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Alumni News Dorothy Hosking, ’33, Geraldine Hinote, ’32, Ruth Ender, ’32, Florence Walls, ’32, and Lois Jenkins, ’33, left in November on an extended tour through Arizona and other states farther east. They will con duct Bible schools and teach adult Bible classes in small, out-of-the-way churches, as the Lord leads. Friends o f Albert L. Jantzen, ’29, in and around Biola, were pleased to re ceive a visit from him in October. He was graduated from Bethel College, Newton, Kan., in 1932, and is at present staying at his home in Paso Robles, Calif., looking forward to full-time ser vice for the Lord, as He opens the door. The following graduates o f the class of June, 1933, have returned to Biola this year for further study: Marion Adams, G r a c e Allshouse, Bernice Blackwell, Lossie Brown, Katie Dick, Norma Dilling ham, Gayle Fullarton, Dorothy Hosking, Delmar Howard, Beatrice Oie, Florence Porter, Mrs.. Elnease Robertson, Wilma Robison, Alma Stauffer, Hulda Suder- man, Kathleen Trumpler, Allen Backer, John Bewley, Ernest Crabb, Rowland Davies, Moffat Dennis, Norman Dirks, Warren Hall, Edward Hettych, Stewart McDougall, Hamilton Morrow, H e n r y Neale, Raymond Rogers, Lawrence Tay lor, and Neale Thomas. ' Martha G Pohnert, T3, Anchorage, Alaska, enjoyed a pleasant summer in camp work. A beautiful spirit prevailed in the group, and God worked in the hearts o f many. Blanche Nason recently arrived from Sitka to be associated with Miss Pohnert in her work. Kathryn Dick, ’29, with the Sudan In terior Mission, Nigeria, West Africa, has passed her first language examination and expects to take the second at the end of this year. She earnestly requests prayer for continued help in study and for renewal of health. Harold ( ’29) and Mrs. Coen (Ella Pen- ner, ’29),missionaries of the Sudan Interior Mission, located on the same station with Kathryn Dick and Doris Blackwell, ’31, have been given charge temporarily o f the office and household duties of the station. “Ruth Marie [their two-year-old daughter] is certainly growing,” they write. “The lan guage seems to be second nature to her, and before long she will be our teacher! She is keeping well and is a joy to each o f our hearts.” Helen M. Dick, ’22, has not forgotten her student days spent at Biola. Enclosing a check for the student aid fund, she writes: “ I have hung my teaching profes sion on a nail, and am staying at home with my aged mother. I have several church duties, and in that way, I try to serve my Master, whom I learned to know in a special way in dear B. I. How I would love to spend a few days there, visiting classes and seeing old friends! The faces might be strange, but the same Christian spirit would prevail. I often remember the students of the years ’21 and ’22, and won der where they are, and how they are get ting along. My prayer is that all may be faithful in the place where the Lord has called them, even though it may be a very small corner.”
a prayer life that is sweet and real. Meet ings are held in a hall. Writing of her journey to Warsaw and of her arrival there, she says: “I wish I had space to tell you of days and experiences in Den mark and Germany. I saw youth in Hitler uniforms, marching and singing. The sit uation there is very tense, and one has to be most careful in every way.” Having arrived in Warsaw, she wrote: “ The peo ple all knew I was coming from America, which is a magic word to these sinful, poverty-stricken souls. W i c k e d n e s s abounds, and during my first week here, I had the experience o f being robbed of all my earthly goods, and was frightened almost to death. I was enabled to take the loss o f my precious things without any hard feelings toward the robbers. I could earnestly pray for them and for their sal vation. “The deepest needs are always spiritual, but we have real need of almost everything. W e have no electric lights, telephone, radio, newspapers, or anything else to bring us good tidings. W e are far out in the coun try, on the edge of a big forest of pine woods, but because o f robbers, the forest frightens rather than draws. “I think it is good to be reduced to nothing, and to come to cling to Him and all eternal things. W e' say again and again, ‘Rejoice.’ ” Mr. Pearce Assumes New Duties On October 27, Alan S. Pearce, T9, resigned as. m a n a g e r o f the Biola Book Room, t o ' become a s s o c i a t e pastor of the First Brethren Church of Long Beach, Calif., of which Dr. Louis S. Bauman is pastor. These new duties will not
A New Member o f the Staff In November, I. L. Eldridge was invited to join the staff of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles as a field representative. One o f his duties, among others, will be the arranging o f schedules for gospel teams composed of Bible Institute students. Mr. Eldridge is not a stranger to the
B i b l e Institute, having served for a n u m b e r o f months sev era l years ago in con nection with the Institute’s w o r k among seamen in San Pedro, Calif. More recently, he has been connec ted with the Un ion Rescue Mis sion of Los An geles as its super- in ten d en t. H e brings to his new task a warm love for the Lord and for young people.
The work of the gospel teams, which is under the direct supervision of the super intendents of men and o f women, is one phase of the training in practical Chris tian work which the Institute offers. Dur ing the school year, groups of young men and young women are eager and ready to accept invitations from churches in the vi cinity of Lbs Angeles, taking full charge o f services where requested to do so, or helping otherwise as desired. The vaca tion periods make longer trips possible. The young people know the Lord Jesus Christ; they are students of His Word, daily learning more; and all their talents belong to Him. In past months, God’s seal of blessing has rested upon the lives and testimonies of many of the students, and through their witnessing—alone and in groups -L hundreds of lives have been brought into vital contact with the Lord Jesus Christ. It is hoped that under the continued direction of the superintendents, with the additional assistance that Mr. Eldridge’s coming affords, this ministry may be enlarged and extended. Write Mr. Eldridge if you can use a team for one or more services; he will be glad to as sist in meeting your every requirement. I. L. E ldridge “ W ho Follows in His Train?” Last June, Tordis Christoffersen, ’29, left for Warsaw, Poland, to fill the va cancy occasioned by the martyrdom of Grace Mott, ’23. As she stood beside Miss Mott’s grave, which lies under the trees of an old ceme tery, she thought tenderly o f this one who had counted all things loss for the excel lency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Miss Mott spent her last days in the poor est quarter of Warsaw, without physical comforts of any kind. Her loyal successor knew all this and more, yet she followed fearlessly, because the Lord Jesus led the way. Miss Christoffersen is engaged in chil dren’s work in Warsaw. Many of the boys and girls are truly born again- and have
seem strange to Mr. Pearce, for he form erly served in this capacity for more than tw o years. D u r i n g the p a s t s e v e n years, he has been secretary of t h e Cor- resp on d en ce School of the Bible Institute of L o s An g e l e s , a n d m ana ger o f t h e B i o l a Book R o o m ,
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where he has served with faithfulness and efficiency. He will continue as secretary of the Correspondence School, giving one day a week to the oversight of the work. The burden o f the details of the depart ment will be carried by Ivy M. Cook, ’33, who, since last August, has worked with Mr. Pearce as his secretary. It is gratify ing to know that in entering the field of pastoral work to which he believes God has called him, and for which he has spe cial aptitude, Mr. Pearce will also main tain a close touch with the Institute, where his consistent Christian life and untiring service for the Lord have endeared him to a large circle of friends.
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