OR:THE: FIRST:TIME IN : ITS : HISTORY the B ible I nstitute of L os A ngeles is making a general appeal to the Christian public for funds. While M r. Lyman Stewart lived he very generously cared for the needs of the work and whenever there was a deficit, he usually wrote his personal check to meet it. Now that he is gone, the Institute must look to other friends to take his place. If the Church of Christ is going to measure up to its responsibility in our day, it must have carefully trained teachers and leaders for its Sunday Schools and Young People’s work, as well as for its preaching ministry. These teachers and leaders must be men and women with a genuine Christian experience and a passion for their work. § | The Institute is definitely committed to the task of training such work' ers. It is interdenominational and earnestly seeks to cooperate with and serve all evangelical churches and pastors . . . . This year we are graduating a class of one hundred and forty-nine, twenty-eight of whom have taken the three years course, which means that they have had twenty-seven months o f intensive training. | | We have inherited a magnificently equipped plant worth two and a half million dollars in the very heart of Los Angeles. We have a faculty of conse crated men and women thoroughly prepared for their work and having a whole some passion for soul winning, and among them are some of the greatest teach ers in the world today. A ll of this we are putting at the disposal of Christ and His Church to provide a thoroughly prepared Christian leadership for the work of the Church at home and abroad. 6 % We are not a theological seminary, but our courses in the English Bible, Missions, Christian Education, and practical work, can be a real help to men regularly trained for the ministry. Our Christian Service Medical Course is invaluable to those who are looking forward to the missionary field. In addition to this we have many lines of practical work, such as, for example, nearly one hundred Bible classes weekly among high school boys and girls. | | We are now appealing to the Christian friends to whom God has en trusted money to help us carry on this vital work in the behalf of our young people, and we feel confident that they are not going to disappoint us. We are
asking for Three Hundred Thousand Dollars to carry us over two years . . a mere pittance as compared with what others spend for the ruin of our boys and girls. Will you help? Will you help 7 \[OW?
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