Cincinnati Bible Seminary - Nautilus Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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be able to promote a like faith and program in the congregations in which you serve. In matters of opinion we have taught you to be courteous and considerate of the opinions of others, “in honor preferring one another.” “e In matters of service we have taught you “to become all things to all men” in the hope of saving some. But in matters of faith and conscience we have instructed you to be absolutely loyal to the teaching of the Word of God, and to remember that you are set for the defense of the Gospel. We hope and pray that as you leave your alma mater you will continue to cherish and uphold these ideals and that you may have the courage to contend earnestly for them. You are beginning your ministries in a time when you need to be courageous, and when it will cost you dearly to keep the faith. The opposition you must face will come not only from the open and avowed enemies of Christ, but also from a more treacherous and deadly foe— those who profess to follow Christ, but who ask you to compromise with error, with evil men and movements, for power, place, prestige, or to pro- mote peace. When the temptation comes, there is but one question to ask yourselves: “Js this course right, according to the instruction of the Word of God?” Your conscientious response to the answer to this question will shield you from the tempta- tion and keep you among the faithful. Do not expect peace nor an easy course. Re- member your Master said that he did not come “to send peace, but a sword,” upon the earth and that ‘‘a man’s foes are they of his own household.” “Beware when all men speak well of you.” A straightforward course in the path of right always arouses opposition. You will not without cause seek a fight, neither will you cowardly avoid one that is essential to truth and right living. ‘To do so is the negation of all that is basic to manhood, not to mention Christianity. Jesus could not live peaceably with the re- ligious bigots of his time. He was always at war with them, although they were the teachers of the people. In the end they killed him. They fought every apostle, and killed many of them. ‘They stoned the first martyr of the church, and they hounded Paul from city to city. These haters of Christ and his apostles were not atheists. ‘They believed in God, and the Old Testament Scriptures! Many of them were members of the Sanhedrin! Through the centuries this same spirit has persisted. Roman Catholics have burned Protest- ants, and Protestants have killed Roman Catholics. Some of the most terrible crimes of history have been committed in the name of Christ and Chris- tianity. Remember this when you are asked to compromise your message, your liberty, or your character for the false promise of peace with error. Envision the nail prints in the hands and feet of Jesus, the scars of the Roman scourge on his back; behold the wounds of the scourge on the apostles, the sword that beheaded James, the scars of the stones on Stephen and Paul; and hear Paul for I bear branded on my body the marks of the say, “Henceforth let no man trouble me; Lord Jesus.” Your alma mater will be chagrined, along with you, when your Master comes, if you have only beautifully manicured, soft, delicate hands to reach up to him. We hope you will be worthy of your high calling, made glorious by the heroism and blood of the martyrs through the centuries. “Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal.” And now we must bid you a fond farewell. Do not forget that we love you as our children in the faith. We will long for your affection and your return to visit us from time to time. We shall learn of your victories with joy; our hearts will be heavy when great hardship and suffering come to you; but we will always cherish you and not fail to bear your names to the throne of grace and mercy. May you always so deport yourselves that God may be able to bless your work and give you the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. And when our labors on the earth have been finished, may it please the Father to grant to us all a happy and eternal reunion in the land of endless day—the land of rest and peace and triumph—to which we journey. Sincerely yours, RALPH L. RECORDS.

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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

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