Marturion 1951

Gr e e t ings in Hi s Name: THE AVI OUR Wh en I fir s t me t t he SBv i our, My h ea rt WAS dark with sin : He pa ti ent l y Awai t ed, b u t I would n o t let Him in . Long yea r s I spent i n dr i f t ing, With doubt s a n d fea r s oppressed; I sought in wor t hless pleasures, Bu t I c ould n ot fi n d t hat Rest. Ea ch time I knew t he Saviour In lov e was seekin g me; He pa t ien tly awaited-- I want ed t o b e free! At last-- I really saw Him; I knew He was the Way To perfect peace and happiness-– An eternal , b lissful Day. And n ow I love t he SAviour; I f ind Him in His Word, The precious, perfect Saviour-– My MAs t er and my Lord. Margaret Sleep Th e Fi rs t Year Class greets you in the only "name under heaven given among men, where-– b y we mus t b e saved. 11 Our class i s t he larges t first year class in t he history of the Bap– t i s t Bi b le Ins titu t e. We pra i se the Lo r d for a growing studen t b ody in spite of days of un– c e r t a int y a n d unres t . . Ea ch s tudent 8 t the Bapt is t Bib le Ins t i t u t e is en deavoring to "study to shew himself app roved unto God 11 a n d "t o sea rch the Sc ript ures," tha t he may b e qualified t o preach a nd t ea ch "the unsearchab le r i ches of Chri s t " a n d "earn es t ly contend for the faith which was on c e d elive r ed unt o the sp int s. 11 The fo l lowing s t a t es Ar e r epr esent ed in our class: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, West VirginiA, Kentuc ky , Penns y l va ni a, New York and Ohio. Although we come from various pAr t s of t he count ry, we h a v e a s trong b ond which un i tes us, for we are all one i n Ch r is t . With t he opening of t h e s chool t e rm, we n ot on ly plunged int o classroom s t udy, b u t also engaged i n va rious forms of Chri s t i a n se rvic e--holding services i n jails, mission s, hos– ~ itals, g i vin g out tra ct s, a n d h a ving B i b le Club s a n d Pas t ora t es. The Ins titu t e's c ho i r, qu a rt e tt es, a n d t rios a r e othe r channels of servic e f or our class memb e r s. God h as b een p l eased t o us e t he t alent s o f our c lass a n d h as b lessed us in our work fo r Him. We p r a i se t h e Lord for a g roup of y oung people who were ready t o ob ey t he Lord wh en He s a i d unto them, 11 The h a rves t truly i s g r ea t , b u t t he lab ourers are few: pra7r y e theref or e the Lord o f the h a rvest , tha t h e would sen d for th lab our ers i n to his harves t .' MILNER ELECTR I C CO . 1320 St . Cla ir Clevelan d, Ohio 28