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

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PAGE EIGHT THE COMMENTATOR STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGE- MENT, AND CIRCULATION Required by the Act of Congress of August 24. 1912, as amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946, of The Commentator, published monthly at Kansas City, Missouri. for October, 1951. 1. The names and addresses of the publisher. editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, The Kansas City Bible College, P.O. Box 7035, Kansas City, Missouri. Editor, Dr. Walter L. Wilson, Kansas City, Mo Managing Editor, None. Business Manager, None. 2. The owner is: fIf owned by a corpora- tion, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding one percent or more of total amount of stock.J The Kansas City Bible College, P. O. Box 7035, Kansas City, Missouri, a non-profit cor- poration: no stock issued. 3. The known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding one percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None. 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the per- son or corporation for whom such trustee is acting: also the statements in the two para- graphs show the z1ffianL's full knowledge :md belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stoclilioltlws and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the com- pany as trustees. hold stock and securities in ll capacity other than that of Z1 bona fide owner. Grace T. Belton, Associate Editor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this lst day of October, 1951. Velma Feeney. Notary Public CMy commission expires June 1.4, 1552.1 What we think determines what We are. We are no larger than our thoughts. valleys 5i'l'gl57liA 'Er if 6,-7. n iff. it F7132 if if ,vfffifgq Fi ffl V? 'Q Ui, fi ff, gwf mu' Ediffon- 150 Photon and Map, Size4L4x6li'x1H An ABBREVIATED BIBLE COMMENTARY: with notes on every book in the Bible. IAx'claneoloqicnl Discoveries- 'How We Got the Bible, and nn Epitomc of Church History. There is nothing published, of its uize. that has anything like as much practical Bible information. Book OF a Lifetime.. . F052 a Lifetime Loved alike by Young and Old Especially valuable for S S Teachers and Bible Students Widely used in Colleges and Seminnries Highly commended by leading Magazines and Minister! lFull particular: uni on rzquulj 764 pages. Cloth Binding. Only 32.00. Order from your Bookstore, or ll. ll. HALLEY, Box 774, Chicago 90, Illinois For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. -John 3:16 Midwest Plumbing and Heating Co. 6243 Prospect Ja-5757 Kansas City, Mo. . Give Thanks to God 1. For His goodness- I Chronicles 16:34. 2. For His holiness- Psalm 3014. 3. For the revelation of Himself- I Thes- salonians 2:13. 4. For the gift of His Son- II Corinth- ians 9:15. 5. For a present salvation- Colossians 1: 12, 13. 6. For victory- I Corinthians 15:57. 7. For everything- Philippians 4:6. GOD'S UNCHANGI NG WORD For feelings come and feelings go And feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God, Naught else is worth believing. Though all my heart should feel con- demned For Want of some sweet token. There is One greater than my heart Whose Word cannot be broken. I'l1 trust in God's unchanging Word Till soul and body severg For though all things shall pass away, His Word shall stand forever, -Mcwtin Luther Y'.j---:jf 243, -.455 A- R4 V--A 1,51 h-:V :mfg 159' ,, 'L .1 :V-am-kziwgm.Nffz,eJ!l?ew. :.- ,sq . '?w:f.V-rlfhffi . ,- i FAMOUS ITALIAN MAKES f Available Io Bible Students, Christian Workers ' Q, ond Missionaries of 4' SPECIAL DISCOUNTS 1 Write Today for FREE Liloraiure CHICAGO ACCORDION CENTER. Inc. Dept. CT. 754 N. Damen Av. Chicago 22. Ill. l ff In color with url work und appropriate strip- Q if ture. Enclose u gospel f 11165 message with your Chrislmus cards. SEND 25: FOR A SELECTION OF 25 minus' hnoiilm mm' BAND EBOX-88B AKR0N-9f'0Hl0 You Can Win Souls for Christ with Gospel Films Send for free booklet today explaining. It will be a revelation to uyou. 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BIBLE READING CALENDAR DECEMBER DATE PRIVATE FAMILY Hosea . 1. 2 II Peter Hosea 3, 4 I John Hosea 5, 6 I John Hosea 7, 8 I John Hosea 9, 10 I John Hosea 11. 12 I John Hoesa 13, 14 II John Joel III John Amos 1, 2 Jude Amos 3 - 5 Revelation Amos 6, 7 Revelation Amos 8. 9 Revelation Obadiah Revelation Jonah 1, 2 Revelation Jonah 3, 4 Revelation Micah 1, 2 Revelation Micah 3 - 5 Revelation Micah 6. 7 Revelation Nahum Revelation Habakkuk Revelation Zephaniah Revelation Haggai Revelation Zechariah 1, 2' Revelation Zechariah 3. -1 Revelation Zechariah 5. 6 Revelation Zechariah 7. 8 Revelation Zechariah 9, 10 Revelation Zechariah 11, 12 Revelation Zechariah 13, 1-1 Revelation Malachi 1, 2 Revelation Malachi 3, 4 Revelation LQSQUHQ Enginmeering Corporation LaSalle Bldg., 8 East Ninth Street Kansas City, Missouri MONUMENTS Memorial Art Company Salina and Hutchinson, Kansas Finest display of Modern Memorials in the Midwest The Sunday. 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TI-IE COMMENTATOR PAGE SEVEN On many occasions the enemy outnurn- bered the people of God, but God was there. Joshua reminded them of this so that their faith and trust might not be in the resources of men. Having prepared the hearts of the peo- ple, Joshua proceeded to set forth the claims of God to their loyalty. Many of those whom he was addressing had been rebellious in their spirits against God and had questioned His justice and goodness. Others still served idols and indulged in forbidden pleasures and lusts. He appeal- ed to all of these by mentioning former deliverances and blessings from heaven. As he described these wonderful inter- ventions by God, their hearts were stirred, and they covenanted to walk with God and to serve Him only. BOOK REVIEWS World Crises and the Prophetic Scrip- tfwres, by Wilbur M. Smith fMoody Press, Chicago, 384 pages, 33001. This book fills a two-fold need which Bible loving Chris- tians feel. It gives a great deal of factual information about conditions and negotia- tions in the world today- a source book of the contemporary history with which prophecy deals. Perhaps what is more valuable, it also gives the prophetic pic- ture of Scripture as related to these events and their Biblically assured outcome. Notes on the New Testament, James- Jude, Volume X, by Albert Barnes CBaker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 404 pages, 53.001, The century old Barnes commentaries are classic among Bible ex- positors, and this volume of the new edi- tion, prepared by Dr. Robert Frew, is now off the press. The Notes are ex- haustive and devotional in character and will be invaluable as study or reference material. PROVIDE -nm-r Ano-rl-len .sHou1.D nun -fm -ru: mics AFTER you! ff'-st. , 9603-A 1 ff3'.'w 'P I 1' f 1 5 X it-' lx' Y J f H!-1' En g - A . ,-as ei- - - ' 1 W 1--gg U T V. I UK Us T T UN 'Q 3 'il 'iz I vi 5. ?- 3 ?- ?- 'V A bequest to the Alumni Association of the Kansas City Bible College will assure you that after your labors have ceased another will carry on in your stead, taking the glorious news of God's grace and mercy to those who have not heard. Write Anita Welch, Financial Secretary of the Alumni Association, 3326 Brown Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. ATOMS AND COMMUNISTS fContinaecl from Page 11 Democracy, the second revolutionary idea, springs from the first. Democracy can flourish only under Christian mono- theism. One God made all of usg all are equal before Him- a truly breath taking thought This one God, the Lord Jesus Christ, is interested in a person because he is a person. The history of mankind is a continuous story of one group of men exploiting another group. The idea that all are free and equal before God was, and still is, a fresh discovery. No one ever made clearer the dignity of all men be- cause they are men, than Christ. If there are many gods divided into geographic compartments, then men are not free and equal. Some are better than others if they have a god who is better or more powerful. Man has shamefully abused the democratic ideal, but, nevertheless, he has held it out as his ideal, fighting for it when necessary. Our God, the Lord Jesus Christ, having created men free and equal, was enough interested in them to die for them at Calvary. Christ does not want anyone to be a slave, whatever form that slavery might take- moral slavery to sin, politi- cal slavery to a state, or religious slavery to a ritual. Christ knew what He was about when He died for sinners. Because He could not create men and then leave them slaves to sin, He died for all that anyone might be free. Our prayer and our aim should be that the communist threat shall not blot out these self evident truths from before us. BAD EGGS CContinuecl from Page 51 A very happy little boy was soon back in the kitchen, dragging a bicycle with him. CShow Charles with bicycle.1 Oh, Uncle Fred- Aunt May! he gasped. Oh, what a beauty! It's the very one I want- ed! Did you get it at the Pratt Hard- ware Store? Yes, I bought it from Mr. Pratt, him- self, for a good farmer boy at my house. Do you like it? asked Uncle Fred, his eyes twinkling. Do I? Just look! Streamlined, built- in headlight, real speedometer, built-in tool box, and oh, everything is just grandln cried Charles getting things all mixed up in his excitement. Then he looked up soberly, But- but I don't deserve it, A11nt May, he said. We don't deserve a great many things our Heavenly Father gives us, she said softly, but He is good and kind to us, anyway. APPLICATION Are any of you boys and girls like Charles? Are you thinking of the many sinful things you have done? You can have your sins washed away just as he did because the Lord Jesus said, If we confess our sins, h-e is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousnessn CI John 1:91. Why not pray just what Charles did: Dear Lord, I'm so ashamed of what l've done. Please come into my heart right now and take away my sins. Thank you for dying for me. This story comes to us from Mrs. Clyde Ellis of the Oregon Child Evangelism Fellowship and is used with her permission. MUSINGS ON ISAIAH 53 fContinued from Page 41 is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ J esus. His cross lifted the unbearable burden of guilt and made possible the Father's smile. Yes, these suf- ferings were eifectual. They brought life and peace and liberty to countless thou- sands, and our world holds within it mul- titudes of souls who are living evidences of the power and efficacy of the cross. THE QUESTION BOX CContinued, from Page 31 characterize the close of this present age CII Tim. 3:21. James and Peter both de- clared that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble CJ:-is. 4:6g I Pet. 5:51. The apostle John says that pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world CI John 2:161. The dictionary defines self-respect as a proper regard for one's character, a be- fitting sense of one's own value, commend- able self-esteem. This word does not occur in the Bible, but the thought is certainly there. The Lord Jesus expressed the idea of human worth time and time again. He declared that man was of more value than many sparrows, that the hairs of his head were all numbered. Indeed, He declared that man was worth more than all the world beside. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? CMark 8:361. Paul's statement in Romans 12:3 seems to mark the difference between proper self-respect and pride. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to thinkg but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. Pride as used in the Bible is thinking more highly than we ought to think of of ourselves. Self-respect is thinking as one ought to think, soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the meas- ure of faith g that is to say, a befitting sense of one's own value. QUESTION! Do Christians or angels 'reap God's harvest? ANSWER: In the Bible both angels and men are assigned to this work but in two different respects. Christians are to reap in the sense of winning souls to Christ. The Lord Jesus said to His disciples, I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours fJohn 4:381. But at the end of the age the final reap- ing is to be done by the angels. In the parable of the tares as recorded in Mat- thew 13:39 the reapers are the angels. In verse 41 the Lord declares, The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity. Again He declares in Matthew 24:31, And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Accordingly, when it is said that the har- vest of earth is ripe in Revelation 14:15, we read in verse 19 that the angel thrust the sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth.

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The MCR DECEMBER, 1951 P CHRIST AND GOVERNMENT BY 'FRUMAN PAGE President, Alumni Association Kansas City Bible College The season of the year is upon us when harsh people are a little less harsh, selfish people become a little bit generous, and pessimistic people turn a triiie optimistic. Christmas probably has as widely differ- ing appeals as there are those who ob- serve it. To one it means commercial profit, to another a vacation, to another a new sled. To the irreligious it means a good time, to the religious carol singing and festivals. Although Christ probably was not born on the date we commemorate, yet the cel- ebration of that momentous event brings to our attention one little recognized as- pect of tremendous significance, that is, Christ's relation to established government and his effect upon it. When Jesus was born, King Herod was afraid. Why he was afraid, he himself may not have known, yet he trembled and was troubled. God had appeared as a man, and consequently the governments of the world should quake. John the Revelator describes in graphic pen strokes how the governments of the World will tremble in that great day when this God-man returns once more. Looking down the years of time our mind has been pondering the impact the birth of Jesus Christ has had on the na- tions. Herod's trembling was an uncon- scious tribute to the ,towering virtue and holiness of Messiah, the Christg and in the years since, governments have little real- ized the power this One Man has had on their course. Paul admonishes us that governments have been set up and ordain- ed of God to maintain law and order as their God-appointed function, and Herod had not been fulfilling his proper duty. Governments are to maintain law and or- der, although they cannot create morality by act of parliament. It is a strange quirk of human psychol- ogy that moral individuals cannot exist without government. To die rather than do wrong is admirable, but we may over- look the devastating effect of such action in the absence of government. With no restraint the good would be at the mercy CCo'ntinued on Page 71 THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE The blessings of God are gifts. At Christmastime we celebrate that greatest of gifts, the Lord Jesus Christ, with whom we receive the gift of peace, of rest, and of rela- tionship to God. With these He also gives us the graces of heaven for our daily life. All must be accepted by faith, for a gift has no value un- less it is received by someone. Be sure you are one who has received Jesus Christ personally and has made Him Lord of your life and Saviour of your soul. Other gifts are obtained by labor, study, and application. These gifts for service are presented to our stu- dents in the classroom and in the harvest field around the city, and by them our young people develop into excellent servants of God. Your pray-ers and your gifts will enable us to continue this wonderful min- istry for the glory of God and the blessing of men. ' CHALLENGE The star of Christ still burns within the sky The angels' song still rings across the night But if we listen we shall hear the cry Of millions who have never seen His light, Nor heard the glory song above the earth That heralded the blessed Saviour's birth. The centuries go by, and He who came That far off winter night, must weep to know How few have pointed out the silver Hame Of His high star, and oh, how few will go, As He has bid us do, to bear the Word To those in darkness who have never heard! , O Christian youth, He calls to' you today To take the joyous message to the lost. Go forth, His trust is in you-point the way To those seeking ones: the hurt, the tem- pest tossed. Give lthem the Christ, the greatest gift of a . This is your opportunity, Oh, heed the call! -Grace Noll Crowell ROMANS 14:11 For the kingdom of God. is not meat and drink, but iighteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Christ in His garden always knows Just where to plant the seed, For He knows the plants, and He knows the soil, And He knows our every need. Righteousness can never grow In soil that's hard with sing So He softens the ground with rays of love Before the seed goes in. Peace is always hard to growg But once it gets a start, It grows so fast- and seems to thrive In the garden of our heart. Joy is scarcely ever grown In soil that's not the best, For Satan's insects eat this plant In preference to the rest. Christ in His garden cultivates The soil and plants the seed. Ours is the task to plead with men: To His commands take heed. -Carolyn Wagoner Student at Kansas City Bible College CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS For unto you is borrl. .... a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11. He put on humanity that we might put on divinity. He became Son of man that we might become sons of God. He came from heaven where the rivers never freeze, winds never blow, frost never chills the air, and flowers never fade. He was born in a stable, lived in pov- erty, was reared in obscurity, only once crossed the boundary of the land, and that in childhood. He had no wealth or in- Huence, and had neither training nor ed- ucation. His relatives were of the corn- mon folks. In infancy He startled a king, in boy- hood He puzzled the doctors, in manhood ruled the co1.u'se of nature. He never practiced medicine, yet He healed the mul- titude of their diseases and blessed the broken hearted. fCo'ntinued on Page 75