Cincinnati Bible Seminary - Nautilus Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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PRESIDENT RALPH L. RECORDS A student enters the Seminary as a Freshman. He thinks of home and frequently is lonely. One day he feels a hand on his shoulder, and hearing a friendly voice in greeting, finds himself talking with Pres. Records. From then on, Seminary life takes on new meaning. ‘Th e student knows that the interest in him is genuine. We feel that the Seminary is peculiar among colleges in that such a close relation exists between the students and the president. As the Senior Class prepares to leave and assume the responsibil- ities in the Master’s Vineyard, it does so with the knowledge that it has the prayers and best wishes of the President. BSA SS SS ISS is NN SS RS SS Si i NN ZN ZS ZS 2s ES NS RS IS ZS ARS RS SAN SN S S NS BS ZS RN NN AS SS Si nS A i SS 9

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LIVIN, | An Open Field forthe Word S44 cededededededeaeaedeaeaeeedeeck deed eecteteecteteeecfeds eae oe a oF i ELLA AAAS AAAS SISSI IIS IIIS E LEE YS Dy — X % 4 ‘ prs ) i te 44. ys + 4h 4y Jr, % “The field is the world.” Matt. 13:38. “The seed is the word.” Lk. 8:11. “T have set before thee an open can shut it.” Rev. 3:8. The age-old conflict between the powers of light and darkness is seen in one of its most interest- ing aspects as our attention is focused upon the effort of men to close doors that God has opened. As usual, man’s efforts are futile when he seeks to close a door that God has ordained shall remain open. Yet man’s ability to temporarily close local doors has occasioned the most bitter strife. “And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15. The Word of God is not, and can never be, circumscribed by any worldly limitation, as to geographical boundaries or as to its power. “The Word of God is quick and powerful and at A eb aaed 2 I Times 2:9 sharper than a two-edged sword . “.. the Word of God is not bound.” This open door into the world-wide field can never be closed by human authority. No comity agreement (by which missionary boards would divide cities and communities, assigning the vari- ous sections to the different denominational bodies as their exclusive fields of operation) can ever be harmonized with the spirit of Him who, by God’s authority, opened that door to the world-wide field. When the apostle Paul found doors closed to him by the opposition he urged the Colossian brethren to pray “.., that God would open unto us a door of utterance, Christ’ .2 to speak the mystery of . that I may make it manifest as I ought Col. 4:3, 4. ‘To the Church at Corinth he wrote, ‘For a great door and effectual is opened to speak.” door, and no man unto me, and there are many adversaries.” I Cor. 16:9. The door of the inn was closed. “‘No room!” they said, One after another the doors have closed. The doors to the hearts of men, philosophies, edu- cational institutions, nations, and the islands of the sea. “Lift up your heads, O ye gates: And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors: And the King of glory will come in.” The one who would limit this open field for the Word reminds me of the man who would try to build a fence around a cyclone. The great powers of God defy the feeble control efforts of When man thinks he has harnessed the lightning and brought it under his control, he is killed by the sudden bolt. During the early ministry of Jesus He had men. many times forbade those who would have pre- maturely proclaimed His Messiahship. But at the triumphal entry into Jerusalem He answered those who criticized the people for proclaiming Him ee King, by saying: . 1f these should hold their peace the stones would immediately cry out.” Lk. 19:40. ‘This is no time for indifference. ‘The days of inaction are past. ‘Today all nature joins Heaven in crying out for the unfettered, world-wide proc- lamation of the Gospel. Though ambitious men may seek to thwart God’s purpose, the field will remain open; because the Word is eternal. “Heaven and earth shall pass Our land of promise awaits men of victorious faith away, but my words shall not pass away.” who are willing to pay the price of conquest.

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VV VV VV VV T SSS SY Leys FINA IVA AIA VILA IIIA III VS to the Class of ee - eS ee a ee Se rs 7 % Seot—T Pane i Bee a a We congratulate you members of the Class of 1945 who are about to attain the goal you have kept before you, since you dedicated your lives to full time Christian service. On May 3, your alma mater will be happy to confer upon you the degrees you have earned and to present to you the diplomas which will recognize your attainments and the character you have maintained during your student life. We were happy to have you enroll in The Cincinnati Bible Seminary and give us the oppor- tunity to help prepare you for service in our Master’s Kingdom. We have followed your progress with keen interest, and we believe that you will be able to serve satisfactorily Him who has called you into His service, and therefore to serve with great satisfaction to yourselves. We are confident this will be true if you remain loyal to the ideals your alma mater has set before you. And now that you are soon to leave the Semi- nary and go to your chosen fields of work, it is fitting that we should remind you in this last brief message of the ideals, program, and policy that have guided us in all of our relations with you and which make your alma mater unique among edu- cational institutions. It is the deep and abiding conviction of the administration, and trustees, that The Cincinnati Bible Seminary is—and shall ever loyal teachers, be—loyal to Jesus Christ and every teaching of His Word. filled with the Holy Spirit according to the promise of the Master, The apostles, were divinely inspired when they proclaimed the Gospel and when they wrote the New ‘Testament Scrip- tures. They were led into all essential truth and their memories were quickened to recall the teach- of The Cincinnati Bible Seminary ings Jesus. Se 10 holds that their teachings were complete and final as regards the proclamation of the Gospel. and the establishment and equipment of the church for its mission of world evangelization; and that they were no less inspired and exercised authority in no lesser degree, when they spoke of the church, its govern- ment, organization, policy, ordinances, worship, and life, than when Peter proclaimed the Gospel con- ditions of salvation on the Day of Pentecost. Neither the apostles nor the angels of heaven dare alter the Gospel (Galatians 1:8), nor any of Fail- ure to obey the teaching and example of the apostles the inspired teaching regarding the Church. in these matters has resulted in the division of the followers of Jesus into the warring sects of Christen- dom, with consequent failure to save the world for Christ. In harmony with this faith and conviction, The Cincinnati Bible Seminary has made the Bible its chief textbook and arranged its courses of study in harmony with the spirit and the letter of the Word of God. of the Church of Christ, and has affixed his signa- Every trustee and professor is a member ture to a statement declaring that he believes “without reservation in the full and final inspira- tion of the Bible to the extent that it is to him the infallible Word of God, sufficient rule of faith and life,’ and therefore, the all- ’ and that he further believes in “the deity and supreme authority of Christ; obedience to the Gospel; the edification of the Church, and the restoration of its unity on the New ‘Testament basis.” Believing that such faith and a church with a program in harmony with this faith are essential to the salvation of the world, your alma mater has endeavored to so train and equip you that you will