Phillips Bible Institute - PBI Yearbook (Canton, OH)

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iebillips bible Itnstitute ulugp As we draw near the close of another school year, varied emotions are awakened in the hearts of us all,-we feel that friends, Board and Faculty have expressed to us in many ways during the past months, the feeling that possessed an illustrious French Philosopher, who happened to be an examiner to admission to a Polytechnic School in Paris. This man acknowledged that when a youth came before him, eager to do his best. of an apt intelligence and great purpose, he needed all his self-con- trol to press back the tears from his eyes. lt is this sympathy all pervasive which has prompted the boy to leave the farm, the clerk the store, the teacher the school, to come to Phillips Bible Institute, where mistakes are not jeered at, but rectified, where lack of means is not a bar to advancement, but a spur to effort, where the keynote is not only future but pres- ent preparation,-learning to do by doing,- where the Bible, on whose knowledge the Christian worker must depend, is taught in all its clearness, beauty and strength. Phillips Bible Institute stands for that which is practical: its supreme object is to instruct its students from the practical side of Chris-- tianity. It was definitely planned and worked out before it was launched. YVe, the students of Phillips Bible Institute, realize deeply the fore-thought and sacrifice which actuated the founder of this Institute, Mr. Thomas XV. Phillips, in planning this work, and his wife. children and others in carrying forward the Institution to its present high degree of eliti- ciency, XYe shall ever feel a noble pride in those who have so wisely and so generously placed the means of education within our reach. It was established upon the great facts and principles of the Bible andf therefore, if true to these great tenets it must be eternal, as it deals only with the things vital to the Kingdom of God. To this end the gentlemen of the Faculty have the task of impressing truths upon our mind, truths which develop the highest man- hood and womanhood of each nature,and have implanted in each brain and heart the germs of knowledge, the growth of which shall re- sult in a rich fruition, and be a crowning of our spiritual life, and the integrity of those set to instruct us must inspire us to faithfulness for the great work of life. The poet has well said, The study of man- kind is man, and so it is found in Christian service, the most helpful study of man is the study of individual lives. It is there that we find the greatest inspiration, and surely the lives of our Faculty have been rich Fields of study. VVe cannot get away from the thought that, whatever or whenever any branch of knowledge is taught, the personality of the teacher furnishes the incarnation of truth and virtue. Everyone bears witness to the fact of the close associations formed during school life, and while this is true in secular institutions, it is all the more evident in Christian schools such as this, where the work carried on is not done for ourselves alone, but for Christ and humanity, and this spirit of sacrifice tends to unify the student body. Oh yes, there are sorrows and failures sometimes, but there are always cheering words to encourage us, and as we come to know each other personally and to realize the incentives which spur our fellow- students on to make personal sacrifice for the fullillment of life's highest ideals, we feel a rare sense of Christian comradeship. Another year of school life is finished,- it The moving linger writes, and having writ, Moves on, nor all your piety and wit, Can lure it back to cancel half a line- Nor all your tears wipe out a word of it. and so has passed a year of school endeavor, and now some will go, never to return, but whether we go or stay, we shall all find abun- dant cause to remember our Alma Mater, Phil- lips Bible Institute, with deepest gratitude. Day after day we have assembled here, and the infiuence of teacher and school, more vivid in our minds now than ever before, can never be forgotten. It will go with us through life Page Twenty-four

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At the beginning of the year 1914. the Big Four : G. L. Messenger, minister, with IV. I. Foster and Misses Stutsman and Fellows as helpers, conducted a two weeks' revival at Bergholz, Chio. This meeting was a memor- able one in more than one way, for it was here that Miss Stutsman and XV. Foster began a friendship that reached the stage of wedding bells the following July. George Start, desiring to engage in active Christian work, and finding no position ready for him, made a place by opening in February, 1914, the Church at Dundee which had been closed for some time. In June of the same year, he with three other members of this Class, held a successful revival at that place. The same month, Misses Johnson and Yo- derberg assisted the Messenger Brothers in a successful evangelistic campaign at Mogadore. Later, the same two young ladies, together with G. L. Messenger. assisted Leo M. Greg- ory in a meeting at Polk, where he had been pastor for some time. In the spring of 1915, XY. C. .-Xschanhort was called as pastor of the Church at Four Mile Run. This is the oldest Church in the State among our people. During the time that this Class has been in P. B. I., there have been, as nearly as we can ascertain, 300 souls brought into the Kingdom by their efforts. If all the things accomplished by this, the first regular Class of P. B. I., were to be writ- ten, it would make a volume. XYe have only room to mention the work in the Canton Bible School as teachers, principals of departments and leaders of song: the work on programs, and the calling and other work done in con- nection with the Church life. The Class has been to a member self- supporting while here. The Class President. Guy Clemmitt, worked as clraftsman in an Page Twenty-three architects office, and later as reporter on the staff of one of the City papers. Others have done various kinds of work, many being pas- tors of Churches near Canton. The ladies of the Class have assisted in homes, offices and stores. This however is not an unusual thing for P. B. I. students. In the Spring of '14, the Class realized the need of greater devotional expression among the student body: and. at their instigation, the Student Prayer Meeting, which has proved such a factor in the student life, was launched. During the winter and spring of this year several who have been for some time students at the Institute, were added to the Class roster: Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Tilock, who have done such efficient work at Cuyahoga Falls, and Robert Saylor, coming from 'Iohnson Bible College: also, .-X. C. Mat- tern, who is pastor at IYaynesburg and New Harrisburg. H. K. Schondelmayer. our edi- tor. also came into the Class this spring. He has been ministering to the Churches at Orr- ville and Hanoverton. It is with both sorrow and joy that this Class brings to a close its history as a living factor in the development of P. B. I. Sorrow that we will no longer be here to receive new and higher ideals: that, as a Class, we may not meet again: that we must sever our con- nection with our Alma Mater. Joy, that we have been privileged to be in such an Institute among such associationsg under the guidance of such Professors, and the inspiration of work that will better equip us for the highest service. Joy, that we may now begin a work not counted by hours, but by heart throbs. that we may begin a history that will not be bounded by time, but eternity. EDNA M. FELLOWS, Class Historian. ASP

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and form an important part in the individual experience of each one of us. Our school days here will be long remembered with affection and gratitude. and recalled with pleasure, per- haps with pride, when we have passed far down into the vale of years. We are, indeed, grateful to the members of the Faculty for their continued interest in our welfare. Our associations with them has re- vealed to us the true manliness of each one, and it is a comfort to us, the Class of 1915, to realize that their sympathies are broad enough to comprehend how many hard hours of toil and sacrifice have been experienced, how many failures have been made and re- gretted, how many temptations to worthless pleasures have been resisted, how many de- sires for the things that are honest and of good report have been awakened in the hearts of the young men and young women whom they have instructed during these months. Our hearts respond to such sympathy and we feel nerved to develop those qualities which will make our lives worth while for ourselves, and thus cannot but make the world better for our having lived in it. The people of Canton and the Faculty have inspired us to say with the immortal poet,- Tl1yself and thy belongings,- Are not thine own, Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves. EDNA BIAE W1 1.1.1,-x M s. lVhat are the things of life worth while In this dark world of sin? Is it to live for self alone, And fail men's souls to win? Is it to help the burdened ones, As o'er life's sea they roll? Is it to speak a kindly word To the tired care-worn soul? ls it to share our brother's load, And help him reach the goal? Is it to tell the message well That came from Heav'n above? All this but more, our lives must show The Great Redeemer's love. 'l G. L. M1cssENcER. Page Twenty-live .