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

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RE6'l57Rv4R Beniamin F. Leightner Bible Exposition Biblical Theology Graduate Fort Wayne Bible lnstitute, 19135 instructor in public schools of Ohio five years: pastoral ministry ten yearsg part- time instructor of the Fort Wayne Bible Institute, 1914519225 Dean at Fort Wayne Bible Institute, 1923-1935: full-time instructor since 1935. The will of God, what is it? lt is what He plans, what He purposes, what He desires, what He ordains. Our will is what we desire, what we purpose, what we plan, what we choose. The will of God and the will of man are not the same in character. God says, My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways. The fact is that Gods will and mans will are di- ametrically opposed to each other. But Gods will is holy and just and good and acceptable and perfect. Inasmuch as that is the case each one cf us should surrender his own will and accept the will of God, lt is God's will that all men should hear the gospel, and that believers he louilt up in the most holy faith. It is Gods will also to accomplish these purposes through the instrumentality of saved men cmd Women. He is therefore looking for those who will fully yield themselves to do His will. For Christ to do the Fathers will involved submission, humiliation, privation, misunderstand- ing, sacrifice, suffering, and even death. lf We seek to do Gods will it may involve similar things also. But let us face the issue bravely in His name. Let us he willing to suffer persecu- tion, reproaches, the loss of our reputation, and all things, if need he, only that Gods will and purpose be accomplished through our lives. To be in the center of Gods will is to be in the place where the peace of God will he our portion: it is to he in the place cf blessing and fruitfulnessy the place of safety the place of divine approval: the place of glorious triumphg the place of perfect delight. Although it cost Christ everything t: do the Fathers will, yet He could say I delight to do thy will. O God.

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D AN 0F WOM N ,.,Qe4-f.-.M-,.,f.. lone Fitch Personal Evangelism Graduate Fort Wayne Bible Institute, 19125 graduate Nyack Missionary Training Institute, 19157 teacher in ,Winnipeg Bible Institute, Winnipeg, Canada, 1927-19297 engaged with the late Rev. E. B. Fitch in evangelistic and pastoral Work, 191749445 house director at Wheaton College, 1945-1946. Doing the Fathers will was the passion ot the Saviour's heart, those three and thirty years He spent upon this earth. He came not to do His own will, but the will of Him that sent Him. The evil, wretchedness, and ruin in the world today is the result ot man turning from Gods will to do his own will. The redemption of Christ has no reason, no object, and no possibility ot success, says An- drew Murray, except in restoring man to do God's Will. lt was for this lesus died. He gave His lite rather than to do His own will. He has set us an example that we should follow in His steps. To make the will of God su- preme in our lives, will often entail suffering and loss. But there is nothing to compare with the joy and happiness that comes from the knowledge that we are in the center of God's will. lt transcends all other joy and gives a serenity and calmness to life in the midst of every circum- stance be it good or bad. Ill that He blesses is our good, And. unblest good is ill, And all is right that seems most wrong, Q ,,, 5, Ii it be His sweet wi.ll. ,- '- t if it C'f4'l5 l t i'5f fl' , !??3llifl.'lllME?EiM lf5lmi'l??i5illl5flliflltilfllflliflfiiiiflil'Fifi?ff? 3-.1 'ia' 5 f

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y Bible Exposition Personal Evangelism HARVEY L. MITCHELL Bible Exposition Philosophy Pastoral Theology Apologetics Director of School of Extension Study BERTHA H. LEITNER Christian Education Inter-Testament History Psychology Missions E. IRENE SMITH English Literature Greek Spanish CLARENCE HUFFM-AN AB. Marion College, 1943, MA. Marion College, 19445 graduate studies in Northern Baptist Seminary, 1944-19457 instructor in Fort Wayne Bible Institute, 1945-. Graduate Fort Wayne Bible Institute, 19291 student in Indiana University Extension Di- vision and Winona Lake School of Theology, A.B. Blultton College tOhiol, 19457 pastoral ministry from 1929 to 1946, part-time in- structor Fort Vllayne Bible Institute, 1940-1941, Editor of the Missionary Worker, 1942-. f A.B. Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 19225 graduate student at University of Ore- gon, 1925 and l931g MA. in Religious Edu- cation, 'Winona Lake School of Theology, 1938: teacher in Washington High School, Portland, Oregon, 1927-1940, Fort Wayne Bi- ble Institute, 1940-19435 Los Angeles Pacific College, 1944-l945g Pacific Bible College, 1945-1946. AB. Ohio State University, 19037 graduate Columbus Normal School, 19045 graduate student at Indiana University Extension Di- vision: teacher in Ohio high schools, 1904- 19075 high school principal one yearg on Fort Wayne Bible Institute staff since, 1926. -,, , --f - it-. , ,Q--ri , ti- .1 z' ',rp,., ' ?.. ' F ' ' ' ' , i Q -'-i7' .t.,. -.,:rf4f:tt'f1'?1itli3'fGt l'rl'':'!':Zt.t? ttlfif'tl-. tt- - ..! : , f-,tt A - -9 - ' 1 tv L. ww. ' f Y 1' '