Golden Valley Lutheran College - Reflector Yearbook (Golden Valley, MN)

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PreSIdent iil will delight myself in thy statute? 1Psalm 1119:1610. Some people just e1111111e their Bih1e. They do not enjoy it.TheirBi111e readingr is 11 heavy 1111ty.As students of the XVord, you thoroughly enjoy your Bible. The 115111111111 you go, the more reich es you discov er, the greater t1111111 you experience. You delight yourself in His XVord because you hear its Law 111111 its Cospe1. You must 11131111 both. T1111 Law convicts 111111 condemns. Your sinful heart is exposed, 111111 you are crushed as you discover that 11111 things are naked and open before him with whom we, have, to 1111.1, Confessing your sins, your heart is lifted by C1111,s Spirit to Jesus Christ who iiwas wounded for our tr1111sgressionsfi 111 the Word you experience 11119.1 greatest miracle. that iithe blood of Iesus Christ his Son 111ea11set11 11s from all sin. ,1 You wi11 111w e11 11111111113111 i11te the Gospel until you 111111: 111 st heard t11eLaw.Heari11g the Law 11111111x brings hopeless 11espair.T11e 111111re1 you live the more precious will the Gospel he to V1'1111 soul. You delight vou1'se1f 111 the 11101-11 also because you know its conquerin power. I11 your battleb with Satan. the world, 111111 your own Hesh, you can praise Him for past Victories through the power of the XVord. You take courage for future 1111tt1es because in Him you are iimore than conquerorsf, 111 a confused wor111 of chaos 111111 tradedy you rejoice 1111i1y in God's YVord hecause xou know its 1Tui11i1117 111111t. It has 11e1o111e 1111i1r11t to vour path The future is no 1111'ste1'.v C1111 1111s spoken. All who are in C111istbs11a11 rei1111 with Him in the 111111111 t1iu111p111111t 1111111 er. May every member of our LBI family 111ways experience daily delight in the 11711111. 111111 may C1111 use our dear Lutheran B11110 Institute to 111-1111 11'11111y. many more into this saving experience of His truth. Yours in Christ, 03121111 C. HANSON

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Dedication It is with joy we dedicate this 11111111111 t0 Pastor A. H. Petersen. Faithful 11s 11 witness's eV e11 11s A111h1,ew he brought us unto Iesus 11111111 1: 421. He speaks to 11s 1111111111111tes iiTo the '49e11s:T11e11e was 11 gold rush in 1849. You t11e11s111e iushe1s of 1949 111111111 Thy XV 111111 is liLe 11 deep, deep mine; 111111 jewels rich 111111 1111116 are hidden in its mightv depths. M1111 V1111 11e1e11 cease to 111511 this Kline. Entering the Mine with P11st111 Petersen has been most intriguinU. Utterly confident of his g11i111111ce,we 1111Ve at times doubted 111111 1111111 capacity to follow. But, not small be1rinnings, we have he111d him say. 11e1111s. Again, he pointed to the moved on. Uncovering 11111111111fte11l1111'e11, to the splendor of the Son of God. Despise He1111,tened we continued these t11 11 majestic simplicity of the NIi11e.XVe sensed it. XVC we were amazed to see 110111e11ch contributed

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Dr. J. E. Crnnli. Rm; 0. Unl'nitzku. liex'. A. R. Petersen. Hex. linnzm K. Lunder. Rev. A. 8. Stone Hex; Carl 5. Odell. Rev. Oscar C. Hanson Faculty XVe are thankful to God for the privilege that we huVe of attending LBI. Howevel: not only are we as students blessed through LBI. Hex. Maynard Ifum- hut other peuple us well. Every quarter two Rev. A. S. Borg of our pastors go out 011 Bible teaching mis- sions. The prinmry purpose of these Bihle teaching missions is to preach and teach the hVord 0f Cod in order that souls might he saved. It also serx'es the purpose of extending the work of the school. in so far as they have am opportunity to inform these different com- munities about the extensive work which is being carried on. This serves a twofold pur- pose of bringing Christ to a great number 01 people. and also of bringing a greater number uf friends and students to the Lutheran Bible Institute. May the Lord continue to use these Bible teaching missions to the glory and honor of His name and to the furthernnux of His kingdom.