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Former Students at Work W ilda A. M iller , ’32, China Inland Mission, Kaolan, Kansu, China, wrote in January that she was back in her station after months of evacu ation made necessary by the menace of Communists. While in a district near Chungwei, Ningsia, to which they had moved to avoid the Reds, Miss Miller and her fellow workers faced great difficulties in witnessing in a region in which almost every family was addicted to opium. By the Lord’s grace, however, a definite work was done in a number of lives. Pauline V. Smith, ’29, has j oined Blanche Nason and other workers in the El Nathan Gospel Mission at Valdez, Alaska. One of Miss Smith’s responsibilities is her work as the secretary-treasurer of the Alaska Prayer League, of which Miss Nason is the chairman. Edgar H. McAllister, ’27, was ordained on April 14 at the Calvary Baptist Church, Anaheim, Calif. He is under appointment to teach in the International College at El Cristo, Cuba, a Baptist institution. His work will be to teach theological subjects to young men studying for the ministry. 'He also will preach in the church attended by the students and townspeople. He ex pects to leave Los Angeles in August. His service will be under the American Baptist Home Mission Society. Hilda Riffel, ’32, China Inland Mission, Lincheng, Hopei, N. China, writes o f the j oy she has in her Sunday-school class: “What I marvel at, is that they get my whole story and come back the next Sun day to tell it to me. Ever since I have taught Sunday-school I have used a black board to illustrate my lessons. I find it very helpful in China, too. All o f these children but one are from heathen homes. Please join us in prayer for them.” J. Arthur and Mrs. Mouw, of the Chris tian and Missionary Alliance, have moved to Balai-Sepoeak, West Borneo, N.E.I., to be nearer the Dyak people. Great numbers of Dyaks eagerly attend gospel meetings. Kichitaro Yamamoto, ’30, resigned his pastorate in the Baptist Japanese work on Terminal Island to make a visit to Japan. He left Southern California on March 16. I. C. ( ’26) and Mrs. Ellis ( ’26) began in February their work in the Venice Bap tist Church, Venice, Calif., where Mr. Ellis has accepted the pastorate. Joseph H. ( ’32) and Mrs. Beckett, of the Sudan Interior Mission, are located in a new station at Kukar Gadu, via Potis- kum, Nigeria, W. Africa, a wide and needy field. They contact people of several different tribes by means o f the Hausa language, which is the trading language of the Northern Provinces. Samuel and Mrs. Janzen (Narsa White, ’23) have been living in Shafter, Calif. Besides being active in the Baptist Church, Mrs. Janzen has been helping in a Mexi can mission in Shafter. Mr. and Mrs. Janzen have three children. Mrs. Robert L. Gates (Ruth Coulombe, ’28) and her husband have been sponsor ing a weekly Bible club in their home in
Missionary Interest at Biola A n object of prayer and consecrated f \ planning for many months, the an- nual Chu rch of the Open D o o r Missionary Rally richly fulfilled the long ing of those who desired to see the Lord’s Spirit at work in the deepening of mis sionary zeal. Beginning on Easter morn ing with a sermon by Louis T. Talbot, pastor of the church, and continuing with strong messages throughout the following week, the conference climaxed with a heart-stirring spectacle at the close of President Paul W . Rood’s Sunday evening message on “ Can the World be Evangelized in a Decade?” At this Life Investment Service, great numbers of young people signified their purpose to obey their Saviour’s Great Commission by going to unevangelized lands if that should be His plan for their individual lives. Many in this group had reached this decision during the preceding week. The presence and ministry of J. Oliver Buswell, Jr., President of Wheaton Col lege, and of L. L. Legters, Field Secretary of the Pioneer Mission Agency, were a great blessing in the afternoon and eve ning services of Easter Day. All Institute classes for the following week were sus pended in order that the students might attend the conference sessions. Each morn ing during the school week, R. V. Bing ham, General Director of the Sudan Interior Mission, Robert Hall Glover, the China Inland Mission’s Home Director for North America, and other speakers ad dressed the students. At the other hours of the week-day ses sions, speakers and the fields whose need they represented included: Africa — Mrs. James Bell; Ralph T. Davis; Thomas M oody; and William E. Pietsch; Central America —Mrs. Gertrude Bell; China — Beulah Bassett; Ford L. Canfield, T8; Grace Emblen; and George K. and Mrs. Harris; Hawaii —-Anita Lake; India — James A. and Mrs. Ker; Mongolia —Hulda E. Wiklund; and South America — Mina Septer, ’20; and Don D. and Mrs. Turner (Faith Hollingsworth, ’21). H. H. Foucar, for several years on the staff of the Hunan Bible Institute, gave a stereopticon lecture showing the school’s activity as the China division o f the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. The work of the Bible House o f Los Angeles was presented by Mrs. J. E. Jaderquist. James A. Vaus, Director of the Institute’s Jewish Department, was aided by other workers of his department in describing the need of witnessing to Israel. Three members of the Church of the Open Door gave their farewell messages at the conference: Timothy Pietsch, ’33, and Lawrence ( ’32) and Mrs. Simpson (Helen Hubbard, ’30). These new work ers have since left for their fields, Mr. Pietsch going to Japan and Mr. and Mrs. Simpson to Salvador, Central America. At the evening sessions, testimonies were given by several Institute students and graduates who have offered themselves for foreign service.
On the Friday evening following the missionary rally, more than three hun dred people gathered in the Institute dining room for the annual banquet of the Stu dent Missionary Union. Following the messages by representatives of the prayer bands, Dr. Glover gave an address on the theme, “Opportunity and Its Challenge.” With the background o f these experiences, Biola students have entered upon the closing weeks o f the school year with a deepened realization that God has chosen His own to be witnesses. Report Luncheon T hrough the generosity o f Daniel Rose, a beloved Hebrew Christian and member of the Board of Direc tors o f the Bible Institute o f Los An geles, approximately sixty guests met in the Institute dining room on Thursday, April 23, for a “ report luncheon” of the kind held as a monthly feature o f the In stitute’s activities a few years ago. The purpose o f the gathering was to give first hand information to Institute friends con cerning the work being accomplished through several of the Institute’s various departments. President Paul W . Rood presided, and members of the faculty, Board of Direc tors, and student body, as well as other guests, contributed to the program either choice musical selections or inspiring remarks. The hour concluded with brief remarks by Dr. Rood and with the observance of the Lord’s Supper, at which Dean Elbert L. McCreery officiated. It is hoped that similar fellowship periods may be arranged from time to time. Alumni Home-Coming B iola alumni will hold their annual h om e -c om in g on Monday, June 8. Several hundred former students and faculty members of the Bible Institute are expected to avail themselves of this oppor tunity to revisit their Alma Mater and to renew friendships of their school days. The program, which is to include afternoon sessions as well as the banquet and fellow ship gathering in the evening, has been out lined by the Alumni Association’s executive committee as follows: A fternoon 2 :00-3:00 p . m . — Musicale by former Biola students, under the direction o f John B. Trowbridge. 3 :00-4:00 p . m . — Symposium on the theme, “The part that Biola alumni are play ing in shaping evangelical thought in our country, and particularly on the Pacific slope.” 4 :00-4:30 p . m . — Business Session. 4 :30-5:00 p . m .^Prayer Session. E vening 6:00 p . m . — Dinner in Biola Dining Room. (Those planning to attend are remind ed to send in reservations early.) 7:00 p . m . — Testimony Hour. Theme: “Oasis Christians.”
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