Missionary Training Institute - Missionarian Yearbook (Nyack, NY)

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W O Dave Walborn Grace Patterson Laurette Rees Allen Deyo Paul Lilia Joe Stephens Mr. William Younkins Mrs. William Younkins uwe ' all . ni iw? ow eiden N ence ple-X129-SO Ressie Miller Mary Low Russell Eleanor Payne Martha Clayton Ruth Eckert Da I R' ry ing Merrill Smith George Mardonia 9 P- GVJKCE dexatxl XUNS 5:30 394 0 WL -rre052tf4x.OV- tl 910 - x L Planta REPS N owen LPMRE 'n9 Te' K SP0 P TQSQBYSEHN R059 ,ead2 l1 Nllffe EDN GUS MPR 45314 Sgria-QVJLNER ret m,,afeLNE,c V-CRW, PQSX Ps Planx MQ XR P L E DGE D PN x0 551,807.00 Robert Dehn Ruth Lanker James McCaw Betty Dehn Helen Berkner Joe Meacam Doris Seaver Dorothy Huntley Mildred Jenkins Dorothy Stoddard Addison Gay Maxine Donaldson Dennis Grudder Charles Eschenburg Beth Stewart Mrs. Nettie Harvey Robert Pease Sybil Taylor Dorothy McDowell James Yates Mary Bell Marion Geist Robert Wyllie Eula Lindsey Alice Krall AFTER two centuries of missionary work, Africa is still the dark continent. There are seventy million yet unreached with the gospel! The task is a difficult one. The tropical climate is a major offensive drive against the missionaries. The five hundred twenty three distinct languages and three hundred twenty dialects of the numerous races and tribes are tenacious toes which must be conquered to reach our dark skinned neighbors, the Berbers, the Aboriginese, the Arabs of North Africa, the Negroes in the great Sudan, and the Bantus in South Africa. Of every seventy-five persons in Africa, fifty are pagan and twenty-three are Mohammedans, while only two are Christians. The rays of the true gospel light have only begun to dawn, our plea is still, Lord, send reapers. 122

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EUifllllllllE SPRING TERM President .,...,......,..,.... ...,..,.. B RUCE SHELDON Vice President ..,... ......... B ETTY JEAN SPITTLER Treasurer ,v,.,,,,,,,,,,, Curator ................,.. ..., ...... K A THERINE FOSHAG Secretary ,.,,,, Assistant Treasurer., ........... DONA MAE HARDING Curator ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, Prayer Leader ......... ..... ....... EVELYN WALTON Prayer Leader..,,s... Say, some speaker! You'd think he was appeal- ing for his blood relatives! With clearness the stu- dent sees it all, These natives are as close to his heart as his own blood relatives! His consuming desire is to make them spiritual relatives through Christ! What's that? The student senses the fact that beneath the speaker's eagerness, and in spite of the energy of the message, there is, unsuspected and unspoken a weariness crying out for replacement. Beyond the Missionary our student sees the Fig- ure of the Redeemer. The speaking grown dim, the appeal in the voice of the Master more intense. The invitation is giveng he responds with a glad heart to proclaim the unsearchabIe riches in the uttermost pa rts. 121 ...,.-..FRANKLlN IRWIN , .,..., DOUGLAS HERBERT ,.,.,,,.GRANT CROOKS .,.-.-.PAUL CLINGEN Mrs. E. H. Mickelson

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And when I waited for light, there came darkness. JOB 30:26 AFRICA TODAY the dense darkness of Africa's night is being dispelled as the Sun of Rlghteousness rises in the African sky! The rambling jungles of sorcery and witchcraft are being cut away by the Sword of the Spirit. When we see what the new day is bringing forth, oh, how we regret that Africa's night was so long! While the Church sat idly by, Islam made great advances, but faithful bands of consecrated Christian men and women have helped to mine these 'lively stones'. Graves have been filled by those whose lives have been expended in this industry of soul-winning, but the work is not yet finished. Scores of African villages are waiting to receive the Gospel of Light. How much longer they must wait depends upon you and me! Africa today is the land of the Church's opportunity. lf we fail now, that opportunity may be lost--and lost forever! - . GRACE PATTERSON Congress of Bands Speaker 125