5/6/2023 0 Comments Moody bible institute![]() Pace Elisabeth Elliot Fanny Crosby George Beverly Shea Global Missions Harold Lindsell Homer Rodeheaver International Fellowship of Evangelical Students InterVarsity Christian Fellowship J. Tags Africa Inland Mission American Archives Month American Evangelicalism American hymnody American Politics Art in the Archives Billy Graham Billy Sunday Chicago Gospel Tabernacle China China Inland Mission Christianity Today Christmas Consuella York Corrie ten Boom E.J. Case’s autograph album-a slim 4×6 leather bound book with brightly-colored pages-offers readers today a glimpse into the bustling world of 1920s American evangelistic fervor, captured in the sprawling signatures and well wishes of celebrity revivalists, musicians, and urban social work crusaders who spread the gospel through revival meetings and rescue missions in the city that came to epitomize the Jazz Age. In the 1920s, autograph albums were a popular way to document and remember the places and people you encountered and to exchange personal messages. This April, the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Archives features the autograph album of Edna Asher Case (1905-1999), a Chicago native and 1929 graduate of Wheaton College. Depending on the size and style of handwriting, signatures can give researchers insight into a subject’s personality, level of education, and even nationality. Occasionally, signatures are accompanied by additional information, like a favorite biblical text, personal motto, illustrations, or decorative flourishes. These signatures come in all shapes and sizes, some deliberate and others barely more than doodles-breezy nicknames closing a letter, hasty initials scrawled on a memo, or elaborate signatures finalizing deeds and contracts, or legitimizing passports. In the Archives’ collections, personal signatures are everywhere, littering correspondence, membership rosters, covenants, and random scraps of paper. ![]() Continue reading → Autographs as Artifacts Isobel Kuhn’s personal papers, including prayer letters, photographs, correspondence, and articles, are described in Collection 435: Ephemera of Isobel Miller Kuhn, and provide a glimpse into the daily struggles and joys of missionary service-the loneliness and isolation of rural evangelism and church planting, the breathtaking beauty of remote Yunnan Province, Lisu culture and customs, and her own deep Christian faith. This March, the Archives highlights the ministry of Isobel Miller Kuhn, author and long-term missionary with her husband John to the Lisu people of southwest China and Thailand from 1928-1954 under the auspices of China Inland Mission. The Kuhns’ nearly three decade service with China Inland Mission is documented in the organization’s records, including the couple’s voluminous newsletters, a CIM-published biography of Isobel, and John’s report on missionary evacuations from China in 1951, following the Chinese Communist Revolution. Let’s all do what we can to keep their Legacies alive.In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Archives commemorates the many women whose unique voices and stories are preserved in our collections and who labored-in the public eye or in obscurity-in faithful Christian services as missionaries, writers, doctors, preachers, musicians, evangelists, and more. With the passing of James Smith earlier this week, and now Edgar, there are only 5 living survivors. You can learn more about Ed’s story in the book he wrote with his son David, entitled “Out of the Depths”. Of course, we’ll miss his passionate telling of the rescue story, and how he felt the Lord’s comfort throughout the ordeal. After the torpedoing, he was a hero amongst his shipmates During his time aboard ship, he helped guard components of the atomic bomb. He joined the crew as a sea-going marine in 1944, meaning he was one of the best of the best. We are shocked and saddened to hear that Edgar Harrell, the last surviving Marine of the USS Indianapolis sinking, has passed away.Įd was beloved among the group, and traveled the world sharing the story of his ship and shipmates. Harrell share his powerful testimony about the providence of God, here is an interview from the archives of In the Market with Janet Parshall from 2014 ( Harrell is the last surviving Marine of the USS Indianapolis sinking. ![]() Edgar Harrell, who went to be with the Lord this past weekend at the age of 96. We are celebrating the life and ministry of former Moody Bible Institute trustee and World War II Marine veteran, Mr. ![]()
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