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February 1931
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News Items EVELYN COONS PRESNELL is as sisting Dr. Charles H. Harrington in evangelistic campaigns. Communities are stirred and many souls are won for Christ. Pastors or churches desiring the services of, ,tti§, Harrington party may communicate with Mrs. Presnell at 510 Maryland Ave., Charleston, W. Va. BIRDIE B. GILBERT, ’20, with her coworker, ELIZABETH WOLFE, is do ing splendid work at the Presbyterian School and community center at San Miguel Village, Sells, Ariz. MR. and MRS. HENRY BJORK (ED NA VICKSTROM, ’20) have held evan gelistic meetings recently in cities of northern Iowa and also in Council Bluffs. In one community, a number of high school young people confessed Christ. Mr. and Mrs. Bjork spent several days in Chicago, visiting the Moody Bible Insti tute. They saw MRS. FRANCES C. ALLISON and D. L. FOSTER, former members of the staff of the Bible Insti tute of Los Angeles. Mrs. Bjork spent a day with DEBORAH CLARK WAR- RINER, T9, who is doing religious ed ucation work in connection with McCor mick Seminary. JOHN W. HUNTER, for many years registrar of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, has accepted a unanimous call to the pastorate of the Mayflower Con gregational Church of Pacific Grove, Calif. HARRY F. SHEERER, ’21, formerly pastor of the Maywood Baptist Church, has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church at Orange, Calif. —o— Word from Friends in Foreign Fields MR. and MRS. ROY FULLER (RE BECCA HARRISON), members of the Orinoco River Mission, are located at Carupano, Venezuela, South America. They write: “Some of you have been hearing about the way in which the Lord is working in our midst. We surely praise Him for it all. For a long time we have been praying for a revival. Now God is not only hearing but is answering prayer. Many souls are being won for Him. This is most encouraging, for it has been dif ficult to get the message to the people’s hearts that are’ so. hardened by sin.” SYVILLA FERRON, of the Sudan Interior Mission, is now stationed at Ad dis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the mission head quarters. There is a victorious note in her recent letter: “Truly we have much for which to praise the Lord. Within the last three years, He has trebled our num ber, so that we are. now twenty-nine mis sionaries at work in this needy territory. The languages of the four tribes among whom we work are becoming more and
more understandable, and consequently we are able to speak forth the gospel with increased freedom. Also, God is giving us the confidence of the people.” CHRISTINE FRANDSEN, ’21, of the Sudan Interior Mission, is a nurse sta tioned at Langtang, Northern Nigeria, British West Africa. Her last letter spoke of an anticipated furlough. At the time of writing, there was no one to take her place on the field. Miss Frandsen de clares that an otherwise lonely existence is often brightened by amusing incidents. She writes as follows: “The other day a man sent some one to tell me that he had swallowed a needle and that he was coming to see me the next day! I asked why he had not come at once. The mes senger replied, ‘Oh, he thinks tomorrow will do.’ ” There are great opportunities for ministry in this land of procrastina tion. MR. and MRS. WILLIAM R. HUN- RICHS (HAZEL LONG) are mission aries of the Inland South America Mis sionary Union, located at Bananal, Matto Grosso, Brazil. They report that some of the witch doctors are willing to listen to the message of salvation and a few will even consent to the holding of gos pel meetings in their homes; but they are so chained to their belief in evil spirits that it is difficult to get them to accept the Lord Jesus Christ. MR. and MRS. DAVID R. SIEMENS (IRENE M. WITMER, ’20) are station ed at Ambato, Ecuador, South America. It is a joy to them to find that most mis sionaries, traveling either north or south to their stations or going east into the jungle, must pass through Ambato. They usually stop for at least a brief visit. The chapel at Ambato has been enlarged to twice its former siz€. Among the re cent converts is a young priest who seems confident that God is calling him to preach the gospel. There is still “much land to
be possessed.” Special prayer is asked for one particular place which has long been a stronghold of fanaticism. JEANNE SAUCY, ’25, was in charge of a booth representing the Belgian Gos pel Mission at the International Exhibi tion at Liege. Large numbers of Bibles, New Testaments, and other books were sold, and thousands of Gospels and tracts in various languages were given away. In honor of Belgium’s centennial, a Gos pel of John was placed in every home in the country. GEORGE VAN DUSEN is the field director for the Congo section of the Africa Inland Mission, located at Aba, Congo Beige. He and his wife (MAR GARET VAN DUSEN), E: S ’20, made two interesting trips last fall, to Kilo and Bogoro and later to Blukwa. They write as follows: “The journey to Kilo is beautiful. The road leads along the edge of the great Ituri forest. There are many elephants in this section. By eve ning we were able to reach Bogoro, our mission station which is situated high above the escarpment which leads down to Lake Albert. The atmosphere was clear and we could get a splendid view of the lake.” At Blukwa there was an attendance of 2,100 at the Sunday ser vices. LEONA S. THOERING, ’20, writes from Kwanhsien, Sze., China: “I spent two weeks in the country and had splen did opportunities to witness and to give out tracts. My bicycle attracted a good deal of attention. When the farmers came running to see this queer object, I had a good chance to give them the Word. At one place, an entire school came run ning across the fields to see me. They said I could ride as fast as the wind! I raced with them (much to their amuse ment), and then sat down and told them a Bible story and gave them tracts to take home. The Chinese regard the printed page as being more or less sacred, so they do not throw away tracts and newspapers as we do. Even if the person who re ceives the tract cannot read it, he will paste it on the outside of his house if he lives in the country, or on the walls of his home, if he lives in the city. If I want to know which tracts I have al ready distributed on our street, all I have to do is to go to one of our neighbors and look at the walls of the guest room. These people are not Christians, but it does one’s heart good to see the way in which they display God’s Word for all to see.” Miss Thoering is a missionary of the China Inland Mission. MARY E. HUNTER, ’28, spent inter esting and happy holidays in France. She leaves in March for Kribi, Cameroun, West Africa, where she will serve as a missionary, under the Presbyterian Board.
A Definition To stretch my hand and touch Him, Though He be far away; To raise my eyes and see Him Through darkness as through day; , To lift my voice and call Him — This is to pray. To feel a hand extended By One who standeth near; To view the love that shineth . In eyes serene and clear; To know that He is calling — This is to hear. — Believer’s Magazine.
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