Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

ration of the closing of their work in Russia, to take effect June 30, 1923. This marked the closing of another door of connection with our office in Moscow. It came at a time when direct communica- tions were still very uncertain, and the problem of trans- mitting funds was a very important question. Several avenues were sought but without any definite results. The American Express Company had undertaken to transmit funds to individuals in Russia, but their assurance was limited because of the lack of confidence in the Russian government. About July 1 a communication was received from A. J. Miller announcing that arrangements had been completed with the State Bank of Soviet Russia at Mos- cow for the handling of funds, and that the Guaranty do}IMIULOD, [By UA_ da}}IUIMIOD [VI}JUZD 9JIMOMUUDT 8y} JO UBIUAILIL) ayMOUUIT IY} JO AoInsBoAT-AIvJOIDVG LYaaaiH ‘O “d MVWOW IAT TINSBILT-AIBJIING IY} 0} JUBISTISSY—A0YIO AA JOLpoy VdIJIWIWOD [BA}UGD oyTUOUUETT 94} JO UBUATBYO od A UaATIIN “O AIO ZLVUS “AH TIOMXVIN 7 PERSONNEL OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE SLL Trust Company of New York would receive our deposits for transmission to Moscow. Negotiations were opened with the Guaranty Trust Company of New York and it was found possible to use them as an agency for this purpose. Their services in this connection were very satisfactory and this arrangement was continued until the close of our work. P. C. Hiebert was born of Christian parents in the year 1878 on a farm near what is now Hillsboro, Kansas. His father, Rev. Corn. Hiebert and his mother Katherina Wiens Hiebert had come to America with the early Men- nonite immigrants and underwent all the hardships of pioneer life. When he was but nine years old his mother died, but not before she had left an indelible impression on her son, which, together with the influence of a Chris- tian teacher, led him to surrender his young life to Christ and the work of His Kingdom. Ever desirous of a liberal education, he earned his way through school by doing farm work in the summers, and by teaching school several winters in between. He graduated from McPherson College in the spring of 1906, spent one year at the Baptist Seminary, Rochester, New York, and later took his graduate work at the University of Kansas. Having been called to the ministry by his home church when he was still a student, he accepted an assign- ment from the Mennonite Brethren Conference, as city missionary in Portland, Oregon, and traveling evangelist for the Oregon-Washington District in 1906. Two years later he was invited by the Board of Directors of Tabor College to come to Hillsboro, Kans., and help build up a Christian institution of higher learn- ing. He is now completing his twentieth year, having served in every capacity of the work connected with a college and Bible school. 378 FEEDING THE HUNGRY When the larger Mennonite relief undertakings began during and after the w