Canadian Mennonite Bible College - Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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WALDEMAR REGIER Laird, Sask. h “Alle eure Sorge werfet auf ihn; denn euch.” 1. Petri 5:7. HENRY REMPEL Chilliwack, B.C. The fear of the Lord BERNHARD RETZLAFF Rosemary, Alta. “The Lord is r fear? The Lord I be afraid?” F KATHRYN TSCHETTER Neville, Sask. MARGARET VOGHT Kelowna, B.C. my grace is sufficient for Thee: made perfect in weakness.” 2. Cor. 12:9. NETTIE VOGT Snowflake, Man Faithful GERTRUDE WARKENTIN Superb, Sask. Herr, wohin sollen wir gehen? Du hast Worte des wigen Lebens.” Joh. 6:68. BETTY WEDEL Chilliwack, B.C. “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; unto thine own understanding.” Prov. 3:5, MARJORIE WHEELER Rosthern, Sask. “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” Psalm 121:1. Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn!” Psalm 150:6, RUDOLF WIENS Herschel, Sask. “Teach me Thy way, O Lord, I will walk in Thy truth unite my heart to fear Thy name.” Psalm 86:11. XXVII

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PETER LEPP Rivers, Man. “Lehre mich tun nach deinem Wohlgefallen. Psalm 143:10. JAKE LETKEMAN Graysville, Man. Getreu ist er, der euch ruft; er wind ' s auch tun. 1. Thess. 5:24. HENRY LETKEMAN Graysville, Man. “Wie wird ein Jiingling seinen Weg unstraflich gehen? Wenn er sich halt nach deinen Worten. Psalm 119:9. PETER LETKEMAN Waldheim, Sask. “Lead me in thy Truth, and teach me; for Thou art the God of my Salvation. Psalm 25:5. ZELMA NEUFELD Didsbury, Alta. “But I know now whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. John 11:22. JOHN NEUFELD Aldergrove, B.C. “For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2. Tim. 1:7. ANNE NEUFELD Rosemary, Alta. “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deut. 33:27. HENRY PATKAU Hanley, Sask. “Ich aber, Herr, hoffe auf dich und spreche: Du bist mein Gott! Psalm 31:15. LENA PETERS Winnipegosis, Man. “Der Herr ist mit mir, darum furchte ich mich nicht; was konnen mir Menschen tun. Psalm 118:6. ABE J. R EG I ER Watrous, Sask. “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Col. 3:1. XXVI

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The day ' s work was ended. Bending low under the western gateway we caught the last reflected rays of the sun bidding us farewell. Beside the weather-worn but friendly old tree-stump my friend and I paused for a moment. There we rested awhile, thinking out loud, attempting to detect the pattern of life into which God had placed us. Why? How? What for? At times it seemed so difficult to see. In the deepening twilight, I recalled the first words of God which He spoke in the Scriptures, “Let there be light.’’ An intricate universe quietly testified to the wisdom and the power of its Crea¬ tor. Would anyone dare to mar the radiant beauty and the glorious perfection of His work? Man had himself been presented with the key to his destiny, but in his unwillingness to submit to God’s com¬ mand, he fell. God hid His face from the horror of sin, and the generations to come groped around to find Him again. Sightless, they were lost. I broke the silence. “Why do the heathen rage? It is because they need more light. They cannot find their way and their blindness is driving them to desperation.” My friend took up the thread of thought, and continued meditatively, “The way I see it, we must acquire a clear three-dimensional point of view. Using our own human standards as a measure of personal evaluation, we tend to rate ourselves much higher than we ought to. Rather than apply the gauge of perfection as Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount, we readily compare and contrast to the condition of our next-door neighbour. As a blind-spot this only increases our confusion, and frequently also our disregard for God’s benevolence and provision. Actually He can give nothing if we express no need for anything. I termed this dimension “the inward look.” Secondly, I feel that too often we as Christians are guilty of practising the miser’s stoop, that is, we continually seek those things which are below and not above. Constantly in search of another coin, we keep our eyes glued to the things we must eat, drink, wear and the daily routine to be carried out. Like the mole we contentedly move around in the tunnel of worldliness quite oblivious of the affairs of the Kingdom of God which should make up our total business. Everywhere men and women guess and trust to luck, as year after year they aimlessly wander along the path of life, caring little or nothing for the carefully sketched divine plan for every individual’s course of life. I believe we ought to straighten up and seek “the upward look.” As he paused, we heard only the sounds of night¬ time but together we thanked our Father in Heaven that the dawn had come, and that the Light of the World now lighted every man who came into the world. I knew that the third dimen¬ sion must be “the outward look.” Such a privilege as we had of dwelling in the glory of His illumin¬ ating truth had not been easily purchased. Had He not solemnly pointed out, “Ye are the light of the world?” Now he seemed to add, “Look all about you — see the hungry, the old, the im¬ prisoned and the friendless.” We did fit in after all. We resumed our path homeward. Tomorrow we would go back to the vineyard to work and to shine that more might see. XXVIII