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One of the present most pressing needs of the mission is funds for the erection of a suitable building for the Bible School, which it is hoped to establish along the lines of a Bible Institute. Miyang is a city of 10,000 Chinese inhab itants and the eleven Americans of the mission, but the district of which this is the center, and which the mission attempts to cover, has a half-million people. The city proper is surrounded by a brick will, from 15 to 20 feet high and 10 feet wide, which is used as a promenade. As the purpose of the wall- is protection from robbers, the gates are locked at sunset, and if one happens to be outside at that hour, it is very difficult to get in. Mr. Nowack tells of his own experience in this direc tion. The watchman, who spends the night on top of the gate, took his passport and sent it to the city authorities, and after much ceremony and attendant delay the gate was opened.
Mr. Nowack and his family have taken up their home at No. 5034.Rangeview Ave nue, near Occidental College, Los Angeles, where they will remain during their fur lough, and where they will be pleased to be consulted concerning their work. They will also be glad to talk of their expe riences and explain their needs before churches and Sunday schools, on request. Another pressing need is for a mission rest home on Chi Kong Shan mountain, where all must go for rest and recupera tion during the hot months. The present small cottage has been outgrown and is worn out by ten years’ service. Also another dwelling house at the mission, and a half score of other things of which they will tell you. Miyang is 600 miles west of Shanghai, by boat; 200 miles north by rail, and sixty miles west by mule-cart.
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DEATH OF WILLIAM THORN
ILLIAM THORN, a director of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, died on Thursday, April 19, 1917, after a linger ing illness, aged 74 years. Mr. Thorn was one of God’s noblemen. He was a native of Illinois, and served four years in an Illinois regiment during the Civil War. At the close of the war he returned to Illinois, then removed to St. Paul, Minn., and later to Denver. Seven years ago he retired from active business and came to Los Angeles, and having been associated with Rev. T. C. Horton in religious work in St. Paul, naturally centered his interest in the Bible Institute, of which he became a director,
and he was secretary of the board at the time of his death. Among his benevo lences was the support of several missiona ries in the foreign field. He is survived by the following relatives: Mrs. Elizabeth Virginia Thorn, the widow, in this city; Mrs. Daisy Thorn Carver, a daughter, also of this city, and Clifton B. Thorn, a son, in Denver, Colo. The funeral was held on Saturday, April 21, in the Bible Institute Auditorium con ducted by Dr. R. A. Torrey, pastor of the Church of the Open Door, of which con gregation the deceased was an Elder.
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