Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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xl- 5312 filwllw ft G Literary THE HOPE OF IMMORTALITY CC'oneludedj this bread, he shall live forever. He that believeth on me though he were deatl, yet shall he live. Hope that is :zeen is not hope. for what a man seeth doth he yet hope for ? Ilt x. ean a man hope for that whieh he hath never seen and it has never entered into his heart? l or this as-uranee we do not have to rely upon any earthly thing tot' the Spirit itself heareth witness with our spirit so that We know we have passed from death unto life. We have a hope tl1at is steadfast and sure, xxhieh anehor- us in the hardest sto1'ms. Now. we ean say with the Apostles, We know we have a building not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Faith. vchieh is tlge substanee ot things hoped for, the evidenee of thing's not seen, will die. ,Xin If we only have hope in this lite we a1'e of all men most miserable, lmt w e have hope in the lite to eome. Having the promises we base our hope upon them and earnestly look forward to the time when we shall eome from the liast and from the West and from the North and from the South and sit down with Abraham. Isaac and Jaeob. This hope thrills us with rapture and delight. Vtle ean not believe but what the warriors ot' our ttotl will be seen again by eaeh other. Otherwise, how eould we ret-lcon that the sutterings of this present time are not worthy to be eompared with the glory that shall be revealed. He that hath this hope puri- tieth himseltf even as He is pure. l'le shall see the Savior and be like Him, for He shall see llim as He is. At the very mentioning of His name angels, areh-angels and the spirits of just men made perteet will raise the mighty an- them Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to reeeive power and strength and honor and glory and blessing. The reason tor our hope is based upon the promise Because I live, ye shall live also . As sure as I am alive today, I iirmly believe that beyond the ravages of death. I shall live again. lYhat we know about the resurrected body of Jesus, gives us but a faint idea of what we may expect beyond the grave. Though we may go the way of all tlesh, yet If the Spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead, dwell in our mortal bodies, He that raised up Christ from the dead will also quicken our mortal bodies by the Spirit that dwelleth in us. For the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall rise ineorruptible and we shall be ehanged. Then shall we say. O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy vietory? No longer will We be ,confined to a dying, fleeting moment but live on and on in immortal youth forever. The blood- washed and redeemed, tree from sickness and pain, liberated from the rav- ages ol' death and sate from the assaults of Satan 5 will know no limitations but: shall ever explore, through all eternity, the boundless realms of God's omnipo- tent love, and there behold the wondrous beauties of His handiwork. -Everett Powers. Ga C2 it To GQ P G3 92 it SCJ Qt Ei' fi ..... 'EG' J i.....Ft, ana' To Ea E' 'i ........ 'M' Ji...-3b

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' Uhr 45121111111 a' Literary 'Q Q9 G9 PERFECTION-AN EXI-IORTATION Qi f By C. G. Taylor ax I believe that the Lord is shaping things throughout the earth for His K9 coming. Things in the natural world, the governments of the earth, social ca life, religious life, morals, and everything else that can point to the fact of the E' Qi near approach of Christ are pointing that way. Political events as well are F shaping rapidly for the final fulfillment of the prophecies concerning His 2 coming. The nations are again filled with jealousy. Fear and trouble sit upon 9, the brow of almost every government. The fight for prestige and supremacy L9 J is on all through the East. Peace has almost departed from all these countries. Q The man of sin seems to be getting' ready to raise his head and take possession of things and then the end. Glory! I do not love unbelief and sin and ungodliness, but a time of unbelief will come. It is now coming and seeing it makes me feel like I am going to live C9 until the coming of the Lord. I want to see His coming in the air to take His QR Q people for so they will not go through the difficulties and sorrows that are E0 coming on the world. Just recently they have opened that great seat of learning for the Jews , in Palestine. The Jews have been granted the privilege of a Jewish state, the erection of their temple is planned, they are gathering back. This is the fig tree sign of the coming. And then when we see the anti-Christ spirit that is arising- in Assyria from where the man of sin is to come, f'Look up for you Q3 know your redemption draweth nigh! Glory to God! Gy Q The people are running into apostasy at a fearful pace. Men of God are Q weeping between the porch and the altar, crying for God's help and deliver- ance. Then there is a settling downg the keenness of vision is gone. or goingg th there is a lukewarmness ong and there is not the seeking for the deep spiritual things that there was a few years ago. Surely the Lord is at hand. Come 2 quickly, Lord. This is just the prelude for what I want to say to you. These signs tell me J that His approach is innninent. I am asking the Lord to keep me ready for it. Q Q Hut what does it mean to be ready? There is a text of scripture in the fifteenth EQ ---' chapter of Matthew, the forty-eighth verse, Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect. which will help us to answer the question. If the Bible is God's word, how can any one stay in indifference. in luke- 69 warmness, in carelessness, in sin, when this word breaks on your ear? This text G9 QQ is God's own word, and was spoken by His son, the Lord Jesus Himself. It G3 commands you and me to confess the great truth that it is God's will,-our is perfection. You and I cannot get around it. God forbid that any might at- s . g tempt to explain it away, or any heart evade it. or any conscience stir itself gf against it, or put it aside from the practices of life. This is God's thought and it was not said just simply for a select few, but it is made so broad that it tg is almost universal. It is God's thought for the world that you be perfect. If ED you believe that God is perfect, you realize that a perfect God could not utter Gy anything less than an expression like this. He could not declare his full will for you and me to be anything less than the perfections that belong to us as His children. He could not be true and utter anything lower than that for ci the final work of grace in the hearts and lives of his children. It is folly to GQ think that He could let people be deceived by any thought as coming from 3 Himself that we should be lower than being like Himself in our sphere. Young man, God says to you, 'KBC perfect! Young woman, God says 3 iv -9 4-