vania. He received his pilot’s training at the LeToumeau School for Aviation at Toccoa, Georgia, and had been on the field about five months. Ruth Charlton-TJhUnger ’42 relates the tragedy in these words: “ The cause of the accident is an unsolved mystery. Paul, who was piloting, guided the ship to earth as the engine stopped suddenly. It burst into flames at once. It must have been an immediate entrance into Glory, for they were all found seated in the little plane with pleased, calm, peace ful looks just as if they had been sur prised to see their blessed Saviour so soon.” Describing the funeral held in A f rica, Ruth states that Dr. Trout con ducted a very beautiful service. Andrew P. Uhlinger gave his testimony, and led in prayer. Dorothy (McNabney) Law rence ’42, played “ The Holy City” and “ Safe in the Arms of Jesus” on George’s violin. Prayers were offered by the na tive Christians, and all joined in the hymn, “ Shall We Gather at the River?” As a result of the evangelistic spirit of the service, six souls accepted Christ as their Saviour, and thirty yielded their lives in service to the Lord. The bodies were laid away in caskets made of the fragrant white wood of the African forests, each marked with a cross of darker wood, as a symbol of the
Allyn B. Cooke ’18, Mrs. Cooke and their two little girls, Grace and Leila, sailed for China on the General Gordon, November 8th, after enjoying a little more than a year’s furlough. The past few months they have spent in Los An geles editing and printing a new hymn book in the Lisu language. Mr. Cooke has also been working with Gospel Re cordings, Inc., dn a series of thirty-six records in the Lisu language, with music and sound effects. Joe Cooke is a student at Biola while David is completing his pre-medical training at the University of California at Berkeley. A bright letter from Alaska informs Biola Family Circle that Gertrude Van- dermeer ’46, has been spending a little vacation at Lazy Mountain, Palmer, Alaska. She is connected with the El Nathan Home at Valdez where all work ers are rejoicing in the recent salvation of a fourteen-year-old boy. Pauline Smith ’29, and twin sisters Margaret and Marian Broody ’45, testify that they have been very happy in the Lord’s work in the small village of Ninilchik. Marian recently married Nick Leman; they re side in Ninilchik. The letter concludes with a call to prayer “ that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you.” Ralph Colburn ’40, former president of Biola Alumni and successful pastor of the Brethren Church at Compton, California, has been called to the direc torship of the National Brethren Youth Council. The merit of this work is ap parent as there is a real shortage of trained missionaries and ministers to go to the fields already whitened unto the harvest. Ralph is sponsoring a column in The Brethren Missionary Herald. His first message advocates the keeping of the quiet hour, early in the morning. He says: “ I remember the motto a Chinese preacher gave us while I was studying at Biola: ‘No Bible, no breakfast.’ To this I have coupled another motto: ‘If you’re too busy to pray, you’re too busy.’ These will be good for us to remember and to practice.” Wilma Robison ’34, Kalgo, via Bernin Kebbi, Nigeria, W. Africa, who has worked under the Sudan Interior Mis sion for many years, writes of sunshine and clouds attending their work among the nomadic Fulani Moslems. These peo ple are very difficult to reach and the missionaries encounter strong opposi tion. Wilma relates the story of a tiny girl whose mother died three days fol lowing the birth of this little one. The old grandmothers decided that they would bury the baby with the mother. Since the father objected, these grand mothers secretly agreed to give poison to the baby so she would die before morning, and thus be buried with her mother. The father would not agree to this, not because of his fear of the Lord, but for fear of the law! God answered prayer and now this little girl is in the care of the workers at the mission sta tion.
“Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me” (Mai. 3:1). With the Lord On January 12th, 1948, George Kevor kian ’39 and Paul Uhlinger ’42 were sud denly ushered into the presence of the Lord. Accompanied by Edna Mae Sill, a registered nurse, they were flying in their Piper Super Cruiser to attend a meeting of the educational committee of the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mis sionary Board in Rutshura.
George Kevorkian
Edna Mae Sill
Paul Uhlinger
cross of Him for whom these young mis sionaries laid down their lives in serv ice. They are resting on a wooded hillock surrounded by tall pines, there awaiting that Coming Day, when the shadows shall flee away. The two young widows give a moving testimony as to the sustaining grace of God in such a time of trial. They write : “ Please know that His grace is sufficient. He is supplying every need, and we love Him with all our hearts.” The sympathy of the entire Biola fac ulty and family is extended to these dear ones who mourn not as those who have no hope. The time is short; the coming of the Lord draweth nigh; let us all la bor for Christ with all of our hearts ere the night cometh when no man can work. Page Seventeen
George was not only an alumnus of Biola but also a graduate of Wheaton College and the Eastern Baptist Theo logical Seminary at Philadelphia. He had taken the phonetics course given by the Wycliffe Translators in their lan guage schools in Canada and Belgium, and had a workable knowledge of French at the time of his arrival in Africa seven months ago. Paul Uhlinger was born in Africa of missionary parents, Andrew P. and Bir die (DeHoog) Uhlinger, both of the class of ’16, who in 1917 went to the field to serve under the Africa Inland Mission. Paul was a graduate of the Bible Insti tute, Westmont College, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Graduate School of the University of Pennsyl
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