Elim Bible Institute - Oasis Yearbook (Lima, NY)

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CLASS OF 1972 ?! SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS: Esther Llewellyn (Treasurer), Larry O’Dell (Vice-President), Tim McCown (President), Betty Saunders (Secretary). CLASS ADVISORS: Gerald and Beverly Trudell. CLASS VERSE “And the glory which Thou hast given Me, I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one.” John 17:22 CLASS MOTTO “One ... that the world may know!” CLASS COLORS Maroon and Gold CLASS SONG “By This Shall All Men Know” By this shall all men know That ye are My disciples If ye have love, if ye have love, If ye have love for one another They shall know. They shall know you’re My disciples If ye have love for one another. They shall know, they shall know. By this shall all men know That ye are My disciples If ye are one with one another, They shall know. LOOKING UNTO JESUS With the seed of truth planted in our hearts, we came to Elim and immersed ourselves in the rich¬ es of God’s Word. Study, prayer and the appli¬ cation of His Word, created a desire in our hearts to learn more of the depths of wisdom and knowl¬ edge in God. We go forth, aware that the seed with which we entered school has taken root and grown un¬ der the careful and concerned cultivation of the anointed teaching we have been so privileged to receive. We continue “looking unto Jesus,” will¬ ing to obey His voice. Then, as His disciples, we go forth with confidence in His spoken word. 59

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PRESIDENT ' S LETTER Dear Fellow Soldiers — All: Three years of study, self-discipline and develop¬ ment! The same length of time that the twelve spent with the Master and that the converted Saul was re¬ strained in Arabia and Damascus! While learning and maturing processes continue all through life, God draws aside those whom He chooses for a period of initial development. We have had the joyous priv¬ ilege to share this time with you at Elim. While thinking of you and your coming new ven¬ tures in God, I was reminded of Paul’s words in I Corinthians 16:9 “For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.” The door to your three years at Elim is about to close behind you. You cannot go back to relive them. What you have obtained in God or failed to appro¬ priate rests between you and God. But now before you there are open doors of opportunity. There is the open door into the Holiest. The Veil is rent. Access is yours. The Lord invites: “Draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith ...” Since we are commissioned to His harvest, we would be most unwise to attempt His work without receiving His approval and direction, for it is your desire “that He might be glorified.” Paul writing to the church in Corinth refers also to the open door for ministry — opportunities for ef¬ fectual work in Ephesus and on into Macedonia: open doors that made future planning unwise. What was true in Paul’s day is much more so today. “There’s never been a day like this day,” with the spiritual vacuum in the world together with the awakening which is so evident. Doors in every direc¬ tion are swinging open. The renewing of the Holy Spirit is breaking forth on the right hand and on the left. But there are never open doors without opposition. There is an opportunity in every difficulty and a dif¬ ficulty in every opportunity. We all face them. How they are faced explains why some fail (or settle for less) and others succeed. Some hear the call, respond with an “Amen!” They face the open door and then discover the many adversaries. Hesitation comes and delay, and the door is not en¬ tered. You have heard the Master’s call and have felt the urge; you dare not succumb to adversaries, obstacles and difficulties. With Bishop Heber we raise the question and face the open doors: “Can we, whose souls are lighted with wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted the lamp of life deny? Salvation! Oh salvation! The joyful sound pro¬ claim, Til each remotest nation has learned Messiah’s name. Conflicts there will always be. The Christian service life involves conflict. There is The Gospel that chal¬ lenges to conflict. Soldiers arise! Put your armor on! “The Lord reigneth!” Let us join Him — through the open door before us — “That He might be glorified”! In Harvest bonds,

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SENIORS DONALD BANACH West Islip, N. Y. Christian Education ‘ And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not unto men.” Col. 3:23 WILLIAM BRASS Knoxville, Pennsylvania Mi ssionary I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice . . .” Ro. 12:1 JOYCE BREWER Mendota, Illinois Mi ssionary ‘‘My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.” Psalm 84:2 CHERYL BRIGGS Mobile, Alabama Christian Education ‘‘I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” Phil. 4:13 60