Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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English Bible Graduates 'Ms I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of the Behold, I do not give leetur little charity, NVhen I give I give myself. RUTH ANDERSON For the Lord God will help me: Therefore I Shall not be confounded, Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know I shall not be ashamed. QM. nz,-1.1 ., I fanart FREIDA RICH CARRIE GICK Lord. es or t'To the teacher, time's hour-glass Should still run gold-dust. 'AAS the heart panteth after ter brooks, so panteth my sou thee, O God. the wa- l after 6 fi .-50

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Faith AITH is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not Y seen, so said the great apostle Paul. Faith is one of the most simple, yet the most powerful of all things, given to man. It will overcome all difficulties and win out in all bat- tles of life. It is easily able to tear down kingdoms or build up kingdoms, to reach beyond where nature must stop and to bring God to the help of him that believes. The principle in the life of an unfallen man is faith in God: the grace of life is love toward God: and the manifestation of faith is obedi- ence to God. Faith is an immediate and indispensible requisite of pardon or purity of soul. Transeending faith triumphs over the tomb: it reveals to him who exercises it the heart of the Bible. It is our guide into the holy of holies. It kindles a light in the grave and opens the door of a blessed immortality. Let not the leaders confuse living faith with mental assent or head faith. Faith is practically nothing so long as it is merely in the head. Head faith can save no man. This is exactly so in daily life. There is no witchery nor mystery in this doctrine at all. Faith can not save you in commerce any more than it can save you in religion. Faith can not save the body any more than it C311 save the soul. A man believes that if he puts his money into certain funds, he will get back good interest with the most approved security, yet at the end of a year he gets literally nothing. How was that? Because, though he believed it, he did not put any money into the funds. Can faith save him? A man thoroughly believes that if he takes a certain mixture prescribed for him by good medical authority, he will get better, he will be recovered from his disease: but he gets no better: he gets worse: because, though he believed in the mixture, he did not take it. Can faith save him? A man wants to go to New York: he believes that ship is going: he is quite sure that that ship will be there in less than a fortnight: yet he himself will not be there! How is that? He had faith. He had not the shadow of a doubt. Yet there he is, in England! Can faith take him to New York Q! Can faith save him? f'Faith of our fathers! living still In spite of dungeon, tire and sword: Oh, how our hearts beat high with joy, VVhene'er we hear that glorious word: Our fathers, chained in prisons dark, Were still in heart and conscience free: How sweet would be their children's fate, If they, like them, could die for Thee! f'Faith of our fathers! we will love Both friend and foe in all our strife: And preach thee, too, as love knows how, By kindly words and virtuous life! Faith of our fathers! holy faith! We will be true to thee till death! ..49..

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English Bible Undergraduates Vernal Wilsoii Arthur Lorimor Blanche Lorimor Lee Carroll D6R1Zd011 Stambaugh Albert Stevens Henry Kelley Peter Otten KNOW THY BIBLE ' TUDY to show thyself approved-unto God, a Workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth. CII Tim. 2 :l5j. The Word of God proves to us the necessity of knowing our Bibles. especially if we are God's messengers. Scripture is often misinterpreted through a lack of knowledge of thc Bible. Because of this ignorance false philosophies and false doctrines have crept in and swept multitudes of people off their feet, many of whom were holiest souls seeking after real truth. Luke 16:8 says, 'tThe children of this world are, in their generation, wiser than the children of light. How true, and how they delight to corner the children of light with pointed questions concerning passages of scripture. If we know our Bibles, we know how to meet them in such a way that they can not gainsay nor resist. This brings glory to God and many times results in bringing conviction to souls, and in pulling them as brands from the burn- ing flames, some of whom have been caught in the snares of false doctrines. With a knowledge of the Bible, we are able to drive back the enemy when he comes in like a Hood, by throwing back into his face, It is Written . Let us take Christ as our example. He resisted the devil with the Word, CMatt. 43. Therefore the devil had to Hee. Meditate on the Book day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way pros- perous, and then thou shalt have good success. CJoshua 1: 83. -Ruth L. Anderson. Lg .-5 14.