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ness? J am twenty-six years old, and have been an outlaw all my life. I’m just no good.” Later, in the peniten tiary, he Was led to the Lord. He is out of prison now, and is living a con sistent Christian life—because a busi ness man was faithful in getting out the Word by the gospel bomb method. II. GOSPEL IN BOTTLES (Isa. 32:20), A surprisingly large percentage of return cards from the tracts in bottles, request further information about the way .of salvation. The finders of the bottles usually seem to think that the message has come to, them directly. An engineer on a freight train car ries an automatic gun with him. Al though- he is a crack shot, he tried fifty times to hit a certain bottle in a pond, ^ut without success. When he took ffie bottle from the water, he was disgusted to discover some Christian tracts were in it, and he threw them away. Later, he began to reason that God had protected that bottle, so that he could pot hit it, and he made a special trip to see a conductor friend In order to learn the way pf salva tion. It had been the conductor’s habit to toss out thousands of bottles con taining tracts. III. TRACTS FOR CHILDREN (John 21:15). Tracts are effective in reaching chil dren, and children make good "news boys” for Christ in getting them out to others. After a radio broadcast, the following letter was received from a child: "I don’t know who It was that spoke of those tracts, but I am anxious to get them. It was a lucky thing they were only one cent for twenty-five, for if they had cost much more, I couldn’t have bought them, as we are quite poor, 1 want fifteen cents’ worth. I am ten years old. Yesterday I wrote to my cousin L. W. about being a Christian. We have one tract at home that we have been keeping for our selves, and I wrote to him about what was in that tract, because he has to sign up for war.” . Conclusion > "My word . . , that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto nie void, but' it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it” (Isa. 55:11), Here is a hobby that combines a sure promise of future benefit. It is also an activity that gives joy now. Business men prove, by their buying pages of advertising in expensive magazines, that the appeal of the printed-page is effective. What a chal lenge this is to the Christian to give attractive, well-printed gospel tracts at every opportunity! Let this be your hobby.
BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES APRIL 25, 1944
Dean Banta, '32, ministers to over four hundred members of the Baptist Church, Broadalbin, N. Y. He also holds a Sunday afternoon service in Gloversville, N. Y. . Glenn Lawrence, B. Th. ’42, is the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hawthorne, Calif. This work started as a mission in- a defense area and is now a self- supporting church.. Not until the Lord comes will there cease to be Biola reunions. In Dallas, Tex'., Lyman (’34) and Mr£ Wendt (Helen Gilbert, ’38)' discovered that there are thir teen members of the Biola Fam ily attending Dallas Theological Seminary. The following were in vited to an evening of Biola fel lowship: Anne Cheairs; Kenneth and Mrs. Chrisman (Edith Carl son, ’35); Dwight and Mrs. Cus- tis; Arthur and Mrs: Grimstead (Esther Bekker); Harlan L. Har ris; Oscar and Mrs. Hegg (Pearl Schwartz); Ray and Mrs. Kahle (Mary-Pearl Reinhard, ’36); How ard and Mrs. McKaughan (Bar bara Budroe); and Cyril ( ’37) and Mrs. Reid (Ruby Cox). "Speed the Light” was the theme of a Biola gathering in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pic tured above (1. to r.): H e l e n Regier, ’43; Floreine Dirks, '43; Marvei Kintner, ’43; Jack and Mrs. Stradley- (’42), and son Jack; Beulah Osborn, '42. Let’s have many more Biola reunions during the coming spring and s u m m e r months. Write and tell us about yours! Remember our prayer respon sibility this month is for all for mer Biola men who are earthly shepherds of the flocks belong ing to that great Shepherd of the sheep. . On page 189 you will find the latest news regarding old and new friends. His for service,
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Last month we heard from our servicemen, many of whom are in the front lines of this war. Now we want to turn to the home front and greet the minis ters of the gospel who are wag ing . -piritual battles With the Sword of th, Lord. Those having 'answered calls to pew work include: Fred W. Hoffman, ’21, as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Oxnard, Calif.; Joe Olson at the First Christian Church of Lynwood, Calif., and Roy Butler, ’42, at the First Baptist Church of Mead, Nebr. John Falconer, ’24, is on the staff of the Victory Service Club in Los Angeles. After six teen years as a pastor in Escon dido, Calif., Earl. F. Morgan, ’22, is now affiliated with the Chris tian Service Organization at Santa Ana, Calif. John Porter, ’38, has arrived in Marshfield, Ore., where ‘ he will work .With Neil Barnes, T9, who is pastor of the First ,Baptist Church. Mr. Barnes has three other churches in outlying dis tricts' under his supervision. You will find David Braun, ’20, in Placentia,, Calif., where he serves as minister of the Presby terian Church.^ Gene Fussel, B. Th. ’40, pastor of the Lincoln Heights Church, Los Angeles, reports t h a t his mission project located at 2014 Riverside Dr., in the same city, continues to make outstanding progress.
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