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ChristmasisNear AND we are very glad to recommend the following books and would say— they are just the Kind of Books that you would like to have your children read. The King’s Daughter By ‘T a n s y ” Four Girls at Chautauqua By ‘‘P ansy”
B i b l e I n s t i t u t e H a p p e n i n g s Particularly of.Interes to Friends and Students iE5H5H5S5H5H5E5E5E5H5H5H5E5S5H5H525H5H5E5H5H5H5H5H5H5H5H5H555E5E5H5H5H5E5H5E5H5H5lii E L FR ED A STEIN, ’20. News item s fo r th is d e p artm e n t a re som ew hat scarce a t p re sen t, b u t th e A lum ni Annual, w hich is now in course of p re p ara tio n , w ill supply th e deficiency fo r m em bers of th e A s sociation. Mr. R. A. M itchell, '21 and Miss R u th W hitlock, '22 w ere u n ite d in m a rria g e on Ju ly 30, in Los Angeles. M iss G race M anw eiler, '21, w as m arried to Mr. George K inkel on Ju n e 3rd, in Cochabamba, C ochabam ba Province, Bolivia, S outh Am erica. Mr. P a u l McConnell, in stru c to r in m usic a t th e Bible I n stitu te , w as m a rried on A u g u st 20th to M iss M ildred H ollow ay. Mrs. M arion W alter, '21, w as m arried on A pril 2 to Mr. C. M. Jackson. T heir hom e is a t Holbrook, A rizona, w here th e re a re m any M exicans, and Mrs. Ja c k so n has organized tw o Bible classes, one fo r boys and g irls and one fo r women. M iss M a rth a A ckerm an, '22, w as m arried on Ju n e 20 to Mr. Cecil C. M artin, in H onolulu, H aw aii. F o r a b o u t fo u r m onths an d a h a lf p rio r to h e r m arriag e , Mrs. M artin w as a t th e G irls’ In d u stria l School in H onolulu. Mr. M artin is D irector of M anual T rain in g a n d B uildings a t M id-Pacific In stitu te , w hich consists of tw o la rg e schools, M ills fo r boys and K a- w aiah ao S em inary fo r g irls, and he and Mrs. M artin a re lo o k in g fo rw a rd to h elping th e boys an d g irls to know and love th e L ord more. M iss E d ith Menzer, ’14, becam e th e brid e of th e Rev. B erlyn S tokeley on Ju ly 25th. Mrs. S tokeley has been w o rk in g a t S herm an In stitu te , R iverside, Calif., fo r th e p a st six years, an d she and h er hu sb an d w ill continue m issio n ary w o rk am ong th e In d ian s a t R eam s Canon, A rizona. M iss V eva W ight, ’18 who h as been doing v o lu n teer w o rk a t Sherm an fo r sev eral y ears, has been appointed to succeed M rs. Stokeley. Mr. I. J. H azelton, '22, and M iss M a rg are t F u ller, '22, w ere u n ited in m a rria g e on A u gust 18 a t S trathm o re, C alif. T hey w ill be a t hom e a fte r S eptem ber 1 a t P lacerville, Calif. A d au g h ter, E le an o r F ran ces, w as born to Mr. a n d Mrs. E a rl M organ, of Los A ngeles, on A u g u st 21. M iss G race McCoy, ’22, sailed from New Y ork A u g u st 18 fo r S antiago, Chile, h av in g been ap p o in ted by th e S ou th ern B ap tis t Board. M iss D orothy B idlake sailed S eptem ber 6th fo r C hina under th e C hina In lan d Mission* Mr. and Mrs. C. R. L u th e r (nee T h elk a L an g ) have gone to S eattle, w here Mr. L u th e r w ill en g ag e in ev an g elistic w ork. M iss E d n a C henault, '23, h a s accepted a p o sition a t F o rsy th e M em orial School, Los A ngeles, w here she w ill tea ch music, E n g lish an d m athem atics. Mr. and M rs. G uernsey B row n sailed in A u g u st fo r Honolulu, w here th ey w ill be asso ciated w ith Mr. and Mrs. C harles Os- b u rn a t K a k aa k o M ission. M iss E v a D oerksen, '21, h a s been accepted by th e Sudan I n te rio r M ission and expects to sail fo r A frica w ith in th e next six m onths. She h a s re sig n ed h er w ork a t th e P eniel M ission a t S tockton a n d is a t p re se n t a t h e r home in D enair, Calif. M iss P e a rl W eeks, '13, who h a s been in C hina fo r several y ears, expected to a rriv e in V ancouver A u g u st 27th, on f u r lough. Mr. and Mrs. V an E d d in g s a re home on fu rlo u g h from V en ezuela, South Am erica. Miss C h ristin e F ran d sen , '21 w ho is ta k in g m edical stu d ies in London, in p re p a ra tio n fo r m issio n ary w o rk in A frica, is now engaged in d istric t w ork in th e e a ste rn p a rt of London, w hich is g en erally know n as th e p oorest section of th e city. She say s th a t here she hasi o p p o rtu n ities to see “re a l life ” a s th e h e a rtb re a k in g heed in m any hom es is p re sen te d to her. An O regon p ap er tells of th e w in n in g of th e S ta te In te rc o l le g ia te C ontest by H arold P roppe, a ju n io r a t Linfleld College, O regon (also a B. I. g ra d u a te ), and th e d elivery of th e oration, “T he W id e-F lu n g Door” over th e radio. Mr. and Mrs. L ew is W ickens (nee A gnes R am sdale) have been in th e L ord’s w ork a t L iberty, M issouri fo r ab o u t a year. Mr. W ickens is a tte n d in g W illiam Jew ell College a n d is p a sto r of th e M ount V ernon B a p tist C hurch a t Am sterdam , Mo. John Dunlop, '15, of Cebu, P. I., sends in fo rm atio n re g ard in g th e “S tu d en t C h ristian C enter,” w hich is an effort to help th e 3,000 stu d e n ts of Cebu to know th e W ord of God. God has given a fine piece of land in th e m id st of th e school c en ter; a building h as been erected in fa ith , and th e W ord of God is th e only a ttra c tio n offered th e stu d e n ts. Mr. D unlop sa y s th a t th e re o u g h t to be a B ible In s titu te in Cebu. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. B aergen, A ltoona, Pa., send th is w ord: “T he first glance a t th e K. B. is to th e ‘Bible In s titu te H ap p en in g s' page. T h is as w ell a s o th er m a te ria l is re ad w ith in te rest. W e th en feel obliged to w rite a few w ords to help a lo n g th is p a rt. [W ould th a t th is feelin g w ere sh a red by m any oth ers!] T he Lord is le ttin g H is presence be felt, even a t tim es of hard tr ia ls d u rin g th e sum m er m onths. T h ere h a s been very m uch sickness, b u t p ra ise God, H e has healed. So He also h eals th e sick n ess of sin. W e a re sta tio n in g a new w o rk e r on th e top of th e A llegheny M ountains, a few m iles from here. The L ord is b lessin g th e w ork.”
T his sto ry deals w ith a ' young girl called by duty from a C hristian hom e to a position as housekeeper for h er fath er in a village ta v ern. H er v icto ry over u n favorable circum stan ces in hom e a n d in chu rch is b ro u g h t a b o u t b y h er w ork n o t being done in h er own stren g th . Cloth» 75c Wise and Otherwise By “Pan»y” T his book abounds in keen w it, an d show s a w onderful in sig h t in to hum an n atu re. It deals effectively a s well as en tertain in g ly w ith such su b jects a s: a young m inis te r’s w ife’s fondness of d re ss; en tertain m en ts for those classed a s religious; an d th e position of women em ployed for house w ork. C loth, 75c Tip Lewis and His Lamp By "P an sy ” T ip is found a rag g ed boy in a m ission class, deserving his b ad nam e, a n d becom es respected an d h o n o r e d th ro u g h th e teach in g of his sacred “L am p.” H e o v er com es him self an d w ins his w ay a g a in st unfriendliness an d disdain. T he influence for good ex erted by th is book can never be estim ated. C loth, 75c Three People B y "P an sy ” T he “tn ree people’* a re th ree boys b o rn on th e sam e d ay ; one in th e aristo cracy , one in th e w ell-to-do m iddle class, a n d one in th e slum s. T he boy w ith th e least chance is th e one to com e safely to m anhood a n d a c t a noble p a rt in helping o thers. ___________________ C loth, 75c Julia Reid By “P an sy ” Ju lia w ishing to be self- su p p o rtin g secures a po si tio n a s bookkeeper in a city. Aw ay from hom e a s she is, and w ith a b eau ty an d a t tractiv en ess th a t adm it h er to desirable social circles, Ju lia is soon confronted w ith th e questions th a t a C hris tian girl in th e w orld m u st decide for herself. The s tru g gle betw een conscience an d p leasu re is a h ard one, b u t th e pow er of early train in g leads Ju lia a rig h t in due tim e. Cloth, 75c
F our young ladies, fo r a sum m er o u tin g go to th e g ath erin g a t C h autauqua w ith no o th e r pu rp o se th an th a t of a m erry “la rk ” in th a t b eautiful sp o t. T he sum m er so lig h tly begun, tu rn s o u t to be of m o st w eighty im portance a n d also brin g s genuine p leasu re to th e girls. C loth, 75c Judge Burnham’s Daughters By "P a n sy ” This splendid sto ry for girls tells of a C h ristian step -m o th er's tria ls w ith tw o b eau tifu l an d w ayw ard sisters, in full g l o w of early w om anhood. R uth Erskine, w ell-know n a s one of th e m em orable **Four G irls a t C h au tau q u a” finds th a t h er efforts have b ro u g h t a resu lt beyond h er ex p ecta tion. C loth, 75c Esther Reid By *Y ansy” E ste r Ried occupying the responsible position of eldest in th e fam ily, aw akes to the fact th a t she m ight do far m ore in helping h er younger sisters and b ro th e r to form noble lives. H er own life is all too sh o rt, b u t in it she accom plishes a w onderful an d enduring w ork. C loth, 75c Ruth Erskines Crosses By “P a n sy " R u th Erskine will be re m em bered as th e m o st s ta te ly an d a risto c ra tic of th e well know n “ F o u r G irls a t C hautauqua.” W ell w as it for h er th a t she had a stro n g perso n ality an d an indom i table sp irit in view of w h at she w as called upon to en dure. She soon learn s the g re a t lesson th a t hum ble, p ractical people m ay be th e tru e s t an d m o st useful in em ergency. C loth, 75c The Chatauqua Girls at Home By “P a n sy ” T his is a n entirely inde p endent sto ry , alth o u g h it concerns of course, th e well- know n “ F our G irls” who w ent to C h autauqua on a p l e a s u r e excursion an d fonud an influence w hich changed each to an en th u si a stic C hristian. Cloth, 75c
A really w onderful selection of w holesom e sto ries w ritten for young people— b o th boys an d girls— as only “P an sy ” can w rite.
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B I O L A B O O K R O O M Bible Institute, Los Angeles, Cal.
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