Phillips Bible Institute - PBI Yearbook (Canton, OH)

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salm 23 Beneath the burning skies, and the clear starry night of Palestine, there grows up be- tween the shepherd and his flock a union of attachment nad tenderness. It is the country where, at any moment, their protector may have to save them by personal hazard. The Psalmist, out of the experiences of boy- hood days, spent as a shepherd lad, knows full well the dangers that continually con- front the flock as it feeds on the hillside and in the valley: in the desert and by the still waters of the oasis: in the dry stubble of the summer and the green pastures of the spring. Having had the bitter experience of losing sight of his Shepherd and becoming ensnared with the lusts of the world and the flesh, David at the call of Jehovah, thru the prophet Nathan, returns to the fold of safty, never more to roam. As is the case with many, the Psalmist could not fully appreciate the fulness of God's love until he had once lost it for a season. But after his return he pens one of the most beautiful and comforting pieces of literature ever dropped from the pen of man. The sculptor trusts in his tools, but the day will come when his hand will fail him, the scholar trusts in his learning, but the day will come when his mind cannot be relied upon: Rockefeller trusts in his xmillions, but his riches cannot purchase health: but thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me, tells of a trust eternal, a confidence never knowing disappointment. Yea, tho I walk thru the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for, can the shadow of a mountain fall upon me and crush me? can tqhe shadow of a sword pierce thru my flesh and kill me? or can the shadow of death separate me from my God? No! but rather, thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies: thou hast an- ointed my head with oilg my cup runneth over. joy may grow on the very face of Page Forty-nine danger, as a slender rose-bush Hings its bright spray and fragrant blossoms over the lip of the dangerous cataract. Those that have a full cup, running over, must carry their vessel upright so that it will overflow into their weak- er brother's emptier vessel. My cup over- flows with grace in this day, and it shall over- flow with glory to gladden me thruout eter- nity. Spurgeon says, 'tThe little child out on the sea is not frightened like all the other pas- sengers on board the vessel: it is asleep on its mother's bosom: it is enough for it that its mother is with it: and it should be enough for the believer to know that Christ is with him. This Psalm is an ode which for beauty of sentiment is not to be matched in all litera- ture. Thru three thousand years or more it has penerated the hearts of millions: it has gladdened the destitute and homeless: it has whispered hope and joy amid tears to the solitary and forsaken, whose only refuge was in heaven. Beyond all range of calculation have these few lines kept alive the flickering flame of religious feeling in the hearts that were near to despair. Heinrich Heine, who had been a pantheist and scoffer, on his bed of affliction had been brought to read the Bible, especially the Psalms, Une of his last poems addressed to his wife, to whom he was devotedly attached, bears traces of David's Shepherd Psalm. Softly and tenderly it begins: , My arm grows weak: death comes apace, Death pale and grim: and I no more Can guard my lamb as heretofore. 0 God! into thy hands I render My crook: keep thou my lambkin tender. Wlieii I in peace have laid me down, Keep thou my lamb, and do not let A single thorn her bosom fret, And guide where pasture green and sweet Refresh the wanderer's weary feet. H. K. ScHoNDELMAYER.

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ftensinn apartment tWritten for the Annuall. The purpose of this department is to bring the work of the Institute to the very door of those who desire self-itnprovement but find it impossible to take advantage of the resident courses offered by the Institute. Each stu- dent may take the work in just the manner and the method most suitable to his or her condition. The time to be spent in completing a course may be more or less than nine months. This work is all outlined so that it brings about definite results in the lives of its students. You will secure definite instruction presented in a systematic and clear cut fashion. The motive back of the students who take up correspondent work is the desire to become more ethcient in Christian service. This is an age of efficiency. This programme has already reached the Church and is demanding more of Bible School and Church teachers and officials than ever before. This efficiency has as its direct end the saving of souls. Many students taking this work have launched di- rectly into an active ministry. A large num- ber already doing work with the Churches have been greatly helped by these courses. The work of this department is so outlined that it will nt directly into any programme that you may have laid out for yourself. No correspondent work is ever a substitute for class room work. It does, nevertheless, have some distinct advantages. XYhen doing such work the student must rely absolutely upon his own initiative. There is no way whereby he can slide through a recitation. Furthermore, this work can be done at odd hours thus making it possible for the student to continue his regular vocation while fretting I b . K ' . b h this extra preparation. Ones income need not be in any way affected. By writing out the work the instruction is anchored. XVhen sending in lessons the student is encouraged to present every problem that he may have come in contact with either in the preparation of the lessons or in conducting his regular work. In other words, the student has a per- sonal connection with the Institute. During the first three years the Institute has taught more than a thousand different students in this department. These students live in forty-two different states and thirteen foreign countries and provinces. Fifty of this number are men who are already defi- nitely engaged in religious work. Some are farmers, some carpenters, some professional men. In fact almost every trade and every condition of society is represented in this en- rollment. A number of lay preachers have been developed. Men who continue their reg- ular work but make use of every opportunity to build up Churches and Bible Schools in the community where they live. A number of young women have been equipped for definite work in the Bible School. Some have received sutlicient equipment to make them efticient as pastors helpers and assistants. During the past three years the following courses have been otfered in this department: Bible History and Geography, Gospels, Acts, Dividing the VVord, Men and the Movement, Bible School VVorkers' Course, Pedagogy and Child Study, Christian Evidences, Church His- tory, The Church at XYork, Social Teachings, Homelitics and Sermonic Studies, Epistles and Revelation, Christian Missions and Church Xvorkers' Course. istorp of the tension llbann tfontinued from page -lij i Though we miss his smile, and listen in vain for his kindly words, his memory is with us still, and with his devotion to inspire us, his example to bid us go forward, the work he started shall not fall, but with his spirit point- ing the way, the Band will continue to grow in numbers, in grace and power. t'XYhosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. -Matthew 16:25. TVIASON B. MEEKS. Page Forty-eight

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