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

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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

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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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TI-IE COMMIENTATOR .PAGE Captain Robert Wins A Wctory UESTI0' i v ox I Child Evangelism Instructor PREPARATION baby and torn book and later Robert standing as in the first scene.J Many of BY Mrs. D. E. Wisner All the action of this story may be shown against a single background. Any living room scene including a door and window may be used. The Bgures are: Robert, about 8 or 10 years of age, with his face pressed against a window: Motherg Robert facing Mother, two hands with fingers opened out: two eyesg two ears: a mouth showing tongue, baby Carol sitting on the floor: a book with torn pagesg an appleg and Father with hand at salute. These figures may be found in magazines or may be sketched on construction paper. They should be backed with outing flannel and cut out. PRESENTATION Robert was kept indoors by a severe cold. As he Battened his nose against the window pane, he sw a company of soldiers marching by. lShoW Robert at Windowj He was fascinated by their uniforms and the way they kept step. He watched un- til the last man disappeared around the corner. Then he turned to his mother with a sigh. CRemove figure of Robert at window and place Robert and Mother fac- ing each other.j I would like to be a soldier, he said. Very well, said his mother. Then I would be. Robert stared at her a few minutes, won- dering whatever she could mean. Then he said, Would be what? Why, a soldier. Isn't that what you said you wanted to be? b ':,Yes, Mother, but- well, how could I e. e Oh, that's easy enough- that is, if you put your mind to it. A soldier's life is never an easy one, of course. But, Mother, I don't know what you mean. You don't? Have you forgotten the verse we talked about so long, that tells us that he that ruleth his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city CProv. 16:32J ? It takes real soldier-like Hghting to rule a spirit, I tell you. Oh, said Robert as he once more flattened his nose against the pane while he thought about what his mother had said. But, Mother, I didn't mean that kind. I would like to be a captain and have soldiers under me. Nothing easier, said his mother. There are your ten fingers, and your eyes, and your ears, and that troublesome tongue that hates to obey. CPlace each figure be- tween Robert and Mother as mentioned.J I'm sure you will have soldiers enough to control. I pity any captain who has more troublesome ones. Robert stood a good while thinking about what his mother had said. Then he de- cided that he would be a captain at once and that his soldiers should obey per- fectly. He wondered what orders he would have to give them irst. Poor Robert! In less than ten minutes he knew. CRemove all figuresb When he went to read his new adven- ture book he had received for his birth- day, he found that baby Carol had been there before him. CPlace figures of the the pages were torn out, and some of the best pictures torn into pieces. Oh, how angry was Captain Robert! He wanted to run after Carol and slap her naughty fingers. She was almost two years old and ought to know better. He wanted to cry out with angry voice that Carol be spanked. He wanted to bury his face i.n the sofa cushions and cry aloud. Why did he do none of these things? Because he remembered in time that he was a cap- tain and had soldiers that must obey. lrnleh KE ' N1 1 , - ,. fa-tv'- -r Halt! he said to his feet, as they were about to rush at little sister. Stop! he commanded his eyes, as the tears began to rush to them, and back went all the tears except one little straggler that rolled down his nose and was instantly wiped out of existence. In short, Robert proved himself a good captain, for that time at least. He even sent his feet out for a rosy-cheeked apple for Carol. fRemove the book and place the apple beside the baby.J Then he bade his arms give her a loving hug, which they immediately did. CRemove all figures except Robert.J Mother found out about Robert's victory and reported it to Father when he came home. Father gave Robert a snappy sa- lute. CPlace figure of Father before Ro- bertj Captain Robert, I am proud to sa- lute you. I hear you have fought a battle and won a victory today. Robert was very happy, but he knew that he could never have won that battle alone. At each step he had to call on his Com- mander-in-chief for help. You see Robert was a Christian boy, he had a wonderful Saviour living in his heart, and he could call on Hi.m for help in time of need. APPLICATION Would you like to be a captain and rule over your soldiers: hands, feet, eyes, ears, and tongue? Then you had better ask the Lord Jesus to come into your heart and cleanse it from sin. He will gladly do this for you because He died to pay the penal- ty for all your sins and He longs to come into your heart and save you from them. Then you can look to Him every moment of every day to give you the victory over every one of these troublesome soldiers. This little story is taken from The Shcmty- man, and is used by permission of the pub- lishers in Toronto. Canada. Greatness is a two-faced coin, and its reverse is humility. A 'man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back to the crowd By Rev. Wade K. Ramsey Dean, Kansas City Bible College . In this column Mr. Ramsey will be r glad to answer questions sent in by our readers which concern Bible in- - terpretation or application and are of general interest. -Editor QUESTIONI Why was Moses told to smite the rock for water in Exodus 17: 6 but only. to speak to the 'rock in Numbers 2018? ANSWER: The rock, as I Corinthians 10Z3, tells us, was symbolic of Christg the smit-' ing of it, therefore, typified the smiting of Christ upon the cross for our sins.. In symbol God was saying to the peo- ple that only through the crucified One, the smitten One, can a person have the water of life. Thus in Exodus 17:6 He commands Moses to smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people 'may drink. But in Numbers 20:8 He says, Speak ye unto the rock before their eyesg and it shall 'give forth his water. The reason for this is that since the rock symbolizes Christ, it needs to be smitten but once, for Christ was crucified but once. His own offering was abundantly sufficient to save unto the uttermost all that come unto God by I-Iim. We read also in Hebrews 10:12,f But this man, after he had offered one' sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God. Then in verse 14 of the same chapter, For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. After Christ was smitten at Calvary, all we need to do is to turn to Him by faith and request the water of life. Consequently, when Moses smote the rock the second time, he disobeyed God and marred the significance of the type. Therefore, God punished him by refusing to allow him to bring the children of Israel into the land of promise. QUEs'r1oN: What is the nature of the sin of Nadab and Abihu which caused their instant death by the hand of God? ANSWER! Nadab and Abihu were the sons of Aaron, their sin was the offering of strange fire before the Lord, a sin in holy things. Such sins seem to he the most heinous in the sight of God. At any rate, His judgment upon them is often instant and direct. It is instructive to note that in every instance in the Bible where God intervenes and directly takes life as a judgment, it is because of sins in holy matters. Beside the example be-. fore us, there are several other similar instances. There is the case of Korah and Dathan and Abiram who tried to set up a new priestly order, not only without divine order, but in direct op-- position to the order God had already setr up. Their swift and horrible fate ish recorded in Numbers 16:32-35, And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed: QCo'n.tinued on Page 7D I