Bethel University - Spire Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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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

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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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14 THE BETHEL HERALD makes for the spirit of resignation an,d patience, that knows no discontent or lack of control, for whatever comes, when one's life is a part of God’s great plan, is best as a Caroline Atwater Mason aptly puts it: Whichever way the wind doth blow, Some heart is glad to have it so; Then blow is east or blow it west, The wind that blows, that wind is best, Life in this path is making its largest contribution to the fulfillment of the Divine plan, the accomplishment of the Divine program and thus, in the light of Him who knoweth all and doeth all things well, life is making the very most of itself when serving the purpose which He, its author and upholder, lias set for it. Nothing but the highest and best is what we covet for each graduate of Bethel and none the less for every undergraduate. STADET Jag stannade en afton in.vid smedjans dorr, Och horde stadets sftng vid val avslutad dag. Jag s g p golvet slaggor, som jag sett dem forr, De gam la slaggor, slitna utav rens slag. “Hur m nga stad har du val haft, min van, Att slita, nota dessa slaggor ut?” “Blott ett”, sad’ sraeden, men tillade se’n, “Du vet, att stadet gor pit alia slaggor slut! “Guds Ord”, jag tank-te, “stftr lik stadet n, Av tvivlets slag i sekler det berorts, Likval nar ljudet av dess slag dott ban, Oskatt star st det — slhggorna forstorts”. (Efter engelskan av E. Schmidt). + + In the still air the music lies unheard; In the rough marble beauty lies unseen; To make that music and the beauty needs The master’s touch, the sculptor’s chisel keen. Great Master, touch us with thy skillful hand; Let not the music that is in us die! Great Sculptor, hew and polish us; nor let Hidden and lost, thy form within us lie! —H. BONAR. “The human anatomy is a wonderful bit of mechanism,” observed the Sage. “Yes,” replied the Fool. “Pat a man on the back and you'll make his head swell.” —Cincinnati Enquirer. OUR Bl'RDEN BEARER The little sharp vexations and the briars that catch and fret. Why not take all to the helper, who has never failed us yet? Tell Him all about the heartache and tell him the longings too. Tell Him the baffled purpose when we scarce knew what to do. Then, leaving all our weakness with the One divinely strong Forget that we bore the burden and carry away the song. —Phillip Brooks. He died in harness, poor chap.” “Yes, and by the way. did you ever notice how much like a harness life is? There are the traces of care, lines of trouble, bits of good fortune and breaches of faith. Also tongues must be briddled, passions curbed, and everybody ha6 to tug to pull thru.” —Onward. + Maud—Can you run a fliver? Beatrice—No, indeed. Maud—Why, I thot you graduated from an Automobile school. Beatrice—So I did, but I only took the Classical Courses. —Life. Blessed is the man that does not expect anything, he is never disappointed. —Pope.