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amount of money to complete the enter prise, our eyes are upon the Almighty One to whom the building has been dedicated, and we covet earnest and continuous prayer that everything in connection with its erec tion should please Him and that the funds may be available as we need them. Will you not pray very definitely for this? We hope to lay the cornerstone on Friday, May the 24th. The Oil Field Mr. Sloan writes from Oreutt: “Have just closed a week’s meetings in this place. We had eight conversions. Six united with the church. The attendance was from 30 to 65—pretty good for that place. The fol lowing letter from Oreutt bears testimony to the work. “Mr. Sloan and his companion have just completed a series of meetings at Oreutt and we take this opportunity to thank the Institute for sending such men into the field. This is the fifth year Mr. Sloan has been with us and we have come to look for his' yearly visit with great expectation and pleasure. We are always refreshed and stronger after his visit. May the Lord bless the Institute in its great work. Yours in Him, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. F. A Live Sunday School At the Yoke Fellows Hall, Mr. Mullen has organized a Sunday School for the newsboys and bootblacks and it is a live school. The boys have a lunch at twelve- thirty and then give themselves to a song service and Bible study. The boys are taught Bible verses. It is not necessary to say that these boys are smart, quick-witted and impressionable. They demand the real thing and they get it. Their recitation of Scripture verses is gratifying and their con duct satisfying. Most of these boys come from homes where the Bible is an unknown quantity and the name of Christ only known in blasphemy. We are hoping that we may be able to get access to the homes for some of our Bible women. Meetings at the hp}] continue to be
blessed and there are conversions every night. The Student’s Social The students held a social gathering at the residence of Superintendent Horton last month. A delightful walk up to the top of Mount Washington was rewarded by a vision such as is rarely enjoyed even in Southern California. Valleys and foot hills with mountains in the background on one side, the city with the sea beyond on the other, and to the north and south great stretches of landscape. The students be came boys and girls again and played old- fashioned games, in which the Faculty joined with zest With keen appetites they descended the hill and gathered around a blazing fire on the hillside and had an old- fashioned barbecue. An hour of story telling was followed by Gospel songs in the house and the remembrance of the Lord at the communion table. It was a time of real joyful fellowship in the Lord, in which we rejoiced as true children of God. The Monthly Meeting About sixty persons gathered for the monthly lunch and report meeting on the first Friday in April. This included the Board of Directors, Faculty, workers and a few invited guests. This is the fellow ship meeting of the month. Brief reports of interesting incidents from the various departments are made and the workers are brought into loving touch with each other. Guests who come for the first time are as tonished at the breadth of our work, which covers so many distinct fields, and wonder at the large development in so short a time. A judge from another State remarked at the close of the meeting: “If I could at tend such a gathering once a month, I could live out a strong Christian life.” At the last meeting we had the joy of seeing a Jewish convert publicly confess her faith by baptism. The meeting always closes with the observance of the Lord’s supper. Friends from a distance will be gladly wel comed to fellowship with U S
at this gathering.
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