David M. and Mrs. Osborne (Marie Schroeder ’42) have arrived from their field of service in Nigeria, via New Zealand, where they visited Mr. Osborne’s family. This is their first furlough; their young son David ac companied them, and shortly afler they reached America, a pair of twins arrived via Stork Express. They are all domiciled at the Schroeder family home in Paso Robles, the home from whence came the Schroeder group of Biola stu dents. Marie and her sisters, Ger trude ’34, P. G. ’39; Helene W. ’34; Meta, ’39. What a record—four sis ters in the Lord’s service! A most interesting excursion to Biola’s Braille Library adjoining the regular Institute Library on the ninth floor of Lyman Stewart Hall found Miss Franc es Thiesen in charge, busy supervising and typing the translation of a complete library for the blind. Frances has been a student at Biola for the past five years, and will graduate with honors in June of 1947. She is a member of the Baptist Church at Wasco, Calif., whe^e her parents live. There are three blind young men in training for the Lord’s work at Biola. Ralph Oden is a fine student, and finishes his work at the close of the present semester. Edwin Motter, a graduate of U.C.L.A., has a remarkable testi mony for the Lord. He is a trained athlete, and, with his brother per formed on the stage in vaudeville acts until the day he met Christ who changed his life. He soon found a way to enter the Bible Institute to train for the service of his new Lord and Master. Rudolph Story is a new student and already finds his way about the buildings in a wonderful fashion. He too, has a virile testi mony for the Lord Jesus Christ. At the last meeting of the Inde pendent Fundamental Fellowship of Southern California, the annual elec tion of officers was held, resulting in the election of Lowell Wendt B. Th. ’40, president; Herbert Fox, vice- president; Lester Wendt B. Th. ’36, secretary-treasurer, and Fred Wight, devotional chairman. This group of fundamental ministers represent ap proximately fifty churches in South- T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
“The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are Jew: pray ye there fore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest” (Luke 10:2).
Inland Africa, official organ of the the Africa Inland Mission announces the transfer of George ’20 and Mrs. Van Dusen to Rethi, Irumu, Congo Beige, Africa. David E. and Mrs. Wright, and family, are now in the homeland from South Africa where they have been active in the International Child Evangelism Fellowship. Mrs. Wright is a former student known to Biolans as Frances Elliott, sister of Curtis Elliott ’24, Margaret R. ’26 (now Mrs. V. L. Crossett), and Eleanor Ruth ’27. Born o f missionary parents who spent many years under the China In land Mission in China, Curtis is now in the homeland; Mrs. Crossett and Eleanor Ruth are stationed in Shang hai, at 1531 Shinza Rd. The Wright family are scheduled to be in Los An geles this summer, and may be reached through Dr. Eleanor E. E l liott, Suppes Missionary Ct., 369 Mis sion Rd., Glendale, Calif. Herbert Fox, former Biola student who has been preaching in the Sac ramento district for several years, has moved to Rosemead, California, where he has been called to the pas torate of the Hope Union Church, formerly occupied by Herbert R. Bruce, B. Th. ’40. George Fox, broth er of Herbert, has been accepted by the Kentucky Mountain Mission, and plans to leave, with his family, al most immediately. Mrs. Fox is .re membered as Grace Brahams, niece of Dr. William Evans, associate dean of Biola in the early days. Lydia Golbek, student at Biola in ’35-36, is now serving her church mission board in La Cumbre, Valle, Colombia, S.A., Casa Evangelica. Lydia will be remembered as having enrolled at the Bible Institute with the idea of definite mission work for the Lord. Her home was in Hills boro, Kans. Sb definite was her call to work in the Lord’s vineyard that she served several years in the Ken tucky Mountains. She says The King’s Business is her favorite Chris tian magazine, and that she enjoys the news of former students very much.
Hubert and Mrs. Mitchell and their five children, are now located at Kar- wi, Banda Dist., U.P., India, where Hubert is struggling with a new and difficult language, the Urdu. At pres ent the district is plague-swept; the dreadful “Black Death” is taking its toll in scores of villages; many have died, and Karwi, where Hubert’s sister, Jean Mitchell ’35, labored for several years, is nearly evacuated. The people are underfed and scantily clothed; their need is pitiful. Hubert states in his letter: “Our parish has four hundred million human beings in it, not counting those on the north ern frontier. India has some of the most outstanding people I have ever met, but, in spite of her many troubles, she and her people are com ing to the front. India has also some anointed Christians, many of whom are zealous and devoted. Pray that Christian youth will prepare them selves for sacrificial service. Deep furrows are being ploughed through out all nations now, and this is the time to sow the seed of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.” Recently Mariam, Settles ’42, Todro, Congo Beige, Africa, had a terrifying experience. Her station was visited again by lions, one of them having killed six sheep. On one occasion, Marian stepped out to warn the girls on the compound that a lion was in the neighborhood. When only a few steps from her home, she discovered the lion to be very close, so she fled into her house at once. Later that night, men, armed with spears, bows and arrows, trapped a lioness in the sheepfold where it had killed six teen sheep. Marian writes: “When the body was removed, it looked like a pincushion. The mate is still roar ing about us, but we hope to hear soon that it, too, has been killed. My respect for Daniel, David and Sampson has certainly increased.” Beatrice Tannehill - King ’25, and her daughter Virginia May, have ar rived on furlough, and may be reached at the home of her mother, MrsKA. Tannehill, 613% N. Mirage, Lindsay, Calif. PAGE TWENTY-FOUR
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