THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
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The Evening School of the Institute has a promising outlook for the term just opening, a goodly number being enrolled. Rev. W. H. Pike is in charge. The enrollment of the Correspon dence School has considerably more than doubled in the past year and many are now enrolling for special work during the winter. I Ab.■ MONUROSE BIBLE CONFERENCE July 26th to August 4th. The eleventh annual session of the Montrose Bible Conference was held in Montrose, Pa., from July 25th to August 4th. It seems to be the opinion of all who have been in touch with this Conference from its beginning in August, 1908, that this was in every respect the best Conference that has ever been held at this place. Early in the year, because of war conditions and the increased difficulty of travel and the pressure of business and other inter ests upon everybody, it was questioned whether it would be wise to hold a Conference this year, but after much prayer and consultation it was decided to do so. Everyone is now rejoicing in the decision to continue the Conference even in these trying times. The average attendance at the ses sions of the Conference was quite a lit tle larger than that in past years. Most of those who had come in former years were present and there were many new friends. The Montrose Bible Conference gives mord time than the other conferences with which we are acquainted, to sys tematic Bible teaching and less time to mere sermonizing and platform addresses. There were ministers pres ent who have a world wide reputation as preachers, but they gave their time rather to Bible exposition than to preaching sermons. Among the teach ers present were Rev. Prof. W. H. Grif fith Thomas of Wycliffe College, of the Church of England, Toronto, formerly principal of one of the colleges at
Oxford University; Rev. William Evans, Associate Dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Mr. George Rhoad of Africa; Rev. John M. Mclnnis, Ph. D., Pastor of the South Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, N. Y. These together with Dr. Torrey were the most fre quent speakers at the Conference. Dr. Griffith Thomas devoted most of his time to the exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Dr. Evans was chiefly occupied with the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi, and the last book of the New Testament, Revelation. Dr. Mclnnis devoted his entire time to the exposition of the two Epistles of Peter. Dr. Torrey conducted the prayer hour each day with very short expositions on the subject of prayer, and gave a num ber of addresses at the evening ses sions, these addresses for the most part were on the Second Coming of Christ, the doctrine of our Lord’s Return occupying a larger space in this Con ference than in any Conference that has ever been held at Montrose, not only Dr. Torrey speaking upon the sub ject, but Dr. Evans and Dr. Mclnnis. Mr. George Rhoad was used in a remarkable way. He' came here prac tically unknown as a Conference speaker. He had spent the past winter in Los Angeles and Dr. Torrey had come in contact with him at the Bible Institute and in connection with the Africa Inland Mission, and had acci dentally heard of how greatly he had been used at some conferences in Cali fornia, and so invited him to the Mont rose Bible Conference, but with no anticipation of how largely God was going to use him. His addresses not only awakened a new interest in mis sions in Africa and elsewhere, but led many to deep heart searchings and to a new consecration of their lives to God and His service. We hope we may be able to get a report of some of his addresses to print in the future in The King’s Business. The weather, for the most part, was
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