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A n the first day of March, 1953, U upon the termination of a twenty- year lease to the Willard Hotel the north wing of the Bible Institute building was renamed Horton Hall in memory of the beloved co-founder of the Bible Institute.
WESTMONT COLLEGE Roger J. Voskuyi, Ph.D., Pres. 55 LA PAZ ROAD • SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. ASundaySchool for'
Mrs. Lyman Stewart, widow of Biola co founder (center). Horton's daughters, Mrs. Ruth Wells, Mrs. Helen Walker, (rt.) A special service was held in the Church of the Open Door Auditor ium on that date, at which time Roy Creighton, director of the Los An geles County Christian Endeavor Union, an early graduate of B io l a and a close friend of “ Daddy” Hor ton, paid tribute to this faithful servant of the Lord. HORTON HALL— BERKELEY Berkeley, California, is the site of another Horton Hall which had its beginnings in 1935. It is the home of the University Christian Fellow ship, an affiliate of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. Founded by the late Rev. Vernon V. Morgan, this organization is now serving as a real missionary outpost on the University of California campus. Bible meet ings are held daily and a well- rounded program of evangelism and social fellowship is offered. Mrs. Vernon Morgan, daughter of Dr. Horton for whom the Los An geles building has been named, is carrying on this work of faith and a radio ministry six evenings a week. Rev. G. Raymond White, better known to the students as “ Pop,” is now active as full-time director.
inrural America J IMM Y is ten this year, and he thinks living on a farm is wonderful. T o h im rural Am erica is a swimming h ole o r a ride atop a hayrack in the summertime — skimm ing across a frozen pond o r sliding down a h ill in winter.
But sometimes a rural community can be lonely for a boy. And a boy like Jimmy misses out on some pretty important things, too. Sunday School, for instance. Jimmy has never been to Sunday School— the nearest church is 40 miles away. He's never heard the Gospel story or
That’s why the American Sunday School Union sends out missionaries to America’s rural communities to start Sunday Schools. These missionaries now minister to nearly 180,000 families each year — conducting more than 2,468 Sunday Schools and 1.576 Daily Vaca tion Bible Schools. These Schools must be kept active— and many more must be started — if boys like Jimmy are to hear the Gospel. Your prayerful sup port of the American Sunday School Union will help take a Sunday School to Jimmy. Will you answer this need?
sung *’Jesus Loves Me.*” You may think that's unusual, but actually there are thousands of children in rural Amer ica who’ve never gone to a Sunday School.
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