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ways, with great interest, following the activities of the Bible Institute. The Institute has meant so much in shaping my intellectual as well as my spiritual life. My prayer is, that it’s usefulness may be multiplied a thousand times.” —o— H. E. WIDMER, ’23, P. O. Box SO, Jerusalem, Palestine, is doing Jewish work at the House of Seekers after Truth. In a letter to Mr. Dunham, of Biola Hall, he reports the crowds at Jew ish meetings are larger than in Gospel hardened America. Soon after his ar rival in Palestine he purchased a bicycle, and in that way saw Palestine. Mr. Wid- mer tells of having visited many historic places such as Caesarea, Haifa, Mt. Car mel, Nazareth, Capernaum, the City of Safed, Bethlehem and the Mount of Olives; also Beyrout and Damascus in Syria. “The Garden of Gethsemane is a great place of interest also. To think of the prayers of my Lord offered in that place stirs me to more prayer and to a greater desire to live closer to God.” —o— MARION MAY FLOWER, a former student, spent a few days in Los Angeles during March. The Lord has led her to establish an orphanage at Los Gatos where she and her friend, Mildred A. Evans, are caring for a group of little orphan children. She has with her a lit tle Hawaiian child, one of her orphans. The happy little one attracted a good deal of attention when she was presented at the opening rally of the Evening School on Monday, March 28. —;0— EDWARD ROOSA, ’23, P. G .. ’24, Westerlo, N. Y. “This is my third year as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Westerlo. ■There is nothing greater than preaching the unsearchable riches of Christ. A. J. Anderson, who is home on furlough from Central America, recently spent a week with me, and it was a priv ilege to again enjoy the fellowship of a fellow-student of B. I.” —o— REV. AND MRS. VERNON M. BROWN (nee Catherine Bernard ’20), are working with the First Presbyterian Church of Fresno, California. Mr. Brown is assistant Pastor and Director of Reli gious Education, while Mrs. Brown is Secretary and Assistant Director of Reli gious Education. They are very happy in the opportunity of service, and send warmest greetings to friends about the Institute. —o— HELEN M. LAPP, ’26, is taking train ing at the Bethel Deaconess Hospital, Newton, Kansas. —o— MARIE KORTEMEIER, ’22, Oakland, California/ “My Christian greetings to the Alumni Family and especially those of the June ’22 class, Psalm 62 :5.” —o— MRS. BESSE McANLIS, T 6 , w ho has been for several years Superintendent of Women, presented her resignation re cently, that she might engage in other work. MISS RUTH WALTER has been selected to fill this important office as Acting Superintendent. Miss W a l t e r comes to this work well prepared to carry its many responsibilities.
FRANCES L. DOWNS, ’24, has writ ten under date of March 19th from Shanghai of the unsettled condition of af fairs in the fields of the China Inland Mission. She tells of a sad but typical incident which occurred in the Baptist Church of the city the Sunday before. During a communion service certain stu dent agitators scattered through the audi ence, took the bread from the table, squeezed it in their hands, stuffed it into their mouths, and otherwise disgracefully handled it. And yet, in spite of such dif ficulties, Miss Downs reports that men and women who have long held back have chosen this chaotic time to come out and accept Christ. She appeals for prayer iii behalf of the Chinese Christians. MR. AND MRsT^LeROY DUDROW (nee Mabel Geiman) ’22, have been ap pointed by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society for missionary service at Rangoon, Burma, in the American Baptist Mission Press; They planned to sail from New York to Liverpool and from there to Rangoon, arriving about the middle of June. “We are very happy when we con sider that God is using us in this man ner to publish the glad tidings of the love of Christ to lost men.” FRED J. GREEN e T’25, P. G. ’26, who has been engaged in rural work in North western Montana, has now taken charge of Calvary Baptist Church at Cove, Ore gon. Mr. Greene writes of a blessed and profitable time in recent revival meetings at Rexford, Montana. MR. AND MRS. A. J. ANDERSON (nee Marie Mack) ’23, Rose, New York. “We are rejoicing in the many opportuni ties for service while home on furlough. We have been supplying the pulpit of the Baptist church here for nearly four months, and have spoken a number of times on the work in Central America, in various places. . . . Our hearts, how ever, yearn for the day when we shall return to needy Central America.” —o— MR. AND MRS. GEORGE C. VAN DUSEN, E. S. ’20, write to the Alumni Association: “We rejoice with.you all that the enrollment of the Bible Institute is increasing continually. This, we trust, means that more workers will be thrust forth into His Harvest Fields,” An en couraging part of their work at Aba, Bel gian Congo, is with the young people of the out-schools. One of these, quite a distance from the Mission Station, and established for less than a year, reports some sixty to seventy attending the Gos pel services, and about thirty-five chil dren attending the school; and this, in a once very hard and difficult field. —o— HATTIE MOORE, ’19, was called home from active service on the mission field a' year ago to care for her father during his long, trying illness. The past year has been one of self-denial, but with many opportunities for loving ministry. She thanks God for such a privilege. She faces the new year trustingly. —o— JEANNE SAUCY, ’25, is enthusiastic about her work at Braine-le-Comte, Bel gium. The Lord is evidencing His power in some marvelous conversions and in the unusual interest of many people.
A Worth-While M inistry 'T 'HE noon-day prayer meeting of the Bible Institute, 12:10 to 12:50 daily, Monday to Fri day, as conducted by Mr. W. R. Hale, has been found to be a worth-while ministry. The quiet, restful auditorium, the rich music of the organ, the tender appeal of the old hymns, the reading of the Scripture, the quiet meditation, the silent and audible prayer,—these have been used to help those that have turned aside to rest a bit.
HATTIE O. SHAFFER, ’21, who has been for the past year employed as Church Clerk and Visitor for the First Baptist Church, San Diego, offered her resigna tion recently. Ill health .was the cause of th is, action; The calendar of the church under recent date spoke very kindly of her faithful and fruitful service. She is now with her parents in northern California. M;R. AND MRS. J. L. RUTT, ’24, in a recent letter to the Alumni Association speak of their remembrance of the happy days at the Bible Institute. Their field of service in Argentine, South America, is a very difficult one, but at the present time the work appears quite promising. —o— The whole Biola Family shares with REV. ROBERT BENDER, of the Span ish Department, his grief at the home going of Mrs. Bender, March 23rd, 1927. Mrs. Bender was a most patient sufferer during her long illness, and she is now at rest with her Lord, where there is no pain or affliction.
B. I. GLEE CLUB BOYS POSING W ITH ONE OF OUR DESERT POSIES
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