Pastor! Deacon! Teacher! Superin tendent! Will you call your church to prayer? Such is the appeal of a tract written by K. Owen White, ’22, ’24, ag gressive pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle of Washington, D. C. A pow erful plea for the people of God ac cording to Second Chronicles 7:14, to stem the ever-increasing tide of pro fanity, drunkenness and pagan moral decay. The children of God hold the answer to these problems. Will we dis appoint Him? What is your answer? Edward E. Case ’43, has been ap pointed superintendent of the West In dies division of the International Child Evangelism Fellowship, and will make his headquarters in Cuba. An interest ing item is that the wife of the inter national Director and founder of this movement, J. Irvin Overholtzer, is a graduate of Biola, known to us as Ruth Naomi Pennebaker ’19. In addition to this, there are three city missionaries, Mary Bishop ’25, Mrs. Amel Anderson ’24, Marjorie Moland ’48, and three of fice employees, Phyllis Jacobson ’48, Lossie Brown ’34 working with Riedar M. Kalland ’42, recently chosen to suc ceed Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ranney, who have been so long at the head of this important work among the children. A featured article in the Christian Digest for April presents the portrait of the Young People’s Church of the Air preacher, Percy Crawford ’26. Of him, Harry J. Albus says: “ Saved as a teen-ager in September 1923, at a service in the Church of the Open Door . . . just graduated from high school in Portland . . . a student at UCLA. After receiving Christ and realizing that the transaction was real he at tended Biola and was graduated in 1926, then returned to UCLA and be came a real witness to God’s saving power.” “Eschol Cosby and his Christian Cowboys” are an evangelistic team from Biola who are taking week-end services. They present a musical program of gospel music rendered in western style on electric guitars, mandolin, string bass and solo-vox, concluding with a sermon, and invitation. Pray for this earnest group; over three hundred souls have come to know the Lord through their ministry. James G. Dixon, Jr., converted under the ministry of Dr. Walter L. Wilson in Kansas City, cum laude graduate of Biola in ’44, and ordained to the min istry of the Brethren Church in ’47, is the present pastor of the West Tenth Street Brethren Church of Ashland, Ohio. During school days at the Bible Institute he made an aggressive effort to win lost souls for Christ, the Lord having opened unto him unusual doors of service. He will be remembered as the editor of the Biolan for 1943. Bums and Mrs. Anderson (Margaret Fraser), former students, have moved to Laguna Beach, Calif., P.O. Box 182, after a three years’ ministry in Chica go. Bums is now cooperating with the Youth Gospel Crusade, Inc., of Wheaton, M A Y , I 9 4 9
Missionary Wedding The surprise of the year was the wed ding, in Mexico City, of Marjory E. MacMillan ’34, to William G. Nyman, Jr., which occurred Jan. 26th, in one of Mexico’s finest hotels, the Posada del Sol. Alicia de Leon ’47, said, “ The Lord was definitely honored,” and that is just what we would expect from these two young people dedicated to the service of the Lord, and working with the Wycliffe Bible Translators. With the Lord From France comes the word of the homegoing of Jeanne Saucy ’25, on December 7th, 1948, the very day the family purchased tickets for a visit to Jeanne’s home in Salem, Ore. Her husband and five children mourn her loss, but Mr. Weber writes: “ In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall di rect thy paths. He holds the key of all unknown.” Henri Weber is pastor of the Baptist Church, Court, Jura Ber- nois, Switzerland. Marjory MacMillan-Nyman ’34, bride of the year, flew home to attend the funeral of her father who, although in disposed for several months, passed suddenly into the presence of the Lord following a heart attack on March 19th. Mrs. MacMillan is returning with Mar jory to spend a month in Mexico City where the young people are engaged in further study for their work with the Wycliffe Translators. The following quotation from a letter from Sophie and Ray G. de la Haye ’34, ’36, furloughing at 212 St. George St., Toronto 5, Ontario, Canada, sounds a note of triumph despite the home going of their 8 ^ -year-old son: “ Ted went to be with ‘the One he loved best o f'a ll’ (as he often told us), on Sunday evening, March 6. He knew he was going to be with his Lord Jesus, but was not afraid as he was ready to go, and He was close beside him all the way home. “ Ray and I have found the Lord has taken the ‘sting of death’ away and there is victory through Christ. Our hearts are filled with His peace; and ‘we sorrow not as those without hope’ but rather ‘rejoice in the blessed hope.’ “ Our testimony: ‘He has given us, beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness . . . that He might be glorified’.” The Bible Institute Faculty announce with real sorrow the death by drowning, of David Luckensmeyer, a Freshman, age 18, on April 11, at Coronado Beach. David, a talented musician, was on the Easter tour of the Bible Institute Band. His sister was a student at Biola in 1946. David was planning on full-time Christian service, but in a moment he was “ absent from the body” and “pres ent with the Lord” he loved. It was a wonderful transition for the young man but a heavy blow for his family and friends. Biola Family Circle extends sincere sympathy to these bereaved families. Page Seventeen
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“Above all things have fervent char ity [love] among yourselves: for char ity [love] shall cover the multitude of sins” (1 Pet. 4:8). Brief, to-the-point articles con cerning Christian work carried on by our Family, accompanied by photographs, are welcomed by the editor of Biola Family Circle. 111., conducting six to eight-day youth campaigns for local churches. Many youngsters have found Christ in the midwest, and a recent campaign in Harry MacArthur’s Baptist Church in Eagle Rock was fruitful in the salva tion of a number of the youth in that community. Mystery object lessons, thrilling nature films and beautiful felt paintings crystallize the gospel story in young hearts.
The Stradley Family. Frank and Frances Stradley ’42, Box 784, Seward, Alaska, are redeeming the time in strenuous missionary effort, and rejoicing in the way the Lord is work ing in hearts in their district. A new door of service has been opened unto them, that of a radio ministry which reaches all of Seward, out into the high ways and byways of the Kenai Penin sula. This is a work of faith and they ask our prayers that it may continue. A Bible conference is planned for the summer; it will be held at Coopers Land ing. A man in this village has opened up his home for them to hold a Sunday school. Be mindful of these requests. Frances is a trained nurse and a busy housewife with two boys, Michael and David Lee.
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