The Coming Year in Emmanuel Missionary College
The Emmanuel Missionary College farm has been the scene of great activity during the past few months. The summer school was one of the most interesting terms that has ever been held. About one hundred and fifty teachers worked vigorously during the vacation months in order to be better prepared to take up their work in the schools this fall. Who can estimate the influence of these young people as they scatter through our States? Study Hall, the main college building, is in process of erection. Fifteen or twenty young men are working early and late. No effort is being spared to have this building ready for the fall opening, October 21. Students who attend Emmanuel Missionary College must not expect to live in luxury. The institution offers comfortable quarters for a limited number of students, but if the accommodations are plain, the expense is light, and a spirit of hearty co-operation is expected to characterize those who attend. It is a training school for Christian workers. It is a camp in which young people are prepared for pioneer work, and from this center many are supposed to go into the world to preach the coming of Christ. We feel that the Lord has abundantly blessed by giving us means to put up the buildings. The crops have been good. The yield of grapes was large, and the Lord has opened the way for a ready sale for all our fruit. The prospects for the fall opening are good. Young people are awakening to the fact that God wants them in the work, and it is evident that they are responding to this spirit. Emmanuel Missionary College can train the heart and the hand to work for the Master. The institution exists for no other purpose. It does not bid for students who are afraid to sacrifice for others. The whole spirit of the institution is one of sacrifice. In the words of the principal of another school, who is preparing workers for a needy field, we can say, “We want you to go out into the world, not to have an easy time, but to make sacrifice and to help somebody else. There are those who need your help and your sacrifice. You may be called upon to sacrifice a great deal. You may have to work for small salaries. You may have to teach school in uncomfortable buildings. You may have to work in desolate places, and the surroundings may be in every way discouraging.” Many of our students have had to meet such experiences. More will have to meet them. To those who are willing to enter this service we say, “Come thou with us, and we will do thee good.” As has already been said, the capacity is limited; for the dormitories have not yet been built. The price of board and room will be given upon application. The tuition fee is ten dollars a term. Arrangements have been made so that students in certain departments, who are preparing for active missionary work, may, by co-operating with the institution, receive their tuition practically free. The institution is not following the plans of the world, but the management feel that they have caught a glimpse of the needs of the world, and think it is their duty to train soldiers. Now is the time to make application if you wish to attend. Remember that the school opens October 21. Write for copy of the fall announcement. Address E. A. Sutherland, Berrien Springs, Mich.