Winkler Bible School - Morning Star Yearbook (Winkler, Manitoba Canada)

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rev. H. S VOTH Chairman Treasurer

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Music and Vocal Instructors MISS E. LABUN The music that can deepest reach, and cure all ill, is cordial speech. The song ' that speaks of Christ’s love both soothes and uplifts, it is just possible that at times a song is as good as a prayer. Indeed, a song of the pure kind recognized in the Scripture, is a kin to a petition, which it is also in the spirit of thanksgiving. The “sweet singer of Israel” (11. Sam. 23:1) wedded his sincerest prayers to melody and wafted them upward on the night air from his throbbing heart. In the soul that has been touched and made tender by the finger of pain, music finds a place where it may murmur its sweetest chords. Elizabeth Labun. In Matthew 25: 14-28, we read the parable of the man who dealt out talents to servants and left them to use them as they saw ' fit. This reminds me of one of the many talents God bestows on poor human beings—the gift of singing. What are we to do with it? Naturally use it for God and His royal service. When God first made man, I am sure there will not have been a single thing wrong with that body, and likewise the voice must have been perfect. But since sin came into the world, this wonderful creation has become warped. Also we are not using our voice in the way God first intended it to be used. We find thai when a voice is used correctly, effortless beaut¬ iful music flows from the human lips. Many folks have an idea that training the voice is superficial and unecessary polish. It is not that, but merely learning to use the voice the way God meant it to be. MRS. D. P. WIEBE Another point that seems to me is often mis¬ understood is that the trained are accused of unintelligible words. Now we have those sing¬ ers among the untrained as well. Some singers also possibly do not consider the clarity of words so important, concentrating mostly on tone. I believe this is not correct, but on the other hand a sad mistake. Singing really is beautiful when all the vowels and consonants are perfectly formed, then the words cannot but be clear, and the tone is beautiful likewise. Tone and words go hand in hand. Let uc therefore, when the world spends so much for singing and music and developement of the same, double and redouble our efforts to serve our King of Kings with beautiful music. We, as Christians, have a most wonderful story to sing about, the Gospel of Saving Grace. Let us sing it in a lovely way. The people of the world make beautiful music. Have not we as Christians all the more reason to be up and doing ? But in all our efforts let us never lose sight of our aim, “To serve our Lord, and win others for His Kingdom.” Mrs. Justina Wiebe. The Christian religion is the greatest wealth bequeathed us. No other inheritance can be compared to this source of wisdom, justice, peace and eternal happiness. The Bible is the most thought-suggesting Book in the world. No other deals with such great themes. The Bible is the Book of faith and a Book of religion, of doctrine and a Book of morals and of especial revelation of God. Page 9

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