Cincinnati Bible Seminary - Nautilus Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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HVA Al @ oeAGae bor The Cincinnati Bible Seminary celebrates this year, its 20th Anniversary. Its two decades of service to the cause of New Testament Christianity have been characterized by its unflinching loyalty to the Word of God, its unfaltering determination to remain true to the faith of its founders, its earnest desire to train young men and women for full-time Christian Service, and its ability to wisely and economically handle the funds entrusted to its care. As a result, the school has grown in size and influence until today, it stands as the largest school of its kind in America. For the 20th consecutive year, the student enrollment is higher than that of the previous one, growing from less than 100 enrolled students in 1924 to 366 today. The present faculty is equal in scholarship and training to that of any other school and offers to the students a well-rounded curriculum of studies in Christian education. The extra-curricular activities are excep- tionally complete and well-balanced. On the following pages of this book, the Class of 1944 presents a pictorial account of C. B. S. today. We are proud of our Alma Mater and would hail her as a great school destined for a greater future in the service of our Lord. SEMINARY | .. +2 ENTRANCE ONLEHMANRD. s nA in Fa? Sand La a ee Agente Y 7 Woe ‘Fi “Remember the advice of an old apostle to young Timothy, ‘Preach the Word.’ This preached in the spirit with clearness | | 6

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Vin@): Velev NG @)erio. ie Aries Shlek sete Or ney By Lewis Foster The movement to restore the church to the divine pattern which Christ and His apostles revealed began before the New Testament was written. Its pages tell of the days of glory when the church was estab- lished and grew under the guidance of the apostles inspired by the Holy Spirit. They also Cescribe the days of infamy brought oa by an Ananias, Sapphira, Alexander the coppersmith, Diotrephes, or a Jezebel. The hes were urged to continue steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and to renounce false teachers and false teaching. As of Israel in olden times, so of the church, is it true that there has been a constant surge of cross-currents—the one, sweeping toward unbelief and corruption; the other, toward faith and restoration. Through the centuries this process has continued. Many are the heroic leaders who have sought to restore the doctrine and practice of the New Testament Church. When Thomas and Alexander Campbell issued “The Declaration and Address” in 1809, a new epoch emerged in the age-old movement to restore the New Testament Church. Instead of seeking the identity of the church in human creeds, the New Testa- ment and that alone was to be the guide and sole authority for faith and practice. A wonderful vision was heralded forth to the world, not of reformation, but of trans- formation of the broken and divided seg- ments of denominationalism into one fervent and faithful church reconstructed after the original pattern by the purifying fire of simple obedience to the authority of Christ. Walter Scott, keen student of the Word and {l-ming evangelist of the movement, added popular appeal and tremendous power to the scholarly work cf the Campbells. In the meantime, Barton W. Stone had been lead- ing a similar movement in Kentucky, where on June 28 1804, five Presbyterian preach- ers, led by Stone, issued “The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery” by which they cut the last ties binding them to dencm:nationalism. The five great debates of Alexander Campbell and the evangelistic campa gns of Scott, together with the union of the movements led by Campbell and Stone, caused the proclamation of the plea to unite all Christians upon the teaching of the New Testament to spread in amazing fashion. Many other great names have been written into the record of the movement: John Smith, John T. Johnson, Isaac Errett, Benjamin Franklin, Moses E. Lard, John W. McGarvey, and a host of others. That the movement should now find itself betrayed in the house of its “friends” is not surprising to anyone who has read either the Old or New Testament. It is rather the very essence of the Restoration Méve- ment that it should find and face new prob- lems, such as it does today. “The opportuneness of the restoration movement is shown by its success.” —Boswell

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Annie Lisle Ralph L. Records : Air: — | t+ Hail to thee, our Alma Mater! C.B.5. all hail! 2 Future years shalf bring thee glory, As thy sons proctaim 5.“Loyalty to Christ, our Lord,” Shall thy motto be. Waves thegold and purple o’er us, Through the calm and gale. All the great and thrilling story Of thy rise to fame. He has promised in His Word Victory to thee. ee CHORUS, ede Long thy sons shall sing thy praises And thy name adore, while the heart its jubal raises: “¢.6.5 evermore!” 8 Sot seeaeees the only effectual weapon to overthrow error and to save souls,”—Stone . . “We may be as liberal as we 7