Columbia Bible College - Finial Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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CONTENTS DEDICATION FACULTY SENIORS UNDER CLASSES EXTRA CURRICULAR ADVERTISEMENTS

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Jj e a t i c a 1 1 o n J. EAST HARRISON One of the most influential lives at the Bible College has been that of Dr. J. East Harrison. His love for the Lord, his gracious presence, and his messages have all been a challenge and stimulus to the students to know Him. It is with joy that we dedicate the 1941 Finial to our beloved Dr. Harrison. Born in 1855 in London, England, Dr. Harrison was the son of a business man, Ebenezer Harrison. He graduated from Hackney College, London, and entered the Congregational ministry at the age of twenty-five. In 1879 he married Miss E. L. Shrewsbury, who is still his dear companion. For five years Dr. Harrison ministered in the Isle of Wight, after which he received a call to a church in Adelaide, Australia. Serving at vari- ous times in the cities of Adelaide, Melbourne, and Ballarat, then the richest gold mining town in the world, he spent twenty-five years in Aus- tralia. His church in Australia was the one in which the Rev. R. A. Torrey and Mr. Charles Alexander held their first meeting. Chosen to represent the Christian Endeavor Union of Australia at a world C. E. Convention in the Isle of Man, he was given leave of absence from his church for one year, and being again in England he made a trip to the United States to visit his eldest son. While in the United States, by a series of God-appointed circum- stances, Dr. Harrison was asked to teach Bible at the Mount Hermon Boys ' School at Northfield, Massachusetts. There he remained for twenty- three years. The world of Christian literature has been enriched by Dr. Harrison ' s writings and studies, his tracts and books. Noted among these are Guides Through the Gospels and Reigning in Life. He was editor of an undenominational religious paper called The Christian Union. Each summer for twenty-eight years Dr. Har- rison has been teaching the summer Bible classes at Northfield, formerly taught by A. T. Pierson. For eight years he and Mrs. Harrison have been coming to Columbia each winter. Dr. Harrison has served as a special lecturer at the Bible College, taking classes from time to time. It is the earnest desire of our hearts that we, like Dr. Harrison, may walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.

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J arewell, J e Spring, 1941, has come and with a fresh, fragrant crop of Seniors. Nature seems to be displaying the very best of her glories to deco- rate Mother Earth and the world in her new garment. Cold dismal life is taking on a new slant while the flowers bloom and the world receives our Seniors. For four years they have hidden under the protection of God in the shelter of C. B. C. — yet evidence of buds creeping through have often been seen. Now — after years of faithful training, hard work and growth in the Lord — the bud seems to be bursting into started bloom; emori ready to send the fragrance of Christ from their lives to a world — tho ' in nature bright — in sin — black as ebony. Seniors, we salute your effort — we ' re glad to have been privileged to see you- in the budding process for three years — and now at your last year — we see lovely blossoms not quite opened yet. Yours now is to plant the seed of Christ in other lives because you are going out in His service. Goodbye Friends, may God bless you to have a fruitful vineyard for His glory. THE JUNIOR CLASS J4 Jribate to U. i5. O. Prepared! The first training period is over. The trumpet sounds and we advance confi- dently and expectantly into the field, of a wider conflict. Though the enemy is mighty, the victory is certain, for our Captain is Almighty! As we prepare to march forward we pause briefly to consider all that the past days of training have meant to us. We have learned that we must fight the good fight of faith, daring to believe every word of the Heavenly Manual which our Leader has given to us. We have learned to wield skillfully the keen-edged Sword of dynamite through the intensive study of the Guide Book, so that we no longer count our lives dear unto ourselves for they belong to Him. We have learned, too, that the con- flict is fought not by visible weapons of human making, but that it is fought and won with that invisible and greatest weapon of all — prayer — which is mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. We have learned that self-discipline and self-control is a prime requisite of the good soldier. Our Captain requires unquestioned obedience without reser- vation. Therefore we go forth to fight an offen- sive warfare because we are utterly convinced of the certainty of those things wherein we have been instructed. We look into the future — what does it hold? Our Captain has given us sealed orders. We have our marching orders — that is enough. On the far-flung edges of the battlefield the carnage is heavy; among the moving maelstrom of men we see many who need the message of succor. Prophetic shadows are being cast by the long rays of the setting sun; the day is almost spent and the night is at hand. We raise aloft with a triumphant shout the blood-stained banner of our King. Across it is written in glowing letters one word — Victory. THE CLASS OF ' 41