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

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The Bible Institute Relative to the Home Church Bible School training supplements teach¬ ing in the home church. Much of the acti¬ vity of the church is not training — per¬ haps some teaching, and I’m afraid often mere telling. Clarence H. Benson has ex¬ plained the difference well. “To tell” is merely informing; “to teach” is making information clear; “to train” is leading to do what is understood. If the learner does not live the truth, he actually did not learn it. The Bible Institute provides for Christian training which prepares the student for future service in the home church and elsewhere. This training naturally includes intensive Bible study and missions which instills into the heart of our youth love for the unsaved, and a passion for their salvation. Bible school also offers: (1)guid¬ ance by dedicated teachers through coun¬ selling, thus giving the student proper di¬ rection: (2) positive influence in dormitory life, leading to a better working relation¬ ship with others — better social adjust¬ ments so essential to the work of the church or on the mission field; (3) extra¬ curricular activities affording opportunity to acquire experience in ac cepting respon¬ sibilities. In short, the Bible Institute of¬ fers a well-balanced preparation for posi¬ tion of leadership in the church and on the mission field of the world. The task of the church is evangelism. No one ignorant of the Word of God can be a soul-winner. The ultimate purpose of MR. HENRY HIEBERT NOTATION I AND II. CONDUCTING, HISTORY OF MUSIC, CHOIR, VOICE REV. SAM EPP EXEGESIS, CHURCH ADMINISTRATION Bible training in our Bible Institute is also that of evangelism. The Bible Institute supplements and compliments the work of the home church. Rev. Sam Epp The Elements of Goof Sacred Music “Good sacred music” — What constitutes good sacred music ? Our wide range of “sacred” music shows people are not a- greed on this matter. One person says the only really good sacred music are the old chorales, while the next person claims modern songs like, The Man Upstairs, con¬ stitutes the good of our sacred music. The problem then is, how can we decide which is good and which is not good. All I can do in this short treatise, is give a few basic guiding points that we can employ in mak¬ ing our decisions. Our first guiding point can well be the test of endurance. Like a good painting, a good song will not easily be lost with the passage of time. The popular, shallow song, springs up one day and is lost the next. To prove this, you need only go to the files of the popular songs. How many of the popular songs of the past decade do you remember, and recognize as still occupying a place of popularity? There are virtually none! One of the most important elements in good music is the text (words) — music (accompaniment) correlation. Oh Sacred Head Now Wounded, is an excellent ex- Continued on page 40 13

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MISS DOREEN REIMER HEALTH GR. X AND XL ALGEBRA GR. XI, LITERATURE GR. X AND XII. DRAMA AND POETRY GR. XII. COMPOSITION GR. XI, TYPING The Road Taken A universal experience is expressed in a poem by Robert Frost. While travelling alone one day, he came to a fork in the road. Hesitatingly he stopped for a long moment to consider which road had “the better claim.” After choosing the less-fre¬ quented one, the poet, quizzically imagining the choice to be a very important one, wan¬ dered what difference the decision would make in his future. Many times in my life I have come to a fork in the road and wondered which way to go. Remembering that “way leads on to way,” that often there can be no retracing of steps, I realize that each choice, whe¬ ther important, or seemingly unimportant, will have an indelible effect on my future. Some of the choices I have made, have left no lingering regret in my mind. At the first crucial crossroad it was my solemn prerogative to choose Christ and salvation or my own way and rejection. The heart¬ breaking price Christ had paid for my re¬ demption was more than my mind could fathom. Entrusting my life to Him, He be¬ came my constant Companion, guiding me over rough places, renewing my strength at the end of the day, and providing inex¬ haustibly for every need. Before long I came to a second major di¬ vergence in my path. Now the choice lay between following my Guide all the way, or taking the well-worn side road of my own will. Many, I observed, chose the side road and were faring well; but I observed too, that those who surrendered their wills to Christ had a joy that nothing could de¬ stroy. Again my choice was fixed on Him. Looking back over the road I have taken, I can see places where I stumbled, but the Lord lifted me and “established my go¬ ings.” “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.” Doreen Reimer Higher Education “Many shall run to and fro and know¬ ledge shall be increased.” (Daniel 12:4b). A quick retrospection on the events of the past twenty or thirty years forcefully im¬ presses upon us the truth that we are liv¬ ing in the days foretold by Daniel. Know¬ ledge and the thirst for knowledge of our day is unprecedented in the history of mankind. Institutions of learning are crowd¬ ed to capacity; new schools are constructed and yet the demand for more and better learning facilities is increasing. Today we are confronted with a gene¬ ration of young people who exert them¬ selves to obtain knowledge. To present to them the claims of Christ effectively, we must meet them on their own level. Al¬ most invariably, this will necessitate the Christian to obtain a secular education equal or higher to that of the people he would serve. A knowledge of science and history enables him to discuss intelligently things that may hinder the natural man in deciding for Christ. Guidance from solid Continued on page 40 MR. ED. PLETT HISTORY GR. XI AND XII, GEOMETRY GR. XI, GEOGRAPHY GR. X, SCIENCE GR. X, MATH. GR. X 12

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MR. MENNO R. HAMM ILD STUDY. SUNDAY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, PIANO