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THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin leave with the best wishes of the Institute workers and the student body, to all of whom they have greatly endeared themselves. Mr. Baldwin has not yet announced his plans, but seems to feel it to be the Lord’s will that he should take up an other line of Christian work. Miss Bertha Beutow, 1918, died on January 20. after suffering two weeks with influenza. L. C. Dodelan, formerly member of the Institute male quartette writes at length of the definite opportunities he has been having in soul winning work with the American expeditionary forces in France. He speaks of the need of earnest prayer that he and those in his line of work with the forces may have courage to preach the unadulterated Gospel. He mentions the great harm that is being done among the men by the wholesale distribution of cigarettes. Erwin G. Ranton, a former student, writes from Salem, Ore., “When a fel low graduates from the B. I., he knows what he believes and why. I have been told by some of my colleagues who. have been in the ministry much longer than I, that they would give anything to have the grasp of Scripture that I have.” Evangelist Harlow W. Parsons, an Institute graduate, has been conduct ing unique and fruitful meetings in Eastern towns. After attending the New York Prophetic Conference, he prepared several iectures, embodying the great thoughts of the conference, and in conferences lasting about a week, has been carrying the good things to hundreds who were unable to benefit by th New York meetings. W. H. Pike, secretary of the evening school department, announces that last year, the students of his department reported the following practical work: Distributed 9597 tracts; dealt with 3002 unsaved persons and had 157 professed conversions. They gave out 234 Gos pels, 121 Bibles and Testa'ments; taught 21 mission study classes, 7 adult
CHA PL IN J. CHESTER WH ITE Former student who has been greatly used of God at officers camp at Occidental College, Los Angeles classes, 445 Sunday School classes; gave 130 Bible readings and preached 89 sermons. Besides these they conducted 366 other services. Twelve evening school students entered the day depart ment of the Institute this year. This is a remarkable report in view of the fact that these are mostly young people who work hard during the day and then attend evening school three evenings p. week. All sessions of the evening school, as well as most of the day school sessions, are open to the public, with out charge. As the result of handing a young lady some “chapter summary blanks” (famil iar to B. I. students) with a few sug gestions as to how the Bible might be profitably studied in this way, she writes to Mrs. Horton who interested her in the chapter summary work: “Your talk and the gift of the paper gave me a new impetus. I bought a bundle of the paper and gave to my brother for Christmas. He began the study that day and is doing beautifully. Then I persuaded a few friends to fol low this method of Bible study. As a
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