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B ib le I n s t i tu t e H a p p e n in g s Particularly of Interest to Friends and Students
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This page is conducted by Miss El- fred a Stein, ’20, Secretary of th e Bible In stitu te A lumni Association. Miss Stein w ill g reatly appreciate receiving any item s which would be of in te rest to In stitu te friends o r students, áñd is particu larly desirous of in teresting news from th e B. I. O. L, A. students who are in Christian w ork eith er in th e homeland or on th e foreign field. A number, o f th e m em bers o f the A lum n i A sso c ia tio n g a th ered for a b lessed sea so n o f fello w sh ip on th e . ev en in g of March 20th, th e d ate se t for the' an n u al day of p rayer and praise. M iss P ea rl W eek s, rece n tly retu rn ed from China, ad d ressed th e m eetin g, w h ich w a s th en g iv en over to te stim o n y , a n d p raise, .clo sin g w ith a comm union service.' R o y A. J e n n in g s w rites from W eit- chpec, C alif.: : “W e are g e ttin g a lon g v ery w e ll in our w ork in H um bolt' Co. W e had C h ristm as ex ercises and stere- op ticon p ictu res in fou r places' and w ou ld have had them a t an oth er v illa g e but fo r h ig h w a ter in P eckm an Creek. H ave had good atten d a n ce and in terest in th e th ree Sunday Schools w e have been con d u ctin g a fter w.e had been back . fo r a while* W h ile aw a y la st summ er th e p eop le w en t “back to the sam e old tra ck ” as som eon e here sajd. W e . u s u a lly ta k e our stereop ticon to a ll five d istricts once a m onth. The. people, m ain ly th e w h ite m en, h ave encou raged u s in one w a y to sta y o n ' arid -do our b est.” Mr. and Mrs. D. P a rk e L an tz, ’19, w rite from T renque Lauquen, A rg en tine: “Do you k n ow th a t when. ¡ su r rounded by. .filth, bodily, m en ta lly and sp iritu a lly , and se ein g the g rea t néed for w ork ers, w e are som etim es ‘an xiou s.’ B ut th e Lord is good to u s and h as sh ow n xis th a t it is H is w o r k 'a n d n ot our. So by H is g ra ce w e w ill conquer iri th e nam e of th e Lord, w h o is 1 m ig h ty over all. The p eop le here are en tirely ig n o ra n t of th e G ospel m essa g e u n less th e tru e W ay is proclaim ed ..w ith -m ore pow er and m ore prayer by H is serv a n ts.” M iss E lla B en n e tt, ’20 w rites o f th e w onderfu} w a y th e Lord an sw ered p rayer in Conducting her to her field iri C entral ¡ Am erica, and con tin u es, sa y in g in part:' “The n a tiv e s herd are called 51Ladinos. T h ey are Spanish and Indian* m ixed but th o se w ho are ca lled In d ian s a ré rea l Indians, pure blooded Indians, n o t m ixed a t all* and I am told th a t th e y are the m ost tru stw o rth y , loy a l, ap p reciative and sym p a th etic p eople one w ou ld w ish to find. It is am ong th e In d ian s th a t I am to w ork w hen I g e t the la n g u a g e. The p eople here lik e to cop y w h a t th ey do in th e U. S. In G u atem ala C ity th ey heard th a t w e had in the U. S. a so ciety for the p reven tion of cru elty to anim als. T h ey decided to have one and o rg a n ized, elected officers, etc. T hen in order to ra ise m oney to ad vertise, etc., th ey had a bull fight. Im agin e it! A bull
figh t to raise, m oney fo r a so ciety for the p reven tion of cru elty to an im als.” M iss Cl ar aL. K u ehn y ,Jan jgir, C. P. India,- sa y s: “I am so g la d to k n ow th at th e frien d s in th e hom eland are p rayin g for m e. I can fe e l it, esp e cia lly the la st few m onth s it seem s th a t p rayers su r round and ths-t th e Spirit is d raw in g me on to liv e a m ore con secrated life. It m u st be th a t som ebody is p ra y in g for me. I am so g la d to h ave had th e op p o rtu n ity to sp end som e tim e in the B ib le In stitu te and th a t I am considered a m em ber o f th a t b ig fam ily . Thank you and th e others th a t are p rayin g for us. W e certa in ly need it. F rom rep orts it m u st be v ery bad in th e hom eland too. B u t w e can sca rcely ex p ect a n y th in g else arid som etim es it seem s w hen I read th e se th in g s about t h # so -ca lled C hristian co u n tries th a t th e com in g of th e Lord m ust be n igh . Soriiehow it does n ot seem so .much so here becau se so m any of th e se p eople have n ot heard or a t le a st have n ot been in stru cted en ou gh to rea lly understand. A t hdrne m any k n ow if th ey do not b elieve, but here th ey do not k n ow and w h en one te lls it for th e first tim e or even a fter te llin g it a fe w tim es, th eir m ind is so darkened th a t th ey do n ot com prehend a t a ll.’ Mrs. G eo rg e Va n D u sen , ’20* w rites1 from Aba, Sudan, A frica: “The 9th of D ecem ber' ended our first three y ea rs of serv ice ou t here and w e p raise th e Lord for p erm ittin g u s to b eg in ariother year. ‘The Lord h ath done g rea t th in g s for us, w h ereo f w e are glad . W h ile G eorge has had a g rea t deal of fev er iri h is system , he h as a lw a y s been ab le to do h is w ork w ith the excep tion of a few tim es. A lso th e Lord w o n d erfu lly w ork ed in m y b e h a lf in b rin g in g me th rou gh th e op era tion and am now b eg in n in g to fe e l quite m y self again. “It lo o k s a s th o u g h w e w ill g e t an o p en in g in to th e v illa g e of one of the la r g e st ch iefs and th e one w h o la st year opposed u s th e m ost. # T he Lord has m rirvelously w ork ed in an sw er to prayer, for H e alon e h as pow er to w ork in m en ’s h ea rts in th is w a y . The ch ief is riot y e t saved but th ere are hundred s and p erhaps thou san d s o f frien d s in Am erica and E n g la n d p ra y in g for h is co n version . P le a se pray th a t the Lord w ill pour out a rea l tru e sp irit of su p p lica tion for th e se dear sou ls, th a t th ey m ay .bo .delivered from th e bondage of Satan arid sin and becom e n ew crea tu res in C hrist Jesus, tru stin g H im to keep them in H |s a lm ig h ty pow er. H e is ABLE to do it but I k n ow H e w arits us to h a v e ; a p a rt., in it and it is a b lessed p riv ileg e to be co -w o rk ers to g eth er w ith Hirti iri rescu in g so u ls ou t of darkness* in to H is m arvelou s lig h t. It is a g lo r iou s w ork, bu t it is n ot ea sy arid w e are -not out here to liv e lu x u rio u sly , and off th e fa t o f th e land a lth o u g h w e do have riiany good th in g s, for th e Lord ca res for H is own. Our w ork is from su n -u p to su n -d ow n and th e on es w e help the m ost som etim es seem th e m o st u n g ra tefu l, but w e h ave the b lessed prom ise o f H is w ord th a t ‘our labor is n ot in vain in th e Lord.
INSTITUTE VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. R alph N orton of B e l gium , are v isito rs a t th e In stitu te and h ave receh tly sp ok en a t m eetin g s held here. Dr . Ch arl es A . B lan chard , of W heaton C ollege, h as a lso recen tly been heard at th e B ib le In stitu te. Mr. and Mrs. W ill K en d a ll, are in the hom eland on fu rlo u g h from A frica. Mr. and Mrs. F r a n c isc o T ap ia (nee M argaret Sm ith ), ’23, recen tly sa iled for B olivia. Miss E d ith McN ut t, ’23, h as been ap p oin ted su p erin ten d en t of the junior d e partm en t ..of the. Church of the Open Door. The d ed ication serv ice o f the S cotia U nion Church, o f w h ich R ev. H aro ld M* R ob erts, ’14, is p astor w a s held on F eb ru ary 24th. D . V. M eth vin , one o f th e first stu d en ts of th e In stitu te, is p astor of four U n ited B reth ren chu rch es at H ead sville, W est V irgin ia. H a l M iller,’19, w h o is in e v a n g elistic w ork, w rites th a t he exp ected to be in A rk a n sa s in A pril and la ter in T exas. P la n s a fter th a t w ere u n certain bu t he hoped som etim e to retu rn to th e P acific Coast. H en ry 'F . Sto bb e, ’21, h as arrived at Minna, N orthern N igeria, W est A frica, and h a s been p riv ileg ed to sp eak through an in terp reter to a b o u t 70 in a m eetin g. H e hoped soon to be se n t to /w ork am ong a n ew tribe, .. Mr. an d Mrs. V an V . E d d in g s exp ect t o ’ return to the field in V en ezu ela in J u ly and are a sk in g for five m issio n a r ies to be ready to accom pany them . Mr. E d d in gs is tra v elin g fo r sev era l m onth s in the E a st, sp ea k in g about the needs o f South Am erica and the w ork of th e Orinoco R iver M ission. H arry O.. A nd ers on , ’15, is editor of T he E v a n g elistic R eview , a d ig est of ev a n g elistic effort and a m on th ly report of th e H arry O. A nderson m eetin g s, pub lish ed m on th ly a t Oakland, C alif. The A nderson p arty are dated for m eetin g s at W aterloo; Iow a, March 16th to April 6th, D es M oines, Iow a, M ay 4th to May 25th. Mr. an d Mrs. J. A. Mor ris K im b er , of Dos A n g eles,, le ft som e tim e ag o for E&ypt to a ss ist in th e w ork of the N ile E v a n g elistic Cam paign, w h ich is an e f fo rt to reach, by m ean s o f a. m ission uouseboat, ev ery tow n and v illa g e in E g y p t w ith the G ospel. R e v . H en ry M it ch ell ,’17, an E g y p tia n by birth, is a lso a sso cia ted w ith th is w ork. Th e B ib le In stitu te Gle e Club, com p osed of 24 y o u n g m en stu d en ts o f the B ible In stitu te , led by P rof. T row bridge, m ade a tour o f sev era l C aliforn ia tow n s givinjg' ou t th e G ospel in son g, from March 20th to 29th. S ervices w ere held a t B akersfield, Sh atter, H anfbrd, K in g s- burg, R eed ley, T urlock, M odesto, O ak land, S an ta Cruz, San L u is Obispo, Los Angeles.-
B I B L E S W A N T E D ! We are constantly having calls for Bibles from missionaries, native workers, and Converts who are without the means to purchase them. We have no fund from which we can supply this demand, as the amount necessary to supply our own evangelistic workers is very large. However, we shall be very glad tp pass on to those needing them any USED Bibles which may be sent to us for the purpose. Send to Mr. H. G. Dean, Manager, Biola Book Room, 536-558 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles, California, marking the package plainly, “For free distribution where needed.”
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