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

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M emoria m Student and teacher! Servant and executive! Humble and exalted! Patient and dynamic! Loving and exacting! Characteristics which might be considered para- doxical became a delicate blend in Dr. S. A. Witmer, former student, teacher, dean, and presi- dent of Fort Wayne Bible College. He was a con- stant and diligent student of the Word of God, world affairs, and education in general. As a teacher he was lucid in instruction and rigid in maintaining high standards. ln positions of great leadership, he was patient and loving with the weak, dynamic in drive, exacting in matters of honesty and truth, humble in service to those he led so courageously. Honored and respected among men, he now enjoys the immediate presence of the Lord to whom he was so devoted in service. Concerning his mission with the Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges, of which he was at one time president and later Executive Secretary, Mr. J. Francis Chase, chairman of the Board of Directors of the college, has said: One could easily discern that our brother's natural gifts and vigorous mind .. X DR. S. A. WITMER With the Lord--September ll, 1962 could have placed him at enviable heights in government or law, should he have sought this course. But his dedication to the Word of God led him to practically convince this nation that the Bible college was a vital institution in the program of twentieth century contemporary education. His vision for the college is perhaps best ex- pressed in the third stanza of the Fort Wayne Bible College Alma Mater, which he wrote several years ago: God bless our Bible College! Her halls enshrine with light, Her teachers bless with courage, Her cause endue with might. God keep her sons and daughters In faithfulness and love, One day to serve the Master Eternally above. May his passing on before us challenge us to renewed endeavor to be constant as sons and daughters in faithfulness and 1ove.

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Preszden If g Jared F. Cerig, A.B., ThB., M.A., D.D THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE: It was Jesus who indicated the lawyers of his day by saying, Woe unto you lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye en- tered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindred. QLuke 112521 The key of knowledge is the Bible, the Word of God. The Bible is the key which gives meaning to and throws light upon all other knowledge. It is the key which un- locks other knowledge, It is the key which unlocks the knowledge of God, of man, of salvation, of history and of destiny. How woefully lacking in any areas of knowledge without the light of the Scriptures upon it! There is a modern setting for the endictrnent of Jesus. It were as if He had spoken prophetically, for the judges, the lawyers, and the courts of our day have also taken away the key of knowledge. The Bible has been legislated out of our schools. Fort Wayne Bible College is committed to a Christ-centered, Bible-integrated philosophy of education. The Bible, the key of knowledge, is the great divinely in- spired text book which all must study. 8