May 1926
T H E JUINU 8 n u B i n s u o \ m B i b l e Ins t i tu t e Ha p p e n i n g s Particularly of Interest to Friends and Students i l i | ALUMNI NEWS Married i ;
— The Rev. W. I. Wishart, D. D., Pastor of the Eighth Church, Pittsburg, and Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church, was a recent visitor to the In stitute and addressed the stu dents at their monthly Assem bly. Dr. Wishart, under date of March 11th, wrote in the editorial columns of the official organ of his church as follows: "It was a privilege to look in on Dr. Ralph Atkinson in the Los Angeles Bible Institute. He is doing a great work in training these young people for Christian service. It is inspir ing to see this large company of Bible students gathered for chapel exercises. They seem a little more mature than the un dergraduate crowd in ordinary college chapel, and the most of them, we are confident, will make useful a n d effective workers. It was a privilege to be permitted to speak to these students for a few morqents. Dean Maclnnis and the associ ate' dean, Dr. Atkinson, are bringing the Bible Institute into fine harmony with the churches, and are putting a gracious and brotherly spirit into all its work."
is working in our church is that the adversary is busy causing trouble among the members. Pray for us that we may be guided by our Lord in all things. Our boy is growing fast and is a real ray of sunshine in our home." Everett F. Harrison, who spent one year here at the Institute and then went to the Seminary at Princeton, New Jer sey, where he is now about to complete bis second year, has just been selected as President of the Student Body for the comipg year. He was the unan imous choice of all three classes. Three cheers for Everett! He has Just been notified, too, of his call to the Hunan Bible Institute at Changsha, China. Rev. David John Donnan, class of June, 1916, has recently been installed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Helena, Montana. In 42 years this church has had but three ministers. Mr. Donnan writes that thirty-three persons united with the church at the January communion; twenty-two on confession of faith, and that many more are considering the step. The Governor of the State and the President of the State Uni versity attend this church. James H. Bird, ’ 21, after spending some time in China as missionary, was forced by ill health to return to his native land, Australia, where he has since been preaching. At Wadderburn recently after, his Sunday morning sermon two young ladies from the Bible School came for- ward and accepted Christ as Saviour and Lord. At a later service two more young ladies confessed Christ and two were baptized. We rejoice in the suc cess which our Brother Bird is having in his ministry. "I have been very conscious of God’s blessing upon my school work these two years at Wheaton. I praise Him for His ‘all-sufficiency’ at all times. I do believe that God does definitely lead us when we desire above all else to do His will; thus I am looking to Him to show me, and to open the way if He would have me to finish college before entering upon my life work. In the words of Job: ‘He knoweth the way I take.’ May God’s richest bless- ng rest upon each B. I. Alumnus.”— Daisy Hendrix, ’ 24, Wheaton College, 111 . Evangelist L. C. Robie, ’ 18, is being largely used of God, and in an Alumni letter tells something of his work. "We are now in a community of two thousand near Albany, New York. The church building will hardly accommo date the crowds. The power of the Lord -is so greatly manifest that the people in the shops nearby have to stop work, in many cases, and cry. Last night nearly every member of the Woodmen’s Lodge who attended, sur-
At the China Inland Mission, Shang hai, China, Friday, January eighth, 1926, Mr. Hugh H. Foucar and Miss Elizabeth Neely, both of the Class of 1926. They are now connected with our own Bible Institute at Changsha, Hunan, China. Anna M. “Kruggel, ’ 23, and Thomas F. F. Dixon, a former Bible Institute student. Mrs. Dixon sends the follow ing prayer request from San Bernar dino, California: "We have our appli cation in to the Central America Mis sion Board, and God willing are hop ing to get out into full time service for our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, in the near future. We covet your prayers that we may be divinely guided in this matter, for we know that ‘in His direct will’ is the place of success in His service." Births Mrs. W. O. Kemptner (nee Flora H. Pierson), ’ 14, and her husband are re joicing over the arrival of a son, Rich ard Owen, born October 22nd, 1926. They would be glad to have our pray ers as they have taken over a very large and difficult work (in Africa) and have a new language to learn. Pray too for a proper means of trans portation for them in the visitation of numerous schools. Deaths Mrs. Grace Bryan Hobart, ’ 16, was called home to be with her Lord on the morning of November 24th, after an illness of six months. This word was recently received from her mother. Green B. Bolton, 19, has gone to be with the Lord. Last fall he fell and broke his hip. He was taken at once to the hospital and had an x-ray taken: but complications set in and in a week he went home to the Lord. He preached a sermon before going, using as his text, “ It is finished." The spe cial nurse said it was the most won derful sermon she had ever heard. The announcement of his death was sent to Ramona, Oklahoma, where he had preached for several years. They held a memorial service for him, and eighteen were converted, many of them men as old as he, whom he had prayed for a long time and hoped to see saved before he left the church. In the next few days following this service twenty-four more gave their hearts to the Lord, making forty-two in all who were saved as a direct re sult of his death. Rev. 14:13. GENERAL NEWS Among recent visitors to the Bible Institute who have addressed the stu dent body was the Rev. Charles R. Erdman, D. D., Moderator of the Pres byterian Church. Dr. Erdman was most cordially received by Faculty
and students, and spoke most hap pily and helpfully. His reference to his knowledge of our Dean when pas tor in Syracuse, and his words of ap preciation of the splendid work Dr. Maclnnis is now carrying on, was keenly relished by the large audience. In the presence of-Dr. Wishart, Mod erator of the United Presbyterian Gen eral Assembly, and Dr. Erdman, Mod erator of the Presbyterian Assembly, our Institute was greatly honored dur ing the month of March. Miss Helen Miller, of the class of 1918, is now working with the Olive Branch Mission, 118% Occidental Ave nue, Seattle, Washington. Miss Jeanne Sancy, ’ 26, sailed from New York, March 6th, 1926, to take up work in Belgium with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Norton in the Belgian Gos pel Mission. Mr. and Mrs. Don Turner (nee Faith Hollingsworth, ’ 21), and children are home on furlough in Los Angeles from Venezuela, where the Lord has been using them in connection with the Orinoco River Mission. Rev. and Mrs. John Roos, ’ 22, are in the pastorate at Rock Rapids, Iowa. He says: "One evidence that the Lord
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