Baptist Missionary Training School - Beacon Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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?-1 THE BEAcoN -11.- FIELD WORK Y 1 1 I SHALL NOT PASS AGAIN THIS WAY The bread that bringeth strength I want to give, The water pure that bids the thirsty live, I want to help the fainting day by day: I'm sure I shall not pass again this way. I want to give the oil of joy for tears, The faith to conquer crowding doubts and fears. Beauty for ashes may I give alway: I'm sure I shall not pass again this way. I want to give good measure running o'er, And into angry hearts I want to pour The answer soft that turneth wrath away: I'm sure I shall not pass again this way. I want to give to others hope and faith, I want to do all that the Master saith: I want to live aright from day to day, I'm sure I shall not pass again this way. When a girl first decides to come to B. M. T. S. she has various thoughts concerning the Field Work, and wonders just what it is like. Coming to B. M. T. S., she makes the acquaintance of the Field Work Director, and learns what sort of work she is to do. If she is a Freshman, she is given only one appoint- ment, and observes in Sunday School during the first half of the year. The Juniors and Seniors are given two appointments. Just what type of Field Work shall I be doing this year? is a question not only the new students, but all of the students ask themselves at the beginning of the year. And, once she has become accustomed to it, every girl loves her Field Work, no matter what the problems and difficulties. In every year previous, the opportunities for service in the form of Field Work have been many and varied. But in this, the Golden Anniversary of our School, in addition to the work that has been done before, there are also many new opportunities. This year, as in former years, the negro community work in the building is iiourishing - the clubs, the library, the cooking and sewing classes, the women's Bible class, the kindergarten and the Sunday vesper service. 32

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i?.-- THE BEACON --- IN THY PRESENCE Lord, what a change within us one short hour Spent in Thy presence will prevail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosoms take, What patched grounds refresh as with a shower! We kneel, and all around us seems to lower: We rise. and all, the distant and the near, Stands forth in sunny outline brave and clear: We kneel, how weak: we rise, how full of power! Why, therefore, should we do ourselves this wrong, Or others, that we are not always strong, That we are ever overborne with care, That we should ever weak or heartless be, Anxious or troubled, when with us is prayer. And joy and strength and courage are with thee! - Archbishop Trench 31

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--- THE BEACCN ----l At Raymond Chapel the girls are enthusiastic about their work in clubs, sewing classes, Sunday school, kindergarten and English classes. At South Chicago Neighborhood House, B. M. T. S. girls are working with various age groups in clubs, sewing classes, World Wide Guild and Sunday school. At the Florence Crittenton Home, B. M. T. S. students are trying to do their best in helping unfortunate girls to have a new understanding of life. At Brooks House, Hammond, Indiana, and Katherine House, Indiana Harbor, the Seniors con- tinue With much enthusiasm their work with clubs and classes of various kinds and Junior Church Work. But in this, the Fiftieth Birthday of B. M. T. S., we have found new activi- Lies which challenge our finest in prayerful planning and original presentation. Not only are there Sunday school and sewing classes at Aiken Institute, but also a Glee Club directed by one of our girls. Several of the girls now do case Work for the United Charities Association: one of the girls is engaged in Chris- tian Americanization Work among the foreign-born, two girls teach in a sew- ing school at the Community Center at Davis Square: one girl has charge of missionary education at Parkside Baptist Church, and two supervise an art club for Jewish girls. The increase in the number of students in B. M. T. S., and the consequent increase in Field Work opportunities, means not only that the students themselves are benelited in their training, but also that they are able to touch more lives this year than ever before. . The lessons learned in classes at B. M. T. S. find expression in Field Work. The studies of psychology, sociology, , at . S In L -I , Xi ala K igjr- lx yi. r l In ' -' Tie All Q51 N ew 5- es ! I .. I r - if ' H, ' fI W '? ' -1 , ll llf ' --.n1i.'llU 2 JU racial backgrounds and case work are among those which definitely aid in the solution of many immediate problems in Field Work. while all the other courses cannot help but be of immediate and future use, whether consciously or un- consciously. As we carry on the Work of our def- inite lields We strive to combine the love of Christ with the message and method of Christ in working with the people with whom He came in contact. And we shall ever work, as B. T. M. S. stu- dents or missionaries, until the whole World shall know the joy and happiness of the abundant life. K. K. 33