Eastern Mennonite School - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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John R. Mumaw, Acting President President’s Message “Be Strong in the Lord, and in the Power of His Might” Christian experience involves inevitable conflict. The powers you engage in this war- fare must be supernatural because you wrestle against demons of the highest rank, beings who assume a mysterious empire over human souls. You are in a warfare against invisible spirits vested with Satanic authority. You face the animosity of agents inspired with hatred from the lowest pit. You are pressing against wicked spirits who carry on their dark cam- paign within heavenly places. You face an invincible host bent upon human calamity. You are moving out into the front lines of this spiritual attack. We have through these years of your training sought to equip you with the kind of armor that will enable you to achieve victory in the conflict. We take this occasion to remind you again that your greatest source of strength lies “in the Lord.” Every opposition can be met triumphantly if you will keep in constant touch with those spiritual resources. Every hostility can be overcome “in the power of his might.” Being “in the Lord” qualifies you for the conflict. Being in right relationship with God constitutes the essential strength with which to overcome all opposition. There is power in His might and through the use of divine energy you will be triumphant in the conflict. 18]

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D. Ralph Hosteller, Acting Dean Dean’s Message Greetings to the Graduating Class of 1950. You have now reached a milestone in your life. Have you time to pause, meditate, and gaze backward through the four years? What have you accomplished? How have you accomplished it? Are you satisfied with your record? You have done well; you probably have done your best. Much depends upon whether you are taking the credit or giving Christ a place in your life. If the latter, today is a new day for you. Let us look ahead. Too many people arc satisfied to live in the past or to live where they are, but you will want to live in the future. Today you are more responsible than you were last year. The past four years were years of training, experience, and growth. Now you are facing a needy world; have you caught the spirit of the challenge? Surely there is an area in which you can serve! Have you accepted the call to service? Is it not Christ who works in and through you? Not what you accomplish but what Christ can accomplish through you is the earmark of Christian progress. That you may continue to grow in grace and wisdom, that the world may see Christ in you, and that you may be instrumental in leading souls to Him is my prayer. 191