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

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r f if f 0,0 J aug' Vo of xx f fl 411 J 490 'B If ' ,se ,u B ag N 0 .1 fl ses N do fl ef ef x THE GLORY OF THE CROSS Ffn'bid il, Lord. Ibtzl I .Vhflllfd bturt. Sara in flu' rfrpzfb of Clam! my God. The Cross stood in .1 world whose thinking was strangely twisted. Perversion alone describes its morals, its ideals and religions, The typical Roman lived for pleasure and fameg his rank was determined by the number of his slaves and the costliness of his banquets. The best of the Greeks prized virtue and knowledge, but Plato-the peer of them all-constructed his Utopian social order upon caste. The superior would rule the inferiorg the weak would serve the strong. If we pass by the pagan religions of Rome and the esoteric faiths of the East, we discover that even judaism was perverted by bigotry, racial pride, and smug self-righteousness. The priest and the Levite passed by the suffering victim on the Jericho Road. The proud Pharisee thanked God that he was superior to foul sinners and Gentile dogs. The whole of society in jesus' day was set up to Compete for earthly thingsfpower and fame and wealth. Into the midst of that sinful world. God placed a new determinant of values. So mdrrtzlly different was the Cross uf Christ that it represented a complete reversal ot what men considered worthyg .tn .ibmlufe that its principle of sell'-giving governs both man and Godg .fo holy that it judges both individual and corporate liteg to frulljffele that in the Cross God gave all-He could no more! Sa trorflv-i'. that we can only confess as we bow in its presence, till ilu' itiizz Ifaiugi ffm! rlmmz me mari, I .i.1t'rif1ct' 1116111 In Hit bfonr1'. In the Cross the inlinite Son of God went to the depths of shame to serve and to redeem. The Highest became the Lowest as Deity stooped under the weight of earth's sorrows and sins. In the Cross jesus Christ lived-rather died-as He taught: But whosoever would become great among you, shall be your ministerg and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all. For Ike S011 uf Mtnz txmze 1101 fu be mlniifered 112110, bu! 10 minirter, una' to give lair life t1 mrzrovz for zmvzy. REV. SAFARA A. XWITMER Dean J

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THE PERSON OF THE CROSS U lver1 I llH'l'6'l' llre trrnzdruizi lifllll On which the Prime uf Glory a'iea'. The Elerrztzl Sun of Gnd. In his Gospel, 'Iohn speaks in sublime language of the Diety of our blessed Lord jesus. In the first chapter he says: The same was in the beginning with God, All things were made by Himg and without Him was not anything made that was made. He Il .o in llve Bt QllII7f71.K. ln the council chamber of God, when the plans of Creation and Redemption were devised, He was with God the Father. We get a glimpse of this mystery, in the following words by Paul, in Ephesians One: According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Note the expression: Before the foundation of the world. ln the measureless depths of the eternity of the past, before anything was made, of which any man has any knowledge, the Godhead planned it all. Hear also the words of Peter on this line: 'iwflio verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. The same was in the beginning with God, we read above. Next we see that Ht' ll io llnuriizig willy God lfae Fallver in Cftftlfjflll. He ll .u. Praise God, He was, and He is, and He ever shall be Wtmrld 'without end. ln Hebrews One and in Colossians One, we have this Wonderful revelallion of Him. God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in the earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions. or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and he is before before all things, and by him all things consist! Hebrews One tells us also that He is Hl'If7l7UfLjl?14Lf All Tbiugi fu flu lluoid of Hit Pfiutrf' Everything would collapse if it were not for The word of His power. This W'onderful One, to whom no one is equalithe Son of God, became the Son of man. He robed Himself in our flesh. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sing that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Whitt matchless love! Wliitt wondrous grace! Rightly do we sing of Him: Majestic sweetness sits entlironed Upon the Saviour's brow, His head with radiant glories crowned, His lips with grace o'erHow, His lips with grace o erflow. 'fs JOSEPH E. RAMSEYER President Lefllnei 021 Deeper Clvritlitzzz Life

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LILLIAN MAE ZELLER Dean of Women THE SUFFERING OF THE CROSS See from Hi! bead, Hi! H.1r1d!, Hi! feel Sorrow and lore flow mingled don-zz. A vision of the suffering Saviour on Calvary can come to the human heart only by divine revelation. The natural man cannot discern the vicarious atonement of jesus Christg it is to be perceived by holy illumination. Only when our eyes have been anointed with spiritual eyesalve can we with Dryden, See Gad dwrendirzg in bllllldil fmme, The oferzded .fllgFl'Illg in lbe ojfetideylf mzmef' The cross of jesus Christ becomes meaningful as it becomes personal. He is our Substitute personally, individually. He bore our sins that we might have His righteousnessg He carried our griefs that we might share His joyg He was wounded for our transgressions in the fiery oven of God's wrath that we might escape that wrathg He was bruised-literally crushed and broken- for our iniquities to save us from their consequencesg He was chastised that we might have peace. Did e'er such love and sorrow meet? Only the infinite love of the eternal God could by one act judge sin and redeem the sinner. His punishment purchased our peaceg His stripes secured our healingg His bruises brought: our blessingg His grief vouchsafed our joyg His death provided for our life. O wondrous exchange, that the righteousness of One should justify many! This cross is universal in its scope. With enlightened eyes we readily see that He is the propitiation-not for our sins only, but also for the sins of the whole world. It was this vision of the suffering Saviour in the fifty-third of Isaiah which challenged the heart of young Patteson when he was a student at Eton. To point all who had gone astray, whether black or white, to the One on whom the iniquities of all had been laid was the master-passion of his life. Later as Bishop of Melanesia, he translated this truth literally by his pen, his preaching, and his life until. like his Master, he suffered death at the hands of those whom he sought to save. Who f0l101l'.f in bi! train? To bear His name, to carry His message means to be identified with Him in the fellowship of sufferings. if I . Al , I ky' ' fi' I I I 1.2-gifs?