Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-10
ADay at Moody
Bible Institute

n Tip 10 CnlcdgO would no doubt
be considered incomplete by many
people interested in active Christian
work, without visiting the Moody
Bible Institute. This institution,
founded by the worldwide evangel-
list, D. L. Moody, in 1886, is located
about eight blocks north of the CEN
ter Of the city, near the corner of
Chicago avenue and North La Sale
street. The main building faces on
Institute Place, named in honor Of
the school.
The visitor finds a cordial welcome
at the Institute, and is furnished a
guide who directs him about the
buildings and explains the different
departments and the daily life of the
student body.
Upon entering the main building
the visitor is impressed with the
stained glass window at the head of
the first landing, illustrating the
sower striding across the plowed field
sowing broadcast the seed. This is
intended to be an object lesson to the
students of what is expected of them
during the time of their training and
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On the main floor the visitor is
shown the library, the missionary
museum, the lecture hall and the ac-
counting and printing departments.
On the west wall of the corridor he
finds the names of over $50 students
who have gone to foreign mission
fields-a roll of honor. Passing
downstairs, he next visits the power
and heating plant and the steam
laundry, where all the laundry of the
students is done at half price.
Through an underground tunnel,
across Institute Place, the visitor
reaches the Mems Building, with its
gymnasium and dormitories. Then
comes the Women's Building with its
large dining hall and kitchen, the
Massey chapel, reception room and
dormitories for women. Visitors are
impressed with the warm, homelike
Of the Institute. The
students with the faculty constitute
one big family. Over 500 are seated
in the dining hall at each meal. The
women students occupy one side, the
men the other, and the faculty are
seated in the center.
In the early morning, before break
FAST each student observes "The
Quiet Hour" in personal Bible read
ing and prayer. After breakfast,
while still gathered at the tables, a
talk or Bible exposi-
ton is given by some member of the
faculty or some visiting pastor, evan
gelist or missionary.
At o'clock on Tuesday morning
Of each week the first general class
and the entire forenoon of
each day is devoted to lectures and /
classroom work. Some lectures are
given in the afternoon, but a good |
part of the time each afternoon and
evening is devoted to study and prac-
tical Christian work according to as
made. Following the
evening meal, fellowship meetings |
are held in the different buildings.
Proper consideration is also given
to wholesome recreation. Monday is
always taken as a rest day. The
gymnasium in the winter and the
tennis courts in the summer, with an
occasional excursion on Lake Michi
gan, or a visit to some park. afford |
proper exercise for those who feel
the need of it. At the beginning of /
each term a reception is given for
new students. In these and other
ways the students at. the Moody Bible
Institute find themselves continually
in a wholesome Christian atmos
phere, which is conducive to physi-
cal intellectnal and sniritnal deYelon- |