Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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(§f mivH preach or who ever read his works. He had literally devoured the AVord. He was a man of one Book. He had wholly sur- rendered to its spirit and its letter and in return the Book made him the evaiigelist of his day. Any man who listens to G. Campbell Morgan ■lll hv pro- foundly impressed that he likewise is a Bible-made man. He is different from JMoody. Morgan is a scholar and a great thinker. Moody was neither. But both alike surrendered absolutely to the letter and spirit and sway of the AVord of God and each alike was made what lie became by the AA ord. The need of the age is more Bible-made men and Avomen. AA ' e need more unquestioning and absolute yieldedness to the AA ord of God. AVe need people who believe it from beginning to end, and Avho rely upon it and trust it as their only and sufficient means of offense and defence in their spiritual work and war- fare. AVe need people who will give the Bibb- a chance to grow and expand and bear fruit in their lives, and they will l)e astonished to find what God can do with them and through theu by means of His AA ord. Young man, my advice to you is that you cultivate an ac- quaintance with and a firm belief in the Holy Scriptures, for this is your certain interest. I think Christ ' s system of morals and religion, as He left them with us, the liest the world ever saw, or is likely to see. — Franklin. I have said and always will say that the studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. — Thomas Jefferson. If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper : but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastroi)he may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in pro- found obscurity. The Bible is the book of all others for lawyers as well as divines, and T pily the mnii who cainiot find in it a i-icb supply of thoiiglit ;mi(1 ride of conduct. — Daniel Webster. Pape Twenty-seven I

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Aurora ' 17 tion, triice-1)reakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, dcspisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the poAver thereof. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being de- ceived. The Book claims to be a Book of life. Paul commands the Philippians that they hold forth the Word of life. Phi 2:lfi. Peter declares that in entering the religious life we are to be born l)y the Word of God. Being born again not of corrupt- ible seed, but of incorrupti1)le, by the Word of God which liveth and abideth forever. The Word of the Lord en- dureth forever. ' ' I Peter 1 :23, 25. The Psalms say : ' ' Thy AVord hath quickened me. 119:50, and Uphold me according to thy Word that I may live. V. 116. Quicken me according to thy AVord, that is, Make me alive according to thy AA ord. V. 154. The Word is not only living but it ' s life is a groAving life. It multiplies by producing fruit after its kind in human hearts aiid lives. Paul says to Colossians in speaking of the AVord, AVhich is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fr iit. l:6. ' Again we learn from Acts 12:2-1: that, The AVord of God grew and multiplied, and in 19:20 So mightily grew the. AVord of God and prevailed. Again, Acts 6:7 And the Word of God increased ; and the number of the disciples mul- tipli -(l ill -JcrusHlem greatly. Again Peter exhorts, As new- l)Oi-n })abes, desii-e the sincere milk of the Word that ye may groAv tlierehy. — T Peter 2:2. Not only has the Pjible a growing life but it is life-giving. ( ' U ' i- says: Being liorn again, not of corruptible seed, but of ]uc n-y i Aih]( ' , by the AVord of God, Which liveth and abideth i(.r -vri-. - -T Peter 1:2:]. James declares: Of His OAVn will hcgHt He US with the Word of truth. — 1 :18. We read in Dent. 8:3: Man doth not live by bread only, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. Jere- miah exclaimed, 15:16: Thy Words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy Word was unto me the .joy and i-ejoicuig of mine heart. Paul charges Timothy, I Tim. 4:6, If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereiinto thou hast attained. Descriptive of the godly we read in the first Psalm: His delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law doth he meditate day and night, and he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in liis season; his leaf also shall not Avither. The poAver of this Word of God to break hearts and bring men to God has been illustrated thousands of times. St. Augus- tine, Avhen a wanderer from God, Avas arrested in his Avicked career and brought to serious reflection and to repentance and finally to the faith of complete surrender to God by reading Pomans 13:13-14. A heathen Avoman Avho Avas miserable and Avretched in seeking the favor of her gods by all sorts of austeri- ties and self-imposed burdens in her blind devotions, picked up a little scrap of paper on Avhich Avere a fcAV Avords of printing in her native tongue. These Avere all the Avords the scrap of paper contained: For God so loved the Avoiid. Tlie thought of a god loving Avas new to her. She thought she kncAV much about gods Avho hated, Avho Avere vengeful and cruel, but her list of deities contained none Avho loved. The thought occurred to her that it nnist be the God of the missionaries, so she hurried to the mission station, shoAved the slip of paper, and the missionary led her to Christ. D. L. Moody Avas a Bible-made man. This impression Avill force itself upon any thoughtful man Avho ever heard Mr. Aloody [Page Twenty-six.

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