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evangelistic campaign during March led a number from the Sunday School to an acceptance of Christ as Saviour. . —o— HUGH L. FOUCAR, ’25, writes ap preciatively of the New Year’s letter and other greetings from the Bible Institute. Conditions in Shanghai were serious when he wrote. Mrs. Foucar will be remem bered as Elizabeth Neely, ’25. REV. CHARLES FULLER, [21, the new secretary of the Board of Directors, and one of the Institute’s Bible Confer ence men, held a series of special meet ings with the .students of the Indian School at Riverside. There were very en couraging results. Mr. Fuller is able to give but a little of his time to this outside work. REV. JOHN GMCffiNHARD, ’20, and MRS. LIENHARD (nee E S T H E R SARGENT ’19), have taken up work as leaders of the Second Brethren Church, Long Beach. Mr. Lienhard was installed pastor April 17th and it is expected that under the care of these two devoted workers the congregation will become self-supporting. After their graduation Mr. and Mrs. Lienhard organized a self- supporting community church in Palomar. This work' has been taken over by the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Lien- hard’s musical talent will be of great as sistance in this new work, —o-- A recent letter from JAMES KER, of the Ceylon and India General Mission, Panadura, Ceylon, announces the birth of a son on January 28th. The Biola Fam ily extends heartiest congratulations. Mr. Ker was a student during 1920 and 1921. PETER F. WALLTof the Class of ’21, writes from Princeton Theological Semi nary where he is now studying, “I am al-
B. I. LADIES GLEE CLUB AND THEIR TOURING BUS HERE THEY ARE SHOWN STOPPING ON A H IGH MOUNTAIN RIDGE TO COOL OFF TH E ENGINE AND JOLLY TH E DRIVER
special meeting with the First Brethren Church of Spokane, Washington, March 27th. The pastor of the church strongly commends Mr. Ross’s good work with them. He says, “He is sound in the faith once delivered, devoted to his work, easily adapted to local conditions; in short, a trustworthy evangelist.” It will be months before the results of the work in this church and that of the Knox Presbyterian in Spokane can be tabulated. The Ex tension Department is in touch with sev enty-five prospective students as one of the results. When these notes were pre pared Mr. Ross was engaged in a taber nacle campaign at Amarillo, Texas. Quartette Well Received The Gospel Team Quartette has had a full schedule of Sunday evening evangel istic services since Christmas in churches of Los Angeles and vicinity. The tes timony of these young men and that of their speaker, Rev. Albert E. Kelly, have been very cordially received by churches of different denominations, and their min istry has been spiritually fruitful. —o— Did You Hear? REV. AND MRS. EDWIN S. SINGER, T 8 and T9 respectively, Orland, Califor nia. “Truly the Lord has been gracious to us in the past year. His presence has been with us to guide and lead and His blessing has been upon us. . . . It has been a year of great experiences and trials. We can say with the Psalmist, “The Lord hath done great things for u s; whereof we are glad.” —o— ALVIN L. MOYER, ’22, of Wapato, Washington, has expressed his apprecia tion of “Biola Table Chat.” He is busy during the week with secular employment to support himself and family, and hard at work on Sunday building up a small Bible School. He has been elected Class Leader for the Mennonite Brethren con gregation, and thoiigh not a member of that communion has been asked_ by the Pastor to share his ministry with him. Mr. Moyer is giving Bible lectures at the Sunday evening service and has charge of the mid-week prayer meeting. An
of the Jewish Department of the Bible In stitute, outlined methods and means of work in this hard field. Mr. Arnold Painter, of India, gave several real vital messages having to do with his work in India in the schools of that country. Mr. Charles A. Roberts, of the Faculty of our Huna.n Bible Institute, spoke of condi tions in China, and of the effect upon Christian work. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tuggy, of the Orinoco River Mission, painted a picture of the difficulties to be met in Venezuela, and of the fruitage that has been given. —o— Mr. Ross a t Spokane REV. BRITTON ROSS, Field Evan gelist of the Bible Institute, closed his
Dr. Morgan’s Plans RECENT circular l e t t e r '"from the Revell Company, New York, speaks of Dr. G. Campbell Morgan’s acceptance of an invitation to join the fac ulty of the Bible Institute and of the lectures he will give Thursdays and Fridays during the next school year, his time f r o m Sunday to Wednesday weekly thus being left free for the Bible Conference work with which his name has long been associated in all parts of the country. Through the Lenten season Dr. Morgan Was engaged in Chicago, preaching in the Mo o d y Church, the Fourth Presbyterian Church, and at the Sunday Evening Club. After June 1st his home will be at Glendale, California. It is of interest to know that his Cali fornia home will bear the same name as that of the present one in Athens, Georgia, and of the f o r m e r home in England, “Ataraxia.” Students of Greek recognize ataraxia as meaning “not disturbed;” the “Ataraxia” in Georgia and California is an abode of peace of mind and soul.
Our Valuable Properties in Changsha Are Imperiled! CVUR latest advices from Dr. Frank A. Keller, Superin tendent of our Hunan work, in form us that he has been driven out, along with all other work ers. Mrs. Keller is now on the way to America. Dr. Keller was making his way to Shanghai. Our Bible Institute buildings are probably in the hands of Chinese soldiers, Changsha b e i n g a strong military center. W h a t will be left, no one knows. We beseech our friends to pray earnestly that God’s will may be done, and the work not entirely ruined, if it can be His good pleasure. There is pressing financial need at this time as many work ers have to be cared for and transported to places of safety, pending readjustment of affairs. We trust that the friends of this great work will not look upon this as a time to cease giving. Our w o r k e r s have suffered much and must be properly looked after.
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