Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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gefgain seemed as though each student at Har- Umversity was a link in a never-ending chain. The link was made came from our sur- lives were composed of our social those we sat in chapel, organizations, our ma- we ate and most importantly, our bjects are rather varied but they thickness of thinness of the strong or weak the link would be. 1983 was heavy, strong, tightly linked and times, but it was not smoothly polished. of the chain came from all the different students. We came from different and from farms and cities. Some of seen before and others of us had to ad- to the Arkansas humidity. When we came together at the states and countries and farms gave chain versatility and we had the op- to hear about places that we might never have a chance to see. The strength of the chain came from our reactions to problems we faced at Harding. We came together as one every day in chapel, but we had some very trying times in 1983 that brought .us even- closer together. Some of our problems were temporary and merely aggravating, while others were very serious and would remain with questions in our minds for a long time to come. All of these made each individual mentally stronger and more aware ofthe of the world. was these times that we realized how tightly We realized more than ever before how each other's attention and understand- to focus on those around us, and gave each andga hand to hold, a warm smile, and a was durable through time because of the links. We had seen good times and them together. We also knew that to come and that we would also, , get through those. The Lord would be with us to our way. , A , one rubbed a hand over the links, h would feel and scratches because the chain was not smoothly bumps and scratches represented our youth We were learning and growing into .Christian adults. As we grew, the Lord out the bumps and scratches by rubbing his chain. He continually reassured us of His of His presence with us. the ended, we realized that we would not we did while in school, but it for the rest of our lives. extended around its final sidewalk in the school year of 1983. May the Lord bless you and keep yquvf'-4Q6 -, V , - Suzanne lohnston Q S I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I . I K. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I , I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I . I I I I I The Chain That Bindsf19