Fresno Pacific University - Portal Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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Poarb Left to right: H. S. Ewert, D. V. Wiebe, Abe S. Ediger, Sam Wiens, Ervin Buller, P. K. Warkentin, P. B. Pauls, Albert J. Enns. Bear ye one another ' s burdens. Many plants, like the grapevine need strong support in order to bear abundant fruit. The school board in their unceasing planning and provision for the school provide this support, thus making it possible for many to bear fruit. Mr. Ewert, as president of the school board, together with representatives from the various churches of our denomination, has done a splendid job of regulating the affairs of this institu- tion.

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$restbent ' £ Jfles age THE GREAT DIVIDE Choose you this day whom ye will serve. Joshua 24:15. Only seventy-five miles frcm Jasper town is the world fomous Colombia Icefield, unmatched for scenic beauty and splendor. The Athabaska Glacier can easily be reached by the interested observer. Here little streams gc trickling down. These later become roaring rivers and rush on and on until they rest in the mighty bosom of the world waters. The astounding fact is that the rivers, though they have a common source, divide and by their own channels finally disappear in three different oceans, the Arctic, the Pacific, the Atlantic. The Great Divide makes all the Difference. So it is with human life, and so it is with the students of the Pacific Bible Institute of Fresno. Flowing from o common source, the Institute, the Great Di- vide and the channels along which life flows make all the differ- ence. Finally our lives identify themselves with one of three oceans: Th Life of Uselessness The Life of Self-centeredness and Selfishness The Life of Christ-centeredness and Service Such is the course of life. It is, indeed, tragic that such should be the classification. Yet undesirable as the facts may be, we are forced to these conclusions. It would be folly, however, to put all the blame on the source. The Great Divide makes all the Difference. From the objective point of view the Great Divide can very well be compared to Christ, while from the subjective side it speoks of the choice and relationship of the individual. That life which refuses to consciously and volitionally relate itself properly to the life and purposes of Jesus Christ and make Him Saviour and Lord and place itself unreservedly at the disposal of the will and purposes of the Master will automatically drift into a life of uselessness or self-centeredness. The life of Christ-centeredness is a result of total separation frcm sin and the world, absolute submission to Christ as Lord, and humble yet believing appropriation of the riches and power provided for us in Christ Jesus Such a life comes neither by demand nor can it be institutionally produced. It is the fruit of the conscious choice on the part of the individual. Thus while it is the aim and effort of the Pacific Bible Institute of Fresno to lead the student into the Christ- centered life, the success will depend upon the yieldness, choice and faith of the individual. Again and again the school has to experience that some people are welded seemingly indissoluby to self while others are blind or obstinate to the purposes of God. For these the Great Divide spells trogedy. In most individuals there is another spirit, however, and readily they yield to the gracious operations of the Holy Spirit on behalf of the will and cause of Christ. With a prayer in our heart we express our desire for every student in the words of a writer. May it be true of us that: The presence of God is the joy of my life; The will of God is the law of my life; The service of God is the business of my life; The glory of God is the crown of my life. Dr. G. W. Peters. DR. G. W. PETERS PRESIDENT

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S. W. GOOSSEN, A.B., Th.M. Director of Evening School, Old Testa- ment, Church History A. G. WILLEMS, A.B., Th.B., Th.M. Bible Analysis, Biblical Introduction Doctrine G. W. PETERS. A.B., Th.B., Ph.D., Th.D. President, Dean of School, Theology, Mis- sions, Anthropology rt)oa Some plant . . . some wa bear abundant fruit any plant ing and pruning. By their path sistent living, the faculty hai fruitfulness and usefulness in their daily living. R. M. BAERG, A.B., Th.B., B.D., Th.M. Greek, New Testament, Associate in Theology J E WARKENTIN, A.B., M.R.E. Social Science, Commerce, Christian Ed- ucation