Eastern Mennonite University - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Adinatone Brel Faculty They have aided us in the painful task of absorbing knowledge; they have borne with us when we tended to be unco-operative; they have challenged us by their lives and exhortation to move forward on the road that leads to complete understanding of the will of God in Christ Jesus. QUALITY FEED SERVICE, Inc. Fair-Acre and Larro Feeds—Harrisonburg, Va.

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pean ' esSAGE The great mission of the church to preach the Gospel to all the world calls for many young people who are ready to serve and who have a compelling conviction to witness for Christ. Paul said, “‘as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel.” Whatever in you relates to potential service needs to be consecrated to this great task. Realizing that Christ has made abundant provision for your own redemption and that the message of the Gospel is the instrument of salvation, you cannot escape the implications of this hour. I recom- mend to you the noble example of the Apostle Paul. He traveled from place to place in deep conviction that Christ must be made known and that men everywhere must be saved. With an unconquerable heart he labored incessantly and sacrificingly within the sphere of Christ’s own working, who worked in him mightily. He was willing to spend his life for Christ and to be spent for the furtherance of the Gospel. In the light of your training, in the light of your calling, and in the light of your own personal indebtedness to Christ, you stand at the point of decision. Are you ready to aban- don self for God? Are you ready to live dangerously in the power of the resurrection? Are you ready to move under the impulse of the compelling conviction that Christ must be made known? Are you willing to spend and be spent for Christ and the church? The an- swer to these questions will determine the usefulness of your life. We commend you to the will of God and to His eternal purpose in the church. —John R. Mumaw 10