Dale County Christian School - Crusader Yearbook (Ozark, AL)

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LITTLE MR. MISS DALE COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Ashley Jones Boyd Mizell What is failure? It is only a spur To the one who receives it right. It makes the spirit within him stir To go in once more and fight. If you never have failed, it's an easy guess You never have won any high success. — Edmund Vance Cooke A Well-Spent Life James T. Fields Oh, happiest he, whose riper years retain The hopes of youth, unsullied by a stainl His eve of life in calm content shall glide. Like the still streamlet to the ocean tide; No gloomy cloud hangs O'er his tranquil day; No meteor lures him from his home astray; For him there glows with glittering beam on high Love's changeless star that leads him to the sky. Still, to the past he sometimes turns to trace The mild expression of a mother's face. And dreams, perchance, as oft in earlier years. The low, sweet music of her voice he hears. 28

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MR. AND MISS DALE COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Allison Fuller Marley Deloney The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. — Henry W. Longfellow Character — Margaret Slattery What one is, that is the supreme thing. Sincer- ity, honesty, unselfishness, intelligence, the spirit of cooperation and justice, cheerfulness, courte- sy, concentration and all the rest help make one what he is. What one is — that is Character. Strong, fine character stands the test of life with all its dangers and pitfalls — nothing else does. Everyone has the power of making his character what it ought to be. The power lies in the little words Yes and No. Saying Yes to all that life offers which is good and right, and saying No to all that can weaken or defile, will form character strong, pure and fine. 27

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BEST CHRISTIAN TESTAMONIES Left to right: Heidi Yarberry, Michael LaDuew and Londa Webb MY TESTIMONY Not the good that I have done, Not the race that I have run, But because of His dear Son, I'm sealed unto redemption. Not of what I give or take. Not of habits I forsake. But for His dear name's sake, I'm sealed unto redemption. Not because of righteous stand, Not for keeping His command, But I'm covered by His hand, I'm sealed unto redemption. Not by gifts so great or small, Not of wrong I can forestall, But because He gave His all. I'm sealed unto redemption. Not by deeds: I can't atone, For this guilty heart of stone. By His grace, and His alone, I'm sealed unto redemption. A man is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has. If people speak ill of you, live so that no one will believe them. — Plato 29 Dale Hatcliff