December 1925
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a contrast between those people^ waiting and begging for the Gospel, and thousands in this country who will not listen to it I Why is it th at so many people prefer the harder task of trying to work in an over crowded field? Truly the field is white already to harvest. “Pray ye^ therefore, the Lord of the har vest------ At the next meeting Mr. Bender, who has charge of our Spanish work here, spoke to us and showed pictures of the people and work in Central America. He brought to us a very personal message on “Choosing your life work.” Acts 9:16— “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” Mark 13:34— “To every man his work.” Ephesians 2:10— “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus un to good works.” Requests for prayer keep coming in, from Africa, from -Central America, from India, from China, from all parts of the world. “Pray ye therefor------ ”. How thankful we should be #th at the Lord has given to each one a chance to thus help in His great har vest field. PRAYER Some wonderful answers to prayer recently have given us much encouragement and made us eager to be more faithful in our share in this prayer partnership, since our Senior Partner has given us fresh proof that we are surel 5 r transacting business with and for Him. Mr. Geo. H. Ekdahl, of the Bolivian Indian Mission, has ju st arrived in Biola-land for his first furlough, and brings with him a note of praise th at a number of men and women have heard the call of God to Bolivia, and are ready to- go as soon as the funds come in. He asks our prayers th a t th e 'In dians of Bolivia will be gripped and trans formed by the Word of God, and th at the con verted half-caste people may recognize their obligation to evangelize the Indians. Miss Hammond from Cuba desires us to . pray th at God will pour out His- Spirit- on the people in Cuba that there may be a real revival there this year. Pray especially for those who preach and teach the Word, that it may bring forth much fruit. We rejoice with the people there over the founding, in answer to prayer, of a new Christian school for the very poor in the country districts. Mr. White, who comes to us from ‘work among the French people of Louisiana, brings the’ good news that the women’s Bible class of which she had charge is remaining faith ful, and steadfastly holding to the study ot the Word. She asks that we pray for a young girl there who is having her first ex perience with work among the French child ren in conducting a newly organized Sunday School class. From the “top of the world,” 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle, comes such an in teresting letter with its encouraging news of the work there and the large Junior Chris tian Endeavor Society among the Eskimo children. In spite of the fact th at mail ieaches them only four times a year, accord ing to Mrs. Spence, who also comes from B ar- row, Alaska, this is a very joyous and won derful field, full of opportunities, and in need of our interest and prayers. A recent letter from Miss E lla G. Bennett, Guatemala, Central America, is filled with Thanksgiving because the new chapel in that place is now free from debt. She tells of the Christians in one- of the towns there who had been earnestly praying th at they m ight be given a chance to hear a Gospel message, for it is often months between the messages in these out of the way places. Why not add our prayers to theirs that a- worker may be sent to them. Good news comes from Dr. and Mrs. Keller of their safe arrival in China. The Bible In stitute there really belongs to us in a special way, and our fam ily there as well as here is in need of constant prayer. “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Jer. 33:3. THE EVENING SCHOOL The degree of success attained by one life above another, other things being equal, is largely due to the' improvement of wasted hours and minutes. Abraham Lincoln worked during the day to earn a livelihood but he studied in the evening. W illiam Carey made and repaired shoes for a living but improved his moments of leisure in the study of lan guage and missions. . Young men and women today are working to maintain themselves and spending three evenings a week studying the Bible.' Does it pay to give this amount of time for three
years to the study of the very source of all knowledge, the Bible? Let some of them an swer. A young man came to Los Angeles from a distant town and said he wished to enroll in the Evening School. On being asked why he did not stay in his own home town and remain in the good position which he held there, he vreplied, “I want a greater knowledge of that Book which will fit me for greater usefulness in days to come.” This young man saw the value of the right study of the Scriptures. If the claim is .true that the Holy Scriptures contain more truth than is found in all other books, then this young man was justified in -leaving his posi tion and home surroundings. A young doctor set apart three evenings a week to attend the classes of the Evening School. Today, he has charge of one of the largest Presbyterian hospitals in Central Am erica. His knowledge of medicine without his knowledge of the Book would have made him but ah ordinary physician. W ith the knowl edge of the Bible, he administers not only to the bodies of men but to the spirit, soul and body. He also has those necessary prin ciples of life so fixed in his head and heart th at he becomes unconsciously, almost, a man of blessing to his fellowmen. He has worked out what the Scriptures affirm in 2 Timothy 2:15, “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman th at needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” OUR B. I. VISITORS H. J . Openshaw of Moody B. I. of 1892-3, for thirty-two years a missionary for the Am erican Baptist Foreign Missionary Society in West China, has been with us at B. I. for a few days. He is here on his fourth furlough and "said he never felt better or more enthusiastic for the work in China. After a brief rest in the United States he will hasten back to begin his fifth term in that blessed work for our . Lord. Besides his regular church and evangelistic work he has been able to establish a school for the blind at Changtu, which is the only school for this unfortunate class in thé great province of Szechuan. He addressed Mr. Hunter’s class in Missions on the morning of October 21st and was greatly enjoyed by all. Let us remember our dear brother in our prayers. Rev. Paul Rood, Pastor of the Swedish Church of Turlock, California, has been with us for a day or two. He preached at both morning and evening service of the Church of the Open Door, Sunday, October 18th. He was present at the luncheon of the Pre- m illennial Association in the Fishermen’s Club Monday the 19th and addressed the Associa tion a t their meeting in the Lyceum Club Room, following the luncheon, on the subject of the Bryan Bible League which he is or ganizing in California. The object of this is to carry on the work started by Mr. Bryan to get the Bible in the schools of this- state and the United States and stop the teaching of infidelity, evolution alnd other anti Christian theories in the tax-supported schools of our fair land. Pray for God’s blessing on our brother Rood’s work. Rev. J. J. Sims is .Field Secretary. Rev. I. S. Prokhanoff of Russia, a friend and co-worker of our Mr. W. E. Blackstone, has been stopping at the Institute for a few days. He is the representative of the Evangelical Church Union of Russia, which is composed of about four thousand churches that are Evangelical. The Government has not allowed them to go forward with their work, and our brother is here to enlist the sympathies, prayers and support of American Christians in this great •work. There is a great need of Bibles in Russia. Some of these churches with large member ship have only one Bible for the whole assem bly. The government will not allow Bibles to be imported but will allow them to be printed in Russia. The language has been changed somewhat by dropping some *of the letters from the alphabet, and the government- insists on these Biblçs being printed in the new language. The American Bible Society has agreed to pay for the composition and plates fo.r this •new Bible. It is desired to print 25,000 of them which will cost $ 1 .0 0 eaçh, and then it will be necèssary to raise $16,000 to $17,000 to pay for the printing and distribution. Here is truly a great need, a great work, and a great opportunity. Who will help?
OUR RADIO BROADCASTING STATION AND ITS WORK 750 W atts—K .T .B .I.—294 Meters
Beside the regular Sunday Services of the Church of the'Open Door morning and even ing,' and the ;6 P.M. Sunday 1 Vesper Sermon, we are putting on the air, for the benefit and pleasure of our many friends of Radio Land, many splendid programs. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday — 8 to 9 P.M.—Musical Program s: Mostly by the stud ents. Thursday, 8 to 9 P.M.—Exposition of Whole Bible Sunday School Lesson by Miss W inifred Rouzee. Friday, 7. to 8 P.M.—E x position of the International Sunday 1 School Lesson by Rev, John A. Hubbard of our F a c ulty. All of- these are eagerly looked forward to and we receive many letters of appreciation from all over the country. Mr. R. Morris, Oakland, California, says, “Please accept my heartiest congratulations and best wishes. Your program of the 7th was splendid and received here at 8:15 P.M. clear and of full volume. Mrs. Ida King, the Misses Dorothy W alters and' Thelma Green made a decided hit here; all honor to you and your artists.” Note: This was the work of our students and is representative of the work they are doing. Renton, Washington, 10-5-25. “The Day of all Days” is coming in fine through our loud speaker. Many thanks for your program, which is most interesting. Spring Brook Poultry Farm . The many friends of our talented brother Gordon E. Hooker out in Radio Land greatly enjoyed hearing from him again in the splen did musical program which he sent out over our Bible Institute broadcasting station K. T. B. I. Wednesday evening, November 11. A REMARKABLE LETTER Dear Dr. Torrey:— I hope this reaches you as I would like you to know th at I got together another con gregation again last evening, not so large as the previous Sunday, due to rain, but we had a remarkable man as a listener. In Nevada gambling goes on -everywhere. . We have a Pool Hall here and I made myself very agreeable to the proprietor there during the week and persuaded him to come over and hear the Radio, so I set him right next to the loud speaker where he would get full blast Gospel. That man has the reputation of having killed eight men: He is “quick on the gun,” and he is a man feared in this country and no one disputes with him. He runs the Gambling, and I believe he is a man who “plays the game fair,” as they say, and is probably honest enough that way, but of course a rank unbeliever. I could see it was pretty hard on him. I felt particu larly funny when you commenced to tell that story about the Gambler on the Mississippi who killed a man, and I saw his face turn red, and was afraid he would get up and go, but he stayed, and I prayed all the time you were preaching. He said: “Boys, that’s the first ! time I’ye been to Church in over forty years.” “That man’s some Preacher.” The few Christian people present greatly enjoyed the clear Gospel: “Other foundation can no man lay than th at is laid which is Jesus Christ,” and was pleased to hear you read part of my letter. Two weeks from today am going to. Smith Valley 40 miles west and will take my 5 tube set there and bring in the Gospel of K T B I for the-Christian people there. W ith Christian regards, sincerely, W. F . Shelley. . EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Mr. R. H. Richards, for two years Business Manager of the King’s Business is now en gaged in the Extension Department of the Faculty under • the supervision of Dr. Atkin son, Associate Dean. Mr. C. B. Whitwell, of the class of ’23, is also working with Mr. Richards in this department and together they are putting on an intensive program among the churches of Southern California, with the hope of attracting more of their young people to the Institute. Mrs. Whitwell is taking the regular B. I. course and expects to graduate in June, 1926. Mrs. W illiam McAnlis, (our Mrs. McAnlis’s sister-in-law ), her husband and boys have arrived at their station in the Philippine Islands, where Dr. and Mrs. McAnlis will be working in the island of Albay under the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. They had a very pleasant voyage from the United States, ¡visiting Dr.. McAnlis’s brother Albert, who is stationed at the Severance Memorial Hospital, Seoul, Korea. 1
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