Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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Glhv Glrama ja f , ' o ef L1terary 3 , OTHERS Q Save thyself, was the cry of the rabble when our blessed Lord hung on QQ! ffl a if Q9 Sf! Q9 ci if all QD Q3 ig.. Q9 ci 1-9 S3 E9 GJ the cross, giving his life a ransom for others. And the chief priests and scribes wagged their heads and tauntingly said, He saved others, himself he cannot save. He who had in his life time taught, Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it, now came face to face with a challenge to His words. Would He waver or would He stand the test? The taunt that was thrust in His teeth by these so learned in human wis- dom, but so deficient in knowledge of things divine, was sublimely true. The very reason that He could not save Himself was because He saved others. Can a candle that gives forth light, at the same time remain unconsumed? Does it not give forth light. because it is consumed? Here we see the Light of the world Himself being wasted away that all men everywhere might be par- takers of the brightness of His glory. The grain of Wheat that falls into the ground must give up its own life before there can be an increase. So our Saviour by taking the way of death, was to be quickened and increased that He might spring forth to be made the Bread of Life for countless hungry and perishing souls. Christ said, Whosoever will eome after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Why shall He deny Himself? Simply for Jesus' sake and for the sake of others. One writer tells us that there is but one cross, the cross on which the self-life is crucified, the cross of voluntary self. renunciation' '. Friends may tell us that our lives are too precious to be wasted in this place or that, but let us consider the words of the poet: Cast thy bread upon the waters Far and wide your treasures strew, Scatter it with willing fingers Shout for joy to see it go! For if you do closely keep it, It will only drag you down If you love it more than Jesus It Will keep you from your crown. It is only as our lives are lost in sacrifice that we may find them in true service and if we are to be like our Master, our lives will be lives of service, for He said, I am among you as he that serveth . Just as the alabaster box from which Mary anointed her Lord, had to be broken and poured out, before a fragrance can flow from our lives to bless and cheer the drooping hearts around us. As Christ took not the path of ease and pleasure, but rather refused to save himself in order that others might not perish, so we like Paul may be crucified with Christ , yet living-living the Christ life for others. Others Lord, yes, others, Let this my motto be, Help me to live for others, That I may live like Thee. F -Susie S. Bursch. 18,61

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N1 F if el I5 Ci J E9 Q9 S3 J 'B F Q9 J 'D F 'af ft 5512 Glrama I Literary is C32 Ga 6' T fi ,I Ei E2 it G3 Go 'Q Qi 62 'Q f 1 STATES REPRESENTED OUT OF' FIFTEEN GQ 91 Q3 C9 1 Q Q, C524 ft, THE GLEAMS This our annual of our College Is a helping hand to win, Who have missed the thought of Jesus And are Wandering now in sin. Our hearts are bleeding for them. So we print our annual true, That it might lift them to Jesus. Friend, will you let it reach you? 3 ! We are praying daily for you Though your names we do not know: So we trust you'll soon find Jesus Then you've found a friend so true. -Leonard Guyer. ,-,. , fe Q

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Fifhv mamma ' 5 x . .' 6' Llterary is Eg THE CHALLENGE T0 THE FIELD ' gay The field lies out before us, more distinct, more appealing than ever before. B nlu, And still that last. command of our risen Christ has hardly been comprehended G by his tardy followers. Still that plea, Pray ye, has 11ot been fathomed. ga Put the woe upon us, the go in our feet! EQ Say not that pioneer days are over! If we have truly learned our lessons 5. of the field, we discern more clearly than ever the great unfinished task, Q 'We have touched the edges. An honest vision shows expanses of China Q sf as yet untouched. Out over plains with thousands of cities and villages where a gospel message from native or foreign lips is not heard once a year. Have 61 we considered? In her crisis the native church of China appeals to us to ad- Q Q vise, to uphold, to assist her native leaders. We must adjust ourselves to the present demand. We must not coinplain. Vile must not look back. We must not criticize. We must not cling to the non-essential. We must look to God! Y.: We must step carefully! We must get the demand in humility-in the spirit of C9 Jesus! Qi ca There lies Persia! Mile after mile one may travel in its North country C9 with no evidence of a touch of the Truth. Yet the Gospel forces at work in Persia were never so unified in purpose and so keen to the meaning of the Q hour. Who will go 'E Who will give as to the Lord himself? E, Lola Rajput Rai of India appeals for the indescribable condition of F .... child widows. Gandhi, himself, laments the vitiating influence of child mar- - riages in his own loved land. The death rate there, as in China, is three times G9 that of our country. One million uncared-for blind of North India appeal to E9 us for salvation! One to every fifteen thousand of the same territory is said Q to be a leper. Oh, He touched them in Galilee! Dr. Paul of India cries, We need you, come over and help us with your it lives. Come for the love of Jesus Christ. NVQ have rejoiced at some work of scope and vision for Japan. Some fool- Q, ish oneshave said, Now Japan can read. Our work is done. By novmeans! The native church sends out to us a strong appeal for unoccupied areas of C9 city and country-side. Q9 Q3 Unreaehcd villages, hopeless students, distressed children appeal to us C9 G still. The cry of eommereialized womanhood is pitcous! We are so slow to 5 hear! J When we consider the strong movements in Europe toward the gospel in ca spite of persecutions and loss, when one meditates on torn, broken Russia, the P . strong cry of Belgium for the good news, the distress of the believers of Italy, ,u 3 how he is moved with compassion! How he adores the Master-Christ! How f he wonders at the pure, perfect workings of the Moderator-Spirit! Behold He B' is unfolding His plan. The worly unknowingly enters into it. A few of His own see and rejoice and fear. Through a glass darkly but how glorious! Q, There lies the heart of South America unreached by holy waters or fy by the Spirit. We have penetrated a bit. But the great. interior cries to us to enter. Commerce advances. The automobile presses inland. The sins of civi- tfji lization stalk about. Error is heard on the way. Soldiers awake, awake! E3 Spanish territory threatens to close on us. Let us speak while we can! Up! Away! EQ 4-A The masses of unevangelized Indians of the south lands are one of the 5 M CConcluded on page 885 V