Hesston College - Lark Yearbook (Hesston, KS)

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I l WWW gy W 4 244 7 Z f Z Z if ZZ 522 ZZ Z? Z Z 6 ,f 2.2 1 0311:-:Lxicllent cwllllo 'Kauttman The Church is that body of believers, called out from the world, to follow and to serve Jesus Christ. Christ commissioned His Church to carry out His program of making disciples of all nations, teaching them to observe all His teachings. For the fulfillment of this com- mission He promised them His presence and power. Thus, the Church has for its constit- uents believers in the Son of Godg for its head Jesus Christy for its program the extension of Christ's Kingdom on earthy and for its dy- namic the presence and power of Jesus Christ. Any institution of the Church that is worthy of the Church's support must contrib- ute something worthwhile to the constituents of the Church, glorify and serve the head of the Church, aid in the extension of His king- dom, and possess the dynamic indispensable for the carrying out of His program. If our Church schools should answer the above description, the relation between them Page 4 and the Church is organic. Such an institu- tion is a very part of the Church. It will aid in securing and improving citizens of the King- dom, and will enlist and prepare workers for the great harvest of souls. It will recognize Jesus Christ as its head, and look to Him for strength to carry on His Work. 1. THE SCHOOLS OF THE CHURCH ENLIST WORKERS FOR THE CHURCH The needs of the world are presented to the students. Young people are made to look upon the fields and to answer 'Christ's chal- lenge by presenting their lives to Him for service. Many of our active Workers today have received their call While in school. Our schools should bring before the students the challenge of evangelism and endeavor to se- cure them for a life of Christian service. Our schools try to get students into active

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service in mission Sunday schools, jail and hospital work, Summer Bible Schools, and similar activities. Many' of them also are brought in direct contact with our mission work. 2. THE CHURCH SCHOOLS TRAIN WORKERS FOR THE CHURCH. Any efficient group of workers must be trained. A corps of Christian workers is no exception. Jesus gave His disciples three years of training before He left them. Experience has proved that an intellectual training is very advantageous for any Christian worker. Our Church feels the need of trained workers. If a training is essential to the workers of the Church, certainly it is the duty of the Church to provide this training. Experience has shown that to send young people to other schools for their preparation is very expensive and unsatisfactory. Our schools give the in- tellectual training necessary plus a moral and spiritual training. Our schools are the West Point of the Church. 3. THE CHURCH SCHOOLS ASSIST THE CHURCH IN THE WORK OF EVANGELISM. In my files are a number of testimonials of former students who found the Savior while in school. They came unsaved and left with a testimony for Christ. Some of these are now in active service for the Master. Special revival meetings are held in the schools each year to reach the unsaved of the student body. Efforts are also made to reach beyond the school group. Students are sent out to take the Gospel to the unsaved. 4. THE CHURCH SCHOOLS HELP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO A DEEPER EXPERIENCE. Just today as I opened my mail I read a letter from a father who wishes to have his son attend our school next year. He says it has been .such a help to his daughter in her spiritual life that he wants his son to ex- perience the same. Many letters with such ex- pressions are received. Following is one out of dozens of testimonies we receive: I am still enjoying my Christian life and I can never thank God enough for leading me to Hesston College and Bible School, for it is there that I learned to know Him, and the joy and peace there is in being a Christian. This is the testimony of one who Was a Christian before she went to a Church school. We regret very much that not all who attend our schools make good, but we remember that not all who attended the school of Jesus made good. Surely, the Church school is a servant of the Church, but it is more than that-it is a part of the Church, and a part that is essential to the health and growth of the Church. Pray that God may continue to bless and use our schools. C l paul gfzis, Dean The primeval world, the Bible tells us, was in a chaos of confusion, and God could not rest until he had brought all into order and system. The born merchandiser comes into a store where the shelves are disordered and the dis- plays unattractiveg his fingers itch to re- arrange the goods so that th.ey will catch the eye. The housewife cannot be at ease when dishes are piled in confusion on the kitchen table and the furniture is all out of place. Just so the thinking individual, and every normal human being thinks, has a sense of dissatis- faction when ideas and facts do not fall into- their proper place in an ordered system of thought. Facts which do not harmonize with other accepted facts worry himg phenomena which he cannot understand and explain tan- talize himg something within him insists on purposes and reasons. When the various ele- Page 5X