Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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A Gribute to ‘Tloi ' th western By a Senior O VER thirty years ago, God in His all-seeing providence, raised up a mighty man of faith to do a great work. Today we are happy and privileged to have him still in our midst, feeling that our own lives are enriched by his noble influence. I refer to Dr. William 13. Riley, the founder and superintendent of our beloved institution. Nor can we claim him entirely as our own, for he is a national figure in ecclesiastical circles, and old and young everywhere lay claim to his affections. We admire him for his stem and uncompromising stand for the truth; we applaud him as we sec another opponent of the faith sink beneath his irrefutable logic; we honor him for the foes lie has made that the testimony of the Word might be maintained; we love him, because he takes time to lay aside his many duties in order to give a sympathetic ear to our problems and to advise us out of his mature experience. His influence upon this age will live on in the lives he has blessed. Today, Northwestern stands a firm witness to the strength of that faith, which in past years conceived the birth of our school. She stands as another testimony of God ' s unfailing promise to care for that which He has called into being. Many a storm, many a conflict has been safely weathered as claim has been made of God s promises. Northwestern is another example of faith fulfilled, as our beloved directors have looked to the hand of God for sus tcnance and guidance. Because God’s favor has rested so fully on her, each year brings a greatly increased enrolment, until at present we number live hundred day and night students. Many a parent has sacrificed that his child might be educated in some Christian school. It was a happy moment when father and mother saw their beloved son or daughter start off for college, Imagine their grief, a few short years later to find the immature root of their child’s faith to have been ruthlessly destroyed in a so-called Christian institution. Parents need not hesitate to send their children to Northwestern, for here they will be thoroughly indoctrinated in the truths of the Bible, which form an invincible battlement against the liberal and infidel ideas so rampant in this day. The precious truths of Christianity arc staunchly contended for, and our students in turn go out from its w-alls, “Holding Forth the Word of Life.” Immeasurable has been the influence of Northwestern. The records of heaven alone will reveal the fruitage from lives prepared for Christian service here. From every walk of life, young people have been called to follow’ the Master and the preparatory step has been made here. They have gone out to bring in the sheaves. Many a child in neglected fields may never have heard of Dr. Riley nor of Northwestern. Bright jewels they arc, chose souls who have been saved through the ministry and prayers of its graduates, jewels that will sparkle through¬ out all the ages of eternity! Because our school has a missionary vision, she early inculcates in the hearts of the students a feeling of their individual responsibility to the heathen. Obedience to this vision has sent forth many young lives who today labor in all lands and climes, At the judgment seat of Christ, multitudes of redeemed heathen souls will appear, a rich trophy to our school! I w-el[ remember my days here; I count them as the most happy of my life. Today I look back almost regretfully that they are so soon to end. I am grateful for the blessings I ' ve enjoyed here and for the privilege of having the Word of God opened up by godly teachers. My faith, rather weak and wavering when I came, has been mightily strengthened. Here true and lasting friendships have been formed which will last through eternity. I have learned much of God ' s unerring wisdom and care toward I lls children. My desire is time the blessings I have received here may, to some extent, be imparted to those with whom I come in contact. Piige Thirteen