Lancaster Bible College - Ichthus Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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E. BERYL HAMPTON “He that winneth souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:30. Because there are thousands of children who have never heard of the love of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the salvation that there is in Him, may it be a challenge to your heart to include boys and girls in your soul winning. How wise it is to win to Christ those who have their entire lives to live for Him! Remember -- two-thirds of America’s children do not go to Sunday School! May the constraining love of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit in your life, result in a fruitful ministry--especially among the children. HAROLD R. LEHMAN In a time when the de-Christianizing of public education is all but complete and the materialistic philosophy of a secular education colors the thinking of all young people who necessarily, although perhaps unwittingly, become its products, what a joy it is to be able to teach every subject from a CHRISTIAN standpoint in a CHRISTIAN school! All classes, even those in the field of music, take on added beauty and significance when taught by a CHRISTIAN teacher in an atmosphere of spiritual discernment. Of a truth learning begins with God and He has given us our Lord Jesus who of God is made unto us WISDOM.... ” J. DAVID HARRISON Our Lord’s command to evangelize the world can never be considered as having been completely obeyed until the world has been completely evangelized. It is obvious that this is the duty of every Church and every individual Christian. That Christians at large are ignoring this command in no way affects the com¬ mand. Rather it exposes the unfaithfulness of the person who ignores it. There are numerous parts to the missionary enterprise--going, sending, helping, praying, giving-- all necessary in obeying the command. Seriously, which is your part? OSCAR M. KRAYBILL It has been a great privilege during the years to be able in a small way to share in the task of helping young people to form those convictions that will enable them to stand true in hard places as they go out into active ministry at home or abroad. We have many times felt like Paul when he said, “Who is sufficient for these things?” But then we have remembered that he also said, “Our sufficiency is of God.” II Corin¬ thians 2:16; 3:5. Our counsel to each student is Titus 2:7, “In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works, in doctrine, uncorruptness, etc!”

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VIRGINIA R. BRUBAKER Ever since the day when Moses and Miriam led the children of Israel in singing praises to Jehovah, music has been ultimately linked with Christian worship. Today the field of musical ministry in the church is a challenging one--a field wide open to the person with sound training. Since the Lord deserves the best, we are determined, by God’s grace, to offer the best possible training to our students. We desire that they will go out from us well prepared to meet the de¬ mands of the musical profession, but above all, to be an honor to the Christ they serve. 7 a u ' ? it f l t y CLARKE E. BURKHALTER I was led to accept Christ as my personal Saviour as a result of a statement made to me by my mother when I was near my fourteenth year. A Sunday School teacher in the Intermediate class also had a great influence on my life. 1 received my call to the ministry in the fall of 1938. In 1948, I resigned my church to work among Jews. My aim in teaching is to exalt Christ, and es¬ pecially, to equip those whom God has called for effective witness to Israel. Students, “Make God’s will the aim for your life and leave the consequences to Him.” GRACE E. DOAN “And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. From the earliest time song has been an expression of emotion. There have been songs of heartache and sorrow; songs of gaiety and mirth, of work and of play. But for the Christian there are songs of deliverance and joy; joy of salvation and of service. Our aim in teaching the music classes is to equip the students with knowledge which will enable them to serve the Lord in a greater capacity; that they may say with the song writer “There is joy in serving Jesus which never shall depart.” STUART P. GARVER “Be in earnest to set yourself before God is a description of the “good part” for which Christ com¬ mended Mary, the sister of Martha. She “sat also” at His feet “and heard His Word. ” This is much more than occupying a position be¬ fore Him. It is typical of the whole bent of one’s mind as the Holy Spirit opens his understanding of the Scriptures. It is taking heed to one’s DISPOSITION. Will our earnestness TO KNOW His Word carry over into the willingness TO DO what He commands? Such earnestness of purpose alone makes us “workmen that need not to be ashamed.” 10

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WILLIAM J. RANDOLPH In studying and ministering I have found two prin¬ ciple lessons to be learned by every student of God’s Word. First of all, he will find that his study will have a more effective application in his ministry if it has first found a personal application in his own life. Secondly, that many snares, heartaches can be spared the servant of God, if his problems and con¬ troversies are approached in the light of God’s OVERALL purpose in the whole body of Christ and that “He worketh all things ... to the end that we should be unto the praise of His glory.” CHARLES F. PFEIFFER During your Bible School days you have not only learned rich truths from God’s Word, but also you have had your mental and spiritual horizons widened in the realization that there is yet much ground to possess. Do not be content to simply repeat those lessons which you have learned, but rather build on the foundation of the truth in which you have been instructed. As you press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” re¬ member the divine injunction: “Prove all things: hold fast that which is good.” HARRY C. MARK It has been my aim in teaching to help the student to think creatively and to stimulate his hunger for a greater und erstanding of God’s marvelous revelation; also to increase his comprehension of the sublimity and sacredness of his calling to the Christian ministry. If there is one bit of advice that I might pass on to the students which is more important than any other it is to develop good study habits and to continue these habits all through life. On the tomb of that great his¬ torian John Richard Green is carved the inscription, He died learning. ” RICHARD D. MOHN Where is the man who never to himself has said, “Why am I here? What is my purpose? What is this all about?” Even the most devoted Christian is tempted with these questions at times. The Psalmist answers these for us in a glorious song of praise and thanksgiving. Yes, you and I are here in this confused, mixed up world to bear testimony unto the Lord. Yours is the most glorious calling a man can have; to be a living testimony for Him and to witness for Him among your fellow man. May God bless you and guide you all the days of your life.