North Central University - Archive Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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013m challenge of the iaarhest The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Math. 9:3 7. RICHARD the Lion-hearted, king of Merrie England, had taken the Sign of the Crosse, an oath that superseded and transcended alle others, and he had ledde an army of lords, knights, squires, and priests on a mightie crusade to the Holy City. Marching across Europe, they hadde suffered manie hardships and privations. At last they came to a deepe, surging stream. There was no bridge to crosse, and it was far too deep for fording. The question How shall we reache the other sydePii perplexed the mind of every man. Then quothe King Richard, Men of England, we must needs build rafts withe whiche to ryde over yonder river? Ah, yes, my goode Sirefi spake his chief knighte, thy plan is most excellent, but thy armies are composed of lords, knights, and priests. The labouring men are few? Then in keeping with his name the Lion-Hearted in hot anger cried, iiLabourers few, hey? Ha! Methinks when I have done with them, shaved pates, buffoons, they Will be labouring men? and turning to the forreste, he shouted, Before us is ye timbre! Let us build! So under the stern, driving fist of Richard the nobles learned to labor and to build. The rafts were completed, the river crossed, and the march to Zion continued. In the Gospel of St. Matthew t9z27i we find the words of our texte. The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few? Christ during alle His earthlie ministry was ever wont to preache and teache with story, parable, and object lesson, makinge His point cleare and easily understood by those Who heard. Ah, yes, the harvest truly was plenteous-the riche, ripe fields of yellow grain stood rounde about Him as he hurled the challenge to His disciples. They could understand and see that the grain was rype and the reapers few. But it was not alone that immediate crop of whiche Christ spake. He referred to the greate, milling, thronging multitudes of humanity on everye hand, who needed and would need for many ages, His Gospel story, yea, His words of life. Crowds of humanity in everye walk and marte who know not God and who never tasted love divine are still challenging us today. They are plenteous indeed, and the Master still calls for workmen. Modern society hath given us a warped, badly twisted standard of idealism, seeking to depict the labourer as a dull, dumb, stupid ox with no interest in life beyonde a crust to eat and a place to sleep. But this is not the laborer Christ is callinge. His first disciples were fishermen and shepherds, but, Hallelujah! they became such saints and evangelists as the world has never since behelde. The Master is callinge today, as then, for men with keene minds that can be trained for His work, with tender hearts filled with love, and for those who are willing to suffer, sacrifice, and labor without stint for Him, yes, labor for Him far out in some quiet, sequestered corner of the field and amid the country folk where back-bending, sweating, real work may be required. He called John Alexander, one of the idle rich of Park Avenue, to a field of Chris- tian endeavor among the helpless lepers, lepers on a lonely island. When asked after many years of effort, if he were not lonely so far from alle his friends, Alexander answered, iiNo, I am not lonely. Christ, who redeemed me and called me to serve Him, is ever withe me, my greatest friend, my help, my strengthe, my comforter? Christ, the laborer of Nazareth, the Galilean carpenter, the Builder of lyfe divine, the Master workman of the race, the Saviour of alle, calls for such companions. He needs you and me, For the harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few? IX

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REV. FRANK J. LINDQUIST Doctrine and Divine Healing hearing ant the heart wHAT do ye Scriptures saye concerninge Physicians and medicines? What was Paul,s theme in the flesh? How can we appropriate healing? So few Christians have in their minds a settled answer to questions suche as these. Northe Central Bible Instytute proves itself to be a doctrinally established schoole by offering a complete course in Divine Healing, which occupieth so prominent a place in the Fulle Gospel creede. Reverend F. J. Lindquist, ye instructor in this departmente, measures up to the wordes of Humphrey, True wysdom is to know whate is beste worthe knowinge, and to do what is best worthe doing? He teacheth, not one narrowe viewe, but alle ye prevailing theories. Frome these the classes gleane that whiche is most Scriptural, reason- able, and logicalle. Divine Healing is an experimental as well as theoretical study at N. C. B. I., for manie students testihe that God has healed them duringe their Bible Schoole attendance. Doctrine, which also is taughte by Reverend Mr. Lindquist, requireth, perhaps, more intensive thoughte and study than any other subject. Ye deepest themes of the Bible are thoroughly discussed. The maine topics in Junior Doctrine include the attrybutes and offyces of God and the proofe of the Deity of Christ, while Senior worke delves into suche themes as Salvation, Sanctification, Adoption, and a number of others. Mr. Lindquist is the Presidcnte and Deane of the schoole. As the former, his posi- tion is in relation to the entire instytution of whiche he has generalle supervysion. As Deane, he acts as adviser to the younge men, and speciale permyssions are granted by him. N. C. B. I. is fortunate in having one with the spiritual insight and businesse ability that our Presidente possesseth. His teachinge marks him as a deep studente of the Worde. X