Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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KWi lifliHBHPloi One thing that rejoices our hearts is the knowledge that the influence of our school is reaching out to the uttermost parts of the earth, and it is multi [dying itself in similar schools. The Bible Institute of Los Angeles was founded and is now superintended by T. C. Horton, who was a teacher here Two members of their original faculty. Dr 11addon and Dr, Sanunis, were also formerly on our teaching stall Miss Alice Brethorst, a Northwestern graduate, lias built up a line school in western China under the Methodist board. Miss Webb, who was also one of our students, has founded a non-denominalional school in India. .Miss Evalyn Camp is second in position in a great Bible school in Osaka. Japan, conducted by the Baptist Board. Miss Hilda Laiblc was one of the founders of a boys 1 school at Elot, West Africa, under the Presbyterian Board, and Miss Jane Olson has just opened a girls’ school in India under the Bhcd Mission. The Northwestern Bible S chool was started in prayer; God has blessed it in answer to prayer, and we expect even greater things in the future because ii is founded on the Solid Rock, Christ Jesus, which cannot jail. Chapel Where First Classes Held 15

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At about this time Dr. Riley began his continent¬ wide work as leader of the great Christian Funda¬ mentals Movement. Mr. Phillpotts intensive organ¬ ization work and the publicity given to the School by Dr. Riley’s travels have meant much, and it lias grown rapidly. Today the enrollment is one hun¬ dred and forty-three; the Faculty has grown until it now numbers sixteen ; the work has been increased from a two year to a three year course, and the standard of the School has been raised to a high point of efficiency. Although the School lias grown, its aim is still the same—that of teaching young men and women the Word of Cod so that they may be equipped to First Baptist Ciiukcii go out into Christian service, and especially that they may point others to Jesus Christ, the “ ' Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world A Not only does the Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School teach the Word of God, but it teaches that the Bible is the Word of God. We are taught that “holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost and we believe that “all Scripture is given by inspiration of God A No teacher is allowed in the School who does not believe in the virgin birth of our Lord, His deity. His sacrificial death, His resurrection, and His ascension; and it is a blessing to us to listen to the men of God on our Faculty who unfold these precious truths and the blessed hope that Jesus Christ is coming again to receive us unto 1 Iimsel f. The School is interdenominational. There are at present fourteen denomina¬ tions represented in the student body, and five in the Faculty. ' Flic students go out under the different boards to the foreign fields, and they are working in every evangelical denomination in our own lanch The Northwestern is not an endowed institution, and it is not our wish that it ever should be. It is supported by the voluntary contributions of those who are interested in the work. We believe that as long as we have the approval of God, He will sec that its needs are supplied. 14

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THE COURSE OF STUDY T HROUGHOUT all ages there has been a universal need for thorough, sane, dear-minded, level-headed teachers and preachers of the Word of God, The course of study of the N. W. B. S is designed in such a way as to give the students enrolled a synthetic and analytical study of the English Bible. The Bible is so divided that during the three years, instruction in every Book under able teachers is given, while the other studies of the curriculum do their part to make the student a well-rounded Christian worker The great doctrines of Scripture are taught by a competent instructor. Church History gives a background and enlightening information of die times through which the Church has come and is now passing. English, Public Speaking, Homiletics, and Parliamentary Law arc also subjects which arc given due attention, for it is realized that the Christian leader must be thoroughly equipped to meet the man of today on his own ground. These studies are so compiled that the student will have a clear knowledge of the written and spoken language The fundamentals of Homiletics as well as the opportunity to prepare sermons and preach them before the student body, equip him for effective preaching, while the course in Parliamentary Law enables the student to conduct religious business in accordance with the laws of the day. For those who plan to be Pastors or Pastors ' Assistants there is an excep¬ tionally fine course of Pastoral Theology, a study of the Pastor and his problems. The class in Shorthand is also of great value in making efficient workers. Personal work, practical work, and evangelism afford working plans and personal experience in these phases of Christian activity. The Mission class presents to those interested in the foreign field a picture of die conditions and needs of the people of other lands, and creates a desire to carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ across the seas. We are told that music is to the church service what butter is to the bread. Many souls have been won to the Master through the singing of a Gospel song. The course in Music is so arranged that the student can receive an adequate knowledge of sight reading, choir directing, and church music. For those who find it impossible to attend the day classes, night classes are conducted two evenings of every week. Next year a study of New Testament Greek will be added to the course. Many are already planning to join the class. The keenly alert, cl ear-minded student who diligently applies himself to the work offered in this course, can truly be a worker whom the Lord can use in Ills vineyard, even though his previous education may have been limited. “The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth labourers into His harvest,”