American messenger . dingcountry, doing what he could to l:ring thelight into still other regions than that in whichhis chief work was being done. While out onthis tour, much of it being through swampsand over rivers, he was drowned, and the sadmessage of his death came to the board fromone of the workers. No message had everbrought so great a shock to the denominationwhich this young man served as this story ofhis tragic and heroic death. His three chil-dren are now in this country. The last wordto come from this African worker was one ofenthusiasm and hopefulness for the outlookfor the Gospe
American messenger . dingcountry, doing what he could to l:ring thelight into still other regions than that in whichhis chief work was being done. While out onthis tour, much of it being through swampsand over rivers, he was drowned, and the sadmessage of his death came to the board fromone of the workers. No message had everbrought so great a shock to the denominationwhich this young man served as this story ofhis tragic and heroic death. His three chil-dren are now in this country. The last wordto come from this African worker was one ofenthusiasm and hopefulness for the outlookfor the Gospel in the dark continenl to whichhe had devoted his life. Surely such men as these of the twentiethcentury are worthy of having their names en-rolled alongside the names of those of oldendays who had trials of mockings and seourg-ings, of bonds and imprisonment, who werestoned, sawn asunder and slain with thesword. A Bible ministry, an active church, a sanctified press, the hope of the world 45 A GREAT BIBLE INSTITUTE. HE Bible Institute of Los An-geles, Cal., traces its origin to a Iyoung mens Bible class in theImmanuel Presbyterian Church,and a young womens Bibleclass, which met in a room in adepartment store. The youngmens Bible class was organized by Rev. T. , Bible Teacher of the Immanuel Pres-byterian Church in the summer of 1906. Itmade rapid growth and assumed the name ofThe Fishermens Club, suggested by thewords of Christ as recorded in Matthew 4:19,Come ye after me, and I will make you fish-ers of men. The young womens class alsoincreased rapidly in numbers, and in 1907 wasnamed The Lyceum Club. These twoclasses, wielding an influence that extended toevery section of the city, and constantly grow-ing in numbers and power, became the nucleusof the Bible Institute as it exists to-day. In the fall of 1907 the co-operation of B. Prichard, pastor of the Central Presby-terian Church, was secured, and some dayclasses were held in the lecture room of thatchurch.
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