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Current Business LOUIS T. TALBOT, Editor-in-Chief
brance of that prayer, since it was many donors, and not just one, who contributed to the giving. But the prayer was answered, most graciously, as the Lord u s e d the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute not only as a leader in the inauguration of the plan, but also in his willingness to match, dollar for dollar, amounts sent in during the first week in January. For this gen erous gesture of Ray A. Myers, the In stitute thanks God—but no more than for the gifts of dimes or of dollars of friends who could not give more. “We are members of one body”'— and if there is any one truth that the period of financial struggle and of deliverance has taught us it is that unity in the body of Christ is a pre cious and a powerful thing. Henceforth, all gifts received at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles will be used in the constructive task of training consecrated youth for wit nessing at home and abroad. ■t Progress Ahead In gratitude to God for His lifting of the burden of indebtedness from the Institute, officials of the school are moving forward in faith to em brace the larger opportunities that are at hand. Plans are under way for strength ening of the Educational Department. A motion picture is being prepared, depicting the work of the s c h o o l , and is to be released to interested friends who desire to show it. The In stitute library is to be enlarged; min isters who wish to dispose of part or all of their choice theological books aré invited to communicate with the Dean concerning this matter. More prayer, more faith, more dili gent study df the Word of God, more witnessing to the lost at home arid abroad—these are the aims toward which - the "new” Bible Institute is striving, by the grace of God. Private lii Action The war is bringing to view, quick ly, some kinds of encouragement for which more normal times would re quire a longer period of waiting. For example, there came to my office a few days ago a fine appear ing Private First Class. On the way to the vestry he had chanced to meet in the lobby two of his former Sunday- school teachers—one who remembered the mother as she brought her toddler to the Cradle Roll class, and the other who had had the boy in a group of lively junior-high-school pupils. A ll through his growing years, he had been “ a good boy,” a regular at tendant at church and its organiza tions. In young manhood, he made confession of Christ as Saviour, but he was not outstanding as a leader.
Hallelujah! There is no longer any-debt on the two dormitory buildings of the be loved Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Above these two beautiful thirteen- story structures, the illuminated testi mony, “ Jesus Saves,” now has even greater significance than before. As this issue of THE KING’S BUSI NESS goes to press, it is too early to give fu ll details, but it is not too early to praise God for the mighty victory that He has wrought. Within a period of only a .few months, thousands of dollars were, re ceived, of which only about $4,000 is due in pledges. Commenting on this fact, a Los Angeles bank vice-presi dent wrote: May we take this opportunity of congratulating you on the splen did accomplishment of your or ganization in having raised and paid on your debt $115,000 since August, 1943. The achievement reflects conscientious effort by your entire organization. Indeed, every organization connect ed with the church, the Sunday-school, and the Institute has contributed gen erously. For the most part, however, the gifts have been small amounts from individual donors. One o f the many radio listeners wrote:
I am enclosing a small gift as an expression of the grateful hearts of all'the members of my family. Several years ago, we lis tened to a sermon preached by the President of the Institute on “Three Hells: Hell in the Heart, Hell in the Home, and Hell in the Here after.” We were experiencing the first two, and we were on the way to the third. But the Lord stopped us that night, and now every member of our family can truly testify that it is heaven in the heart, heaven in 'the home,: and heaven ahead of us. May God abundantly bless the Bible Insti tute of Los Angeles. At least sixteen .persons asked to have the honor of contributing the last block! Without doubt, the others who desired this privilege w ill step aside in favor of a sailor, recuperat ing from wounds and shock received in action, whose gift was a ring worth $100. An older brother had died in August, represented by the first gold star in the service flag. In answer to prayer—in some cases the prayer of many years—the money came in. One good friend of the In stitute had been heard to pray often in public that the Lord would lay upon the heart of, some one person thé desire to liquidate the indebtedness on the Institute buildings. Perhaps some w ill smile, now, at the remem
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