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\\ No Debt on Biola When Jesus Comes” W HEN THE announcement can be made that the Bible Insti tute of Los Angeles is free of
been hung in the main auditorium. When the plan was explained bn Sep tember 26, the two dormitory sections appeared in solid red color. Eleven hundred blocks—each V>ne represent ing the gift of $100—are being placed, one by one, over the red portion, and when all the blocks have been fitted together, the picture will be complete, all the red will be eliminated, and the indebtedness on these buildings will be liquidated. The name of each donor, or the person in whose memory the gift is given, is inscribed on the block which has been purchased. The painting, when completed, is to occupy a prominent place in the Bible Institute building as a constant re minder of the giving of those whom God raised up to make possible the continuance of the testimony of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. At this writing, the “ building” is almost one-fourth completed.
Many Givers All motivated by love to Christ and His Work, people from many walks of life have joined in the giving. An eld erly woman brought to the church her gift of $100—earned in many days of washing dishes. A lad not yet twenty- one years of age, an airplane inspector with the United States Army overseas, visited Dr. Talbot on a recent furlough and spread before him three one-hun dred-dollar bills. “I've saved a little,” he said simply, “ and I want the Lord to use it. When the war is over, I hope He lets me come back here as a student.” “Wê praise the Lord,” friends wrote from Hollywood, enclosing their gift for a block, “ for the Bible School where so many students have gone out all over the world to tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love. We [ Continued on Page 439]
the debt that has shadowed it, hun dreds of friends of this school will praise God with all their hearts. It Is not too soon to anticipate the making of that happy announcement and to have a part in that accomplish ment. By Christmastime or earlier, it is e x p e c t e d that the Lord’s people, through His own enabling, will have sent in sufficient amounts to wipe out the entire indebtedness on the Insti tute buildings. With this purpose in view, a new kind of “ building” activity is now in prog ress, in which attention is being cen tered upon the two thirteen-story units which adjoin the church auditorium. To make the project visual, a large painting of the Institute block has
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