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BIBLE INSTITUTE FAMILY CIRCLE [Continued from page 311]
Peter S. Agulian, ’26, has been pastor o f the Armenian United Brethren Church in Philadelphia, Pa., for the past two years. The Lord has blessed his work with many precious souls, both in this country and abroad: Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, and France. Mr. Agulian was ordained in 1929 by the Christian and Missionary A l liance. He has been praying for an oppor tunity for an evangelistic tour among his own people. Frederick W . (’23) and Mrs. Barton ( ’24) have been engaged in pastoral work in Tenant’s Harbor, Me., for nearly ten years. They are affiliated with the Maine United Baptist Convention. Ethel M. Scheidemantel, ’28, Oakland, Calif., has been taking care o f her father’s home since her mother went to be with the Lord. She is teaching in a Chinese Presbyterian Sunday-school. Miss Scheide mantel writes: “W e praise God for His sustaining and keeping power in our dark hour of sorrow and the days that fol lowed.” Herbert D. Peterson, ’32, is pastor of the Evangelical Free Church, Harper, Wash., and is enjoying the blessing o f min istering to a growing congregation. He has organized a weekly community Bible class and has assisted in churches near Harper. John ( ’21) and Mrs. Baergen (Melinda Hiebert, ’21) are working in the Bible Church of Villa Park, 111., o f which Mr. Baergen is pastor. Since graduating from the Institute, Mr. Baergen has spent two and a half years in Montana, four years in Wheaton College, and has been in Villa Park for three years. John T. Daniel, ’IS, is pastor of the Baptist Church in Sayre, Okla., where he has been for four years. He is Recording Secretary of the Baptist General Conven tion o f Oklahoma, and a member o f the Board of Trustees o f the Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Okla. Henry H. Nikkei, ’2!3, Laird, Saskatche wan, Can., is teaching school, and during the winter months has regular church ser vices in his school. In the summer months, Mr. Nikkei assists in the preaching in his home church. He also does evangelistic work for short periods. Give a Thought to Africa! Give a thought to Africa 'Neath the burning sun, Hosts of weary hearts are there, Waiting to be won. Many idols have they, But from swamp and clod, Many a voice is crying out For the living God. Breathe a prayer for Africa : “ Oh, Thou God of love, Send the blessings on the tribes, From Thy home above." Swarthy lips when moved by grace Can most sweetly sing; Pray that Afric’s heart may be Loyal to our King. Give your love to Africa, There our brothers call. Bring release from slavery, Break sin’s bitter thrall. White shall love the black man, Each forget the past; In the Father’s house above, All will meet at last. —H osea N yabonga .
Clarence Neufeld, ’29, has been in full time evangelistic work recently, and has written to Dr. Hubbard: “ I am thankful that the Lord brought me to the place where I was willing to say, ‘Take my life and let it be, fully consecrated Lord to Thee.’ ’’
Mrs. W . J. (Anna) Bryan, ’31, Floma- ton, Ala., and her husband gave away 1,000 tracts on their two-weeks’ trip from Los Angeles to Flomaton. Mrs. Bryan is teaching a women’s Bible class in Sunday- school, is conducting the Bible study in the missionary society, and is teaching a class in prophecy. She has recently been ap pointed financial secretary of the church in which she and her husband are work ing. Frank R. Stanley, T 7, has been engaged in evangelistic and pastoral work since his graduation from the Institute, and has been privileged to see results in his pas torate at the First Baptist Church, La Mesa, Calif. Stanley H. Thorpe, ’20, Dunkirk, N. Y., is pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dunkirk, which pastorate he has held for five and a half years. Mr. Thorpe says: “ Since my graduation from the Institute, the Lord has blessed in the proclamation o f His Word by saving the lost, reclaiming the backslider, and building up the saints. We praise Him for calling us into His ser vice.” Mrs. W olfe von Trutzschler (Mildred Hoy, ’26), Mill Valley, Calif., has two small children. Blessed financially and physically in answer to prayer, Mrs. von Trutzschler sends Philippians 4:19 as the testimony of a housewife. Bessie L. Arras, ’27, Declo, Ida., is teach ing English, Latin, and music in the Declo High School. Although Miss Arras had hoped to go to the mission field, she feels that the Lord has led her to Declo to wit ness for Him there because o f .the young people’s need of Christ. Elizabeth Foth, T6, Brooklyn, N. Y., is superintendent of a rescue mission in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. Concern ing this mission, Miss Foth writes: “W e were persecuted on every side by the gang sters and leaders, but praise God for vic tory. I f God is for us, who can be against us? The Lord has richly blessed with souls from all walks o f life.” For eleven years, Miss Foth has had charge of a meeting one night a week for down-and- out men in New York City. She is also the pastor’s assistant at the Warren Street Methodist Church. The group o f Biola graduates who assisted Miss Foth in open ing a Bible conference at the seashore in New Jersey included Percy Crawford, ’26, Mrs. Bessie McAnlis, T6, and Harlow W. Parsons, ’IS. In a wonderful way, the Lord blessed the conference with souls, and some are now on the foreign field. At the time o f her writing to the Alumni Associ ation, Miss Foth planned to go to San Blass, Central America, to help for several months at the outstation o f the rescue mission. All of Miss Foth’s work is “ faith work,” and her testimony is, “ The Lord never fails.” Harlow W . Parsons, ’ IS, is pastor o f the First Baptist Church in Johnstown, N. Y. He teaches a Bible class of young men and women, the average attendance being nearly ninety each week. Mr. Parsons and his wife have four children: Douglas, Elisa beth, Donald, and Eloise. Homer E. (’25) and Mrs. Van Loon (Ruby M. Stone, ’26), Denver, Colo., have been doing pastoral work in a rural Con gregational Church in Henderson, Colo. During the week, Mr. Van Loon is en gaged in work as a decorator in Denver. Esma F. Swan, ’28, is happy in her work as laboratory technician in the County Hospital, Martinez, Calif.
“ L est we forget ” Stanley N. Bond, ’22, has been for four years the pastor of the Coachella Valley Christian Church. He writes: “ In these days o f perplexity and change, how satis fying it is to look back upon years spent in Biola, because they were the divine preparation for such crises as these. It was just like being back in school in the good old days to have Marion Reynolds, T7, Erhest Stuchbery, ’22, and True Max- field, ’22, drop in on us a short time ago. Together, we ‘thanked God, and took cour age.’ E. Rexford Smith, ’27, our close neighbor here, is doing a fine work among, the Mexicans.” Jo"hn W . Falconer, ’24, 330 Second St., Santa Rosa, Calif., is now working under the American Sunday School Union. Daniel G. ( ’30) and Mrs. Berg (Esther Sudertnan, ’3 i) are in Stray Branch, Ky., where they are assisting Annie Bethke, ’19, in missionary work. Harriet L. Cowan, ’21, Sacramento, Calif., has been teaching in the city schools for twelve years. She writes: “I work with the Japanese Mission, the Chinese Mission, and in the poorest section of the city. Most o f the time I have also had a week-day church school for all nationali ties once a week. I am opening one again this week.” Mary 3jL Seraphina, ’29, Edinburgh, Scotland, is taking a nurses’ training course in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. She writes: “ It is a great privilege to be able to minister to the sick, and it is also a wide field of opportunity. My thoughts wander back to my dearly beloved school many a time, and I will never cease to thank the Lord for having led me, and the marvelous lessons He taught me through our dear teachers; I do pray that God will continue to bless Biola as He has done in the paste We were greatly blessed in having with us Dr. William Evans from Los Angeles last week; it certainly took me back there, in spirit.”
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