Winnipeg Bible Institute - Kings Herald Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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WINNIPEG BIBLE INSTITUTE Pape 28 Qxtension “Limited until the duration”—this seems to be a popular phrase in these war days. The production of almost every commodity has been “cut.” This phrase is not only applicable to the number of students attending the Institute this year, but it is also true of the extension work. Due to the lack of numbers, particularly young men, our practical Christian work lias been limited in extent, though we trust not in quality and effectiveness. We are glad to report that the students have been privileged to minister the Good Word of God in Sunday Schools, Old Folk’s Homes, Child Evangelism Meetings and Young People ' s Meetings, and have seen the Gospel of Jesus Christ prove itself to be “the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.” Our appeal is, “Pray for us” that the records of Glory may register souls for Christ because of the faithful presentation of the Word of God. About six years ago the Lord definitely laid it upon my heart to tell the Gospel to the children in our district. He opened the way for us to begin a Sunday School. Well do I remember that (irst session held in the one- roomed school house. About twenty children came. In one hand 1 clutched my Bible, in the other a sheet of paper which bore the title “Rules for Conducting a Sunday School.” My program, carefully planned to last one hour was over in fifteen minutes ' . Proverbs 3, 5 and 6 became my strength. “Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and lean not to thine own understanding.” That was the beginning. My heart is full of praise and thanksgiving for the way God met every need. Today we have four teachers and sixty pupils enrolled. The beginners are a lively group and ask so many questions! One day they were exceptionally noisy. One little follow had swallowed his nickel and the others were bemoaning the loss of an offering! The eight to ten-year-olds have chosen China as their special iield of study. The next class meets in the library, which is too small to accommo¬ date many, and the largest group is the Young People ' s Class. They call themselves “The Lighted Lamps.” May each one be a bright, undimmed light, shining for the Master. It is a great privilege to tell out the Gospel thus to the young folk. My prayer is that each child may come to know the Lord Jesus personally; that they may be true missionaries at home; and that some of them will witness for the Lord in the lands across the sea. —Nancy Noop. • ‘Visiting a (girls’ ‘Reform Sckool Our group was asked to take the service in a Public Institution. It was our first assignment together and we were certainly nervous, but the enthusiasm of Mrs. Robins, our leader, was contagious, and soon we were looking forward to the visit. Our eagerness faded somewhat when we entered the building and saw rows and rows of girls sitting in front of us. We took our seats, stiffly but trying to act as natural as passible. The very thought of speak¬ ing for five full minutes was beyond endurance to this particular first year student. However, the ordeal passed at last and we were able to enter into the spirit of the meeting. What a bond of fellowship united us as we sang hymns together and gave our testimonies. Wc felt that wo knew each other now and that it would be good to meet again. —Mintie Reimer. SAM RAPKO AND SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AT ALL PEOPLE ' S MISSION. LOCKPORT. ANNE KOOP WITH A FEW OF HER PUPILS. VISITING AN INSTITUTION

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Page 27 WINNIPEG BIBLE INSTITUTE J-l ‘Peep into Chapel Eleven o’clock has arrived and time for Chapel. The bell has rung, and as we take a peep into the auditorium we see the students flocking in to spend half an hour in quiet devotion. What a treat it is to pause in our day’s lessons and ac¬ tivities to spend a quiet time round the Throne of Grace. Our hymn chosen, we all make a joyful noise unto the Lord. Our principal frequently reads letters from graduates in Canada and away on foreign mis¬ sion fields. This gives us a greater zeal to go out and win the lost for our Master. We read a portion of God’s Word and medi¬ tate on it a short while receiving spiritual food for our hungry souls. The period closes with prayer, that all we do and say may be according to His Holy Will. -—Hazel Davies. Why Study the ‘Bible ? God commands us to “study to show ourselves approved unto God; workmen that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.” To study does not mean to read a portion here and there, spasmodically, but to start at the be¬ ginning and read right through. If you were to take any story book, raed a little in the middle, then a chapter at the end, and so on, you would never finish that book. It would be too uninter¬ esting. So with the Bible. If you want to get the most out of it, start at Genesis and go right through. The Bible is superior to all other books because its author is God Himself. It is neces¬ sary, therefore, to spend much time in prayer, seeking wisdom from God, in order to be able to understand it. The Bible is our guide on the way from earth to heaven. The reason so many people stray is that they do not know The Way. If you were travelling in a strange country you would follow your road map closely to keep you right. Just think! How much greater care should be taken to find the right Way to eternal life. Then too, we Christians are left in this world as sign-posts to point others to Jesus Christ, who is the Way. Others are watching us, expecting ' to be directed aright. If we do not know the scriptures ourselves, how can we guide those other pilgrims ? Shall precious souls be lost for all eternity just because of our ignorance? —Anne Koop. ‘Report Hour Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb forever and ever.” Rev. 5: 13. How fittingly has it thus been arranged that our Bible School week sho uld begin with an hour of devo¬ tion and praise unto our God. This hour affords us many opportunities for testifying to the mar¬ vellous working of the Holy Spirit. God has been very near, stimulating in us a deeper spirit of intercession for our fellow believers and the many souls still lost in sin. This period is principally for report and prayer. Most of the students are conducting Sunday School classes in various churches through¬ out the city. Others are engaged in pastoral work. Their reports are indeed encouraging. Penitentiaries, detention homes and hospitals are not neglected and are receiving the precious Word in testimony and song. Personal workers are giving evidence of God’s grace; sinners have found a Saviour, and backsliders have come to know that Christ is able to save and keep to the uttermost. Out of these activities arises the need of inter¬ cession for one another. The Lord’s work has its valleys but God has never failed to prove Him¬ self true to His promises and is answering prayer beyond ou expectation. However, God who is ever just, is showing us how utterly useless we are to Him. How often we realize that we have been serving ourselves rather than our Master. So it has become our ardent desire to be possessed with the same Spirit that was in Christ who came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give His life, a ransom for many. —Peter G. Kehler.

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Page SI) WINNIPEG BIBLE INSTITUTE TT he Op ium Fiend Condensation. of a tune story of life in. China, written by T r ettie Epp. c HENG came from a wealthy Chinese family, and had a good education. When his father died the six sons quarrelled about the estate, and took the matter to court until most of it was lost. Cheng, a successful business man, spent most of his tune among the higher class of people. He would sit about playing cards, drinking and smoking opium, until he began to use opium habitually and to spend all lii-s money on it. He became very poor. Sorrow after sorrow befell him. His health failed. His wife died and also his children. He had nolxd.y to look after him. Now Chang had a great friend, Koh, the opium den keeper, to whom he would often go lor help. He would tell him his troubles and ask what could be done to cure a man of this terrible opium habit. Koh was not a Christian, but he knew where to go to get spiritual help, so he suggested one night that they go to the Gospel Hall. They went and listened carefully to the message of God’s love and grace. ' The next Sunday the theme was, “The wages of sin is death.” These two miserable opium addicts were convicted of sin and with a great longing to become better, they asked for baptism; but they were refused. With great sincerity they tried to break off the drug. Koh endured great agony as he tried to live without opium, then after a lewi days he passed to eter¬ nity, leaving his friend alone. Cheng returned to the dr ug, continued to go to church, and to plead for baptism, but was not accepted. His health became worse than ever and his tody more unkempt. He would stumble to church, lie on a back bench, suffering from high fever and cough continually. He was a pitiful sight indeed, as he became more and more a slave to the drug,. Now a missionary came to this Gospel Hall and when ho met Cheng, he realized the poor fellow’s great need as he pleaded for baptism. The missionary offered to take him to a hospi¬ tal which was a long distance away and Cheng greatly rejoiced. They had to travel for several days on a river boat, and during the journey Cheng broke off opium and became very ill. The sudden break nearly caused his death,, but Cheng continued to pray most earnestly to the Heavenly Father whom he knew to be the only one that could help him. There was no medicine on the boat, but together they sang and prayed. In his great suffering Cheng realized his need of a Saviour and humbly knelt and accepted the Lord. Now Cheng was able to smile as he suffered and his only desire was to live for three more years. When asked the reason, he said, “To testify, to testify. I want to tell others of this Saviour, that they also may be helped and cured of the opium habit.” The Lord did spare his life and gradually re¬ stored him to health and strength again, that he might testify. Cheng was filled with the Holy Spirit and his heart was bubbling over with joy. lie became a great man of prayer, and would bring all his troubles to the Lord as well as those of others. He would plead continually with the Almighty God knowing that He alone had power to deliver the slaves of Satan. Many were saved through his prayers and help, and finally, in spite of the difficulties, a hospital was started for those who wished to break off the opium habit. ' These patients usually became very ill and, in their agony and delirium, would try to climb the walls and scream fair help. Cheng would stay continually by them, patiently praying till help came from above for these troubled souls. So he laboured on and suffered for many years, but the Lord will give him a reward in heaven. My Testimony (The following poem was written by one of the girls who is serving a term in the institution men¬ tioned on page SS. She slipped it into the hand of one of the workers one night, and we insert it here, with all its faults, to stir our readers to pray for these dear girls.) Nov. 28, 1943. Ah, poor Jesus, who has loved me so, Who has taken my soul and let it go ' To be free to love and to accept, And to keep the laws He has set to be kept. What did 1 do? Not accept but reject After all He did when He tided to protect Me from sin and from sorrow; To bring me happiness, not only tomorrow But forever and ever, and never to die ! To be born again, Oil Lord most High 1 Oh love me, yes, love me, and never forsake. Give me the foundation that never can shake. Keep me from evil; from making a fall; My Lord, My Redeemer, My Life and my all.