First Baptist Church of Clearwater, and more recently he has been assisting evan gelist Porter L. Barrington of Van Nuys. This is an important position to which our fellow Biolan has been chosen; not only do we congratulate him for his labor for the Lord in the past years, but prayer should focus on his work in the heart of this great city. Milton has a consecrated Christian wife; Doris, and three small children, 2 to 5% years of age. Forty hours of flying without a single stop landed Eunice Peevey, ’46, at her station in Mopa via Lokoja, Nigeria, B. W . Africa, following a furlough in the States. Snow was falling rapidly when the plane left New York and continued all the way to Rome, and, says Eunice, “ it was quite a change to arrive here in the sweltering heat!” W. Cameron Townsend, director of the Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., has made the significant statement that the Word of God in the tribal vernacular will be irresistible. To this end he requests earnest prayer that the work of this organization may advance to the Orient: recruits (scores of them during 1953), funds, official favor, open doors and protection until every language has been given the Word of God. Edward E. Case, ’43, director of Child Evangelism for Cuba, sends out a note of praise for the prayer warriors who have labored at home and elsewhere for the success of the work committed to his over sight in this needy field. He says, “We saw the hand of God move in a most wonderful way in the province of Pinar del Rio. Two missionaries there, in ten short years, under the hand of God, have raised a Bible Institute, trained some choice workers and have sent them forth over this field to establish local churches. We have visited these areas, held chil dren’s meetings and adult classes. As close as we can figure some 530 children acknowledged Christ as Saviour, and 59 adults decided for Him too. A neighbor ing priest held a fiesta (party) to keep
awarding of a high British honor, mem bership in the Order of the British Em pire, to John Nickel, a missionary of the Sudan Interior Mission at Jos, Nigeria, ‘for conspicuous bravery in April when, near the town of Jos, he tackled with his bare hands a leopard which was mauling an administrative officer. In tackling the leopard Nickel himself received ser ious injuries.’ ” The prayer groups of B iola had word of this tragedy and pre vailing prayer for his recovery was offered, and answered. John is back at his con struction work. His wife was Eleanor D. Cole, ’46. They have three children. Jack and Helen Brown, ’41, founders of Bear Track Bible Mission, Inc., announce the addition of two more children to their home, as follows: “ In February two more Abner children (Woodrow, 16 months, and Douglas, 28 months) were left home less because their mother ‘picked up’ and left them. They are the brothers of the three little Abners we have had for the past three years. Their mother ran out of the house in her night clothes, jumped into a car and left the state. . . Pre viously she had locked the babies in the house, with a fire burning, leaving them alone for a day at a time.” There are 37 children in this home; pray for then- varied needs. Bruce McKenzie, ’49, 1144 Bresee Ave., Pasadena, has been preaching in north ern California for more than two years, but, with his family has returned to the Pasadena area. In the North he ministered to three churches 19 miles apart, preach ing twice weekly in each pastorate. Gordon Titus, ’46, Applegate, Oregon, has been pastoring a small community church since 1951. Gordon and Lorraine, who will be remembered as elevator oper ator in Lyman Stewart Hall, have two young children, Paul and Sharon. Mrs. A. H. Nelson (Florence Carlson, ’20), Creston, Mont., writes: “ We work in a neighborhood Sunday school where God has been pleased to bless our words of testimony for Him. Several of our neighbors have been saved; as we visit in their homes in Bible study and prayer we are happy to be able to observe their growth in grace and knowledge.” Rachel Zosche, ’52, S.M.M., has been accepted as a missionary to Chile to work under the Soldiers’ and Gospel Mission of S.A. Rachel has testified, “Way back as a long-legged ten-year old, I told folks I was going to be a missionary.” This dream of a little girl is now verified. Ernest (’28) and Elsie Holtinger-Brown (’27) have moved to- 2735 Foothill Blvd., Oakland 1, Calif., after having spent 15 years pastoring a Baptist church in John Day, Oregon. Beatrice Tannehill-King, ’25, A IM mis sionary at Aungba, Congo, for many years, sounds a note of sadness in her last letter. In a safari made by auto, bicycle and on foot she visited one village where joy reigned in the hearts of the new parents of a tiny baby boy, who lived but a few minutes and then went back to God who gave it. Sympathy and love were shown these sorrowing parents, and we feel God had a plan in sending her to this home at this particular time.
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“Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy name to another, and shall declare thy mighty iworks’ ’ (Psa. 145:3, 4). Joseph M. and Gene Gilbert-Copeland, MO and ’41, and their children, David, Donald and Sharroll, now located at 298- 3 Choma Konji, Suganami-Ku, Tokyo-to Japan, have had varied interesting experi ences. There seems to be much of oriental beauty smothered by the mire of pagan ism, finding not one Christian in many villages visited. A t one resort Joe was granted the opportunity of preaching to “ geisha” girls and prostitutes. Hundreds of them are to be found in the hot-springs resorts. The highlight of the campaign came at Shimoda, a city at the very tip of the peninsula where he had an oppor tunity to reach a fleet of 80 boats of fishermen in the harbor. These men had come down from the frozen North to fish for squid. Joe grasped the occasion and had a short meeting on the water front where his group were able to dis tribute over 1,000 little red Gospels. A night meeting brought out 150 men, 25 of whom accepted Christ as Saviour. Milton and Clara Neufeld-Warkentin (’42), Apdo. 2975, Mexico City, Mex., have a bit of news that will rejoice the hearts of those who are praying for the going-forth of the Word of God translated into the native languages of the various fields. The Gospel of Mark is about to be distributed to the tribes speaking Huave. Indian co-laborers in the Wycliffe trans lation work get an understanding and in terest in the Word of God; some have in terested their friends to the extent that they have investigated, and some have taken a stand for the Lord. The Warken- tins have three children, David, Ann and Lois. Elias D. White, formerly on the teach ing staff of the Bible Institute, is the newly-appointed dean of the Brookes Bible Institute, St Louis, Mo. He is honored by this appointment in that he is suc ceeding Dr. J. H. Gauss, now retired at the ripe age of 97 years, following service in this official capacity for forty years. Dr. White earned his doctorate in theo logy at Dallas Theological Seminary. Milton C. Gould, ’47, has been called to the post of Minister of Evangelism and Church Administrator of our neigh boring Temple Baptist Church of Los Angeles with J. Lester Harnish as pastor. For three years Milton was pastor of the
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the children from coming to our classes. Not one child went to his party, leaving him to “ enjoy” his refreshments alone! Aron Jantzen, ’31, is superintendent of the Bethesda Leprosy Hospital and Home at Champa, M.P., India. Mrs. Jantzen (Kathryn Louthan ), ’30, ’31, and a regis tered nurse, has charge of the boarding home for children of leprous parents. They have 400 patients and 40 healthy children. This institution has been in operation since 1902, thus serving in a Strategic capacity this half century. They write, “ It is a joy to see folks find Christ and confess Him in baptism.” From Eternity, edited by Donald G. Barnhouse, ’ 15, the following item is gleaned: “The London Times reports the
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