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November 1930
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles
p ^ g g ^ H E founding o f the Bible Institute of Los An- jSSr^ geles, twenty-five years ago, was commemorated, by a great convocation, held in the Institute auditorium on September 23, 1930. From be- £1L \Y ginning to end it was an impressive service. The ^ Board of Directors and the faculty of the Insti tute were seated on the platform. The student body, num bering approximately 400, filled the choir loft and over
His long experience at the head of the Moody Bible Insti tute, his world-wide labors as an evangelist, his influence as an author of many books and his genuine worth as a hum ble, prayerful man of God combined to make Biola, under his leadership, a-school with high scholastic standards and a center of evangelism which reached to the ends of the earth. He placed a stamp upon the Institute which abides to this day, and which can never be effaced. “ During these
flowed to the side balconies. The offi cials and employees of the Institute, as well as members of the Lyceum and Fishermen’s Clubs, occupied reserved sections oh the main floor. Dr. W . P. White, vyho pre sided at the service, gave a brief histori cal sketch of the In stitu te and a statem en t o f its present actiyities. “ T w erity -rive years ago,” he said, “ Dr. T. C. Horton came to Los An geles, accepting a call of the Imman uel P resby terian Church to become
twenty-five years of ministry, there have been enrolled in its several departments —day school, night school, and corre spondence school— more than 15,000 students who have come from every State in the Union and from forty- nine foreign coun tries. The present enrollment is one of the largest in the, twenty-five years o f ministry. The stu dents represent sev enteen f oreign coun tries and thirty-one states. Less " than fifty per cent of the students have come
its Bible teacher. He immediately or ganized a men’s Bible class that became known as “ The Fishermen’s Club.” , Mrs. Horton organized a Bible class for women, known as “ The Lyceum Club.” These two: classes desired permanent in struction in Christian leadership, and from that desire sprang the Bible Insti tute of' today. “ The corner stone was laid, in 1913, and the building was dedicated ‘unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood.’ Mr. Lyman Stewart, the first President of the Insti tute and its President until his death in
from California. The Institute is an in ternational training school for Christian leadership, offering a four year Bible collegiate course, two and three year specialized courses, as well as a Friday evening course in Christian education. “ The Bible women conduct Bible classes for high school and business girls and for adults. Their work, together with the activities carried on among boys and shop men, and the work of the Jewish Department, is said to be a re gional service without a counterpart. The Extension Department of the Institute reaches all parts of California and ex
DR. R. A. TORREY, DEAN OF THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES, 1912 TO 1925
1923, said on the occasion of the corner stone laying: ‘Our Bible Institute was conceived in prayer, founded by faith, and established through sacrifice . . . For the teaching of the truths for which the Institute stands, its doors are open every day in the year, and all people, without reference to race, color, class, creed, or previous condition, will ever be welcome to its privileges.’ “ Dr. Horton was the superintendent of the Institute from its beginning until his retirement a few years ago, and is now known as Superintendent Emeritus. Dr. R. A. Torrey was the dean of the Institute from 1912 to 1925.
tends periodically into many of the eastern states. “ The Hunan Bible Institute in Changsha, China, is sponsored and supported by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. About a million dollars of Institute money has gone into the erection of the buildings in China and the maintenance of the work there since its inception.” T he B iola C hallenge Later in the program, Dr. White spoke of The Biola Challenge. “ The Bible Institute of Los Angeles is not endowed,” he said. “ Mr. Lyman Stewart believed that
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