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

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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?

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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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REV. SAFARA A. XWITMER, A. B., M.A. Dean Bible. Miiviowzr Fort XV.1yne Bible Institute Indiana State University T.1ylor University Winirnrt I,.llie SCl1ool of Theology I-ll.I.lAN INIAE ZELLER Dean of Wfomen English, E.x'f7r'w.tiu11 Nyack Missionary Training Institute Bowling Green State Normal REV. LOYAL A. RINGENBERG, A. H., M. A. Old Teiftzmelzl, Cbnrfb Hiifm'-J' Direffrn' nf Sflwnf of Crn'r'eiprn1dwlfc Fort Wriyiie Bible Institute Valley City State Normal Taylor University Wintmntl Lske School of Theology REV. BENJAMIN F. LEIGHTNER Bible, Bilzliml and P.z,ilm't1l Tlwulugry, Humilelitii Fort Wayne Bible Institute REV. PAUL UPDIKE, A. is. Cb!'f.llAUl Edllmliorll. Hiifury Manchester College Chicago University E. IRENE SMITH, A. B. LilI1,Q'Ildg6'. Hirtory Columbus Normal Ohio State University GERTRUDE SCHOLI. Frwzrb Studied languages in Paris, Berlin, and Russia IRA GERIG l'oire, Pitulu Sherwood Conservatory of Music Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Cleveland Bible College ALFRED ZAHLOUT I 'fulfil C. ADOLPH GERBER Theory of !'Vl11,fif, Vain' Moody Bible Institute RAYMOND M. WEAVER Theory of Mutir, Pitnzu, Orgtuz Oberlin College Northwestern University Poland IT'