Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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A CDultiplicd (Dirt is try N INETEEN centuries ago there walked in the Land of Palestine a Man who was God incarnate. As He journeyed to and fro, He looked upon the multitudes with compas¬ sion f or He saw them as sheep without a Shepherd. But He was limited in His earthly min¬ istry } and in order that His Gospel might reach out to this perishing people, He called together twelve whom He trained and sent out that that ministry might he multiplied. A third of a century ago, God spoke to the heart of one of His servants, our superin¬ tendent, and into the heart of this man of God came a vision of souls without Christ and a longing to increase his ministry. First came the thought of conducting a Bible class in the church, and to this end a letter, the facsimile of which appears below, was sent to a number of his friends and church members. Two years later saw the opening of the Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School in a small room in the First Baptist Church with seven students. In 1904 it was found necessary to move the classes to the adjacent building, Number Six on South Eleventh Street, which was purchased for that purpose. That same year in June the first commencement exer¬ cises were held, with one graduate. The present building, Jackson Hall, and the three dormitories on Harmon Place, in addi¬ tion to the original building, are occupied by three hundred students, and the graduating class of this year numbers forty-three. The increased ministry which Dr. Riley desired has been realized, for in every continent of the world, as well as in every part of the homeland, are to be found servants of Christ who received their training in the Northwestern Bible School. UlUIr ijdioftU fifflt gMpitai e:ijurcl|. U11 ■ mciiirpIlT ' , lUinn,. ;iov.”2nt! h l r , J 0 J ' . Brother:- I billeva tlv I the most importr.r.L -work which ruxb d-• -ir in.:r. onr t Mention in the First Baptist Church ia the study of thxt Vterd of tfod- =hd to thin ond c 3itU$ Cl: s is proposal to b.j conducted by the cslatent Factor, illitm Francis,each TudscWy evenifiE nt eight o clock ln which will. b- studied- What the Sible Top.clien „ the object baing - to batter qualify the nenbLtrE for work in ell dap rt- msnts of Church life This Cltian 111 bs limited to those J ' bo cr Interest“d ir. its purpose- and believing that, you ar? or.a of thsso I Invita yo’J to meet us in the church parlors r. xt Tuesday ovanirif;,4t to ootteiflsr definitely the or -nii; t ion of cnoh c cltas . Youra sincerely, hie. by Page Twcnty-otie

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Dhe 13031 01 of Directors 0 r Stokers We give thanks always for the love and devotion oul- Board of Directors has constantly manifested in its efficient guidance of the destinies of our school. Their splendid efforts, under Dr, Riley ' s leadership, have given us our school that so amply equips for Christian service. Page Twenty

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first ‘Baptist Church Above the turmoil oj the throng. The toil, the sin, the noise, the strife, Where hearts grow faint, and souls may long To etui the emptiness of life; Up, where the whirling, swirling elouds Of dust and smoke that fill the air Are blown apart like trailing veils, We took, and jiy thee standing there . The sweep of arch, the strength of stone, The spire, whose finger heavenward points To God eternal, Who alone Gives peace, and weary hearts anoints — A sitent witness to the world That daily past thy doors has trod, For in thy stalwart walls we see A temple holy unto God. Among the gems of memory That fill the heart ' s great treasure chest Are thoughts of thee, O church, that through The years hast firmly stood Time ' s test, Because from thee God ' s holy Word Hath been proclaimed throughout thy days, 0 earthly guardian of our school. We honor thee and give thee praise. Page Twenty-t n o