BIBLE IN ST ITU TE H A P PEN IN G S Particularly of Interest to Friends and Students
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sp o n se fro m th e w a itin g th r o n g w as h e a rty . T he so n g a ttr a c te d la rg e n u m b e rs of cu rio u s. H e a d s of m en w ere b a re d a s if in o b ed ien ce to som e sile n t com m and. ‘R ed C ap s’ stille d th e ir c rie s a s th e c h u rc h m em b ers, fo llo w in g th e lead of a sp ecial lo cal c h o ir of se v e n ty - five p e rso n s w h o w ill p a rtic ip a te w ith Mr. T o v ey a n d D r. T o rre y in th e re v iv a l serv ices, b e g a n th e c h o ru s: ‘H a lle lu ja h , T h in e th e G lory, H a lle lu ja h , Am en!' W h en th re e so n g s h a d b een su n g , th e R ev. H a r ry C lay to n R o g e rs, p a s to r of th e L inw o o d B o u le v a rd P re s b y te ria n C h u rch , in tro d u c e d th e n o ted v isito r. T h e crow d ch eered a n d w av ed h a n d k e r ch iefs. T h en fo llo w ed a p ra y e r . . . th e n a b rie f a d d re ss o f w elcom e. A few g r a c io u s w o rd s fro m D r. T o rre y a n d th e so n g s ‘J u s t a s I am , w ith o u t one p lea,’ a n d ‘My fa ith lo o k s u p to T h ee,’ re v e r b e ra te d w ith in th e lo fty s ta tio n w alls. T h e s in g in g ended, D r. T o rre y soon w as b u sy g ra s p in g th e h a n d s of m en an d w om en w ho su rro u n d e d h im .’’ I t is a g r e a t p le a s u re to reco g n ize th e g ra c e a n d p o w er of God a s m a n ife ste d in th e life a n d m in is try of th e firs t s t u d e n t of th e B ib le I n s titu te o f L o s A n g eles ^ - B r itto n Ross-—w h om G od h a s g r a c io u sly b lessed a n d w h o se m in is try in th e F ir s t B a p tis t C h u rch a t M in e ral W ells, T ex as, H e is n o w h o n o rin g . H is ch u rch p e rm its h im to h o ld e v a n g e lis tic m e e tin g s in o th e r c itie s fo r th re e or fo u r w e e k s o u t of e v ery q u a rte r. N ow th e y a re p la n n in g to sen d h im to S to ck h o lm , Sw eden, to a tte n d th e B a p tis t W o rld C onference, to be fo llo w ed b y a tr ip to th e H o ly L and. W e c o n g ra tu la te o u r B ro th e r R oss, a n d w e c o n g ra tu la te h is ch u rch on h a v in g su c h a good p re a c h e r.— (T. C. j : 1 .> M iss B e rth a M. B irch er, ’18, w a s m a r rie d on J a n u a ry 31st a t th e B ro ad w ay C h ristia n C hurch, L o s A n g eles, C alif., to Mr. W illiam A. C olvin. M iss B irc h e r fo r th e p a s t y e a r w a s th e B ib le School W o rk e r fo r th e B ro ad w ay C h ristia n C hurch. Mr. a n d M rs. C olvin re sid e in L os A ngeles. M iss F e rn A tk in so n , ’22, a n d Mr. L e o n a rd L. G ay lo rd , ’22, w e re m a rrie d in L os A n g eles on M arch 22d. M r. a n d M rs. C. L. S ickel, H u in c a R en an co , F. C. P., A rg e n tin a , an n o u n ce th e b ir th of a d a u g h te r, M iriam A ileen, on F e b ru a ry 2d. A d a u g h te r, G loria, w a s b o rn to Mr. a n d M rs. F ra n k O lsen (n ee E s th e r S eg er- k r a n tz ), of S eattle, on M arch 2d. T. N. R o g e rs, w h o a tte n d e d th e B ible I n s titu te in 1918, died on M arch 17th in L in co ln , N e b ra sk a . H e w a s v e ry a c tiv e a s a n e v a n g e lis t in n o rth w e s te rn M on ta n a .
Every student who appreci ates the good work Miss Elfreda Stein is doing in this department -—say AMEN ! T ha t’s fine! Now don’t forget to write to her a t the B. I. and tell her the latest. — Manager. T h e A lum n i d a y o f p ra y e r a n d fe llo w sh ip g a th e rin g 1 h e ld a t th e B ib le I n s ti tu te on M arch 23d, p ro v ed a so u rce of b le s sin g a n d s p iritu a l u p lift, a n d w as g ra c e d b y th e p resen c e of a n u m b e r of th e e a r lie r g ra d u a te s , in c lu d in g se v e ra l re tu rn e d m issio n a rie s. T h e firs t ihour, b e g in n in g a t tw o o’clock, w a s d ev o ted to th e I n s titu te w o rk a n d n eeds, a n d w as in c h a rg e of M r. M ario n R e y n o ld s, w ho p re se n te d a s e t o f slid es w h ich se rv ed to g iv e a n e x c e lle n t id e a of th e v a rio u s a c tiv itie s o f th e I n s titu te a s w e ll a s to c a ll to m in d th e d ay s g o n e by. Mr. H illis to o k th e n e x t h o u r, p re s e n tin g in a n in fo rm a l w a y th e n eed s o f th e stu d e n ts on th e h om e field. M r. H u n te r r e p re se n te d th e fo re ig n field s tu d e n ts an d b ro u g h t th e fo llo w in g s ta tis tic s a s to s tu d e n ts on th e v a rio u s fields: A fric a 27; A la s k a 1; B e lg iu m 2; C e n tra l A m erica 11; C h in a 41; H a w a ii 9; I n d ia 13; J a p a n 7; K o re a 4; M exico 1; P a le s tin e 3; S iam «2; S o u th A m e ric a 36; P h ilip p in e s 4; to ta l 161. T h e e v e n in g m e e tin g w a s ad d re sse d b y Mr. F ra n c isc o T ap ia, of B olivia, a p re se n t stu d e n t, w h o g a v e som e in te r e s t in g in fo rm a tio n a b o u t B. I. stu d e n ts in B o liv ia; b y M iss E d ith H a rris , '16, on f u r lo u g h fro m A fric a ; a n d b y M iss M in n e h a h a F in n e y , a m issio n a ry fro m E g y p t. D u rin g th e e v e n in g M r. H u n te r m e n tio n e d th e fa c t th a t h e ex p ected to sail fo r C h in a on Ju n e 14th a n d th e A lum n i w ho w e re p re se n t ex p re sse d th e ir d esire th a t he sh o u ld e x te n d th e ir g re e tin g s to th e fo rm e r stu d e n ts w h om he sh o u ld m eet th e re . T h e m e e tin g clo sed w ith a com m u n io n serv ice. A K a n s a s C ity p a p e r g iv es a som e w h at le n g th y a c c o u n t of th e w elcom e acco rd ed D r. T o rre y a t th e s ta tio n u p o n h is a r riv a l in th a t c ity , w h e re h e r e c e n tly h eld a n e v a n g e lis tic cam p aig n . T h e a c c o u n t is in p a r t a s fo llo w s: “A w a itin g th e a r riv a l o f D r. T o rrey , th e ch u rc h m em b ers, m an y c a rry in g g o sp el so n g card s, sto o d in th e s o u th w e st c o rn e r o f th e lobby. S h o rtly b e fo re 9 o’clo ck th e w h ite h a ire d an d w h ite b e a rd e d e v a n g e lis t w a lk e d th ro u g h th e lo b b y d oors. H e rb e rt G. T ovey, te a c h e r o f m u sic in th e B ib le I n s titu te of L o s A n g eles, rem o v ed h is h a t an d o v e rc o a t a n d clim b ed o n to th e led g e of a tic k e t w indow : In a lo u d , c le a r voice h e b e g a n th e w o rd s o f th e so n g : ‘On C h rist, th e S olid R o ck , I sta n d .’ T h e r e
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