Cincinnati Bible Seminary - Nautilus Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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The Class of 44 devotes this issue of the Nautilus to the Theme: The Restoration of the New Testament Church. We would “nail to the mast the holy flag” of the Son of God. As we prepare to speak a wistful farewell to our Alma Mater we would gird more tightly the Sword of the Spirit. With all the strength God has given us, we solemnly pledge our unshaken confidence in the words of Jesus: “Upon this rock I will -uild my church and the gates of Hades chall not prevail against it,’ and that epi- tome of the career of Paul: “I am ready to preach the gospel to you also... . For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.” With equal fervor we would seek a more perfect understanding of the divine pattern—the doctrine and practice of the New Testament Church—and a more valiant faith in its divine Lord and in the triumphant virtues of its way of life. To humbly seek the sacrificial dedication of our personal lives to righteousness and loving Jala eaccainriee “The plea must be adequate and the time propituous.”—Boswell the By R. C. Foster service to our fellow-men in Jesus’ name and after the perfect pattern of His life, is as a beacon light: ‘ta lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts.” We do not share the dreamy futility of these who work with passionate zeal to evangelize, save lost souls, and establish churches; and then straightway desert them to te devoured by “the wolves in sheep’s clothing” who would pervert the Gospel, deny the deity and authority of our Christ, and lead down the winding trail of pagan- ism. The New Testament gives us a divine example for such a time as this warning us, and urging us to warn others, that “false teachers shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them.” We would unite loving pro- clamation of the Gospel to all who will hear with unflinching condemnation of those “Godless, impenitent leaders of heresy’ who have dedicated themselves to the subtle per- version of the Gospel and destruction of the Church. This is no easy path. We pray for strength to answer the bugle-call which summons to the mountain top. God grant that none of us may bivuoac in the valley of compromise. “The Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain, His blood-red banner streams afar, Who fo'lows in His train?” RES 1-O Rae Eigtatieiee

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Dee Dele Orn he leO) N To WILLIAM HENRY BOOK Faithful Breaeree of the Word Stalwart Defender of the Faith-- Devoted Friend of the Sem- inary throughout its history-- We, the Class of ’44 dedicate this edition of The Nautilus In the Prime of Life As He Is Today Ig vee IE Allied oleate s By FORMER CONGRESSMAN UPpsHAW On Thursday afternoon at the opening service of the Gospel Rally at Central Christian Church in Orlando I looked on a picture of human grandeur and Christian heroism that will be to me a mental stimulus and a spiritual inspiration as long as I have a mind to think and a heart to feel. It was Dr. William H. Book, eighty years young, sitting in a rolling chair and preaching a sermon of indescribable power on “The Majesty and Authority of Christ.” Perhaps it was put into shining italics by the very fact of his speaking from a rolling chair, for after getting off bed where I stayed seven years, I spoke from a rolling chair. So, I was peculiarly ready for that marvelous message from that Patriarch of God, as his rolling chair became a throne of power! Just let the unregen- erate world, the hopeless skeptic and the Christless philosopher explain that preacher of God’s truth on that rolling chair. It cannot be done apart from the redeeming grace of which William H. Book is an ocular demonstration. Verily, there is only one word that will explain William H. Book and his powerful gospel message, and that word is God. There is only one word that will explain the miracle of a new heart and life in Christ, and that word is God. Sixty years a preacher of Christ’s gospel and still crying out with triumph voice, as he did Thurs- day, that form and ceremony mean nothing without the miracle of a new heart in Christ. As this “grand old man” closed his burning message he told the beautiful story of the dying Christian man who whispered to his watching wife: “Bring!” The daugh- ters came but he shook his head. Then his sorrowing wife fell on her knees and prayed that he might be given strength to tell what his heart was trying to say. Then the dying man cried out in a shout of radiant triumphant: “Bring forth the Royal Diadem and crown Him Lord of all!” And as this eloguent prophet of God finished that dramatic and thrilling story, tears flashed answer in many eyes—tears that were crystal with the light of the skies. No wonder the congregation thronged his rolling chair to thank the “grand old man” for his wonderful message of Christian faith and hope! Verily, it was enough to put infidelity to a stammering hush! The men and the movement must not be misfits.” —Boswell

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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