Farragut High School - Admiral Yearbook (Farragut, TN)

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T II E A D M I R A L 1lliilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIll!1lIIIllIII1IllIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIllllIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllililllllllllllIllllilllllllHillllllllllllllllllIllllIlllllllIllllll1llllIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIllIIIIIllIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllll The period of this greatest expansion of Christendom has been less than four hundred years. In this epoch the area has been the Whole of the habitable earth. There will soon be few men who have not had a chance of bowing at Christendom's Cross. How far we are from the real truth of the Cross, the world has brought home to us with terrific force in these days of War. It sometimes seems as if we were so far from that good within Christendom itself that we have little to say to the world. The basis of our government, the salvation of our society, and the solace of our hearts, is the Bible. The Bible is world literature. In all matters of life the Word of God has authority. How can we do without it? The very thought sends a gloom over us.. Life would be as a night with- out stars. In Christianizing the world according to the Gospel we can easily say we have made a good beginning. - We have world benevolent organizations. One of the most remark- able is that of the Ameican Red Cross. Its supreme purpose is that of ministering to humanity. We have schools for the blind, deaf and dumb, and Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. organizations that are doing great work. The program which the church is endeavoring to carry out embrac- es all phases of human activity. Educational, social, and economic forces are the accompaniments of the followers of the Cross. Every movement for progress has had its origin in the fields where Christianity prevails-verily, the Prince of Peace has shed abroad the light that must illume this otherwise dark universe. Peace conferences, world court, league of nations, settlement of dispute by arbitration, are the children of this Prince of Peace. Humane Societies, for the protection of birds, beasts, and man are the direct result of the spirit shed at Christendom's Cross. All the numerous laws for the protection and benefit of the laboring man, but reflect this spirit. Every great document of benign government of humanity is the evolution of that radiance of brotherhood that Christendom's Cross shed over the world. These are only glimpses of the great work that was started there at the Cross, which was then a symbol of ignominy but is today the sign in which conquer we must. There is much still to be done, we have only begun our gigantic task. Each Epoch must see Christendom's Cross raised to higher summits of usefulness, until at the last we may say with Kipling: Twen ty- Twv

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- - --fr v. -- W- -... W. ,,,.,,m-, ..,,,,, ,W-,-, , T H E A D M I R A L IIIlllllIllltllllllllllltllllllIlllllllllllIlIlllllIIllIIIIIIIIllllllllIIlllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllIlIlllllllIIII!IIIIIII!!IIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIlllllllllllllIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH1lllllllllllllllllllllll Christendom's Cross teaches us the spirit of Giving. In Magdeline's image we see the power of Cristendom's Cross-to Heal and Make as Pure as Snow. These are the gifts of the Crucified One. Everything was prepared for the coming of Christ. Profane history tells us that at the period of the birth of Christ there was a peace throughout the Roman Empire for about twelve years, and as a sign of peace the temple of James at Rome was closed for the first time since 241. B. C. Christianity was born at the same time as the Roman Empire. ,T Concerning his teachings, Shaff says: Wiser than all sages he spoke as never man spake and made an impression on all ages such as no man ever made or can make. His short ministery of three years produced a more deep and lasting impression on the human race than all the disquisi- tions of all the philosophers and the exhortations of all the moralists that ever lived. T. D. Bernard says: Christ's ethical teachings shine most brightly in those points where other systems failg namely, The majesty of lowliness and the glory of love. . The cross was a disgrace until Christ was crucified on it, now the whole world bows at the foot of Christendom. We place the cross on our church steeples, we wear it on our, necks. As a part of the history of the world's movements, from the time when Adam and Eve were mated together in the Garden of Eden, down to the present hour, the word of God has been recognized as of supreme importance. The first three centuries of the Christian movements are character- ized by great enthusiasm for dissemination of faith. The Christian pas- sion was evangelism. Due mainly to missionaries, the story of Christen- dom's Cross was told to everyone in the basin of the Mediterranean. The old world was not ready to produce Christianity, but to receive it. The second period begins at the end of the sixth century. This period consists of a conversion of Northern European races to Christianity, which brought again to Christendom, in that it offset the tremendous loss suf- fered by Christianity. This was of an invariable ecclesiastical cast which was not lost until the renaissance. The modern period, beginning with the sixteenth century, witnessed a great revival of enthusiasmin the Roman Church for the spread of Christianity. Missionaries followed the discoverers, explorers, traders, and conquerors. Thus, the world movement which was ushered in ulti- mately brought, among other things, knowledge of the Gospel to every people on earth. . Twenty-One

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THE ADMIRAL lllllllllllllllllll!!l1IIIllIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllillllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll When earth's last picture is painted, And the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colors are faded, And the youngest critic has died, We shall rest-lie down for an aeon or two, Till the Master of all good workmen, Shall set us to work anew. And those who are good shall be happy, They shall sit in a golden chair, They shall splash at a ten league canvas, With brushes of comet's hairg They shall find Saints to draw from, Magdaline, Peter and Paul, They shall work an age at a sitting, And never be tired at all. And only the master shall praise us, And only the Master shall blame, And no one shall work for money, And no one shall work for fame, But each for the joy of working, And each in his separate star, Shall draw the thing is he sees it For the God of things as they are. vnty-'I'ln