Emmanuel Missionary College - Cardinal Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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Page 12 fviDfocf Of fflfiiy visions of SfliVICf White birch bark peeUng, green buds bursting, red cardinals silhouetted against the sun. Yellow daffodils wave gently in the breeze, the merry voices of young people fill the air — it is spring at E.M.C. . . . 1946 turns backwards nearly two centuries to an- other spring day. A light canoe glides through murky waters cresting the ripples with white. A foreign tongue breaks the still- ness of the air, the canoe touches land and White Beaver Point becomes a historic land- mark where Frenchman and Indian met. The decades roll on and eastern Mich- igan becomes the scene of pioneer activity. Frontier days soon are passed and small metropoli of a modem civilization replace forest and plain. The cause of American ed- ucation comes to the forefront and colleges and universities become a part of American lite. At this time a small but determined peo- ple turn their faces from the temptations ol city life. The establishment of Christian schools had been a vital element in the growth of Adventism, and now the spirit- ual leader of the movement, Mrs. E. G. White, bade the honest in heart seek a new loca- tion for their school in Battle Creek. The search was long, but success at last crowned the efforts of the workers and in 1901 White Beaver Point became more than an historic landmark, it became the favorite walk, the picnic grounds, the nostalgic mem- ory of the students and Alumni of Emmanuel Missionary College. The passing years have not been easy, there have been financial worries to over- come, educational standards to meet, an ever growing student body to house, but the blessing of God has rested upon His institu- tion for from its doors have gone many fear- less workers for His cause, leaving behind them a college that has grown larger and stronger and dearer through the years. The E.M.C. of today will change giving place to new. The half million dollar build- ing program waits but for the release of ma- terials to create a modern college campus. Modern? . . . Yes, but still a retreat from the temptations of the world, still a training cen- ter for Christian youth, still Emmanuel God with us, Missionary College.

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OUR PRfSIDfOI ■ I Alvin W. Johnson, Ph. D. On the shores of Galilee, more than nine- teen centuries ago, the Master bade Simon and his brother, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets . . . The fishermen had toiled through the night without success, but in response to Christ ' s bidding, Simon Peter answered, I will let down . . . Throughout the years, ever increasing numbers of young people, dedicated to service for the Lord, have gone forth from PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE the doors of Emmanuel Missionary College to lands afar and near. Their nets have been cast down where heathenism, superstition, and wickedness on every hand, reigned su- preme. They have toiled thus far into the night. And in this cataclysmic hour, the Master speaks again to young men and young women, Launch out into the deep, and CQsl down your nets. The cessation of world conflict and the re- storation of a measure of peace, have today opened doors of opportunity long since closed. The atomic age will make demands more exacting and detailed than the world has heretofore experienced. In addition, upon Seventh-day Adventist youth rests the work of completing a great spiritual task. To them is delegated the respDnsibility of the future leadeiship of the Advent Move- ment. What a challenge to Christian youth! What an opportunity is yours! At the close of another school year, as you go forth from this institution to your various posts of duty, may your determina- tion in the days to come be to cast down your nets into the deep waters; and may your response to the Master ' s bidding be the wholehearted reply of Peter, I WILL LET DOWN. On behalf of the College, in this hour of leave-taking, I wish for you Godspeed and the abundant blessings of our Heavenly Father. Alvin W. Johnson, President of the College