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results are reported. There were over two hundred professed conversions; many of these young men and women pledging their lives to Christ and His service. There were, in addition, many re-conse crations. Mr. RoSs’s time has been fully taken in such field work during the whole winter season. His schedule indicates some open dates for summer and early fall. _ o _ M ore P ower to K elly REV. ALBERT E. KELLY, since July a member of the Faculty, and Student Sec retary, has been recently appointed Secre tary of the Extension Department. His field of responsibility will cover all matters per taining to prospective students for the day school, the securing of fields of Christian service for members of the Alumni Asso ciation and former students of the Bible Institute, the Extension activities of the Glee Clubs, Gospel Team Quartet, and other similar organizations, together with the Bible Conference and Evangelistic work of the Institute field men. Mr. Kelly and his secretary, Miss Helen White, ’20, will be glad to greet all vis itors to the Bible Institute, and all ../In quiries relative to the work of the Exten sion Department will be given prompt at tention. _ 0 _ H ad Y ou H eard T hat ------? NORIO OSAKI, ’24, is now engaged as a missionary teacher working under the direction of- the Japanese Reformed Church, Los Angeles, California. JOHN M. TOSH, ’23, is at present a bookkeeper in a garage at Bluffton, Ohio, and, as he writes, “seeking to live Christ and witness for Him as opportunity pre sents itself.” He is Superintendent of the Junior !Christian Endeavor of the .local Mennonite Church, and finds,}.'real' satis faction in leading young people to Christ. JULIUS EAPLEE, ’24, of the Orinoco River Mission, is hard at work in his dif ficult field in Venezuela. He is enabled to go forward enthusiastically in spite of all the hindrances. --O—’. EDNA WARD, ’22, of Sargodha, Pun jab, India, United Presbyterian Mission, writes interestingly of her mission work there. ;She is thankful for the wonder ful opportunity ' that; she has with the women and children of her needy field. She speaks of meeting Miss Zarra Hoon, .’21. MISS HOON expects to come to America this spring, on furlough. She is at work in the Rawalpindi district. The Indian people love her and her work has been quite fruitful. —‘-o— REV; and MRS. H U G H P. AN DREWS are in charge of the work of the First Baptist Church, South Bend, Washington. Their church}has.been giv ing special attention during the past year to the program of evangelism, and with encouraging results, v —-o-— REV. EDGAR WILLIAMSON, T9, and MRS. WILLIAMSON (nee RO- WENE ARMSTRONG, T7) are on the staff of the Third Baptist Church of St. Louis, Missouri. REV. and MRS. RANSELAER BAR- ROWS, San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America, announce the birth on February ISth, 1927, of a possible successor in the
T h e s e husky a n d r a t h e r cheerful look ing gentlemen constitute ' th e B. I. Go s p e l Tearn. They look for ward to a trans continental tour.
bank; Sask., Canada, on account of poor health. She sees God’s hand in this dis appointment, and reports that she is stead ily regaining strength, and is hopeful of again taking up full time Christian service. —o— HENRY F. FAST, ’21, is another Bible Institute graduate on the foreign field. His work is at Temuco, Chile, South ■America, and the Lord is adding His blessing. MR. and MRS. J. W. WILSON, Jr., ’22, of the Inland South America Mission ary Union, Encarnación, Paraguay, report answers to prayer in the matter of con verts, open doors,- and provision of neces sary equipment. Evidently the Christian work they are doing is.beginning to tell in their community. 1 —o—- M arried CARRIE V. JENSEN, ’26, to ROB ERT GEARY, March 11th, Los Angeles, California, by Dr. John M. Maclnnis, Dean of the Bible Institute. Mr. and Mrs. Geary left for First View, Colorado, where Mr. Geary has a ranch. —o— REV. P. E. FRY, former Bible Institute student, who has been pastor of one of the Congregational Churches of Los An geles', has accepted a call to the Commun ity Church at San Jacinto, California. —o— JEANNE SAUCY, 18 Rue Britannique, Braine-le-Comte, Belgium, 1-1-27. “I am working here with a Belgian pastor and his Swiss wife. My work is mainly vis iting in horríes. Our Sundays are pretty full. This is our schedule: “At Braine-le-Comte 9:15—S u n d a y School. “At Braine-le-Comte 10:30—Service. “At Soignies 3:15—Sunday School. “At Soignies 4:30—Service. “At Braine-le-Comte 6:30—Service. “I have charge of both Sunday Schools. We have two evening services during the week, besides one women’s meeting. We have many encouragements in our work. Since the inauguration of our Hall at Soignieá, Oct. 10, we have a group of 30 to 40 attending regularly during weekly meetings, and on Sundays we have more. It is not easy, for many of the women I visit do not read or write. They wait till I go to visit them to read to them His Word. Imagine being more than one week without reading the precious Word. They grow slowly in their Christian life, but firm and true.”
mission field,—by name Irvin Ranselaer Barrows. Mrs. Barrows was Miss Lela Freeland, and was a student at the Bible Institute during the year 1924-25. Con gratulations. _o— REV. HOWARD FULTON, one of the early members' of the Fishermen’s Club, and a student of the Bible Institute during the early days on Main Street, has recently resigned the pulpit of the Berean Baptist Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, after eight years of fruitful service, to accept a call to the First Bap tist Church, Buffalo, New York. — o- —' R. DAVID BENDER, a student last year, and now at Cardenas, Cuba, ■writes i in encouraging fashion of> his wbrk with young people there. A recent consecra tion-service .indicated a deepening of spiritual; life and promises gfeat)days in the mission. --0— : JOHN j: PLENERT, ’21, is attending Bethel College this winter at Newton, Kahsas, taking work for his A.B. and Th.B. degrees. He and Mrs. Plenert hope to be back in Hutchinson, Kansas, by next September, in mission work, after an ab sence of two years. They have been in charge since last June of the West Zion Mennonite Church at Moundridge, Kan sas, with,encouraging results. —o— MAGGIE F. POTTER, ’24, has been compelled recently to.; give up her teach ing work in the public, schools of Lang- Dr; \\\. C. Pierce, i , Secretary World’s Sunday School . ;A&spciatidii. At presepi Acting Executive Sec retary California (South) Sunday School Council of Religious Edu- .. cation. Dr. Paul Kanamori, . Japanese Eyangélist. The preacher with the “Three hour sermon.” Rev. J. C, Kistler, D.D., Secretary Church Erection De partment Board of Home Mis- ‘ sions, United P r e s b y t e r i a n Church.; • Mrs. John A. Crawford, Educational Secretary Board of Home Missions, United Presby terian Church. Prominent Guests
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