Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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wwmmmm the augsburgian mmmmm Top row—Hausvik, Torvik. Bottom row—J. Quanbeck, Lccsland, A. Anderson, T. Knutson. Class! of 1930 To be branded with the brand of Christ is to be mortified and scorned by the world, it is to be looked down upon by the people who apparently are the leaders of the world. Yet, it is the prayer of every individual in our class to be able to say with Paul, “- 1 am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation.” We have dedicated our lives to the Master, and therefore we are willing to be humble and to prepare ourselves for a fuller service to the Lord unto the salvation of souls. Souls, yes souls, that have a greater value than the whole world. It was the love of souls that prompted Jesus to suffer and die for us; and it is our prayer, as we continue our study, that we too may be richly imbued with that Christ-like love for the souls of men. We realize that the task before us is a great one and yet it is our desire that we may become “ministers of His, that do His pleasure,” and that we may have a part in the fulfillment of that great and last command that Christ gave to his dis- ciples in the words, “Go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations—.” 1927 - 1928 Page 23

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8S888S8B8BB£SBB the augsburgian 'Top row—D. Mclsathcr, J. Berg, A. Olson, Hegre, Rude. Bottom row—Walden, G. Knutson, E. Myhrc, M. Olson, H. Johnson, H. Nyhus. Sntermetriate ®fjeologp “He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loscth his life for my sake shall find it.” It is said that we arc living in a materialistic age. Many build their life’s phil- osophy on things material. These we call materialists. Their sole aim in life is the attainment to material prosperity; to them that is the very essence of living. They have not learned that true success is found only when we seek first the King- dom of God. There is, however, another class of people, of which we like to consider ourselves a part, who realize that life is more than food and raiment. They look into the future. They have learned, through Christ, to see life’s realities. They have ex- perienced the truth of this, to the world paradoxical statement, that “he that findeth his life shall lose it, and he that loseth his life for Christ’s sake shall find it.” They seek first the Kingdom of Heaven, confident that all else will be added unto them. Having yielded themselves to the Truth, it has molded their lives. Because we have realized the truth of these words of Christ in our own lives, we arc studying theology. We know that men are constantly being confronted with choices with which the world is trying to blind them as to life’s true values, its eternal values. We are here at school preparing ourselves that we might be better fitted to go out into the world and point people to Christ that they might choose Him, and that we might present Christ in such a way that men may seek and find Him. If we succeed in doing this then we know that our lives have not been lived in vain, for we know that if people lose themselves in Chjist Jesus, then they have found the true life, that which will last eternally in living communion with Him.

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mm THE AUGSBURGIAN £ I'op row—Rude, Qunnbcck, Torvik, Olsen, II. 1J. Hausvik, Gunderson, Nyhus. Second row—R. 1). Melsather, Knutson, Sivertson, Olson, Hcgrc, Anderson. Johnson, Vik. Ihird row—Lecsland, Walden, Knutson, E. A. Myhrc, Knutson, Berg, S. Anker-Goli. Concorbia feocietp When we of today—the theological students, who constitute the membership of Concordia—think back to our pioneer brothers, who long ago organized this society and gave it life and purpose, we can not but he aware of the significance of the name they gave it. Concordia symbolizes the source of concord, agreement, and unity of feeling and interest. Surely the founders of our society must have been keenly conscious of the vital value of concord in Christian living. “Behold how good and pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity. What should be more precious and natural than true fellowship among4the brothers of our Savior, Jesus Christ? This is the fruit we seek to gather from our society’s activity. That by coming together about common problems and in united sympathy we might better appreciate and love that work, the Master has designated for each of us to do. We have of late endeavored to extend our contacts with former members of the Concordia, who are now out in the active work—that work in which wc anticipate a part. To attain this wc have sought to share the experiences of our pastors by having them come to Augsburg and lecture to us on the many practical problems they meet with in their ministry. 1 bus do wc hope to receive the larger blessing of an extended fellowship. A fel- lowship that God can bless, use, and keep as His own Concordia—a society of brothers, one in Him. Page 24 mm