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BIOLA CLUB OF PASADENA Elwood P . Lyon, Supt.—O u r cen ter for Bible C lasses, E vangelistic Services and Personal W ork, in th e h e art of th e C ity of P asadena. B URING the past month th e work a t Biola Club, ap art from the regu lar classes, has been made up of help to in dividuals. Those in deep sorrow have and cheer. He has become a staunch friend and declares^ th a t such places are doing much to win men to faith in Christianity and Christ. The increasing confidence of pastors is being shown by th e ir requesting our help in dealing w ith h ard cases, such as they th ink only those fam iliar w ith prophecy and prem illennialism can deal with.
come for com fort and cheer. Many th a t are troubled over th e lack of Bible preaching and teaching have come for counsel. Several who were in m ental trouble because of th e cu rren t evolutionary teaching from so many pulpits have been led to accept the Bible as final authority, have given up th eir doubts for a firm faith in the word of God, and are very happy. One young man comes to Biola Club for his tracts, Gospels, and other lit era tu re fo r use; in prison work. Through him a number of prisoners have accepted Christ. A Jewish man came to us for help
Several new people have decided th a t Biola Club is one of th e best places in Pasadena for them to get the teach ing th a t th e Bible is the Infallible Word of God. In a recent class five requested special prayers. A few are constantly being delivered from false teachings, from doubts as to th e Bible being God’s very Word, and from a backslidden state. To God be all the glory! n temporarily) swept away. When I was stepping off a Belfast tram -car th e conductor put his hand on my shoulder and said, “ Sir, air you convairrted?” He was intensely in earnest. Policeman’s Inquiry A little later a young fellow opened his coat and showed me an inside pocket th a t was something like a poach e r’s pocket. “Man,” he said, “many’s the time I ’ve carried a gun there. Now I ’m fighting for the L o rd !” and he jumped up into the air. One can feel th e revival in th e air. I t is everywhere, and if an arm ed po liceman pulls one up, more likely th a n n o t it is to inquire in to th e sta te of one’s soul. I was seeking Shaftesbury-square, and a constable directed me. He fin ished by asking, “Are you saved, sir? ” Can you see this? There’s th e Rav- enhill P resbyterian Church, a brick building th e ordinary man in th e street would call a “ big chapel.” At th e en trance th ere are (were, ra th e r) two gateposts, brick, w ith stone stringers
NICHOLSON, OUR EVANGELIST IN IRELAND I|jp |UR readers will be glad to have a little story concerning the In stitu te evangelist. Rev. Wm. P. Nicholson, whom we
“loaned” to Ireland (his native land) for evangelistic work w ith th e under standing th a t he would re tu rn to us in one year. He has been k ep t th ere by the Committee for th ree years and reports of his work have been broad casted everywhere in th is and other lands by Associated Press dispatches. The following is taken from a London daily paper: “This’ll do w hat we couldn’t do— settle Belfast.” Thus an officer in th e constabulary crystallized for me, as we chatted in the streets of Belfast the other day, his view— and th a t of many men prom i nen t in the official and business life of the N orthern capital— of th e rem ark able religious revival th a t has swept over Ulster. There are still a few barricades to be seen in Belfast, charred and bullet- marked. The police still carry revol vers and clubs openly; yet the need for barricades and guns has been (perhaps
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