Kansas City Bible College - Armour Bearer Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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THE COMMENTATOR PAGE THREE News All THE COLLEGE NEW STAFF MEMBERS MISS JESSIE M. EVES Returning to Kan- sas City Bible Col- lege after an absence of two years, Miss Jessie M. Eves has joined our faculty this semester as Dean of Women and teach- er in the department of English. She has an AB. degree from Pennsylvania S tate College and an M.A. from New York Uni- versity. Most of her teaching experience has been in the public schools of Berwick, Pennsylvania, where she also served as psychological examiner for four years. During the school year 1948-49 Miss Eves spent her sabbatical leave with us as Dean of Women. Now, however, she has sever- ed those connections and is making K.C. B. C her permanent home. We thank our God for making her return possible. REV. W. JACK WILSON Mr. W. Jack Wilson joins the College family as Director of Christian Service and teacher of Speech, Missions, and Homil- etics. Much of his undergraduate work was done at Bob J o n e s University, his degree, however, is an A.B. from Wil- liam Jewell College. He is at present com- pleting the requirements for the M.A. degree at the University of Kansas City in the field of education. He has been pastor of the College Baptist Church of Manhatt- an, Kansas, has served as field representa- tive for Youth for Christ in the central area, and comes to us from the pastorate of the Merriam Bible Church, Merriam, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and small daughter, Sharon Sue, reside in Shawnee, News has come from Ecuador, South Kansas. MR. EDWARD S. CRUM ' ' 2 5.2ifiiiiiii'iifiiifI?E'f-Wffmwliii? Q55 X Q' sk sm -.t 4 . me-e W we aa. ff-f :.zaz::.:se , . .,.,,. .. EQS'Q5.4iig:, fMs3E:r ':1:.:,f.:- 45-3 ':m 4q:12f,. 'zfi' Iii-e. 2 5 92255 :'-f:s-122-2 Y'?E:15 . . X. .:.,..- - --.-.ze-:::,. . , 1 s . - 9 r.f,2l.QZf.fl:1ff22lE5l'212 ' zz: ,g U 2 If College, Greenville, plished organist and given us examples A long felt need at the College has been met in the arrival of Mr. Edward S. Crum as full time director of music. He holds a B. Mu. from Whea- ton College and a M. Mu. from the American Conserva- tory. He has taught in several mid-west- ern colleges, most re- cently in Greenville Illinois. An accom- pianist, he has already of his own classical arrangment of hymns. Choral singing and brass instruments are also his fields. We are expecting to set the echoes ringing for the glory of our Lord this year. MRS. E. S. CRUM Mrs. E. S. Crum has come to the Kansas City Bible College to teach the new com- mercial department classes in typewriting and shorthand. Her business training was received in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and her secretarial experience was obtained in Washington, D.C. Mr. and Mrs. Crum with their four children, aged 10, 8, 7, and 2 are living in their new home in Over- land Park, Kansas. We welcome all of them to our fellowship. MISS VIOLA RHOADES After a year as assistant dietician of the College, Miss Viola Rhoades from Wa- keeny, Kansas, has now assumed the full responsibility of keeping the College fam- ily well fed. She graduated from K.C. B.C. in 1948, and during her undergrad- uate years she was a student assistant in the kitchen. It is a joy to welcome one of our own alumni to the staff of the College. MISS KATHRYN POPE Another alumna of the school, Miss Kathryn Pope from !Flint, Michigan, of the Class of 1951, joins the staff this year as Matron of Jaudon Dormitory. Her coming not only helps the girls, but 1 ,also releases the 3 Dean of Women for 1 a teaching program. A NEW YEAR BEGINS The 1951-52 school year has started with a 192, increase in enrollment in the day classes over last year at this time. Eight denominations are represented in our stu- dent body and five among the faculty and staff. Truly we are an interdenominational group. As to geographical divisions 33 students are local, 22 are accounted for in Kansas and Missouri, then come Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York, and Colorado. In all, 12 states are represented. Forty- six of the total are men and twenty-eight are women. Interest in the typing classes is high, and the degree course continues its popularity. The men's dormitory has been rearranged to accommodate more students. A new shower room, additional lavatories, and double decker beds have stretched the capacity. Most important of all, there is a oneness of mind and purpose among these 74 stu- dents which is shown in their spirit of co- operation and prompt settling down to the business of training under the Lord's hand. Pray for them that their progress may be substantial and permanent. Howard Sanders, day school student, proudly announces the arrival of a son, on September 21. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders also have a little daughter. America, that Bill C495 and Glaclis C483 Gibson have a daughter, Shirley Ruth, born on September 19. Best wishes to the baby missionary. ALUMNI NEWS Announcement is made of the marriage of Juanita Smith C503 to James Milton Strauss on September 9, in Columbia, South Carolina, where both are attending Columbia Bible College. Congratulations and best wishes. Bob C503 and Betty Kirkpatrick have announced the arrival of a son, Robert Krieg. They are at Ten Strike, Minne- sota, doing preparatory work for the foreign mission field. Helen Green, former student, is moving from the territory of West Virginia and Kentucky where she has served the Lord for fourteen years to a new field among the Indians of Arizona. She will be affili- ated with the Flagstaff Mission to the Navajos. Her faithful ministry in the east has fitted her for the difficult work to which our Lord has now called her. Marcia Boznango C495 this year is teaching in the high school which is as- sociated with John Brown University. Mary Dayton, formerly in the night school, has written that she expects to go shortly to the Philippines where she will sielrve under the Child Evangelism Fellow- s ip. i In a recent letter from Ellen Delavan C515 she writes: My heart and mind are turned to dear K.C.B.C. as another school year begins. How good it would be to see each familiar smile and each new one. II Timothy 2:15 has come to mean much to me while studying linguistics at Camp Wycliff this summer. Although learning to make a lot of funny sounds and to re- cord them seems easy, it is studyg yet it is a joy when one remembers for whom he is studying. The habits of study, self dis- cipline, and especially and most emphatic- ally, regular daily devotions developed at K.C.B.C. have proved very valuable this summer. Ellen plans to serve the Lord under the Gospel Missionary Union on the foreign field. A Teaching Ministry The above picture shows Margaret Hutchins, former student, engaged in one of the important phases of her work, teach- ing an Indian woman and boy to read. Among her varied duties in Guatemala, Central America, are teaching in the in- stitute, assisting a local pastor, and doing personal work among the villagers and mountain people.

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RAGE TWO THE COMIVIENTATOR Among the readers of The Commentator there may be some who have never re- ceived the Lord Jesus Christ for themselves as their Saviour and Lord. They are inter- ested in religious things, attend services - of worship, and yet themselves to Christ. never have given They know that Christ came and died for them, and yet continue to reject Him. By this rejection of Jesus Christ they are in- ferring, perhaps unknowingly, that God is a liar. God has declared that because ALL have sinned and come short of His glory, ALL need the Lord Jesus Christg for the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world CI John 41145. I want to mention several ideas that people hold which lead to the conclusion that God is a liar. There are some who try to deny their sin, or who say they haven't sinned Ha- grantly enough to be kept out of heaven. In I John 1:8 we read, If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. And in verse 10, If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Verse eight refers to one's condition, verse ten to one's conduct. The person who says he has no sin is deceiving him- self, and the one who says that he does not commit sinful acts makes God to be a liar. God in His word has declared over and over again that all have sinned and come short of His glory. An examina- tion of the ten commandments is enough to convince any honest person who will read them that he has not kept them. Paul has written in Romans 3:19 that the law, which is holy and just and good, has condemned every one because no hu- man being has ever been able to keep it. Everyone stands condemned by the ten commandments, and every mouth has been stopped. There are those who, admitting their sinfulness, are under the impression that they can atone for their sins. They think they can so balance the good they have done against the bad, that the good will outweigh the bad and thus give them an entrance into God's presence. The angel Justice is represented as standing with a blindfold across her eyes and with a scale in her hand weighing the good against the evil. Anyone who has this idea is calling God a liar, for He has said that without shedding of blood is no remission CHeb. 9: 229. Nowhere in the Bible is it ever intimated that the good works of an un- believer are ever recognized as having any merit with God. Christ said Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not pro- phesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work ini- quity CMatt. 7:21-237. Can you think of Making A Liar of God By Dr. Robert H. Belton Executive Vice President, K. C. Bible College better works than casting out demons from those possessed, and prophesying in Christ's name? I am sure the finest of philanthropic activities are included in the wonderful works which He mention- ed, yet He called all of these things works of iniquity . There were no words of praise nor cornmendation from His lips for them. What good works can you imagine which could be beyond these men- tioned by Him and which could make one right with God? There is none! It is not works of righteousness which we have done which make us right with Him. God is no liar, and He has declared that with- out the shedding of blood there is to be no remission. That leads to another point of view, com- monly held, that one can reach heaven without Christ. If one is sincere in what he believes, it really makes no difference what he does believe. Such pious non- sense isn't true in everyday affairs, for it isn't sincerity that determines whether the contents of a bottle are poison or not. In all sincerity one can take a dose of poison from the Wrong bottle, thinking it is good medicine, and yet the poison will work harm just the same. Sincerity is not the determining factor. If it were, then God is a liar, for Peter plainly de- clared by inspiration that Christ died for sins once, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God CI Peter 3:18J, and Christ said, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me CJohn 14:65. He also de- clared, I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and Find pasture. He said there are only two ways into eternity- the broad way which leads to destruction and the narrow way which leads to life eternal. One only walks the narrow way after he has passed through the narrow gate which is Christ Himself. One can be sincere in what he believes and yet be sincerely wrong. Christ is the way into heaven, and the only way. There are others who teach that every- one is a child of God, and that within the breast of every person there is a spark of divinity which just needs to be fanned into a flame. If that is so, then God is a liar, because of what Jesus Christ declared to a man who would have been a candidate for heaven in the estimation of many. He told Nicodemus that he needed a new birth and that unless he had it he could not see the Kingdom of God nor could he enter it. Christ said that the devil has children as well as God, and Paul wrote that within every unbeliever there is working the spirit of the Prince of the power of the air. God's salvation is not the same as man's reformation. God has no use for man's fallen nature. He never tries to patch it up, but He does put within everyone who will believe in Him a new nature, His own divine nature. In the case of others who are calling God a liar there is the swinging of the pendulum of human thought to the other extreme. Whereas many claim they have a right to heaven because of their good- ness, there are those who lay no claim to God's favor because of their badness. They feel God will have nothing to do with them because they have sinned too much. A friend of mine told me of talking with a young man who had this idea, and when told that it was not true, he replied, Yes, but you don't know what I've done. Men may not lmow, but God lmowsg and the Word of God plainly declares that the blood of Jesus Christ God's son cleanses from all sin. When we read that He suf- ferred for sins once, the just for the un- just, it means every kind of sin. Paul said that Christ came to save sinners, and that means every kind of sinner, the frag- rant as well as the flagrant. Others have gone so far as to say that God doesn't love them. That, too, makes a liar of God, for when we read, God so loved the world, it means just what it says without exception. It is sheer presump- tion for a person to say, God may love the world but not me. Christ said that He came to seek and to save the lost CLuke 19:10D. He also said, Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out CJohn 61371. Have you been calling God a liar by claiming either that your goodness will save you? or that you are too bad to be saved? or that God does not love you? Christ is the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world CJohn 12295. He has taken away YOUR sin. To reject Him and spurn His salvation will result in eternal death, but to re- ceive Him brings eternal life CJohn 3:36D. Oh when heaven and earth are passing, Crumbling as a. burning scroll, Is there no abiding foothold, No fixed refuge for the soul? Yes! a. man, the Man Christ Jesus, On the wreck of time He stands And the souls of countless millions Lie within His pierced hands. DR. WlLSON'S ITINERARY Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 ........ Avenue Road Church Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 7 to 17 .... Norwood Baptist Church Norwood, Ohio October 24 to 27 .,...... Maplewood Congrega- tional Church, St. Louis, Mo. November 5 to 11 .... Temple Baptist Church St. Paul, Minnesota THE COMMENTATOR OCTOBER, 1951 Volume 13, Number 10 Dr. Walter L. Wilson. Editor Grace T. Belton, Associate Editor Ona E. Woodward, Associate Editor Price. single subscription, 75 cents a year: Canada and foreign, 85 cents. Two or more subscriptions, 50 cents each: Canada and foreign 60 cents. lainie Published monthly by The Kansas City Bible College P.0. Box 7035, Coimtry Club Station Kansas City 2. Mo. School location: 75th 81 State Line Road Entered as a second-class matter June 26. 1942. at the Post Office at Kansas City, Mo. under the Act of March 3, 1879.

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PAGE FOUR TI-IE COMMENTATOR Was Patty A Christian? By Mrs. D. E. Wisner Child. Evangelism Instructor , PREPARATION Three outdoor scenes may be used ef- fectively with this story- one in the school yard, one showing Patty's home with sidewalk leading to the door, and another picturing the church at one side with an old log in the yard on the other. A fourth scene could be used to show the bedside scene in Patty's home if a more elaborate story is planned. The figures consist of 10-year-old Susie, standing and facing left, Patty, the same age, facing rightg Dr. Blake, carrying medical case and facing right, Patty's mother, facing rightg Patty's uncle and her pastor, facing each other, Miss Jones, facing leftg and a seated figure of Susie on a log. These may be sketched on con- struction paper, appropriately colored, backed with outing fiannel, and cut out. PRESENTATION It was recess time at lVIilville School, and Susie noticed little Patty Mason standing alone just around the corner of the school house. CSet up the first scene as sketched.D She had a very troubled look on her face. Hello, Patty, Susie greeted her with a smile. You look very serious about something. Thinking about anything spe- cial? Come on, tell me. What's it all about? Well, its about me, mostly, confided Patty. About you? Say, that reminds me, said Susie, 'Tve been intending to ask you- are you a Christian, Patty? Do you know Jesus as your Saviour?i' The timid little girl's eyes filled with tears, That's just what l'm thinking about, Susie. I'm- I'm not sure. The bell's ringing, we'd better run,', interrupted Susie, 'ibut say, Patty, I want to talk to you about that- sometime. CRemove figuresj aisle ....,. QW? X H :.-9'- f, H we Z 0 s. It R '51 an -., if f 'gp . lt .1 Wi' -Qt , The next two mornings when the roll was called, Patty did not answer. The teacher seemed alarmed. I wonder if she's sick. Who goes by her house on the way home? Susie raised her hand, I do, Miss Smith. I'll stop and ask. That afternoon when Susie called, she met Dr. Blake coming out of Patty's house. CSet up scene 2, using Susie from the first scene and Dr. Blakej. Oh, Dr. Blake, you're here? Then Patty is sick, exclaimed Susie. Patty's very sick, Susie, said Dr. Blake seriously. It seemed to Susie that the whole world was spinning around in big crazy circles. She could see Patty's little troubled face as she said, That,s what I'm thinking about, Susie- I'rn not sure. Then she could hear her own answer, I want to talk to you about that, sometime. Oh, she thought, if I only hadn't said 'sometime. ' She swallowed hard and asked, Is she-bad?-I mean-could I see her? The old doctor laid his hand on her shoulder in a kind way that made her think he understood how she felt, but he said, 'Tm sorry, Susie. She's too sick for anyone to see. tRemove figures.J Susie tried repeatedly to see Patty only to be told Patty was too sick. She knocked again, Could I see Patty? I've just got to talk to her. CUse same figure of Susie and figure of motheixl 'Tm afraid she wouldn't hear you, answered Pattyls mother. May I just come in and look at her?,' pleaded Susie. Yes, you may stand beside her a few minutes while I run next door. I'll be right back. CRemove flguresj Susie tiptoed into the little bedroom. She gasped as she saw Patty's face. Her face is so white, she whispered, and her breathing is so strange. She bowed her head, Dear God, I've just got to tell her. Help her to hear me, won't You? Susie did not hear the door open behind her as she leaned over the bed and whis- pered Patty-Patty-can you hear me? She leaned over and Whispered right in her ear, Patty, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Did you hear, Patty? Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved- do you hear me? Just then a big hand was laid kindly on her shoulder. Susie looked up through her tears, Oh, Dr. Blake, I didn't hear you come in. I didn't disturb her. Really, I didn't. I just whispered in her ear. The doctor gave her a squeeze. Yes, I you, he said. Susie was glad he Christian. Do you think she heard me, Doctor? I thought she smiled. I hope so, Susie, he said slowly. But the way he said it made Susie know that he didn't think she did hear. Susie became suddenly frightened, Is she- is she going to- ?l' Dr. Blake turned away, 'Tm afraid so, Susie. CRemove scenej The next morning Susie had the sad news that Patty was dead. Oh, it can't be,', she sobbed. It just can't be. Patty's uncle who was a minister came to help with the funeral. CSet up scene 3 with uncle and pastor.J As he talked with Patty's pastor, he asked with a lump in his throat, Mr. Olsen, was Patty a Christian? When I was here last summer I meant to have a talk with her, but I just never got to it? There were tears in his eyes, and he looked so ashamed. heard was a The pastor looked ashamed too, I was afraid you were going to ask that. I'm sorry, I don't know. I called the day after she took sick, but it was too late. A few weeks ago when I was preaching on heav- en, I noticed how serious Patty was. I meant to have a talk with her, but I never got to it. A tear rolled down his cheek. I hope she was saved, but I'm not sure. I see, said the uncle. We've both failed. Let's see if her mother knows? CAdd figure of motherj 'Tm sure she does, said Pastor Olsen. She's one of the best members of our church. When asked this question, the mother wept, I don't know. I've thought of it ever since she became so ill. We have family worship, and she's heard the story of salvation many times. I've thought lately I ought to have a talk with her about the Saviour, but- well, you know how it is, I put it off- and I'm not sure. Then Pastor Olsen had a happy thought, Here comes Miss Jonesg she will know. They hurried to meet the Sunday School teacher. CAdd Miss Jones.D f' X1 A X 533 l ligiltiag-eQlI 1 .....- f, ...J -f 'fWe were just wondering, Miss Jones, if Patty Was a Christian. She stared blankly at the two men, 'Tm sorryjl she sobbed, but I don't know. It was only last Sunday that I noticed such an eagerness in her face. I meant to speak to her right after class, but something happened, and I was going to do it next Sunday. But that's tomorrow and tomorrow's her funeral. 'Tm sure Susie will know, Miss Jones said eagerly. I think she's talked about Jesus to everybody. Of course, said the pastor, why didn't I think of her? They found Susie sitting on a log in the church yard with her face buried in her hands. CShow seated figure of Susie and move other figures toward her.D When Pastor Olsen and Miss Jones had greeted her and Patty's uncle had been introduced, Susie burst into tears, Oh, Pastor Olsen, she said, Was Patty a Christian? Did she ever really trust Jesus as her Saviour? I meant to ask her lots of times. I started to talk to her about this on the school ground this week, but, well- the bell rang and I was going to do it the next day, but the next day she was sick. I whispered in her ear while she was sick, and I think she smiled at me- I think she heard and was trying to tell me, but I really don't know for sure. Patty's funeral was the saddest day of Susie's life- Patty, one of her friends, one of her playmates, a member of her Sunday School class- and Susie didn't know if she were a Christian. When the organ played Safe in the Arms of Jesus, Susie wondered if Patty was really safe in the arms of Jesus. She looked up just in time to see the two ministers ex- change glances. She saw Patty's mother