Frankfort Pilgrim College - Pilgrim Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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Godjin Education 'fBuild me straight, O worthy Master! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle l II Timothy 2:15 says: 4'Study to show thyself approved, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth. The writer of this admonition was a man of good education. He was so well educated that he could adapt himself to the personality and the circumstances of his hearers and yet help to uplift them. He caught men, it were, with guile, understanding them so well that he could turn their idol worship into the worship of the true God by telling them that he had come to tell them of the unknown God whom they already worshipped. He was able to admonish and strengthen those who were converted under his preaching, and to get them organized and working together. Isaiah says: t'The Lord gave me the tongue of the learned, that I should speak a word in season to him that is wearyu. One who is really edu- cated is humble enough to let God speak through him the correct message for the hearer. Acts 7: 22 informs us that Moses was well learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in works and deeds. He was so well learned and so full of God that he met Pharaoh on his own ground and led the Children. of Israel out of Egypt's bondage, through the Red Sea, through serious diffi- culties, into liberty over their oppression. Glory to God! The Lord trusted him farther. He gave to the World, through him, the Old Testament laws. One may well ask: How may we get this education? How may we be a workman that needeth not to be ashamed? We shall be glad to answer that we can lay a very substantial foundation in the Grades. A skilled craftsman must first have knowledge of his tools. Many a splendid worker has been handicapped and in a measure defeated because he did not know how to read. Because he Ucould not rightly divide the word of truth, many of his hearers were not able to get the proper meaning. 'What was the effect on himself? He could not get the proper meaning so he could pass it on to others. We must know our English well if we wish to properly interpret the Word. A thorough knowledge of History gives us an idea of what God has accomplished and His judgments on nations that forget God . A knowledge of geography gives us an idea of what to expect from the different lands, what their needs are and why they live as they do. And so on down through the list of subjects. The Grade subjects should give us a solid foundation on which to build the structure of the knowledge we shall acquire in the higher departments. The knowledge we acquire in the higher departments should add to Olll' efficiency as soul winners. As efficient workers we may help get many souls ready for the coming of our Lord. -Clara Buntain -72--

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Ambition Used of God NE of the greatest ambitions of life is that of serving' God in an honest and honorable living. Our life should be of the highest purpose and loftiest aim. NVhat we are is of greater importance than what we do. Our ambition Should be to have a holy character. The performance of our aehievernents depends largely upon our own eharacter. A holy eharacter is indestruetible illlfl imperishable asfthe ages. Pharoah's ambition was to rule the world, but today he is only a withered mummy in a glass ease in Cairo, Egyptg but the charaeter of Moses is inereasingly illustrious. Where are the enemies of Christ? Where is the man who sold Him for thirty pieces of silver? Where are those who pierced His fair brow J? They have passed and are gone. But Jesus Christ lives torever! Praise His name! We should have and can have an ambition for a holy eharaeter whieh will stand amidst the wildest storms of life. Napoleon 's ambition was to rule the world. He promised his men hunger, suifering, hardships, and long marehes, but in the end victory. Uftentimes our ambitions for Christ will eause us hunger, suiferingr, hardships, and long marches, to different parts of the world, but in the end He will give us the vietory. It is true, we are going' to meet with trials, troubles, and vieissitudesg we will encounter pitfalls and snares of Satan, but our God is able, lle will take us through. Men of today love money and are willing to undergo sacrifice and spend long hours in thinking out plans how they may make a few more dollars. They have faith in their business. they believe they will make more money or they would have never tried this far. Let us not be behind the business world, but have the same ambition toward Christ 's work. In the material world man has done many marvels. Man has through ambition conquered the air by the aeroplane, the sea by the many ships and submarines, and he has found out many things about electricity. In conquer- ing the air, the Wright Brothers saw a buzzard flying' by, which put in their minds the question, 'tWhy ean 't we make a mechanical bird which can Hy in the air? Without ambition, we would never have had the aeroplane. Likewise, ambition harnessed with the power of God will conquer many things, yea, will move a nation. An humble coal miner, Robert Evans, tilled with holy ambition, under the leadership of God, moved Wales to tears and repentance. Our ambition should always be to live as Christ lived, to walk as He walked, and to be pure as Ho is pure. -Blanche Miller. 3522 -71- k

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