Biola's Forty-first Commencement
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O N the fifth day of June, the Bible Institute of Los Angeles will grad uate its forty-first class. One hun dred and seventy-six young men and women, well-trained in the Word and work of the Lord, will go forth into the “ atomic age” to “win for the Lamb that was slain the reward for His suffering” —priceless souls for whom He died. Very appropriate for such a time as this is their brave motto, the words of Christ Himself: “ Occupy Till I Come.” Two distinguished men of letters will deliver the commencement and baccalau reate addresses — Dr. Thomas Moseley, President of the Missionary Institute at Nyack, New York, and Dr. Herbert Lockyer. With their moving words to W HILE stooping to arrange some flowers on her mother’s grave, a friend of mine was startled to hear behind her a voice upraised in joyous song. Turning about, she espied her small daughter perched upon a tombstone singing lustily, “ Revive us again.” The Bride of Jesus Christ has been sitting upon the grave of an apostate church for half a century, hopefully singing this hymn. We had almost despaired until re cently in various places fires were kindled and flared high—significant sig nals in an age dead in trespasses and sins. Phenomenal revivals throughout the nation have heralded a great spir itual awakening, while Puerto Rico, Korea, China, Formosa and other dis tant regions have given indication that at long last God has answered our cry, and the church is getting her final call before the lengthening shadows of the approaching tribulation engulf the world JUNE, 1951
ander Kaders; Vice-Presidents are Don ald Johnson and Eugene Ponchot; Elaine Costerisan is Secretary and Joan Col lett, Treasurer. The Institute has chosen Arnold McNeill as its speaker, the Seminary, Ernest Poulson, and the School of Missionary Medicine, Norman Mydske. All of our readers and friends of the Institute will unite in prayer that this class may be used of God to make a tre mendous impact for Him upon this god less age. May they work as those who know they have not long to labor, for “the night cometh, when no man can work.” Sooner than we think, the Lord Jesus may return, and His reward will be with Him! section view of the Body of Christ in its representative totality—from the strug gling farmer, the isolated fishing hut, the boys in the Aleutians, to earnest school girl, college youth, housewife, businessman, the aged, educators, min isters and missionaries on far-flung fields. They all plead that the gospel in its simple purity continue to be broad cast now as never before as a final wit ness before the end comes. These people know what work and sacrifice is in order to maintain the gospel on the air—the farmer’s boy who had saved so long in order to buy a new fishing pole for himself, but decided that “he would make his old one do,” and sent that couple of dollars to help make it possible for some other boy to learn of God’s plan of salvation through the blood of His Son; the elderly woman in straitened circumstances who had no means of obtaining an offering, so denied (Continued on Page 19) Page Thirteen
encourage and inspire, these young people from twenty-eight different states and four foreign countries will enter Africa, India, Indonesia, Japan, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Europe, Peru, Mexico, Moslem lands, and China (when the doors are open again), as teachers, pioneers, translators, children’s workers, nurses and evangelists. The home field will claim many of them as pastors, teachers, village mission workers, youth evangelists, migrant camp workers, Christian Education assistants, and mis sionaries among Navajos and other Indian tribes. Some are planning on ad ditional education and a few are a bit undecided as to their course. President of the Class of ’51 is Alex W a it For Me! By E. Frederick Mertens in the blackness of spiritual midnight. Awakened youth have grasped the torch and held it aloft; the country’s largest auditoriums have been packed to hear the Word of the Lord. The church has yawned, stretched her arms, and opened a sleepy eye in bewildered won derment. Bibles, and still more Bibles, have circled the globe, the demand being greater than the output. Japan and For mosa continue to call for more. The wise virgins, feeling the air of expect ancy that comes with the hush of a vacuum between two storms, have has tened to give a final trimming and re filling to their lamps, while the foolish have stared dazedly in dumb amaze ment at their own lack of oil. Radio evangelism h a s l i t e r a l l y preached the gospel of the kingdom in all the world for a witness unto all na tions. My association with the work in the office of a large evangelical broad casting company has given me a cross
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