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plies to her own query in the following words: “It has meant struggles, unhappi ness, victory, peace, joy ! Struggles began when the realization came that Christ de mands all —a complete surrender to Him. Unhappiness followed. Joy and peace came when the surrender was made and then victory was mine.”
The Pacific Northwest I t h a s been suggested that it would be of interest to know how many students are at the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles representing some one section of the coun try, how many graduates and former stu
from each of the nine high schools in the city meet each week for Bible study. Doris V. Coffin, ’30, and Ruth H. Walter, ’27, have been living at “The Firs” conference grounds at Bellingham, Wash., and have been teaching ygung people’s classes on what they term their “circuit,” between Bellingham and Seattle. Belva Atkinson, ’29, is working with high school groups in Vancouver, B. C. Eunice R. Hart, ’26, finds hef days crowded with service in the Oregon State School for the Deaf. A large proportion of the forty workers are Christians. In addition to her week-day activities in the office, Miss Hart helps with the Sunday- school conducted by the workers in the institution. John Kopp, ’33, has organized a Fisher men’s Club in Yakima, Wash., where he has been working in a brokers’ associa tion. Paul Roper, ’33, is attending the West ern Baptist Theological Seminary at Port land, Ore. Biola graduates o f ’33 have organized a gospel team for service in Seattle, Wash. Stanley Norwick is leader, and other mem bers are Helen Snyder, Hazel Norwick, and Sterling Keyes. Many whom the Lord has brought from the Northwest to Biola for training have heard His call to foreign lands. Their fields o f service include: A f r i c a — Ab raham F. ( ’31) and Mrs. Kroeker (Mary Neufeld, ’30) ; China—George A. Birch, ’28, David Campbell, ’24, Dorothy Camp bell, ’26, Marian Carleson, J. H. ( ’26) and Mrs. Casto (Marguerite Naughton, ’26)-— the latter two on furlough at Milwaukee, Ore,, Mrs. Eugene Crapuchettes (Winifred Kopp, ’28), Mrs. John Duddington (Irma Dudrow, ’26), John G. Bee, ’30, Dick Hillis, ’32, Lois Prossor, ’23, Marjorie Rattray, ’31, Nathan E. ( ’29) and Mrs. Walton (Lois Whipple, ’29), Elden C. ( ’24) and Mrs. Whipple, ’29, and Goldie Wilson, ’25; Ecuador—Carl T. Carlson, ’ 19; India —Zarra S. Hoon, ’21, and Olga E. Noreen, ’26; and Siam—Mabel L. Jordan, ’20. Among the Lord’s choice servants are many, “workers together with God,” who regard both the Pacific Northwest and the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles as home. In their varied fields o f service, these Insti tute representatives are giving a clear tes timony for Jesus Christ. The Bible In stitute of Los Angeles thanks God upon every remembrance of their loyalty. Alumni Reunion U sually twice each year, the members of the Alumni Association of the Bi ble Institute of Los Angeles return to Biola, with their friends, for an evening o f Christian fellowship. When the midwinter meeting for 1934 was announced for Feb ruary 9, interest was at once manifested, and former students began to urge their classmates and friends to be present at the reunion. The number that responded to the invitation to the fellowship supper in the Fishermen’s Club room exceeded 200, and other friends who could not be present
dents are now at w o rk in that territory, how m any mission a r ie s w h ose h o m e s w e r e formerly in this r e g io n h a v e gone forth to foreign fields, and something about the activ ities of each of these individu als, Obviously, it is impossible to secure com plete informa tion c o v e r in g
Coming to Biola because o f the call to seek first the kingdom o f God and His righteousness, many students have witnessed the Lord’s provision for their material as well as spiritual needs. Frequently, employment has
Some of the young people from the North west who are now enrolled as students at the , Institute.
been providen tially supplied to students in an hour of spe cial need. “ It is quite an experi ence,” declares a young woman fr om Oregon, “ to find that your p u rse is empty and that y o u n e e d a dime, yes, only a dim e, fo r som e practical need—and then t o s e e t h e Lord’s hand in tervene and sup ply a dollar— d o in g exceed ingly abundant ly above all that we ask or think. Yes, that is the kind o f a Sav io u r I have found Him to be —n ever failing —and I learned to know Him in that way during the days spent at Biola.” Many more testimonies of present Insti tute students might be recorded. But a word must be said concerning at least a few o f the men and women, trained at Biola, who have found in the Pacific Northwest their field of service for the Lord. A number o f Biola graduates have been burdened for regions in northern British Columbia where there are no Sunday- schools or churches. Among these zealous former students are George R. ( ’28) and Mrs. Dawe (Evelyn M. Hill, ’29). Last June, Mr. Dawe resigned his pastorate in the Baptist Church, Mission City, B. C., in order to go “on faith” into definite evan gelistic work in the rural districts o f the province. Taking a small gospel tent and a folding organ, Mr. and Mrs. Dawe went north, a distance of SSO miles from Van couver, into a spiritually neglected region to hold meetings for adults and children. Biola graduates have been assisting in the_ work of the High School Christian Union in Seattle, Wash. Under the aus pices o f the Union, Christian young people
these points. The section which is featured this month is the Pacific Northwest— Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia—and the facts which are given con cerning students in or from this region might be multi plied many times; but it is hoped that even this frag mentary account of activi ties may be a source of en couragement and an urge to .prayer. The Northwest is repre sented by fifty-six students now enrolled at the Institute. O f these, eight are from B r itish Columbia, thirty- three from Washington, and fifteen from Oregon. Nine
o f these students have come from one church—the Broadway United Presby terian, Bellingham, Wash., where Leonard L. ( ’22) and Mrs. Gaylord (Fern Atkin son, ’22) are serving. The group includes school teachers, young people coming from high school, college, or business, and in one case, a former member o f a dance orchestra. In spite of varied backgrounds, the fact of the Lord’s call to each one has opened the way for unity in Christian fellowship at Biola. A few testimonials, chosen from among many, express the students’ gratitude to God for Biola. For instance, one young woman voices appreciation of the hours of classroom instruction and o f private devotion which were hers at the Institute. “The happiest years of my life have been spent within the walls of dear old Biola,” she writes. “ In the classrooms, I have learned the wonders of God’s Holy Word, and in my own room, I have learned to know my Lord Jesus Christ as an ever present Friend and faithful Guide.” Another student asks the question, “What has Biola meant to me?” and re
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