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Former Students and Their Doings MARGARET RANKIN ’23, is in Christian work in Denver, Colorado. She has felt led to give herself to the chil dren and feels that “the surest way -to save any nation for Christ is to save the children for Him.” “From morning to night I am laboring in His vineyard, and how I enjoy it,” —o— MR. AND MRS. FORD L. CAN- FIELD T8 (nee Carolyn Lovejoy) find many opportunities while out on deputa- tional work to meet friends of Biola. Mr. Canfield is District)?.'; Secretary of the China.¿.Inland, Mission, and they are in charge of the Mission Home in Los An geles. Wherever they go they speak a good word in behalf of the Lord’s work in China and find many interested in this difficult field. Churches desiring their services should address them : China In land Mission, 238 South Avenue 51, Los Angeles, California. ; HARLOW W. PARSONS T5, is lo cated at Franklinville, New York, in the pastorate of the First Baptist Church. He is happy in the blessing of God upon his work. He is granted by his people one month each year for special meetings and fills in the greater part of his summer vacation with Bible Conference work. B. L. LITCHMAN T7, commonly call ed “Jack,” Rethi, Kasenyi, Congo Beige, Mombasa, East Africa : “I am happy to be back on the field again busier than ever and rejoicing in the fact that He has given me a charge over an out-station which has such outstanding results, name ly,.; every Sunday you; can,/see boys and girls, men and women coming from all directions, going to church, and when they gather, there are from 800 to 1.000 and over who come to hear the Word of God preached by a boy of eighteen.” ."? —o—■- ; MRS. FRED H. McICENRICK, nee BETTY PIERSON T4, is now “mistress of the manse” of the' Presbyterian Church at McAlisterville, Pennsylvania. She and her husband find this,a needy .field. Their eldest daughter recently finished training a$;j':a (purse and hopes to take a short course at Moody -Bible Institute. She looks forward to mission work in Africa. —o— LOIS PROSSOR..’23, of the Baptist China Direct Mission, Taianfu, Shan tung, China, asks special prayer in behalf of the mission church and Sunday school there. The situation in China has made the burden very heavy. During the spring Miss Prossor was alone in the mission compound. Many friends will gladly re member this faithful worker. ; —(ft— 11 The prayerful sympathy of many friends goes out'to ANDREW J. JOHN SON ’ll and son Jack in their bereave ment. Early in April MRS. JOHNSON was called from them in death.
MR. AND MRS. WM. R. HUNRICHS (nee HAZEL LONG) ’22 and ’23, re spectively, are home on furlough from- South America. Their mail address is 3858 Brunswick Avenue, Los Angeles. , — o — ■ EVA ROSE PAULS ’27, Reedley, Cali-; (forma, writes : “I am now president of .a Girls’ Bible Class, or Club. We go out and give programs as a Glee Club, and the Lord has richly blessed us.” —6—1 WILLIAM PENNER ’22, and wife are studying at the Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, . Connecticut. Mr. Penner writes that the Lord has revealed anew His grace and power in their fre quent opportunities for practical Chris tian, service. —o— With prayerful sympathy for those be reaved, we record the Home-going of AL- PHEUS R. ASHER T5, November 5, 1927. vr-rpriri'd REV WALTER T. STEVEN, former ly a member of, the’ staff of- the Hunan Bible Institute, Changsha, Hunan,-China, is now pastor of the) Immanuel Baptist Church, Toronto,_Canada. We pray God’s best for this Christian family in this new field. ■ ■ ■ I J Miss. Jane Edith arrived on February 23 at the home of MR. and MRS EINAR RASMUSSEN (nee E D N A WRIGHT). We congratulate both MissA Jane and her proud parents. Evening School students especially will remem ber Mrs. Rasmussen as Rev. W. H. Pike’s Secretary. —o—- MRS. E. E. CRANDALL (nee BESS KERR ’23), Vancouver, B. C., gives us word that she is kept busy in her church life. She has been made a member of the Women’s Advisory Board of the Girls’ Corner Club and finds that her time is quite well_ taken. Her father was called, m death in ^March, but her testimony is that ‘(God is good in comforting when there is a heartache;.” —o— IVY CASTLE, Tucson, Arizona, is liv- ing in a house car which she hopes to ■make soon into a Gospel car. She speaks appreciatively of the blessings received at B. I. when she was a student, ’22-’23. — o — CATHERINE J. JONES ’19, writes H B ? oma> Congo Beige, West Africa: This _ is now the second year of my first in Portuguese Congo in work with The Christian and Missionary Alliance We are particularly interested in making the Congo Church a self-supporting, self- governing church. To this end we are paying particular attention to the training of native workers to carry on the work. Our present program is to have six months a year of school on the station for these prospective teachers, and the other six months to be spent in supervis ing the schools out in the district away from the station. The Lord is blessing and I count it a real privilege and joy to be a co-worker together with Him on this needy field.”
and space forbid. There was MARTHA LEAL ’24, like an angel in white, lovingly caring for the sick in her Egyptian hos pital; GUDRUN ESTVAD ’24, speaking Arabic as she visited in the ¿'homes of Cairo, and superintended a mission school ; RACHEL SEIVER ’25, happy in her new station on a picturesque oasis in Egypt, where she directed the work.of native Bible women. “In Syria, on the slopes of Mt. Leb anon, we found LEONA RENKEL ’26, and GRACE OGG ’26, in their mission school, and what a festive, happy Christ mas they planned for us. Then in India we visited ESTHER BURHANS T7, where she is nurse in charge of the oper ating room, in one of the largest mission hospitals. When we reached MARY WARE’S (’24) orphanage, all her little brown-faced children in their bright dresses-, marched out to meet us with flower garlands, singing, ‘Happy Welcome to You.’ A wonderful work, but a worn worker. Dear Mary’s health demands her return home. . Pray for her. “Many more B. I. students and friends are on our schedule and what an inspira tion it is to see them at work in thesf; needy lands.” — o — Club Rooms Open During the days of the Tenth World’s Sunday School Convention, July 11 to 18, the Lyceum Club Room of the Bible In stitute will be attractively arranged and kept open as a rest and writing room. Mrs. Edith Wallace, manager of the; Women’s Hotel, will be in personal charge, assuring most gracious hospitality to. all. —o— B. I. Workers in Sessions A large number of the Bible Institute Faculty and student body are registered as delegates to the Tenth World’s Sunday School Convention, and will be attending the different sessions. From different parts of the world young people will be coming who expect to enter the Institute as students. In the case of several, appli cations have been received that they might enter in September. —o— Noted Missionaries With Us The Student Missionary Union was pe culiarly favored during the past school year with the presence and informing and spiritual message of a number of out standing mission workers from different parts of thè world. Among them was MR. HARVEY FARMER, secretary and field superintendent in London, of the North Africa Mission. Mr. Farmer’s visit to the' Institute, with Mrs. Farmer, was a great blessing to all who heard his message. MR. CARL WINTERSTEEN, of Bolivia, brought a very interesting re port of the work of the Bolivian Indian Mission, showing pictures of the country and of methods employed. MRS. WIN TERSTEEN was formerly E L L E N HOFFMAN ’20. —o— Fresh Paint The B. I, building looks spick and span with a new dress of paint. As for color, it is rich cream, with window trimmings light green. We are all proud of our home ! Come and see us !
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