The Laying of the Corner Stone of the Bible Institute Building
Lyman Stewart, President, Delivering the Address
The President’s Address
O UR Bible Institute, conceived in prayer, ■founded by faith, and established through sacri fice, has, through the good providence of God, came to the third red-letter day in the history of its efforts to provide a permanent home for its several departments of service. The first was when it succeeded in secur ing this ideal location, and the second when formal possession was taken for the Lord by the breaking of ground. We have sought to have buildings planned on a scale somewhat com
mensurate with the commercial value of this site, the magnitude of the field, and the probable future needs of the Institute’s many-sided work. These dormitories, while' a necessary ad junct to the Institute, will also par take of the character of an endow ment. The work of construction, however, can proceed only as the means for this purpose can be se cured ; but the phenomenal increase of our population, and the new problems to be solved when the Panama Canal is opened, impose increased responsi-
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