Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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12 THE BETHEL HERALD To ‘Rescue the Perishing,’ her great delight, What bliss, in the Homeland, to meet With those she had told of the Lord’s saving might, Together, to bow at His feet. Good-bye dearest Fanny, good-bye for awhile; You walk in the shadows no more; Around you the sunbeams of glory will smile; The Lamb is the Light of that shore. Some day we will meet in the City above; Together we'll look on His face; Safe, Safe in the Arms of the Jesus we love; Together we’ll sing ‘Saved by Grace’.” Rapportoren I). X. Moberg Detta skol r tillhor nil snart historiens blad. tv tiden nalkas for v r skolavslut-ning. Hela detta r har dock varit ett an-genamt ftr, icke s litet av intresse kunde kanske namnas, och nar lasaren i en snar framtid onskar p minna sig n got. fr n, detta r. las igenom ftrg ngen av ‘‘Bethel Herald” for 1919—1920. Den sista tiden har varit val upptagcn med moten och anordningar av olika slag. For en langre tid sedan var Seminariets studentk r och larare inbjudna till dr. och mns G. Arvid Hagstroms hem. En mvcket trcvlig och angenam afton tillbringades. Den 28 april hade dr. Emanuel Schmidt an-ordn.at cn storre banquet i Seminariet, d alia ‘‘predikanterna”, skolornas lararek r. skolstyrclscn och n gra andra voro inbjudna. Ett trevligt program var utfort. och dr. Schmidt gav ett intressant tal om biblio-tekets samling som han skan.kt till skolan. Freda gen den 7 maj hade dr C. G. Lager-gren anordnat en social afton, for studen-ter och larare i Seminariet. Samkvamet var av en mycket angenam natur. D detta skrives har Seminariet aven en inbjudan att besoka prof. Adolf Olsons hem den 18 maj. Vi vanta att aven dar hava det mycket trevligt. For att nu lasaren skall kunna fblja stu-denterna uti deras arbete skola vi tillkan-nagiva var de komma att vara under som-maren. De tre forsta aro graduanter och komma att stanna pa sina fait aven efter som mare ns slut. Linus Johnson ar redan och kommer att vara pastor for Betaniaforsamlingen i St. Paul. G. A. Gustavson har en sommar forut tjanat Lake Norden, S. D., och har antagits att bliva dess predikan.t och ledare. David N. Moberg ar kallad att upptaga arbetet i Norwood, Mass., vilket han ocks antagit Arthur B. Nelson kommer att kvarstS pa sin post i Cushing. Minn. Han har tjanat denna forsamling under vintern, samt for-liden sommar. Fred L. Moberg blir ej i r Canadas-apos-tel utan Canova, S. D. har begart hans hjalp i sommar. Axel Anderson kommer att vara predi-kant i Svcr.ska Baptistkvrkan. i Anoka. Minn. Oscar Magnuson har antagit kallelse till Clear Brook. Minn., for sommaren. Eric Lindliolm har beslutat kvarstft som pastor for den Amerikanska for.samlingen. i Dassel. Minn. W. Holmberg stannar i St. Paul i Baptist Missionncns tjcinst. e som sondags.skolar-betare och predikant. Martin C. Hamlin skall vikariera for pastor Bergstrom i Virginia, Minn. Emil T. Carlson borjade forliden sommar att bygga kvrka i Ramsey, S. D.. och vill i sommar ga dit for att inviga den. M Guds valsignelse Vila over s val stu-denter som forsamlingar! Ett tack och farval for i r!

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THE BETHEL HERALD 11 forglomdee. En afton bad mr Sankey hen-ne avlagga ett vittnesbbrd. Hon tvekade forst, men, Sankey ville ej hora ett nej.” SAlunda sade lion nAgra ord och avslutade sitt tal med att deklamera sin hymn: Some day the silver cord will break. And I no more as now shall sing, But O, the joy, when I shall wake Within the Palace of the King. Nar lion slutat, utbrast Sankey: “Fan.- ny, var liar du fAtt tag i den dar vackra sAngcn?” Det horde du veta, jag isAlde den till er firma for tre Ar sedan, och jag liar van tat liela dcnna tid pA ett tillfiille att fA deklamera den.” Mr Sankey gav sig ingen ro. forran han t'Att mr Stcbbein att saita musik till den, och sAlunda kom den-na skona hymn allmanheten till del. och sannolikt torde det bland henries tusentals sAnger t'inas mAnga sAdana harliga kleno-der, om blott vAra stora tonsattare fingo reda pA deni. Det ar i sanning rorande att lAsa om hu-ru Fann,v Crosby besokte Sankey, nar den-ne forlorat sin syn, och huru lion sokte trosta honom. De grato och sjongo och bado tillisammans. Han vantade aldrig att han skulle fardas over floden fore aunt Fanny, och darfor skrev han. till hcnne en gAng: ‘‘Jag onskar, nar du koinmer till himlen (som du nog gor fore mig) att du vantar pA mig vid parleporten pA ostra si-dan om staden, och nar jag konvmer dit, skall jag taga dig vid liauden och leda dig langs den, gvllenc gatan upp till Guds tron och dar skola vi stA infbr Lanimet och saga: 'Och nu se vi dig ansikte mot ansikte, fralsta genom din oandligga nAd’ och dA bliva vi nojda for evigt.” Det fauns mAnga intressanta och roran-de episoder i hennes langa och skiftesrika liv. LAngt in i den hoga Alderdomen bibe-holl.hon sitt trosliv varmt och friskt. PA sin nittion.de fodelsedag hade nAgra van-ner kommit for att uppmuntra henne, och dA holl hon ett tal. vars inledning ar for-tjusande vacker: ‘‘Jag koinmer till eder i livets aftontimma med en kapp och en stav. men jag lever i Asyn, av evigheteas soluppgAng. Hoppets stjarna strAlar kla-rare pA min stig an den gjorde for femtio apueussiA 3upp? uo ii[ an usq 'uepas .i ros i mitt liv, den riktar och forskonar varje timma. Hoppet bar alltid varit am-ne for min sAng. Det ar den bestamman-de tonen i mitt verksamma liv. Hoppet upplyser mina morgontimmar, det str lar pA mitt arbete vid middagstid, det gjuter sitt skimmer bland aftonens skuggor. Jag skriver standigt om Hoppets dorr for 60r-gebundna sjalar, och jag amnar utfora IIop-pets tjanst, till des6 jag intruder i den, him-melska staden.” Fredagsmorgonen den 12 februari 1916 utsandes ett bud over liela varlden, att Fanny Crosby, den ryktbara hymnforfattarin-nan stilla och lugrit gAtt over gransen till ett battre land. En myckct imponerande begravning bolls i Bridgeport, Conn. En rik blomstcrhyllning ekanktes henne, som under sin lAnga livstid strbtt poesiens och trostens blommor omkring sig, och ehuru blind varit medel till att giva tusenden sin syn. Hen,no3 pris har hojts i tal och sAng, men det mest imponerande eulogium torde dock ha givits av E. E. Hewitt, forfatta-ren till den val kanda sAngen. ‘Will there be any stans in my crown:’ “Away to the country of sunsliin.e and song, Our songbird has taken her flight; And she who has sung in the darkness so long Now sings in the beautiful light; The harpstrings here broken are sweetly rest rung To ring in the chorus sublime; The hymns that on earth she so trustfully 6ung Keep tune with eternity’s chime. What heart can conceive of the rapture she knows Awakened to glories so bright. Where radiant splendour unceasingly glows. Where cometh n.o shadows of night. Her ‘life-work is ended,’ and over the tide, ‘Redeemed’ in His presence to stan.d. She knows her Redeemer, for her crucified, 'By the print of the nails in His hand.’ O, ‘Blessed Assurance’—the lamp in her soul. That made earthly midninght as naught. A ‘New Song’ of joy shall unceasingly roll To Him who her ransom had bought.

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THE BETHEL HERALD 13 Making the most of my life By G. ARVID IIAGSTROM The approaching Commencement season, of which the Annual Number of the Bethel Herald is an unfailing reminder, is like its predecessors one of mingled reflections and emotions to both faculty and studen.t alike. The year just closing is rich with meaningful import. Has it been our best or could it be improved for each of us? Has our service been helpful to him who ministers as well as to the one ministered unto? Browning says: “A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich, a sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense of service which thou renderest,” and Again “all service ranks the same with God.” Whatever be the message of the year it will not fail of its purpose if it enables us to attain a greater degree of efficiency and to have contributed something to the enrichment of other lives. To the student who graduates as well as to him who continues the problem is how to make most of one’s life. To many a young person, yea, even to the maturer ones, the first and often the most dominating element in making the most of one’s life consists in. getting the most one can. that is getting rather than giving, receiving rather than contributing. This, however, is a mistaken notion for it is in, giving that living consists rather than receiving. The beauty of our faith is that it can be successfully lived. It works, and it works better than anything else offered. Some one has said: Faith in God. faith in man, stands behind the words “I can. When you have faith in God nothing is impossible for then what is God’s is yours to draw upon. An unknown author has expressed this thought in the following lines: The sun is forever pouring its gold On. a hundred worlds that need to borrow, To give is to live. His warmth he squanders on. summits cold, His wealth on the homes of want and sorrow, Its joy is the joy it freely diffuses; The flower shines not for itself at all; Of beauty and balm it is prodigal. And it lives in the life it freely loses; No choice for the rose but glory or doom, To exhale or smother, to wither or bloom To deny is to die. The seas lend silvery rays to the land The land its sapphire streams to the ocean.; The heart sends blood to the brain of command. The brain to the heart its lightning motion, and over and over we yield our breath Till the mirror is dry and images death. To live is to give. Dead is the hand that is not open wide To help the need of a human, brother; He doubles the length of his life long ride Who gives of his fortunes to help another; And a thousand million lives are his Who carries the world in his sympathies to deny is to die. The talents of life, its opportunities for the use and investment of the same for the help of those around us to lift them to a nobler realm and help them catch a clearci vision of the higher ideals in life is to be imbued with the mind of the Master who came not to be ministered unto but to minister and give His life a ransom for many.” Who like He has made the most of His life and. being so, it will be possible when permeated by Ilis spirit we catch His vision, walk in His footsteps and do His bidding. Kipling says: The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart: Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, an humble and a contrite heart. This is not only the way to fruitful and acceptable service but is also the golden way by which the talents and possibilities deposited by God in the human heart can reach their highest development arid hence in no other way is growth assured. This