504
T h e
K i n g ’ s
B u s i n e s s
November 1930
, 1 3 ^ - Attitude of the Moody Jnstitute^of Chicago Toward the Bible Institute of Los Angeles B y J ames M. G ray , D.D.
The following is a public statement made by Rev. James M. Gray, D.D., President o f the Moody Bible Institute, at a convocation o f theBibleInstitute o f LosAngeles,Septem ber 23, 1930. This statement was requested by Dr. W. P. White, President o f the Los Angeles Bible Institute. Dr. Gray’s remarks were received with great applause by an audience o f 3,000, including the directors, faculty, of ficials, and student body o f the Institute. The service was broadcast from the Institute radio station. Dr. White ac companied Dr. Gray to the Bay Cities the following day and arranged for union Bible conferences in San Fran cisco, Berkeley, and Oakland, California. The two Insti- tutes.remain organically and officially independent, as they have always been; but they are happy to be associated in the public ministry o f the Word. — E ditor . f p g ffig H E letter of Dr. White, inviting me to be present on this occasion, mentioned two matters on which wAT^he desired me to express the attitude o f the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago towards this Institute, which it gives me pleasure to do. JAA1 In the first place, he wished it to be made known that the two Institutes are working in perfect harmony. In witnessing to that, I beg to say that the Moody Bible Institute, by any action of its own, was never out o f har mony with the Los Angeles Institute. However, under the previous regime here (Los Angeles), a strained situation arose between the two Institutes through a misunderstand ing, which, by the grace of God and in answer to many prayers in Chicago as well as in Los Angeles, has been removed. The proof of this is seen in the fact that imme diately thereupon, i. e., the removal of the misunderstand ing, the directors of the Los Angeles Institute appealed to the Moody Bible Institute for counsel and advice which was cordially given, and which in a measure accounts for changes in the personnel of this (Los Angeles) Institute. It also accounts for the perfect accord which exists be tween the two Institutes at this time. In evidence of this accord, I point to a second fact, first, that this (Los Angeles) Institute now has on its staff, in most important positions, at least five men who were formerly on the staff of the Moody Bible Institute in positions of approximately equal importance—men whom the Moody Bible Institute would like to have re tained, every one of whom was recommended by the Moody Bible Institute to this Institute, and not one of whom, in all probability, would have come here if the Moody Bible Institute had revealed to him that the two Institutes were not in entire accord. In evidence of this accord I point to a second fact, namely, my own presence here last February and again at this time. These visits, I trust you will pardon me for saying, have taken nearly two weeks of my time from a crowded schedule in Chicago; they have been a labor of love, as is well known to your President and Board of Directors, and they have been made after, consultation with the Trustees o f the Moody Bible Institute and with their unanimous and warm approval.
In the next place, Dr. White said in his letter: “ I do not share the thought that the Moody Bible Institute should keep away from the Pacific coast. As a matter of fact, I have the feeling that you would not think of keep ing us away from the Atlantic coast or the Great Lakes.” Dr. White is perfectly correct in the last remark. The Moody Bible Institute has no monopoly on this kind of work in any part of the land. There are something like forty Bible institutes operating in the United States and Canada, and the Moody Bible Institute is only one of them. Being the oldest, however, and for that reason the largest, its. constituency of students and supporters stretches across the continent, and in the very nature of the case it must keep in touch with them. Your President, Dr. White, formerly represented the Moody Bible Institute on this coast, and he knows that a goodly proportion of its churches are shepherded by for mer students of that Institute. They are friends of the Los Angeles Institute as well, however, and doubly so, now that Dr. White and the other brethren I referred to are on your Staff; but that does not mean that they have lost their first love. It does not mean that they never
The Gift of Gratitude B y G renville K leiser
Count your blessing every day, Gratitude will smooth the day. Sunshine which the morning sends, Love o f family and friends, Food and raiment fo r your need, Hands to do a kindly deed; Work to fill the day with joy, Good that has no base alloy, Patience when the hours are long, Words to comfort and make strong; Time to exercise and play, Wisdom that knows what to say, Strength to do an irksome task, Smiles that discontent unmask; Hope to vanquish needless fear, Power to summon courage here, Means you may with others share, Spirit to endure and dare; Knowledge o f God’s righteous laws, Zeal to serve a worthy cause, Prayer to guide and safely keep, Rest from night’s refreshing sleep. Count your blessings every day, Gratitude will smooth the way.
—Life o f Faith.
Made with FlippingBook - Online catalogs