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ed ited b y Lucy ft. K edm ond which has become worldwide. They re port 360 records, teaching five courses, are packed and ready to be sent to Vene zuela to be used on long wave; 70 tapes for three more courses are being sent to the Pan-American Network; three of the five doctrine courses to be published are now being written; the third edition of the preliminary course is to go to press, and the second edition of the intro duction to the Old Testament is to follow. They have been invited to speak at a large conference of workers in Spain. Much of the necessary funds for trans portation are in hand. They ask prayer that they will be used of God in this needy field, and for other plans that seem to be in the making according to His will for them. Ragnhild (Rae) Miller ’23, 987 S. New Hampshire Ave., L.A. 6, one of a class of nine who sat under such men as Dr. Torrey, Dr. W . H. Pike, Dr. Howard Kellogg and Rev. John H. Hunter, all of whom are now with the Lord. Rae has been engaged in secular work for a num ber of years, but is one of the faithful ones who gather for an hour of prayer every Sunday in the Church of the Open Door at 1:30 for intercession in behalf of our missionaries, and to help speed the gospel to the regions beyond, as well as in the homeland. For 28 years Rae has been a member of this prayer group. She closes with— “ The world is our field” (Mark 16:15). Henrietta Schmidt-Broom ’47, Box 277, Thornton, Calif., is teaching kindergarten and superintendent of the Thornton Com munity Church. Her husband, Wendell Broom is a school principal near Lodi. He is active in the young people’s groups and teaching in Sunday school. Last sum mer they were involved in a terrifying car accident in Nebraska which kept them in the hospital there for almost a month, and are still mindful of the need of prayer for their complete recovery. Claude Pearson ’21, taking the gospel to the men on the ships at sea, has star tling incidents at times in his work among these men who are so often desperately in need of salvation from the depths of sin. He tells of one young fellow who took hold of him to throw him off the ship, but was interrupted by shipmates. Claude says this has happened only twice in the 32 years he has been engaged in this work. Merchant seamen have little to do much of the time and gospel tracts and good books are eagerly read by many. Send good books, magazines and tracts to him at 386 W. 5th St., San Pedro, Calif. Joe and Jessie Beckett ’32, Kukar Gadu via Potiskum, N. Nigeria, tell of new doors being opened to them recently as there is a great adult educational pro gram being put into operation in an ef fort to reduce adult illiteracy. Teachers are much needed for this work. Some young men applied, and about 400 young men and boys are being reached each week. So far they have met with no op position. Another challenge for prevailing prayer.
in the battle for the Lord. Says Dick: “W e come with 200,000 Orientals who are discovering the ‘unsearchable riches of Christ’ through the Bible Study courses.” If we, at home, would share in the blessing attendant upon his work we should pray for those on the field. Betty Allen ’54, student secretary to Oran Smith head of the Missions depart ment, and participating in two invasions of the PMT into Cuba, has been accepted by the Spanish America Inland Mission. Spending the holidays with her parents in Bisbee, Ariz., she will then proceed to Guatemala where she may be reached at language school, Aptdo. 2240, San Jose, Costa Rica, C.A. Mission headquarters address is 559 E. Monroe, Little Falls, N.Y. Betty says: “ It will be a real en couragement to hear of your prayer- interest. Air mail postage is 10c per half ounce.” Eddie Wagner ’44, on a recent cam paign in Pennsylvania, broadcast from Montrose, and visited the grave of B iola ’ s Dr. Reuben Archer Torrey. Eddie preaches the Word as commanded in 2 Tim. 4:2, A Tribute to Dr. Torrey and successfully does the work of an evangelist which Dr. Torrey so nobly ful filled. Hurricane Hazel hit Eddie’s cam paign broadside at 90 miles an hour; trees were uprooted, the chimney was blown off during the service, but meet ings continued as usual without heat or lights. Barns and garages were blown away. Eddie let none of these things move him. Harold and Ella Coen ’29, ’50, say— “ Thank you for sending Dr. Talbot and Mr. Smith to us. We trust their visit will bring great blessing to you, and cause all of you to pray more fervently for the work . . . we realize the time is getting shorter, and the evil powers are becom ing more evident all the time. A real Mau-Mau spirit is evident in the Ibo tribe who are always saying ‘out with the missionary, missions and white people!’ Little do they realize it was the white people who brought them the light, and gave them the Word which their fore fathers accepted, but the present genera tion is out for advance, education and running the government, and hoping the white man will soon leave.” This is our challenge to meet on our knees. “ Call unto me and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not” (Jer. 33:3). Don and Faith Hollingsworth-Turner ’21, HCJB, Quito, Ecuador, S.A. send encouraging news concerning their work
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Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ (Col. 4:2, 3). Miraculously delivered from death by electrocution is the story of Donald A. Fairley ’28, under the C&MA in Fr. Eq. Africa. A “ short” set fire to a pole near the Fairley residence. Donald pulled the switch thus coming in contact with a high voltage cable. Realizing his peril he threw himself to the ground, a distance of 15 feet. The shock and the fall rendered him unconscious. Two neighbors adminis tered artificial respiration for nearly two hours before normal breathing was re stored. One physician remained with him 48 hours, putting him in a plaster cast from shoulder to hip before removing him to the hospital. Donald writes: “ I rejoice greatly, not that I have been delivered from death . . . but that, in God’s will, I am to remain and finish the work He has called me to do among these precious Gabon tribesmen.” Arvid F. Carlson ’33, ’39, pastor of the Mission Covenant Church, Pasadena, in the Gospel Call gives a vivid description of his visit to Bedouin camps, hospitals, mission stations, orphan homes and schools. Spiritual impressions were the highlight of the 1954 Summer Bible Lands Tour: to sit on Olivet’s hillside, moments of prayer in Gethsemane’s beautiful Gar den, to climb the steeps of sacred Cal vary, to hear the murmuring waves of blue Galilee kiss the pebbled shore, while the centuries reversed themselves, was indeed to “walk where Jesus walked, and to feel His presence there.” Wycliffe Bible Translators, Turner and Helen Blount ’41, tell of a blessing the Lord has sent into their home. A lady called on them and asked if they would like to have a little six-year-old girl. They were delighted and went to see the child. Linda was shy and hid behind her grand mother’s skirt. Friendliness won the child; she went with them to their home where she was made comfortable and happy, with food and luxury she had never known in the poor hovel where she had lived with her aunt (her guardian). They are trusting God for answer to prayer that the Roman Catholic Church shall not intervene. Dick Hil'lis ’32, now back in Formosa pushing out the Good News, and spend ing the holiday season with his wife and family, questions the possibility of their field being closed to missionary activity. There is a determination to press forward
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