To ecery thiny there is a season, and a t i m e to every purpose under the heaven.

[Eccleiisrter 3: l )

D e d i c a t i o n It i s not ours t o honor; it i s but ours t o

recognize the honor God has bestowed on

one who has yielded to His call. Saved dur-

ing his high school days, led to the Simpson

Bible School in Seattle, Washington, and

then providentially guided to our own school

from which he graduated with the first

Seminary Class in June o f 1949, Prof. Victor

Matthews' experience bears every indica-

tion o f "Steps well ordered o f the Lord."

Conipleting his A.B. work at Calvin Colleqe

in 1952, Prof. Matthews received his B.D.

1 from B.T.S. that same year.

Recognizing his natural teaching ability, our school board retained him as Evening

School instructor from 1949 t o 1951 while he pastored the Paris Baptist Church

(1946-1950) and the First Baptist Church o f Oakfield (1950-195 1 ) . In the fall of 1951,

Prof. Matthews assumed his duties as full-time

instructor in our Day School.

As Dean o f men, we have found in Mr.

Matthews a sympathetic listener and a wise

counselor. As instructor he shall always be

remembered for his copious notes, extensive

outlines, and his "just one sentence more."

W e give thanks for this man of God, and

in appreciatioh for all he has done for us and

for our school, we affectionately dedicate t o

Prof. Victor Matthews this 1955 edition o f

KUMI-ORI.

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REV. HOWARD KEITHLEY. Chairman

REV. ROBERT DICE, Vice-Chairman

FRANK H. GORDON, Secretary

J. EUGENE WRIGHT, Treasurer

REV. GEORGE ADAMS

WILLIAM R. BALBACH

CARL BENGERT

REV. G. H. DAHLBERG

JOHN J. DE VRlES

HAROLD H. HESS

REV. WILBUR WEBBER

REV. WILBERT WELCH

REV. HOWARD KEITHLEY

J. EDWARD HAKES, A.B., B.D. P r e s i d e n t

eview and retrospection are always Surely we would be guilty o f gross engaged in with prof i t b y God 's people. ingratitude did we not take note o f the They enable us to determine t o what ex- roany manifestations of our Lord's love tent God 's will has been fulfilled in our and faithfulness with which our way has lives during the t ime being appraised. been brightened since the last Kumi O r i They also bring t o mind the impressive was published. The splendid group o f number o f the Lord's blessings which have high calibre young people who have highlighted our experiences during the made up our student body. . . . The high past. morale that has characterized dormitory

W i t h these values in view we look life. . . .The almost total absence o f disci- back over the 1954-55 academic year. plinary problems . . . The never-to-be- Each member o f the student body and forgot ten experiences in chapel . . . The of the faculty must discover for himself, fine faculty-student relationship . . . The of course, the degree t o which he permit- remembrance o f these, and many others, ted the desires of the heavenly Father t o kindle a fire in our heart under the sac- to be realized in his life. I sincerely trust rif ice of praise! that the atmosphere and the activities Yet, while the past has its fascinations, o f the school have contr ibuted substan-

the of our students interests me tially t o each one's growth in grace. I believe that, f rom my point o f vantage, I as I trust that the days before us

was able to see encouraging evidences will be as rich and glorious as G o d wants o f such progress in the lives of many. t o make them. M a y H e prosper you!

LEON J. WOOD Dean of Education A.B..Th.B..Th.M.

JOSEPH BALBACH B.M.E.. B.D.

LORENCE ASMAN B.A.

G. H. DAHLBERG

MARGARET CARPENTER B.S.. M.R.E.

WARREN H. FABER A.B.. Th.B.

VICTOR MATTHEWS A.B., B.D.

SHELDON H. QUINCER

WILBUR WEBBER A.B.. B.D.

WILLIAM H. PARDEE A.B., B.D.. Th.M.. Th.D.

JOHN H. WILSON A.B., B.D.

I m p r e s s i o n s f r o m t h e L a n d o f t h e B i b l e

R e a d y t o leave G r a n d Rapids Prof. Wood coming out oi H e r o d r t o m b

Frof. Woad i m e r f i g a i i n g olives

Prof. Faber, on Beth-Shemcrh Tel

ir l igntion pipel ine to tie Negev

I

An i rr igation well

Synagogue ruins of Caparnaum Sea of Gal i lee - 680' below rea level I

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I Place of Jestls' Bapt ism

I Prof . Fabcr, Baalbak Pillair

THE SCRIPTURE comes alive with new

meaning when one wings his way t o the

world of the Old and New Testament.

Standing on the vantage point o f the Ju-

dean hills it i s easy t o hurdle the barrier o f

time, language, and custom. Bethel, Bethle-

hem, Bethany seem like Hometown, U.S.A.,

and the Bible events like yesterday's news.

You herd sheep with Abraham, f ight with

Joshua, wonder with the Queen o f Sheba

at Solomon's glory, and walk with the Sav-

ior in Galilee and Samaria.

You stand on the stage o f History and

see the Drama of Redemption unfold, and

the pathos o f the Incarnation-Crucifixion-

Prof. Faber, Sphinx Scene

Resurrection climax puts i t s fingers t o your

throat and begins t o choke you. But you are

released, for this i s not your death but your

life, for Christ died for your sins according

t o the Scriptures.

The tension o f the life about you snaps

you back into troublous today. Barbed wire

barriers, gun emplacements, and ragged

refugees make the unnatural border o f a

partitioned Palestine and spell trouble for

Arabs and Jews. The U.N., the government,

the mosque, and the synagogue have not

been able t o solve the problems o f the

people, but in the land o f the Bible the

Christ of the Scriptures i s not wanted.

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II TIMOTHY 4:2

"Preach the word; be instant in season, out o f season;reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine."