THE KING’S BUSINESS The Mew Method ©fi Evangelism Dr. Oliver in Vancouver
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G EORGE W. HUNTER, who has been representing the Bible Institute for the past year at Seattle, has gone to Van couver to assist Dr. French E. Oliver in an evangelistic campaign. Miss Marie Carter, one of the Bible women of the Institute, has also gone to work among the young women. The campaign is being carried on by Dr. Oliver on a new plan. The churches are unitiiig on a statement of doctrine, which, of course, eliminates many evan gelical churches who will not suscribe to the. statement. The work is a new form of Evangelism, and well suited to the pres ent conditions. If churches that stand for the old doc trines would unite in evangelistic services, there would be a fellowship and a united spiritual power that is impossible to obtain under other circumstances. A strong, virile, aggressive evangelism like Dr. Oliv er’s, with the churches united on the great fundamental doctrines, could not fail to command the largest blessing from the Lord, and would intensify the faith of the believers, and would create an inquiry on the part of others which would lead them to distinguish the difference between the pure, unadulterated truths and the ques tionable position held by so many with reference /to the Deity of our Lord and the full inspiration of the Scriptures. Many people will be watching with great interest the development of this campaign, and we solicit the earnest prayers of our readers on behalf of this new method of evangelism. Mr. Hunter writes that he has, never before been in a place where the people displayed such eagerness for Bible knowl edge as he finds in Vancouver. The people had been praying for years for a spiritual awakening. In one place they had been conducting prayer meetings for seven years, once every week. In another place,
prayer meetings had been conducted for ten years, but had lapsed once or twice for a short season. The Holy Spirit drew them together again, and they continued in prayer for this spiritual awakening. The committee of seven, composed of men identified with the Baptist, Presby terian and Anglican churches, were very definitely planning under the guidance of the Holy Spirit for the work. Enough has been subscribed to date to build the taber nacle and take care of all the expenses, without a dollar having been solicited from any source. People have prayed and God has sent the money. No service is con ducted in the Tabernacle without being prayed through, and the people attending the meetings are under deep conviction. The present plan is to conduct the meeting through to the end of June, but they may continue longer. It would not be surpris ing if a campaign covering the whole Can adian Northwest should develop from the meeting in Vancouver. ----------0------ — Hopi Indians’ Contribution A letter from H. A. Holcomb, working among the Hopi Indians at Oraibi, Ari zona, encloses a check for $5, stating that | this amount has been contributed by the Indians under his charge, to the sea men’s fund. He says: “On receiving the ‘lighthouse’ I had Elizabeth explain to our people and ask them to pray for the work. I then set the lighthouse on the table and told them they could put in what they wished should go to this work. The enclosed $5 is the amount which we, as a little society, are sending the seamen’s fund. I want our dear people to understand about such work.” The “Elizabeth” mentioned above is a Hopi Indian well known and much beloved by Bible Institute folks, she having spent a season here in the school. \
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