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CONTENTS

Editorials Loyal R. Ringenberg The Bottleneck of Spiritual Revival The Way of Spiritual Recovery Whose Business Is It? The Hereditary Harvest of Sin The Blessing of a Godly Heritage Christianity and Womanhood The Mothers of Great Missionaries The Mother of Methodism First Principles of Praying .... B, W. Ayres Salvation V/ith Glory Canon Howett God's Wheels Mary Potts The Spirit of Power Cyril H. Eicher Children; the Hope of America, Leonard Smith

As a Chaplain Sees It—With Winged Men, Safara A. Witmer

Sanctification J. A. Ringenberg With the Fellowship Circle .... Luella Miller

FORT WAYNE BIBLE INSTITUTE

Published at. Be! THE BIBLE VISION A Bimonthly Journal Reflecting the Light of the Bible on us and our Times

Vol. IX APRIL-MAY, 1.945 No. 41

Published bimonthh/ at Berne, Indiana, by THE FORT WAYNE BIBLE INSTITUTE Editor LOYAL R. RINGENBERG, Dean of The Fort Wayne Bible Insiitute Associate HELEN P. WHITE, Professor in Christian Education at The Fort Wayne Editor Bible Institute Alumni

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Monday, May 7, 8:00 P.M., Student Piano Recital

Monday, May 14, 8:00 P.M. Student Vocal Recital

Sunday, May 20, 7:30 P.M. Baccalaureate Service Rev. Chris J. Gerig, Speaker

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Tuesday, May 22, 8:00 P.M. Annual Concert, "The Holy City"

- Wednesday, May 23, 5:30 P.M . Fellowship Circle Banquet

Thursday, May 24c, 10:30 A.M. - Commencement Exercises, Rev. Torrey Johnson, Speaker

(All programs are held in Founders' Memorial) THE BIBLE VISION EDITORIALS

The Bottleneck of Spiritual Revival

There is a great deal of insincere talk and praying about religious revival. If any person's soul is spiritually lean it is his own fault, not God's nor his neighbor's. If a church or a denomination is experiencing spiritual decline it is likewise due to its own fault. The Bible is full of promises assuring us that God loves us, will bless us, and will use us to be a blessing if we will let Him. It is inconceivable that God should give His Son out of love for us and then be "stingy" with the grace provided by such a sacrifice.

A spiritual revival is possible whenever an individual will yield to the gracious working of the Holy Spirit. God's Spirit is at work in the world convincing men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment (John 16:8). He is present to guide Christians in the truth (John 16:13). He will be a "river" of living water within the believer (John 7:38). Christ stands at the heart door of the "luke- warm" Christian and says, "Behold I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him ." and will sup with him, and he with me (Rev. 3: 20)

The bottleneck of spiritual revival is invariably due to limita- tions which we place on God's working. As individuals we may allow personal desire to condition our relationship with the Lord Je- sus Christ; this neutralizes the love which is the very essence of spiritual life. A church or denomination may give way to the de- mands of the world, the flesh, and the devil in its program and policies to such an extent that its function as a light "to the world" or "salt of the earth" is lost.

The Way ci Spiritual Recovery

Can there be another great revival? Of course there can be. How? By simply removing the obstructions which we are permitting to impede God's gracious working in our lives. There can be a great revival for us individually. And there can be a great revival for as many as will personally meet the conditions. There can be a world-wide revival. "If we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. ... If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all un- righteousness (I John 1:7, 9)." 4 THEBIBLEVISION

Spiritual revival requires on our part no more nor less than check-i ing and correcting our spiritual relationships. Christ is our life. The Holy Spirit within produces the fruit which makes us triumph- ant Christians (Gal. 5:22, 23). Some of the things involved in spiritual recovery are effective- ly packed into an editorial paragraph in Christian Action by our friend A. W. Tozer: "Do the next thing you know you should do, to carry out the will of the Lord. If there is sin in your life, quit it. Put away ly- ing, gossiping, dishonesty, or whatever your sin may be. Forsake worldly pleasures, extravagance in spending, vanity in dress, in your car, in your home. Get right with any person you may have wronged. Forgive anyone who may have wronged you. Begin to use your money to help the poor and advance the cause of Christ. Take up the cross and live sacrificially. Pi*ay, give;, attend the Lord's service. Witness for Christ, not only when it is convenient but when you know you should. Look to no cost and fear no con- sequences. Study the New Testament to learn the will of God, andj then do that will as you see it. START NOW by doing the next thing, and then go on from there."

Whose Business Is It?

Whose business is it if I smoke cigarettes? If I drink intoxicat- ing liquor? The answer is that it is everybody's business. What- ever a man does to weaken his constitutional vitality first of all diminishes his own capacity for service. In the second place, it diminishes the vitality of the race. His children and grandchildren will be able to achieve less, they will be more vulnerable to dis- ease, and their longevity will be reduced. In the third place, it is a crime against one's Creator to dissipate the endowment of life and life's talents. All that God created was intended to radiate the honor and glory of His person. Man is not justified therefore in an aimlessi dissipation of his life energy. He should live with the purpose of being a blessing to others and thereby of glorifying his God.

The Hereditary Harvest of Sin ^ Had never a word of moral law been spoken from God to man, it would still be true that sin is the great enemy of man. Nature still brings the violator under judgment though he may succeed in impeaching the divine Lawgiver from the throne of his mind. THEBIBLEVISION 5

An investigaton of the effects of heredity in lives was made by Professor Peelman of the University of Bonn which resulted in several important sociological records.

Case I. The descendents of one profligate woman during six successive generations were analyzed as follows: There were 834 descendents. Of 709 recorded, 100 were of il- legitimate birth, 162 were professional beggars, 64 died in ahns houses, 181 women lived lives of open shame, 76 were convicted and imprisoned for crime, and 7 were executed for murder. He estimates that the descendents of this one woman cost the state in support of paupers and punishment of criminals an average of twelve thousand dollars per year. Case II. A woman of criminal tendencies died in 1827. Up to 1902 the offspring recorded was as follows: 700 were convicted of criminal offenses, 37 were executed for murder, and the cost to the state was $3,000,000. Case III. Max Jukes a criminal born in 1720 has the following ancestors on his record: 310 died in alms houses, 300 died of want in childhood, 440 were viciously diseased, 50 were noted for immorality, 7 were murderers, many were habitual thieves, 130 were convicted more or less often of crime, and $1,000 was the average cost of each descendents to the public.

The Blessing of a Godly Heritage

In contrast to the above records the well-known Jonathan Edwardsi, a godly man, born in 1703, left an ancestral record which depicts the blessing of both God and nature upon those who recognize divine law: Of 1394 descendents, there were 13 presidents of great universities, 65 professors of colleges and universities, 60 doctors of medi- cine, 100 clergymen and missionaries, 75 officers in army and navy, 60 prominent authors, 30 judges, 1 vice president, and 3 U. S. Sen- ators. There were several governors, members of Congress, framers ^ of State Constitutions, mayors of cities and ministers to foreign P countries—everyone an asset.

It is said that Jonathan Edwards, before he died, claimed his children for God. Investigation showed that in five generations not one failed to embrace the Christian faith. 6 THE BIBLE VISION

Christianity and Womanhood ^ Nowhere in the world is woman honored as in Christianity. By ennobling man woman is liberated. Aristotle is said to have regarded woman as God's failure to make man. Manu, the great lawgiver of Hinduism, said of woman, "Let her be in subjection to her father in childhood, to her husband in her youth, to her sons when her husband is dead, let a woman never enjoy independence." The Puranas further show woman's sub- ordination: "Be her husband deformed, aged, inferior, offensive in manners; let him also be choleric, debauched, immoral, a drunkard, a gambler; let him frequent places of ill repute, live in open sin with other women, have no affection whatever for his home; let him rave like a lunatic; let him live without honor; let him be blind, deaf, dumb, and crippled, in a word let hisi defects be what they may, a wife should always look upon him as a god, should lavish upon him all her attention and care, paying no heed whatsoever to his character and giving him no cause whatsoever for ^" displeasure. ..." "If her husband flies into a passion, threatens her, abuses her grossly, even beats her unjustly she shall answer him meekly, shall lay hold of his hands, kiss them and beg his pardon instead of utter- ing cries and running away from the house . . . she must on the death of her husband allow herself to be burnt alive on the same funeral pyre . . . everyone will then praise her virtue." In Mohammedanism a man may divorce his wife by saying: "Thou art divorced. Her duty is silence always. By marrying she has the hope of getting to heaven as her husband's attendant. In Christianity marriage is regarded as a divine union of man and woman. This union is not to be dissolved (Matt. 19:4-6). Hus- bands are related to their wives as Christ is related to the church and should love them. The wife should reverence the husband, recognizing his headship over her (Eph. 5:22-23). This is no cross for her if her husband loves her and she loves him.

The Mothers oi Great Missionaries A missionary leader has said in response to the inquiry as to ^ the source of future missionary leaders, "They are incognito today ^ by many a humble fireside and in many a humble home, but they are there, and God's eye is upon them and upon the mothers into whose hands He has committed their keeping. At the right hour THE BIBLE VISION -J

^they shall come forth to take their places in the world." Mackay, the hero of Uganda, was but four years old when his thoughts turned toward Africa. His father very commonly would lay maps upon the table to inform the son of explorations and missionary efforts in progress. In the evening while his father was away his mother would teach her boy Bible stories; when these were well learned the reward was a missionary story. He once said to his mother, "Would you like me toi go to Africa, mother?" She replied, "Not unless God prepares you for it, my boy; but if the call comes, see that you do not neglect it." Ion Keith Falconer^ missionary pioneer to Arabia loved the Bi- ble so fervently at the age of seven that he would go around to the cottages of the poor peasants reading and explaining it to them. As a very young man he made the decision to leave wealth and position to bear the good news of Christ to the heathen. Alexander Duff, the brilliant pioneer of Carey's generation was but four years of age when pictures of idols stirred his heart in behalf of missions. " Eliza Agnew purposed to become a missionary when but eight years of age. Fidelia Fiske conceived her first missionary motive at the age of three. James Chalmers, missionary martyr of New Guinea said, "I was not yet fifteen years of age when I decided to become a missionary. I remembered it well. Our Sunday School class had been finished and we marched back into the Chapel to sing, answer questions, and listen to a short address. Our superintendent pulled from his pocket an interesting letter from a missionary in Fiji. It spoke of cannibalism and the power of the Gospel, and at the close of the reading he said, 'I wonder if there is a boy here this after- noon who will yet become a missionary, and, by and by bring the Gospel to the cannibals?' And the response of my heart was, 'Yes, God helping me, I will.' So impressed was I that I spoke to no one, but went right away towards home. The impression became greater the farther I went, until I came to the bridge. There I went over to the wall attached to the bridge, and kneeling down, prayed God to accept me, and make me a missionary to the heathen."

I The Mother of Methodism

Had not Susanah Wesley been the mother of John W'esley, it is not likely that John Wesley w^ould have been the founder of Meth- odism. — —

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Susanah Wesley was the mother of John and Charles and ^ seventeen other children. She was beautiful, energetic, devout. ^ She knew Greek, Latin, French, and Theology. In counsel to John she said, "Take this rule: Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things—in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself." Her husband wrote of her: "She graced my humble roof, and blest my life; Blest me by far greater name than wife; Yet still I bore an undisputed sway. Nor was her task but pleasure to obey. Scarce thought, much less could act what I desired In our lone home there was no room for pride. Nor did I e'er direct what still was right; She studied my convenience and delight; Nor did I for her care ungrateful prove, ^ But only used my power to show mj^ love. ^ Whate'er she asked I gave, without reproach and grudge. For still she reason asked and I was judge. All my commands requests at her fair hand. And her requests to me w^ere all comm.ands. To other households rarely she'd incline. Her house her pleasure was and she was mine. Rarely abroad, or never but with me, Or when by pity called or charity."

The Toll of War at Home Motherless Children It is reported that in Fort Wayne, scores of tiny boys and girls iy2 to 5V2 years old—are being dragged from their cribs between 5 and 6 A. M., to be put somewhere while their mothers get off to work at well-paid factory jobs. In one institution caring for such children, 25 of the 43 children kept there were those of working mothers who have no financial need to leave their homes. In, fact, the superintendent says most of them are in the financially highest bracket. A Fort Wayne detective says with appropriate condemnation of this condition of things: "Mothers and fathers who neglect to provide proper supervision of their children at home, not away from home, should be severely punished by law." (Continued on page 21) T^HE BIBLE VISION

First Principles of Praying By B. W. Ayres Professor of Philosophy at Taylor University

"Lord, teach us (me) to pray." the saved. There are those about The very spirituality of a soul us for whom we should pray, makes it gravitate toward God but I wonder if we do not need in its consciousness. It is not easy to put a little more thought into in this age to keep the conscious- the content of prayer, to make ness of God alive in the soul. Is that a subject of meditation. it not strange considering that Lord, what are the things that we have these aspirations, and I should put first in my praying? that these values stand so pri- What is to be admitted into my mary in relation to the realiza- prayer life as objects for my tion of God in our lives, that we praying so that I may discrim- pray so little? It is easier to have inately and unselfishly pray. a lot of speeches on prayer on a Such meditation is equivalent "Day of Prayer" than to have a to prayer. The attitude of a soul h day of prayer. in a quest for "first things" is Our basis of petition is a fam- a prayerful attitude. ily relationship. God makes His There is an emotional content promises upon the basis of the of prayer. Lord, help me when I social law of the Heavenly King- pray not to be listless. Help me dom. This is like the law of to be really interested. Help me Cause and Effect in the mechan- in those parts of my prayer that ical world. are adoration that I may let my Lord, teach me to pray. Help soul out in its adoration and me to find the time and opportu- love. I wonder if it would not do nity to pray. Teach me the man- us good sometimes just to pull ner of my praying. Lord, teach out the stops of our emotional me to do the act of praying more being and affections and adore than I do; teach me to enter in- God. I think of The Revelation to what I already know is a vital where Heaven is pictured and of part, a very vital part of re- the songs of praise and adoration ligion. Then, teach me to know to "Him that sitteth on the the content of prayer, what I throne." I wonder if we should should pra}^ for. I mentioned not have a little of that down that a while ago when I said, "I here in anticipation of what is I believe we come here partty to be? just to find that content." We Thanksgiving is closely allied all have in a vague way various to adoration but are we not half- objects to pray for. We can al- hearted many times in our ex- ways pray for the unsaved and pressions of praise. If we would —

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express our thanks and gratitude the hardness that we will suffer, ^ to a friend who does us a favor there will be a joy and delight 9 in the halfhearted way we do to in doing the will of God. There God, I wonder if he would not are some things in religion that think it a mere formality. Lord, are paradoxical; they are not in teach me to pray. Teach me to accordance with the logic of the realize emotionally my relation intellect; they are in the logic of to Thee as Thy child, in adora- the emotions. It is a joy in the tion, in gratitude, in thanksgiv- midst of trouble and suffering. ing, in praise. These states that seem almost There is a great deal of crude contradictory can co-exist in the praying. We ought to learn to matter of human experience. leave out of our praying those The prayer that Jesus taught things that are essentially self- the disciples includes adoration ish. By essentially selfish, I in the recognition of the Father- mean: if the prayer were an- hood of God, the hallowing of swered in my behalf it would be His Name, the petition for the at the expense of somebody else. highest interests of the King- Our petitions are likely to take dom, the request for the supply- A on the content of the things that ing of our daily needs, and the we would very much like to desire for the preventive Provi- have, as a child asks a parent dences and leadings of God. sometimes for things without The disciples came to Christ any consideration of what would to be taught to pray and they be the effect on another, and in voiced a great and fundamental the content of our prayers I prayer in the request they made think we as grown Christians of Jesus. That prayer is the out- ought more and more to find the breathing of the soul that is in will of God as the object of our the spiritual Kingdom. "Lord, prayer. Let us ask ourselves the teach me to pray." question: "If the wish is answer- WHAT GOD CAN'T DO ed, will it necessarily be at the If I were God expense of somebody else?" And man made a mire If we find ourselves facing a Of things: war, hatred. hard situation where we feel Murder, lust, cobwebs that the Spirit is leading into a Of infamy, entangling difficult and hard task, of The heart and soul course, then we very much need I would sweep him to pray with regard to our will To one side and start anew. ^ attitudes, that our will attitudes (I think I would.) ^ may be brought so completely If I did this. under the sway of the divine Would I be God? will that even in the midst of —Carl D. Weist. THE BIBLE VISION 11

Salvation With Glory I By Canon Howett "Do ye not know that the WITH HIM, THAT WE MAY saints shall judge the world?" (I BE ALSO GLORIFIED TO- Cor. 6:2.) "Do ye not know?" It GETHER." There will be no is as though the Apostle would glorification, there will be no say, Is it possible that you have crowning and there will be no forgotten this truth? Is it pos- kingdom for us, unless we do sible that you have overlooked suffer with Jesus Christ. The the fact there is this wonderful easy modern ideas of the pres- destiny in store for you, the rul- ent day are not calculated to ership of the world? What would bring about such a wonderful Paul say, I wonder, if he came consummation and Christians amongst Christians today? In today are content to take things that wonderful passage, Rom. 8: easily. 17, Paul, speaking by the Spirit, Tremendously Pressing says: "And if children, then I cannot help thinking, belov- i heirs; heirs of God, and joint- ed, that we are in the eleventh heirs with Christ." The saints hour of the parable that speaks of God are to be rulers with of the labourers of the vineyard. Christ, administrators under The eleventh hour is not the Him, of the affairs of this world usual time for a husbandman to by and by. Oh, what a prospect go out and engage labourers; that holds out to us! and if it were not that the work Now the question arises. Who is so tremendously pressing, no will reign? It is a very solemn husbandman would ever do such question. It should be a most a thing. I believe the Lord is searching question, and I do very near, and I believe that hope and pray that God will en- He is calling many whom He able me to impress it upon ev- never called before into His eryone because, beloved, it will service. I believe the reason is mean so much to you Individ- the urgency of the time. The ually if you will only think of Lord wants us to be sharers in it and act upon it. Who are to His work; and it will be those reign with Jesus Christ? All who are willing to share in it the saints? Oh, no, by no means, and those who are willing to Let us turn back again to that suffer in sharing in it, upon eighth chapter of Romans, look- whom this wonderful privilege ing now at verse 17: "And if will be bestowed. It is quite pos- children, then heirs; heirs of sible to be saved without reign- God, and joint-heirs with Christ: ing with the coming King; but IF SO BE THAT WE SUFFER the salvation that we should 12 THE BIBLE VISION desire and seek after diligently people came and joined him ^ is salvation with glory. Let us when he was flying from King 9 read on: "It is a faithful saying: Saul. Who are recognizing Jesus for if we be dead with Him, we as King today? The world does shall also live with Him: if we not do it. He has no visible king- suffer, we shall also reign with dom as yet; but He is reigning Him; if we deny Him, He also in the hearts of His own true will deny us." Without the suf- people, and there are those now fering there will not be the who are giving their allegiance reign. No cross, no crown. to Him, who are realh^ acknowl- Willing To Suffer edging Jesus as Lord. And what Look at the type given in Dav- did David do with the faithful id. He was crowned no less in the cave of Adullam? (II Sam. than three times. He was first 23.) These men who had gone of all anointed king at Bethle- to him. in the hour of his dis- hem secretly, even in the days of tress, in the day of his rejection, King Saul. Nobody knew of the who were willing to suffer with fact except his own immediate him, who were willing to do any- relatives; and even they did not thing for his sake, who were m realize definitely what it all willing to confess him before meant. Later on, he was men, v/hen David came to the anointed and crowned king of throne these were the man on Judah. His own tribe, his own whom he bestowed the high people, were ruled over by him; positions near his throne, and to and it was not until some time whom he gave the administra- later that he was crowned king tion of his kingdom. So will it over the whole kingdom of Is- be when Jesus comes. rael. The Lord Jesus Christ is No Fruit—Cut It Down! to be King, and He has already For the Apostle compares (I been anointed as such. He was Cor. 3:9) our life work to a anointed secretly, as it were, at building. He saj^s we are all the Jordan. It was there that the builders, building every day of Spirit of the Lord came upon our lives. He tells us that when Him, and He was anointed as the building is completed, there the Messiah, the Prophet, Priest will come a great inspection. All and King of His people. The our life actions will be brought world did not recognize Him as under review in the presence of King, any more than they recog- God. I fancy that the fire which is to try every man's work is m nized David as king; but you re- " member there came a time a just the presence of God. Our little later on, after David had God is a consuming fire; and been anointed as king, when when we stand in the light of people did flock to him., when the Holy One, and that light —

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searches us through and IF WE KNEW through, it will reveal the actual By D. K. W. character of everything we have If we knew when walking done, thought and said. Every- thoughtless thing that is not according to In the noisy, crowded way, the will of God will then wither That some pearl of wondrous away; and it will be only that whiteness which remains which will be re- Close beside our pathway lay, warded, and upon that our po- We would pause where now we sitions in the Kingdom will de- hasten. pend. There are thousands of We would often look around, Christians who are only doing Lest our careless feet should dead works today. Much, very trample much, I might almost say by Some rare jewel to the ground. far the greater amount, of our Church work is simply an ac- If we knew what forms were cumulation of dead works, and fainting it is not producing the fruitage For the shade that we should fling. ^ God wants it to produce. What, P then are the wood, hay and If we knew what lips were stubble? They are all dead parching For the waters could bring; things. Wood is dead tree, hay we haste with eager foot- is dead grass, stubble is dead We would wheat stalks. When Christians steps, with willing are led by the motives of the We would work hands. world, the flesh, or the devil Bearing cups of cooling water, for it is quite possible for them Planting rows of shady palms. to be led by the devil, just as Peter was—then their life struc- If we knew when friends around ture is only built of dead works, us and when Jesus comes, all will Closely press to say "good-bye," be exposed, and those works V/hich among the lips that kissed will pass away. Oh, what a ter- us. rible thing it would be to get in- First beneath the daisies lie, to glory, and to be found naked We would clasp our arms around before Him! Saved as by fire, them. with no reward! But what re- Gazing on them thro' our tears. ward may be ours today if only Tender words of love eternal we will give ourselves whole- We would whisper in their ears. 1 heartedly to Jesus Christ, and begin to live with all our pow- People are problems to one ers for Him! another, but Christ can blend our —Herald of His Coming. spirits and help us to love. i'i THE BIBLE VISION

God's Wheels By Mary N. Potts Formerly Instructor in Greek at the Fort Wayne Bible Institute

"Then I went down to the pot- the souls of men and women ter's house, and, behold, he fashioning and forming them. wrought a work on the wheels" What do the wheels signify? (Jer. 18:3).. Just as in the world of mechanics the are The wheel, as used by the wheels necessary to potter, ranks among the earliest produce something, so in your contrivances of mechanics. The soul and mine there are necessary wheels. Egyptians classed it among the inventions of the gods, and The Natural Talents of a Liv- claimed that Num, the creator, ing Soul are like the many cogs fashioned man upon it. As a in some of the larger wheels. broad principle the wheel con- What are some of the talents sisted of a flat disc on an upright which God gives to man? He axle rotating in a horizontal gives us mind and intellect. We are far removed from the ani- plane. In Europe the favorite gj device was a lengthening of the mal kingdom. Though animals axle of the wheel enabling a have some intuition they do not heavy disc three feet in diam- think and reason as man does. eter to be placed at the bottom. God has given us this wonderful The potter seated himself at the power to be used for His glory wheel and propelled it with his and the good of our own lives. foot, working on the lower disc. Perhaps too, you have some The workman had to be very natural talent with your body, skillful. He must know just how are skillful with hands or feet. to place the clay against the This may serve you some good rapidly turning wheels in order purpose in the Kingdom of God. to bring about the very best re- There may be some difficult sults. Jeremiah tells us that he task to be performed for the went down to the potter's house King which needs just the and "behold he wrought a work strength of body that you are on the wheels." able to furnish. "Who sweeps a room as law, makes that I. The Wheels of God's Provi- by Thy dence. Let us consider, for a and the action fine." little while, the wheels of God's Then there are Our Circum- Providence. This is only a mini- stances and Environment. Our | ature picture of the Great Pot- circumstances and environment ter, the Lord Himself, at work may retard us unless we use in His great pottery, working on them in the right way. For our THE BIBLE VISION 15

^ best good, we may need to en- will make you one of the finest " counter many hardships and emory wheels to help turn out difficulties. Out of the most un- characters and souls to shine expected places and circum- through all the ages of the ages. stances in this world come those Is not this indeed a privilege? who make the mighty men and What would you do if suddenly women of their generation. We all your spiritual privileges need these hard places in the were taken away, no place of cogs of the wheel of durable prayer, no place to sing praises, material to stand the wear and no place to worship! Thank and tear and motion of the wheels. praise God for the blessed privi- Ofttimes gold comes out of the lege of receiving revelations. of river, bottom the diamonds II. A God-wrouqht Work. It are found in obscure places, and is God who does all the choosing iron is found far beneath the of the clay and places it on the surface of the earth. Rare flow- wheels best suited to bring ers are found on some rocky about the desired results. He is cliff along a storm-beat coast, the Great Potter. "Thou art the ^ The souls that have climbed out Potter, I am the Clay." God of the sin and degradation are must do the work. He will make the wheels which make the the wheels go in the right man- world better. There is a story of ner. He will make your natural a picture hung in the library of talents amount to something. one of the professors in a But unless the wheels are made theological seminary, a picture to move and the clay placed on of David and Goliath in which the wheels, no good can be ac- light came down. A friend walk- complished. It is like the woman ing along a narrow street saw a who was thought to be very child playing with the picture in poor, but when, after her death, the gutter. He bought it from they took up her kitchen carpet, the mother, and now it hangs in they found, in her shack in the professor's library admired South Norwalk, Connecticut, by all, yet out of the gutter it between three and four thou- had come. sand dollars. Our souls must We must remember too, our awaken, awaken to the possibili- Spiritual Privileges. There are ties of the work of the Great wonderful spiritual privileges Potter. The Prodigal needed the which God has given you. wheel of famine and loneliness, I " These are wheels in your life to to bring out the best in him and bring you into a deeper place. lead him to say, "I will arise and Spiritual teachings which you go to my father." receive from God's messengers The Potter understands the Announcing - THE SUMPIE The second annual Summer Schocl^f session of two four-week terms beginnin^jL^ Classes will be offered during the foren taken in each term. The afternoons and ev( Advantages First Term — June 4-29 The Summer School is an Course Credit Weekly Periods opportunity for several Bible Doctrine (a) 2 Tues., V/ed., Thurs., Fri. groups: (1) 1945 High 8:00-9:45 A.M.

School graduates who de- Chapel Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., sire to begin ministerial 9:50-10:10 A.M.

studies, or who wont to be- Church History (a) 2 Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., - come established in the 10:15-12:00 Noon

Christian faith before go- Typology 1 Tues., Thurs., evenings ing to college in Septem- 7:30-9:00 P.M.

ber, or still un- who are Private Music 1 Periods by AppointrT:eni|k decided as to their longer educational work to be-

gin in September. (2) By For further inform employment, or otherk Bible Institute students de- siring to take extra courses,

'C to m.ake.up work, to lighten next year's schedule, or to shorten the time needed for graduation. (3) By ministers. (4) By Sunday School teachers and other church lay-workers. (5) By those who desire no credit but wish simply to attend the sessions.

The Bible Institute with its shaded campus, its well ve|l a most ideal situation for summer study. :R school of THE FORT WAYNE BIBLE INSTITUTE

«i Wayne Bible Institute will offer courses of its regular curriculum in a nd continuing to July 28.

1 from Tuesday to Friday of each week. A partial or full study load may be ngs will be left open for self-help employment, rest, and recreation. SCHEDULE OF SUBJECTS Second Term — July 2-29 Instructor Course Credit Weekly Periods Instructor

F. Leightner Bible Doctrine (b) Tues., Vv'"ed., Thurs., Fri. B. F. Leightner 8:00-9:45 A.M.,

Chapel Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri. 9:50-10:10 A.M.

- , Ringenberg Church History (b) Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri. L. R. Ringenberg 10:15-12:00 Noon

F. Leightner Typology Tues., Thurs., I. F. Leightner 7:30-9:00 P.M.

Q^E. Steiner Private Music 1 Periods by Appoiniment O. E. Steiner L^Rte Steiner Marguerite Steiner INFORMATION DTI regarding courses, rates, room reservation, self-help atters of question address: THE DEAN DRT WAYNE BIBLE INSTITUTE Fort Wayne 6, Indiana

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ited buildings, and located near the winding: St. Marys River and well-equipped parks, provide 18 THE BIBLE VISION vessel. Just as the potter looks head. But after all, do we not ^ at the clay, so the Great Potter every day see people doing " looks into our hearts, and knows things equally absurd? What what place in life is best for us. about providing for the safety He knows just what wheels to and pleasure of the body with use. If you are His, God will utter disregard for the soul! place you on His wheel, and it We plan to have seventy years will rub and rub until He has of pleasure and prosperity, while made you into a useful vessel. the preparation for eternity is Hard circumstances may come, neglected. We plan to protect difficulties that seem insur- the trifling things we have ac- mountable, but this wheel may cumulated — jewels, money, be the very one to bring cut the houses, land — and take no care Is that best that is in you, to make you to protect the immortal. pray as you have never prayed more sane than the sleepy mut- terings of a before, to believe as you have drunken man who shoes. never believed before. Are you says, "I will save my Never mind my head"? willing to say, "O Great Potter, mold me and make me after Thy —War Cry. ^ will, while I am waiting, yield- ed and still"? A NOMINAL CHRISTIAN Ye call Me Master and obey Me FIRST THINGS FIRST not; Ye call Me Light and see Me not; A New York reporter had an Ye call Me Way and walk with extremely good time recently Me not; writing up the story of a man Ye call Me Life and desire Me who had gone to sleep, drunk, not; upon the trolley tracks of upper Ye call Me Wise and follow Me Broadway, taking great care to not; put his new shoes out of harm's Ye call Me Fair and love Me not; way, but allowing his head to Ye call Me Rich and ask Me not; rest on the rail. The fender of Ye call Me Eternal and seek Me an approaching car threw him not; from the tracks, inflicting a Ye call Me Gracious and trust Me great scalp wound. His shoes, not; however, were altogether unin- Ye call Me Noble and serve Me jured. not; ^ call and fear not. w We think of no greater folly Ye Me God Me not. than the attempt to put one's If I condemn you—blame Me shoes out of danger, disregard- —Inscription on a German ing altogether the safety of one's Cathedral. THE BIBLE VISION 19

The Spirit of Power By Cyril H. Eicher Pastor of The First Missionary' Church of Cleveland

"But ye shall receive power, I should die with Thee, yet will after that the Holy Ghost is come I not deny Thee." This was no upon you." (Acts 1:8.) idle boast; I believe Peter meant every word of it. But he was to There ?re two Greek words m learn a lesson all of us must the New Testament which have learn: that although it is a pre- been translated power but which requisite to faithful testimony, are not synonomous. The first a desire to be faithful is not suf- is exousia, found in John 1:12, ficient. There must be a power which means the power of au- apart from ourselves which will thority or right. The other is enable us to carry out that de- dunaTYiis, found in Romans 1:16 sire. Because Peter lacked that FYid Acts 1:8, which means the power, he went down in inglo- power of force or might. It is the word from which our dyna- rious defeat. ^ mite is derived. How descriptive But take a brief look at Pe- of the energizing power of the ter after Pentecost. Witness the Holy Spirit when He is allowed boldness with which he faces to have control in the believer's the throng and flings these heart! words in their teeth: "God hath

The entire book of Acts is made that same Jesus, whom ye radiant with stories of those have crucified, both Lord and who were filled with the Spirit Christ." Or hear him before the and the glorious effects His in- Sanhedrin: "Whether it be right dwelling had upon their lives. in the sight of God to hearken Let us look at four examples unto you more than unto God, from the book of Acts which judge ye. For we cannot but illustrate what the power of the speak the things which we have Holy Ghost will do for the be- seen and heard." Certainly this liever. does not sound like the same man who a few short weeks be- I. Peter—The Power of fore had wilted before the Public Testimony scornful finger of a little serv- Before Pentecost Peter had a ant girl. What caused the differ- burning desire to be true to the ence? Simply the fulfillment of I Lord. Listen to his declaration: our text: "Ye shall receive pow- "Though all men shall be of- er after that the Holy Ghost is fended because of Thee, yet will come upon you." He is the pow-

I never be offended . . . Though er of public testimony. 21) THE BIBLE VISION

11. Stephen—The Power He improved his opportunities OF Patient Suffering for spiritual service in addition ^ In the sixth chapter of Acts, to his manifold duties as one of where we find the election of seven deacons. He was willing the first board of deacons in the to go anywhere, even to the de- early church, we hear first of spised Samaritans. He evidenc- Stephen, "a man full of faith and ed great humility in stepping of the Holy Ghost." A few verses aside for Peter and John when farther on he is referred to again they came from Jerusalem to as a man "full of faith and Samaria. He practiced perfect power." We see from these two obedience to God's Spirit, even verses that the terms Holy Ghost though it meant leaving a great pnd power are used interchange- revival just to minister to one ably. The acid test of a Chris- hungry soul on the desert. He tian's sanctification is how he used real tact in dealing with reacts under pressure. There is the eunuch, and he was true to so much sham and hypocrisy his message — "he preached among holiness and full gospel Christ." The secret of Philip's people, whose lives often give success in soul-winning was gk the lie to their high profession nothing more nor less than the of holiness. fact that he was filled with the Not so with Stephen. Not only Holy Spirit, for He is the power was he patient in suffering, but of persistent soul-winning. he was forgiving and loving as IV. Paul—The Power of well. Even as they were ston- Perfect Consecration ing him and as his spirit was The name Paul means little— sbout to take leave. of his body, suggestive, is it not, of the spirit he prayed, "Lord, lay not this of humility and consecration sin to their charge." The name which so characterized this Stephen means crown. Does great apostle? Examine his gain this not suggest the reward and loss exhibit in Philippians which awaits the patient suffer- 3, where he says: "What things er? Paul says, "If we suffer, we were gain to me, those I count- shall also reign with Him." ed loss for Christ . . . for whom Again it is the Holy Spirit who I have suffered the loss of all is the power of patient suffer- things, and do count them but ing. dung, that I may win Christ." III. Philip—The Power of Neither was Paul making an Persistent Soul-Winning empty boast when he told the ^ Many lessons in soul-winning Galatians that he no longer be- may be learned from a study of longed to himself, but that his the life of Philip the evangelist. life was being lived by the faith —

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and power of the Christ who that the Holy Ghost is come up- I ' dwelt within him. on you. It requires far more than lip MISSIONARIES NEED consecration to make us faithful EDUCATION acceptable in God's sight. It and "One of the great African mis- takes a moment-by-moment, sionaries said that the better edu- day-by-day yieldedness to the cated men should go to the low- whole will of God, which often est tribes, because their minds results in fiery trials and valley are so well stored that they will experiences. Paul himself knew not feel the lack of contact with that bonds and afflictions await- the outside world so much. Of ed him in Jerusalem, but he tes- course, nothing takes the place tifies: "I go bound in the Spirit of fellowship with Christ and

unto Jerusalem . . . None of His love in our hearts, but this these things move me, neither is an 'outfit' that greatly helps. count I my life dear unto my- "It is true that Christ chose self, so that I might finish my the unlearned disciples, for they course with joy." Yes, the Holy could be with Him, and He has Spirit, who motivated the Apos- never m.ade our understanding tle Paul, is the power of perfect of divine truth depend on the consecration. amount of education one has. Nevertheless, in choosing our Do you want the power which place as Christian leaders, we characterized and energized the must remember that it was the lives of these four great men learned Saul of Tarsus that the power of public testimony, Christ chose to travel about the power of patient suffering, founding the early churches and the power of persistent soul- to leave us a record for all this winning, and the power of per- age of the deeper knowledge for fect consecration? The answer Christians. It was the renowned can be found only in the fulfill- Doctor Luther whom He used to ment of the words of our text: bring in the Reformation." "Ye shall receive power, after —Anonymous.

The Toll of War at Home—Motherless Children (Continued jrom page 8)

The most vital production line of America is the stream of boys and girls being produced. These productions must be given personal and spiritual character. This calls for greater skill and personal attention than is needed to see portions of steel, iron, tin, and rubber through the process which makes bullets and bombers. 12 THE BIBLE VISION

Children, the Hope of America By Leonard R. Smith

Mr. Smith is Dean of Men and Instructor at Riverside Christian Training School, Lost Creek, Kentucky. He and Mrs. Smith were 1943 graduates of the Ft. Wayne Bible Institute.

"Traill up a child in ths way ing of the child in the home, the he should go; and when he is school, and the Sunday School. old he will not depart from it." We have charge of the boys' Proverbs 22:6. These words of dormitory in which we have the wise Solomon need special boys ranging in age from 8 to 15, emphasis today because of the representing various types of spiritual and moral breakdown homes. The majority of the boys in our country. The spiritual have not had Christian training training of the child seems to be before they came here. Some almost forgotten in our so-called come from divorced homes; Christian nation. The mothers some have only one parent liv- of a few generations ago took ing; some are put here in order time to train their children in that their parents can work in ^ the way they should go. The defense factories, and a few have ^ present generation is being been placed here by their par- denied this heritage of receiving ents for the purpose of receiving spiritual training at Mother's Christian training while attend- knee. ing school.

I believe that this failure to Although dormitory life is train our boys and girls is large- quite different from home life, ly responsible for the conditions we strive to maintain a resem- of today. Shall we let this situa- blance of home atmosphere. At tion continue to grow worse, or meal time the children and shall we, like Ignatius Loyola workers gather in the dining and Francis Xavier, recognize room where grace is pronounced the power that lies in rearing up at each meal, and where devo- a new generation of children tions are conducted regularly which shall be lovers and de- each morning. Last year when fenders of the Christian faith? one of the boys went home he We must realize that the chil- refused to eat until he was per- dren of today are the leaders of mitted to say grace at the table tomorrow. in a home that was not Christian. Since my wife and I came to Each evening, except prayer "^ Kentucky in 1943, we have been meeting night and Christian laboring in a Mountain Mission Endeavor night, we have a pe- School where we have had the riod of devotions in the dormi- opportunity to witness the train- tory. This varies with Scripture THE BIBLE VISION 23

reading, discussions, recitation Beside the lack of training in ^ of memory verses, singing, testi- the modern home, there is a monies, and prayers. marked absence of any Christian We have endeavored to make education in many of the public the boys feel free to come to us schools. In fact, some schools for prayer help any time they forbid even the reading of the desire. Many have come to us Bible; others permit the read- after the devotional period asking of the Bible without coming us to pray with them that ments by the teachers; while in they might be saved, or for help only a few is the Word really in spiritual battles. Some of the taught. The modern school of- boys had never prayed and did fers a good secular curriculum not know how to pray when they but neglects the spiritual and came. Now, though their prayers moral training. In fact, in many are not eloquent, they have cases they teach the children learned to pray quite well even principles contrary to those of in public. One of the most dif- the Scriptures. ficult situations we have to meet In our mission grade and high is their idea that once they are school spiritual training is em- I saved they can continue to lie, phasized above secular studies. steal, and cheat, and remain a The grades have studied a num- good Christian. ber of the books of the Bible, While we have not seen the and memorized verses and chap- results we would like to see, it ters of the Bible. Bible and has been a pleasure to watch Christian Education courses are many of them grow spiritually given in the high school. As I as evidenced by their prayers, have gone out to teach Bible in testimonies, and their lives. Al- the public schools, I have found though we cannot maintain the many of the teachers have re- close contact and influence real ceived their high school educa- parents have with their chil- tion here. I have also received dren, we are thankful these chil- a real welcome for Bible teach- dren can find some measure of ing. One teacher often keeps me home life here as well as spirit- for an hour or more asking Bi- ual training. Certainly many ble questions. Other teachers parents are missing a great drill the children in Bible mem- blessing and reward by neglect- ory verses I assign. ing the spiritual welfare of their Most Sunday Schools of to-

. children. Instead of reward day are content to minister to there* shall be judgment for fail- those who come to them, but ure to accept the responsibility fail to see the opportunity of of training the children God has reaching the neglected children given them. around about them. This is also 24 THE BIBLE VISIOin the Sunday School's responsi- Sunday School teachers and M bility, for we read in Luke 14: workers must reach out to those 23, "Go out into the highways in the neglected areas and bring and hedges and compel them to them into a place of worship. come in." Jesus died for all; The hope of America lies in therefore, we ought to strive to her children. The challenge is reach every child within our for you and me to begin at once reach, even though it means a to train our children that this little effort and sacrifice on our hope might be fulfilled. part. On Sunday afternoons we con- PRACTICE ALSO COMES IN duct one of the outstation Sun- HANDY day Schools. Our audience con- sists largely of children for A British soldier one night many of the adults think Sun- was caught creeping stealthily day School is only for children. back to his quarters from the When adults are present, we near-by woods. He was taken bring a special message for before his commanding officer them. Some of the children come and charged with holding com- fj neat and clean, while others munications with the enemy. that come just as they are, dirty, The man pleaded he had ragged, and with tousled hair. gone into the woods to pray by Our work has been mainly that himself. That was his only defense. of sowing the seed rather than reaping; yet just a few weeks "Have you been in the habit ago two little girls accepted the of spending hours in private Lord as their Savior. prayer?" the officer growled. "Yes, sir!" Certainly, we who profess to "Then down on your knees and be Christians need to take in- pray now," he roared, "you never ventory of our lives to see needed to so much." whether we are maintaining the kind of spiritual atmosphere Expecting immediate death the that will enable our children to soldier knelt and poured out his in for eloquence become Christian leaders. We Loul prayer that could been inspired only by must rebuild the family altar have the power of the Holy Spirit. where father, mother, and children meet daily for Bible read- "You may ,go," said the officer ing and prayer. Christian school simply when he had finished, "I m ' teachers should strive to make believe your story. If you hadn't use of every opportunity to drilled often you couldn't have train the children under their done as well at review." care to love and fear the Lord. —Arthur Mercer THE BIBLE \^ I S I O N 25

As a Chaplain Sees It WITH WINGED M^;N By Chaplain Safara A. Witmer

Ever since leaving Harvard ingenuity of the being that can Chaplain School I have been in design and build such a craft. the Air Corps, where I have had Recently I saw some men work the opportunity of observing cut a problem on a mission by this thing called flying and these using an instrument that meas- birdmen who are at home in a ured a millionth of a second of new element—the great ocean of time! Would that men were air that surrounds the earth and more generous in acknowledging that makes one mode of trans- their Creator, as did the Psalm-

j ortation equally practicable ist: "I will praise thee; for I ever land and sea areas. Natur- am fearfully and wonderfully ally, many impressions have made." been made. It is deplorable that man, pos- ^ First, are the amazing facts of sessed of such remarkable abil- W flying itself. Recently I heard a ity and capable of producing veteran say, ''I still can't see such mechanical triumphs, is how a ship like that can take nevertheless so stupid that he off." He was referring to a applies his ingenuity in destroy- sixty-ton Super-Fortress. But ing his fellow mxCn and can find even more amazing than the ap- no better way of solving his so- parent suspension of the law of cial problems than by destructive; gravity is the mechanical in- warfare. His advances in re- tricacy built into a modern air- leasing and harnessing physical craft. A tactical plane is very energy have far outrun advances deceiving in appearance. The in using the greater resources of outside is simple, smooth, and the Spirit of God. Instead of beautifully streamlined. But the technological progress bringing inside is a most complex assort- about universally better living ment of structural parts, lines, conditions, it brings about de- cables, machines, levers, gadgets, struction. Instead of aviation tanks, and armament. And a bringing the enjoyment of the tactical plane is not built for heights to multitudes, it drives comfort; there are not stream- him underground to escape the lined, plush-covered compart- fury of bombs. There is fear ments within! And the more now that any further "progress" I one begins to understand some- along such lines will end in the thing of the engineering prob- destruction of man's boasted lems involved in its construction, civilization. The terrors of the more one is amazed at the modern warfare seem to be at 26 THE BIBLE VISION least a partial fulfillment of the made for the small plane as an ^ words of our Lord in Luke 21: aid to the missionary in his 26, 27: "And there shall be work, yet in some areas and for signs in the sun, and in the moon, certain types of work it should and in the stars; and upon the prove a valuable means of trans- earth distress of nations, V/ith portation. perplexity; the sea and v/civcs As for the birdmen themselves, roaring; men's hearts failing they represent the cream of them for fear, and for looking American manhood. They must after those things which are be physically sound and mental- coming on the earth." ly alert. They must have quick But returning to the amazing responses and unusually high co- facts of flying: It is difficult to ordination of mind and body. adjust ourselves to the feats of They must be resourceful and the airplane. Flying in the cool. Flying a combat, or even speediest planes now is ap- a big transport, plane calls for a proaching the speed of sound. highly coordinated human or- That means traveling two city ganism of body, mind — and blocks in a second. This morn- spirit. Even the spiritual side ^ ing a pilot invited me to go with is taken into account among him to a city 300 miles distant some; many a pilot has come on a mission. We were there an back to his base on "a wing and hour, but the whole trip, going a prayer." and returning, took only several Not long ago I witnessed hours in one of the "slower" drama on a huge scale. Circling planes. After the war, high al- a wide, expansive field in great titude passenger plans flying circles was a wounded B-29. Up- above the weather in the strato- on returning from a 3,000 mile sphere will bring the most dis- mission, one of the huge set of earth only 50 tant points on the landing wheels wouldn't come to 60 hours away. down. For a half hour the crew The plane has done more than tried to release the wheels. any other invention to shrink Finally, the pilot decided to the size of the earth and to make make a crash landing. Hun- this one world. For the church dreds of silent men were watch- with its world-wide misson, this ing on the line to see what would achievement is significant. Time happen. As! a chaplain I was in of trans-oceanic travel is great- the crash assembly at the far ly reduced. Tedious, time-con- end of the field ready to follow M suming ocean voyages are giving in fast pursuit as soon as the way to the swift travel of flig?it plane would pass. The assembly in the stratosphere. And while was composed of fire fighters and exaggerated claims have been trucks, medics and ambulances, — —

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I and several other types of per-- fight of faith as American avi- ^ sonnel in motor vehicles. In the ation has been in conquering the minds of many, no doubt, was air, the world would in all likli- the reminder of a crash landing hood be a different world today. of another of our planes less than forty-eight hours before MY REQUEST when all crewmen and plane By Edith Gunderson I asked the Lord for riches, thinking so perished. I wondered how man}' To pour them at His feet: of those silent spectators were He answered me in tender voice and praying. I am certain many low were. The plane came in, and That He my need would meet; But showed me as my earthly gold the pilot, a tall, light-haired grew dim young American of about twen- The wondrous joy of poverty with Him! ty-one, made a remarkable land- I asked the Lord for wisdom's treas- ing, saving crew from injury ured store and the plane from serious dam- To use in His employ: age. Later in the day when I He answered me^—and gave me noth- told the pilot that I had been ing more, But rather that deep joy praying for him and the crev- I A fool in this world for His sake to be, that they would make a safe That more of heavenly wisdom I might landing, he replied instantly, see! "We were helping you!" The I asked the Lord for power, firm to following Sunday I noticed him stand in the chapel service — perhaps And serve Him in the fight: he had come to give thanks to He answered me with gentle, strength- ening Hand, God. Told me to trust His might. One characteristic of these And now my weakness joyfully I face That I may manifest His perfect grace! fliers that is noteworthy is their nonchalant attitude toward their I asked the Lord for light, that I might exploits. They perform the see The winding path ahead: most hazardous missions in a He answered—sent me darkness thick matter-of-fact way. One never —but He hears them boast or brag about Marked out the way to tread; And now I would not change for any their exploits. They may tell light of some close ones they have had The joy of following Him 'mid earthly if they are talking "shop" with night! fliers, fellow but usually they I asked the Lord for nothing now but have to be quizzed before they this: will become communicative. That I may nothing be; That I may comprehend—O deepest One last impression — if only bliss! the church of Jesus Christ would His all-sufficiency! That Christ, not I, may be to others be as skilled and eager in win- known, ning souls and fighting the good His all the glory! His, and His alone! 28 THE BIBLE VISIOM SANCTIFICATION By J. A. RlNGENBERG President of the Missionary Church Associal

"Sancitfy them through thy tion sanctifies the deed."—Web- truth: thy word is truth. ster.

"And for their sakes I sanctify "To sanctify means— 1. To myself, that they also might be cleanse a sinner from the polu- sanctified through the truth" tion and filth of sin, to free him (John 17:17-19). from the power and dominion DEFINITION: of sin, to endue him with a spir- "This is the will of God, even it of holiness: thus God by His your sanctification, that ye Spirit sanctifies the elect, or should abstain from fornication: true believer. 2. To separate and that every one of you should appoint to a holy and religious know how to possess his vessel use."—Crudens. in sanctification and honor; not Hence we conclude that the in the lust of concupisence, work of sanctification deals with "^ even as the gentiles which know the process of making holy, not not God; that no man go beyond merely imputing holiness to us and defraud his brother in any but more specifically imparting matter: because that the Lord is that holiness to us. the avenger of all such, as we THE SCOPE OF SANCTIFICA- also have forwarned you and TION.

testified, for God hath not called 1. As to objects. us into uncleanness, but unto a. The seventh day (Gen. 2: holiness" (I Thess. 4:3-7). 3). "And the very God of peace b. The first-born (Ex. 13:2). sanctify you wholly (make you c. The congregation (Ex. 19: entirely holy) ; and I pray God 10). your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless un- d. The tabernacle (Ex. 40:9). to the coming of our Lord Jesus e. The altar of burnt offer- Christ" (I Thess. 5:23). ing (Ex. 40:10). "Sanctify— 1. To free from sin; f. The priests and their gar- purify. 2. To make sacred or ments (Ex. 40:13; cf. Lev. holy; set apart to holy use; hal- 8:30). low. 3. To render productive of house (Lev. 27:14). m g. A ^ holiness or piety; as, to sanctify h. Unbelieving companions sufferings. 4. To impart or im- (I Cor. 7:14). pute venerableness, respect, etc., i. Children of believing par- to give sanction to; as, the inten- ents (I Cor. 7:14). —

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j. Things to be eaten (I Tim. 4. The pattern of holiness 4:5). (Lev. 20:7; 19:2; I Pet. 1: k. The disciples (John 17:17, 16; cf. Matt. 5:48). 19). He Leadeth Me 1. Jesus was sanctified (John "In pastures green? not always; some- 17:19). times He 2. By whom sanctified. Who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth a. God sanctifies (Gen. 2:3; me In weary ways where heavy shadows I Thess. 5:23). be: b. Christ sanctifies (Eph. 5: 26; Heb. 13:12). "Out of the runshine, warm, and soft and bright: c. The Holy Spirit (II Thess. Out of tlie sunshine into darkest night. 2:13; I Pet. 1:2). T oft would faint with sorrow and af- d. The Word (I Tim. 4:5; cf. fright.

John 17:17). "Only for this — I know He holds my e. Moses was to sanctify hand! (Ex. 13:2; 28:41; 30:29). So whether in the green or desert land, I trust, although I may not understand. f. Priests were to sanctify (Ex. 19:22). "So whether on the hilltops high and fair man may sanctify g. A I dvv^ell, or in the sunless valleys where Objects (Lev. 27:14). The shadows ae—what matter? He is Himself (Lev. 11:44; 20:7). there!

Others (I Cor. 7:14). "Where'er He leads me 1 can safely go; in the blest hereafter I shall 3. As to extent. And know Why in His wisdom He hath led me so." a. Sanctification begins be- —Author Unknown. fore conversion The unbelieving husband The Christian's Role The children of unbeliev- What are Christians put into ers (I Cor. 7.14). the world for except to do the

b. It is carried forward in impossible in the strength of conversion for this work God? Gen. S. C. Armstrong. of cleansing and making How Backsliding Begins holy is thus carried for- Most failures in the Christian ward. life can be traced to the neglect c. It continues throughout of God's Word. As a result cf life (II Tim. 2:21; Col. 3: this neglect, our prayer life be- 8-10; Col. 1:22; I Pet. 3:15). gins to wane. Sensitiveness to d. In a very specific sense it sin decreases more and more. is a crisis experience What would you look like if you (Acts 20:32; 26:18; I Cor. fed your body the way you have 1:2; 6:11; I Thess. 5:23; fed your soul the past six

• Heb. 10:10). months?—H. G. Randolph. 30 THE BIBLE VISION

WITH THE FELL WSHIP CIRCLE at home abroad

SPECIAL SPEAKERS AT B. I. Miss Minnie Hilty ('11), ordered to Elmore Eicher, missionary to India, leave China because of war conditions, addressed the Mission Band on the arrived by steamer in San Francisco evening of Feb. 2. on March 1. Five days later she pro- Waldo Schindler ('29), missionary to ceeded on toward her home in Pandora, Africa, was the Mission Band speaker Ohio. on Feb. 9. F'rom Jamaica Mr. and Mrs. David Co!. Stanley Dodgrson ('21), Senior Clark ('43) write of three preaching Chaplain of American Air Forces in points which they reach as they follow Europe, addressed the chapel service winding trails, and where evening of Feb. 11. Chaplain Dodgson has re- services have had to be suspended be- cently completed 15 months of service cause kerosene for lighting the chapel in London and Paris. He served as is at present too scarce an item, but the staff chaplain for General Spatz under Lord's work goes on. David Clark is General Eisenhour. now a missionary to the land where his Rev. Alvin Becker ('25), representing own father (now a missionary to Peru) the Northern Bible Society, addressed was born. a recent chapel service. Deliverance from Japanese planned On Feb. 28, Rev. Fred Ingersoll, executions. Among the missionaries superintendent of the Chicago Rescue ^ liberated from the hands of the Japa- ^ Mission, corner of Halstead and Madi- nese in Manila was Miss Elda Amstutz son, Chicago, was the guest chapel ('21). The story of the rescue is most speaker. Mr. Ingersoll is also Chaplain thrilling—literally a deliverance from of the Cook County Jail. the sky and through the sea. Our Rev. J. A. Ringenberg has recently paratroopers descended on the prison given a series of chapel messages on at Los Banos at the precise time when the theme of "Sanct'ification" speaking half the prison guard were having weekly on Tuesday and Thursday. their morning calisthentics, and the Cpl. Curtis Bedsworth, who was a missionaries and the other internees student at the Institute until called lined up for roll call. The air-borne to the in Army two years ago, spoke troops overpowered the guards, whisk- the chapel hour 6. Cpl. Beds- on March ed the internees outside the walls to is at Shel- worth now stationed Camp the amphibious tractors which were by. waiting for them. The tractors roared Rev. Russell Sloat ('32), of Nigeria, down to the shore of Laguna de Bay, French W. Africa, the addressed Stu- plunged into the water, and made their dents' Mission Band service Mar. 23. way up the lake shore until they Sloat will Rev. soon be returning for reached territory held by our forces. his third term of service on the field Then they came ashore and loaded During this furlough he has been tak- their passengers into Army trucks ing studies at Goshen College in addi- which took them to the safety of New tion to deputational work. Bilibib Prison at Muntinlupa, where FROM FOREIGN one of the Chaplains found them three LANDS days later. The missionaries call it a Miss Edna Pape, of the class of 1938, Red Sea deliverance! Evidence was ^ returned from French West Africa on found' indicating that the Japanese had Feb. 3. The trip was made via the At- planned to kill all the internees later lantic Clipper. Miss Pape has complet- in that day. The day before, the mis- ed her first term of missionary work .sionaries had had a special prayer on the field. meeting asking God for deliverance, THE BIBL. E VISION 31

and felt assured that He had heard love the native Christians as it is any t'heir prayers; but when the parachut- brother or sister in the Lord. They are ists dropped from the skies with their just the same and go through some of 'chutes billowing above them like the same things we go through. In the white clouds they could hardly believe church at Share we have a fine number their eyes. Truly God does answer of Christian young men and a;S one prayer! looks at them he cannot help praising Miss Amstutz writes: "We are now God that there are a few who are will- comfortably housed in prison buildings ing to suffer for Him. It may mean in and getting good food out of American the near future that some of them will tins. Tastes wonderful. We are about go through real suffering. The old pa- 2,200 hungry people. I have just a few gans and Mohammedans are finding dresses and my accordion, but the loss that too many young men are interest- of all things does not compare with the ed in real salvation and they have good things in Christ. We may reach banded themselves together and are the States early in April." trying to make trouble for them. "Today has been a full day! We had FROM THE MAIL BAG to get started early this morning because they started to build a new Miss Helen Zorb ('42) writes us from church. Our other one was too small the St. John's Lutheran Home, Mars, are fall Pa. and the sides about ready to out. At breakfast Mr. Embree asked me "I have charge of 13 girls here at the to take his Bible class with the com- Home. They vary in ages from 3 years ^ pound boys from now on until the W to 14 years. None of our youngsters are building is finished. I didn't have a orphans but the great majority are thing ready for this morning's class from broken homes. As I see these poor and only a half hour in which to pre- youngsters and know their background, pare. (I am afraid I was not too well all I can do is praise God for the home prepared.) 1 am attempting to use the and family and the spiritual background He has given me. These young- Gospel of John. After the Bible class it was time for my language study. The sters need prayer lest they too grow teacher I have now is a young girl. up as their parents have done. Please She seems to be very nice and I like 'pray for us that God might guide us her. My language study lasted from and help us t'o lead these children to 9:00 A.M. until 12:00 noon and my head Christ. I think often of the Bible Insti- in a whirl with words. After tute and the blessings received there." was new rest period I started to work on my Miss Evelyn Kreiss ('44), Jebba, Ni- in of I decided to geria, Africa. study the book John. draw a map which took quite a bit of "A missionary's life is not all thrill time. By the time I had finished it and glamour, in fact at times it seems time to eat. After supper and the to be problems, more problems, and was evening prayer I mixed up the bread work, but yet in it all there is t'he joy for tomorrow and now at 8:30 P.M. I of knowing one is in the center of His am ready to begin on the night's work will. I am completely happy and feel of letter writing and study." as though this is the place that I had been in a long time, "The Lord does give one a love for JUNIOR ALUMNI the unlovely. As I go around the We are happy to have word of the compounds I would just love to mother following new members of the "Junior "I the children, dirt, sores and all. I have Alumni": found that one doesn't think about that Sarah Orpha Traver, daughter of part, the burden for their salvation is Mr. and Mrs. Lee Traver, of Portland, so great that other conditions are of Oregon. Mrs. Traver was formerly Miss no importance. It is just as easy to Betty Bridges, a student at the Insti- 32 THE BIBLE VISION tute in 1942-43-. Sarah Orpha arrived FELLOWSHIP CIRCLE BALLOT Feb. 5. Vice President: ^ James Robert Harle, son of Mr. and Richard Reilly ^ Mrs. Robert L. Harle, of Toledo, Ohio, Carl Parlee Feb. 6. Mrs. Harle was Miss Neva Corresponding Secretary: Whaley before her marriage. The Har- Luella Miller les graduated in the class of '43. Mrs. Paul V/agley Jean Anne, daughter of Mr. and Reicording Secretary: Mrs. Leo Johnson, of Schenectady, N. Doris Moser Y., Feb. 20. Mrs. Johnson was form- Eunice Gerig erly Miss Nora Jane Bolender and a Treasurer: graduate of the Institute in the class Jane Bedsworth of '42. Eloise Rogers Barbara Joan Hodgson, daughter of Nominating Committee: Rev. ('33) and Mrs. ('35) Ivan E. Hodg- (check 3 names) son, March 23. Mrs. Hodgson was form- Oliver St'einer erly Miss Ariel Schoenhals. Rev. Hodg- Lillian Zeller son is minister of the Emmanuel Mrs. L. R. Ringenberg Methodist Church of Highland Park, Tillman Amstutz Michigan. Daniel Dyck

Margaret Esther arrived on April 5, Elda Gerber at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Burley N. What a Christian Is Not Clay. Mrs. Clay was formerly Miss Al- Robert Ingersoll, the great agnostic, ice Cone. Both the parer.ts were gradu- defined the stuti out of which orthodox ates in the class of '44, and " now have a ministers are made. He said that some- ^ pastorate near Phoenix, Arizona. times well-meaning people find a May God bless these little ones and young man "not quite sick enough to may He give guidance to the parents to die nor healthy enough to be wicked," whom He has entrusted them. and so they conclude that he would make a good orthodox minister. WEDDING BELLS Fredrick Nietzsche, too, scorned Od March 3rd Miss Florence Thomp- Christianity as a religion for the weak. son ('41). of Grove Cit'y, Pa. became If a man had neither the mental cour- the bride of Mr. Raymond Snyder. We age nor the physical strength to be regret that we do not have more de- wicked, he became a Christian. Since tailed information of the ceremony. he v/as not shrewd enough to steal, nor bold enough to kill nor passionate AT HOME WITH THE LOUD enougli to defy convention and tradi- Just as the last issue of the Vision tion, he would retire into a monastic was sent to the printer word was re- arm chair and become a saint. ceived at the Institute of the passing of Both Ingersoll and Nietzsche unwit- Mrs. D. Y. Schultz. Mrs. Schultz and tingly have done Christianity^ a service. her husband were associated with the For in attacking a "do-nothing" Chris- Bible Institute from its early days un- tianity, they have caused Christians to til the later's death. Mrs. Schultz has rethink what is the real genius of since resided in — New York City.—NEEDED—their ialth. ^The American Signal. (1) A Cook (2) Repairman Applicants are invited to correspond with The Business Manager Fort Wayne Bible Institute Fort Wayne 6, Indiana