Full Gospel Bible Institute - Burning Lamp Yearbook (Eston, Saskatchewan Canada)

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13 Accomplishment! What do you think of when you think of accomplishment? To a little child perhaps it is being able to balance on its two chubby little legs in the centre of a play-pen for a few brief seconds without holding on to the sides. To an older child, perhaps coasting down hill for a whole block on a bicycle without falling, or building an airplane that took first prize in the Glider Club contest is accomplishment. To a young person, it could be winning the Provincial Scholarship for an outstanding literary work, or could it be increasing the carburation on his 1948 model to the point where it has 20 percent more power and at least 30 percent more take off” than anything else in its class. To the geologist, accomplishment may be the unearthing and fitting of the last piece of an ancient relic or fitting into place the final bone of a prehistoric creature. The scientist ' s receiving of a series of beeps and dashes” which tells him his man-made planet is millions of miles into space from point of launching and indicates its every intention to stay aloft for perhaps years may mean accomplishment. On and on we could go from one vocation to another. To you, looking at us as a graduating class from Bible School, perhaps you read into our minds . . . accomplishment. After every attained feat, there comes to the seeker an air of inner satisfaction; but someone has very appropriately given the presenting of diplomas the title of commencement exercises . In Philippians 3:13 and 14, the Apostle Paul, one who had studied, preached, and worn himself out in the effort to make Christ known, said, Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the make for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Our goal is the presence of God, accompanied by the words of our Saviour, Well done thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Through out history mankind has invariably been dissatisfied with existing conditions. He has kept his vision to the future for better things. Beloved, let us, God s chosen vessels, not be satisfied with our present accomplishments, but press toward also. What the world needs is Jesus, Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord-

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12 Student Council Did you ever attend a Bible Institute? If you did you discovered that you were dealing with human beings not angels. Young people with con¬ viction! Young people with ideas! Ideas not always accepted by the school. Ideas not always wrong but not always right either. The student body is entirely new every three years. The faculty per¬ sonnel hasn ' t changed a great deal in fifteen years. Thus the situation is like the days of Reoboam king of Judah. There are ‘old advisors” and “young advisors”. This is one real reason for a Student Council. The Council be¬ comes the mediator between two groups, the faculty and the student body. You can easily see the necessity and wisdom of having such a group. Mediator! Today that is an interesting word. The Western world had almost forgotten the need of such until recent years of difficulties and differ¬ ences. Now in these days of distress “Mediation Boards” are doing a great work. In mission fields “mediators” are a part of both missionary and heathen life. For example, when a missionary pays wages to a native worker he pays through a mediator, then if a mistake is made, the mediator, not the missionary is responsible. The Old Testament is filled with illustrations of mediation. Priests, prophets, sacrifices, all speak of the need of mediation between God and man. The New Testament plainly states, “ There is One Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus.” Again Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” If in ordinary life, you can see the need of mediation boards, and in Bible School life you can see the need of a Student Council, can you not also see your need of a Mediator with God? The Only Mediator, as already stated is Jesus Christ. To know Him is to know life, t o know Him is Salvation. He alone can iron out” the diffi¬ culties, and problems of life. Have you invited Him to be your Mediator? Your Saviour?

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GRADUATION GRADUATING CLASS CLASS HISTORY Fred Quist MISSIONARY SPEAKER Rev. E. Johnson Special Solo Last Will and Testament Class Song