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BibleInstitute FAMILY CIRCLE and He does undertake for us.” Orval J. (T 8) and Mrs. Kirk were stationed at Shama for a time. Mr. Simponis will re turn to Addis Ababa when the building wojk is completed. (j^rs. Arvid H. Nelson (Florence V. Carlson, ’20) called at the Institute some time ago while visiting in Los Angeles for a short time. She and her husband helped reopen a Baptist church at Coleharbor, N. Dak., and are active in the Sunday- jSince July, 1933, Chester O. ( ’21) and Mrs. Rutledge ( ’20) have been making their headquarters at Lake Whatcom, Bellingham, Wash. They are engaged in rural evangelistic work in that region j/in schqgl. Mrs. Nelson supervises the B. Y. ^ in yitation to speak afThe anfraal Lcs-Án- P, ÜJ I - * * / / '* / / > ' /./¿Ájeles County Convention o f Christian En- Hénry D. ( ’23) and Mrs. Todd (Louisa^, deavor, at Pomona, Calif., May 4 to 6, Uhlinger,_’23) [ Clarence^ H. Charlton, T7 b rou gh t Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge to South- field of evangelism. From the day of this decision, he has been holding “ Round-Ups for God,” as he terms the campaigns, in various churches up and down the coast. He may be reached at 124 No. Florence Ave., Burbank, Calif.
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EH' Alumni News ,_, K ing ’ s B usiness by M. Christien "Key, o f Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Is., tells, in diary, form, a stirring story o f the journey he and his wife and five children made from the Tshene mission station to the unevangelized natives in the Kasai District, Belgian Congo. "Difficulties from tropical rains, and delays caused by the lack o f porters, were turned to good ac count for the Lord as the missionary party witnessed for Christ in the villages where they were detainee!.fin Chief Chisbjdi’s vil lage, Mr. Grings wrote o f longing that this! chief might be won to the Lord. A few b days later, he wrote: “ In the afternoon,/* we -were glad to see Miss Beth Mahon/’ ’ [’28, Unevangelized Tribes Mission of Africa] from the •Mbeo mission station, arrive with her caravan. After supper, we put the children to bed, and the rest o f us went up to Chichidi’s stockade and held a service. The chief professed to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour and prayed an intelligent and earnest prayer. W e came back to the Rest House and had prayer and a long tíme o f fellowship be fore retiring.” After a very difficult jour ney, Mr. and Mrs. Grings reached their new location on December 23, and on Christmas Day, Mr. Grings w rote: “ So we are here at the place where we are going to begin our missionary work among absolutely raw heathen people. They are friendly, and I believe there is a very hopeful prospect for a strong native church, although not very large. Join us in prayer that we may learn théir language and win them for the Lord.” Word comes from China o f the desig nation, in April, o f the five Biola gradu ates who sailed last fall under the China Inland Mission. They will continue their study of the language in their new sta tions, which have been announced as fol lows: Marguerite Góodner, ’33—Fow- yang, Anhwei; Hilda Riffel, ’32—Lin- cheng, Hopeh; Wilda Miller, ’32—Tingtse, Kansu; Edwin Cory, ’33—Kian, Kiangsi; and Dick Hillis, ’32—Shenkiu, Honan. Mrs. David J. Kleinsasser, ’22, writes of the Lord’s blessing upon the services she and her husband (D . J. Kleinsasser, ’21) have been permitted to render: “ Indeed God has led us in peculiar and marvelous ways. For several years I was sick, but the dear Lord wonderfully healed me, a year ago last October. This past year has been the most precious year spent in the Master’s service. Mr. Kleinsasser has had the blessed privilege of singing daily over the radio for more than a year, in Holly wood, Calif.” Nicholas Simponis, ’31, writing from Shama, Gamo Province, Ethiopia, in March, tells of his part in building some dwellings’ for new missionaries of the Sudan Interior Mission: “ The station is on a beautiful site overlooking two lakes divided by a narrow strip of land called ‘God’s Bridge’ and surrounded by beau tiful mountains. These days of pioneering are glorious days as well as testing days. But I do praise the Lord that He is here • erbert E. G rings , ’16, in a letter which has been forwarded to the
Charles P. ( ’24) and Mrs. Chamberlain T Clara M. Bixel, ’28) ; H. P. Stuart, ’25; ,yB. A. Boynton; and Walter Dawson are ^missionaries of the American Sunday ‘ School Union, giving full time to the work in the Pacific Southwest District.
ern California, where they planned' to spend about a month. Martha Holloway, ’31, returned to Biola in April and is serving as secretary to Miss Mabel M. Culter, Superintendent o f Women. After her graduation from the Institute, Miss Holloway taught Bible classes for two years in the public schools o f Graham, Tex. Many members of the Biola family re cently had the privilege of meeting John H. Hunter, for many years a member of the Institute faculty. Mr. Hunter spent a few days in Southern California in May, and ltd the devotions at the students’ “ Home Night” in the B. I. social parlors. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter are at Pacific Grove, Calif., where Mr. Hunter is pastor of the May flower Congregational Church. Lillian C. Curtis, T9, is engaged in Daily Vacation Bible School work under the American Sunday School Union. Her field includes communities in the mountains near Red Bluff, Calif. Helen Snyder, ’33, Seattle, Wash., has three children’s Bible classes, a class for young people, and one for adults, during the week. On Sunday she has a class and a Christian Endeavor society, and is also on a gospel team. C. Logan Landrum, ’24, secured a leave of absence from his Presbyterian church in Kenly, N. C., from September, 1933, to June, 1934, and is taking some work in Hebrew and Greek at Columbia Theological Semi nary, Decatur, Ga. He was graduated from the Union Theological Seminary more than five years ago, but did not re ceive a degree because he had not finished college. While pastor in the church in Kenly, he finished college, and is now doing the additional work required for a Bache lor o f Divinity degree. Mr. Landrum preaches at Wayside, Ga., about seventy- five miles from Decatur, each Sunday, going down on Saturday and returning on Monday. Bethel France, ’24, is affiliated with the Association of Baptists for Evangelism in the Orient, and is located at Manila, Phil ippine Islands. Recently she sent to Biola an announcement o f the commencement exercises o f the Manila Evangelistic In stitute, which were held March 4 to 6. Diplomas were awarded to eight young people. Aaron WT Friesen, ’22, was ordained to the gospel ministry at the Mennonite Breth ren Church of Los Angeles, November 12. For some time, Mr. Friesen has been act-
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Leonard J. Eilers, ’30, has passed “ from riding the range for man, to riding the range of the silver screen, to riding the range for God.” Mr. Eilers’ unique back ground has fitted him especially for reach ing the young people in the churches in which he holds evangelistic campaigns. Four years as a cowboy on large cattle ranches in Wyoming and Nevada were fol lowed by experiences as an assistant cam eraman in the filming o f the “ Thundering Herd,” by work as an “ extra,” and later as an actor in Western pictures. Before entering upon his training for Christian service, Mr. Eilers had hoped to be able to aid teen-age boys and girls by seeking to elevate the standards in motion pictures. But his observation of conditions and a growing knowledge of thé Lord showed him that a soul-saving work was the true means o f meeting the needs of youth. Some time after his graduation from Biola, during a period of special financial stress, an alluring offer was made to Mr. Eilers to return to the movies. Rejecting what appeared to many to be “a way out,” this young man was definitely led into the
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