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OSCAR GILLAN, ’27, sends word that PERCY CRAWFORD, ’26, and WIL LIAM BLACKSTONE, former students, are with him attending Westminster Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. We are grateful to DAISY HEN DRIX, ’24, for the following interesting news: “Wheaton claims seventeen ‘Biolaites’ this year. MRS. CORINNE SMITH comes to Wheaton as the assistant dean of women, and CARMEN CARPEN TER, ’24, is doing secretarial work for the vice-president of the college. In the student body there are MARTIN LONG, ’24; RUTH ELLIOTT, ’27; NAOMI KIM; A R T H U R SCHMELTZ, ’27; JOHN BAERGEN, ’21; H E R M A N DYCK, ’25; FRANCES HARRISON, ’26, P. G. ’27; BESSIE ARRAS, ’27; AMANDA HEIDEBRECHT, ’25; ROB ERT CHURCHILL; D A I S Y HEN DRIX, ’24; ALICE STUDER, ’28. “Our first Biola Club meeting was held at the home of PROFESSOR AND MRS. TAYLOR (also Biola folks). It was a delightful surprise to find MR. AND MRS. D. L. FOSTER, KNUTE STENSLAND, ESTHER BECKER, and CURTIS ELLIOTT in the room. By the dim light of the flickering flames from the open fireplace choruses and testi monies to the faithfulness and goodness of God were enjoyed. Our hearts were warmed and inspired to be a bit more ‘steadfast a n d unmoveable, —a l w a y s abounding in the work of the Lord.’ As Mr. Foster closed the devotional service, you who are far away in the hard places were remembered before the Father’s throne.” WILLIAM C. RHEA, former student, pastor of the First Mennonite Church of Chicago, reports an interesting meeting in Hutchinson, Kansas, where more than thirty former and present students of the Bible Institute were gathered this sum mer. The meeting was held between ses sions of the Mennonite General Con ference. A very' blessed time was the reward of the B. I. gathering. WOLFORD A. DAWES, ’23, is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Newberg, Oregon. The church has given him the privilege of attending college and he is now in the second half of his junior year. His letter shows that God has greatly blessed his efforts, not only in increas ing his church membership but in deep ening the spiritual life of the church. After taking further training at the Evangelical Theological College at Dal las, Texas, EINAR KNUDSEN, ’26,has accepted the pastorate of the West Side Methodist Episcopal Church at Thermal, California. ’ ALVIN L. MOYER, ’22, was ordained to preach the Gospel in the First Brethren Church at Spokane, Washington, June 28, 1929. He is now located at Garwin, Iowa. His letter is full of the joy of the Lord. His church members are largely farmers, who receive the Word with gladness. Would there were more like them. KENNETH POWLISON, 16, of the Bolivian Indian Mission, sends a very in teresting report: “We have been priv ileged to visit a fair number -of places. Between Florencio and myself we have been able to visit and partially evangelize fully three-quarters of the one hundred ranchos and hamlets which we consider our parish.”
Sailings CLARA KUEHNY, ’20, sailed in Oc tober for India after furlough in this country, to continue her work with the Mennonite Board. DOROTHY CASWELL, a student last year, left this fall for Siam, where she will work under the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. On September 12, MARGARET R. ELLIOTT, ’26, sailed for China. Mar garet has been studying at Wheaton Col lege, Wheaton, Illinois, since leaving the Bible Institute. She is affiliated with the China Inland Mission. Word has been received from DON ALD and DOROTHY FAIRLEY, ’28, that they can be reached at the following address for about a year: 133 Rue Bou- c i e a u t, Fonteney-aux-Roses, Se i n e , France. “A party of nine of us sailed October 16, from New York on the U.S.S. George Washington, all bound for Paris to study the French language there.” Mr. and Mrs. Fairley look for ward to missionary service in the great Dark Continent of Africa. Early in October NATHAN WAL TON, ’29, realized his heart’s ambition when he sailed for China to take up the work of the Lord in that needy country. Mr. Walton was called of the Lord to enroll under the banner of the China In land Mission. MR. AND MRS. GODFREY LIND- HOLM called at the Institute long enough to greet us befqre leaving for Patsebolang, North China, Mongolia. They are affiliated with the Scandinavian Alliance Mission. From Here and There On September 13, HENRY HENGS- TLER was married to JEAN E. BIS HOP, ’26. Mr. and Mrs. Hengstler are living in Los Angeles. MARGARET THIESEN, . ’25, was married to MR. J. M. DUECK, at Reed- ley, California, September 29. . HOWARD C. BEVER, ’28, has been called to the pastorate of the Christian Church at Los Gatos, near San Jose. “The work is coming nicely and we thank God that He can use us in this way. Nine have been added to the church during the past six months. The Lord has also favored us with a little son, GEORGE VERDEN, . and our home is brighter since his arrival.” MR. AND MRS. BENNETT H. WILLIAMS, located at Miseberi, Irumu, Congo Beige, announce the arrival, on the third day of September, of VERNA RUTH, who was born in the Great Equa torial Forest. “Mother and father de lighted.” Mr. Williams was of the class of ’27. > MR. AND MRS. J. J. PLENERT write from Hutchinson, Kansas, where they are happy in the service of the Lord. They ask prayer for means to enlarge their Sunday school. Mr. Plenert com pleted his Bible Institute training with the class of 1921.
MARIE SPENCE, ’26, writes from Philadelphia, Pa., where she is completing university work and looking forward to the mission field of Africa where she hopes to go next year. She is going out under the Africa Inland Mission Board. Like many others of our grad uates, she rejoices in the Lord’s blessing upon dear “B. I.” EDNA CHENAULT, ’23, P. G. ’28, is teaching in the high school at Orleans, Nebraska. ETHEL M. SCHEIDEMANTEL, ’28, is rejoicing in her call to service teach ing in the Allison-James School at Santa Fe, New Mexico. This school is for Spanish-speaking girls and is conducted by the Presbyterian Board of National Missions. MARGUERITE LOFTHUS, ’28, has returned to the place of her birth, Gatzke, Minnesota, where she is engaged in evan gelistic work. She is rejoicing over the manner in which God has answered her prayers for the salvation of souls in her home town. Some who have reached the age of eighty years have broken down and surrendered to the Saviour. MISS DOROTHY JEAN BIDLAKE, a student in 1921-22, is given a loving tribute in China’s Millions for September. Miss Bidlake passed away while in active service for the Lord, having contracted typhus fever. Her loss is keenly felt by the workers with whom she was asso ciated, but there is no hint of questioning God’s wisdom in calling her home at a time when her service on the field seemed so urgent. “Miss Bidlake came to China from Seattle in 1923 . . . Always bright, loving, helpful, and prayerful, she made Christ and His cross the center of her life.”
M ISS DOROTHY J . BIDLAKE
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