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

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THE COMIVIENTATOR PAGE THREE CHRISTIAN SERVICE REPORT BY REV W JACK WILSON Drrector of Christian Service For the sake of anonymity we shall call his name Edward Brown- this 14 year old lad at the Jack- son County Parental Home. His record listed: Two arrests for petty larceny. Conviction and sus- pension of sentence on both. One arrest for attempted auto Conviction and six months on pro- Two arrests for suspected larceny. five arrests three convictions. the services conducted at the home by one of our teams last od at the back of the room, a looking young man. Of students did not know first met him. The they knew was that he was an looking rather personable boy, very mterested in all that was When Bob Plank stood to sing, eyes were riveted on him. The was short, simple, to the point, reached Edward Brown's heart. As mvitatlon to trust Christ was given, he quickly, eagerly, and opened his 1S mcldent, repeated hundreds of times the school year, gives an indication the excellent Job being done by our in Chrlstxan service. The lad convicted two days later of larceny was sentenced to the Boy's Reforma- School at Booneville. What may take in h1s heart during the time he is remains to be seen, but we do know our God IS faithful and we can trust who has begun a good work to per- it until the day of Jesus Christ. are grateful to God for the many op- we have to carry His Word to who need it so desperately. In ad- the lnvaluable experience our on such assignments, there that comes from knowing that meet in eternity all of the Edward and others like him whom we been privileged to reach for Christ. DR WILSON'S ITINERARY 29 Feb 3- Evansville Rescue Mis- s1on Evansville, Indiana. 10 24-Central Presbyterian Church, St Petersburg, Florida. 25 Mar 2 The Pines Bible Confer- ence Orlando, Florida. 8- Youth for Christ, Havertown, Pennsylvania 9 Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. 10- Dr Barnhouse Bible Class, New York New York. 11 14- First Baptist Church, Peekskill New York 15 Youth for Christ, New York, Robert Belton will speak at a Bible held at the United Pres- of Clarinda, Iowa, Feb- ALUMNI IN INDIA January 6 marks the date of the first anniversary of Ray C491 and Marry Sclm'ag's arrival in India. Would you like to know some of the thoughts of these young people after such a period of time in a new land? We quote from one of their recent letters, that you may know how to pray for them, and that you may hear of their work of faith and labor of love. We know at first hand now some of the often mentioned problems which face the missionary in a foreign land- the lan- guage, which might not be such a monu- mental problem if we were not so impa- tient in nature- the absolute stone wall that one runs against when he attempts to preach Christ to those who already have their own religion- the constant heart-break of having to spend so many hours each day away from one's dear children- the terrible sensation of hav- ing all the innumerable roots and ties of the homeland pulled out and then being, at least for the time, without roots in this strange land- the cold, hard reality of this last fact when the novelty of living in a new land begins to wear off. BUT GOD- How thankful we are that we didn't come out here because it gwas our own idea, but rather in answer ito God's call. Some of these very diffi- culties are proving to be a source of rich blessings as well. As we have talked dur- ing the last month with an old man here at the hotel la priest of the Parsee or Zo- roastrian faithl and the Holy Spirit has given us opening after opening to witness to him, our hearts have been thrilled a- new at the wonderful Gospel provided in and through Christ and at the matchless worth of our God and Saviour. It would interest you to know that at long last those of us who are studying for our 'first year' exam are actually getting into the Scriptures. We are studying Mark and are about half way through reading and translating. It was very difficult go- ing at first because the style and vocabu- lary are quite a bit above the material we have been studying, but it is gratifying to note that day by day these things become more familiar and that it goes easier each time we work on it. George is making progress in several ways-he has passed his first birthday an- niversary and now weighs 25 pounds and is 32 inches tall. He has had some sick- ness, but most of the time he is happy and so full of energy that he can't decide what to do with it all. For Christmas we went out to the woods with some other missionaries and found some evergreens. We brought home a small branch and made a tiny 'real' Christmas tree. All the decorations were hand made, but it turned out to be quite pretty. We were invited over to Seaview by the Willms to share their Bungalow Christmas dinner and had a blessed time We had several get-togethers together. where we sang carols and the like, so all in all we had a very fine Christmas, al- though we admit our thoughts often turn- ed homeward. We ask your prayers that Satan might be defeated in his purposes in Parbhani. The Lord has opened the door to that ter- ritory in a most marvelous way and we don't propose to turn the ground back to Satan and his cohorts. Please join us in praying that the Lord will overrule the government officials and all others con- cerned who have no interest whatever in seeing the Lord's work go ahead. With Ray and Mary, Laura C463 and Milton Jantz also sailed to India and are now at Basti. In a recent letter she wrote these interesting bits: While we were still in Balrampur, I taught my Hrst Child Evangelism class. I had to think fast. I taught Jairus' daughter with flannelgraph and thought I would have to stop several times and turn it over to Grace, but some- how I got through it. What's more mir- aculous, they understood what I said. There's nothing more gratifying in learn- ing a new language, than to know you're being understood. At Basti is the Thomson Memorial Boys Home. There are thirty-one boys ranging in ages from five or six to sixteen. Some of them are orphans, and most of them don't know anything about their families. The small ones are so thin and tiny. Al- though they get good food here, and enough of it, they still don't put on much weight. They must have had a very bad start in life. I wish you could hear them sing. It would just thrill you, as it did us the first time we heard them. 'I'hey sing many of the hymns and gospel songs we use at home. 'I'hey have regular Sun- day School classes and prayer meetings. Of a young couple's wedding she wrote: Grace, the bride, has asked me to sing and play. I'rn also in charge of icing the cakes, including the wedding cake. This is something I haven't done much of, I mean icing and decorating a wedding cake -other cakes aren't so particular. This will be a very happy event and is really exciting inulndia. It is so different from at home- all the preparation is so diifer- ent- we have to do without so many things. However, I'm sure their wedding will be very nice. We feel a new responsibility and chal- lenge laid upon us in this new location. Do pray that the Lord will daily Ht us for the task of serving Him in this place. Bunn-Murphy ' Miss Barbara Bunn, College librarian from 1948 to 1950, and Howard Murphy of the class of 1950, were married in North Kansas City on January 1. Howard has been attending William Jewell College the last two years, and Mrs. Murphy has been employed in the city. Congratula- tions and best wishes. SPECIAL GIFTS Several unusual gifts have come to the College recently. Mr. Norman of Herring- ton, Kansas, the father of Charles Nor- man, who is a K.C.B.C. student, presented a whole beef which he had raised for us. A new 4 drawer file cabinet, given by a friend, already has proved a great help in the business office. Join the College family on the DAY OF PRAYER A Tuesday, February 6, 1952

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PAGE TWO THE COMMENTATOR, Christian ministers are constantly meeting people who have troubled minds. Satan is so busy tormenting God's own with dis- tressing thoughts and pointing his accusing fingers at them that he makes them think they themselves are respon- sible for their thoughts and that there is no help in God. Behind many a smiling face there is a heavy heart and a mind filled with dismal thoughts. One only has to preach on the subject of peace of mind to have many come to him at the close of the service and unburden the heart. Re- cently an article came to my attention written by D.. W. Griffin, which appeared in the World Conquest magazine the issue of November-December, 1950, and it bears repeating here: Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. Prov- erbs 16:3. Be 'ye transformed by the 're- newing of -your mind. Romans 12:2. The mind has been likened to the room of a house where visitors are entertained. All visitors to one's threefold being come in through the mind, entering the mind first, then dropping down in to the spirit to' take rest, then possessing the whole man. Thoughts are bold and daring things, strong and persistent. Like armed men they force themselves into the mind. They come in a thousand ways- sometimes singly, other times in droves. Some wait at the door of the mind and push and crowd to get in while the room is full. They keep up the din and chatter, strain- ing the nerves and chilling the heart. Fear dashes into the mind to capture and hold one -fast. A thought knocks at the door of the mind, is admitted and entertained. Pas- sion follows and is considered awhile, then it possesses the whole being and leads to sin and shame. Anxiety and nervousness appear and drive off rest and keep one sleepless all night for nothing. Doubt, as full of death as hell itself, is let in and consulted with, and blows out every light and fills the room with darkness. Trouble, many-faced, many-handed, big and squat- ty, will fill the mind and stay all day, and return in the morning by the time you open your eyes. Cares, weighing a thou- sand pounds each, come to unload in the room. Old Self, under God's judgment and re- fusing to die, wants to stay on hand all the time. It has a ready sword of pro- tection and pitying attendants with fans and camphor bottles in case it is hit or wound- ed or slighted or knocked down. It wants the best chair in the mind and the most attention, notwithstanding it is the most unwholesome visitor there. It has been deposed of God and is under His ever- lasting curse, and yet it constantly lurks about. And friends and foes and husbands and wives and children, and tomorrow, and houses and lands, and the work on hand of whatever nature, and what was and The Mind Under the Blood By Dr. Robert H. Belton Executive Vice President, K. C. Bible College what is to be, and this and that and the other, real and imaginary, and demon im- pressions and suggestions, and the thoughts of friends and foes toward you, coming to you in deams and while awake as swift as messengers- all these things in the dif- ferent shapes and sizes and sounds will harass and possess and occupy and claim all the attention of the mind possible, if allowed. Thousands are in the grave and the rnadhouse, and other thousands are in physical torments and sickness because of the mind thus occupied. And many hon- est souls are craving deliverance. How is it to be found? These visitors cannot be humanly driven off. They are too many and too strong and too smart for us. They have no shame nor feeling. Kick them out and they are right back. Lock the door and they every one have a mas- ter key. But thank God there is a way of de- liverance from these tormenting thoughts, spirits, and things. And that way is through the precious blood of the Lamb of God once slain. When my eyes opened from sleep, there thoughts of past, present, and fixture trouble would be on hand to torment me. They had made an early start and would come trooping in. I was helpless. know- ing not what to do with them. Then the Lord showed me that door in Egypt with the blood sprinkled over and around it CEX. 12:21-243, into which no evil, tor- menting spirit could come. I saw that I was just simply to be willing to commit my mind unto Him in helplessness and then to claim and believe and see the blood of Christ over and around it just like that door, that room in Egypt. It was a new and blessed thought to me, and I obeyed. The old troublemakers came again, and I said, The blood is over the door. The world is dead to me, and I am dead to the world. You cannot enter under the blood. They backed off. Again' and again they would come, but I simply point- ed to the blood over the door, that is, the mind. I thought on the blood whenever they came, and soon their power was gone, and they ceased their visitations. My tor- ments ceased, and my mind had rest, as I committed all to God and thought on the blood. The spotless Lamb of God has shed His most precious blood for you, to cleanse and cover and free and keep you, not only from sin and sickness. but from torments and distractions in the mind as well. The blood is our one safety. Not a death- dealing, tormenting, fearful visitor could enter the room that night in Egypt where the blood was on the door. And dear, tormented soul, a thousandfold more real and powerful than the blood of that little lamb is the precious blood of the Lamb of God. See by faith His blood sprinkled over the mind, the door to your being, and when these things appear and knock for attention, throw up your hands, helpless soul, and point them to the blood on the door. By faith put death between them and you. Consent to your death in that blood and take your place definitely and continually under its protection. Say to thoughts and all hindering visi- tors, to the mind's distractions from Go and peace, I am dead to you, and you ar dead to me. Say it in faithg say it ove and overg say it persistently. Believe tha the blood is on the door of your mind an that it is protecting you as God said i would. Dr. Griffin's article reminds us of Paul' words about the peace of God which pas sed all understanding, guarding the hea and the thoughts through Christ Jesus There is nothing to surpass God's peace nothing can equal it, and that peace is th heritage of every Christian who will com mit his way unto the Lord and trust ' Him. JESUS IS HERE CThese 'verses penned by an unname missionary bring to as at home some ap preciation of the difficulties of those wh are newly a'r'ri1Jed on a mission field. Ma it convict us if we have become cliscour aged in the place 'where He has called us. Out where the loneliness presses aroun me, Looking on sights that are sordid an drear, Strangely abiding- yet surely God calle me, Why do I wonder it Jesus is here? Strangeness of living and strangeness o people, Have I not come with the gospel of cheer Why is my heart, then, depressed with i burden? Isn't my Comrade, my Jesus, out here? God! Teach me quickly to do withou friendships, How to let go of those things that wer dear, How to be rid of this self that is bind ing me, Surely, my Master, my Jesus, is here. He who is God took the form of a servan Humbled Himself unto death without fea Lonely, forsaken, despised, and rejecte My blessed Saviour, my Jesus, came her Wilt Thou forgive me for failure in servin Heartache, depression, regrets disappear, Born of the Cross, a new courage infills me Jesus, my Victory, my Life, is now her THE COMMENTATOR FEBRUARY, 1952 Volume 14, Number 2 Dr. Walter L. Wilson. Editor Grace T. Belton. Associate Editor Ona E. Woodward, Circulation Manager Price, single subscription. 75 cents a year: Canada and foreign. 85 cents. Two or more subscriptions, 50 cents each: Canada and foreign 60 cents. Published monthly by The Kansas City Bible College P.O. Box 7035, Country Club Station Kansas City 2'. Mo. School location: 75th 8: State Line Road Entered as a second-class matter June 26. 19 at the Post Office at Kansas City. Mo. und the Act of March 3. 1879.

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PAGE Form TI-IE COMMENTATOR Jamaican Proverbs By Mrs. Leonard H. Bewick In our twenty-five years spent in mis- sionary work in Jamaica, British West In- dies, we learned to love and to appreciate the thousands of proverbs that are in con- stant use, particularly with the peasant class of that island. There is perhaps no race of people on earth that have been more misunderstood, misrepresented, and more oppressed than the black race. Out of their unfortunate experiences the negroes have developed a philosophyall their own, which they ex- press with their proverbial sayings. As we examine a few of the best known, I trust we shall understand the people a little better and learn something from em. A word should be said about their dia- lect. It is essentially English, but through the years the native misuse of the lan- guage has been built into a colloquial tongue which seems strange indeed to the white man. All pronouns in the first person are me, and all in the third person are him, regardless of gender. Each prov- erb will be quoted in the native dialect and translated. Rock tone a ribber bottom doan know that rock tone on the road side feel. A rock Qstoneb on the 'river bottom cloesn t know how a rock on the roadside feels. It is difficult, if not impossible, for per- sons in one set of circumstances to under- stand the feelings of others in a wholly different set of circumstances- for the rich to understand the feelings of the poor, the well the sufferings of the sick, and so on. The beautiful force of this is brought out when we remember the tropical climate andupicture the stone at the bottom of the river in its cool, restful, undisturbed posi- tion. The stone of the road is exposed to the dust, glare, and heat of the burning sun and is kicked about and run over a hundred times a day. This proverb teaches us the beauty of sympathy. Donkey say, De worl no lebel. The don- key says, The world is not level. None can say this with more feeling than the poor little beast of burden as it wends its way up and down the mountain trails of that lovely island. This is the negro's way of expressing that things are unequal in this world. Some things can never be equal for all because people are different, but some things are not equal to the black man that ought to be- equality of privi- lege, opportunity, and justice. The ass as he draws his load, in the hampers on his back, finds the world is not levelg there are ups and downs in life. Horse doan business at bull fight. The horse has no business being at a bull fight. 'This is a lesson to the young to keep out of undesirable company and also for all of us to mind our own business. Imagine a horse at a bull fight, and you will see the humor of this proverb. When foul drink water him lif him head and say, Thank God, thank God! but when man drink him say nuttin. When a bird drinks water, he lifts his head and says, Thank God, thank God! but when 'man drinks, he says nothing. Ingratitude, too, has its proverbial rebuke in this saying. When black man tief him half a bit: when white man tief him tief whole estate. When a black man steals, he steals five centsg when a white man steals, he steals a whole estate. The pilfering propensities of the black race have often been the sub- ject of the white man's jest. The above is a powerful reply. In other words the black man pilfers while the white man steals wholesale. When trouble ketch goat him find him masse yard. When a. goat gets into trouble, he looks for his rnaster's yard. Goats are very plentiful in Jamaica, and they will frequently break a rope to get away. If one finds good feeding, it may be away for several days: but should it meet with bad treatment or misfortune of any kind, it will lose no time in returning home. This is their way of expressing the wonderful truth told us in the story of the Prodigal Son. The wayward one comes back to his father when he needs help. Mas. LEONARD H. Bswrcx Sickness take horse ride come but him take walk toot go away. Sickness rides a horse when it comes, but it goes away on foot. The suddenness and facility with which evil may come and the d.iHiculty of remedying it are well expressed here. How quickly it comes: how slowly it goes away. A character it has taken years to form may be blighted in a moment. If fish come from ribber an tell you alli- gator have belly ache believe him. If a fish comes from the river and tells you that the alligator has a bellyache, believe him. The wisdom of learning from other people's experiences and of paying heed to what we are told by those who are older is strikingly put forth here. In other words don't insist on testing everything for your- self, but be willing to learn from others. When you see your neighbor's beard ketch fire wet fe you. When you see your neigh- bofs beard on fire, wet your own. When you see people around you being attacked by disease, start using protective measures, rather than waiting until you are sick to get treatment. When evil befalls some- one else, just make sure the same thing does not happen to you. Fire dey a mus-mus tail, him tink say it a cool breeze. When a 'mouse's tail catch- es fire, he thinks it is a cool breeze. This may be construed to mean that one may get so accustomed to evils around him that he sometimes allows himself to be lulled into a sense of false security. Dog say pig mouth long because he can't see fe him own. The dog says the pig's smut is long because he can't see his own. Our Scotch friends would perhaps state the same meaning in these words: O wad some Power the giftie gie 115 To see oursels as ithers see us! And now comes the timely advice to keep out of family quarrels: When you see family bickel you no fe take sides but say to one, Don't do so, and to the other, Don't do so, becausin awhen dey mek it up you will lef in a it. When you see a. family quarrel, you must not take sides, but you must say to each, Don't do that,', because after they have made up, they will still have a quarrel against you. When peace reigns again in the home, each will remember what you said against the other, unless oil has been poured on the troubled waters by the gentle, Don't do so. This is human wisdom of the Jamaican peasants- will you not pray that Christ, who is the wisdom of God may be all in all to them? THE GATES OF ZION Psalm 24:7-9 1. The Sheep Gate- Nehemiah 3:1 'I'he Gate of Sacrifice 2. The Fish Gate- Nehemiah 3:3 The Gate of Soul-winning 3. The Old Gate- Nehemiah 3:6 The Gate of Sound Doctrine 4. The Valley Gate- Nehemiah 3:13 The Gate of Humility 5. The Dung Gate- Nehemiah 3:14 The Gate of Separation 6. The Fountain Gate- Nehemiah 3:15 The Gate of Thanksgiving 7. The Water Gate- Nehemiah 3:26 The Gate of Bible Study 8. The Horse Gate- Nehemiah 3:28 The Gate of Conquest 9. The East Gate- Nehemiah 3:29 The Gate of Hope 10. The Assembly Gate CMiphkadl- Nehemiah 3:3 The Gate of Reconciliation 11. The Ephraim Gate- Nehemiah 8:16 The Gate of Fruittulness 12. The Prison Gate- Nehemiah 12:39 The Gate of Judgment -The Clario The A sermon is strong only when it is pow erful to produce the effect for which sermon is made. If the great end of sermon is to arouse a man to hate ' sins, and to see in Christ a divine Saviour and so awaken him as to cause him to im mediately accept Christ and find forgive ness, then that sermon is a strong sermo which brings about that result, and th man who attempts to do it in any othe way and fails, has preached a weak ser mon, no mater how scholarly nor ho splendid its rhetoric, nor how profound i thought, nor how dignified its delivery Sermons are strong that pull down th works of the devil and capture sinners fo Jesus Christ. Aim in Gospel Preaching