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ing her other class. So now she is going to teach them John’s Gospel one evening a week. I am very glad that she is going to do it for she is a thor oughly consecrated woman, and I know that the class will count in the salva tion of souls.” Joel P. Soderberg of Aba, Congo Beige, one of the first students of the Institute, is in Los Angeles on fur lough on account of ill health. Rev. Luther Arthur, formerly con nected with the Biola Book Room, is now pastor of the Baptist church at Healdsburg, Cal. He reports that the past year has been the most successful one in the sixty years’ history of the church. Lillian Curtis, ’ 19, left Los Angeles Oct. 13, to take a position in the head quarters office of the Africa Inland Mission, Brooklyn, N. Y. Helen L. Suderman, ’ 17, was united in marriage to George D. Enns, at Reed- ley, Cal., on Oct. 19. Arista Staley, ’ 18, left Oct. 20 for Africa under the A. I. M. She will spend five months in France studying the language, as the Germans have'been driven out of the district to which she is going in Africa, necessitating her speaking the-French language. Henry Mitchell, a former student who has been taking further work in the Xenia Seminary, receives a very favorable mention in the ^Christian Union Herald, the editor of whom urged the United Presbyterian church to aid him in providing means for him to continue his course. m A Texas minister wrote us that he had been praying for several weeks that funds might be provided to send to 100 ministers of his acquaintance
As we go to press, preparations are being made for an anniversary celebra tion of the Bible Institute of Los An geles on Nov. 30-Dec. 1. One feature of the ceremonies will be the burning of the mortgage on the Institute build ing, the . entire indebtedness on the magnificent structure having been re cently removed. The illustrated sec tion added to thik number of The King’s Business is taken from the souvenir booklet to be distributed at the anniversary meetings. Dr. Torrey and Dr. Atkinson received a warm welcome from the students upon their return from China Nov. 21. They brought reports* of most remark able experiences and exceptional oppor tunities in giving out the Gospel. Many missionaries were quickened in the faith.. We hope to present a report from. Dr. Torrey in the near future. Armistice Day was celebrated at the Bible Institute by a large gathering ad dressed by Dr. A. C. Dixon, who told of the experiences of Armistice Day in London last year. Speaking of the perils of peace he pointed out the dan ger in every land that the spirit culti vated during the war should be carried into peace times. In this connection, he called attention to the spirit of brutal ity, organized lust, camouflage, slav eries, the drink and tobacco and drug habits, and the theology of war. Miss Helen R. Honeyman, Class ’ 19, is engaged in evangelistic work with her father, though she is. still looking forward to going to Africa. In a recent letter she writes: “ I was a bit dis couraged over my Bible class, work here. The people did not seem to care any thing about Bible study,—-(they don’t study anything)— but yesterday one of the married women in the class came to me and said that she was going to start a class for the young men of the com munity. These boys have been asking her to start a Sunday School class for them; but she has never felt like leav
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