Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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m fg Q -1 N FRANCES BURSCH Kansas treublef' ' Major: Language. Degree: A. l,. 194 l i Build a little fence of trust Around to-dayg Fill the space with loving work, And therein stayg Look not through the sheltering bars Upon to-niorrowg God will help thee bear what comes Of joy or sorrow. NVQ desire to enseribe the above sentiment to our graduate, who eornes from Kansas. Frances is always valiant for the truth. Constancy and tidcli- Iy to righteousness and holi11ess gives her great strength of character. liven when not professing christianity she is ever a defender of its truths, its vir- tues and its practices. Hypocrisy is the most hateful thing in her sight. If she herself believed that she had turned front the faith she could not tolerate the prlneiple of others making profession Without showing the real grace and power. She was niagnaninious, steadfast and true to her convictions. To her, selfishness is sin. Self indulgence is eriniinalg and like the inn of Bethlehem, given to lodge nieaner guests, a heart full of pride has no chamber within which Christ may be born in us the hope of glory. How rare a virtue is self sacrifice. lf she expressed herself with regard to salvation it was of a high standard in perfect harmony with the Bible and always positive. If the sub- ject was that of holiness, she believed that Heliness is beauty and purity and that there is no beauty like that of a pure character. The grandest sight on this earth is not the march of the all-conquering storni whose cloudy battalions go rushing through the sounding heavensg the niost beautiful thing on earth is not the garden which opens. and sends forth from its eensers fragrance: it is not the stateliness of the tree which you sit under through the long sunnner's dayg those are not the rnost beautiful things on earth that art earved out of stoneg the beauty of the soul lies in its secret ehantberg and the rich, deep, just. holy and loving natures-these are the beautiful things of this world. There is nothing so beautiful as Christ in man. 1 !fQ' mum..-ml... - mmm -37- The liord will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in the time of , FX

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U KK A LOUISE NICHOLS VVest Virginia t'Let the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart be accept- able in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemerf' Major: English. Degree: A. B. Life, we've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ,Tis hard to part when friends are dear,- Perhaps 'twill eost a sigh, a tearg Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time: Say not 'Good night,'-but in some fairer elime Bid me 'Good morning'. Good morning.', a cheery voice ealled at the doorway whether it. be morn- ing, noon or evening. A bright face appears for a moment and leaves a sense ot joy and of help for the remainder of the day. Life perhaps has been chang- ed from gloominess to thankfulness, and hope has been lifted above trials and diffieulties, though the girl of the cheery good-morning'l has passed on. Such lives are worth while lives whether their deeds take on the heroic or the more common phases of the daily routine. Louise Nichols knows what it is to fight adversity and win her battles. Her learning while in Frankfort Pilgrim College has been won at the price of having to attend the sehool of hard knocks at the same time. Genial, Jovial, always ready with a counter thrust to the pleasantries of sehool day conversations. it Louise was a hard worker, always ready to lift the burdens from others' shoulders. She knew how to tit in where needed. She gave exeellent work as assistant in our Expression Department. Her last testimony in Chapel was one of courage and determination to press on with Christ, and left a eonscious- ness of the deep hope that was in her soul. Her spirit seemed to say, i'Christ1 is the star ot' hope. I would like to have my death-bed under that star-I would like to have my eye on that star, so I eould be assured of the morning. Then the dash of the surf on the sea of death would only be the billowing up of the promise. 'When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee, and the rivers. they shall not overflow thee. All other lights will fail the light that falls from the scroll of fame, the light that flashes from the gem in the beautiful apparel, the light that tiames from the burning lamps of a banquet-- but this light burns on and burns on. 'Welcome, sweet Lord Jesus, welcome eternity' No other star ever pointed a mariner into so safe a harbor. No other star ever sunk its silver anchor so deep into the watersf, ! -gig-

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l 3 Q vvlllvllllf The President's Counsel To The Graduates i' DEAR Graduates of Frankfort Pilgrim College: It is withl unfeigned delight that I accept the privilege of addressing you as students of this school. I am the more delighted because of my long association with you as your teacher. counselor, and president. ln this last address to you may I say, first, let your greatest aims and your strongest efforts be for the best things of life. In all your efforts, salvation in the ultra sense of the word, which must include a spiritual birth from God and a purity baptism of the Holy Spirit with power, is the most valuable. The best things may include, also, the very highest excellence and what are often termed common place every-day things. A heart filled with divine love and a wisdom that cometh down from above is always seeing something a little better, or a little higher order of relationships than those about it. It also leads to an effort to reach the better in all living and all activities. Second, I'll call your attention to what seems to me to be a fact that is not apparent to all. You are living in a peculiar time, with peculiar condi- tions all about you. Strange things have recently entered the world-in poli- tics, in government, in education, in religion, in social life. You should be pre- You ask, What is the change J? Briefly, the world is rapidly being prepared by the forces of righteousness, directed by God, the Father, and the forces of evil directed by Satan and his deinonish followers for the very soon coming of Jesus and the preparation for the kingdom that he always said he would set up to rule the world. On the other hand preparation for the outpouring of tIod's wrath on a Hodless, wicked world in order to break the power of sin and unrighteousncss upheld by the nations is taking place. You are in these days. Quickly lind your placeg strike valiant blows for the coming kingdom of Christy rescue every soul possible from the fires, anguish and death of the Next, I have a warning for you. The Lord said that at this time men shall have the form of godliness while denying the power thereof. It may take the form of luke-warmness, wherein being deceived you may say with the liaodiceans, UI am rich and have need of nothing . Your nakedness caused by the absence of humility, purity of heart and the Spirit may not be perceived until it is too late, the Lord having come. It may take the form of a broken cistern leaking out its waters representing the Spirit, or like the fool- ish virgins with their lamps going out and not enough power and presence of the Spirit to replenish in the moment of need. Or it may be like the love wan- ing because of the church being full of iniquity. Beware of the losing of grace Finally, be of strong courage. This quality was needed from ancient times and will be needed the more now. lVe are at the end of the world. Live low, in fact, keep so little and humble that the tire of the enemy will go over you. But if he should strike you, be armoured with the truth. Christ: then can protect you. Be farsightedg a vision, that will include the time until the coming of the Lord, revealing the succession of events, will be needed. As you are obedient and call on the Lord, wisdom will come. Above all, run the race wellg light your battle trueg keep your hearts perfect in divine loveg be filled with the Spirit always, yielding to Him, preach the Gospel with no un- certain tonesg warn all meng keep yourselves unspotted and ready for the coming of the Lord. May the riches of God's grace and the depths of His love The best things are always from Heaven. pared to meet them. tribulation. and the Spirit. keep your hearts steadfast until that day. I 3621 -33-