Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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FACULTY Student Teachers Mabel V. Cruse Commercial Elsie Jenks Bookkeeping iiiMiMiiiiiimnimiiiiiiiiiiimMiMiiiiiiiiliimilillliMUHi Some men lift until they ' can see the stars ' , but they lift at their boot straps. Climbing insurmountable obstacles is a dreadfully poor undertaking for the faint- hearted. The Bible has been called ' the best book of etiquette ever written, because it requires people to correct their own faults and not to magnify the faults of others, If you want to cheat yourself badly, just allow the good things of life to rob you of the best things. Je Twenty-one

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FACULTY Student Teachers J. A. WlLLINGHAM, JR. Manual Training Mava Averill Piano Ruth Ellyson Piano Venus Hudson, A. B. Expression Twenty

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Scriptural Holiness Or, Some Scriptural Reasons for Preaching the Doctrine and Professing the Experience of Holiness or Entire Sanctification. By Rev. J. E. Gaar, Pastor University Church. X ' N RECENT years, much has been said upon the subject of holiness and many apologies have been made for the doctrine and the ex- perience of holiness or entire sanctification. Viewing the sub- ject negatively, we should say that we do not insist upon the correct- ness and the necessity of it for ecclesiastical reasons — the Church of the Nazarene and the Methodist churches not excepted. It is admitted, generally, by these who are informed, that the Methodist Church was founded up- on this particular doctrine. Mr. Wesley declared that for this pur- pose the Methodist Church seemed to have been raised up. And while the constituency of the Church of the Nazarene feels that God has in these last days raised up their church to conserve the great cause of organized holiness, and while they seem to have the matter well in hand, these things are by no means a safe guarantee of the reasonableness and right- eousness of this great doctrine. In Peter ' s first general epistle, third chapter and fifteenth verse, we have the following very impor- tant words : But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. In these simple and comprehensive words, we are brought face to face with two things : first, heart sanctifica- tion ; and secondly, readiness to give a reason for professing the blessing. Hence, there are reasons why we preach the doctrine and profess the ex- perience of holiness that far transcend those of all other ecclesiastical bodies, however much they have done or may do in years to come. We will offer some reasons from a positive standpoint. First, God is Holy. These are very significant words : And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. (Lev. 19:1-2.) Here we have: Rev. J. E. Gaar Pastor I ' ll ' r uly-l ll ' l)