Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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Awake, O Church Of God! Over eighteen hundred years ago There was a lukewarm church, And Christ in tenderness told it, Its state was one of dearth. That poor, lost church e'en did not know That they were blind and poor- They thought that they were very rich, That they would want no more. The Lord from Heaven said to them, t'Wretched and poor thou art. Naked and miserable and blind, With no peace in thy heart. Thou knowest not thy poverty, He told that boastful crowd, And thus with all thy wretchedness Thou darest shout aloud! I counsel thee, said His sweet voice, Repent and buy from me Tried gold, that thou may'st riches have Through all eternity. Receive the eyesalve that I give- Divine illumination, The scales will then fall from thine eyes, Then, what a revelation! Iyll give thee raiment white and fair- Of saints the righteousness, That. thy great shame may not appear, Then I'll thy name confess. If Christ would then spue from His mouth That lukewarm church I-Ie found, How must He feel in these Ulast days When sin doth thus abound. O Church o God, arouse! awake! Preserve thy garments fair, Lest thou be found in nakedness When Jesus shall appear. -Susie Bursch Lorimor. g -53.-

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6 3 fglpamg Oi Ol 3. That You May Know HERE are journeys to be taken and places to be reached- all along from the cradle to the grave. To make a journey successfully will demand contidence, decision, action and perserverence. No goal is reached otherwise but by the exercise of these qualities. There is one journey that must be made and everybody is on the way. It is the journey of life. Some will make it and success will meet them all along the way, some will make it but it will be practically a failure. The students of our High School, the graduates especially, have passed a goal-pcst in one line of endeavor in their life jou1'ney. Have they known surely what they have been doing? Have they builded into their lives the 'things they know that will give them what life will value most at its end? There are a few vital principles that I wish to give you that you may know what will bring you the greatest things now and the ultimate and linal salvation in the great future. Confidence and faith is the first element and one that is extremely vital. In fact, it is the foundation of success in any avocation in life as well as for salvation. The element of repentance which means a change of mind, a sorrow, and a change of course of action is just as vital as that of confidence, though it is a wholly diltcrcnt principle. This is the fundamental, ever persistant and never ending element that deals with a man's relationship to sin in the act of getting rid of it. An active repentance may be complete in the mind and heart of an individual, but when it is, it will bear the fruit of confession and restitu- tion. lt is an act of the free-will of the individual and a complete and full- liearted exercise on his part. Without repentance there is no further pro- gress in any direction. It must be for Christ and against sin and all un- righteousncss and must take in the whole man in his being. An individual that has so repented will have no trouble with his faith, but will know at once that he has passed from death to life through the doorwoy of the new birth. But the 11ext stage of our journey you will find as vital now to your fu- ture progress you found repentance to your salvation. And that is the stage we call consecration. This is the second of the two great. fundamental principles that man must consent to with all his being. Consecration has nothing to do with actual sin or with guilt. It is a voluntary love otfering to tiod of thc whole man-redeemed and regenerated powers, affections, and pos- sessions that can be used for a holy purpose. Everything of a sinful nature that remains after regeneration is renounced and the individual regards what is consecrated as given wholly to God. Henceforth, he does not regard him- self as his own but as Christ's. NVhen the consecration is complete and is made so the individual will live holy in order to glorify his Maker and do His will, the Holy Ghost will come upon him, sanctify him wholly and make him holy in heart. There are no further conflicts either without or within, ex- cept those that come by way of temptation, poor health and the desire to know thc will of God and to do it. In this baptism and indwelling of the Spirit comes the power to do all the commandments of God out of a heart of love. He causes all grace to abound and panoplies the person with the gifts of the Spirit. In this manner you reach the place by doing His will, that you may know both His will and I-lis doctrine. You are ready now to make any journey, begin any undertaking or set your sail for any port, with a certainty of success. You want to be sure when you start to journey, that you know. I -50-