Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CDiss CDarie C R. Acomb Out Second Mdte Calm in the midst of the turmoil of the worldj trusting perfectly in the hour of trial and test, maintaining in quiet dignity the deepest friend¬ ship, remaining truly Christian in dealing with every situation—thus, in lowliness of mind and heart, has she shown forth the perfect fulness of a life that fulfills a high calling. Pitge Eighteen

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“And they awake Him , and say unto Him, f Master , MWf TAok W hat a question! “Carest Thou not?” Let the Cross answer, His s!e indifference, it was a sleep of composure. There was no danger for the disciples, for He was with them. When He says, Let us go over ’ we cannot go under. No man ever need despair of reaching his journey’s end, if he has once committed himself to Christ ' s keeping. “Carest Thou not? 1 ' Alas! Alas! Do not we often ask that same question? Ten thousand mercies ought to make the storm an occasion for trusting Him, and yet we doubt. Every cloud, every breath of wind, every wave depresses and terrifies us. We forget that Christ is in the ship, and we cannot perish because He cannot perish. Verse 39« And He arose, and rebuked the wind ? J Maybe this rebuke was more like the rebuke of Peter (Mark 8:33), “Lie rebuked Peter, saying, £ Get thee behind Me, Satan! ' ” Satan is the prince of the power of the air; lie is the prince of this world; he is the god of this age, and in the air, in the world, in the age, he stirs up the storms. This storm was an attempt on the part of the Devil against Him Who came to “destroy the works of the devil.” In the storm that raged at Calvary, Satan went to the limit of his power, and succeeded in getting Christ into the tomb, but, blessed be God, “He arose? 1 He arose for our justification, and we shall never perish. Through His resurrection from the dead the tempest of God’s righteous wrath has been rebuked for every believer. And said unto the sea, c Peace f be still ? And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm “He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still” (Ps 107:29), 11 1 he wind and the waves obey His will” Through the sacrifice of Calvary, where Christ died for our sins, the storm of God’s judgment has been stilled. “Our Heavenly Jonah was cast forth into the sea of sin and suffering, and for us ‘the sea ceased from her raging. 5 May His Peace, be still, ' still be our peace. 11 Now no stormy passion, no stormy temper, no stormy conscience, that He cannot calm. “A great storm,” “a great calm”—the calm of Christ is always as great as the storm of sin. Verse 40. “And He said unto them, why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? ” They were fearful because their faith in Him was faulty. Fear demonstrates tire absence of faith. “Be not afraid, only believe.” “A great storm,” “a great calm”-—and no faith! Perhaps their lack of faith was deeper than we see. Morgan suggests that when they asked, Carest Thou not that we perish,” they were not protesting against Him for being careless that THEY were perishing, but against His lack of concern in view of the fact that they were ALL going to perish. In the we” they included Him? 1 “No faith!” No faith! When there is such an Object of faith! No faith! When there is such great need of faith! No faith! And always men arc so helpless without faith! How the storms of life wear upon us—wc worry, wc fret-—“No faith!” Verse 41. And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another , c wbat manner of man is this? 3 ' Surely they ought to have known Him better. And so should wc. And yet—shall we ever know all that He is to us? Shall wc ever know r all that He does for us? What manner of Man is this? 51 How shall we answer? Words break and fall away. We can only bow r ador- ingly and from full hearts say, “His name shall be called Wonderful? 1 Page Seventeen

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”Ghe Traculty Our Ship’s Officers As one person, the Faculty has united in giving of their very selves for us. Each has had his or her God-given place Because every member has so willingly filled that place, we have been ever conscious that our teach¬ ing came from those who had first obeyed the command, “Learn of Me.” Page Nineteen KGftJQfcTLorwn, JM ri it J. Qua m. M. 3eo$e Kpe r, Dr. 6 arte X PSercc, Reft. James Gl Boston f eftVutLbur Batajck.