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T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
February, 1937
Biola World-Wide Prayer Circle Bv C hristina J. B raskamp As a remembrance from the Bible Insti tute of Los Angeles, over 500 copies of
The Bible Institute FAMILY C IRCLE
China for five years. She and her hus band are in charge of a small church. They have a lively boy of three years who loves to sing and speak in Chinese. The mail ing address is P. O. Box 734, Hong Kong, China. Christians in centers of political un rest in China need prayer during these days. Married Harold Walter Hilts and Ethel May Godbeer, Jan. 9, Los Angeles, Calif. Born To Joe R. ( ’25) and Mrs. Hoffman, a daughter, Mary Louise, Dec. 12, Los An geles, Calif. To Jacob P. (’26) and Mrs. Kliever (Freda Neufeld, ’30), a daughter, Anne Celeste, Nov. 13, Ashland, Ohio. T o Frank and Mrs. Knoy (Edna Cris- man, ’34), a son, Albert Franklin, Jan. 9, Long Beach, Calif. T o Hamilton (’33) and Mrs. Morrow (Emily G. Moses, ’34), a son, David Alex ander, Jan. 1, Pasadena, Calif. T o David P. (’28) and Mrs. Quiring (Myrtle Belle Reneau, ’27), a son, David Hayes, Dec. 24, Los Angeles, Calif. With the Lord Mrs. Edwin E. Cory, whose husband was a member of the class of 1933 at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, went into the pres ence of her Saviour on January 1, from Shanghai, China. Af t e r an em ergen cy operation for appendicitis in October, Mrs. Cory was unable to rally sufficiently. Mr. and Mrs. Cory, members of the China In land Mission, had been stationed for sev eral months at Kian in Kiangsi Province. Institute friends will wish to share through prayer the burden of Mr. Cory and the Chinese church in their loss. Word has come that Mrs. Herbert E. Grings, whose husband was graduated from the Institute in the class of 1916, was called Home from her sphere of service in Africa on June 21, 1936, after an illness caused by black-water fever. With Mr. Grings, she had been serving under the Congo Gospel Mission, Itsiku Plain Mis sion, Lokolama, via Oshwe, Congo Beige, Africa. It seemed impossible for Mr. Grings to continue itinerant preaching among the native villages, but the Lord has definitely enabled him and the five children to arrange for this work, with the participation of the older children. Mrs. Bertha Payne, ’24, who for several years hajl worked in the Government In dian Sanitorium in Dulce, N. Mex., went to be with the Lord on November 21, after a severe case of influenza. Mrs. Payne in her contact with girls from the Indian reserva tion found her Bible Institute training of great blessing to her own heart as she sought to minister to spiritual as well as material needs of the girls under her supervision.
Planting and Watering B elieved to be the only “ Flying Evan gelist with a Gospel Ship,” L. C. Robie, ’ 18, Union Springs, N. Y., has found that the use of his own airplane provides a wonderful point of contact with air pilots and mechanics as well as with the congregations in the churches in which he holds evangelistic services. The story of his escape from serious injury in a plane crash has led many to recognize the Lord’s protecting care. Frank J. ( ’29) and Mrs. Martens (Mary Lou Karber, ’33) have moved to Herbert, Sask., Can., where Mr. Martens has been serving on the teaching staff of the Herbert Bible School. Elmer L. Wilder, ’26, pastor of the Im perial Community Church, Imperial, Calif., is conducting a radio broadcast over Sta tion KXO, El Centro, Calif., on Monday evenings from 8:30 to 9:00 p . m . Marguerite Rouse, ’25, sailed in August to return to serve as assistant treasurer of the Nanking Theological Seminary, Nan king, Kiangsu, China. John C. (’31) and Mrs. Wiebe (Nancy Tupman, ’32), who have been in Minna, Nigeria, W . Africa, under the Sudan Inte rior Mission, write encouragingly of their progress with the language since their arrival there in May. ,They request prayer that they may continue in health despite the trying climate. They tell of the great need for evangelization there, closing with the appeal, “ Come over into Nigeria and help us.” Mrs. W . A. Bruce (Mary MacDonald, ’23) writes of her joy in the Lord’s work in Valleyfield, Prince Edward Island, Can ada. She is a busy mother on a farm, and is active in missionary and Sunday-school work in the church in which she has been serving. She writes: “ It is truly a joy to serve in some small way. I am thank ful for a Christian home and parents and that they sent us to such a place as Biola. I shall always be thankful for the oppor tunity of having been a student there.” Glenn (’34) and Mrs. Whitaker are serv ing the Lord at the Portland Mennonite Mission, Portland, Ore., where Mr. Whit aker has been appointed pastor and super intendent. Carl H. Andersen, ’ 30, after three years of Christian work in the slums of Copen hagen, Denmark, is now going out to hold gospel meetings in country districts in the various churches which invite him to hold services. Mr. Andersen may be reached in care of Mr. Gesner, 1+2 Gl. Kongevey, Copenhagen, Denmark. Alma McLain, ’26, Quincy, Calif., is teaching school. The community, located on the Feather River, is in the high Sierras and is frequently snowbound for much of the winter. Lillian C. Curtis, ’ 19, is serving at Biola as secretary to Miss Beatrice G. Prosser, Superintendent of Women. Mrs. Henry L. McCune (Gladys White, ’29), Tsung Fa City, China, has been in
E. J. Pace’s cartoon, “ Faith’s Prayer- Ground,” were mailed to the members of the Biola Prayer Circle—the faithful friends who spend an hour each week in prayer for Biola. Letters of appreciation have come from many grateful recipients. One friend in California writes: “ Kindly send me two more prayer posters which I wish to give to two churches, knowing that the inspiration which came to me when I received mine will come also to other friends when they see the posters on the wall and are reminded that ‘prayer is work, prayer works, and prayer leads to work.’ ” Another Biola intercessor com ments: “ I cannot express in words the blessings which have come to me since I have set aside one hour each week to pray for the Bible Institute.” - Will YOU join Biola’s World-Wide Prayer Circle? A copy of.Dr. Pace’s draw ing will be sent to you gladly, if you desire it. Address: Miss Christina J. Braskamp, 558 So. Hope St., Los Angeles, Calif. man who had been led astray. He must be brought back into fellowship with the Lord and become again an evangelistic messenger. From that day, Mr. Smith was often remembered in private prayer. The cry, “ Oh, God, bring him back; use him as in days of yore,” came from a heart stirred with compassion. Not long ago in Chicago, newspapers an nounced that Fred B. Smith was going to speak at a union ministers’ meeting at the Y. M. C. A. The writer saw and heard this dynamic and lovable man for the last time. Mr. Smith told a story from his own experience that caused the joy bells to ring in the heart of an intercessor. This is the story: “ I was brought up in a little town in Iowa. We had an old- fashioned church in that town. Every year we had a protracted meeting that lasted from corn-husking time until seeding time. There were some remarkable conversions in these revival meetings. “ A few years ago I was in China. I had a speaking engagement in the Union Church of a leading city, and I was invited to meet the missionaries. In the com- AROUND THE KING’S TABLE [Continued from page 45]
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