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

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“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: will guide thee with mine eye.” Psa. 32:8. The Lord truly does instruct and teach us in the way that we are to go. There may be things that arise which seem to us real problems and trials, yet through it all we come out with victory in Christ. I certainly thank the Lord for His guiding hand in and upon my life; also for those things He teaches us along the way. It is a real privilege to be serving the Lord this winter as a cook at F.G.B.l. My prayer is that whatever the Lord has for me to do, whether great or small, l may do it as unto Him with the strength He has given me. “Only to be what He wants me to be every moment of every day”—a yielded vessel fit for the Master’s use. For me it has been a real blessing and a privilege to cook here at Bible School this past winter. With so many students here this year, there is a great deal of extra work to be done, but I do thank the Lord for each one who has come to study God’s precious Word. It is so won¬ derful to have the Lord to rely on for the strength we need from day to day. Without Him we could not carry on. I do thank the Lord for his great love to me and for his hand upon my life. John 9:4 says, “I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is yet day: for the night cometh, when no man can work.” As children of God, we should be made to realize that the night is fast approach¬ ing and it is time we did something about it. I pray that God will use me in His harvest field while it is yet day. “For the which cause 1 also suffered these things nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.” 2 Timothy 1:12 As I look at the tension and uncertainty in this world today I am thankful that I know Jesus Christ as my Saviour. The Bible tells us that this world is reserved unto fire against the Day of Judgment. As I look at the fulfillment of prophecy, exploding world population, the attainments of science, increasing ungodliness, and man’s ability to destroy, I feel judgment must be near. Jesus is coming soon. I thank the- Lord not only for His power to save but also for His promise that “He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him. c 10 The world crowns success; God crowns faithfulness

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We are “time” conscious today. Man’s allotted time is the proverbial three score years and ten. God has given us time as an illustration of His eternal power and Godhead. There is the past, present and future. Time is not one of these but all three are the unit we call time. Some live in the past, a majority live for the present, while others are wholly taken up with the future. Sanity demands that we consider all three for a full orbed life. God called Himself the “1 AM, The Ever Present One. fesus did likewise, and SO HE IS. The “I AM” is accessible today as the One “Who ever liveth to make inter¬ cession for us.” Some view the future with alarm but we are assured it is as bright as His wonderful promises. The “1 AM” says “NOW is the day of Salvation” and again “NOW if ye will hear My voice.” The future depends on what you do NOW. God “requireth the past.” Faith in His blood justifies from all sin of the past; the “present” is vibrant with His word as a light and lamp, while the future holds this, “In His pr esence is FULLNESS OF ]OY . . . pleasures forevermore.” “My Times are in Thy hand.” Psa. 31:15. These words cause my heart to rejoice, and with the rejoicing I am sobered as l realize that, “Ye are not your own, for ' ye are bought with a price.” How good to know and experience that, as our wills are conformed to His will, we can face each day with peace in our hearts. We cannot see the path He has for our lives and many times we need to remember that Jesus said, “My ways are not in your ways,” but what joy there is in being led in His way in His time. 1 do count it a privilege to serve the Lord in the capacity of Secretary of F.G.B.I. and to have a small part in seeing young people’s lives molded and channeled to better serve the Saviour. God’s Word tells us, “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might.” In order to know God’s best 1 believe we must give Him our best. It is the desire of my heart, that I will be a yielded vessel for Him to use whenever and in whatever field of service he chooses because, “my times are in His hand.” It seems we are always running out of time. In the horse and buggy days, people accepted the speed of the horse and everything else went accordingly. They had lots of time for long hours of work, lots of time for leisure and a great many had time for spiritual things too. But today we are in the Jet Age. Now we can speed down the highway in modern comfort and safety. Astronauts have actually gone around the world several times in only a few hours. Distances are now shrunken by fast jet airlines and continents and countries are now only hours away. Still, we seem to have even less time than before. Now we hurry, hustle and just barely make our many appointments, even with our greatly increased speed. People seem to need a thirty hour day, an eight day week and a forty day month to accomplish their many tasks and responsibilities. But God has given us only so much time. Whatever we are to accomplish, we must do NOW. We must make every day and every minute count, NOW. We must train young men and women NOW, to take the Gospel out while there is still time. The Bible says, “Behold, NOW is the accepted time; behold, NOW is the day of Salvation.” Let us make the most of our time, NOW. Full trust in the Lord puts anxiety to rest. 9

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The privilege of sharing precious Bible truths with the student body of the Full Gospel Bible Institute has been a great blessing over these past years, since 1959, when 1 spent my first month on the Teaching Staff. To enjoy the illuminating power of the Holy Spirit upon the Word of God, I, as a teacher, have partaken of the very bread myself, while giving it to others, the ministry of Evangelism and Missions, so near to my heart, has found fertile soil in the F G.B.I. classrooms. What a thrill to see the consecrated action over the years on the fields of service! To have a part in preparing students for this outreach is indeed a “high privilege” for this unworthy servant. The paradox of these times is that they are both glorious and wonderful days and they are also days that are dark and foreboding. Glorious days because they har¬ monize with Bible prophecy and point with thrilling accuracy to the return of ]esus Christ for His Church. They are dark and fearsome days because they also indicate the nearness of the awful wrath of God that is soon to be poured out upon this world of unbelievers. Lecturing on the prophetic book of Jude and with that, teaching on the “Fruit of the Spirit,” is certainly related to the theme of our yearbook for 1962-63: “Time is running short.” The Apostle Paul called the Philippian church to evangelism when he, by the Spirit, coined the words, “That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.” Phil. 2:15. The spiritual darkness on every hand calls for total mobilization of the Church for the final task of evangelization. Millions of hands are still reaching out for the first blessing, while we have had more than the second blessing. Cecil Rhodes expressed the urgency of this hour when he said, “So much to do, so little time.” Time should be bought up for the largest profit, and used to the best advantage. Things that matter most in life are expressed in the following three questions. What am I? What am I doing? Where am I going? Yes, you may not be a murderer, in the real sense. But, DO YOU KILL TIME? You can do something with any waste, except wasted time. On the dial at All Soul, Oxford, there is this inscription: “The hours perish, and are laid to our charge. In a sense time has always been short, when compared with eternity. However, students of the Scriptures agree that our opportunities for service for Christ are definitely limited. This is true, not only because of the brevity and uncertainty of life itself, but also in view of the soon return of the Lord Jesus Christ. The race for the minds of men is narrowing with Cultists and Communists fully exploiting all modern means of mass communication. The secular press sends forth a never-ending stream of seductive and suggestive literature to corrupt the minds of our young people. Be¬ cause of this, Christian young people need to become acquainted with and challenged by the tremendous potential of a writing ministry. A contribution is made in this direction through our classes in Christian journal¬ ism where the elementary principles of good writing are presented. “Nothing greater can be said of one than that he is approved of Christ”. 11