Steinbach Bible Institute - Star Yearbook (Steinbach, Manitoba Canada)

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STEINBACH BIBLE ACADEMY YEAR BOOK 15 MARGARET HARMS “Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. “And every man that hath this hope in him puri- fieth himself, even as he is pure.” I John 3:2-3. It’s my heart’s desire that this blessed hope in Christ Jesus might continually urge me to be watchful, to be more yielded to my Master’s will, and especially to be more faithful in helping to spread the glorious gospel. For this gospel of the kingdom must be preached in all the world as a witness unto all nations; then this hope shall be realized. PETER L. REIMER “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Eph. 5:16. Our class motto, but oh how appropriate in this streamlined and rushing age. Never before, as now, has this world seen such a restless, selfish and perverse people. Surely it i s the Christian’s duty to with all his might and the help of God help in the great work of redeeming this evil and lost world. This is my desire, hope and, prayer to do with all my might the work the Lord has for me. t DORA FRIESEN John 15:16 “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fiuit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” I cannot understand why the Lord should have chosen me. And yet I know it is His great love. Oh how great His love is for us. When I think of this great love it fills my heart with the desire to be faithful to Him and to go wherever He might lead.

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STEINBACH BIBLE ACADEMY YEAR BOOK A n Third Year Class Report Time passes so quickly that it is hard to realize th at our third year of Bible School is almost gone. Oh, how blessed these years in school have been, sitting at the feet of Jesus and taking in the wonderful truths of Hi s blessed word. Someone might ask, “What has being in Bible School done for you?” I trust and pray that our lives will reveal that it has brought us to a deeper understanding and closer walk with the Lord. It has also helped me to see the need of doing personal work, children’s work and mission woik.. We are especially thankful for the missionaries that have visited the school and also for the mis¬ sionary conferences that we have had. As the missionaries related their experiences and told us of how the Lord had called them to do mission work we are again and again impressed that there is a cause for all this. Why would people be willing to go through the hardships and sacrifices that are involved in doing mission work? And why did Jesus give the command, “Go ye forth into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature?” (Mark 16:15). How can these questions be answered? The Bible answers them clearly. The heathen are lost, and without Christ they cannot be saved. Eph. 2:12 tells us that a person without Christ is one “having no hope and without God in the world.” Therefore the heathen being without Christ, have no hope. As we think upon these things the desire arises in our hearts to find exactly that place that God has for us. I tremble inwardly to think if one of us should fail to fulfil the purpose that God has for our lives. We know that God wants His children to know and do His will. But we have to yield and take God at His word. For it is His Word that reveals His divine will to us. In ourselves we are incapable of doing His will and this is not required of us. It is His power and His strength that enables us. “Unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” Eph. 3:20. In closing I would like to thank those who backed us in prayer while we studied here in Bible School, and the teachers who have been good examples to us. Thy not only taught us by words but also by the deeds which we saw in their lives. Dora Friesen. JOHN HARMS Eph. 2:8. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” I am thankful for this verse which tells me that salvation is not by works, but by grace through faith. If it were by works, salvation would not be for me, “for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.” Rom. 7:18b Thank God for His wonderful work of grace wherewith He saved me for a purpose. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before or¬ dained that we should walk in them.” Eph. 2:10. This is my heart’s desire that I might serve Him faithfully in that place, which He has planned for

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16 STEINBACH BIBLE ACADEMY YEAR BOOK ECOND TEAR Ben Friesen That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruit¬ ful in every good work, and increas¬ ing in the knowledge of God. Col. 1:10. Ramona Loewen And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Gal. 6:9. Lawrence Reimer Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that need- eth not to be asham¬ ed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Tim. 2:15. Evelina Reimer How excellent is thy loving - Kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. Psa. 36:7. Alvina Plett But if we walk in the light, as is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7. Gladwin Plett I beseech you therefore, breth- ern, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1. CLASS Therefore, brethern, be unmoveable, bounding in MOTTO my beloved ye steadfast, always a- the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58.