Covenant College - Tartan Yearbook (Lookout Mountain, GA)

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The time between birth and death is an exper- ience not to be endured, but to be enriched by a more basic purpose. The minutes, the hours, the days, the months, and the years spent in this life are not to be contrasted with what will follow that short space of time. Those two con- cepts should be aligned in proper perspective so that the first might be a preparation for the second. Measured time here should be seen as the unfolding of the Almighty's purposes for limitless eternity. And that is the rough pattern that must be applied to all our activities, whether they be universal in proportion or the smaller happen- ings of a college campus. Only when the powerful telescope piercing the length and breadth of time itself is moved out of focus does life become a dull and meaningless routine. Singleness of purpose and joy in attained goals are the results of a carefully adjusted view. Indeed, man's minutest events do not go unnoticed by the One who sees the sparrow's fall. Each one is important in the perfect fulfill- ment of His eternal plan. If, then, these things are so important to Him, should we not watch carefully the manner in which we spend our time here? For the preacher, in his conclusion of the whole matter, brought things into sharp per- spective when he said: For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be eVil. A . 2 ,,,f,.,sw,,. , My ,.1My'1S:4.f? 'kfigegv figs! ,, gf. ,r gy- K' .IM v ' ff ,,, ' vue, G -

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GDCECO THE PREACHER, the writer of the book of Ecclesiastes, said of the Weary round of life: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to diej A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted: A time to kill, and a time to healf A time to break down, and a time to build up: A time to weep, and a time to laugh: A time to mourn, and a time to dance: A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones together: A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing: A time to get, and a time to lose: A time to keep, and a time to cast away: A time to rend, and a time to sew: A time to keep silence, and a time to speak: A time to love, and a time to hate,' A time of War, and a time of peace . . Solomon was a Wise man-perhaps the wisest man who ever lived. He knew how to look at situations accurately, how to analyze them cor- rectly. It is difficult to think that the one who penned these words was blinded with discour- agement and pessimism. He possessed more insight than such an opinion would allow. Why, then, did he present such a humdrum View of life? Was it to him really an unimpor- tant existence that could be justified only by its end result? Was it only a pointless journey which found direction in its final consequence? Was it only a mere experience to be endured because of a grander underlying purpose? THAT WAS NOT what Solomon was saying. 4 'fliif 339 gigigiyst tt Wk . at '- ftiss wi -T r , WV - - ww .s' ' 1' 5.2021 W 5- , fsfxvt W 53,5225 ,fit 1 .ti Xgfillfsff K W.sw':i'zw,-:ws wr - W is ,St Q ff i Ui, 'f

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