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

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GIFT: Tlliglit Cainer Tm' i 'T T MARTHA W. AMSTUTZ i 1 Dean oT Women I-losTess 1 Redeeming The Time-In Every-Day Duties Time musT be oT greaT value To our CreaTor, Tor l-le only gives us one momenT aT a Time. You have read oT redeeming The Time in The spiriTual and The inTellecTual: now leT us Think oT redeeming The Time in The secular. Redeeming The Time in The secular brings blessings in The spiriTual and in The inTellecTual. Know The True value oT Time: snaTch, seize, and enjoy every momenT oT iT. No idlenessq no laziness: no procrasTina- Tion-never puT oTi Till To-morrow whaT you can do To-day. Time is lenT To us by God. IT is precious, passing, shorT, and uncerTain. We cannoT be Too diligenT, IT we consider ThaT we are accounTable as To how we use iT. l-lealTh, wealTh, knowledge, and Triendships may be regained, buT vanished hours can never be recalled. LeT us noT give any momenT wiThouT receiving iT in value. We should so discipline our ways ThaT every move oT The hand, every sTep oT The TooT, every word of The Tongue, and every ThoughT oT The mind will be OT some value To us or To our Tellow men. As every Thread oT gold is valuable, so is every momenT oT Time. Time is money aT The Bible lnsTiTuTe as well as elsewhere. As money is being spenT Tor our liTe equip- menT, we oughT To give our uTmosT Tor l-lis highesT. Time is whaT we need, buT alas! how do we use IT? l-low oTTen do we lose Time by expecTaTion, lack of disTribuTion, or laclc oT deTerminaTion. The suresT way oT using The precious TragmenTs oT Time is by a well-arranged schedule. The more we do, The more we can dog The more busy we are, The more leisure we have. The way we spend our Time is an index To our characTer. By redeeming The Time we become dependable, puncTual, aTTenTive, and cooperaTive. ETTiciency and Thorough- ness are also necessary spolces in The wheel oT Time. Our yesTerdays Tollow usp They consTiTuTe our liTe, and They give characTer and Torce and meaning To our presenT deeds. 15

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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

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Eiga 355111 quiver REV. BENJAMIN F. LEIGHTNER Eorl Wayne Bible lnsfilule Bible, Theology, Homilerics, Philosophy, Chrislian Educafion E. IRENE SMITH, A.B. Columbus Normal Ohio Slale Universiiy Language REV. LOYAL R. RINGENBERG, A.B., M.A. Eorl Wayne Bible lnslilule Taylor Universify Winona Lalne School of Theology Norlhern Bapiisl Seminary Bible, Church l-lislory, Missions Ethics, Philosophy LTLLIAN MAE ZELLER Nyaclc Missionary Training lnsiilule Bowling Green Stale Normal English, Expression, Chrisfian Biography 1 16