Phillips Bible Institute - PBI Yearbook (Canton, OH)

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trance requirementsg while still others are beyond the College age. Fourth, there are those who have had courses in other Colleges, but who have no ideas of procedure in Chris- tian service. They will here find opportuni- ties for the practical side of preparation. It is as important for the Christian to know how to get results with people as it is to know books. There is no school among us that offers such privileges. Fifth, there are those who have completed the high school course, who wish to devote all their time to the studies that will directly equip them for their life's work. At the present writing, the courses for the future are being greatly strengthened. More members will be added to the Faculty. and the curriculum is being strengthened ac- cording to the growing need of the Institute. As the word was received throughout the Brotherhood that this great Institution was to be set on foot, calls came from all over the land for its location. Brother Phillips con- sidered them all, and many others, wisely and judiciouslyg and finally, he with the aid of others, decided that Canton, Ohio, was the city best suited for the Institute. It gives the student the benefit of actual working exper- ience in the First Christian Church. This Church has a membership of about -l,000, and a Bible School with an enrollment of over 5,000. The Church is the largest in our Brotherhood, and the Bible School is the larg- est in the world. The average attendance for 1914 was above 2,000 The Church is so large that the student body does not appreciably modify the services, and they may be studied in their natural working order by the students. The Institute is closely allied to the Church, since its pastor is Presi- dent of the Institute, four of the members of the Church Official Board are Trustees in the Institute, and three members of the Faculty are Elders in the Church. Canton is a cosmopolitan city of 60,000 in- habitants, thrifty and industrious: it furnishes a great deal of work for the students by means of which they earn the pecuniary funds that enable them to climb the ladder of success. In spite of the manner in which we have been handicapped by having no building of our own, the growth of the Institute has been phenomenal. This, the third year, draws to its close with a total enrollment of 156 resi- dent studentsg and of correspondent stu- 'Page Eleven dents, 540. In no Institution of its kind has such a record ever been equaled. This summer we expect to begin the erection of our new building. Until its completion, ar- rangements have been made whereby we will occupy the fourth fioor of the new Y. M. C. A. building. I-Xlso, we have the use of the Chapel on the third fioor. The men students have access to all the privileges of the gym- nasium and swimming pool and all other con- veniences, provided for the members of the Y. M. C. A. The ladies will have a rest room and reading room for their private use. This means a great step forward, but is not to be compared with the accommodations that will be ours in the new building, a cut of which you will see in the fore part of the .-Xnnual. lliords fail to express our heartfelt grati- tude to the First Christian Church for the use of their building during these three years of rapid growth. May they be copiously reward- ed by the One who overlooks not even the sparrowg but who rewards all according to their works. There is one thing that rejoices our hearts above all that we must not fail to mention. Through the efforts of the members of this year's graduating class, over three hundred souls have been born into the Kingdom of our Lord: a record that stands unequaled by any school, so far as we may ascertain. Many others have been won for Christ by those of the other classes that are not here recorded. Surely, the good work of the Institute is be- ing proven by the visible fruit, and doubtless much seed has been sown that will be har- vested by others at a future day. This brief paper will give you a faint glimpse of what is being done in F. B. I. May your praper to God be that we may stand by the Good Old Book and its teachings regard- less of the whims of Satan and his hosts, so, that in the glorious awakening, all we that have been connected with the Institute and its history, may hear the voice of the Savior in accents sweet and tender: Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger and ye took me in: naked and ye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited me: I was in prison and ye came unto me.

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Page Thirteen cuss PoEM V lV1'l'ffC'Il for Amzzml. By G. L. Mrissicnolta. The years are swiftly passing by: The weeks and months soon make a year For Seniors of the Institute Commencement Day will soon be here. For days and weeks we've studied hard To please the Profs. so good and true, But now we all will very soon Start out upon life's ocean blue. The field is wide, the workers few To do the bidding of the King, But when we're out upon the field 'XVe'll try to make the Gospel ring. Our books are closed our classes o'er, NVe launch tonight upon life's way, Our fond farewells will soon be said, For this is our Commencement Day. We now shall leave the Institute. Farewell to thee, old P. B. I., NVe've tried to learn thy lessons well, W'e now have said our last good-bye. In days to come when we're away From P. B. I. to us so dear, VVe'll try to send some workers back To study for the Master here. And when our course in life is run, f'Thy will be done, we'll try to sayg Prepared to meet our God, we'll lisp, Lord, THIS is our Commencement Day.'