Fort Wayne Bible College - Vine / Light Tower Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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HIS FRIENDS Our adorable Lord jesus Christ said, Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you . . . I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. In Amos 5:7 we are told: Surely the Lord God will do nothing. but he revealeth his secrets unto his servants the prophets. Again, in Psalm twenty-tive. we read: The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and lie will show them his covenant. XY'hen God wants to do something out of the ordinary. He makes known His will to those who live in close fellowship with Him, and shows them what place in His program He wants them to till. This fact has been exemplilied over and over again in the history of His people-fllnoch. Noah, Abraham, joseph, Moses, David, Danielg Simeon and Anna. The great reformers and missionary leaders are also outstanding samples of this, Then, there were always many godly men and women whose names do not appear in the pages of history, to whom the Lord revealed what He was going to do, and showed them what part they were to have in His plan. In other words, every movement, great and small, that has become an eternal blessing to humanity was born of spiritual vision that some man, or group of men, has received from God. This is true also of the Fort Wfayne Bible Institute. God gave to some of us a vision of His plan for this work before it was born. Witli the vision, came the pattern and the purpose and the divine object. To the founders this was a sacred trustMsome of whom have already gone to be with the Lord. This ministry called for much earnest prayer, im- plicit faith, and real sacrifice-especially in the early , years of our history- Hand these three characteristics H, are outstanding today in this work. God has set His seal of approval on this ministry. 4, More than one hundred trained missionaries have already gone to the many lands where heathen dark- who received their preparation here, are scattered ness still reignsg and many more faithful workers, r W em . all over this country. , 5 JOSEPH E. RAMSEYER President Lectures on Deeper Christian Life it - rf 5

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Rev Rex' BIBLE INSTITUTE BOARD J. A. Ringenberg, Clmirzfzizzl. 19910 .,...... I-Iarvey Mitehell, S0z'1'c'l.Jl'j'. 1939 .,..... Rev. C. Gerig, 1940 ......... Rev Rev, M r. Rev. Rev S. A. Lehman, CZuzi1'1111z1f M. N. Amstutz, 1959 .,....... J. S. Wood, 1959 ....,. S. A. Lehman, 1959, ....... , Quinton Exerest, 1940 ...,.... W. H. Lugibihl, was. john L. Ramseyer, 1940 Henry Roth, 1940 .,......... C. C. Welty, 1941... .... ,,.... . Noah Schumacher, 1939 ......, Rev. E. Ramseyer ....... Rev. S. A. Witmer ...,..... Rev. P. L. Eicher .,..,... Miss Lillian Zeller ...... TRUSTEES . 1958 ...... ADMINISTRATION .....,.,Archbold. Ohio ..,....Grabill, Indiana .............Berne, Indiana Royal Oak, Michigan ......Detroit, Michigan ........Fort Wayne, Indiana ..........Goshen, Indiana .......Peoria, Illinois .Fort Wayne, Indiana ....,..Elkton, Michigan ,............Grabill, Indiana .Fort Wayne, Indiana ........,..Pandora, Ohio .................,..President .Dean and Registrar . ...... Treasurer and Business Manager of Women

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SAFARA A, WITMHR, AB.. MA. Dean Bible. Alitiiulli. Aprzfugellci Fort Vifayne Bible Institute Indiana State University A. B., Taylor University M. A. Winona Lake School of Theology THIE FOUNTAIN Oli ETERNAL YOUTH fTo the graduates, the sponsors of this bookj It has been a delight to work with you during your school days. Your bubbling Christian enthusiasm has been an inspiration to us. It may be that all the world loves a lover, but we are certain that we admire your lofty purposes and your forward-looking vision. As you are facing the burden-bearing years of adulthood, we don't want you to grow old. Wfe want you to keep young. We don't want your fine spirits to become corroded with biting sorrow and disappointment. We hope that you will never know the humiliation of bruising defeat. We want you to keep your heads up, your shoulders squared, and your step buoyant with victory. May you realize Gods fullest measure of glorious achievement. We wfint you to keep young in your idealism and vision. In a sordidly selfish world, there is the constant peril of becoming practical realists, looking at situations and making decisions on the basis of expediency and immedate gain. May God keep your hearts pure and untainted from base greed. Keep your eyes fixed on the eternal goal and let your steps follow the foot-prints of the Master. And keep looking forward! For the Christian, the best is always ahead. With the great Apostle you may sing through all of the tomorrows, Tim one thing 1 dv. Ifurgellilig ffwie llvilzga' izfvicfv .ire fzeliimf. .zmf l'Lt1L'Z7jlIg furllv llllffl flmfe flvillgr zelvicfv .ire fiefffre, I fvi'e,i.i mizumf the :flare fm' flu' prize of five high mlliug of God in Clvrirl fe.r1f.r. H And in spirit you need never grow old, for you have discovered the Fountain of Eternal Youth. That is Christ's gift of salvation to you. Ponce de Leon tried to find it in the romantic unknown of the Western Hemisphere. You are no longer engaged in a quest, for you have found Him, whom to know is life eternal. Life now is given to fuller and fuller realization. In the figure of an ancient wise man, The park of llvc' flljf it .ii live rliiiziug Ziglar, zrfviflv ,rlviuelli more and more 111110 flie perfect day. V This life is not subject to senility. For llmnglv flve 0Ilfll'Kl1'd man periflv. ye! llve izzirtml 1111'1l1'Qif l'?7l6'll'l'tf Jay by titty. Life need not become drab and gray as you live in the presence of Him who is Light, and Truth, and Love. Continuous disclosures of His grace 'with ever nQxgadventures in the life of faith are yours-in the Fountain of Eternal Youth.