Phillips Bible Institute - PBI Yearbook (Canton, OH)

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Page Nine jfnremorh as In justice to the '16 class. it is opportune to make an explana- tion with regard to the Annual Staff. Five members of this board were transferred to the '15 class after the Annual was well under way. Realizing that this pro- duction would suffer materially. by a readjustment of the staff. the transferred members offered their services for the successful publication of the first Annual of P. B. I. Their offer was ac- cepted by the class and we feel conndent that all will under- stand why these persons are laboring with the '16 class. Much credit for the success of the Annual is due to the untiring co-operation of Miss Martha Murray, who so willingly offered her assistance to the editor. as stenographer. H. K. S.

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iiaistorp nt billipz ibihle Ifnstitute H. K. Schondelmayer. All authority hath been given unto me in Heaven and on earth. Co ye, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, .and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I have com- manded you.'i As we peruse the annals of the centuries since the day when our blessed Lord uttered the above words to His faithful few, our hearts bleed and our souls cry out because of the miserable progress that God's people have made in the fulfillment of this, the greatest commission of all ages. VVere jesus to come into the world in bodily form as in former days, we have reason to believe that He would arraign many cities of this Christian land with exceedingly more bitter invectives than did He the cities of Chorazin, Bethsaida, Tyre and Sidon, because of their infidelity and in- difference to the fact that God is in His Heav- en, a loving and faithful Father, but neverthe- less one who demands respect from His chil- dren. Many men, in this day, flaunt in the face of God their own philosophy. and with it at- tempt to discredit much of the truth of the Bible that is so dear to the hearts of God's faithful. They say, Jesus was a good man, but not Divine g they try to explain away the miraculous part of God's lVord: they claim that His crucifixion and resurrection are myths, and many other diabolical things that lead men to perdition rather than to God. The danger of these teachings would be so great. were it not for the fact that these smooth tongued servants of Satan are garbed as an- gels of light, while their oily oracles creep into the hearts of the unguarded as a ven- omous reptile creeps through the grasses and pushes its fangs into the cheek of the inno- cent child at play. But thanks be to God, He will not-always permit His cause thus to suf- fer. Every great crisis has its man who rises to take his place at the helm. The children of Israel had their Moses: Carthage had her Hannibal: Greece had her Alexander the Great: Rome had her Augusta: the Reform- ation had its Lutherg Methodism had its Wesley: the Restoration Movement had its Campbell. VVe need not stop here, for, in our day, we came to a great crisis in the religious educa- tion of our young men and women. lVhere are the young to obtain an unadulterated. workable knowledge of the Holy lVord of God? Those who have been deprived of their rights to an education, where shall they re- ceive instruction? Now, the man for this crisis was the loved and venerated Thomas VV. Phillips, Sr. In 1898, he expressed a sincere desire to see some Institution of learning wherein those who de-- sired to prepare for work in the Masters Vineyard along some definite line, might find the much longed for haven. During the last three years of his life, he put forth all pos- sible efforts to launch such an Institution. He heard the call from the cities and villages for ministers and religious leaders. He heard the call of ilesus, to Go into all the world, and not only to a favorite few. Ministers, business men, lawyers and educators conferred with Brother Phillips ere the Institution came into existence. It will readily be seen that it was not of a mushroom growth, but prayer- fully and carefully, while the indifferent slept, this great man of God, by the help of others, launched what promises to be the greatest Institution of its kind the world has ever seen. As in days of old. Aaron and Hur upheld the arms of Moses, so has our great Brotherhood arisen as a man. to uphold this most worthy Institution: and so shall it continue to be until all shall know that all authority has been given to Jesus, and that He demands to be rec- ognized as the Divine Savior of the human race. The Institute is intended to reach five dis- tinct classes of students. First, elders, dea- cons and Bible school workers who feel the need of additional equipment to fit them for efficient work in their local Churches. Many Bible School teachers and superintendents are now calling for such instruction as we purpose to offer. Second, there are many ministers among us who were unable, while in College, to get such courses as we offer, especially those dealing with the history of our Move- ment and those setting forth our literature and plea. Third, there are scores of our young people, both boys and girls, who wish to dedicate themselves to Christian service, but are unable to take the regular College course. Some have not the money: some are needed at home to help support the familyg others are debarred by present College en- Page Ten