Calvary College - Covenanter Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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. The Romance ol the Bible The Book ot Books, the Bible, is genuine and authentic. How thrilling it is to know that the book which we hold close to our hearts is God's own Word. Scientific research and deep study only brings turther evidence ot the authenticity ot these Words ot Lite. Many mysteries ot ancient history have been cleared by a study ot the Hebrew Manuscripts ot the Old Testament. When the books ot the Old Testament were written, one by one, the original manuscripts or autographs were caretully pre- served and only copies ot these were allowed to be read, even! in the court ot the Kings. Deut. l7:l8. Therefore, only the most expertly trained writers were permitted to make these copies. The exactness ot their work is seen in the comparatively tew variations found in all ot the ancient Hebrew manuscripts which are in existence today. Even in the transliteration ot the names ot kings ot other nations than Israel there was perfect copying work done. ln late years when scientists have uncovered monuments trom these ancient countries they have tound these same king's names letter tor letter just as they appear in our Old Testament. Robert Dick Wilson in his book Scientific Investigation ot the Old Testament says, Here we have one ot the most remarkable instances ot exact transmission ot proper names on record . With proots such as these we can know that God has kept tor us today the very words which were written by the Old Testament writers. The romance ot the New Testament is just as interesting as that ot the Old. There is in existence today two ot the tirst New Testaments which were ever printed. One in Latin and one in Greek. These were printed in the titteenth century and they give us an insight as to what the New Testament contained that long ago and we tind that it is just the same as ours today. ln tracing the New Testament turther back. there have been discovered in recent years six Greek Manuscripts. The Vatican, the Sinaitic, the Alexandrian, the Ephraem, the Bezae. and the Washington. The oldest ot these, the Vatican, was written about 3Ol AD. These six manuscripts constitute the most important evidence tor our New Testament text. Although there are no complete Greek New Testaments older than this in existence today, yet there are Latin and Syriac versions, tragments trom portions ot the Greek, and quotations trom the works ot the Church Fathers. The originals, written by the apostles ot our Lord, have decayed and worn away with age, but copies, made by taithtul tollowers, have been recopied and handed down trom generation to generation until today whenever we open our Bible, we are beholding a miracle ot God. Fought tor by the blood ot the martyrs, secretly hidden and guarded by the very lives ot Christians during the clark ages, and preserved through all by God, our Bible remains today as always the most precious book in all the world -the Word ot God. -Ruella Flatt

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WI-IV STUDY? ..... What vivid and inspiring scenes come before our eyes when we think of the Apostles and their training at the side of the Creator-Mastor-Saviour-King. What a privilege was theirs. Yet little did they realize the privilege until their Master had been taken from them, until they were left with the responsibility of spreading the Gospel, of carrying on through the Holy Spirit the work that He had left for them, His command, Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel . Looking back over the lives of men God has used in a mighty way, we see that before they were sent forth there was a time of preparation. Perhaps without them realizing it, Gocl's hand was upon their lives molding them so that they might fit into His plan, for 'tis through men that God must work. The majority of Christ's life here upon earth was comparatively silent letting God in His own mysterious way fashion and guide His life. Christ said, l come not fo do my will but the will of Him that sem' me '. There was this same time of preparation in the lives of the Apostles before they were left to give forth, in the power of the Spirit, the precious words of life. We note that first there was the call of the Master, then three years of training at His side, and last the command, Go ye, but furry first . If this time of preparation and waiting was necessary for such great men as Moses, Abraham, the Apostles and even the Master Himself, surely it is necessary for us who are called into His service today. Though we do not have the actual privilege of walking at the Saviour's side as did the Apostles, or sitting at His feet as Mary Magdelene, yet we have the blessed opportunity to study His word-the word that is a light unto our pathway: makes our souls fat: puts marrow in our bones: which gives life and that more abundantly. We can be still before Him cmd know fhof He is God. We can wait upon Him and let Him come into our hearts in a fuller, richer way, that He might be all and in all in our lives. We at Calvary College, like the Apostles of old, have heard the call, Follow me ond l will make you fishers of men, and with our hands in His we strive to walk by His side and listen for His voice as we study fo show ourselves approved unto God. At the end of our course when we hear the Master's words ringing in our hearts Go ye, we shall rejoice with exceeding joy, and we shall tarry for a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit that we might give forth the words of eternal life in power and in truth. -Irene Mead 48 I

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Foreign lVlissions Triumphant It is one ot the wonders ot the ages that the Almighty God ot heaven and earth needs men, mere men, to help Him: to help Him in the greatest ot all programs, that ot bringing a run-away world back home. Back to the Father's house. He made a plan which was executed at Calvary by which man may be in- dwelt by God and tilled with the power ot the Holy Spirit. To all such, He commands UGO . Happy is that man who is commissioned N to labor in the very hardest and most needy ' part ot the tield, that place where satan's seat is. This man has the supreme privilege ot prov- ing God and causing a heathen world to know that Jesus Christ, the Victor, overcame the enemy at Calvary, stripped him ot his power and set all ot his captives tree. Even the down- trodden untouchables ot india may know that 1 they are tree and tree INDEED. M. clM.HbtM'th-ll dD'd I. I Y an 5,,:,ja,,a'uDEiCh Egg? lidgein avi The Spirit ot the Lord is upon me, be- cause He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor: He hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering ot sight to the blind. -Luke 4:4. One day the 'Captain ot our Salvation' walked into a synagogue in His home town, took the Book, and read aloud these words trom the Old Scriptures. Then He sat down and quietly explained to the people that these were no longer words ot prophecy but tultilled tacts. A missionary must have this same anointing because his commission is exactly the same as his Master's. ln order to accomplish this precious ministry, those who go to the toreign tield must know facts. The tact that Jesus absorbed within Himselt all that the enemy brought in-sin, sorrow, and death-and took all on Calvary with Him. That now every captive and bruised one ot India. bleeding China, devil over-ridden Africa, yea, all the broken hearted ot every land and every tongue are set tree. lt the Son therefore shall make you tree, ye shall be tree indeed. The triumphant 'foreign missionary must be one who knows that the devil is a defeated toe. He must live in the good ot this tact in the home land betore he ever sets toot on toreign soil. He has become a mighty warrior who knows his strength and authority over all the powers ot darkness.-Luke lO:I9. He has learned by continual use, to master his weapons and to wield them with certainty. He knows the toe and recognizes him, not withstanding that toe's camouflage as he appears as an angel ot light. The triumphant missionary has developed a sixth sense that teels, smells, and senses the presence and the work ot satanic powers. He knows what to do about it.