better, and we have never had a finer spirit of cooperation on the part of the girls. The definite results are hard to tab ulate this side of eternity,- but as far as we know at least twenty girls ac cepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour, and about two hundred and fifty gave themselves to Him in full surrender. Other girls who came to the Conference with real heart prob lems and needB received help and are going back into their homes and schools to shine more brightly for Jesus than ever before. There was such a quiet, deep working of the Holy Spirit all through the Conference, and His presence was so manifest every moment of the time, that we feel'very sure of the results— that they were a real work of grace. If any one is feeling a little pessi mistic concerning the trend of the young people these days it would have been most refreshing to have looked in for even a brief glimpse at the Euodia Conference and have seen the bright, happy faces, have heard the fervent testimonies and have heard that great group of six hundred and twenty-five girls singing: "Follow, follow, I will follow Jesus, Follow, follow, I will follow Him. There was a real sincerity in their voices as they sang that chorus, and we know that in almost every heart it was a real promise. As we look forward to the harvest field and realize the increasing need for consecrated, separated workers, our hearts are filled with joy and praise to the Lord for the definite work He has done in the hearts of these precious girls, many of whom will never forget their vow to Him made at this Conference, but will joy fully serve Him in any field He ap points, and will look back ' to the Euodia Conference of 1926 as the time By His grace upholding, And His love enfolding, Anywhere He leads me I will follow Him.”
jazz and rag-time, one would hear groups of girls gathered in the various tents singing the Conference Choruses to the soft strumming of a ukulele. Surely the Lord made the music a very special blessing and hid many precious truths away in the hearts of the girls by means of the choruses. Mrs. H. L. Stephens, evangelistic pianist and song writer, was our conference pianist and was one of the big factors in making our musical program a success. We were especially fortunate in the speakers we were able to secure for this year. Each one brought a very special blessing, and as we have gone back into the clubs and have heard conference echoes froiq the various girls we realize that the Lord used each speaker in a different way and gave each girl a blessing through some one or more of the speakers. Miss Helen Byrnes gave the opening ad dress and brought a splendid message. Mr. D. L. Cooper, of the Jewish De partment of the Bible Institute, and Miss Florence Chaffee, of the Faculty of the Bible Institute, both brought in spiring messages on the Tuesday pro gram. On Wednesday Mrs. Norton Johnson and Miss Winifred Rouzee were the special speakers, and both brought messages that will long be re membered by the girls. Miss Anna Gleason of Long Beach gave the clos ing address Thursday morning. Her message was used of the Lord to bring many girls to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour and to bring many saved girls to a full surrender to Him. Miss Ethel Elliott, a leader in girls’ work in Kankakee, 111., gave a most inspiring talk at one of the sessions. The Institute hour was taught each day by Miss Elizabeth Merritt, of Long Beach, who has arranged the course of study that we are pursuing in the clubs. The Institute hour was one of the most important features of the conference. The lessons of the year were reviewed and linked up with pre vious lessons and presented as a un ified whole so that many of the girls got a very much better grip on the course of study than they had ever had before. The Bible is*a new book to many of them. The girls themselves contributed greatly to the Conference program. Jefferson and Belmont High Schools and Garvanza Grammar each gave a pageant that was a very signal bless ing to the whole assembly. One girl, the daughter of a missionary to China, who had not been interested in the foreign field as her life work, gave her heart to the Lord in full surrender while listening to the message of one of the pageants, and has decided to change all of her life plans and serve Him in the place she believes He wants her to serve— in China.
BIBLE WOMEN’S WORK Mr*. L y m a n Stewart, Supt.—Twenty-five Women Engaged in Houee to House Personal Work, Bible Clayes and Soul Winning Clubs. Euodia Conference in ig iVlSRY year for the past five years the columns of The H THvlil King’s Business have echoed QpSSfji our praises for the Easter kt Conference of Euodia Clubs, held each year at the Pacific Palisades under the direction of Miss Mabel Mer rill, head of the Euodia work. Every year we have declared with grateful hearts that the Conference of that year was the best the clubs have ever had— and again this year we quote the verse that we invariably think of when we think how the Lord has blessed our Conference— that verse which says that the Lord will do "exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.” Surely that is what He did in this Conference as He has in all the others. The Euodia Clubs are clubs of High school girls that meet each week in the vicinity of the various High schools to study,.the Bible and to have Christian fellowship. Up to date there are fifty- seven of these clubs in and around Los Angeles. This year the work was ex tended over into Orange County and there are several clubs in that sec tion of the country now. Year by year the Lord has blessed and extended the work until it is now one of the biggest works of a definite Christian character anywhere around. . The Conference began Monday morning, March 29th, and continued four days, closing Thursday noon, April 1st. Ideal weather was one of the big blessings the Lord sent us from the very start of the Conference, which made it possiblo to hold most of the meetings out of doors in the big open air Amphitheatre at the Palisades. The whole conference grounds was a place of beauty and refreshment— wild flow-, ers and ferns bedecked the hills and canyons and added much to the Joy of the week. We praise the Lord that He even thought of the little details of the conference— things like the weather and the out-door decorations that were such a boon to us. * The song services under the direc tion of Mr. Herbert G. Tovey, of the Faculty of the Bible Institute, were a real part of the blessing of the con ference. The girls were delighted with a conference edition of the new Chorus Book that Mr. Tovey had compiled for them, and they manifested their appre ciation by singing ?! air very best and with all their heart and soul. One could judge how t-ie uiessages of the choruses gripped the hearts of the girls by walking down through the lines of tents after vespers at night or during a recess. Instead of a blare of
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