Practical Bible Training School - Theologue Yearbook (Johnson City, NY)

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Qfwfgfyw In the nrkera By LEROY CLEVELAND It has been a blessing to our lives to come in contact with the workers of P.B.T.S. We praise God for your consecrated lives. Because of your faithfulness, we have learned to live closer to our Heavenly Father. Our prayer, as we go out into His service, is that we may go with the same spirit of devotion which has been evidenced by you in your untiring efforts in our behalf. When the day dawns that will bring the glorious appearing of The King of Kings, then you shall know more fully that your labor for Him has not been in vain. The prayer of our hearts is that God may richly bless you and make you as great a blessing to future students as you have been to us. ilitnm the nrkvra By MARCELLA E. GATHANY Members of the Class of 1940, it has been a God-given privilege for us as Work- ers to labor with you during your training' at P.B.T.S. We are praising God for the way in which you have grown in Him during your time of preparation. Now, that you are about to leave this place where the Word has become precious to you, we wish you God-speed. May you have a life of fruitful service. Jesus told Simon to Launch out into the deep. This is what you are about to do, to launch out into the world, not knowing what lies before you. But, remember your motto, Not I But Christ , and your verse, He must increase, but I must decrease. Be faithful, for your success will be determined by how perfectly you give up the shore line. Launch into the deep things of God, the depth of His Word, which the Holy Spirit can open to you with a wealth of meaning such as you have never realized, the depth of the Father's will, which He has carefully planned to the minutest detail. Into the deep things Jesus bids you launch. Do Goahs work according to God's mind. Page Eighteen

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Qghwfgfzw In the iliarultg By ALICE Ross Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. Looking back over three happy years under your leadership, we are bound to thank our God upon every remembrance of you. As we have sat in your classes, you have been imparting to us truths from the Word of God, which will be used to lead lost souls to Christ. Your ministry will continue in us as we labour in every part of the earth for His glory. We say, Thank youf' dear Faculty, for your part in leading us on to greater consecration. May you always' hold high the banner of Christ and serve Him as you have in the past, thus leading other young lives into a closer knowledge of Him. ilirnm the Eliarultg By ALICE E. CHATLOS Dear Seniors: It is with mingled emotions of regret and joy that we think of your graduation. We regret parting with a class which has so sincerely lived its motto, Not I, but Christ. We rejoice that another group of Christian soldiers is going forth to tell the good news that being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Your class motto sums up our desires for your future. First, it implies the quality of your life as being of the highest grade. In paraphrasing Not I, but Christ we get not carnality but spirituality. Is self, your worst enemy, or Jesus Christ to reign in your life? May you be not self-centered but Christ-centered, not self-conscious but Christ-conscious, not self-confident but Christ-confident, not self-satisfied but Christ- satisfied, not self-sufficient but Christ-sufficient. Secondly, your motto urges not self-expression but Christ-expression as the habit of your life. May you experience with Paul, To me to live is Christ. Thus God will be glorified. tt Not I, but Christ be honored, loved, exalted, Not I, but Christ be seen, be known, be heard, Not I, but Christ in every look and actiong Not I, but Christ in every thought and word. Finally, your motto reveals the goal of your life as that of being conformed to the image of his Son. We are not self-made for when He shall appear, we shall be like Him . . . May this glorious objective sustain you when trials come. We shall meet you daily at the throne of grace. God bless you and use you. Praise is the shortest route to power. Page Seventeen

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