Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26
CHICAGO MISSION SCHOOL.

D ~ Nfo hlNAO AAitA O. hOLJh y
ingo that the first steps in the en-
{ rprise now embodied in the
thoroughly equipped institution at
s. Institute Place, Cbiago, were
tnkcn A little mission Sunday
- hool organized by Mr. Moody
wheu the city was comparatively
Young, was the seed out of which
{ 6 tree grew The Sunday School
tecume church, now the Chicago
Avenue Church. and IN the church
were organized the periodical meet
iugs for the study of the Bible whose
Success inspired Mr. Moody with the
thought that Bible Institute con
dncted on the most practical lines,
might be possible in Chicago
In April 1889, the Chicago Evan
geization Society was Incorporated
u der the presidency of Mr. Moody
IL the following October. the School
vas formally opened, and during
tie first year of work, 50 students.
we're enrolled, so of them men ant
81 women. The Inotitute occupied
ta1ee houses, and the building OF
a1other, three-story brick struc
t1re was begun at once. 1t was
finished in January, 1890 So the
| fnnndation yyns laid
The following year the attendance
was nearly three times that of the
first year. Mr.. Noody's 'xperimeni
L1d worked. Students camt
from the end of the earth. The,
b ought t. the school every sort Of
religions opinion embraced inChrist.
ianity, Some of them intended t.
S Idy further after letving the
Destitute some did not. Some i'll
tAIded to he pastors some merely to
strengthen their abb lity to work in
the ranks. They were all bound to-
g ther by an intense zeal for work,
and they were attracted to the In.
stiiute by the practical aud simple
anus which underlay it's operation,
t. give students a good working
Knowledge OF the Bible in training
them for practical Christian work,
and 10 stimulate-theirs spiritual lives.
TheInstitute has held unswerving.
| ly TO these purposes, and the follw-
iH- are some of the results The
Attendance has increased, from year
to year and 1890 have studied at the
Institute during the ten years about
1000 of these have engaged in
active Christian work since leaving
the school 1853 have become foreign
missionaries working in a number of
foreign countries Three more
buildings have been purchased for
the Institutes work Colportorage
Association has been established
which has published over 3, 600,
600 books and distributed hundreds
of thousands.
The Institute is not a theological
school in the sense that it devotes
the larger part of the curriculum
to theoretical study, but it sup.
plement and strengthen the work
of a theological school The Bible is
approached from many points OF
view. Thus in this years work
Rev. r. A. Torrey, who is super
intendent of the Institute treats
of the Bible doctrines concerning
God, Jesus Christ, aid the Holy
Spirit gives an analytical study OF
the first eight chapters og Romans
and offers a study of the Bible foi
personal work Prof. w w. White
treats of the "Bible Idea of God"
and Mr., w. r. Newell presents
synshetis studies of the Acts aud
. Pauline epistles Practical worb
; is given in courses on methods
|, contraction and delivery of sermons
: ETC., by Mr. Torrey. on the use Of
the blackboard by Rev. r. f. Y
! Pierce and on Children's work by
, Miss Mabell4.n. All this is sup
; plemented by drill in conducting
meetings, in visitation ard in wOrl
among the slums.
During the ten s years history o
the Institute, prominent Chicago
men have interested themselves il
: its success, and such men as E. &
Keith, president of the metropolitan
National Bank. Robert Scott a pro
; minent merchant, Attorney JOIN
/ P. Wilson, and Frederick Goodhart
: are represented on its Board o
I DirectC rs.
v This is the fruit of the seed Mr.
! Moody plahteed in a mission schoo
in Chicago less than a score OF year
I ago.
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