SECOND GENERATION STUDENTS attend Biola in large numbers. Pictured above are M r. and Mrs. Stewart McDougall (second and third from left) shaking hands w ith Biola A lum ni Executive Secretary W illiam Eitzen. The McDougalls were graduated from the Biola Institute in 19)3 and 1935 respectively. Their children enrolled in Biola Schools are Don (le ft), a graduate of 1963 and now a student in Talbot Theological Sem inary; Janet, a freshman; and Murray, a sophomore. The McDougalls are missionaries to Nigeria.
the vessels of wrath fitted unto destruc tion” (Rom. 9:22); he urges his readers not to despise “the riches of his good ness and forbearance and longsuffer- ing” (Rom. 2:4) ; and he says it was in him pre-eminently that Jesus Christ manifested “all longsuffering” (I Tim. 1:16). And this takes us back to God’s own words concerning Himself, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gra cious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth” (Exod. 34:6). What was it that was beneath and behind this longsuffering of God? It was divine love. That same disposition must animate us. It must be “in love.” Endeavoring to keep the urpty of the Spirit in the bond of peace (v. 3). “Endeavoring.” The word has almost a spring in it; it suggests eagerness.
Observe that it is the unity of the Spirit which is to be sought. Not the unity of a creed; not the unity of an ecclesiastical organization; not the uni ty of a common apprehension of truth. These all may be wanting or deficient and there may yet be the unity of the Spirit; on the other hand, these may exist and the unity of the Spirit be lacking. This unity is to be cultivated and preserved in “the bond of peace.” We know by experience that inward friction and restlessness of spirit react upon the physical organism; so also is it with the Body of Christ. The whole organism is affected by disharmony of spirit in the members that make it up. But each member has his personal re sponsibility for “endeavoring” to pre serve the unity. 35
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