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

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“But God, who is rich in mercy . . . hath quickened us together with Christ . . . and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”—Eph. 2:4-6. This is our rightful place, to be “seated” in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, and sit still there. But how few there are who make it their actual experience! How few, indeed think that it is possible for them to “sit still” in these heavenly places in the everyday life of a world so full of turmoil as this. However, this is the portion of a group of Christian Young People who are attending “Peniel.” With the patriarch Jacob they are daily awaiting God’s blessing and guidance. “I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.” Genesis 32:26. With the chorus writer we frequently hear them sing: I’ve a longing in my heart for Jesus, I’ve a longing in my heart to see His face; I am w r eary—Oh so weary, of travelling here below, I’ve a longing in my heart for Him. —George Dyck. Ta fid) mieberum ein ©dfjuljafjr gu Cube neigh tDerben hut lebfjaft an bie fjerrlidfjen ©egnuitgen inheres gndbigen 33aterl int pummel erinnert. SBir finb unfernt ©oft banfbar fur all bie fdjfineit ipfalnten, Sobgefaugc unb geiftlidjen, lieblidjen fiieber, bie @r un§ gegeben bat. SBir nefjmen fie au§ feirter rnilben $anb, unb 311 feiner @bre finb fie gefungen morben. @0 maud) einen ©egeit bat ba§ geiftlid)e Sicb fd)on gebrad)t. Tie nutnberbare ft raft, bie ber b?err uitS baburd) guteil merben Icifet, troftet, ridjtet auf, erquirft unb erf rent bie ©eete. 2 tud) bier in „ij}niel ift biefeS ©ebiet in biefem viabre reidjfid) gepffegt morben. SBir baben nns mil ©otte§ £ ilfc ba§ Siutenfnftem—tbeoretifd) unb and; praftifd) angeeignet. SBir baben and) etma» in bie „tparmonie bineingefebaut unb bdben griinbfid) Taftieren unb Tirigieren gelernt. iOibgen mir atlcS biefesi jrt ber (fbre be§ iperrti antuenben! Ter grabuierenbeu ftlaffe mbdjte id) ein ©diriftmorr auS ifSfalm 68 , Ter§ 20 mitgebeu: „©eIobet fei ber . ' perr; ©ott fegt un§ eine Soft auf; aber er tjrlft nns and). @otte§ reidfften ©egen itriinfdji Cud) (Suer SKitarbeiter an feinent flteid). —Tictrid) griefen. Page 7

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The Value of Bible Studies To see and to experience the values of Bible Studies, one must behold the life of Christ. He is the shining example of God’s love. When men and women came under the influence of His love, “all their powers were drawn out, their emotional life exalted, and all the uses of the body were refined.” Love is creative and re¬ generative. He did not catalogue the virtues one by one. Whatever He said He clarified by qualities in life. He sought the quality of eternal rightness in the ordinary person. He touched life and only life can touch life. He brought the presence of God into the ordinary man. We must learn to communicate to others the sense of the presence of God. That can only come to pass when the presence of God is a living reality to us. When the soul is ready, then the Eternal breaks through and the inner light begins to shine. That can come through the reading of the Bible. —H. H. Redekop. “Give Unto the Lord the Glory Due Unto His Name.”—Ps. 96:8. A Glorious Lord has most Gloriously been experienced and proclaimed by a Glory-Seeking and Glory-Receiving body of His children for the purpose of Glory due unto His name. Such is the testimony of over one hundred saved lives after a six-months-long noble task of searching the Scriptures At this time we come before God with praise and thanksgiving, and our hearts go forth in gratitude and adora¬ tion upon the magnitude of His glory as demon¬ strated before our eyes, and the blessings of His love which “is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost.” Our prayer is to the end that His Presence might ever go before us, penetrating every faculty of the soul, and every department of the school, that His Glory might be mirrored in and radiated by every effort of each individual, as well as by the sum-total utility of The Winkler Bible School! —G. D. Pries. Page 6

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Let us take a brief look at what the Bible teaches about music and singing. Who, accord¬ ing to the Bible, has been called on to sing? It is plainly stated, “the earth, kingdoms, and nations of the earth and everything that has breath.” We also find the answer to the question, “What shall we sing?” We shall sing of His Mercies, His Power, His Love and the Honour of His Name. We shall sing praises to Him, our Lord and Saviour. When shall we sing? Merely when we are happy? No, the Bible has something else to say about it. In the night, in our dark hours we shall raise our voices unto Him. Even “upon our bed,” we are called upon to sing and at the remembrance of His Holiness. In other words, we are to sing at all times. How shall we sing? We find the Bible men¬ tions many instruments, such as timbrel, harp, cornet, trumpet, cymbal, stringed instruments, and the organ. All these shall be used in the performance of the “New Song.” We shall sing it with joy. —Mrs. Justina Wiebe. The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech. The song that speaks of Christ’s love both soothes and lifts up. 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 Scrip¬ ture, is akin to a petition, which it is also in the spirit of thanksgiving. The “sweet singer of Israel” (2. 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. Page 8