Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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STAFF 1919

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4 THE BETHEL HERALD te maste hava lagt pa hennes kraf-ter, men med sin starka kropp, sin okuvliga vilja, ocli sin odelade tillit till Gud koll lion ut intill anden. Ar 1913 nadde lion rnalet, ty i august! det aret avseglade hon till sitt arbetsfalt — Filippineroarna. Dar verkade lion for sin Mastare i nara fem r innan hon ater sag Amerikas kust. Att hennes arbete var troget, darom vittna rapporter vi hava liort, att det var fruktbarande, darom vittna de unga liv hon vunnit for Jesus. En av “hennes gossar” fr n bloms-teroarna, kom for en tid sedan till v r skola, sand av Olivia Johnson. Han graduerad e frail Akademien och fortsatter nu sin a studier i andra 1 -roverk, for att en dag resa tillbaka som missionar till sitt hemland. Efter nara fem ar i Orienten kom hon hem till Amerika for att vila, som det sades, men den nitalskande missionarinmn unnade sig sjalv ingen ro. Hennes hjarta var annu kvar darute i arbetet, och hon ons- Lillian March 14th brought us the sad news that Lillian Lindahl was no more among the living. She passed away at the age when life is sweetest to live, when it is full of promise and hope. Her short span of life was a continual struggle against ill-health, but she fought bravely and endured her suffering so siletnly that only a few of us, during her five years at school, knew of her affliction. She always had a bright smile for the friend and a kind word for the stranger, ever trying to live up to her motto: “Be kind—Be loving”, kade att komma tillbaka dit sa snart som mojligt for att dar tjana sin Mastare. Annu kande hon sig ej be-redd nog att gora det yttersta mojli-ga darute, varfor hon upptog studier vid Minnesotas statsuniversitet. Under tiden bodde hon i dormitoriet bar vid Akademien. Det var medan hon var Set sysselsatt med studier, som farsoten (influensan) kom och tog lienne bort, eller rattare “Hem”. Hon avled a Midway Hospital, den 18 januari, 1919, vid en lder av 35 ar, och en manad. Hon dog med en missionsbon pa sina lappar. Under-bara aro Herrens vagar. Vein kan forsta hans radslut? Han tog den unga, livskraftiga, nitalskande missionarinnan undan. I vilkens hjarta skall Han lagga en onskan att g ut i hennes stalle? Till alia dessa, som sakna kenne, onska vi att uttrycka var sympati; och med alia, som sorja hennes bort-gang, onska vi dela vart medlidan-de. Lindahl and depending on the Lord for strength and comfort when her days grew dark and her heart heavy. Her favorite Bible verse was, Ps. 27: 1, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Her favorite song, “When my life work is ended, and I cross the swelling tide, When the bright and glorious morning I shall see, I shall know my redeemer when I reach the other side, And His smile will be the first to welcome me,” was characteristic of Lillian. In that short flight of years

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6 THE BETHEL HERALD she had her life work to do for the Master, and she tried to do it, buoyed in the hours of despondency by the hope to one day see Him face to face in the land, where no suffering can come. Lillian Lindahl was born in St. Paul Aug. 25, 1898. She was converted in 1910 and joined the First Sw. Baptist Church of St. Paul. She died after an illness of five months, on March 14, 1919. Feeling sorrow in our own hearts we wish to express our sympathy to her mother and to all those who stood nearest to her in life, knew her best and loved her most. U. A’S SHARE IS THE WAR Bv OLIVE MARTINE O'er the seas there came a pleading From a nation in distress. And we gave our glorious laddies; Honor bade us do no less. Bethel Academy gave three of her men in response to the first call. Now at the close of the war, our service flag has eighty-eiglit stars, representing members of the faculty, alumni, and present student body. Four of these stars are of gold. Two have the blue borders, and two have red. We are not all in a position to enter the service as soldiers, sailors or nurses. Those who could n.ot, did their part in serving their country by doing Red Cross work and buying Liberty Bonds. We rank among the first in responding to the call for aid in Red Cross and Liberty Loan drives. The war is over and our boys are coming home. We are deeply grateful to our Heavenly Father who has so mercifully spared and protected our boys from the dangers which have confronted them in the service. May they he as good soldiers of the Cross as they habe veen for their country. Many of the boys have returned to take up their school work. Others have only looked in upon us in passing through the city. To these, as well as to the boys whom we have not been privileged to moot with, we extend a hearty welcome. Wp welcome you. our boys, so true in khaki and in blue. 3 0 PAPER THIS YEAR. By OLIVE MARTINE In past years at the end of every month, a school paper has been issued. We used to hear the announcement made, that the paper could be secured at the close of the chapel period. Then there would follow a rush for the doorway, and during the remainder of the day the paper would be strongly in evidence. “Everybody was doing it,” poring over the personals.—Freshmen in hopes of seeing their names in print. Seniors loftily scornful of the efforts made by the lower classmen, reading only that which was written by themselves or classmates. But this last year all this has been missed. The staff felt that it could not publish a good paper and meet expenses, because of the high cost of paper and printing. It was decided that one good issue was to be given out in the form of an Annual. This paper we hope and believe, will, in a measure, fill the place of the regular issues of the school paper.