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

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'Eiga light Gunner JQSEPT-T E. RAMSEYER PresidenT Bible LecTures Redeeming The Time - Spiritually EPT-TESIANS 5:16 Time is an imporTanT TacTor in ChrisTian experience. As iT Talces years Tor an acorn To develop inTo a sTurdy oalc, so iT Takes Time Tor a Tollower oT ChrisT To rooT deep, To grow up inTo l-lim , and To reach spiriTual manhood. T-lowever, some cle- velop more rapidly Than oThers, because They are Tollowers oT God as dear children. Again, as iT requires seasons Tor grain and TruiT To come To The harvesTing sTage, even so iT is wiTh spiriTual TruiT bearing, and maTuriTy in The godly liTe. The TexT does noT only clearly indicaTe ThaT iT Talces Time To develop ChrisTian characTer, as expressed above, buT iT also shows The imporTance oT making The besT possible use cT The Time alloTTed To us. We musT Take advanTage oT every opporTuniTy ThaT comes To us. ln order To do This we musT, TirsT, be Tully assured ThaT we have passed The iniTial experiences in The ChrisTian liTe-The new birTh, and The bapTism wiTh The Holy SpiriTg and ThaT we are under The leadership oT The l-loly SpiriT. Then iT we obey The Tollow- ing exhorTaTions in The Word oT God, we shall be good and TaiThTul sTewards oT The sacred TruTh, and our Time shall be well redeemed: I. Be ye ThereTore Tollowers oT God, as dear children: and walk in love, as ChrisT also haTh loved us. Eph. 5:I,2. 2. And beside This, giving all diligence, add To your TaiThg and Then The aposTle menTions seven graces ThaT we musT add and abound Therein iT we wanT To measure up To Gods sTandard Tor us. ll PeT. I:5-I I. 3. Thou ThereTore endure hardness, as a good soldier oTJesus ChrisT, ll Tim. 2:3. 4. By whom also we have access by TaiTh inTo This grace wherein we sTand, and rejoice in The hope oT The glory oT God. NOT only so, buT we glory in TribulaTion also. Rom. 5:23. 5. As every man haTh received The giTT, even so minisTer The same one To an- oTher, as good sTewards oT The maniTold grace oT God. l PeT. 4:lO. 6. CasT noT away ThereTore your conTidence, which haTh greaT recompense oT reward: Tor ye have need oT paTience, ThaT, aTTer ye have done The will oT God, ye mighT receive The promise. For yeT a liTTle while, and he ThaT shall come will come, and will noT Tarry. l-leb. IO:35-37. 13

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Elye Eight Trainer ADMINISTRATION Rev. J. E. Ramseyer ,..,.,,.,..,..,..,.,, .... .,.. .,...,.,.... P r e siden+ Rev. S. A. Wifmer. . . .... Dean and Regis+rar Rev. P. L. Eicher.. .... Business Manager S. A. Lehman . . ..... Treasurer BOARD OF TRUSTEES Rev. J. A. Ringenberg, Chairman, I943 .,... . Rev. W. I-I. Lugibihl, Secre+ary, I94I .... Rev. J. E. Ramseyer, President l942 ..... Rev. C. J. Oerig, I943 . Rev. M. N. Amsfufz, I942 ..... Rev. J. S. Wood, I942. .. Mr. S. A. Lehman, I942 . Rev. OuinIen J. Everest I94I .... Rev. Armin Sfeiner, I943 .. Rev. Jared Oerig, I94I .. Mr. J. Francis Chase, I94I .. . Mr. Shirl I-Iaffield, I942,, . Rev. C. E. Rediger, I94I .... 12 . . . .For+ Wayne, Indiana .,....Peoria, Illinois Forf Wayne, Indiana . . . Berne, Indiana Royal Oak, Michigan . . .De+roi+, Michigan Forf Wayne, Indiana ....Goshen, Indiana .....Pandora, Ohio . . .CIeveIand, Ohio . . . Chicago, Illinois .. .. Pandora, Ohio . . . .Chicago, Illinois

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REV. SAFARA A.WITTv1ER,A.B.,M.A. 7' i A Ehc Tfiglyt ELTIUBI' -W -- f - Dean Bible Redeeming The Time - By Mental Effort Never beTore have men loeen given To Thinlcing abouT The Time as Today. WhaT is Time? l-low is iT relaTed To ETerniTy? These are speculaTive guesTions ThaT a Tew rare minds are disposed To consider: Bergson and Spengler among The phi- losophers, BarTh and l-leim among The Theologians, and EinsTein among The scienTisTs. BuT mosT oT us are noT concerned abouT meTaphysics, and cerTainly The AposTle Paul when advising The Ephesian ChrisTians To redeem The Time was noT Thinking in Terms oT philosophy. l-le was Thinlcing oT Time as a pracTical commodiTy ThaT each one is To use To greaTesT proTiT. The original word Tor Time means a Tixed measure. l-low suggesTivel Only a limiTed amounT is given To each. The Greek word TranslaTed redeem comes Trom a verb meaning To go To The marlceT,l' ThaT is To buy up.'l To purchase. Time is someThing To be recovered and exploiTed, Tor in The naTural course oT evenTs iT is misused or squandered. This calls Tor us To improve every opporTuniTy Tor good. Only The opporTunisT Thinlcs success is possible wiThouT diligenTly employing his Time. All greaT men have highly valued Time. They have achieved greaTness noT necessarily by long liTe, buf by improving Their Time. MozarT died aT ThirTy-Tive, and David Brainerd Tinished his memorable worlc aT TwenTy-nine. The Tragedy among sTudenTs in This day oT Time-saving conveniences is The prodigal wasTe oT Time. The Tragedy oT misspenT Time is ThaT iT can never be recovered. The wanT ad ThaT some one devised is correcT: LosT: somewhere beTween sunrise and sunseT, Two golden hours each 5eT wiTh sixTy diamond minufes. No reward is oTTered Tor They are IosT Toreverf' llof only is Time non-recoverable, buT The small amounT we have is noT exacTly lno-nn. We lfnow The hour glass is running iTs course, buT we do noT lcnow how soon The lazT parTicle will have passed Trom Time inTo eTerniTy. May every sTudenl' who leaves The sacred halls oT The Bible lnsTiTuTe REDEEM his Time. May noT one be an unfforThy, 5loThTul servanT. Wrrlk 1-irwurrzxlmrlly. rm! Us fools, llllf as u'1'.s1'. rwlwvriirzg the flillll'.l 14