A Faithful Witness Called Home by Irene Boyd and Martha S. Hooker
Scott’s work with the Lyceum-Eteri Clubs. Miss Scott pioneered the idea of conferences where women come together for Bible study and for Christian fellowship. The first of these conferences was held at the Pa cific Palisades. Many other such con ferences followed in other areas. Another field of rich service for Miss Scott was teaching Women’s Bible Classes in various parts of Southern California. Probably the most extended period of service in this area was with the Westminster Bible Class at Immanuel Presby terian Church in Los Angeles. For nearly forty years she faithfully met with these women, teaching the Word of God in truth and in power. Myrtle Edna Scott was a stalwart of the faith. She was always in de mand as a Bible teacher, speaker at conferences and other public meet ings. She had a warm personality, always aglow with love for her Lord and for her “girls.” By her life, as well as by lip, she lived out the mes sage she so boldly taught. Hers was a “transparent” life as far as her testimony was concerned. She was never too busy to counsel young women in need of spiritual help. Many who knew her bear testi mony of her kindness, of her wise counsel, and of her influence in their lives. She had a keen sense of humor. Her audiences listened with rapt at tention as she related her adven tures during a summer’s vacation. She had great discernment and spir itual perception. This latter quality gave her the ability to “speak a word in season to him that is weary.” Myrtle Edna Scott has finished her course, but the influence of her dedicated life will live on; “being dead she yet speaketh.” Many of her “girls” will “arise up, and call her blessed” (Prov. 31:28). Missionaries around the world are in places of service and leadership because the Lord used Miss Scott to touch their lives. They continue to proclaim the same message that she so faithfully and boldly gave forth. She has laid down her “torch” of service, but younger hands have reached out to grasp it and to lift it high. Yes, Miss Scott will live on in the lives of those she influenced for Him during her long and fruitful ministry. THE KING'S BUSINESS
“Father, 1 will that they also, whom thou has given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me; for thou hast loved me before the foun dation of the world.” (John 17:24) F or M yrt l e E dna S cott this prayer of our Lord was an swered October 23, 1965 when He called her to her heavenly home to be with Him and to behold His glory throughout the endless ages of eter nity. The life of this faithful ser vant of Biola gave definite evidence of the Lord’s leading and guiding from her earliest years. Truly it could be said of her, “He led (her) forth by the right way” (Ps. 107:7). Myrtle Edna Scott was born in Goodland, Indiana, Sept. 3, 1887. Sorrow came into her life when she was very young in the death of her father. Her mother and an older sis ter, Altha, cared for her through the formative years, during which time she accepted the Lord as her per sonal Saviour. As a teen-ager she spent part of her summer vacations at Winona Lake Bible Conferences drinking in the precious truths of the Word of God. It was here in the providence of God that she met Mrs. Carrie Stewart Besserer, director of Bethany Girls’ work, whom the Lord used to lead Myrtle Scott to dedicate her life to the Lord and to make a decision to enter full-time Christian work. Miss Scott’s experiences in Chris tian work following this decision were many and varied. While work ing with the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions she traveled exten sively through the Eastern part of the United States. Subsequently, the Miller Evangelistic party and the French Oliver Evangelistic party provided a number of years of rich experiences in organizing and in teaching Bible Classes for women and girls. These Bible classes were so well established and organized by Miss Scott that they continued un der local leadership after the depar ture of the ev an g e lis tic party. Through these years of traveling and working with women and girls, God was guiding and preparing His servant for the work that was to oc cupy more than forty years of her life.
Miss Myrtle Edna Scott God’s plan for her life included working in the Bible Women’s De partment of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Her call to Biola reads like a miracle. God used her mother to suggest that she give up her ex tensive traveling in the East, that Los Angeles would be a nice place to settle, and that the Bible Institute would be a good place to work. These were interesting suggestions because she knew no one in Southern California whom she could contact regarding service at the Bible Insti tute. However, a letter from Mrs. T. C. Horton, Director of the Bible Women’s Department of the Bible 1. Attend the Sunday even ing a Bible Woman indicated that the Lord was working in the heart of Mother Horton at the same time that He was speaking to Miss Scott’s mother. Miss Scott, recogniz ing the definite leading of the Lord, accepted the position and came to Los Angeles April 1, 1920. Thus began a most fruitful and blessed forty years of service at the Bible Institute which continued un til practically the hour of her death. Miss Scott’s work at Biola con sisted of organizing and teaching Bible Clubs for women and girls known as Lyceum-Eteri Clubs. This work was carried on not only in the Los Angeles area, but it also extend ed to Arizona, San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento, and even as far as Alas ka. Over 150 women are now actively engaged in home and foreign mis sions who were influenced by Miss
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