March, 1943
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FAMILY CIRCLE of the -faculty of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, was a featured speak er. With the exception of Charles Thomas, ’32, of Washougal, Wash:, all of the following former Biola stu dents were from Oregon pastorates: Max Chance, Portland; Kenneth B. Daniels, ’28, Springfield (engaged in Baptist colportage work) ; Leland'Frie- sen, ’37, Hood River; Ted Goodwin, Prineville; Fred J. Greene, ’25, Milton; Edgar Luther, ’16, Albany; Ralph and Mrs. Mulholland (Amanda Holver- son), Portland ; J. Clarence Orr, ’22, Klamath Falls; Paul Roper, ’33, Sea side; Loyal Vickers, Independence. Gene W. (B. Th. ’40) and Mrs, Fus- sell, 56 Ontario AVe., Apt. 8, Long Beach, Calif., are serving in the Sea side Baptist Church of Long Beach, to which Mr. Fussell has been called as pastor. He is taking some college work also. Mr. and Mrs. Fussell have a baby boy. Hazel Brown, ’38, 131 Furman. St., Syracuse, N. Y., is engaged in a pio neer witness to Jews. She writes: “There is surely a wonderful stirring spiritually among the Jews, and daily as I witness, it makes my own heart' quicken with the thought of soon beholding Hinj. Yet in, the meantime, is not this very stirring among them a call to faithful, believing interces sion?” R. Celestia Churchill, ’17, and her coworkers at the Mary Martha Home for Girls were faced suddenly last fall with the necessity for vacating the largest of their four houses. With thirty persons and twenty-seven rooms full of furniture to be provided for, it was recognized that any move away from thè four houses would be a great undertaking.‘ The house which must be given up was the one in which the cooking was done and which had a dining room seating about thirty persons. While the workers wait upon the Lord for His will concerning their future location, they have taken as temporary headquarters a smaller house at 140 N. Chicago St., Los An geles, Calif. The Mary Martha Home for Girls is planned particularly to give safe Christian surroundings to girls who need help while establish ing themselves in employment in the city. The Travelers Aid Society fre quently enlists the cooperation of the Home in the cases of girls Who need .the Society's aid. Evangelistic Meetings Leonard Eilers, ’30, 124 N. Florence, Burbank, Calif., k n o w n as “Th e Preaching Cowboy,” in 1941 travelled
25,000 miles in answering the many calls for his leadership in evangelistic work. He conducted fifteen series of meetings lasting two to three Weeks each, besides numerous short engage ments which included ministry over the radio and in elementary schools and high schools in ten W e s t e r n states. L. C. Robie, '18, known as the “Sky- Pilot,” held evangelistic meetings last fall in. a large Gospel Tabernacle in Elmira, N. Y., with twelve churches cooperating.' Much blessing resulted, and many souls were saved. Mr. .Robie’s recent appointments have in cluded meetings Scheduled to open on the following dates: Jan. 4, Judd- ville Methodist Church, Lennon, Mich.; Feb. 1, Cherry Street Methodist Church, Findlay, Ohio, and Feb. 24, United Brethren Church, Ashley, Mich. Lester Wendt, ’34, pastor in the Cal vary Baptist Church of Brawley, Calif - arranged for two weeks of special evangelistic services in the church in January. Mr. Wendt was assisted, by his two brothers, Lowell C. Wendt, B. Th. ’40, pastor of the Montecito Park Union Church, Los Angeles, Calif., and Lyman Wendt, ’34, pastor of Calvary Church, Santa Ana, Calif. The three pastors were aided in the music and children’s work by their wives, Mrs. Lester Wendt (Bette Vaus), Mrs. Low ell Wendt (Marie E. Gunther, 40), and Mrs. Lyman Wendt (Helen E. Gil bert, ’38). Twenty-seven persons de finitely professed conversion, a n d there were also many victories in the lives of Christjans. Married Lester Carmichael and Betty Jane Ridgeway, Jan. 30, Glendale, Calif. Bern To Dick (’32) and Mrs. Hillis (Mar garet Humphrey, ’32), a daughter, Nancy* Caroline, Jan.; 27, Y a k i ma , Wash. To Roy R. (’38) and Mrs. Kraft (Jeannette Bushnell, ’38), a son, David Roy, Jan. 17, Berkeley, Calif. To Claude F. (’37) and Mrs. Mof,- fitt (Hazel R. Al^op, B. Ghr. Ed. ’38), a daughter, Elizabeth Gale, Jan. 14, Los Angeles* Calif. To Thomas Br (’39) and Mrs. Roth (Maybelle Alsop, ’39), a son, Jona than Burt, Jan. 14, Sanfa Rosa, Calif. Mr. Roth is pastor of the Fundamental Church of Santa Rosa, Calif. V To George and Mrs. Tobelmann (Grace Pietsch), a daughter, Janet Marie, Dec. 31, 1941, Seldovia, Alaska. To George C. (’20 E. S.) and Mrs; Van Dusen, a daughter, Lenore Ei leen, Nov. 5, 1941, Oicha, Irurrni, Ituri, Congo Beige, Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Van Dusen are members of the Africa Inland Mission, stationed at Aba, Congo Beige, Africa.
Biola in China Charles A. Roberts, Superintendent of the Hunan Bible Institute, Chang sha, Hunan, China, the school which is the China Department of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, wrote in No vember of stirring events at Changsha last September. During a conference of members of the Biola Bands of na tive Chinese evangelists, word came of the Japanese approach to Changsha. The bands were sent out with instruc tions and provision for three months’ service, ■and thus were at work in country districts during the temporary Japanese occupation of the city. The sale of an Institute property elsewhere in China, long unusable by the Institute and - negotiations for which had long been under' way, was completed just at the period of the outbreak of the war between Japan and the United States, proving the Lord’s wonderful provision for the im mediate need when war conditions made the transfer of funds from America difficult. Varied Service in America Former and present students of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles who have been ordained to the gospel min istry recently include Clarence Hofer, ’36, on January 11, at the Zion Men- nonite Brethren Church, Dinuba, Calif.; John R. Hawthorne,, January 18, at the Pasadena Baptist Tabernacle; George Kevorkian, B. Th. ’39, under the Northern Baptist Convention, .on February 1 at the First Baptist Church of Burbank,'Calif.; and Charles Trout, January 9, First Baptist Church, Clovis, Calif. H. B. Thomas, ’18, who has been serving under the Presbyterian Board of National Missions, and had been at work in Oregon, entered a new field last fall, at Trout Lake, Wash. Albert (’37) and Mrs. Wall, Box 850, Project City, Calif., have been serving in rural and mountain districts of Northern California since the summer of 1939. On Sunday mornings they have a Sunday-school at Buckeye, Calif., and on Sunday afetrnoons at Mountain Gate. Walter J. Hummel, ’32, minister of the Little Church on the Desert, at Rosamond, Calif., sponsored by the Union Rescue Mission, was ordained to the gospel ministry on December 28, at the Irvine Memorial Church, Los Angeles, Calif. Stanley G. Parrish, ’34, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Carlton, Ore,, writes of the Oregon Baptist Min isters Conference at Western Baptist Theological Seminary in Portland, Ore., at which John Page, formerly
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