T HE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S A fine g irl has come to th e home of Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Wheatley, form er students. Mrs. W heatley was Miss Viola Hansen. Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Booth, form er studen ts who have been located at F arm ersville, Calif., have accepted a call to th e union church a t Manteca, Calif. Word has been received th a t H arry F. Sheerer, a stud en t w ith the forces in F rance, was severely wounded on No vember 11, ju st prior to th e ceasing of hostilities. Andrew S tew art w rites from F rance th a t he was gassed and has been in ' th e hospital for a month. L. F. Peckham , form erly music director in th e In stitu te, has been a camp music director w ith th e W ar Work Council and w rites th a t he expects to be sent to France. Carl C. DeMott, a studen t, w rites th a t he was made assistan t to th e chap lain of his reg im en t and has been able to keep reg u lar Bible classes going. Clifford Beaty, w rites from England th a t he was made inspector of all planes having American crews. He says, “His grace is sufficient for every need in a soldier’s life, j Christ gives an uncomprom ising victory over S atan .” Dr. W illiam Evans is ju st recovering from a severe attac k of influenza. Mrs. Howard I. Lehm an (form erly Ada L. Septer, 1914) sails w ith h er husband about Ja n u ary 1, 1919 for U ruguayana, U raguay, S. A., to tak e up work a t Union College under th e M. E , South Society. Martin L. Thomas, 1918, who entered McCormick Seminary, Chicago th is F all, w rites th a t he has been elected presi dent of th e Ju n io r class. He is filling th e p asto rate of th e F irs t P resbyterian church of Harvey, 111., and would ap preciate th e prayers of his friends for th e work there. Rev. Geo. E. Rainsberger, Downs, 111., h as been given a certificate for completion of th e correspondence
118 quite a t home in hearing our rendition of “B ringing Back th e K ing,” “ Grace enough for me,” and o ther songs dis tin ctly associated w ith our In stitu te home.” ---------- There will be a g radu ating class of about fifteen persons th e la st of De cember, th e larg est ever g radu ating at a m id-year graduation. A large num ber of th e stud en ts who were called in to th e arm y eith er by enlistm ent or d raft, have made arran g e ments to retu rn . There is also a large enrollm ent of new stud en ts w ith the prospects-th a t th e Ja n u ary increase will be th e larg est in th e h isto ry of the In stitu te. Dr. Elwood P. Lyon has been giving a series of lectures on th e Book of Revelation in Biola Hall. There has been an excellent in terest in the course. Sunday afternoon men’s meetings of th e old fashioned order were begun a t Biola Hall, December 8. Dr. F rench Oliver was th e speaker and th e re was an encouraging attend ance and an excellent spirit. P ray th a t th is new branch of th e In stitu te work may be made very fru itfu l in th e saving of souls. Mr. Delevan Pierson, secretary of th e A. T. Pierson Memorial Bible School a t Seoul, Korea, w rites to Mr. H orton: “ i t is over seven years since my honored fath e r was called home. Soon afte r he fell asleep, you and othei: friends made it possible by gifts and p ray ers to found a Bible School in K orea to perpetuate his memory and to continue th e m inistry to which his life was devoted. The School has now been in operation for six years, valu able property has been acquired, build ings, have been constructed, and the whole work is progressing most encour agingly. Several classes of students have been g radu ated and th e past year was th e best in its history. W ill you pray th a t God’s blessing may re st upon it? ”
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